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Extreme makeover: Craig edition Renovations will color code hallways to make third floor easier to navigate next fall By Zachary Fletcher The Standard @ZachSFletcher
It’s easy to lose track of all the building projects going on at Missouri State these days, but students in the College of Arts and Letters may want to take note of the renovations coming to Craig Hall this summer. According to University Architect and Director Doug Sampson, the project will focus on making Craig’s confusing third floor easier to navigate. Rather than significantly altering the building layout, the plan is to use a simple color system to help distinguish between corridors. “The cross corridors, which are the corridors running from the south to the north… we’re going to have a strong color on them. And signage will be incorporated into it, that type of thing, so you know if you have a class on the blue corridor; it’s going to be very easy to find,” Sampson said. The east-west corridors will also be color-
coded, each in a shade inspired by art and graphics from the College of Arts and Letters. “Students on the committee were excited about it,” he said. The budget is “in the $200,000 range,” which Sampson said is fairly low given the size of the project. “There’s 7,000 square feet of corridor up there… when you start dividing the $200,000 by 7,000, all of a sudden you don’t get a lot of money to do a lot of things.” One addition that is being researched by SGA is a more sustainable lighting system, using LED bulbs, but there’s no guarantee that it will happen. “There’s other things we would have loved to have done, but we just don’t have the budget for (them).” Because the project is related to Craig’s classrooms, funding will come mostly from the university’s classroom upgrade budget. The renovations are set to start over the summer and are expected to be completed by the beginning of the fall semester.
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Proposed art from SGA shows a color system that will be implemented on the third floor of Craig Hall to make navigation easier in fall of 2015.
One stop cookie shop Insomnia Cookies opens near campus, delivers goodies until 3 a.m.
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Matt Bennett serves a box of cookies to Ryan Pulliam, an MSU student who recently got a job at Insomnia Cookies’ nearby location.
By Sofia Caito The Standard @SofiaCaito
Late night cravings are a curse that almost every college student faces. Thankfully, Springfield has tons of options to help satisfy those cravings. For all the cookie-lovers out there, there is something new in town to get excited about. Insomnia Cookies is now here in Springfield, in between Qdoba and Firehouse Subs on Kimbrough Avenue, to satisfy your cookie cravings. They deliver until 3 a.m. every morning. Insomnia Cookies was founded in a college dorm room in 2003 at the University of Pennsylvania by Seth Berkowitz,
who was a student at the time. Berkowitz created the company after realizing that, by the time he was hungry in the evenings, either nothing was open or his options consisted of only heavy meals. Since then, the company has expanded to over 50 stores, and they now have offices in both Philadelphia and New York. The marketing manager for Insomnia Cookies, Giana Marinelli, said that the cookie company chooses locations for their stores with a thriving community that they can become a part of, and Springfield’s community is exactly what they were looking for. Marinelli says that both the school locations and city locations have been successful. “It is hard to find someone who doesn’t love a warm cookie,” she added. Cookies, cookie cakes, brownies and ice cream are served at every location. Two weeks ago, representatives from Insomnia Cookies were walking around and handing out free cookie coupons in the PSU. Erika Duggan, a sophomore secondary education major, took one after she heard that Insomnia delivered to the residence halls. She plans on ordering 500+ for an upcoming sisterhood event for her sorority. “Ice skating and hot chocolate and cookies go well together,” says Duggan. Byron Himes, a senior double major in Spanish and computer science, was at Insomnia the night they opened, as well as the day after. “I got one ‘deluxe’ cookie, a s’mores and one regular double chocolate mint for $4.42 total. It was definitely enough to satisfy my cookie cravings,” he said. Himes said that he waited in line for about five minutes on his first visit, but that the wait had quadrupled on his second visit to the store. “Overall, they have potential. But if they want to contend with the allure of Hurts (Donut), they’ll have to up their cookie variety game,” says Himes.
Joel Graybill, a junior marketing research major, was thoroughly impressed with his visit. Graybill went with his roommates for this first time this past Saturday night. “It was packed,” recalled Graybill, who added that the line wrapped in a circle around the inside of the store. He ordered a s’mores deluxe cookie and a cookie sandwich. “I think it’s genius, honestly. You get to pick any two cookies and any kind of ice cream. There are a million combinations, and they looked amazing so I had to try one.” Insomnia Cookies has an app that you can download in the app store of your smartphone to start earning free cookies. For every $1 you spend on your cookie order, you earn one point. Once you rack up 100 points towards your loyalty account, you get $10 toward your cookie purchase. For orders over $20, you will get 1.25 points for every dollar spent. Orders must be placed in the app or in the store in order to earn points. You can also order online or on the phone. To place a phone order, call 215-261-7229.
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SGA starts multiple projects to improve campus, student life By Nicole Roberts The Standard @NReneeRoberts
The Student Government Association has been busy listening to proposals and approving different projects.
Parking counter for Bear Park North
the Bear Park North parking counter to the app so that students will be able to find parking spaces via the app itself. Update number two will add electronic BearPass cards to the app. Students will be able to login to the app with their BearPass IDs and access their BearPass card and their Boomer Meal balance. “Most things nowadays with technology are moving away from cards, and everything is becoming more technology-based,” Kolb said. “We just want to keep up with technology.” The online card will contain a barcode the dining halls and PSU venders can scan, which will add the charges to students’ accounts. MSU Dining Services will be purchasing scanners for the electronic BearPass cards, according to Kolb. Update number three will provide the dining hall and PSU vender menus. This will make it easier for students to know the different food options they have on a particular day. Update number four will give students access to a safety tab and to call the Safety and Transportation Department or the safe walk service. The safe walk service provides security escorts who can walk with students to their destinations on campus. Update number five will ensure the athletic schedules and the final scores are posted on the app for students to see. All of the updates on the app should be available to students at the beginning of the fall semester, according to Kolb.
One of the most common complaints among students is the parking on campus. Since the grant for a new parking garage was denied by the government, SGA proposed a parking counter for the Bear Park North parking garage in order to help students find parking spaces quickly. The parking counter will display the number of parking spots available in the garage. The parking counter will be very similar to the one at Bear Park South, but the one at Bear Park North will be more high-tech and sustainable, according to Lindsey Kolb, SGA director of administrative and information services and a junior sociopolitical communication major. Kolb said more sensors and cameras could be purchased in the future for the parking counter in order to show the number of available parking spaces on each floor of the parking garage. Students pay a $3 Wyrick fee each semester, which goes toward different Wyrick projects such as the parking counter. Students will be able to vote on this project in April. If the project is passed by students and the board of governors, Kolb thinks the parking counter should be available by the fall semester. Apple TVs SGA will be conducting a pilot MSU’s app gets several updates project with the different college SGA will be adding several new departments involving Apple TVs. features to the MSU mobile app. SGA will buy about 20 Apple Update number one will connect TVs for the academic colleges and
library. SGA is currently working with the academic colleges to see if the colleges can purchase half of the TVs. Each department will be provided two Apple TVs to use in different classrooms. The Apple TVs in the library can be checked out for the Bear CLAW or one of the study rooms. Apple TVs will be able to mirror the screens of Apple products professors are using onto a bigger screen. “Apple TVs totally transform the classroom experience, because the professors won’t be stuck at the podium or behind a laptop anymore. Everything will be portable,” Kolb said. The TVs will be incorporated into a select number of classrooms either at the beginning of the summer or fall semester. If the project goes well, SGA will consider proposing to add more.
LED campus lights
Over 350 pedestrian lights around campus will be replaced with brighter, more sustainable LED lights by the end of the spring semester. Kolb thinks students will feel safer walking around campus at night since the LED lights will be brighter than the old pedestrian lights. “LED lights also save a lot of energy and money in the long run, which is great for the university,” Max Wagner, chief of sustainability and junior entrepreneurship major, said. The project is already funded and will cost $87,778, according to Kolb. Each student pays a $2 sustainability fee each semester, which goes toward a sustainability commissions fund that is used for SGA sustainability projects.
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For one of the many projects, SGA is replacing campus lights, shown on the map above, with more sustainable LED light by May 2015.
No new bear mascot to join Boomer and Growl; SGA drops proposal By Nicole Roberts The Standard @NReneeRoberts
Sorry, Boomer. You and Growl will not have a new mascot joining your family this semester. The Student Government Association decided to not pursue the idea of adding a fiercer mascot during their Jan. 27 meeting. “After we presented the resolution to the Senate, there was a sense that Boomer and Growl were not utilized enough, and they are meeting the current needs of students,” Kirby
Williams, SGA director of university advancement and a senior psychology major, said. The idea to add a fiercer mascot was presented to SGA by a group of students. Williams said these students will probably be disappointed that SGA will not be adding another mascot right now, but other students will be satisfied with having just Boomer and Growl. Catherine Battram, a sophomore elementary education major, said, “I love Boomer. I think he’s great and fierce enough.” “Mascots have always been family-friendly characters that represent teams,” sophomore broadcast journalism major Andrew Sherman said. He went on to give examples of other
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football teams who have non-fierce mascots, but are still good teams. “The Kansas City Chiefs is a fierce (team) name, but the KC wolf is a goofy looking mascot. Why need a fiercelooking mascot when a name is already terrifying?” According to Vice President of University Advancement Brent Dunn, mascots have been added to MSU throughout the years, and some of them did not last long. “Over the years, we have had new mascots in addition to Boomer. We have had Growl, Buster and Buddy. Boomer has had the longest life span, though,” Dunn said. Williams said there is always a possibility of adding a new mascot, but it would be unlikely this spring.
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By Caleb Hearon Columnist @calebsaysthings
Scrolling through Facebook, instead of working on the six assignments currently listed in frantic bullet points on my planner page for the night, is something I’m not entirely unfamiliar with. Typically, when it feels like I can’t handle another second of pointless discussion board replies to a classmate, this is my out. Check Facebook. Check Twitter. Check Tumblr for two hours. Force myself to do homework. This time, though, I came across a picture I have seen many times before. It simply had the following quote typed over a graphic of a question mark: “How come everyone else can have Asian pride, Hispanic pride, black pride, but white pride is considered
racism?” This gave me a really good laugh, which quickly became a conversation with myself. What is that I find so inherently wrong with the idea of “white pride”? I think pride has to come from a place of struggle; a place of achievement. White people in America haven’t achieved or overcome anything as a race. As white people, we’re given many of the things other groups have had to fight for. It’s called privilege. White people are privileged to see people that look like us on our televisions, in our Congress and teaching our classes. We are privileged to receive lesser punishments than our marginalized counterparts for the exact same crimes. We are privileged to know that when we get pulled over by a cop, it will be because of something other than our skin color every single time. Being white means being privileged. Other races don’t have this privilege. Therein lies the issue of white pride. As white people, we get to wake up and declare the death of racism. We get to decide on behalf of everybody that it isn’t a problem anymore.
If you watched the big game on Sunday, there’s no hiding that the Super Bowl turned into a “Super Brawl” near the end. No matter who you were rooting for, I think we can all agree that sportsmanship isn’t punching one
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Jus, Fidus, Libertatum. The Springfield chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police exemplifies this motto on a daily basis. Early on Monday, Jan. 26, Springfield police officers became aware that one of their own had been shot in the line of duty while responding to a suspicious person call on the north side of Springfield. Officer Aaron Pearson sustained a gunshot wound to the head as well as brain injury — at press time, Pearson was in serious, but stable condition. At 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29, I walked into a room filled with people. That room was in the Springfield Police Officers Association building located on Stewart Avenue, just east of Glenstone Avenue. People milled about, talking amongst themselves for 15 to 20 minutes before everything started. It wasn’t long after that a man at the front of the room called everyone’s attention and asked those attending to take a seat. Officer Mike Evans spoke in a deliberate and emotional tone. He spoke with conviction. Evans began the meeting by thanking everyone there for the support the community has already offered for Pearson and his family. He followed this welcome by casting a vision for why these people had gathered — fundraising efforts in Springfield are already in progress, and plans for future fundraisers are in the works. The meeting was held with two goals in mind. The first was an open forum where local business owners and community members could share their fundraising events, dates and times. The second goal was an informational meeting where people could register to become a part of the fundraising effort in whatever way they see fit. As Evans explained to the small audience the plan for fundraising and other efforts, his demeanor was indicative of the powerful emotion he’d recently experienced and the challenging days to come. He spoke with strength, though, and calmly worked his way through his list of information. Between Evans and the others who spoke, one thing became very apparent — the Springfield community is ready to stand behind Pearson and his family. Evans said it best: “He’s our brother. And we mean that in the very literal sense.” This sort of support and resolve is a breath of fresh air after the last few months of standoffish feelings between many communities across America and the police officers in those communities. Another person in particular that impressed upon me the importance of supporting Springfield’s finest; my fraternity brother, Nathan Strode, took part in a ridealong with Pearson during the fall semester as part of a class assignment. He joined Pearson for about 10 hours in order to experience the everyday work demands of a police officer. Following the news of Pearson’s wounding on Monday, Strode felt called throughout the week to do anything he could to help the Pearson family. On Thursday, he found his opportunity to take action. He asked if I wanted to join him at the fundraiser meeting. I said yes, and what I found was a community ready to fully support its wounded officer. If you feel called to donate, you can donate to the FOP account at any Commerce Bank or you can send checks made payable to: Missouri FOP Foundation with “Springfield Police” on the memo line.
Let’s have a conversation. Matter? Hallucinogens: acid, mushrooms, salvia, mescaline. After we beat around the bush a bit — talk favorites, likes/dislikes, politics — our conversation begins to move toward personal reminiscence. Emboldened by what you believe to be the most miraculous narrative this side of the hemisphere, you begin the storytelling with the one about your ribtickling peyote trip, in which you and your buddies smoked six grams each, then took a bus to the zoo where you left the fold and had a two-hour debate with a roaming peacock over the indepth analogies of “Home Alone Three.” Which is some story. And, naturally, I should be in awe; either splitting at the sides or gunning off rapid-fire question marks into exactly what it was that possessed you to do such a thing. But I’m not. Because, while you were churning out your slapstick narrative, I was thinking out ways to come back at you with an even better one. Midway through your monologue, I was already mounting my offense. Now I’m unheedingly nodding and tee-heeing, too enthusiastic about my story to listen to anything you’re saying. And when you’ve finally finished talking, without so much as a simple inquiry of review, I’m already off and bumping my gums about the time I talked to God in a handmade sand-dune near the shoring rave of last year’s Burning Man Festival. This happens all too often. It’s a catalyst of disregard for others that’s constipating our conversations. Of course, this is purely an example and I realize that conversation has a plethora of branching formulas and multiple areas of syntax that keep it puttering along in our social lives; however, I find that a good number of leaves sprouting from the branches of storytelling are somewhat lacking. Not sure if the upsurge of social media is to blame — even though it’s a healthy scapegoat — or if the people had always had a self-sustaining addiction toward outputting information about themselves as opposed to educating themselves on information about others; but it’d be pretty to think of this flaw to go off the rails, crash, burn and henceforth never be spoken of. Wouldn’t it be pretty for us to quit revolving around ourselves and instead give undivided attention to other people? Not with a response, but with a listen.
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Instead of using our voices to fight for the right to say, “I’m proud to be white!” without fear of being labeled a racist — what if we used our voices to fight racism? Let’s use our voices to protest the fact that Eric Garner was choked to death in the street by a police officer while four others watched. Speak up about the war on harmless drugs like marijuana being used as a front for the mass incarceration of people of color. Instead of being outraged that people aren’t on board with white pride, let’s be outraged that Trayvon Martin was murdered by a white man for “posing a threat” — being alive and black. We have to stop using our voices as white people to fight for ourselves when our ancestors have already stacked the deck in our favor. You don’t have to be ashamed of being white; I’m not. But let’s not pretend like white people are the victims of a systemic or societal oppression.
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New boutique opens downtown for a cause By Callie Dunaway The Standard @Callie_Dunaway
Inspired Boutique is a new resale shop in downtown Springfield. Inspired is located on Market Street near Springfield Brewing Company. The store's grand opening was on Nov. 7. Inspired Boutique is far from another typical boutique in downtown Springfield. The store is owned and run by Abilities First employees. Abilities First is a nonprofit organization that takes care of all the people in Greene County with developmental disabilities. Its website states, “Abilities First helps people with developmental disabilities acquire the services and supports they need to live and work in our community. The Board of Abilities First is committed to improving existing services and facilitating the development of new resources for our community.” Elle Widmer and Jane Gordon run the store and are employees of Abilities First. Widmer says one of the greatest parts of the store is that they employ and allow volunteerism of people with disabilities. Widmer said the store’s mission is “to enhance and improve the lives of those with disabilities. We have received so many donations that we were inspired to open a shop.”
Inspired Boutique gives 100 percent of their proceeds back to Abilities First. The store runs on completely on donation. Widmer says they had been receiving donations for years. “We were receiving so many things that were wonderful but our individuals didn’t have needs for so we recognized that it could be turned into funds to benefit our individuals.” The boutique handles famous name brands at the fraction of a cost, including Coach, Ann Taylor, American Eagle and Steve Madden. The store welcomes donations of any kind, including clothes, jewelry, handbags, shoes and furniture. Prices range from $5 to $100, but the majority of the store lies below $20. Inspired Boutique only sells women’s clothing and antique furniture. The store’s atmosphere is very welcoming and trendy from the inside and out. “We are so dedicated to our mission that it makes us committed to be the best shop we can possibly be from our customer service to the type of clothing we offer,” Widmer said. Widmer said the best way to help Inspired Boutique is to donate clothes, and volunteers are always welcome. Inspired Boutique is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturday. For more information visit www.inspiredboutiquesgf.org or call 417-886-2007.
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Inspired Boutique opened in November on Market Street.
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Don’t be intimidated to start a workout routine this year By Trevor Mitchell The Standard @TJM613
So it’s 2015, and while your New Year’s resolution to start working out and get in shape has mostly consisted of thinking briefly of the gym in the 15 seconds before Netflix automatically plays the next episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” February is the month you start. You’re going to stroll into the gym, run a four-minute mile, bench press 300 pounds and then do 50 one-arm pushups. Right? Wrong. According to Amanda Perkins, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, “the best workout is one you’ll actually do.” That’s the biggest step toward creating a workout plan, Perkins says — knowing yourself and your limits. Scott Richmond, an assistant professor also in the Department of Kinesiology, agrees. “Do something you enjoy and be reasonable about your personality traits. For example, don’t tell yourself (or others) that you’re going to get up and run every morning before school/work if you don’t like running
and aren’t a morning person. The idea is to set yourself up to succeed, not fail.” So if you want to try to get to the gym a couple of times a week, make sure you’re setting up habits that you’ll actually be able to keep. If you work from noon to 5 p.m. every Thursday, don’t plan on heading into the gym at 5:30 p.m. on your way home unless you know you won’t make excuses for yourself. Which brings us to another one of Richmond’s tips — making sure there’s someone there who can keep you from making those excuses. “Find a workout partner or buddy,” Richmond said. “If someone else is depending on you to be at the gym, then you’re more likely to show up. But you don’t want to find a partner or buddy who’s more likely to make you skip or come up with other excuses.” In other words, choose someone reliable. Ask a friend who’s already knowledgeable about the gym when he or she works out, and ask if you can tag along. Both Perkins and Richmond warned of the threat of boredom — you can only do the same old exercise so many times before you just can’t stand it anymore.
“Anyone can avoid boredom by doing activities they actually enjoy,” Perkins said. “If you don’t like running, you’re less likely to adhere to a running program. “Exercise encompasses many activities: swimming, cycling, strength training, walking/running, dancing, zumba, rollerblading, circuit training, boot camp, yoga, pilates, barre, kickboxing, etc.” So don’t just pump iron every single day. Perkins also mentioned that group exercise classes can be a great way to stay motivated and meet potential new workout partners. Finally, while being a newbie at the gym can be stressful, don’t let it bother you. If you can only bench press the bar, then just bench press the bar. Everyone has to start somewhere, and no one’s going to think less of you for trying to get in better shape. Whether your healthier new year is beginning at the Foster Recreation Center, another local gym or maybe just a yoga mat on your bedroom floor, keep these tips in mind. And on Jan. 1, 2016, you can think back to an almostcomplete year of working out successfully, while thinking about how to improve the next year.
“The Imitation Game” is the new biopic featuring Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing and his team of the best British mathematicians and linguists are recruited into a new branch of Military Intelligence and are given the top secret project to decrypt the unbreakable “Enigma,” the most advanced code machine created to date. Enigma makes Nazi radio communication completely unknowable to the Allies, and breaking the code allows the Allies to win the war an estimated two years faster, saving millions of lives. The film doesn’t feature exciting battles and only one or two Nazis are seen. Instead, we see how the war affected British civilians and the toll it took on their war-torn cities and the distant yet ever-present reminder that a real war is being fought “out there.” We see Turing and his colleagues working against a clock that left dead soldiers in the wake of every tick. I thoroughly enjoyed Cumberbatch’s performance. The chemistry that co-star Keira Knightley brings to the table, along with her character’s struggle with strict professional and social gender roles, opens up a dialogue about issues that women still face today. u See IMITATION page 5
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Tuesday, Feb. 3
Explore PSU: Information Desk, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union
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Study Away 101 Info Session, 1011 a.m., Plaster Student Union 310
Thursday, Feb. 5
SAC After Hours Presents: Lifesize Game Night, 9 p.m.-midnight, Plaster Student Union Ballroom
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First Friday Artwalk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Candy Land Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:3010:30 p.m., Level 1 Game Center
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On Jan. 27 and 28, Missouri State University’s Career Center put on “Resume Madness,” a two-day workshop where advisers help correct students’ resumes. Olivia Nahrup, an undecided freshman who attended Resume Madness, learned her resume was formatted correctly, but slight changes could make it stand out a bit more. “I liked how they were positive by pointing out good (parts) while still fixing the bad (parts),” Nahrup said. “They made it so they weren't mean about it.”
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Amber Dreher, a peer advisor at the Career Center and a senior marketing major, reviewed many students’ resumes over the two day period. “I think (Resume Madness) is really important because it gets the Career Center’s name out there,” Dreher said. “I don’t think a lot of students utilize the Career Center, and going into different locations, they get to see what we have to offer.” Dreher said that about half of the resumes are formatted correctly, but everyone’s situation is different. “It’s about a 50/50 percentage. There’s some students that come in and they’re perfect, but then there’s some students that have
never made a resume before and they just need help with organization and formatting.” According to Dreher, organization is the most important quality in a good resume because most prospective employers only initially look at resumes for five to eight seconds. “I really like seeing all the different resumes and being able to give different feedback to different students,” Dreher said. Students, like Nahrup, were advised to tailor their resumes to specific jobs and employers. “They made sure it was correct and applied my resume to what I was making a resume for instead of a broad resume,” Nahrup said.
Saturday, Feb. 7
Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot,” 2:30-4:30 p.m. and 8-10:30 p.m., Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, $25-45
Sunday, Feb. 8
Chorale concert, 2:30-3:30 p.m., First and Calvary Church
Monday, Feb. 9
SAC Cultural Affairs presents: Culture Shock, 7-9 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater
Briefs
MSU president participates in spelling bee
Missouri State University President Clif Smart participated in the Springfield Little Theatre’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” On Sunday, Feb. 1, president Smart joined the musical-comedy cast on stage as a guest speller. Four Missouri State students — junior musical theater major Alec Brown, senior musical theater major Jalen Lee, senior musical theater major Ellen Spann and junior speech and theater education major Zoe Zelonsky — are a part of the production running until Feb. 8. The Springfield Little Theatre is located at 311 E. Walnut St. Student rush tickets are available at the door each night for $10. For tickets or more information, call 417-869-1334.
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There has been some other controversy over Turing’s portrayal in “The Imitation Game.” Critics are quick to accuse the film of reducing Turing to a humorless, cold snob, adding in characteristics from the autism-spectrum. While I
do agree that it can be problematic to give a retrospective diagnosis of autism/Asperger’s syndrome, I don’t think that the character in the film reflects these criticisms. “The Imitation Game” shows Turing as a complex man with very subtle and dynamic personality traits. It’s certainly one of the few films I’ve seen that portrays a homosexual character that isn’t defined by his/her sexuality. Turing faces serious struggles
to interact with his colleagues. His team of code-breakers don’t want to work with him, and it puts the entire military project at risk. He lives in a time when being a homosexual in England was illegal, but his sexuality doesn’t define him. Overall, the film was excellent and exciting, especially for a biopic. It’s very difficult to build action and suspense in an environment where characters are doing math, but the second act of the film
brings some serious emotion and excitement. If you’re not familiar with Turing’s biography, then I won’t spoil anything for you. Bottom line, you should see this movie if you want to see a film that gives WWII a completely different perspective than what you are used to. It may not be as exciting, action packed and raw as “Saving Private Ryan,” but “The Imitation Game” is an excellent film with interesting and dynamic characters.
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Scorebox
Men’s basketball (9-13, 3-7) Wednesday, Jan. 28 Missouri State 25 32 - 57 Illinois State 28 39 - 67 Saturday, Jan. 31 Missouri State Southern Illinois
MSU has not found any consistency this season
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Women’s basketball (8-12, 5-4) Friday, Jan. 30 Missouri State 42 43 4 - 89 Drake 49 36 9 - 94 Sunday, Feb. 1 Missouri State Northern Iowa
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Ice hockey (24-7-1, 14-2) Friday, Jan. 30 Missouri State 4 2 IIndiana 1 0
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Wednesday, Feb. 4
Men’s basketball: 8 p.m. vs. Loyola-Chicago at home
Friday, Feb. 6
Softball: 9:30 a.m. vs. Abiliene Christian at Ruston, Louisiana
Softball: 4:15 p.m. vs. LouisianaMonroe at Ruston, Louisiana
Track and field: 10 a.m. vs. Frank Sevigne Husker Invite at Lincoln, Nebraska
Saturday, Feb. 7
Track and field: 10 a.m. vs. Frank Sevinge Husker Invite at Lincoln, Nebraska
Softball: 11:15 a.m. vs. ArkansasPine Bluff at Ruston, Louisiana
Softball: 1:30 p.m. vs. SIUEdwardsville at Ruston, Louisiana
Tennis: 5 p.m. vs. Missouri at Columbia, Missouri
Men’s baskeball: 7 p.m. vs. Wichita State at Wichita, Kansas
Briefs
MSU swimmer earns MAC honors
Senior swimmer Paul Le was named the Mid-American Conference swimmer of the week on Feb. 2. Le earned two victories on Jan. 30-31 during the Shamrock Invitational, where the Bears competed against Notre Dame, Incarnate Word and No. 19 Iowa. Le posted wins in the 200 individual medley (1:47.94) and the 200 back (1:45.48). Le and the rest of the men’s swimming and diving team have a month off to prepare for the MAC men’s swimming and diving championships on March 4-7 in Geneva, Ohio.
Patriots are Super Bowl champions
After a 10-year drought, the New England Patriots are once again Super Bowl champions. New England defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Feb. 1. New England quarterback Tom Brady was named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, his third such award. Brady threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning score to wide receiver Julian Edelmen. Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns. Seattle head coach Pete Carroll caught much criticism after electing to run a pass play after the Seahawks moved the ball inside the 1-yard line. The pass was intercepted by New Englad strong safety Malcolm Butler to seal the game for the Patriots. The victory gives New England its fourth Super Bowl title in franchise history.
Ice Bears sweep Illinois in last home series to capture MACHA regular season title; nine seniors play final home series By Mike Ursery The Standard @MikeUrsery The Missouri State Ice Bears brought a bittersweet ending to close out their final home series with a sweep of the University of Illinois Illini on Jan. 30-31 at Mediacom Ice Park. The two victories allowed the Ice Bears to clinch the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association regular season championship and put themselves in position for an automatic bid to the American Collegiate Hockey Association and bypass the
MACHA regional playoffs. However, it was also the final home series for nine seniors who played a vital role in pulling the program out of the cellar and positioning it where it currently stands. “These guys surely have left a legacy,” head coach Bob Bucher said. “Not only have they left this legacy for the underclassmen but also for future recruits who make the decision to join this program.” MSU jumped on Illinois quickly in Game 1 to take a 6-2 victory but had to overcome a slow start in the first period of u See SENIORS, page 7
I think the Lady Bears have a bit of an identity crisis on their hands. How else can you explain the performances they’ve had in these last two weeks? Consider their last home game, a 58-35 win over Illinois State. Both teams were a combined 31 for 103 in field goals made. For those of you who aren’t basketball savvy, those stats translate to “terrible.” So when they played their next game on the road against a white-hot Drake University — who is undefeated in conference play — and took the Bulldogs into overtime before losing 9489, you can see how I’m left scratching my head. How can a team shoot so differently in two different games against polar opposite competition, the winless Redbirds and the first place Bulldogs? Perhaps it comes with a case of matching their opponent’s identity. After all, the Lady Bears are winless against every team above them in the conference standings, while they’ve managed to hold off every team below them. Whatever the case, the
Lady Bears will need to decide which team they want to be now that it’s time to replay their conference foes. Will they show the same offensive ineptitude which allowed Southern Illinois and Illinois State to hang closer than they should? Or will it be the Lady Bears team who hung close with Drake and Bradley and Loyola by convincing margins? Will the Lady Bears be able to contain Alex Harden of Wichita State, who went off for 31 points in their first meeting? Or what about Lizzy Wendell of Drake, who dropped 43 points on the Lady Bears? Such tasks might be asking too much of a young team — after all, these are conference superstars we’re talking about — but if the Lady Bears can hang with those teams, then I expect them to be able to finish the job. I expect they do, too. The Lady Bears will have one more shot at Harden and the Wichita State Shockers on the road on Sunday, Feb. 8, before returning home for a rematch with Drake on Friday, Feb. 13, at JQH arena at 7 p.m.
The bleeding has stopped... for now
MSU snaps seven-game skid with 52-46 win at home over Missouri Valley Conference foe Southern Illinois
13 percent. MSU hosts the Loyola Ramblers (13-9, 3-7) on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. The game will be on Fox Sports Midwest.
By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus They did it. The Missouri State Bears (9-12, 3-7) finally snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 52-46 win over the sputtering Southern Illinois Salukis (9-14, 2-8). It wasn’t exactly pretty, but the Bears finally embodied what they have been preaching: team. Each active player on the MSU roster scored, led by junior forward Gavin Thurman with 11. SIU’s head coach Barry Hinson addressed the scoring issue right away after the game. “I know you have reported that these guys (Bears) are having trouble scoring, but you haven’t seen us yet,” said Hinson. SIU shot 33 percent from the field, but even more striking was the Salukis’ 54 percent from the free throw line, making only 14 of 26. The Bears did not fare much better from the free throw line, making only 6 of 11, but the Bears made their field goals count, shooting 46 percent of 22-48 converted attempts. The difference-maker was MSU’s points off the bench and in the paint. Between Thurman, junior forward Loomis Gerring, sophomore center Tyler McCullough and freshman guard Shawn Roundtree, the Bears’ bench scored 29 points. Despite Thurman leading the Bears in points and tying with McCullough for the most rebounds (six apiece), Roundtree’s seven points, four assists and three rebounds were a highlight for the rookie. Roundtree had been struggling to make shots, but little by little his confidence has grown and it shone brightly against the Salukis. He went 3-6 on the night.
Eli’s Extras
•Sophomore guard Austin Ruder has got to get better at shot-faking. He can be deadly if he gives a pump-fake and dribbles into the paint. He went 1-7 from beyond the arc in this game.
•Southern Illinois is a bad team. Missouri State really needed to make a statement and at one time led by 14, but unfortunately they couldn’t close the game out with a double-digit lead. That would have been great.
•There were 13 turnovers. That is what stands out the most for MSU in this game. It wasn’t as smooth and crisp as it should have been for the Bears.
•McCullough hurt his ankle during practice on Monday, didn’t play on Wednesday against Illinois State and was doubtful entering the game. He played and he played well. He knocked down two jumpers from outside of 12 feet, saying later that shooting is all he could do this week at practice with a bum ankle. It showed.
•Beating good teams has not happened for the Freshman guard Shawn Roundtree dribbles Bears in Missouri Valley Conference play, so down court during a recent game at JQH Arena. He scored seven points against SIU. they have to capitalize against these lesser teams. MSU has to beat Loyola on Wednesday to build What kept the Bears rolling was their efficien- their confidence and move forward. The road cy inside the paint, outscoring the Salukis 28-14 does not get easier from here on out. down low. MSU desperately needed that as they were 2-15 from behind the 3-point line, a measly Maddy Cushman/THE STANDARD
It’s time for the NFL to find a new commissioner Mike Ursery
Sports Editor
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you’re a fascist commie who doesn’t like sports that’s only a joke, settle down) –– you knew that the Super Bowl was played last Sunday. If you are like me and you like to stay involved with news regarding professional sports, or if you even watched mainstream national news at all, you knew that the Super Bowl was preceded by controversy surrounding the New England Patriots. (I’m glad that there weren’t any serious issues happening around the world so that our news networks could dedicate all of their time to talking about football.)
Controversy in the NFL isn’t anything new. Neither is the fact that the Patriots have been caught cheating. However, there was never any reason for footballs not meeting league inflation standards to be as big of an issue as it was. While the issue seems really petty, it allows me to point out a problem with the NFL that is as big as Richard Sherman’s ego: the league has a management problem. Roger Goodell became the Commissioner of the NFL in 2006, succeeding Paul Tagliabue. Goodell has had his fair share of scrutiny since he took the league’s highest office. Goodell has brought criticism upon himself that I think is well deserved. Apparently, thousands of others feel the same way. This was clear to see based on the amount of boos he received when he stepped onto the field to present the Lombardi Trophy to the Patriots after the game ended. Letting DeflateGate spin out of control, as well as fanning the flames that were sparked by media scrutiny and speculation, is just one reason
why I feel it’s time for Goodell to move on. A more revealing example is how he handled the Ray Rice situation. Rice was suspended for two games after word got out that he physically assaulted his wife and knocked her unconscious in a hotel elevator. How is it that Goodell can deem it necessary to suspend Adam “Pac Man” Jones for an entire season for assaulting a woman, but suspend Rice for just two games for the same offense? This also became a situation that spun out of control after word got out that the NFL could have seen the video but refused not to. Seeing how Goodell handles crises is a good enough reason to make me want him to step down. He has been great for owners, finding ways to make them even wealthier, but has been bad as far as staying consistent with player management. If the NFL wants to maintain its good standing with the public, they should consider looking for a new commissioner.
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Softball Bears ready to slide into 2015
MSU heads into a new season with heightened optimism, tighter chemistry after learning the results of Allie Alvstad’s cancer treatment; Bears will play a home tourney to raise support and awareness By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders42
The Missouri State softball team had an unexpected offseason to say the least. In September, the team was given news that sophomore Allie Alvstad had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia; a blow that no one saw coming. “Whenever we first heard the news, it was clearly devastating,” said Chelsea Jones, a senior pitcher. “We tried to step up collectively as a team and do everything we could to help Allie.” With the support of #AllieStrong fundraising, the softball team had much of the university donning orange t-shirts and wristbands to not only help Alvstad, but to also raise awareness for the disease. After nearly four months of chemotherapy and waiting, there was finally some good news. Alvstad had a match for a bone marrow transplant and on Dec. 19 she had a successful surgery at the Baylor Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas. “When we found out she was disease-free, it was amazing,” Jones said. “The whole story has been an inspiration to the team. She has been strong through all of it, and her attitude has reflected how our team chemistry works.” The softball team will get to showcase their team chem-
istry soon, as the Bears travel to Ruston, Louisiana, for the Louisiana Tech Invitational on Feb. 6-8. Head coach Holly Hesse returns for her 27th season with the Bears and she looks to return five starters after graduating five last year. Last year’s squad went 28-27 and lost in the Missouri Valley Conference quarterfinals after beating the University of Northern Iowa in the first round. Hesse is determined that this year the team will go further. “The Missouri Valley Conference has a lot of parody. Teams near the bottom can battle teams near the top on any given day,” Hesse said. “Every team has talent, works hard and wants to win, so it’s our job to be resilient and battle our way to the top.” With two MVC championships and five MVC tournament championships, Hesse and the Bears aren’t strangers to winning, but they haven’t reached the top since 2011. This year, the Bears have enough firepower to get there again. Erin Struemph, a sophomore pitcher, was named to the preseason All-MVC team, but she’s not the only one throwing heat. The Bears have a pitcher in every class this year and look to keep opposing teams off the bases. With competition at every position, Hesse thinks the team will use this as motivation to train and practice even harder. “With the weather being so nice, we’ve been able to practice outside for nearly two weeks now,” Hesse said. “This has
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Game 2 for an 8-3 win. Senior forward and MACHA Player of the Year runner-up Jack Ryan scored four goals in the two games, including two unassisted goals, to lead the Ice Bears. Ryan is the team leader in goals scored with 18 so far this season. “This has been so much fun,” Ryan said. “I came here my freshman year with kind of an open mind, like it was a place where I could play a little hockey here and there. But we’ve progressed every year and gotten better. It’s rekindled my love for the game.” While this was the final home series for the seniors, the newcomer to the team achieved a milestone during Game
put us ahead of schedule, so when the first game comes around, the Bears will be ready.” After the Louisiana Tech Invitational, the Bears have two more tournaments before heading home. The first home game will be against Saint Louis on Feb. 28 at Killian Stadium for the start of the Rally for Allie Leukemia Awareness Tournament.
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Sophomore outfielder Erika Velasquez Zimmer slides into second during a game last season.
2. Freshman forward Connor Millard, who transferred to MSU in December from Lindenwood-Belleville, scored his first goal in an Ice Bear uniform. “It was absolutely incredible,” Millard said. “I’m so happy to be here with the boys. This was the last game, and I wanted to hope for the best.” Millard scored his second goal in the third period. Scoring two goals in the game has inspired his teammates to give him the nickname #BeanDip. MSU has one more series to play before the regular season ends, going on the road to face Robert Morris in Chicago on Feb. 6-7. A sweep will guarantee the Ice Bears the automatic bid into the ACHA National Tournament that they are seeking. Rhonda Ashlock/Missouri State Ice Bears “We have to come out with fire,” Senior defenseman Nick Sadorf (19) Ryan said. “We can’t lose. We have to win out in order to get that automatic celebrates with teammates after a goal during Game 2 against Illinois. bid to the National Tournament.”
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The senior class of the Missouri State Ice Bears pose for a photo after their final home game against Illinois on Jan. 31. MSU has one more series on the road before beginning postseason play.
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