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Top crimes on campus: stealing, leaving the scene Safety first: Buying Top 13 crimes reported at MSU Lock your car: How to avoid theft items on Facebook on campus Marketplace Dating Violence, 1%

Fondling, 1%

Drug Abuse Violation,

Liquor Law Violation, 10%

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Motor Vehicle Theft, 2%

Assault, 3%

Leaving the scene of an accident, 12%

Stealing from a vehicle, 17%

Using social media sites to buy or sell items can seem like a good idea until one “rotten person” decides to use this tool in a purpose different from what was intended, Dr. Andrew Cline, a Media, Journalism, and Film professor, said.

On Nov. 21, a non-student was robbed at gunpoint at 10 p.m. during a meet-up to sell a cellphone. The meeting was organized through Facebook Marketplace.

Using Facebook Marketplace and other Facebook swap and sell pages is a popular way for college students to buy or sell items to other students or non-students in the area.

Jodi Russo, a junior hospitality Harassment, 3% and restaurant management major, is a member of the Facebook swap and sell page “Missouri State Gals Sell Your Stuff!!!” which currently has just under 3,500 members. In order to be a member, your Facebook profile Vandalism/Property must say that you are female and attend Missouri State. The swap and sell page warns that Damage, 15% “pyramid scheme” posts are forbidden and reminds all sellers and buyers to be safe.

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Stealing, 20%

Stalking, 1% Source: MSU Safety and Transportation Daily Crime Log

Crimes reported only once on campus were not included in this chart.

Campus counseling center sees dramatic increase MEGAN BURKE HANNA SUMPTER Senior Reporters

College students are increasingly experiencing mental health difficulties: a trend prevalent over the past few decades.

A nationwide “campus mental health crisis” is what some people are calling the current situation, according to a report published in July 2017 by the National Council on Disability.

Rhonda Lesley, director of the counseling center at Missouri State University, said she thinks the nation is making progress and “forward movement.”

“I think one reason is … destigmatizing seeking care for mental wellness concerns, and people are now more willing to seek counseling or psychiatric services,” Lesley said.

In the past three school years, the number of crisis assessments increased by over 2,000 percent and individual students counseled increased by 50 percent at Missouri State, according to the

Provided by the Counseling Center Annual Report

2017 annual report provided by the counseling center.

According to the report, students in crisis are the No. 1 priority for the counseling center. Students in crisis have increased by since 2010, however, the increase in students scheduling crisis

appointments in the past two years is “in part due to changes made in how the center schedules intake and crisis appointments compared with previously managing all appointments on a walk-in basis.” u See CENTER, page 2

MARY KAY GAGNEPAIN Staff Reporter @MKay4545

It was a normal Sunday morning when Mark Wicks, sophomore finance major, walked outside to his back deck, coffee in hand.

He breathed in the warm sunny air, taking in the his surroundings. However, something was out of place; he noticed that his truck was not where it had been the day before.

Robbery, 2% According to the Office of Safety and Transportation Quarterly Newsletter, vehicle calls are the second highest call request per month.

“I started asking my roommates if they knew anything or had seen anything, and none of them knew,” Wicks said. “I realized that it had to have been stolen.”

In the last two months, according to the Daily Crime Log for Sept. 21 to Nov. 26, 2017, MSU has had almost 50 reports of vehicle theft or break-ins, Wicks’ truck included.

“Two week later they found my truck on the side of the road about a mile away from my house,” Wicks said.

“They had wrecked it and ran it out of gas, that is how the police found it.”

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Field hockey granted Title IX investigation BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @brennerm2 Field hockey granted Title IX investigation After an emotional termination of the Missouri State women’s field hockey team in the spring of 2017, Missouri State University is under investigation for a Title IX infringement.

In spring of 2017, Missouri State Athletic Director Kyle Moats announced the university would be cutting the women’s field hockey team, effective immediately, and women’s beach volleyball would be the replacement.

Since the announcement, members of the former field hockey team reached out to Title IX to investigate whether or not the team was fairly terminated.

The investigation began with the athletic budget work

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group tasked with creating the work report — the document which ranked all Missouri State athletics based on six different categories: cost savings, attendance and school interest, academic success, conference affiliation, history of athletic success and quality and commitment to facilities.

The document was created as a way of determining which sport would save the most money if cut.

If Missouri State cut any of the current men’s teams, the university loses its Division I standing. With that in mind, the university then began examining the women’s teams on campus.

After the individuals tasked with the work report finished gathering all their data, they determined that field hockey ranked last in cost efficiency based on the previously mentioned six categou See TITLE IX, page 7

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Grading our professors: How valuable is our input?

NINA TODEA Staff Reporter @Todea_NinaM The blue and white Scranton is familiar to all students.

Consisting of a list of questions scaled from one to five, the course and professor evaluation form is meant to provide helpful suggestions for improvement. At the bottom of the page lies a space for written comments, roughly a dozen lines. Instructions state “Thank you for taking the time to consider these items carefully.”

Less than a few minutes after evaluations are handed out in classrooms, the majority of students have already walked out the door, leaving the written commentary section blank.

Although teaching evaluations are required in all seated classrooms, the form does not require written comments. Previous versions of the evaluation labeled the section as “additional comments.”

The reasoning behind the phenomenon varies and is hard to pinpoint, but many students feel taking the time to write commentary is “not worth it” or “pointless.”

Megan McClatchey, junior wildlife conservation & management major, said she witnessed a student in a lab course that did not fill out the written comment.

“I’ve had that student personally complain to me about issues in that class,” McClatchey said.

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CENTER Continued from page 1 “We are doing a better job of getting the message out to the campus as a whole that our services are available to students free of charge,” Lesley said. “I also think the fact that anxiety and stress are really high among college students lately causes more students to seek help coping through our services.”

Stress and anxiety are the most common health issues for college students according to the National College Health Association.

Over 40 million U.S. adults have an anxiety disorder, that’s 18 percent according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

“Still another factor is that college enrollment is up, and any time enrollment increases, the counseling center experiences an increase in utilization, also,” Lesley said.

Enrollment of first-time students went up by 1.8 percent at Missouri State from fall

eral Business, only about 20 percent of evaluations include written commentary. Those that do tend to include vague or unconstructive feedback.

Kent Ragan, department head of Finance and General Business, said he wishes students would take the time to write comments.

Numerical values, Ragan said, do not offer an explanation for a student’s dissatisfaction in the course.

Other students believe their comments won’t make a great difference, as many factors play into determining a professor’s worth to the university.

Victor Matthews, dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, said evaluations are packages taken seriously by his office.

“I think it’s wrong-sighted on the part of the students to say that, ‘why bother to write something down? It won’t be taken into account,’” Matthews said. “I guarantee you, it is.”

According to section 4.2.1.2.5 of the MSU Faculty Handbook, no more than 50 percent of the teaching evaluation overall is based on student evaluations. The comprehensive teaching assessment includes self-reflection, peer and/or supervisor review and an assessment of student learning outcomes.

Professors also undergo an annual review on their teaching, service and research. However, a professor’s teaching evaluation is still a major component.

“Because of the kind of college that this is, teaching is a major factor,” Matthews said. “If somebody can’t teach, we don’t

want to keep them. I appreciate research; I’ve published 18 books. But I also realize that if I was a lousy teacher, I’m of very little value to this university.”

Matthews has been involved with teaching evaluations for the past 31 semesters.

Students in spring and upper division courses tend to leave more written comments, Matthews said.

He credits this change to students investing and caring more while in their degree programs, or becoming more involved with their professors.

General education courses, Matthews said, do not have the same response.

When students do write comments, recurring themes are much easier to address, but can expose inherent biases or misunderstandings.

“Because we have been emphasizing getting a more diverse faculty, there are some (students) that are having difficulties with a faculty member that has an accent,” Matthews said. “I can understand that, but I also know people can become attuned to the rhythm of speech, and they really need to do that anyway to be culturally competent.

I think there are instances where cultural insensitivity on the part of the student comes out. It’s not giving the faculty member a fair shake.”

Faculty are advised to make appropriate changes; still, changes cannot be forced.

Ragan said he believes the importance of student evaluations remains, as faculty are expected to reflect on suggestions, yet he recognizes loopholes.

“Evaluating teaching is not something that can be done in a particular day at a particular time,” Ragan said. “If I got to design the form, it wouldn’t look like it looks now.”

Filling in bubbles does not offer perspective, and the questions are too vague, McClatchey said.

“It’s taking the easy way out,” McClatchey said.

McClatchey believes evaluations should be longer, with more written responses and less numerical questions.

In the Fraternity and Sorority Life community, McClatchey said, written survey responses have helped improve organizations.

“I actually take my time to take that,” McClatchey said. “I see those things taken into account and being changed every year.

If it was set up a lot like that with classes, it could help.”

Despite the fact that Ragan and Matthews have different approaches to the discussion, both professors would like to see more initiative from students, as well as a standard of professionalism on both sides.

“I don’t know that anybody is totally satisfied with the way this works,” Matthews said.

2016 to fall 2017. Enrollment is at the highest point in history at 24,350 students, according to the Missouri State website.

Eighty-four percent of Missouri State counseling center clients attend one to five sessions each semester. This is in line with the national trend data for college and university counseling centers.

This aligns with national data according to the 2016 survey by the Association for Universities and College Counseling Center Directors, clients go to an average of five and a half sessions per semester.

“The first appointment is very anxiety provoking,” Chiara Citterio, graduate assistant at the Missouri State counseling center, said. “I totally understand that. To come here and make an appointment is really scary, then coming here and opening up to a stranger. But people who stick to it and come back for a second appointment, usually we really start seeing benefits.”

Citterio has worked at the counseling center since January 2017 and is pursuing her master’s in psychology at Missouri State.

“Every semester we have a trend of what

brings in students,” Citterio said. “It seems like this semester there’s been a lot of social anxiety.”

She said that there is a trend of more students seeking help in the beginning of each semester and during midterms and finals.

“It makes sense because there’s a lot of academic distress that can also be displayed as anxiety,” Citterio said.

As a student, Citterio has an advantage because sometimes students open up to her more due to her ability to empathize with them. She says the counseling they give is future-oriented.

“Instead of focusing so much on the issue we try to focus on where the student wants to be,” Citterio said. “So, we start from where they are now and we try to get them to their goal. There’s not as much digging in the past.”

Missouri State students most commonly seek counseling for anxiety, depression, relationship problems and academic concerns.

The top three pressing concerns for counseling center students on a national scale are also anxiety, depression and relationship

issues according to the 2016 survey by the Association for Universities and College Counseling Center Directors.

Missouri State was one of the participating Universities among 529 others.

Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said over the past year, the severity of student mental health concerns and related behavior on their campus increased, while .8 percent said it decreased. Another 23 percent said it remained unchanged and 10 percent were unsure.

Citterio says she feels there is often a stigma around mental health.

“There’s that misconception of ‘my issues are not big enough’ or ‘I’ll be fine, I don’t need to go there.’ That can be true, but the fact that you have a counseling center on campus, it might mean that you don’t have to make it on your own,” Citterio said. “It is OK to reach out for help. We’re here, we’re happy to help.

Sometimes students come in for one appointment and they realize that maybe we’re not the resource that they need, but we’re able to point them in the right direction.”

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It’s not goodbye: EIC out, managing editor in a four-year reflection or a rambling mess of emotions. This is not goodbye; it’s me literally just moving across the room.

When the position of Editor-in-Chief unexpectedly became vacant less than two weeks before school started, I was frozen in a state of doubt. Everything I had spent the whole summer planning for was suddenly up in the air. Ask my roommates and they will tell you that I dissociated for four days straight.

That day, the same day I lost one of my uncles, I kept telling myself, “I’m not ready.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t want the job, but I didn’t think I could measure up to the editors who came before me. However, I couldn’t let my staff know this. How was my staff supposed to trust me if I didn’t trust myself?

For the first time in its over 100 years, The Photo submitted by Emily Joshu Standard will have two EICs in the same academic year, so by the time this paper goes to EMILY JOSHU print, my time in this position will have come Editor-in-Chief to an end. Alec will be EIC for the spring se@EmilyJoshu mester, while I serve as managing editor.

As I sit at this desk for one more production, Let’s make a few things clear. I’m not grad- headphones drowning out the 9 a.m. clammer uating yet. This is not a sob story. This is not of editors behind me, I’m not sad. I will still

Go at your own pace ASIA KEY Staff Reporter Plastered all over Instagram are people your age taking trips to Dubai, riding jet skis in Cabo, starting careers at their dream job, getting engaged to their soulmate and graduating with honors in four years. Stress and anxiety tighten your chest as you sit on your musty futon, thinking about the month’s worth of laundry piled up in the corner, your love life in shambles, bills due, an uncertain graduation date and an unclear direction of your career path.

But social media is a trap. It’s a place where people post their highest highs, where we present our best selves at our most attractive, intelligent and interesting. This perfect persona we’ve grown accustomed to consuming, plus the speed at which we live our lives and the need for instant gratification, has rewired our brains.

We’ve adopted a mindset of comparison — tallying the things we don’t have against the things others do.

For a while, I framed my life in “shoulds.” I should have graduated by

be on the editorial board of this incredible publication until I graduate, but it’s a weird feeling to give up my accountability.

As Editor-in-Chief, everything comes back to me; complaints, praise or problems. I am no longer the face that everyone turns to, and that is likely what I’ll miss most of all.

If anything, I’m excited. I’m not excited to leave this position, but I’m excited for the paper as a whole and for the rest of my priorities.

I work three other jobs outside of the newspaper, am in a gender-inclusive fraternity and take a full course load, so I know that I haven’t had the time to everything that I wanted.

There is so much I wanted to do, but as my other jobs and my applications to graduate school drowned me, I felt as if I was failing the paper. That being said, I know Alec will do great things for this paper that I wasn’t able to do, and I couldn’t be prouder of the plans that he already has in place.

I’m also ready to phase myself out and move closer toward my career field — literary publishing. I love journalism with all my heart as it has been ingrained in me since childhood.

My uncle was the sports editor at the Colum-

now, I should have gotten an internship in D.C, I should be traveling the world. I should have found a job by now. It took me a while to see that measuring my life in this way was stalling me, leaving me perpetually discouraged and unmotivated.

A 2016 Huffington Post article lists the ages at which successful people have failed. At 23, Oprah was fired from her first job as a television reporter. A 24-yearold Stephen King lived out of a trailer and worked as a janitor. At 28, J.K. Rowling was suicidal, a single parent and on welfare. But they knew their lives meant more than what they were going through. They remained steadfast because they were aware of their higher purpose.

If you feel like time is running out, know that there is no timer. If you think you’re running a losing race, there is no track. If you feel stuck, it’s only because you know your passions are greater than your reality.

There is no formula for the life you want, and comparing yourself to your peers won’t get you there. What will, is your work ethic, tenacity and confidence in your stride.

It is okay to go at your own pace. Good luck on your journey.

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Hello, graduation MIKE VOLDING Staff Reporter @MiketheKid65 Graduation.

Wow, I can’t believe I am about to graduate. To quote the great Phil Collins: “I have been waiting for this moment for all my life.” Oh, lord.

For the past two and a half years, Missouri State has been my home away from home, everyone I have met here has treated me with nothing but respect and kindness.

These years went by so fast, I just can’t believe it is over.

My time working here at The Standard has been short, but has been nothing but an absolute joy to me.

Every Monday I look forward to the weekly meetings.

The thing I love most about working here is that I am surrounded by people who love journalism as much as I do.

Seeing the passion in that room really makes you step up your game.

I have really learned so much from my time being here.

When I started here, I didn’t know what I was doing; now I feel like I can take on the world.

Advice I would give to students: if you are interested in the field of journalism or writing in general and are not involved in The Standard, the one question I have for you is: why?

Before started writing for The Standard, I literally had

bia Tribune. He died in 2001 and I always wished I could talk about the news and the craft of writing with him.

I grew up with an immense respect for journalism. However, when I became a reporter in high school and college, I learned that I both loved the field and wasn’t meant to stay in it for the rest of my life. Stepping away from the EIC position gives me more time to devote to the field I actually want to enter.

My new desk is just across the newsroom with a few of my trinkets scattered around it and a giant coffee stain next to the monitor. It is home to a computer that no one uses and a bunch of throwaway page designs on the desktop. Once this article is published, that’s my desk.

I’m not leaving yet, and though I will no longer be the first name behind the paper, I’m ready for this. I couldn’t be more thankful to have served as the EIC for this paper and to have watched my staff grow in their writing every week.

The paper is in good hands. It has been an honor to serve as EIC, and I can’t wait to see where the next semester takes this paper.

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Goodbye, MO State; it’s been interesting RYAN WELCH Photo Editor @ryanwelch

zero experience writing outside of class. If you join The Standard, you are going to get the experience of working in a real newsroom.

You are not going to meet a better group of editors. They really take their time and work with you on your writing. They care so much about this paper; all of their sleepless nights have really paid off.

As for me, I will be going to File photo by RYAN WELCH/ KTTS News here in Springfield.

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I just wanted to say thank I am so excited to start this you to every person who has helped get me to the place I am next chapter of my life.

My dream has always to be now. in radio, and now I get a chance to make that dream become a reality.

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It was interesting during my horribly awkward freshman year as I learned how to live without parental supervision for the first time in my life. I learned quickly that the meals our parents made us were not only delicious, but the fact that someone just served us food for free is something I will never take for granted again.

It was interesting during my sophomore year as I bounced between majors, trying to find out who I was and who I wanted to become. I credit my fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, for fostering that internal growth.

Fraternities are not for everyone, but I was lucky enough to get one that not only accepted who I was, but saw I could be so much better.

It was interesting during my junior year when I found out that my growing passion in photography could be paired with a journalism major, where I could meet new people every day and convey their stories through those photos. This passion, I am proud to say, did nothing but grow until it engulfed and intertwined itself into every aspect of my life.

It was interesting during my senior year, taking classes and applying to internships as I started to realize just how far behind the curve I was if I wanted to become a photojournalist. It was this year I decided that if I was to become a photojournalist, I had to dedicate everything I had to achieving that.

I couldn’t play it safe and have a backup plan.

My one and only acceptable plan became photojournalism.

But even through all of that, what I found to be the most interesting was this last semester in college: my fifth year, the year that everything I had worked for started to be put to the test.

The reality that I was leaving soon became real and not just something I joked about with my friends.

My fifth year humbled me. It made me realize that all those late nights studying, all those hard assignments as a photographer for The Standard, all the times I failed at being photo editor — they meant something. They meant something that I wouldn’t see until I was about to graduate.

They made me proud who I have become. Thank you, Standard staff. Thank you, Missouri State. Thank you.

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Tips for planning your holiday break travels VICTORIA DAVIDSON Staff Reporter @V__Davidson Traveling home for the holidays can be a hassle, especially with plane and train ticket prices rising during the busy holiday season. But by researching travel options available in the region, students may be able to save hundreds of dollars annually.

According to cheapflights.com, airfares increase the closer the holidays are, so booking flights early maximizes options and could potentially save money. Reserving tickets and seats early isn’t solely related to airfare; train stations also recommend this tip.

Gary Stewart, director of Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services, says a majority of students do not stay on campus during the holidays, meaning many pay to travel home.

“The Missouri State campus is a ghost town during the holiday break, especially around Christmas Day, because of campus housing and dining halls closing, allowing those students to go home for the break,” Stewart said. “Over all of the students living on campus, only an estimate of 100 students stay in the living houses that are open during that time.”

If the cheapest flights don’t fit into your college budget, consider taking a train. Amtrak.com says, “students ages 13-25 with a valid student ID receive 15 percent off the lowest value rail fair on select routes, along with receiving free Wi-Fi and baggage room.”

Senior psychology major Becky Burger is taking a train home to visit family for the holidays.

“Taking the train is cheaper than both driving and flying, plus you can do your homework or read on the train, and you can’t do that while driving,” Burger said.

As a college student, the holidays can take a toll on the bank account. With student loan payments and purchasing presents for family or textbooks for next semester, any way to save money on traveling is helpful.

Here are some tips on saving from cheapflights.com: Minimize your fees Airlines add extra fees when extra accommodations are made, such as extra leg room, nicer seating and checked bag expenses. Try only traveling with a carry-on and bringing snacks, so expensive snacks onboard do not tempt you.

Find alternative airports Although the closest airport, SpringfieldBranson National Airport, may be your goto, alternative airports may have better deals on departing flights. Driving to Branson Airport, or even Joplin Regional Airport may be worth the extra miles if the flight prices are lower.

Do your research Most companies discount flights around the holidays. Search different websites and find the best deals for each destination. Airlines hold “deal days,” usually the Thursday before the flight date, at a discounted rate in the morning or late into the night.

Be flexible Companies show that traveling on a holiday, for example, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, would be cheaper, and possibly less hectic, depending on your departing airport. Yes, spending the holiday stuck in an airport sounds like pure torture, but on the bright side, some airlines will give celu See TRAVEL page 5

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Gary Friedly, 76, has been auditing classes through MSU62 for the past three years.

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An MSU62 student’s return to Missouri State ALIA AARON Staff Reporter @aliafaith29 Many non-traditional students walk the contours of Missouri State’s campus and exist among the many 20-somethings amicably. One of these students has long white hair past his collarbone, and wears a skirt and no shoes.

That is Gary G. Friedly, a 76-year-old enrolled in MSU 62, Missouri State’s senior citizen fee waiver program, who has been auditing classes for about three years. Friedly is a Springfield local and lives a few miles outside campus. This semester, he is enrolled in Dr. John B. Harms’ Sociology 310, Social Deviance.

“When I retired, I found out I could take all these courses for free,” Friedly said. “So I just dabbled.”

Friedly did not graduate from high school, but at 25, his employer told him that he should “stop busting his ass working for him” and should instead go back to school. After speaking with his high school counselor from 10 years prior, he found he had enough high school credits to continue on to higher education, so he did.

Friedly attended Missouri State — what was then SMS — for five years and gained two years’ worth of credit with a focus in English. But when times got tough, he decided he need to drop

out of school so that he could work full-time at McDonald’s to help support his family.

“I had to make a choice,” Friedly said.

After 17 years of McDonald’s, a place he tries to stay away from now, and time at home with the family, the first class he chose to audit back at Missouri State was a drawing class.

“I’m married to an art teacher,” Friedly said. “She was always trying to get me to join her and the kids with art. So I learned how to draw.” He was 73.

Friedly’s passion for art has remained, as he says he draws off and on.

“I’ll see something every once in awhile and say, ‘I’m gonna give that a try,’” he said. “Shadows on a snowdrift … the difference in whites. The way the sunshine comes through a window and hits a glass of water … those kinds of things.”

Along with the drawing course, Friedly has audited a class in memoir writing, religion, problems in philosophy and sociology and problems in the community.

“I’ve been taking all these mainly because my primary interests are liberty and law, and how to reconcile the two forces,” Friedly said.

The religion class Friedly audited required him to go to a church that was not his domination. He chose to visit the Sikh Temple of the Ozarks, where he said that “in their church, I’m

expected to remove my shoes, which I didn’t have anyway!”

Many may wonder why Friedly always travels barefoot and chooses skirts over pants. The answer is an artificial hip.

“I had a hip replaced when I was 68,” Friedly said. “On the follow-up visit, my surgeon and I were discussing how to take care of an artificial hip. One of my questions was ‘what should I be looking for in a shoe?’ And he said ‘Well, they gotta be comfortable, but … you don’t need any.’”

Friedly said that after he gave it a try, he was sold. He said he now looks back and wishes he knew shoes weren’t necessary — he would’ve let go of them long ago. “The magic number is 35,” he says, meaning that only when the temperature dips below 35 degrees does he break out his shoes.

Although going barefoot makes Friedly happy, he acknowledges that it can make some feel uncomfortable. For those moments, he carries a pair of ballerina slippers in his backpack so that he “can comply.”

In regards to the skirts, Friedly says that if you’ve ever had a hip replaced, “you know that it can be hard to crawl into a pair of britches.” He says he can wear pants if he has to, but skirts are most comfortable.

Friedly has a wide, historical knowledge of Missouri State’s campus, since he’s been coming and going here for quite some

time. He even divulged his favorite spot.

“Everybody needs a quiet spot,” Friedly said. “I like to visit the library, go up to the third floor and come out to the bell tower. They’ve got a big sofa there overlooking the fountain, and that’s my meditation spot.”

Along with meditation, art and learning, Friedly says him and his wife, Linda, are passionate about “the adventure of life.”

The two have been married for 38 years.

“I love to hear him speak about what his classes are all about, and how the other students respond to him being there,” said Linda Friedly, who is 65 years old and an art teacher at Gray Elementary School in Springfield.

They have two children, one 34 and the other 37, and as of just three weeks ago, a newborn grandchild named Violet.

Friedly admits that he’s a poet, and that he was told by family that Violet needs a poem for Christmas. A little “welcome to the world,” he says.

Freidly says the main reason he continues to audit classes at Missouri State is to stay young.

“You know you’re old when all of your friends have died, and you don’t want that to happen to you,” he said.

He says he will continue to audit classes here as long as he can walk around.

Passion in your palm: Clayworks sale features ceramics students’ art NOAH STANDISH Staff Reporter @NoahjStandish With only two weeks of classes remaining in the semester, students are eager for a reprieve and a hint of the holiday season. On the second floor of the Plaster Student Union, one student organization looked to help.

Clayworks, a community for aspiring ceramic artists, sponsored its semi-annual pottery sale on Thursday and Friday. Ceramics students put their aspirations in the hands of the public, with pieces of hand-crafted artwork ranging from $5 to $40.

Each piece of artwork resembled passion and talent, and for two days, it was enough to lure herds of students away from the nearby Chickfil-A. But for those involved, the sale was more than a source of curiosity.

“Anytime a student gets to display or sell their work, it’s definitely a boost of confidence for them,” event coordinator Keith Ekstam said. “(The sale is) definitely a chance for the public at large to support students in their endeavors, plus they get to bring

home some nice pottery work.”

Ekstam, a thirty-year professor of art and design, said the sale had become a tradition long before he joined the university. Over the course of his tenure, he estimates that he has organized the event upwards of 60 times. “‘It takes a village,’ as the saying goes, and the effort that goes into (the pottery sale) is no different,” Ekstam said. “Plus, some of the proceeds

come back to the organization, which will help us bring in visiting artists and send students to future conferences and workshops.”

Ekstam also cited the community engagement pillar of MSU’s public affairs mission as one of the sale’s missions. Citing student encouragement, fundraising and involvement with the public, he called it a “winwin” for everyone involved.

Mackenzie Elliott, senior ceram-

ics major and president of Clayworks, called the sale a natural first step for students involved in the department of art and design. For her, this semester’s sale marked her first experience organizing the sale as Clayworks’ president.

After the nerves of having her art on display for the first time subsided, she was able to shift her attention to refining her craft. It led to her taking a different approach for this semester’s sale.

“For me, it’s more about showing my work than making money,” Elliott said. “Of course this is what I want to do after I graduate, at bigger art shows and more ‘official’ sales, but this is a great place to start.”

The pottery sale was formerly hosted at Brick City downtown, but Elliott said the change in location was to be more accessible. This semester, the sale was at the center of hundreds of students’ paths to classes.

“Having (the sale) in the PSU just makes it more accessible to all the students whose classes aren’t at Brick City,” Elliott said. “Plus, this time of the year, everybody can get some affordable Christmas presents.”

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ceramic major, the event was an extension for the welcoming reputation Clayworks had earned. This semester’s sale was the first time he has featured his work on MSU’s campus, but he never felt nervous.

“It’s sort of like a weird competition (between ceramics students), but at the same time, we’re all rooting for each other,” Hume said. “The more you experiment, the more pieces you have and the more you can really see the progress you make as an artist.”

Hume’s experience with Clayworks goes beyond the semi-annual sale, as he called the student organization one of encouragement for aspiring artists.

“Everyone (at Clayworks) is so helpful and kind — they’re always there to help you learn new things,” Hume said. “We do so many community events downtown, like pumpkin carving and helping out Ozarks Food Harvest, and it’s just a fantastic group of people.”

For each piece sold, half of the proceeds were set aside for the original artist. The other half was allotted u See POTTERY page 5

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MSU concert benefits Ozarks Food Harvest

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SAC Canvas Painting Student Activities Council hosted a canvas painting event on Nov. 30 in the Plaster Student Union. Photos by Collin O’Connell.

ALY WEITKAMP Staff Reporter @AlyWeitkamp

Missouri State University Choral, Grand Chorus and Symphony filled Juanita K. Hammons Hall with the sounds of holiday cheer at their Music of the Holidays Concert on Tuesday.

The programs also collected canned goods for Ozarks Food Harvest during admittance to the concert.

“I think the concert went quite well,” Dr. Christopher Kelts, director of orchestral Studies, said. “I thought audience attendance was really impressive — I think around 1,100 (people). We collected a lot of food for Ozarks Food Harvest and I thought the choirs and the orchestra performed wonderfully.”

During the concert, the University Choral performed “Gloria” and the Grand Chorus performed “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” “Silent Night” and “Joy to the World.”

The Symphony accompanied all songs as well as performed Farandole from “L'Arlesienne.” “(The concert) was really good,” sophomore English literature major John King said.

“It’s always really impressive to see a group of people get together and do something really unified that sounds good. I especially liked the (song) ‘Twelve Days of Christmas.’”

Most holiday music is poorly written, Kelts said, which made choosing the music for the concert a difficult task.

“I worked with Dr. Cameron LaBarr, who is our choral studies director,” Kelts said.

“We always get together and talk about ideas and the ‘Vivaldi Gloria’ is very accessible and I thought it would be a good idea to pair down the orchestral size and then feature the Missouri State Choral as well.”

Kelts said the main leadership group and the most advanced musicians accompanied the Choral, while the full symphony orchestra accompanied the Grand Chorus.

This decision, Kelts said, was made by the directors due to the structure of the president’s concert at the end of the year with the full orchestra and the full chorus. They chose to do a concert at the end of first semester with a holiday theme to it.

The concert featured senior music and vocal performance major graduate music student Carly Wingfield, senior music and vocal performance major Hannah Martin, junior music and vocal performance major Clara Smith and senior music and vocal performance major Shannon Dey as vocal soloists.

“All the soloists are students, so about a month before the performance, those who were interested in auditioning for those did,” Kelts said. “So they sang for Dr. LaBarr and I and then we met and decided on who would sing the solos. I think they did a fantastic job.”

Freshman theatre and dance major Hope Thomas even teared up during “Twelve Days of Christmas.”

“The orchestra overwhelmed me,” Thomas said. “It got me. I just felt a lot of Christmas spirit in it and it definitely hit me in the

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ebratory drinks on the day of Christmas and New Year’s to the passengers. Drink and fly responsibly, fellow students.

The number one thing to remember when traveling for the holidays is to plan early.

Plan out the route you will drive and how to avoid construction and busy traffic, buy plane, bus and train tickets in advance and look for the best prices when doing so. With so many students and faculty at Missouri State traveling during the winter break, planning a trip ahead of time can save you from a lot of stress and worry that comes with last-minute planning.

POTTERY Continued from page 4 back to Clayworks’ budget for guest artists and trips to conferences, including the annual NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) meeting in March.

Celeste Prussia, a research specialist in the Department of Biology studying ceramics as a non-degree seeking student, called Clayworks an example of the various outlets MSU offers for students’ passions.

“Being a smaller university, there are a lot of community opportunities for whatever your passion may be,” Prussia said. “Clayworks is made up of students who are anywhere from their first time ever working with clay to those who have chosen ceramics as their area of study.”

Prussia praised Clayworks for its accessibility and what she described as a welcoming nature. She called the pottery sale a natural integration between students and the public, while also encouraging the success of other students. “(Art and design) professors really encourage students to be involved to help Clayworks and for the community engagement,” Prussia said. “Plus, it’s always exciting to see the exchange of ideas and the happiness from people finding pieces they like—that’s the most rewarding part.”

Moore: ‘Lady Bird’ gracefully controversial BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @brennerm2 Have you ever thought about how weird it is that we go by names our parents gave us?

Think about it — people base their identity around a name that they weren’t even consulted about. Furthermore, our beliefs are influenced by others for majority of our lives.

Some beliefs you once had changed as you got older. After years of being a person made by others, you eventually reach a point where you start to form your own opinions.

The movie “Lady Bird” tells the story of a girl asking those exact questions. Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson, played

by Saoirse Ronan, is a high school senior who

wants to get out of Sacramento.

Ronan plays the role perfectly. The movie opens up as “Lady Bird” and her mother, played by Laurie Metcalf, wrap up the California college tour.

Eventually the two get into a disagreement about listening to the radio.

The disagreement leads

to something bigger and eventually Lady Bird’s mother says she doesn’t expect Lady Bird to get into college in the first place. After hearing that, “Lady Bird” promptly opens the car door and jumps out while it is moving.

While this is a bit of an overreaction, it’s a feeling that everyone has felt before. “Lady Bird’s” ability to create these moments that resonate with the audience is what makes this movie a masterpiece.

Fast forward a bit, and we are introduced to Lady Bird’s best friend, Jenna Walton, played by Odeya Rush. The girls are outcasts in their school and really only have each other. While it seems like a normal idea at face value, the meaning goes deeper.

The relationship between the two is tested

throughout the movie, but eventually Lady Bird realizes the impact that Jenna has on her life.

The audience once again feels a familiar feeling of going through their first fight with a close friend. Confusion, loss and emptiness flooded the theater as the two fought, so much so that the audience was moved to tears.

Lady Bird faced one more lesson before she finally escaped to college — love.

After her first love left her broken-hearted, “Lady Bird” found companionship in a coffee drinking, song writing, cigarette smoking Casanova.

Kyle Scheible, played

by Timothee Chalamet, is every edgy stereotype rolled into one. Things like referring to cell phones as tracking devices, rolling his own ciga-

rettes because mass produced cigarettes are too dangerous and refusing to indulge in capitalism drew Lady Bird to him.

She believed that these qualities meant that Kyle’s maturity far exceeded his age. Unfortunately for Lady Bird, Kyle’s charm quickly ran off and she saw him for what he truly was.

“Lady Bird” recently broke the record on Rotten Tomatoes for the highest number of perfect scores.

I couldn’t agree more.

This coming of age movie had so many opportunities to mess up. Many of the plot points touch on controversial issues that people still deal with today.

Yet, every step of the way the movie gracefully tells its story and creates a work of art that any person could enjoy.

Campus preparing for potential snow, ice events MIKE VOLDING Staff Reporter @MiketheKid65 The time has come again — winter is here.

The looming question remains: will Missouri State be ready?

Ensuring campus remains open, John Clark, the assistant director of facilities management for Ground Services, said it must be a partnership effort between Grounds and Custodial Services.

Grounds Services is responsible for the main campus sidewalks and handle much of the pedestrian traffic. Custodial Services are responsible for clearing the main entranc-

es to the main walkways.

Clark said for Grounds Services, the preparation for winter starts early.

In late September and early October, Clark said the grounds mechanic starts going through the salt spreaders, snow plows and trucks to check all are in operating order, with extra parts on hand.

Clark said to stay on top of incoming weather, everyone on Grounds Services watches the weather channel non-stop.

As of right now the grounds crew stockpiled 20 pallets of ice melt in their storage building downtown.

“When we go through a snow or ice event, typically we go

through about eight pallets of ice melt.” Clark said. “ We always like to have some extra ice melt on hand just in case, because some years it can be difficult to get salt, depending on the weather conditions around the country.”

The grounds crew also carries one to two pallets of Cryotech, which is a runway de-icer, used in the parking structures.

Clark said they use Cryotech because they can’t use salt in the structures due to reinforced steel in the concrete. The salt will rust, causing the structures to fail.

Once the snow has stopped it takes about two hours for the campus sidewalks to be clear. Ice can take longer depending on the tem-

peratures and accumulation. Clark said the sidewalks are cleared with the use of four tractors and other equipment with blades. Once the sidewalk has been bladed, the utility carts then follow and spread the ice melt.

Alex Barnett, a senior communication major, said he believes the partnership has been paying off.

“I think they do a pretty good job.” Barnett said. “Whenever we’ve got warnings of sleet and snow days in advance, I have always noticed going up the stairs to Siceluff or Craig they always put salt down. I think that it is a pretty good indicator that they do care and they are doing the best that they can.”

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The Standard’s Bailey Vassalli spoke with county leaders and pitbull owners to update readers on the status of the pitbull ban.

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The Bears’ 3-point game plan

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Before this season started, Missouri State Bears fans talked day in and day out about a soft non-conference schedule.

Easy tournaments, safe road games and padded matchups at home led the discussion.

Then, two back-to-back losses against North Dakota State and Georgia Southern rattled the same exact fans who claimed the Bears couldn’t be beat by the weak schedule.

These losses, combined with a too close for comfort win over Manhattan University, stemmed from the offense.

Against North Dakota State, the Bears scored just 54 points. But, it was more than just their lack of scoring. It was the way they weren’t scoring that posed the biggest concern.

Missouri State finished with one assist and only one made 3-pointer against the Bison.

Even scarier?

North Dakota State held the Bears to just one assist. That’s only happened a handful of times in the history of college basketball.

Then, against Georgia Southern, in the Gulf Coast Showcase, the 3-point shooting struggles continued. The Jaspers held the Bears to 1-11 shooting from deep.

No, that’s not a typo.

The Bears shot 9.1 percent from deep.

The numbers were as poor as the offense looked.

Rushed shots and forced looks effectively stifled the three-point game for the Bears.

“Then just don’t shoot them,” head coach Paul Lusk said after the Manhattan game.

The thing is, though, the Bears should be a good 3-point shooting team.

Junior guard Ryan Kreklow shot 41.6 percent from beyond the arc as a sophomore in 2016. Yet, he’s hitting just 28.6 percent this season.

Then there’s Jarrid Rhodes. The senior hit 38.9 percent of his deep shots last season but was 0-5 against North Dakota State and a combined 0-5 against Manhattan and Evangel.

Senior forward Alize Johnson shot 38.8 percent during his junior year — good enough for NBA scouts to fall in love.

But, so far in 2017-18, he’s hitting just 14.3 percent.

What gives?

It’s all about the shot selection. When the Bears are taking the right 3-pointers, they are a good 3-point shooting team.

When they take rushed shots, off the

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dribble or out of isolation offense, they — like most teams — become a bad shooting team.

When the Bears finally faced one of their tougher opponents, South Dakota State University, everything seemed to fall into place.

“We had a great game plan offensively and we just made sure played our game,” Johnson said.

The game plan made the difference.

The Bears shot 37.5 (9-24) percent from beyond the arc, propelling them to a 73-53 victory.

Given, this number seems low, but it doesn’t tell the full story.

The first half saw all nine of the successful 3-pointers, with the Bears shooting 52.9 percent from the 3-point line.

Rhodes led the way, drilling 4-4 from beyond the arc.

Rhodes’ success came through because of his patience to trust Lusk’s game plan.

On multiple occasions, Rhodes caught the ball with an opportunity to take a good look at three. But, rather than take the shot early in the shot clock, Rhodes rotated the ball back to the top of the key.

From there, the Bears swung the ball to the opposite wing, only for it to move its way back to Rhodes, who was even more wide open than before.

He caught the pass and shot the 3-pointer in the same motion, with a defender nowhere in sight.

Swish.

He knew that while he could have made the shot, waiting for a better one was worth it.

It was.

All four of Rhodes’ 3-pointers came through moving the ball throughout the offense.

And, frankly, almost every 3-pointer the Bears made came through the offense, with the exception of Johnson randomly shooting one or two when catching the ball.

“We took the right ones,” Lusk said.

“We’re starting to find rhythm, we shared the ball.”

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Even Johnson’s shots come from within the offense.

He took nine 3-pointers against the Jackrabbits. While some may argue that’s too many, he did take them in rhythm.

After setting a screen for one of the guards, Johnson popped to the top of the key, draining back-to-back 3-pointers.

With point guards like Ronnie Rousseau III and J.T. Miller a threat on the pickand-roll, Johnson can pop rather than roll.

When the defense sags underneath to defend the ball, Johnson will have plenty of time to set his feet and raise that 3-point percentage.

The 3-pointers died off in the second half. In fact, they were nonexistent.

To someone who didn’t watch the game, having zero 3-pointers in a half is an issue.

But, in this case, the lack of threes told a different story.

The Bears walked back onto the court in the second half with plenty of breathing room, as they led 43-26 going into halftime. So, they slowed the game down, passed the ball and spread out the Jackrabbit defense.

This, of course, ate up the shot clock, leading to forced three-pointers. So, how did the Bears manage to win by a 20-point margin if they ended the game by forcing shots?

Rebounds.

The Bears outrebounded the Jackrabbits 41 to 30, with 21 of the Bears’ rebounds coming in the second half.

“We’ve been working on our offense in practice a lot lately,” senior Alize Johnson said. “Just, you know, making the right plays and limiting turnovers.”

The Bears outrebounded the Jackrabbits all night long. So, while the Bears didn’t have much luck with threes in the second half, it meant they played better basketball.

After a rocky start, the Bears continued to work on the process. And now, the process looks like it’s working. All Bears fans have to do now is just trust it.

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Bears take Dakota ALEC McCHESNEY Sports Editor @Alec_McChesney SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Much discussion and debate has gone into the Missouri State Bears’ non-conference schedule. Fans complained and bickered until the lights turned off, but the Bears finally played a worthy opponent on Saturday night, as they took on the battle-tested South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

South Dakota State (7-3) had already played and lost to Kansas, defeated Ole Miss and Iowa before falling to Missouri State (7-2) 73-53 at the Sanford Pentagon.

“That’s a great win,” head coach Paul Lusk said. “That team is really good now.

They were an NCAA Tournament team last year; they’ve beaten Buffalo who is very good, and Iowa and won at Ole Miss the other night.

“To come in here and play the way we played, as good as (the Jackrabbits) are offensively, I thought our guys did an outstanding job.”

Senior forward Alize Johnson led the Bears out of the gate, nailing two 3-pointers to start the game. One game ago, against Colorado State, Johnson scored zero points for just the second time of his career.

“When I had zero points the other night, it was tough,” Johnson said. “But you know, we got the win so that was the important part about it. My teammates stuck with me and kept encouraging me.

“I was just trying to come out here and have fun today and not worry too much.”

He finished with 11 points and six rebounds in the first half, but he continued his dominance into the second half. The senior collected 14 total rebounds while scoring 20 points.

Johnson was joined by fellow senior Jarrid Rhodes in the first half, who drilled four 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes.

Coming into the game, Rhodes was shooting 31 percent from deep.

The entire team improved from 3-point range against the Jackrabbits, actually.

The Bears were shooting 29.5 percent from deep through the first eight games of the year but shot 52.9 percent in the first half.

The difference came with the shots the Bears were taking. Rather than force up 3-pointers at the end of the shot clock, Missouri State took the right shots as a result of the offense.

“We took the right ones and we are getting better offensively,” Lusk said. “We are starting find rhythm ... 19 assists tonight.”

Hence the better shooting percentage.

Much like the offense, the defense dominated in the first half, as the Bears held the Jackrabbits to 14 percent shooting from beyond the arc and just 26 points.

Johnson, Rhodes and stout defense gave Missouri State a comfortable 43-26 lead entering halftime.

Junior Reggie Scurry took over the scoring load in the second half, scoring nine points to thwart any run the Jackrabbits made.

And although South Dakota State attempted to make several runs, the Bears halted every one of them. “(South Dakota State) made a little rally, but we rallied and did a lot of good things and played really well,” Lusk said.

“When the ball goes in the hole, it helps.

“The other thing is: We were so good offensively that it allowed us to get back and set defensively. And we did some great things.”

With 12:42 left on the clock, the Jackrabbits narrowed the gap to 10 at 50-40,

but that was as close as they would get.

Missouri State went on a tear over the next 10 minutes, extending the lead to as many as 22.

Johnson finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Scurry poured in 14 of his own. Scurry’s 14 were a career-high.

The Bears take on North Dakota State on Dec. 4. Missouri State lost to NDSU earlier in the season 57-54.

“We give them a lot of respect,” Johnson said. “They are a really good team and run their stuff and they are disciplined.

We are going to try and go out there, do what we do and get one back.”

North Dakota State

When the Missouri State Bears played in Sioux Falls, South Dakota Saturday, the weather was beautiful. So was the style of play, as the Bears played a beautiful brand of basketball to defeat South Dakota State 73-53.

When the Bears extended their road trip to Fargo, North Dakota, to take on North Dakota State (3-5) the weather wasn’t so pretty. Actually, it was pretty horrible as the Bears arrived to the arena in snowy conditions.

Like the weather, the style of play was not pretty, but Missouri State used grit, defense and physicality to beat the Bison 71-58 to improve to 8-2 on the season.

Right out of the gate, North Dakota State slowed the game down, uglying up the game in the hopes of keeping the score in the 50s. At first, it worked.

The Bears trailed often in the first 20 minutes, at first 8-2 then 14-8. But as the game progresses, so did the in-game adjustments from Lusk.

Missouri State remained content playing North Dakota State’s brand of basketball — physical, tough basketball.

It worked.

The Bears closed the first half on a 12-2 run, taking a 37-32 lead into the break. Jarred Dixon and Alize Johnson scored seven points apiece, while Jarrid Rhodes added in six. Five Bears scored at least five points in the first 20 minutes.

Johnson started the second half on a 7-0 run, extending the Bears lead. But, North Dakota State stormed back with a 9-0 run to take a 50-49 lead with less than 10 minutes to play.

At that point, Lusk earned his paycheck. The subtle in-game changes during the second half made the biggest difference.

The Bears continued to focus on getting the ball in the post to both Reggie Scurry and Johnson. The duo scored 15 of the Bears last 22 points to propel Missouri State to its sixth win in a row.

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“The work report came out and nothing was really adding up,” senior and former field hockey player Paige Pashea said. “Our academics are some of the best, we volunteer a lot.”

The goal of the work report revolved around saving the university at least $750,000.

The work group could have saved $859,710 without cutting a sport. However, according to the report, restructuring the budget without cutting a sport would have negative impacts on the athletic department as a whole.

“Although significant savings could be achieved without restructuring any athletics programs … a minimum of $750,000 in savings cannot be realized without reducing scholarship expenses,” the report said. “Because the reduction of scholarship costs would have a significant and disproportionate negative impact on the University’s head count sports, thereby making multiple sports less competitive, it is it the opinion of the Work Group that it is not a viable option to cut scholarships across the board.”

For Pashea, the issue stems from Missouri State’s potentially lowered representation of women on campus.

In order for the university to comply with Title IX rules, the total percentage of female athletes must be equivalent or higher to the total percentage of enrolled, full-time undergraduate female students.

Pashea claimed the university failed to meet that stipulation.

“The women’s participation was at I think, or the total undergrad was at 58.4 (percent), and the women’s participation for the athletes is 56 percent,” Pashea said.

Another issue Pashea found deals with how the university counts its athletes.

The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report compiles all procedural information for both men and women’s sports on a given campus. This is used as a way to track all the necessary information for Title IX.

According to the 2016 EADA report for Missouri State, the women’s basketball team has 21 active members on their roster. This number contrasts the roster found on Missouri State’s athletic website, which lists 12 players on the women’s team.

Based on that fact, Pashea believes that the university is “padding female athlete numbers by double and triple counting them along with counting men as female athletes on women’s basketball.”

The university believes they handled the situation in compliance with all Title IX rules and regulations.

Jill Patterson, Title IX Coordinator, offered this statement on behalf of the university: “In order to ensure compliance with Title IX requirements, I was appointed to the Athletic Budget Work Group. This group ultimately proposed, among other cost-saving measures, that the field hockey program be replaced with beach volleyball.

“While this substitution resulted in significant cost savings, it did not eliminate participation opportunities for female students, such that we are confident that the University remains compliant with Title IX requirements regarding gender equity in sports programs.”

Pashea, along with other teammates, believes that this had been planned for some time.

“I think this was something in the works for a while,” Pashea said “I think it was political more than anything. It was almost like a scheme of knowing what team to get rid of and just how to get rid of them.”

When contacted for a comment, Moats offered the following statement: ““We are aware of the OCR complaint, and the university is cooperating fully with the Department of Education. Because the case is ongoing, we cannot provide any additional comments at this time.”

As of right now the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed against the university.

JESSICA HODGE/THE STANDARD Dayana Popa dives into the water during the Dec. 1 meet against Evansville. Popa took third in the 1-meter dive.

Swim ends 2017 with big victory over Evansville MIKE VOLDING Staff Reporter @mikethekid65 Capping off the fall 2017 season, the Missouri State swimming and diving team leaped back into the pool on Friday, Dec. 1, facing off against Evansville University.

Missouri State picked up a pair of wins against Evansville, 177-50, with the Missouri State men winning 9122, and women winning 86-28.

The meet was a pentathlon format, which head coach Dave Collins said was a little unusual.

“This is a very unique format, this is something you

don’t usually see in a college meet,” Collins said. “The Evansville coach actually brought up the idea, and since it this a pretty unique time for us just coming off Thanksgiving break, so we thought that this would be a great format to give a chance to race a lot.”

In a pentathlon, each swimmer on the team raced in five events instead of the usual three.

Leading the way for the women, Bears’ senior Sydney Zupan had three notable victories in four separate events.

She claimed the title in the 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke and the 100-yard freestyle.

“I think that it was really

challenging to have such a tight turnaround between events,” Zupan said. “But overall, I think everyone had a good time, it was really good to see improvements from everyone.”

Leading the men in the pool, Bears’ junior Artur Osvath put on a dominating show, taking the 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual medley.

“We had a week of hard practice, when I am racing, you know, I always try to do my best,” Osvath said. “This meet felt more like a practice.”

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of the court to the death.

The set started off like the first, with both teams trading points. However, after the Bears tied the game at six off an ace from freshman Emelie Orlando, the Spartans once again took

The Spartans showed off their quick feet in warm-ups and perfected their court movement throughout the match. Working more like a unit than individuals, the Spartans dug some of the hardest balls the Bears hit this season.

Their strong defense worked in tandem with their court vision perfectly, allowing them to find every weakness on the Bears’ side of the net.

Michigan State took set three 2515.

So, with the season over, what’s next for the Bears? For now, they are just trying to savor the moment.

“When the four seniors go it’s easy for underclassmen to think we’ve got three more years or two more years and no one season ever repeats itself,” Stokes said. “So I wanted to make sure that they resonated on this season and appreciated what these four seniors brought. And to look back and spend as much time in the locker room as they could before we left this place because it would be the last time they would ever be able to do that.”

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Freshman Emelie Orlando jumps up to set to a teammate.

control.

Totaling five blocks in the set, the Spartans effectively eliminated the Bears’ offense. Their height allowed them to fully stretch their hands above the net and knock the ball back in the Bears face.

The Bears fell 25-11 in set two.

The Bears came out of the locker room before set three with high spirits.

As they were warming up, the team didn’t pay the scoreboard any mind.

The Bears looked like they rediscovered the love for their sport.

“No matter what is going on the court, we always find a way to be positive about it but support each other and uplift each other,” senior Lynsey Wright said. “If someone’s not getting it done, then we are going to rely on someone who is getting it done and really lift them up to keep it going.”

They took this attitude into set three and started to figure out the Spartans.

But, once again, as the Spartans hit double digits the Bears began to fall behind. Their kryptonite this set?

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Omaha, Ne. — Some say all good things must come to an end sooner or later.

In the case of the Missouri State volleyball team, the end came later. In the opening round of the NCAA volleyball tournament, the Bears fell to Michigan State University in three sets.

One could argue the Bears lost due to poor performance on serves, a lack of digs or the lack of kills. But, ultimately, the Bears were just outmatched.

Michigan State had the upper hand before either team even stepped on the court. With three girls towering above 6-foot-2, the Spartans dwarfed the Bears.

This height advantage came into play midway through the match.

In set one, the Spartans controlled the ball a majority of the time and commanded the serves.

Before Michigan State ran away with it, the Bears put up a strong fight.

Both teams traded points until the Spartans tied it at 10.

Ten points was all it took for the Spartans to figure out the Bears. From this point on, Michigan State simply settled in.

Senior Brooke Kranda led the Spartans from the service line. Her success came from her ability to deliver a deceptive ball. After being served, the ball played one of two ways: it either dipped late, forcing a dig error from the misread ball, or the ball had so much top spin it would sail off the court after the dig.

“It’s a tough ball, sometimes it top spins, sometime it doesn’t,” head coach Melissa Stokes said. “Sometimes it’s a hybrid serve with somewhat of a top spin and a float. And I just think it causes some trouble.”

The Bears failed to rebound and lost the set 25-19.

In set two, the height advantage came into play. Living up to their name, the Spartans defended their side

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