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Uptick in medical marijuana licensing impacts Missouri State TINSLEY MERRIMAN Staff Reporter @merrimantinsley In 2018 the vote to use and distribute medical marijuana at the state level passed. Now, more businesses in the Springfield area are starting to distribute medical marijuana. The application process for distributing products prevented retailers from selling for two years. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website, up to 41 forms must be filled out along with letters of recommendation. These forms include testing, cultivation, dispensary and manufacturing facilities for distributing medical marijuana. Missouri issued 192 dispensaries, with 11 in the Springfield area, according to Greg Lee, owner of Hemporium, a CBD and hemp product retailer in Springfield. All licensees are now finished, except for those wishing to appeal. Lee said many businesses spent more money on lawyers and consultants, but a majority went towards maintaining a growing facility. To apply for a license, a growing facility needed to already be in place
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Hemporium, a local CBD store, has a designated area in their store for applying for a medical marijuana card. Hemporium is located on National Avenue and has information available regarding medical marijuana. before the application process. “Facilities already had to be purchased, locked down or retained in some way,” Lee said. “So a lot of people were paying rent as part of a speculative ‘Am I going to get a license, am I not,’ for months and sometimes even years. It’s
a very expensive process.” Though medical marijuana has been legalized since 2018, the Missouri State University Agricultural Business department is still deciding what path to take concerning it. Arbindra Rimal, department head of agribusiness,
agricultural education and agricultural communications, thinks the department should follow the issue to see where it goes, even if it cannot be implemented at this time. “I think, as a department head, we should watch and see how it grows as a viable
commercial proposition,” Rimal said. “And if the law enterprises, we may seek some sort of internship opportunity and then, eventually, it would be something that could be part of the program. But at this stage, I don’t really see anything enticing to
start the program.” Rimal said the department would focus on the CBD side, rather than growing medical marijuana, researching better ways to grow the plants and how to increase flower growth. u See HEMP, page 8
Food trucks soon rolling onto St. Louis Street Healthy relationships ‘Breaking BEARiers’ event teaches students about healthy vs unhealthy relationships
CAROLINE MUND Staff Reporter @cemund32 Coming soon to St. Louis Street: the Route 66 Food Truck Park & Diner. Located at 1530 E. St. Louis St., this lot will have 10 new food trucks along with a diner. The diner itself will not have food services, but it will offer a place for customers to come in and eat their meals from the food trucks. This project originally started when The Wheelhouse food truck left and moved to an indoor location at the Vib Hotel. Kirk Wheeler, who is the owner of Route 66 Food Truck Park & Diner, said he missed having the food truck up the street and received approval from The Wheelhouse to build another food truck park on St. Louis Street. Wheeler had a property that he wasn’t using. He decided to ask the owners of The Wheelhouse how they felt about someone opening another food truck on St. Louis Street. After talking to a few other food truck places, he decided to start the project. “A trip I took across the country on Route 66 last year gave me some good ideas for decorating the Route 66 theme,” Wheeler said. The food trucks will offer a variety of different meal options, such as Mexican, Italian,
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Notcho Ordinary Taco food truck will soon be accompanied by many other trucks with all types of cuisine on St. Louis Street. BBQ, a truck that has 100% plant-based menu, coffee and many other options. According to Wheeler, he wanted to make sure there were a variety of meal options and that there aren’t any repeats. “I could see food trucks as the new popular places to go for food,” junior professional writing major Molly Harris said. “It is probably cheaper than many restaurants as well as quicker and more convenient.” Something that Wheeler said he hopes will catch the eyes of customers is the Muffler Man Giant which was
originally used to promote muffler shops. There originally were 11 Muffler Man Giants spread from Chicago to California on Route 66. Over time, these Giants were sold to chain businesses, not just for muffler shops. Wheeler decided he wanted to have the 12th one, which will be wearing a chef’s hat and holding a fork and spatula. “People that travel Route 66, especially from other countries, they’ve caught onto this and it’s kind of like against the rules of the road to drive past one without stopping to take a picture with it,” Wheeler said.
“So I’m hoping that’ll stop a lot of people.” Wheeler said the hardest part of this project has been the rules and regulations that come with opening a business. This project took two and a half years from start to finish. But he said he is looking forward to meeting the customers, getting to talk to them and hearing their stories. The opening ceremony was Feb. 16, invite only, for friends, family and business partners who helped with this project. The goal opening date for Route 66 Food Truck Park & Diner is Feb. 22.
On Feb. 12, the smell of pizza and fondue wafted out the doors of the Union Club and throughout the PSU. Tables covered with brightly colored markers, bracelets and other small gifts welcomed students to come in and take a seat. Planned by Missouri State University’s Student Activities Council, the “Breaking BEARiers” event was to inform students of the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. “Breaking BEARiers” is only one of the many events included in SAC’s “I-heartSAC” week, which aligned with Valentine’s Day week. SAC centered all of the activities around the motif of love. Juniors Emma Wulf and Katherine Morton, co-chairs for the Public Affairs Com-
mittee for SAC, organized and carried out the event. They said they had been planning it since the fall semester. “It’s important to us to educate others on what a healthy relationship is, what healthy sex is and just making sure that everyone is aware,” Wulf said. “A lot of times in college we’re exploring ourselves and exploring what life will be like, and it’s super important to us that everyone is aware of what can happen and what will happen in their lives. We just wanna make sure everyone is educated as best as they can be.” In the first activity of the “Breaking BEARiers,” event, Wulf and Morton placed posters that had the outline of a human figure drawn on them on each of the tables. They then asked their audience, who were in small discussion groups, to write aspects of a healthy relationship on the inside of the figure and aspects of an unhealthy relationship on the outside.
“A lot of times in college we’re exploring ourselves and exploring what life will be like.” - Emma Wulf
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Five nominees added to history of Public Affairs Hall of Fame DESIREE NIXON Staff Reporter @DesireeNixon17
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(Above) Ryan DeBoef, chief of staff at MSU, discusses how the Public Affairs Committee chooses the inductees for the Public Affairs Hall of Fame. (Left) The Citizen Scholar statue stands in front of Strong Hall.
Ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement are the pillars of the public affairs mission which we all heard in our freshman GEP class. Missouri State University is a public affairs university and home to the Public Affairs Hall of Fame. This hall of fame will induct five new members on April 17. “The idea of the hall of fame is to recognize individuals that have a connection to the state that have through their career done something that has made a substantial contribution to the cause of public affairs,” said Ryan DeBoef, the committee leader of the Public Affairs Hall of Fame. MSU has been honoring
individuals since 2014, according to the university website. Some of the past inductees include Harry Truman, Doug Pitt, Eric Greitens and many more. This year the nominees are Christopher Bond, Patricia Dix, Wendy Doyle, Bob Holden and Dred Scott. DeBoef said there is an online form on the public affairs webpage that people can use to nominate individuals. The nominations never expire. Someone could have been nominated in 2014 and be up for an award next year. The list can only grow. MSU was given this duty to house the Public Affairs Hall of Fame by the state legislatures as part of the public affairs mission, DeBoef said. In other words, this is not Missouri State’s hall of fame — it is the state of Missouri’s. This year’s hall of fame
inductees includes a diverse set of people. There is everyone from a civil rights activist to a doctor. Their profiles are all on the MSU website. Wendy Doyle, one of the honorees, is the CEO of the Woman’s Foundation. An organization that helps to promote the economic growth of women in Kansas City. “The women’s organization is an organization that uses evidence-based research to build a public policy platform to impact women and their families economically,” Doyle said. She said the Woman’s Foundation is very important in the Kansas City area and that she would not be where she is today without hard work. “How I got to be where I am today, it took a lot of hard work,” Doyle said. “I would say the biggest opportunity for
me is that throughout my career I have looked for opportunities to practice leadership skills.” While she was in college, she said she took some time reflecting on who she wanted to be. She also tried to find as many mentors to help her through her journey. College was her first step. DeBoef said he had a few words for the students of MSU on their future. “There’s a lot to learn from the people that are inducted into this hall of fame,” DeBoef said. “We should look at the lives these people have lead and the impact they have had on our community. We should aspire to find our own way to make an impact.” To honor these nominees, tickets to the induction are available for purchase through the MSU website.
‘End It’ brings awareness to human trafficking Student Government Association celebrated international Shine a Light on Slavery Day by hosting a table in the Meyer Library to raise awareness about human trafficking. “We want to stop human trafficking and labor trafficking with the ‘End It’ movement,” said Jenay Divin, Green Dot coordinator. “The idea is that we are aware and that leads to action.”
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Jenay Divin, Green Dot Program coordinator, marks a red “X” on freshman Sydney Libowitz’s hand on international Shine a Light on Slavery Day. SGA held the “End It” movement campaign in the Meyer Library to explain human trafficking still exists.
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DAVID WHEELER Movie Critic @DontTellThe_Elf My affair with writer-director Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” began back in August, then three months after its premiere at the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival where it won the top prize, the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious film festival award in the world. Since then, a peculiar sequence of events began and subsisted for several months, a trumpet-sounding, word-ofmouth landslide that has likely never occurred on this scale for a recently released film, an internationally produced film no less. Word of the film’s brilliance circulated through the cinematic hemisphere, and if one were to have even remotely considered themselves a member of the film community in some capacity, that word quickly reached their ears. Having been a champion of director Bong’s work for several years, that word greeted me even before its Cannes premiere. His works — such as “Memories of Murder” and “Mother” (though some may know him more as the director of “Okja” and “Snowpiercer”) — have long gamboled on the cinematic world stage, creating an image for himself as the trickster director who willfully plays with tone. Like the recurring motif of stairs found in this film, if a viewer were to chance upon one of Bong’s genre-bending films, they would stumble down the flight, hitting every step on the way down — taking a frenetic journey through a cavalcade of seemingly disparate genres of drama, horror, suspense and comedy. It would seem counterproductive of this review to not relay the basics of the story, but myself, alongside many others, believe this is a film worth experiencing as blindly as possible, with little or no prior knowledge of the film going in. Yet, with this genre-swirling, high-wire act of the film, it would be best to give vague descriptions. Living in a semi-basement concrete home located in the lowermost slums of Seoul, the nuclear Kim family eke out a living with odd jobs and, with phones raised high to the ceiling, a desperation for Wi-Fi. Yet, a tutoring opportunity for Ki-woo, the son of the family, allows him entry into the Park
house, itself a nuclear family with one major difference — they live in the opulent hills of Seoul, in a house made of glass and stern wood. What follows is a progression of subterfuge, where each member of the poor Kim family ingratiates themselves in the services of the rich Park family. However, con games often hit a snag. As is often the case with director Bong’s work, there is a layer of classism, a study of hierarchies and societal verticality. This sense of verticality even reaches beyond the universality of class structure, moving into the frequent study of stairs and windows, the difference in elevation between houses, the geographic inquiry between North and South Korea, Native Americans and their tortured history with our “manifest destiny” United States, the way the con of the Park family works up through the family tree of the Kim family and in the film’s differentiation — again rising upward — of stink bugs, the poor and the rich. But the gymnastics one expects with narratives such as these do not play out conventionally. Curiously, the con begins at the suggestion of the son’s rich friend, the previous tutor to the Parks. Stink bugs are appropriated to Ki-taek, the patriarch of the Kim family (played brilliantly by master actor Song Kang-ho), as odor plays a significant role here. And an unexpected MacGuffin in a gifted scholar’s rock, rocks that serve as talismans in East Asian countries — in this case, as a good-luck piece for material wealth, yet with each passing moment, the rock would seem to be supplying mockery instead. The scholar’s rock is itself a superordinary object that even appears to deny the physics of water at one point. Not to mention the spectrum of color at work here with the slums affording greys and browns and an abundance of tangled phone lines, while the Park family home is adorned in green foliage and crystalline glass. The first sight of the Park home is met with green stalks, and just outside, in the adjacent neighborhood, high walls are draped in vines. Both family homes were constructed for the film, and as such, the production design takes notice to detail. The Kim home is small and rundown, with the toilet being
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Support local art house cinemas GRETA CROSS Digital Editor @gretacrossphoto From a young age I have had a sense of appreciation for movies. I was raised in a pretty creative household, where I was introduced to films like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Birds” before middle school. Growing up, my family only went to the movies a few times a year, as it was pricey and often conflicted with mine and my brother’s extracurriculars. However, it was always such a treat to watch movies on the big screen. Over the last year I have treated myself to more movie theater trips, but at smaller, local venues: art house cinemas. The first art house cinema I visited was Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Missouri, where I saw “Parasite” for the first time (because yes, I have seen “Parasite” more than once.) Ragtag only has two small theaters that both seat less than 150 people. Guests can chow down on typical concession stand snacks or order a meal.
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These characteristics are common for art house cinemas. Due to the small space, theater etiquette is stressed, but is typically not an issue because individuals who visit these intimate venues are often deeply invested in film themselves and are attending for the experience. You don’t have to worry about a phone ringing halfway through the movie. I find these cinemas special, not only because they are smaller and the guests are more respectful but because of the content they show — independent films you cannot see at the bigger chain theaters. Besides Ragtag, I have also watched a few movies at Moxie Cinema in Springfield, including “Parasite” (for the second time), “Weathering with You” and a MSU Electronic Arts student film. Although feature-length films are what’s usually played, these cinemas do not hesitate to open their doors to local, independent filmmakers. I know several MSU students who have been able to
showcase their work at the Moxie. Art house cinemas often participate in film festivals also, showcasing exclusive work, such as “CatVideoFest,” a 70 minute compilation reel of the best cat videos from the last year (you don’t get that kind of content at an AMC). The second film I saw at the Ragtag was “Little Women” on 35mm film, which was new for me. With the majority of movies shown digitally today, knowing that someone was in the projection box, switching over film reels felt special. Not to mention the film itself was organically stunning. I learned before the movie that the Ragtag was one of the few cinemas able to get their hands on the film copy of the movie, with less than 100 being distributed worldwide. The real kicker — watching movies at these art house cinemas costs almost the same, or even less, than watching a movie in a larger, packed theater. While I love Alamo Draft-
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Karissa St. Clair, member of Slyp, strums a chord at the Salty Spitoon. The Salty Spitoon is a DIY venue space for artists to play shows and avoid overhead costs of booking a bigger venue.
THE SALTY SPITOON: HOW TOUGH ARE YA? fund their excursions, but he does not turn anyone away who cannot donate. “I just try to make it accessible for everyone because that’s the big thing (about “Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How house shows),” Keenoy said. “If you don’t tough are ya?” have the money to go to a venue, you can The Salty Spitoon, “the roughest, tough- still catch a show.” est sailor club ever to be built under the Financially, house shows are beneficial seven seas,” is featured in the SpongeBob for artists, traveling ones especially. They SquarePants episode, “No Weenies Al- don’t have to pay venue fees and any donalowed.” Throughout the episode, Spongebob tion money collected goes directly into their is intrigued by the exclusive club but is de- pockets. nied access inside because the bouncer does Advertisement for house shows is low not find him tough enough. key and may just mean hand-drawn posters You don’t have to be the toughest fish in posted sparsely on social media. Bikini Bottom to enjoy the free, live music “It’s just who you know,” Keenoy said. at the local Salty Spitoon though. “Usually bands advertise and I’ll do it too. Music vibrates from the walls and string I have a lot of people who come that don’t lights illuminate faces as people move know the bands. It’s grassroots marketing; around the tight venue space which makes getting the people who are super into it to up Rohan Keenoy’s basement. spread the word.” Keenoy, a junior entertainment manageHouse shows are different than musical ment major, and his roommate, Andrew performances at typical venues. Keenoy Moley, decided to open up their home to advised newcomers to be aware that shows music lovers last are often very summer. The loud, as most name, “Salty homes do not Spitoon,” began as have proper sound a joke but eventuinsulation. ally stuck, Keenoy “The basement said. also gets tight reHouse shows ally quick,” Keeare typically assonoy said. “It’s a ciated with the small basement, underground mubut the energy’s sic scene. Homethere and it’s fun, owners open their even though it’s doors to close kinda sweaty.” friends for a show Konrad Giallo, featuring small a local alternative JAYLEN EARLY/THE STANDARD local or traveling artist, has perMatthew Moormann, member of artists. formed at the Salty Kennoy, a St. Rosewood, plays the drums at the Spitoon three Louis native, first Salty Spitoon. times and debecame interested scribed shows in house shows there as an intiduring high mate experience school, where he shared by both the networked with performer(s) and various young artaudience memists in the commubers. nity. “Every time I'm Upon arriving in there, either as a Springfield, he used performer or a his hometown conspectator, it always nections to start his feels like everyone own home venue. is part of the show St. Louis alterand the audience at native pop band the same time,” Malibu ‘92 and The Giallo said. “It's BurDocks, a very interactive Springfield punk and strangers feel band, played at the like old friends. Salty Spitoon’s Most house first show. shows are better According to Keenoy, 35 to 40 people compared to cocktail parties, but Spitoon attended the show, which ran smoothly. shows compare to the ‘big party this weekHowever, that show was only the begin- end’ you see in movies.” ning. On average, the two-bedroom house “House shows are the place to find new now sees 90 to 100 guests at once, filling up local bands and artists who at some point in the main floor, basement and occasionally the future will be the bands and artists peothe house’s backyard, Keenoy said. ple come to see,” Giallo said. “I admire Hosting a household full of people can Rohan a lot for using his resources to open be stressful. Keenoy often worries about the door for local artists, give people a hell noise complaints but said so far, he hasn’t of a show and make everyone feel like they're had any issues. part of something bigger.” To keep positive relations with neighbors, Upcoming shows at the Salty Spitoon he asks guests to stay off the front porch to include Saturday, Feb. 29, featuring Maskeep the music inside. At the moment, this sachusetts band oldsoul and locals Weekis the Salty Spitoon’s only “policy,” Keenoy end Friends and Semi Local Forcast, and said. Monday, March 23, with St. Louis’ The During shows, Keenoy passes around a Slow Boys and the Washington D.C. band donation bucket for traveling artists to help Knife Wife. GRETA CROSS Digital Editor @gretacrossphoto
“House shows are the place to find new local bands and artists who at some point in the future will be the bands and artists people come to see.” - Konrad Giallo, local alternative artist
The multicultural resource center has been without a director for over three months. Kimberly Martin filled the position on Jan. 27, relieving several graduate assistants of directorial duties. For the past few weeks, Martin has been submerged in event planning for Black History Month and Women’s History Month. “It's been nonstop in a good way,” Martin said. “I’m getting thrown right into the mix.” Martin has worked in higher education for 20 years, and spent the last five years specifically in diversity-based positions. Martin said she is quickly getting to know the students who frequently utilize resources at the MRC as well as other staff members. Lupita Perez-Lopez, a senior political science major, frequently utilizes the MRC— Martin is her scholarship director. Perez-Lopez said the multicultural resource center has introduced her to many friends and helped her become more involved on campus. “The MRC means the world to me,” Perez-Lopez said. “This space has given me so much power and confidence to be a student leader.” Perez-Lopez said she is looking forward to seeing what new programs and events come from Dr. Martin and thinks she is very personable with students. “I love that she made the effort to introduce herself to all the students that utilize this space,” Perez-Lopez said. “She didn’t have to do that but she did.” For the past three weeks Martin has been learning about and analyzing the various programs offered by the MRC. “I'm most looking forward to kind of putting my stamp on things—my spin on it,” Martin said. Martin said she is a very collaborative person and plans
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Kimberly Martin is the new director of the Multicultural Resource Center. to spend the summer collecting feedback from students and staff regarding program changes and improvements. She never wants her opinion to be the only one heard when it comes to running the MRC. “I want the community to give me feedback and let me know what events they enjoy or think need to be improved,” Martin said. Martin said applications for the assistant director position are steadily arriving and the office will soon begin the hiring process. “That person will be a very big help to me,” said Martin. “Some of the tasks I'm doing now should be done by the assistant director.” Martin said her mission as director of multicultural programs is to help students understand one another. She said her job is to get you to think in another perspective and develop empathy for those who are different from you. Dola Flake, the diversity transition and support coordinator, is a staff member in the MRC and is looking forward to working with Martin. Flake admires Martin’s abundant experience working in multicultural services and believes she will learn a lot from her. “(Martin) seems to interact very well with the students,” said Flake. “She is already bringing a light to this office.”
Dred Scott inducted into MSU Public Affairs Hall of Fame CONNOR WILSON Staff Reporter @Connor4Wilson Every year, Missouri Public Affairs inducts new members to their Hall of Fame. This year they will be inducting an iconic figure of the civil rights movement: Dred Scott. “His impact was not something I suspect he ever understood when he was alive, or when he was making his demand for freedom,” said Ryan DeBoef, MSU chief of staff and chair of the public affairs selection committee. “But the state of Missouri and America as a country will never be the same.” Dred Scott was born a slave around the beginning of the 19th century in Virginia. It was in Missouri, however, that Scott sued for the freedom of himself and his family. “I think a lot of people don’t recognize his connection to our state,” DeBoef said. Scott’s case eventually made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was ruled slaves are not citizens, the Missouri Compromise and Northwest Ordinance was unconstitutional, and slavery will be allowed in all states. This decision is one large event that led to the Civil War. Among the four other inductees, Lynn Jackson, the great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriett Scott, will attend the induction ceremony on April 17. Jackson is the president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, which aims to
educate the public about the impact of the Dred Scott decision. Scott won’t be the first posthumously inducted member. Since the hall of fame was created in 2014, one legacy award can be given each year. Last year the legacy award was given to Maya Angelou, and to John Pershing the year before her. The guidelines for induction are the same for legacy awards as all other inductees. The nominee must have a connection to the state of Missouri and are chosen based on their support of public affairs and engaged citizenship. DeBoef said Scott’s induction was encouraged by conversations about Scott taking place in recent years across the state, between his foundation pushing for his inclusion in the Hall of Famous Missourians recently, as well as a local retired attorney Tom Strong educating about the Dred Scott case. “There’s been more talk in southwest Missouri and throughout the state of Missouri on Dred Scott, I think in large part thanks to Tom Strong taking it upon himself to really dig into that and start broadcasting the word on the impact that Dred Scott had on the emancipation of slaves, civil rights and on the state government,” DeBoef said. DeBoef said all five inductees this year have left a major mark on the state of Missouri, and that there’s much to learn from these individuals including Scott. “I think we should look at u See SCOTT, page 8
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Students wearing green bandanas are safe to approach about seeking help for mental illness LAUREN JOHNS Staff Reporter @lje2017
Over 450 million people worldwide struggle with mental health, making it the leading cause of various health concerns, such as substance abuse and eating disorders, according to the World Health Organization. To raise awareness of this strife, the Bandana Project was brought to Missouri State University as a bright green symbol of hope and support. “I heard about (the program) at Rutgers University from a tennis player there that posted something on her social media,” said Alye Darter, the organizer of the project. “After looking into it, I found that it started in the University of Wisconsin Madison.” Darter is also a tennis player and Missouri State’s representative at the Missouri Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. “This summer at our in-person meeting, we had a really big conversation about how the NCAA was having a big mental health initiative this year,” Darter said. “Since I had heard about the Bandana Project, I figured this would be a really good idea to implement at Missouri State, and so I reached out to the University of Wisconsin and asked for starting tips.” Darter got a checklist informing her to contact local partners in the community, such as the police station, counseling centers and multicultural programs. “All last semester I spent countless hours meeting with people, and I ended up working with Sarah Crain, the president of the National Alliance of Mental Illness on campus,” Darter said. “She helped me obtain the bandanas and resource cards, which have
emergency contacts and non-emergency contacts and include how to handle mental health crises when talking to cops.” Darter also spoke in a Student Government Association Senate meeting to seek out participants. “When I first started, I wanted to bring it to student-athletes because that’s where my biggest platform is,” Darter said. “But then I realized that mental health is such a bigger problem outside of student-athletes. There’s 300 student-athletes on campus but 26,000 people enrolled here. We all could know someone struggling or be struggling ourselves.” According to Lillian Van Biljon, outreach coordinator, the Bandana Project is still in its beginning stages and has yet to reach the amount of public attention it deserves. “I think the bandana is a good start for the mental health movement because it allows everyone to be involved and bring people together,” Biljon said. “The project is definitely up and coming, and it hasn’t received enough attention yet. But when you see a student with a green bandana, they are deemed a safe individual to approach and a symbol that you are not alone.” Darter said the two hope to expand bandana distribution by leaving some kits (containing the bandanas and resource cards) in the SGA office permanently. Once the program is met with an upsurge of participants, tabling may occur in the Plaster Student Union and Meyer Library. “As somebody who has a bandana, it’s not my job to be a therapist for them,” Darter said. “It’s not my job to provide formal professional help because I know I can’t do it, but instead I’m simply the middleman between the per-
son who needs help and the person who can provide it.” Darter emphasizes the lack of required training tied to the program. “You don’t have to go to any hour long class or things like that,” Darter said. “You just need to provide the resources, and they can decide if they want the card or not.” Biljon finds that although mental health is an uncomfortable subject, it has never fallen under the radar. She believes that by bringing the bandana project to campus, it could open people up to having important conversations. “When you really dive deep into the matter of mental health, you start to realize that the people that really care will be there for you and help you get the help you need without judgement,” Darter said. “People think it’s a bad thing, but then they find it’s happening to a lot of people and realize, ‘It’s not that bad, I may not be ok right now, but that’s ok too.’” Those interested in participating or those who are seeking help can contact msubandanaproject@gmail. com or look the project up on Instagram at “msubandana.” “Mental health is the most important thing to do great things,” Biljon said. “A person’s mental health is like
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to them. But if mental health is a risk factor, then it could lead to more high risk situations and so on.”
The sound of trumpets, trombones, bass and drums are reverberating the halls of Wehr Band Hall as the tempo of preparations for the annual Missouri State University Jazz Festival are picking up. Sunday, Feb. 22, Wehr and Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts will be host to jazz ensembles from all over the state, with special guest, multiple Grammy-nominated trombonist, composer, author and cartoonist, Steve Wiest. There will be three judges at each venue who will critique each performance and give scores and trophies based on the skill of each ensemble. The incoming judges are selected from around the Midwest and specialize in jazz education. “Jazz is America’s great gift to the world,” said Randy Hamm, director of jazz studies at MSU. “It has huge appeal across the entire planet because it can be so universal.” Hamm, one of the participating professors and conductors in the event, stated that what sets jazz apart from other music forms is the emphasis of improvisation, making it a very skill-oriented genre. “It’s a creative art that emphasizes spontaneous composition,” Hamm said. “It takes a great deal of study to not only learn the instrument, but also to learn the theory that goes with it.” According to Hamm, MSU first offered a bachelor’s degree program in jazz performance ten years ago. “We have two big bands and three small jazz groups that are comprised mostly of jazz studies majors as well as other music majors,” Hamm said. Steve Wiest will provide a clinic for all students from 3:30 u See JAZZ, page 8
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Jessi Allen competed at Missouri State from 2014-18 as a distance runner. She said in a 2017 interview that she wanted to qualify for the Olympic trials. Now, she is competing on Feb. 29 for a chance to go to the Olympics.
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Former Missouri State runner earns a chance to go to the Olympics COLE SUTTON Sports Reporter @ColeSutton23
“I want to run a marathon, and I have a goal to qualify for the Olympic trials. It’s still hard, but that would keep me motivated to keep training.” -Jessi Allen, in a previous interview with The Standard on Sept. 12, 2017 This year, Allen is within reach of her dreams by showcasing her talents on the world’s grandest stage: the 2020 Olympic trials.
The past
Allen began her running career in middle school. She was never the fastest girl on the team, actually not even close. Starting out on the B-team, Allen said she never dreamed of reaching the trials. Allen’s journey continued at Kearney High School, a small school in northwest Missouri. Allen was a part of a three-time district and twotime state champion track team. From there Allen was looking for somewhere to continue her career at the collegiate level. She initially looked at Division II or Division III schools, until she found Missouri State. MSU was a school offering Allen a scholarship to attend, and
that was enough to become a Bear. “It’s honestly one of the best things to happen to me in my life,” Allen said about committing to Missouri State. “It just ended up working out perfectly.” Allen was coached by head coach Jordan Fife at MSU, and Fife said he recognized Allen’s talents quickly. “I thought that if she was going to have some success it would be two or three years down the road, but I could tell the first few weeks of practice that she was ready to have some success right off the bat,” Fife said. Allen was a dominant force in MSU’s squad from the 2014-15 season through her senior year in 201718. She even claimed the Missouri Valley Conference Elite 17 award, an honor presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing in each of the MVC’s 17 championships. Throughout her college career, Allen participated in various races. Whether it was a 5-kilometer race or 10K, Allen said she strived to go farther. “Even in college I didn’t really think there was a race long enough to reach my full potential,” Allen said. “I’ve always wanted to run a marathon. I felt my strength is in the longer distances.” Fife said he recognized Allen’s hunger for more throughout her tenure at MSU. “Jessica is so determined and so driven that there were certain days that maybe hit an extreme in practice.
“With med school I am constantly pushing myself, and with running it’s almost like a little break from that pressure.” -Jessi Allen Whether it was academics or athletics, she strived to be the best,” Fife said. “That was just her focus, drive and how much dedication she had to all aspects of what she did — whether it was in the classroom, being a teammate, or actually performing on the track.” Allen graduated from Missouri State in 2018 with her bachelor’s degree in biology, but that wasn’t the end of her running career.
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Allen is in her second year of medical school at the University of Kansas and will start her clinicals in July, where she will be in a hospital seeing patients. Allen is striving to go into internal medicine once she graduates in May 2022. Allen wakes up in the morning around 6 or 7 a.m. to get her run finished before her 9 a.m. lecture. After that she spends most of the afternoon reading lecture material, and then utilizes the other part of the afternoon for lifting. After her second workout
Ice Bears win five of last six, likely to miss national tournament STEPHEN TERRILL Sports Reporter @Stevethe2nd The Missouri State Ice Bears continued their recent surge this weekend, splitting a two-game series with Maryville. While the Ice Bears are out of contention for the national tournament after only moving up one spot to 30th in the American Collegiate Hockey Association rankings this week, head coach Jeremy Law said the team is trying to finish out their season strong. A 6-3 win Saturday night gave the Ice Bears their fifth win in the last six games — almost the exact opposite of what the team did when it lost the seven games before. The Ice Bears rode a dominant second period against Maryville where they scored four goals to a 6-3 victory. Junior goalie Bailey Stephens
made 39 saves to get his sixth win of the year. “We played with a lot of energy tonight,” Law said after the game on Saturday. “We seemed like we were having fun tonight. We’ve been a tale of two teams all year. One is a top-10 team — the other a middle of the pack. So it was a good night.” On Friday night Law opted to start senior goalie Brendan Shuck. The Ice Bears took a 3-1 lead with two goals from junior forward Alex Rubin and one goal from junior forward Nikita Salnikov. A five-minute slashing penalty on the Ice Bears tipped the momentum, and Maryville then rattled off four consecutive goals to take a 5-3 lead. Senior Ice Bear Josh Bell added a goal in the third, but Maryville scored an empty net goal to take the night 6-4. “We beat ourselves Friday night,” Law said. “We had all the momentum
going into the third, but we could not hold onto it.”
Return to form
Part of the Ice Bears recent string of success has been an improvement on the defensive end. The Ice Bears’ defensive corps has included a new-but-familiar face in the past couple weekends — senior defenseman Brian Shumacher. Shumacher played in previous seasons for the Ice Bears but was unable to play during the fall semester due to personal reasons. “He’s a smart player — fun to be around and definitely a locker room guy,” assistant coach Brendan McClew said. “He’s a force on the ice, and he brings it every night. He’s a good presence to have on the bench too — makes things a little less serious.” uRead more at the-standard.org.
of the day, she goes home and eats dinner, then studies some more. “It took a lot of adjustment getting used to the new workload; I thought I was going to be able to run as much as I did or have as much fun as I used to. You definitely learn to prioritize your time,” Allen said. Like Allen dreamed of in 2017, she will be running the marathon at the trials on Feb. 29. While Allen claims that medical school is “like drinking water out of a fire hose,” she understands she must keep that same drive for her athletic goals as well. “I think I just have this internal drive to always keep pushing and see how far I can go with things, and running is just a way I know how to do that. It’s pushing my boundaries and getting out of my comfort zone,” Allen said. “With med school I am constantly pushing myself, and with running it’s almost like a little break from that pressure.” Allen now runs independently for the Kansas City Track Club, which is led by coach Brett Guemmer who has worked with Allen since fall 2018. “I’m extremely proud of Jessi. The way she has handled life, school and training has been amazing the last couple of years,” Guemmer said. “She continues to amaze me with her ability to handle everything she does.” Guemmer also recognizes that no matter the result, the work Allen has done to get to Olympic qualifying is certainly worth noting. “I’ll be extremely proud and pleased with her efforts no matter the
outcome,” Guemmer said. “She has done so much for me, this running community and others around here.” To make sure she is in the best shape possible, Allen runs 70 miles a week. With that much time being spent running, Allen utilizes her ears to keep her occupied. “I’ll usually listen to Kendrick Lamar — that’s my favorite pump up,” Allen said. “Sometimes I’ll listen to podcasts about what I’m learning at school, a cardiac physiology podcast or something like that.” Allen’s faced several setbacks in her career. Recently, Allen incurred a stress fracture in her right fibula. Allen has never had a stress fracture throughout her career and said she thinks of it as more of a freak accident than a sign. “I made the mistake of trying to keep running for a while because I thought it was just tendinitis,” Allen said. “That delayed my healing for a bit. My doctor is pretty hesitant about running — I probably won’t be able to run until around the 20th, but I obviously still plan on competing.” To get back to full strength, Allen has been working with a physical therapist. She’s been biking and aqua jogging (running underwater) between 90 minutes and two hours a day. With the trials around the corner, Allen will continue to rehab and prepare. While the injury certainly doesn’t help, it will not be the end. “Obviously my career is the priority, but I am definitely not done with running,” Allen said. uSee ALLEN, page 8
Baseball Bears win opening series 2-1 CLAIRE NIEBRUGGE Senior Sports Reporter @claireniebrugge The Missouri State baseball Bears got the bats moving over the weekend, plating nine runs off of 25 hits. The Bears of Missouri State grabbed games one and two of a weekend series but dropped the finale to the Bears of Central Arkansas. Game one was a pitchers duel between MSU senior Logan Wiley and UCA junior Gavin Stone. Wiley threw seven shutout innings, striking out seven while retiring the final 12 batters. Four Bears contributed to eight MSU hits with two apiece. Newcomers Grant Wood and Drake Baldwin, senior John Privitera and 2019 MVC Freshman of Year Dakota Kotowski all went 2-for-4 at the plate. Kotowski’s two-out RBI double
in the top of the fourth inning gave MSU a 1-0 lead, which would turn out to be the game-winning run. In Game 2, a seventh-inning surge boosted MSU ahead of UCA. Baldwin led off the seventh with a solo shot to right field. Senior Logan Geha followed suit and sent a twoout fly ball over the left-field wall, giving the Bears a 4-1 lead. MSU plated two more runs to cap off a 6-2 win in game two behind a Kotowski homer and a Privitera score. The maroon and white dropped Sunday’s Game 3 despite Kotowski’s RBI single in the first for the 1-0 lead. UCA plated four in the second off of three hits to secure its 5-2 win. Wood led the team at the plate over the weekend going 5-for-11, and fellow teammate Kotowski followed closely behind at 5-for-12.
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No. 17 Lady Bears snag revenge win Bears bag AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandajsullivan Almost a month later, the No. 17 Missouri State Lady Bears redeemed themselves from their sole Missouri Valley Conference loss so far by defeating the Southern Illinois Salukis 88-57. Southern Illinois beat MSU by two on a buzzerbeater on Jan. 17. The road loss pushed the Lady Bears out of the AP Top 25 Poll and down five spots to No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. After the 31-point revenge win, head coach Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton said it’s time to forget the January loss and move on. “Hopefully now we can kind of stop talking about the SIU loss because it’s kind of in the rearview mirror at this point,” Mox said. “We have just changed so much.” That first loss allowed something to click within the team, according to Mox, and the Lady Bears have been different since. “When I was doing the scout for this game and I went and watched that game, it was like night and day,” Mox said. “To me, our players are completely different now and our synergy is completely different now.” Junior Elle Ruffridge led the way for the Bears with 16 points and near-perfect shooting, missing her final shot attempt from deep with 3:03 left in the first half. She said the team has seen a new spark since losing in Carbondale. “It’s been really motivating since we went to their place,” Ruffridge
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Junior Elle Ruffridge puts up a layup against Bradley on Jan. 31 at JQH Arena. The Lady Bears won 90-56. said. “We’ve really been trying to do to play Lady Bear basketball. And focus on just us — getting better so far, it’s been so much fun.” every single game, every single pracFor the first time in her MSU catice — just doing what we need to reer, Ruffridge scored double digits
in two straight games — she scored 14 against Drake on Feb. 9. Prior to the loss at SIU, Ruffridge was 1-for9 from behind the arc, a stat Mox said wasn’t an accurate representation of Ruffridge’s abilities since she considers her “one of the best shooters in the league.” Ruffridge shot 0-2 at Southern Illinois and said Mox called her out on her shooting after that game. “For me personally, I wasn’t shooting the ball very well, and Coach Mox was flat honest with me and said, ‘You’re not going to play as much as you want to play unless you’re making shots,’” Ruffridge said. “That really kind of fired me up, like putting more time in the gym, getting shots up with Coach Tori (Jankoska) and Coach (Seth) Minter.” Since then, Ruffridge is 17-for-30 from deep, including 4-for-5 in the Lady Bears’ win. Ruffridge said that mentality is consistent throughout the entire team and every player has worked harder since that loss. The win gave MSU its 11th this season at JQH Arena, making the Lady Bears undefeated at home so far. Ruffridge and Mox said it’s a goal to win out at home but focusing on the next game ahead is more important. “You can’t keep looking at ‘Okay, we have this many games left.’ We just go game by game,” Mox said. “This is another change for us to get closer to our ultimate goal.” The Lady Bears host Evansville at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, before hosting Indiana State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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The Missouri State women’s track and field team brought home two firstplace finishes and several other top performances from the Gorilla Classic at Pittsburg State. Freshman jumper Jessica Haney placed first in the women’s high jump with a winning height of 1.71 meters, and sophomore Edna Dar recorded a first-place time of 2:10.03 in the women’s 800-meter run. Dar notched her third first-place finish of the year with the win and her first in the 800, but she wasn’t done there. Dar and her running mates junior sprinter India McNeill, senior distance runner Grace Breiten, and sophomore distance runner Adyson Delaney captured a fourth-place finish in the women’s distance medley. Senior distance runner Jordyn Capra also finished highly. Capra placed fifth in the women’s 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:46.48, improving 19 spots from her most previous finish in the event.
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but he is still involved in soccer. He and his wife Sara have three kids — Carter, Teddy and Carolina — and he coaches all three of their teams at the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club. Leamy said he is happy to see another player he coached inducted into the hall of fame. “A well deserved honor — that not only Mike is going to take some pride in, but his teammates too,” Leamy said. “It gives him a chance to reconnect with a generation of Bears that were just so successful.” Williams said he could not be more flattered to be selected. “The second I got that call I looked through the past inductees to remember some of the amazing athletes I was around — Jackie Stiles, Ryan Howard,” Williams said. “I thought ‘this is a group I’m going to be a part of for the rest of my life.’”
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guys made it happen.” Williams said he remembers Leamy as someone who had high expectations but prepared the team for life after soccer. “He would make sure we wouldn’t cut corners, and as a freshman it was so intimidating,” Williams said. “He put a lot of fear in you, but looking back now — I am very good friends with Jon Leamy. I can talk about it lightheartedly now, but at the time, we were all nervous around him. We wanted to show we were going to put everything we had on the line. In that way he prepared us so well for life.” Williams said Missouri State soccer had a reputation as being one of the hardest soccer programs to play for in Missouri. “I know a lot of guys that played college ball, and they heard stories about how Missouri State soccer was your life,” Williams said. “They have stories about skipping practice, driving themselves to games — it was a sidegig for them. It was a full-time career at Missouri State. I’m better for it, too.” Williams is now a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in St. Louis,
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would give me the comforter off the bed, but that was it. It was kind of the thing freshman had to go through.” Williams played with Lwali often — both of them scored hat tricks in the 1999 season. Leamy said Williams and Lwali formed one of the best forward duos he has coached. The Bears went 17-1-3 in the 1999 season — not losing a game until a loss to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Williams said the way his specific class — which includes goalie Mark Modersohn, who is second alltime for most wins in a season and a 2014 inductee to the MSU Hall of Fame — meshed was a big part of the 1999 season. “I cannot emphasize enough how competitive they were,” Leamy said of his 1999 team. “Scheduling was rough. We only played four home games that year, and we won 17 games. Nothing came easy back then — we weren’t blessed with the facilities we have now. “But by the end of it, Southwest Missouri State was a nationally recognized soccer program, and those
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He was a pillar for one of the best stretches of soccer Missouri State has put on the pitch. On Feb. 21, Mike Williams will be put on the list as one of the best Missouri State University athletes when he is inducted into the university’s athletics hall of fame. Williams was a forward for the Missouri State soccer Bears (at the time Southwest Missouri State) from 1997 to 2000. He is tied for fourth place alltime in points, goals and game-winning goals in program history. During Williams’ time at Missouri State, the Bears went 51-20-10. They made the NCAA tournament in 1997 and 1999, the first two appearances in program history. His coaches remember Williams for his athleticism and work ethic more than the stats he put up. “He was a fierce competitor — extremely athletic,” Bears head coach Jon Leamy, who has been head coach since 1992, said. “If the defense took
their foot off the petal for just a second, he was all over them. We scored a lot on plays like that.” Jeremey Alumbaugh, who was an assistant coach while Williams was at Missouri State and is now the general manager of the USL team Chattanooga FC, said Mike was a part of a group that helped change the identity of Missouri State, both the university as a whole and the soccer program itself. “They really helped change the identity of SMS,” Alaumbaugh said of the late 90s teams. “Mike was an influential person in the success that we had. It’s great to see him get this award.” During Williams’ freshman year, he was mentored by seniors Matt Caution and Mike Lamb, who are first and 10th in all-time program scoring, respectively. “Severin Lwali was a co-forward of mine, and we had to room with Caution and Mike on the road,” Williams said. “Caution was a forward like me, and I got to observe him, which was such a big help in terms of learning how to handle myself. But on every road trip, I had to sleep on the floor. Matt
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The future While Allen’s trials may be the last chance for the upcoming contest, it might not be the last time she crosses an Olympic finish line. Allen said she wants to keep pushing
THE STANDARD and try qualifying for the 2024 Olympics as well. Until then, her focus will be with her patients. “I might take a little bit of a break for the next year or so while I finish medical school, then I’d like to keep qualifying and see how well I can do at other championship events,” she said. From the B-team to the Olympics, Jessi Allen isn’t giving up on her dreams.
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Classical Languages, not a literature instructor, and the victim’s wife’s first name is Nancy, not Angela.
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the highest-situated object in the semi-basement, while the Park home is expansive and pristine, with so much empty, unused space, anything can be hidden, where secrets can be kept well-buried. Naturally, the title of the film relates to the relationship that forms between the Kims and the Parks, but director Bong instills a more universal theme. Both families survive off the other in some manner, whether through employment or deliberate deception, and they do so by wearing masks, playing a part in order to get what they want. Recalling Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” where the title character play-acts to suss out his regicidal uncle, “Parasite” — not choosing to favor one family over the other — makes the claim that everyone is a parasite, that we all disguise our personalities in order to endure in the social stratum. “Parasite” is a brilliant work, in craft, acting performance and in narrative. The cinematography supplied by Hong Kyung-pyo ably, through framing and shot composition, making the most of the hierarchal themes at work in the story. The score by composer Jung Jae-il, like director Bong’s affinity for genre whirlpooling, maneuvers between the somber, the energetic and the horrifying. However, certain last-act beats — even still after my fourth viewing — are somewhat difficult to digest, as if making a point was only moderately more important than keeping to character. Bookended by similar-looking shots,
the film bespeaks an ill omen of cyclical despair, perhaps most pointedly on the notion of capitalism. Which makes it an altogether surprise that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the award for Best Picture to “Parasite,” a film that explores and indirectly condemns capitalism, the defining attribute of the American environment. Indeed, the Best Picture win for “Parasite” (including Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and the newly designated Best International Film) was a monumental moment in cinematic history. Never before has a foreign film taken home the Best Picture Oscar, and never before — in so long a span of time — has the Academy been so right in handing out the award to the most deserving film, when they have so often missed the mark in previous years. “Parasite” made history, and deservedly so, in all aspects of its existence. The wonderful thing about being a connoisseur of art is knowing that there is an entire historical inventory of films, books and music to discover. History extends its reach not in years but in centuries. Like my discovering of new films seemingly each and every day — like an archaeologist digging into the earth — perhaps, one day, “Parasite” will be one of the great treasures unearthed from the soil centuries from now. With “Parasite,” and so many other great films, pressing play can be a wondrous thing. 8.6/10
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that were invited to play at the festival. “We’ll have 350 to 400 high school students from the state that will come to campus, get to see our facilities, and many might not major in music but many will,” Hamm said. “It’s a very cool and communal part of music that really brings people together,” Jacob Henderson, a junior music/ jazz performance major, said from behind his drum kit. “Whenever I went to school, I wasn’t exposed to anything like this so when I came here and was exposed to it and other events like it, I knew
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p.m. to the end of the event, where he will provide tips and critiques for each artist as well as do some small performances, according to Hamm. An event dating back to the ‘70s, the Jazz Festival has often been credited with drawing in many students interested in a music degree, according to Hamm — especially those who went to schools
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The walls of a local CBD store, Hemporium, are filled with information regarding marijuana and CBD. Hemporium allows residents to apply for a medical marijuana card. Hemporium is located at 4139 S. National Ave.
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The big hurdle for adopting medical marijuana to the agribusiness program is medical marijuana being illegal at the federal level, where most of MSU’s money comes from.
“It’s really in the earliest days,” Rimal said. “We don’t really know how it’s going to grow because there is legalization at the state level, but there isn’t legalization at the federal level yet. So much of the grant money comes from the federal government, so obviously with it being illegal, we aren’t going to get any money for
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the lives that these people have led, and the impact they’ve had on our communities,” DeBoef said. “We should aspire to find our own way to have that kind of impact.”
I had to commit to a music degree.” Many other students shared the same sentiment from the stands of their practice room in Wehr. This year, 18 high school jazz bands from Southwest Missouri are scheduled to play. In addition to the more contemporary big band jazz ensembles, there are a few small bands that are set to attend, which are usually more technical. Whether it’s for the incoming student interested in MSU or the current student interested in music, the festival is sure to have something for everyone.
federal research.” An online application for a medical marijuana card is available through the MDHSS website, with proof the applicant is over 18. There is also a physical application at the Family Back and Neck Care Centre, 3100 S. National Ave, open on Friday from 1-6 p.m. and Saturday noon-4:20 p.m.
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Then, the women asked each of the groups to share what they had written. The groups wrote adjectives such as “accountable,” “respectful” and “honest” for healthy aspects and words such as “manipulative,” “jealous” and “short-tempered” for unhealthy aspects. The other activity consisted of answering discussion questions and sharing them with the rest of the room. When asked what was the most important takeaway from the event, Morton emphasized communication. She said it was the main topic of the “Breaking BEARiers” event, and she hopes students learn how to talk about their relationships. “It’s important just to have the security of being able to talk
about what a healthy relationship is and what a healthy relationship doesn’t look like,” she said. SAC hosts a “Breaking BEARiers” event every month and always offers free food to attendees. Each one addresses a different topic. For example, March’s event will cover sex education. “The Public Affairs Committee really does try to get the word out there about certain things — as much as we can —to educate students,” Wulf said. “I know we’re here to learn, and we just want to carry that a little bit further and spike students’ interests. We hope that they can learn something from each of our events and enjoy them at the same time.”