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MSU President Smart opposes conceal and carry on-campus

By Ryan Welch Staff Reporter @_Rxan

MSU President Clif Smart traveled to Missouri’s capital to speak to legislators last week about two proposed bills that would allow for conceal and carry guns to be on campus.

Smart’s decision to speak out against conceal and carry did not go well with some students who feel that allowing conceal and carry would “stop an attacker, potentially and probably saving lives,” Steven Jackson, a senior majoring in wildlife conservation and management, said.

Currently, the law states that a person cannot carry a concealed gun onto campus without the consent of the school.

The bills, SB 589 and SB 731, aim to get rid of this limit and allow for unrestricted carrying.

Sen. Bob Dixon, who represents the Springfield area, proposed one of the bills (SB 589) and Sen. Brian Munzlinger, who represents Williamstown, proposed the other bill (SB 731).

Dixon’s bill aims to remove a current law that forbids concealed firearms on college and university campuses.

While Munzlinger’s bill, also wanting to remove the prohibition, gives a clause that would allow for campuses to apply to the Department of Public Safety to have their campus declared as off-limits to conceal and carry. The exemption to those campuses would only be given if they can demonstrate security personnel and metal detectors at entrances of any building on campus.

Smart explained that there are some places that would be dangerous if anyone with a CCW was allowed to carry a weapon. These places include residence halls, laboratories, medical facilities and board meetings.

“All of the universities think passage of this bill would make our students less safe,” Smart said. “There would likely be many more accidental shootings, suicides or shootings in anger. More lives would likely be lost than would be saved.”

Students took to a popular Facebook

page called Overheard at Missouri State to voice their opinions about Smart’s stance on allowing conceal and carry on campus.

Max Sommers, a political science graduate student, supported Smart.

“I believe that every American has the right to own, carry and use a firearm as it is our Constitutional right,” Sommers said. “However, as with anything, it should be done in a comprehensive and fair moderation.”

Sommers also explained how Missouri State provides ALICE training.

ALICE training is supposed to teach people what to do if there is an active shooter in the area.

Yet, other students like Jackson argued that they do not “view this issue to be a gun rights issue, but rather a human rights issue.”

“If an individual intends on taking my life, I will want to do everything in my power to preserve my life, using any tool necessary to level the playing field as an equalizer against my attacker,” Jackson said. “The best equalizer in almost any situation is a firearm. I do not think that the government, the university or any individual should have a say in the matter.”

But for some, this issue was not as black and white as it seemed.

Sam Gardner, a MSU alumnus with a kinesiology degree, said he was against Smart’s decision in the beginning. However, he said after he talked to his fiancée, he was starting to change his opinion.

“I’m an avid shooter and a huge supporter of CCW for a variety of reasons,” Gardner said. “However, in the context of a classroom/residence hall environment, I don’t really see how any good can come of it. Mental health of students is a large enough issue in college as it is.

We don’t need any reason to make things easier for someone to kill large numbers of people due to ease of access to a weapon.”

The bill is early in its stages and so “the bill may change significantly,” Smart said.

Both bills were in the Hearing Conducted Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee as of Jan. 27.

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MSU students protest on Feb. 1 outside of Carrington Hall after a petition calling for the dismissal of Juan Meraz, MSU’s assistant vice president of Multicultural Services, was sent to the Springfield Coalition for Minority Advancement.

Student group calls for dismissal of MO State’s Assistant Vice President of Multicultural Services

By Emily Joshu Staff Reporter @EmilyJoshu

On the morning of Monday, Feb. 1, a petition calling for the dismissal of Juan Meraz, assistant vice president for multicultural services, was delivered to Springfield Coalition for Minority Advancement.

When demands were not met, students protested outside of Carrington Hall that afternoon.

The petition claims that “Missouri State University has neglected its commitment to diversity and inclusion” and that Meraz “has demonstrated, through racial discrimination and abuse of power, his inability to lead effectively in roles that require cultural competence and ethical leadership.”

The petition claimed that Meraz has violated policies such

as the Nondiscrimination Policy, Prohibition of Discrimination and Harassment Policy, verbal conduct and responsibilities of administrative officials.

The petition said that upon Meraz’s resignation, the students demand a public statement regarding the dismissal, a commitment to employ more hispanics in administrative positions who share the values of diverse populations and provide the public with accessible evidence.

The students behind this movement originally issued their demands last semester, calling for action to be taken by Dec. 1, 2015.

These demands included improvements to the Multicultural Resource Center, construction of new buildings regarding diversity and inclusion, administrative reform and better application of the university’s

Public Affairs Mission.

MSU responded to the petition with a plan to meet with the steering committee behind the LongRange Plan, host the annual Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference, provide assistance in searching with students for a new director, provide reports from Campus Climate Study and have Lori Patton, associate professor in higher education at Indiana University, visit with students regarding cultural centers.

According to SCMA, a press conference will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in PSU 308. The press conference is regarding the petition and additional concerns within Multicultural Services.

Juan Meraz did not respond to calls or emails.

Missouri State students rescue a hawk from the parking garage

Students save a hawk from Bear Park South

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A chaotic pattering on a nearby window is all they heard on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 20. Ty Stevens and Maegan Lewis were walking to Bear Park South after class in Strong Hall and they noticed something moving around, making a commotion in the top floors of the parking garage.

“We heard banging on the window so I looked up and said, ‘Ty, there’s a bird stuck in there and he’s hitting the glass,’” Lewis, microbiology and biotechnology major, said.

After realizing a bird was stuck on the third floor, Lewis and Stevens quickly made their way up, and Stevens decided to climb over the stairwell guardrail to rescue the aniPhoto courtesy of Meagan Lewis mal, which can now be identified as a Ty Stevens, a sophomore wildlife biology major climbed Red-tailed Hawk.

“In the stairwell, there’s those large over the guardrail to rescue the red-tailed hawk.

guardrail, the cement beam and the windows,)” Stevens, a sophomore wildlife biology major, said. “I decided to go over the guardrail and I reached down and grabbed him by the outside of his wings, picked him up and handed him to (Lewis) so I could get back over the guardrail.”

Stevens was sitting on a cement beam three-stories high with nothing underneath him but the cement ground. According to Stevens, this isn’t the first time he’s rescued a helpless animal.

“There’s been about six or seven different bird species I’ve already saved in my life,” Stevens said. “In kindergarten, I saved an endangered hummingbird for our state. We sent it off to a place and they raised it and it Sarah Teague/THE STANDARD came back to my house every year.”

Stevens and Lewis return to where Stevens explained the hummingthey rescued the hawk. bird had a band around its leg, letting windows and there are about, maybe, his family know it was the same bird eight inches of space in-between (the he rescued before.

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Tuesday, Feb. 2

WellFit, all day, Foster Recreation Center Resume Madness, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Career Center email

Wednesday, Feb. 3 WellFit, all day, Foster Recreation Center Resume Madness, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Career Center email Nuts & Bolts of Studying Away, 1011 a.m., Plaster Student Union room 309

Thursday, Feb. 4 Resume Madness, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Career Center email Staff Senate Meeting, 11 a.m.-noon, Plaster Student Union room 313

Friday, Feb. 5 Board of Governors’ meeting, 1-5 p.m., Plaster Student Union Parliamentary room Cultural Corner, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Morris Center lobby Harlem Globetrotters, 7-9 p.m., JQH Arena

Saturday, Feb. 6 Citizens Safety Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Meyer Alumni Center "Evidence of Harm" Documentary Screening, 7-9:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater

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African American Heritage Month

Throughout February, Missouri State University will be hosting different events in honor of African American Heritage Month. Events will be anything from plays to discussion boards to volunteering activities.

For more information about African American Heritage Month events, contact the Office of Multicultural Programs either at 417-836-5652 or DHoelyfield@MissouriState.edu.

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MSU students, faculty help elementary students learn how to play instruments and develop music skills

By Jenna deJong Staff Reporter @ima_JEN

Since 2005, the Missouri State music department has provided students with the opportunity to kickstart early developmental skills of playing a string instrument in children in first to fourth grade.

The String Project offers college students a chance to teach children how to play the viola, violin or cello for $80 per-semester.

The purpose is to allow children the chance to practice at an earlier age than what public school systems can give them. By getting a feel for their instrument before fifth grade, the marker at which kids begin to play at a public school, children could gain a better understanding of

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Students can learn how to play a variety of string instruments through the String Project for $80 per-semester. their instrument. said, ‘Well, what do I need to do to get project not only allows children to Co-founder of the program, music my kids in your program?” Hays said. build up desirable quality traits but professor Dr. David Hays, said when “And we said, ‘We need to do some- also opens doors to their future. the idea first arose, there was a need thing to pump up what’s going on “I think music is one of the best for education in string instruments. with our local students.” things you can teach your kids “There was a national push for Since then, the first location of les- because it helps them be hardworkstring projects coming out of Ameri- sons, Juanita K. Hammons Hall for ing and diligent, and it also opens up can String Teachers Association and the Performing Arts, has expanded to so many opportunities later in life,” the association was encouraging uni- two other locations: Pershing Elemen- Eutsler said. versities like ours to open string proj- tary School and Rountree Elementary The students Eutsler teaches are ects,” Hays said.

School. These locations are divided usually more experienced in their Because of the requirements list- into levels of expertise; typically, if knowledge of their instruments. She ed by the association, the university children have already had a year of said her class of 10 typically focuses could not commit. However, this experience, they practice at Juanita K. on a variety of skills in preparation factor didn’t deter Hays and coThe kids are taught under a paid for their performance at the end of founder graduate student Elizabeth student teacher on Mondays and the semester.

Johnston from making the project Wednesdays. The student teacher is “In a general sense, playing as a happen anyway. then supervised by a professional. group, because we’re getting ready to “We saw a student who had been Student teacher of the Juanita K. play as an orchestra,” Eutsler said. playing a long time but didn’t have location junior broadcast journalism “Otherwise, we kind of follow how much to show for it in terms of tech- major Kathryn Eutsler is on her sec- the kids are doing so note reading and nique and the teacher of that pupil ond year of teaching and believes the sight-reading.”

Students are “feeling the Bern”

By Wyatt Wheeler Staff Reporter @realYitWheeler

MSU students are “feeling the Bern” during this election season as a number of MSU students have rallied together to form the MSU Students for Bernie Sanders organization.

MSU Students for Bernie Sanders is a group that meets weekly and does numerous activities around campus to promote Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the upcoming presidential election.

The organization was founded by Vicke Kepling; Kepling will graduate this semester from MSU with her second master’s degree while teaching classes at MSU. “I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to be involved.” Kepling said. “I’m not normally a candidate person but here comes Bernie talking about these issues and free education.”

MSU Students for Bernie Sanders has sent students to Des Moines, Iowa to attend the Democratic caucus. Travel, food and lodging are all included in the trip free-of-charge.

Vice President of MSU Students for Bernie

Sanders Peter Jensen, a senior geology major, recently made the trip to Iowa.

“I think there are a lot of people who back Bernie and his message, but I don’t know if there are as many people who are willing to actually get out and do the footwork, and I figured someone has to do it so it might as well be me,” Jensen said.

Among the topics of a recent MSU Students for Bernie Sanders meeting was Sanders’ appeal to millennials. In recent polls by CNN and CBS News, millennials have narrowed the gap between Sanders and opposing Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton.

President of MSU Students for Bernie Sanders Thomas McFarland, a senior psychology major, believed that millennials are able to relate to Sanders’ platforms, especially when it comes to student loans.

“How are we going to pay for college?”

McFarland said. “How are our kids going to pay for college with as much issues that our parents never went through? A lot of what he’s dealing with is how we deal with that.”

MSU Students for Bernie Sanders has shown

its presence around campus. The organization regularly sets up tables around campus and encourages students to sign up to vote in the upcoming Missouri Presidential Preference Primary which takes place on March 15. The tables also include a goods drive for Rare Breed Youth Services, a charity who offers free services to youth in need in Springfield.

MSU Students for Bernie Sanders has also recently resumed chalking sidewalks. The organization has over 400 members in their Facebook group.

Kepling admires the enthusiasm from the group she created for the man that she wants elected President come November.

“It’s wonderful when you come together with like-minded people and especially people that are enthusiastic about the same thing you are,” Kepling said.

The organization has a voter registration and rally march planned for Feb. 10 starting at the Plaster Student Union at 11:30 a.m. The last day to register to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary is Feb. 17.

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Once-in-a-lifetime hall of fame experience Reporter sees sports idols all in one room for one special night

By Trevor Martin Staff Reporter @trevorsaur

This past sunday I had the honor of attending the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony, not to be inducted, sadly, but to help attendees find their seats at the event. Although my mediocre athletic capabilities may one day find their way to the hall of fame, the night was not mine. Instead it was to honor some of the greatest sports figures our state has ever seen.

The thought had not crossed my mind once what I was actually going to be a part of once I showed up, but I assure you that as a sports fanatic it was one of the most incredible

moments of my life.

Upon entering the ballroom, I saw in front of me, like something from a romantic film, the love of my life. With the light shining upon it as if I was seeing an angel, there sat the 2015 World Series Trophy. Yes, that trophy.

That’s when it finally dawned on me: this event is going to be huge.

As people flooded through the doors and mingled their way to their seats, I was able to look through the guest list. I saw name after name on the list of some of the biggest names in Missouri Sports. I had not taken the time to look over who was being inducted, which I regret wholeheartedly, but the sweet bliss of sudden realization that I was in a room filled with these people blew me away.

I saw that two of my sports idols were to be inducted to the Hall of Fame. Gary Pinkel was an incredible coach, and an even better person who was more than deserving of the nomination. Art Stewart, who has been a scout for the Kansas City Royals for over fifty years was also to be inducted. I was in awe. Everything I love about my favorite sports team I essentially owed to the man standing no more than 40 feet away from me. 50 years of baseball history was right in front of me.

Then, I realized that sitting around the room were hun-

dreds of years of combined sports history. If given the chance, I would have sat and listened to those men speak forever.

As the event progressed, I scanned the room and all I saw were dollar signs. Literally. There were big money people sitting all over the room. David Glass, Dan Glass, NFL players, Missouri State President Clif Smart, and executives of huge sports corporations were surrounding me.

I expressed my feeling of awe to Sharyn Wagoner, one of the wonderful people who helped put on the event, and her reaction was not what I expected. She looked at me with a nonchalance and swagger that confused me. She told me, “It really isn’t as hard as you’d think to meet these people. All you have to do is know a couple people and you could meet any one of these people.”

Me? I could meet someone like Art Stewart? Get out of here.

Then I believed her. She helped me realize that if you put in the time and effort for something it can be easily achieved.

Those two, small, meaningful sentences helped reinforce the belief with which so many youth struggle. It reminded me of the quote from William Arthur Ward, “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.”

Coach Lusk not entirely to blame for record Eli Wohlenhaus Editor-in-Chief @eliwohlenhaus

For three seasons I have watched and covered the men's basketball team at Missouri State closely.

I’ve watched as someone who loves the game of basketball—someone who played it for a long time and has coached and officiated for kid’s leagues.

So now, after watching the Bears play for almost four complete seasons and analyzing it for three, I feel confident that I understand this team and this organization.

After a 20-13 record in 2013-2014, MSU extended head coach Paul Lusk’s contract to 2019. Since then, Lusk’s record is 20-33 (9-13 this current season) and after every loss people like to point the finger right at him.

Blamed for not having energy, blamed for not caring, for being too harsh on guys and keeping team rules too strict, blamed for not recruiting well enough: It’s all there.

While I see the 2014-15 season as a disappointment and the current season has had its trials, I am not on the “Fire Lusk” train.

Yet. I think he is a smart coach and a great recruiter who stands by his principles. On both sides of the ball he typically does a good job of knowing the situation—knowing whether to deploy a zone or man-to-man and when to run a set on offense rather than just a motion.

His players respond to him rather than treating him with indifference. Although it feels like too many players have transferred from the program in his four seasons here, he is conversely bringing in guys who fit what he wants to do.

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Lusk brought in guys like senior forward Camyn Boone and junior guard Dequon Miller, who both are undersized at their respective positions but work extremely hard. Both transferred from junior college and are having success at MSU, which couldn’t be guaranteed at another university.

Everything is right where it should be for this season, except the record. Being at 9-13 and 5-5 overall in the Missouri Valley Conference is not too shabby after a strong nonconference schedule.

The Bears were able to upset both Oklahoma State and Northern Iowa while also handedly defeating Oral Roberts.

They recently won in overtime against Illinois State.

I write all this to say that this season is not all bad and it cannot fall all on Lusk. I did not think that signing him through 2019 was a great move because, in theory, it gave him extra time to build something slowly, rather than putting pressure on him to put out a better product immediately.

I am not always keen on his in-game substitutions and am worried this current team is too reliant on its streakiness to win games, but that could be an effect of multiple injuries.

Lusk shouldn’t have gotten such a long extension, but expectations have to be reasonable for a mid-major university basketball program. They should not be too high, nor should they be too low.

Before Lusk there was Barry Hinson, who now coaches MVC rival Southern Illinois. A big reason Hinson was fired was because attendance numbers were dropping. Now, they are dropping even more and the athletic department is hurting.

A coaching change could be the solution to this, but if MSU does that and doesn’t immediately win, then the same thing will happen again and again: the fans will lose interest.

A 69-68 loss to Utah State. the aggies are a solid team and earned the win, but this would have been a notable win and a great statement to fans.

A 78-74 loss to Southeast Missouri. the redhawks entered the game without a win and the Bears were hosting, but could not finish it out with a win. this is without a doubt the biggest black mark on the season and was totally inexcusable.

A 74-45 loss at Valparaiso. the difference in this loss was that the Bears did not even stand a chance. the Crusaders are certainly destined for another horizon league championship, but to be outright obliterated by a fellow mid-major really hurts the stock.

That was evident with the Bears’ football team this season.

Now, I don’t understand why attendance has been so low during conference play for the Bears. I never will. I don’t expect to have the Cameron Crazies, but to see less than 50 students at a game is disheartening and I am not convinced a coaching switch would help change that.

Lusk may not be the answer for this program but he is the coach the Bears have. Even if you don’t like or support a coach, you cannot just give up on the players, too.

Whether he is gone in a month or here for years to come, as of right now he is still the coach. His record is not as good as it should be and attendance is alarming, yet a lot of excitement still happens on the court under his leadership.

Don’t have a Groundhog Day, get out of your bad habits

By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC

Well, today’s the day. What day you ask? Why, today is Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is that wonderful second day in February where we figure out if we will have another six weeks of winter weather or if Spring will come early this year—even though technically, Spring starts on the vernal or spring equinox each year.

So scientifically speaking, poor old Punxsutawney Phil is kind of irrelevant, though he certainly leaves us hoping for and dreaming of warmer weather.

This aside, there’s another Groundhog Day I’d like to talk about—that’s right, the 1993 film starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott.

If you haven’t seen the film, I highly recommend watching. The gist of the film is that Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, is part of a news crew covering Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, PA. His character finds the assignment rather disdainful, but much to his horror finds that the day won’t stop repeating itself. Each morning when he wakes up, the day progresses exactly the same as it did the day before — he’s stuck in some sort of time loop.

I won’t spoil the ending for those who somehow haven’t seen it, but the film poses an interesting juxtaposition apropos everyday life.

I’m sure many of us have found ourselves in a rut. Maybe it’s cosmic. Maybe it’s existential. Maybe it’s just too difficult to find a comfortable position to sleep in at night.

Regardless, a so-called “rut” can refer to a pattern of unproductive or dull behavior that can be difficult to change.

For starters, change itself is difficult. Try to apply change to

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a daily habit and it’s even more difficult.

We are all creatures of habit. And some of those habits can be harmful or even destructive. Others, however, are good or productive.

Now that we’re a few weeks into the spring semester, it’s time to evaluate our habits. Have they changed? Did we want them to change? How’s that New Year’s Resolution doing?

Have you lost 10 pounds yet?

Since we’ve become accustomed to our weekly routines, it’s time to shake things up a bit. Go for a walk. Spend your time in between classes throwing a frisbee around with a friend. Maybe try going to the gym again. Get back on track with your diet.

We’re given considerably more free time each week than any of us realize, so make use of that free time. The first step in getting a car tire out of a physical rut is fairly similar to getting your life or your daily habits out of a figurative rut — try a different angle; take a different approach.

Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

So do. Something. DIFFERENT. Every day we have the opportunity to take control and change our routine. There are quite literally a thousand different ways to approach each minute of each day.

And most importantly, remember this: little change leads to big change. Baby steps, people.

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That might seem odd, seeing as I probably don’t know you.

But it’s my firm belief that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

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Spring recruitment for FSL wraps up

By Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark

For many students, the start of spring semester only means the start of more tedious classes. But for some, it means trying to find their new home in a sorority or fraternity.

Spring recruitment for the eight sororities and 18 fraternities offered at Missouri State University takes place during January and February. Students join fraternity and sorority life for several reasons including: making new friends, getting involved on campus and community service.

“Try to find the fraternity that will make you into a better person,” Lucas Homer, vice president of membership of Sigma Tau Gamma and freshman administration management major, suggested.

Both fraternities and sororities use specific values to recruit new members. They try to find students who have the same values as them and give these students bids. However, the number of students given bids between fall and spring recruitment is vastly different.

Gamma Phi Beta Sorority recruited 91 new members, the maximum possible, during fall rush. But this spring, they recruited less than ten. This is primarily because the majority of girls go through fall rush. There just aren’t as many people in the spring semester going through recruitment.

Another difference between fall recruitment and spring recruitment is the organization. Fall rush is almost chaotic while spring recruitment is laid-back.

Where fall recruitment is full of sororities chanting, spring is full of them crafting. Fall recruitment for sororities also includes a fee of $50 just to participate. But in spring recruitment, potential recruits can often times just show up or RSVP at many of the events.

Sigma Tau Gamma held several events for new members including a trip to the popular sports bar Bair’s and a Level One game night.

“We had a couple events to draw attention to our fraternity,” Homer said. To spike inter-

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Potential Gamma Phi Beta members socialize and paint their nails while getting to know the sorority better. est in people who didn’t rush last semester or people who didn’t rush at all in their previous years in an effort to grow our fraternity.”

Gamma Phi Beta also held one of these events on Sunday for potential new members.

“It’s a chance for girls who want to be in a sorority to get a picture of who they really

are,” Jamie Kutz, Vice President of membership of Gamma Phi Beta and junior biology major said.

During this specific event, potential new members crafted, painted their nails and talked to members while chick flick movies played in the background.

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Becoming a part of FSL can be intimidating to students, especially those who don’t know what to expect.

“Honestly, just be yourself,” Kutz advised potential new members. “That’s how I know whether or not you are going to like us and we are going to like you.”

‘Brooklyn’ appealing on multiple levels Nathan Momper Movie Reviewer @mompermagic

“I eat a lot of vitamins and I use a lot of Germ-X.” Jordan Gaddie, sophomore creative writing and professional writing major

Romantic movies have a hard time impressing me. The genre tends to be plagued with ludicrous storylines, histrionic drama, and vampires. It’s no accident that I avoid anything with Nicholas Sparks’ name on it like the Black Death. We get it Nicholas! You like to introduce the audience to an attractive young couple wholeheartedly in the throes of scintillating love. Then you kill one or both of them off. You’re a weird, monochromatic dude, Nic. Then there are the aforementioned vampires falling in love with equally pale females for no discernable reason.

Just to add to the insurmountable absurdity, the vampires sparkle like a bedazzled denim jacket when exposed to the sun. I guess that’s what earned Stephenie Meyer the big bucks.

But I suppose I’m being too hard on romance in contemporary cinema by pointing out the worst of the batch.

“500 Days of Summer”, “Love Actually”, “Amelie” and “Her” have all proven modern romance on the big screen is not dead through a smart script, memorable characters, and genuine on screen chemistry.

“Brooklyn” may be shallow on themes, but just like the previously mentioned films, the movie is undoubtedly entertaining.

The story centers on young Ellis (Saoirse Ronan) as she emigrates from her native country of Ireland across the Atlantic to work in a department store in Brooklyn.

Throughout her excursion she battles sea sickness, homesickness, and love sickness when she meets Tony (Emory Cohen), a charming Italian boy. But when tragedy strikes, she has to choose between her new home and her old life.

“Brooklyn” has the ability to be appealing on multiple levels. First, it’s visually captivating, rife with bright col-

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ors and serene scenery. Second, the script is penned by Nick Hornby who wrote “High Fidelity” (such a good movie).

“Brooklyn” shares the same clever dialogue and heartmelting dramatic moments. Saoirse Ronan is also captivating as Ellis and Emory Cohen as her exceptionally amiable counterpart. Most everything on screen works well together for a very sweet movie.

However that’s my one criticism. “Brooklyn” is heart melting but in a very sanitized, Hallmark Channel kind of way. The film barely addresses the backbreaking journey immigrants had in post WWII America. And the main conflict in the movie is Ellis having to choose between two good-looking young men.

She has it so tough.

But sometimes movies don’t need to be complicated or thought-provoking in order to be good. The story can unfold in front of the audience unaffected and accessible. In the same vein, “Brooklyn” is a great movie without having to try very hard.

Room: The book behind the Oscar nominations

By Emily Joshu Staff Reporter @EmilyJoshu

“Germ-X every now and then and I wash my hands.”

Megan Diblasi, senior special education major

“We avoid sick people. That’s the easiest.”

Dustin Stafford, senior entertainment management major, and Joe Stafford, junior entertainment management major

As an English major I do not always get much time to read for fun, and when I do, it’s the last thing on my mind after reading several required books for class. However, as I watched the Golden Globes and saw the preview for Room, bestselling novel turned Oscar-nominated film, I knew that I had to check it out. I finished it in four hours because I seriously could not put it down at all.

Room is a riveting, uniquely told novel about a mother and son who are kept in captivity by Old Nick, who kidnapped the mother when she was a college student. Old Nick keeps the mother isolated in a room, visiting only at night. He fathers the little boy, Jack, but does not interact with him until Jack is telling the story. At five years old, Jack has never left the space that his mother calls “Room,” and his mother tells him that “Room” is the entire world. However, they escape and have to acclimate to a world that is foreign to them. For Jack, he is a completely blank slate.

I think what I loved so much about Room is the underlying psychology of it. It is told from Jack’s perspective,

which is pretty experimental and incredibly difficult to write since no one can truly get into the mind of a fiveyear-old. We as readers know what the outside world is and that “Room” is just one tiny piece of it.

However, Jack’s world is expanded wider than anyone, let alone a child, can fathom. The mother already knows what the outside world is, so we wouldn’t get the same eye-opening perspective that we do with Jack.

Jack is also portrayed so well because of the paradox that he presents. He is clearly an intelligent child: he can count up to almost 1,000, his language is equivalent to a least a high schooler, and he always seems to read his mother’s emotions. However, he’s still a child. He has imaginary friends that he carries around with him and he loves watching Dora the Explorer.

Though he’s so smart, he is not socially or behaviorally conditioned to act like a normal five-year-old. He has no idea how to interact with people other than his mother, he still breastfeeds,

he has separation anxiety and he has a hard time seeing beyond his own comprehension. He teeters between the behavior of an infant and a precocious child.

I also like that Jack isn’t necessarily sad about all the changes he is going through, but simply confused, as any of us would be if we were in the same situation. It’s a situation that none of us would normally imagine or be able to accurately portray, but Jack’s voice makes it all seem so simple and straightforward.

Normally, my one complaint would be that the book is a little slow in the beginning. However, I think that it’s necessary for Room because nothing is told to us right off the bat.

We have to interpret the context as we go, which takes time, and the climax requires an intense build-up to truly capture the emotion.

I would 100 percent recommend Room. It’s gripping, it’s experimental, a quick read, and it left me in a deep state of thought afterwards. The ending is also up to the reader’s interpretation in many aspects. I almost wished that I could follow Jack for the rest of his life and see how he progressed. I still want more, but am absolutely satisfied with what I got.

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On the ad campaign trail

AdTeam looks ahead to upcoming projects

By Sydni Moore Staff Reporter @sydnimmoore

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Abbey Phillips, vice president, and Kimberleigh Eng, president, AdTeam.

With national competitions and awards under its belt, the AdTeam, made up almost entirely of all new members, is looking toward their new campaign with ambition.

“The team won last year, and we’d like to do the same,” said Kimberleigh Eng, a graduate student here at MSU and President of the Ad Team, “That’s our ultimate goal.”

Their campaign this year involves the law enforcement.

“We were asked to create a campaign to bridge the gap of trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve,” said Abbey Phillips, another graduate student and Vice President of the Ad Team, “Given recent events and growing unrest, it’s clear that the trust

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isn’t there at the moment.”

The Ad Team works with a company called EdVenture Partners. According to their website, in their own words, “EdVenture Partners connects our clients with our network of academic institution and faculty partners to directly engage with the valuable and powerful millennial market.”

This means that at other universities, other advertising teams are working on the same campaign.

“Basically, we’re supposed to make a campaign that we can implement locally,” said Phillips, “But the campaign we come up with needs to be able to be implemented on a national level as well.”

When summer comes, MSU’s Ad Team will have a chance to present their campaign to a panel of judges for the additional chance of presenting to the actual clients.

“It sounds like a great project and a worthy cause too,” Lisa Cox said. Cox is the public affairs officer for the Springfield Police Department.

Cox acknowledged that recent media attention regarding law enforcement has not been positive.

“In any career out there, people make mistakes or make bad choices,” Cox said, “We seem to not as heavily criticize other professions as we do law enforcement.”

“We’re currently still in our research phase and have been conducting interviews with various people from local law enforcement officers to local business owners,” said Phillips.

Both Eng and Phillips can feel the pressure—“Yeah—big shoes to fill!” Phillips said—but both are confident in their team.

“I don’t think it’s intimidating. I think it’s exciting,” Phillips said.

The realities of seasonal affective disorder this winter

By Courtney Cramer Staff Reporter @courtneyrcramer It’s the time of year when everything is cold and the color has seemingly been leached from the landscape. Though this winter has been warmer than most, it’s still very different from the sunny days that many people love.

For others, this time of year also brings about periods of sadness and panic that are more intense than they may feel during any other time of the year.

This is because, specifically during winter, seasonal affective disorder causes an increase in depression, anxiety, mood changes, lethargy, overeating and sleep irregularities, according to Mental Health America.

Between September and April, thousands of people are affected by SAD. As reported

by Mental Health America, the main group of people affected by SAD are women between

the ages of 18 and 30.

The main difference between SAD and regular depression is the seasonality of the symptoms. In normal cases of people suffering with SAD, the symptoms begin when the days start becoming shorter and colder, generally beginning in September, and completely disappear by May. Mental Health America reports that the peak for the disorder is from December to February.

SAD differs from depression because, unlike depression, its symptoms are temporary. However, SAD can be a reoccurring condition that affects those who suffer from it every year.

According to Mayo Clinic, SAD is a disorder that should be treated like any other mood disorder—seriously. Though it may seem like it is only a “funk,” in reality, it can be a debilitating disorder that changes the lives of those affected by it.

As a college student, this means that it may be hard to maintain motivation to both keep working towards completing schoolwork and continue working a regular job.

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Getting outside and enjoying the nice weather and sun can help your mood.

SAD can be treated in many different return. ways, including phototherapy, or light theraOn Missouri State University’s campus, py, psychotherapy, and medication, Mayo students are encouraged to reach out to both Clinic reports. the Taylor Health and Wellness Center and If you’re consistently feeling sad and anx- the Counseling Center when they need help ious, SAD may be at work. To determine if fighting off depression or anxiety.

SAD or depression may be a factor, it is recThough the winter may seem long and ommended to see a doctor so that steps can be lonely, you are never alone. There are more taken to reduce the negative symptoms and resources available on campus to help stuimprove life while waiting for warmth to dents in need.

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Scorecard

Men’s basketball: Loss vs.

Indiana State 68-59

Win vs. Illinois State 84-81 (OT)

Women’s basketball: Win vs. Wichita State 77-57

Women’s tennis: Loss vs.

Iowa 6-1

Loss vs. Iowa 4-0

Win vs. Creighton 5-2

Calendar Tuesday, Feb. 2 Men’s golf: 8:30 a.m. at LMU Higgins Memorial Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada Men’s basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs. Bradley in Springfield, Missouri

Friday, Feb. 5 Women’s basketball: 7 p.m. vs. Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa Women’s track and field: all day at Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska

Saturday, Feb. 6 Men’s basketball: 11 a.m. vs. Evansville in Evansville, Indiana Women’s track and field: all day at Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska Women’s tennis: 5 p.m. vs.

Missouri in Columbia, Missouri

Sunday, Feb. 7 Women’s basketball: 2 p.m. vs. Drake in Des Moines, Iowa

Briefs

Tennis: Missouri State’s No. 1 singles player Ema Turudija won her first match of the spring, but Iowa proved to be too strong in its home opener as the Hawkeyes beat the Bears 6-1 and 4-0, respectively, in a women’s tennis doubleheader Saturday at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center.

The Missouri State women’s tennis team dropped the initial doubles point but overpowered Creighton in singles play for a 5-2 victory on Sunday, Jan. 31, at Hanscom Tennis Center.

The Bears earned their first victory of the season to improve to 1-4, after falling in spring-opening duals to No. 39 Wichita State, Kansas State of the Big 12 and Iowa of the Big Ten. MSU is scheduled to play Missouri in Columbia next at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 6, inside the Mizzou Tennis Complex.

Track and field: The Missouri State track and field team competed in its third meet of the 2015-16 indoor season at the Pittsburg State Invitational here Friday.

Sprinters Marissa Kurtimah and Shavonne Husbands each tallied a firstplace finish in an individual event at the meet while nine individuals grabbed a top-five finish for the Bears in eight events.

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Down to the final play, again Bears overcome final-minute deficit, take care of Redbirds and move to 5-5 in The Valley

By Eli Wohlenhaus Editor-in-Chief @eliwohlenhaus

For the fourth time this season, junior guard Dequon Miller—who wears the number 4 on his jersey—hit a shot in the final seconds to give Missouri State a chance.

The first three times, Miller made a go-ahead layup to give the Bears (913, 5-5) the win. Against Illinois State on Saturday, it sent MSU into overtime at 72.

It was the Redbirds’ (12-11, 6-4) game to lose with 51 seconds left in regulation, leading 68-64. MSU’s head coach Paul Lusk received a technical foul and ISU should have had the game dead to rights.

Yet something unexpected happened. ISU sophomore forward Deontae Hawkins missed both free throws. A free-throw-shooting-match then ensued, finishing with two clutch free throws by Redbird senior guard DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, which pushed the lead to 72-69.

The Bears were left with just seven seconds to tie it.

One of the most highly debated topics in college basketball is whether to foul up three points in the final seconds of the game. ISU elected not to foul and head coach Dan Muller said after the game that he did not want to talk about his strategy for that situation.

One person who did want to talk about it was the shooter himself, Miller.

“I like taking big shots and living in a big moment,” Miller said. “My mind was just everywhere. I was just trying to get a bucket, really.”

Miller hit six 3’s overall, scoring 22 total points. He credits senior forward Camyn Boone with creating the game-tying shot opportunity.

“It’s really credit to big Cam because he looked for me towards the end,” said Miller.

Despite Miller getting the Bears into overtime with his heroic heave, it was freshman guard Jarred Dixon who had an afternoon to remember.

ISU once again commanded

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Sophomore forward Chris Kendrix soars for a layup against Illinois State on Jan. 30 at JQH Arena. things, scoring the first seven points of overtime. After a 3 by freshman guard Ryan Kreklow put MSU within four, Dixon took over the game.

Down 81-77, Dixon hit a 3-pointer—the Bears’ tenth of the game, which is the most they’ve made in a game this season.

Dixon immediately took a charge on the defensive end and then made a runner to put MSU up 82-81. Right after that, Dixon grabbed a defensive rebound off a missed Akoon-Purcell lay-up and went right back to the free throw line, making one.

Akoon-Purcell again got a great look at a game-winner, but clanked it off the rim after the Redbirds executed the play perfectly to get him open.

Dixon ended with only 14 total points, but added five assists, six steals and four rebounds.

“It was natural,” Dixon said. “We were losing, so in my mind I am just like, ‘I’ve got to get to the basket.’”

Lusk was hoarse after the game— a game where he had to remove his blazer for the first time all season.

“Great win for our guys,” Lusk said. “They showed a lot of guts…

That was a big time game. Illinois State is very, very talented at every position.”

The 84-81 win moves the Bears to being all square in the conference at 5-5 with a chance to have a winning MVC record on Tuesday, February 2,

against the Bradley Braves (3-20, 19).

Bradley is coming off an 80-70 loss at Drake. Their lone win came off a 54-53 win over Loyola in Chicago on Jan. 13.

The Braves are in their first season with head coach Brian Wardle and have been starting five freshmen.

They don’t boast much, but those starting five all average 7.7-8.7 points per game.

That equal scoring attack could make it difficult for MSU to know who and where to stop Bradley, but as proved in Peoria on January 16 when the Bears defeated the Braves 61-42, MSU is the stronger team.

Tip-off for the game is at 7:05 p.m. at JQH Arena.

The Bears finish the week with a game at Evansville on Saturday. Tip for that game is at 11 a.m. and can be seen in Springfield on Fox Sports Midwest. The Purple Aces are 18-5 and 7-3 in the conference.

Eli’s Extras Biggest win of the season. Yes, the Bears beat Oklahoma State and Northern Iowa, but to beat a team that is right at your level and to do it by overcoming so many issues in the final minute of regulation and overtime is how you really gauge where you are as a team.

Boone played and looked

stronger, senior guard Dorrian Williams played and seems to have mostly put the hamstring problem behind him and sophomore guard Chris Kendrix put in 31 quality minutes after not playing on Wednesday and minimally last week.

Speaking of Kendrix, I don’t know what is happening there. After speaking with other media guys and probing Lusk, it just sounds like he was struggling with some undisclosed things and needs to work through it.

Hopefully all of that is behind them and the team can move forward with both him and Boone getting back to their old selves.

Prior to Saturday’s game, I questioned Lusk about how he feels towards the team’s shot selection.

He said he rarely was disappointed in the looks they get. I silently disagreed and then watched as the Bears were more careful with their looks.

We’ll say coincidence, but I feel pretty good about my influence right now.

MSU has to beat Bradley on Tuesday. There is no excuse. You are at home and coming off what amounts to as a slight upset of Illinois State and need to gather momentum before heading to Evansville on Saturday.

Put 70 on the Braves and win by at least 15 points.

Lady Bears bounce around from first to second

By Eric Knifong Sports Reporter @e_knifong

Six straight road victories now for the Lady Bears and an 8-1 record away from JQH Arena.

The victory on Saturday against Wichita State (515, 2-7) was their fifth straight win overall.

MSU (14-7, 7-2) traveled to Koch Arena against a struggling Shockers team with hopes of improving to 7-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. After the 77-57 victory the Lady Bears moved into the top spot, but are back in second place after Drake (14-6, 7-2) picked up a victory over Loyola (10-10, 6-3) on Sunday.

Three teams share identical 7-2 conference records with three teams sitting at 6-3. It is crowded in the top half of the conference and should make for an exciting last month of the season.

The Lady Bears came out firing against the Shockers, taking an early 15-4 lead in the first quarter.

The Shockers would continue to fight in the

first half and brought the game within two points on two separate occasions. However, the Lady Bears answered every time the Shockers got close and took a 36-31 lead into the half.

The third quarter belonged to the seniors for MSU, as they scored all 23 points for the Lady Bears. MSU pushed the lead to 17 points with two minutes to go in the third, and WSU never got closer than 12 points the rest of the game. The fourth quarter was more of the same for the Lady Bears. The lead ballooned to 23 points before finishing with the 20-point victory.

The Lady Bears took advantage of 24 turnovers committed by the Shockers, scoring 30 points off of those turnovers.

The Lady Bears committed 16 turnovers, but only allowed six points off of theirs. Both teams shot 45 percent from the field, but the Lady Bears took 13 more shots because of those turnovers and 18 offensive rebounds. MSU led in virtually every statistical category throughout the game.

Four Lady Bears scored in double figures in the game with senior guard Kenzie Williams’ 16 leading the way. Williams shot 0-3 from inside the

arc, but 4-7 from behind it and added four from the charity stripe.

She also added a team-high six assists. Senior guard Tyonna Snow picked up her fourth doubledouble of the season after scoring 15 points and grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds.

Senior forward Hillary Chvatal scored 13 points on 5-6 shooting. Sophomore guard Liza Fruendt poured in 11 points in 21 minutes off the bench. Junior guard Lexi Hughes put in seven points, and in doing-so, became the 60th Lady Bear in program history to score 500 career points.

The ladies stay on the road this week against the other two teams sitting alongside them in the MVC. First, they travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to take on Northern Iowa (12-8, 7-2) on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. After the game the Lady Bears will take the short two hour drive to Des Moines, Iowa to face Drake on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m.

If the Lady Bears take advantage of the match ups then it could go a long way in helping them win the regular season conference title.

Trio of leadership preps lacrosse for season

By Parker Padgett Staff Reporter @ParkerPadgett

Men’s Lacrosse is back and I sat down with the head coach of the team, Dustin Rich, to preview the upcoming season.

And as usual, there are high expectations for the team that unfortunately finished 0-3-1 last fall.

“Our group is able to perform at a high level day-in and day-out and that’s just something the staff and I are really focused on.

We talk about playing the ‘perfect game’. We’re more worried about the internal stuff and how we perform in practice every day” said Rich.

On the field, Rich has a trio of strong veteran leadership consisting of senior Matt Hanes, sophomore Cooper Kelley and senior Matt Krick.

“Kelley, he works harder than anyone else on the field. And of course Matt Krick, is a big leader off the field, with the stuff he’s involved in and what he does.”

Kelley along with junior Austin Todd and sophomore Burke Smith, sophomore, are poised to have breakout years to accompany successful fall campaigns.

“Austin Todd, he had a pretty productive fall. Cooper Kelley is one of these guys who worked his butt off and the last guy I can think of, is Burke Smith, who’s a transfer, new to the team, having a breakout year”

But it’s not the leadership or the talent of the team that is the most positive note for this team. It’s the fact that this team is more than just a team.

“One of the things that’s stuck out to me already is the family atmosphere that our team has, you know the closeness. In a sport like lacrosse, you spend a lot of time talking about x’s and o’s and expectations and goals and winning games and working hard. And one of the things I’ve seen just already this year is how this group of guys are, they got each other’s back.

They’re close.”

But on the other side of the coin, the youth may be a factor in the season.

“We’ve got a lot of youth.

We’ve got 13 guys that are first

year players, rookies to the team.

There’s a lot of team chemistry that has to happen and that youth can really effect how you play the game.”

The schedule will be interesting for the Bears, playing teams such as Kansas, Creighton, Saint Louis, and Missouri Valley College.

But it’s Rich’s first opponent that’s on his mind: Mizzou.

“Missouri Valley was ranked as high as third nationally, and Missouri Baptist is always a big rivalry game and the one we are focused on is Mizzou. We are always focused on winning the state of Missouri.”

The battle for the state of Missouri will be on Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium.

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Ice Bears win Senior Night Golf preview: start of the second half

By Mike Ursery Staff Reporter @MikeUrsery

The No. 24 Missouri State Ice Bears bid farewell to the Stan Melton Rink for the 2015-2016 season with a 2-game sweep of the Illinois State Redbirds Jan. 29-30.

MSU fans bid farewell to five seniors, goalies Justin Davis and Mitch Fernsler, and forwards Tommy Dapron, Alex Nanna and Richard Westcott, prior to the start of Game 2 on Jan. 30, which was designated as “Senior Night.” The final series just so happened against Illinois State, a team that has been the Ice Bears’ rival over the past few years.

“This was a big weekend for us,” Nanna said. “This was also big rankings-wise. We need to get into the Top 20, maybe even a little lower than that, just to have the chance to go to Nationals. This is a turning point for our season.”

The top 20 teams in the Division I rankings at the end of the regular season are allowed to play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I National Tournament, which takes place in Bensenville, Illinois, beginning March 3.

Game 1 started with a bang, with both teams playing physical along the boards keeping each other scoreless for nearly six minutes. The scoreless tie was broken when freshman forward Travis Barrett weaved his way between two defenders in a 1-on-2 situation and put the puck in the net to make the score 1-0.

“I was just trying to get a shot on net, but the puck ended up bouncing and I was able to get it back and I whacked it in,” Barrett said.

The Redbirds went ahead before the end of the opening frame and went into the first intermission leading 2-1. Illinois State evened it at 1-1 when they were able to get the puck past Davis in net on a power play. The second goal came with 1:49 to go in the first. MSU trailed despite leading 14-9 in shots.

Junior forward Brenden McClew evened things at 2-2 when he scored early in the second period. Westcott, who was drawn into a fight when a Redbird grabbed him by his sweater and pulled him down to the ice late in the first period, put MSU ahead 3-2 with 14:28 to go in the second. The Ice Bears never trailed again, and skated off the ice with a 7-3 victory.

Illinois State struck first in Game 2, scoring on junior

By Trevor Martin Staff Reporter @trevorsaur

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Freshman defender Bryan Fuhler controls the puck against Illinois State on Jan. 29 at Stan Melton Rink.

goalie Joseph McConnell at the 13:35 mark of the first period to go up 1-0. However, that lead didn’t last. Freshman forward Brendan Huber tied the score at 1-1 with 3:51 left in the opening frame. Junior forward Logan Lopicka followed with a goal of his own to put MSU ahead 2-1. However, Illinois State scored with just seconds remaining to take a tie game into the first intermission.

The game remained tied for almost all of the second period before juniot forward Ryan Hogland scored to put MSU ahead 3-2. The Ice Bears never looked back, winning 5-2 to complete the sweep of the rival Redbirds.

MSU now looks ahead to the next two weekends, with five important games remaining, to hope for a chance at playing in the National Tournament. The Ice Bears face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Feb. 5-6, then close out the regular season against Lindenwood University Feb. 14 “At this point in the season, the league stops looking at strength of schedule and only looks at wins,” head coach Bob Bucher said. “As long as we keep winning games, we have a chance to get into the top 20.”

Game 1 against Arkansas is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5, with Game 2 scheduled for a 4 p.m. start on Feb. 6.

Spring is just around the corner, and along with it comes the return of Men’s Golf. The Bears led a strong campaign in the fall, placing in the top five teams at four out of their five tournaments.

They open their 2016 this week in Las Vegas, Nevada at the LMU Higgins Memorial Invitational, and are looking to get a strong start to the year.

There are some big things we can hope to see from the men this season.

Freshmen Kory Franks and Adam Fisher look to continue their strong seasons.

Fisher finished third at the Coyote Classic; a tournament at which our Bears ended up bringing home first place.

Franks finished 11th at that tournament and also had a strong finish at the F&M Bank/APSU Intercollegiate Tournament, where he led the team in eighth place and an overall team finish at fourth.

The team’s veteran leadership of Brik Brauburger, Joey Johnson, and Mitch Mather look to point the Bears in the right direction in hopes of snagging a tournament win or two as well. Brauburger is averaging over three strokes under where he was at last season and is currently averaging a 73.

Johnson looks to cap off a great career at Missouri State, looking for his third All-Conference recognition.

Both Johnson and Brauburger finished top-five at the Coyote Classic in the fall, and look to continue to show their senior leadership this spring.

Mather had a rocky fall campaign, reaching only a top15 finish one time, but his play in previous seasons should prove his capabilities. Last season he had three-top-ten finishes, as well as a top-five finish.

Mather, Johnson, and Brauburger will have to keep their play at top-tier if they want to come away with another tournament win.

Overall, the team looks much improved from where they were in the 2014-2015 season. Last year, they were only able to come away with one top-5 finish total for both fall and spring.

So far this season, the Bears have already quadrupled their output, including a first place finish.

March will be a point to work toward for the team, as they go to Dallas to play in the ORU/SFA Invitational.

Shortly after, they return back home to Springfield for the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate.

All of this leads up to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship starting April 25.

The Bears are a much stronger team than they were last season and their lethal combination of up-and-coming Freshmen and veteran leadership could prove to be the right formula come tournament time.

Twins Oaks Intercollegiate March 21-22 8:30 a.m. @Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield, MO

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NAMI Southwest Missouri and Christ Church Episcopal are accepting sleeping bags, blankets, etc., to hand out to homeless veterans during the 2016 Veterans event. Donations can be dropped off at NAMI, 1443 N. Robberson #408, M-F 9:30am-5pm; or at Christ Church, 601 E. Walnut, M-F 8am-4:30pm or Sun 8-11:30am.

Call 417-350-3519 for more information.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016