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MIKE VOLDING | Staff Reporter | @MiketheKid65 Her phone rings.

Liz Sheahan lets it go to voicemail, like she always does when she sees an unknown number.

A credit card company left a message, telling her she owes money on multiple unpaid credit card bills.

Sheahan never had a credit card with the company.

Sheahan, a senior biology major at Missouri State University, said she felt like someone was trying to ruin her life when she realized they were trying to steal her identity.

“When I heard that message, I was terrified. I had no idea what to do,” Sheahan said.

Sheahan talked it over with her father, decided to call the companies back and cancel the cards. She also set up a free account with Credit Karma so she could see her credit score.

“I was so scared, because I want to go to medical school, which is very expensive, and I thought that I would not have a good enough credit score to get those loans,” Sheahan said.

A 2014 study done by the Javelin Strategy & Research, found that college students are three times more likely to have their identity stolen, because of their tendencies to fill out phony credit card applications.

Hackers and identity thieves don’t care how old you are – if they get your information they are going to use it.

When identity thieves use your information, it can be detrimental to a person’s credit score. Late, unpaid credit card bills will bring your credit score down, which can lead to you getting denied on future applications.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, two-thirds of identity theft victims reported direct financial loss in 2014.

So, if you are trying to buy a house or a car, you may need loans. To get those loans, you have to show you will be able pay them back. But, if those companies see you are not paying your bills, you could get denied.

Sheahan said it scared her the most, when she saw her score for the first time on Credit Karma – she knew it shouldn’t be that low.

After months of working to get her credit score back to normal and after filing a police report, Sheahan’s credit score started to bounce back.

Charles Alexander, a detective for the Financial Crime

Unit in the Springfield Police department said they need to be made aware of the crime, which is why you should fill out a police report.

“Without a person filling out a report, we have no idea that it happened,” Alexander said. “We can’t investigate the crime at all if we don’t have a report.”

Alexander said even if the crime was out of state, filing a police report is important because the department will be aware of the crime. Then, they can help you send it to government agencies like the FBI or the United States Secret Service, designated to investigate identity fraud.

Looking back, Sheahan said that she would do things differently.

She says that now she is going to be more cautious with what information she gives out.

“I know now I am going to be a lot more careful on what websites I use my credit cards on,” Sheahan said.

“Because even before this I was super cautious, but now I will be even more cautious.”

The 2017 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, found in 2016 identity fraud has increased 16 percent since 2015.

Although identity theft is a growing problem in the U.S., there are still ways to give yourself the best protection possible.

Vicki Jacobson, financial aid coordinator for the Office of Student Financial Aid, said she encourages students to destroy any unwanted personal financial records.

“Anything you get in the mail that has any of your personal information on it, like your name or address, that you are not interested in, shred it,” Jacobson said. “So that somebody doesn’t take that paperwork and fill it out in your name.”

The biggest thing a person can do to protect their identity, is keep their social security number as private as possible.

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Robberies near SGA to let all students run for campus spark body president, vice president safety concerns MEGAN BURKE Senior Reporter @Megs96_ Do you feel safe on campus at Missouri State University?

Safety is a concern for students following a string of three armed robberies on the fringe of campus in September, one which occurred in an alley behind a Missouri State fraternity house on Elm Street.

Incidents like this are “pretty rare,” Tom Johnson, director of Safety and Transportation at Missouri State, said.

“I’ve been here close to two and a half years, and this is the first time I’ve heard of anything this close to campus,” Johnson said.

There are 20-25 safety officers, as well as some Springfield Police Department officers assigned to

Missouri State who patrol campus by foot, bike or car.

“We try to focus on areas that we can identify there’s a most need,” Johnson said.

“So, in the instance of the recent armed robberies, we’ll pay a little more attention to the area where that occurred, even though it’s still on the edge of campus we’ll try to get over there more.

“It’s just a matter of trying to be more visible at the right time. Certainly, we try to analyze what trends we’re seeing and assign what resources to cover them as best we can.”

There are also 550 security cameras throughout campus, and the department is working to install more in places that don’t have them yet.

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Missouri State’s Student Government Association opened running for executive positions within the organization to the entire student body, stripping away a former requirement requiring candidates to maintain “good standing” within the association.

The governmental body hopes this will foster a more inclusive and diverse range of individuals, who are comfortable sharing their voice. This was a goal of Student Body President Brandon McCoy and Student Body Vice President Caitlin Schaefer at the start of their campaign according to previous Standard reporting, but Chief Elections Commissioner Sam Siebert recently implemented this.

On Oct. 17 at SGA’s Senate meeting, Siebert, senior mass media major, presented the updated elections code to the senate – something debated for the past few weeks Senator Emily Coe, senior biology major said.

Several changes were made to the Elections Code for SGA, including the striking of Article 2, Section I which opened the ability to run for elections for student body president, vice president and

senior class president.

Several other changes included: moving Bear Blitz from the week of elections to the week before elections; extending the amount of time polls are open during election periods; removing three pre-approved platform topics candidates are allowed to discuss with students during petitioning; changing maximum budget for student body president from $1,800 to $1,500 and vice president from $1,000 to $750; and extending time of “chalking” to the end of the voting week.

After presenting the code, senators quickly moved into a time of discussion surrounding the striking of Article 2, Section I, as this stipulation was added just two years ago.

Alex Durbin, junior psychology major, said he remembers when SGA implemented this stipulation into the code “vividly” two years ago, because as a student just entering Missouri State and SGA, he felt his vote of approval for the section was “something that mattered.”

“So essentially I walked into the session (on Oct. 17) completely ready to fight to keep the legislation that required candidates to be a part of Senate to run,” Durbin said.

He continued to say that those on the Executive Branch need to know how to run SGA after they are voted in.

The main argument surrounding the Elections Code embodied striking the section. Sophomore economics major Mackenzie Morris said students who have not been in SGA before may not know parliamentary procedure. Siebert reassured the senators there are many organizations outside of SGA that use “parli pro.”

Following the motion to amend the striking of the section, Siebert said it is not SGA’s place to judge the worthiness of candidates for election — that should be up to students voting. She spoke on her idea of inclusivity in student government after the meeting.

“The president and the vice president don’t just represent Senate, they represent the entire student body,” Siebert said.

“Their official title is not ‘president of Student Government Association,’ it is ‘student body president.’ So that was another reason why we want to make it open to all of the student body and not just student government.”

Durbin said this point of inclusivity “resonated” with him, and made him rethink his argument.

“I wildly agreed with the fact that more diverse individuals running for these positions may happen if they don’t have to be in SGA,” Durbin said, “a somewhat intimidating organization for those not

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Campus Safety considers new Bear Line stop at Aspen Heights HANNA SUMPTER Senior Reporter @hannasumpter Aspen Heights apartment complex is seeking a Bear Line stop through the Student Government Association once again.

Talks between SGA, the Department of Safety and Transportation and Aspen management began after MSU Aspen Heights residents sparked the conversation a year after the first attempt of obtaining a Bear Line stop was voted down by SGA. It is likely that the Bear Line stop was voted down at the time because the proposed stop would add five minutes to a 15 minute route and the apartment complex was not at full capacity.

At the time of the first attempt, Aspen Heights was at 50 percent capacity, Ericka Peppers, Aspen Heights general manager, said.

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“From there I listened to the debate completely unsure which side I felt more drawn towards — the necessity I felt that the candidates should be familiar with the organization before running it, or the idea that more diverse leadership could come forward if we took out this extra requirement.”

Two members from the executive branch spoke after the debate. Dillon Cordell, freshman business major and chief financial officer, said he thinks this change might attract transfer students who have knowledge coming in to the university but haven’t had a chance to join SGA. Isaiah Villareal, junior management major and sergeant at arms, said if this is not passed by the senate, the student body will have unopposed candidates running for a long time, a current concern of the association.

Four of the six last races for president and vice president have been unopposed, McCoy said.

Senator Tara Becker, senior history major, said she supported the amendment as she recognizes the association has had unopposed candidates run.

“SGA is the voice of the student body of Missouri State University and we have to remember that not everyone walks along the same path,” Becker said. “I hope that this will make

dents occupy the complex. The apartments are currently at full capacity with over 564 residents, including non-students, Peppers said.

Peppers conducted a Facebook poll last month among Aspen Heights residents asking if a Bearline stop was installed, whether or not they would use it everyday. Among the 225 voters, 221 voted “yes,” leaving only four to vote “no.”

“I think what we’re looking at right now is using the existing route we have and seeing where the closest place that would be,” Tom Johnson, the director of the Safety and Transportation Department at the university, said. “That would be adding to the Blue Line, again.”

He said that the department is currently in the exploratory stage. The new Bear Line stop would need to be approved by the city, since the stop would be on a city street.

The department would also have to work out the new stop with the Bear Line vendor,

Fisk Limousines.

“A lot of it just depends on what students want, because this is student funded for the most part, and (we’re) just wanting to make sure we’re not adding an undue amount of time on the routes,” Johnson said.

“I think it is definitely worth bringing it up again to SGA,” Juliana Ferrara, a junior psychology major said. Ferrara has been living at Aspen Heights since August.

Ferrara splits up her week between driving to campus and walking to the Bear Line stop on Elm Street. She said that finding parking and walking across campus from the parking garages is difficult, so she spends a few days a week walking to the Bear Line stop.

“The distance to campus really is not that MEGAN BURKE/THE STANDARD bad, especially for the Bear Line,” Ferrara Director of Safety and Transportation Tom said. “There are other Bear Lines (routes) who go way farther from campus. So, I don’t Johnson said the stop would add to the see how it could really be that big of an in- Blue Line. convenience to add one more stop.”

the election a more inclusive process and that these changes will make this upcoming election a very competitive one.”

McCoy, senior economics major, said this is a change he’s been pushing for, but he doesn’t think it will impact the next election.

“The challenge of inspiring and motivating campus leaders to run for offices takes a lot more than a small rule change,” McCoy said.

He said passion is key to making the MSU experience better, especially for students interested in getting involved.

“The most impactful thing you can do is ask the students around you what they want to see happen, and then ask yourself how you can help make that a reality,” McCoy said.

Durbin said this point of inclusivity was one that “resonated” with him, and made him rethink his argument.

“I wildly agreed with the fact that more diverse individuals running for these positions may happen if they don’t have to be in SGA,” Durbin said, “a somewhat intimidating organization for those not familiar with it beforehand.

“From there I listened to the debate completely unsure which side I felt more drawn towards — the necessity I felt that the candidates should be familiar with the organization before running it, or the idea that more diverse leadership could come forward if we took out this extra requirement,” Durbin continued.

Two members from the executive branch spoke up following the debate. Dillon Cordell, freshman business major and chief financial officer, said he thinks this change might attract

transfer students who have knowledge coming in to the university but haven’t had a chance to join SGA. Isaiah Villareal, junior management major and sergeant at arms, said if this is not passed by the senate, the student body will have unopposed candidates running for a long time, a current concern of the association.

In fact, four of the six last races for president and vice president have been unopposed, said Student Body President Brandon McCoy. Senator Tara Becker, senior history major, said she supported the amendment as she recognizes the association has had unopposed candidates run.

“SGA is the voice of the student body of Missouri State University and we have to remember that not everyone walks along the same path,” Becker said. “I hope that this will make the election a more inclusive process and that these changes will make this upcoming election a very competitive one.”

McCoy, senior economics major, said this is a change he’s been pushing for, but he doesn’t think it will impact the next election.

“The challenge of inspiring and motivating campus leaders to run for offices takes a lot more than a small rule change,” McCoy said.

When asked for comment for students who are interested in getting involved, McCoy said passion is key to making the MSU experience better.

“The most impactful thing you can do is ask the students around you what they want to see happen, and then ask yourself how you can help make that a reality,” he said.

No reports of flu at MSU, nurse coordinator says ALY WEITKAMP Staff Reporter @AlyWeitkamp Coughing, sneezing, headaches, nausea and abnormal sweating could point to the flu.

This fall semester, no one at Missouri State has reported being affected by the flu, but there have been cases in Greene County, Connie Pyle, nursing coordinator for Taylor Health and Wellness Center said. She encourages members of the community to get a flu shot.

“The thing about people getting immunizations is, it creates a herd immunity: the more people who get a flu shot, the less people get exposed, and the opposite,” Pyle said. “Whether you’re at school, the grocery store, the dentist office, wherever, there’s gonna be a 60 percent chance that they won’t give you the flu.”

The herd immunity helps those both those able and unable to get a flu shot, such

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Professors, remember you are human too ALI SPIES Columnist @AliceTheSpy The other day in one of my classes, a peer tried to turn in a project a day late, since she was sick the day it was due.

My teacher decided to call her out and ask her questions about why she thought it was okay to turn in a project late. The girl was shocked and hurt, which was understandable, after just trying to turn work in.

This is something I’ve never understood about teachers I’ve had in the past. Why are some teachers so adamant about work never being late, about no electronics in class, about assigned seats or about asking to use the bathroom? The last two are mostly from high school, but I have had a college professor do these things, too.

If we are all adults or nearly adults in a high school scenario, why can’t a student use their phone in class or go to the bathroom as long as they aren’t disrupting the class? I think it is crazy to try and control these things, what benefit is coming from these practices?

Now, with turning in late work, I can see why a teacher would not want that to happen. Many teachers would claim that this teaches the students responsibility and accountability, and maybe it does. However, as a professor I have right now pointed out to our class, nowhere in a teach-

er’s curriculum does it say they need to teach responsibility.

I understand why a teacher would think that not accepting anything late would teach responsibility, but in reality, it just teaches students that homework needs to come before real life things, like taking care of yourself if you are sick. Also, calling the student out in front of the whole class is something especially unnecessary.

My roommate told me a story about another girl in one of her classes having to miss class due to her grandmother’s funeral. In a situation like that, you would think the professor would let the student have a few extra days to turn things in, since she would be at the funeral instead of in class. Not this professor.

According to my roommate, the professor wouldn’t let the student make up the assignment and the student ended up dropping the class to avoid a bad grade.

Stories like these make me upset. It saddens me to see professors who have become so set into the mindset of school and grades and deadlines, that they forget important things in life like special events, and resting when you are sick. As an education major, I want to make it a point in my classes that I will work with the students no matter what their situation is, and I will accept something late.

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Banned books: Unnecessary censorship CHASE STOCKTON Columnist @Cstockton41 Over the last couple weeks this “Banned Books List” has been making its way around social media. Basically, this a list of literature that school districts have banned for reasons from “It makes us uncomfortable” to “we don’t want someone to get offended”.

I have to tell you, this list is an absolute joke. Classic novels like “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Catch-22” banned, for what?

To keep people comfortable in safe spaces?

Being uncomfortable is the point. These novels address crucial social issues, including race.

When have we become so incredibly soft and weak that we don’t allow ourselves to be challenged by literature and address these crucial issues?

If we keep censoring our schools like this, then these social problems we see will continue to get worse and worse. You can’t keep kids in these bubbles, the real world isn’t a bubble. It’s a tough place with tough social issues that these kids need to get exposure to as early as possible so they can learn about them.

These books provide the educational value that seems to be lacking regarding a lot of these issues, especially race.

For those schools with these bans in place, you are failing. As an educational system you are failing your students and you should be truly ashamed. If you really feel that banning classic literature is a proper education for America's youth, then get out.

You have no place educating our youth. You have no place in the school system. Maybe consider a path where being soft and shorting kids of what they need in life is accepted. Sacrificing our youth’s education is pathetic.

Of course, you are going to feel uncomfortable reading some of these books. When I read “To Kill A Mockingbird,” I was

shocked by the language used.

However, I learned something.

I learned that race is a tough subject and always will be, but if we don’t address it society will never get better with it. Like I mentioned before, being uncomfortable Is the point.

These novels were written in time periods (“To Kill A Mockingbird,” 1960), where race was an even more divisive issue. Did we see it get banned then? No, because at that time we had some values left for our education.

The Mississippi School District claimed that it caused a “racially intense environment.”

Well yeah, but wouldn’t you want that in a controlled setting where you can talk things out?

Rather than out in the real world where these issues get increasingly multiplied. This school district is a disgrace to our system. Them, and all others with these books banned, should reinstate this literature or every single one of them should be fired and never allowed to work in education again. They are what’s wrong with this country, and have no place with our youth. Get someone in there who cares about a well-rounded education.

I challenge the educational system to step up, and stop being utterly soft. Quit caving in to those who want to censor everything, and educate our youth. If you can’t do that, resign. Simple.

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Queen city scores low on equality, human rights KOLBY ELLER Guest Columnist @kolbywutever Recently, the Human Rights Campaign released its 2017 Municipal Equality Index. This nationwide evaluation of municipal law examines how inclusive local laws, policies and services are to the LGBTQ people who live and work in the area.

Cities are given a score from 1-100, based on its non-discrimination laws, law enforcement, municipal services and the city leadership’s public position. While no one expected Springfield’s score to reflect the city as an inclusive sanctuary for LGBTQ citizens, what the MEI showed is that our city needs to take immediate action.

Nationally, cities, on average, scored a 57 out of 100 –– in most college courses, this is considered a failing grade. That means that the average city in the United States is failing the LBGTQ citizens that live there.

In Missouri, the scores paint an even bleaker picture. On average, Missouri cities scored 48 out of 100. No doubt, this score was boosted by the perfect scores that Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis received.

While one might equate a city’s population with how inclusive it is, this is false. If this were the case, Missouri’s third largest city would theoretically score above the average for the state; Springfield does not — we scored a 21.

Of the five categories cities are scored on, Springfield only scored partial credit for two categories and was given half credit for one category. The bright spots of this index come from our local law enforcement, who report hate crime statistics to the FBI. We also earned marks for the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights and Community Relations. Our city earned only one point for our local leadership’s public position on LGBTQ equality and one point for our leadership’s pro-equality legislative or policy efforts. Springfield also received two bonus points for the services we provide to people with HIV and AIDS. We should be proud of these efforts, and do more to make them known. But, it is not ideal, and we should not be passive about increasing our score.

Typically, I am of the belief that government, especially at the municipal level, is pragmatic by nature. When I get frustrated by the lack of progress for LGBTQ people, I remember Max Weber’s quote about politics being a “strong

and slow boring of hard boards.” But what the MEI shows is that Springfield can longer be passive on this issue. Our community is failing LGBTQ people. But, this is not news to us.

My freshman year, Springfield repealed legislation that provided essential housing and employment protections to LGBTQ citizens.

From then on, I became acutely aware of our city’s view on equality.

But instead of dwell on the negative, I chose to focus on the positives. Missouri State University, the GLO Center, and countless inspiring leaders within the queer community in Springfield show that there can be progressive and protection within our city, but the local government of Springfield must get on board.

It is incumbent upon Mayor McClure and the rest of City Council to enact policies to protect all citizens. Currently, someone can be fired in Springfield just because they are gay and someone who is transgender can be denied housing. This is unacceptable.

No one should have the hide who they are in order to stay employed or have a place to sleep. We can’t wait for our state to act, because they likely won’t. Our state capital, Jefferson City, scored a 0 out of 100 on the Human Right Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index. Im-

provement must start locally.

While laws and policies certainly can be enacted to increase our MEI score, they likely won’t. That is why I think it must start with more representation at a local level. Currently, Springfield does not have an elected or appointed LGBT leader. This needs to change. When everyone has a seat at the table, the outcome is always more inclusive.

The appointment of an LGBT liaison to the city manager’s office would be a good start.

In response to the city’s low score, Springfield spokeswoman Cora Scott made reference to the city’s Field Guide for 2030; a community blueprint that lays out a “vision for the Springfield region to be a welcoming community that celebrates our similarities as well as our differences…”

With all due respect, we cannot wait that long.

Change does not come unless the community makes it clear that it needs to happen. That is what the community should take it upon ourselves to better our score for next year’s report. There are achievable, nonpartisan ways to do this. Our children, our students, and our community is counting on us. We must act now.

Microsoft reveals Surface Book 2 with another unaffordable price We’ve seen this from Apple and Google recently, and now, Microsoft has decided it needs to get in on the action, too. Introducing the Surface Book 2.

With a base price of $1,499, the 13.5-inch I’ve noticed a trend lately in the tech indus- Surface Book 2 upgrades its processor to Intel’s try: no matter what brand you look at, devices new 8th generation core processors, changes seem to be ever-increasing in size and have an the docking mechanism for its detachable keyboard and adds a USB Type C port to the keyever-increasing price tag.

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STUNTMAN “You have to have a little bit of fear to have respect for it”

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Junior BFA Acting major Alex Tolar and Junior BFA Acting John Surgener perform a stunt kick. Tolar has been experimenting with stunts since his freshman year.

MSU acting major telling stories through risky movement CORTLYNN STARK News Editor @Cortlynn_Stark He looks at the mat 20 feet below, thinking through his routine. Breathe. Exhale. Step forward. Tuck.

Pep talk.

“Is it worth it?”

He takes the jump.

He tucks his body so he lands on his back and plunges safely onto a mat.

Missouri State senior acting major Alex Tolar, a self-declared adrenaline junkie, took the jump just to do it.

He earned his intermediate certification in stage combat from Rapier Wit in Toronto, a stage combat school, and uses his skills in Missouri State theater productions, student films and Meerkat Stunt Productions, a company he co-founded.

His passion for stage fighting started when Missouri State acting professor Kurt Heinlein told Tolar he should pursue it.

From there, Heinlein set Tolar up with the tools and resources he needed.

At the training school, Tolar played with dull swords and practiced punching and flips eight hours a day, six days a week.

“It’s roughhousing and playing pretend,” Tolar said.

“You get to be a five-year-old kid for almost a month. It’s incredible.”

He got stabbed on the inside corner of his eye with a long sword during one fight.

Tolar questioned for a moment if he was blind because of how his body reacted, then realized he was fine.

Tolar and his friend Michael Reiser, 2015 Missouri State acting graduate, who now lives in Los Angeles as an actor, have been fight partners for three years but honed their skills at Rapier Wit. Their stage combat practice and performance led to a “brothers-in-arms” friendship, Reiser said — except they use swords, not guns.

And sometimes, accidents happen.

“I may have nicked him in between the knees,” Reiser said, laughing.

Global haunts and traditions: how does Halloween compare?

NOAH STANDISH Staff Reporter @NoahjStandish Knuckles knock on the faded paint of wooden doors.

Children in tattered clothing and covered in fake blood pose for a camera lens. At the frigid outskirts of a corn maze, steam rises from the hands of those with burnt tongues, hot chocolate in their palms.

Children parading doorto- door with plastic jack-o’lanterns and collecting candy is so synonymous with Halloween, it may seem as though it’s universal. But elsewhere, the hunt for sweets and obsession with horror isn’t as common.

Around the world, doorbells don’t always ring on Oct. 31. Many countries may celebrate the season with a more serious tone — a contrast with the frivolity that’s often associated with North America’s Halloween.

Thousands of miles from Springfield, hundreds of dimly-lit lanterns are carried along the water in China.

Flickering flames struggle against the wind as a recognized symbol of reverence towards ancestors and a guidance for lost spirits.

The practice is linked to various holidays, but in mid-August, it represents the event known to natives as

Ghost Festival. Prayers and burning items symbolize contact with people who have passed away. It’s similar to various celebrations of All Saints’ Day, in which families gather to celebrate life and honor who they’ve lost.

For Ria Cheng, a senior management major from China, the practice is similar to making a wish, honoring family members by visiting their graves. Before coming to Missouri State, she had scarcely heard of Halloween — only being familiar with trick-or-treating because of her American friends.

“I think I’d be past the age to trick-or-treat anyway,” Cheng said with a laugh.

Cheng called Ghost Festival a practice rooted in spirituality, and an expression of desire to stay in contact with loved ones. “(In China), some people believe that there’s another world you pass to when you die,” Cheng said. “On special days, like Ghost Festival, people burn things like fake money with the name of the person who’s passed away on it with the thought that they can receive it in their alternate world.”

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We are taking these characters, and this emotion, this passion and we’re (taking) it to new heights where words are no longer enough.

We have to communicate through our bodies.” -Alex Tolar But their close relationship makes them better fight partners. They understand each other and know what the other will do in a stage fight.

“It’s kind of just the fact that we put our lives and health on the line for each other,” Reiser said. “It’s like an unspoken bond and trust where we can just know what each other is thinking.

“We will have an entire conversation in milliseconds.

We just look at each other’s eyes and know what we are going to say and what they’ll say back.”

In June, a sword slipped and stabbed Tolar’s Achilles tendon and shifted it, during a performance of the Three Musketeers

at Missouri State’s Tent Theater.

It happened as he ran on stage but it didn’t stop him. He performed the upcoming fight scene, then ran back off stage.

Injuries come with the business, Tolar said.

When Tolar got off stage, Reiser ran up to him, asking if he was okay.

“That boy doesn’t cry and I saw him cry,” Reiser said. “It’s one of those things where I know his pain tolerance and I saw he wasn’t moving I was like OK big brother mode. Gonna help him. Gotta take care of him.”

Tolar bounced back, stopping by urgent care where he received a cast and then performed again the following

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Tolar, Surgener and BFA Musical Theatre major Molly Higgins perform a stunt fight. night.

While filming a student film, Tolar was punched, hard, in the side. He felt his ribs shift.

He let out a breath and asked the director if that was it. The director said one more take.

Tolar said OK. They did three more.

His ribs cracked.

It wasn’t one of his proudest moments, Tolar said.

“I feel like if he has struggles, he’s been pretty good about hiding it,” Noah Jermain, senior musical theater major, said. “He always seems like he has it under control. His dedication to the craft is so strong

that he has continued and persevered through those injuries.

He falls down and gets back up.”

But Tolar’s first injury messed with his mind.

He didn’t land right after a dive roll and his shoulder slammed into cement.

“For the longest time I just couldn’t get myself to do something that was simple before because it got in my head,” Tolar said. “I would do the runup to do the actual trick or move and I would just stop or freeze before I would jump because I u See STUNT, page 5

THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE Since 2005, the school has welcomed in visitors and showcased Ozark heritage HANNA SUMPTER Senior Reporter @hannasumpter Countless students walk by a simple, white building tucked away between a parking lot and the elementary school on campus, many not knowing what this building actually represents.

The building, a one-room schoolhouse, was actually a gift to the university in celebration of the university’s centennial.

Former MSU President John Keiser had always dreamed of having a one-room schoolhouse on campus, said David Hough, the dean of the College of Education.

“His thinking was because we started in 1905 as a normal school to prepare teachers that a symbol of that heritage should be somewhere on campus,” Hough said.

President Keiser then requested that Hough scour the Ozarks for an authentic oneroom schoolhouse to relocate to the university.

Unfortunately, all of the remaining schoolhouses in the area were quite dilapidated, Hough said. So, they constructed the best possible alternative — plans were made to create a replica schoolhouse.

The plans for the replica were made to most accurately represent schoolhouses of the time period. The design took into consideration the typical dimensions and construction style of schoolhouses across the nation.

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The schoolhouse has an electric replica of a wood-burning potbelly stove.

“I made sure it got furnished, built, and that everyone communicated,” said David Brown, the project manager of the schoolhouse and now a faculty emeritus in the College of Education. “I enjoyed it very much — I enjoy the history of education. I’m very intrigued in one-room schoolhouses and how education has evolved. I very much enjoyed that, it was very satisfying.”

Beginning in January 2005, the schoolhouse was built over the following five months by students studying planning and construction. The cost for materials totaled about $30,000 and the students donated their labor.

“This is a gift to the university, basically from President Keiser more than anyone else,”

Hough said. “He helped our Community Advisory Council raise the funds.”

The schoolhouse was designed with similar materials and an authentic layout. Bead board, a material used in the early 1900s, lined the walls of schoolhouses and was also used on the replica.

Inside the room sits rows of antique desks for students.

In the back sits a few wooden, period benches from a schoolhouse that were donated to the university.

Many items have been donated to the schoolhouse including textbooks, pamphlets and certificates relevant to education and from the time period. More items continue to be donated even now, over ten years later.

Some of the most iconic pieces in the room include an electric replica of a wood-burning, potbelly stove and framed photos of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Hough said no one seems to know why Washington and Lincoln were chosen specifically.

Since the schoolhouse was completed in May 2005 it has been used for meetings, as a classroom and alumni often tour the schoolhouse when they come back to campus.

“It is our gift from both the College of Education and President Keiser to the university to commemorate our 100th birthday at Missouri State University,” Hough said.

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Skaar: Kaur’s new book ‘raw and enlightening’

By Page 73, the conclusion of a 6-page heart-wrenching, eye-popping poem called “home,” I was rendered wholly, utterly speechless.

But, in all fairness, that’s how I spent most of the time it took to read the book.

Kaur chose her stories carefully and recreated them gracefully. She recreated what it was like to be a young girl on a boat coming to new shores, watching her parents struggle to adapt to our culture and struggling, at times, to adapt to her own culture as a woman.

Kaur’s poems speak frequently of love. She explores romantic love, love for family, love for nature

and the Earth, and self-love in a world that discourages it: “It is a trillion-dollar industry that would collapse if we believed we were beautiful enough already; their concept of beauty is manufactured; I am not” – “human” But her most visited topics are self and romantic love, through which she tells readers about the challenges that made her into Rupi.

One of her cure-all tips for heartache, she said in a poem, is mint chocolate chip ice cream. When the gallon runs out, she recommends hot baths with almond oil and cleaning the house spotless.

And she makes cleaning house sound better than it ever has.

“I’m opening all the windows airing it out; putting flowers in a vase in the middle of a kitchen table; lighting a candle; loading the dishwasher with all of my thoughts until they’re spotless; scrubbing the countertops and then; I plan to step into the bathtub, wash yesterday out of my hair; decorate my body in gold; put music on, sit back, put my feet up, and enjoy this typical Thursday afternoon” – “home” Read it now Give as a gift Take on vacation Don’t waste your time

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couldn’t do it.”

Tolar couldn’t readjust until a friend grabbed him, said ‘do it’ and threw him. His body naturally rolled.

But the fear of something going fatally wrong doesn’t just disappear.

In August, a female stunt person died during the filming of “Deadpool 2,” when a motorcycle malfunctioned. In July, a

schoolhouse for free. To take a tour you must contact the Greenwood Laboratory School at 417-836-5124.

RENT 20th Anniversary Tour, Credit Carol Rosegg, 2017

The Company of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour. severance, which everybody can relate to.

“I have never seen “RENT,” but the themes of hope and perseverance usually make me want to strive and have that in my life,” Aylissa Skimehorn, sophomore nursing major said. “Which is why I would want to see this production.”

“RENT” won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1996.

“It is such a well-known play, and it focuses on so many social issues that interest me,” Laura Watters, junior accounting major, said. “‘RENT’s’ greatness influ-

enced a generation, and it is so important to continue learning about such culture.

“Each theatre production reflects the time in which it was produced, making it very interesting to find connections to the work that can relate to my own life.”

Coming to Springfield for three shows, “RENT” Showtimes are Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now, starting at $25.

an injury over the summer.

“I think he had a good learning experience and found ‘gutting it out isn’t going to serve me in the long run,’” Heinlein said. ““You’re gonna get injured. It’s part of your job. So you learn how to take care of your body. When you’re 20, it’s whatever. But I think now Alex is learning ‘oh I need to take care of my body.’”

After getting stabbed in the Achilles tendon, cracking his ribs and injuring his shoulder, safety is key for Tolar.

“You have to have a little bit of fear to have respect for it,”

Tolar said. “If I was completely calm about anything I wouldn’t do it because that means I wasn’t caring enough, but I get excited.”

His excitement and passion rubs off on other students, like Jermain, who Tolar became a mentor to.

“One thing I admire about him is his dedication,” Jermain said. “Whatever he is doing, he goes all in for.”

For Tolar, the story is what matters.

“We are taking these characters, and this emotion, this

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The schoolhouse sits across from Hammons house, holding antiques from the era it imitates.

passion and we’re (taking) it to new heights where words are no longer enough,” Tolar said. “We have to communicate through our bodies.”

So staying in character while falling out of a two-story building, is important to him. And it’s worth it. While no story is worth someone getting seriously injured, Tolar said, it’s part of the job as a stunt person or fighter to sacrifice some of their bodies for the story.

“People die from being eaten by hippos too,” Tolar said.

Tolar said he plans to return

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to Toronto in January to earn his advanced certification. After graduating in the spring, Tolar plans on moving to Atlanta, then Toronto or Los Angeles to continue pursuing his career.

He wants to tell stories through his body.

“We’re heightening it to a level where they’re in their most primal most vulnerable states,” Tolar said. “To tell a story through violence instead of just fighting is very intense. You want to bring them along with you on a journey.”

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“It’s scary but we can’t dwell on those because we have to know that we are there to protect other people and ourselves,” Tolar said. “If everything goes right, everything will be great.

If something goes wrong we have safety measures. It’s just sometimes the cards do not fall.”

If handled safely, dangerous stunts can result in success. Tolar, Heinlein said, focuses on safety.

Despite that focus, Heinlein said Tolar didn’t tell him about

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“RENT” tells the story of a group of poor, young artists struggling to get by in New York City’s East Village, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. “‘RENT’ is about a group of friends who are all struggling together,” Lyndie Moe, an actress in the show, said.

“They have these beautiful friendships and we see them get tested throughout the duration of the show, reminding us how integral it is to just love and accept everyone for who they are.”

Moe’s character, Maureen Johnson, possess many traits and beliefs that empower her.

“She is a huge advocate for equal rights and feminism, and is always speaking out for what she believes in,”

Moe said.

She described her process in becoming a member of the cast, outlining the multi-step process that she went through and waiting four months for the final invitation to join the cast.

“I am only 19, so I only had one year in college”, Moe said. “I learned so much in all of my acting classes, like different techniques, which really helped me with my audition and callback.

Being a part of this production deeply impacted Moe’s life.

“It is just amazing to me that I am able to share this message of love to everybody, every night,” Moe said. “I think it is a really important show that everybody should see.”

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“The sun and her flowers” by Rupi Kaur.

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Rupi Kaur strikes again –– a thunderous, powerful, lovely strike –– in every bit of a literary hug as her first book of poems, “milk and honey.”

Reading “the sun and her flowers” is what I like to imagine a conversation with Kaur would be: raw, empowering, emotional, enlightening and intellectual.

The collection is split into five sections: wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming –– through which she explores memories and her hopes for the future.

Most of the poems are accompanied by Kaur’s

sketches, which remind the reader that a picture is, in fact, worth a thousand words.

The reason I recommend reading this book as soon as possible and giving it as a gift is best understood after you read it. As Kaur shares herself with readers, it’s impossible to not pass along.

As soon as the book released, I ordered a giftwrapped copy for my sister, who I also gave “milk and honey” to for Christmas when she asked for self-esteem and love. She said it worked both times.

As for me, the first time I picked it up was just to flip through the pages. I finished the entire thing right then.

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After his reception, senior Deion Holliman is knocked down and out of bounds

Bears fall to 1-6 after another disappointing second half BLAINE WHEELER Staff Reporter @BlaineWheeler21 Missouri State’s second-half struggles continued Saturday as the Bears took on No. 13 South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

The first half saw oodles of points, as the two teams traded six touchdowns, but the Bears never led.

In the half, the Bears gained 280 yards offensively, scoring 24 points. The first Bears’ score came with 9:40 left in the first quarter with a 39-yard field goal from sophomore Zach Drake.

After the field goal, the Jackrabbits scored on their next offensive play, a 57-yard touchdown run. Missouri State’s offense stalled near midfield in the drive after SDSU forced the Bears to punt for the first of five times.

The punt, by redshirt sophomore Brendan Withrow, stuck at the 3-yard line, pinning the Jackrabbits deep in their own territory.

The Bears flipped the field-position battle, and South Dakota State had to punt from deep in its own territory, to senior wide receiver Deion Holliman.

Holliman juked, jived and spun his way out of a handful of tackles across the field to race to a 63-yard touchdown.

“I watched some highlights before the game and I guess magic happened,” Holliman said.”Our guys were blocking, I was trusting them, I was following, and they made the big block at the end and it made my job easier.”

MSU’s next score, while down 20-10, came just 10 seconds into the second quarter.

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After looking for an open teammate to pass to, sophomore J.T. Granato decides to make a run Junior running back Jason Randall burst 68-yards for a touchdown.

Randall, who saw most of the carries after senior starting running back Calan Crowder went down in the first quarter, said it was time for him to step up and be prepared to run the offense.

Randall finished with 85 yards and a touchdown.

Crowder’s status is unknown.

The Jackrabbits and Bears then traded touchdowns before SDSU scored with 28 seconds left in the half on a head-scratching defensive drive for the Bears.

The drive consisted of a third down and fourth down conversion after MSU called a timeout, followed by a 10yard pass into Bears’ territory, a pass interference call that gave the Jackrabbits 14-extra yards and a second-and-21 conversion on a 32-yard pass that put the Jackrabbits in scoring position.

Two plays later, the Jackrabbits scored.

The drive put the Bears down 10, but enough time remained in the half for the Bears to score with one timeout left.

Sophomore quarterback Peyton Huslig drove the Bears 35 yards in six plays to give Drake a chance at a 48-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in the half.

After two SDSU timeouts, Drake nailed the field goal — the longest of his career — bringing the Bears within three points at half, 27-24.

At half, the Bears said they tried doing something different to avoid the second half woes the team experienced in recent weeks.

“We were worried about coming out slow, so we made an emphasis to leave the locker room a little bit earlier today … we came out and did a warmup before the second half started,” senior linebacker Kurran Blamey said.

“Just something to get us focused and get our mind right and prepared for the second half.”

However, as the second half started, the Bears’ changed didn’t make a difference.

Four plays into the second half, the Bears were forced into fourth-and-inches and went for it.

A play that Bears’ head coach Dave Steckel said was the ‘big tale’ of the game.

The Bears, for the second time in two weeks, during a time that felt like a must score, rolled the dice.

And for the second time in two weeks, the Bears didn’t convert.

Last week, after the Bears attempted a fake punt on fourth-and-14, Steckel said he made the wrong decision.

This week, he said he’d do it again.

“Old wise man said if you can’t get that you don’t deserve to win and we didn’t. The offense came out, I think they did well, we had a fourth-anda-foot and I think it was a great decision. Everybody was fired up and they stuffed our ass.”

South Dakota State answered the missed fourth down with a 5-play, 34-yard touchdown drive scoring its first of 29 second half points.

When the Bears took over after the score, sophomore J.T. Granato trotted onto the field in a pre-planned insert by head coach Dave Steckel that ended in a punt. After the possession, Huslig returned for the rest of the game.

The Bears’ defense gave up 21 more points before the clock hit zero and lost 62-30.

The Bears play the 0-7 Indiana State Sycamores at Plaster Stadium on Homecoming at 2 p.m., Oct. 28.

Ice Bears regress in home series MIKE VOLDING Staff Reporter @MiketheKid65 Coming into the weekend, the Ice Bears focused on two things: raising money for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks and the Saint Louis University Billikens.

“This is a tradition that we do with the BCFO, so on Saturday we will auction off the jerseys that the players are wearing and all of the proceeds from the auction will go to the BCFO.” Ice Bears head coach Jeremy Law said.

In Game 1, the Ice Bears defeated SLU 7-6. Action came early in the first period as the Ice Bears tallied 11 shots to SLU’s three.

But a SLU tripping penalty caused a power play for the Ice Bears, which is when returning senior forward Brendan McClew scored his first goal of the season.

“It felt really good to get that goal off my chest,” McClew said. “It is always a little anxious to get the first one, but it was nice to get the first one of the game.”

Missouri State led SLU 3-1, until the Billikens scored three goals of their own in the second period, giving them the 5-4 lead heading into the third period.

In the third period, after another SLU goal, the Ice Bears came back and tied it up, making it 6-6. Ice Bears senior forward Andrew Kovacich put one in the back of the net to clinch the victory for Missouri State.

Law said that there were some things that the team did well.

“Our power plays have been really good lately,” Law said.

“I think we were 27 percent success rate going into tonight

and we went 2-for-3 tonight, so I thought that was good.”

On Saturday, Oct. 21, the Ice Bears were unable to come out on top, falling to SLU 3-2.

The first period seemed evenly matched, until a SLU penalty allowed Missouri State to go on the power play. Freshman forward Alex Rubin found the back of the net to give the Ice Bears the 1-0 lead.

Thirty seconds later, SLU scored a goal of its own, tieing the game at 1-1 heading into the second period.

The second period was filled with missed opportunities for the Ice Bears. On three separate occasions, Missouri State went on the power play but failed to capitalize.

Later in the period, SLU recorded their second goal of the game to take 2-1 advantage into the third period.

To open the third period, the Billikens racked up another goal, making it 3-1. Missouri State scored one last time, but the lead proved too much to overcome.

Law said one thing this team needs to do better is play a complete game.

“We turned it on at the end but it was too little too late. That was a very good team and they wanted it more than us tonight.”

Sophomore forward Hunter Saunders said he believes they need to change some things.

“I think that all we can do is take all the negatives and switch them very quickly before we play a team like Michigan,” Saunders said. “I think we are a very talented team, but for some stupid reason we have a tendency to play down to team’s levels even when we know we can demolish them.”

The Ice Bears return to the ice Friday, Oct. 27; the puck drops at 7 p.m.

Bears survive upset and extend MVC win streak BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @Brennerm2 Going into the weekend, the Missouri State volleyball Bears were slated to take on two very different teams.

The Oct. 20 matchup heavily favored the Bears, as they took on Bradley University, the second-to-last place team in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Bears played Illinois State University on Oct. 21, a team that gave the Bears a run for their money earlier this season.

However, expectations of the weekend were shattered when the Braves challenged the last undefeated conference team, and the Redbirds faltered late in their match.

BU kept up with the Bears for a majority of the first set, until a pair of 8-1 runs from the Bears gave them a set win, 25-17.

The Braves set the pace in the second set. Playing strong defense and dominating the net, BU evened the match at 1-1, winning 25-20.

Riding the momentum that BU created in set two, the Braves continued to demonstrate their 1-8 conference record was not indicative of their abilities in set three.

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Senior Lily Johnson attacks a ball in mid-air against Illinois State on Oct. 21

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The volleyball Bears celebrate a point against Illinois State on Oct. 21 team, in a caring way, ‘shame on you for being 1-9,’” head coach Melissa Stokes said. “If their team would play like that against the rest of the teams in the conference, they would have a different record.”

Going into set four, the Bears opted for a team huddle, instead of positional huddles they usually take.

However, one person was out of the huddle: Stokes.

“They took over the huddle, and I felt the last set and a half was not about coaching,

it was a gut check for them,” Stokes said. “I think their backs were up against a wall and they chewed on each other a little bit.”

Sometime during that huddle, the Bears decided to break out the grit they are known for.

Like many games before, senior Lily Johnson put the team on her back. With Johnson leading the charge, the Bears kept the match alive, winning 25-14.

Johnson kept her confidence going into the final set,

and once again, it paid off.

“I think it just comes down to the fact that, being here four years and being a senior, you just learn how to flip a switch,” Johnson said. “There comes a point where everyone is looking at you, and everyone is confident in you and that fuels you.”

The Bears closed out the final set, 19-17, winning the match 3-2.

Heading into their match against ISU, the Bears watched extensive game film

to prepare for a strong Redbird offense.

“I thought we had a really good defensive game plan coming in after watching film last night,” Stokes said. “We came out ready to play tonight.”

The Bears showed off the defense they planned in set one, winning 25-20.

ISU quickly responded in set two, changing up its attack plan. Relying heavily on senior outside hitter Juma Armando, the Redbirds cut up the Bears defense, winning 25-22.

A trip to the locker room allowed the Bears to analyze a new plan for ISU and shift their defense.

The Bears shut down Armando in the final two sets, with junior Emily Butters leading the defense.

“In the timeout, lots of timeouts that we had, we really decided to get our block involved, they did a really great job setting up the block allowing me to play really good defense around (Armando),” Butters said.

A strong defensive plan and heads-up coaching allowed the Bears to silence the Redbirds, who should have been a major offensive threat, rounding out the final two sets with scores of 25-22 and 25-18.

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BASKETBALL SEASON Without their best player, the Missouri State Bears fell to Kansas State in a game for charity

Junior guard Jarred Dixon attacks two K-State defenders during the charity game on Oct. 21.

Story by ALEC MCCHESNEY Photos by MEGAN BRUKE The game did not count.

Alize Johnson did not play.

But, the Missouri State men’s basketball team kicked off the 2017-18 season with a 78-62 loss in a charity game against the Kansas State Wildcats Oct. 21.

The teams organized the exhibition to provide support for the American Red Cross’ hurricane relief efforts.

The Bears impressed against Kansas State — a 23win, NCAA Tournament team from a season ago — even without their star senior, Yes, even losing by 16 points, Missouri State impressed, as it trailed by just six points with 3:41 remaining in the contest — without its best player.

“It was really good,” seventh-year head coach Paul Lusk said following the game, “it was a great opportunity for us, and we will get better, but it’s being on the road against a good team and a good program … there’s some self-inflicted mistakes that we’ve got to correct, but I thought we were very good on the glass.”

Without Johnson, the Bears enlisted a starting lineup of senior Jarrid Rhodes and juniors Jarred Dixon, Obediah Church, Ryan Kreklow and Reggie Scurry.

Rather than insert senior point guard Ronnie Rousseau III into the lineup, Lusk opted to go with Scurry in place of Johnson.

At 6’5, 213 pounds, Scurry, a junior college transfer, will provide an energy boost, active hands and unparallelled athleticism off the bench all season.

He left his mark on Saturday, tallying two blocks, one steal, five rebounds, nine points and one assist.

“I thought Reggie Scurry did some good things for us,” Lusk said. “He missed some

shots that he usually does not miss, but he is a threat.

“He can score down low; he can score on the perimeter and he’s going to be really good. That was his first real college game against a Big 12 school, so he’s going to be good for us.”

The Bears dominated on the glass, outrebounding the Wildcats 44 to 37, without Johnson, who averaged 10.6 per game in 2016.

“One of my concerns going into this season is rebounding,” K-State head coach Bruce Weber said, “and one of their strengths is rebounding, and they didn’t even have the kid that averages 10.”

Lusk hinted at the Bears’ dominance on the boards, saying how happy he was with the 17 offenisve rebounds.

Missouri State started sluggishly, falling behind 9-0 five minutes into the contest and had just nine points 10 minutes into the game.

Then Rhodes, who has talked at length about his confidence this preseason, took over, scoring 13 of the Bears’ next 15 points to bring Missouri State within seven.

“I was a little timid before the game,” Rhodes said afterwards. “I just, it’s natural now with my confidence being very high. My teammates helped me get a lot of open looks.”

Lusk thought it was more than just a couple of open looks.

“Even when you are a returning player, there’s going to be some anxiousness on the road, but I thought Jarrid Rhodes was outstanding. But, I am not surprised by that.”

Rhodes hit 5-7 3-pointers, scored 20 points and corralled five rebounds. Though, more importantly, he had zero turnovers.

Rhodes’ role figures to increase, as someone will have to take over the scoring hole left by Dequon Miller’s graduation.

Senior forward Jarrid Rhodes fights for a rebound against two K-State defenders Johnson needs a second scoring threat to take the pressure off him, and if Rhodes can shoot above 40 percent from beyond the arc and his volume increases, the Bears might have the best two-man

game in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Rhodes nailed a 3-pointer before the half, and the Bears trailed by eight entering the break.

Rousseau started the sec-

ond half in place of Dixon, who struggled all afternoon, scoring just two points and turning the ball over three times.

Rousseau, who left the team last season after two MVC games, continued his seamless transition back into the fold against K-State.

The 5’10, 163 pound point guard scored seven points, drilling one 3-pointer, while collecting two rebounds and one assist. For Rousseau, however, his game has never been about the numbers.

Moreover, it’s about his presence on the court. He provides Lusk with the only true point-guard option on the roster. Certainly, Johnson, Rhodes, Dixon and senior J.T. Miller can handle the ball, but Rousseau is a natural with the ball in his hands.

The pace of play changes entirely, with shooters getting the ball in the shooter’s pocket, right when it needs to be there. Suddenly, opposing presses become obsolete because he’s a one-man press break, which the Bears desperately missed following his departure in 2016.

And in an improvement from last year, his defense impressed against the Wildcats.

“I thought Ronnie was really good (on defense),” Lusk said. “We brought Ronnie off the bench, since it was his first playing in a long time, so overall, it was a positive for us.”

Ronnie shined in the second half, but the Bears came out flat.

“We started the second half with a couple of turnovers,” Lusk said, addressing the 6-0 run by the Wildcats out of the break.

Rhodes, Scurry and freshman Mustafa Lawerence kept the Bears within striking distance throughout.

With 6:21 left in the game, Rhodes knocked in a free

throw to bring the score within six, then, both teams emptied the benches to allow the reserves a chance to play. The Wildcats’ reserves pulled away late, resulting in the lopsided score.

“Coach Lusk and I, we had planned that for the last eight to nine minutes, we were going to play everybody,” Weber said. “We just wanted everyone to get a chance to play.”

Despite the last few minutes going against the Bears, the locker room remained optimistic.

“We did some good things,” Rhodes said. “We have to trim down on turnovers and do a better job on defense. This game gives us a lot of confidence, but we are just taking things one day at a time.

“There was flashes of great stuff going on; we are just excited, period. We felt like we could play with them the whole game, and we just looked at them as another team.”

Lusk said he’ll take positives from the contest, such as the glimpses of dominance on the boards from the Bears and senior Tanveer Bhullar, the athleticism of Scurry and the confidence of Rhodes.

Oh, and that his squad was within six points of a Big 12 school with six minutes remaining without one of the best players in the country.

There’s that, too.

“We’ve got a chance to be very good,” Lusk said, “we will get back, watch some film and guys will learn from it.

And, we don’t have our best player. Alize Johnson is a real good player, but this was good for us.”

Seventeen days from right now, the Bears hit the road to start the 2017-18 season against Western Kentucky.

Saturday represented a perfect chance for the Bears to grow and learn as a team — especially without Johnson.

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as people who have cancer or other illnesses, Pyle said.

“You get the vaccine and right away your body starts building antibodies with the strains, that’s what gives you protection against the flu,” Pyle said. “It’s fairly effective, it doesn’t work all the time, but it’s much better than not getting the flu shot.”

However, some, such as sophomore public relations major Samantha McGinnis, prefer to not get the flu shot.

“I do believe that vaccines are important, but I feel that the flu is not a serious enough threat for me to get the shot,” McGinnis said. “I got it a couple times as a kid and I turned out just fine.”

McGinnis said her mind will not change, but she believes the shot helps lower the chances of getting the flu.

“I do think I run the risk of being more likely to get sick without the shot,” McGinnis said.

Pyle agrees with McGinnis about having a higher risk for sickness and the flu shot helps.

“If you go in and look at the research, the data points to the fact that it does help people,” Pyle said. “Statistics show that.

We know what happens when people don’t take it, you don’t get that ‘herd immunity,’ I certainly wouldn’t want to force anyone to get a vaccine if they don’t want to, but it is beneficial. It’s really a personal choice. We’ve got them here, we encourage our patients to take them, but we certainly don’t make anyone.”

The vaccines do have side effects, however.

“A lot of the side effects are like the mild flu, the biggest one is probably that their arm gets a little sore,” Pyle said.

“Sometimes they get a little achy, they may have a slight fever. Usually pretty mild. Some people have a little runny nose, a little headache, but for the most part, people tolerate it pretty well. It’s not a live virus, it’s a killed virus.”

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“That is just asking for someone to take it, don’t give them that chance.”

Jacobson and Alexander were in agreement when they said they could not stress this enough.

“The number of students that will send me an email – and all I really want is your BearPass number – and I am getting these students’ Social Security numbers and date of births,” Jacobson said. “Never, ever, ever include your Social Security number.”

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“I don’t think (Halloween) parties here are disrespectful, it’s just a cultural difference,” Cheng said. “If it were on the same day, the partying here might bother me, but since it’s on different days, I don’t see much of a connection.”

Across the world, many natives of Brazil practice a similar tradition. On the first evening of November, candles rest atop graves as an tradition of All Saints’ Day. Close relatives gather to partake in prayer to honor and show respect for the dead.

Claudia Chiari Ferreira de Souza, a junior biomedical science major from Brazil and president of Association of International Students, described the event as more emotional than traditional Halloween practices she’s seen in America. “(All Saints’ Day) is more of an appreciation of who you had in life rather than a big party,” she said. “Some people get really sad, and others just reminisce with a lot of love in their minds.”

Claudia said she’s noticed the different tones surrounding All Saints’ Day and Hal-

SAFETY Continued from page 1 “I see a lot of people – I do it too – who sit there and look at their phones not knowing what’s going on around us. I think it’s important just to look around and see what is going on around you.

“If something looks out of place, you need to let someone know about that after you get yourself to a place you feel comfortable and safe.”

Bailey Wiggins, sophomore speech-language pathology major and Students Against Destructive Decisions member, said her roommate told her that students allegedly saw two individuals drive by the Brick City campus brandishing a gun out of the window.

Teachers and students became concerned when they did not hear a report about the situation from campus security.

According to an email from Lisa Cox, public affairs officer for the SPD, “someone reported what they thought was a gun. It was actually a large cell phone.”

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loween, but also that she was previously unfamiliar with the American holiday beyond word of mouth. She cited religious influences and an atmosphere heavily rooted in spirituality as the biggest differences between the two. “(In Brazil), we pray for those who we’ve lost, and not taking part in prayer can be considered very disrespectful,” Claudia said. “I had heard of Halloween through American friends, but I had never celebrated it at home. It feels like a big party here.”

While the tone may differ, Claudia said she doesn’t see Halloween’s lighthearted tone as something that’s offensive to other culture –– it’s just a little odd.

“With (Halloween) parties, it’s almost like people are celebrating witches and horror stuff,” Claudia said. “In legends, those are bad things, and it’s very different to me that people would celebrate their existence.”

Many natives of Finland celebrate their own rendition of All Saints’ Day: “pyhäinpäivä.” It’s a solemn commemoration of family that’s symbolized by bringing candles to cemeteries on the first Saturday of November.

“The graveyards are a beautiful sight during All Saints’ Day,” said Lauri Kivijarvi, a graduate student from Finland studying chemistry.

“Hundreds of candles illuminate the cemeteries on a cold, dark autumn night, to respect the dead.”

on the forefront of national conversation following major shootings including the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. 1, which was the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to CNN. “I think nationwide we’re having a lot of conversations about firearms on campus and what that looks like,” Tamarah Dixon, assistant director of student conduct at Missouri State, said. “Currently Missouri State and our surrounding universities don’t allow any of those types of things on campus. Obviously that’s a safety concern.”

Other recent safety concerns on campus include multiple rape reports and a phishing scheme.

Vehicle theft is one of the most prevalent issues on campus, Johnson said. He said a suspect was caught and arrested by the Springfield Police Department last week.

Johnson stressed the importance of resources available to students late at night including the Bear Line and the Safe Walk program, which aids students by sending an officer to escort them to wherever they are walking so they don’t have to walk alone.

“We’ve expanded that a little bit,” Johnson said. “We used to just stick right to campus, but

Similar to Ghost Festival and Brazil’s All Saints’ Day, the atmosphere is more modest and serious, as close relatives show reverence toward those who have passed away.

Kivijarvi came to MSU two months ago, but he’s already noticed the contrast with the typical Halloween party in the U.S., recalling a more traditional perspective in his home country.

“Elders in Finland definitely perceive American Halloween as disrespectful,” Kivijarvi said.

“Large horror parties are a complete contrary for the Finnish traditions, but younger Finns tend to be more open to American Halloween traditions.”

Despite the differing perspectives, he cites a lack of understanding as why the holiday hasn’t caught on in Finland, as it sits in the shadow of All Saints’ Day. “Halloween is a pretty new thing in Finland, and it’s still not very widespread,” he said. “I don’t plan to celebrate it here since I’m still pretty unfamiliar with its origins.”

As for some members of his native country being unhappy with the difference in atmosphere, Kivijarvi said that he doesn’t see harm in the frivolity. But the same can’t be said about the food.

“I don’t see anything wrong with a merry atmosphere if some wish to celebrate All Saints’ Day that way,” he said. “I only dislike some of the foul-looking Halloween foods.”

we’ll go within a block or two, especially on Greek Row. On a case-by-case basis we may even take someone over to Bear Village just depending on what’s going on and what the request is.”

Other resources include: Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention (S.H.A.R.P.) classes taught by officers from the Missouri State Public Safety and Transportation department, Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (A.L.I.C.E.), active shooter training given through the Taylor Health and Wellness Center and Green Dot bystander intervention training through the Title IX office.

“We do presentations, we have a variety of things we can do,” Johnson said. “Just getting in contact and asking for those presentations, or even sign up for the SHARPs class. We try to put that on at least once a month; hopefully we can get enough people to be able to hold that class.”

SADD is a student organization that can help answer questions and refer students to needed resources.

Colton Niell, sophomore history education with an emphasis on prelaw, is in charge of the organization and encourages students to engage with them.

“I wouldn’t say that Missouri

State is unsafe, but I would say that obviously our organization is in existence to make it safer or to educate people so they can help make it safer,” Niell said. “We have a lot of existing programs to work with people and try to combat that. We are an education outlet.”

The Office of Student Conduct is another asset where students can seek council. Dixon said that students are often wary of going to the Office of Student Conduct because it’s seen as “the principal’s office” but the staff is willing to have candid conversations in regards to students’ rights and safety procedures.

“I think (safety) is really important,” Dixon said. “ I think it’s really good to be informed of what their rights are in both the City of Springfield and Missouri State. Be aware of some of those resources.

“You can’t focus on what you need to be focusing on with academics and making good relations with people if you’re concerned about your safety all the time. So the more you can involve yourself in some of those safety prevention pieces, being aware of your surroundings and reporting things if they happen, I think that can make our campus a better place.”