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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.”

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“We are hiring. We started with the 527 and for whatever reason we always lose some,” Hoppman said. “We dropped some, so now we need to add.”

Hoppman, a 22-year veteran of the company, got his start as a night stocker and worked his way up from there. He says there are opportunities for recent college grads and students with degrees in general.

“If you were to get your foot in the door, we have what we call Hy-Vee University,” Hoppman said. “It’s basically a training program within our company. You work every department before becoming a store director.”

Hy-Vee was founded in 1930 in Beaconsfield, Iowa. Eighty-one years later they are continuing to expand and serve customers with attentive service and smiles.

“Springfield has been great. The people are awesome,” Hoppman said. “We just feel fortunate to be here.”

Senior Marketing major Jake Li visited Hy-Vee during its opening week. To him, it

not feel well for a few days.”

People can be exposed to the influenza virus, become infected with it and actually be shedding it unknowingly, Cline said.

“That’s one of the other important reasons to have a flu vaccine,” Cline said.

“Trying to avoid crowds where people are sick can be hard to do in the winter.”

Not everyone feels that flu shots are worth risking the potential side effects.

English department graduate student Shiloh Peters plans on skipping the vaccination this season.

“I probably won’t get one this year,” Peters said. “They make me sick and invariably I’ll still contract a strain that I wasn’t vaccinated against later in the year.”

Students wanting more information about influenza vaccinations can visit Taylor Health and Wellness Center or check out their website at http://health.missouristate.edu.

Grand Continued from page 1 area to Missouri State’s campus, the city is working with the university in hopes to develop a cost-sharing plan in order to divvy up certain expenses of the project, Gugel said.

“We plan on developing a

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David Huston stocks cottage cheese at Hy-Vee, which opened in Springfield on Oct. 18 at 1720 W. Battlefield Road. seemed more modern than other grocery said. “It has its own separate store for wine stores. and spirits and the Jelly Belly bar was great.

“I thought it was really nice inside,” Li They had every flavor.”

cost-sharing plan, but have not come to any decisions yet,” McClure said. “We have to be sensitive to costs.

Any expense the university will be responsible for will need to be negotiated. This is a big topic right now, and we are not prepared to negotiate a cost-sharing plan at this point. This is primarily a city of Springfield project, not a Missouri State proj-

ect.”

The city has funding for these improvements from the one-fourth cent capital improvement sales tax in the amount of nearly $2 million, Gugel said.

“We have money set aside for it, but a lot of it will depend upon Missouri State,” Gugel said. “At this point we do not have an agreement with Missouri

Art Continued from page 1 working with many of the same organizations that CASL worked with, which include the Greene County Jail, Boys and Girls Club, Rare Breed (a homeless shelter downtown for teens/adults), The Community Learning Center (a facility for adolescent teens who have been in juvenile detention and are retransitioning into society) and Rivendale School (a school for students with Autism).

Community Learning Center facility manager Steve Hicks said the CASL students were extremely valuable in a number of ways when they

State regarding cooperation or a cost-sharing plan. The $2 million estimate for the renovations is including a lot of landscaping development. If the city does this project on our own, we would scale that back because the goal of this project, from a city standpoint, is safety. We can make the safety improvements with the budget we have.”

Although the city plans to widen Grand Street, Gugel expects little impact to the commuter parking lots just south of the area.

“There may be the possibility of the reduction of parking, but not much,” Gugel said. “That depends on a possible second phase of the project, which includes the university resurfacing parking and

making changes to their parking facilities. However, the tunnel extension would have the most impact on parking because the way we would widen the tunnel will come from the south side parking lot.”

The first phase of the renovations is expected to begin in late 2012, said Gugel.

came to the center once a week.

“I love their attitudes and their energy, and the kids really enjoy it,” Hicks said. “It’s just nice having someone come in other than us, working on projects with them. Plus it’s been a good opportunity to help the boys with some of their social skills. The benefits have been pretty endless.”

Senior art education major Victoria Branch spent a year going to The Community Learning Center through CASL. “The most rewarding thing for me was getting to see the guys—the group home I was at were ages 13 to 17,” Branch said. “They had all been on house arrest and in juvenile detention, and it was a program to help them get back into the

world. And it was just really awesome to be there every week and see them grow and change as they went through the program and see how art got them to talk about stuff.

“When I left in May, they gave us the hugest hugs, and were like, ‘Ya’ll are awesome.

Ya’ll are awesome.’ Nothing can replace that, you know?”

Branch was among those initially worried that with CASL not being utilized in the Art 401 course in the spring, students wouldn’t have the same access to new experiences and opportunities and the community would suffer.

“Normally there’s like 20 people in the class, give or take, and they’re each required to take 20 hours with a community partner,” Branch said.

“That is 400 hours that Springfield would be missing out on, it’s own people giving back to the community.”

Branch said that her experience with CASL not only affected the community, but her own life as well.

“Because of my experience with CASL—I’m about to do my student teaching next semester—I looked for innercity schools,” Branch said. “I realized that I really like and connect with the kids that haven’t been given everything.

I know if I had just been in a normal school, I wouldn’t have been able to access that part.”

Lists of available integrated and component courses, as well as additional information about CASL can be found at http://www.missouristate.edu/casl.

Heritage month raises cultural awareness

By Kris Collins The Standard Since last spring, various campus organizations have been working diligently to put together the schedule for the 2011 celebration of Native American Heritage Month (NAHM) at Missouri State University.

Playing a central role on the planning committee was Charlotte Hardin, assistant vice president of Multicultural Programs.

“I’m proud of the entire schedule of events,” Hardin said. “There’s a lot of variety and diversity within the programming and I hope people

across campus and in the community will find something, even if it’s just one event, that they can participate in.”

The celebration started on Nov. 1 with a stickball game organized by Danielle Messing, Anthropology Club president, and events are planned throughout the month.

“They asked us to put on a stickball game because that’s something we do every year anyway, so why not during Native American Heritage Month?” Messing said.

The schedule is a concoction of educational and recreational events aimed to display and celebrate all aspects of Native American culture and

heritage.

“The main goal is education and awareness,” Hardin said.

“The message was overall to educate our campus community about Native American culture and to do that in a variety of ways to attract different populations of people.”

One of the approaches used to educate the campus community is through recreational and fun events such as performances or traditional games and gatherings. The other approach is awareness through structured and educational programs like panel discussions, guest speakers and showing films.

Two-time world champion hoop dancer Brian Hammill

performed at the PSU theater Nov. 9. His performance consisted of several traditional dances, the playing of musical instruments and traditional clothing.

Hammill said he started doing traditional dances at a young age with his family and has been hoop dancing since he was 24 years old. He has been ranked as one of the top 10 best hoop dancers in the world.

“The more we teach and the more we open it up so people can see it, the more that people will embrace it,” Hammill said.

The Pow Wow, which is a

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Penn State made right decision; students need to think about victims and set blind loyalty aside

Since the firing of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno last Wednesday night, there has been much speculation as to whether the Penn State board of trustees made the correct decision.

The decision they made—to fire both Paterno and university President Graham Spanier—caused thousands of Penn State students to break out in protest Wednesday night in downtown State College, Pa. As the night went on, the situation escalated as a TV news van was tipped over and rocks and beer bottles were thrown at police officers and members of the media.

Many members of the media, including reporters from ESPN and ABC, eventually evacuated the location in fear for their safety.

The students also spent much of the night chanting things such as, “We are Penn State!” “We want Joe!” and “Tip the van!”

Needless to say, these are the type of incidents that can happen when you get thousands of ticked off college students gathered in one location.

But why were they ticked off? They say it was because the board of trustees fired their legendary coach, but do they really understand the severity of the situation? Judging by their reactions, I would say no.

What these students need to do is read the 23-page grand jury report. The report explains in graphic detail the alleged incidents that took place throughout the entire scandal.

It includes details of the alleged sexual molestation that was brought upon numerous young boys by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

Reading through the descriptions of what happened to each of the victims was shocking and disturbing on many levels. What he did to those boys was disgusting.

Jon Poorman Editor-in-Chief Reading about the way these incidents were not reported by Penn State was also disturbing. To think that adults could blatantly ignore the safety of children is outrageous. But yet, it happened.

Many people at Penn State, from assistant coach Mike McQueary—who witnessed an alleged molestation—all the way up to Spanier, failed to report any of these alleged happenings to the police.

Stephanie Smith, the regional director for the National Child Protective Training Center at Northwest Arkansas Community College, said that in situations where children are at risk, more has to be done to stop the abuse.

“My initial reaction was of course being very sad for the victims, but not terribly shocked, because unfortunately this happens all the time,” she said.

“There is plenty of research to back up the fact that people don’t report abuse.

“As a former prosecutor, I saw many situations where schools, churches and other individuals who were mandated reporters didn’t say anything to law enforcement or to Child Protective Services when they had clear indication from something they had seen or something the child had said that it was possible that something was going on.”

Smith said that in the situation with Penn State, there was a failure to appropriately act upon the allegations made internally against Sandusky.

“It certainly does appear to me that more action should have been taken,” she said. “It certainly appears from

what’s been published in the grand jury report that (Paterno and Spanier) were in a position to, at the minimum, ask a lot more questions than they did.”

Smith said that when it comes to the possible abuse of children, everything else must be set on the back burner, even if it involves prominent figures or programs, such as in the case of Penn State.

“That can go back to hesitation to believe that something this heinous could be going on in your area, in your community,” she said. “Especially in a situation such as Penn State, where they’ve kind of prided themselves on having a lot of integrity in their program and not having problems with the NCAA and some of the other problems that schools have gotten into.

“But I do think a message has to be sent—not just by Penn State, but by all of us in general—that we’re not going to look the other way anymore when you fail to report. We’re not going to say, ‘Oh well, that’s OK. Maybe you should have said something, but we know about it now, and we’ll fix it.’ We’ve had 10 years now where they’ve documented additional victims, and that’s the real tragedy in this.”

The fact of the matter is that people at Penn State, including Paterno and Spanier, knew information that warranted reporting Sandusky to the police. They failed to do that and because of it, seven more children—that we know of— were molested

by Sandusky.

Legendary basketball commentator Dick Vitale summed up the situation best when he tweeted, “Joe Paterno fired—PSU doing the right thing. Clean place of all those that FAILED to be LEADERS & let down a # of innocent kids & a gr8 Univ.”

The students who rioted because of this firing need to set their blind loyalty aside and realize that protecting innocent children trumps protecting the reputation of an athletics program, no matter how prominent it or its coach is.

What do you think Missouri State needs more of?

Taylor Richards

Jesse Boaz

Colby Salchow

Breon Brown

Junior Recreation Management

Freshman Biology

Sophomore Nursing

Senior Elementary Education

More school spirit.

Better food on campus.

More computer space in computer labs.

More school spirit.

Students should fully embrace the mustache

Chevron. Dali. Handle bar. Fu Manchu.

Walrus. English. Pencil. Toothbrush.

To facial hair lovers and growers, these are some of the most popular and well-known types of mustaches, according to the American Mustache Institute. But in addition to looking fly and attracting the ladies, mustache-growers can now support men’s health awareness and raise funds for cancers that affect men.

The Movember Effect, sponsored by the Prostate Cancer Foundation, asks men to register and grow mustaches to raise awareness about men’s health issues during November.

“Men start Movember 1 clean-shaven. For the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery,” according to their website. “Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship of their Mo-growing efforts.”

The funds that Mo Bros raise go to programs run by Movember and other men’s health partners, such as the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG, to raise awareness, education and research.

During October, Missouri State students, faculty and staff came out to support Breast Cancer Awareness month. Now it’s time for the MSU community to advocate men’s health.

So support research for men’s cancer, register at http://us.movember.com and grow the stache!

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Aid should increase to prevent debt Graduates used more loans in 2010

As if college students needed more bad news, the Project on Student Debt reported this month that students graduated with more debt last year than in the year before.

Missouri State graduates were among those that had more debt in 2010, and while it’s not pleasant news, it’s hardly surprising.

Across the country, tuition has been rising at a rate far greater than inflation, and young degree-seekers are paying the price.

According to a 2010 Forbes story, tuition has increased sixfold over the past 20 years, while the consumer price index has risen only two-and-a-half times over that span.

And while the cost of a college education gets more expensive, the kind of low-wage jobs college students hold aren’t able to keep up.

The answer of course is financial aid. And while there are scholarship and grant opportunities for many, most students are forced to take out at least some loans to help cover costs. As tuition rises, borrowing becomes even more necessary.

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The first question should be why tuition is increasing so much.

Two economics professors at the College of William and Mary studied the reasons behind the high price of college and found little reason to blame universities. They’re probably correct in that assessment.

They explain the high cost of technology and labor that universities have to take on if they’re going to keep up with educational demands. There are likely ways to trim costs in any budget, but it’s not as if colleges are swimming in pools of money.

So if the costs have to be passed on to students, the solution has to come in changes to the financial aid system. Currently, that system is not meeting the needs of students who are struggling to afford higher education.

Missouri State is different than many universities in that it’s relatively affordable. However, its students tend to fall into a growing group of those from families who aren’t as financially prepared to send kids to college.

There are many first- and second-generation college students in this part of the country who come from families that may not have the high-paying jobs that theoretically come with a college degree.

While it’s a good thing that more students are seeking a college edu-

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‘Student Debt and the Class of 2010’

Stephen Herzog Columnist cation, there needs to be a way for those students to afford it.

Naturally, this issue is among the top concerns for Occupy Wall Street groups. Student loan debt is now part of the cycle in which graduates can’t find work and return to school in an attempt to improve their marketability or find different careers.

Of course, once they return to school they begin taking on more debt without the promise of any way to pay it back once they graduate.

The solutions that involve making college free or forgiving all student-loan debt sound great but aren’t realistic.

The solution likely lies within altering the student loan industry, particularly in the repayment process.

Certainly there still need to be jobs for graduates. Even the most lenient repayment plan isn’t sufficient for someone who is unemployed, but improving that aspect of student borrowing needs to be part of the answer.

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The Project on Student Debt at the Institute for College Access & Success in Oakland, Calif. released their annual report “Student Debt and the Class of 2010” about the state of college graduates’ debt in 2010 on Nov. 3, 2011.

The report collected data from more than 1,000 colleges, including half of all public and private non-profit four-year colleges in the United States. The report does not include data from private for-profit colleges.

The report found that students with the highest amount of debt graduated from colleges in the Northeast and Midwest. Those with the lowest amount of college debt graduated from colleges in the West.

National 2010 college graduate debt • Average debt of graduates • Proportion of graduates with debt • Unemployment rate for graduates

$25,250 90 percent 9.1 percent

Missouri State University 2010 graduate debt • • • • • • •

Average debt of graduates Proportion of graduates with debt Nonfederal debt Full-time enrollment in 2009 2009 - 2010 in-state tuition and fees 2009 - 2010 total cost of attendance 2009 - 2010 percent Pell Grant recipients

$21,359 69 percent 12 percent 13,319 $6,276 $16,628 27 percent

Source: All data was collected from the Project on Student Debtʼs website at http://projectonstudentdebt.org.

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Tuesday

Nov. 15, 2011

Calendar

Native American ‘hoop’-la

November 15 to November 21

Tuesday

Quantum Groove 8 p.m. at Lindberg’s, free Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time) Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free Tuesday’s Stew 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free Matisyahu 8 p.m. at the Gillioz Theatre, $24-$29 Eliot Lipp 8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $7 before 10 p.m. and $10 after, $2 surcharge for all minors Wobble Wednesday 9 p.m. at Club Fresh, $1 before 11 p.m. and $3 after for 21+, $2 before 11 p.m. and $5 after for 18+ Swing and Move 2011 (Learn a cultural dance) 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the PSU Ballroom, free

Thursday

The Detectives Rock ‘n’ Soul 10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Think ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free The Ben Miller Band 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge The Takeover Part 2 featuring GreeneThumb, 105Duce and more 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5 for 18+ Fall Dance Concert "New Stages" 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Craig Hall 207, free

Friday

Champion hoop dancer visits MSU

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Brian Hammill, who won the 2009 and 2011 Hoop Dance World Champion titles, performed to entertain audiences and to educate others about Native American culture at the Plaster Student Union Theater last Wednesday as part of Native American History Month.

By Megan Gates The Standard Brian Hammill is a world champion hoop dancer who performs not only to entertain audiences, but to educate others about Native American culture.

“The more we teach and the more we open it up so people can see it, the more that people will embrace it,” he said of his performance at Plaster Student Union Theater last Wednesday as part of Native American History Month.

According to Hammill’s website, “The hoops used in hoop dancing symbolize a sacred part of the

Native American life. It represents the circle of life with no beginning and no ending.”

Each new hoop that is added during the dance represents “our journey through life and another thread in the web of life,” according to the site.

Hammill, a member of the HoChunk Nation and Benton, Wis. native, began hoop dancing when he was 24 with a friend after he got out of the Army in Texas, he said.

“He showed me the very beginning and the rest of it I developed on my own,” Hammill said.

Since then Hammill has become a star hoop dancer—ranked in the top 10 consistently—and earned the

2009 and 2011 Hoop Dance World Champion titles.

Training has been particularly important in developing his hoop dancing abilities, he said.

“I go to the gym about five times a week normally,” he said. “I just got my black belt in martial arts, and I’m just constantly trying to improve. But will I ever be perfect?

No, I’m just always trying to keep going and improving.”

Each year Hammill usually competes in the Heard Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Phoenix, Ariz., but this year he will be unable to make the event on Feb. 11 and 12, 2012, he said.

Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3

Eliot Lipp preps to electrify Outland Ballroom on Wednesday night

Quantum Groove with Stolen Windows 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Howie and the Hillcats 9 p.m. at Cartoons Oyster Bar & Grill, $5 Kids & Chemicals with Black Box Revue 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5 for 18+

Saturday

By Lauren Healey The Standard

The Silver Hammer Band (A tribute to The Beatles) 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, $5 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Heartpunch and Whist 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $7 for 18+ and $2 off with a valid college ID The Quiet Type, Southern Panthers and Slapdash Science 9 p.m. at the Highlife Martini Lounge, cover charge

Sunday

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

Monday

Open Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free

Briefs ‘Star Trek’ live

“Star Trek Live Onstage: The Trouble With Tribbles,” a one-ofa-kind Star Trek experience is coming to downtown Springfield in honor of Star Trek’s 45th anniversary.

Produced by George Cron’s “A Class Act Productions,” and directed by Timothy Piland, this promises to become a monthly phenomenon. You can catch the show twice: Saturday, Nov. 26 at The Canvas Art Gallery, 315 South Ave., and during First Friday Art Walk on Dec. 2 at Nathan P. Murphy’s at 218 S. Campbell Ave. Both shows are at 8 p.m. and admission is $5. For more information, call 417-766-3139.

1960s Shindig Night

The Gimps, Branson’s premier oldies tribute band, presents their 1960s-themed Rock ‘n’ Soul Dance Party: Shindig Night.

Come dressed in your best 1960s getup as the band gets down to the best music of the hippie era.

The show will be at Dean Z's Club 57 (1580 West Highway 76), which is the basement club of Legends in Concert. This show will be for ages 21 and up and entry will cost $5. Get there early, as only 200 people will be allowed in.

“This will be the first year I’ll be missing,” he said. “I’ve got a show out of state so I’ll be working.”

Over 70 contestants compete in the Heard Museum competition each year, Hammill said.

“It’s based on showmanship, rhythm and timing, precision and creativity,” he said. “Ten points per category with a grand total of five judges, 50 points each, maximum points 250.

Everybody is always bringing their very best so you always have to be on top of your game.”

For more information about Hammill and hoop dancing, visit his website at http://nativespirit.com.

Reporting by Kris Collins.

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Instrumental band Rags to Rich’s has been performing for about 11 years. Lead guitarist Richie Rebuth (pictured above) also plays lead guitar for local ‘50s & ‘60s cover band, The Detectives.

Rags to Rich’s reaches campus Local band plays venue near MSU

By Nick Simpson The Standard Some of the greatest moments in music can often be found alongside its best-kept secrets.

However unfortunate a compromised talent can be, if a musician remains dedicated to his or her craft, and can still find joy

within, it usually makes for one heck of a show.

One musician found basking in his own form of local iconography is guitarist Richard “Richie” Rebuth, most well known as lead guitarist for his all-instrumental outfit Rags to Rich’s. He is also the current lead guitarist for The Detectives, a regularly featured musician with Speakeasy, as well as a performer in several other acts throughout Springfield.

Rebuth said he has been playing with The

Detectives since June, and is dedicated to a number of other weekly performances, but that Rags to Rich’s will remain his baby.

“It’s what’s closest to my heart,” he said. “But everything gets split up pretty evenly. I have a steady Sunday with (members of) Speakeasy at Ebbets Field (Downtown). I also have The Detectives gig, but I also play with Howie and the Hillcats. I’ve done that gig for many years now.”

Rags to Rich’s is com-

prised of Rebuth, keyboardist Kelly Brown, bassist Ed Hines and percussionist John Anderson.

Rebuth said he came to Springfield in 1992, but had been back and forth for several years between Missouri and his hometown of Long Island, N.Y. He said he performed on two international tours to Germany with singersongwriter Carolyne Mas, where he also became acquainted with Rags to Rich’s bassist Ed Hines.

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International Banquet entertains masses

By Dylan Becker The Standard The 33rd annual International Student Banquet was held Saturday Nov. 12 in the Plaster Student Union Ballroom to a soldout crowd of 600 students.

The event, themed “Around the World in 80 Days,” was hosted by the Association of International Students to raise funds for the Association of International Students Scholarship.

“You don’t need a passport, visa or a plane ticket for this journey,” said Yuva Raja Sugumar, a Missouri State graduate

assistant with Multicultural Student Services from India, to open the events of the evening. “Sit back and enjoy the show as we travel around the world in 80 days.”

Constantin Vohs, a sophomore marketing major and public relations spokesperson for the Association of International Students, gave a breakdown of what the banquet stood for.

“The International Banquet and Show basically promotes diversity,” Vohs said. “We want to make people aware of how different cultures act and what their different traditions are. It’s a great

event for international students to promote their countries.”

Vohs said the event is growing in popularity every year.

“The annual event is steadily growing in the amount of participation from international students,” he said. “We have more students from different countries this year than last year. It keeps on increasing as the year goes by and that’s what makes the event better.”

The evening began with a dinner in the PSU Ballroom where students indulged in exquisite foods from around the world—including Rata-

touille from France and spicy curry from China— before being ushered into the PSU Theater for a talent show.

The talent show featured routines such as Indian dancing, Wudang Gongfu—an elegant Chinese practice, a Georgian dance, a Spanish ballroom dance and much more.

Sugumar—along with Salima Loudiyi, president of the Association of International Students— hosted the talent portion of the event, and the comedic duo kept the crowd entertained between routines.

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Eliot Lipp will storm the stage at the Outland Ballroom on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Lipp, who is 31, said he started touring and performing about eight years ago.

“My music is instrumental and electronic,” he said. “It’s a collage of sounds. It’s sample bass, but I wouldn’t call it dubstep.”

Lipp said he was drawn to electronic music because he can do it by himself.

“You can make (electronic music) without having a band, and that’s pretty cool,” he said. “All you really need is a computer.”

Lipp, who is a live drummer, said his style is unique because he mixes so many different sounds.

“It’s kind of funky,” he said. “I mix G-funk with techno and it’s a real ‘70s sound. I always have this tendency to throw back to the ‘70s.

I really enjoy funk, disco, jazz and soul, so my music always has this vintage quality.”

Lipp and his partner, Cru Jonez, don’t put set lists together ahead of time.

“We pick the first few songs and then vibe off the crowd to see how the energy is and go from there,” he said. “I can do dark, creepy melodic stuff, but I can do really high energy stuff, too. We have so many styles—it’s cool to be able to switch it up throughout the night.”

Lipp, who has never played in Springfield, said this show will be awesome.

“We’re going to play live electronic music really loud,” he said.

“You’re going to get really stoked and want to dance. It’s will be a really high-energy atmosphere. If you’re apprehensive about dancing, try to find something you like about the music and it should just come to you. And then don’t be afraid to keep dancing all night.”

Lipp said he has a new album coming out early next year.

“I’ve been busting my ass on it and I’ll be playing some of the songs on that album at the show,” he said. “Some songs are done in the first day, other songs take weeks. And then there are other songs I’ll forget about. I have six different hard drives full of tracks I’ve worked on at one time or another, so sometimes I go through that and see what I can rediscover.”

Doors will open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 before 10 p.m. and $10 after. There will be a $2 surcharge for anyone under 21.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011

The Standard

No-shave November helps student raise money Cast your beard ballot vote today

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

A substantial, bushy lumberjack beard juts out jaggedly from underneath Jimmy Wilson’s stout jawline. The MSU senior guesses it’s been almost 560 days since he’s last had a clean-shaven face, but who’s counting?

The important thing is that Wilson is in great shape—or at least his chin is in great shape—for something called “No-Shave November.” Wilson definitely had a head start on taking a hiatus from shaving all those little hairs all over his face.

“I get complimented on my beard a lot,” said Wilson, a theatre and dance major. “Mostly, I have it to keep warm and I despise shaving, which makes No-Shave November a great holiday for me.”

Wilson and his greatly-admired mass of facial hair have become inseparable. He insisted they have

formed a bond—a close-knit relationship, if you will. And Wilson does not hesitate to give a lot of credit for some newfound thespian success to his beard.

“Having a beard has really helped benefit me as a theatre student,” Wilson said. “Last year, it helped me get the role of The Hairy Man in the production of ‘Wiley and the Hairy Man,’ and it also helped out at Tent Theatre in the summer.”

Unfortunately, Wilson will soon have to shave off his beard because of an upcoming stage obligation. He has a role requiring bare cheeks for an upcoming performance. But before Wilson says goodbye to his beard, he is asking his furry Lincolnesque buddy for one last favor: Get him to Hollywood.

“In March, all the acting seniors do a showcase in Los Angeles,” Wilson explained. “We get together and we go out and present short five-minute scenes for talent agents and managers.

There’s the potential that they might be interested in picking us for some work in television or film once we graduate.”

In order to raise money for his travel expenses to Tinsel Town and the Senior Showcase, Wilson created his own fundraiser. He hopes his idea will provide some needed padding for his razor-thin wallet.

“Since I have to shave my beard for a show anyway, I thought I might as well have a little fun with it,” Wilson said. “In the theatre office of Craig 359, there are pictures of five different styles of facial hair, and people can come in and bid on which one they like the best.

Whichever one gets the most bid money, I’ll be shaving my beard into that style and wearing it until my next theatre performance,” said Wilson, stroking his fine, hairy friend, whose days are obviously numbered.

The ballot of facial hair nominees show a lot of promise. The election could be tight, and Wilson concedes the victory could be won by a hair. The following candidates are in the race: • The Van Dyke - A short, full beard with rounded bottom accompanied by a prominent mustache. This candidate has lots of

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Jimmy Wilson must shave his beard for an upcoming production.

experience, although some have ends taper and droop down to the pronounced it as dated. chin.

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‘Immortals’ myth mash-up might be better second time

We are Sparta! Wait, wrong movie. Close though. It is certainly the movie “Immortals” wanted to be, but it fell short.

Theseus (Henry Cavill), a peasant with considerable skills, must unite and lead all the Greeks against King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) who plans on releasing the Titans and enslaving the entire Greek world.

The plot is pretty straightforward: Someone is trying to take over the world, and the underdog hero has to find a mythical weapon to stop the bad guy. Throw in some boss fights and buff shirtless men,

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and voilá!—an ancient action adventure.

It did feel a little like a giant myth mashup. Which is generally OK, unless you know most of the

myths and some of the changes make you cringe. Then it gets a little annoying.

What really brought “Immortals” down was the design and look of the film. Honestly, it was a bit much. The clothes were wrong, the housing was too modern and the gods, well, they were the worst. In no way did they look godly. They looked more like a hedonistic fantasy. Every time they came on screen I couldn’t help but giggle and think of Hedonism Bot from Futurama.

The casting choices seemed a bit strange. Don’t get me wrong, Cavill was fantastic (certainly can see why

he was cast as Superman). But Rourke as an ancient Greek king? It was a little weird. They also made no effort to unify the accents. It’s a little thing, but it did bother me.

The big love scene was also incredibly awkward. It wasn’t passionate or beautiful, it was forced and robotic. Not good for lovemaking.

I know it seems like nitpicking, but the whole point of movies like “Immortals” is that you suspend your disbelief and let yourself be immersed into the world that is created. If the little things are pulling you out of the story, then there’s a

problem.

The fight sequences were nice.

Not too much slow motion—just enough so that we can see the moves. And the big pep talk before the last stand gave me goose bumps.

However, it is in 3D. Usually I’m okay with 3D, but this time it made my head hurt. It did make some of the effects look pretty cool, but I thought my head was going to explode—just like the ones on screen—by the end of it.

“Immortals” may be one of those films that’s better the second time around. We’ll see. Maybe next time it won’t feel like they tried too hard.

The Silver Hammer Band to tribute The Beatles Saturday

By Lauren Healey The Standard

The Silver Hammer Band, named for The Beatles song “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” is having their sixth anniversary show Saturday, Nov. 19 at Patton Alley Pub. Jim Rea, who plays guitar,

keyboard and sings in the band, said The Silver Hammer Band is based in Springfield, Mo. “The guitar player and I got the idea for the band six years ago and we were doing a duet,” he said. “His sister grew up on that stuff too so we brought her in, and then we decided to get a whole band together.”

Melissa Henderson, who sings for the band, said it’s great to play with this group of wonderful musicians and friends.

“We all love The Beatles’ music and have so much fun with it, and it definitely shows,” she said. “The Beatles had so much variety in their music, ranging from the pop-rock of their early years to the psychedelic, complex studio sound of their later years. I think I help give the band that variety.

“I can rock out on songs like ‘Twist and Shout,’ and provide the high harmonies on songs like ‘Because.’ I play recorder on ‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ and ‘Fool on the

Hill,’ which I can hardly play with a straight face. I also play rhythm guitar on a couple songs, but only if I have to.”

Mike Henderson, who plays guitar and sings for the band and is Melissa’s brother, said The Beatles’ guitar riffs are the

perfect place to start learning how to play guitar.

“As a guitar player trying to learn, that’s where you start— with George Harrison and stuff,” he said. “They’ve influenced everyone since then and they were influenced by Chuck Berry and similar artists.”

Mike Henderson said the band has an amazing time every time they do The Silver Hammer Band shows.

“They’ve been fewer and further between lately,” he said.

“But that just makes it that much better to get back together with my friends and my little sister. Especially when you’re playing with a bunch of nerds like yourself.”

In the first three or four years the band played in Springfield a couple times a month, Rea said.

“But my bluegrass band picked up and we were on the road quite a bit, which made it hard to play around town,” he said. “So now we play a few times a year in Springfield. Patton Alley Pub has been our anniversary show location for a while. Since we don’t get to play very often, we try to have a great time on stage and really just let it all hang out.”

Rea said the band likes to explore the full range of The Beatles, from the early days to See BEATLES page 8

Campus spelunking trips canceled

By Nick Simpson The Standard Missouri is known as the “Cave State,” and for good reason, as they seem to be in vast abundance in the southern region of the state. These beautiful, natural formations have always attracted a number of visitors, from adventurous explorers to scientists.

Douglas Gouzie is a professor of geology at Missouri State, and is considered the “cave expert” among geology faculty. He said Missouri is known as the “Cave State” due to the documentation of our

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extensive cave systems, which number more than 6,000— greater than any other state.

“About 60 percent of Missouri sits atop limestone or dolostone,” he said. “Dolomite or calcite are the minerals, and both of those are carbonate minerals. Most of us realized that if you get something with a little bit of acid it can hold a lot of carbonate—Coca-Cola or Pepsi would be a great example.”

He said that rainwater picks up carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and picks up even more from plant roots and bacteria when it washes into the

soil. The resulting acid dissolves the carbonate minerals considerably.

“Obviously if it dissolved evenly we wouldn’t have caves because the whole landscape would just dissolve,” he said. “It tends to dissolve along cracks or fractures in the rock, or other changes or imperfections. Those get wider and wider and what we get is a cave.”

Andrew Nelson, graduate student of student affairs, said he began caving, or spelunking, in 2007.

Nelson said that previous and recent spelunking expeditions hosted by Outdoor Adventures have been canceled due to a fungus attacking North American bat species called “white-nose syndrome.” He said for anyone

interested in caving the best option is to join a spelunking club, or “grotto.”

Lynn Robbins is a professor of Biology at Missouri State who specializes in the study of bats. He said he has been following the spread of the disease since 2007, one year after it was discovered in a cave in Schoharie County, New York.

“We haven’t had any fatalities,” he said. “It has not been confirmed in Missouri, but we had three species with wing damage. We sent pieces of the wing into the U.S. geological survey lab up in Madison, Wisc., where they found the DNA of the fungus.”

For information on caving and how to join a local grotto, students can visit http://spgcavers.org.

Tuesday

Nov. 15, 2011

Scorebox Men’s Basketball Friday, Nov. 11 Nevada 24 22 – 46 Missouri State 31 37 – 68 Women’s Basketball Friday, Nov. 11 Louisiana Tech 30 35 – 65 Missouri State 36 42 – 78 Sunday, Nov. 13 Louisville 32 41 – 73 Missouri State 33 31 – 64 Men’s Soccer Friday, Nov. 11 Drake 0 0–0 Missouri State 2 0–2 Sunday, Nov. 13 Creighton 1 0–1 Missouri State 0 0–0 Volleyball Friday, Nov. 11 Evansville 23 15 22 – 0 Missouri State 25 25 25 – 3 Saturday, Nov. 12 Southern Illinois 16 21 19 – 0 Missouri State 25 25 25 – 3 Swimming and Diving Thursday, Nov. 10 Missouri M-183 W-206 Missouri State M-114 W-86 Cross Country Saturday, Nov. 12 NCAA Midwest Regionals 25 of 28 Ice Hockey Friday, Nov. 11 Lindenwood 3 2 2-7 Missouri State 1 3 1-5 Saturday, Nov. 12 Lindenwood 2 4 1-7 Missouri State 0 3 1-4

Mizzou proves to be too much in the pool for the Bears

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard The fastest dual meet in the MSU swimming and diving program’s history led to 20 new Hammons Student Center pool records Thursday when they hosted the nationally ranked Missouri Tigers.

“They’re an extremely strong team,” sophomore Roni Balzam said. “We know that whenever Miz-

zou is coming that it will be a big meet.”

The Tigers came to Springfield with a point to prove after losing to MSU’s men’s team at the Show-Me Showdown meet in October. Missouri showed up in styling championship-style swimsuits, after tapering their workouts throughout the week.

“They are a form of suit material that makes you float in the water

more than normal,” senior Katie Lindeman said.

Lindeman said that you feel smoother in the water and the suits help keep you more balanced. They also work better when you combine tapering and the suits.

The Tigers had a slight advantage and pulled away from the Bears, winning the meet 183-114 on the men’s side and 206-86 on the women’s side.

Head coach Jack Steck said he was happy that the meet was at home.

“It’s one of those things and we will see how good we are by how we bounce back,” Steck said. “They had every right to go after us after we embarrassed them.”

The championship suits did not slow down the Bears’ determination.

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Calendar November 15 to November 21

Tuesday

Men’s Basketball, 7 p.m. away at Arkansas State

Friday

Women’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. away at Kansas State Volleyball, 6 p.m. away at Indiana State Swimming and Diving, All Day away at TYR Invit.

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at home vs. Kansas

Saturday

Bell blisters Bears

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Men’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. at home vs. Emporia State

Indiana State sophomore running back Shakir Bell (Left) rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries for the Sycamores.

Football, Noon away at Youngstown State

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

Volleyball, 7:35 p.m. away at Illinois State Swimming and Diving, All Day away at TYR Invit.

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at home vs. Kansas

Sunday

Swimming and Diving, All Day away at TYR Invit.

Briefs Creighton topples Bears in title game

After beating nationally ranked Creighton in the regular season, the Missouri State men’s soccer team fell 1-0 to No. 2 ranked Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship.

The Bears (9-8-2) started the season 2-5-2 before conference play. After Oct. 8 when conference play began, the Bears were 6-2 including their 1-0 upset at home against the nationally ranked Creighton Bluejays.

The Bears entered the MVC Tournament as the No. 1 seed as a result of owning the tiebreaker with Creighton.

Missouri State would beat Drake 2-0 in the first round and advance to the championship game where they would lose 1-0 to the Bluejays in their second match-up of the year.

Cross country ends season in regionals

The Missouri State cross country team finished 25th out of 28 teams during the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.

The Bears had two runners finish in the top-100 on the afternoon. Sophomore Erin Edwards placed 88th with a time of 22:55.57 during the 6K race. Junior Emily Beaver placed 100th with a time of 23:06.30.

Bears will redshirt freshman Wilson

The Missouri State men’s basketball team and head coach Paul Lusk announced that freshman Drew Wilson will redshirt this season after sitting out the three exhibition games due to injury.

“Their style of play defensively puts a lot of pressure on their corners. They play a lot of man coverage out there and leave them alone,” Allen A howling south-to-north wind blew through said. “That’s nice when it’s hard to get the ball Plaster Sports Complex on Saturday and swung out to them.”

Throwing into the wind, Wooden got off to a the advantage to the Indiana State Sycamores in their 28-20 win against Missouri State on the rough start. His first three drop-backs resulted in an interception, a sack and an incompletion.

Bears’ senior day.

“Advantage Indiana State when you saw how Eventually, he found his stride and completed 10 blustery the wind was because they can obvious- passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns but he ly rush the football a little bit better than we can said the Bears didn’t do a good job adjusting to the elements.

—and they did,” Bears head “Mother Nature is coach Terry Allen said.

It’s surely a going to be there, it’s The game plan was simple memorable not an excuse,” for the Indiana State offense: Wooden said. “We give the ball to Shakir Bell. season, have to be able to The Sycamores sophomore especially since play with the wind, running back leads the nation we played two and our game plan with almost 150 rushing yards teams that are can’t change so drasper game, and on a windy day ranked in the tically because of it.” against a Bears defense that Missed opportunihas given up five yards per top 10. ties hurt the Bears as carry this year it was a no–Senior Chris Douglas they fell to 1-9 on the brainer. Bell carried 39 times season and finished for 206 yards and two touch0-4 at home. Early in the fourth quarter with the downs.

Bears redshirt freshman safety Caleb Schaf- Sycamores up 21-13, the Bears’ defense recovfitzel said that the Bears knew they were in for a ered a Bell fumble deep in ISU territory, but the heavy dose of Bell but that it was still tough to Bears’ offense didn’t get the ball in the end zone and came up empty when sophomore kicker slow him down.

“He’s a great athlete,” Schaffitzel said. “He’s Austin Witmer missed from 23 yards out.

Two possessions later, the Sycamores not very big, but he knows how to make people miss. He did his thing today, and he was very marched 82 yards without completing a pass and went up 28-13 on a one-yard touchdown plunge successful.”

Coach Allen said that the windy conditions by defensive lineman Ben Obaseki.

The Bears got pretty good production from also played into the Sycamores’ hands when the Bears were on offense. With the wind wreaking their senior running back duo of Chris Douglas havoc on the MSU passing game, the Sycamores and Stephen Johnston. The two combined for 96 moved their safeties down toward the line of yards on 24 carries and Douglas scored on a scrimmage to help stop the Bears’ running game. five-yard pass set up by a Bell fumble early in Sophomore quarterback Trevor Wooden came the third quarter.

It has been a tough season for the Bears’ seninto the game as the Bears’ leading rusher but iors, and it has been especially hard on Douglas was held to 26 yards on 12 carries.

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Jermaine Saffold has 844 receiving yards.

who came into the season with aspirations of another 1,000-yard season. But he has been held to 480 yards on the ground so far because of injuries and the team’s brutal schedule. He said he will remember the experience of playing at Oregon and Arkansas and he will learn a lot from this season.

“It’s surely a memorable season, especially since we played two teams that are ranked in the top 10,” Douglas said. “This being my senior season and being (1-9), it’s something that you’ll never forget. It’s pretty much a humbling experience. I’m sure it will help me in life in the long run.”

The Bears hope that the wind will be at their backs as they travel to Youngstown State on Saturday hoping to send their seniors off with a win.

Big East style of play overcomes Lady Bears fast start

By Harrison Keegan The Standard The Missouri State Lady Bears led the No. 9 Louisville Cardinals for the entire first half, but eventually wore down in their 73-64 loss Sunday at JQH Arena.

“We came out with a tremendous amount of energy, took the fight right to them,” Lady Bears head coach Nyla Milleson said. “Eventually the fatigue and the physicality of a Big East team probably took over, but I’m very proud of our basketball team, and if we continue to get that type of effort, we’re in for a great year.”

The Lady Bears (1-1) led by as many as 10 in the first half before a Louisville run cut the MSU lead to 33-32 at the break. It looked like the Cardinals (1-0) were poised to pull away when they grabbed the lead with a steal and a layup on the first possession of the second half, but the Lady Bears hung tough and ran up a seven-point lead before Louisville’s size and athleticism became too much.

second half—and didn’t miss a shot all game.

She said that although her coach had warned her the Lady Bears were for real, she was a little surprised with the team’s talent level.

“We came in thinking we could just go out and beat them like the past teams that we’ve played, but I think we figured out in the end of it that we have to work hard every game in order to win games and never doubt teams,” Warren said.

Milleson said that with Warren’s size advantage over the Lady Bears’ 6-foot-1 Christiana Shorter and 5-foot-11 Regan Soldner, the Lady Bears were stuck between either playing in front of Warren and potentially giving up lob passes over the top for layups or playing behind Warren and letting her shoot over defenders. Neither strategy was effective on Sunday.

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD The Lady Bears got big production from allChristiana Shorter blocks a Louisville shot. conference senior guard Casey Garrison who scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, both A big reason why the Cardinals pulled away team highs. She said Warren wasn’t the only one was the play of sophomore center Cierra Warren.

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Volleyball Bears build off home weekend sweeps

By John Cook The Standard

With just one weekend left in the regular season, the Missouri State volleyball Bears (20-7, 13-3) have won five in a row, including two dominating performances against Evansville and Southern Illinois this past weekend.

Senior Calli Norman said the key to the run they’re on is peaking at the right time.

“This is what we’ve been preached the entire year,” Norman said. “November is championship month. Our goal has always been to be our best at the end of the season.

When we started way back last January, our entire training regiment has been to peak at the end. I think that’s what we’re doing.”

Freshmen Olivia Brand and Kaitlin Jaeger have become an intricate part of the Bears’ lineup.

Jaeger was the story in the Bears’

match-up on Friday night against Evansville. She set career highs in kills (11), digs (6) and blocks (5), as MSU swept the Purple Aces 25-23, 25-15 and 25-22.

“They’ve been unbelievable,” Stokes said of the freshmen. “They don’t play like freshmen when they’re on the court. It’s amazing to me what Kaitlin Jaeger has done without playing club volleyball her senior year in high school.”

The Bears trailed 15-13 in the first set before going on a 6-0 run, and after that the Bears never looked back. Junior Karen Rivatto had 11 kills and a team-high 13 digs for her 12th double-double of the season.

MSU held the Purple Aces to a .085 hitting percentage, while sophomore Carly Thomas had 38 assists and 11 digs for her 18th doubledouble of the season.

Saturday night was an emotional time for the Bears, as seniors Nor-

man, Kelley Michnowicz and Tiffany Moe played their final match at Hammons Student Center against SIU. “It didn’t register until match point when they called a time out,” Michnowicz said. “That’s when we all started to get a little emotional and realized that this was the last time we would play a match on this court.”

After the match the seniors were honored as fans stuck around to congratulate them. Norman gave a short speech to represent the senior class, thanking the fans and staff for all their support.

Stokes said she tried to cherish the moment, but wasn’t distracted from the big picture.

“For me right now, I’m still geared in that we have a whole other month of volleyball left to play,” Stokes said. “As soon as this match was over, I was just thinking that we have to start preparing for

Indiana State and Illinois State. You do take a second to reflect on it, and they are a very talented senior class.”

The emotions didn’t stop the Bears from sweeping the Salukis 25-16, 25-21 and 25-19. The match marked the 13th consecutive year the Bears have reached the 20-win plateau, putting them with just seven NCAA Division I schools that have such a streak.

The first two sets the Bears cruised, holding SIU to a -0.047 hitting percentage in the first and hammering the Salukis with 18 kills in the second. SIU came out with a different mentality in the third, building an early 8-3 lead. The Bears kept their composure though, and took the lead at 13-12 and never lost it again.

The Bears play their final two games on the road this weekend, finishing conference and regular season play against Indiana State and Illinois State. The State Farm Missouri

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Olivia Brand (8) goes for a kill.

Valley Tournament will start Nov. 24 and will be played in Cedar Falls, Iowa, home of conference favorite Northern Iowa.

Senior Teahan leaves mark on women’s soccer program

By Adam Hammons The Standard

As the Missouri State women’s soccer team’s season ended last week in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, so did the career of its three-time all-MVC goalie.

Senior goalkeeper Jessica Teahan has been a brick wall for the MSU women’s soccer team, but in her three years as a starter, she has done more than block shots. Some believe she’s the best current Valley keeper, and she has a monstrous kick that rivals male contenders.

However, she didn’t start out this way. Teahan, who has

won many awards in her time at MSU, started her career on the bench. She redshirted her freshman year and never played a single minute.

“It just helped my mental game,” Teahan said. “Because you have to be pretty strong to practice so much and not play.

I got to practice so much—I didn’t get to test it—but I still learned a lot just by watching.”

Through that first year Teahan got her work ethic down, and was on her way to becoming a starter, but it still took another year. She played a few games in her second season on the team and finally started her third year of school.

“It was like, ‘OK, finally

this is my time to show what I have, what I’ve been practicing for so long,’” Teahan said.

From then on it was Teahan’s show, and she remained the starter for three years, going to two conference tournament finals. In that time, Teahan showed her skills, but not just by blocking shots. She was also a good leader in the back directing the defense and excelled at cutting off crosses.

“You almost wanted to make them cross because you knew she was going to get it,” assistant coach Jordan Reppell said.

Reppell was a defender in front of Teahan for two seasons. She said one of Teahan’s

best qualities was her decision making on the field.

“There was never a moment that I played or even coaching her this year that I would ever be nervous,” Reppell said.

If you went to a women’s soccer game this year you might have heard this yelled out a few times: “Boooooooooooom Tooooown!!”

That could be heard whenever Teahan punted the ball— the “boom” when the ball was in the air, and the “town” when it landed.

“I’ve watched men’s games where the men don’t kick it as far as she does,” head

coach Rob Brewer said. “Certainly that has come to our rescue at times.”

Teahan not only excelled in punting, but also kicked goal kicks across the field. She would even run up to the other team’s side of the field in a few games to take free kicks.

“I have developed so much as a person through soccer,” Teahan said. “I’m able to develop myself academically, on the field and off the field socially with the girls. So altogether it’s been a wonderful experience. It really has made my college experience.”

Teahan has been selected to the all-MVC first-team three times and was named the

MVC Goalkeeper of the Year this year. She’s also received several academic rewards with her 3.84 cumulative GPA as an early childhood education major.

Teahan has applied to be in the Women’s Professional Soccer draft in January. If that doesn’t work out, she plans on going to Kansas City to advance her teaching career.

“I think the qualities that she has as a person really transfer over to who she is on the field and it shows,” Reppell said. “I can’t say enough good things about her, but she’s really something special.

I think she’s going to succeed in whatever she does.”

Winning ways result in conference honors

By Kyle Boaz The Standard

Coming off a seven-win season and having three players named to the all-MidAmerican Conference team, the Missouri State field hockey team showed the program is making strides in the right direction.

“It feels great,” junior defender Reiann Stoute said.

“From my freshman year, since I’m an international student, I didn’t know these awards were available. Then I saw teammates get them my freshman year so that was something I wanted to work toward that I didn’t get last year.”

Stoute shined the brightest as a defender this year, ranking third in the nation in defensive saves with 10. She also man-

Bball Continued from page 6 surprised that the Lady Bears were able to hang with a top 10 team.

“I think we surprised a lot of people,” Garrison said.

“Nobody expected us to win

Swim Continued from page 6 A total of 12 swimmers had their best times of the season.

Most importantly, according to Steck, the Bears did not lose any respect.

Senior Ali Stauffer, sophomore Renata Sander, junior Marta Nogueroles, sophomore Roni Balzam and senior Bri-

aged eight points on the season.

“We want to win the MAC obviously,” Stoute said of the team’s goals for next season.

“As a team we want to play to our best potential and improve from our record this year—get some more people on these allconference teams—but overall we just want to win.”

On the offensive end, Sarah Bradley and Casey Bayliss provided the backbone for the team. They were each rewarded with all-MAC honors.

“It’s a definite honor,” Bradley said. “It’s good to know your efforts are recognized when it comes down to it. It’s a team sport, and as long as our team is doing well, I’m happy. I think I was good at being a leader and just playing to the best of my ability every game.”

Bradley finished third on the team in points with 20, notching seven goals during the year. Having three allMAC players on the team sheds light on how good the team can be, Bradley said.

Assistant coach Erika Dombkowski said Bayliss will be missed next year.

“Casey (Bayliss) had a great season,” she said. “It’s definitely going to be tough with her gone next year, but she definitely left her mark on the program.”

Bayliss led the team in points during her final season, scoring 15 times and finishing with 36 points. The players that were honored weren’t the only ones on the team that succeeded, however.

“I’d really like to recognize the people who didn’t get allMAC,” Dombkowski said.

“Because I truly believe it’s a team sport. Catrina (Schmidt) was very consistent for us.

(Chelsey) Medlock had a great year; she really stepped up this year.

“Laura Tavares is going to be great in the upcoming years, I know she was nominated for an award this year (all-MAC) but did not receive it. Hillary Lawless with her speed became great this season learning how to finish.

Andrea Bain is going to be great for us. She evolved as a goalkeeper this season.“ Dombkowski said as long as the players work together as a team, they will have continued success in the future.

“Even though we came in sixth we can show we’re a team that does good things and other teams should be scared for next season.”

this game, probably a lot of people didn’t expect us to be close, so for us to battle I think we proved to a lot of people that we can play with this level.”

There are three stats that will haunt the Lady Bears when they look back on the game: 25 turnovers, 4-for-26 shooting from beyond the arc

and the 23 offensive rebounds the Cardinals collected.

Milleson said, however, that the Lady Bears will take a lot of positives away from this game, especially the play of sophomore guard Hannah Wilkerson—who came in when freshman Kenzie Williams went down with a knee injury—and scored 10

points with no turnovers.

“I feel good about where we’re at,” Milleson said. “Our challenge now is to go back to the practice floor and go a little bit harder, go a little bit quicker, lift a little bit heavier, don’t take possessions off.

We’ve just got to challenge ourselves in practice to find that next level.”

anna Willoughby swam their season’s best times in their respective events.

On the men’s side, sophomore Jared Roberts, freshman Chris Carpenter, sophomore Michal Bulak, junior Jacob Sims, sophomore Yuri Garanito, junior Aaron Henry and freshman Caleb Schuermann all swam their personal bests, as well.

Freshman Vitalii Baryshok continued to dominate the

entire pool in his events, winning the 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 50yard freestyle. Baryshok edged out Missouri by .03 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle.

He also set a new pool record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:38.22.

“That was tremendous. It was a pretty sensational swim for a freshman,” Steck said.

Also setting a new pool record for the Bears was

Balzam, who won the 200yard fly by .04 seconds, with a time of 2:04.59. Balzam said her motivation was not letting the Tigers come to her pool and break her records.

“I touched the wall and I heard everyone screaming,” she said. “I was so excited, it was amazing.”

Up next for the Bears is the TYR Invitational for a weekend series on Nov. 18-20 in Evanston, Ill.

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mental band and it was Kelly who I first turned to.

My intention was to use John Anderson on drums because John was playing with another act I knew. It all kind of falls together that way. I pulled my best friend, Ed Hines, on bass and there you have it.”

Rebuth said Springfield’s reaction to Rags to Rich’s has been slow building, and they’ve been able to maintain a significant following, but that he isn’t booking dates for any kind of tour as of now.

“We’re not lighting the world on fire,” he said. “It’s an eclectic thing. We’re not ever going to draw 1,000 people around here, but we can do these kinds of gigs and there are a lot of people that like it.

“Logistically it’s really hard to do with the price of gasoline and the price of traveling. If no one has heard of the band from out of town then they’re not going to

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“She had some trouble nailing down a couple local people,” he said. “My name came up on a recommendation. She was on Polygram records in the ‘80s and kind of fell off the map but she had a big German following.

It was a great experience.

I’ve met so many great people. She had a real solid band.”

Rebuth said Rags to Rich’s formed slowly through mutual acquaintances and from friendships already long established.

“It was probably around 1999 or 2000 when it started,” he said. “It’s always this circle that comes around. Kelly Brown had actually been playing keys in a few local bands. We started playing with Howie and the Hillcats together and I wanted to do an all-instru-

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A few of the entertainers also created a slideshow offering insight into the different customs presented, including where they originated and the historical context.

Linh Dang, vice president of the Association of International Students, attended her final International Student Banquet this year.

“This event has been a wonderful part of my life,”

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The beard ballot voting she said. “When you make friends with international students you lose track of time. This is unfortunately my last year, and this event is special to me.”

After dinner and the talent contest an international fashion show was held.

Donning costumes from their respective cultures, students showed off elaborate outfits with intricate adornments.

By the end of the night, all the cultures came together and celebrated by dancing to “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera.

give you any money. And we’re an older band, we’re not a bunch of guys who will go sleep on a floor somewhere anymore; we’re all grown. I’m the only one in the band without any kids.”

Rebuth said one of the biggest factors in Rags to Rich’s repertoire and sound comes from the absence of a vocalist.

“One thing that happens when you don’t have a singer, an advantage is you’re not tied into a particular style,” he said. “So you can do the surf thing, which a lot of old folks like—the surf and the old instrumental stuff like Dwayne Eddie and Red River Rock. But we’ll still do some meters which the young crowd. There’s a bunch of hippie kids who are really into that funk thing.

And we can do a Beatles cover and find something a little more universal.”

While many of their songs may sound like improvisational jams,

Heritage Continued from page 2 staple in Native American heritage, will unfortunately not be held on campus this year.

In past years, the Pow Wow was held in McDonald Arena, but due to increased popularity over the years it could no longer hold the event.

Instead, a mini Pow Wow will be held in Battlefield, Mo. at the Trail of Tears Park.

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Rebuth insists that they attempt to create something much more purposeful.

“They’re more structured than you realize,” he said.

“If you hear them enough times you realize we play them close to the same way every time. You want some things to be improvised but in some cases if you have something that works you might want to make it consistent. “ Rebuth said Rags to Rich’s has released one official eponymous record beneath their homemade label “R Own Records,” consisting of 10 original tracks and three covers.

“Most of that record is made up of original recordings,” he said. “There’s only two or three covers on there but they’re pretty obscure cuts. A lot of our covers are that way, a lot of people can’t tell if they’re ours or not. I’m really into the whole B-side thing.”

“We’re way overdue,” he

ends at noon on Thursday, and the shaving will take place on Friday. Wilson said early returns show a very close race right now, though the Fu Manchu appears to have a slight edge.

Hopefully the winner will have a fairly wide margin of victory – no close shaves – because Wilson wants nothing to do with recounts or hanging chads in his beard contest.

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added. “I have people ask me sometimes but it’s hard. I put so much time busting my butt doing that record and now I’m just not living in that kind of time frame anymore. It was a real good creative period. Now I’ve just got to try to piecemeal something together.”

Rebuth said this project might consist of an Extend Play record, consisting of five or six original, or perhaps cover, tracks.

Drummer John Anderson is the youngest member of the group, and highlighted his monthly performance at Harlow’s this Wednesday Nov. 9 with an occasional drum solo, upon which time all eyes in the bar were on him. He said he has been with Rags to Rich’s since their inception, about 11 years ago.

“I’ve really learned a whole lot playing with these guys,” he said. “They kind of took me under their wing and were way above my

ing stricter voter qualifications in elections at the state level, Wilson said anyone is welcome to vote in his local election contest. Bid money can be dropped off at Craig 359.

Wilson said he’s not rooting for any particular candidate in this plebiscite. He said he just doesn’t have a dog in this election race – just a hairy face. And all Wilson really wants is a ticket to Hollywood – and hopefully with all expenses paid. a very inspiring and moving way,” Hardin said.

NAHM ends on Nov. 30 with a panel discussion over stereotypes that exist among Native American culture. The discussion starts at 7 p.m. in room 400 in the PSU. “I think it’s important for us to recognize and celebrate Native American heritage, the culture and the numerous contributions to our American culture,” Hardin said.

“There’s not a strong emphasis placed on the Native American culture, but it’s essential to all of us so we need to celebrate it and raise the awareness.”

experience level, and it was really great getting to know them in that atmosphere. “ “They’re all fantastic players,” he added. “We’ve been doing it for a long time and we can kind of read each other’s minds. Some of these songs we’ve played from the very beginning but they haven’t gotten old at all.”

Rags to Rich’s can be found performing every First Friday Art Walk at 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub (313 S. Patton Ave.), and every second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Harlow’s (637 S. Kimbrough Ave.).

Harlow’s is located just west of Missouri State campus. It’s not only their close proximity to MSU and Springfield’s downtown that aid in their success, but also their relatively cheap drink prices ($2 PBRs and $7 pitchers). Harlow’s also features a daily happy hour from 3 to 7 p.m. in which they take a dollar off every drink on the menu.

Beatles Continued from page 5 explore the full range of The Beatles, from the early days to their more tripped out phases, and through the end of the band, as well.

“Since they were primarily a studio band— they only played live in the early years—and a lot of their stuff was really far out there, we have to take some songs and put them more in a live atmosphere,” he said. “We’ve got a little more presence than the records do. We try to keep it as close to the record as possible with a lot of the same harmonies but if something in the studio recording doesn’t translate to a live show we might add a new ending or tighten some stuff up.”

Rea said the band knows more than 100 of The Beatles’ songs.

“Everybody loves The Beatles and we always take requests,” he said.

“Beatles music is the kind

of music that really bridges generational gaps.

There’s always singing along and a lot of people like to come out and dance.”

Melissa Henderson said you shouldn’t be shy when it comes to singing along and dancing.

“We absolutely love it when people sing along and dance all night,” she said. “The Beatles are one of the greatest bands ever, and their music has delighted and influenced so many — there’s no reason not to celebrate it! And really, I’m not a great dancer either, but if you feel the music, who cares?”

The band will take the stage at 10 p.m. and play until Patton Alley Pub closes at 1 a.m. with a short break in between.

The show will be for ages 21 and up and the cover will be $5.

The same band members (minus the drummer) will tribute Tom Petty as The Refugees on Friday, Nov. 25 at Patton Alley Pub.