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HAIL TO THE CHIEF Looking back at presidents’ legacies on Missouri State University’s campus

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Carrington Hall, Hill Hall, Ellis Hall, and the Duane G. Meyer Library — many students pass by these buildings every day, but many of them are unaware of the historical context the names refer to. Since its inception in 1905, MSU has grown substantially under the leadership of effective university presidents, and many of them are honored on Springfield’s campus today.

A university president interacts with federal and state governments, oversees the organization of the institution’s services, policies and development, while also serving as the face of the university.

MSU’s current president, Clif Smart, said an effective president must “have the right tone, openness and kindness while advancing the university the right way,” citing former MSU presidents Michael Nietzel and Duane Meyer as examples.

“There are a variety of divisions that report to (the president), whether that be student, international or academic programs,” Smart said of the complexities. “(The president is) also responsible for hiring, managing and supervising, as well as creating the budget.”

A president also works to grow the university through community events such as fundraising. Citing former MSU president Arthur Mallory as a role model, Smart emphasized the importance of setting the tone for discussion and progress, while minimizing confrontation.

Assistant professor of English Erin Kappeler also voiced the importance of a university president being an advocate for higher education.

“A good president supports teaching and research, while advocating for every department and seeing the value in everyone,” Kappeler said.

Here are the presidents behind the success of Missouri State University.

Students will be able to start working toward a Master’s Degree in Computer Science at Missouri State University as early as the fall semester of this year.

The MSU Board of Governors approved the new degree last week during an executive committee meeting.

“There is no complementary program in southwest Missouri,” Frank Einhellig, provost of MSU and chancellor of the Mountain Grove campus said. “(The degree) is demand driven, and there is apparently a real and genuine need for this.

So, it’s a good way to serve our students,” Joe Carmichael, chair of the board of governors,

William Thomas Carrington (1906-1918)

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Michael Nietzel, the university’s ninth president, speaks to students and faculty. teachers to work in the public school system, offering a four-year Bachelor of Science/Arts in Education Degree by 1913. By the end of Carrington’s tenure, the university was offering 179 available courses and 61 high school courses to nearly 500 students, according to MSU’s website. Academic Hall was built in 1909 and is named Carrington Hall today in honor of the university’s first president.

Clyde Milton Hill (1918-1926) Dr. Clyde M. Hill was selected to succeed Carrington as the university’s second president in 1918 after serving as a superintendent in West Plains. He was a student of Fourth District Normal School before returning three years later to teach math.

Under Hill, the university was renamed to Southwest Missouri State Teachers College while retaining focus on preparation for future teachers.

As president, Hill saw enrollment double, reaching over 1,000 students for the first time, spread out over 12 different departments while the Education Building and The Science Building were constructed—now named Hill Hall and Siceluff Hall, respectively, according to MSU’s website.

Elected to become the first president of Fourth District Normal School in Roy Ellis (1926-1961) January 1906, William Carrington served as a high school principal and As the MSU’s third president, Roy state superintendent of education for Ellis would go on to serve from 1926 nearly 20 years. to 1961 as the longest tenured president During Missouri State’s early years, in Missouri State University’s history. the primary focus was to prepare future Another student of Fourth District Normal School, Ellis graduated in 1911 before returning to teach sociology and economics in 1917, according to MSU’s website. During Ellis’ tenure, the university officially received academic accreditation in 1927, and the college’s name was changed to Southwest Missouri State College in 1946.

Public works projects led to the construction of the Health and Recreation Building that is now known as File photo by MICHAEL GULLEDGE/THE McDonald Arena, and enrollment grew STANDARD to over 3,400 students by the end of Ellis’ tenure in 1961, according to James E. Cofer, Sr. was MSU’s MSU’s website. Ellis Hall, home to the 10th president from 2010-2011.

department of music, was built in 1959 and named in his honor.

Leland Eldridge Traywick (1961-1964)

Even though Leland Traywick only served three years as MSU’s fourth president, he established several important things on campus. He set up a “Committee on the Future of SMS,” which consisted of faculty and administrators who looked at ways to improve student life and campus facilities, as well as the faculty’s responsibilities.

According to MSU’s website, the committee was “precedent-setting, providing clear evidence of the principle of ‘shared governance.’”

While president, he created the Faculty Senate, adopted the semester system and received funding to increase the student union and dormitory space.

While Traywick was president, the Tent Theatre tradition was started; baseball, wrestling, women’s volleyball, tennis and field hockey were added to the intercollegiate sports competition, according to MSU’s website.

Arthur Lee Mallory (19641971)

A graduate from the Fourth District Normal School, Arthur Mallory became MSU’s fifth president in 1964 at the age of 31, becoming the youngest president at MSU, according to MSU’s website. Under Mallory, history, English, math, theater and education master’s degrees were offered in 1966.

From 1964 to 1971, enrollment grew to almost 10,000 students, a 130 percent increase, according to MSU’s website. By 1967, the campus was about 60 acres, and included new buildings like Greenwood Laboratory School, Craig Hall, Taylor Health and Wellness and Blair-Shannon.

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The program for the degree has three track options including a thesis track, a project track and a course-only track.

The degree will be like most degrees, requiring 30 credit hours of 600- and 700-level courses. An internship is an optional part of the degree.

The university is expecting around 50 students to enroll in the program for the first year and around 100 students each year after. It is expected that a portion of these students will be international students.

“Some of (the students), in fact, quite a number of them, probably will be international.

(The degree) is a high demand from international areas, particularly India and China,”

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Professor wins Outstanding Educator award Matt Campanelli Staff Reporter @THE_MattyCamp The thought of studying finance might sound like a boring major for some. For associate professor Dr. James Philpot, teaching finance is a way of life.

The Federation of Business Disciplines has named Philpot an Outstanding Educator of the Year for 2017.

“It’s a tremendous honor,” Philpot said. “It’s always good when peers recognize your

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education. Philpot said one of those contributions is helping to review new textbooks where publishers will send chapters for Philpot to review and comment on.

“It’s kind of neat to see my name in the credits in the new textbook and to feel like I got a tiny little imprint on this and maybe I’m contributing to other campuses.” Philpot said.

Philpot added that he has also written about different ways to teach the subject of finance to students. Philpot said that a popular method is using

It’s kind of neat to see my name in the credits in the new textbook and to feel like I got a tiny little imprint on this.

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-Dr. James Philpot achievements.”

Each year, the Federation of Business Disciplines sponsors Outstanding Educator awards for each regional professional association in business. For example, the Southwest American Accounting Association will also choose an Outstanding Educator of the Year. Philpot will receive his reward from the Southwest Finance Association.

According to Philpot, the award is not just for what he has done in the classroom, but also his contributions to finance

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“One of the things we talk about in finance and kind of grumble about is the marketing people can always show a video,” Philpot said. “They teach stuff that lends itself really well to video; in finance. We really don’t.”

Dr. Kent Ragan, department head of finance and general business, said he thinks Philpot

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‘Seizing Freedom’ from Douglass to Du Bois ‘Shattering the Silences’ event discusses post-Civil War slave stories Layne Stracener Staff Reporter @LayneAlison1 David Roediger gave a presentation on the struggle for freedom after the Civil War, which is a major theme from his book, “Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All” on Feb. 16 in Meyer Library Room 101.

The presentation was part of the African and African-American studies speaker series “Shattering the Silences.” It was sponsored by the African and African-American studies committee, the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, and the Political Science Department.

Roediger is the foundation professor of American studies and history at the University of Kansas. He has written several other books and articles on race, class, labor and social justice.

Roediger explained how America recovered and what former slaves did after the Civil War. He described the ‘jubilee,’ a biblical term that means slaves would be freed and debts would be forgiven.

“When one group of people gets an idea about freedom and acts on that idea, it moves to other groups who begin to say, ‘What about us? What about our freedom? What would be our jubilee? What would change our lives?’”

Roediger said.

Roediger described how “slaves emancipating themselves in the Civil War meant that, for the first time, white workers and white women could have ideas about their own jubilee and their own emancipation that were forbidden to them before. It was actually the movement of enslaved people that made it possible for other people to have social movements.”

Junior film major Shekinah Morgan said it was interesting to hear a different perspective on the topic.

“It’s definitely a different ideology,” she said. “I’m more used to hearing the African-American perspective. I’m not used to hearing the outside perspective. I learned quite a bit, and I kind of see things a little differently than I did previously.”

One perspective Morgan said she found interesting was when Roediger discussed a

painting, “Near Andersonville” by Civil War correspondent Winslow Homer. The painting is of an enslaved black woman in a doorway while Confederate soldiers herd Union captives.

“The actual painting looks like a thumbprint, and if you didn’t look closely, you would think it’s a smudge,” Roediger said. “It’s this African-American woman’s consciousness that becomes the center of the painting, and it’s her decision, her thought that becomes the drama of the Civil War … If you really wanted to read this image, you could say part of what she’s thinking about is her obligation in this situation.”

Junior literature major Tianna Snyder and senior literature major Allison Minicky attended the presentation for their African-American literature class because it is relevant to their current course material. They often study slavery and cover material on W.E.B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass.

“I thought it was really informative,” Snyder said. “I didn’t think we were going to learn anything new, but we did. It was really good.”

Minicky and Snyder said it was interesting

to learn about post-slavery and Douglass’ and Du Bois’ later lives, and involvement with women’s suffrage. Their literature class focuses on Douglass right before he is free instead of after. They also said they enjoyed seeing the same aspects in the art Roediger showed that they see in the literature they read, because they don’t study a lot of art in their literature class.

Roediger discussed a picture of a sculpture in a park in New York of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony having tea together.

“It imagines the solidarity and friendship that was real, but also for long periods was undermined by the tension between whether you prioritize civil rights or women’s rights,” Roediger said. “It raises a very powerful set of questions about how we think about these things, because it’s a danger to think that these solidarities are easy and that they’re just kind of the natural order of things. It’s also a danger in forgetting that these were movements that drew strength from each other.”

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Left: “Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All” details how slaves gained freedom during and after the Civil War. Right: David Roediger is the foundation professor of American studies and history at the University of Kansas. He has written several books about race.

Sustainability commission ready to grow Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark With a brand new $75,000 in their budget, the sustainability commission is ready to bring green improvements to Missouri State’s campus.

According to Chief Sustainability Commissioner Chris Klenke, they already have several projects in the works.

The main focus currently is the bike-share program. Klenke said this is a partnership with the city of Springfield. There will be six bike stations on MSU’s campus where bikes can be stored.

Bike share members can take the bikes from the stations and ride them anywhere for free for about 30 minutes at a time, Klenke said.

After that 30 minutes, you will be charged $1 an hour. But all you have to do is return the bike to another station.

“That’s been in the works; that’s why there wasn’t much of a build up because we were expecting it to come through,” Klenke said. “I

think the bike-share program will be very good for a lot of students.”

Last semester, the Student Government Association approved another of the sustainability’s commission’s ideas: a Strong Hall hydration station.

You can find hydration stations in places around campus like Craig Hall.

This semester, Klenke is working on encouraging more students to use the special water fountains with simple barcode stickers.

Students can stick the sticker on their water bottles, or on a special Cupanion bottle, refill their water at a hydration station and earn points.

“They scan your bottle every time you fill it up and you collect points and you can get rewards,” Klenke said. “I think it’s going to be really cool, and I think it’s going to encourage a lot of students to use water bottles meant for more than one use.”

There was a survey for the preferred color of the Cupanion bottles and metallic grey was the decisive winner.

Klenke said the commission is also planning

on adding two more parking lots with LED lighting. Last semester, they added 47 LED lights in commuter lots across Grand.

Gabe Crain, a sophomore psychology major, said that the goal of the lights was to save money for the university and make campus safer for students. The LED lights are expected to save MSU $4,915.

Also in the works is motion sensor lighting in Bear Park South.

“There’s a proposal to refurbish Bear Park

South so it has motion-sensor lighting, so it’s not on throughout all the night whenever nobody’s there,” Klenke said.

Klenke isn’t worried about the recent budget cuts to MSU impacting the budget he’s working with.

“Our budget does not come from the university; it comes from students,” Klenke said.

“It’s a $2 student fee per student, so that’s where that comes from.”

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JUDGING SNOWFLAKES Strive for more in college Don’t stereotype people based on their groups Ryan Welch Photo Editor; Columnist @_Rxan A couple of weeks ago, I listened to a Springfield police officer describe his job.

Most of what he said seemed to not surprise the class, nor did it surprise me — except for one thing.

The officer was asked if there was one point that society should remember in regards to the police. His answer was short and to the point: “We are people too; just remember that.

Under this badge is a father, a mother, a son, a daughter.”

The act of stereotyping a group of people, like the police or even an individual, is a normal thing. Psychologist Paul Bloom said in a New York TED Talk that “our ability to stereotype is not some arbitrary quirk of the mind. We have experience with things and people in the world, and we use our experiences to generalize.”

It makes sense when we find out that people stereotype other people very easily. After all, it’s easier to put things in boxes and label the box than it is to look in the box and decide the labels of each individual.

“20/20,” an ABC investigative television show, did a piece in 2006 that looked into stereotyping and found that even children actively stereotype.

So, what is the difference between a child stereotyping and an adult stereotyping? Simple: the consequence.

A 10-year-old is not in charge of overseeing who gets a job. A five-year-old is not going to arrest you. These jobs are carried out by adults — adults who carry stereotypes.

If you are still reading this article, I am going to apologize for making it sound like you are a horrible human being. The other thing that separates you from that five-yearold is that you can grasp things on a grander scale. You can see past what is right in front of your eyes and understand that just because you might subconsciously think one way, you don’t have to consciously act the same.

The problem with acting on a stereotype is that you wipe away an individual’s thoughts, emotions and past, replacing them with your own generalized ideas. Sometimes these replaced ideas end up being correct. Stereotyping college students as procrastinators, non-morning people and caffeine addicts is

a fair and generally true stereotype, but stereotyping often leaves out information that makes an individual, well, individual.

I know you might not think of snow when talking about stereotyping, but hear me out.

Did you know that some dialects of northern civilizations (Inuits, Yupik, Inupiaq, etc.) have 70 different words to describe ice or snow?

People in that area needed a way to describe individual snow types and couldn’t just say “snow” when there were so many variations. They went about labeling the individual snow rather than the whole because they knew that each snow was fundamentally different and that having one name to describe all snow would never allow for accurate understanding.

Starting to see where I’m going with this? No? In the last paragraph, anywhere I said “snow,” replace it with “person.” I know it’s rough, but it should be able to bridge the gap.

Now, pretend that these different types of “snow” are different groups of people: President Donald Trump supporters, Hillary Clinton supporters, police officers, protesters, college students, refugees, blacks, whites, etc.

Just as all snowflakes can seem the same, it is easy to think that all Trump supporters are the same. It is only after you put snow under a microscope do you start to see differences between the snowflakes themselves.

Do the same with Trump supporters and you will see a similar trend shows itself. Each person who voted for Trump voted for their own reasons, and just like the snowflake is unique, so is the supporter.

I don’t want this article to comes across as bias to one side, so I will also explain that the exact same thing can be said for those who decide to protest. While from afar, it is easy to stereotype a protester. It is only when you look closely that you can see each person is protesting for slightly different reasons, just like those who supported Trump.

OK, so what’s the point? I wrote this column because lately there seems to be a trend in labeling groups of people without much thought about those individuals in the groups.

Next time you, a friend or even a stranger says or does something that is based on a generalization of a group, challenge that generalization by looking at the individuals of the group and not the group as a whole.

“The problem with

acting on a stereotype is that you wipe away an individual’s thoughts, emotions and past, replacing them with your own generalized ideas.”

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Ali Spies Columnist @alicethespy During the week when I’m going to classes and doing things for various organizations, I tend to get swept up in college life. I find myself obsessing over Greek life, my major, my classes and my friend group. I find myself forgetting why I’m even at college, and it feels like I’m back in high school, just getting by until the next thing comes along.

Last week, I was reminded why I am here.

As I have mentioned before, I’m a theater major here at MSU. Which means I am in a few theater classes, obviously. Usually these classes are occupied by other college-aged students majoring in theater talking about various auditions and rehearsals we are all trying to make it through. Yet, there is one student in one of my classes that breaks this stereotype and challenges me to think about why I am here.

Junior mass media major Victoria Carriger (or Miss Vikki as she is sometimes called) is a mom of eight, taking classes here at Missouri State. I have seen her around and worked with her in class, but I didn’t learn her story until recently.

Victoria is a singer and songwriter trying to get her music off the ground, and she is taking classes here to hone her talent and make a name for herself. Talking with her, I learned she wants the songs she writes to become popular, but she doesn’t necessarily want the fame. Victoria has had some very rough personal struggles, but she is becoming a better person and songwriter for it.

Hearing her story and performances in the PSU after class has made me rethink about why I am even here. Seeing someone with so much more on the line than “Where am I going to get lunch?” or “What do I wear to this frat party?” really puts into perspective why any of us are here. I want to make more of an impact on the lives of people around me, like Victoria does.

I feel the need to create things and make a name for myself, even if my career path isn’t one that leads to fame. I think most of us can relate to this feeling of wanting to produce content to share with the world, even if that content isn’t in the entertainment field. We are all here trying to better our own lives, while also trying to make it to some end goal. While that goal might be a career or a family, in the end we all want to make something in this world.

Hearing the power in Victoria’s voice as she sang her song, “Hello My Friend,” and the beauty of the words brought tears to my eyes that day in the PSU. It has been so long since I’ve seen someone with so much talent produce something so personal and real. I want to create that kind of emotion, and I want to make an impact on someone’s life.

One thing Victoria said to me that really stuck with me was that she wants to make people laugh and cry. If she made people laugh, she won their hearts; if she made them cry, she made it into their hearts.

I realized how much I can relate to this idea. Even though I might not make the whole world laugh and cry, even if it’s just the people I am close with, that is enough.

JEALOUSY WON’T LEAD TO SATISFACTION OF LIFE Qiuyue Li Columnist @Holiday12058442 When I was little, I had a sugar addiction and grew the habit of not brushing my teeth at night. I formed malocclusions, which means my front teeth are pushed out, giving me “bunny teeth.” This followed me to middle school where boys made fun of me and gave me ugly nicknames.

I was deadly jealous of other girls’ perfect teeth and how they could smile happily without feeling ashamed.

When I was in high school, due to the high pressure of study, I gained a lot of weight. Even though my best friends didn’t point it out, I knew I was bigger compared to them. The struggle of keeping up academically with top students and losing weight nearly crushed me. I couldn’t stop eating because food was my only antidote that cured all of my stress. I was unable to find my clothes size and was judged by several girls.

I hated myself, and I wished I had “chopstick-like” legs just like those effortless girls.

When I first came to Missouri State, I envied other Asian-American students. I thought they spoke fluent English and didn’t stumble over every single word. They didn’t struggle making friends and knew the local humor and culture. I thought other Asian-American students didn’t feel awkward in conversations because they always knew what Americans were talking about. I was sure they never had trouble understanding assignments and could solve problems instantly. Sometimes I wish I were them.

The list can go on and on because jealousy and hatred are embedded in human nature. We will never be satisfied with our lives. We always assume what others have is greater and better than what we have, and we end up being dissatisfied and dreadful.

After years of practice and experiment, here I provide my

recipe: think of what you have instead of what you want.

Even though I still have “bunny teeth,” I feel lucky and unique that no one can eat a carrot as fast as I do.

Even though I still have short and chubby legs, as my best bud Moomin from “The Moomins” said: “I’m soft around. No sharp edges anywhere.” Even though my English will never be as good as other Asian-Americans, I can speak fluent Chinese, Korean and Japanese, which allows me to make more international friends. And I can take time to make friends with Americans who are more understanding and kind.

Trust me, you will never feel happy and content if you are always yearning for new desires. Take a deep breath, and think of what you have to be grateful for. If you do, you will be immersed with thankfulness and joy and, probably for the first time, you will feel satisfied.

Sleepless nights = memorable adventures Ally Gaither Columnist I had been up for 20 hours, and I was running off of a cinnamon crunch bagel, a cheese danish, and a caramel latte with two extra shots of espresso when I started writing this column. In less than an hour that morning, I had taken a shower, gotten breakfast, written an introduction for an assignment due at 9 a.m. and then ran across campus to my only class of the day. My day didn’t end there; I was able to get an hour or two of sleep before I had to go to work until after midnight that night.

This is stressful and incredibly difficult to manage. The worst part of all is that this is

completely normal.

I know I am not the only college student who doesn’t have a regular sleep schedule.

I seriously envy those of you who actually sleep every night.

Every college student will pull an “all-nighter” at some point in their college experience, but I feel like I pull an unusually high number of all-nighters: three to four per week. What makes this even worse is many of these nights I spend awake, I don’t do a single school-related thing. I get so stressed out that I can’t sleep, but I also can’t focus on anything even remotely productive.

So, what do you do when you can’t sleep? As a “professional” insomniac, I have a few recommendations.

There is always the great escape of Netflix. Whether you watch some great movies or you binge watch three whole seasons of a television series, Netflix is a great way to get your mind off of things.

Netflix can also help lull you to sleep, especially if you watch a movie or show you know really well. Listening to familiar sounds, like your favorite movie, gives your mind something to focus on when you just can’t get it to stop thinking about everything from your 11 assignments due in the next three days to the true meaning of life.

Another good option is working out. This option even falls into the productive category and is obviously the

healthiest option. While this option requires actual effort and can be difficult to complete at 3 a.m. without waking up your downstairs neighbors, it will also make you tired eventually. Not to mention, you will feel good about yourself when you wake up knowing that you did something productive in your insomnia-induced procrastination (until the soreness sets in).

Last but not least, if you are like me, you can always go for no sleep at all and get out of your apartment or dorm all together. Go out and do something fun with friends. Do not go too crazy; you do have school in the morning, but if you’re not going to get any sleep, you might as well spend

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that time with your friends who also can’t sleep rather than spending it alone.

I usually meet up with friends, and we all drive around for hours just having good conversations and getting lost in a nearby town. My co-workers, who have the same sleep schedule because we all work at a movie theater, and I do this almost every other night, and it has become the highlight of my week.

It helps that Springfield is a college town, so certain places are open twenty-four hours for us. We always have a place to eat and chill for a bit before getting back in the car. Sounds strange, but we’re young, and this is the only time in all of our lives when we’ll actually

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Whether you choose to be lazy and watch Netflix, be productive and work out, or be impulsive and drive around with friends, make the most of your insomnia.

As Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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Untamed Tongues sponsors a night of expression for student artists Mike Volding Staff Reporter @MiketheKid65 To celebrate Black History Month, student artists from all over the Springfield area gathered for night of art and soul in the PSU Union Club on Friday, Feb. 17.

This event was sponsored by the Untamed Tongues in partnership with MSU’s Multicultural Services. The Untamed Tongues are a poetry collective on the Missouri State campus with an objective of giving student artists and poets a platform in which to share their works.

Christopher Hill, a graduate assistant for Multicultural Services, said that before (the event) there wasn’t really an opportunity for these students to showcase and express their talents.

“An event like this is a fantastic opportunity to allow students to showcase their talents and let people (see) into their personal lives,” Hill said.

Honesty Gant, sophomore digital film major and president of Untamed Tongues, said that the purpose of this event was to promote Springfield residents’ and MSU students’ crafts, such as poetry, singing, live painting or sketching.

“This is a great way for us to have a soulful night with good vibes, especially after this past election,” Gant said. “We are going for a positive outlook and a way for everybody to connect with each other through the arts.”

The night was filled with 13 performers who expressed their talents to a crowd of over 50 people.

The students highlighted a wide array of topics, including female empowerment, love, heartbreak, living as a millennial and living in Chicago.

Matthew Hampton, a junior communications major and a member of the Untamed

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1) Students share their art and encourage community work at a Night of Art and Soul on Feb. 17. 2) Alisha Benefield, junior fashion merchandising and design major, shares her poetry. 3) Art supplies cover a table, ready for use.

4) Ndahiro Semugeshi plays for the audience.

Tongues, passionately read his poem to the crowd.

Hampton’s poem spoke about the bridge of being a professional wrestler and life. He showed how the two are alike in certain ways.

After Hampton read his poem, adrenaline still running through his veins, he said, “Not only do you feel the adrenaline when you are up there, but you’re also sharing something that you created, something that you pieced

together that has a deeper meaning.”

“This event brings awareness of a community that supports young writers,” Hampton said, “It also brings awareness to people who love art.”

Alisha Benefield, a junior fashion merchandising and design major, and a member of the Untamed Tongues, said that she loves seeing her organization at its fullest potential.

“We brought out a lot of people who are

normally shy and normally not as confident,” Benefield said. “Those people were able to come out of their shell and really confessed their hearts.”

The event brought a diverse group of student artists together to showcase their talents.

The next event on the calendar for Black History Month will be a banquet and fashion show that will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, located in the PSU.

State cuts funding, ‘Journalism ... a very important part of free society’ Spotlight series: Award-winning reporter influencing donors step in young journalists at Missouri State University

Casey A. Struble Staff Reporter @Casey_A_Struble

With the recent state budget cuts, higher education across Missouri is scrambling to pare costs and increase efficiency. Missouri State University has already put plans into action to meet the challenge — all with the help of new strategies and donations.

With this fiscal year’s donations at $19 million, Missouri State can ensure its scholarships, events and extracurricular activities stay in place for students. New administration strategies are being implemented across the board to ease the budget cut.

“President Smart made very clear that this isn’t going to completely fall on the backs of students,” Ronald Del Vecchio, dean of the college of agriculture said. “The plan is very multi-faceted.”

The College of Agriculture, along with all other Missouri State colleges, are working on a financial plan that would operate with a hypothetical five percent decrease in funding.

While there are plans to increase tuition for next semester, colleges are also working to become more efficient, designating more responsibilities to each faculty member.

This could play a positive role in MSU’s contingency

planning, explained Stephen Foucart, the chief financial officer of Missouri State University.

“The positive side of this is that it helps us train key people to fill positions that might open,” Foucart said.

Donations from alumni, organizations and other generous contributions also softened the blow of the budget cuts. Donations have provided outside funding that generates the vast majority of MSU’s scholarships, activities, and even buildings.

The Glass Hall addition, for example, was funded with bonds paid by $7 million from donations. The Journagan Ranch, speech and debate team and the traveling chorale were made possible by alumni benefactors.

“Even the uniforms the chorale (wore at the presidential inauguration) were paid for by donation,” Dr. Gloria Galanes, dean of the college of arts and letters said.

Nearly all donations were given to MSU on a specific basis; donors get to choose where their money goes.

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Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark Jennifer Moore grew up in the small, rural town of West Plains.

Then, she spent five years in the Persian Gulf reporting as a freelance journalist for CNN, NPR and the largest daily English newspaper, The Gulf News.

“I was never in a war zone, so I wasn’t dodging bullets like many very brave reporters do,” Moore said. “I was in a place where I saw more of the humanitarian side of the regional conflict.”

Moore spent three of those five years in the United Arab Emirates and the other two in Qatar.

“The country I lived in, the UAE, saw a lot of refugees coming from Iraq, and I was able to talk with them by phone and tell their stories,” Moore said.

“That was fulfilling on some level.”

After returning to the United States, Moore worked for KSMU, the local NPR radio station. She reported on multiculturalism, government ethics

and diversity issues and said she really enjoyed it.

“I think one of the most meaningful series I’ve done here was a series that looked into the Missouri public defender crisis,” Moore said. “Missouri’s public defenders were stretched very thin and strapped several years ago, and we reported how that affected citizens.”

Moore received the Excellence in Legal Journalism award from the Missouri Bar for the investigative piece. She also received seven Edward R. Murrow awards. Moore received a 2014 honorable mention for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Journalism by Syracuse University for her reports on health care.

“I think the health care reporting that our local NPR station has done has been something that I’m very proud of,” Moore said.

“Showing that people, even very hardworking people in our area, are still struggling to be able to afford a doctor.”

Moore now works as a journalist in residence for Missouri State

University. She continues to contribute to KSMU and will start teaching a journalism class in March.

The class is called “Issues in Journalism” with “International Reporting” as the subtitle, and it is available to undergraduate and graduate students.

The class starts the week of March 20.

“I had an opportunity to work with student journalists at the NPR station, KSMU radio, where I trained the student reporters,” Moore said. “I really enjoyed that teaching element, so I’m really just looking forward to working with young journalists.”

Moore said she will weave in her personal experience with international reporting into the class, but the main focus of the class is a radio series that will air on KSMU radio.

The class will also be offered in the fall as a full-length course.

Media, Journalism and Film Department head Mary Pardue said she is thrilled to add this option for students.

“I think students are really aware that we live

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in a global economy and that we are all connected,” Pardue said. “So I think that for journalism students it will raise their awareness of how to go about reporting on issues, whether they’re abroad or whether they’re here at home. I can think of nothing better, in terms of journalism training.”

Moore said journal-

ism is the best job.

“I think it has shown me the importance of long format journalism,” Moore said.

“Journalism, when done right, uses ethics and facts, and it draws on storytelling. It’s a very important part of the free society. It’s the best job in the world.”

Student shares talent at Coffee Shop Sound Terry Chapman Staff Reporter On Valentine’s Day, James Styron — on stage with just his guitar and his voice — performed at the event “Coffee Shop Sound,” put on by the Student Activities Council.

Styron, a senior electronic arts major, is no stranger to the stage. In fact, he has had a passion for music from a young age.

“I started playing guitar when I was in seventh grade,” Styron said. “Both of my parents are musical and both of my siblings are musical, so I was always around music when I was younger.”

“I’ve been singing for even longer,” Styron added. “I grew up going to church with my NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD family. It kind of goes along James Styron, senior electronic arts major, enjoys sharing music with others. with that,” Styron chuckled.

While it may seem natural for somebody who has played their whole life to get on stage, Styron claims it can still be difficult.

“I definitely still get nervous every time,” Styron said. “But you know, the payoff is better than the risk. Once you get past the initial nervousness, it’s a really good feeling.”

Styron, is a member of a band called “Fled The Southwest” in which he plays rhythm guitar and secondary vocals.

“My band takes up a lot of my free time,” Styron said.

“I’ve been with them since 2011. We play primarily rock.

We aren’t doing a lot of shows right now because we’re in the process of writing and recording a full-length record.”

The “Fled The Southwest” band has spent time playing across state lines, including

Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Styron was not a member of the band from its beginning.

“I saw them play a show in my hometown and then liked their Facebook page,” Styron said. “A couple of weeks later, they posted that one of their members had left and that they needed a new guitarist. They held auditions, and ... it ended up being me.”

Styron’s bandmate and lead guitarist, Alec Morrow, was impressed with Styron’s audition back in 2011.

“He was the audition we were most fond of,” Morrow said. “He was pretty reserved ... but he didn’t give anyone any reasons to dislike him, so he stuck.”

Styron did acknowledge on-campus groups, which he

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Tips for utilizing your tax return wisely Katie Haynes Staff Reporter @JournalistKatie When people hear the words “tax season,” there seems to be a sigh of relief or a groan of annoyance.

For those that receive a return, it can be one of the most exciting times of the year. However, with money coming in all at once in large amounts, it can be easy to get carried away.

Make your hard-earned money last with these simple tips.

Utilize a financial website It may seem like such a simple task to just read up on finances, but it can be beneficial in the long run. Sites like www.daveramsey.com, a well-

known financial advisor, offers tools to help not only budget sums of money coming in but can be a great tool for future investments.

Another site that offers advice is www.onyourown.com. This site not only offers money management advice, but it is aimed at young adults to offer advice on how to be independent in more than just one way. It gives personal experiences from others about all of the challenging walks of life, such as relationships and education.

it and not invest it properly. A savings account offers a place to store money that you can use for emergencies or future investments. Samantha Brueggemann, a freshman accounting major and representative of Real L.I.F.E on campus, explains how to properly use a savings account.

“Usually when I get my refund, I transfer it all into a savings for the future or toward my student loan,” Brueggemann said.

“However, if you want to spend some of that money, put at least ten percent of the refund into a savings Open a savings account account.”

If you haven’t already, open a savings account. Don’t be afraid to seek With money floating in a help from professionals checking account, it can Let’s be honest, here. be very tempting to spend The actual act of filing

taxes can be a really intimidating experience, especially if you have no prior knowledge on how the process works. If you hire a professional to help you with your tax returns, mistakes can be avoided, and more quality advice can be given. Two of the most frequently used tax services are TurboTax (an online service), and H&R Block.

With TurboTax, they charge a small fee, but the process is relatively quick.

The process is also a stepby-step instruction that gives help along the way.

With H&R Block, a representative can be with you in person and provide detailed advice about your taxes and the details of the refund. H&R Block also offers an online filing pro-

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An MSU student helps a Springfield citizen file her taxes in 2016. cess. Ethan Hamburger, a sophomore communication sciences and disorders major, has some thoughts on using TurboTax. “It was very convenient and clear,” Hamburger said. “Since I filed my taxes at the earliest, it

was also free to use.”

For future advice and questions about financial obligations, Real L.I.F.E. has representatives that are free to talk to. The program primarily focuses on the studies of financial literacy that can help students out at any given

time. Financial independence, proper budgeting techniques, future obligations — you name it, they will help with it. Students are not alone at Missouri State when it comes to financial aid.

McChesney: ‘Caraval’ has intriguing horror, magic Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney Have you ever wondered what Disneyland would be like if it were the setting for a horror story?

In Stephanie Garber’s “Caraval,” readers across the world are discovering what it’s like when a place full of magic, intrigue and excitement also features so much deceit, trickery and tragedy.

That place, of course, is the world of Caraval ran by the one and only Legend. Caraval is an amusement park, a game show and to many, their worst nightmare. However, contestants in the game show are led to believe that it’s all a part of the circus and that no true harm will come to them.

Unfortunately for our main characters, sisters Scarlett and Tella, that couldn’t be more inaccurate.

Scarlett and Tella live on the Isle of Trisda where they are abused by their power-hungry father.

Because of the abuse, the sisters’ bond becomes unbreakable, but they know they needed to escape their violent father.

Scarlett becomes the responsible and reasonable sibling who just wants her sister to be safe from her father’s abuse. Tella, on the other hand, turns to a life full of adventure, excitement and danger.

Enter Caraval.

Just days before Scarlett is set to marry a count from another isle that would offer her—and Tella—a life away from their father, she receives an invitation from the Legend himself to this year’s Caraval.

When the sisters receive the letter, Scarlett instantly dismisses the notion of attending the Caraval. But in Tella’s eyes, the adventure is too good to pass up. With the help of a sailor,

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watch others perform.

“I love seeing people on campus perform,” Styron said.

“It’s great to hear new stuff.

Continued from page 4 It’s fun to meet other musicians who are doing the same thing has a great respect for. At Cof- as me and enjoying it.” fee Shop Sound, Styron, who “I think most musicians ... was the opener, stayed to love to learn from other musi-

Tella kidnaps Scarlett and brings her on the adrenaline ride of a lifetime.

Once the contestants arrive at the Caraval, they are given a choice: either sit in the stands and watch the ‘show’ or compete to win the grand prize. Both Tella and Scarlett decided there was no point in traveling all of this way just to watch the show, so they elected to compete for the grand prize.

Typically, the prize is some sort of magical wish, but unfortunately, the Legend has other ideas this year.

This year’s prize is Tella.

Once inside the world of Caraval, Scarlett tries to remember that everything she experiences is part of the performance, but as the story grows deeper and darker, the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.

As the story unfolds, you begin to see just how dark and scary the Legend’s world really is. Scarlett continues to pick up clue after clue, until

cians,” Morrow said. “We love learning what other musicians think they are doing poorly and what other musicians are doing better. Every performance, regardless of genre, is an opportunity to learn and take something from.”

Styron said that Missouri

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she finally realizes that her sister is the prize of the game.

Now, she must give up the safe future with her new husband that was almost in her grasp in order to do what she must to save her beloved sister.

Scarlett must let go of her inhibitions and anxiety about what may come to fruition if she wants to see Tella again.

I truly wish that I could continue to tell you what happens next, but you must have a ticket to the Caraval in order to find out. Once you receive your ticket to the show, you will have the option of playing the game or watching from the sidelines. Trust me, you are going to want to play this game.

Destined for the big screen, “Caraval” is bound to take you on the ride of your life while dangling magic, intrigue and suspense the whole way, and I assure you, it won’t disappoint.

State has given him a good opportunity to further his career in music.

“I think that the music and media departments here are both full of really cool, creative and interesting people that are really fun to work with,” he said.

Styron was eager to offer some words of advice to students who may be too shy or nervous to get on stage.

“You’ve just got to put yourself out there,” Styron said. “When it comes to stage fright, you have to practice until everything is second na-

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Bring on Family vacation Give as a gift Don’t waste your time ture and you don’t have to think about it. Try to network with people. A lot of times, performing with somebody else can help. Don’t feel any pressure to perform if you aren’t ready, though. Just make music to make music.”

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Blaine Wheeler Staff Reporter @blainewheeler21

The Missouri State Ice Bears wrapped up their 201617 season this weekend with a pair of tough losses to the Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx.

The bigger story, however, wasn’t in the win or loss column, it was the seniors.

Seniors Bobby Brown, Chase Dobler, Brendan McClew and Ryan Hogland all celebrated their last games at Mediacom Ice Park Friday and Saturday night. Interim Head Coach Ryan Armstrong had nothing but great things to say about the senior class.

“These seniors, they’ve helped make the organization what it is today. They’ve helped where we used to be and put us twenty steps above

where we ever thought we could be,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong took over at the helm for Missouri State when the team decided to relieve Bob Bucher of his duties. They could do this because they’re a club team “I could not be more proud of the way the seniors have handled all of the situations this year with management changes and coaching changes,” Armstrong said.“I couldn’t be happier with the way these young men have progressed into grown men.”

The first game on Friday night the Ice Bears trailed most of the game, but a strong start from freshman goalie Brendan Schuck stopped the first eight Lynx tries, but the game soon fell apart from there.

The Ice Bears didn’t score until midway through the sec-

ond, but in a smooth fashion as Andrew Kovacich found the net from a pass from Jordan Bratton but the Lynx went on to drop the Ice Bears by a final score 11-2.

Saturday night was a different story. It started with heart-warming senior night introductions for the seniors last time in the Ice Park as Missouri State Bears. The moment was shared with family and teammates in front of a large crowd, who were too praised through the night.

Seven minutes into the second period senior Chase Dobler scored, and he celebrated with one leg in the air and a fist pump celebration; he was fired up.

“I’m one of those guys that behind the scenes I do a lot of things that our goal scorers aren’t expected to do, because

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Ryan Hogland played in his last game as an Ice Bear they’re expected to score goals and I’m a role guy,” Dobler said. “There are things that I’m expected to do that you know aren’t flashy, but they have to get done.”

Later in the second period, a limited opportunity goal from the Lynx put the Ice

Bears down 3-2.

As the third began, so did a battle. Back and forth they went until Alex Turin of the Ice Bears evened it up with 7:19 to play, but again, back came the Lynx. With five minutes remaining, Lindenwood scored the go-ahead goal to go

up 4-3, and that’s how it ended.

“That was a great hockey game. I mean that was fun to watch from a player’s perspective to play, and the fans enjoyed it,” Armstrong said after the loss. “We had a lot of cards against us and we took all of that away and said last game of the year we are going to do what we have to do and we proved that we are a hockey team no matter what the scoreboard says.”

As for the seniors, after the game they had stories to tell, including and they all had one shared story in common: the love for hockey and the love for Missouri State University.

“I just love Missouri State hockey; I love Missouri State University. It’s been unreal and I’m proud to say I’m a Bear,” Hogland said.

Baseball slugs its way to a 2-1 weekend Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler

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The Missouri State women’s swimming and diving team won their thirteenth MVC Championship over the weekend.

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Women’s swimming wins MVC Championships after half-point loss last season

Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney

One year ago, the Missouri State University swimming and diving team lost the conference championship by just half a point to Southern Illinois. A year later, Missouri State returned to the 2016-2017 Missouri Valley Conference Championships to win the conference title in convincing fashion.

The Bears captured their thirteenth MVC Championship as the totaled 832.5 points, which was 183.5 more than the second closest team — Southern Illinois. MSU won the conference crown in wire-to-wire fashion as they led every single day of the meet.

Behind MSU and Southern Illinois, host Northern Iowa finished in third with 615 points, followed by Illinois State with 393.5, Evansville with 365, Arkansas-Little Rock with 303 and Indiana State with 148.

In addition to the dominant team performance, several players broke personal records as nine school records were broken, and six MVC records were set by the Bears over the

four-day meet.

Those records and performances did not go unseen by the MVC as a plethora of Bears received honors from the conference.

Senior captain Lauren Pavel took home the MVC Swimmer of the Year, and she didn’t disappoint in the conference meet. On day four of the competition, she took first in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall with a MSU-and MVC-record time of 2:12.43.

MSU dominated the 200 as they finished 1-2-3 in the event. Led by Pavel, freshman Vikte Labanauskaite came in second, clinching her second silver-medal of the meet. Senior Briana Horozewski came in third with a time of 2:16.53, which is her new personal best.

Following in Pavel’s footsteps, sophomore Emma Wall set her career-best time in the 200 fly as she completed the event in 1:59.25. Wall was named to the MVC First-Team after the meet.

It wasn’t just Wall displaying her skill in the 200 butterfly, as three Bears earned top-eight finishes in the event as well. Sophomore Josie Pearson took home the bronze medal while junior Hanna Flanagan also finished in fifth

with a time of 2:05.31.

The third and final Bear to earn a championship crown on day four was senior diver Alexis Skiniotes. Skiniotes set a new personal record on the three-meter, gathering a career-high 288.80 points for her efforts. The title was the first in her career, but she dove her way into the MSU all-time top five.

In the same finals, freshman Payton Smith took sixth as she totaled 207.6 points. Smith was named the MVC Freshman Diver of the Year.

In the final meet on the final day, MSU snagged the silver medal in the 400 free relay thanks to an impressive time of 3:24.40 by Hope Ernhart, Anna Bump, Labanauskaite and Loretta Stelnicki.

Ten Bears were named to the MVC firstteam, and seven more received MVC honorable mention acknowledgments. In his fifth year with the MSU women, head coach Dave Collins won the MVC Coach of the Year honors.

Note from the editors: Hanna Flanagan is a staff reporter for The Standard.

If you thought the Bears were going to have a down year in power numbers, then think again.

Led by junior third baseman Jake Burger and sophomore shortstop Jeremy Eierman, five long balls contributed to leading the Bears to a 2-1 opening weekend.

The power surge gave the Bears a 12-1 victory over Rhode Island and a 7-0 win over Stony Brook. The Bears offense then stalled in a 4-3 loss to McNeese State in the McNeese State Lake Area Classic Championship.

Missouri State was patient at the plate while they drew 11 walks in their opening day game against Rhode Island.

The Bears drew four straight walks in the opening inning of the season to bring in senior left fielder Alex Jefferson for the first run of the season. Senior first baseman Justin Paulsen then doubled to give the Bears a 4-0 early advantage.

Burger and Eierman each hit a home run after finishing hitting 21 and nine last year, respectfully.

Junior JUCO transfer pitcher Doug Still was dominant in his debut as the top guy in the Missouri State rotation. Still tossed six innings, while allowing six hits and striking out three.

The hot bats weren’t done for the Bears as they carried over to Game 2, against Stony Brook.

A big three-run home run to open the game from Paulsen in the top of the first put the Bears on top to give the Bears all they needed.

Missouri State got an insurance run thanks to a home run from senior right fielder Blake Graham in the second.

Senior pitcher Jordan Knutson threw seven innings and only allowed three hits on the way to MSU’s 7-0 win.

The Bears struggled in the tournament’s championship game, while all three of their runs came off of one swing of the bat.

Eierman ended his weekend with his second home run of the season on a three-run shot in the third inning to give the Bears a 3-1 lead.

McNeese State answered with two runs in the bottom half of the third to tie the game.

Sophomore infielder Nate Fisbeck had the goahead and winning run in the fourth with a solo home run, his third home run of the weekend.

Freshman pitcher Nate Witherspoon struggled to settle in during his first career start, as he allowed six hits in four innings pitched, while allowing three earned runs.

MSU will have a mid-week matchup at Oral Roberts on Tuesday before taking off for Tennessee for the Mule Mix Classic.

Men’s hoops successful in win over Drake

Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler

Nobody wants to play in the play-in round at Arch Madness.

Desperate to stay out of it, the Bears came away with perhaps their most important victory of the season.

With clutch free throw shooting down the stretch, Missouri State (16-13, 7-9) was able to steal a 76-73 victory at Drake (7-21, 5-11).

“We did a lot of great things,” Bears head coach Paul Lusk said on his postgame radio show. “We were desperate.

We obviously made our free throws down the stretch, and that’s the game.”

Senior guard Dequon Miller and sophomore guard Jarred Dixon each hit a pair of free throws in the last 30 seconds to put the Bears in front. Junior forward Alize Johnson sunk

one to give the Bears a three point lead on the way to a three point victory.

Johnson’s clutch free throw added to his already impressive game. Johnson had 23 points and a Knapp Center-record 21 rebounds on the night.

Missouri State’s win featured a lineup in which the five starters played 32 minutes or more for the second straight game; Lusk sees improvement as the Bears stick to that rotation.

“I think we’ve made improvements down the stretch,” Lusk said. “I think we are finding ourselves as we shorten our rotations. This was a big win for us.”

With the win, Missouri State now has a two-game lead over Evansville, Drake and Bradley for sixth place in the Missouri Valley. Sixth place keeps the Bears out of the playin round at the Missouri Valley

Basketball Tournament in St. Louis.

It wasn’t easy for the Bears as they had to battle back from a eight-point second half deficit after they held an 11-point lead in the first half.

“When they get going at home … they’re really tough to deal with — they can score,” Lusk said. “I don’t care what their record says; they have a lot of offensive players who can put you in a bind.”

Drake had three scorers finish with double figures, led by junior guard Reed Timmer who finished with 15 points.

Four Bears were able to finish in double figures. Aside from Johnson, Miller led the Bears with 16 points.

Lusk said he thinks the Bears offense is starting to click.

“I think we’re starting to find some better rhythm offensively with this group, and

that’s important,” Lusk said.

Lusk expressed the importance of coming away with the win after Wednesday night’s heartbreaking loss to MVC-leading Illinois State, where Miller missed a game-winning shot at the buzzer.

“I thought we had our best game of the year against Illinois State, but we didn’t get the win,” Lusk said. “That’s what we’re trying to get.

“I felt like we were playing the right way, and I was glad to see us come out the right way, and I was glad to see us finish the right way.”

The Bears will look to clinch a spot in the Valley’s top six Wednesday night with a win over Bradley.

Missouri State will close out the regular season at JQH Arena in a nationally-televised game against Wichita State on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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BEARS (MANAGERS) KNOCK OFF NO. 7 ILLINOIS STATE Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney It’s 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Missouri State University men’s basketball manager Jordan Scott is driving across campus to pick up the Illinois State men’s basketball managers for a 10:30 p.m. game at JQH Arena.

Scott, a junior sports administration major in his first year as a Bears’ manager, proved to play a much more vital role on the managers’ team than that of personal driver.

Thanks in large part to the play of Scott, the Bears’ managers would take down the 7th ranked Redbirds’ managers 67-56. The defeat is the first loss in the history of the Illinois State managers’ program.

“It’s good, I mean it’s good just playing with these guys because we sit there in practice every day wanting to play, and so we take this very seriously,” Scott said. “It’s always good to come out and get a win, es-

pecially at home with all of our friends watching and supporting us.”

Due to Illinois State having only four managers, the Bears and the Redbirds would run four-on-four for two 20 minute halves. The Bears were able to take advantage of the fatigue of the Redbirds late in the second half.

Led by Scott, the Bears hung with the undefeated Redbirds for the first 15 minutes of the first half. A 3-pointer by Scott tied the game at 27, but Illinois State would finish the half on a 10-4 run to take a 37-31 lead into the break.

“It’s all confidence ya know, you gotta shoot to get hot and shoot to stay hot,” Scott said.

Fortunately for Scott, help would come in the second half. The two longest-tenured managers on the team, Collin Dimitroff and Luke Bixler would come alive in the second half to help jolt the Bears to a victory.

As the Bears trailed by 10 points, Bixler went on a miniature eight-

point run on his own to cut the Redbirds lead with just under nine minutes remaining in the game.

“Bixler is an animal man,” Scott said.

Bixler’s run brought the Bears within striking distance of the Redbirds, and Dimitroff and Scott elevated MSU past ISU. Scott found Dimitroff in transition for a layup to give the Bears their first lead since 16-15 in the first half.

Following the layup, Scott hit back-to-back 3-pointers, and the Bears held a seven-point lead with just over three minutes left in the game. Bixler would put the nail in the coffin with a deep 3-pointer to extend the Bears’ lead to 10 points.

“I knew the Redbirds were coming at us, and we had to revenge our loss from earlier in the season up there,” Bixler said.

And just like that, the undefeated Redbirds fell to the Bears. That contest was the last of the regular season for the Bears until the 3v3 tournament at Arch Madness in early March.

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Luke Bixler was described by a teammate as an animal.

“First time beating them, and they are the No. 7 team in the country so hopefully we can jump up those manager rankings this week,” Dimitroff said. “And it’s just exciting because we know we are going to play them again in St. Louis so hopefully we will be able to get them again there.”

And they have moved up the rankings, as the Missouri State managers are now ranked seventeenth in the country, with the Redbirds coming

in at 18. It appears that the two teams are destined to meet again at the Arch Madness Tournament in St. Louis.

“I feel like we have a really good team this year ... we have senior leadership with me and Collin, a great Juco transfer in Jordan and a bunch of freshmen who really play hard defensively,” Bixler said. “I feel like if we can come together and get hot at the right time, we will make some noise at Arch Madness.”

Lady Bears split week in Illinois

Softball 3-2 at Texas A&M

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After falling 62-56 to Bradley Friday evening, the Lady Bears came back and dominated Illinois State 77-44, their tenth Missouri Valley Conference win.

Three Lady Bears were in double figures Friday night.

Junior guard Liza Fruendt brought in 15 points, junior forward Aubrey Buckley grabbed 12 and sophomore guard Danielle Gitzen had 10 points.

Missouri State dominated the paint, scoring 30 points to Bradley’s 12 in the lane. MSU had a 44-34 rebounding advantage, seven of which belonged to Fruendt. Another seven came from senior forward Onye Osemenam.

But Bradley didn’t let up on the Lady Bears, forcing MSU to give up 18 turnovers and scoring 14 points off those turnovers. MSU scored 15 points off of Bradley’s 11 turnovers.

Buckley scored the first bucket for MSU. The Lady Bears only led once early in the first half after a jumper from senior guard Lexi Hughes put them up 4-2. They were able to keep it close in the first quarter, ending the period only down two points.

With 2:52 to go in the third quarter, Fruendt knocked

The Missouri State softball team hit the road this past weekend as they traveled to College Station, Texas, to compete in the Texas A&M Invitational. The Bears faced three other teams and finished the invitational with a 5-5 record.

Game 1 - New Mexico The Bears built a 5-1 lead after six innings and held off a late charge by New Mexico to take the opening game of the tournament by a score of 5-3. The Bears jumped on New Mexico early with senior Bethany Sullinger blasting a tworun home run over the left field wall, in the bottom of the first inning putting the Bears up 2-0. The Bears tackled on two more runs in the third. Bears junior Holly Kelley pitched a gritty six plus innings to pick up her first win as a Bear. She surrendered just a single run in the third inning. Before giving up a two-run home run in the seventh inning. Junior Kaitlin Beason came in relief to record the final three outs to earn her first save of the season.

Game 2 - Texas A&M For the second game of the invitational the Bears took on the undefeated Texas A&M Aggies. The Aggies used the power of two big swings and

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Lady Bears huddle during game against Evansville. down a 3-pointer to tie the game at 35, and a couple free throws from Gitzen gave MSU the lead.

In the fourth quarter, there were three ties and nine lead changes before Bradley took the lead for good.

In their 77-44 victory of Illinois State, Fruendt joined the 1,000 point club. The same three Lady Bears were in double figures but added freshman forward Shameka Ealy’s 10 points to their ranks.

Illinois State jumped to a 7-2 lead in the first two minutes but couldn’t hold onto it as the Lady Bears went on a 10-0 streak before the Redbirds could score again.

In the second quarter, MSU took a 17-point lead and then made it a 23-point lead in the third. In the fourth quarter, they upped it to 35 points and left Illinois State in the dust.

The Lady Bears scored a

resounding 26 points off of Illinois State’s 17 turnovers.

MSU also capitalized on second, chance points, putting up 16 points there and doubling Illinois State’s output.

The Lady Bears dominated the paint again, scoring 30 points to Illinois State’s 14.

Gitzen swiped six steals; MSU shot 80 percent from the free throw line and were strong defensively, snagging 10 blocks.

Osemenam and Ealy grabbed three a piece, but Fruendt, freshman guard Alexa Willard, junior guard Lee Ann Polowy, and senior forward Rachel Swartz each added one.

The Lady Bears, now 1411 and 10-4 MVC, return home at 7 p.m. Friday to take on Indiana State and Sunday at 2 p.m. to play Loyola.

They previously beat both teams: Indiana State 49-46 and Loyola 60-32.

the arm of pitcher Lexi Smith to top the Bears 5-0. Bears starter, Beason, gave up four runs and five hits while striking out three in six innings of work. Bears freshman Erin Griesbauer came in relief of Beason and pitched two innings of shutout softball. The Bears scattered three hits, including a pair of singles by junior Madison Jones.

Game 3 - Texas A&M The Bears led early against the Aggies, but the invitational hosts used a five-run third to propel them to a 8-2 win over the Bears. Jones led off the second inning with a walk, and advanced to second base on a hit to right field by senior Elena Gambill. Sophomore Darrian Frost hit a single to right field, scoring the Bears’ first run of the game. A sacrifice bunt moved sophomore pinch-runner Kyana Mason and Gambill into scoring position. The next batter Erika Velasquez Zimmer scored Gambill on a sacrifice fly, putting the Bears up 2-1. The Aggies would retaliate with a five-run bottom of the third to seal the victory.

Game 4 - Stephen F. Austin The Bears took advantage of a pair of early mishaps by Stephen F. Austin and rode the arm of Beason to a 2-0 victory over Stephen F. Austin. The Bears drew first blood in the top of the third, capitalizing on two errors made by the

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Lady Jacks. Scoring senior Olivia Roark who reached the base on an error with one out.

Gambill made it a 2-0 game with a two-out double to left field that scored Madison Jones. Beason allowed just three hits in the shutout victory while striking out three.

Game 5 - New Mexico On the final day of the Texas A&M Invitational, after trailing the first six innings, the Bears strung together four runs in the seventh inning to beat New Mexico, 7-6. New Mexico came out of the gates swinging scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Followed by a one-run third inning giving New Mexico an early 3-0 lead over the Bears.

The Bears gained some life in the top of the fourth; Gambill led off the inning with a walk.

The next batter to the plate was sophomore Morgan Greenlee, who recorded her first hit of the season with an RBI double.

New Mexico was able to retaliate in the bottom of the inning scoring one run. In the seventh inning, the Bears were able to score four times. Entering the game in relief during the first inning, Beason tossed six innings and picked up one strikeout during her sixth appearance of the season.

The Bears will return to action on Friday, March 3 against UMKC at the “We Back Pat Tournament” in Kansas City.

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PHILPOT Continued from page 1 is deserving of the recognition and demonstrates that through his work ethic.

“Our faculty work hard, and when they receive recognition, especially from an organization off campus, it’s really rewarding. It takes a lot to separate yourself on a national or regional basis,” Ragan said. “(Philpot) has coordinated the financial planning program for several years and he does those duties largely on his own time as a service to the department and the students.

He’s certainly deserving for that.”

Philpot will receive the award in March at a Southwest Financial Association meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Philpot said that he found his motivation to teach when he was a senior in high school.

“I had a lot of teachers in high school that I had really big respect for,” Philpot said.

“Even though I looked at a lot of other (career options), I still had tremendous respect for my faculty members at different stages.”

Philpot said it was his respect for his teachers throughout his academic career that helped fuel his motivation to teach.

“Many times, when we respect somebody, we kind

THE STANDARD of want to be like them, and it worked out from there,” Philpot said.

Philpot graduated with an undergraduate degree in English but said that he always wanted to attend a professional school and study law or business. Philpot received his Master of Business Administration from Arkansas State University and then went to work as a research economist for the Arkansas state government. Philpot worked in the government for a few years before receiving his Ph.D from the University of Arkansas.

Philpot’s first teaching job was at a small career college in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Philpot then taught at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas for 10 years before coming to Missouri State, where he has taught for the last 12 years.

Philpot said he plans to find ways to teach for a long time but said he will leave when the time is right and while he still has his health.

“I have learned from watching colleagues not to stick around too long. It’s amazing in this industry how people think it’s an easy job.

It’s not,” Philpot said. “It’s one of the best jobs in the world, yet there’s this occupational hazard of cynicism by the time we’ve been at it for 20 or 30 years. I want to get out before the cynicism hits, and I want to leave while I’m healthy.”

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Continued from page 4 to take a $750,000 cut, donors were able to step in.”

In the College of Arts and Letters, the speech and debate team is able to travel and compete because of a donation from a successful business graduate who credits his success from the research skills he gained from the team.

According to Galanes, the price of tuition is expected to approach the consumer index

pricing, to allow “the day-today operations of the university.”

“We did have to cut some things, such as the Ozark Celebration Festival put on by the college,” Galanes said. “But our number one priority (is) to provide a quality, affordable education. We will be able to do that. The extra programs that help that are not going anywhere.”

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Continued from page 1 Einhellig said.

All courses for the degree will currently be offered on the Springfield campus.

Like many master’s degrees at MSU, there is the traditional timeline set up for the degree but also the accelerated option. This option allows undergraduates to take up to nine credits toward a master’s degree in combination with credits to finish their bachelor’s degree.

The university will have to make some preparations in order to get this degree up and running for students.

According to a document written by faculty in the computer science department, three new faculty opportunities will open over time within the computer science department to accommodate for the new degree offering.

During the 2017-2018 school year, a new department head will be hired. The year after, a faculty member will be added to the department.

Another faculty member will be added either the following year or when the degree reaches the anticipated enrollment of about 100 students.

Along with new faculty, some renovations will accompany the addition of this master’s degree.

The open computer lab in

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017 Cheek Hall, Room 150, will be renovated over the summer.

A section of this lab will be reserved for students enrolled in this master’s program.

However, there will still be an open section of the lab available to all other students.

“We believe this program is of immediate interest to students and employers,” Ken Vollmar, department head of computer science said, while also discussing the “state-ofthe-art computer technology” that will be used for the degree.

Since the degree has been approved by the board, the proposal now moves forward to receive approval from the state government. If everything goes as planned, they

will receive approval for everything in June. Students will then be able to begin applying for the program which has already showed some amount of interest.

Vollmar said he has already started getting “multiple inquiries from students” and released a memo to explain why students must hold off from trying to secure their spot in the program already.

Vollmar said that the department is unable to “participate in communications about application, admission, program requirements, etc.” until the program has been fully approved.

before becoming president.

During his time, the College of Business Administration undergraduate and graduate programs received accreditation, Continued from page 1 and the teacher education program was added several academic developments, reaccredited, according to MSU’s website. including associate degrees to undergraduate programs, specialist degrees to grad- John H. Keiser (1993-2005) uate programs and the establishment of Before becoming the eighth president research and service centers.

Meyer’s tenure also saw the universi- at SMS, John Keiser served as president ty change names again to Southwest Mis- of Boise State University for 13 years. souri State University in 1972, as enroll- According to MSU’s website, he was the ment saw a 62-percent increase between first MSU president to have previous 1971 and 1983, according to MSU’s presidential experience. website.

Keiser is most known for establishing The campus FM public radio station, the Public Affairs Mission in 1995. The KSMU, was launched during Meyer’s university also went through another File photo by DAYLE DUGGINS/THE STANDARD tenure in 1974, while the Duane G. Mey- name change during Keiser’s presidency. er Library was built shortly after in 1980 Southwest Missouri State University be- Current MSU President Clif Smart came Missouri State University in 2005. alongside the Jane A. Meyer Carillon. lum. According to MSU’s website, he tried to expand “expanded the campus’s Marshall Gordon (1983-1992) Michael T. Nietzel (2005thinking about ways in which to offer 2010) Marshall Gordon became the univercourses and he pushed for greater emphasity’s seventh president in 1983. AccordMichael T. Nietzel was the first pres- sis on student learning outcomes.” ing to MSU’s website, he characterized ident to serve under the university’s new the university as “an institution on the name—Missouri State University. After Clifton M. “Clif” Smart III move” and “challenged the school to serving for over 30 years in various roles (2011-Present) transcend the average.” at the University of Kentucky, according Clifton M. Smart III has served as Enrollment grew to over 20,000 stu- to MSU’s website, Nietzel’s tenure at dents, and six colleges that contained 37 MSU saw more than $150 million in cap- MSU’s 11th official president since 2011. departments were established, according ital projects completed, initiated or During his presidency, MSU has continto MSU’s website. Buildings such as Da- planned. Some of the projects included ued to grow, surpassing 25,000 enrolled vid D. Glass Hall, the Professional Build- JQH Arena, the renovation of Siceluff students and implementing 15 new degree ing and Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Hall and groundbreaking of the Foster programs, including two doctoral proPerforming Arts were added.

Recreation Center. grams in nursing.

Smart emphasized the importance of a university president’s passion for seeing Russell Keeling (1992-1993) James E. Cofer, Sr. (2010students succeed.

2011) Russell Keeling was named the acting “By setting up structure, (a president) president in October 1992. He was a stuJames Cofer was the university’s 10th allows for students to do great things and dent at SMS and became a faculty mem- president. He was president of the Uni- to be successful,” Smart said. “There’s ber in 1968. He had served as acting dean versity of Louisiana for eight years. no question that, if you’re not motivated of the College of Arts and Letters and During his presidency, he began a re- by the great things students are doing, acting vice president of Academic Affairs view of the General Education Curricu- then it’s probably time to pack it in.”