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SPD responds to CNN probe of rape kit destruction EMILY COLE | HANNA SUMPTER News Editor | Deputy News Editor

Bailey Donnellan, a junior criminology major, visited Magers recently due to the flu. Donnellan said not only was the service quick and efficient, but she said the staff was personable, making it easy to place her trust in those responsible for her recovery.

After using Magers Psychiatry and Counseling Services, senior fashion merchandising major Erin Kiely was not surprised to hear about their perfect score.

“I’ve never had a bad experience at Magers,” Kiely said. “The staff has always been accommodating and understanding. They’re definitely deserving of a perfect score.”

On Nov. 29, CNN released an investigation on how law enforcement across the country, including the Springfield Police Department, handles evidence from sexual assault cases. The article “Where police failed rape victims,” is one of several in an investigative series about the destruction of rape kits.

Later on Thursday, SPD released a statement in response to the article.

The article discusses SPD detectives and officers who repeatedly trashed evidence from rape cases. CNN reporters reviewed 200 sexual assault cases where rape kits — collections of evidence from sexual assaults — were destroyed. From those cases, 108 kits were destroyed before the end of the statute of limitations or belonged to cases with no time limit.

The CNN article states: “The (Springfield Police) Department stood out for the variety and volume of investigative shortcomings that led to rape kit destruction and how quickly the agency trashed the evidence after cases were closed. Dozens of untested kits were destroyed in a year or less after victims reported being assaulted.”

On Friday, Police Chief Paul Williams said he was “disappointed” in CNN’s coverage of the department when he spoke to press Friday morning.

Williams said the SPD worked with CNN for two years on the article, helping them gather information and answering questions.

However, Williams said he was under the impression that CNN’s coverage would focus more on the current work the department is doing with sexual assault cases as well as the department’s goals for the future.

“I’m disappointed that they failed to talk about the three years worth of reform that we already had in place between the time we started and they got here,” Williams said.

“Instead they chose to focus on all that time before we started making changes.”

In the statement, SPD acknowledged that some allegations made in the CNN article, including that all of the cases referenced were from 2012 or before and that the department was understaffed and under-resourced at the time of the cases, are true.

According to the report, “The shift in how society approaches sexual assault and domestic violence has been significant and resulted in changes to how policing agencies serve these victims. In some places, law enforcement has been slow to adjust; but SPD has been, and will continue to be, proactive in implementing new and improved practices in responding to and investigating such crimes.

“A Nov. 29, 2018, CNN story does not portray an accurate representation of SPD as a whole, especially regarding our current practices and procedures investigating sexual assault cases. As cultural shifts in society lead us toward victim-centered, trauma-informed approaches in investigating all crimes, including sexual assault, SPD is at the forefront.”

The SPD report mentions updated practices implemented since the years focused

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Army ROTC Cadet Staff Sgt. Perrin Yates gives orders to cadets during a Bear Battalion Leadership Lab at Fellows Lake on Nov. 8. They practice movement techniques designed to hone their communication and leadership skills and prepare them for combat. See the full story featuring the Bear Battalion on Page 4.

‘The best possible care’ Magers receives first perfect accreditation score REESE RADMACHER Staff Reporter @Reese_Radmacher Magers Health and Wellness Center at Missouri State University recently received its first perfect score following its eighth re-accreditation survey by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Magers was initially accredited by the AAAHC in 1997.

Attaining a perfect score from AAAHC involves a complex process that is scored based on eight core standards, with some standards containing subchapters that are followed by subsets. The standards are checked as either substantially compliant, partially compliant, non-compliant or not applicable.

Compliance is then evaluated by means of either documented evidence, answers to detailed questions or on-site observations and interviews by surveyors, according to the AAAHC handbook.

Dr. Frederick Muegge, director of Health and Wellness Services at Magers, said that when grading systems look at a wide range of factors, a perfect score is somewhat of a rare occurrence.

“We feel that this sort of affirms we’re heading in the right direction,” Muegge said. “We’re doing the right processes to achieve that goal — the best possible care for patients, as conveniently and inexpensively as possible.”

One standard that faculty and staff at Magers worked hard to achieve is quality management improvement, which includes a subchapter on risk management.

Muegge said nearly everyone in the health center participated in a few large 10-step stud-

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The Magers Health and Wellness Center, which opened in March 2018, offers physical and mental health resources to students and faculty at MSU. ies throughout the course of two to three years, with an intention to “improve discharge planning for patients so that when they leave, they have a clear understanding of what we feel they need to do to help their health.”

However, this is only one example of how Magers is working to provide the best possible care based on AAAHC standards. There are numerous other ways Magers has worked to meet the additional standards.

Other core standards include: patients’ rights and responsibilities, governance, administration, quality of care provided, quality management and improvement, clinical records and health information, infection prevention and control of safety as well as facilities and environment.

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Multicultural Ensemble scheduled to perform at prestigious conference KATHRYN DOLAN Staff Reporter @Kathryndolan98 The Multicultural Ensemble, a choir founded on diversity, was recently selected to perform at the Missouri Music Educators Association.

MMEA is a music conference in that occurs annually over the course of three days.

The conference is held at Tan-Tar-A Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks, from Jan. 23-26 and features musical performances from the elementary level to the collegiate level.

Any school in the state of Missouri is eligible to audition, but only a few are selected to perform.

The ensemble, made up of 35-40 people, sings a variety of different styles of music, from classical to “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

by Marvin Gaye.

Thomas Yonke, a junior music composition major, has been a member since he was a freshman. He says the songs chosen for the

ensemble’s performances are carefully selected.

“The songs chosen are very intentional,” Yonke said. “Each performance is built around a specific message.”

The ensemble recorded and submitted their last concert to MMEA as an audition.

The ensemble’s last performance back in February, titled “Rise Up,” was performed in honor of Black History Month.

This concert featured a variety of uplifting pieces. Yonke said the February performance was all about rising from adversity.

“No matter how tough things get, there’s always a light.” Yonke said.“Music is the way that we show that.”

Last year, the Missouri State Men’s Chorus was selected to perform at MMEA. “It’s not often the same school’s choirs are featured at MMEA multiple years in a row for performances,” Yonke said. “It says a lot about what we’re doing here.”

The ensemble was founded in 2016. As the group’s reputation has been built, it became of-

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Grandview High School student Gia Love (bottom right) brought the crowd to their feet with her solo in the Missouri State University Multicultural Ensemble’s performance of “Make Them Hear You” on Feb. 26, 2018. ficially endorsed by Missouri State.

This is the first year the university is offering the Multicultural Ensemble as a class.

Members of the ensemble can take this course, which is essentially rehearsal time for the group, and earn credit.

Yonke says that audience members stay after Multicultural Ensemble performances longer than any other performance he’s been apart of.

“People just want to feel apart of it,” Yonke said. “There’s always so much conversation after a concert; something about this group makes people want to be with each other.”

The ensemble will perform at MMEA at 3 p.m. on Jan. 23.

The group will be hosting another performance next semester on Feb. 26 at Ellis Hall in C Minor Recital Hall.

‘A work in progress’: Exploring diversity at MSU ANDREW UNVERFERTH Staff Reporter @unverferthandr1 Springfield is hardly the most diverse city in America with the United States Census Bureau estimating the population to be about 88 percent white. Missouri is hardly the most diverse state with its estimated 83 percent white population. It should come as no surprise, then, that Missouri State University is hardly the most diverse school.

Many consider the university a significant influence in the area for its apparent commitment to diversity. According to Chief Diversity Officer Wes Pratt, the university’s leadership in promoting the value of diversity and inclusion was addressed

by Springfield Mayor Ken McClure in the 2018 State of the City address.

This sort of praise would seem to indicate that Missouri State is a truly diverse institution, but is it, really?

Going by the numbers, it’s not – at least not racially. According to the Missouri State website, there were 19,080 white students enrolled for the fall 2018 semester, or roughly 80 percent of the student population. Other ethnicities pale in comparison, with 908 black students enrolled, 765 Hispanic or Latino, 376 Asian, and similar figures for the other groups found on campus.

These statistics provide a good sense of the racial makeup

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of Missouri State. However, the university does not keep similar data on other demographics on campus such as religious affiliation or LGBTQ identification.

These numbers might appear to disprove Missouri State’s diverse status, but as Executive Director of Multicultural Services Yvania Garcia-Pusateri points out, it’s important to consider the university’s location.

“I think it really plays a role into where we are geographically located in the Ozarks,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “You go to places like on the West Coast and East Coast are clearly going to be more diverse just because of those locations geographi-

cally … I think 'diverse' speaks to the racial diversity we have on campus. I think it speaks to even the religious and spiritual diversity we have on campus, and even how people identify (their) gender and sexuality. So I think we're diverse for where we are at.”

In a similar vein, Pratt discussed how perspective can affect whether or not someone considers Missouri State diverse.

“When our white students come to Missouri State, it’s the most diverse environment they’ve ever been in, particularly those coming from the rural areas,” Pratt said. “But then when students of color, particularly African Americans from urban areas, come to Springfield, it may be the least diverse from a racial, ethnic perspective.”

The figures for faculty and staff racial diversity at Missouri State are similar to those for student enrollment, with a slightly below 80 percent white majority for the faculty and a near 87 percent white majority for the staff. As Garcia-Pusateri suggests, this lack of representation among instructors and university officials could have negative effects on minority students.

“A student of color coming here, being surrounded by basically a predominantly white campus, not having any faculty or staff that look like them or finding ways on how to connect … it impacts how they, you know, they connect to their education,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “For some, they’re like ‘I’m just here to get a degree and I’m leaving.’” u See DIVERSE, page 8

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New Pixel Slate doesn’t impress with higher prices for same tech JONATHAN PETESCH Columnist @thepeach1999 Over the past few months, Microsoft, Apple and now Google have released their respective tablets. Microsoft started with the Surface Go and later the Surface Pro 6, followed by Apple and the new iPad Pro. Now, Google has released its Pixel Slate.

The Pixel Slate has five different hardware options, starting with an Intel Celeron processor, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage for $599, and maxing out at an Jonathan Intel Core i7 with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $1,599.

All models feature a 12.3-inch display and Chrome OS as an operating system, and they do not include the Pixel Slate keyboard or the Pixelbook Pen, which are sold separately for $199 and $99 respectively. Omitting these accessories is usual, though, as the Surface Pro, Surface Go and iPad Pro all

omit them as well.

As for standout features, the Pixel Slate has very few, only differing from Surface and iPad devices by running Chrome OS, meaning it can run many Android apps, and it’s more expensive for the same hardware.

Right now, you can get a Surface Pro 6 with an Intel Core i5, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for $799 including the Surface Type Cover. For a Pixel Slate with the same specs, that would cost $999 plus $199 for a keyboard.

Both of these devices Petesch have the same screen size, though the Surface could become cheaper if you choose the Surface Go with a lesser processor.

Apple offers a cheaper device with a better processor but smaller screen for $799 plus $179 for the smart keyboard through the 11-inch iPad Pro. You could even step up to 256GB of storage from 64GB for $949, and it would still be around $70 cheaper.

A 12.9-inch iPad Pro would be more expensive at $999 for 64GB but would still out-perform a Pixel Slate in any performance-intensive task such as photo or video editing. The larger iPad Pro would still be cheaper than the Intel Core i7 model of the Pixel Slate though, even at 512GB. So, if you’re in the market for a twoin-one tablet and don’t specifically have to have Android app support with Chrome OS, I would not recommend the Pixel Slate. Even if you just want a simple tablet, there are many cheaper options from companies like Asus and Samsung or even the Surface Go from Microsoft.

The hardware of the Pixel Slate itself is nothing to laugh at, but for the price it is coming at and the limitations of Chrome OS in app support, the device is simply not worth it.

When tablets that run full versions of Windows or iOS are available with the same or better hardware, it makes buying a Pixel Slate for anything other than Android app support an ultimate waste of money — not to mention the fact that you can get much cheaper Chrome OS devices that will still run the majority of Android apps just fine.

Here’s a quick story.

It was a windy Monday morning in August 2016 when I merged onto the back roads of State Highway T alone for the very first time. I was sitting about five minutes from the city limit of Foristell, Missouri.

State Highway T is one of those roads heavily accompanied by gravel, churches and rocking chairs. Those roads are the line between civilized Missouri and middle-of-nowhere Missouri.

This particular road was the latter.

Packed into the back of my 2013 Hyundai was nearly everything I owned, complete with a 32-inch television laying face-down that I had prayed would keep still during the drive.

The rhythmic clicking of hazard lights tapped my ears as I sat motionlessly on the gravel outside of a pale white church.

“Shiloh UMC” was printed on a sign beside me in bold white lettering.

My eyes were closed — the back of my head resting on the car’s tan exterior with the driver’s door ajar. I never checked on that television.

I remember holding it together when my mom took tearful pictures in our driveway less than an hour earlier, but it didn’t hit me until I drove away: I was going to be on my own.

In that moment, it’s funny how the one thing you want most can so quickly be reconsidered.

That feeling is what defined my first drive from St. Charles to Springfield. Two hundred miles. It was a cliche portrait of a college student walking into a city as populated as it was vacant — to be printed and framed on the wall of a new apartment.

I had no idea what I was doing. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

At that point, the thought of being a journalist had never crossed my mind before. Even when I found The Standard three weeks later, I never thought it would be something I’d spend my entire college career doing.

Actually, that’s another quick story.

In September 2016, I attended an exhibition hockey game at Mediacom Ice Rink — where the MSU Ice Bears play.

That night, admission proceeds were to be donated to a charity called Assistive Technology Outdoor Professionals — or ATOP. It was a recently founded event that ended up raising over $1,500 that night.

As a then-trainee reporter for The Standard, faculty adviser Jack Dimond had tasked me with turning it into a story.

So, one five-minute drive and one $5 ticket later, I was sitting on the cold silver bleachers with a gray Jansport backpack at my feet and a matte black Lenovo laptop on my knees.

The puck dropped and I felt at home. Not as a journalist, but as a hockey fan.

I spent the entire game documenting statistics. Goals, assists, shots and saves. I typed furiously in response to a goal and I grimaced at my inability to hear the announcer over the crowd.

Now, I just grimace at my misunderstanding as to why I had been sent there in the first place.

The exhibition game raised hundreds of dollars for charity and I was stressing about who got a secondary assist on a goal. It was an exhibition game.

I didn’t feel like a journalist then, either.

But despite that, I’ve learned a lot in the past two years while writing for The Standard: interpersonal skills, writing skills, how to be more inquisitive, how to be more confident in myself.

My favorite, however, was learning how to integrate creativity into my writing.

You see, I’ve always had this perception about newspapers: everything always had to be by the numbers. Straight to the point. Articles had to be simple, and they always had to follow the rules. One hundred percent of the time.

But what I didn’t know was that there’s a big asterisk beside that statement.

How did I realize that? Well, that’s one more quick story.

In October 2017, I was in a weekly meeting comprised of The Standard’s staff.

I sat quietly in the corner of the square room in Clay Hall,

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It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later HANNA SUMPTER Deputy News Editor @hannasumpter Journalism was the plan I settled for before I realized it was exactly what I wanted all along.

I didn’t know what journalism was before college. It wasn’t my dream job to be a journalist. I didn’t even understand what journalism meant. But, here’s the story of how I ended up here anyway.

In community college, I thought I would try to find some job that would let me travel because my passion lies in learning. I always want

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I was trying to find a career that would let me do that. So, when a community college professor told me she thought I could write well, I ran with it.

I stumbled into journalism when I was looking at degree options Missouri State University had to offer. I told myself then that I could try it, just for one semester.

Little did I know I would discover that journalism made perfect sense for me.

Although my courses taught me a lot throughout my time here at MSU, my love for journalism grew from working with The Standard for three years.

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The Standard showed me that I could learn every day as a journalist simply by doing my job. I didn’t have to travel everywhere to continue learning new things about the world around me.

So, my thanks go to the editorial staff of The Standard and Jack Dimond for creating an environment that allowed me to figure out what journalism was and how to do it right.

As I prepare to graduate I look back on all the opportunities I was given as a student.

I’ve been able to learn so much about students, faculty and the community around me.

I was even fortunate enough to be able to attend events for a former Missouri governor and President Donald Trump.

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In shack, ranch, students find passion for God RELIGION TERRY CHAPMAN Staff Reporter @TerryEChapman On a brisk Thursday night in the middle of November, a small congregation gathers in a house known as “the shack,” where the members inside are hard at work preparing food for their upcoming “friendsgiving” celebration.

Moving busily among one another, the members of the congregation exchange stories, talking to one another about how their weeks

have gone, what stresses they’re facing and what they’re looking forward to as the holiday season finally approaches.

As dinner is about to be served, everybody that has squeezed into the main living area turned dining room for the evening bows their head. One person utters the words, “What’s up, God?” out loud, and they all begin to pray.

Icthus, as the congregation is known, is a non-denominational student-led ministry affiliated with Missouri State University. The ministry took its name from the Ichthys, or the “Jesus fish,” which was used as a secret symbol for early Christians.

Located along East Delmar Street, the ministry is comprised of two houses, called the

shack and the ranch. Bible study takes place on Tuesdays, with men going to the ranch and women to the shack. On Thursdays, a guest speaks to the congregation, and hangouts on Friday nights are a time to be social.

Sophomore Luke Ford, the current president of Icthus, said the ministry, which was founded in 1978, is entering its 41st year but has only been directly affiliated with MSU for the past four years.

Ford said the ministry is in partnership with Center Church.

“A lot of people that come and speak for us are pastors from that church,” Ford said.

“Whenever we have any administration questions, they help us out.”

Ford became involved with Icthus after visiting the ranch when he was a senior in high school.

“I fell in love with it,” Ford said. “It was just a really cool spot. Everybody was just really laid back and really nice.”

Ford then became a regular, attending well into his first year of college. Shortly after he became involved, Ford became a member of the core leadership team, culminating in him becoming president of the organization last year.

“There are some challenges,” Ford said. “I actually live in the ranch, and that can be a challenge in and of itself some days. We have an open door policy, so people are always coming u See ICTHUS, page 9

Most people would enjoy holidays more without exchange of gifts, survey shows LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener

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Despite the cold rain, Army ROTC Cadet Erik Noble stalks through the tall grass in a team movement exercise on Thursday, Nov. 8. Then, one firing team yells out: “Cover us while we move!” The movement lab is designed to hone cadets’ communication and leadership.

About 69 percent of Americans said they would give up the holiday gift giving tradition if their friends and family agreed to it, according to a survey conducted online last year by Harris Poll on behalf of SunTrust Banks.

If they didn’t have to buy gifts, 25 percent would use the money on activities with friends and family, 37 percent would pay down debt and 47 percent would save or invest.

Most respondents (60 percent) said they would spend more time with friends and family instead of worrying about gifts.

The Standard conducted a survey online through SurveyMonkey. Out of the 43 respondents, 62 percent said they would give up the holiday gift-giving tradition if their friends and family agreed to it.

Only 25 percent said they spend more money than they can afford on gifts, but 52 percent said they feel pressured to buy gifts.

Current students, future soldiers Inside MSU’s ROTC program: A culture of determination, unity CONNOR WILSON Staff Reporter @Connor4Wilson It’s 6:10 a.m. It’s around 13 degrees outside.

Few students are out or even awake. But inside McDonald Arena, 36 cadets are chatting among themselves while the cadre try to get the lights turned on.

“You’d think since we do this every week they’d know how to turn the lights on by now,” one instructor jokes. After several minutes, the overhead lights slowly flicker on.

The chatter in the gym slowly dies down.

The laughter is replaced with the echoes of shoes moving into formation. One of the instructors present reminds everyone of the dress code, and how jackets or hats aren’t allowed in physical training.

“Fix your s---,” he says.

One of the cadets takes over instructing PT for the day and leads everyone in doing several core exercises, push-ups and sit-ups, with a lap around the track in between. One cadet struggles with his push-ups, and another cadet approaches him with advice.

“You need to control your descent, because when you just let yourself fall like that, you’re using more muscle to catch yourself, so you need to work on that,” he says.

The hour drifts away in constant physical training. They move from a variety of core workouts interrupted by a lap around the track each time. Several cadets let their pace dawdle near the end of PT, breathing heavily. Two days from now, their morning workout will be a 5 mile run outside in the brisk winds of late fall — and this is just their maintenance.

For incoming ROTC students, this training serves as a wake-up call of how demanding ROTC can be. But for students who’ve been in ROTC for longer, like Mackenzie Grist, what was once a tough wake-up call now looks more like a break from the harsher training.

Sophomore animal science major Grist is deeply involved in Missouri State’s ROTC program. Grist has been in ROTC since her freshman year. Before joining the program, Grist said she could only do a total of eight push-ups. Now, she is currently a team leader and a co-captain for the Ranger challenge team.

“When I first came in, I thought it would be hard to make myself known and break in to the way people talked or worked,” Grist said. “I didn’t know if I was going to be respected.”

Although much of the program is dominated by men, her gender, Grist said, makes no difference in the Army. She said everyone realizes you’ve done just as much, and that 90 percent of the program is composed of good people.

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erson said the longer you stick with ROTC, you can make friends, get to know the cadre better and become more incorporated and involved. He said that while getting into a routine and having experience may make things like PT easier over time, you’re always learning new things and being challenged.

Students in the program have up until their junior year to decide whether or not they want to be contracted. If they wish to continue through the program, they must sign a contract. After signing, the responsibilities begin to pick up.

In the first few years, you learn the basics, while in the third and fourth years, you may be expected to take charge of anywhere from a couple dozen cadets to the whole battalion, Biernbaum said.

In addition to classes and PT, many students choose to do extra training either over the semester or over summer break. One summer training that’s required is advanced camp, which Biernbaum said most students complete between their junior and senior year.

At advanced camp, students spend a month in Fort Knox, Kentucky. During that month, they test over land navigation, marksmanship and fitness, as well as testing various tactical scenarios. For advanced camp, ROTC students from across the region compete with each other.

Basic training isn’t a requirement, but many students go anyways over their summer break.

Grist said she went through basic training because when she’s in charge of a group of people, she wants to have common ground.

“It all sucks and it’s hard, but one day I want to be able to say I’ve been through what you’ve been through,” Grist said.

For some students like Grist, ROTC was

Most respondents said they would spend the extra time that would’ve been spent shopping for gifts with friends and family, and they would save the money that would have been spent on gifts or use it to pay bills or buy essential items like food.

To explain why more people would give up exchanging gifts, Missouri State University psychology professor Adena Young-Jones refers to a book titled “The Myths of Happiness,”

by Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside.

In her book, Lyubomirsky discusses a concept called hedonic adaptation, which means positive and negative responses fade over time.

“For example, you always want the latest thing as a gift and think your happiness depends on it,” Young-Jones said. “However, once you obtain that gift, the newness soon wears off and you want something else. These gifts only provide a temporary boost in well-being; the impact is not long-term.”

Most people’s expectations are too high, and “nothing in life is as joy-producing or as misery-inducing as we think it is,” Lyubomirsky writes. This leads to discontent. She recommends rejecting materialism and lowering your expectations.

Young-Jones said a better gift than material items is expressing gratitude and acts of kindness because they will bring happiness to yourself and others.

Young-Jones said she believes stress, both financially and from trying to find the perfect gift, is another reason more people would stop exchanging gifts. To reduce stress, she recommends maximizing “life-giving aspects.”

You can do this by focusing on friends and purpose, practicing mindfulness, expressing gratitude and finding something to care about that’s bigger than you, author Annie McKee states in her article “Stress: The Happiness Killer at Work.”

For many people, this is family. If this is true for you, McKee writes, spending time with family can improve happiness.

This may explain why more people would give up exchanging gifts and would rather spend more time with family and friends.

Freshman marketing management major Jensen Slusher responded to the survey saying she would not mind giving up the holiday gift giving tradition.

She said she and her friends already stopped exchanging gifts, and her family is going on a

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At 5:45 a.m., cadets meet at coordinates 37.196400, -93.280827 — the starting point of a 5-mile run. They brave the freezing temperatures to prepare themselves for the challenges ahead.

Training for the ranger challenge, Grist is active and working out from 4-7 a.m. The ranger challenge is an ROTC varsity sport in which teams compete against other schools across the nation. It is one of the extra programs ROTC students can participate in.

Grist joined ROTC looking to enlist in the Army. She said the quickest way to climb the ladder of rank is through ROTC. Students involved in ROTC, after a semester of consistently showing up to PT and classes, have the opportunity to contract themselves to the Army, said Cadet Command Sergeant Craig Biernbaum.

“When you contract, you can do a couple different things,” Biernbaum said. “Whether you are active or reserve, you’re saying you’re 100 percent committed (to the Army) after college.”

Contracted students receive a monthly stipend to help pay for college. Along with this stipend, ROTC students also have scholarships available to them exclusively for the ROTC program. The cadre decide who gets these scholarships through a board interview with all the cadre, where students are tested for their knowledge of what they’ve learned over the semester as well as previous semesters.

“If you do what you’re supposed to, then you’ll be fine; if you don’t, then they’ll tear you apart,” Hannah Muetzel said. “My first one was rough, and I didn’t get any money out of it, but after that, I did do better and got money.”

Muetzel is currently the acting first sergeant, which means she is in charge of accountability and communication from upperclassmen to lowerclassmen. Generally, freshmen serve as squad members, sophomores serve as team leaders, juniors serve as squad leaders and seniors serve as platoon leaders.

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REESE RADMACHER Staff Reporter @Reese_Radmacher During the holiday season in 1999, the Plaster Student Union organized a Giving Tree to support the well-being of those in need around the Springfield community. Now, it occurs annually and serves as a meaningful way to connect campus and the community.

“The Giving Tree plays an integral part in allowing the entire campus to give to those in need during the holiday season and is a demonstrable way that we work to successfully unite our campus.” said Terry Weber, director of the PSU. Weber said the Giving Tree draws in several hundred donations annually, with a fairly consistent amount each year.

In recent years, the PSU began coordinating with both Isabel’s House and Rare Breed, organizations in Springfield that serve the community’s youth in need of support.

Isabel’s House is a crisis nursery that temporarily shelters children ranging from birth to 12 years old.

Holly Beadle, executive director of Isabel’s House, said the Junior League of Springfield founded the organization in 2007, at a time when child abuse and neglect rates were escalating in Greene County and surrounding areas.

Beadle said they widely define crisis, with emergencies ranging from homelessness, lack of stability and overwhelming parental stress to substance abuse, domestic violence, and medical and mental health issues.

Beadle said the operating budget is around $1.3 million each year. The donations collected through the Giving Tree not only assist children in need, but they allow the money that would typically be spent on those basic necessities to go toward other areas, such as the staff who work around the clock.

“It has become the largest drive,” Beadle said. “There’s such an impact from it. It helps us all connect with our empathy.”

Weber said ensuring donations made by the MSU community are available to people of all ages has been important.

The PSU also partnered with The Rare Breed Youth Outreach Center, which serves teens and young adults ages 1324.

Roz Palmer, the community development coordinator at Rare Breed, said

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The Giving Tree is located in the Plaster Student Union and draws in several hundred donations annually. the shelter does not house their youth overnight.

“Especially for our youth that are literally homeless, we want to make sure that they are as safe and well-equipped as possible,” Palmer said.

Palmer said the center provides a welcoming space for youth to get to know the staff and case managers and receive essential necessities such as hot meals, clothing, laundry and showers.

Palmer advises the community to “think survival gear” when donating this season. This includes things such as sleeping bags, tents, HotHands and emergency blankets, which can aid as a wind shield and a way to build body heat underneath regular blankets.

In spirit of the holiday season, Palmer said Rare Breed asks for a few fun items as well: perhaps a gift certificate to a 24-hour restaurant or the downtown movie theatre.

“Unfortunately for many of our youth, for so long they’ve been told they don’t matter or nobody cares about them,” Palmer said. “Just to let them know that somebody cares, it’s amazing.”

Palmer said Rare Breed is fortunate to be in a generous community. At the end of every semester, they place a barrel on campus and the number of items donated is immense.

Rare Breed recently changed their hours of operation to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Donations can be received at any time during these hours.

For more information on how this change affects other services provided

by Rare Breed, visit their Facebook page.

Cameron Fox, a sophomore international business major, said he feels the holidays are a crucial time to show community support, which is why he is taking part in this year’s Giving Tree.

Fox said he was raised in an environment that placed an emphasis on giving back. He said it made him aware that “what you have won’t fulfill you as much as what you give.”

Weber said the needs of many people in Springfield is clear when working with these charities, not just during the holiday, but all year long.

In recognition of that, the PSU also coordinates a Palm Giving Tree following spring break to continue bringing awareness to ongoing needs as well as seasonal items like sunscreen and bug spray during warm weather.

Both organizations are always looking for volunteers to assist in any way they can. Beadle said at Isabel’s House, students and recent graduates have the opportunity to get involved through the associate board and internship or practicum opportunities.

Anyone interested in participating in the Giving Tree should visit the PSU and retrieve a slip from the tree, which provides an item to donate.

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In a world full of magic, spells, wizards and witches, there is always plenty of adventure.

The universe of Harry Potter is well known to all of us, unless you’ve been living under a rock, and almost all of us have found it engaging, wonderful and, well … fantastic.

But as you can probably tell from the title, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” was considerably less so.

This wasn’t the worst movie I’ve seen this year, but it was complete and utter doo-doo.

That’s really the only word I can come back to for this.

There’s a lot of decent stuff, and there’s a lot of stuff that just kinda sucks.

It is poo-poo; it is caca; it is flaccid, and for everyone who is mad at me, here’s why.

First, it isn’t my fault that your parents didn’t get you a plastic wand for Christmas when you were eight and caused you to be so aggressively defensive about anything Harry Potter. Second, it isn’t my fault that the people who made this movie didn’t care about it enough to get good designers.

Last, the acting was bad.

“How can you say Johnny Depp and Ezra Miller are bad actors? Are you crazy?!” I’m not saying they’re bad actors.

I’m saying they did bad acting mostly due to the directing.

The acting in the whole film definitely had a problem with being flat and uninteresting, but I really don’t blame them because the directing was the second biggest thing bringing the movie down.

In a classic case of identity crisis, the film cannot decide between focusing on Grindelwald’s story or the story of Credence, an Obscurus searching for his parents. Credence has a far more interesting story, but the filmmakers seem to think they ought to focus on the guy trying to take over the world despite his story being

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completely uninteresting.

The poor directing also leads to a myriad of moments throughout the film that derail or simply fail to set the mood for many scenes — one of which is so ridiculous that in an extremely tense and dramatic moment where a character is expressing their guilt over causing their brother’s death, we are led to believe that this character lobbed their brother over the side of a boat Tom Brady style.

But bad directing was only one part of the poopoo puzzle.

The crown jewel of turds with this movie is the awful writing.

And when I say bad, awful, terrible, atrocious, horrible writing, I mean … uh … like, really not good, man.

For starters, the movie is 40 percent exposition. The typical problem when a film has too much exposition is that the characters just talk and talk and talk and talk and tell other characters what’s up at the beginning.

From seeing good movies, you might remember that one of the advantages a movie has over a book is that it can show you things. You don’t have to read about things or even listen to descriptions like in radio.

So why, with all of the wonderful innovations in camera and effects technology, does “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” deliver nearly 20 minutes of characters talking about the story? And after the writers

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But then God sent him a message.

Tre was tasked with a final project in a psychology class. The goal was to research something you are interested in. Through his research, Tre found that 77 percent of women ages 17-22 deal with social anxiety, body image and/or depression.

Tre said he listened to God and began training 17 women in the summer of 2018.

“I never thought I would be doing this,” Tre said.

Tre said he felt like he had lost his way. He said didn’t know what his purpose was, and he felt he was just going through life’s motions. He also mentioned he was a stereotypical jock who didn’t treat women with the best regards. After seeing the statistics from his psychology class, Tre said turning his attitude around and helping empower women was something he knew he had to do.

Now, at the age of 23, he has built a company that is based on empowering women and helping them become the strongest, most powerful version of themselves.

“It’s hard for them to be confident because a lot of them don’t necessarily know who they are,” Tre said.

“They’re not told every day how strong they are. They’re not told every day how brave they are.”

CLAIRE NIEBRUGGE Senior Sports Reporter @claireniebrugge Tre Betts, a graduate cornerback for Missouri State football, started his own business, SZN SVN (pronounced season seven). SZN SVN is a fitness training company that focuses on mental and physical health. Tre creates tough, unique workouts for people on a daily basis which encompasses what SZN SVN is all about.

1. Some of the greatest trainers in the NFL mentored Tre Betts.

Just like every other young athlete, Tre Betts had the perfect image of what he wanted to do when he grew up. He was going to play in the NFL – just like the athletes he grew up around.

The cornerback was trained at a young age by Clay Mack, an NFL Combine specialist. Tre grew up training alongside the New York Jets safety, Jamal Adams.

When Tre started to play football in college, he realized he wanted to train athletes, too. But not weight room training – speed, agility and footwork skills used on the football field.

In the spring of 2017, Tre took what he learned from Mack and applied it to his own business, T7.

Originally, T7 was just a way to make some extra cash, offering to train high school as well as youth athletes for $10 per session. Soon, Tre had 40 football players he was training.

Tre has the credentials, too. He’s not just a kid telling people to drop and give him 20. Tre was trained and mentored by the same coaches and trainers who worked with Odell Beckham Jr., Emmanuel Sanders, Antonio Brown, Melvin Gordon and Sterling Shepard.

4. The purpose of SZN SVN is not to work out but to prepare you for life’s mishaps.

2. The name SZN SVN has a spiritual background.

Tre Betts started SZN SVN as a way to train women into becoming stronger physically, mentally and spiritually. He is preparing to open his own gym in Springfield, Missouri.

Although Tre felt a burning passion for training athletes, he felt like something was missing. He needed substance and a purpose. Tre changed the name from T7 to SZN SVN because he didn’t want the name to be all about him. He turned to God for answers.

The number seven represents more

than just Tre’s jersey number. In the Bible, seven means completion and not want to work with harmony. Tre said everyone goes through different seasons in their women. lifetime, and if you stick to your peoDuring his college years, Tre also ple and your faith, God will help you did an internship with The Basketball complete your season.

Movement, a basketball training faThus, SZN SVN was born. cility Tre described as the most ex-

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plosive in the Midwest. He worked alongside Rob Yanders, founder and owner, training young basketball players.

Eventually, Tre had many people asking if he would train women or non-athletes. At first, Tre said he wasn’t interested.

Fall sports programs maintain attendance numbers from 2017 DEREK SHORE Staff Reporter @D_Shore23 Missouri State’s fall sports programs maintained most of their attendance numbers from this year when compared to the 2017 season.

As the university has officially wrapped up its fall sports seasons, the men’s soccer team saw the greatest improvement in terms of attendance numbers.

Led by head coach Jon Leamy, the Bears soccer team went 9-2-6 this fall as their total home attendance spiked from 2,898 in 2017 to 3,546 in 2018. The team’s average home attendance this season of 443 also eclipsed its mark of 280 fans from last fall.

MSU athletic director Kyle Moats credited Leamy’s connectivity and creativity in reaching out to the student body at the Plaster Student Union, which proved to make up most of the attendance at games.

Moats said Leamy hands out food to students at the PSU before every home game and encouraged students to go.

“Jon’s creative with his social networking,” Moats said. “I know Coach works very hard at that.”

Leamy appreciates the support he and his team receive year in and year out.

“From a fantastic student following to the Springfield community, we have a great group of faithful, passionate and loyal Bears fans,” Leamy said. “The boys appreciate playing in front of wonderful supporters, and it means the world to them.”

On the flip side, the football program’s attendance numbers have dropped dramatically in recent seasons. The team’s 2017 total attendance of 41,973 was its lowest since 1988.

But in 2018, the program saw a slight uptick in numbers, jumping up to 44,432 in overall attendance.

Moats said the team’s home opener against Lincoln, which was rescheduled to an 11 a.m. start time due to weather concerns, skewed those numbers a bit.

However, he attributed the increase in attendance to the buzz created within the community after a strong 4-2 start.

The purpose of SZN SVN, according to Tre, is to prepare people for life physically, mentally and spiritually.

“I make the workouts hard because sometimes that’s how life is,” Tre said. “Life is going to hit you in the face, and you have to decide ‘Am I going to fold, or am I going to be able to get through it?’”

Savanna Jackson, a junior public relations major at Missouri State, is one of Tre’s trainees.

She said it’s hard to stay motivated to go to the gym in college because of schoolwork, but Tre is really great at sending reminders and keeping her motivated.

“It’s great having someone hold me accountable,” Jackson said.

She said the physicality of the workouts are what’s most challenging for her, but she is thankful to have all the other girls and Tre to lean on.

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Above is a comparative graph of the fall sport attendance.

But that was before the football team dropped the final three home games of the regular season, finishing the year off with a 4-7 record.

After two straight years of single-digit average home attendance marks, Moats hopes to help get the football program back in the double-digit territory in the future.

That hasn’t been done since 2016.

A big part of that is getting more student support at games, Moats said.

“We work very closely and very hard with Traditions Council to try to improve student attendance,” Moats said. “That is an area we are going to keep doing everything we can possibly do. We continue to try to make our tailgating a lot of fun. That seems to be working.

“Now, we have to crack the code if you will. They’re coming. We just have to make them stay longer.”

Moats will continue to have discussions with student organizations, but he would like to see the team improve, in order to know if winning is truly the cure.

“That’s the million-dollar question,” Moats said.

After a historic 28-6 season in 2017 and the graduation of a stellar senior class,

the volleyball program followed that up with a 17-15 year and their home attendance dropped as a result.

The volleyball team attendance went from 13,920 in 2017 down to 9,394 in 2018.

“We were down a little bit in volleyball because we had a great year last year,” Moats said. “We had arguably one of the best senior classes ever and one of the best players ever. That is a little bit different.”

For the women’s soccer team, which went 8-9-2, attendance numbers were similar to last year’s totals. This year, they had a higher overall attendance, which was 1,570 compared to last year’s mark of 1,050. However, the average of 196 was less than the 2017 average of 262.

Overall, Moats said the fall sports teams were about the same as last year — or at least comparable — but he said there is always room for improvement in attendance at games.

“We all want to do better,” Moats said.

“The biggest thing is we will continue to reach out. We will continue to communicate and get their feedback.

“We want them to come to our events.

It is important for our student-athletes to be supported.”

The Missouri State swimming and diving team kept its impressive run going, sweeping Southern Illinois in two meets in as many days.

The Bears had a great team outing as well as a number of individual finishes earning them some big wins.

Senior Artur Osvath dominated the 200-meter races, posting first in both the butterfly (1:48.79) and breaststroke (2:00.10.)

Sophomore Libby Howell finished first in the 1,000m freestyle (10:35.04) along with the 200 (1:54.32) and the 500 (5:12.74).

The other individual winners for Missouri State were freshman Pawel Krawczyk, juniors Sarah Allegri and Samuel Senn, along with seniors Bryce Blattner, Loretta Stelnicki and Josie Pearson.

Krawczyk and Senn both won in multiple events – Krawzyck winning the 1,000 at 9:35.44 and 500 freestyle at 4:34.76.

Senn clocked in at 20.93 for the 50m and 46.12 for the 100 freestyle, earning the top spot in both.

Stelnicki also claimed first place in the 50m (24.24) and 100 freestyle (52.75).

Allegri won the 200 backstroke and clocked in at 2:06.98.

Blattner grabbed first place in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:53.48.

The diving team also saw success, especially from its freshmen.

John David Spence, Trevor Fischer and Adriana Avila all placed within the top five for their events.

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Sophomore Sydney Schultz dribbles to the paint in the Lady Bears’ first home game.

The Missouri State Lady Bears have had a slow start to the season at 1-4 and have yet to win a game on the road. With only five games in the young season, Missouri State has some weaknesses to overcome but also have shown some strengths.

While the Lady Bears have four losses, they have all been close. Missouri State’s biggest loss came to North Texas on Dec. 1, losing by six points in overtime. If the Lady Bears made just four more baskets in their four losses, they could be undefeated this season.

In the four losses, MSU has been outscored in the first half, making 102 points compared to their opponents’ 133 points.

Though the second half is a different story with the Lady Bears outscoring opponents, 145-127.

Missouri State dominates the third quarter, notching 85 points in all games, only allowing opponents to score 66 points.

Two of those four losses have also been in overtime this season. Missouri State only had one overtime game all of

last season. In those overtime losses, this season, the Lady Bears have only scored 13 points and their opponents have scored 23 points.

Three out of their four losses have been against teams with a winning record.

One thing costing the Lady Bears is their inability to make shots. Missouri State is shooting a .388 field-goal percentage compared to their opponents’ .422.

A stat the Lady Bears are dominating in is offensive rebounds. Missouri State has pulled down 83 boards while their opponents have grabbed 55.

On the defensive side, the Lady Bears and their opponents have been practically the same in the stat book. Missouri State has grabbed the same number of defensive rebounds as their opponents at 125. MSU also has 39 steals, while opponents have 37 steals. The Lady Bears also have 21 blocks this season.

With a young team, some new faces have stepped up to fill big shoes.

Someone who has been a big contributor for the team has been freshman Jasmine Franklin. In the short season, she is averaging 9.2 points, third best on the team, and 6.4 rebounds, which leads the team.

Another freshman who has been con-

tributing is Sydney Manning. Manning is coming off the bench averaging 6.6 points, the sixth most on the team. For guards, Manning is shooting the highest field-goal percentage at .423.

Manning is proving to be the team’s sharp shooter, hitting .389 from behind the arc. This is the best 3-point field goal percentage on the team, attempting more than 10 shots.

Not to be out done, the upperclassmen are making sure to lead by example.

Leading the way in scoring is senior Danielle Gitzen, who is averaging 11 points per game, the most of her collegiate career. If she keeps this up, she will have increased her point total each of the last four years.

Gitzen is shooting a .444 field-goal percentage and is also tied at a career-best .765 free-throw percentage.

Helping keep strong rebound numbers on the offensive side is junior Shameka Ealy. She has snatched 14 offensive boards, which is leading the team. She is also leading the team in assists at 4.8.

Missouri State heads back home in hopes of changing the narrative of the season. They will be facing off against South Dakota on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.

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Travis Barrett shields the puck from his Colorado State opponent. The Ice Bears are 16-4 so far this season and Barrett is responsible for 11 of the 106 goals scored by the team.

The road trip concluded with a two-game set against Western Collegiate Hockey League foe Arkansas. The Ice Bears distributed the puck well, with five different players scoring to secure the 5-1 victory over the struggling Razorbacks in game one.

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Missouri State was shut out 3-0.

The accumulation of penalties by both clubs was the storyline in this matchup. The Ice Bears accumulated 13 infractions and spent a total of 34 minutes in the penalty box.

The Arizona Wildcats committed 10 infractions and spent 20 minutes in the penalty box throughout the game.

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The Missouri State Ice Bears completed an eight-game road stretch Dec. 1 with a sweep of Arkansas, and they ended the stretch with a 5-3 record.

To begin the road escapade, the Ice Bears started ranked No. 9 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association polls.

The road stretch included many stops, but the stretch began in Illinois with a match against Robert Morris University-Pennsylvania with a 7-1 victory over the Colonials.

The victory over RMU was capped with a three-point performance for senior Nikita Salnikov, who continued his dominant season for the Ice Bears.

The following night, the Ice Bears suffered a 6-5 overtime loss to Illinois State. Missouri State dominated to begin the game and had a 5-1 lead going into the third period, but the Redbirds scored four goals in the third period to force overtime. The Redbirds scored 26 seconds into the overtime period and won the game.

To conclude the trip to Illinois, the Ice Bears secured a 4-1 victory against Robert Morris University-Illinois. The Eagles had a 1-0 goal advantage heading into the third period, but the Ice Bears countered with four goals of their own to beat the Eagles.

The Ice Bears travelled to Tempe, Arizona, later in the week for a one-game matchup against Arizona State.

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5. More women have withstood his program than men.

Tre said there’s a breaking point where each woman hits a wall, and they look at him saying they can’t do it. Then they have a choice to make: break or keep going. Those that push through become stronger mentally and physically and are better for it.

And most of them do push through and continue with the program. Tre said that more men quit his program than women.

“My favorite part is seeing a girl get it like ‘This is who I am. I can do this,’” Tre said.

“They literally look like they’re glowing.”

6. SZN SVN has a village working behind it.

Tre also said SZN SVN is more than just a workout program. He said he would rather have someone grow mentally than physically.

If a woman doesn’t reach her physical goal, that’s OK as long as she has learned who she is and loves herself for it.

For the fall 2018 semester, Tre had 88 girls sign up for SZN SVN. As a Division I student-athlete, Tre had to learn to balance school, football and his business. But he said it’s really not that hard to juggle.

“You make time for what you care for,” Tre said.

Tre said he knows it’s hard to go to school if you don’t care about it, and it’s hard to go to work if you don’t love your job. But Tre said he loves training women, so it’s not as hard. He said it’s all about prioritizing.

In the beginning, he was running SZN SVN all by himself. He would wake up, train at SZN SVN, go to football team lifting, head back to SZN SVN, take a small break for homework, go to football practice and end the day training SZN SVN women.

He said it was tough — but not impossible — to do it by himself. So, he created a team.

“I’m not at the point where I can say we’re proud.”

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Tre currently has 11 women as influencers.

They promote SZN SVN on their social media, recruiting women to join as well as showing off SZN SVN apparel.

He also has a nutritionist, a yoga instructor, an interior designer, an assistant director of operations, another trainer and even a community service organizer who work with the women. Tre loves his team and the fact that they are all college students or recent college graduates.

“I’ve built a team of people who already know what they want to do,” Tre said. “I’m just trying to give them a platform to do it.”

7. Tre has exciting news for the new year.

There are big plans coming in spring 2019 for SZN SVN. So far, Tre has been using Royal Barbell in downtown Springfield as his training facility.

But with 151 women signed up for the upcoming semester, Tre knew he needed to find his own place.

On Jan. 21, 2019, Tre will open his own SZN SVN gym located near the corner of Sunshine Street and Kansas Expressway.

Tre said it will have custom wall platforms, meeting rooms, a merchandise store and a nutrition center.

He is no longer the young athlete who dreams of playing in the NFL. He’s a young entrepreneur who wants to help people find their purpose and passion.

“I’m really, really excited about it,” Tre said. “This is what I really want to do.”

To sign up for SZN SVN, visit tre.betts or @szn_svn on Instagram for more details.

Send Tre a message if you would like to sign up.

Tre said SZN SVN is one of his biggest blessings he didn’t even know he needed.

“I’m trying to expose these people into who they already are, and I’m using fitness to do that,” Tre said. “SZN SVN is about finding out who you are, so you can find your purpose and follow it.”

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scrappy matchup, with the Ice Bears defeating Arkansas 4-2.

“On Saturday, we played outstanding,” head coach Jeremy Law said. “In the third period, we took the foot off the pedal. We let our emotions get the best of us, and I was not happy about that.”

The matchup featured 52 penalty minutes for the Ice Bears on 14 infractions. The Razorbacks committed 10 fouls and were in the box for 36 minutes. Arkansas defenseman Kevin LaPlante accounted for 24 of Arkansas’ penalty minutes and was called for two 10-minute misconduct penalties.

MSU defenseman Brennan Anderson contributed two 10-minute misconduct penalties of his own within the last 3 minutes of the matchup.

The Ice Bears finished the road trip with a No. 11 national ACHA ranking and a 16-4 record on the season.

MSU will finish out the 2018 portion of the season with a two-game homestand against Illinois State the weekend of Dec. 7. The Ice Bears will begin the 2019 portion of the season Jan. 11 at home against Iowa State. “(We are) hoping to finish with a bang,” Law said. “To potentially get 20 wins before Christmas would be something to be proud of.

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While Missouri State might not have the numbers to support how diverse it is, there are other important factors to consider when it comes to diversity, like how accepted minority students feel on campus.

Natalie Hunt, current co-president of the Spectrum student organization on campus, is a wildlife biology major and has been attending Missouri State for three years. She’s come to find the campus to be less than inclusive.

“We are very white, we’re very straight,” Hunt said. “And there are a lot of people who come here that come here with the intention of ‘I don’t want to get to know anyone outside of my little hometown. I don’t want to change my perspective on the world from my graduating class of 60 people.’”

Hunt told a story regarding a gay member of Spectrum who encountered a substantial degree of LGBTQ discrimination from his roommate and on his dormitory floor. She also discussed her opinions on how the university treats its nonwhite students.

“MSU is not exactly a welcoming campus for anyone that isn’t white,” Hunt said. “Specifically, I remember … we had a Black Lives Matter demonstration on campus, and they

did chalk outlines of bodies on the ground, and the next day the school was like ‘Screw this,’ and just took a hose to all of them.”

The demonstration Hunt mentioned occured in October 2014. As The Standard reported at the time, protesters drew chalk messages and outlines of bodies along the homecoming tailgate path early in the morning, participating in a silent protest during the day’s tailgate.

Later in the day, the Athletics Department authorized that these be power-washed away while a number of football-related messages remained.

Three days later, Director of Athletics Kyle Moats sent out a tweet voicing his apology for the removal of the messages. That day, the university also released its own statement denouncing the backlash that silent protesters had experienced at the homecoming demonstration.

Many students might find the culture on campus to be perfectly welcoming for them while others may feel quite differently.

“I'm not at the point where I can say we're proud. It's just that, like anything else, we're a work in progress,” Pratt said.

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Earning accreditation by the AAAHC is not a requirement.

Muegge and the rest of the staff at Magers put in their own time, money and effort over a three year period to prepare for the latest re-accreditation survey.

“We elected ourselves,” Muegge said. “We think we’re an outstanding clinic and wanted to make sure that was documented. If there was an area we were weak in, we wanted to force ourselves to improve.”

Following an accomplishment of this magnitude, Muegge said that students, faculty and staff at MSU can trust that they’re receiving care from “one of the best primary care clinics in Southwest Missouri.”

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trip this Christmas instead of exchanging gifts. She doesn’t spend more than she can afford on gifts, but she does usually feel pressured to buy them. She said she would spend the extra time with friends and family and save the money she would’ve spent.

“I don’t think it’s really about the gift-giving,” Slusher said. “The gifts haven’t ever been a big part of Christmas to me.”

Sophomore Sabrina Sander, education speech and theatre major, responded to the survey saying she

would give up exchanging Christmas gifts if her family wanted to.

She said she would spend the extra time with family and save the money she would have spent.

Sanders said she does not feel pressured to buy gifts or spend more than she can afford because her family is understanding.

“I really enjoy giving, myself, but Christmas is about going home to see everyone – especially now that I’m in college, as opposed to when you’re a kid and you want gifts,” Sander said.

writing, bad acting TRUMBLE: “Bad and bad directing.”

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Defenseman Brian Schumacher goes for the shot.

Most teams want 20 (wins) in a season.”

The winter break will be much needed for the Ice Bears, as some of players got hurt during the road trip.

“We played 9 games over 17 days,” Law said. “We had injuries (after) that many games, and some key players got banged up.”

include that at the beginning, they do it again three-quarters of the way into the movie.

Yet somehow, despite all the talking and explaining and going on and on and on and on about things that we could be shown in the film, there are still so many things that go unexplained. We aren’t even told that Credence is an Obscurus, or if we are, it’s a small remark that is easy to miss.

Newt’s relationship with his brother isn’t explored, how he feels about Leta Lestrange isn’t really explored or explained, and — worst of all — the glowing skull hookah is left totally unexplained.

That’s right, Grindelwald takes a nasty rip off a phat skull bong and no one says a single word about it. What is that?

Probably the single worst thing in the writing process, especially for J.K Rowling, who has appeared to care so much about things like this in the past, is Nagini. Nagi-

ni, played by Claudia Kim, is a Maledictus.

This means she turns into a snake when she sleeps. Because of this, her character is kept in a freak show circus where she performs in a cage.

Nagini has almost no lines. She doesn’t motivate any scenes. She reacts to her surroundings well, but she isn’t given anything to work with in the script, and she is mostly just Credence’s arm candy.

Now, can anyone tell me why an Asian woman in a low-cut dress that only exists to serve a man and performs from within a cage might be a problematic feature of a film?

Even if you don’t care about the blatant fetishization, objectification and disrespect-ation of Asian women in film, this still isn’t a well-made movie no matter how big of an effects budget it has. Bad writing, bad acting and bad directing make this a less-than-fantastic movie. 3/10

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Chief Paul Williams, Lt. Culley Wilson and Jasmine Bailey in an interview to discuss the contents of the CNN article.

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on in the CNN article.

“In 2014, SPD became one of the first agencies in Missouri to begin submitting all rape kits to the crime lab for testing,” the report states.

The report also mentions that, in 2014, Police Chief Paul Williams attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Violence Against Women executive training program. Captain Tad Peters, then a Lieutenant, attended the VAW supervisor training.

In 2013, SPD created a Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment to assist victims in identifying signs that could predict future domestic or sexual assault.

However, two rape kits have been destroyed since the changes were implemented — both in 2015.

One was destroyed by a detective who went directly against the policy, Williams said.

The other was destroyed after a prosecutor told the detective the case would not be prosecuted and the kit could be destroyed.

Williams said all rape kits are now kept and tested.

The article also mentions SPD Detective Maggie McDowell, who retired in 2014, and Corporal Rod Noble often used a “10-day letter” during sexual assault investigations. When beginning a case, the officers

would send a letter to the alleged victim requesting that they make themselves available for interviews.

According to the article, the victims had 10 business days to respond.

Williams told CNN the process of using the letters “is a department-sanctioned tactic intended to spur victims to work with investigators” but that it should only be used as a “last resort.”

Williams said in an interview Friday that the “10day letter” is still a viable tool the department intends to use, but what the letter says will be reworked.

“Certainly the wording from 10, 15 years ago didn’t convey what we want to convey now,” Williams said.

There will no longer be a time limit listed in the letter. The letters will be used along with all other ways the department can contact victims including phone calls, emails and social media.

“I’ll reiterate that the use of those letters was created in one way and misconstrued by many folks when it was received and potentially used not as a last resort or not in the manner in which it was directed,” Williams said.

On top of destroying evidence, the CNN article stated that Springfield detectives “failed to follow trauma-informed practices, such as working at a pace

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what answered the wake-up call of college.

Grist said when she first got to college, she was more concerned with partying than she was with her classes or grades.

“I’m the oldest of five — I always felt like an example,” Grist said. “So when I got to college and started goofing off, I was like, ‘Oof. It’s time to get my s--- together.’”

Muetzel wasn’t concerned with school as a freshman either. Muetzel said she didn’t have a set path for her life and had no idea what she was doing. She transferred to MSU with a good GPA, and when it dropped, she realized she had no desire to attend college anymore.

Thinking of enlisting in the Army, she instead decided to test out ROTC and has stuck with the program since.

Muetzel said throughout high school, she had a big attitude and didn’t like being told what to do but found something different about

comfortable for the victim and refraining from discussing prosecution with victims before investigations are complete.”

The news release from SPD also states that: “We are disappointed that despite the sharing of hundreds of documents and two years of ongoing communication, the national cable news outlet’s coverage fell short.”

Williams said in the news release that SPD is always looking to improve.

“Over the past several years, we have taken [an] active role to make changes to alleviate the issue of sexual violence within our community, and to better serve victims, and we will continue to do so in the years to come,” Williams said.

Williams also said he wants people who read the CNN article to realize that things are different now.

“I’ve had a lot of comments from people over the last 24 hours that they think what that story says is how things are today, instead of reading through it and going, ‘Oh, that’s how it was in 2012, 2008,’” Williams said. “So now I find myself having to get out there and explain, ‘This is how things are today, and that’s not how things work. On behalf of the department, I’m sorry that those things occurred then, but that is absolutely not occurring today.’”

in. That’s really awesome, because all of your friends are always over, and that can be a lot of fun. On the other hand, it can be very exhausting, because you don’t have as much privacy. Sometimes, when you want to be alone, you can’t be.”

There was a point when Ford was just starting as president where he, along with others in the leadership team, had to re-envision what they wanted Icthus to be.

“Realizing what we thought God wanted us to do, and what we could do better and what we could fix was an amazing experience,” Ford said.

Sam Palmquist, a member of Icthus, found Icthus when he was looking for a place to live.

Palmquist was a member of a missions organization prior, and had heard that Icthus promoted the idea of “community living in the word.” With his interest piqued, Palmquist decided to move into the ranch.

“I became the fifth member living at the house,” Palmquist said. “Everybody helped me move in and made me feel welcome.”

Palmquist said people are the heart and soul of any good organization, and he says Icthus is no different.

“It’s very community oriented, which is super nice,” Palmquist said. “I feel super comfortable and accepted here. It’s nice living with people in a community where you’re all like-minded.”

Palmquist said that Icthus feels different to him, and has spoken to him more so than any other campus ministry.

“It feels more real here,” Palmquist said. “It’s not like you show up and just put on your ‘Christian face’ and try to sound good. You can show up and be

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my gray Jansport backpack leaning against my feet.

Then-Editor-in-Chief Alec McChesney was pacing at the head of a long brown table.

He was upset with us. I think it was for a lack of creativity in ledes — the opening lines of an article. I didn’t know it at the time, but he was about to say something that finally got through to me.

“I want to see you guys take some risks,” he said. “I would rather you take a crazy risk with a lede with a ton of details than play it safe and just tell me what happened.

“Don’t play it safe.”

I’m paraphrasing there. My memory isn’t too good, after all. But I remember being wide-eyed at that moment, one eyebrow raised with kind of an arrogant smirk in response.

“You want risks?” I thought to myself. “I’ll show you risks.”

The following week, I wrote my first major feature in the life section — an exploration of associate professor of English Erin Kappeler’s summer trip across Europe — and I went crazy with it.

“The water on the shores of Greece is transparent,” I wrote in the feature. “The sand is glistening with the kiss of saltwater … There aren’t enough hours to capture the scenery she would later describe as stunningly gorgeous and idyllic.”

I wanted it to be over the top.

But that’s because, for the first time writing for The Standard, I felt like I had been given permission to do that. A weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and that’s when I realized I had been wrong about

being in the military and being told what to do.

“High school was really easy for me,” Muetzel said. “I got a big reality check when I came to college. When I joined ROTC, I had something to work toward.”

ROTC serves as an introduction to the military, making the lifestyle of an ROTC student tend to differ from that of a normal college student.

The differences might be seen in the party habits, or the lack of them — you might be the color guard who has to stand in the cold, freezing while all their friends are partying. They might be heard in the language, a mixture of official speak intertwined with a colorful array of curse words.

It might even be something small, like setting a phone clock to show military time.

Grist said she remembers overhearing a female student talk about homecoming. The female student, Grist said, was stressing over having to get a dress for the event. Grist said she remembers thinking “Girl, if that’s your biggest problem ... I have boards this week.

Whether or not I get paid is this week. I have to go run 12 miles on Friday, and you’re upset

honest with everybody. You can talk about how you’re super depressed or super happy. You could even doubt your faith, and people would still be open to talking to you about anything.”

In the middle of the group’s annual “friendsgiving” dinner, one of the members picks up a guitar and begins to sing. Everybody at the table turns their attention to the guitarist. Some sing along, some listen with a stare, others nod their head to the sound of the music, and others continue to eat and socialize.

“Everybody here is just so creative,” said Brooke Spalding, a senior creative writing major. “The people here are musically talented, and even if they don’t play any instruments or sing, they’re still musically inclined.”

Spalding credits the creativity of the organization’s members as one of the main reasons she was drawn to Icthus in the first place.

“Before I joined, I was desperately looking for an outlet because of my creative writing,” Spalding said. “Everybody here really supports that. There’s even huge events where everybody can come and share their art. It’s been really sweet to be able to be a part of it.”

As the guitarist finishes his song, the group claps then goes back to eating. Some go to get dessert, while some members decide that it’s time to go home. Slowly but surely, people begin to leave — save for those who live in the shack or the ranch — as the celebration comes to a close.

To Devon Paden, a sophomore social work major, Icthus has been a godsend.

“This has been a home away from home,” Paden said. “This is a place where I can be loved by the people who are a part of it and by Jesus. Being here has taught me how to be a spiritual leader in my community and has taught me to share the gospel by reaching out and being friendly to others.

“That’s what Icthus is all about – showing God’s love through action and community.”

journalism all that time — it wasn’t boring.

So, Alec, if you read this, thank you for helping me with my confidence in writing.

I never planned on pursuing journalism as a career, but I have so much respect how difficult and thankless the job can be.

I’ve watched friends spend hours driving across states in the middle of the night, editing stories on a laptop in the back of an old car because deadlines don’t wait.

I’ve watched friends spend upward of 16 hours in the newsroom in one day because that issue has to be finished by midnight.

I’ve watched friends be insulted and referred to as the enemy of the American people, only to respond with a smile because humility and professionalism is still the scale on which they’re judged every day.

It’s a tireless job, but it’s one of the most important roles in society. Without them, nobody has accountability.

They’re only attacked because they’re feared — and that’s why I respect them.

Every time I make that drive to Springfield, through the outskirts of Foristell, I pass that “Shiloh UMC” church on State Highway T. I think about that personal moment on the gravel roads that feels so long ago. I wish I could tell that version of myself what I was getting into.

I think about all the confidence I’ve gained over the past two years. I think about how I’ve grown to admire an industry I once never thought about. I think about the humanity behind the newsprint.

I’m just a future teacher of English who loves to write and wanted an outlet to share it.

I may not be a journalist, but I’m proud to have acted like one for a little while.

Thanks for reading.

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On military uniforms, the American flag patch is displayed backward so that the star field faces forward.

Beneath, the Bear Battalion patch adorns their uniforms. that you don’t have a dress?”

Even birthday celebrations can be different.

The typical college student might celebrate by throwing a party, but students in ROTC like to get creative — such as duct taping a student

too eager to share that it was their birthday to the flagpole.

The culture in a program like ROTC is different than that of civilian life, Grist said.

Still, similarities exist. Grist said many ROTC students are still involved in student government, fraternities and sororities. Likewise, they attend classes, eat at the PSU and walk the same sidewalks as any other non-ROTC student.

Muetzel said she thinks it’s important for people to know that just because they’re in the military, it doesn’t mean that it’s their only life.

Some are working various jobs on top of being students and in the military.

But Grist said she hasn’t found that special bond elsewhere.

“It’s not a sibling bond with brother or sister, it’s not a relationship bond, it’s a brotherhood that has to be experienced,” Grist said.

“You’ll be so pissed off you have to go to PT, but when you get there and you’re surrounded by all the people who have to go through it with you, it’s not as bad.

“Honestly, it’s the people. The people make it worth it.”

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