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Tuesday • February 28, 2012 • Vol. 105 Issue 21 • the-standard.org
Briefs
MSU sees slight rise in enrollment
Tarang 2012 banquet celebrates Indian culture
By Dayle Duggins The Standard
Tarang 2012 is a celebration of the diverse culture of India and will include a banquet and traditional cultural entertainment. The event is March 3 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event will begin with vegetarian and non-vegetarian authentic Indian foods prepared by students. A show of dance routines, musical offerings, skits and other types of performances will follow the banquet. Tickets are available Monday through Friday at the Multicultural Resource Center at PSU 141 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the ISA ticket booth on the second floor of the PSU. Tickets cost between $7 to $15. Photos by Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD
Students wanted for library focus groups
The library is looking for students and faculty who want to spend time discussing issues about services, spaces and collection at Meyer Library. As a follow-up to a survey conducted last fall, the library will conduct three focus group sessions Thursday, March 8, at Siceluff Hall 124. Focus sessions will be at 9 and 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The sessions will last for 75 minutes and will be conducted by an outside facilitator from Washington University. The discussions will be over the context of services, spaces, library collections, what the library is doing and where they can improve, and to gather feedback. Refreshments will be served and one participant in each session will win a $25 gift certificate to the MSU bookstore. The library will have tables to sign up for focus sessions in the PSU from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Thursday, March 1. If interested, stop by a table or contact Lynn Cline at LynnCline@missouristate.edu.
Missouri State’s two a cappella groups, A Cub Bella and Beartones, competed in the International Competition for Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals last weekend at the Gillioz Theatre.
Perfect harmony Springfield plays host to international competition, A Cub Bella takes first By Amy Fuemmeler The Standard A cappella teams from across the Midwest gathered on Feb. 28 at the Gillioz Theatre to compete in the International Competition for Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinals. Missouri State’s own women’s a cappella group, A Cub Bella, hosted the competition for the first time this
year. Four other quarterfinals have been held across the Midwest. In order for a team to compete in ICCA, they must submit a performance tape. Many groups were weeded out with only 50 teams being able to perform. Briana Adams, music director of A Cub Bella, believes the group has worked hard to compete in ICCA.
“We have been working on just these three songs for two months now,” Adams said. “We practice twice a week usually for two hours, but we have been practicing three times a week recently.” According to Adams, A Cub Bella has always advanced from quarterfinals. They will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary this May. Women’s, men’s and co-ed teams competed for the top two spots. The a cappella groups came from a variety of places including Columbia, Kirksville, St. Louis and Lawrence, Kan.
A Cub Bella Publicity Director Jordan Shelton enjoys meeting groups from across the states. “The main reason the competition was founded was to facilitate a learning environment for groups, so that we can share what we have done with our music and learn from other groups,” Shelton said. Each group was allowed 12 minutes per set with three songs in each. Three judges based the team’s score on dynamics, choreography, stage presence and audience participation. See SING page 8
Athletics teams up with adidas Calendar MSU Company representative says February 28 to March 5
Tuesday
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Free Screenings, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Carrington Hall 311 SAC Presents: Miss America Debbye Turner, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at PSU Theater Career Expo 2012, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at JQH Arena Student Government Association meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at PSU 313
Wednesday
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Free Screenings, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Carrington Hall 311
Thursday
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Free Screenings, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Carrington Hall 311 Peace Corps Career Information Session, 4 to 6 p.m. at Karls Hall 239 Students for a Sustainable Future general meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple Hall Pit SAC Presents: Murder Mystery Dinner, 9 to 11:59 p.m. at PSU Ballroom
Friday
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Free Screenings, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Carrington Hall 311 SHARP- Self Defense for Women Registration Deadline, free, all day at PSU 131
Saturday
Tarang 2012, $10-15, 6 to 9:30 p.m. at PSU 300 and 200
labor rights is not an issue By John Cook The Standard
Missouri State Athletic Director Kyle Moats had many goals coming into 2012. First and foremost was branding all Missouri State sports as one. With a five-year agreement that will go into effect on June 1 and run through May 31, 2017, all MSU teams will wear the three stripes of adidas. Moats has been working behind the scenes with adidas sales representative Derek Stucker on a deal that would not only unify MSU Athletics, but also cut
costs and help MSU financially. According to Moats, the deal will save MSU around $200,000 over the course of the $625,000, five-year deal. “There are three main positives to the deal,” Moats said. “First, the financial savings will help Missouri State across the board. Next, it was important to have all the teams under one brand. This way, the field hockey team feels just as important as men’s basketball. And lastly, it helps with recruiting. “Anytime you can brand yourself with one of
Illustration by Nicole Thompson/THE STANDARD
MSU and adidas reached a five-year, $625,000 agreement that was approved last Friday. the top brands, 17- and 18year-olds see that and they want to come aboard and be a part of the experience,” he said. A crucial point in the
deal came when news was learned that adidas may have been involved with a labor dispute with a PT See ADIDAS page 2
Storm spotters prepare for spring Springfield to host training session By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard Tornado season is right around the corner for Southwest Missouri and the National Weather Service wants storm spotters to be aware of the possibility of approaching danger. The SpringfieldGreene County Office of Emergency Management is hosting a storm spotter training course that will be conducted by members of the National Weather
Training sessions Feb. 28 Assembly of God HQ in Springfield, Mo. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29 1400 E. Route 66 in Lebanon, Mo. 6:30 p.m. March 6 3950 E. Newman Road in Joplin, Mo. 6:30 p.m.
Service. Warren Robinson, the office’s public information officer, said the class will teach people the basics of thunderstorm development, some of the fundamentals of storm structure and show them
how to properly identify types of severe weather. “This will allow people to report information back to the National Weather Service or Emergency Management,” Robinson said. “When there is severe weather moving through, this The class will be taught tonight at 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Assembly of God headquarters at 1445 N. Booneville Ave. Steve Runnels is the warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service and has been with the NWS in Springfield since 1995. Runnels, a 22-year veteran of meteorology,
said Doppler radar is an excellent tool to be able to identify different types of storms, but only a trained spotter can make specific confirmations. “Consequently, we look for people who have coordinated communications, such as police officers, firefighters and amateur radio operators, as opposed to the general public,” Runnels said. “When a threat has been confirmed, we can let people downstream know what’s coming.” The general public is welcome to attend, but they ultimately need to be part of a spotter group in See STORMS page 8
After seeing a slight decrease in fall enrollment for the first time in six years, Missouri State University unexpectedly set a new spring enrollment record for its Springfield campus in 2012. The new record made a modest jump from 19,707 in spring 2011 to 19,715 in spring 2012. Don Simpson, Missouri State’s associate vice president for enrollment management, oversees the office of admissions, office of the registrar and financial aid. Simpson said it is encouraging to see the spring numbers up since the university saw a decrease in its fall numbers. “It could’ve easily gone the other way,” Simpson said. “Because if we have fewer students in the fall, Simpson there’s fewer to come back in the spring. You would expect it to be down in the spring as well.” On the Springfield campus, student numbers decreased by 147 from fall 2010 to fall 2011. Lower freshmen enrollment, changes in the Board of Governors scholarship program and the poor state of the economy were the three major reasons for the drop in numbers, Simpson said. Despite the enrollment decrease in the fall, university officials say they will continue to focus on modest enrollment growth as called for in the long-range plan. Earle Doman, Missouri State’s vice president for student affairs, oversees all of the university’s enrollment management areas and holds the overall responsibility for the division of student affairs. “Enrollment growth is a product of a lot good work by a lot of people and it’s not just admissions,” Doman said. “It’s individual faculty, it’s individual departments. The different colleges and departments have their enrollment goals of Doman what they seek.” Due to reduced funding from the state of Missouri, the university will be increasing its out-of-state recruitment in hopes of boosting enrollment and, in turn, producing more revenue for the school, Doman said. Currently, Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas are the top three out-of-state recruitment priorities, Simpson said. On average, in-state tuition in Illinois costs $4,125 more per year than out-of-state tuition at Missouri State, Simpson said. Due to this major differential, Simpson said MSU is looking more and more like a cost-effective alternative for Illinois students, as state funding issues have made tuition skyrocket at public universities. To effectively recruit Illinois students, Missouri State will do a variety of things to make the university more appealing, Simpson said. This includes purchasing the names of those individuals with scores of 24 or higher on the ACT and sending them information on the university and its out-of-state fee waiver. Keeping its focus on recruiting heavily in Illinois, the Office of Admissions has set up a free overnight visit program for prospective students and their parents. Residence Life and Services now provides a free night’s stay when students arrange a meeting with a faculty member during their visit. Zach Durham, Student Government Association’s director of academic affairs, said he thinks Missouri State could still do a better job of extending its recruiting tactics to students from every outside state. “We’re not offering this program up to all of the states and surrounding areas. We’re specifically doing it for Illinois,” Durham said. See ENROLL page 2