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Tuesday • Nov. 15, 2011 • Vol. 105 Issue 12

Briefs

Arrests made at Occupy protest

University pairs with city to extend Grand Street By Brittany Meiling The Standard

departments of the store, like produce, seafood and wine and spirits. Anyone can sign up for the alerts by logging on to Hy-Vee’s website at Hy-Vee.com, clicking on the Company link and selecting Mobile Alerts. Hy-Vee also has its own gas station and convenience store located at the front of the parking lot on Battlefield. In order to receive a discount on gas, customers only need to show their receipt to the attendant, Hoppman said. A store the size of HyVee offers a moderate number of jobs and in turn has potential to bolster the local economy. When the supermarket opened, it employed 527 people, Hoppman said.

The city of Springfield plans to renovate Grand Street into a safer and more attractive extension of campus for Missouri State students and faculty. “The city of Springfield is looking to widen Grand Street from National up to Kimbrough,” said Ken McClure, vice president for administrative and information services at Missouri State. “This area is adjacent to our campus, therefore it will definitely affect our students.” The city is concentrating on a 2,000-foot stretch of Grand Street between National and Holland Avenue. “Grand is only a four-lane street, which means people are making left hand turns at the intersections,” Martin Gugel, a city traffic engineer, said. “This project adds turning lanes to Grand in areas where it’s needed. Where a turning lane is not needed, there will be median control, which is also a safety feature.” The city is projecting that the design will include upgraded traffic lights at both Kings Avenue and John Q. Hammons Parkway, left-turning lanes at the intersections, wider sidewalks and a longer pedestrian underpass underneath Grand, Gugel said. The city is focusing on making upgrades for safety and functionality, while leaving the aesthetic sprucing to the university. “There’s also going to be some streetscape development; landscaping and lighting for example,” Gugel said. “However, the extent of that work will be dependent on the cost-share with the university.” Due to the significance of the

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Christopher Didonato was one of the eight Occupy Springfield members arrested Friday.

Occupy Springfield members arrested

Eight people were arrested Friday at an Occupy protest on a private lot near Jordan Valley Park. The protest took place on the proposed site for a John Q. Hammons hotel near the Springfield Expo Center. The arrests were made for trespassing and involved being booked and released, said Eric Honeycutt, a meeting facilitator and unofficial spokesmen of the group. He said fines were $105 for each person. Matt Brown, the Springfield Police Department Public Affairs Officer, said Occupy protest members were asked to leave and given opportunity to do so but refused. They were issued summons for trespassing, arrested and transported to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

Spring break volunteer leaders wanted

The Center for Leadership & Volunteerism is hosting Alternative Breaks where groups of students will spend their week volunteering in new communities. The center is looking for student leaders that have service experience to lead the trips. Trip leaders will be compensated with a reduced fee trip. Applications to participate will be available at the beginning of spring semester. For more information, contact Patrick Grayshaw at volunteer@missouristate.edu or 417836-4386, or go to missouristate.edu/volunteer/118000.htm.

Calendar November 15 to November 21

Tuesday

Study Away 101, 10 to 11 a.m. at PSU 309 “Tales from Abroad”: Study Away Student Discussion Panel, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Carrington Hall Auditorium 208

Wednesday

The Geography of Storms in the USA: Why Storm Chasing Works! 3 to 4 p.m. at Carrington 208 Swing and Move 2011 (Learn a cultural dance), 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at PSU Ballroom

Thursday

The Most Recent Rebirth of Park Central Square, 3 to 4 p.m. at Carrington 208 Students for a Sustainable Future meeting, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Temple Hall Pit Plains Indian Handgame, 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU First Floor Atrium

Friday

Tour of the Globe, 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Jim D. Morris Center Habitat for Humanity Build on the BearPaw, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bear Paw

Monday

Pre-Physician Assistant Society meeting, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Professional Building 225 Pre-Physician Assistant Society meeting, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Professional Building 225 College Republicans meeting, 7 to 8 p.m. at PSU 314C

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Justin Crabtree is arrested during an Occupy Springfield protest in and near the empty lot owned by John Q. Hammons Hotels. Eight people were arrested at the protest for trespassing.

New Hy-Vee store offers 24-hour deals Hy-Vee amenities Hy-Vee is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but will be closed on Christmas Day. The store, located at 1720 W. Battlefield Road, has a variety of departments including: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Bakery Caribou Coffee Chinese Express Customer Service Delicatessen Floral Italian Express Meat Produce Sandwich Shop Seafood Sushi Wine & Spirits

New store to give competitive prices By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard The supermarket chain Hy-Vee officially opened the door to its first Springfield location on Oct. 18 at 6 a.m. The 24-hour store, located at Kansas Expressway and Battlefield, promises competitive prices on goods, services and gas, store director Mike Hoppman said. “We have a lot going on all the time that we offer to everyone,” Hoppman said. “You don’t have to have a card or pay a fee to belong here. We offer something everyone can

enjoy.” In addition to many different coupons, Hy-Vee offers weekly hot deal items and special promotions through a text service called NOWWOW, Hoppman said. The exclusive coupons offered are good for a specific day and limited hours. “You can get an app on your phone and it will send you a code,” Hoppman said. “You might be able to come in from 4-7 p.m. on Monday night for example and get a 24-pack of waters for 88 cents.” Patrons can customize their alerts to give them coupon ads for specific

Flu shots available to students for cold season

Spring semester CASL art class changes with teacher By Alexis Reid The Standard

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard The end of the fall semester is just around the corner and flu season can have as much of an impact on students as finals week. Arming yourself with a flu shot may be as important as cramming for an exam. Last Friday, sophomore social work major Krysta Baker waited in line at Taylor Health and Wellness Center for her second flu shot as a Missouri State student. “I’ve heard that the flu was supposed to be pretty bad this year so I thought I’d come and get a shot, and my mom told me to get one,” Baker said. “The nurse was really nice. She talked me through the whole thing.” Burnie Snodgrass, Taylor Health’s director, understands firsthand the importance of influenza vaccines, not only for students but for everyone. “It’s important because a lot of time when the students get the flu is during finals week,” Snodgrass said. “Missing a week or two of classes for a student is very critical. It can adversely affect their ability to pass a class or graduate on time.” Currently, influenza vaccines are $24 for students and free for faculty and staff, Snodgrass said. The $24 fee can be deferred to a student’s account. “In today’s world, the cheapest health care is prevention,” Snodgrass said. “What does it cost you to get the flu and develop pneumonia compared to getting a flu shot?” The influenza virus, which can rapidly spread by sneezing, coughing and nasal secretions, can affect

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Senior Emily Newbold receives a flu shot at Taylor Health and Wellness to prevent sickness. anyone, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pamphlet said. It’s a contagious disease with infection rates highest among children. There are two types of influenza vaccine: inactivated, where the vaccine is administered by injection with a needle; and attenuated, where it is sprayed into the nostrils. Influenza viruses are always changing, so annual vaccination is recommended. “Influenza can be a very serious illness, even a deadly illness,” Cindy Cline, a registered nurse at Taylor said. “It’s important for our community because not only does a vaccination protect you, but also the people you’re around.” With any vaccine there is always some kind of risk involved, Cline said. In comparison, the benefits outweigh the risks. “The most common thing people might notice is some soreness at the injection site,” Cline said. “A small percentage of people might feel what we call malaise or just See SICK page 2

In spring 2012 one course that has been offered as a Citizenship and Service-Learning (CASL) class for the past six years will not be available for students. Art Education professor Steve Willis has used the CASL component for two of his courses for six years, but that will not be the case in the spring semester. Judith Fowler will be substituting for his Art 401 course during this time, and has opted not to use CASL. When students learned of this, several immediately sprang to its defense, but the students most concerned were those who had already taken Art 401. Defined on its website as experimental education, CASL is a program that gets students out of the classroom and into the community. Working with more than 200 community partners, CASL creates more than 200 outlets for Missouri State students to give back to Springfield. Senior art and design major Allison Ehlers was one student who will not be directly impacted by the change in the course, but said she was concerned. “When you’re going through CASL, first of all you kind of think, ‘Oh this is 20 hours I have to do outside of class,’” Ehlers said. “But those of us that have already experienced that and gotten over all that stuff know how much students are going to miss out. So I think we were more concerned because they’re not going to have that experience of what’s outside the public classroom.” Fowler said she has other plans for the course. Instead of spending 20 hours working in the community as before, students will spend 30 hours in the community that won’t be through CASL. These hours will be divided between time spent observ-

ing in public school classrooms and time spent working at community organizations in the same fashion as CASL. “It will be the same,” Fowler said. “It’d be easier if I did CASL because I think they set everything up, but this way I can tailor it so I can find out who would benefit by going out into the community and who needs to get into the classroom more.” There are two types of servicelearning courses available through CASL. A majority of the classes on campus offer CASL as a component, or as an additional one-hour credit that’s attached to a class. In this case, it’s an optional experience and is not tied to a specific faculty member, but instead tied to a specific course and doesn’t need to be renewed. However, Willis’ classes that incorporate CASL—Art 401 and Art 366, offered in the spring and fall respectively—are set up as integrated courses, meaning the servicelearning aspect is embedded in the course and that every student participates. Shellie Jones, interim director of CASL, explained that this also means that the service-learning is tied to a specific faculty member. In this case, it’s Willis. “If (Fowler) wanted to go ahead and offer CASL in the spring, she would have to go through the process where she submitted a syllabus through our office to the faculty oversight committee and get it approved,” Jones said. “There’s a checklist that the oversight committee will use to make sure that certain criteria are in the syllabus. So once that’s approved, that faculty member is allowed to teach the course. So then every two years, they need to renew that service-learning course if it’s integrated.” Fowler said she still plans on See ART page 2


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