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U.S. Senate Candidates

Democrat Claire McCaskill Incumbent, first elected 2006, reelected 2012 SINJIN SANDERS Staff Reporter @SandersSinjin On Nov. 6, the 2018 midterm election will take place. In Missouri, there are several ballot initiatives and amendments, as well as a U.S. Senate and House of Representatives election. Here is some information on the candidates, initiatives and amendments.

Democrat: Claire McCaskill

Economy: In an Oct. 18 PBS debate, McCaskill said that the main driver of the deficit is the Trump tax cut of 2017 that Hawley said he supported.

Health care: She has said, in an Oct. 18 PBS debate, that Hawley is involved in a lawsuit, Texas et al. v. United States of America et al., that is attempting to remove consumer protections and pre-existing conditions. In a Sept. 14 Missouri Press Association debate, McCaskill has said she supports protections for pre-existing conditions.

Tariffs: McCaskill said, in an Oct. 18 PBS debate, that she favors peace through strength. McCaskill has been critical in multiple debates, including an Oct. 18 PBS debate, of the Trump administration’s tariffs and she claims that these tariffs hurt Missouri families.

She said, in a Sept. 10 speech at Mis-

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souri State University, that she is firmly against a trade war.

Abortion: McCaskill supports abortion rights, and has said that a woman has the right to get an abortion, as she mentioned during a Sept. 10 speech at Missouri State University.

Republican: Josh Hawley

Economy: Hawley said, in an Oct. 18 PBS debate, that he would have supported the Republican tax bill that was passed and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2017.

Health care: During an Oct. 18 PBS debate,

Republican Josh Hawley

Missouri Attorney General, appointed 2017 Hawley said that he wants to protect pre-existing conditions. However, Hawley signed onto a lawsuit, Texas et al. v. United States of America et al., along with 20 other Republican attorney generals to challenge the pre-existing conditions protections in the Affordable Care Act. Tariffs: Hawley has said, in an Oct. 18 PBS debate, that he supports the tariffs against China. Hawley also stated that Trump did not start the trade war and that the tariffs are retaliatory.

Abortion: Hawley is anti-abortion, and has stated that abortion should be illegal, as he mentioned in a Sept. 21 speech

at Missouri State University.

Third-Party Candidates:

Japheth Campbell is the candidate from the Libertarian Party, and he is running on the idea of shrinking the size of the government.

Jo Crain is the candidate from the Green Party, and she is running on the reform to the student loan system.

Craig O’Dear, an independent, is running on the idea of ending partisanship in Washington.

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Hangin’ out Hammock stand opens on campus KATHRYN DOLAN Staff Reporter @kathryndolan98

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Missouri State University President Clif Smart tests out the new hammock stand outside Blair-Shannon House on Oct. 26.

The stand, open to students, holds three hammocks at a time.

Plans for more hammock stands are in the works.

The leaves are changing, and the air is getting chilly, but there is still time to use Missouri State’s brand new outdoor hammocking area before winter arrives.

The project was completed on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Construction was originally supposed to start in the summer, but after a delay in construction due to steel tariffs, the date was pushed back and construction began at the start of the school year.

The hammock station is located on the southeast side of Blair-Shannon House, serving as a convenient and safe alternative to hammocking on trees.

Abdillahi Dirie, director of administrative services for Student Government Association, started this project in response to student requests and grounds crew workers’ reports of damaged trees.

“Some people didn’t know how to hammock correctly,” Dirie said.

“These hammock stations will help students hammock safely and less-

en damage on the trees.”

Other universities have banned hammocks from campuses due to the tree damage.

On Friday, Oct. 26, Clif Smart, president of MSU, tested out the new hammock park now open to students.

“I haven’t been in a hammock in years, maybe decades, but I really enjoyed this,” Smart said. “I’m excited about the project. It looks good and will save the trees — a win-win for everybody.”

The hammock stations are artfully designed and pose as a sculpture when not in use.

Up to three hammocks can be tied to the functional art, and scannable QR codes are printed on each station with information on how to use the equipment correctly.

Students can simply scan the code with a smartphone, and they’ll be brought to a page where they can learn how to properly tie their hammock.

Freshman Riley Schaefer has been enjoying books and taking naps in her hammock for around two years.

She says hammocks were a great way for her to chill and unwind

while she was at home.

“I’m so excited,” Schaefer said.

“I’ve never hammocked on campus before, but now that there’s a convenient place to, I for sure will.”

Four additional hammocking areas will be constructed during winter break on various spots throughout campus for students to enjoy, including one communitystyle station.

The community style station will consist of seven poles in a hexagonal formation with one in the middle. This area will be able to fit up to 12 hammocks.

Possible locations for the remaining hammock stations include areas west of Foster Recreation Center, south of Temple Hall, south of Plaster Student Union and south of Craig Hall.

These locations have not yet been finalized but will be confirmed soon.

The project is being funded by SGA’s Student Initiative Fund.

Each station costs $6,000 to construct, with the exception of the community style, which will cost $16,000. In total, this project will cost $65,000.

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Resources available for visually-impaired students DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH CONNOR WILSON Staff Reporter @Connor4Wilson Hosting just under three dozen visually-impaired students, Missouri State provides accommodations and resources to its students at the Disability Resource Center, access specialist Tim Lehmann said.

Lehmann said students who come to Missouri State need to contact the DRC office with legal requirements such as documentation from their doctor. Once that is established, they have the green light to get help from the DRC. “I would sit down with any of our students and go over accommodations with them to help determine what they need,” Lehmann said. “For a student totally blind, they might need all their textbooks in an accessible format where they can read on a computer.”

Many accommodations Missouri State provides for its students involve easier access to class resources.

Lehmann said often the DRC will reach out to instructors and ask them to describe things out loud and utilize programs like Microsoft Word so visually-impaired students have an easier time accessing them.

In college, the student has to take the initiative and ask for help, which is a transition from high school where resources and accommodations are provided to them, Lehmann said.

“Once they ask for help and they open up a case with our office, we can help them, but in college, we can’t tell them — they have to let us help them,” Lehmann said.

Carolyn McGhee, a visually-impaired MSU alumnus, said MSU is good about having accommodations, but she was frustrated by traveling around campus and making friends.

“When I came, I almost left because I was frustrated and I couldn’t find my way around,” McGhee said. “I didn’t have any contacts; I didn’t know anybody. I came in with no support at all. So for future students … they really need some kind of support.”

Lehmann said many students must utilize a service through the state of Missouri called Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.

“For our students who use RSB, they’re able to get their own orientation mobility specialist, and that is someone who physically comes to campus to help them learn their orientation or mobility on campus,” Lehmann said.

Lehmann said because he’s the advisor for visually-impaired students, if they come and talk to him about needing help getting around campus, he’ll work with them on basic orientation and mobility if he has time.

Lehmann said that Missouri State is getting more resources for all their students with disabilities.

“So many of the things we see now weren’t there five, 10 years ago,” Lehmann said.

Justin Lozano, director of the Disability Resource Center, said sometimes technology goes too fast. If a publisher didn’t design something to be accessible, instead of reducing the work, the publisher actually doubles the amount of the work for the students.

“It is a lot better than it used to be, but there’s still plenty of work to do,” Lozano said. “We’re not just sitting back twiddling our thumbs when we don’t have students

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The Disability Resource Center/Access Technology Center office is located in Suite 111 of Meyer Library, and offers many services to students. come in. We’re figuring out strategies and ways to bring down those barriers so students don’t have to worry about so much accommodation.”

Currently, the DRC is hosting “Disability Equity Week,” a week focused around Disabil-

ity Awareness Month to educate students about disability accessibility. For this week, various events will be held, such as a student panel, the traveling exhibit “Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit” and various adaptive sports and games.

Past, upcoming construction projects on campus CARISSA ALFORD Staff Reporter @carissabalford

Missouri State’s campus is hardly ever free of fences, yellow tape or construction machines.

While there are multiple different projects happening throughout the year, some buildings have not been renovated as recently as others.

Contracts administrator Kim Kayser said funding for campus construction comes from various sources, explaining why some buildings get renovated more often than others.

With smaller projects, offices and departments use their own budgeted funds from the university.

“Other times, the university receives state of

Missouri funds, grant funds, (Missouri State University) Foundation or donor funds and other external sources of funds to pay for the work,” Kayser said.

Consequently, some departments do not have large enough budgets to make changes or renovations to their building.

The most expensive and recent renovation was to Glass Hall with a budget of around $35 million.

However, there are other projects that just finished on campus that were also significant.

“Some notable recent projects include the renovation of Hill Hall, the renovation of Woods House and the renovation of space in Plaster Center for Free Enterprise to house the mechanical engineering program with Missouri S&T,” Kayser said.

To start the construction process, the project

must be submitted through a project request form. These forms are given to the office of Planning, Design & Construction by offices and other departments on campus.

Kayser said after the request is received, the office determines what needs to be done and if it’s feasible.

“Depending on the scope of the project, it may have to be presented to the Board of Governors or the university’s Administrative Council for approval before proceeding with any work,” Kayser said.

But for other renovations, student fees pay for the projects, such as the Magers Health and Wellness Center. Those student fees have to be approved by the student body, per a majority vote.

“The amount of funding available from any and all sources will determine the scope of work

on a particular project,” Kayser said.

Students can expect campus to look newer soon, as more projects are on their way.

“We are working on an addition to the greenhouse at Temple Hall and creating a space in Meyer Library for the Center for Academic Success and Student Transition,” Kayser said.

On the dorm side of things, there will be an upgrade to the mechanical and electrical systems at Blair-Shannon House as well as a second phase of renovation at Woods House.

“We are also working to construct an outdoor amphitheater on the West Plains campus and an Ozarks Educational Center in Bull Shoals,” Kayser said.

While some buildings may not look as intriguing as others, there are still many construction projects planned for the future.

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Khalid switches style in new EP ‘Suncity’ HANNAH HAWORTH Reviewer Last year, at the age of 18, Khalid released his now double platinum, Grammy nominated album “American Teen” for the masses. “American Teen” sold 1.2 million copies upon its 2017 release with breakout songs like “Location,” “8teen” and “Young Dumb & Broke.”

Since then, Khalid has blown up in popularity but has only released collaborations this past year with artists such as Normani Kordei, Shawn Mendes and Billie Eilish.

That was until his new EP “Suncity.”

“Suncity” was released on Friday, Oct. 19, and features seven tracks surrounding the idea of El Paso, Texas. I have been a huge fan of Khalid,

arguably since the beginning of his larger career, and I find his vibe and sound unique compared to other pop singers of this decade, so I had high expectations for “Suncity.”

Opening the album is “9.13,” which is a solid beginning track that sets the tone for the rest of the songs.

The sound of the melody is different from Khalid’s original album, but stays true to his chill style.

The first real song is “Vertigo” which may be my favorite after the first listen. Unlike the majority of “American Teen,” this song details more in-depth real life problems Khalid faces, which is different from the vibes of songs like “American Teen” and “8teen.”

“Vertigo” is also different because Khalid adds layers of his voice to make an ethereal sound that I quite enjoy. The

lyrics are contemplative, have depth and add to his inner struggle.

The next track is “Saturday Nights,” which is the last song that follows Khalid’s old sound. While it follows the chill, positive vibe of “American Teen,” the beat is consistently building but never hits a beat drop, which I find predictable so I think it is OK that Khalid avoided this. The musicality is smooth and rhythmic, so the upbeat tempo contradicts the sad love-song lyrics, but I do really enjoy this song overall.

Next, the album takes a turn with “Salem’s Interlude,” which divides the EP, in my opinion, from the songs that follow Khalid’s old sound to him experimenting with different types of music and styles.

“Salem’s Interlude” is a break from the music, but the talking per-

fectly encapsulates the emotions Khalid has been expressing in the EP thus far. However, the ending leaves much to be answered.

The only song I have a problem with is “Motion,” which was the first song I heard and despite being a fan, I disliked. I find his singing hard to hear, and it is difficult to decipher the lyrics. The tone switches from melancholic to affectionate following the interlude, and “Motion” begins this transition.

“Better” sounds like the most radio-oriented song. It has a positive beat and lyrics, following the pattern of the separation by the interlude.

While this song is not my favorite off of the EP, it definitely is a fun and upbeat song.

The final song, “Suncity,” differs from Khalid’s original music the most

by adopting Spanish-accented music and Spanish lyrics. This song is also radio-oriented, and I imagine we will be hearing it all over soon.

The Spanish is easy to translate and sing to, and the tune is incredibly catchy. This song features Empress Of, a Latin American singer-songwriter, and while I have not heard of her, the duet work and her voice added depth and a strong ending to Khalid’s EP. Overall, “Suncity” is a great start to Khalid’s career following his massive popularity almost straight out of high school. The album experiments with different styles and languages with success, which I expect to see more from Khalid in the future. While I favor some of the tracks over others, I will definitely be listening to this EP for a while. 4/5

Rapper Lil Yachty underperforms in ‘Nuthin 2 Prove’ AUSTIN MYERS Reviewer “Nuthin 2 Prove” shows that Lil Yachty does indeed still have plenty to prove to us.

It wasn’t too long ago that Lil Yachty brought us into the bubbly yet somewhat mysterious world of Lil Boat on his breakout single “One Night.” After the release of his debut mixtape “Lil Boat,” as well as some massive features in 2016 on songs like “Broccoli” and “iSpy,” Yachty looked primed and ready to deliver on his debut album ,“Teenage Emotions,” in 2017. Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned, as the album flopped from a commercial perspective — 46,000 first-week sales — and received unfavorable reviews from critics. Earlier this year, he returned with “Lil Boat 2,” which almost felt like he had returned to form on numerous tracks on the album.

On “Nuthin’ 2 Prove,” Lil Yachty gives an uninspiring effort that leaves listeners still yearning for more.

This album stays with the similar formula found on most Lil Yachty projects: You have some of the harder and more aggressive tracks under the persona Lil Boat, as well as some more softer and brighter songs from Lil Yachty. The record opens with “Gimmie My Respect,” a confident track that finds Boat making the bold claim that he started the new wave in rap. The best track on this project has to be “Yacht Club,” which features Juice WRLD, as the two exchange bars about their lavish lifestyles over a fantastic EarlThePearll instrumental. “We Outta Here!,” featuring Young Nudy, and “Who Want the Smoke,” featuring Cardi B and Offset, are arguably the most aggressive songs on the album, with the the latter being the Tay Keith-produced lead single. “Worth it” and “Everything Good, Everything Right” are the two brightest moments on the record, as both tracks provide the rare feeling of Yachty actually seeming to have fun on the record.

These select tracks are really the only times Yachty seems to get it right on this album. The rest of the tracklist is muddled with generally uninspiring and directionless efforts overall.

But this speaks to a bigger issue going on with Yachty as whole: The fact of the matter is, he has not been able to regain the creative mystic and wonder that sold people on him as an artist in the first place. If you listened to “Lil Boat 1” and “Summer Songs 2,” it sounded different than a majority of the hip-hop being released at the time. It was weird, quirky, fun and just felt like you were able to fully engage with the true personality of Lil Yachty. I don’t know what changed this for him: Could it be the the fact him and TheGoodPerry (his once best friend and primary producer) never work with each other anymore? Could it be the sudden rise to fame all got to his head? I don’t have the answer to these questions.

But the unique character of Lil Boat/Lil Yachty that once embraced being different and standing out, has seemingly placed himself intentionally amongst the rest of hip-hop today.

Songs like “I’m the Mac” and “SaintLaurentYSL,” featuring Lil Baby, feel like little to no emotion or effort were put into the creation of these songs. “Get Dripped,” featuring Playboi Carti, has a unique instrumental, but Carti delivers one of the least appealing features he’s done in a while. “Forever World,” featuring Trippie Redd, sounds like a Trippie Redd song that Yachty decided to take and add some verses on it. There are just too many times that Yachty either underperforms on the track or places features that do little to nothing in regards to helping save the song for him.

Simply, there is just not enough here to warrant this as a good album. There are great songs, but from a concise and consistent basis, this album falls flat on its face. In the last year or two, it felt like the pressure had started to be removed from Yachty, and the hope was that he would use this time to reinvigorate himself to the listeners. Unfortunately, “Nuthin 2 Prove” shows that Lil Yachty does indeed still have plenty to prove to us.

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New Android features not mentioned at Google event used apps at the bottom of the screen for quick access. You can also quickly move your finger left and right on the home button to quickly scroll through the list The Pixel 3 leaks were accurate, and of running apps.

Other than a few icon design updates, nothing was very surprising about Google’s new smartphones at Google’s press that is the majority of the update that users will see as the other upconference on Oct. 9. What dates are on the developer was surprising, though, was side.

Google’s lack of saying the So, with these new, cool word “Android.”

Google’s new Android features for Google’s flagversion, Pie, has some cool ship phones and mobile operating system, why did it features available to current Pixel users. The biggest new never mention it by name at feature that is very promiits latest event? nent on the Pixel 3 devices Rumors have been circuis the new gesture based lating for many years about navigation. how Google plans to merge Instead of the traditional Jonathan Petesch its Chrome OS and Android three-button layout at the bottom of the operating systems into one in the future. screen from previous versions of Android, Over the past few years, we’ve seen steps there is now an option to have ges- taken in that direction with Chrome OS ture-based navigation similar to what is looking and feeling more like Android, found on iPhone X devices. and Chrome OS is now able to run many All that is in the navigation bar now Android apps directly from the Google is a small white bar in the middle that Play Store. serves as the home button, which you We’ve also seen the Android brandswipe up to get to multitasking. The back ing on many apps disappear in favor of button also appears occasionally when it Google branding or no branding at all.

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LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener Wearing a D.A.R.E. T-shirt and a skirt she now thinks is ugly, Crystal Methyd performed in drag for the first time at Springfield PrideFest in 2015.

She decided to try performing after watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. While she was there, she met drag queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race and cried tears of joy.

“I was practicing my makeup in my room for about a month before I performed,” Crystal said. “I had a lot of fun, and people told me I looked different, and I liked that.”

Crystal, also known as Missouri State University alum Cody Harness, wished there was a drag scene in Springfield like the ones she saw in bigger cities such as New York City and Chicago. In December 2015, she met with Johan Collins, who is now the Get Dusted promoter. Together, they created Get Dusted.

Get Dusted is a monthly event with a different theme each time. Typically held at the Outland Ballroom, the events feature a musical guest performance, a drag show and a dance party with a DJ. Themes have ranged from outer space to slumber party to anime night.

Get Dusted videographer Drew Mittman, an MSU alum, said the best parts of the drag shows are the environment and community.

“It’s very warm and inviting,” Mittman said. “I feel like you meet much more interesting people than if you just go out for drinks at a bar. You meet the nicest people, too. There’s no hate. It’s something Springfield has needed. As a gay man, it’s liberating and nice to have another place to feel included.”

As the promoter, Collins schedules artists and brainstorms video ideas for Get Dusted. Get Dusted has featured musical performances from Cupcakke to Brooke Candy to Lil Debbie. On Nov. 17, a country artist will be performing.

He has been booking shows for 15 years. He has worked for the South

by Southwest music festival and with big-name artists such as 21 Savage and Lil Yachty. “(Get Dusted) means so much more to me,” Collins said. “This is, by far, the coolest thing I’ve ever been a part of.”

Drake Evans, a senior fashion design major, has been attending as many Get Dusted shows as he can since it was created.

“I think Crystal has brought something and made it into something that is her own,” Evans said. “It’s been really awesome to watch it grow and explode into this big thing. It’s so freeing and so amazing to watch the artistic expression that these people have when they get up and perform. I don’t think I could ever do it, so I think just to vicariously live through somebody for a night is really cool.”

Collins said he had friends who had been to drag shows but said it wasn’t for them — until they went to a Get Dusted show.

“It’s a magical experience for everyone,” Collins said. “We have a little bit of everything. If someone doesn’t really like drag, they’ll still enjoy it. But if they come, they’ll

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(Above, from left to right) Lux, Daegen Michelle, Crystal Methyd, and Daya Betty pose for an official Get Dusted photo at Get Dusted Anime Night on March 31.

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Daegen Michelle performs at a drag show on Dec. 30, 2017. Get Dusted is typically held at the Outland Ballroom in downtown Springfield. start to like drag. … It ain’t like your typical drag show.”

When Crystal first started Get Dusted, she didn’t have any drag queen friends, so she had to recruit drag queens in Springfield. She asked Daegen Michelle to perform because she knew who she was from performing at Martha’s Vineyard, but everyone else was friends of friends that Crystal convinced to perform and let her do their makeup.

For a lot of them, it was their first and last time doing drag. After the first show, people started asking Crystal if they could perform.

“We have so many more drag queens in Springfield now, and it’s really cool,” Crystal said. “We have a big cast, so each drag queen only gets to do one number for each show, but they each always put their whole heart into that number.”

The top Get Dusted queens are Crystal Methyd, Daegen Michelle, Daya Betty and Lux. Daya Betty and Lux go to MSU. The drag queens almost never perform the same song twice. They meet a little over a month before the show to discuss plans for it. They then meet a couple times a week as it becomes closer to the event to learn songs and choreography.

The day of the show, Crystal works all day to prepare. She said she allows herself three hours to do her makeup and then goes to the venue to set up.

She makes the backdrops by hand and begins making them many weeks ahead of time. She climbs on a ladder to set up the backdrop and other decorations, and then she talks and takes pictures with the crowd before the show.

“It’s like a drag Broadway,” Collins said. “It’s not just someone going up there and lip-syncing. They put so much work into it, and I had no idea” Collins said that creating the first big drag show in Springfield shined light on the drag community.

“I don’t think we created a drag scene in Springfield, because there’s always been a drag scene, but we sort of brought it out from where it was in different places in Springfield, like

Martha’s Vineyard,” Collins said. “It’s a really cool thing for Springfield, Missouri, and being in Springfield makes it even cooler.”

Mittman said Get Dusted made the drag community a “melting pot.” He added that straight men also do drag for Get Dusted. A lot of the time it’s their first time, and Crystal does their makeup.

“It’s not about being gay, straight, trans, whatever,” Mittman said. It’s about being at a place where you can be yourself as a human being.”

Crystal said many people don’t understand drag, but she goes out in drag and hopes to change people’s minds.

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It’s not about being gay, straight, trans, whatever. It’s about being at a place where you can be yourself as a human being.”

“My favorite part of drag isn’t really even performing,” Crystal said.

“Performing is fun, but I just like to go out to different bars like I normally would on a Friday night, but I like to just look crazy. That’s my favorite thing. When I hear people say ‘what

the F is that,’ that’s when I know I did my job that day.”

Mittman said he grew up in Springfield, and it used to be normal to hear people shout homophobic slurs. He said that doesn’t happen as often anymore.

Crystal also said she’s noticed people have become much more accepting.

“A few years ago, when we first started Get Dusted, I was getting a lot more gas station sodas thrown at me than I am now,” Crystal said. “Now, I get, like, none.”

Collins said he is glad people are now more open-minded and accepting toward drag and the LGBT community. He said people often bring their parents and grandparents to the shows, and he enjoys seeing them have a great time. There are drag queens who are in fraternities at MSU, which is something he said most likely wouldn’t have happened in the past.

“They’re all really brave, and I think it’s awesome for the people that paved the way for them who did drag like 15 or 20 years ago in Springfield,” Collins said. “It’s cool to see how far it’s come.”

Crystal and the Get Dusted squad went to the Trump rally last month and attended many Black Lives Matter protests. They said people at red lights at the protests would try to start fights with them, but they listened to them and explained their thoughts.

“In the end, there was a lot less yelling from both sides,” Crystal said.

“It feels good to make a change. All of the queens care about making a positive impact on everyone’s life. They’re so kind and genuine. I try to have a big smile and be as open as I can be with everyone.”

Daegen Michelle started doing drag when she was a junior in high school after her aunt took her to her first drag show. She said performing feels natural to her.

“It’s like second nature,” Daegen said. “We all do it in the mirror or in the shower or in the car to the songs you like. It’s all about having fun.”

Daegen is a transgender woman, and she began doing drag because she wanted to be herself and embrace who she is.

“I just wanted a platform to be myself,” Daegen said. “It could be a box on the sidewalk with lights. It doesn’t matter where you do it, what you’re wearing, or how you look. It’s about how you feel and how you make other people feel. It’s always been that way.”

Crystal said her favorite part of drag is gaining confidence and learning to always be herself. She used to be terrified of performing on stage. Now, she enjoys being the center of attention.

“People love seeing someone be their truest self,” Crystal said. “It’s magical. Crystal is kind of why I became confident. I used to go out and hang out in the back. It’s taught me to be myself every day and be as fabulous as I want to be every day, because sometimes, as I’m walking down the streets of Springfield, I hear people say, ‘That person is probably from out of town,’ but I’m from Springfield, and I love it here. I want to be seen and accepted by everyone.”

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MSU student incorporates music throughout her life CARISSA ALFORD Staff Reporter @carissabalford With what started as high school choir and grew into more, sophomore Anne Baker’s music career continues to thrive.

Baker, speech-language pathology major, has only been playing music for five years, first starting with the guitar. However, she has always loved singing.

“I was really the only person in my school at the time who had an interest in music, and I was the only person to make it in district solos,” Baker said. “Then, my sophomore year, I was the only person to make it in district choir.”

When she came to Missouri State, she was in Women’s Chorus and Choral Union. She now sings in off-campus choirs, with her friends and by herself.

Baker wants people to know you don’t have to major in music to love it and do it. She is obsessed with music, but she’s majoring in communication sciences and disorders in order to become a speech language pathologist.

Although her school work does not revolve around music, part of her personal life does.

One of her best friends is also a musician.

“I met Marybeth, and we bonded over music,” Baker said. “Then, we learned the ukulele together.”

Marybeth Loganbill, a junior accounting major, said she first met Baker on the elevator during move-in day in 2017. Loganbill said from that moment on, they were best friends.

“Throughout time, we figured out that we are basically the same person born to different parents,” Loganbill said. “We both play mul-

tiple instruments and spend most of our time playing music together and singing.”

The pair has played at multiple live events, mostly for their churches in their Missouri hometowns of Tipton and Slater.

“We have rewritten and recorded songs on both ukulele and piano, with more to come, and have also been asked to sing in a commercial for MSU,” Loganbill said.

They have put a few cover songs on Facebook where they sing to Disney songs as well as to popular artists and songs.They plan on continuing to collaborate.

Both agree they are bonded through music, but their relationship isn’t only built on performing and playing various instruments.

“We also have the common love to play Wii Mario Bros,” Loganbill said. “We can play for hours and hours and are actually very good at it.”

In September of this year, Baker went to see another friend play music at a coffee shop called Magic Bean.

“She just sat there and played the guitar, and I just loved it,” Baker said Baker spoke to the owner and was able to get a gig at The Bean. She received half of the money the coffee shop earned and even gave herself a stage name: Anne B. She said performing is not about being the focus of attention. “(Playing music) is about being in the center of sharing good music and good feelings with people,” Baker said.

She hopes to play at Coffee Shop Sound, hosted by Student Activities Council, now that she is no longer playing at Magic Bean. But Baker said performing doesn’t make or break her musical spirit.

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Anne Baker plays her guitar while singing her favorite song on campus.

Baker sings at multiple venues and events around Springfield.

“I don’t have to play at a coffee shop to be happy with myself or be happy with my music,” Baker said.

Baker is performing with MSU Gospel Choir at a Turning Point, a local church, next month.

Music, for her, is not only about entertainment; it’s also about healing others.

“This is going to sound really cheesy, but I just want to take the world’s hurt away,” Baker said.

One of the things Baker will never stop doing is sharing her music — not only to make herself happier, but in an attempt to spread that happiness to others.

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Stage comes alive with the colors of China DAVE AICHOLTZ Staff Photographer With the colors of fall quickly descending upon the Missouri landscape, it seems only fitting that this past Saturday at the Plaster Student Union Theater, the Missouri State University Traditional Chinese Dance Club held their 3rd Annual Traditional Chinese Dance Show.

Dancers from the TCDC performed a variety of traditional Chinese dances while dressed in the varied costumes representing the regions and cultures within China. Their costumes were bold in color and design and helped portray the mood and message of the dance.

The club was originally created three years ago so the members could share their enthusiasm and passions for the Chinese culture.

The dancers began practicing about a month ago and practiced with instructors daily after completing their academic schedules.

Dancers are ranked according to skill level which ranges from zero through nine — zero being beginners and nine being performance level dancers — according to MSU’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association president Minbo Sun. “We appreciate that Missouri State gives us the opportunity to showcase traditional Chinese dance culture,” dance club advisor Zhenzhen Zheng said. “We hope to continue this tradition as long as we can.”

According to Sun, the annual dance show is “second in importance and celebration only to Chinese New Year,” which will take place Feb. 8, 2019, in and around the MSU campus.

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association aims to unify all Chinese students and

scholars and bridge the gap between cultures.

One of the ways they achieve this is through their support and sponsorship of groups like the TCDC. Their contribution to the diversity, on the MSU campus and within the greater Springfield community, is not only welcomed but is also their way of ensuring that international students studying here have an enjoyable and memorable university experience.

Brenda Agee, a resident who moved to Springfield in December last year, said that from what she saw, she is excited to see the next Chinese dance performance.

“The colors and costumes were fantastic, but the gracefulness and skill of the dancers was wonderful,” Agee said. “They were really great.”

The cast performed 10 different dances with descriptive names such as “Red Silk,” their opening dance, and others like “Swans,” “The Rain Bamboo Forest,” and their finale “TikTok Mix,” which was based upon a current dance craze in China.

The entire cast performed the finale in all the different costumes.

The next event planned by the CSSA is the Chinese New Year celebration on Feb. 8, 2019 which will celebrate the Year of the Pig. Photos by DAVE AICHOLTZ/THE STANDARD

(Above) Dancers in colorful costumes performed at the 3rd Annual Traditional Chinese Dance Show on Saturday, Oct. 27.

(Far left) A dancer spins an umbrella.

(Left) Accounting junior Xiaowei Zhang and senior finance major Yiwen Zhu perform at the 3rd Annual Traditional Chinese Dance Show.

Family raised into haunted houses finds passion in creating them LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener

When they were kids, Parker and Jordan Mathis often went to the Hotel of Terror to run around. They liked to put on scary masks and chase people. While they were terrified of the people who worked there as children, it eventually became normal to them.

Their friend and coworker, Madison Strain, scares people as the Chainsaw Massacre at Hotel of Terror. He wears a leather mask and a dirty, bloody apron. For Madison, Parker and Jordan, spookiness is not out the norm. Their families have had spooky jobs since before they were born.

Madison’s dad is a special effects artist for movies and for the Mathis’ haunted houses they own. He taught Madison how to do makeup last year.

“I’ve always been around fake bodies and body parts, so it never really bothered me watching scary movies or going through a haunted house,” Madison said. “I always looked at it and thought about how the effects were made.”

Madison said his favorite part of working at a haunted house is scaring people.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Madison said. “You have to do it for the love of it. It’s not about the pay.”

Sterling Mathis is Parker and Jordan’s dad.

After Sterling and his family put on a haunted house at his school in 1974, they enjoyed it so much they decided to create haunted houses on a larger scale.

“The fun we give was our goal,” Sterling said.

“It still warms my heart to see the people come to see what I have built to try to scare them.”

Sterling builds all the props for the haunted houses. He began making props when he was a child, because there was nowhere to buy them in the ‘70s. He continues to build the props because that’s his favorite part of working at and owning the haunted houses. He enjoys seeing his creations scare people. They can take anywhere from an hour to a week to make.

Parker’s job is to wander around the haunted houses in clown makeup and help people if they need water or want to leave.

He learned to apply clown makeup about three or four years ago by watching YouTube videos. After applying bright green contact lenses, he applies white makeup all over his face, powders it, and applies black contour and circles around his eyes. He then uses his creative instincts to create the rest of the clown makeup.

“The main part is making yourself look really rough and old,” Parker said.

Parker said working at haunted houses comes EMILY AMES/THE STANDARD with some struggles. People sometimes punch the workers or defecate and urinate out of fear.

Parker and Jordan, scare actors and children of owner Sterling Mathis, They once had to close the whole building down do their makeup in preparation for the opening of the Hotel of Terror that so they could clean up. night. The Hotel of Terror has been open for 30 years.

Soon, Sterling plans to add more floors to Dungeons of Doom. He also plans to include a slide at the top floor like the ones at Edge of Hell They opened Edge of Hell in Kansas City Missouri, in 2016 after it had been closed for and Hotel of Terror. two years later. Then, they created Hotel of 13 years.

For more information, visit hotelofterror.com Terror in Springfield, Missouri, in 1978. They When Sterling’s family created the haunted or find @kcbeastedge and @dungeonsofdoom reopened Dungeons of Doom in Springfield, houses, money was not the goal. on Facebook.

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Lily Johnson has exceeded all expectations and plans to continue to since graduation

dinner. They spent Saturday mornings together before Lily had to go get ready for the games, and they, again, waited for the girls that surrounded her to leave so they could say goodbye.

“We would joke about not seeing her after the games because of these throngs of little girls who wanted to talk to her,” Maddie said.

As soon as her family left on Saturday, David said Lily headed to the library to study for classes.

While David attributed it to her work ethic, Lily said her constant studying came from managing her time as a student athlete with trips all around the country for the Missouri Valley Conference and various nonconference tournaments.

Between the traveling, studying and playing, Lily also became a leader in the athletic community. She was a part of the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as a representative and the vice chair during her senior year.

Lily had an overall good experience in college, winning four All-American and MSU Female Athlete of the Year awards.

But she had her ups and downs.

Lily was raised Catholic, and in college, she had a sense of freedom but still wanted to stay close to God. “I can look back on the times when I thrived and when I struggled, and I really do think they were all key components to either building my character or strengthening my faith,” Lily said.

“At the time, it seemed liked it was something I would never overcome, but I had such incredible influences around me in my friends and in my family that just constantly pushed me to going back onto the right path.”

Lily said she spent a lot of college learning about herself, but she also spent a lot of time just learning. Lily graduated summa cum laude in May 2018 and then wanted to take a year off before heading to grad school.

“I had a really great four years,” Lily said.

“I would not change any single part of it, good or bad.”

AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandasullivan14 The little girl with the teddy bear and curly ponytail. The goalie, the catcher, the outside hitter.

Lily Johnson. The name of one of the most well-known student athletes from Missouri State. She graduated summa cum laude, earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was named the Missouri State Female Athlete of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Now, a recent grad of the school that shaped her into the person she is, Lily became the first athlete from Missouri State to be nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year.

Going to everything

David and Maryellen Johnson raised Lily along with her siblings Maddie and Trevor. The Johnson family was active — all of the kids tried any sports they wanted. Maddie excelled in volleyball and basketball, Trevor played football and basketball and Lily tried everything.

Lily got her black belt in the third grade, played catcher on the softball field, goalkeeper on the soccer field and was coached by her dad in basketball. She played, enjoyed and practiced all of the sports she tried.

When it came to practice for any of the kids, David said he and his wife would always tell the kids that if there was ever a sigh or moan or any sign of complaint, there would be a sit-down to reevaluate whether the sport was worth it. Lily, though, always loved playing sports.

“Lily had the strongest competitive drive of them all,” David said.

Her sister Maddie, whom Lily adored, always saw that drive in her little sister.

“Lily was always fiercely competitive in a healthy way,” Maddie said.

All of the kids were encouraged to try everything, but Lily took that quite literally. Volleyball, though, wasn’t quite the “traditional” way of Lily telling her parents she wanted to play a sport.

With her dad as her coach, there was pressure to be all about basketball. But one trip changed all of that for Lily.

David said he was on a trip for one of Maddie’s sports when he called home to his wife and asked about her day at home. Her response: “Oh, we just got back from volleyball tryouts.”

The rest was history.

Lily continued to play other sports through middle school, but she decided that being a multisport athlete in high school wasn’t possible if she still wanted to play club volleyball.

“I was never the best player, but I never dreaded practice,” Lily said.

Lily went on to play varsity all four years at Lafayette High School. Lily played her first year when Maddie was a senior on the team.

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Lily Johnson celebrates a point during the 2017 season. Johnson graduated from Missouri State in 2018 but still helps with the volleyball team at practice when she can.

Maddie would joke that people would ask, “Who’s better?” between the two sisters.

“Really? You have to ask?” was always Maddie’s response. “She was a freshman on varsity when I was a senior. C’mon, now.”

Lily earned the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. She earned first-team all-state, all-district, all-region, all-metro and all-conference accolades both her junior and senior seasons and also led the team to a 40-0 record, earning the No. 2 national ranking according to PrepVolleyball.

“I don’t know if it was set up or not,” David said, looking back on the day he was hours away from that first volleyball tryout.

Going to Missouri State

Lily came in her freshman year to a Missouri State team that had its ups and downs. It was the only year of college Lily didn’t go to the NCAA tournament, and that year was the team’s worst winning percentage in her tenure, going 20-12 for a .625 winning percentage.

She studied constantly, with a major in cellular and molecular biology that forced her to work and study even when she didn’t want to.

David said their immediate family would visit Lily for a Friday game and stay in town for the Saturday game. He said they waited for her to finish talking with all of the younger girls who had watched the games, then take her to

Going to grad school

Before starting grad school, Lily wanted to take a year off and work. To get into any school to become a physician’s assistant, you must have work experience in the medical field. Due to playing volleyball at a Division I level, jobs with a flexible schedule to match her busy school and volleyball schedule were scarce. She couldn’t get jobs over the summer because she spent two summers playing overseas with the USA Volleyball team, once with the collegiate national team during their Europe tour in 2016 and again in 2017 during the Thailand tour.

So, Lily applied for a job at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, after graduation. She worked over 60 hours a week, trying to meet the 1,000-hour patient care requirement of many P.A. schools. The deadline for hours was Sept.

30 for all hours.

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Postseason ends at Illinois State Tennis team hosts Women’s soccer team ends season 8-9-2 after first-round loss

home invitational

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KENNEDY BRIGHT Sports Reporter @Kennedybright24

The Missouri State women’s soccer team faced off against Drake on Thursday, Oct, 25, in their final regular season game of the year. The Bears lost 1-0 in heartbreaking fashion as Drake’s Alyssa Brand netted the game’s only goal in the 82nd minute.

While the Bears added the eighth loss to their record, head coach Rob Brewer believes that some positives can be taken away from the game.

“There was great defending by both sides — chances were few and far inbetween,” Brewer said. “Now we’re at a point where we need to win to stay alive.

We’ve got a great group of seniors who want to keep competing.”

The loss against Drake meant the Bears ended their regular season with a record of 8-8-2, going 2-3-2 against conference opponents. Their efforts throughout the season earned Missouri State the fifth seed in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Missouri State is at the win-or-gohome stage in their season entering MVC tournament play, and the first matchup comes against the Illinois State Redbirds.

The Redbirds ended their regular season with a 4-2 record against MVC opponents, earning them the fourth seed.

The Bears and Redbirds clashed already this season on Sept. 22 when the Bears took a 2-1 loss. The Bears battled close once again with the Redbirds but fell 1-0 on the road. The lone goal of the game was scored by ISU’s Abby Basler in the 75th minute. Both teams were at a disadvantage with 25 mph winds, resulting in trouble finishing chances.

“Our team played very well,” Brewer said. “Conditions were difficult, but we played through it, and once again,

The Missouri State tennis team hosted a fall invitational Oct. 26-28 at Cooper Tennis Complex.

The tournament consisted of seven teams: Central Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, Louisiana Monroe, Tennessee State, Western Illinois, Mizzou and Southwest Baptist. There were four rounds of doubles and three rounds of singles over the three days.

Day 1

Junior Alye Darter and freshman Mara Presot beat Tennessee State’s senior Abhilasha Vishwanath and sophomore Aarushi Kakkar 6-3 to go on to the semifinals, winning third place in the No. 2 doubles bracket.

“I enjoy playing doubles; it’s a good pace and different from singles,” Darter said.

Darter and Presot dropped 6-4 against SEMO senior Isabella Krupa and freshman Teona Veloska. They later defeated Mizzou’s junior Gabrielle Goldin and sophomore Ally Noback in a 6-3 decision.

“Getting to play together again this weekend was really fun, and we got a big win over Mizzou,” Darter said.

Freshman Clara Gandara Gonzalez and junior Alexia Meyer fell 6-2 to Tennessee State’s senior Pragati Natraj and freshman Madison Beckham in the third flight. They then had back-to-back decisions against teammates freshman Brooke Smith and Courtney Potter.

Senior Phoebe Boeschen paired with Central Arkansas’ senior Marli Van Heerden in the third flight to move on to the championship match and battled 7-5 win over SEMO before beating Louisiana Monroe 6-0 to go to finals.

Freshman Anna Alons and senior Fati Khamissi won 6-1 against Western Illinois.

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(Above) Senior Brooke Prondzinski slides to the ball, attempting to kick it before the goalie can reach it.

(Right) Redshirt freshman Anna Durnin stays ahead of her opponent, driving the ball down the field.

Missouri State lost 1-0 to the Loyola Ramblers on Oct. 21. The Bears went on to lose the next two games 1-0 to Drake and Illinois State. we were unable to finish some excellent opportunities.”

While this first-round exit marked the end of the season, Brewer and his returning players will now look forward to developing throughout off-season and

Day 2

their upcoming spring matches.

“I am encouraged by the effort and toughness we brought to the game,” Brewer said. “I hope that we can continue to improve this spring and have a chance to compete for a championship next fall.”

Boeschen advanced on a bye in the first round, and defeated her Tennessee State opponent 6-1, 6-3 to move on to the championship match on Day 3 against senior Anais Emelie of SEMO. Darter won 7-6 (2), 6-2 tiebreak advantage over Western Illinois and fell to her Mizzou opponent 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 to play in the fifth-place bracket on Sunday, along with Alons.

Gandara Gonzalez moved to the consolation singles bracket with a doubles win 6-2, 6-4 against Western Illinois, and competed for ninth place.

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Fifth-year senior wraps up Football Bears Missouri State soccer career fall off after strong start MONICA BLAKE Sports Reporter @monicablak3

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Team chemistry leads to team success Men’s soccer nearly undefeated with one regular season game left BRYCE DERRICKSON Sports Reporter @BruceyD17 Missouri State’s men’s soccer has had an amazing season with only one loss and an early-season spot in the top 25. They’ve had this success by having a stellar defense and an aggressive offense.

“We’ve been consistent day-in and dayout,” head coach Jon Leamy said. “It’s just been a good run. We’re on top of games.

Every game is competitive, and we’re in every one of them.”

During Missouri State’s run, the defense has been leading the way, holding every team but one — Santa Clara — to one goal.

This makes them one of the toughest teams in the conference.

The Bears’ defense ranks top 10 in the country and No. 1 in the Missouri Valley Conference in goals against average, only allowing .568 goals per game.

The defense has also only allowed opponents 109 shot attempts so far this

year compared to Missouri State’s 161.

“This is what Missouri State is built on — just keeping clean sheets or restricting them to one goal,” senior Conor Ingram said. “If we get one or two (goals), we know we’re going to win the game or at least get a point.”

Missouri State’s great defense has helped on the other side of the field, creating a good offense.

The Bears have managed to use their defense to keep possession of the ball, allowing them to take a lot of shots.

In the MVC, Missouri State ranks third in shots per game with 161 and goals averaged per game with 1.615.

Missouri State also has a number of offensive tools, with nine different players having at least one goal. Leading the team in goals is sophomore Josh Dolling, who has nine, then Ingram is in second with two and the rest of the nine have just one goal.

“Last season, I didn’t really get to the point I wanted to be with injuries and fitness, but this year, I think I’ve been

able to show what I can do,” Dolling said.

“A lot of it comes from other players who don’t get the credit they deserve because they do a lot of things off the board that go unnoticed, creating chances for me.

It’s been a great team effort.”

Not only are the Bears good at scoring, but they’re aggressive in doing so. In the first half, Missouri State has scored 11 goals, taken 76 shots and 32 corners.

This is compared to the second half, where the Bears have scored seven goals, taken 69 shots and 31 corners.

“I think the boys have a mindset that they want to go to goal,” Leamy said.

“The work that it takes to create the goals — we’ve got so many guys on the team that are able to step up and find it. It’s a great team atmosphere, and they want to play entertaining, attacking soccer.”

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verses, little cartoons, anything I could to keep him up and going.”

As he worked through freshman year, he talked to his mom about quitting soccer.

“I told him, ‘Jake, bud, you do what you want. But I’m going to tell you, I’ve watched you all of these years working your butt off to play DI soccer,’” Donna said. “‘And you’re here. Just because you’re a redshirt doesn’t mean you quit working.’”

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“He was working and working and not getting minutes in any games,” Donna said. “He was frustrated, but we saw Parker playing. He was then told that he was going to be a redshirt.”

Redshirting his freshman year was not initially in Jake’s big plan. He struggled to keep his eye on the ball as he tried not to lose heart. Jake used his mother as a crutch.

“Jake has contacted me every single day since he’s been away at college,” Donna said. “After he told me that (he was redshirting), I sent him quotes, Bible

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Senior Jake Laird sends a pass across the field to his teammate.

Laird redshirted his freshman year at Missouri State, but he now is a consistent starter for the Bears.

Empty seats and agony have plagued the Missouri State football program for years. The 2018 season had a seemingly different feel after knocking off two top-20 teams in the nation in backto-back weeks in September.

In preseason interviews, Missouri State set expectations high to start of the 2018 season.

“We will be better,” senior safety Jared Beshore said, and other team captains agreed.

And they are. The Bears knocked of 20 Northern Arizona in a 40-8 blowout win that no one expected, except for the guys inside the program.

One week later, No. 9 Illinois State, which beat the Bears every year for the last four years, marched in the Plaster Stadium to get beat on a last-second blocked field goal.

After the win, the Bears were ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since 2014.

“To put it simply, I feel like we are just a better team this year,” junior starting quarterback Peyton Huslig said.

Then, things changed. As of late, this Missouri State team has hit a roadblock on its uphill climb to relevancy.

The plague of empty seats after three straight losses to conference opponents, including the 1-6 Southern Illinois Salukis on Saturday, Oct. 27, will hang around.

The Bears, who forced 10 turnovers in their first four games, have only forced one since.

The Bears’ rushing attack disappeared as they rushed for less than 70 yards per game in the last two contests. And the highly anticipated veteran defense did the same, giving up four-straight 400-plus yard games.

A loss to South Dakota was the Bears’ second loss of the year. Missouri State turned the ball over three times to get stopped on three straight downs at the 1-yard line to lose 35-28. It was a close, hard-fought game that the

Bears felt like they should’ve won.

Then the Bears traveled to a rising Indiana State program in which the Sycamores won on a touchdown catch on fourth down to win as time expired.

The Bears then came back to Springfield for a two-game home stand against Western Illinois and Southern Illinois to lose both. The Bears were expected to win both.

After the loss to Western Illinois, the postgame press conference was an eerie sight to a clearly — and rightfully — upset head coach Dave Steckel.

“We got out-coached; we got outplayed; we got out-executed, and all of those are my responsibility,” Steckel said, then repeating the near same answer to two other questions about execution on third down and execution of the offense.

This stretch goes down as a momentum killer to move the program under .500 in conference play before seeing two of the best teams in the Football Championship Subdivision playing field.

“I don’t know what their mood is, but my mood is embarrassment and disappointment, and we have to look in the mirror, and we have to fix this,” Steckel said. “We have to move on, move forward, and we have a stretch coming up here, and now we have to put our intentions to figure out South Dakota State.”

It will be a tough stretch in which the Bears will likely not be favored in any of their last three games against No. 7 South Dakota State, No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 17 Northern Iowa.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the toughest conference in all of FCS football, and has been for the last four years.

As if it wasn’t already, Missouri State’s playoff case is closed after losing to the worst team in the league.

This team’s season has taken a complete 180-degree turn from the first four weeks of football, and now it’s just three games left to the end of the 2018 season for Missouri State.

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Five-year-old Jake Laird told his mom that he was going to play soccer until he was 50. Although he isn’t sure if his body will hold out that long, the 22-year-old still has a strong love for the game.

Jake’s mom and dad, Donna and Jeff, started Jake in soccer when he was only three years old. He cried on the cooler and refused to play. After the first half, he agreed to go in, and after that there was no looking back.

“Second grade was when he went to a select team,” Donna said. “In second grade, everyone wants to play around and mess around. He would do that, but he’s always been very focused.”

Jake was playing in the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy in St. Louis his senior year of high school when the Missouri State associate head coach, Michael Seabolt, discovered him.

“He was interested pretty late,” Jake said. “I was already talking to a couple other schools, but he really interested me, so I committed here.”

Jake was not the player to kiss up to coaches or to receive playing time purely because of his talent. He played a lot of minutes in high school, but he consistently worked hard for those minutes.

That wasn’t necessarily the case when Jake arrived in Springfield as a freshman.

A senior at the time, Parker Maher, started in all 18 games at left back and later continued his career as a professional athlete with Sporting Kansas City.

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She completed her 1,000th hour on Sept. 29.

Lily has applied to several PA schools across the country.

She has already been accepted to Missouri State’s program, along with Midwestern in Chicago, Illinois.

She had interviews at Stanford, Yale and Northwestern in October and has scheduled interviews at Nebraska and Saint Louis University.

At Stanford, Lily said she was in an application class of 2,500 people. For the interview section, she said it was narrowed down to 120 people and only 27 are accepted into the program.

“It’s very rare for a first-year applicant to get in,” Lily said.

“Reapplying year after year is not an uncommon thing, which is scary. So, I’m very glad that I have my first couple of offers under my belt.”

In between working, traveling for interviews and staying active in her church community, Lily is also a remaining piece in the Springfield volleyball world. She said she occasionally attends Missouri State games and practices to help coach and give her feedback on certain situations.

Missouri State volleyball head coach Melissa Stokes has had Lily talk to freshman Amelia Flynn, a likely candidate for Missouri State’s next volleyball powerhouse.

“Anything that Amelia can grab from her and soak in and get advice from is just so, so valuable,” Stokes said.

Lily still plans to help the MSU team but also coach a club volleyball team in Springfield in order to pass on her knowledge of the sports before she decides where to go for grad school.

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Lily Johnson attended the NCAA Woman of the Year awards dinner on Oct. 28.

Going to the ceremony

Keturah Orji from the University of Georgia won the NCAA Woman of the Year award on Oct. 28.

Lily, the only woman from Missouri State to be nominated for this award, placed within the top 10 Division I athletes nominated.

The award recognizes graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in athletics, academics, community service and leadership, according to the NCAA website.

The NCAA website says a female student-athlete must have completed her eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2018 spring season. They must also have graduated no later than the end of the summer 2018 term and achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 to be eligible for the award.

Lily Johnson met all of those requirements, exceeding the minimum GPA with a 3.97 GPA. “It’s just a huge honor to know that someone out there — or multiple people out there — held me in a high enough regard where they thought I was a suitable candidate to represent our university on a national scale,” Lily said. “Having made it to the final 30 nominees is something that I never could’ve imagined because you’re going up against some of the most spectacular women in the entire country in not only Division I but also in Division II and III. “That’s something that has been really humbling for me because throughout my four years I’ve tried to engage in my community by being a citizen scholar and representing the public affairs mission of Missouri State. To know that I even hold a candle to some of the best of the best out there is really something cool to think about.”

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Donna and Jeff knew they had to let Jake figure it out on his own.

“That freshman year really toughened me up,” Jake said.

After making it through his extremely mentally challenging freshman year, Jake doubted the sport again.

He received his first career start at home against Evansville during his redshirt freshman season. He started in eight games that year, followed by 16 games his sophomore year and in all 17 games his junior year. His junior year, Jake switched positions to center mid.

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“We win as a team and lose as a team,” Ingram said. “We know, with our strong core group in the team, we can overcome any obstacle.”

After tying with Drake, Missouri State faces one more obstacle in the regular season: Central Arkansas. If Missouri

THE STANDARD “We had a freshman left back come in, and we needed players in midfield,” Jake said.

He has stayed at center mid through his senior season.

“He’s worked extremely hard over the last five years to improve his game and mature and become even more technical,” Seabolt said. “He took about a year and a half to really break into the lineup, and then after that he never looked back. He’s been a mainstay, one of those guys you put on the lineup every game without question.”

Many college athletes go through a similar struggle as Jake did his freshman year.

Not all of those athletes, Jake said, transition to a “mainstay” player as he

has. His best friend from high school, his roommate freshman year and four other freshmen in Jake’s class at MSU all quit soccer after their first year.

“There’s a lot of freshman guys that come in and are disappointed because they’re not playing, and I understand that,” Jake said. ”But once you get through that year and you get yourself into the team, it gets a lot easier.”

Jake will graduate in December with a sociology degree, but he doesn’t plan to move on from soccer just yet.

“I want to keep playing until someone tells me I can’t anymore,” Jake said.

“Soccer is his love,” Donna said. “To see your kid’s dream possibly come true is the best thing for a mom. My heart feels like it’s about to burst for him.”

State wins against Central Arkansas and Loyola loses to Washington, MSU can clinch the No. 1 seed in the MVC tournament.

If MSU gets either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed, they will have a bye in the MVC Championship, allowing them to not play until the semifinals.

The game against Central Arkansas will be in Springfield at 7 p.m., which will also be Missouri State’s senior night.

“We come back next week, and we have a huge game with UCA for our last game,” Leamy said. “We’re potentially battling for first place, second place.

Everyone on the team knows Saturday night is a massive game and that will lead into the next if it’s tournament. So, this is a great time of the year, and the guys are excited. This what the guys worked so hard for, to see the season continue and continue.”

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Day 3 The Bears had seven players advance to the placement brackets on the final day of the MSU Fall Invitational.

Boeschen advanced to the No. 4 flight finals, losing to her SEMO opponent to take the runner-up standing.

“It’s always great advancing to the finals; it wasn’t what I wanted, but the girl I played did really well,” Boeschen said. “Hopefully this will help me learn some things to work on for the spring.”

Darter beat her Central Arkansas opponent in three sets and moved to the fifth place bracket.

Darter then placed sixth after dropping another three-set tilt.

“I had some really close matches, three out of four went to the third set, so you can’t really ask for better for that,” Darter said. “It came down to points at the end that I could have converted to my side, but overall I feel pretty good about it.”

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The MSU Fall Invitational serves to her Central closed out the Bears fall schedule. Arkansas opponent.

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Glass buildings can cause bird fatalities AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 Migrating birds around campus occasionally run into buildings around Missouri State University. This can cause a bird to break its neck or get stunned and be eaten a predator.

After cats, glass windows on buildings are considered the second largest direct cause of bird deaths, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Janice Greene, MSU biology professor, said birds see differently than we do. When birds see a window, they aren’t aware that it’s glass because of the reflection on the window. All they see is sky, trees and grass.

Greene also said many of the birds that collide with the glass are migratory birds. This means the birds aren’t familiar with the campus and often have no way of knowing what is and isn’t a structure in the area.

“It looks like they are just flying into space,” Greene said.

“It’s not a structure — they just see habitat.”

Birds can also see ultraviolet rays, Greene said. The sun and some lamps release UV rays which are a source of vitamin D. Hitting glass windows can kill birds, depending on how fast the bird was going before colliding with the glass.

If the bird was going relatively fast, it could cause them to break their neck and die almost immediately. If the bird was going slower, it could stun the bird, but this doesn't mean the bird is completely safe.

Greene said predators such as hawks and cats around campus can also find and eat the birds while they are stunned.

Another issue that birds may have is when feeders are put too close to a building. If the bird is frightened, it will fly away and not pay full attention to the direction it’s flying — which can cause it to run into glass windows or other structures in its path, Greene said.

In the past, birds have hit the glass windows on the second and third floor of Temple facing Robert W. Plaster Stadium, Greene said. She also said there have been hits to the glass windows on Duane G. Meyer Library.

These collisions mostly occur during the day because this is when birds are most active. At the same time, birds can also be attracted to lighted buildings during their migratory season, which can lead to hits, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

Jason Rhea, supervisor of grounds services at MSU, said they find an average of four or five birds per year that have collided with windows around campus. He said they probably lose another five or 10 per year in the parking garages because the birds get trapped in the structure.

“The problem is that they get in there and they can’t figure their way out,” Rhea said.

Glass can be made more easily identifiable for birds through several methods, although MSU does not currently use any of them.

Netting, tempera paint or decals on the glass can help break up the reflection and can allow migratory birds to

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A student holds a dead sparrow that was recently found in the grass outside Meyer Library.

recognize windows, according to an American Bird Conservancy flyer.

The American Bird Conservancy also lists GlasPro-Bird Safe glass as a good purchase for zoos and aquariums because it keeps the transparency.

GlasPro glass relies on a bird’s ability to see UV rays. The UV rays reflect off the glass, alerting the bird of the obstacle.

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Dillon Fisher, freshman education major, hands out candy to kids during Halloween in the Halls. The annual event is held by the Residence Hall Association and gives local children the chance to trick-or-treat in the residence halls. “It’s actually my friends’ dorm, but they’re not here, so I thought I’d step in and do it for them,” Fisher said about why he chose to participate in the event.

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Proposition C: This initiative seeks to legalize medical marijuana while taxing the sale of marijuana at 2 percent and using the tax money to fund veterans’ services, education, law enforcement and drug treatment.

The campaign for the initiative is led by Missourians for Patient Care and is supported by McCaskill. The Missouri State Medical Association opposes it.

Amendment 4: This amendment seeks to reduce the time a person must be in an organization to manage a bingo game from two years to six months. The measure also seeks to remove a constitutional ban on advertising bingo games.

The initiative is being sponsored by Citizens for Bingo. There is no committee registered Proposition D: against it.

The proposition would increase the gas tax by 10 cents. It would also exempt prizes won Proposition B: in the Paralympics, Special Olympics and the Proposition B would increase the state’s Olympics from state taxes and create a dediminimum wage to $12 per hour by 2023, af- cated fund for projects that reduce bottlenecks ter which the minimum wage would adjust affecting freight. with the consumer price index. The consumSafer MO is the committee leading the er price index is a measurement of the average campaign and is supported by Republican price a consumer pays for retail items.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.

So, if the price the consumer pays rises or There are currently no committees registered falls, the minimum wage rises or falls, too. against this measure.

McCaskill supports the initiative. No committee is registered against it.

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Boo. Welcome to Halloween, or, as pretentious people call it: All Hallows Eve. But it isn’t only pretentious people who call it that; it’s old people too. I’m not talking about your grandparents or even your great-grandparents, I’m talking about people much older than that. Centuries old – so old they should be long dead and tucked away in a grave.

What sort of person fits all these descriptors?

No, not Larry King. Vampires. Vampires are what I’m talking about. That’s the intro. Spooky.

The specific vampires of today’s review are the subject of the New Zealand mockumentary “What We Do in the Shadows,” written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. This documentary follows three vampires, Viago, Deacon and Vladislav, as they go about their day-to-day activities leading up to the undead event of the year: The Unholy Masquerade.

The film offers a new take on the undead comedy. Without any fluff or sparkle, the “documentary crew” aims to take a close look at the raw life of a vampire. The movie begins with suspense and conflict, the results of which could mean a drastic change in the lives of the three blood suckers. Viago wants Deacon to finally do the dishes.

There’s a surprising amount of relatability to our fanged friends which is what the film draws on for most of its comedy. Because, if you think about it, if you and your roommates were all suddenly turned into batty boys, you would still be the same person. The biggest change would be that you would have to avoid the sun at all costs and have to kill and eat people – the former I swear some of you all do anyway.

In fact, when one of their victims is turned into a pale-and-pointy-toothed person on accident (it happens to the best of us), the new vampire brings his human friend into the mix to help the rest of the Dracula dudes set up Skype and discover YouTube. Really, for a movie about killing and being dead, it is pretty heartwarming.

“What We Do in the Shadows” was originally a short film created by Clement and Waititi, who star as Vladislav and Viago. It received a positive reaction, leading to its revival as a feature-length picture. The movie had a total budget of $1.6 million and earned $6.9 million — pretty nice.

A great thing about making a film like this is that if you want the acting to be reflective of people’s everyday highs and lows of emotion, you can get good acting out of relatively inexperienced actors. That isn’t to say the actors in the film aren’t strong, but

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they easily carry the show with a lot of honesty; there is so much simplicity in the way these characters are written.

By having the cinematography styled like a documentary, Clement and Waititi were able to minimize production cost without sacrificing artistic control. The versatility of a documentary style crew also allowed them to change locations very easily making the setting for the film dynamic even though it focused on the house of the homo nosferatu vampiris — the scientific name for vampire.

Costuming added an interesting element to the film as well. The costumes are a mix of modern dress and the clothes of an 18th century dandy, with plenty of frills and frock.

When preparing for a night on the town, the costumes often turn toward a look that Clement’s character calls “dead, but delicious.”

Probably the best factor this movie is its writing. With a clever concept, Clement and Waititi are able to cater a slew of jokes and wacky situations that are unexpected and dissolve into hilarious chaos. A perfect example of the core ideas of comedy writing is the way that this film creates, holds and releases tension repeatedly to create scene after scene of laughs.

If you’re looking for a movie to watch this Halloween and are a complete pansy (like me), take a look at “What We Do in the Shadows.”

It’s light hearted, entertaining, beautifully written, clever and really funny. 8/10

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