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Briefs Leadership speaker comes to campus

Kurt Theobald will be debuting “The Llama Manifesto: Conventional Leadership is Dead” presentation at 6 p.m. tonight in the Plaster Student Union Theater.

Theobald is the CEO of Classy Llama Studios, an e-commerce firm in downtown Springfield.

He will be sharing his thoughts and experiences on his “unconventional leadership method” that calls upon everyone to be selfleaders.

Book sale aims for scholarship money

The university’s annual book sale will be held today through Thursday on the first floor of Glass Hall. The sale will go on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.

The book sale’s purpose is to raise money for student scholarships. Past editions of textbooks in varied subjects as well as reading books at budget-friendly prices will be available.

Climate change discussion in PSU

The university will host a panel discussion between a physicist, chemist and biologist on the science of “global warming” and climate change, including the discussion of atmospheric, marine and terrestrial systems. A Q-andA session will follow.

The event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in PSU 313.

Calendar March 1 to March 7

Tuesday

Book sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Glass Hall first floor Student Activities Council meeting 4 to 5 p.m., PSU 313 Student Senate meeting 5:30 to 8 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday Book sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Glass Hall first floor

Interfraternity Council meeting 5:15 to 6 p.m., PSU 313 Panhellenic Council meeting 6 to 7 p.m., PSU 313

Thursday

Book sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Glass Hall first floor Staff Senate meeting 11 a.m. to noon, PSU 313 Students for a Sustainable Future meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Temple Hall Pit “Because Writing Matters” book group 5 to 6 p.m., Siceluff Hall Library “Climate Change Science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology” 6:30 to 8 p.m., PSU 313

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Members of the Theta Chi fraternity were a part of the record-setting crowd of 11,077 at JQH Arena Saturday.

A glorious occasion Missouri State community celebrates Bears’ title

By John Cook The Standard

Behind every champion is a force that pushes them to victory, an undying support that wills them to glory. For the men’s basketball team, that force is the Missouri State fans.

Saturday afternoon, a recordsetting 11,077 fans packed their way into JQH Arena, feeding the Bears with the energy to pull off one of the greatest wins in Missouri State basketball history.

Senior Ben Stuenkel, who was painted from head to toe in maroon and white, talked about how he had been waiting a long time for this.

“I’m overjoyed, just completely overjoyed,” Stuenkel said.

“Being a senior, this was what I’ve been waiting for. During the game I felt confident throughout, but there toward the end I got pretty nervous.”

The fans’ emotions could be felt throughout the arena as the crowd watched the Bears fight for the conference title that they had worked so hard for.

In attendance were fans of all ages, backgrounds and costumes.

Even Missouri Senator Roy Blunt came to watch the Bears battle the Shockers.

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The Theta Chi brothers jogged toward JQH Arena before Saturday’s game.

Friends Lois Barham and Bessy Hodges, who have been season-ticket holders at Missouri State games since the 1960s, shared their expectations before the game.

“I expect a big battle, and most importantly I expect to win,” Barham said. “We’ve been here since the days when they played in the McDonald building, so we’ve seen the best and the worst of the Bears.”

The excitement started to build for the game Friday when Missouri State held a special pep rally to help get the student body pumped up.

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The Theata Chi brothers painted themselves in the bathroom.

Though not many were in attendance for the rally, one fan was especially energized for the game.

“We’re going to crush them,” staff coordinator Steve Foucart said. “What a great way to end the season. It’s hip to be a Bear right now. This is great.”

Foucart and his wife Peggy Foucart were yelling and screaming after the game as well.

“I’m ecstatic!” Foucart yelled in celebration. “I can’t even describe the emotions I feel right

now. Seeing Cuonzo being raised up like that, nothing gets me more pumped.”

Missouri State head coach Cuonzo Martin and his players were greeted to hundreds of fans running onto the court as the final buzzer went off and confetti fell from the rafters.

Seniors Will Creekmore and Nafis Ricks took signs from the fans and held them high as they stood on the press table. One of See FANS page 8

Planned Parenthood protests funding cuts

By Jason Johnston The Standard

Eighteen protesters with Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri supported women’s health rights on Saturday outside the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center where the Missouri Republican Party held the 112th Annual Statewide Lincoln Days celebration.

“We are out here to protest the U.S. House of Representative’s vote to bar Planned Parenthood from all federal funding,” said Crystal Brigman, the grass-roots organizer for Planned Parenthood of southwest Missouri. “We are particularly out here today because Reps. Billy Long (R-Mo.) and Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) voted against Planned Parenthood.

“Their act of cutting funds from Planned Parenthood has nothing to do with deficit reduction. It has everything to do with politics. They are putting women’s lives in jeopardy.”

On Feb. 18, the House passed the Pence amendment to the government spending bill to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood. The vote was 240-185 with 230 Republicans and 10 Democrats voting for the

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Eighteen protesters showed their support for Planned Parenthood on Saturday at the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center. amendment.

Planned Parenthood is one of America’s leading advocates of women’s health and reproductive rights, which includes abortion, according to its website.

The House bill, “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” contin-

ues to use the term “forcible rape” as a way to redefine rape. It plans on cutting all federal funding for abortion funding except for forcible rape, incest and physical danger of the pregnant woman. The bill is in the House Judiciary Committee.

Abortion is murder and immoral,

said Denae Nickell, the president of Bears for Life — an anti-abortion organization on campus.

“I grew up in a Christian household, and a lot of my beliefs come from the Bible and believing in the sanctity of life,” Nickell said.

Someone can be held responsible for taking the life of an unborn child in a criminal act such as a drunk driver killing a pregnant woman, said Kevin Pybas, university pre-law advisor for the political science department. At the same time, a woman has the right to an abortion.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) legalized abortion.

After the Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992), the benchmark for regulating abortion changed because of “undue burden,” Pybas said. The states are free to regulate abortion as long as that regulation does not constitute an undue burden on the fundamental right to an abortion.

He said achieving middle ground on abortion legislation is difficult because the true believers on either end of the spectrum are resistant to any compromise.

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Eating Disorder Week raises awareness

By Megan Gates The Standard

Missouri State’s Counseling and Testing Center held free eating disorder screenings last week on campus for National Eating Disorders Week.

Doug Greiner, director of the Counseling and Testing Center, said their efforts were successful.

“It’s always good to try and raise awareness,” he said. “We’ve had some people come in to the Counseling and Testing Center as a result. It’s always good to let people know that we are here to help.”

Throughout the week, the Counseling and Testing Center had a booth in Plaster Student Union with information regarding eating disorders and options available to students seeking help. The center also offered an anonymous screening service to students free of charge.

“Students could come in and wouldn’t have to identify themselves, just take a free screening that asked them some questions, and meet with one of our counselors to talk about the concerns that brought them in and what the screening said about their behaviors,” Greiner said. “It gave students a chance to talk to someone about their concerns, and some of them have chosen to go ahead and start seeing a counselor.”

Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, “include extreme emotions, attitudes and behaviors, surrounding weight and food issues,” and affect approximately 10 million Americans, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.

Brooke Whisenhunt is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and a clinical psychologist who focuses her practice on patients with eating disorders. She said there are multiple causes as to why a person

would develop an eating disorder.

“There is evidence suggesting the role of genetics in addition to the cultural models focusing on pressure for thinness,” she said.

“Likewise, there are pre-existing personality characteristics that may also contribute to the development of eating disorders.”

These personality traits can have an effect on the type of eating disorder a person might develop, Whisenhunt said.

“In cases of individuals with anorexia nervosa, we tend to see adolescents or young women who are very driven and perfectionistic,” she said. “Higher levels of impulsivity are associated more often with individuals with bulimia nervosa.”

However, Whisenhunt said many people display a third type of eating disorder that is not commonly known by the public.

“Most individuals with eating disorders don’t tend to fall nicely into either diagnostic category of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa,” she said. “A third diagnostic category, called Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, or EDNOS, is actually more common and includes people who are clearly impaired by their eating disorder, but their symptoms don’t necessarily fit the classic definitions.”

Whisenhunt also said women are more likely to develop eating disorders than men.

“Ultimately, the ideal body size for women is a thin body size, which puts pressure on women through culture and the media,” she said. “While men are not immune to cultural pressures related to ideal body size, men are less likely to report feeling dissatisfied with their current body size, and they are more likely to ascribe to a muscular rather than thin ideal.”

Hillary Roberts, a registered dietitian and professor in the dietetics program, said people suffering from anorexia nervosa who do not consume the recommended 2,000 calories per day to maintain a healthy body can expe-

rience negative health effects.

“When your body does not get enough calories, you will start using fat and muscle for energy,” she said. “Since your heart is a muscle, people who have had anorexia for several years could have a heart attack because their heart becomes very weak. You will also feel tired, weak and not be able to think clearly because you need carbohydrates to fuel your brain. Long-term effects include osteoporosis and possibly kidney failure if you become severely dehydrated.”

Roberts said the health effects of maintaining bulimia nervosa can also be highly negative.

“The most serious effect is that the bingepurge cycle causes an electrolyte imbalance, which can lead to irregular heartbeats and possibly death,” she said. “Frequent vomiting also causes the tooth enamel to be worn off and inflammation and possible rupture of the esophagus.”

Despite these health effects, people who have eating disorders often find it extremely difficult to change their eating habits and discontinue their eating disorder, Whisenhunt said.

“Many individuals with eating disorders are quite ambivalent about recovery, which makes treatment adherence and success difficult in many cases,” she said. “Eating disorder behaviors often become an individual’s primary way of coping with negative emotions, and people are understandably scared about letting go of those coping strategies.

Also, in some cases, recovery necessitates some weight gain, which can be very anxiety provoking.”

Whisenhunt said, due to the serious consequences of eating disorders, if students are concerned about themselves or a friend, they should seek professional help.

The Counseling and Testing Center is a free service available on campus for students

seeking help with eating disorders, Greiner said.

“We primarily use counseling, but we also work with the other resources on campus,” he said. “For most students who come in, we can work with here and we may talk to them about talking to a dietitian at the health center about some healthier choices they can make.

We may encourage a student to talk to a medical doctor to make sure that there are no long-term health concerns.”

Greiner said if you are worried about a friend who might have an eating disorder, communicating with them and letting them know you care is important.

“If you’re concerned about a friend, it’s always good to talk to them and let them know that you’re concerned and that you care about them,” he said. “Let them know what you’re specifically concerned about — what behavior, what action — that they are engaging in and that you’re willing to help them.”

Greiner also said if students are concerned about a friend, they can come to the center for help as well.

“Sometimes I see people who get in over their heads trying to help a friend, and that can be really scary for an individual if they realize that the concerns may be bigger than what they can offer,” he said. “If they want to come in and talk to someone about how they can approach their friend, we’re open to having them come in and to consult, because each case is different and we’re here to help.”

If you are interested in seeking help for an eating disorder, e-mail the Eating Disorders Coalition of the Ozarks at edcozark@gmail.com for a list of area professionals who specialize in treating those with eating disorders. You can also contact the Counseling and Testing Center at 417836-5116 or visit their office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Carrington Hall 311 to meet with a counselor.

Border violence worries travelers

By Amanda Hess The Standard

Mexico is seen as the zenith for teens and college students to visit for spring break. Every year TV channels show numerous depictions of crazy parties that occur at resorts and beaches in Mexico.

However, in September, Mexico was placed under a travel warning that has yet to be lifted. Due to drug cartels and increasing violence near the Mexican border, college students are being warned when deciding to travel there for spring break.

Juan Meraz, the coordinator of diversity outreach and recruitment at the Office of the Provost, said he traveled to

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Guadalajara, Mexico this past November.

“Guadalajara was very safe,” Meraz said. “I stayed downtown and had no problems at all.”

The U.S. Department of State reports more than 100,000 American teenagers and college students travel to Mexico for spring break each year.

The U.S. Department of State said resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not have the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and areas along major drug-trafficking routes. Nevertheless, crime and violence are serious problems there too.

Meraz said many resort areas are safe and protected by the police and private security to insure the safety of travelers.

“The problem in the border region is gang violence and the drug cartels wanting to control the flow of drugs into the United States,” Meraz said. “Traveling into interior Mexico is not dangerous. It is mainly the border towns that have violent areas.”

More than half of all Americans killed in Mexico in 2009 whose deaths were reported to the U.S. Embassy were killed in the border cities of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana. Other border cities that have high crime rates are Nuevo Laredo and Nuevo Leon.

Meraz said he has seen the border of Mexico become more violent over time.

“I grew up 45 miles from the border, and we used to travel to Juarez frequently. I had family living there,” Meraz said. “It is sad to see the deterioration of the border area where many people used to go eat, shop and enjoy the cultural exchange.”

Meraz said it is only slightly more dangerous to travel to Mexico because of the current violence against people and the high crime rate.

“There are still plenty of Americans and people from all

over the world traveling to Mexico,” Meraz said. “The violence is more news here in the U.S. than it is in Mexico.”

Although there is a travel warning for Mexico, it does not mean that students cannot visit there. However, students who decide to go are encouraged to follow a few simple rules to stay safe.

Use only the licensed and regulated “sitio” (SEE-teeoh) taxis. Some illegitimate taxi drivers are, in fact, criminals in search of victims; users of these taxis have been robbed, kidnapped and/or raped. Ask your hotel, club or restaurant to summon a sitio taxi for you.

Do not go anywhere alone. Always stay with a group or in pairs.

Do not wear flashy or expensive items or display an excessive amount of money.

If you take a bus, try to ride during daylight hours only and in first class to avoid encounters with assaults or robberies.

Call “066” (equivalent of 911 in the USA) immediately if you are exposed to a life threatening situation requiring emergency police or fire responders.

Staying safe in Mexico

Avoid driving at night. Criminal assaults have occurred on highways throughout Mexico at night, including putting up roadblocks and impersonating police officers to steal vehicles.

Try to use toll roads as much as possible; they are safer and better kept roads. Free roads are often not kept in as good condition and can be less safe.

Be aware that speed bumps are at the entrance of almost every town and can damage the underside of your vehicle if not taken at extremely slow speeds.

Know the phone number for the Green Angels (Angeles Verde). They are located all over Mexico and help stranded motorists that have vehicle problems. Contact the Mexico Ministry of Tourism at 1-800-903-9200 to receive help from the Green Angels.

Information gathered from The U.S. Department of State and AAA.

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NASCAR sponsorship is more important than gov’t funding for Planned Parenthood Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives apparently want our country to instigate a draft again in the future due to dwindling numbers of troops. Or, if that isn’t their big plan, then they really should have reassessed their strategy about how to best attack House Republicans’ spending cuts.

A little over a week ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved more than $60 billion in spending cuts.

The Republican-run House cut a few of the Democrats’ pet-projects, including Planned Parenthood.

Of course, cutting from areas like Planned Parenthood riled up liberals from all over the country. The areas that were cut always help secure Democrat politicians some of their much-needed votes.

Everyone and their grandma has probably heard by now about how wonderful and magical Planned Parenthood is and how terrible the House Republicans are.

And, yeah, it’s hard to argue that double P may have a couple of legitimately good services (that are already available in other locations like doctors’ offices) but one bad service (that everyone should know) that definitely outweighs whatever good there may be.

By now, people read-

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ing this column may begin to wonder what the heck Planned Parenthood has to do with instigating a draft. If you just look at the organization at face value, it has nothing at all to do with the military.

However, if you look at it like a Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota does, then the military and Planned Parenthood work as well together as peanut butter and jelly.

Whenever Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum heard about some of the House’s proposed spending cuts, it goes without question that she was irked.

As a way to counter the proposed cuts, Rep. McCollum tried to add an amendment to the spending cuts bill. The amendment would make the military stop their NASCAR sponsorships. Thankfully, this amendment was voted down.

Right now, millions and millions of dollars are spent every year on promoting the armed forces in NASCAR. If they would use their heads, even House Democrats would see that, even if this sounds

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like a lot of money, it is money well spent. When choosing between Planned Parenthood and recruiting servicemen and women, the choice should be easy. And, it’s not even like anyone was really choosing between the two. NASCAR wasn’t actually part of the original cuts. It was an added amendment.

The amendment was added just so people could complain about those NASCAR-loving Republicans. The Democrats knew it probably wasn’t going to ever pass, and they probably, secretly, hoped it wouldn’t.

NASCAR is one of the most popular spectator sports in the world. It also consistently has high television ratings and a humongous following of military-aged men and women. So, sponsorships obviously reach large audiences.

Nobody is trying to say that plastering “National Guard” atop Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s car is going to make millions of able-bodied men and women join the military.

But, seeing “Army” or “Air Force” or “National Guard” over and over again while you watch a race will at least make you think about the military branches, and name recognition is the first step.

Right now, the United States has a volunteer mil-

itary. No one is forced to join. So, just like any business or group, our military sometimes has to get the word out about why people should enlist.

If we don’t get enough recruits, then we may have to once again start up the draft. And probably nobody in his right mind wants to have a draft.

Trying to stop the sponsorships was just a big political game. House Democrats knew it would tick a bunch of their supporters off to know that “the Republicans support NASCAR more than Planned Parenthood.”

Regardless of how fun and interesting this whole spending cuts debacle has been, it’s not like the Senate will ever, ever go along with the House’s proposal anyway. Good old Harry Reid probably laughed when he saw what the House wanted.

Hopefully, people will stop being so up in arms about NASCAR really soon. It’s not about NASCAR: It’s about recruiting and recruiting in the right demographic.

And, just so everyone out there knows, I’m definitely not a big NASCAR fan. I don’t hate the sport, but unlike millions of potential recruits, I don’t watch it on a regular basis. But even I could still tell you who drives the National Guard car.

Early March yields ideal spring break weather

Spring break begins next Monday. It’s going to be the second week of March, which means that, across the state of Missouri, it is going to be somewhere between the mid-40s to low-60s weather wise.

(And the majority of us will probably be in Missouri because we’re college students and cannot afford to make a trip to Florida, California or Mexico.)

We were going to include some weather predictions from The Weather Channel for this editorial, but then we realized, hey, it’s Missouri. Why ruin the excitement of the volatile weather patterns of a cross-season month like March? It’s only the best part of living in Missouri.

So we merely advise you to make sure you pack light and heavy clothing for your weeklong stint at home, since it is highly likely you’ll experience both the pleasantries of 60plus degrees and freezing rain.

But don’t let the weather or the fact that it’s the second week of March put a damper on your spring break activities.

You can totally get that tan you wanted to work on. It will have to be in a tanning bed and not outside, though, because warm and sunny skies during the second week of March are about as common as an entertaining episode of “Saturday Night Live” these days.

You can also still go to the zoo, but you should probably take an umbrella and a jacket. Maybe also bring a heavy coat to leave in your car — just in case.

Most importantly, though, if you’re going to play tennis, you should probably look for the indoor courts and reserve one ahead of time. The same goes for the pavilion space at the park where you were going to enjoy a picnic lunch.

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Next time you have the opportunity, look around your room and count the electronic devices within a fifteen-foot radius. How many are there?

In my fiancé’s case, there were 17. While this seems outrageous, once you take into account old cell phones, laptops, MP3 players, tablets, TVs – it adds up.

Electronic devices are so prevalent today that we hardly notice they are more like an appendage to our bodies rather than a hunk of tungsten, tantalum and tin. With constant technological growth and widespread production, minerals common in electronic devices are nearly as desired as the ever sought after oil and diamonds — and equally as caustic to the min-

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The electronic gadgets that define our age are all made with tin, tungsten, tantalite and gold. Gold is used in wiring. Tantalum stores electricity. Tin is used to solder circuit boards, and tungsten is used to make mobile phones vibrate. These increasingly valuable minerals are mined in eastern Congo, where their profits are blamed for fueling the region’s ongoing war. sions are also welcome. The Standard reserves the right to edit all submissions for punctuation, spelling, length and good taste. Letters should be mailed to The Standard, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 or e-mailed to Standard@Missouri State.edu.

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Better yet, it’s something all of us can actively take part in without picketing the streets outside of Panasonic.

Approximately 90 percent of computer contents can be reused or recycled, and yet less than 20 percent of the nation’s electronic waste is turned in to recycling centers, according to Greener Choices, an environmentally friendly project created by the publishers of Consumer Reports.

Not only can consumers help reduce the irresponsible toxic waste created by tossing old parts into landfills, but we can also reduce the need for mining these conflict minerals by donating or recycling as many electronic items as possible.

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We don’t need Leonardo DiCaprio to convince us that conflict mining is wrong.

Think twice before tossing that Nokia brick in the trash. It could very well reincarnate into the iPhone 5 or the Google TV. Hell, it may even improve the lives of our Congolese neighbors. Either way, it’s worth a trip to the recycling center. Students can bring their recyclable electronics to the Computer Recycling Center on 1434 N. National. Visit their website at computerrecylcingcenter.org for more information.

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Calendar March 1 to March 7

Spring fashion forward

Tuesday

Book sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Glass Hall first floor Design and image exhibition 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Student Exhibition Center

Wednesday

All Bands Concert 7:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts The Vine 7:30 p.m., Carrington Theatre

Thursday

Dr. Temple Grandin 11 a.m.

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Rocky Votolato with Matt Pond and Call Me Beta 7 p.m., Outland Ballroom Hot Tuna Blues concert 7:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts SAC After Hours presents: Masquerade Party 9 p.m., PSU food court Fire performance gathering 9 p.m., Jordan Valley Park

Friday

The Detectives and The Goodfoot concert 8 p.m., Lindberg’s Sertoma’s Downtown Party Gras 5 p.m., 319 W. Walnut St.

March First Friday Art Walk 6 p.m., downtown Art of Space 6 p.m., 205 Park Central East Art is Monumental K-12 student exhibit 6 p.m., Creamery Arts Center National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Celebration 6 p.m., 303 Park Central West Motherstar and the Showdown 9 p.m., The Highlife

Saturday

Robot Workshop 10 a.m., Discovery Center of the Ozarks

Superheroes Celebration 10 a.m., O’Reilly Family Event Center Urban Beats concert 9 p.m., Remmington’s Downtown The Airwalks: 90s tribute concert 9 p.m., The Highlife Deep Fried Squirrel concert 9 p.m., Patton Alley Pub

Monday

Battle For Paradise competition 8 p.m., Lindberg’s

Briefs Mardi Gras hits Commercial Street

Mardi Gras will kick off in Springfield at 6 p.m. Saturday on historic Commercial Street.

The celebration will include street performers, vendors, face painters and a live performance from the Black Box Revue. The “Push, Pull, Pedal” parade, which is sponsored by Queen City Cycles and benefits Ozarks Greenways Association, will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Participating downtown venues include LemonDrop, Savor, Ruthie’s, The Loft Martini Lounge, the Savoy Ballroom, which will host a masquerade party at 8 p.m., Q Enoteca, which will feature live jazz at 10 p.m., Lindberg’s, which will host Cherry Bomb Burlesque and local band Belladonna at 10 p.m., and Big Momma’s Cafe, which will serve authentic Cajun cuisine for the evening.

Admission is $5 in advance and $7 the day of the event.

Art Walk features book release party

Art Factory 417 will host a signing and release party for “Thawed” by Gary Bedell, a local animator, designer, illustrator and DJ, at Canvas Art Gallery during the First Friday Artwalk.

The event will feature living art with costumes designed by Ryan Piotrowski, who contributed to the wardrobe on the Academy Award nominated film “Winter’s Bone.”

Copies of Bedell’s will be available for sale.

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they did last fall, only perhaps at fuller force.

Be prepared to see combat boots with floral, military jackets with lace, and grey fingernails with deep-yellow, 60s-inspired blouses.

The list of eclectic pairings goes on and on.

Carrie Massie, senior fashion design major, started sewing at age seven and has a huge passion for design. She’ll be showing her senior collection on April 16 where she’ll feature clothing that’s been heavily influenced by current events as well as the chic looks featured in Audrey Hepburn’s performance in “My Fair Lady.”

“My outfits won’t look like they came directly off of the ‘My Fair Lady’ set,” Massie said. “They’ll be modern. I catered it to what’s popular now and what’s going on right now.”

Massie emphasized the current economic and political influences in America right now, explaining that this spring we’re going to see even more utilitarian and militaristic looks.

“The big thing that I’ve see has been military looks, combat boots, tassels and shoulder pads. Green, khaki and metal. I think it’s probably going to be here for the spring for sure.”

We’ll be seeing a whole lot of ladylike 60s dresses and hippie-chic styles. Where we’ve been on a sort of 80s and 90s kick (which thankfully was short lived), be prepared to see 70s-inspired evening wear and business attire.

“A lot of celebrities are starting to dress really vintage,” Massie said. “Shorts are higher-waisted, floral patterns are very 40s and 50s. Hair is reflecting that with vintage style hats and headbands, and people have more interesting, bigger hairstyles than the typical straight look.”

This mashup of all different vintage trends is worthy of note. It’s also rampant in current music. Where each generation could be classified by its musical trends, ours is all over the place. There are bands that sound like the Rolling Stones and then there’s Justin Bieber.

I blame the hipsters. Hipsters love recycling popular looks, trying to be as eclectic as possible, and hoping that everyone understands but also doesn’t understand what they’re doing. They take American fashion trends from the past and make them ironic.

What’s so interesting about this set up is that the hipster population seems to indirectly influence pop icons and pop culture. Where it was once the case that famous celebrities started trends that trickled down into the masses, it seems like the individuals of the masses are passing trends to the celebrities.

Speaking of mass trends, what about skinny jeans? Have they lost their edge? Vogue recently announced that they have.

“I remember getting made fun of my

This year’s spring fashions, which feature floral patterns and headbands, reflect an eclectic mix of styles of the past with a modern flare.

Vintage looks, pop culture trends mark this season’s style

Within the past few years, we’ve been through a recession and a Abby very historically Webster significant presiFashion dential election.

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(Think popular indie bands like Arcade Fire, musicians like Kanye West, and pop and fashion icons like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.)

The icons within the national music scene share little in common musically, yet they’re basically equally influential.

To address current fashion trends, it’s important to understand the serious division of interest within our generation. Where teen and college crowds have typically shared common icons, trends and political views in the past, our youth culture seems to be best classified by its tremendous individuality.

This spring, these ideals will heavily influence incoming fashion trends, much like

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‘Hall Pass’: Low-brow humor fails comedy test

Guys, don’t take your girlfriends. Go with Karman your guy Bowers friends, because I can’t think of Movie many girls who Reviewer are going to enjoy “Hall Pass” as a datenight flick.

The latest film from the Farrelly brothers, famous for other films such as “Dumb and Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary,” and “Me, Myself and Irene,” is definitely one for the men in the audience.

“Hall Pass” is about two married men, Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis), who are given a week off of marriage, or a hall pass, to do whatever they want.

All goes well until they actually start trying to

pick up girls and their wives also take advantage of this hall pass.

Generally, the Farrelly brothers’ stuff is pretty funny and appeals to a wide audience, but sometimes they miss the big crowd. “Hall Pass” is one of these misses. Sure it had a few funny moments, but not enough to make me really laugh.

I found myself groaning and shaking my head at most of the jokes while all the guys in the audience were laughing hysterically. At least some people found it funny.

It also felt like it took a long time to set up.

Their hall pass lasted for seven days, but it wasn’t until about day five that anything actually happened, and by this point, even their own friends went home out of boredom.

Once something started to happen, it was all fairly predictable and cliché. There were dirty jokes, penis gags and a few attempts at heartwarming moments tossed in for balance.

It felt at times like they were trying to mesh

two stories into one movie that should have gone well together but just didn’t.

The wives had their own story lines too as well as being unnaturally tanned. But again, these story lines were predictable and somewhat forced. Sometimes, with movies like “Hall Pass,” it’s almost better to just leave out the sappy stuff completely and just go for the low-brow humor gold.

As you may have guessed, this kind of humor is not the kind I’m particularly fond of, but that doesn’t mean I can’t recognize that it is funny — to some. It’s the kind of humor that pushes it just that bit too far. They could have left it with something still to imagine; but no, they have to show us everything, and that’s when they lose me.

Yet, it will appeal to that certain group of people. It has its funny moments, but it could have had more. If you’re looking for a guys’ night out, this is your film. If you’re looking for a date night, there’s other stuff out there.

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Sarah Bennett, editor-in-chief “Dashboard,” Modest Mouse

Music can be your ultimate path to a blissful life if you choose the right, happy-memory-inducing songs.

Shane Morris, a junior English major, said “Roll Me Away” by Bob Seger is his quintessential road trip song.

“Roll, roll me away, I’m gonna roll me away tonight Gotta keep rollin’, gotta keep ridin’, keep searchin’ till I find what’s right And as the sunset faded I spoke to the faintest first starlight And I said next time Next time We’ll get it right.”

Bob Seger “Roll Me Away”

“Besides being situationally perfect, it has sentimental value,” he said. “It’s on the ‘Armageddon’ soundtrack, which I loved as a kid. Also, when friends of mine were leaving for college, I left the parking lot with my windows down just blaring the song, and it was perfect timing. Bob Seger can make a person’s ears cry.”

Sally Hook, a voice and music education professor, said good road trip songs are the ones that reflect the inspirational background of your culture.

“There are great examples of adventurous, happy-golucky music in all kinds of styles,” she said. “Songs you can associate with a prior experience are the best at increasing your mood. We all know about that, like how couples have ‘their song’ because early in their relationship somehow they heard that song.”

Sally Hook said a certain Andy Williams 8-track holds a special place in her heart because of the memories associated with the songs.

“When I was an undergrad, I went on a road trip with a roommate from Missouri to Michigan,” she said. “It was a long, long trip, and we listened to the same Andy Williams 8-track over and over again. Now, every time I hear those songs, I remember that trip, and they hold a special place in my heart.”

Hook said road trip music preferences depend on whether you’re the driver or the passenger.

“If you’re the passenger, then you’ll probably want something that’s fun and uppity, but if you’re driving, you might have a different perspective,” she said. “I, for instance, like to listen to the pop symphony channel because it calms me so I’m less likely to scream at other drivers. I like to be surprised, so I’m really into listening to satellite radio rather than making a playlist of my favorite songs.”

Luke McCullick, an undeclared freshman, said “Road Trippin’” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a great song to listen to on and before a road trip.

“It actually has the supply list of what you need on your trip so you can listen to it before your trip and make sure you’ve got everything you need,” he said.

McCullick also mentioned that any Rolling Stones’ songs are ideal for road trips.

Leah Randazzo, managing editor “I Canʼt Quit You Baby,” Led Zeppelin

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Jesamy Porter, a junior media studies major, said Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” is her top cruising song.

“As you’re rolling, you’re feeling pretty gangsta,” she said. “But then you realize you’re just so white and nerdy.”

Cpl. Matt Brown, the public affairs officer for the Springfield Police Department, said it’s unlikely for you to get ticketed for listening to music too loudly on your road trip.

“Truthfully, there are bigger fish to fry than somebody

“Road trippin’ with my two favorite allies Fully loaded we got snacks and supplies It’s time to leave this town, it’s time to steal away Let’s go get lost anywhere in the U.S.A.” Red Hot Chili Peppers “Road Trippin’”

with loud music, because what’s loud to one officer may not be loud to somebody else,” he said. “There might be a dozen tickets handed out in a year for that kind of violation.

By the time you hear it and see it, they’re gone. The people who do get tickets are the ones who are excessively loud with subwoofers.”

Brown said different types of music — rap, for instance — can be heard from miles away if they have a good system, because the bass overpowers everything else. Those are the likeliest to get violation tickets, although many officers believe in alternatives to ticketing.

“Some officers, and I’ve done it, will pull up next to a car with music so overbearing that we look at them and make a turn-it-down motion to them,” he said. “They’ll reach over and turn it down and wave at us a little bit, probably thankful we didn’t pull them over.”

Brown said he believes music becomes illegally noisy when it can be heard from 30 feet away.

“It’s on the books because it disturbs the peace, but it’s usually something that’s been complained to the police department by somebody else,” he said. “An officer can, if they choose to, write a ticket for violating the law, even without a call.”

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Men’s Basketball Wednesday, Feb. 23 Southern Illinois 28 30 – 58 Missouri State 35 41 – 76 Saturday, Feb. 26 Wichita State 21 43 – 64 Missouri State 32 37 – 69 Women’s Basketball Friday, Feb. 25 Drake 40 42 – 82 Missouri State 42 50 – 92 Sunday, Feb. 27 Creighton 32 33 – 65 Missouri State 35 38 – 73 Men’s Golf Tuesday, Feb. 22 Rice Intercollegiate 11th of 15 Track and Field Sunday, Feb. 27 MVC Championships 7th place Baseball Friday, Feb. 25 DBU 100101000–3 MSU 2 2 2 5 0 1 4 1 X – 17 Saturday, Feb. 26 UT-Arlington 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 MSU 300000000–3 Sunday, Feb. 27 SD State 000000000–0 MSU 000001001–2

Calendar March 1 to March 7

Tuesday

Baseball away at Oklahoma State, 4 p.m.

Thursday

Softball at home vs.

SIU-Edwardsville, 4 p.m.

Swimming and Diving away at Men’s MAC Championship, 9 a.m.

Women’s Basketball away at Evansville, 7 p.m.

Friday

Baseball at home vs.

North Dakota, 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball away at State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Men’s Golf away at USF Invitational, 7:30 a.m.

Softball away at SLU Breast Cancer Tournament vs. SEMO, 3:30 p.m.

Softball away at SLU Breast Cancer Tournament vs. Saint Louis, 5:30 p.m.

Swimming and Diving away at Men’s MAC Championship, 9 a.m.

Women’s Golf away at Rio Verde Intercollegiate, 10 a.m.

Track and Field away at Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational, 9 a.m.

Saturday Baseball at home vs.

North Dakota, 2 p.m.

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Bears head coach Cuonzo Martin celebrates Saturday’s win, which secured MSU’s first MVC title in its 21 years in the conference.

Martin, fans, players celebrate first title in 21 Valley seasons

By Jon Poorman The Standard

As the final seven seconds came off the clock in Missouri State’s 69-64 win over Wichita State on Saturday, a dream became reality for the fans, the players and head coach Cuonzo Martin.

When Martin came to Missouri State in 2008, he led the Bears to a dismal 1120 record in his first season at the helm. Now, he and the Bears are Missouri Valley Conference champions for the first time in school history. The Bears clinched the

title in front of a homerecord crowd of 11,077 fans.

When the Bears defeated Wichita State, they not only won the conference, but also locked up the No. 1 seed for the MVC Tournament this weekend in St. Louis.

“It means the world to me, really,” Martin said of winning the MVC. “When it comes to sports, this is probably the biggest thing that I’ve been a part of.”

Martin said winning the title was not only exciting for his team but for the entire Missouri State community.

“We’re just part of the tra-

dition,” he said. “I think it was great for Missouri State, not just our basketball program.”

After the game, Missouri State players were filled with emotion. Senior center Will Creekmore, who tallied 13 points in the game, said the feeling of winning the MVC title was amazing.

“Best feeling in the world,” he said. “There’s nothing like it. It’s better than I ever dreamed of. We always believed and never stopped fighting.”

Junior forward Kyle Weems agreed that the experience was incredible.

“This is the best feeling I’ve ever had in my life,” he said. “There’s not a whole lot this team hasn’t seen. We’ve overcome a lot of stuff. This is a very special moment and something I’ll never forget.”

Weems came close to a

double-double in Saturday’s game with 11 points and nine rebounds, but it was senior guard Adam Leonard who made the biggest play of the game. With 48.2 seconds remaining and the score tied, Leonard drained a 3-pointer with a Wichita defender’s hand in his face.

That basket gave MSU the lead for good, as they cemented the victory in the waning seconds.

“I knew when I released it, it felt good and it went in,” Leonard said.

Leonard finished the game with 17 points, going 5-for-10 from behind the arc.

The Bears are now 10-1 this season when he makes three or more 3-pointers.

Weems said Leonard always has confidence as a shooter, no matter the situation.

“That’s just the definition of a great shooter,” Weems said. “He just kept his focus.

There was no doubt in my mind that shot was going in.”

Senior guard Jermaine Mallett also made major contributions to the Bears’ win with a team-high 18 points along with eight rebounds and three assists.

“In my book, all-around player, best in the Valley,“ Creekmore said of Mallett.

“He’s everything to our team. He’s our secret weapon every game.”

With the regular season title all wrapped up, the Bears now have their eyes set on a MVC Tournament title. Their first game will be at 12:05 p.m. on Friday against either Southern Illinois or Illinois State at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

Martin takes Bears from worst to

Men’s Basketball away at State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Men’s Golf away at USF Invitational, 7:30 a.m.

Men’s Soccer away at Spring Exhibition vs. Midwestern State, 11:45 a.m.

Men’s Soccer away at Spring Exhibition vs. Oral Roberts, 3 p.m.

Beating an SEC foe

Softball away at SLU Breast Cancer Tournament vs. UMKC, 3 p.m.

Swimming and Diving away at Men’s MAC Championship, 9 a.m.

Women’s Basketball away at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Track and Field away at Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational, 9 a.m.

Sunday

Baseball at home vs.

North Dakota, 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball away at State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Men’s Golf away at USF Invitational, 7:30 a.m.

Martin introduced as “Coach Martin”

Women’s Golf away at Rio Verde Intercollegiate, 10 a.m.

Martin hired

File photo by Matt Moore/THE STANDARD

May 26, 2008

Nov. 16, 2009

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Nov. 22, 2008

1st win in JQH

Martin won his first game, 62-57, over Arkansas in the inaugural game at JQH Arena

The Bears earned a big 7362 win over SEC foe Auburn in their 2009-10 season opener at JQH Arena.

Feb. 20, 2010

BracketBuster belongs to Bears

Softball away at SLU Breast Cancer Tournament vs. Missouri, 11 a.m.

Women’s Golf away at Rio Verde Intercollegiate, 10 a.m.

Briefs Baseball team sweeps UT-Arlington

After a weekend sweep at the University of Texas-Arlington Invitational, the Missouri State Bears baseball team now sits at 43 overall.

In the three games combined, the Bears outscored their opponents 22-5, including a 2-0 shutout on Sunday.

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BracketBuster 2009 went to the Bears in their 62-60 effort against Nevada, a win that helped them get to the 2010 CIT Tournament

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This is the best feeling I’ve ever had in my life...

We’ve overcome a lot of stuff. This is a very special moment and something I’ll never forget.

Kyle Weems, Bears’ junior forward

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first in Valley in three seasons on the job MVC Champs

March 30, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

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Dec. 18, 2010 The Bears won four consecutive home games to win the 2010 CIT Tournament title. The team finished the season Earlier this season, the Bears defeated Saint Louis University 81-65 at JQH 24-12.

Arena. This win began a crucial 9-game winning streak for the Bears.

9-game winning streak

Bears win at UNI

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Late win over Creighton brings momentum

Feb. 26, 2011

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Jan. 22, 2011

The Bears battled back and stole a pivotal win from Creighton at home, 67-66.

In their first conference game of the 2010-11 season, the Bears took down defending MVC champs Northern Iowa. Kyle Weems hit a gamewinning 3-pointer in the final seconds.

Leonard sinks a deep 3 with less than a minute left to give the Bears their first MVC championship

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Lady Bears win final two home games

Roberts leads team in Senior Night ‘pink out’

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard

Emotions ran high as the Lady Bears pulled out two crucial Missouri Valley Conference victories, including a 73-65 victory against second-place Creighton over the weekend.

The emotion and energy for the Lady Bears stemmed from the fact that it was Senior Night on Sunday and also from the inspiration of the men’s regular-season MVC title win on Saturday afternoon.

“I really felt like we fed off of that energy,” head coach Nyla Milleson said. “It’s all about being a Bear and supporting what each other needs to get done.”

On Sunday, Missouri State not only played before a “pink out” crowd, but the game was also senior night for Kendra Roberts and Jacque Griggs.

Roberts, who averages 3.2 points per game off the bench for the Lady Bears, scored 11 points in her final game at JQH Arena.

“There wasn’t any question that it was going to be about emotion today, but I had a gut (feeling) on what (Roberts) was going to

be able to do,” Milleson said.

Roberts has been a spark plug for the team off the bench all year and contributed six rebounds, one steal and a 4-for-4 mark from the free-throw line in 21 minutes of play.

“We had so much energy, there were a lot of emotions, especially for it being the pink game,” Roberts said. “We just had a lot of emotions, and we just knew that we had to come together and fight for it.”

With Sunday’s game being a back-andforth contest until the end, Missouri State did have to fight for the victory against the second place team in the MVC. The game proved to be a physical matchup all day and yielded a total of 43 personal fouls combined, which resulted in a season-high 35 free-throw attempts for the Lady Bears.

Junior guard Casey Garrison established a season high of her own with 10 total rebounds along with 13 points.

“I just try to do the little things,” Garrison said. “Still try to rebound and defensively just try to keep everybody together all over the floor.”

Against Drake on Friday night, Garrison was one of three Lady Bears with at least 20 points in a 92-82 victory.

The win over Drake came in front of a JQH Arena Lady Bears’ record crowd of 6,049 fans.

“To have that many fans, that really shows the support that we have in the community,” Garrison said.

By scoring a combined 174 points, the

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game was the highest scoring game of the year in the MVC this season.

Drake stayed with Missouri State throughout the entire game despite multiple offensive explosions by the Lady Bears and at one point being down by 14.

“We played hard,” Milleson said. “I thought we battled every possession. We got stops when we needed stops.”

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the signs read, “2011 MissouriValley Conference Champions.”

The student section had its normal barrage of chants and cheers, but unlike previous games, the students stood the entire game, refusing to let the Bears have the championship slip away.

The initial celebration was followed by the team cutting down the championship net while “We are the Champions,” blared from the arena speakers.

At halftime Chase Meads, a junior business management major, laughed at the thought of Wichita State winning.

“Not at all, there is absolutely no chance we’re going to lose this game,” Meads said. “The way our defense is playing, they have no chance.”

The same feeling wasn’t felt throughout the rest of the arena though, as fans started to get anxious as Wichita State tied the score late in the game.

The Bears on the court wouldn’t let the fans lose their energy. Kyle

Kendra Roberts embraces coach Nyla Milleson (top left) and fellow senior Jacque Griggs (bottom left). Roberts scored 11 points Sunday.

With both wins over the weekend, the Lady Bears have now put themselves in the position to potentially be a part of a threeway tie for second place in the MVC at the end of the season.

Missouri State now sits at 19-9 overall and 10-6 in the MVC. The next game for Missouri State will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Evansville.

Weems and other members of the team threw their hands in the air, telling the crowd to give everything they had.

Missouri State’s performances have been so entertaining this year that even a student from Drury couldn’t help but be impressed.

“I nearly peed my pants, that ending was so crazy,” Will Vincel said. “That being said, Adam Leonard was electric. I think Cuonzo Martin is the greatest thing to ever happen to Missouri State.”

Wichita State fans could be seen sprinkled throughout JQH, but the maroon drowned them out most of the game.

“I’m kind of nervous coming into this environment,” Wichita State fan Bryan Gardton said before the game. “I know Missouri State’s a pretty good team, but Wichita is a really good road team, so I don’t know if we should have anything to worry about.”

When it was all said and done, the fans crowded around the team as the Bears performed the basketball tradition of cutting down the net.

“I’m only a freshman, but I don’t think anything is going to top this as far as college goes,” Chase Probert

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A Theta Chi member applies paint.

said as he held his homemade championship belt. “You always see people storm the court on television. It looks like the greatest thing in the world. To finally be a part of it is so amazing.”

Probert was in agreement with many Missouri State fans when he went on to say that the Bears have a great chance to go on and win the MVC Tournament in St. Louis next weekend.

“I’ve always thought we’re a force to be reckoned with,” Probert said. “But this seals the deal. If Kyle Weems is on a roll and if Leonard can shoot threes like that, I think we have the heart and focus to win some ball games.”

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Brothers share bond through lacrosse

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

It might be weird to coach your younger brother. The same kid who grew up with you is now out there trying to win games for you. Missouri State lacrosse coach Pat Callaham is used to it by now. He has been coaching his brother Chris, now a freshman attackman at MSU, since Chris was in high school.

“He learned to really separate the fact that, when he’s on the field, I’m his coach and he’s a player for me,” Pat Callaham said. “From there, we’ve developed a good relationship as a player and a coach.”

Whether Pat Callaham, who is seven years older, treats Chris Callaham any differently from the other guys on the Missouri State team is a matter of perception.

“During practice, it actually seems like Chris is just one of the other guys,” freshman Thomas O’Connor said. “You can’t tell that they’re brothers.”

Chris Callaham said being the coach’s brother doesn’t come with any different treatment.

“It’s cool,” he said. “I’ve had him as a coach before, but he treats me like everyone else on the team, so it’s not a big adjustment from having a normal coach.”

Pat Callaham, on the other hand, sees things a little differently.

“I’m definitely harder on him than I am on everyone else on the team,” he said, “and I think he’ll tell you the same thing.”

Not quite.

“It’s because he’s my brother, and I expect

more from him than from most people,” Pat Callaham said.

If anyone had the thought that Chris Callaham was only playing because his brother was the coach, they changed their mind after he scored three goals and had two assists in his collegiate debut, a 20-8 win over Missouri University of Science and Technology.

“I was in the right spots at the right time, and my teammates gave me opportunities to score,” Chris Callaham said.

Pat Callaham wasn’t so quick to downplay his brother’s performance.

“It was awesome to see it happen,” he said.

“I knew he would. I know he’s got talent, but it was definitely good to see him have the success on the field. It was a very good feeling.”

O’Connor said the brothers take extra steps to ensure that no one suspects Chris Callaham is getting preferential treatment.

“Outside of practice, I think they try to stay somewhat separate because they don’t want people to think he’s playing just because his brother is the coach,” he said.

But in the end, Chris Callaham really is playing because of his brother. He said watching Pat Callaham play growing up is what turned him on to the sport.

“That was why I started playing, because he got me into it when I was really young, and I kept with it a long time after that,” Chris Callaham said.

Having Chris and Pat Callaham on the same side is working out so well in the early going that it is hard to imagine that they were almost rivals.

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Pat Callaham (left) and brother Chris both grew up with the sport of lacrosse.

“I considered going to Mizzou,” Chris Callaham said. “But in the end, I decided to come here. Pat coaching here had an influence on that for sure because I wanted to come help him out as much as I could.”

Pat Callahm said his brother is one of the easiest players to coach.

“He’s an incredibly smart player,” he said.

“He knows the game very well. It’s usually one of those things where I just have to tell him one thing and he knows exactly what I want him to do.”

The Bears are hoping that the Callahams stay on the same page as the team tries for its third straight Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference championship this season.

Swim team captures fourth consecutive MVC title

By John Cook The Standard

With a dominating performance on Feb. 19, the Missouri State women’s swimming and diving team captured the Missouri Valley Conference Championship for the fourth time in a row and the eighth time in the past nine years.

Missouri State was led by sophomore Amber Green, who crushed the competition with seven wins in the seven events she swam in. Green was named Swimmer of the Year after breaking six conference and school records.

“We’ve got a dynasty going,” head coach Jack Steck said. “We take pride in the tradition of winning here. Until somebody comes in here and knocks us off, we’ll probably be the favorite next year and even the year after.”

The Bears were in control all three days of the competition, eventually winning with a total score of 944.

Behind MSU was Illinois State with 735 points, and Southern Illinois took third with 616.

“I think everyone’s true colors

showed through in conference,” Green said. “Coach tries to get us riled up and makes us think we’re going to lose, but we all came together at the end and pretty much killed the competition.”

Along with Green, another young MSU star emerged at the conference championship.

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“Amber was our gun. She was the most valuable swimmer at the meet,” Steck said. “But we had some freshmen step up as well. Anna Ahlin had a great performance, taking both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events at the meet.”

Ahlin, who hails from Stockholm, Sweden, said she never expected so

The women’s swim and dive team has won four straight titles.

much in her first year at Missouri State.

“I didn’t know what to expect because it was my first year,” Ahlin said. “I knew I had a chance to win the 200-yard backstroke, but I had no idea I was going to win the 100-yard.”

At the beginning of the season, senior leader Chelsea Dirks-Ham went out with an arm injury, but Dirks-Ham couldn’t help but compete in her last conference tournament.

“It was very emotional for both Chelsea and I during the tournament,” Steck said. “It came down to the final event of the meet for us to get her a win. It was a last minute decision by me and the coaches to put Chelsea in as the anchor leg of the 400-yard relay.

I was so happy to see her get that final win.”

Dirks-Ham touched the wall at 3:26:33, finishing the final event of her career with the Bears on top.

“It was exciting for us seniors to go out with four championship seasons in a row,” Dirks-Ham said. “I was very surprised, and when Steck told me I was swimming in the relay, he was very emotional. It was an honor, and

I’m so grateful that it played out the way it did.”

Of all the MSU swimmers, Green will have the best chance to make it to the NCAA Tournament March 17 in Austin, Texas.

“Last year, they took 33 women to compete, and right now Green is somewhere around No. 30,” Steck said. “I really hope she gets a chance.

Because, once she gets an opportunity to compete, there are only a handful of girls in the country who can beat her.”

After nearly a decade of conference titles, Steck couldn’t help but reiterate how he wished the program got more attention and fan support.

“We’re the largest female team on campus, and we take pride in that, even though we don’t get very much publicity,” Steck said. “When you start looking at the championships we’ve won in the Valley compared to the other sports, you find out really quickly what’s going on around here.

You could probably take all the other sports’ conference championships combined, and they probably wouldn’t add up to as many as we have.”

College exit exam assesses ‘basic academic skills’

By Nick Simpson The Standard

As college seniors prepare to leave school, they must take what is known as the exit exam. And while the thought of one more test may feel like a pain, one might overlook its actual importance.

The test is organized by Kelly Cara, the assessment research coordinator at Missouri State. Cara said it is intended to assess how students have grown in the primary principles learned through college coursework.

“This is something that is going to assess basic academic skills,” she said. “We give it to students who have 90 or more hours because they should have acquired certain basic skills, probably before coming to college. But they’re going to improve on skills like critical thinking, reading, writing and mathematics.”

Cara said that, according to current assessment statistics, 71 percent

of schools in our Carnegie classification (Master’s comprehensive colleges and universities I and II) are below Missouri State’s mean score of 450.19.

While it is important that students face the exam with an open mind and a willing effort, Cara said there are not many ways in which students can actually prepare for the exam other than a healthy academic existence overall.

“There’s not really anything that I would prescribe in terms of additional preparation,” she said. “Other than going to the ETS website, looking at the sample questions, orienting yourself with the test and understanding that if you’ve been going to courses and trying to learn things then you should be well-prepared.”

She also discussed the problems that arise from attempting to motivate students to perform well on an examination that has no real effect on their ability to graduate.

“If there’s no incentive,” she

said, “or no real repercussions for bad performance, how do you convince students to perform well? The collective reasoning is what we’ve tried in the past. It does make an impact on how people view a degree from Missouri State University. It helps support and recognize the quality of schooling we have here and the quality of our students.”

“In terms of an individual’s success, it is more feedback for yourself. We have a lot of students who try hard and perform well, and they can take that score and use it on job applications or graduate school applications. Not a lot of students do that, but up until this year, we haven’t made scores widely available to students.”

The exam also helps paint an accurate picture of what students are gaining and what the university could work on in terms of providing students what they need, Cara said.

“Especially with budget cuts, we don’t have a lot of money to throw around at programs that aren’t work-

ing,” Cara said. “We’re working just as hard as you all are to try and make this whole operation work. So if no one tries on the test, then we have no idea if what we are doing is successful for you. That’s kind of what it boils down to, I guess.”

Cara explained that the examination has undergone many changes in form, but not so much in content.

“The content itself has not changed; the message about the content has,” she said. “In the past, it was called the General Education Assessment Exam, so people thought that it was assessing general (education) courses when it was not.

If people are not doing well with their writing, we can’t point the finger at the English Department.”

Cara said her office, the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, has made many efforts as of late to spread the word to students about the exam such as issuing statements to advisers as well as GEP (IDS) instructors to help raise awareness.

They have also discussed offering

the assessment in capstone-esque courses.

Trevor Teabeau, a senior entertainment management major getting ready to approach the examination, expressed his feelings on the test and what’s to be expected of him.

“I can say I was a little nervous about it before I knew about it,” Teabeau said. “But now that I’ve had friends who have taken it and said it wasn’t as bad as they thought it was going to be, I think that there’s not as much pressure to do so well. I know it doesn’t go toward your grade or anything; it’s just sort of there to see where you’re at after graduation.”

“Am I excited about it? No. But am I interested to see how I do in it?

Yeah, definitely. So we’ll see how it goes.”

For more information about the ETS Proficiency Profile, or about Missouri State’s assessment program, visit their website at http://www.missouristate.edu/fctl/as sessment.htm.

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Grad School owner celebrates new beginnings

By Lauren Healey The Standard

The big 3-0 warrants throwing yourself a birthday party at a bar with a band you paid for and free cover for all who wish to attend — if you’re Daniel Schlink.

The owner of Grad School and the newly opened J.O.B. Public House bar held his birthday party Friday night at the Outland Ballroom to the tunes of J.M. Buttermilk’s Hot Buttered Soul ‘n’ R&B Revue.

“The man, finding himself a successful entrepreneur and turning 30, wanted to make sure he left his 20s behind in style and wanted all his friends and well-wishers to have a good time with him,” J.M. Buttermilk said.

“Therefore, he (took) care of the evening’s expenses (by) his-generous-self.”

Schlink said Grad School, which opened at 434 S. Jefferson Ave. in October 2008, is doing well enough that he was able to open the J.O.B., located at 319 E. Walnut St., without needing any bank loans.

“I had worked in a restaurant most of my working life, and I graduated college after nine years with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, which wasn’t very employable,” he said. “I always wanted to have a restaurant, so it was time to put up or shut up.”

Schlink said nearly everything on Grad School’s menu has won first place in one category or another.

“The award that gives us the most legitimacy is winning ‘Best Casual Dining’ in Springfield in 417 Magazine two years in a row when we’ve only been open for two years,” he said. “We’re a large, hardworking group, and we really believe in not taking shortcuts. If you take the extra steps, you’re bound to have a better product in the end.”

Kristie Weidmann, a benefits coordinator at Aflac, said she loves the small, intimate location, but not nearly as much as the food.

“It’s awesome that you can see the cooks preparing your food in front of you,” she said. “My favorite is, of course, the Full Ride (a double patty burger with bacon and sharp white cheddar cheese) and fries. I tell so many people they have to experience it because it is delicious. I also love that you can get anything they offer with one to five stars, or no stars, based on how spicy you

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freshman year of high school for wearing skinny jeans,” Massie said. “Now they’re everywhere. Skinny jeans have been in for a while now, so I can see how they’d move to a wider leg. I love the skinny jean trend though. I’ll probably still wear them.”

Don’t forget about gladiator sandals

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Daniel Schlink, owner of Grad School and the newly opened J.O.B. Public House, celebrated his 30th birthday over the weekend.

Grad School, just from our space restraints,” me to finish what I’m doing presently. So I want your food.”

Schlink said he came up with the name for he said. “In business the whole mantra is, need to finish what I started before I start ‘You’ve gotta keep growing, or you’re gonna talking about my future plans,” he said. “I the restaurant as he was graduating.

“Ninety-five percent of everyone graduat- start dying.’ That’s real in the sense that peo- can tell you it’s big and awesome, and I’m ing said they were going to grad school once ple are always getting pay raises, so your really excited. It’s something nobody in the they had graduated, and I didn’t really want labor cost rises and you need to continually entire world has done. It’s clever.”

Schlink said he felt like he was going a litto do that after nine years already, so this was do more business to keep the core alive. I my grad school,” he said. “And, obviously, knew if Grad School was to stay strong over tle Gatsby by throwing himself a party, but a long period of time, we were going have to the celebration was something he had an the next step after grad school is a J-O-B.” opportunity to be a part of more than put on.

The J.O.B. was always part of the plan, find different revenue sources.”

“I wanted the Buttermilk gang for my Schlink said he has a good plan for a Schlink said, and it will continue to grow in party because I absolutely love soul and music venue in the future. the coming months.

“I have a problem with putting my focus R&B,” he said. “And who doesn’t want to “I knew we’d hit a ceiling with the amount of revenue we’d be able to (make) at too far out into the future, and it gets hard for have a badass birthday party?” and riders boots.

“Riders boots got really popular late last fall, so I definitely think we’re going to see a continuation of those,” Massie said. “There are extremely decorative sandals with tons of straps coming out again.

Only this time I feel like they’re even more embellished than last year.”

Spring fashion is often known for its typical pastel colors, floral designs and flip flops, but this year we can expect to see more of a continuation of the trends that

were introduced last fall.

“Floral is pretty typical of spring,” Massie said. “It’s usually a staple. But I feel like we’ll see different sizes and color palettes. Animal print is in again, which is really exciting because I love animal print.

I think it’s great.”

Deep gemstone hues will come with this season’s trends. Expect mustard yellows, deep oranges and dark emeralds. As Massie mentioned, the military look is huge again (in a classier way than the

grungy 90s-camo T-shirt), so there will be a lot of deep grays and forest greens.

Overall, I think it’s safe to say that spring 2011’s main fashion theme is going to be rather eclectic and hard to identify, much like the young crowd is today. We don’t share the same commonalities of past youth generations; therefore, we’re left with a lot of individuality within our fashions. This is something that was fairly obvious last fall and that is carrying over into spring.