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As US expects crisis nurse shortage, MSU prepares students to fill empty roles DESIREE NIXON Staff Reporter @DesireeNixon17

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Freshman AJ Sellers examines her birth control package and pills. Some students have noticed a change in the brand of birth control they use after picking it up from Magers’ pharmacy.

Women notice change in brand of birth control from Magers Health KELSEY BENACK Staff Reporter @kelseybenack For two years, sophomore cell and molecular biology major McKell Norris has either had her mom mail her threemonth supply of birth control to her in Springfield or has picked it up when she visited home.

Why does she not have her prescription go through Magers Health and Wellness Center, a closer on-campus option? She said her at-home pharmacy gives her the brand

she wants while Magers will not.

Like Norris, other Missouri State students have noticed when they go to Magers to pick up their birth control, they cannot attain the brand they want, or there is a different brand on the box completely. Rumors began to surface that Magers switches women’s birth control prescriptions.

Magers pharmacist Randy Bass clarified that the process of assigning women “branded generics” is not the same as changing their prescriptions — it just changes the name on

the box.

“We don’t just change (prescriptions),” Bass said. “We go to a generic substitution, a generic equivalent. Any change we would do we would have to go to the physician, and the physician would have to write an order for it. We just can’t change (prescriptions) on a whim.”

What is a branded generic form regarding birth control?

The market has many different names for the same product. What Bass calls a branded generic is the main category under which all

identical products fall.

“Basically there are only about 40 to 50 products, but many of them are just the same branded trade name,” Bass said.

He said this simplification means to reduce confusion.

“To make it easier, less complicated and less likely of making mistakes, these companies would come out with what is called a branded generic,” Bass said.

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MSU responds to high CDC travel advisories by canceling certain Study Away trips immediately BRITNEY HUISH Staff Reporter @brithuish COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, has seemingly sent the world into a panic, with some nations shutting down travel outside the country.

Italy is second globally with the most active cases with a total death count at 133 as of March 8, 2020, as well as 19 out of its 20 regions infected.

Due to this, the U.S. Center for Disease Control elevated their travel notice for

Study Away trips in Italy.

MSU responded to the travel notice by suspending all travel to countries with level 2 and 3 CDC advisories as of March 3, 2020.

Upon return, students are screened and go through quarantine advisement at Magers Health and Wellness Center and each student’s county health departments are alerted.

Courtesy of Leigh Stracener’s Instagram, @leighalila Junior Leigh Stracener is Leigh Stracener posed in front of a cathedral in one of the many students who Milan, Italy, before her trip was cut short. were abruptly sent home during time abroad.

Italy to a level 3, which adThis is especially concern“I got to Milan on Jan. 13 vises travelers to reconsider ing for Missouri State students who are currently on their non-essential travel. u See MILAN, page 8

A student goes to the clinic. They have a stomach ache, fever and cough; the first person they see is a nurse. Those nurses will become far and few between. The nation is expected to face a nursing crisis of nearly 1.1 million people.

Missouri State University is trying to prepare students to go and fill those positions.

Clinical Associate Professor Kathryn Patterson says the struggles of the crisis are hitting close to home and nurses are difficult to train.

The baby boomers like herself are advancing into higher positions, retiring or dying. However, there are not enough people enrolled in medical programs to fill those bedside nurse positions as others are exiting. Patterson said this filling issue is causing the crisis.

“Baby boomers are getting out of the workforce and the amount that is coming in is just not enough to fill the roles,” Patterson said.

However, Patterson said the MSU School of Nursing is trying to change the program to allow more people to graduate and help to fill those roles.

“We have made changes in our admission,” Patterson said. “We used to take one cohort of 70 students a year; we now take one each semester of 48 students. This will increase our total volume to 96 students a year.”

In addition to taking more students, they have tried to adjust the program to be the most effective. There are now four semesters instead of five semesters. According to Patterson, this can hopefully bring the students to a job sooner.

Patterson acknowledged that it may seem strange to other majors that they can only accept 96 students a year. However, this is per state law.

“When you are teaching nursing they have to master certain clinical skills and have clinical experience,” Patterson said. “This is regulated by the state board of nursing. For a new student, there can only

be one faculty member for every six to eight students.”

The limitations with numbers continue whenever the students graduate and enter the workforce. A nurse can only have a few patients that they deal with. If they have too many, this causes safety concerns, Patterson said.

Students of the nursing program recognize the restrictions on how many they can serve. They note that when considering nursing, people need to know what they are getting into.

“That is one thing every nurse needs to consider when on the hunt for jobs,” senior nursing major Morgan Kyle said. “There are laws that prohibit nurses from having too many patients.”

However, Kyle said there are more people being born than ever before. This will allow for more health problems to arise. Some of the big ones nursing students are concerned about are increasing suicide attempts and parents not vaccinating their children.

“The workload will probably only increase thus the need for nurses will too,” Kyle said.

Both Kyle and Patterson noted that even though nursing has its challenges, it is worth it.

They said they think there are many benefits to being present at some of the best and worst moments in people’s lives. And unlike some professions, this one allows for change through a nurse’s career.

“It is a profession that lends itself nicely to doing multiple things throughout your life,” Patterson said.

Patterson said hospital nurses could become a school nurse once they have kids or become a professor towards the end of their career. Essentially, nursing allows for flexibility.

Students in the nursing program have often said it is difficult. However, Kyle had some encouragement for those that may be struggling.

If you fail a test it does not mean you would fail at being a nurse.

“Everyone fails a test, everyone fails a class and everyone jumps over obstacles,” Kyle said.

“Baby boomers are getting out of the workforce and the amount that is coming in is just not enough to fill the roles.”

-Kathryn Patterson, MSU professor

University officials concerned about crosswalk safety CAROLINE MUND Staff Reporter @cemund32 Drivers are taught to yield to walkers and bikers, pay attention and don’t text and drive.

While this is foundational knowledge for drivers, there have been a handful of accidents reported around Missouri State intersections.

The intersections with a higher rates of accidents reported are Grand and Campbell Avenue, National and St. Louis Street, JQH Parkway and Cherry Street, Jefferson Street and Elm Street and Grand and Glenstone Avenue.

However, the street students reported on having the most accidents and injuries Grand and National.

Clinical psychology graduate student Roberta Kerosevic said she was crossing the street at the crosswalk at Grand and National when a driver almost hit her even though she had the right away.

“There was a guy literally just going straight towards me,” Kerosevic said. “Not too fast but fast enough that I had to swerve around the front of his car.”

While Keroservic was not hurt, it did shock her.

“There needs to be cameras that actually record and save

this so these people can get ticketed or some kind of punishment where they have to pay,” Kerosevic said.

Junior marketing and sales major Allee Crabb had an accident on Grand and National.

She was stopped at a red light when she was rear-ended.

“I think more strict punishments should be in place for accidents happening on campus,” Crabb said. “My stopped car could’ve easily been a student walking to class.”

According to Cole Pruitt, MSU’s transportation manager, one of his major concerns is pedestrians.

On the City of Springfield website, since 2009 pedestrian

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Cars travel through the intersection at National and Grand Street frequently, one of the most dangerous intersections in Springfield. related accidents have increased. To help with this problem, the city made a new campaign called the SGF Yields.

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tiate a cultural change in that drivers don’t necessarily Springfield toward being more yield for pedestrians and crosspedestrian friendly and respon- walks,” Pruitt said. sible.” u See INTERSECTIONS, page 8 “I have certainly experienced

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MSU officials predict MSU’s Generation Action budget shortfall in 2021 joins Springfield Planned TINSLEY MERRIMAN Staff Reporter @merrimantinsley Missouri State University might suffer a budget shortfall of over $4 million for the 2021 fiscal year.

According to Suzanne Shaw, vice president of marketing and communications, the shortfall was predicted during the Feb. 21 Board of Governors Finance and Facilities Committee meeting. The projected shortfall is $4,133,284 and starts on July 1, 2020.

Shaw said this shortfall comes from a variety of sources, including an enrollment drop and faculty health and wellness.

“Due to state and national demographic shifts, our enrollment model projects another enrollment decline next fall,” Shaw said. “Our budget must also account for unavoidable increases in costs such as the university’s pension contribution, health care costs under the university’s medical plan and faculty promotions.”

Shaw said the student decline results in a “$5,154,260 drop in revenue” from student tuition and “$707,215 drop in revenue” from parking fees.

MSU is planning to combat the enrollment drop with a Strategic Enrollment plan.

Shaw is a part of the Steering Committee, which oversees and regulates the other councils, subcommittees and data support team.

The details of this plan were covered by The Standard previously.

Shaw said other than the plan, proposals to combat the shortfall include a 4.4% tuition/ fee increase for students, as well as a 1% cut to administrative

budgets and a 2% cut to academic budgets. While the tuition fee would require students to pay more, Shaw said it results in a total increase of $4.6 million.

Ken Brown, head of the economics department, said shortfalls are nothing uncommon for colleges.

“Whether you’re trying to keep tuition low so that you could keep attracting students to the school, there’s a variety of reasons why universities kind of get out of sync in terms of revenue and cost,” Brown said.

“Though it seems a bit different this time because it’s a significant decline in the number of students.”

Brown named three major strategies for maintaining or increasing the revenue of MSU’s budget. Petitioning for state funding, raising tuition or other projects like the SEM plan.

“We can advocate to the state to increase funding to the university,” Brown said. “Second thing is that we could raise tuition on the students who are planning to attend.

We might increase revenue; by raising tuition at the margin might also decrease the number of students who choose to attend. But the third thing that we can do, which is something that the university has been spending a lot of time on this year and has made a strong effort on, is essentially to find ways to bring more students to the university.”

As of March 6, MSU is attempting or has tried all three of these options.

Brown also suggested the university expand online and dual credit programs and increase enrollment of non-traditional students. He said

The projected shortfall is $4,133,284 and starts on July 1, 2020.

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Parenthood for Lobby Day GRETA CROSS Digital Editor @gretacrossphoto For elementary school aged Kayla Curry, knocking on neighbors’ doors asking if they were interested in buying chocolate bars for a school fundraiser caused immense anxiety.

Now, as a young adult, Curry still struggles with anxiety but is not letting it stop her from making a difference in her community.

Last weekend she canvassed for 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and on Tuesday, March 3, she attended Planned Parenthood’s Lobby Day at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City — all for the first time.

Lobby Day is a select day chosen by non-governmental organizations to meet with state or federal politicians to advocate legislation.

One of Planned Parenthood’s largest volunteer services is participating in Lobby Days across the country.

Planned Parenthood organizers prepare volunteers to have a successful conversation with lawmakers about Missourians’ sexual and reproductive health care rights, according to the Planned Parenthood website.

Back in elementary school, as she rode around on her bike selling chocolate bars throughout her neighborhood, Curry said she always felt a pit in her stomach. However, walking through the halls of the state capitol gave her a different,

more intense feeling.

“You get sweaty and your hands shake and your tongue gets twisted when you go to ask the secretary to speak with a Republican senator who wants nothing to (do) with you,” Curry said.

Curry, Missouri State’s Generation Action Twitter Chair, was joined by nine other Generation Action members — and other Springfield community members — for the Planned Parenthood Lobby Day on March 3.

Generation Action is a national college organization sponsored by Planned Parenthood. According to the Planned Parenthood website, Generation Action groups “mobilize advocates for reproductive freedom, raise public

awareness about reproductive health and rights and educate young people about sexual health.”

Missouri State’s Generation Action group, active since 2014, has sent members to the capitol to lobby in the past, Curry said.

Despite having friends in the organization who were going to attend the Lobby Day, Curry said she was skeptical to attend at first because she was worried the legislators would make her feel “dumb and uneducated.”

“I was considering not even going because I was like, ‘What am I even going to contribute? I hate confrontation,’” she said. u Read more at the-standard.org.

Safe area provided for student veterans VICTORIA SCROGGINS Staff Reporter @vrms12591 The Veteran Student Organization at Missouri State University is a nonprofit program that supports students who are veterans and veteran dependents. The VSO offers many benefits, including free black and white printing, coffee, tv and a safe space for veterans who are going through hard times.

“It’s an honored safe space for those suffering with PTSD, stress, or those who are struggling to adjust to a civilian environment,” student Jake Mickelberg, president of the Veteran Student Organization, said. “It’s a safe area with a different climate for those who go to school.”

The VSO is part of a nationwide movement known as Vets Securing America to help veterans who are students.

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The Veteran Student Center office is located in the Meyer Library room 108.

Mickelberg said the Ozark Technical Community College has a VSO program, but they are moving to start up the organization at the Drury campus.

“These organizations were created in mind for student veterans going to school to

help them in high-stress environments,” Mickelberg said.

“We want to help prevent stress that leads to other issues for these veterans.”

Mickelberg said he reactivated the organization in January 2020 and has raised support and awareness with eight

other officers. It was reactivated without a budget and the organization raises funds on their own.

The VSO is located in the Veteran Student Center in the Meyer Library.

“It was a stressor getting things up and running, but I have support to help me,” Mickelberg said. “It’s rewarding to do what we’ve done in a short time with absolutely nothing.”

The organization focuses on providing aid and raising campus awareness about the program.

“We have a center but a lot of veterans don’t know that,” Mickelberg said. “They can invite civilians in the center as long as a veteran is with them.”

Students who are eligible to be a part of the program are able to join by emailing the organization or Mickelberg directly. u Read more at the-standard.org.

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POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES Socialism is not a dirty word KAMRAN CHOUDHRY Culture Critic @KamChoudhry It’s an election year and you know what that means: toxicity! This is the year you will find out the most toxic parts of your friends. We all fear that one of our friends has some ugly ideals about something in this world. And to be fair, we all have some garbage takes on culture from time to time. That is simply being a human in the 21st century.

One of the many takes floating around is that “socialism is not a dirty word” and I am sure you have heard of it or some variant of it. Sure, some toxic people are espousing these takes and they usually happen to support Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

We all know these types of people in some way — the person who is aggressive with their opinions to the point where you don’t want to hear it. The people who are like this with their main man Bernie are aptly named the “Bernie Bro” for their hyper-masculine approach to politics. These “Bernie Bros” look quite unreasonable. If socialism is so dope, then why are they so mean about it?

Well, there are several reasons for the contradiction of thought and action. One reason is that these people are simply tired of the conservative politics that dominate the political and cultural discourse. America is by and large a capitalist country.

Most, if not all, would agree with this statement.

What most people disagree on is the issue of capitalism in today’s age. Should we maintain it, the neo-conservative take? Reform it for the better for all people, the progressive liberal take? Reform it for “our” people, the Trumpian take? Or dismantle capitalism and implement socialism, the leftist take?

Many harms are perpetuated by capitalism such as the exploitation of workers and

the environment to reach the golden standard of profit. We all learned that capitalists will naturally want more and more power and cause monopolies within the marketplace. This caused the Gilded Age in American history that caused quite a bit of suffering from the 1870s to the 1900s.

It was not until we had a progressive president Teddy Roosevelt who broke up these monopolies and reigned in the worst of capitalism.

This arguably kickstarted the Progressive Era of U.S. politics that granted women the right to vote, direct popular elections for senators and reducing the power of party bosses and machines.

But these accomplishments still preserved capitalism. Any type of reforms maintaining capitalism are not truly going to end the exploitation of workers and the environment by creating a hierarchy of capitalists and workers. We are aware of the many stories of our current economic crisis. The stories this generation of Americans will have less economic mobility than their parents, less likely to own a house, more likely to delay marriage and start a family and many other doomer-esque stats.

Anybody who isn’t worried about their future with these statistics and stories floating around is probably unaware of how hard life is going to be. This will cause anyone who believed in the American Dream to become depressed. How do I take care of myself? If I can barely survive, how will our parents survive? These questions and more are what keep me up at night.

As I stay up all night wondering if there was a better way to live, I happen upon the economic and political system of socialism. When I read up on socialism, it was like a spiritual awakening. Socialism is defined as social ownership of the means of production, not far away and out of touch capitalists. The people who are most impacted by the work ought to be the ones who de-

cide how that work should be implemented.

In simple terms, you and your coworkers know the most of the work and should be deciding on how to move forward. If there must be a leader, for the sake of efficiency, then that leader should be elected and must be held accountable to the worker. The current system that we have has a boss who is only held accountable to their boss. If you follow up on the chart, then you have the “big boss,” such as the CEO or president of the organization. These people are usually put in charge to make money, otherwise, the company would fall apart. These would include laying off workers if business is slow which would cause serious havoc to those who lost their jobs.

It doesn’t take someone who has a Ph.D. in economics and political science to realize that this system is not working for us. The ones who are most aggressive about this fact tend to be the most oppressed under this system of capitalism. They have been traumatized by the system.

One example would include having loved ones pass away because the family had little money to afford proper treatment and care. Another example is that your house was destroyed by a natural disaster and because you do not have enough money to get another home, you are now homeless. These stories and many more are common under capitalism.

So you must forgive the ones who are aggressive about their opinion about socialism. For they are most traumatized and need the most support from us. I would suggest hearing their story because they probably have something that causes them to act like this. In their eyes, anyone who supports capitalism, even if you wanna reform it for the better, is seen as pure evil. And who can blame them?

Capitalism should be the dirty word, not socialism.

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Captialism built this country LINDSAY FARROW Columnist @lindsayfarrow28 My intention this week was to write an opinion piece on medical marijuana and its future here in Missouri, as it’s currently a hot topic in our state.

The Missouri legislature has been abuzz the past month with House committee hearings questioning the Department of Health and Senior Services on their licensing process for the industry.

News agencies across the state are reporting on numerous lawsuit filings from frustrated applicants who were denied licensing in either testing, cultivation, dispensary facilities or manufacturing.

This process has nonetheless been frustrating for both sides, and those investigating any possible malfeasance.

But to step away from the tangled web that is the current medical marijuana situation in Missouri, let’s offer a fresh perspective.

While so many were denied a license, arguably to avoid prematurely flooding the market, hundreds were granted a golden ticket into a new and exciting industry that will no doubt make private individuals and the state of Missouri an exorbitant amount of money.

Thank you, capitalism.

Capitalism is a word that makes us all feel some typa’ way. For me and countless oth-

er patriots, we feel a sense of love, pride and gratitude for a system we know fuels ingenuity and free-thought enterprise.

For some, resentment and anger well up in their core, mainly due to a feeling of oppression via capitalism. I’m sure there are countless excuses for a deep-rooted hatred of capitalism that lives inside of some. Those excuses may vary from ideology that capitalism suppresses certain classes and enables the rich and powerful, to misplaced idolization in figures such as Marx or Castro.

Either way, there seems to be a trend amongst people in Millenial and Gen Z age groups that despise capitalism. Ironically, they tweet about their feelings on the topic through their personal iPhones.

Why have generations that have been spoiled rotten by a capitalist economy become so unaware of their hypocrisy?

I am in no way claiming that capitalism is a fool-proof system with no room for improvement.

I just have a hard time finding a need to replace a way for individuals to enable themselves without having to go through the federal government. That is what socialism, the biggest threat to our current system, would force us to have to do.

It is well known that we are more apprehensive in trusting our federal government more than ever. So, wouldn’t it make more sense to scale back our dependence on them rather

than increase it tenfold?

Moral of the story, I am all for changes to our system to improve it where need be. I am not for drastic government overhaul that strips individuals of personal liberty and freedoms.

Also, if you ever consider yourself “oppressed,” compare your life to somebody who was raised in Syria, North Korea, Saudia Arabia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or Equatorial Guinea. I promise you there is somebody in one of those countries right now that would die, and do/will die, to live the type of life you do with the options you have.

Capitalism is NOT perfect.

But it is not the devil either.

It actually has caused A LOT of good in the world. You can fix a system without totally replacing it. There is truth in the statement by Ashley Picillo in her book, Breaking the Grass Ceiling, where she says there is no capitalism without activism. You can acknowledge its faults but we must not forget the positives it has given us.

Sometimes I wonder if Americans get a bad rap because we come off as arrogant, unappreciative and just generally spoiled. We truly won’t know what we have until it’s gone.

And that is what I fear we will come to know under socialism.

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Journalists, consumers habitually move quickly from topics DIANA DUDENHOEFFER Staff Reporter @kisstein When journalists gather to pitch story ideas, writers are almost always interested in current and upcoming events.

A typical pitch meeting at the Standard campus newspaper, for instance, is teeming with ideas and angles for reporting on the present and the future.

Writers will seldom say, “Maybe it’s time we revisit this,” or “we ought to return to this.”

Perhaps news moves on too quickly and doesn’t always take time to reflect on the past.

Freshman journalism major Becca Horton said she has a problem with coverage moving on very quickly from topic to topic.

“Sometimes I feel like we’re conditioned to move on quickly,” Horton said.

“There’s just so much new stuff, and it’s all immediate.

You have to pay attention to this now or else it’s going to be gone, and then you won’t have any knowledge about anything that’s going on.”

Horton worries about not being able to keep up with current events and said lingering on a single topic would be like compromising the reader’s ability to take in and comprehend “new news” by focusing on “old news.”

She used the wildfires in Australia as an example. Horton said she hasn’t heard any

news about the fires in several weeks, “even though I’m pretty sure it’s still going on.”

However, there simply isn’t much coverage right now. Horton said the only things in the news currently are the coronavirus and the democratic primaries.

Horton is right: Coverage of the wildfires has sharply declined.

Google Trends is an analytics software that collects a sample of search requests made to Google and displays interest in a particular topic.

The Google Trends graph for Australia wildfires shows interest in the topic was at an all-time high at the beginning of 2020. But from Jan. 7 onwards, the topic’s proportion to all searches on all topics took a nosedive. On March 3, there was 14 times less coverage of the fires compared to its peak.

Who’s to blame for this staggering drop in interest?

Horton pointed to the public. She said people who read and watch the news are responsible for it moving on so quickly. She attributed consumers’ desires to move on quickly to the rise of social media and the internet.

“We’ve gotten used to absorbing things very quickly,” Horton said. “We always want the new thing.”

Media are always catering to what the consumer demands, Horton said. u Read more at the-standard.org.

Women’s History Month kicks off at MSU MOLLY ROEDER Staff Reporter @_molly_kate_ In August 2020, women will have had the right to vote for 100 years.

During Women's History Month at Missouri State, students can engage in dialogue about issues facing modern women as well as reflect on the past and the women who paved the way for women and girls today.

But what exactly does it mean to be a woman today?

“For me, what it means to be a woman is really defined individually within each woman’s experience,” said Dola Flake, Diversity Transition and Support Coordinator within the Multicultural Service Center at Missouri State.

“There’s no single characteristic or trait, for me, that defines women.”

In 1920, women earned the right to vote, serve on a jury and join the military.

Every year, March is declared Women’s History Month to celebrate all of the women who have made an impact in their communities, countries and around the world.

“A common thing between women is that we live in a society where we continue to fight for equity, justice and an equal level of appreciation given to women in comparison to men,” Flake said.

To continue the celebration of women and all they have accomplished in today’s society, Missouri State is hosting a variety of seminars, talks and ceremonies in honor of Women’s History Month.

“It’s important because it highlights traditionally ignored roles in women’s history,” said Camryn Mahnken,

president of the American Association of University Women at MSU, while speaking about the importance of the events being held.

Mahnken said the events are held to educate and empower women to be able to do ground-breaking work on the university.

Student Activities Council is also taking part in Women’s History Month by hosting films that feature women in history to inspire women of the university.

“Having a woman who inspires me and provides support was essential, and my grandmother was really that person in my life who believed in me and encouraged me,” Flake said. “Even if what I wanted to do did not fit social norms, she supported me in whatever that was.”

Women’s Herstory Month kicked off March 2 with a seminar on gender equality.

The events to come include speaker Tarana Burke, a civil rights activist and founder of the “Me Too” Movement. She will be speaking in Juanita K. Hammons Hall on Tuesday, March 10.

Also speaking will be Lupita Perez-Lopez, MSU sudent, as well as Dr. Katherine Gilbert, director of the Humanities and Ethics Center at Drury University.

Most notably, there will be a Womxn of Distinction Award Reception on March 25 to highlight women on campus and around the Springfield area who serve as leaders in the community.

All events are free and open to the public, students, faculty and staff.

“Being a woman means that you are part of a demographic that continues to fight for equity and equality,” Flake said.

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Senior electronic arts video studies major Christopher Mitchell, left, and Andrew Trice, junior electronic arts video studies major, prepare the camera equipment on the set of “Internalize.”

Mitchell is the co-writer, director of photography and colorist for Internalize. Trice is the gaffer for “Internalize.”

‘Internalize’ A short film depicts mental illness through use of visual effects PAIGE NEWTON Staff Reporter @PagesofPaigeM In film and television, writers and directors alike have tried to accurately depict mental illness. This proves to be a difficult task because mental illness can feel different for everyone and doesn’t always present itself outwardly.

There has also been controversy surrounding the unrealistic portrayal of mental illness on film and television.

Some argue that film and television can reinforce stigmas surrounding mental illness. A recent example of this is “13 Reasons Why,” a show on Netflix following the story of a girl who commits suicide. The show came under fire from many for supposedly romanticizing suicide and mental illness.

It’s for these reasons Jacob Katz, senior electronic arts computer animation major and writer of “Internalize,” and Christopher Mitchell, senior electronic arts video studies major and co-writer of “Internalize,” wanted to create a film that depicts mental illness realistically, less stigmatized than what is often seen in mass media.

The film, “Interalize,” follows Brennan, a young man who lost his parents at a young age. This causes Brennan to be more reserved and leads him to experience bouts of depression. “Internalize” will focus on one of the episodes of his depression.

What makes the film unique is that it visualizes Brennan’s decline in mental health through abstract visual effects. The film, according to its description on Indiegogo, uses “experimental sound design, complex cinematography and an evocative original score” to convey the tone of the film.

Mitchell thinks the visual effects help to greatly improve the traditional story of

someone affected by mental illness.

“On its surface level, it’s like oh, college sad boy hours,” Mitchell said. “What it really does is combine a lot of different aspects of visual effects, cinematography, styling, sound design and music to create a really in-depth and impactful story.”

Katz says the goal for “Internalize” is to reinforce the fact that mental illness is a unique experience to each individual and the struggle with mental illness is not always visible.

“We wanted to be more honest about what mental health issues feel like because they’re so different for everybody,” Katz said. “It can be

“If you are feeling depressed, or sad, or anything like that, you’re not alone in feeling that way.”

- Jacob Katz, writer of ‘Internalize’ hard to put that on film. There are so many shows or movies that feel like they’re either pushing it to be unrealistic or taking away from the abstractness of mental illness.”

Mitchell was especially excited to work on the abstract aspect of the project.

“I personally wanted a project where I could tackle something very internal,” Mitchell said. “We’re trying to visualize a person’s experience, and that’s a very difficult thing to do.”

Katz and Mitchell first met in a class called Introduction to Audio Technique. They knew fairly early on that they wanted to work on their senior thesis project for the Electronic Arts program together.

Katz and Mitchell bonded

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Senior electronic arts audio studies major Spencer Pearson, center, talks with his fellow crew members on the set of “Internalize.” Pearson is the composer for “Internalize.” over the fact that they both wanted to depict someone dealing with internal issues because they knew firsthand how it felt.

One of the first things Katz said he and Mitchell agreed upon was not having a definitive ending that is stereotypically “happy.”

“For people who are living with this, they’ll go through another bad day or another difficult period,” Katz said.

“People knowing they can get through that means a lot more and is a lot more hopeful. It’s better than just saying ‘Ah, it’ll end someday.’ Telling yourself that and then having another bad day makes you feel worse.”

Katz and Mitchell began writing the script for the film in January of 2019 and began filming in fall of 2019.

They are currently in the post-production stage and are doing minor tweaks to their project.

According to Mitchell, the film has roughly 45 crew members and estimates the film will run about 22 minutes.

Katz and Mitchell were able to fund their film through Indiegogo, a crowdfunding

website. Katz and Mitchell were able to raise than their $2,000 goal. According to Katz, it took between 35-45 days to reach their goal.

Katz and Mitchell both agree on a message they hope the audience takes away from the film.

“If you are feeling depressed, or sad, or anything like that, you’re not alone in feeling that way,” Katz said. “A support system will always be there. It might not feel like it, but there always will be. So far, you’ve beaten 100% of the bad days that you've been through. You can’t let the bad days win.

There will be another good day in the future.”

Mitchell added onto that message.

“One of the more harmful things that you can do is push your support system away,” Mitchell said. “Once you start isolating yourself, you really do become alone. It's important not to do that.”

There will be showings of all the senior EA film projects on May 11 at the Plaster Student Union theater and on May 14 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

The PSU theater showings will be free to students.

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Costumes hang in the MSU costume closet in Craig Hall.

MOLLY DEL ROSSI Staff Reporter @mollykd2001 Environmentally conscious costume designers are using second-hand costuming more frequently to help tell a character’s story. At Missouri State University, Abagail Jones shows how accessible it is to use secondhand clothing in the theater industry.

Jones, senior costume design major, said the bright lights of the stage are no stranger to secondhand clothing. With a portfolio consisting of numerous designs for MSU’s mainstage productions, Springfield Tent Theatre and independent films, Jones said she uses secondhand clothing, or clothing donated to the theater and dance department.

She is also able to alter this clothing.

Specifically, student-directed films by graduate Candice Bruce titled “Cult for a Day” and MSU’s 2019 production of “The Rimers of Eldritch” are almost entirely thrifted by Jones and other technical theater workers.

Developing costumes based on the description in a play can be a laborious task.

This pinpointing of flourishing ideas is not the only concern that comes with designing a character’s garb. Costume designers like Jones are increasingly cognizant of the impact

of fast, cheap clothing production on the environment.

The textile industry is a key player to the downfall of our fragile ecosystem, Jones said.

She advocates for lessening its impact, thus influencing her choice of used clothing in theatrical productions.

The textile production industry produces over 1.2 billion tons of greenhouse gas yearly. It is an estimated 10% of total global emissions.

“We’re all more aware of the impact of secondhand, and I’m overjoyed that it’s cool to want to save the planet,” Jones said. “As someone whose livelihood depends on [the textile] industry, you have to be consciously aware of that.”

Not only does shopping secondhand lessen the abuse on the planet, but it can help tell a narrative in ways most rapidly-produced clothing cannot. When talking of developing characters through costuming, Jones emphasizesd worn, uncommon clothing displays personality and history as soon as a character steps on stage.

“I like to think about that character waking up in the morning, going to their closet, and picking something out,” Jones said, “You have to know your characters like the back of your hand to be able to justify [their costume]. I love thinking about how they interact in the

world in those clothes.”

Therefore, Jones can employ beaten overalls and jeans for a farmer or vintage glittering jewelry for a woman from old money. The possibilities are endless as long as the designer is willing to donate the time it takes to look through Goodwill racks or flea markets.

Cameron Perry, a junior musical theater major, worked with Jones’ costuming in MSU’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” where he played Dromio of Syracuse.

Perry emphasized the point of the costume completing the character.

“Putting on a costume is what helps me finally be able to completely dive into the character 100%.”

Regarding secondhand shopping for theatrical productions, Perry said as long as you give a costume purpose, it shouldn’t matter where you get them from. The actor is supposed to wear the costume, not vice versa.

Whether the production is fantastical or realistic, thrifted clothing often has its place on the stage.

These methods that Jones has been using to adapt her costume designs can also find a place in your closet.

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Photography goes beyond taking photos. The Special Topics in Photography class offered this semester aims to allow students to explore alternative ways of printing their photos in a variety of hand-crafted ways.

It’s a process that hasn’t been taught at Missouri State in 30 years.

“It’s very tricky,” art and design professor Gwen Walstrand said. “You don’t have the reliability of having quality control. But you get to have this blend of photographic reality. Figments from the real world, and fragments that are obviously hand-printed.”

Walstrand said this alternative photo methods class in particular helps students open up a new world of possibilities, showing even more avenues they can take to fulfill their creative pursuits. By learning alternative printing methods, students will have the tools to continue learning beyond what’s covered in class.

“There’s so many more out there that I’m not teaching that they can ease their way into,” Walstrand said.

The course is split into two main parts. The first focuses on learning various techniques for developing photos, from Van Dyke Brown printing, a process from the late 1800s which involves coating the paper in a silver-based chemical mixture and exposing to a UV light to produce the image, to making a salt print, a method from the earlier 1800s that entails coating a paper in a salt solution, brushing with silver nitrate and exposing one side to direct sunlight to produce the image.

These processes are considered alternative methods of photo printing. Senior photography major Kevin Jolley said while today’s methods of making prints is more streamlined, these alternative ways of printing can be time-consuming.

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Professor Gwen Walstrand assists students, Tracy Pierce and Victoria Frizell, during their alternative printing class. with sensitized material, you have to let it dry, expose it for a really really really long amount of time, 20 minutes or 30 minutes sometimes, and then do a really extended series of washes and baths, so the whole process can take over an hour,” Jolley said. “It feels more rewarding in some ways because there’s more work put into one little object.”

These methods based in history don’t see as much use today, but Walstrand said they’re making a resurgence with people interested in using hand-crafted methods of printing photos.

“You can’t do this digitally,” Walstrand said. “You can get close, but the exact characteristics of this can’t really be mimicked by other processes.”

For this semester, the class is learning seven alternative methods of printing photos.

Once they’ve finished learning about each process, the rest of the semester is dedicated to working on a project of their choice utilizing these methods.

While not all students have decided what their project will be yet, Walstrand said she’s encouraging students to explore multimedia options.

Jennifer Wolkin, a graduate student in the class, isn’t focused on photography. She hopes to work the skills she’s learned in the class into a

three-dimensional project involving a vase-like vessel with large shards protruding from the sides. On these shards will be the images.

Learning alternative printing methods is particularly important for Wolkin’s project, which will be fired in a kiln.

Certain methods will burn up while going through, so using the correct print to accompany her project is vital.

Last week Wolkin held a demonstration on book-binding for the class.

“It’s really important for photographers to sequence images in the way they want to, to be able to draw connections between those images,” Wolkin said.

This is one example of a multimedia project students are pushed to pursue. Ultimately the project can involve whatever creative pursuit the student wants to follow.

While alternative printing is niche, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value, said Jolley.

Different kinds of prints will give different effects, and for Jolley experimenting with more historical methods is part of the fun.

“It’s definitely less about technical perfection just because the processes are so reliant on factors that are beyond their control,” Jolley said. “It’s more about how it turns out, and the fact that you went through all the work to make something.”

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Men’s season ends with loss in semis AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandajsullivan ST. LOUIS — The Missouri State men’s basketball season is over.

The Bears lost 89-82 to Valparaiso in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Enterprise Center on Saturday evening.

Missouri State looked like a different team from when they played on Friday.

After the Bears defeated Indiana State by 27, ISU head coach Greg Lansing said MSU looked “like an SEC team.”

That was not the case on Saturday.

“They noticeably played harder than we did,” MSU head coach Dana Ford said after the game. “I mean, I thought it was really that simple. You can look at some of those 50-50 balls down there, they just got them, and we didn’t get them. When they made their cuts on the offense, they cut harder than our feet moved on defense.”

The Bears didn’t play bad, but their performance to start the second half foreshadowed the end result — just like it has all season. Valparaiso led by two going into halftime. Senior Tulio Da Silva started off the scoring after senior Ross Owens picked up his third foul of the game in the first seconds of the second half.

Valparaiso continued to score, but MSU matched the shots as best they could until senior Keandre Cook was called for a foul and sent VU guard Javon Freeman-Liberty to the line. Freeman-Liberty extended Valparaiso’s lead to three, and the Bears went almost a minute and a half without a bucket.

The Crusaders slowly worked their way up to a 13-point lead while the Bears continued to try and take the ball to the net on their own. Ford said he wasn’t disappointed by that mindset, though, because the Bears had 15 assists on 30 possessions.

The Bears attempted 62 shots in the game.

“We had 15 assists on 30 baskets; we shot over 50 percent and scored 82 points; we gave up 89 points — we just didn’t guard,” Ford said. “Our feet stopped moving on defense is what happened.”

Cook, who struggled for most of Friday’s game from the field, led the team with 26 points in almost 36 minutes of play.

Cook finished his career as a Bear with 493 points in two years.

“I was making some tough shots and stuff like that,” Cook said. “We were starting to come back, but we just couldn’t get over the edge.”

Owens ended his career eight minutes and 21 seconds early, fouling out just before the under-eight media timeout. The senior, who started as a walk-on, ended as a starter for the Bears and someone Ford relied on to increase the team’s energy and work ethic.

“I’m sad it’s over. It’s been a long four years. I could never imagine what I got to experience this year,” Owens said through tears. “It’s been awesome. I’ve just been enjoying the ride, and like I said, I’m sad it’s over.”

Da Silva, Lamont West and Kabir Mohammed all ended their careers with minutes in the MVC semis. Da Silva had 11 points and eight boards, capping off his two-year MSU career with 194 points and 139 rebounds. Da Silva was a starter for the Bears from his arrival in Springfield. uRead more at the-standard.org.

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Junior Gaige Prim battles through multiple Valparaiso defenders in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on March 7. The Bears lost 89-82.

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Freshmen travel south to continue basketball careers together

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ST. LOUIS — They were down eight to start the fourth quarter — season on the line at JQH Arena.

Then-senior Ja’Monta Black hit a 3-pointer with 5:04 left. The triple gave the Rock Bridge Bruins just their second lead in the second half, but it was a lead they wouldn’t give up.

Black and fellow teammate Isiaih Mosley combined for over half of the Bruins’ scoring.

The seniors led Rock Bridge to a 25-3 season and the program’s first-ever Missouri Class 5 state title.

“They’re just two great kids who loved basketball and wanted to be good at it,” Rock Bridge boy’s basketball coach Jim Scanlon said. “They helped our program have a ton of success.”

And that wasn’t the last time they’d play at JQH. Missouri State head coach Dana Ford, impressed with the teammates’ athletic abilities, turned three Bruins into Bears.

One of the signees, Dajuan Harris withdrew his letter of intent in May 2019.

Instead of a Rock Bridge trio, Springfield welcomed a Rock Bridge duo.

“I know they chose where they wanted to go, but I think

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri State Bears have had a rollercoaster of a season. The men’s basketball team never won or lost more than three games in a row. At the start of the season in November, head coach Dana Ford said a few Bears players were working through minor injuries and that could’ve been a big part of the Bears’ early-season struggles.

Then the injuries started popping up. it’s probably a good idea they have each other to lean on,” Scanlon said. “College is hard, so it’s nice they have each other to talk to and work with.”

Black averaged 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and two assists his senior year, collecting a teamhigh 80 3-pointers. He earned all-state honors at the conclusion of his senior campaign while collecting all-district accolades for the third straight year.

“His skill set continues to evolve every year,” Bears’ associate head coach Corey Gipson said in 2018. “Standing at 6-foot4, he has the ability to play the lead guard position, shoot consistently from behind the arc, and defend multiple positions.”

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(Above) Freshman Isiaih Mosley dribbles to the basket.

(Left) Freshman Ja’Monta Black takes a breath during a break.

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Mosley led the Bruins in named Mr. Show-Me Basketscoring, averaging 23.2 points. ball by the Missouri Basketball The forward also averaged 6.9 Coaches Association. rebounds and two assists per game as a senior before being uRead more at the-standard.org.

Gaige Prim, lower-body injury

The Bears played eight games in the first month of the season, going 3-5. Four of the five losses were by less than four points to top-tier teams including then-No. 21 Xavier, LSU and Miami (Florida).

Junior Gaige Prim, who transferred to MSU from South Plains College (Texas), was expected to be a big part of this years’ program.

He played in four games in November. Ford said then — and still today — Prim is battling a “lower-body injury.” The details have not been made public per Prim’s request, according to Ford.

Ford also said earlier in the season he didn’t see a reason to push Prim in nonconference games and would rather save him for Missouri Valley Conference play. And that’s exactly what he did.

Prim saw time in eight nonconference games, averaging just over 22 minutes.

Since Valley play started on Dec. 31, Prim has played in all 18 games and started in all but the first four.

The junior has a 7-7 record as conference starter, helping the Bears to a 9-9 conference record. While the end results align with his MVC playing time, Prim averages 13.6 points and 5.2 rebounds in the Valley.

Tyrik Dixon, shoulder

Missouri State announced that redshirt junior guard Tyrik Dixon would miss the remainder of the season with a torn labrum. He had surgery on Feb. 14.

Dixon was a starter for the Bears from the beginning of the season. He played and started in 17 games before his injury.

The true point guard averaged 7.2 points and 3.6 assists before his last game this season on Jan. 11.

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Softball struggles at Mizuno Classic STEPHEN TERRILL Sports Reporter @Stevethe2nd

to win,” Mox said.

The Lady Bears are the No. 1 seed in the MVC tournament next week.

Loyola is the No. 8 seed. If the Ramblers manage to beat No. 9 Indiana State, the two teams will play again in the semifinals.

“It’s crazy that we might play them again in a few days,” Mox said.

“We should know the game plan and the (scouting report). I expect us to have a different energy than we did tonight.”

While the Lady Bears want to win the MVC tournament, losing it will likely not mean the end of their season.

The Missouri State softball Bears traveled to Oklahoma last weekend and dropped four of their five contests.

Missouri State was outscored 37-11 and was shut out twice.

The Bears’ only win came in the first game they played on Friday against Murray State. The final was 8-0, and the Bears had 15 hits to Murray State’s three.

Junior pitcher Steffany Dickerson threw 5.1 innings and added a home-run to her stat sheet.

Later that day, the Bears took on No. 14 Oklahoma State. OSU scored 12 runs in the first inning, seven of which came off of home runs. The Bears had to use three pitchers to escape the first frame.

The Cowgirls added three more runs in the second inning and ended the game via run-rule 15-1 after 4.5 innings.

Saturday started with the same opponent: Murray State. The outcome was flipped from the day before — this time Murray State won 8-0. The Bears managed only three hits.

Game 2 on Saturday was against No. 6 Oklahoma. The game went to extra innings. The Bears walked two Sooners batters and the first one was quickly hit in for the walkoff victory. Sunday was another repeat-opponent: Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State spread out their scoring over four innings of work and won again via run-rule 11-0.

The Bears fell to 7-12 on the season after going 1-4 on the weekend.

Dickerson continues to be a player that single-handedly keeps the Bears in games with an ERA of 1.43 through more than 50 innings pitched.

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The Missouri State Lady Bears secured the regular season title for the Missouri Valley Conference at JQH Arena over the weekend. Also, the Lady Bears finished the home regular season with a perfect 15-0 record.

Lady Bears complete perfect home record STEPHEN TERRILL Sports Reporter @Stevethe2nd It was an emotional game for the Missouri State women’s basketball squad, but the team pulled out a 7261 win against Loyola on Saturday afternoon.

It was the 15th win for the Lady Bears in Springfield this season, capping off an undefeated season at home — the first time the Lady Bears have done so since moving to JQH in 2008.

Missouri State jumped out to a 14-4 lead by the 3:50 mark of the first, but the Ramblers took advantage of a sloppy few minutes from the Lady

Bears to make it 14-10 at the end of the first.

The second quarter was a similar story. The Lady Bears came out fast and led by as many as eight in the early stages. Loyola drew within two by the five-minute mark. Neither squad went cold in the final five minutes and the first half ended with MSU up 33-26.

Loyola managed to take a twopoint lead in the third quarter, but two consecutive threes from junior Elle Ruffridge helped the Lady Bears retake their lead.

The Lady Bears outscored the Ramblers 23-17 in the fourth quarter to help them hold on for the win.

As it was the final home game of the

season, the Lady Bears honored seniors Shameka Ealy and Alexa Willard.

“It meant a lot,” head coach Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton said.

“Shameka is coming back from injury, and she’s had some adversity on and off the court. Alexa is such a hard worker. Her will to win and her competitive edge has really helped us.”

Mox said she was glad the team was able to win while still coming off of the emotions of both Senior Day and winning the Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship on Thursday.

“I didn’t think we played great — we played good — good enough

Strong pitching leads the Bears to first home series win over Maine with runners in scoring position.

But Missouri State bounced back on Sunday thanks to the right arm of sophomore Forrest Barnes.

In his first start of the season, Barnes tossed a career-high seven innings and gave up just one earned run on two hits to help the Bears not only claim a 4-1 victory, but secure a two-to-one series win over Maine. uRead more at the-standard.org.

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Game 2 was a completely different story.

Missouri State’s bats went silent as three Maine pitchers combined to hold the Bears in check on Saturday.

The Black Bears evened the series with a 4-2 win.

It was Maine’s first win of the 2020 season.

The Bears on-again, off-again offense struggled to cash in on several scoring opportunities, going 1-for-6

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Logan Wiley. The right-hander struck out six batters, limiting Maine to five hits over seven shutout innings.

Sophomore Dakota Kotowski’s three-run homer paced the Bears offense.

Missouri State added single tallies in the second and fourth frames and used Wiley’s third quality start of the season to take the series-opener with a 6-2 win.

Wiley improves to 2-1 on the season and now has a 3.09 ERA through his first four starts for the Bears.

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Before the 2020 season started, longtime Missouri State head baseball coach Keith Guttin said the biggest thing the team can take away from arguably its worst season in program history last year was the experience the pitching staff gained from 2019.

That experience showed following

Missouri State’s opening home series win against Maine, allowing a combined seven runs over three games this weekend.

“I’ve seen these guys’ improvements,” Guttin said. “They are better.

They are more experienced. They are physically stronger. They have been in game situations.”

To open the season at home, Missouri State baseball fans were treated with a gem from Friday night starter

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knowedge of costume studies to create her own outfits and analyze others, especially regarding secondhand items.

“Texture, color and pattern and can completely dominate an outfit in a gorgeous way.”

Jones said to not be afraid to look for funky items when shopping secondhand. There are ways to get cool clothes for cheap, showing your story before you open your mouth.

Thrifting has become popularized for people of all economic backgrounds, which Jones refers to as a “first wave of thrift shopping.” Secondhand clothing can create unique style profiles for an individual while applied to situations that we would usually assume companies break the bank for, like theatrical productions.

“The only downside I see to this is the markup of second hand,” Jones said, fearing that private sellers will take advantage of rising popularity and eliminate the opportunity for people who need to secondhand shop due to financial reasons.

“I understand that business is business, but that was not the intention of the person that donated the garment in the first place.”

From the eyes of a costume designer, second-hand shopping is a key way to be fashion-forward, environmentally conscious and creative.

“Texture, color and pattern and can completely dominate an outfit in a gorgeous way.”

and was supposed to be there until May 13, but last week my program was canceled and I was sent home,” Stracener said.

Stracener is a graphic design major and was taking 18 credit hours at Milan’s fine arts academy, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti.

Due to the level 3 travel advisory, all educational activities have been suspended at the Milan campus, forcing Stracener to catch a flight back home.

“I think the people in charge of my program were worried it would affect my plans to return home in May,” Stracener said.

If NABA continued to keep their campus open, students abroad could possibly be stuck there if a level 4 ban was issued, which would prohibit all travel.

While the news was disappointing, Stracener says she does agree with the program’s decision to cut the trip short,

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Jones said to not be afraid to look for funky items when shopping secondhand. Patterned blazers, colored pants or vintage dresses are available and affordable and an easy way to add to your story before even opening your mouth.

Thrifting has become popular for people of all economic backgrounds, which Jones refers to as a “first wave of thrift shopping.” Second-hand clothing can create unique style profiles for an individual while also being applied to situations that we would usually assume companies break the bank for, like theatrical productions.

“The only downside I see to this is the markup of secondhand,” Jones said, fearing that private sellers will take advantage of rising popularity and eliminate the opportunity for people who need to secondhand shop due to financial reasons.

“I understand that business is business, but that was not the intention of the person that donated the garment in the first place.”

A passion for costume design has influenced Jones’ present and future, allowing her to understand the effects that clothing industries have on the environment. By employing the activity of thrift shopping in her career, she is providing an example for others to make the conscious decision of not supporting companies that create enormous amounts of carbon emissions.

From the eyes of a costume designer, second-hand shopping is a key way to be fashion-forward, environmentally conscious and creative.

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University officials coordinated with the planning, designing, construction and facility management team, the Springfield Police Department, the MSU grounds team and the City of Springfield to talk about the issue, according to Pruitt.

Elm Street is another area of concern for Pruitt.

While it is not technically part of MSU grounds, the school recognizes that a lot of student organizations are there and Pruitt said they feel they should ensure the area is safe.

The city put in a mirror at Elm and Florence Street that people can look at to help them see.

“My recommendation for folks, whether you are a pedestrian or driving, is to practice good attentive driving,” Pruitt said. “There are so

many things in the world today with technology that we have that causes drivers to become distracted.”

Pruitt added that the “sidewalk committee,” is looking into ways to help prevent fewer accidents.

“We are looking at alternative ways to reduce speed, whether it is speed limit changes, whether it’s crosswalking tables or speed tables or if it’s different lighting,” Pruitt said.

If you are in an accident or were hit, Pruitt says to call the dispatch services 417-8365509, a 24/7 phone number.

“Just be attentive,” Pruitt said. “At the end of the day, it may be frustrating that a car didn’t yield for you, but at a minimum, you’re safe still cause you were attentive even though they weren’t.”

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due to how flights could be affected in the future.

During her trip, Stracener said she got the opportunity to immerse herself in the experience before the travel advisory.

“I traveled to London and Paris with my roommates, got to see the inside and rooftop of the duomo in Milan, and went to Milan fashion week” Stracener said.

For now, Stracener’s plan is to finish the semester online, and continue communication with Study Away about reimbursement.

In regards to future Study Away programs, the destinations of the eight that are scheduled over spring break are not identified by the CDC as a level 2 or higher and are expected to proceed as promised.

It is unclear if any summer Study Away programs will be canceled yet, but over the past six weeks, Missouri State’s Crisis Management

Core Executive Team has met weekly to discuss the current status of COVID-19 and its effect on those regions.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications Suzanne Shaw is on the Crisis Management Core Executive Team, among MSU President Clif Smart and 11 others, and advises students to check the coronavirus page on the Missouri State website for information, as it is updated regularly.

Specific details regarding students who decide to optout of their program will be discussed with each individual, but refunds will be received on behalf of the Study Away program.

Other local, available resources to check out are the weekly newsletter Inside Missouri State, as well as the Springfield-Greene County Health Department webpage, as they will post official reports from the CDC.

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Sometimes when women switch from an outside pharmacy to Magers, they are taking a product that Magers does not carry. Magers pharmacy then gives them an equivalent of what they were taking before. This is what occurred in Norris’ situation.

The reasoning behind this directly correlates with the expense, according to Bass.

Magers does not carry hundreds of different brand names of birth control.

“We try to go with whichever is the least expensive and with our products, we’re different than most places,” Bass said. “We’re not here to generate revenue; we’re here for you kids to go to school and have your medication, so you don’t have to worry about the medication costs because you’re worried about your tuition costs.”

Bass joked that if Magers did not prioritize Missouri State students and faculty, he would be working somewhere else and making a lot more money.

Freshman middle school education major Stephanie Rotert is another woman who has experienced difficulties acquiring the product she wants.

“Unfortunately, for me, I have a kind of migraine called Hemiplegic migraines that basically give me small strokes,” Rotert said. “Be-

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cause of this, I’m on a birth control that has no estrogen, but there are only a few brands that actually offer this type of birth control.”

While Rotert’s case is different, she said that the terminology “branded generic” was brought up in her conversation with Magers.

“They changed the brand they gave me and when I questioned it I was told it was ‘generic and nothing will change,’” Rotert said.

“Once I started taking it, I ended up getting a yeast infection because of the change. The new brand has also messed with when my period is.”

The branded generic birth

control Magers gave her did not contain the hormone estrogen, consistent with the previous brand she took.

However, her doctor said this change in medication was a direct cause of her yeast infection.

“One of the reasons for getting the yeast infection is a change in birth control,” Rotert said. “When I told my OBGYN, she told me this is probably what happened.”

Similarly, Norris explains her experience with Magers and why she cannot switch to the generic alternative.

“Freshman year I was on Cryselle,” Norris said. “For a long time, they refused to fill it without a more recent

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more students attending creates a “vibrant” university campus. Brown said the goal when dealing with shortfalls like these is “finding ways that you can lower costs, without impacting the quality whatsoever.”

On March 1 the SEM Steering Committee submitted a draft strategy list, and began prioritizing strategies and current inventory the university has. Throughout March the committee will meet, and on April 1 will submit a final draft of the plan for approval on June 1. doctor’s prescription even though I had been on it for years for various reasons.

Then, after a painful process of calling them and my doctor at home to sort it out, they filled it with a generic version. I have tried that before in high school and didn’t like the way my body reacted to it.”

While Norris understands the branded generic has the same chemical makeup as her preferred brand, she said it has different fillers and dyes that affect her body.

“I have a lot of health issues so my body is really sensitive to that stuff compared to (others),” Norris said.

Norris said the people she spoke with at Magers were polite and nonjudgmental but unorganized and slow.

There are a lot of prescriptions that come through, Bass said. While Magers tries to let women know when they switch their brand name with a generic form, they might miss some. However, Bass said the pharmacy always welcomes calls and questions.

“The last thing on their screen when they pick things up is ‘Do you have any questions?’” Bass said. “If they have any questions about (the change), we want them to ask.”