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Police search for multiple suspects after robberies CORTLYNN STARK News Editor @Cortlynn_Stark Since Sept. 25, three armed robberies have been reported near Missouri State’s campus.

In each robbery, the suspects displayed black handguns.

According to crime alerts from MSU Safety and Transportation, the first robbery happened around 11:30 p.m. Sept.

25 near National Avenue and McDaniel Street, near McDonald’s.

The first suspect, described as a Hispanic male with a thin build, allegedly displayed a black handgun and wore a black bandanna and hat. Police said he is around 5 feet 8 inches tall.

The second incident happened around midnight on Sept.

26 near South Kimbrough Avenue and Elm Street.

That suspect is described as a white male with light brown or blonde hair. He was wearing an orange American Eagle brand tshirt and dark pants.

After those initial robberies, police said there wasn’t an

nity or sorority house in the 1000 block of Elm Street.

The suspects were described as two Hispanic males between the ages of 18 and 22. They were seen wearing dark clothing and fleeing north after the incident.

Two more individual robberies were reported on Sept. 30, according to Safety and Transportation’s Daily Crime Log, shortly after the armed robbery.

At 1:28 a.m., a robbery occurred at 1131 E. Elm St., an apartment building next to the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house.

The next one happened at 1107 E. Elm. St., the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, at 1:38 a.m.

Both instances were handled by an outside agency.

No further information was immediately available and Springfield Police Department spokesperson Lisa Cox did not respond in time for publication. MSU Vice President for Marketing and Communications Suzanne Shaw could not provide immediate threat to campus.

On Sept. 30, two men showed two black handguns during additional information.

Contact the SPD at 417-864-1810 if you have any inforan armed robbery near a fraternity or sorority house around mation.

1 a.m., according to a crime alert.

The Standard’s Hanna Sumpter contributed to this story.

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MSU President Clif Smart said the new Title IX policy gives universities more flexibility.

Smart: MSU will not change current sexual assault policy MEGAN BURKE Senior Reporter @megs96_

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SEE PAGE 4. As a psychology major with a love of neurology, Nikki Busbey’s choice of a tattoo was simply, the brain resting between her shoulders.

Missouri State University President Clif Smart said, when asked a question at the State of the University Address on Sept.

25, that MSU will not be changing its current policy on sexual assault procedures on campus.

He reiterated that in his Clif’s Notes released Sept. 26. This decision comes in the wake of a new interim guidance on sexual misconduct under Title IX issued by the U.S. Department of Education on Sept. 22.

The interim policy replaces the former campus guidance on sexual assault policy put in place by the Obama Administration, which was recently rescinded by

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. “This interim guidance will help schools as they work to combat sexual misconduct and will treat all students fairly,” DeVos said in a U.S. Department of Education press release.

“Schools must continue to confront these horrific crimes and behaviors head-on. There will be no more sweeping them under the rug. But the process also must be fair and impartial, giving everyone more confidence in its outcomes.”

On Oct. 2, Sen. Claire McCaskill released a letter she wrote to President Donald Trump which requested a meeting with him to discuss the decisions made by DeVos. u See TITLE page 8

‘It’s an affordability issue’: MSU looks at lowering credit hour requirement BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @brennerm2 In an attempt to match other universities and lower tuition costs for students, Missouri State Faculty Senate began investigating the pros and cons of reducing the MSU credit hour requirement for graduation from 125 to 120.

According to the charge given to the ad hoc committee – a special committee formed to accomplish a specific goal or task – overseeing the investigation, many other public universities only require 120 hours for students to graduate, whereas MSU students need 125 to graduate.

The chair of Faculty Senate, Cindy MacGregor, handed down the charge. MacGregor cited many reasons for the change, all of them

benefitting students.

“It’s an affordability issue, it’s part of our goal to be affordable to students,” MacGregor said.

Along with that, MacGregor took into account state funding when issuing the charge.

She said universities need to be efficient if they want to receive money from the state, and having the largest credit requirement in the state, while all other schools get by with less than

MSU, is anything but efficient.

MacGregor predicted a potential tuition hike in the future, and she wants to help students deal with it effectively.

“We are likely going to need to raise tuition; less money from the state means (money) has to come from somewhere,” MacGregor said.

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How MSU Safety and Transportation prepares for campus protests, speakers CHLOE SKAAR Senior Reporter @chloeskaar Preachers, Trump-reactors, abortion debates and racial rallies – Missouri State’s campus security and Department of Safety and Transportation protects student views across the board.

Since the fall 2017 semester took off, MSU’s campus hosts students and surrounding community members who take to sidewalks and “soap boxes” to voice their thoughts and initiate a push for change.

But, Thomas Johnson, director of the Department of Safety and Transportation at MSU, said, the students generally host constructive discussions.

“If you want to look for an example of how (demonstrations) should go off, not only from our perspective but those that are participating, that was an excellent example,” Johnson said of a prolife demonstration outside of Siceluff on Sept. 18. “Both sides of the issue were there, they were civil to each other, they talked to each other … each side was able to get their message across and nobody was too (disruptive).”

Johnson said, while this conduct makes for safer – and potentially more informed – campus life, it also makes it easier for him and his colleagues to oversee campus.

But, that’s not to say they don’t prepare for those nottoo-smooth days.

“Generally, what we’ll do, especially if we have some advance notice, we’ll try to see what we can find out about the organization,” Johnson said. “And it’s not to find out what it is they’re saying, or try to stop their content, it’s to find out if other institutions or universities have had issues that we need to be concerned about.

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“Our main concern is the safety of those participating … so, typically, we will have an officer present just to monitor things … because some things can get a little emotional and tempers can flare.”

Johnson said the only time a speaker’s content is a concern would be the case of legality.

Other than that, Safety and Transportation works to let students and speakers know MSU is a platform for their voice, so long as the platform is utilized respectfully.

According to the University Rules for Speakers and Facilities Usage, “The use of university facilities for speakers is intended to support the academic mission and is therefore viewed as part of the university’s educational programs.

“The university retains the exclusive right, through authorized persons and organizations, to determine the appropriateness of speakers scheduled for university facilities. If a speaker is not allowed access to university facilities, that speaker may still have access to university grounds, in accordance with the university’s Expressive Activity Policy.”

So, essentially, anyone can use MSU as a “soap box” if they wish. Because the grounds are accessible and MSU is a public university,

locals have the right to speak their minds here, too.

That right isn’t taken away – for students as well – until a rule is violated or a policy broken.

But, the purpose of security isn’t to stifle or oppress.

Johnson said Safety and Transportation has no stake in the opinions and causes brought to campus – just that they are complying with policy and pose no threat to campus visitors.

The University Rules for Speakers and Facilities Usage says that “Forums, rallies, picketing and demonstrations are permitted to the extent such forums, rallies, picketing and demonstrations are conducted in accordance with the Expressive Activity Policy.”

Another thing Johnson and his men keep an eye – or an ear – out for is specific items that serve as a red flag.

Listed in the University Rules for Speakers and Facilities Usage are about 30 items – including selfie sticks, coolers, barbecue grills, animals and body armor – that, once appear during an on-campus demonstration of any sort, prompt the Department of Safety and Transportation to intervene.

And sometimes, those interventions call for extra hands, eyes and ears. u See TITLE, page 8

Diversity of disability: The observance of Deaf Awareness Week ZAK BALDWIN Staff Reporter @ZKBaldwin Deaf Awareness Week recognizes the community of people who are Deaf, deaf, or hard of hearing and promotes the idea that diversity is much more than race or sexuality.

Last week, Missouri State University celebrated it.

Deafness includes all people with hearing loss.

It recognizes the community includes those that are Deaf, referring to linguistic and cultural identity; deaf, the audiological loss of hearing; and hard of hearing, referring to people who experience hearing loss and stand between the hearing and Deaf communities.

Holly Metcalf, a clinical assistant professor in the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, appreciates Deaf Awareness Week and the purpose of its observance.

“I have grown up with a severe to profound hearing loss all my life,” Metcalf said. “(Deaf Awareness Week) is a time to educate people about the hearing loss and the diversity within this diverse group of people.”

As someone from this community, Metcalf appreciates the respect for Deaf Awareness Week. She said that she grew up with hearing loss that was noticeable when around age five.

“Hearing loss impacts one in 10 Americans,” Metcalf said. “For me, this is a critical reason people should be educated about this population. The more others know and understand about deafness, the less isolated people with hearing loss will experience.”

According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, roughly 20 percent of Americans – 48 million – have reported any significant level of hearing loss. Another statistic shows, while individuals with mild hearing losses have very meager to no drop in income in comparison to individuals without hearing loss, reduction in wage has increased as hearing loss increases.

The recognition of Deaf Awareness Week shows the fight against discrimination toward the community and how individuals develop to respond positively toward the ability.

Physical abilities are considered when discussing diversity, but, often go unnoticed in discussion, Metcalf said.

“Often, people automatically think diversity is associated with race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age and religious beliefs,” Metcalf said. “They often overlook physical abilities as part of diversity. It is important to recognize this because people who are Deaf, deaf, or hard of hearing are a diverse group that deserve inclusion and respect from the hearing population.” u See more online at the-standard.org

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How the hospital made me stop, think, breathe KATIE HAYNES Staff Reporter @JournalistKatie It’s no question that when you hear that someone went to the hospital, the first thought is “Why? What happened? That’s awful?” Of course it is awful. The hospital is filled with scary needles and beeping monitors that make you feel like a robot when you’re hooked up to them. It’s interesting, though, how emergencies can bring life to a screeching halt, but then allow for reflection.

It was a Saturday morning and I was working. All of a sudden, I couldn’t stand. I couldn’t walk and the pain was so excruciating, I knew this was something pretty serious.

I drove myself to urgent care, and thank God

I was close, because the pain just kept getting worse with each press on the gas. It turns out, I had a 5.5 mm kidney stone. Not t pedaloo bad, right? I mean, kidney stones suck, but they weren’t as bad as the news I got after.

It turns out that my thyroid and calcium levels were dangerously high, and I had to be admitted to the hospital right away.

Of course, my first reaction was to panic.

Hospital? Oh my God. How long will I be there?

What is going to happen to me? What about school?

Then I stopped for a minute, lying in my hospital bed, and realized that this could be a wake-up call for my personal health.

Sure, I was stressed out about school, and yes, I was worried about missing more work, but it really made me understand that those

things were just temporary in the long run.

I mean, this is my health we’re talking about.

I view the kidney stone now as a sort of blessing in disguise, that the thyroid issue could be really serious. There’s nothing I could’ve done to prevent it, but it did lead me down a path of things I could do to prevent future medical issues and just the issue of making sure I’m taking proper care of myself. It made me reevaluate how I let stress consume my life, and better ways to cope with it.

I realize that there are so many people that care about me and want to help me. My professors were great about school work, and understanding of my situation. Dealing with anxiety my entire life, it really allowed for me to step back and reflect on what I could do to help myself.

I urge students who are going through tough times to take a step back. Realize that college will get taken care of, and work will come and go, but the person is what’s important. Mental health is important. Physical health is important. You cannot do your absolute best if you are not helping yourself first. You are important.

You aren’t just another number or machine: you’re a living being connected to the world and everyone around you.

Whatever happens this semester, reach out if you need help. There is no shame in asking for assistance. We’re here to help. I am so lucky to go to this school because I realize that people really do care here, and that we build each other up to succeed. It’s such a good thing. Life can be challenging, but we’re in it together.

Protesting opinions over issues

Stop arguing and attacking each other for their positions. Rather, have constructive conversations about them. All we do when we attack one another is drag out the issue, causing more and more conflict and solving absolutely nothing.

We should be moving forward, not running in place. Frankly, we are probably moving backwards more than staying in place. So, let’s change that.

As for the president’s comments, they seemed to worsen the issue more than anything.

For those that don’t know, I am a Republican.

However, professional sports and Twitter is not somewhere a president needs to be so active.

This country just faced a devastating stretch of hurricanes, is facing major issues in health care and national security, and a need for tax reform.

Yet, our country’s top-ranking official is too busy tweeting about some professional entertainers.

The President needs to step back and re-evaluate his priorities. North Korea or the NFL? The change this issue can start here, at Missouri State.

Let this be a community where students can address their concerns, on both sides, and have productive discussion.

I am proud of this university and country.

I would like to keep it that way.

CHASE STOCKTON Columnist @CStockton41 National anthem protests in sports have dominated headlines and discussion throughout the season, and even more so in response to President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the issue.

Personally, I wouldn’t kneel during the national anthem. However, here is a large amount of people who see that as an effective way of protesting the injustice they see in the country.

We can sit here and argue about how appropriate the protest is or the issues of which are being protested.

Both sides are rooted in their opinions, and don’t seem to be moving from their positions. In all honesty, they shouldn’t. If they are truly invested and believing in the side of the issue they align with, then they should stick to their guns.

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects both the right to protest and the right to freedom of speech. That means BOTH sides of the issue can legally express their views, whether you agree with them or not.

You want to kneel for the national anthem, citing injustice, racism or police brutality? You have that right.

You want to speak out against these protests, citing disrespect to the flag, country and veterans?

You also have that right.

So, let’s try something new.

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In a class I am taking right now, we talk about current and controversial topics, such as gender issues, race issues, education, protesting and many other different things. The professor will talk about these things and then ask the class to weigh in with different examples and stories, and it is a great way to get the class talking.

One of the things I like about this professor is that she will respectfully call someone out if they are not making sense or their story seems skewed in a way to make someone else look bad. A perfect example of this happened in class the other day.

We were talking about how kids in school can get in trouble for not standing and saying the Pledge of Allegiance, even though everyone has the constitutional right to not participate. This student told a story of an LGBTQ student at her school who protested the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance, and it became a huge controversy and turned into a lawsuit and major news story.

My professor decided to look into the story and found no evidence, so the student admitted she didn’t actually know the details of the story and found out the student was actually multiple students, and they were not part of the LGBTQ community whatsoever. There was no lawsuit and no news coverage of the situation.

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this student out, and finding out that the story was more of a false rumor than anything else. While the student might not think she did anything wrong, saying a false story that could potentially put LGBTQ students in a negative light can have hurtful impacts.

Since it is a pretty big lecture, I’m sure there could be LGBTQ students in the class who may have felt uncomfortable that she associated the community with this false story of a student causing controversy, especially even if the student happened to be LGBTQ or not. It had absolutely nothing to do with the actual story of protesting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Our professor told this student to make sure the story she is telling is factual and has the correct information before telling the whole class, and I think this is important. This student, earlier in the semester, also talked about the protesters from both sides in St. Louis and how awful and violent they were. My teacher also called her out on that statement that she has never seen a report about violent protesting, only violent reactions by police to peaceful protesters.

I think it is important to be aware of what you are saying before you say it in front of a large group of people, and making sure what you say is accurate and represents how you really feel. Not only could you offend and hurt multiple people who hear what you say, but you can also make yourself sound very uneducated.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Twitter announced they were going to test 2006: Twitter launches to an increase to its famous character limit, raising it from 140 to 280 be used with SMS messages characters. An update released later that night to a select few users 2010: RT functionality but does Twitter really need to increase this famous limit? added to the platform When Twitter first launched in 2006, it was meant to be used with 2013: Creators awarded SMS messages, which imposed a 160 character limit, which brought original patent that they about the 140 character limit to applied for in 2007 allow room for usernames. However, Twitter no longer uses SMS, so this character limit no longer Sept, 26, 2017: Twitter has any technical backing.

So, Twitter raising the character announces new limit of 280 limit for tweets is long overdue characters right? Well, many, including myself, believe they’ve kept this limit in order to keep users engaged Source: www.lifewire.com while scrolling through their feed.

Too many characters or words can mean users will become bored, disengage and end up using the plat- more is when I want to reach out to form for less total time. a larger audience of friends and I can prove this theory myself as family not on Twitter or if I need I tend to become disengaged when to share a very long update. seeing long Facebook posts and then So, what does this limit increase change to another platform like mean moving forward? Not a lot Twitter where I can get the infor- actually outside of how we perceive mation I need in a brief format. The the platform. Sure, we can write only time I like to use Facebook longer tweets now but you can do

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This increase in character limit will allow political figures such as President Donald Trump to load their tweets with more of their ideas without having to resort to making multiple posts. This would lead to easier dispersion of key ideas and opinions which would result in exposure of their ideas.

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Newly created ‘Sartorial Magazine’ celebrates fashion MADDIE KNAPP Staff Reporter @mapp_ In early 2017, sophomore Drake Evans and his friends were talking about how it’s difficult to get exposure in the fashion industry while going to a university in the middle of Missouri. As a fashion design and merchandising double major, Evans decided to do something about it.

Evans is now Editor-in-Chief of “Sartorial,” Missouri State’s first fashion magazine.

“Sartorial” — meaning tailored, sleek and strong — is a word being brought to life in the manifestation of this magazine.

“I wanted this to be a powerhouse, and something very strong and capturing and mesmerizing,” Evans said. “I wanted it to be something that really wasn’t seen before for Missouri State and Missouri as a whole. We aren’t seen as a fashion capital.”

Interchanging “art” and “fashion,” Evans explained how he wants Sartorial to become a way to celebrate the fashion within Missouri alongside fashion beyond the Midwest.

“Between Springfield, Kansas City and St. Louis, I think the art scene is huge,” Evans said. “I think it is so unique and special and never really gets talked about, especially the fashion scene.

Art and fashion go hand-inhand.”

In order to accomplish his view for “Sartorial,” Evans wanted to involve as many Missouri State students as he could.

“I wanted to provide a platform for (fashion) students, and then it expanded into students all across the university,” Evans said.

“There are so many disciplines and majors, and students have experiences in different things.”

With help from students from all different majors and walks of life, Evans hopes to cover a wide array of content in “Sartorial.”

“The magazine will include beauty, lifestyle ... pop culture, politics, celebrity news and obviously fashion — so whether that be highlighting a local boutique or a really conceptual piece that one of our students did,” Evans said. “Especially just

getting that platform out there for both our students and Missouri State as a whole and showing that we can do this.”

When Evans presented his idea for “Sartorial” to Alix Jonusas, a senior fashion design and product development major, she was all in.

“As design students, we really didn't have a way to expose our talents before our junior and senior collections debut,” Jonusas said. “This magazine allows not only fashion students to show off what we have to offer outside of school projects, but to bring together all aspects of our college to work together and create something Missouri State has never seen before.”

Jonusas became a part of the magazine as the Editor of Content, assisting directors, overseeing content development and ensuring team progress will meet deadlines.

“Sartorial” is growing and has positions to fill.

“We are currently looking for a Director of Women's fashion, Director of Men's fashion, Director of Beauty, Director of Lifestyle, Director of Graphic Design, Director of PR and Director of Accounts/Finances,” Jonusas said. “Our next meeting is being held on Oct. 9 where we will give final information about all positions, with applications being due on Oct. 11.”

“Sartorial” has an exciting year ahead with what their team has planned.

“We’re super excited about our magazine's launch on Oct. 18 when we will be hosting a launch party soon after that date. Due to potential event space, the specific date is still to be determined,” Jonusas said. “Other than that we’ll be having a fall and spring Gala with future years to come, and any other events or activity information that we plan can be found on our Instagram @SartorialMag and Facebook @SartorialMagazine.”

Evans is looking forward to continuing to build “Sartorial” magazine as Editor-in-Chief.

“This year is a little different because it’s our first year on campus and we’re kind of just getting things rolling and making that brand, because I want this to be around way after I’m gone,” Evans said.

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Written in ink: Student body becomes canvas

Top right: Emily Hoffman’s heron on her back right leg. Middle right: David Dove has one completed sleeve and is working on the other arm. Bottom right: Taylor Caldwell’s love of Fall Out Boy, plain and simple, is why she got this tattoo. Bottom Left: Collin Larimore “Peace” tattoo. Middle left: Dylan Faulconer right arm sleve is a nautical theme. The tattoo on his lower left arm is a black and white forest with a bear in the bottom. Top left: Lucas Homer’s family crest across his back.

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By SARAH TEAGUE Life Editor Photographs by RYAN WELCH Photo Editor Art is displayed in countless ways. Sometimes it’s in a museum. Other times, it’s on a wall or in a park, while even others display art on their skin.

Many Missouri State students have gone under the gun to get inked. The design of each tattoo is as unique as the meaning behind it. Here are their tattoo stories: Lucas Homer, sophomore dietetics major, has a family crest on his back. He said his family crest was a tattoo idea that his older brother had. His dad is going to get this tattoo soon too, and Homer hopes

that any son he gets will also get the crest. The smaller tattoo on his left arm is a tattoo he got with his sister.

Collin Larimore, junior religious studies major, has a tattoo on the inside of his left arm. Larimore got this design of the word “peace” in English, Arabic, and Hebrew while in Jerusalem, Israel. He visited a refugee camp in the West Bank during his 10-day trip.

“The constant conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis really tore at me,” Larimore said.

“While walking through the refugee camp, I kept thinking about how, if we broke down the barriers that divided us and really truly cared about one another, we could build a better world in peace,” he said.

Larimore got the tattoo at Razzouk Tattoo, a shop that has been tattooing travelers for more than 700 years, he said.

“I heard about the shop already before I left for Israel and thought that it would be a fun thing to do but I had no real intentions on following through until after (visiting) the refugee camp,” he said.

Nikki Busbey, junior psychology major, got a brain design that relates to her major but goes much deeper.

“Essentially, I got my tattoo because I am very interested in psychology,” Busbey said.

“My favorite thing about psychology is mental disorders. I want to help people treat and diagnose mental disorders.”

Getting the tattoo of the brain represents her future career and her passion to help those who suffer from mental illness.

Emily Hoffmann, electronic arts major, said this is not her first color tattoo. Nevertheless it’s the one she likes the most. The blue heron was

a common sight to see when hiking with her family when she was younger. The bird serves as a beautiful reminder of those hikes.

Dylan Faulconer, senior management major, said he’s spent a lot of time in a chair at multiple tattoo shops.

The trees on his left forearm pay homage to his grandpa and spending time in the outdoors.

“I wanted to get it since he was a big part of my life growing up,” Faulconer said.

The sleeve on his left arm has a nautical theme complete with a lighthouse, a kraken attacking a pirate ship and a banner that reads “too strong to drown.”

“I’ve always been fascinated with the ocean and the history of it, so I always wanted a nautical-themed sleeve,” he

u See TATTOO, page 8

Skaar: ‘As journalists, our highest law is a simple one: Seek the truth and report it’ CHLOE SKAAR Senior Reporter @chloeskaar Of the 10 or so books I have reviewed, this one has resounded with me the most.

It’s the narrative of MSNBC broadcast reporter Katy Tur: foreign correspondent turned Trump-campaign extraordinaire.

Tur spent over 530 days following President Donald Trump’s campaign from start to finish, traveling over 40 states, making over 3,800 live television reports, living out of a suitcase for almost the entire time eating mainly gas station food and packets of peanut butter and relying heavily on dry shampoo for hygiene.

And, as I’m sure some of you know but many have forgotten — it’s OK, my feelings probably aren’t hurt — I was your 2016 presidential election specialist for The Standard and its readers.

Which means I ate this book up.

Tur describes her experience, quite simply put, as a “front-row seat to the craziest campaign in American history.” And members of any and all political extremes can come to-

gether on one thing: Tur is correct.

Even though this is technically a column, I won’t get political with you. I will tell you why Tur’s book is crucial: journalism, reporters, feminism.

I’ll start with journalism because, for me, that’s always the most fun place to start and, after all, this is my column.

My favorite thing Tur does is include her perspective as a reporter.

It’s no secret that the Trump age hasn’t been too kind toward journalists and hearing Tur’s firsthand experience of covering the man and his fans that birthed the concept is very humbling and very infuriating. “… In this Christmas-themed arena, Trump is mulling the idea of following Putin’s lead when it comes to journalists. Killing journalists? At first he waves it off,” Tur writes, detailing Trump’s speech to a crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Dec. 21, 2015. “‘I hate them but I would never kill them. I’d never do that. … Some of them are such lying, disgusting people.’”

Tur follows that passage with some of her growing concerns. Concerns that, as an aspiring news reporter, I did not anticipate would be

Katy Tur’s “Unbelievable” a part of my curriculum before ever graduating college. But here we are.

Tur worries — standing in a literal press pen, inside a gate with other reporters, surrounding by a few thousand Trump rally-ers — about the supporters who don’t see it as a joke when Trump is laughing. She wonders what will happen when the “lions are let out,” when the journalists become a declared enemy, a

decided evil. When it is no longer frowned upon to target them.

And so do I. Which leads us forward: reporters.

We are not a group of fiction writers or falsifiers. Our highest law is a simple one: seek the truth and report it.

Tur even goes so far as to say it’s hell — on our relationships, body and mind.

But, Tur says: “We do it because it’s important to show the public who is running for president. It’s important to show how they behave. How they think. What they believe. Who they admire and why. Yes, we give Trump a ton of airtime and article space. But that’s because he’s unlike anything anyone has ever seen. And despite what folks who don’t like him might want to argue, he is resonating. And we have an obligation to document it.”

Well, Tur, no one could have said it better. But she doesn’t stop there.

To extend past a journalist covering a president who has publicly entertained the idea of a “war on the press,” Tur does it as a woman covering a president who once said that, if you’re wealthy enough, you can

grab a woman by the pu**y.

Sorry, I said I wouldn’t get political. I’ll just let Tur do the talking: “Being a woman (reporter) is a pain in the ass. You have to look ‘good.’

Your hair needs to be neat — not just combed through, but ‘done.’ Blowdried, ironed, curled, sprayed. Your face needs to be enhanced. Foundation, powder, eyeshadow, mascara, lipstick, blush contour. Your clothes have to look sharp, too.

“A guy can throw on the same suit every single day for a year and no one would notice. I’m not exaggerating,” (Insert Tur’s citing of an instance when this actually happened somewhere and no one cared.) “I longed for that kind of apathy…”

The reason I recommend this book as a gift is because of Tur’s political views. To be frank, not everyone will love them. That said, if there is anyone in your life you’ve ever thought about and said to yourself “That person and Chloe Skaar would be such great friends,” then this book is the gift for them.

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James Myers reads a poem as part of an exersice where those participating had to preform it over music.

ASIA KEY Staff Reporter @_ayeja Untamed Tongues Secretary Olivia Obi cues up an R&B instrumentals playlist on Spotify as members descend the steps into Karls Hall, Room 101. Lights shine down from directly above, highlighting the shapes and colors of their varying hair kinks and coils as they bob their heads in time with the bass of the music.

A poet paces the perimeter of the room, pausing under the spotlights as he practices the piece he will perform today in front of 20 others. Lips move in silence as they all read from notebooks their responses to the prompt from last week, a poem about an old flame.

Aadasia Stevens is a senior socio-political communication major and serves as president of Untamed Tongues in it’s third year as an organization at Missouri State.

Having just joined in fall 2016, it’s not a role she expected to fill. She never took her writing seriously until she was encouraged to share in the familial atmosphere of UT. As her comfortability grew, she became more confident in herself.

And as she grew into her womanhood, so did her passion for poetry.

“Honestly, what changed for me was becoming more mature,” Stevens said.

“I’m starting to learn a lot about myself, and it’s comforting that I can express myself through poetry, and people understand.”

Stevens threw an unexpected twist on

How can we create a culture ... that values spoken word as a collection of black and minority culture (and) ... make it ... something that’s valued in the classroom as well?”

—Taylor Vinson the prompt. Instead of simply reading it aloud, she had volunteers perform their piece atop the instrumental to Kendrick Lamar’s “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst.”

In the song, Lamar takes on the personas of two people from his neighborhood in Compton, California, who are coping with the ills of poverty in different ways. In the final verse, he speaks as himself. According to contributors on Rap Genius, “storytelling brings an eternity to stories that counteracts the ephemeral nature of life.”

Many are nervous to try their luck at riding the beat. A poet who goes by the name of “Freshelle” stumbles over her words at first, but all heads swivel in her direction as she spits an impactful line right when the beat drops.

Freshman marketing management major James Myers performs his poem from memory, and the way his voice floats over the music mesmerizes the crowd.

It’s no surprise that he’s had aspirations of being a rapper since the sixth grade.

Snaps in place of applause resound as the members convey their surprise and

satisfaction with these performances, love is like warmth in this room.

Myers said he can relate to his fellow UT members because they can be open and honest with each other.

“It’s like when people like the same kind of music as you and you just feel like you know them, it’s like that,” Myers said.

“It’s easy to be open about (deep topics), like how (Verniquia) was talking about her mom being addicted to drugs when she was eight, we didn’t even trip off that. It’s just how we get down.”

A junior art and design education major, Obi has been a member of UT all three years of her collegiate career. She said there is a power in opening up that creates unity. “(By sharing our work we are) creating a family,” Obi said. “I know there’s not a lot of black artists, there’s not a black hub for artists in Springfield. And we aren’t all the way there, but that’s something we hope to be.”

As the founder of Untamed Tongues, senior communications major Taylor Vinson began with that goal.

“When I started this organization, it was never just about having an organization,” Vinson said. “It was always about expanding, growth and thinking about the bigger picture.”

That bigger picture was having a space, in education and community, where spoken word poetry could be considered an important form of representation.

“How can we create a culture and an environment that values spoken word as a collection of black and minority culture?” Vinson said. “How can we incorporate that and make it not only a campus organization, but a community organization and something that’s valued in the classroom as well?”

Her excitement about the introduction to poetry course starting in spring 2018, which focuses on spoken word, found poetry, erasures and other trends, stems from these questions she posed and hoped to answer with the creation of Untamed Tongues.

She said she can’t say how much of an impact she had on Dr. W.D. Blackmon, the head of the English Department, in creating this course.

But she has to think that the presentation she gave him two years ago about incorporating those same subjects into the curriculum had some influence.

String Project partnership furthers music education in local schools MATT CAMPANELLI Staff Reporter @THE_MattyCamp Casey Ritchie has played the violin for a long time; since she was four and a half years old, to be exact. Playing her instrument eventually lead to teaching it.

“My very first private student came up to me, her dad came up to me at orchestra one day. He was a friend of the conductor,” Ritchie, a sophomore instrumental music major said. “He said, ‘Would you mind teaching?’ At first, I’m like, ‘I don’t know? I don’t know if I can teach?’”

In 2005, Missouri State University partnered with the Springfield Public School system to start the String Project.

Dr. David Hays is a music professor who teaches violin.

Hays worked with a former student to start the String Project.

“The best age for students to start these string instruments

is a little bit younger than what’s currently offered,” Dr. David Hays, a music professor and string area coordinator who helped found the project, said.

The String Project allows students in the second, third and fourth grade to participate.

SPS starts their students in the fifth grade. The classes are held twice a week and are taught by MSU music students who play string instruments.

Hayes said there is no credit requirement for college students to help teach.

“I just interview students, especially new students, on campus every year and I try to mention it to people who are coming in,” Hays said. “In my mind, it’s designed for that music educator string student that hasn’t had the opportunity to be in that string classroom yet.”

According to Hays, under the current curriculum, music education students don’t get a chance to actually teach in a

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Professor David Hays, String area coordinator, helps a student master the correct way to bow a violin. The Strings Project is a hands on learning experience that emphasizes the personal development of children through music. classroom until they’re close to graduating. This allows freshmen and sophomore students to see how teaching feels and could help reinforce or change their choice in a major.

“I think that’s just as valuable,” Hays said. “Somebody says, ‘this isn’t for me,’ we don’t want them going through three or four more years of training for it.”

After Ritchie received that earlier inquiry into lessons, she sought help from her own instructor and learned how to teach privately. She started

with the basics and then went from there.

“After I took the lesson on how to teach, I started kind of figuring it out,” Ritchie said.

“It took a few lessons and I went back to my private instructor and would say ‘Here’s where we got with (my student), what’s next?’”

Ritchie said that’s when she started to feel more comfortable with teaching private lessons and simplified teaching down to problem solving. If u See STRINGS, page 8

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The Pythian Castle in Springfield is 104 years old and offers ghost tours and throughout the Halloween season.

Looking for a thrill?

You’ll find one at these Halloween haunts LAYNE STRACENER Staff Reporter @LayneAlison1

kin patch and corn maze.

Whether it’s a zombie, clown, doll or ghost, expect all kinds of creepy characters to spook you in every corner at these haunted attractions in the Ozarks.

Hotel of Terror

Hotel of Terror opened in 1978 after Sterling Mathis and his family put on a haunted house at his school in 1974 and wanted to create haunted houses on a larger scale. His family opened Edge of Hell in Kansas City in 1976 and Hotel of Terror in 1978. It is a four-room tour where people and air-powered creatures scare participants. The tour ends with a 96-foot slide.

Mathis builds all the props.

Hotel of Terror is located at 334 N. Main, and tickets are $14. Hotel of Terror and Dungeons of Doom are open every night this month, except Oct. 2-3 p.m. and 9-10 p.m., at 7 p.m.

Dungeons of Doom Dungeons of Doom reopened last year after being closed for 13 years. Also owned and created by Mathis, it is similar, but twice the size as Hotel of Terror. This allows participants to walk around and explore instead of being in a tight space. It is located at 701 W. Wall St. and tickets are $17 or you can buy a Hotel of Terror and Dungeons of Doom combo pass for $27.

There is a free hayride and hearse ride to take people to and from the Hotel of Terror and Dungeons of Doom.

The Haunted Trail of Horrors The Haunted Trail of Horrors at Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park, 3825 W. Farm Road 146, includes a hayride to and from the Greenways Trail where participants will then explore a one-third mile loop through the woods. They will then encounter spooky creatures. There are different themed areas throughout the loop. This year, the sections include werewolves, clowns, zombies, an abandoned house and a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque butcher shop.

Most of the props are handbuilt. It is open 6:30-10 p.m. every Friday and Saturday this month. Admission is $5.

There is also a bonfire, pump-

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Hotel of Terror in downtown Springfield.

The Haunted Forest The Haunted Forest is a half-mile walk where participants will encounter a swamp, barn, garden, biohazardous spill, cemetery, creepy characters and over 50 computer-controlled animatronics.

Carl Schober and his family opened it in their backyard in 2013 because they love haunted attractions. It is open Oct. 13-31 at 8996 N. Farm Road 149 in Pleasant Hope. Tickets are $13 and available from 7-11 p.m. each night.

Haunted Hollow Haunted Hollow is a nineacre haunted corn maze where terrifying creatures will spook participants. Located in Willard at 5103 W. State Highway O, Haunted Hollow is open 7 p.m.-midnight Fridays and Saturdays.

Pythian Castle The Pythian Castle, located at 1451 E. Pythian St., is 104 years old and said to be one of the most haunted castles in the country. Tamara Finocchiaro, who owns and operates the castle, created ghost tours in 2010 because customers had heard about the ghosts and wanted to know more about them. Although a ghost experience isn’t guaranteed, Finocchiaro said she hopes everyone has a fun time during the tour, no matter what. She said she realized it was haunted when she heard voices and people bumping into things. The people who owned the building before in the ‘80s said they had ghost experiences, too. There are tours on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday nights through October 30. Tours usually consist of 25 people and last an hour-and-a-half. Tickets are $17. Reserve a spot and buy tickets at www.pythiancastle.com.

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McChesney: Lusk takes himself off the hot seat ALEC McCHESNEY Sports Editor @Alec_McChesney

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Sophomore quarterback Peyton Huslig throws a pass during MSU’s contest at Mizzou on Sept. 2.

QB controversey?

Through five games, the Bears have just one win. And many are pointing towards the QB position. Should a change be made?

ALEC McCHESNEY Sports Editor @Alec_McChesney

At the start of the college football season, there were a few questions Missouri State football wanted to avoid: Who should start at quarterback? Should it be a quarterback by committee? Is JUCO transfer Peyton Huslig the man for the job or should Rice Universtiy transfer J.T. Granato get his chance?

It’s too late.

After just five weeks, here we are, asking those very questions.

I am going to be completely honest.

Huslig, a sophomore JUCO transfer from Garden City Community College, has done enough to keep the backup quarterbacks at bay, passing my eye test. In just five games, Huslig has rushed for 220 yards, averaging 21 yards per game.

And frankly, as of late, his legs represent the only offense the Bears can turn to.

On Sept. 30, against No. 2 North Dakota State, Huslig constantly felt the pressure from the defensive line and had no option other than to run the ball.

More to the point, Huslig’s weaknesses — bad decisions and interceptions — can, at times, be traced back to the amount of pressure on him every time he drops back.

So, as the Bears fell 38-11 to NDSU, with Huslig throwing three interceptions, but running for 69 yards on 18 carries and completing 13-17

passes, who is to blame?

“The thing that got us today was takeaways,” Bears’ head coach Dave Steckel said during his postgame radio interview. “There was so much progress being made and then you don’t capitalize on takeaways or protect the ball a little more. … It could have been a much better turnaround.”

Huslig’s three interceptions and the Bears’ big deficit forced Steckel’s hand, and the third-year head coach inserted Granato.

The sophomore, who transferred to MSU at the end of August, saw action in the season opener against Mizzou.

Though he didn’t complete a pass.

Against the Bison, he did.

On his first drive, he rushed for 2 yards, only to lose 7 yards on a fumbled snap the very next play. He completed his first pass as a Bear to sophomore wide receiver Tyler Currie for 11 yards but came up short of the first down.

On his second drive, Granato led the Bears on a 7-play, 40-yard touchdown drive, completing 3-4 pass attempts for 29 yards.

He found Currie a second time for 8 yards and connected with senior wide receiver Malik Earl for a 10-yard completion.

The only issue? It came in garbage time with the Bears trailing by 33 points.

Following the game, Steckel said he could not evaluate Granato’s play because it came at the end of the

game during cleanup stuff.

The thing to remember with Granato: He was once a highly-rated recruit coming out of Texas who competed at the FBS-Division I level for Rice in 2016.

In fact, he even led the Owls on a 92-yard scoring drive against Stanford in one of his starts as a redshirt freshman.

So, the million-dollar question: Should the Bears give Granato the keys to the offense or continue to let Huslig operate in the hopes he turns things around during the second half of the season?

Fortunately for Steckel and co-offensive coordinators Mack Brown and Sean Coughlin, the Bears don’t play for two weeks. A bye week came at the perfect time for MSU, as it enjoys the luxury of having the week off before gearing up for contests against No. 16 Western Illinois and No. 4 South Dakota State.

So, who should start against Western Illinois?

Huslig, even though, he’s completed less than 60 percent of his passes — 79-132 — for four touchdowns and seven interceptions. With the sophomore at the helm, the Bears average just 191 yards per game in the air, compared to the 303 yards the defense allows.

Besides the interceptions, which come at seemingly the worst time, he, for the most part, makes the right decisions. He can escape pressure, when it comes on basically every play.

And he’s creative.

On several different occasions, I assumed a play dead, but Huslig found a way to create a positive, collecting 2 or 3 yards or managing to throw the ball away. Additionally, his resiliency plays a huge role for the Bears.

In the lone win of the season, Huslig threw two interceptions and started extremely slow against the Murray State Racers. Despite this, he threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns while adding in 25 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

But. ...

Winning matters most.

And in games Huslig has started, the Bears are 1-4.

So far, the Bears have lost by 29, 34, 25 and 27. Yes, some of that falls on the defense, but scoring zero points, nine and 11 points absolutely can’t happen.

Not at this level.

With that said, a change might be needed.

Steckel now owns a 6-21 record during his time at MSU and although he signed an extension through the 2021 season, the clock on the rebuild is definitely starting to tick.

So we will see what happens, but if I were in charge — thank goodness I am not — I would stick with Huslig.

For now.

But, if following the bye, the Bears fall to Western Illinois and South Dakota State, inserting a new QB against a lowly Indiana State team could become the best option for the Bears.

Alright, alright, alright.

Not to get too cheesy by quoting the legendary Matthew McConaughey, but seriously, Missouri State Bears’ basketball fans have to be thinking to themselves, “alright, alright, alright.”

The Missouri State men’s basketball team landed another massive recruit a week ago as former No. 1 player in Missouri, Jared Ridder, announced he intended to leave Xavier University to transfer home and play for MSU. And for the first time in two seasons, head coach Paul Lusk has room to breathe on the hot seat.

During his tenure at MSU, Lusk has led the Bears to a deflating 88-106 record and despite landing impressive recruits Alize Johnson and Dequon Miller, has yet to finish top three in the Valley.

A season ago, fans called for his firing — literally. There were Facebook pages, groups on Twitter, cursing fans and even burned jerseys when MSU Athletic Director Kyle Moats announced Lusk would return for the 2017-18 season.

Moats and MUS President Clif Smart spun the season as a positive, saying they believe the core players MSU has for the season should help Lusk win the Valley — especially with Wichita State leaving the conference.

They’re right.

The Bears return five lettermen — led by potential 2018 NBA Draft pick Johnson — from last season, including four starters in addition to seven newcomers. And they should win the Valley, easily.

I think Bears’ fans knew it, so, after awhile, they decided to buy back in one more time, with a caveat — if the Bears don’t win the MVC Championship and make the NCAA Tournament, Lusk must go, or we will go.

That philosophy was fine and dandy until Lusk went and landed Mr. Show-Me Basketball, the top high-school player in the state of Missouri. By landing Ridder, who has to sit out the 17-18 season to redshirt, Lusk bought time.

Why? Because Ridder is that important — seriously.

At Kickapoo High School, Ridder set school records for total points with 1,628 and points in a season as he scored 745 as a senior, averaging 24.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists while shooting 57.5 percent from the floor.

He won the Missouri Gatorade Player of The Year and the USA Today Missouri Player of the Year for 2016. In turn, the Springfield native received an offer from Missouri State but committed to Xavier University after receiving offers from

Arkansas, DePaul, Iowa State, Lehigh, Stetson and Oklahoma State.

“We’re very excited to add Jared to our basketball program,” Lusk said in a press release. “This redshirt year will be positive for him as he moves forward with his career at Missouri State.”

The best thing about his arrival, for Lusk, comes with the redshirt season. Of course, it would not hurt to add Ridder into the mix of Johnson, juniors Obediah Church, Jarred Dixon and Ryan Kreklow, but the Bears’ lineup is already full.

On paper, there are eight or nine players that should receive good minutes on a nightly basis, and adding Ridder to the mix would only complicate playing time further.

With that said, the NCAA will allow Ridder to practice with the Bears throughout the season, giving the 6-foot-7 small forward a chance to grow into form and dominate the MVC. Consistently going toe-totoe with Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 212 pound forward, will give Ridder incredible experience before ever stepping on the court.

“I’ve been to a lot of games at Missouri State and always dreamed of wearing that 34 jersey,” Ridder said in a press release. “Watching Kyle Weems growing up was lots of fun. It’s going to be a dream come true to be able to play in front of all my friends and family.

“Coach Lusk and his staff are one of the best coaching staffs on and off the court, and I’m looking forward to an enjoyable four years at Missouri State.”

Wow. “An enjoyable four years at Missouri State.”

Frankly, that alone might be enough for Lusk to parlay into a few more years at helm, if the Bears don’t start to win. However, I don’t see that happening.

I expect the Bears to win the Valley, even if it comes down to a crazy Sunday in St. Louis at Arch Madness. Though, there’s something else to keep in mind.

In his career, Lusk has done a good job with the talent he’s had.

And yes, you could say the Bears have underachieved, but Lusk and his staff helped transform Miller and Johnson from junior college transfers to superstars in the MVC. So now that he has a player who ESPN.com ranked as the 23rd best small forward in the country, and has a year to groom him into a college player, Lusk and Ridder could create big things in Springfield over the next four years.

And with that hope, MSU likely holds onto Lusk regardless of MSU’s record in 2017, because yes, Ridder is that important.

Buckle up, it’s almost basketball season.

Look out: Ice Bears are on the rise

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Sophomore forward Zane O’Bryan goes for goal against SIUE Sept. 23.

homa where they faced two separate teams ranked in the Top 25 — the University of Central Oklahoma and the Over the weekend, the University of Oklahoma.

25th ranked Missouri State Despite two losses, Ice Ice Bears traveled to Okla- Bears head coach Jeremy BAILEY VASSALLI Senior Reporter @Baileyvassalli

Law was happy with how the team performed — especially since they have five injured players at the moment, meaning they have a short bench and less players to put on the ice.

On Thursday, the team suffered a 4-3 loss to the No. 1 ranked University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos.

“We competed really hard,” Law said. “The game could have gone either way.

Everyone chipped in, and I was really glad that we played really well against a really good team.”

Whenever the team traveled to the University of Oklahoma, the Ice Bears split their two-game series with the No. 20 ranked team — each of the games ended in shootouts.

In game one of the series against OU, Law said it was a good back-and-forth game.

In the late minutes of the third period, OU attempted a shot, but sophomore forward Josh Bell blocked it, injuring his left hand.

But it kept the game tied for the Bears.

“It was a hard fought game that we really needed for the rankings,” Bell said.

“All of us were ready to do whatever needed to be done to get the win.

“I got the opportunity to block a shot from the point, it caught me in the left hand pretty good.”

Senior forward Andrew Kovacich said Bell’s block played a huge role in Friday’s 4-3 win over OU. However, Game 2 proved more tough.

The Ice Bears were up 4-2 in the third period, but OU came back with 19 seconds left. Fourteen seconds later, the Sooners scored the tying goal with only 5 seconds left on the clock.

OU capitalized on the Ice Bears in a shootout, making it a 5-4 loss for the Bears.

“It was an unfortunate loss to be a part of,” Law said. “We had control of the game. We played really well, we just had a mental collapse.

“We learned a lesson from Saturday’s game. I don’t

think something like that will happen again.”

He hopes the team keeps up the good work going into this weekend’s games.

Law said one of their biggest focuses off the ice, currently, is promoting their games. Every night this weekend features some sort of promotion.

Starting on Thursday at 7 p.m., the Ice Bears will take on Colorado State University at Mediacom Ice Park. The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a magnet schedule.

Then on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., they will take on University of Colorado at Mediacom Ice Park.

Friday is two-for-one general admission tickets, and Saturday is “Greek Night” — the FSL community gets in for free for wearing their organizations letters.

For the regular season, the Ice Bears record now stands at 5-3.

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MSU junior Conor Ingram against Valpo MEGAN BURKE Senior Reporter @Megs96_

Just 1:43 remains on the clock, the game is tied 0-0. The carefully placed ball sails across the Oral Roberts 18-yard box, landing at the feet of Missouri State junior forward Conor Ingram.

Soccer players know well this critical moment in which you have the power to single-handedly make or break the match for your team.

Some would crack under the pressure and squander the chance, but Ingram stays composed and sends the ball whipping past the ORU keeper, finishing the opportunity

as if he were made for the moment.

Ingram scored game-winning goals in the next two MSU contests, scoring in five consecutive games for the Bears.

The 6 foot, 172-pound junior from Oxford, England continues to make a huge impact on MSU men’s soccer in 2017, having scored more goals already — just nine games in — than his two previous seasons combined. He is currently third in the Missouri Valley Conference for most goals.

If that’s not enough, he’s also received the honor of MVC Offensive Player of the Week two weeks in a row for Sept. 19 and Sept. 26.

Ingram finally found his groove after an injury last season led to surgery and a long recovery.

“It’s been really hard, to be honest,” Ingram said. “I’ve probably been out, not fully fit, now for about a year; so I’ve just had to work hard in the offseason, in the summer and preseason to get back fit and luckily it’s been enough.”

He said he experienced some doubt, but ultimately, had confidence in himself and the MSU physical therapy staff on his road to recovery.

“It was a long process to come back, we went through preseason then we started with Air Force — he wasn’t fit, he

wasn’t 100 percent healthy yet,” head coach Jon Leamy said. “We were kind of playing him in on the fly, getting the minutes and the experience going.

“He’s been a great player; he’s been playing some big minutes for us; he’s been getting a goal almost every game now. He’s definitely a threat getting on the board for the opposition to watch and mark.”

Also coming back from a major injury, freshman forward Josh Dolling scored the most recent game-winner for MSU, putting away a penalty kick during the Bears’ home matchup against Valparasio on Sept. 30. “(Ingram) and Josh have some good chemistry.” Leamy said. “We think Josh is another kid capable of scoring a lot of goals.”

Topping Valpo 1-0, the victory marked the 250th win for Leamy at MSU. “Credit to him, he’s a great coach and you can tell by how many wins he’s got,” Ingram said. “For me, he’s been kind of a mentor, just through the hard times keeping my head up.

He gives these long motivational speeches before games, they always have a very valid point at the end of them.

“He’s a very good motivational speaker and he’s always there if you need to speak to him. He keeps morale high.”

tonight, we have been working on getting better as the set goes on,” Stokes said. “We still want to be competitive when we hit 20 points, which we did in all three sets tonight.”

Bears. But with a kill, junior Ashley Ophoven put that to a halt, starting an 8-0 run for Bears.

The Bears took the set 2514, collecting their sixth win in a row.

“We have really been working hard to control what we can control on our side of the court,” Ophoven said. “I think we did a great job of that tonight, it was awesome to see what we’ve been working all week to come together.”

The Bears now turn their attention to Oct. 7, when they will travel to face Southern Illinois University.

“We are going to take advantage of this extra practice and get some individual work in,” Stokes said. “We need to fine-tune some things in our serve-return game and we need to fine-tune our connections that I saw were not as crisp tonight.”

It’s the first season for Valpo in the Missouri Valley Conference; matching up against MSU for the first time, the Crusaders played strong but were denied by MSU’s impenetrable defense.

“The boys did a great job handling it,” Leamy said. “It’s not always pretty in conference play, but they got the result, and that’s what it’s about.”

Early on, Valpo freshman defender Chavez Brooks-Robinson fouled an MSU player, landing him a yellow card. Just minutes later he fouled Dolling inside the Valpo 18-yard box.

Dolling put away the penalty kick in the 23rd minute, finishing his first goal of the season. MSU took the lead 1-0 over Valpo.

“I had a slow start because I broke my foot at the very start (of the season),” Dolling said.

“It’s been good to get back in for the last five games. I’ve been building up my fitness, so it was nice to get a goal tonight.”

Both teams created chances in the remainder of the first half, but neither capitalized.

The second half started out strong for Valpo as it gathered momentum and had multiple plays inside and around the MSU 18-yard box. The MSU defense responded well, holding solid and clearing anything Valpo delivered them.

The match became increasingly physical with yellow cards thrown left and right.

The first went to Valpo senior midfielder Ramone Howell for aggressively talking back to the center referee after a call went against Howell.

The second card went to MSU freshman defender Connor Langan in the 77th minute.

Within the last 10 minutes of play, Valpo received another two yellow cards, one issued to head coach Mike Avery after having words for the referee, and the other issued to junior defender Alex Brown.

Ultimately, MSU stayed composed and earned the 1-0 win over Valpo, giving the Bears their third conference win.

“We had a week off this week and we didn’t know if we’d be able to keep the momentum going, but luckily we did and we’ll try and keep this momentum going for Tuesday,” Ingram said.

MSU now has a 6-2-1 record on the season. They will take on Oral Roberts, who they beat 1-0 two weeks ago, in Tulsa on Oct. 3.

“It’s a good bunch of guys, they’re pretty grounded,” Leamy said. “They want to do well for the team, they want to play well for each other. They’ll put their heart and souls out there.”

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The first set of the match saw ties early on, but that all changed when an ISU error allowed the Bears to spring a 4-0 run, the likes of which the Sycamores failed to recover.

The Bears took the first set by the score of 25-14.

During the first set, junior Emily Butters became the fifth player in MSU history with

The first set against Evansville saw two ties early, but the Bears broke away and sparked a 7-0 run, started by a kill by sophomore Aubrey Cheffey. After that run, Evansville failed to catch up to the Bears.

That marked the first of many runs for the Bears, as they went on a 5-0 in the second set, too. Later in the set, Johnson led the Bears on a 9-0 run that junior MacKenzie Irwin capped off with a kill.

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1,500 career digs.

Head coach Melissa Stokes said Butters didn’t even know she hit the mark when she did, and when Butters heard the announcement, Stokes said it gave her some extra incentive to get some more.

But that was not the only milestone reached, as senior Lily Johnson collected her 2,000 career kill on the nextto-last point of the second set.

Johnson said to her “it felt like any other kill.”

“I am really proud of her, she is just a gamer,” Stokes said. “She isn’t arrogant, she is confident, as she should be, because she has worked hard for everything that she has earned.”

In the third set of the match the Bears allowed the Sycamores to only score just 10 points, before MSU closed the book and took the set 25-10.

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STRINGS Continued from page 5 you’re teaching and see a problem, you have to figure out how to fix it and explain to the student how to fix it.

Ritchie said that analogies are especially helpful when teaching an instrument.

“For example, I’m a horse person,” Ritchie said. “When anyone would try to explain something to me and I didn’t get, if they could make it relate to horses, I could connect it with something I understood.”

Ritchie added that she dated a mechanic. If she was trying to explain something to him and related it to cars, he would understand what she was talking about.

This is when Ritchie said she figured out how to teach.

“If you teach it, and you make it

CREDIT Continued from page 1 “If we believed general education and specific programs would be as high of quality by requiring a minimum of 120 hours, (we would reduce them),” MacGregor said. “That’s why we put together an ad hoc committee.”

Some benefits require less examination to figure out, though. Things like transfer-student enrollment will see an increase due to credit hours being comparable to other universities, MacGre-

SAFETY Continued from page 2 Springfield Police Department Substation Sgt. Casey Wilkerson often serves as those extra measures for campus issues. For the rest of the city, he sometimes serves as their primary protection source.

SPD often keeps tabs on the same events the Department of Safety and Trans-

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Casey Ritchie, sophomore instrumental education major, started teaching strings when she was still in high school. something that they can understand by connecting it with something they can understand or something they’re good at, they’re more likely to get it and be less frustrated.”

But every student isn’t the same.

Ritchie said that some students learn better with analogies while others don’t because “ultimately it’s a one-on-one

situation.”

Ritchie believes the one-on-one time is crucial to a student’s success and said that teachers must make a connection with their students that go beyond the subject being taught.

When Ritchie took the only math class required in her major, she said she struggled at first.

“I was failing, I got 48 (percent) on all of the tests, I was just not doing well,” Ritchie said.

Ritchie said that she went to her professor for help in the class. This lead to weekly meetings that Ritchie said helped her get a C in the class.

For Ritchie, she said she thinks teachers shouldn’t focus on how long it will take to teach something.

“I put a lot of weight into it’s the students, not the time,” Ritchie said. “If you’re willing to put in the time, you’re willing to give the student what they need and putting in the time shouldn’t be a problem.

“It’s all about the students.”

gor said.

Along with reducing the cost of attendance, MacGregor also aims at reducing unneeded classes for students.

“Three out of four students are only achieving 125 (credits) by taking electives, they don’t achieve 125 by doing their general education and program classes,” MacGregor said. “If we go for this change, it won’t diminish any program requirements.”

The last moving piece to consider in the final decision is the students. MacGregor went straight to the source to find out how the student body felt about this.

“The (president) of the SGA and the chair (elect) of Faculty Senate get together, so we talked to student leadership about this and they viewed it as positive for students,” MacGregor said.

Seniors who are already on their way to completing 125 hours do not get the luxury of this reduction, as it is set to be implemented, at the earliest, fall of 2018.

“As a senior, I want to be angry about it because I had to take the 125,” Jacob Ferguson, a senior elementary education major, said. “The rational side of me sees the benefit of the reduction and believe it’s for the best interest of the students.”

portation do – protests, rallies and the like – so, naturally, they abide their protocols by a similar mindset.

Wilkerson said most other calls to actions aren’t exactly newsworthy – think bar fights. But that doesn’t typically change the mission.

“From the law enforcement perspective, we are there to keep the peace,” Wilkerson said. “We’re not there to stifle anybody.

We’re there to make sure that everybody’s First

Amendment rights are adhered to and that everyone is equally heard. … When – and if – we determine that it’s gotten to the point that we need to try to mitigate some of the agitators try to separate those individuals … we’ve got our policy and procedures.

“We’re all about letting people express their concerns, one way or the other, but when you’ve got some individuals that become violent, that’s when we’ve got to step in and probably do something.”

TITLE Continued from page 1 “I believe your administration shares the goal of ensuring that survivors are supported, but the recent decisions by Secretary DeVos and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Candice Jackson to rescind the Department’s guidance on campus sexual violence is not only creating confusion for colleges and universities in the midst of their academic cycle, but it also fails to fully protect students and offer the needed support for survivors,” McCaskill said.

The MSU Administrative Board unanimously decided to not change anything in the university’s sexual assault policy.

“Our current policy does align with the new policy.

There are three major changes in the new policy, but it doesn’t mandate that you make the changes, it gives you more flexibility,” Smart said in an interview on Oct. 2.

Smart discussed the changes to the new policy.

Firstly, deals with the standard in which the case is judged. The second change

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Dylan also has tattoos on both legs. The word “know” is on his right; the word “hope” is on his left. This tattoo is a tribute to the metalcore band “The Color Morale” and its 2013 album “Know Hope.” He said that the band and the album means a lot to him.

Other tattoos include the rose on his left upper arm, a neo-traditional rose, and a design of a shark coming out of the water on his ankle.

Dylan said he has plans to get more tattoos including an intricate chest piece

and more on his legs. He said he enjoys the art of tattooing and is willing to sit through the pain to enjoy the art.

David Dove, senior music major, already has one sleeve completely done and is currently working on finishing the one on his other arm. Along with his sleeves he also two skull tattoos, one on his thigh the other on a finger on his right hand.

While tattoos may be painful, the everlasting art they provide is an aspect some Missouri State students take full advantage of.

gives the option to mediate sexual assault cases, and the third gives a longer period of time to resolve complaints.

“Our thinking on the mediation is: it frankly is often used as a way to bully victims into withdrawing their complaint and that’s not a good thing. So we don’t intend to change that. We think it’s important that things are done in a timely manner and so we think it important to keep that same timeline in place,” Smart said.

The standard in which the university judges sexual assault is called “preponderance of evidence;” also referred to as more believable than not.

The Department of Education’s new policy gives the option of changing to using “clear and convincing evidence” as the standard, but does not require it.

“We think it’s important that all misconduct is judged by the same standard,” Smart said. “We shouldn’t have a separate standard for sexual assault than we do for theft, drug use, fighting, gun possession or anything else.”

Smart said the issue is a really important one that has potential ramifications for everyone involved. He said the change issued by the Department of Education is part-

ly due to some schools treating people unfairly.

He said this occurs when schools are “railroading” students, which means they are always found guilty of the accused sexual assault and expelled solely on the allegation.

“We didn’t think we needed to change it to make it harder to prove that someone sexually assaulted you,” Smart said. “We cannot have people who would be in that predator category on campus endangering any of our students.”

The Student Government Association held “Take Back the Night” on Sept. 28. The event focused on educating students about “Green Dot,” a bystander intervention organization and “It’s On Us,” a — both campaigns promote bystander intervention.

“The majority of sexual crimes aren’t reported because of feelings of shame, so if we can normalize it and get the conversation going, then maybe if someone you know is suffering and if you start that conversation they will feel comfortable coming to you and you can help them get help,” sophomore psychology and gerontology major Luke Batson, who is on the Title IX Commission for SGA, said.