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Tuesday • February 22, 2011 • Vol. 104 Issue 21
Briefs
Pi Kappa Alpha to join fraternity, sorority life
Wyrick Commision to meet on Friday
The Wyrick Commission will be meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Burgess House to discuss possible modifications to the guidelines as well as continue the process of approving the proposals for elections.
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Study Away Fair to be held Wednesday
The Study Away Fair is an event for students who are interested in studying away and for faculty who are interested in leading short-term programs. The event will be held at 11 a.m. in the PSU Atrium.
Rec Center info forum on Thursday
Campus Recreation is hosting an information forum about the new Recreation Center. Questions from students will be answered by the Recreation Center Council at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday in the Blair-Shannon Gallery Lounge.
Calendar February 22 to February 28
Tuesday
Student Activities Council meeting 4 p.m., PSU 313 PRSSA meeting 5 p.m., Craig Hall 325 Student Senate meeting 5:30 p.m., PSU 313 KSMU hosts Liane Hansen 7 p.m., Coger Theatre
Wednesday
Study Away Fair 11 a.m., PSU Atrium Interfraternity Council meeting 5:15 p.m., PSU 313 Panhellenic Council meeting 6 p.m., PSU 313
Thursday
Recreation Center Information Forum 12:10 p.m., Blair-Shannon House Gallery Lounge Faculty retirement panel 3:30 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness conference room Students for a Sustainable Future meeting 4 p.m., Temple Hall Pit Because Writers Matter Book Group 5 p.m., Siceluff Hall Library Criminal Justice Society: Probation and Parole guest speaker 5 p.m., Strong Hall 201
Friday
English Department presents William Trowbridge 7 p.m., Carrington Hall Auditorium
Monday
“Forgetting Sexuality, Remembering Catastrophe” 3 p.m., Meyer Library 101
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Porn film star Ron Jeremy and Southern California pastor Craig Gross debated the moral and social effects of pornography.
Experts debate porn Jeremy, Gross discuss industry in Internet age By Nick Simpson The Standard
The world of porn has had its ups and downs. The onset of the Internet has changed every form of entertainment in ways that are still being discovered. So when music and films are being downloaded and discussed even before being released, how is an industry that dares to defy the definition of “art” affected? Ron Jeremy, star of more than 1,800 porn videos, and Craig Gross, a pastor from southern California, discussed this very question on Feb. 16 in the PSU. The debate was part of an annual event hosted by the Student Activities Council (SAC) and Wolfman produc-
tions and was met with a large attendance. Courtney Current, junior in the Communication Department and SAC lecture chair, was tasked with organizing the event. “We anticipated packing the house, but I really think we should have reconsidered the venue,” she said. “We had the theater packed at a capacity of 580, but we also had it simulcast in the food court where they clicked in 669 people in attendance. So we had over 1,200 people here, which means we probably should have had it in Juanita K.” Gross opened the debate and discussed the creation of his site, xxxchurch.com, a site that hopes to reach out to those struggling with pornography addiction. “Our approach for what we’ve done is just to help people who want help,” he said. “We hand out Bibles that say, ‘Jesus loves porn stars.’ We created free software that monitors where you go online, and it sends a report of any porn site you visit to
your girlfriend, to your mom, to your dad. We want to get the conversation out on pornography, not to take away your rights.” But Gross had a definite personal obligation to question the role of pornography in a person’s life. “It’s not just entertainment,” Gross said. “When my kid watches Spiderman, he doesn’t think he can climb walls. He understands that’s just television. But when you guys watch porn, immediately you think this is what sex is like. Porn has taught you pretty much everything that you now know about sex. It’s not just part of entertainment.” Gross went to great lengths to discuss the life of the female porn star and how powerful she can feel when sitting on a million dollars. “Porn does not empower women just because you give a woman a bigger paycheck,” he said. “They make more money than men because, obvi-
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Pi Kappa Alpha will introduce itself and new members at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 in the PSU ballroom. Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) is an international fraternity that began in 1868 at the University of Virginia. The organization has recently started a five-week expansion process to look for members to custom-build its organization on our campus. Daniel Stockton, chapter consultant of Pi Kappa Alpha, said PIKE is a general, secret, social gentlemen’s organization. Since PIKE began, it has grown to more than 230 chapters across North America and more than a quarter of a million lifetime members. “Our goal at Missouri State is to develop men of integrity, intellect and high moral character,” he said. “In doing so, we believe we will have created a truly life-long fraternal experience for our members.” MSU’s PIKE chapter will be the Zeta Chi chapter, Stockton said. The expansion model has changed since they left MSU in 2003, and this model has made many successful chapters at colleges like Texas Tech, the University of Florida and the University of Iowa. Stockton said PIKE does not have a house. A house for fraternities and sororities is becoming less relevant. “Today’s students don’t want to share their bedroom and bathroom. They want to have apartment-style living in which they have their own room and possibly own bathroom,” he said. “For organizations like ours, it becomes very expensive and inefficient to meet those demands. We will evaluate the market and make See PIKE page 8
Budget proposals include cuts in funding for federal Pell grants By Lauren Healey The Standard
The federal government’s new budget proposals target Pell grant funding which could affect many college students across the country. Obama’s new budget supports the enactment of the Pell Grant Protection Act eliminating the year-round Pell grant, which offers eligible students a second grant per year, typically for summer classes. The government requires schools to divide your Pell grant into at least two separate payments per academic year. The extra grant has cost 10 times more than anticipated and has failed to demonstrate a meaningful impact on students’ academic progress, according to the budget. David Mitchell, director of the Bureau of Economic Research, said he’s not quite convinced that reducing Pell grant funding is a good way to help reduce the country’s Mitchell deficit. “Things like that aren’t very big in terms of cutting the budget, and they typically just make college more expensive for the students who do receive federal aid,” he said. “I understand Obama’s desire to look like he’s trying to do something, but I think the bet-
ter thing to do would be to address social security and health care funding,” Mitchell said. Pell grant funding takes up 0.58 percent of the entire U.S. budget. “You can’t get the budget under control by eliminating discretionary spending,” Mitchell said. “The extra money from the second grant can help people afford to take more classes, especially during the summer. If people get their degree faster and are out on the job market faster, they’ll hopefully be earning more money and paying more taxes.” Mitchell said the government is doing a little bit of something right now, so it looks like the country is saving money. “It will only lead to an even bigger problem down the road though,” he said, “and it’s coming way faster than you think. Bigger financial problems aren’t 30 years away anymore. It’s more like 10 to 15 if we’re lucky.” The federal Pell grant program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to post-secondary education. Students must be enrolled at least half-time and in a program that leads to an associate or bachelor’s degree or certificate, according to the FAFSA website. See PELL page 2
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KSMU, OPT face the chopping block By Megan Gates The Standard
In discussions about how to solve the current economic crisis, the Republican members of the House of Representatives have proposed eliminating up to $430 million in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For those not familiar with the CPB, it provides money to Public Broadcasting Services and National Public Radio, both of which have outposts on Missouri State’s campus in the form of Ozarks Public Television and KSMU. Rachel Ferguson, assistant manager of OPT and KSMU, said the services provided by these stations reach about 132,000 households and most of the southwest Missouri area. “Our radio station covers mainly southwest Missouri,” she said. “On the television side, we have transmitters in the Fordland area that covers the Springfield area and a repeater station in Joplin that reaches a bit into Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas. But we mainly focus on southwest Missouri reaching 132,000 households and 50,000 children weekly with our children’s programs.” Ferguson said while they receive fed-
eral funding, they are not solely dependent on it for their stations. “We have a variety of funding sources,” she said. “The federal government is one of them, but we also get funding from our listeners, our viewers, through underwriting and through other miscellaneous sources through production projects.” However, they receive approximately 25 percent of their funding from the federal government. If that were to be eliminated, it could become difficult to maintain their quality of coverage, Ferguson said. “If they just stopped funding us all together, that would be a real game changer,” she said. “We would really have to look closely at what we do and the services we provide. It would be very, very difficult for us to provide the same level of service that we do now.” Ferguson said they are still waiting for Congress to make a decision about funding before making any future decisions about OPT and KSMU. “It’s kind of early in the game,” she said. “We’ve gotten some relatively bad news as it sounds like the House of Rep See CPB page 7
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Raymond Lehnhoff, a sophomore computer science major, said he has received the Pell grant every year for the past three years. “I personally feel that this decision is a good move for the U.S. budget, as well as college students,” he said. “The summer Pell was only meant to increase the Pell grant budget by about 1 percent. Instead, it increased the budget by 14 percent, which amounts to
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about $5 billion. There wasn’t enough evidence in terms of graduation rates to justify the increase, especially when the money could be more widely distributed through the fall and spring semesters.” Grant amounts depend on the student’s expected family contribution, the cost of attendance, the student’s enrollment status (full-time or part-time) and whether the student attends for a full academic year or less. The maximum Pell grant award for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 award years is $5,550 according to the FAFSA website.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 More information about FAFSA and Pell grants
Financial need is determined by the U.S. Department of Education using a standard formula, established by Congress, to evaluate the financial information reported on the FAFSA and to determine the family EFC. The fundamental elements in this standard formula are the student’s income (and assets if the student is independent), the parents’ income and assets (if the student is dependent), the family’s household size and the number of family members (excluding parents) attending postsecondary institutions. The EFC is the sum of: (1) a percentage of net income (remaining income after subtracting allowances for basic living expenses and taxes) (2) a percentage of net assets (assets remaining after subtracting an asset protection allowance)
Tuesday
February 22, 2011
Planned Parenthood offers many important services
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Letter to the Editor Students need to be active in campus election
Today, the 22nd of February, marks the day petitions for student body president/vice president tickets are released, and what is sure to be an exciting election season begins. In the coming weeks, campaigns for these tickets, as well as for senior class president, will begin emerging all across campus — we will likely see Tshirts with catchy slogans, posters with names and faces, and die-cut window decals as far as you care to look. All of these campaigns have one goal in mind: represent the student body. This campaign cycle, I encourage you to engage in what the campaigns have to offer and become a truly informed voter in an election that will impact the student experience at Missouri State for years. Getting engaged in these campaigns can be very beneficial to students. The tickets campaigning for these offices are going to directly affect students and the quality of their time at Missouri State. After all, holding one of these executive positions encompasses more than just an impressive title; the ticket you choose will be saddled with great responsibility and backed by a budget (approximately $32,000 per year) that is funded entirely by the student body. These tickets will be representing you when they meet with faculty, staff and administration to discuss changes to the university, its policies and when they actively propose projects and
bring forward proposals that they have conceived themselves. The platforms that these tickets run on will be realized through your student fees, and in the coming months, the students of Missouri State will be given an outlet where they will decide whom they trust with their representation. From midnight on Monday, April 4th, until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6th, the polls are open at elections.missouristate.edu. Last year, approximately 1,600 students spoke for a campus of 20,000. If you think your vote doesn’t count, think again. The Student Government Association is always working for you, and I encourage you to reciprocate by taking some time this election season to become acquainted with these candidates and their separate, unique platforms. Equally important are the ballot initiatives, like Wyrick Proposals, which will be available for review on the SGA website in advance of the opening of the polls. Each ticket will be proposing changes they would like to see SGA work on to advance the rights of students as well as improve the quality of the university — and while it is the candidates’ job to give you that information, it is up to you to make an informed decision as to whom you would like to see representing the entire student body. Samuel Hooker SGA Chief Elections Commissioner
While you were probably sleeping Saturday, the House of Representatives approved more than $60 million in spending cuts. The bill proposes cuts to education, foreign aid, military projects and more. One program facing particularly damaging cuts is Planned Parenthood. The bill proposes to completely cut government funding to Planned Parenthood. With Republicans holding House majority, it is not surprising the organization is being targeted for cutbacks, but to completely eliminate Planned Parenthood’s government funding is over the top. In fact, the House turned down a proposal to cut the military’s sponsorship of NASCAR teams while approving cuts to Planned Parenthood, Pell grants and career and technical education grants. Glad to know our congressmen have their priorities in order. Anti-abortion supporters seem to forget that Planned Parenthood provides other services beyond abortions and contraceptives, and they provide these services for both men and women. Planned Parenthood is a not-for-profit organization that operates more than 820 health centers in the United States, according to its website. It offers relationship counseling, STD screenings, cancer testing and education regarding sexual health and pregnancy. And Planned Parenthood even offers services beyond sexual health. Some locations offer diabetes, anemia and thyroid screening as well as physical exams and flu vaccines. What’s most important is that Planned Parenthood provides all of these services at a low cost for people who can’t afford to seek these services elsewhere. People like college students or low-income families who don’t have health insurance. Sexual health is important and should be important whether you are sexually active or not. Having a not-for-profit, low-cost organization like Planned Parenthood to turn to is not just desirable — it’s necessary. It is now up to the Senate to decide what is more important: cutting government funding of abortions or making sure all of its citizens have access to low-cost reproductive health care.
Campus offers many career-planning services
In just a few short months, Missouri State’s senior class will be graduating and looking for work in the “real world.” Because of this, it’s pretty common to hear students around campus saying things like “Holy cow! What will I do?” and the always-entertaining, slow-motion “Nooooo!” But, if these students would utilize more of the excellent resources Missouri State has to offer, maybe these reactions would not be as prevalent. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate is at a healthy 9.0 percent as of January. Missouri is even worse. As a state, our rate was 9.5 percent in December. This obviously leads to graduating seniors becoming increasingly nervous. If almost 10 percent of the nation can’t find a job, then why should new Missouri State graduates have a better shot at finding
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work? What makes them so special? What will they do? If job-seeking, stressed students would check out Missouri State’s Career Center, then they probably wouldn’t have quite as strong a case of pre-graduation jitters. Checking out the Career Center can give students a sense of confidence and a plan for the immediate future. In fact, I personally don’t have a job lined up yet, but I’m definitely not hyperventilating or being overly worried about what I will do come May. Missouri State has me feeling pretty confident.
Like any number of students, I actually didn’t give the Career Center, Writing Center (or Bear CLAW), Testing Center or Missouri State’s top-ofthe-line Recreation Center any attention until pretty late in my college career, and I regret it. These resources all greatly benefit the students who give them the time of day. Actually, I still haven’t been able to use the Recreation Center, but if they would finish building the darn thing, I definitely would be sitting in the lazy river more often. Anyway, all of these “centers” can be extremely useful to students. That’s why Missouri State has them. Go figure. Since I was feeling the imminent doom of graduation looming upon me late last semester, I called up the Career Center to schedule an appointment. There was an internship I was interested in, and I found out the Career Center was the
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best place to start. So, to make a long story short, the Career Center eventually helped me land my internship. They told me that internships are a great way to make countless contacts and gain resources, and they were definitely correct. Even if you’re graduating in May, it still wouldn’t be a bad idea to find a summer internship just to get your foot in the door of a company. Some people may think that a center or an internship can’t possibly help all that much, but article after article (after survey) has proven them wrong. In “Working for Free: The Benefits of Internships,” Dr. Kay Peterson says the contacts, experience and the possibility of securing a full-time job make internships very worthwhile. And, from my personal experience, I have to agree with her.
Besides locating internships, one of the best offerings our Career Center has (that graduating seniors actually just missed) is their annual Career Expo. I went to the Expo for my first time this year, and that was definitely something I wish I checked out even as a lowly freshman. All of you freshmen and sophomores out there need to do as I say: Go to career expos early in your college careers. Whenever I was a little kid, I actually wanted to grow up to be a ninja. After my ninja phase sputtered out, I wanted to be a firefighter. Now, I hope to work in either politics or public relations, and the Career Expo helped me find a bunch of possible jobs related to both fields. Attending multiple expos and job fairs can really lessen the amount of stress for future graduates. So, the main point everyone should keep in mind is that stu-
dents should take advantage of campus resources like the Career Center on a more regular basis. Many students don’t use these resources, and they’re really missing out. Doing so can help prepare them for the “real world” and become a lot less stressed about what the heck they will do after graduation. The Career Center, Testing Center and Bear CLAW all offer some great services that I (sadly) didn’t even think about looking into until pretty late in the game. Just that one call I made to the Career Center helped me secure an internship and learn about JobTracks and countless other nifty job-counseling and preparation resources Missouri State has to offer. Even if you don’t use these resources, your tuition still helps fund them. So, it only makes sense for you to get your money’s worth.
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Tuesday
February 22, 2011
Calendar Close contests mark this year’s Oscar ceremony February 22 to February 28
Tuesday
Spanish movie night 5 p.m., Siceluff 225 KSMU Radio hosts Liane Hansen 7 p.m., Coger Theatre
“Musical of Musicals” 7:30 p.m., Craig Hall Balcony Theatre
Wednesday
SAC Films Presents: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” 9 p.m., PSU Theater The Vine 7:30 p.m., Carrington Theatre
Thursday
It’s almost here. The big one. The awards show Karman that movie buffs Bowers around the world have been waiting Movie for. The 83rd Reviewer Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars, will be airing live at 5 p.m. on Feb. 27. OK, I really shouldn’t say that everyone who likes movies has been waiting for this particular program, because there are a lot of other prestigious award shows such as the BAFTA awards and the SAG awards. But it’s probably safe to say the Oscars is the most promoted and televised award show of the bunch. After all, you’ll probably be able to tell someone who won the Oscar but not who won the BAFTA. However, it is by knowing who won these other awards that we have the best chance of predicting who’s going to win the Oscar. To save you the trouble of tracking all this down, I’m going to tell you who I think is going to
win the main categories (best picture, director, actor/actress and supporting roles) based on who’s won previously this awards season. Think of it as a kind of points system. You can find the full list of nominees at http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html. Let’s start with Best Picture. As it stands, it’s going to come down to “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network,” with “The King’s Speech” the most likely win. But it’s a close race. Both have been nominated for three previous awards, with “The King’s Speech” winning two of those three. The other nominees are good, but they just haven’t been winning, which kind of puts them out of the running. Best Director is close too, with the same two movies. Only this time, “The Social Network” has won two out of three. Generally, the trend is that the winner of Best Director goes hand-in-hand with Best Picture, but it’s not definite. I personally think that David Fincher’s directing ability is really what set “The
Social Network” apart as opposed to the story. The awards for Best Actor and Actress seem to be hands down Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech” and Natalie Portman for “Black Swan.” So far, if they’ve been nominated, they’ve won. Who’s going to win for the supporting roles seems like a much closer race. Christian Bale for “The Fighter” is just ahead of Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech.” Helena Bonham Carter for “The King’s Speech” and Melissa Leo for “The Fighter” are even, but Melissa Leo has won more so far. Apparently, those were the movies to be in this year. The tricky thing with these award seasons is that you can never really know who’s going to win ahead of time. You can do all the research and make all the comparisons and still be surprised. The thing to remember with the Academy Awards is that they are chosen by a board of “experts” for lack of a better term and not your average man on the street. However, if I had my way, “Toy Story 3” would win pretty much everything.
Acting Workshop with Montana Reportory Theatre 2:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Guest artist recital: Fry Street Quartet 7:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217b Play: “Bus Stop” 7:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts Play: “Lend Me A Tenor” 7:30 p.m., Vandivort Centre
Friday
Poet William Trowbridge 7 p.m., Carrington Hall Auditorium
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias 8 p.m., Gillioz Theatre “Heroes: Standing Tall! Walking Strong!” 8 p.m., Big Momma’s Coffee and Espresso Bar
Saturday
311 concert 7 p.m., Shrine Mosque Art Rebelle 9 p.m., The Art Factory, 1303 W. College St. Design and Image Exhibition 1 p.m., Student Exhibition Center
Sunday
Academy Awards party 7 p.m., Creamery Arts Center
Monday
Lecture: “Forgetting Sexuality, Remembering Catastrophe” 3 p.m. Meyer Library 101
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Local bar hosts new theater group
Queen City Collective, a theater group formed by Nicole Harrel and Jordan Fox, is performing Neil LaBute’s play “Bash” at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at Nathan P. Murphy’s. “Bash” first debuted at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre in New York City in 1999. The play incorporates themes from classic Greek tragedies into a modern setting. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased by calling Queen City Collective at 417-882-0040 or Nathan P. Murphy’s at 417-8631909.
Mardi Gras sweeps downtown streets
Downtown will kick off the Mardi Gras celebration with the annual Mardi Gras pub crawl. Participating downtown businesses include The Blue Bell, The Bistro Market, Big Whiskey’s, Bugsy Malone’s, Ernie Biggs, Fedora Social House, Finnegan’s Wake, Fresh, Highlife Live, Icon Nightclub, Kai, Level 2, Maria’s, Millie’s, The Outland, RokBar, Springfield Brewing Company, Trolley’s, Tropical Liqueurs and Zeal. Wristbands are $10 and can be purchased at participating businesses and Stick It In Your Ear.
Red carpet rolls out at Hammons Hall
KSPR will host “Oscar Night America,” a live Academy Awards viewing party to benefit Isabel’s House, the crisis nursery of the Ozarks, at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The evening will include a red carpet arrival and food and drinks provided by Flame, Touch, Parlor 88, the Metropolitan Grill, Gilardi’s, Andy’s Frozen Custard, Premium Beverage Sales, Cabot Cheese and Bistro Catering. Tickets cost $75.
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Charlie Rosenbury, director of LemonDrop, a local nonprofit music venue and art gallery, looks to prvide for the community art scene.
How sweet the sound Nonprofit music venue LemonDrop fosters local creative projects By Tyler Tinnin The Standard
Springfield, Missouri, isn’t exactly known for a deep, explosive music scene. In fact, Springfield isn’t even on the list of tour dates for most major bands that come through the Midwest, being passed up for bigger cities and venues like those in St. Louis or Kansas City. However, this doesn’t mean that creative culture doesn’t have any outlets here in town. Enter LemonDrop, the progenitor of what may become a new trend here in Springfield: A venue and an organization that not only appreciates the work of local artists, but attempts to enable their art and facilitate compensation for their work.
LemonDrop is a local nonprofit organization that aims to raise awareness of our city’s creative output, mostly with their DIY spirit and a willingness to work with the artists themselves to create the best possible events. LemonDrop has been working with local artists since 2009, and since then the gigs they have put on have only grown larger and more frequent. Charlie Rosenbury, the director of the organization, sees LemonDrop not just as a venue or an organization but as a “community art space,” a space that is more fit to serve the purposes of the community than that of the organizers themselves. If you want to catch a LemonDrop event, you just have to keep your eyes open. LemonDrop generally has an event planned for the first Friday of every month downtown; this upcoming first Friday will feature a show that rotates around a “seven deadly sins” motif, and it will be involved with the upcoming C-Street Mardi Gras festival during the same weekend. LemonDrop also
makes appearances on Thursdays at the Highlife, and for the older crowd they have a special Rhythm and Boom series at Lindburgh’s, also on Commercial Street. These shows feature an early start time, and there is no smoking allowed at the show. Interested in helping out? LemonDrop is a strictly not-for-profit volunteer organization. Charlie Rosenbury said, “I’m the director, and even I’m a volunteer despite the hours I put in.” LemonDrop usually employs a few interns from Missouri State and is always accepting applications for new volunteers. The work ranges from running the sound at events, to planning and running events at other venues in the name of the organization and even to just watching the door, selling tickets or running the concession stand at a gig. LemonDrop is also always looking for new artists, and if you see yourself as a creative person who would like an opportunity to show what you’ve got, feel free to drop by LemonDrop.org and fill out an artist application.
Downtown creperie to take flight By Kaycie Surrell The Standard
Downtown Springfield has seen the opening of many new and promising businesses in the past year and can now look forward to one more with the upcoming opening of a new café and creperie called The Aviary. By definition, an aviary is a place of enclosure for birds, similar to a bird sanctuary. It is with that in mind that owner Debra Burgess chose the name for her business. “We looked at it as a warm and welcoming nest where free flight is strongly encouraged,” Burgess said. “I can’t have any live birds in the restaurant, but I certainly can have antique bird cages” Burgess also mentioned they have been working with a sculptor who is going to create something just for them that will match their birdinspired theme, though she was reluctant to ruin the surprise for anyone before doors open. Although I wasn’t too familiar with the idea of a creperie, they are popping up all over the country with restaurants that serve the thin pancakelike delicacies in trendy locations like Portland, New York City and Long Beach. “My daughter lives in Portland, Oregon, and one of her favorite restaurants is a creperie that is always full, always fun and always has a delicious menu,” Burgess said. “My husband and I have played with the idea over the years of opening a restaurant, so every time he goes to different cities, I send him to do research on creperies.”
Though this will be the Burgess’ first business, they say they aren’t worried abut the competition in downtown Springfield. “Everybody has to eat three times a day, and the more businesses that open downtown will be a good thing for Springfield in general,” Burgess said. Although the Aviary will primarily be a crepe restaurant, it certainly isn’t just a one-trick pony. They are going to offer more familiar meals as well, like steaks and pastas, along with their crepes. They will offer their savory crepes that are gluten free and made with buckwheat flour. There will be a heartier and more filling version of the sweet crepes that some may be more familiar with that will be filled with tempting ingredients like roasted eggplant, zucchini, mozzarella cheese and bacon. Their sweet crepes will be more like what you think of when you think of a crepe. Thin, flaky, sweet pastries filled with fruit and chocolate or honey butter and vanilla bean ice cream. The restaurant will also have fig pizzas, a variety of soups and fresh salads served with warm muffins. And, of course, no downtown restaurant would be complete without its own coffee bar. The Aviary will offer Illy coffee, an Italian espresso coffee that the Burgess’ hope will be recognized by coffee connoisseurs. Crepes are traditionally served with a hard cider of some kind, so The Aviary will also serve alcoholic cider along with Mexican Coke, a Coca Cola made with sugarcane.
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The Aviary plans to open in April.
Though the restaurant has a little over a month to go before they are expected to open, I was able to figure out a little bit about what customers can expect when they walk through the front doors. “I hope to feature local art on our walls,” Burgess said. “Our very first artist is actually an art instructor at Missouri State, Joey Borovicka. His art will be on the walls when we open our doors.” The owners said they are hoping to be approached by other local artists who would like to showcase their work in the restaurant and are open to all different kinds of art. Keep your lunch plans open come the beginning of April and make sure to head to the corner of Walnut Street and Jefferson Avenue in downtown Springfield to experience this sanctuary for yourself.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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‘King of Limbs’: Another stunning achievement for Radiohead
What does it feel like to make a Radiohead record? A secNick ond guess must Simpson be commonplace in the stuMusic dio with lead Reviewer vocalist and principal songThom writer Yorke. But meticulous composing on his part often results in a tremendous album, as was the case in 2000 with “Kid A,” a sonic masterpiece both terrifying and elegant that captured the fear and paranoia of looking toward an uncertain future. “Kid A” was perhaps one of the few examples of a perfect album, but let us not forget that it was not immediately met with the overwhelming acclaim it eventually received nearly a decade later. But in that decade the Brit-pop-rock mastermind, mostly known to a mainstream audience as “that guy that sings ‘Creep,’” was allowed change and has since affected the world of pop music in more ways than I have words. And so, after a four-year hiatus following the release of “In Rainbows” in 2007, the band has finally released their much-anticipated eighth studio album via digital download titled “The King of Limbs,” a title believed reference a famed old oak tree in Wiltshire’s Savernake Forest, which is believed to be more than 1,000 years old. A relatively short record, at just under 40 minutes and only 8 tracks long, the first realization made by the listener is of Yorke’s time-
effective economics in his approach to songwriting. Each track is hand crafted with finite detail, with producer Nigel Godrich making his presence known just as astutely as each musician. “The King of Limbs” opens with “Bloom,” a glitchy mess with drum loops rising and falling over each other like a chaotic tumble down an old wooden staircase. Yorke’s aching wails draw you in like a siren song, throwing the dirt on the coffin and doing exactly what a Radiohead opener should do: suck the listener in whether they want it or not. “Morning Mr Magpie” is a playfully alarming tune that bounces around the brain and showcases the stuttering guitar work of Ed O’Brien and Johnny Greenwood, catching Yorke in a lie when he sings, “You stole the magic of my melody.” The track segues into “Little By Little,” a spirited little rocker with a
glowing bass line from Colin Greenwood and frantic drumming by Phil Selway. It is here that the album nears it climax with “Feral,” a terrifying instrumental interlude that carries itself forward on a weird and wiry drum loop, synth shimmers, and rather odd chants and moans from Yorke. Though unsettling, it indeed marks a turning point in the album, which veers into a more emotionally constructed soundscape. The first and certainly the only apparent single on “The King of Limbs” is the beautifully constructed “Lotus Flower.” Accessibility is found in the natural melody of Yorke’s falsetto, which ultimately engrosses the track. With a beat by Selway that almost forces you out of your seat, it is a sharp contrast to the ballad-paced pair of tracks that follow. “Codex” plays very reminiscently in comparison to Radiohead swan songs such as “Pyramid Song” and features a tremendously heartbreaking performance by Yorke and his piano. His quavering, tenor sighs lift and pillow the listener; examples are made again of the fatherly touch Godrich brings to the production. This feeling is explored further on “Give Up The Ghost.” The most guitar-oriented track thus far, it is haunted continuously by masterfully woven layers of Yorke’s vocals and a forever looping track of him pleading, “Don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me.” And in the end, the song explodes in a shower of somber whispers, falsetto cries and hopefully a tear from the listener. The record closes with “Separator,” a track rather unusual to mark the end of a Radiohead album. “Motion Picture Soundtrack,” the closing track to “Kid A,” left you feeling uplifted, both in the idea that you survived the album with
your heart intact in the ethereal arms of an angelic choir, while bathed in rays of blinding light. What’s the word I’m looking for? Unforgettable? And while “Separator” may seem a bit minimalist in comparison to the usual formulae for a proper Radiohead ending, it does seem to carve out the existence of “The King of Limbs” and almost carry itself into its future as Yorke himself notes, “If you think this is over, then you’re wrong / Wake me up, wake me up.” It embodies the idea of the understatement and strangely feels representative of the album in general, which I think ultimately aims to leave everyone scratching their heads. “The King of Limbs” is a challenge in a number of ways. It is a challenge to the idea of a Radiohead record. It is a challenge for any newcomer to Radiohead, a group who seem to welcome alienation with an outstretched hand. But perhaps the greatest challenge is attempting to grasp the concept behind the work, which seems to take varying shapes upon repeated listens. Is it the Radiohead album we all expected? Yes and no. It ultimately weighs in as a conglomeration of the alternative pop elements and bright, seductive songwriting of “In Rainbows” as well as the experimental intrigue and ominous air of “Kid A” and “Amnesiac,” but even more so Yorke’s solo album “The Eraser.” It feels and sounds like a very logical step for the band sitting on top of a mountain of reputation to uphold. Will it resonate with everyone exactly the same? No. Will it experience the longevity and shelf life of their other work? It’s a Radiohead album. Do I absolutely adore it? Yes.
Grammy win boosts indie band’s popularity
Arcade Fire is a band from Quebec, MonAbby who treal, recently surWebster prised and conMusic fused many viewers of the Columnist Grammy’s by taking “Album of the Year” over some more obvious nominees such as Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas. Throughout the album, epically instrumented songs speak honest words but never seek to solve a problem. This is why I think indie rock band Arcade Fire deserved to win the award. Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” is an album that romanticizes childhood as a means of coping with the present but still carries disdain for the past. With consistent mention of kids and childhood throughout the album, it ends in an almost hopeless note. However, the album is so true and easy to relate to that it becomes beautiful and comforting. The album brings to light some very typ-
ical concerns of average people, yet they’re spoken in such a subjective way that they’re very believable. Within the songs, there is constant mention of growing up, becoming a “modern man,” and emotion leaving you as you look back at the “modern kids,” which shows a disillusionment with both the past and the present. In one song, “Sprawl 2,” the lyrics ring “Living in the Sprawl / dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains / and there’s no end in sight,” a striking yet easy bit of imagery that captures growing up in suburbia. While the band discusses some of their bad “trapped” memories of living in the suburbs, they also write lines that show that their current state is just as unsatisfying, particularly within the song “Suburban War.” “And my old friends, I can remember when you cut your hair / we never saw you again / Now the cities we live in could be distant stars / and I search for you / in every passing car.” The beautiful instrumentation and nostalgic rhythm within the band’s most recent
album is what won them Album of the Year, but it also says a lot about the direction that the music industry is going. “I guess indie labels can create better music than most people expected. I hadn’t listened to Arcade Fire in a long time, but I read in the paper that they may win, and I really didn’t doubt that they would,” said special education major Brenna Douglas. Douglas recalls her first introduction to the band. “I was in high school and I would drive around listening to that song ‘Haiti,’” Douglas said. “I just haven’t listened to them in a long time I guess. But I think it’s really cool that a little indie band could win such a prestigious award.” Music major Casey McCoy commented on the most recent review of “The Suburbs” from music publication Pitchfork. “I don’t know much about the Arcade Fire, but I really don’t like how their recent album has been compared to Bruce Springsteen” McCoy said. “Their band is also really big.” Their band is indeed very big. They fea-
ture over 16 different instruments and take most of them on tour with them. This is another aspect of the band that makes them stand out. While some people are questioning who Arcade Fire is currently, other previous Arcade Fire fans are feeling semi-ambivalent to their newest accomplishment. “Yeah, they’re alright,” said biology graduate student Nate Light. “It’s better than Black Eyed Peas. I wouldn’t call it much of a change in the music industry. It may be a step in the right direction but I’m not sure what kind of difference it will make. It’s just a new year.” For some it seemed like Arcade Fire had fallen off the face of the earth, so their winning the album of the year was shocking to fans as well as others. Their accomplishment seems well deserved. The album indirectly speaks for a generation by highlighting the common identity struggles amongst human beings, especially young adults. The imagery is only very specific where there is an effort to emphasize the struggling feelings that come with transition.
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Tuesday
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Scorebox
Men’s Basketball Tuesday, Feb. 15 Drake 24 Missouri State 24 Saturday, Feb. 19 Valparaiso 38 Missouri State 23 Women’s Basketball Thursday, Feb. 17 Wichita State 32 Missouri State 24 Baseball Friday, Feb. 18 Air Force Missouri State Washington Missouri State Saturday, Feb. 19 Texas State Missouri State Nebraska Missouri State Softball Friday, Feb. 18 Colorado State Missouri State Texas Missouri State Saturday, Feb. 19 Wisconsin Missouri State Wisconsin Missouri State Sunday, Feb. 20 Texas Missouri State Swimming and Diving (W) Saturday, Feb. 19 Women’s MVC Championship Lacrosse Saturday, Feb. 19 Missouri S&T Missouri State
27 – 51 36 – 60 42 – 80 44 – 67
37 – 69 28 – 52
7 2 6 3 8 12 16 4
2 8 7 1 9 2 2 6 5 0
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Calendar February 22 to February 28
Wednesday
Men’s Basketball at home vs. Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m.
Friday
Baseball away at UTA Invitational vs. Dallas Baptist, 11 a.m. Women’s Basketball at home vs. Drake, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday
Men’s Basketball at home vs. Wichita State, noon
Baseball away at UTA Invitational vs. Texas-Arlington, 3 p.m. Track and Field away at Missouri Valley Conference Championship, 9 a.m.
Sunday
Baseball away at UTA Invitational vs. South Dakota State, 11 a.m.
Women’s Basketball at home vs. Creighton, 12:05 p.m.
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Valpo takes out MSU in BracketBuster
The Missouri State men’s basketball team lost their BracketBuster game to Valporaiso on Saturday 80-67. The Bears gave up their secondhighest point total of the season and couldn’t recover from a 38-23 halftime deficit. Valporaiso shot 58.2 percent from the field and 45 percent from behind the arc. Junior Kyle Weems and senior Jermaine Mallett led the way for the Bears with 17 and 14 points respectively.
Swim team earns conference title
The women’s swimming and diving team captured the Missouri Valley Conference title this weekend in Carbondale, Ill. The Bears have now won four consecutive conference titles and have won eight of the last nine. Amber Green was selected as Swimmer of the Year after winning all seven events she swam in, setting six new conference and school records. Head coach Jack Steck was named Valley Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year, the seventh of his career.
Freshman slot receiver Julian Burton and freshman guard Nick Valla both have experience on the court and on the gridiron.
Double-duty dangers Athletes say sports require similar skills By Adam Hammons The Standard
For many athletes, the dream of playing multiple sports ends when they hit the college level, but freshman Julian Burton plans on trying that feat next school year. Athletes who play one sport in college or at the pro level sometimes have the ability to play other sports as well. Some sports require similar abilities between each other. Michael Jordan, who played both basketball and baseball beyond college, is only one of those athletes. Tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons
is sometimes seen showing his basketball skills in the end zone with his signature goalpost dunk celebration. Gonzalez played basketball at California before heading to the NFL. This football and basketball combination is also seen in athletes at Missouri State. Julian Burton has played both football and basketball since he was seven. This year, he played slot receiver for the MSU football team and was going to play point guard for the basketball team but suffered a shoulder injury. Burton said many skills in one sport transfer to the other. “Each fundamental for each game helps in the other game,” Burton said. “So it’s very helpful to play both, actually, if you have the mental strength to do both during the whole season.” Freshman Nick Valla played both sports in high school and currently plays guard for the MSU basketball team. “Growing up, you learn a lot of different things playing both
sports,” Valla said, “ like how to compete, how to play aggressively and how to deal with contact and stuff, especially with football. That helps me out in basketball now.” Valla said his basketball coaches won’t let him play football any more than throwing around the ball. He said it is because of the physical demands, even in high school, that football puts on the body. “A lot of times, at the end of football, I’d be hurt coming into basketball,” Valla said. “So I’d have to sit out a week or two to rest my body and heal up a little bit.” Terry Sauerbry is the director for strength and conditioning at MSU. He said he does not recommend anybody playing both sports at the collegiate level because of the physical demands on the body. “We as a staff here work with training the student athletes,” Sauerbry said. “We’re always
kind of teetering on the brink of overtraining just with the individual sport, let alone trying to do multiple sports.” Sauerbry said players are burning the candle at both ends with academic and social demands while playing two sports. “You have to be very careful with how you go about doing that,” Sauerbry said. However, Burton said playing two sports can have benefits off the court and field. “It also keeps you from getting in trouble when you have too much spare time, because you’re always busy,” Burton said. “And it helps you in the long run, managing your time with school work, jobs and all that.” Along with slot receiver, Burton is a punt and kick returner for the football team. Burton said next year he plans on playing both sports one after the other. “My basketball career is not over yet,” Burton said.
One and done Ice Bears win vs. Redbirds, lose vs. SLU By Harrison Keegan The Standard
The Missouri State Ice Bears made a splash at the MACHA Gold Division playoffs this weekend in Peoria, Ill. The No. 6 seed Ice Bears beat No. 3 Illinois State Friday before losing 8-5 against No. 1 Saint Louis on Saturday. The Ice Bears said they looked at the playoffs as an opportunity for a fresh start after going 11-23 in the regular season. “We approached it with a nothing-to-lose attitude,” sophomore Pete Cero said. “We wanted to make a statement because we didn’t have a great regular season, and we know we’re as good as any team in our league.” The Ice Bears lost both games against Illinois State during the regular season before Friday’s 4-3 win. Cero said penalties and letting up at the end cost them in their first two
meetings with the Redbirds. “They swept us earlier in the season, so we definitely earned the win,” he said. “We outplayed them and played hard for 60 minutes.” Senior Mitch Leonard said, despite the two losses against Illinois State in January, the Ice Bears were confident the third time would be the charm. “We knew we could beat them,” Leonard said. “We just had to play 60 minutes of hockey and we had to stay out of the penalty box, and we did that.” Senior CJ Jung scored the gamewinning goal to break a 3-3 tie late in the final period against Illinois State. Leonard said Jung set the tone for the weekend with his effort. “CJ Jung really came out and gave 110 percent,” he said. Coach Tony Dunseith said the Ice Bears played great team defense in the win. “The defensemen played really well, the forwards back-checked well and (goalie Nic Zamoraz) had a good game,” he said. “That’s what made the difference: everybody did their part.” Dunseith said the Ice Bears got back to an offensive strategy that gave them a lot of success in the early part of the season.
Missouri Valley Conference standings as of Monday School 1. Wichita State 2. Missouri State 3. Northern Iowa 4. Indiana State 5. Creighton 6. Evansville 7. Drake 8. Southern Illinois 9. Illinois State 10. Bradley
Conference 13-3 13-3 10-6 10-6 9-7 8-8 6-10 5-11 3-13 3-13
Overall 22-6 21-7 19-10 15-13 17-12 14-13 12-16 12-16 11-17 10-18
*The Bears play at Southern Illinois on Wednesday.
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The Ice Bears beat Illinois State but suffered a loss to No. 1 SLU. “Early in the season, we played a lot of dump-and-chase hockey,” he said. “That’s when we put it into their zone, cycle the puck and look for an opportunity to score. We did a lot of that in the first game, and it worked out well.” Leonard, Jung and fellow senior BJ Norman each scored a goal over the weekend. Leonard said that the seniors were determined to make a run in the playoffs. “We wanted to go out and make a push toward that last game,” Leonard said. “We really wanted to make it to that championship game, so we came out hard.”
Student ticket pickup for Bears vs. Shockers Maroon Madness members 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Hammons Student Center All other students 10 a.m. Thursday at any MSU box office location
Game will be a “Maroon Out.” Everyone in attendance is encouraged to wear maroon. Doors to JQH Arena open at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The Ice Bears had a 3-0 lead against Saint Louis University in the semifinal game Saturday but couldn’t hold on against a Billiken team that had not played the day before. “The last game, they played hard,” Dunseith said. “It was 5-5 going down to the last few minutes, but penalty problems kind of killed us.” Cero said the Ice Bears’ success this weekend gives the team something to build on for next season. “We wanted to go in and make a statement that next year we’ll be back,” he said.
Bears set to take on Wichita St.
The Missouri State men’s basketball team will face off against Wichita State on Saturday in a game that will likely decide the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship. The conference champ gets the No. 1 seed for the MVC Tournement. The game is set to be played at noon and will be broadcast live on ESPN2. The Shockers play a very deep roster, which
includes eight players who average at least five points per game. The Shockers are led by senior forward/center J.T. Durley, who averages 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Toure’ Murry contributes 10 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. The Shockers will take on Creighton Wednesday at home before their showdown with the Bears.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Softball team starts season
By John Cook The Standard
After a disappointing 21-32 finish last year, the Missouri State softball team is looking to make a run in the Missouri Valley Conference, returning starters at every position. “We’re definitely experienced compared to last year,” senior Natalie Rose said. “Most of our seniors have started since they were freshmen, two of the seniors this year were captains last year and most importantly we have returning starters at every position.” Head coach Holly Hesse said the team’s number one goal is to
use the momentum they gained from the end of last season to start this year off right. “As the year went on last season, we got better and better,” Hesse said. “We dug ourselves in a hole early with a 07 start but finished 7-4 in our last 11 games.” The Bears will use a three-woman pitching rotation that includes freshmen Savannah Wiggins and Jourdan Esquenazi as well as Rose. Rose led the Bears in innings pitched (160), ERA (2.89) and wins last season with a 9-13 record. “I have no doubt that this will be Natalie’s best year on the
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resentatives is going to go ahead and pass this proposal without funding for Public Broadcasting, but it will still have to go to the Senate and then to the president. We still think that there’s a possibility that we might be able to get some funding.” Ferguson said they receive their funding from the federal government two years in advance, so any budget cuts made this year would not affect them until 2013 but would still be detrimental to their future. “We’re particularly concerned about federal funding because we really use that money to provide national programming to our viewers, like Nova and Sesame Street,” she said. “We also use that money to provide local programming that allows us to fill the niche in the community for local heritage programming, so federal funding plays a big role in what we’re able to do. It would be a very difficult situation if
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ously, there’s a huge influx of girls now watching pornography, but a lot of it is made for the male audience.” And Gross closed his statement with the viewpoint he defended the entire night. “I think when you look at this stuff, it’s very progressive,” he said. “What you look at online is eventually going to take you offline. I think ultimately this could, or is, ruining your sex life, that this is setting you up for a huge disappointment one day when you start to have sex.” Ron Jeremy’s first words were met with a hush from the audience. He opened his argument with a discussion on the effectiveness of porn in actually maintaining a relationship. “Not everyone uses or sees porn, and it’s a good thing for him,” said Jeremy. “But a lot of people do see porn recreationally. (Gross) thinks that cannot possibly take place, and that’s our biggest argument. I’ve seen sex therapists actually say when you’re in a monogamous relationship, and you want to stay in a monogamous relationship, you find fun things to do: some experiment with S&M or B&D, exotic locations, abstaining, costumes, wardrobes, porn, dildos, beads or things that you can experiment with to
mound,” Hesse said. “She’s had some great years in the past, and I expect nothing less from her this year. I know she’s right where she needs to be.” Missouri State will bring back four seniors, including their dominant hitter and third baseman Jenna Schwark. “Jenna’s one of the top returning hitters in the league,” Hesse said. “She’s so consistent for us, both offensively and defensively. You know she’s going to do something every time she’s at the plate, and that’s exactly what you want out of a No. 3 hitter.” Schwark was the definition of consistent last year, starting all 53
that funding was no longer available to us.” Emma Wilson, a junior history major and student reporter for KSMU, said the proposal to eliminate federal funding for the CPB worries her. “It makes me a little worried as a reporter and a consumer of public radio,” she said. “I can’t imagine that there wouldn’t be a fight against it as many people are passionate about it.” Wilson is one of four paid student reporters at KSMU. She does the local history series, “Sense of Place,” every other week on the show and said her experience there has been beneficial. “It’s been really incredible,” she said. “I’ve listened to public radio my whole life, and my parents have always been big supporters. So I did an unpaid internship and was then asked to become a paid reporter.” Wilson said being a reporter for KSMU has given her an outlet to share her love of history. “Public radio’s always been one of my passions because radio is so rich,” she said. “Public radio has
keep your romance going 20, 30 years.” “Some people do have addiction problems with porn,” he said, “and I’m not a fan of that. But you can’t blame the porn industry for that. There are a lot of people addicted to alcohol. It causes a lot of car crashes and bad health. But no one is saying, ‘Outlaw Seagram’s 7.’ You don’t blame the whole industry for a couple idiots who aren’t doing it right; you blame the idiot.” Jeremy’s main argument revolved around the idea of established porn studios as legitimate aspects of the entertainment industry. “It is part of the wide world of entertainment,” he said. “You want to laugh? Watch ‘Monty Python.’ You want to cry? Watch ‘Terms of Endearment’ or ‘Wandering Nights.’ Want to get a little scared? Watch Hitchcock. You want to get sexually enticed? Look at either a late night HBO movie or watch a porno. Everything I do, everyone else in this room does too; it’s just I’m doing it on camera. It’s just that simple, and why they make a big deal about it is a little bit disingenuous.” But with the Internet positioning itself as a looming threat to the definition of porn, Jeremy discussed the difference between adult entertainment and graphic obscenity on the Internet. “‘Two Girls and One Cup’ came from either Brazil or Germany,” he said. “We had
games for Missouri State, while leading the team in both average (.358) and slugging percentage (.535). Schwark said the team’s goal is to win a championship. “With any team, you want to win a championship, and that’s our number one goal,” Schwark said. “I think we all have individual goals, and if we all hit those then we’ll get our team goal.” The Bears will hope for better fan support this year, after the average turnout last season at a Bears’ home game was only 119. “We would love to see more Missouri State fans at the games, no
question about it,” Hesse said. “But in order for that to happen, we have to do our job as a team, which is to make the games exciting for the fans to watch.” The Bears garnered 57 points in the preseason poll, which was enough to be ranked fifth, while defending league champs Southern Illinois shared the top spot with 2010 runnerup Illinois State, with each getting 94 points. “I think one of our team goals is to hit that 30-win mark and to finish in the top three in conference,” Rose said. “To do that, we’ll have to compete with our biggest competition, which is SIU and ISU.”
been especially important because it’s allowed me to share my love of history not just with myself or my editor but with the public who hold me accountable.” Wilson said she hoped that supporters of public broadcasting would fight back to receive funding as she couldn’t imagine a world without it.
“Public radio will always be there because listeners are passionate about it,” she said. “I cannot fathom a world without it, and I hope people will push against the budget cuts so public broadcasting will win in the end.” Deborah Larson, assistant professor in the Media, Journalism and Film Department, said this wouldn’t be the first time that the federal government has cut funding for the CPB. “Over the years, funding for PBS and NPR, like so many other things, has been cut and cut and cut,” she said. “In the long run, there have been threats throughout the years to cut funding because Republicans always want to cut funding because they don’t think that government should fund television and radio.”
no control over it. Things that are on the Internet that just happen to be disgusting or immoral or illegal, I can’t defend because they’re not part of our world. These are things that we would prosecute ourselves. Just because someone has a video camera and does something, you can’t just say ‘Ron, defend this.’” The opening statements were met with a Q-and-A session, in which students probed the two’s beliefs and stances on the issue. After the debate, students had the opportunity to meet with Jeremy and Gross. Justin Hinojosa, a junior in the Theatre and Dance Department, approached Gross with a question and described his siding with Ron following the debate. “I really felt Ron had more resources,” he said. “He actually had magazine clippings and facts and figures, as opposed to Gross, who really didn’t have much evidence.” Clayton Tummons, a junior marketing major, expressed his siding with Gross. “I’m a born-again Christian, so I had a lot to connect with Craig,” Tummons said. “Unfortunately, Ron doesn’t see the light of his issues. I disagreed with a lot of his points. He just doesn’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ, and that put him in the darkness rather than the light.” The event was a huge suc-
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The softball team is looking to improve in 2011. Hesse said conference play is very important, but the Bears have to get out to a fast start. “A lot of our team goals center around con-
Larson said the decrease in federal funding throughout the years has affected the programming on PBS. “The reality of the situation is that, as funding has been cut, they have had to rely not just on their viewers, but on their underwriters,” she said. “As underwriters give more and more money, they expect more in return for their funding. It used to be that for a program they would say, ‘and your underwriter is Kelloggs or whoever,’ but now we’re actually seeing 30 second ads for underwriting and an influx of commercial and corporate commercials into our public television.” Larson said this is a problem because public television is for the people and is not beholden to ratings like commercial television. “Corporate people who buy advertising expect ratings, product placement and a say in the kinds of topics that are covered in any particular show,” she said. “When you have writers, producers and directors that are very beholden to people who hold the purse strings, then they are always constantly thinking about whether their programming will pass
cess for SAC, and Courtney Current expressed her beliefs in the importance of a debate of this magnitude in a college community. “I think, for any issue intellectual or not, there are multiple sides to every issue,” she said. “You can’t ever understand something or take a stance on it unless you understand both sides. You don’t necessarily have to accept the side you don’t stand by, but you should be able to hear it and maybe have some respect for people who don’t have the same beliefs.”
ference play,” she said, “but with 20 games before conference play even starts, we just have to take one game at a time.”
muster with the corporate sponsors.” In turn, this worry causes them to take on less controversial subject matter, which is not what public television should be doing, Larson said. “Nobody wants to underwrite controversial subject matter,” she said. “If you have people who are writing because they know it’s underwritten by a corporation, they’re very conscious of what’s going to work for those people and how it will affect their viewers. However, since its public television, it should be pushing the envelope with coverage, diversity and thoughtful opinion and analysis.” Larson said if the federal government cuts all their funding for the CPB, it will change the scope of public television. “Eliminating federal funding for public broadcasting is not going to balance the budget,” she said. “I don’t really understand why the Republicans don’t want to contribute to public discourse, which is one of the things public television does provide. If they lose all their funding, they are a literally just another commercial station in disguise.”
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the best decision for our men in moving forward.” Andrea Weber, the assistant director of student engagement fofraternity and sorority life, said PIKE has been a part of Missouri State’s Greek life in the past. PIKE left MSU in 2003 through a mutual decision. “Both entities felt the relationship would be better suited in the future,” she said. Stockton said the recruitment process is by recommendation only. He and Matthew Tippett, another chapter consultant, give presentations and then allow others to recommend men. “You won’t see us with tables set up in the union or informational sessions for anyone to attend,” he said. “We feel that, when someone is asked to vouch for a man’s character, we are meeting with a high-caliber individual at MSU.” High-caliber men are welcome to come and seek them out, he said. They would be happy to meet with them.
“We have had fantastic success in finding quality individuals both to meet with and recruit,” Stockton said. There is a small percentage of men on campus who are currently involved with organizations like PIKE, he said. This gives them a high percentage of men to meet with. “Currently, we have spoken with over 130 men on MSU’s campus and have accepted 39 men into our organization,” Stockton said. “From varsity football players to bio-chem majors, we are very pleased and proud of the way our group is shaping up.” PIKE is considered to be a communal organization for likeminded individuals, he said. They plan to enhance the level of involvement of their members and promote the well-being of their organization. Weber said PIKE is not an official organization on campus yet but will be after the right procedures. “Pi Kappa Alpha will be submitting a constitution just like any student organization does once they have members in leadership positions and have
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secured a faculty or staff advisor,” Weber said. “Since IFC (Interfraternity Council) is a governing body as well, the fraternity is able to recruit members and then become a student organization.” Fraternity and sorority life is about the advancement of ideals and is centered upon peer accountability, Stockton said. Anyone involved in these organizations has subscribed to a set of high standards and has promised to be faithful to those standards and that organization. “Often times, I equate joining a fraternity with joining a team,” he said. “We all have that desire to win with other people, and our organizations provide that opportunity for all of us.” Weber said there are numerous benefits to consider about joining a sorority or fraternity. “Opportunities, personal development, alumni networking, membership development, social engagement,” Weber said. “Each student who gets involved with a fraternity or sorority has the opportunity to make their experience what they want.” There is a lot of misinformation about fraternity and sorority
life, Stockton said. However, they acknowledge there are too many men and women in organizations who continue the stereotypes by participating and encouraging things like TFM.com or re-enacting TV sitcoms that overexaggerate the workings of the organizations. There are always going to be preconceived notions about fraternities and sororities, Weber said. This is because of media attention and groups on other campuses not making the best decisions. “I believe, here, that our students think about their decisions and how they will impact their chapters,” Weber said. “Additionally, I think our students want to make a difference and want the outside community to see that they are doing their part.” Stockton said PIKE will try to keep those misconceptions away from the organization. “Our plan to avoid misconceptions is to clearly communicate our expectations to the membership of PIKE,” he said. “Perception is reality, and our men will know the consequences for potentially putting the organization at risk.”
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Pi Kappa Alpha
will introduce itself and new members at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in the PSU ballroom. Vision:
Pi Kappa Alpha will set the standard of integrity, intellect, and achievement for our members, host institutions, and the communities in which we live.
Quick facts
• Daniel Stockton is the chapter consultant of Pi Kappa Alpha. • Since PIKE began, it has grown to more than 230 chapters across North America and more than a quarter of a million lifetime members. • MSU’s PIKE chapter will be the Zeta Chi chapter.