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MSU talks conceal, carry on campus

By Sarah Teague Staff Reporter @SarahTeague96

MSU Talks is a new way for students, faculty and staff of Missouri State University and the community to discuss and debate critical topics relevant to the student body. Those interested are encouraged to come and listen to the debaters, and there is time set aside for the audience to ask questions and argue for their preferred side themselves.

MSU Talks: Guns on Campus was part three of a four-part series of debates relating to current events and this year’s public affairs theme, “Building Healthy Communities: Body, Mind, Spirit.” Each debate has been sponsored by MSU’s Holt V. Spicer Debate Team, the Communications Department and the 2015-16 Public Affairs Provost Fellow, Dr. Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk.

“I talked to SGA and the student running (discussions before this summer) said, ‘Here’s what I want to do with (these discussions,) I want to turn it into what we call an audience-debate forum, and I want to run it on campus,’” DudashBuskirk said. “We have this cache of really good speakers…who love to

get up and just spew facts at people; and they can handle themselves when they’re arguing for something that they don’t necessarily believe themselves.”

The first debater brought up reasons that supported concealed carry on campus and several students, faculty and staff responded for several minutes, including a senior global studies major, Timothy Griffin.

“I’m a veteran, (so) I have a lot of experience,” Griffin said. “In fact, I would even argue that I’m more comfortable handling a weapon than I am with a computer.

When it comes to college campuses, it’s probably the most vulnerable (place,) not just for veterans but also for any student. There’s no force field around this campus that says criminals aren’t going to bring guns because there’s a sign that says ‘no guns allowed.’”

The debater for the other side of the argument brought up facts and statistics against carrying concealed weapons on college campuses.

“One thing that didn’t really come out in our discussion that I think is an important issue is the question whether there’s something special about the college campus environment, (in that) it’s an envi-

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Students, faculty and staff listen and contribute to the debate of pros and cons for allowing conceal and carry on college campuses.

ronment that’s supposed to be especially conducive to learning and the exchange of controversial ideas,” a professor from MSU who wanted to remain anonymous said in response to these facts and statistics against concealing weapons on campuses.

“If I could’ve conducted a poll, and

we had a representative sample, I would’ve asked the students present, ‘How many of you would be more hesitant to engage in a heated discussion in the classroom, knowing that concealed carry was legal?’”

Dr. Dudash-Buskirk explained she wanted to leave something with

the university that could be continued for several years and that related back to the public affairs mission.

Two recently proposed bills by Missouri Senators Brian Munzlinger, republican of Williamstown, u See CONCEAL page 8

Welcome to Missouri State University, Burrito Bowl

rito Bowl, the new chain coming to the Plaster Student Union in Fall 2016.

The new restaurant will replace Red Mango, the smoothie shop currently located Greek, Mexican and spicy Korean are just between Subway and Panda Express.

The final stage in debating whether or not some of the flavors students can order at Burthe chain was a good fit for campus was a tasting held on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Director of the PSU Terry Weber said that although the tasting couldn’t hold very many participants, the people that were invited came from different areas on campus in order to obtain accurate feedback.

“What we were trying to do was find the best cross section of student leaders that we would help get the word out and get excited about,” Weber Emily McTavish/THE STANDARD said. “So an email was Burrito Bowl samples included Greek, Mexican and Korean.

By Jenna deJong Staff Reporter @ima_JEN

sent to the Executive Counsel for Student Leaders and then some of our more traditional organizations like (Residential Hall Association), (Student Government Association), the fraternity and sorority community, and (Student Activities Counsel).”

Offered at three different sessions, participants at the tasting were presented a slideshow about the food that would be served on campus. They also were able to choose from one of three bowls and rate the food according to taste, freshness, visual appeal, value and healthy ingredients.

Resident District Manager Tony Hein said the first indicator of needing a new chain was the long lines that currently clog the PSU. “Hearing surveys and observing long lines, it was like ‘Okay, we need to do something,’” Hein said. “We need to get something in here that will have a variety and an appeal, something that will pull people off those long lines.”

The most desired want from students was a Mexican chain. Taking this into account, Hein said he wanted to appeal to students’

concern but expand on it further.

“We did some surveys and Mexican was always the number one thing,” Hein said. “So the great thing about Burrito Bowl is that it does Mexican but also has the variety which we really love.”

The restaurant will feature 36 ingredients and nine sauces, offering burritos and bowls, quesadillas, salads, flatbread chips and dip, tacos, nachos and smoothies. Patrons are able to pick something off the menu or createtheir-own meal. The average price of these meals are $6.50.

Since they are globally inspired, some of Burrito Bowl’s flavors include Cajun, buffalo and Santa Fe. Vice President Business Development for Burrito Bowl Marty Bennett explains that what they are trying to do is avoid menu fatigue so that students are satisfied with their options over a longer period of time.

“You’ve gone to that food court for how many years now and it’s the same,” Bennett u See BURRITO BOWL, page 8

SGA candidate disqualified from “Make your MISSOURI STATEment” student body presidential race

Consultant helps with Multicultural Center

cial circumstances such as students with a death in the family.

Although Grosch met the criteria to run for student body president during the fall semester, his previous vice presidential running mate and his chief of staff running mate resigned from the campaign Jan. 31.

After this, Grosch began running for student body vice u See PRESIDENTIAL, page 2

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The university’s tagline, “Follow your passion, Find your place,” is being replaced as part of a rebranding project by the university’s division of marketing and communication.

The old tagline, which was created between 2009 and 2010, is being replaced with a new tagline: “Make your MISSOURI STATEment.”

This rebranding project was created after a research-based, enrollment-driven marketing and brand identity study was conducted in 2012. The rebranding project was started in mid-June of last year with the help of Ologie, a branding strategy agency with experience in higher education.

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“Ologie’s charge was to create a branding platform by identifying what makes Missouri State better, different, special, and then creating an authentic look and message that resonates with campus constituency,” said Suzanne Shaw, the vice president of marketing and communication at MSU. The first stages of the project were focused on conducting one-on-one interviews and meeting with focus groups made up of students, staff, alumni and donors connected with the university.

A steering committee was then formed for the project and worked with Ologie through the stages of discovery, strategy development and creative development in order to help make u See SLOGAN, page 8

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Student Government Association Sen. Daniel Altmann will not be allowed to run for student body president after the verdict of the Campus Judicial Board on Feb. 11. The quarrel over his eligibility activated every branch of SGA for the first time in years.

In a brief submitted to the

Campus Judicial Board, Altmann said, “The Missouri State University Student Government Association Elections Code passes undue burdens for students to maximize agency and representation.”

Altmann, a junior marketing major teamed up with sophomore socio-political communication major Evan Grosch to create a brief mentioning the lack of appeal process for students with spe-

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Calendar Presidential

Tuesday, Feb. 23

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week anonymous screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Carrington Hall room 311 Communication Week, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., PSU East Ballroom Career Expo, noon-4 p.m., Springfield Expo Center “Uncle Vanya,” 7:30-10 p.m., Craig Hall Balcony Theatre

Wednesday, Feb. 24

SAC presents Tatyana Ali, 7-8 p.m., PSU theater “Uncle Vanya,” 7:30-10 p.m., Craig Hall Balcony Theatre SAC Films presents “Mad Max: Fury Road,” 9 p.m., PSU room 200

Thursday, Feb. 25

Mercy/Med-Pay On-site Support, 2-4 p.m., Carrington Hall room 110 Fite Family Piano Festival Spring Recital, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B SAC Presents: Grocery Bingo, 9 p.m.-midnight, PSU food court

Friday, Feb. 26

MSU Faculty Reading: W.D. Blackmon and Dr. Tarif Bakdash, 7-9 p.m., PSU theater Heroes of the Struggle: Big Momma’s Back Porch Theatre, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 217 E Commercial St,

Brief Fall break is back

The Board of Governors will bring back fall break. This means a two-day fall break will be added in the middle of the Fall 2017 semester, and Thanksgiving Break will be three days long.

Correction

In the article “Tunnel of Oppression,” it was said that the student left out “In God We Trust” from the Pledge of Allegiance.

The student actually left out “under God.” “In God We Trust” was the title of that particular Tunnel of Oppression situation.

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president alongside Altmann.

Altmann became a senator on Feb. 2, making him 18 days late to be eligible as a student body president candidate.

The Code of Rights and Responsibilities Article 1 Section 13 states, “All students have the right to be represented in the Student Senate of the Student Government Association, and they further shall have all rights that constituents in democratic societies have, including but not limited to, the right to petition and recall of their representatives.”

A number of students have signed the petition to repeal Article 1 Section 1 subsection e of the election code that began circulating Tuesday Feb. 16.

The section of this code states, “Each candidate seeking the office of Student Body President and Student Body Vice President must maintain a status of good standing as a senator throughout the semester they wish to seek office. Potential Candidates that have not turned in their senator application by Jan. 15, 2016 will be ineligible to seek office.”

In October, Altmann was Chief Elections Commissioner and resigned in November. On Feb. 1, Altman and Grosch met with Dean of Students Thomas Lane to

appeal 1.e of the Election Code.

During the Feb. 9 SGA meeting, the repeal of election code article 1.e failed, along with the appeal to have the Campus Judicial Board analyze this code in coordination with Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities section 1.13. The meeting lasted a record two and a half hours.

According to Student Body Vice President Alissa Biermaier, this was the first time in years that the Campus Judicial Board has been called.

The Campus Judicial Board decided to uphold the election code. The verdict said there were no conflicts found between Article 1.e of the election code and Article 1.13.

Altmann and Grosch did not respond to emails.

“I think it was a really good thing for Student Government Association as a whole,” Crisafulli said. “I think (this issue) had us take a hard look at all three branches of government.”

As of now, according to Crisafulli, Adam Coffman, a junior socio-political communication major, is running for student body president. Brianna Duda, a junior socio-political communication major, is running for student body vice president.

Meraz investigation dropped

By Sydni Moore Staff Reporter @sydnimmoore

“I’m really, really happy to be here today,” Dr. Lori Patton Davis said as she stood behind a podium in the third-floor ballroom of the PSU before beginning her presentation.

A large crowd sat in front of her, many of which she had Bailey Vassalli/THE STANDARD already met the day before when Dr. Lori Patton Davis answers quesshe arrived on tions from the audience. campus. Some were leaders, some were students, but all had been stakeholders.

A few short months ago, Missouri State announced plans to expand the Multicultural Center by adding an additional space in the basement of Freudenberger House. To help with the project, Davis, a national expert on cultural centers and diversity and inclusion issues was hired as a consultant for the school to help develop the second center. Dr. Dee Siscoe, Vice President of Student Affairs, explained that Dr. Patton Davis would help ensure the best

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The unnamed student decided not to pursue a formal investigation of Meraz

MSU reported a shooting on campus, one injured

By Emily Joshu Staff Reporter @EmilyJoshu

By Emily Joshu Staff Reporter @EmilyJoshu

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, it was announced that Missouri State University will not proceed with its investigation of Assistant Vice President of Multicultural Services Juan Meraz, due to the fact that the unnamed student has decided not to pursue a formal investigation of Meraz.

Springfield Coalition for Minority Advancement, said “the case was conducted informally by the investigator after many requests that it be performed formally.”

In early February, the student’s complaints were taken up by SCMA, who initiated a petition to call for Meraz’s resignation; it was signed by about 100 people.

A protest was also held on Feb. 1, to which the SCMA alluded that university failed to meet their demands.

Following the informal investigation, the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission said the complaints fell out of their jurisdiction. SCMA claims that Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Dee Siscoe and MSU President Clif Smart were given these complaints initially four months ago, but have yet to take disciplinary action or address the issue.

Complaints against Meraz said that he did not concentrate on ethnic groups other than his own, is culturally insensitive to matters such as the Black Lives Matter movement and has not established a presence in the Multicultural Resource Center.

In a five-minute audio clip, which is part of an hour-long conversation between the unnamed student and Meraz, Meraz makes remarks such as, “I don’t owe you s---,” and “They don’t know me,” referring to the students in the MRC. He also allegedly used intimidation tactics, such as saying, “I have eyes and ears everywhere.”

The full clip has not been released.

Further investigation by SCMA are currently in progress.

In the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 19, the Springfield Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in Missouri State University Lot 40.

The lot is located in the downtown Springfield area at Jefferson Avenue and Park Central East. The victim, a female who is not affiliated with the university, was injured in the shooting. Her injuries are not life-threatening.

There was a reported disturbance at a non-university event at an off-campus location, which resulted in the incident.

This is the first shooting to have occurred on university property this school year.

The Missouri State University Safety and Transportation Department urges students to be proactive in uncertain situations. Students can call the department in unsafe situations to receive accompaniment. The department also stresses not to confront suspicious persons and instead to call the police or the department.

Springfield Police Department is investigating the incident and the suspect is not in custody. Details about the suspect have not yet been released.

The university campus is not under any ongoing threat.

Students can contact Safety and Transportation at 417-8365509, as well as 911 in emergency situations. For more information, students can contact the Safety and Transportation office at 417-836-8870.

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Campus safety debate Missouri legislature introduces bill for conceal, carry on campus

By Mike Ursery Columnist @MikeUrsery

Missouri is a concealed carry state, meaning that all residents who have a permit to carry a firearm are free to do so. This also applies to those who have a permit issued by any other state, as those are also recognized by Missouri.

However, public universities are “gun-free zones” and don’t allow anyone to bring firearms onto campus. This is despite the state (who provides funding to these universities) allowing the right to carry a concealed weapon, as well as the right of every citizen to bear arms according to the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Bob Dixon, a state senator from Springfield, introduced a bill before the General Assembly that would allow people to carry concealed weapons on campus. However, universities have the option to prohibit that right, with the exception that they provide armed guards and metal detectors on their respective campuses.

Missouri State University made it known that it will take that option, declaring that allowing weapons on campus “could make students, faculty and the public less safe,” as stated by

Ryan DeBoef, chief of staff of MSU. Okay, the university thinks weapons on campus would make us feel less safe.

However, recent events near campus have given students reasons to feel less safe, even with the campus being a “gun-free zone.”

Last Friday morning, a shooting occurred at Parking Lot 40. The shooter and the victim weren’t affiliated with MSU. But, what if they were?

On Feb. 11, an MSU student was the victim of an attempted sexual assault while walking home, in broad daylight no less. Thankfully, an alert driver saw what was happening and foiled that attempt. What if that good samaritan wasn’t paying attention, or was not even in that area at all?

In past years, we’ve seen massshootings happen on college campuses across the country. It’s hard to fathom something like this happening at MSU, but I’m sure people on those campuses probably felt the same way until it happened.

I understand the university’s stance not allowing firearms on campus. It’s their responsibility to keep our campus safe in the best way they see fit.

However, let’s say this bill becomes law, and MSU will be required to provide armed guards and metal detectors.

MEANWHILE IN MISSOURI...

How do all of you, our wonderful readers, feel about armed security on campus? How do you feel about metal detectors?

How long would it take to enter buildings if everyone had to pass through metal detectors? Thousands of people go in and out of buildings at any given time on school days. Many students have roughly 15 minutes to go from one class to another. If I’m leaving Craig Hall and I have 15 minutes to get to Strong Hall, how am I going to walk across campus, pass through a metal detector, get searched because I’m carrying some kind of metal object (such as a pen or keys), and make it to my next class before it starts?

I encourage the university to explore this issue more before making a final decision. Other public universities across the country (such as in Arkansas, Texas and Kansas) allow concealed carry on campus, but leave it up to their universities to decide who is allowed to carry firearms. It would be interesting to hear testimonies on how this is working for those schools.

I’m also curious to know how students, faculty and staff feel about this issue. A debate was held last week regarding this topic, but I was not able to attend.

Inspiration to do good, even in small ways Trevor Martin Staff Reporter @Trevorsaur

It has been quite a few days since one of my best friends, Justin Bowne, left for his two year mission in Lima, Peru. In the days since he left, I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to wrap my brain around the idea of the seemingly insane things he has volunteered to put himself through.

Imagine, two years almost completely without technology.

The only technology he gets comes in the form of one hour a week, where he gets to send email updates to his friends and family, tell them that he loves them and make sure they know that he hasn’t been killed.

His only water he gets for the day comes in one single bucket, which he has to walk a mile or two to get each morning. That water he gets is used for bathing, shaving, brushing teeth, and best of all: drinking.

He wakes up early in the morning, and, no matter the weather, puts on his dress slacks, dress shoes, dress shirt and tie and heads out to ask people if they would like to hear about Jesus Christ.

Did I mention he has to be fluent in Spanish?

He’s given up all these things and taken on such a daunting task by choice, and for one reason.

He wants to help people.

I had never seen someone so willing to give so much of themselves in order to help people he otherwise would have never known existed.

That’s when I realized how proud of him I am. Not just proud to be his friend, or proud that he decided to put others before himself; I’m extremely proud of him for that. What I’m most proud of, and envious of, is how sure he is about his decision. I go to a college where I, along with thousands of

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others, haven’t the slightest inclination of what we are going to do with our lives. I’m jealous of how he was able to make that decision with absolute certainty that it was the right one to make.

Then it dawned on me: maybe it isn’t that hard to figure out. We spend so much time looking for a complex answer to the seemingly complex problem of “What do I do with my life?” But that’s only because we make it out to be a complex problem.

I’ve always been told that the right answer is usually the simplest. Heck, I’ve been learning it in math for the past 13 years and I believe that the simplest thing one can do is help someone else. If that really is true, then I know that I want to spend my life by helping people. I’m not thinking of taking it to the point that Justin is at, but I want to spend each day doing something, even the smallest thing, for someone else.

I believe life is all about perspective. Life is much too swift for us to be dwelling on every negative aspect of our lives when there is so much to love, even the simplest things, like doing something for someone else. It’s just as Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

By the time Justin gets back, I’ll have learned new things, gained new perspectives, eaten tons of Chipotle and probably switched my major at least four times. I bet I’ll still have no idea what career path to take, where I’m going to live, or how I’m going to make money. However, there is one thing I am sure of now that I’ll be sure of when he gets back: I want to use my life to help people in some way, and you should too.

I can’t wait until February of 2018 when Justin gets back so I can thank him for helping me figure out what I want from my life. Until then, good luck, my Mormon friend. See you in two.

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Award-winning musical one for the history books

By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC

There are number of artistic pieces that have left a significant, lasting impression on me. The painting “The Prayer at Valley Forge,” the musical “Les Miserables” and the “Lord Nelson Mass in D minor,” by Franz Joseph Haydn, just to name a few, have affected me in profound ways and have broadened my understanding of the world through the guise of art.

The arts are a vital piece of any culture and capture the self-expression and selfperception of their value.

Art is revolution. Art is independence. Art is, and has, power. And every now and then, an artistic work comes along that changes the game.

Attention, people everywhere, “Hamilton” is that gamechanger.

This article is long overdue, really. “Hamilton” and its glorious musical numbers have been publicly available for quite some time now. Available since late September on YouTube, “Hamilton” has effectively rocked my world, and I’m here to say it will likely rock yours, too.

Do you like history? Then this musical is for you. What about exceptional writing? Yup. Incredible musical numbers unlike most any other musical you’ve ever heard? Oh yeah.

For those that have already listened to the soundtrack or seen the performance, then you already know how awesome it is.

But the rest of you are in for a treat. But let me explain a bit about the show.

“Hamilton” is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and it is fantastic.

Taking a bit of a departure from traditional musicals, “Hamilton” follows the life story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and is told through hip-hop/rap and pop musical numbers. Featuring the vocal talents of Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr and many others, this Broadway production has garnered enough attention and acclaim to cause sold out shows until September 2016, according to a “Hamilton” spokesman.

People have been literally lining up outside the door for hours each day in hopes of having their name drawn from a lottery—yes, a lottery—just to be able to buy some last chance tickets at a severely reduced price. It’s madness.

Madness with good reason.

The musical is chock full of legitimate historical information as well as compelling characters and infectious musical numbers. The story and the moods set by the tracks of “Hamilton” have actually brought tears to my eyes at points.

So take some time out of your day and listen to the soundtrack. Just do it. Immediately. Trust me.

The total runtime of the album is 2:22:16, and it’s more than worth your time. Feel free to pick and choose some tracks to whet your interest at first, but I highly recommend listening to the album straight through from start to finish.

It’s excellently composed and performed.

There’s really nothing more I can say to do this exceptional work of art its due justice—you really have to trust me and just listen to it. You’ll learn some interesting things about American history, like the time a Vice President of the United States killed someone in a duel. You’ll get to experience excellent music. And of course, you’ll be a more cultured individual, which is always good.

For your own sake. For history’s sake. Do yourself a favor and listen to “Hamilton”—an American musical that turned the theater world upside down.

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Not your typical superhero movie: ‘Deadpool’

Delta Zeta and Aspen team up to host talent show

Senior Caleb Doyle and junior Caleb Hearon, socio-political communication majors emcee The Bear Factor. The Bear Factor showcased musical talent from across campus.

By Rhowen Cramer Staff Reporter @rhowencramer

By Nathan Momper Movie Reviewer @mompermagic

Am I the only one that’s sick of superhero movies? It feels like the annual Marvel material has been getting less inventive with each installment. And how many reboots does it take to prevent a franchise from coming back from the dead every five years? *Cough*, “Fantastic Four”, *cough* “The Amazing Spider Man”, *cough*. You crawl under a rock for a few years, then resurface to find Daredevil playing Batman and a tatted up rockstar doing Gary Busey’s version of the Joker. At a certain point, it feels like these movies are made not for the fans, but for the Scrooge McDuck-sized fortunes that are made off of them.

But, just when comic book movies didn’t have anything new to say, “Deadpool” somersaulted into the fray, tight spandex in tow, and had something to say about all superhero movies.

In case you didn’t see the hilariously tantalizing trailers, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a smart-mouthed mercenary who falls in love just in time to be diagnosed with terminal cancer. Wilson is then visited by a shadowy government figure propositioning him to join an experiment that will save his life and give him special powers.

He reluctantly accepts only to be injected with a mutation and tortured non-stop. After a grisly escape that leaves Wilson disfigured, he sets out to get sweet, sweet revenge on his tormentors.

It really isn’t the most original storyline. The classic revenge story; we’ve all seen it before. But what “Deadpool” lacks in original storytelling, it makes up for in self awareness, referential humor and pure, tasteless fun.

Reynolds (sort of) reprises his role as the merc with a mouth from the non-canon “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and he’s perfect. The action set pieces are gleefully gory, the fourth wall breaks are Ferris Bueller worthy and above all, Deadpool’s ability to call out comic book movies for their stereotypical nature is what makes this movie worth watching.

Sure, this film might be pretty asinine and mean-spirited if you really think about it. But “Deadpool” is entertaining enough to dismount your high horse for two hours.

Oh, and one more thing: don’t take any children to see this movie. The first fifteen minutes alone will scar them for life.

Delta Zeta and Aspen Heights teamed up on Saturday to present The Bear Factor, a new Missouri State University talent show.

Abby Taylor, a sophomore majoring in marketing and the vice president of philanthropy for Delta Zeta, was in charge of finding the talent.

“Basically it’s just a fun talent show, Taylor said. “Some are funny, some are serious, but basically just a fun time that people can use to come and display their talents and show things off.”

Ericka Pasquale, the general manager for Aspen Heights, thought The Bear Factor was a good opportunity for any talent to be showcased.

“The Bear Factor was an idea to do a talent show at MSU that was beyond singing,” she said. “Any talent applies

and any audience is acceptable. We wanted to do something all MSU students felt comfortable participating in.”

According to Taylor, seven people signed up to perform in the show.

While most of the performances were done by singers, there were also other talents, such as stand up comedy.

A video called “The Bear Factor: Emcee Tryouts” was released on YouTube by Bailey Whitehead preceding the talent show to make students aware of the idea by introducing the emcees, Caleb Doyle, a senior majoring in socio-political communication and Caleb Hearon, a junior with the same major.

The talent show had “star” judges, including President Clif Smart and football head coach Steckel, along with the house mom for Delta Zeta.

The proceeds of The Bear Factor will go towards The Starkey Hearing Foundation, a foundation that provides

hearing aids for people who cannot afford them.

“We hope to make it an annual spring talent show that benefits amazing causes (like) the Starkey Hearing foundation… in a fun and unique way that gets all students involved,” Pasquale said.

According to Pasquale, The Bear Factor was a part of what makes Aspen Heights different from other student housing opportunities.

“Aspen Springfield is more than a student housing organization,” she said.

“We have a 501C3 called Aspen Heights Awake. Aspen Heights Awake is a human development initiative which inspires and equips individuals to awaken their greatest potential. We want to be awake to the needs of local and global communities, inspired to take action, and engage others to do the same. We believe in local and global action and engagement.”

First generation students apply for scholarships

By Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark

Freshmen Kendra Key and Tim Wilkinson are the first members of their family to go to college.

They were the first members of their family to move out of their homes and attend a university, the first to take college classes and the first to get the “college experience.”

“I think it just means that I’m just doing something to better my family,” Key, majoring in hospitality, said. “My mom didn’t get the opportunity to go to college but that’s something she really wanted to do so I’m making them proud and at the same time helping my family for the future.”

As the first members of their family to go to college, they set expectations and standards within their family. However, Wilkinson, an entertainment management major, said he doesn’t feel the

impact of being a first generation student as heavily.

“I don’t really think much of it actually,” Wilkinson said. “I never really paid much attention to it.”

First generation students like Key and Wilkinson are presented with an array of difficulties that other students never come across. The largest problem is the lack of information.

“My parents didn’t go the college thing and so they didn’t really have a lot of advice for me,” Wilkinson said.

Many first generation students simply aren’t aware of scholarship opportunities like the Foundation Scholarships that are offered at Missouri State University. “(Students) may not know the different types of things you can do like the scholarships,” Wilkinson said. “So I think it’s great that the Financial Aid Office goes out of their way to help those students fill out those applications and let them know that they’re available.”

Over the past few weeks the Office of Student Development and Public Affairs, along with the Missouri State University Foundation, held five workshops for first generation students to learn about and complete the Foundation Scholarship application.

Dani Patterson, a graduate assistant, led the workshop on Friday. She informed students about the Foundation, which annually raises $16-20 million for scholarship funds, according to Patterson.

Foundation scholarships provide a significant portion of financial aid options for students. One out of four applicants receives a Foundation scholarship, according to Patterson.

“The students that come seem really engaged, they take notes, it seems like they get a lot out of it,” Kelsie Evans, Foundation scholarship coordinator said. “I think this is just one more step we’re taking to be available to first generation students.”

MSU sisters debut animal rights club on campus Sydni Moore Staff Reporter @sydnimmoore

Sisters Jessica and Jennifer Albright are teaming up to create Missouri State University’s firstever Animal Rights Club.

After Jennifer, a sophomore and early childhood education major, found success in a similar club she created in high school, she decided to bring the same idea to MSU. With a home that’s always welcomed animals, and a mother who’s a member of PETA, animals for the Albright sisters are certainly a deep-rooted passion.

“I’ve always liked animals growing up,” said Jennifer, vicepresident of the upcoming club.

Willard PAWS, named after Willard High School, allows high school students who are members to volunteer together at local shelters and host tabling events selling goods, such as homemade dog treats or tickets to raffle off gifts.

The money that gets raised goes toward a variety of animal organizations.

Jennifer’s idea was an obvious

success and has remained one even after she graduated from high school, leaving the club behind.

Despite her club’s triumphs, however, her high school still placed restrictions on Willard PAWS, preventing further prosperity.

“We want to do so much more here,” Jessica, the upcoming club’s president said, “Because we had so much more potential.”

Jessica is a senior at MSU and is pursuing a marketing major with a minor in international management.

By creating a similar club here on campus, Jessica and Jennifer hope to do a lot more educating in combination with fundraising.

“One of our main focuses is to educate, because here, we are at college trying to get an education,” Jessica said, “So one thing that we really need to push out there is that some animals are treated bad, and there’s something we can do about it.”

The very first thing Jessica and Jennifer would like to educate MSU on is the meaning behind their club’s name: Animal Rights Club. It seems as if “animal rights” versus “animal welfare” are two

very different things.

According to the website for the Animal Welfare Council, animal welfare is defined as “a human responsibility that encompasses all aspects of animal well-being, including proper housing, management, disease prevention and treatment, responsible care, humane handling, and, when necessary, humane euthanasia.”

Animal rights, however, are defined as “a philosophical view that animals have rights similar or the same as humans. True animal rights proponents Bailey Vassalli/ THE STANDARD believe that humans do not MSU students and sisters, Jessica and Jennifer Albright have the right to use animeeting will be held on Wednesday, mals at all. Animal rights propo- title of the club.

So far, ther response since their March 23. nents wish to ban all use of animals sharing of the Animal Rights Club “We want to welcome all bearby humans.” has been positive. ing passions toward animals—not “Even though we are an animal “We’ve already been contacted just the students that are 100 perrights club, we care about the welby at least three or four people that cent vegan and worship animals,” fare of animals,” said Jessica.

The sisters explained that they are like, ‘Hey, I can’t wait for your Jessica said, “We want everyone to didn’t want any students to be con- club,’” Jessica said, “They’re like, promote welfare and respect to all animals.” fused or be turned around by the ‘Tell me more about your club.’”

The Animal Rights Club’s first

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Missouri State’s Residence Hall Association hosted its annual drag show on Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the PSU ballroom. Turnout was overwhelming as more tables had to be brought in.

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Freshmen Bridget Polach and sophomore Clara Smith, both vocal performance majors, take a selfie before the show.

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Scorecard Men’s basketball: Loss vs.

Wichita State 99-68 Loss vs. Loyola 75-62 Women’s basketball: Loss vs. Southern Illinois 69-61 Win vs. Evansville 66-47 Women’s swimming and diving: 2nd of 6 at MVC Championships Women’s tennis: Loss vs.

UT Arlington 6-1 Loss vs. Sam Houston State 6-1 Win vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 Baseball: Win vs. Central Arkansas 12-1 Win 6-5 Win 10-6 Softball: Win vs. Western Kentucky 11-3 Loss vs. Murray State 1-0 (9) Loss vs. Western Kentucky 4-3

Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 24 Men’s basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs. Drake in Springfield, Missouri

Friday, Feb. 26 Softball: 9:30 a.m. vs. Mercer in Troy, Alabama 2:30 p.m. vs. Austin Peay in Troy, Alabama Baseball: 11:30 a.m. vs.

UConn in Clarksville, Tennessee Women’s tennis: 1 p.m. vs.

Saint Louis in Springfield, Missouri Women’s golf: 1 p.m. at Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Arizona

Saturday, Feb. 27 Women’s golf: 8 a.m. at Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Arizona Baseball: 11:30 a.m. vs.

Alcorn State in Clarksville, Tennessee Women’s basketball: 2:05 p.m. vs. Wichita State in Springfield, Missouri Softball: 2:30 p.m. vs. Troy in Troy, Alabama 5 p.m. vs. Mercer in Troy, Alabama Men’s soccer: 7 p.m. vs.

Central Arkansas in Springfield, Missouri Men’s basketball: 7 p.m. vs. Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Illinois Women’s Track: all day at MVC Indoor Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa

Sunday, Feb. 28 Women’s golf: 8 a.m. at Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Arizona Men’s golf: 8:30 a.m. at Loyola Intercollegiate in Goodyear, Arizona Softball: 9:30 a.m. vs. Dayton in Troy, Alabama Baseball: 3:30 p.m. vs.

Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee Women’s Track: all day at MVC Indoor Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa

Monday, Feb. 29 Men’s golf: 8:30 a.m. at Loyola Intercollegiate in Goodyear, Arizona

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Half-point shy of a nine-peat Women’s swimming and diving falls to 2nd place after losing final event to SIU

By Wyatt Wheeler Staff Reporter @realYitWheeler

It all came down to the final event. Missouri State and Southern Illinois had been going back and forth all week at the Missouri Valley Swimming and Diving Championship in Carbondale, Illinois. Trying to hold on to their 1.5 point lead to win their ninth-consecutive MVC Championship, MSU came up just short.

Southern Illinois finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a .65 second better time than MSU, even though the Bears set a schoolrecord time. The second place finish was just enough to give SIU a half-point win over MSU with a final score of 799.5-799.

“It’s kind of crazy,” Bears head coach Dave Collins said. “We had

over 700 points and it only came down to a half point.”

The second place finish for MSU ends their historic run of eight-consecutive MVC Championships.

Collins said that talk of a nine-peat didn’t come up very often, but the team is aware of the history and tradition of the program.

“We love our history and tradition. We talk about it with a lot of pride,” Collins said. “But we are very quick to acknowledge that those were previous years and that success belonged to different athletes. This year was about this year’s team and this year’s athletes.”

MSU entered Saturday with a 534-496.5 lead after overtaking SIU who led at the end of Wednesday and Thursday.

The Bears won the 400-yard medley relay for the eighth-consecutive year, this time lead by sophomore Sydney Zuplan, junior Lauren Pavel, senior Dora Kiss, and freshman Loretta Stelnicki. The relay was the last event of Friday night and gave MSU a slight lead.

Saturday was highlighted by the Bears finishing 1-2-3-4-5 in the 200 fly, led by Kiss who set a conference-record at 1:58.30.

SIU finished 1-2 in the 3-meter diving event which brought SIU within striking distance to make the final event winner-take-all.

“We knew it was going to be close,” Collins said. “I didn’t feel like there was a chance for either team to run away with it. That’s the way it went down. It was like a box-

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Senior Dora Kiss swims in the 200-yard butterfly on her way to the MVC Swimmer of the Year. She swept all three of her A-final events.

ing match. We were trading punches all the way through.”

Northern Iowa won the 400-yard freestyle relay but all eyes were on MSU and SIU as they were neckand-neck all the way through the final lap. SIU sophomore Bryn Handley outstretched MSU’s senior Rebecca Amparano for the second place finish, and the MVC Swimming and Diving title. MSU was still able to break the school record for the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:24.35 led by Stelnicki, Kiss, Zupan, and Amparano.

“I was very pleased with our kids,” Collins said. “You just want your kids to respond at the most heightened moment and I thought

our kids did.”

Collins also points to the extra motivation that finishing second will give the team in the offseason and upcoming season.

“A good portion of the team will be back training later this week,” Collins said. “It’s going to allow all of our athletes and everyone involved in the program to look on how to do better in the future. I have no doubt that we’ll be back and tougher than ever.”

MSU’s Kiss was announced as the MVC Swimmer of the Year.

Kiss won the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly at this week’s championship.

Bears fall to eighth place after loss to Loyola

By Eli Wohlenhaus Editor-in-Chief @eliwohlenhaus

The hunt for sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference got only more difficult for Missouri State on Sunday with a 75-62 loss to Loyola.

Rather than move into sixth, the Bears (11-17, 7-9) fell to eighth as the Ramblers (14-14, 7-9) move ahead of MSU based on a better overall record.

Loyola opened the game with control, jumping to an 11-2 lead. Senior guard Devon Turk got the Rambler party started with a pair of 3-pointers, but the Bears battled back to take the lead at 1312.

Junior guard Dequon Miller paced the Bears with 10 early points as MSU maintained the lead up until the final minute of the half when the Ramblers took a 32-31 lead.

Again Loyola jumped on the Bears, going on an 8-0 run before taking its lead up in stages, peaking at 16 with just under five minutes remaining in the game.

Although Miller scored 10 points in 10 minutes, he finished with only 16 points total. His effort never stopped, even after taking a shot to his upper leg in the second half.

“Dequon took a beating out there today,” Bears head coach Paul Lusk said.

Lusk said that Miller knew he had to keep fighting because there is not much depth at the guard position as MSU is already down senior Dorrian Williams, junior Austin Ruder and sophomore Shawn Roundtree.

Entering Sunday’s slate of MVC contests, there were 4,096 possible scenarios for seeding at the Arch Madness tournament. After Wichita State dispatched Indiana State 84-51 and Loyola jumped MSU, things are more clear.

The Shockers (21-7, 14-2) officially clinched at least a tie of the regular-season MVC title and are essentially a shoe-in to be the No. 1 at Arch Madness.

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Senior forward Loomis Gerring looks on during the Bears 75-62 loss to Loyola on Feb. 21.

The Sycamores (13-15, 7-9) also dropped to the No. 7 spot due to also losing the tiebreaker of overall record to Loyola.

Loyola are now winners of four of its last five with the one loss coming by one point to current No. 2 Evansville. The Ramblers conclude their season hosting WSU and then on the road versus Drake.

“I am really proud of our guys, how hard they’re playing,” Ramblers head coach Porter Moser said.

The Bears also face the Bulldogs (6-22, 1-15) on Wednesday, February 24, at 7 p.m. for Senior Day. MSU then finishes on the road against the Southern Illinois Salukis on Saturday, Feb. 27, also a 7 p.m. tip.

For the rolling Ramblers, getting to the No. 6 spot would be huge. Last season as the No. 6, Loyola was able to upset the Sycamores and pushed Northern Iowa to the final minutes in the quarterfinals.

“We know we got into a huge hole to start the season,” Moser said. “These guys chose to keep fighting. We’re playing our best basketball right now.”

Eli’s Extras Senior forward Camyn Boone had a quiet game of 12 points and seven rebounds. After the game he talked about momentum not being a factor heading into the conference tournament.

For the Bears’ sake, he better be right.

I’ll follow that point up with a grim look at last season. MSU had a disappointing 11-20 season and had a similar disappointing finish. A blowout at WSU took the air out of the Bears and the season fizzled out. MSU cannot let this happen again, otherwise they’ll finish with the same record and a lot of head-scratching.

Freshman guards Jarred Dixon and Ryan Kreklow have had to log more minutes than originally anticipated. Both have grown and demonstrated quality abilities. In the Loyola game, what stood out was Kreklow’s ability to drive to the basket and Dixon’s 0 turnovers.

Anyone who follows this team is hoping to hear good news on Williams’ potential to suit up again before the season ends. It seems unlikely, but it would be very helpful to a team that struggles to cover the perimeter and turns the ball over a lot.

Loyola is a fun team to watch. I loved getting to see the Ramblers take one at Arch Madness last season and respect the way they do things.

With a season sweep of UNI, they very well could pull off another MVC tournament upset.

Picking up where they left off Baseball sweeps series against Central Arkansas

By Trevor Martin Staff Reporter @Trevorsaur

Opening weekend was good to the Missouri State Bears baseball team as they were able to get out to a hot 3-0 start to the season by sweeping the University of Central Arkansas.

Game one on friday night was highlighted by a great outing from junior pitcher Jordan Knutson and a phenomenal day at the plate for Junior infielder Aaron Meyer. Knutson came out friday looking like the number one guy Missouri State needs on the mound. He threw four and one-third perfect innings before a bloop single to right field gave UCA their first hit of the game. Knutson would surrender only one run in his outing, and he would finish the day with seven strikeouts and one earned run on six and two thirds innings pitched.

The hitting opened up friday when Aaron Meyer sent a two-run home run into right field to give the Bears an early 2-0 lead.

Meyer would finish his phenomenal day with three hits, three RBI, and four runs. Meyer was not the only one to bring the bat friday, as the Bears combined for 11 hits and ten RBI. Sophomore infielder Jake Burger also added a home run friday with a two-run blast to straightaway center field.

The Bears would cruise to an easy game one, winning 12-1.

Game two on Saturday was the story of the comeback kids, as the Bears would overcome a 51 deficit early in the second inning to win 6-5.

Junior pitcher Ryan Dunne struggled on the mound early, surrendering five runs on four hits. However, as with any great team, his teammates were there to pick him up.

Jake Burger carried the load in game one of the doubleheader Saturday for the Bears, going 3-5 with two home runs and knocking in four of the Bears’ six runs on the day. Two of these runs came in crunch time in the ninth inning, when he sent a go-ahead two-run homer to left field to put the Bears up 6-5.

Senior pitcher Sam Perez would take over for Dunne on the mound in the second inning and deliver just what the doctor ordered: six and two thirds shutout innings with six strikeouts leading to a save from the All-American closer Bryan Young.

Game three of the series was once again all about the Missouri State Bears. The Bears broke the game open in the fourth inning when a double

from junior outfielder Blake Graham, a single from junior outfielder Alex Jefferson, and a triple from freshman outfielder Hunter Steinmetz translated into three runs for the Bears. Graham would continue the onslaught in the fifth inning, sending a two-run homerun to right field to put the Bears up 6-1. Graham would finish his solid day at the plate going two-for-four with three RBI and one homerun.

Freshman pitcher Dylan Coleman had a decent outing for the Bears, going five innings and giving up three runs on three hits alongside five strikeouts. Sophomore pitcher Jake Fromson had a great first appearance for the Bears, coming in to pitch relief and bridging the gap to the ninth inning. He would finish with three shutout innings and three strikeouts.

The Bears are sitting sweet after sweeping UCA this past weekend and looking at a 3-0 start to their season. Jake Burger picked up right where he left off last season, starting out five-for-12 with three home runs and six RBI. Bears fans also got a taste of Jordan Knutson in the one-spot in the pitching rotation, and he came ready to play. Sam Perez played hero alongside Jake Burger in the Bears’ flashy 6-5 comeback win in game two, and the Bears dominated in game three.

MSU looks to continue its hot start with games against Connecticut, Alcorn State and Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee Feb. 26, 27 and 28.

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Softball wins first game in Kentucky, loses next two in stunning fashion

By Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark

The Softball Bears, now 4-4, went 1-2 this weekend in the Holiday Inn Hilltopper Classic in Kentucky. They dominated the first game against Western Kentucky but lost two games Saturday to Murray State and Western Kentucky.

MSU dominated WKU Friday offensively and defensively in the first game, winning 11-3. Every batter in the Bears’ lineup got a hit, adding up to 17 total hits.

“It was certainly our best offensive output in the season thus far,” head coach Holly Hesse said. “It was a total team win.”

Junior Olivia Roark earned a career-high three hits.

Sophomores Hailee Vigneaux and Kaitlin Beason and seniors Erin Duewel and Braxton Coil combined for eight total hits, two apiece. Freshman Hannah Heinrichs scored three runs and Duewel scored twice, including one off a home run.

The Bears also earned 11 runs batted in from nine players. Duewel claimed three of the total RBI’s and sophomore

Allie Alvstad claimed her first RBI of the season.

Junior Erin Struemph led the team to victory on the defensive side. Struemph earned her first double-digit strikeout of the season by striking out ten WKU players.

She only allowed seven hits and three runs by WKU. MSU scored in every inning except the first. The Bears led the game after the second inning 1-0 and scored again after the top of the third. WKU responded with a home run that brought in three total runs to take the lead.

However, MSU wasn’t concerned about the lead change and took the lead back scoring two runs in the fourth inning, one in the fifth and sixth innings and a decisive five run finish in the seventh inning. Defensively, the Bears stopped WKU entirely and the Big Red remained scoreless for the rest of the game.

MSU followed this victory with a 1-0 loss to Murray State on Saturday.

Sophomore Sara Jones, junior Mary Stephens and Duewel each got on base during the first three innings but were prevented from scoring. The Bears prevented Murray from scoring, sending the game into extra innings.

MSU was still unable to score through the eighth and

ninth innings. In the bottom of the ninth, a deep fly ball by Murray allowed a second-base runner to tag up and score the run that won the game.

“Every loss is disappointing but a one to zero game is a great game,” Hesse said.

The Bears fell to WKU later on Saturday 4-3. MSU scored twice to start the game but WKU quickly responded with a home run to make it 2-1 in the first inning. Both teams scored in the second and neither scored in the third inning until WKU scored to tie the game in the fourth.

WKU won off of a single hit to the left side that brought in the winning run.

Currently, the Bears lead the conference in pitching and defensive. However, Hesse knows there is room for improvement, specifically on the offensive side.

“Big thing is being a little more consistent at the plate,” Hesse said.

Sundays’ games were cancelled due to rain in the forecast.

The Bears will take on Mercer, Austin Peay, Dayton and Troy in Troy, Alabama at the Trojan Warrior Tournament this weekend.

Tennis grabs second victory of year over Arkansas-Pine Bluff

By Parker Padgett Staff Reporter @PadgettParker

The Missouri State’s Women’s Tennis team fell on the road against the UT Arlington Mavericks at the UTA Tennis Center with a score of 6-1 on Friday, Feb. 19.

It was the first of a three-match weekend for the Bears, in which all matches were on the road.

No. 5 slot player freshman Faty Khamissi won the only point for the Bears, in a three set tiebreaker match, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. With the win, her record improved to 4-4 in singles competition.

Sophomore Anelisse Torrico Moreno and freshman Phoebe Boeschen both saw their matches go into third set tiebreakers but unfortunately lost in the end. Moreno finished the day with a result of 4-6, 6-4, 4-10 and Boeschen finished with a score of 6-4, 0-6, 3-6.

Senior Ema Turudija, junior Ekaterina Donetskova and senior Miranda Poile, the Bears No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 slot players, all lost in straight sets in singles competitions to an UT Arlington team who owns a 15-match win streak at home.

In doubles competition, No. 1 pair Turudija and Poile

were leading 4-3 when the match eventually went down as unfinished.

No. 2 pair Boschen and Khamiss lost their match 6-2 while the No. 3 pair made up of sophomore Abbey Belote and Donetskova lost their match 6-0.

The Bears also lost their Saturday match against Sam Houston State 6-1, also at the UTA Tennis Center and won their final match of the weekend against Arkansas Pine Bluff in Arkansas on Sunday.

The lone point against Sam Houston State was from a victory for doubles duo Khamissi and Belote, and Boeschen and Moreno.

On the final day of the road trip, the Bears won 4-0, taking on a now 0-10 Arkansas Pine Bluff squad at the Pine Bluff Country Club.

Turudija, Poile, Donetskova and Belote won their singles matches in straight sets for the Bears, clinching the match shortly after it began.

The team will look to improve their 2-9 record at their next match, a home dual on Feb. 26, against Saint Louis at the Cooper Tennis Complex. The match kicks off a three-match home stand where the Bears will also face Omaha and Southeast Missouri State.

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multicultural center for MSU students.

The title of Davis’ presentation was named “Creating a Climate of Inclusion.” During the presentation last Friday morning, Davis discussed the history of multicultural centers, common misunderstandings with multicultural centers, and the role of student affairs in fostering a climate of inclusion on campus.

“When we think about the original mission of cultural centers,” Davis said, “A few key concepts come to mind.”

Davis went on to explain that multicultural centers are more than just a space for students of color to congregate. Furthermore, they are established as a safe place, as well as a place for validation and support; they are a physical place on campus that promotes advocacy, and a space that promotes politics and harbors intellectuals.

Additionally, Davis spoke to the audience and listened to their own views and thoughts on multicultural centers.

A common question popped up during her

presentation: Why aren’t there any multicultural centers for white students?

“I get this maybe a hundred times a year, but that’s okay,” said Davis, “I think this question is arguable. I mean, if you look at the culture of campuses, if you look at the photography, the history, the curriculum, the composition of the administration and faculty, and the overall climate, most campuses are white cultural centers, you know?”

Multicultural centers, Davis explained, are

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said. “What we try to do is offer multiple platforms so that you have more choice within the restaurant and with the recipes being global, it makes each one different.”

Most of the food served is within a certain health range to ensure another healthy option on campus. Chicken used was raised without antibiotics, black beans are organic, the products are made with zero trans fat and a sizable amount of their ingredients are vegetarian and gluten-free.

However, the health of the company doesn’t just extend to the food. All of the food items come packaged in compostable and renewable containers.

For those that currently work at Red Mango, Hein said that they would be able to keep their jobs or move to one of

the other restaurants.

“A lot of our associates trade units so we try to cross-train but they would certainly be welcomed to stay at Burrito Bowl,” Hein said.

However, since Burrito Bowl will require more labor, Hein said that it will offer more jobs on campus.

“If we need five people to run it, we would need to hire about 12 people so that would mean that we would hire four to six students,” Hein said.

With all the benefits Burrito Bowl contributes, faculty and students can be sure of one thing: this new chain will add a little more flavor to campus.

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and Bob Dixon, republican of Springfield, pertain to supporting carrying concealed weapons on campus. MSU President Clif Smart has spoken against these proposed policies.

“The biggest concern for all of us is our boards now have the ability to make the rules for our own campus, so we have the flexibility right now through our governing body to decide that in some instances it would be appropriate to allow people with certain training and with certain conceal and carry permits to have guns on campus,” Smart said. “(However,) the bills that are now up for debate completely take that away from us at all.”

Smart explained that under the bills, as they are crafted now, the MSU Board of Governors would not have the ability to prohibit any citizen with a Concealed Carry Weapons permit from entering certain parts of campus, such as residence halls, science labs, or during dis-

thought of by many as a place for unlearning whiteness.

In addition to Davis’ presentation, during her two days on campus she toured the older and the upcoming Multicultural Centers, held meetings and forums with students and student leaders, and met with the academic deans.

Davis will return to campus in late-March or early-April to follow up.

ciplinary proceedings, for example.

“So, we are working behind the scenes “I am still hopeful that we could on that.” arrive at a compromise that (would give) us the ability to regulate where firearms could be carried, by whom, and under what circumstances,” Smart said.

Ryan Welch/THE STANDARD Daniel Nguyen and Kathryn Eutsler lead the MSU Talks discussion, providing students details and statistics.

decisions about what changes the project would include.

A finalized creative concept was developed for the branding platform and then presented to key groups around campus between December of 2015 and January of this year. The groups reviewed the concept and provided their feedback.

“The response to the new concept was very positive and supportive,” Shaw said.

A website will be launched for the branding platform within the next week which will provide a brief history of the platform and its guidelines. Key members of the university’s campus will be shown the platform and its guidelines through an overview and training taking place on Feb. 25.

Besides the new tagline, design changes coming from the new branding platform include a new color palette to complement the university’s colors of maroon and white as well as new fonts which will be seen as the transition to the new platform is made.

The new concept was also designed to promote a message which focuses on making the university’s public affairs mission and its three pillars more relatable to new and existing students, faculty and staff, as well as alumni and donors.

Shaw said that the new concept, including the new tagline, “embraces the concept of how our students and alums live the public affairs mission and the statement they are making in their lives through cultural competence, ethical leadership, and community engagement.”

The students’ reactions to the new tagline was a bit mixed.

“I think it could really hold the meaning that a lot of new blossoming adults are looking for,” said Morgan Belloir, a sophomore student with an undeclared major. She later added, “We’re all trying to make our own statement that’s unique and sets us apart and I think the new slogan holds that punch.”

Another sophomore student, Dee Stark said, “I think I like the old tagline more. It seems more fitting. I mean, I’m all for a good pun, but this one is unbearable.”

“I think the feelings (the old tagline) evokes challenge students to bring their individual dispositions and talents to a larger group setting,” said Kevin Sikes, an advisor to the Traditions Council and graduate assistant. “I get kind of romantic about it because I think it helps Traditions Council with its mission to unite everyone as ‘bears.’ Because at the end of the day, we believe that Missouri State can be everyone’s ‘place’ no matter what variety of communities within it your ‘passion’ leads you to.”