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Tuesday • March 15, 2011 • Vol. 104 Issue 23

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Students volunteer over spring break

SGA to hold debate

By Amanda Hess The Standard

The Student Government Association will hold a debate at 7 p.m.

Wed., March 30 in the PSU Theater between student body president/vice president candidates, as well as an open forum from the senior class president candidate.

Following the debate will be an opportunity for students to ask the candidates questions. The debate will be moderated by Dr. Romano of the Political Science Department.

VOICE applications now available

Applications for the VOICE Leadership Diversity Retreat are now available for the student body.

The VOICE Retreat will take place from Friday, April 8 to Sunday, April 10 on Missouri State’s campus.

This retreat is intended to promote greater understanding and more effective and meaningful interactions across differences of race, class, religion and gender.

Applications can be found on the SGA website or in the SGA office (PSU 123). Applications are due back to the SGA office by Friday, March 25.

Ten students volunteered around Springfield last week through the Student Government Association’s alternative spring break program.

Abigail Jasinski, director of student affairs, said students participated in different volunteer programs throughout the week. Some of those programs included volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club, picking up trash on Ozark Greenways Trails and spending time with nursing home residents.

Peng Zhang, a graduate student in business administration, said it was a good way to experience Springfield.

“I’m an international student, so I stay here over breaks,” Zhang said. “I like to travel and was invited by some friends to join a road trip, but I think this is more exciting than a road trip.”

Jasinski said alternative spring break (ASB) is something different for students to consider for their time away from classes.

“ASB will be similar to regular spring breaks in that it should be a fun and relaxing time for students,”

she said. “It will be different in that the focus of the break will be helping others.”

Jasinski said she hopes students will have great experiences during the program.

“We want it to be fun, but more importantly, we want it to be fulfilling,” she said. “I really hope students who participate will walk away with a better understanding of the imporPhoto courtesy Abigail Jasinski tance of helping others.”

Students helped over the break.

Students also discussed MSU’s public affairs mission throughout the can be applied to all aspects of life. week, she said. Students will hopefully have a better grasp on how it See SPRING page 2

Officials say women need education on sexual assault

By Rachel Bonar The Standard

Calendar

March 15 to March 21

Tuesday

Women’s history tour of campus 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., Craig Hall SAC meeting 4 to 5 p.m., PSU 313 Student Senate meeting 5:30 to 8 p.m., PSU 313 “Behind the Label” panel 7 to 8:30 p.m., Karls Hall 101 “The Power of Sleep: Implications for Health and Disease” lecture 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.,Temple Hall 002

Wednesday

“How to Identify Students in Distress” noon to 1 p.m., PSU 313 Coronary Health Improvement Project information session 12:15 to 1 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness Center conference room MSU Women of Distinction 4 to 5:30 p.m., PSU 400 Panhellenic Council meeting, 6 to 7 p.m., PSU 313 “Lecture on Human Trafficking: Katie Rhoades” 7 to 8:30 p.m., PSU Theater

Thursday

Faculty Senate meeting 3:30 to 5 p.m., PSU 315 Students for Sustainable Future meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Temple Hall Pit PRSSA Day 9:15 to 2 p.m., PSU West Ballroom “Active Shooter Scenario/Hostage Negotiation” with SRT Springfield Police Department noon to 5:30 p.m.

HRA’s Board of Advisers speakers series 2 to 4 p.m., PSU Theater

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Construction continues on the Rec Center despite the fluctuating weather this semester.

Rec Center on schedule Snow storm didn’t hurt progress

By Lauren Healey The Standard

The “snowpocalypse” might have caused classes to be canceled for a few days, but it didn’t affect the new Rec Center’s progress, an MSU official said.

Cyndi Barnett, director of campus recreation, said the department hasn’t revisited changing the date of the completion at this point.

“Of course, like any other building under construction, we figure a certain factor for weather,” she said. “We could have beautiful weather from here on out until they get it done and make up for lost time.”

Supplies are the other factor that could slow the building’s progress, Barnett said.

“If there’s a hang up on steel or something to finish the building with, that could delay the opening,” she said. “Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.”

Individuals who pay the phasedin student fee before the facility opens will receive credits for use of the facility once it’s open, Barnett said. How the credits will be determined is still being discussed.

“We’re working with a group of students called POWER (Promoting Opinions of Wellness, Exercise and Recreation) who are helping us make recommendations about what’s appropriate, and we’ll send that to SGA for their input as well,” she said.

“If you paid three semesters, do you get to use to the building for the first three semesters it’s open? Do you get to use it for four years, since that’s how long the assessed student fee has been around? What

about the summer school students, who only paid a very small portion of the fee? Do they get a free semester or just a summer?” said Barnett. “We’ll figure all those questions out in the next few months.”

The $80 fee is included in the student fees students pay each semester, she said.

“The students voted when they passed the referendum to begin assessing themselves. Then the building could get started, working with the architects and so on,” she said. “It was February 2004 when they voted to fund a feasibility study to see if students really wanted the building. If so, how much (students) were willing to pay for it.”

Barnett, who said she’s been involved with the Rec Center plans from the very beginning, said the recreation department will be managing the facility; most of the planning and staffing will come through that office.

Program cuts recommended Graduation numbers low for degrees

By Megan Gates The Standard

The Missouri Department of Higher Education recommended Missouri State eliminate seven degree programs by the end of 2011 in its report to the governor, officials said.

The MDHE conducted a review of all public four-year and two-year institutions of higher education from September 2010 through January 2011 at the request of Gov. Jay Nixon.

Upon completing the review, the MDHE compiled a report of recommendations for the governor about degree programs that needed to be eliminated due to low gradu-

ation numbers, said Kathy Love, a spokesperson for the MDHE. “The programs recommended for elimination were those that had less than 10 graduates over the past three years,” she said. “Each institution received recommendations of programs to be eliminated and those needing further review in three years. However, these are merely recommendations; it is up to each institution as to what actual changes they will adopt.”

Love said these recommendations were long-term, strategic decisions that would be adopted as the institutions see fit.

“The report went to Gov. Nixon’s office last week and will be passed on to the Coordinating Board (for Higher Education) on April 7,” she said. “From that point, it will be left to the individual institutions to make changes that will naturally fall into place.”

There were 41 degree programs reviewed at MSU, 20 recommended for re-evaluation three years from now and seven — Antiqui-

ties, Dance, Emerging Technologies Management, Engineering Physics, Public Administration, Technology Education and the master’s degree of Engineering Management — recommended for elimination.

John Catau, deputy provost at MSU, said all seven of the degree programs would be eliminated by the end of the year.

“MSU will be deleting them, but in some respects, it won’t be so bad,” he said. “Some of these programs we had already made the decision to delete before this report came out. There are several steps we have to take to eliminate these programs, but hopefully, it can be done by the end of this year.”

Catau said MSU will make efforts to incorporate the eliminated programs into those that are not at risk in the future.

“We have a very strong theater program, and so we will be incor See CUTS page 2

With sexual assaults still occurring on campus, it is important for women to be educated on the matter, officials said.

“Statistics go down in areas where women are informed,” said Mike Abbey, public safety officer and SHARP instructor. “I encourage any woman to attend the class. We want more women to be involved to keep them from being a target. Everyone knows someone who has been sexually assaulted.”

To help prevent sexual assaults on campus, classes are offered to teach women selfdefense and rape prevention.

“I strongly encourage women on the campus to go to a SHARP (Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention) class,” Abbey said “There are two parts to the class: situational awareness and physical. We don’t teach students how to defeat an attacker, but we teach them how to escape and prevent attacks.”

The class is short and worth the few hours it takes, Abbey said.

“The class takes two days in the evenings,” he said. “It is offered once a month on a Monday and Tuesday normally from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There are two instructors present during each class, which consists of a PowerPoint and some physical training.”

Registration for SHARP classes is available on the Missouri State website, said Roy Staeger, investigator for the Department of Safety and Transportation.

“You may register online (at the Rec Center website) or at the campus recreation office in PSU 131,” Staeger said. “It is free to university faculty, staff and student women.”

If the SHARP class isn’t a viable option personally, there are a few good tips to know to keep safe on campus, Abbey said.

“Use common sense,” he said.

“The university offers a safe walk. You could just call dispatch and they will send an officer to walk with you to your destination on campus. Greek Row is also included in this. To call dispatch for a safe walk, the number is 417-836-5509. If you are in immediate danger, however, call 911.”

Along with the safe walk, the university offers other protections for its students, Abbey said.

“There are emergency contact phones throughout the campus,” he said. “They are in all of the elevators. There are six in Bear Park North and four in Bear Park South. These phones can be used for any emergency.”

Knowledge and responsibility are important for safety, Abbey said.

“It is up to you to keep yourself safe,” he said. “The best thing against sexual assault is knowledge. If more women get involved and get more knowledge on how to keep themselves safe, it will take more women off the victims list.”

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Social Security numbers leaked onto the Internet

By Megan Gates The Standard

Missouri State’s College of Education was informed of an internal security breach that compromised 6,030 students’ Social Security numbers, officials said.

Jeff Morrissey, chief information officer for the MSU system, said the list contained names and Social Security numbers of students and had been available on Google since October 2010.

“The College of Education had prepared a list containing enrollment information on the

students that attended their college between 2005 and 2009,” he said. “These lists were prepared in an electronic format and were to be made available on a secure server to both the College of Education and the personnel working on accreditation.”

Students’ Social Security numbers were required for the lists because they were to be submitted to the state of Missouri to award certifications to teachers, Morrisey said.

This server, however, was not secure and students’ names and Social Security numbers ended up on Google, he said.

“All 6,030 names and Social Security numbers were compromised. We were not aware of the breach until an individual contacted us and reported it,” he said.

MSU was informed of the

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The program lasted from March 5 to March 10, which leaves plenty of time for students to go home and see family, she said.

Katya Donovan, a junior finance major, said she was invited by a classmate to participate in ASB. “I had to stay in Springfield to do some stuff, and I didn’t

breach on Feb. 22, 2011, by an individual searching for a former classmate, Morrisey said.

“Our informant told us that they were looking for a classmate on Google,” he said.

“They put the name in, and this was one of the links that came up on the page.”

Morrisey said MSU took the appropriate actions to remove that information from the Web. “Immediately, within minutes, we disconnected that file server and took it offline,” he said. “We then began working with Google to begin removing all the information from their file servers. After a careful review of the logs, we determined that the information had been accessed very few times.

But there were some hits, so we have a concern.”

The hits came from residen-

want to waste my free time while I was here,” Donovan said. “This is good for me; it benefits others and was fun.”

Students who lived in dorms or fraternity and sorority houses that closed during break were given housing.

Food was also provided to students.

“For students who do not have housing during spring break, The House graciously offered us the use of their facilities for housing,” Jasinski said. “As for transportation, there are some students who

tial areas, causing them to think that no one had attempted to mine the lists for the social security numbers, Morrisey said.

“Every one of these hits was from residential areas, that we could determine, and they only accessed one file,” he said. “If you’re out there trying to find Social Security numbers, it’s usually the practice that you would go to all the lists because they were all right there. That makes us think that the chance for misuse is small.”

Morrisey said MSU began making efforts to contact all 6,030 students concerning the breach and enrolling them in an identity theft insurance plan this past Tuesday.

“The preferred method of contact was to send them a letter with the pass code that they can (use to) immediately go ahead

have vehicles; we carpool when going to our activities.”

Zhang said he had a lot of fun while doing some of the programs.

“It’s a good way for me to learn more about the culture here,” he said. “If you travel somewhere, you don’t get to see the real part of the city.

This way I was able to see what it’s really like (in Springfield).”

Jasinski said she was excited to assist the program and help students find ways to benefit Springfield while hav-

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porating the dance major into the theater program,” he said. “This will make it so that a dance major is still available to students; it will just be moved into other programs. We are trying to do this with other programs as well.”

Catau also said any student currently enrolled in any of the degree programs would be allowed to finish their degree.

“Any student in a program already will be allowed to continue until they gradu-

and initiate their protection plan,” he said. “For the ones who we did not have valid addresses on, we went to emails and then phone numbers.”

The identity theft insurance plan is provided by Experian and will be provided for students for one year. Each plan is $7 per person and will cost MSU $42,210, Morrisey said.

“Experian is providing the insurance plan, and it uses monitoring software. So if anyone tries to open a credit card or take out anything under this person’s name by using that Social Security number, the individual will be notified,” he said.

Morrisey said all the students involved would be covered under the insurance plan, and MSU had already paid the bill in full, but he did not know where the money came from.

Morrisey also declined to

comment on the employee who was responsible for the security breach.

“We have very strong security procedures in place; they were just not followed in this situation,” he said. “I won’t discuss that part of the process.

That’s a human resources action, and they are handling that.”

At press time, MSU had sent out letters to all 6,030 individuals who were compromised. Of those letters, approximately 100 were returned as non-deliverable causing MSU to revert to emailing and phoning students to make contact, Morrisey said.

“We are going above and beyond what we are required because it is the right thing to do,” Morrisey said. “We compromised some individuals, and we want to protect them as much as possible.”

ate,” he said. “We will never cut the legs out from under a student who is in the program and about to graduate.

Once the program is eliminated, we will not allow new students to enroll in the program, but those already enrolled will be allowed to continue.”

The elimination of seven degree programs would not eliminate any faculty positions, Catau said.

“We made these decisions with our faculty approval and (they) will not be affected,” he said. “Some faculty course loads may have to be moved around, but none of our faculty members were teaching only

courses specific to these degree programs, so no one’s position will be at risk.”

Catau said he recommended that students enrolled in these degree programs seek help if they have questions.

“Students should talk to their advisers first if they have concerns about how these changes will affect them,” he said. “Students can also meet with department heads to talk about the specific changes in courses if they would like a second opinion.”

To learn more about the MDHE’s report, or to read it in full, visit their web site at http://www.dhe.mo.gov.

ing fun.

“Planning the program was not an easy task,” she said.

“But I have a really supportive committee through SGA, and they were a blessing. And as much as I’d love to be on the beach soaking up the sun, my time serving here in Springfield will be unbelievably more meaningful to me.”

Jasinski said she felt the hard work was well worth it.

“I feel this is such an excellent program. I am so grateful I was given the opportunity to plan and facilitate it,” she said.

“Next year, I hope we can do something even bigger and really publicize it to get as much student participation as possible.”

Jasinski said students who participate in ASB have fun and share a bond with each other.

“This is a great option for students who are staying in Springfield over the week,” she said. “It is also a great option for students who are looking for volunteer opportunities and give back to the Springfield community.”

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March 15, 2011

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MVC title or not, students should care about the Bears

Apple’s new iPad 2 sets the bar high for all other tablet designs

Apple enthusiasts armed with lawn chairs and picnic blankets formed a line trailing down the Primrose Marketplace last Friday at noon in anticipation for the 5 p.m. release of the iPad 2, the second generation of the 9-inch tablet.

Whether the iPad 2 is a revolutionary product or not, its mothering company has created so much hype surrounding its release that they are estimating selling almost one million of the new, slick tablets during opening weekend according to Reuters, more than tripling the sales of the original iPad’s debut.

Apple is known for their secretive policy on new product development, and their representatives are even threatened with losing their jobs if they dare to speculate with customers about unreleased product specifications.

Retail stores that carry Apple products are often unaware of the release of a new product until the night before its debut.

While consumers often admit frustrations with the secrecy, this company has clearly mastered the art of buzz marketing. The Best Buy in Springfield made a rough tally of about 300

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customers who lined up outside their store in hopes of getting their hands on the new product.

Retailers across the country are selling out of their original stock and so many receiving requests that Apple is averaging a 3- to 4-week wait before the item can even be shipped.

Why are hundreds lining up on chilly March afternoons to be the first to own this newly-crafted tablet? Other than the glitz and glamour effect that marketing professionals induced, the product sets a new standard for tablet design.

The tablet retained its 9.7-inch screen size but slimmed to 33 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter than the original iPad. The designers included the muchdemanded FaceTime camera in the front of the display but also included (not to be outdone by the Motorola Xoom) a camera on the back of the tablet

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that records HD video in a full 720p, which can be clipped and edited directly from the tablet with the iMovie app.

Apple beefed up the processing power to two times the original speed and nine times the graphic capabilities. With these improvements, consumers can expect to tap, swipe and zoom with immediate response from the LEDbacklit touch screen. The tablet shows huge improvements in games and in video editing but also acts more like an appendage than a piece of technology with its natural navigation features.

Many companies have released tablets that have proven to be hearty competition to the original iPad, including the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy. The Xoom sports a few features that iPad lacks, such as a micro USB port, expandable memory and the open-sourced market available on Android 3.0.

Android’s open market allows for many free applications, whereas most applications on Apple’s App Store are generally $3 to $5. The benefit of the App Store over the Android Market is wider selection. Android’s

Market has about 90,000 applications to download, and Apple’s App Store has a stout 350,000 with a growth of 100,000 every six months.

Other than the virusprone environment of the Android “free” Market, what may be crippling iPad’s competition is the pricing of these tablets.

The Motorola Xoom currently sells from $599.99 to $799.99 and the Samsung Galaxy from $499.99 to $599.99, depending on your carrier. Neither are a steal in comparison to iPad’s pricing of $499.99 to $829.99, depending on the model you choose.

Whether you’re a fan of Android, Windows or Apple’s IOS, the market is certainly growing to accommodate the demand of every opinionated consumer. Tablets are becoming nearly as popular as laptops and may eventually take over the computing market.

Right now, being the originator of a new technology and design, Apple is ahead in the tablet race.

However, other manufacturers know the shortcomings of the iPad and the noisy demands of the consumers. As a result, hefty competition is surely in the works.

As the Bears drew closer and closer to clenching the Missouri Valley Conference title, Missouri State’s students began showing up in droves for the home games.

Tickets to the final home game against conference rival Wichita State sold out the Thursday prior to the game, and on game day, not a single student in the student section was sitting down.

Some students even made the trek to St. Louis for Arch Madness, and it was the first weekend of spring break. That’s dedication.

But it’s disappointing that it took the Bears winning the MVC to get students to care about one of our athletics teams.

It doesn’t matter if the Bears are performing well, awful or mediocre; students should be showing up to games decked out in maroon and white.

At the University of Texas in Austin, do you think students stop showing up to Longhorn games when the football or basketball teams are losing? Of course not.

The Fighting Irish haven’t had an outstanding football team in several years, but Notre Dame tickets consistently sell out. And Notre Dame students don’t get free tickets.

The fact that the Bears play in a mid-major conference shouldn’t keep students from going to games. It may not be the Big 12, but it’s still Division I athletics. Utah State is only a mid-major, but they still have one of the best student sections in the nation.

There are those students who attend almost every home game of every sport MSU has to offer. To those true fans, we salute you. But to the rest of the fair-weather fans who only show up for winning team, where’s your school spirit?

Athletic events are key components in the college experience. It’s not just about the team. It’s about making memories, uniting for a common cause and being a part of something a lot of people never get the opportunity to be a part of.

Help not needed only after disaster

It’s sad to say, but it usually takes a tsunami, earthquake or some other type of catastrophe to get the majority of people to really care about their fellow man.

Japan was hit hard by an earthquake and other disasters over the last week. The pictures and videos on news networks can easily make people very emotional. What the news networks are showing is gutwrenching, and it really makes people open up and try to find ways to help.

This is great. It makes me proud to see America banding together to help an ailing developed country.

Recent history has proven that, when a country is hit by some catastrophic event, America is always first on the scene.

We’ve always been the world’s protector and leader of humanitarian efforts. Even though our government is broke, we always spend a fortune. And so do our citizens.

Even Missouri State became involved after the earthquakes in

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Haiti a year ago. Our campus and community raised a substantial amount of money through our Bears Backing Haiti campaign. We even held a candlelight vigil. I haven’t heard yet, but I’m sure there will be either a group at Missouri State or someone in the Springfield area who will organize some sort of fundraising effort in the future for Japan.

There is no telling how much money will be donated to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations before our assisting of Japan is all said and done, but it’s enough to make our country very proud. We always try to do our part.

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part” right after a catastrophe happens. Haiti is still not in great shape by any means. Even the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina can still be felt in the South. But, when was the last time you thought about these places or did anything more to help them? It’s probably been quite a while.

Instead of always thinking about ways to help those in need, people soon forget and move on to something else.

“Sure, Haiti may be bad off, but a celebrity couple just broke up!”

This type of thinking needs to stop. Just because there isn’t always a catastrophe being blasted over and over again on the news doesn’t mean people shouldn’t care.

I’m not saying people should go overboard and volunteer 1,000 hours a week or donate their life savings to help out a good cause. But, it’s irresponsible to think about how you can help out your fellow man only after a tragic event.

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ing before the recent tsunamis and earthquakes, and there still will be after.

Even if you’re only interested in helping out on a local level, that’s fine. Not everyone needs to give money or volunteer to help with international issues.

I’ve already heard quite a few people complain that the U.S. shouldn’t focus so much of their time and resources on helping other countries. We have enough problems here and the people all around our country in need of help should receive the resources first. If that’s what you think, that’s not a problem.

Every little bit of effort on every level helps.

All I’m trying to argue is that people shouldn’t be energized about helping their fellow man only after something terrible occurs. It always feels good to volunteer or donate a few bucks, regardless of which events are being covered in the news.

Don’t forget about disasters right after they happen. And don’t use disasters as your only excuse to help out.

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Tuesday

March 15, 2011

Calendar March 15 to March 21

Tuesday

Women’s History Month tour of campus 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., tour begins at Craig Hall

by Virginia Craig’s portrait

Pianist Gleb Ivanov concert 7:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts Guest artist recital: Adriana La Rosa Ransom and Kent Cook 7:30 p.m., Ellis hall 217b

Wednesday SAC films presents: “Tron Legacy” 9 p.m., PSU theater

Lecture on Human Trafficking 7 p.m., PSU theater Eastern: Mehdi Saeedi exhibit 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Brick City 101

Thursday

Free Clothing Exchange and Art Sale day 11 a.m., Art Factory 417 March poetry slam 7 p.m., Nathan P. Murphy’s The Detectives St. Patrick’s Day concert 10 p.m., The Outland Multilingual film: “The Necessities of Life” 5 p.m., Siceluff Hall 225 SAC After Hours presents: Green Spring Fling 9 p.m. 11 p.m., PSU food court Guest artist concert: Dongho Lee, organ 7:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217b

Friday

“La Boheme” 7:30 p.m., Gillioz Theatre Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band 9 p.m., Outland Ballroom Lucky Tubb, Cole Porter and Big Dam Heroes concert 9 p.m., Lindberg’s

Saturday

The Independents, Queen City Saints concert 9 p.m., Outland Ballroom

St. Patrick’s Day at Patton Alley Pub 3 p.m., Patton Alley Pub St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl 9 p.m., various downtown venues

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Burlesque’s bold beauties

By Britney Shryer The Standard

The Cherry Bomb Burlesque began two years ago after Bethany Siskand moved to Springfield from New York.

There, she had participated in the NYC burlesque scene.

Seeing a void here in Springfield, she formed The Cherry Bomb Burlesque, an entertaining, sexy troupe of women who don’t mind to shimmy and shake in front of a crowd.

Dressed in lingerie and stockings, The Cherry Bomb Burlesque performs risqué, satirical routines around town.

Practicing for a performance at Lindberg’s for the Mardi Gras celebration on Commercial Street on March 7, The Cherry Bomb Burlesque danced to the song “Boobs” by Ruth Wallis. With umbrellas, grapefruits, balloons and their own double entendres as props, the ladies didn’t go unnoticed.

Each individual in The Cherry Bomb Burlesque has her

own stage name, including the founder, Bethany Siskand, who is known as “Baby” B. Stiletto. Other ladies’ stage names include Kay Anne Pepper, Jackie Diamond, Sista Shotgun and Kitty Fairelle. In addition to leading The Cherry Bomb Burlesque, Siskand teaches Burlesque 101 at 7 p.m. Monday nights in the Red Room Studios in the Vandivort Theatre.

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St. Pat’s Day parade to kick off 31st year

Springfield’s 31st annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will take place on Saturday, with preparade activities beginning at 12 p.m. at the Jefferson Avenue foot bridge.

The parade will begin on Commercial Street and south of Park Central Square at 2 p.m.

This year’s prize categories include best Irish family or group, Irish pet, float, musical entry, youth group, auto and contraption on wheels.

Prizes of $500, $250 and $100 will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners in the float division, respectively.

Controversial comic to visit Springfield

Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

Maher gained notoriety as the host of “Politically Correct,” which aired on ABC and Comedy Central from 1993 to 2002. Since then, Maher has hosted “Real Time” on HBO, which has featured guests such as Ben Affleck, Arianna Huffington and Alec Baldwin and starred in the documentary “Religulous,” which went on to become the seventh highest grossing documentary in history.

Admission for event is $37.50, $52.50 or $67.50.

International dance teaches new steps

The Association of International Students at Missouri State will host its annual International Dance from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday in Plaster Student Union.

International students will perform a variety of dances from different cultures, giving attendees the opportunity to learn the dances firsthand. The event will also feature a bake sale featuring international dishes to benefit the Hekima Academy, a primary school in Kenya dedicated to providing quality education to local children. The dance is free and open to the public.

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‘Riding Hood’ suffers ‘Twilight’ treatment

We all know the fairy tales. They’ve been fed to us in Karman many ways, and now they’re being Bowers fed to us again.

Movie Hollywood is preparing a whole Reviewer slew of re-imagined fairy tales, and “Red Riding Hood” is just the first.

Set in a medieval village plagued for years by a werewolf, “Red Riding Hood” finds Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) caught between the bad boy she loves and the good boy she’s engaged to marry. All goes south when the wolf kills a villager and a crusading priest (Gary Oldman) is brought in to find and kill the wolf.

It’s a classic story that had great potential to be turned into a dark, sensual and thrilling story full of horror and beauty. If you read the originals, most fairy tales do not have happy endings, and this was an opportunity to show how good one could be. But, alas, it wasn’t.

Catherine Hardwicke has done to “Red Riding Hood” what she did to “Twilight.” She took what could have been a fantastic film and made a very mediocre movie. In fact, many times I thought I was watching the first “Twilight” film.

It opened with sweeping shots of foggy forests. It was full of forbidden love, murderous creatures, angsty teens and Billy Burke. The question is, which film am I talking about?

Valerie’s love interests both suffered from a

case of serious over-acting, just as R-Patz did in “Twilight.” It makes me think that Hardwicke doesn’t quite know how to direct her actors.

The story aspect of it was O.K., and I use that term only because I don’t want to say it was bad. It felt like they had the right idea but could never decide what to actually do with it.

There was always this sense of being lost and constantly searching for the right path.

However, it did look pretty. The blood red cape stood out against the bleak surroundings, as did Seyfried’s pale complexion and piercing blue eyes. The soundtrack is also kind of cool.

Hardwicke seems to be able to pair indie music

with her films, but even it sometimes waned.

Maybe the moral of this story is to stop giving Catherine Hardwicke nice things. I’m all for the power of female directors, but sometimes enough is enough. I have no doubt that Hardwicke can be very good, but just not with this kind of thing. Perhaps she should leave the supernatural behind and just stick to the natural.

If you do go see “Red Riding Hood” in theaters, keep in mind that it could have been much, much better. And if you’re hoping that the end will redeem the rest of the film, well … just know that there’s a good possibility they’ll try to redeem it with a second film.

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‘Yo Mama’s’ funk band shakes up music scene

By Lauren Healey The Standard

Get ready to get funked this Friday night by Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band at the Outland Ballroom.

This Asheville-based, six-piece funk monster exerts an undeniable energy. Using funk as a foundation, the Booty Band weaves elements of hip hop, reggae, ska and Latin soul into the mix, creating a musical entity that is entirely their own, according to their Feb. 22 press release.

“They’ve got an awesome mix of kick-booty guitar and funky horns that could make a 75year-old man with a bad hip get up and shake his rear end,” said Wade Colvard, assistant manager at a Springfield McDonald’s.

J.P. Miller (guitar/vocals) said the band’s name was computer generated.

“We entered a bunch of personal information about ourselves into a program that took all the results and calculated the proper name for our band,” Miller said. “It stuck.”

Miller, Al Al Ingram (bass/vocals) and Greg Hollowell (sax/flute) are the original members who began performing together eight years ago, Miller said. Derrick Johnson (trombone) joined the group about five years ago. They picked up Lee Allen (drums) and Mary Frances (keys/vocals) from the duo Eymarel about a year and a half ago.

Frances said being the only girl on tour is a one-of-a-kind experience.

“When we’re out there traveling on this journey together, we become a family and each person has their role in making it all work,” she said.

“I guess that’s why I hold the nickname ‘Mama Funk.’ As the only girl in the group, I believe I

bring some balance. I wouldn’t choose the road life to be any other way. Although, I must say I love when girlfriends come out on the road with us so I can have some sisterly time.”

Frances said she and Allen have been a couple for eight years.

“We toured together in the keyboard/drum duo Eymarel from 2005 to 2009,” she said. “In 2009, we moved to Asheville, N.C., where we met and joined forces with the Booty Band.

Being on tour holds some of the most amazing and challenging times of my life.”

Ingram said the band is special because they will make you dance in ways you didn’t think possible.

“The term funk has been way overused,” he said. “We emulate the funk, not imitate it. We’ve been told this by funk creators such as George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Karl Denson, Keller Williams and, once, Bernie Worrell shouted it out on my microphone after jamming out with us. That’s why we call our form of music ‘nu-funk.’ Look it up online; you will find us.”

Arieh Samson, who’s been Booty Band’s tour manager since spring 2007, said in the four years he’s tour-managed this group, their music is the best he’s ever heard.

“There are some scorching brand new songs that feature Mama Funk on vocals,” he said. “The chemistry on this current tour is unreal and gives me goose bumps just writing about it. It is really something to see a band work as hard as this, fine-tuning their craft on a daily basis. It’s inspiring. Putting out quality original funk music in this day and age is hard to do.”

Miller said the band does anywhere from 150 to 250 shows a year, and a typical tour can go

from a weekend to almost two months.

“It can be overly stimulating at times and a lot of hard work — more work than you’d ever think would have to go into playing a few songs for some folks,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun, though. We get to see different friends every night of the week and eat all sorts of great food in different cities across the country. Although road life is tiring, when we hit the stage, funk gives us what we need to put out some high-energy music.”

Ingram said joining the band helped him grow mentally.

“I used to be someone who didn’t care about other people and drank a lot at the wrong times,”

he said. “Music and The Booty Band made way for a better person and has saved me from the old me. I love my Booty crew. We’re a real band, but more so, a real family.”

Miller said he sees the band spending a lot more time in the studio in the future.

“The music is always getting tighter, and it’s interesting to see what direction we will take with each new song,” he said. “Song writing is very fun right now. I feel like we are taking elements of all the music we love and creating something new and unique. The new album ‘Doin’ It Hard’ should be coming out in the next couple months.”

Going green: Downtown businesses prepare for St. Patrick’s Day

By Nick Simpson The Standard

Green beer, pots of gold and leprechauns are just a few of the gimmicks associated with March 17, also known as St. Patrick’s Day, one of the most wide-spread celebrations in the world. The holiday is celebrated in Ireland, the United States, Australia and even Japan.

St. Patrick is generally recognized as the patron saint of Ireland even though he was not born in the country. He was actually born in Britain and taken to Ireland as a slave after he was captured by Irish soldiers. After six years in Ireland, he returned to his family in Britain. Years later, St. Patrick went back to Ireland as a bishop to convert the pagan country to Catholicism.

Here in Springfield, the holiday is known for the St. Patrick’s Day parade, the 31st of which will take place this year on March 19, as well as the pub crawl that evening with several local bars and businesses taking part in the celebration.

Jared Clark, a manager at the Outland, shared some of his excitement for the night.

“We’re remodeling the bar, so we’ll have a whole new bar for St. Patty’s Day,” he said. “PBR is $2.75. But a PBR with a shot of Jim Beam at the Outland is just $5.”

The Outland will also be home to a number of musical acts that evening, including Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Co, St. Dallas & the Sinners, My Wasted Life and Cropdusters.

Patton Alley Pub is another location anticipating a huge turnout on Saturday, and they will be hosting an award show following the parade and serving up traditional Irish dishes such as corn beef and cabbage, an Irish stew and, of course, green beer. At 2 p.m., the pub will feature an Irish band called the Grady Wilson Trio, and at 9 p.m., they will feature a Tom Petty tribute band.

Rachel Flanigan, a junior acting major, is unsure of her plans for the coming holiday.

“It’ll depend on whether or not I have rehearsal. If I do, I’ll be stuck there until 11 p.m. and will probably go out after that. It’s on a Thursday, but I haven’t really made plans yet. I’ll probably figure it out when we get there.”

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Scorebox Bears, not Sycamores, deserve NCAA bid

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When you look at Missouri State’s overall NCAA Tournament resume, you could certainly make a case for them to be included in the “Big Dance.”

The Bears have a strong 25-8 record and won the Missouri Valley Conference outright. The MVC is no cakewalk, either. Year after year, it’s one of the toughest mid-major conferences in the nation. However, MSU will not be going to the dance this year, and it’s a shame.

Something has to be done about the way teams earn automatic bids to the

Jon Poorman Sports Editor NCAA Tournament.

Instead of the best team in the MVC — Missouri State — representing the conference on college basketball’s biggest stage, it will be third-place finisher Indiana State. No disrespect to the Sycamores, as they are certainly a good

team, but it’s the Bears who deserve the bid. MSU and Indiana State met in the MVC Tournament title game on March 6 in St. Louis.

Because the Sycamores won, the Bears’ 15-3 MVC record was thrown out the window.

MSU coach Cuonzo Martin said it best.

“What’s the point of having a regular season if it comes down to this?” he asked. “It just doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

He’s right; it makes no sense at all. If the NCAA wants to make their tournament as competitive as

possible, the conference tournament bids have to be done away with. Any team can get hot at the right time and come away with a bid, and that’s not fair to the teams that have performed at a high level all year long.

The same thing happened in other conferences this year as well. Look at the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Their conference is being represented

by Alabama State, a 17-17 ball club who finished fourth in the regular season. The Hornets will be dancing instead of confer-

ence champion Texas Southern.

But wait, it gets worse.

Arkansas-Little Rock earned an automatic bid by winning their conference tournament, even though they finished the regular season in eighth place.

They actually had a losing record in the Sun Belt Conference of 7-9. But that doesn’t matter because they got hot at the right time and now the best team in the conference, Florida Atlantic (13-3 in conference), will have to settle See NCAA page 7

Calendar March 15 to March 21

Tuesday Softball at home vs. North Dakota State, 4:30 p.m.

Baseball at home vs. Southeast Missouri State, 6:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at home (NIT) vs. Murray State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Baseball at home vs. Southeast Missouri State, 3 p.m.

Softball at home vs. Minnesota, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday

Softball at home vs. Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

Friday

Baseball at home vs. Western Illinois, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Softball at home vs. UNI (doubleheader), noon

Baseball at home vs. Western Illinois, 2 p.m.

Sunday

Women’s Soccer at home (spring exhibition), noon

Softball at home vs. UNI, noon Baseball at home vs. Western Illinois, 1 p.m.

Briefs Mays honored

Missouri State sophomore Tia Mays picked up a pair of Missouri Valley Conference post-season honors last week with her selection as both MVC Newcomer and Defensive Player of the Year.

Mays was chosen for the awards after setting a school record with a league-leading 95 blocked shots during the regular season.

The Des Moines, Iowa, product owns eight of Missouri State's top15 single-game block totals, including a conference recordtying, 9-block day against Arkansas State.

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Junior Brock Chaffin has been producing for the Bears at the plate this season with a .362 average, two home runs and 11 RBIs.

The southpaw slugger Chaffin brings power to the Bears’ lineup

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard

The potential for power is what junior first baseman Brock Chaffin has, but what Chaffin also brings to the ballpark is his versatility and productivity from the left side of the plate.

Chaffin has been one of

the many offensive producers who have helped the Missouri State baseball team off to an 8-7 record to start the season.

Through 15 games, Chaffin has a .362 batting average, two home runs and is tied for the teamlead with 11 runs batted in.

Much of Chaffin’s suc-

cess stems from not putting too much pressure on himself and staying calm, he said.

“Everybody on this team has talent. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be here. So it’s just a matter of accessing that in pressure situations,” he said.

The 6-foot-3, left-handed-hitting Chaffin experienced similar success while attending Longview Community College in Lee’s Summit, Mo., before coming to Missouri State.

cess, he said.

“I think it’s the fact that I’m a small town guy trying to prove something,” Chaffin said.

Schools like Missouri State started to notice what Chaffin was doing at Longview, and the recruiting process began.

“I think when we saw him and we recruited him, we kind of said, ‘Hey, here’s a left-handed hitter with some power, but he’s See CHAFFIN page 7

Access denied Lady Bears’ NCAA hopes crushed with loss to UNI

By Michael Gulledge The Standard

Lady Bears receive season awards

Four Lady Bears were honored last week for their performances on the court this season.

Junior guard Casey Garrison was named a first-team all-MVC selection for the third consecutive year.

Garrison was second in the MVC in scoring (18.4) and fourth in assists (3.4) during the regular season.

Sophomore forward Christiana Shorter earned second-team allMVC honors. She is averaging 12.4 points and 8.4 rebounds this season.

Sophomore forward Tia Mays was named to the all-defensive team with a league-leading 95 blocked shots in the regular season.

Freshman guard Karly Buer was named to the all-freshman team. She is averaging 4.9 points per game.

At Longview, Chaffin chipped in with a .473 batting average and 15 home runs during his sophomore season before transferring to Missouri State.

“Brock just had an unbelievable year his sophomore year, and then a lot of schools started looking at him,” said Spiker Helms, junior infielder and former Longview teammate.

Prior to attending Longview, Chaffin was not recruited, thus providing a driving force for his suc-

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Casey Garrison dives for the ball in MSU’s loss to UNI on Sunday.

The Lady Bears started strong but quickly faded against Northern Iowa, losing the Missouri Valley Conference title game 69-41 Sunday at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The Lady Bears shot just 29 percent from the field with only 10 percent from 3-point range. At one point, they had 11 consecutive misses from the free-throw line.

“When you’re shooting nine percent at one point in time from the free-throw line, it was not meant to be,” head coach Nyla Milleson said. “It’s about putting the ball in the hole.”

The trouble started early in the first half. Despite putting up the first points, the Lady Bears went six minutes without scoring. Only three players, guards Casey Garrison and Karly Buer and forward Christiana Shorter, scored for a combined 15 points at the half.

“It wasn’t going right, and we couldn’t catch a break,” Milleson

said. “It kind of snowballed, and this isn’t the team to let this happen against.”

UNI continued to capitalize on opportunities throughout the game.

“Once they got that lead, we kept trying to chip away,” Garrison said. “They made shots and we didn’t.”

Much of the victory came from UNI’s ability to drop free throws, making 10 of 12. UNI also played a more physical defense than the Lady Bears, Garrison said.

“They were playing very physical, and we should have matched it,” she said.

The championship game appearance was the first in recent years for the Lady Bears.

“They’ve been here in this situation before,” Garrison said of UNI. “For all of us here, it’s our first time.”

Buer said the atmosphere was much like the Kansas high school championships.

“I don’t feel like I’m a freshman

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Marsh honored for courage

By John Cook The Standard

Lady Bears associate head coach Trish Marsh has always been known as a courageous person, but it wasn’t until July 10, 2006, that Marsh truly understood the courage she would need to have.

In 2006, Marsh was diagnosed with stage three cancer in her right breast, and even worse, learned that the cancer had reached five lymph nodes.

Marsh talked about the trials and tribulations of the 2006 season at Drury before she and head coach Nyla Milleson moved to Missouri State in April of 2007.

“It was crazy,” Marsh said. “I was diagnosed in July and then started treatments in August, and before you know it, we were in preseason and school was starting.”

Marsh proved to be a great inspiration to Drury that season, as the Panthers went all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

“She may have missed one day of practice if any at all,” said Milleson of Marsh. “There were days that were very hard for her. She might come in and lay her head on the desk, but she wasn’t ever going to quit. The courage and daily determination she displayed were incredible.”

Marsh said, after looking back on all the traveling that she did, that she’s not sure how she never missed a game.

“The timing of it all wasn’t horrible until I started radiation in December and January,” Marsh said. “I would fly all sorts of places by myself; you name it, I went there.

Then I would fly home, hop into the car and make it to the arena just in time for the game.”

This year, on Feb. 27, Marsh was one of the recipients of the Missouri Valley Conference’s Most Courageous Award. Marsh received the award at the halftime of Missouri State’s final home game.

“It’s going to be five years since I was diagnosed this July, so it’s kind of faded away,” Marsh said. “The

award is a high prestigious honor from the Missouri Valley Conference, and I’m just happy I can promote breast cancer awareness by being a survivor.”

The award is given to individuals who demonstrate unusual courage in the face of personal illness, adversity or tragedy and whose behavior reflects honor on the institution or conference. They may have also performed heroic feats or otherwise inspired others.

Each award recipient had their own story to tell.

Marsh defeated a year-long battle with cancer. Abby Guerra of Evansville is a car crash survivor. Men’s basketball associate head coach Lance Irvin of Southern Illinois survived leukemia. Football player Gabe Mullane of Indiana State survived testicular cancer. Former basketball player Aaron Thomas of Drake displayed courage in the face of his father’s murder.

Missouri Valley Conference commissioner Doug Elgin talked about why Marsh was chosen as one of the

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Lady Bears coach Trish Marsh overcame breast cancer.

award recipients.

“We are thankful we have the chance to honor Trish Marsh,” Elgin said in a press release.

“Throughout her struggle with breast cancer, she personified words like perseverance, strength, heart, fight and character. It is with great pride that we are presenting her with this recognition.”

Club baseball offers competition

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

According to the NCAA’s website, 6.4 percent of seniors playing high school baseball will go on to play at the college level. So what happens to the other 93.6 percent?

For a few former high school players, the Missouri State club baseball team is a way to stay in the game.

“I just wanted to continue playing baseball,” said Chris Westrich, a freshman on the team. “I didn’t want to be finished. The club team was the only option other than playing at the Division I level, which I couldn’t do.”

The team was formed in 2005 and competes in the National Club Baseball Association Division II. They play games on the weekends and try to hold home games at Parkview High School when the field is free.

Some of the more experienced players double as coaches. Senior Scott Butler is the team’s president, head coach

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got a really good approach at the plate,’” said Keith Guttin, Missouri State head coach.

For Guttin and the Bears, Chaffin’s versatility gives the team the flexibility to play him at first base, catcher and to be the designated hitter, Guttin said.

“We like that left-handed power bat along with that

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for the NIT. Overall, there will be 13 regular-season conference champions excluded from the NCAA Tournament this year. Instead of being represented by their best team, these conferences will be represented by their tournament champion.

Indiana State is a good basketball team with an overall record of 20-13 and

and third baseman. He said the atmosphere of the team is what attracts a lot of players.

“The lack of strictness attracts guys,” Butler said. “It’s very lenient.

The school team has a lot of rules and guidelines. Here, you come out, you practice and you play. It’s a lot of fun, but we still play in a competitive atmosphere.”

That balance between laid back and competitive is what made the club baseball team appealing to junior Jason Fielden, who played baseball for a college team before transferring to MSU. “This is an opportunity to get back in the sport,” Fielden said. “It’s less structured, which makes it more fun to play. At the same time, guys know what needs to be done, and they do it.”

The players on the club baseball team don’t receive scholarships. They cover part of the cost of the team with player fees, and the school takes care of the rest.

When the team travels to road

versatility,” Guttin said.

More than just an offensive threat, Chaffin’s ability to stay calm and relaxed carries over from the field into the dugout. “(Chaffin) kind of has that unspoken leadership and doesn’t overly speak his mind; he just shows it and people start to follow,” Helms said.

Since part of his role on the team is to be the designated hitter, Chaffin has the chance to see aspects of the game that the players on the

a 12-6 mark in the MVC, but there’s no way you can match them up with MSU and say they deserve a bid over the Bears.

But that’s just the way college sports work. It isn’t always fair, and the Bears are one of many teams this year that will suffer at the hands of the screwed-up automatic bid rules.

The Bears will host another first-place team, Murray State (23-8), at 7 p.m. tonight at JQH Arena in the first round of the NIT.

games, it’s not exactly chartered flights for them, but freshman Zach Begner said that is just fine with him.

“Traveling is the best part,” Begner said. “We had five people in my car on a trip to St. Louis and stayed four people to a hotel room. We have a good group of guys, and it’s fun to spend time together outside of baseball.”

Butler said he first heard about the team after he was cut from the MSU walk-on tryouts. He said that is still a way that the club team picks up some of its players.

“Sometimes we go to the walk-on tryouts, and we ask guys to stick around or come back another time,” he said.

“And sometimes the MSU coaching staff will tell guys to check out the club team. But a lot of people just come across the website and e-mail me over the summer.”

Begner said the team has high hopes for this year. They hope to win a conference title and make the trip to Florida for the NCBA World Series in May.

field might miss, he said.

“I think just staying relaxed all the time keeps everybody really relaxed,” Chaffin said. “ (When) talking to the guys in dugout, because I’m not out on the field, I’ve got to tell them what I see from the dugout point of view and really help them out like that.”

Although many players throughout baseball have superstitions at the plate or wear the same article of clothing while in a hot streak, Chaffin does not.

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anymore,” Buer said. “I felt I had to step my game up. It was my turn to give it all I had.”

For senior guard Kendra Roberts, the game marked her last chance at an MVC Tournament title.

“As a senior, I just have to keep giving it (my best),” Roberts said. “This team is heading in the right direction, and I am more than proud to

Instead, he stays relaxed and stays with what works, he said.

“I don’t believe in any superstitions whatsoever,” he said. “I mean, if something is going good, I just like to keep it the same.”

Chaffin and the Bears have provided enough offense to allow Missouri State to get off to a hot start in 2011.

The next game for the Bears will be at 6:30 p.m. tonight at home against Southeast Missouri State.

be a part of it.”

Milleson spoke of the challenges the Lady Bears have faced this season.

“They continued to fight and continued to find a way,” she said.

While the Lady Bears will get a chance to play in a postseason tournament, their chance at an automatic NCAA tournament birth ended with the loss.

“There are lots of disappointed teams today and lots of very excited teams, and we’re one of the disappointed,” Milleson said.

Senior guard Kendra Roberts said that, after seeing what Marsh went through, the little things on the basketball court don’t mean as much.

“To us as a team, we know she’s always fighting and always giving all that she can,” Roberts said. “When you hear coach Marsh yell and know she’s fought a bigger cause, it’s really inspiring.”

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Junior Kyle Weems (left) banked in the game-winning shot against Southern Illinois in the Bears’ first game in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The Bears pulled out the 68-66 victory over the Salukis after trailing for most of the game.

“I wanted that ball,” Weems said of the shot. “I came over and I told everybody I wanted the ball.”

Senior Jermaine Mallett (right) makes a move to the basket in MSU’s second game of the tournament. The Bears took down the Creighton Bluejays 70-60 to move on to the championship game.

“We were able to just really bite down and defend,” Weems said. “I think that was the difference in the ball game.”

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After leading at halftime, the Bears let their automatic NCAA bid slip through their hands as they were defeated by Indiana State 58-56 in the MVC title game.

The Bears had one of their worst shooting performances of the season, going 6-for-31 in the second half. MSU failed to score a field goal until 11 minutes into the second half.

The Bears still had a chance to tie or win on their final possession. Weems passed to Mallett who fumbled the ball out of bounds, which sealed the victory for the Sycamores.

“He tried to make a play for our team and stuff like that happens,” Weems said of Mallett. “It’s not his fault. There’s nobody other than one of those seniors that I wanted to pass the ball to if I wouldn't have taken that shot.”

With the loss, the Bears were unable to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. MSU will host a first-round NIT game at 7 p.m. tonight vs. Murray State.

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Dean’s efforts help ensure healthier, sustainable campus

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Our current Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Tammy Jahnke, left the University of Iowa in 1986 to accept an assistant chemistry professor position at Missouri State with a Ph.D. and a passion for both research and teaching.

Jahnke found Missouri State to be the perfect fit because she was given the opportunity to work directly with students and conduct research as well.

Research she is particularly interested in has to do with the way the human body metabolizes fatty acids.

“Its just really interesting to see how something like a lipid turns into these wonderful new molecules, and this reaction happens in our pancreas that triggers insulin release,” Jahnke said. “I have diabetes and so to understand at that chemical level how does it work and what triggers things to happen inside of our bodies, I just get really excited about that.”

Though Jahnke didn’t see herself as future dean when she came to Missouri State, she admitted that the opportunities it offers to better Missouri State’s math and science programs are a definite benefit of the position.

“I formed a student’s advisory board, and I have about five or six students from each one of the departments in the college.

We meet about two or three times in a semester,” Jahnke said. “One of the things I love doing in that meeting is I’ll go around and ask them what’s going on in their department. It’s always interesting for me to see what the students perceive is going on in the department. I learn something from that, and hopefully they see some of the bigger picture as well.”

One of the things she has been able to do with stu-

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Tammy Jahnke, dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, has made motions toward a more sustainable campus.

dents to make a considerable impact on Missouri State is a scorecard that reflects the level of sustainability maintained at the University.

The scorecard was started last April and will hopefully be submitted by the end of the month. It will give Jahnke and the rest of the University some perspective on efforts to move toward a more sustainable campus and show where we could use some work.

The students in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences have already made an effort to work on one section of the scorecard that deals with trash and recycling.

“We took all the trash

cans out of the classrooms and we took almost all of the trashcans out of the hallways. There are three sets of bins that have paper recycling, co-mingle and there’s a trashcan next to it so that every person that walks up to it has to make a choice.”

There was some concern within the department that it would become messy if they removed all the trashcans from the classrooms, but Jahnke said that she has been very proud of the way the project has turned out.

The classrooms and hallways have remained clean, and students have even helped one another out to remember to use the separated bins.

On top of all of that, she is also responsible for the overall well-being of the college. That means she has to make sure students and faculty are always moving in a productive direction and following the longrange mission of Missouri State.

“I try to shepherd us as best I can. On the other hand, if somebody’s got a really cool idea and it seems really bizarre at first, you have got to let them go try that really cool idea because sometimes it may fit eventually. You have to let those good ideas happen,” Jahnke said.

Jahnke has managed a successful career as Dean of the College of Natural

and Applied Sciences and she has no desire to leave anytime soon. While proud of her efforts here at Missouri State, she is also proud of her family.

Her youngest son now attends the University of Iowa and is studying to be an engineer. Her oldest son will graduate soon and is engaged to be married during the summer. Jahnke never felt pressure to choose between her family and her career in a competitive field.

“My husband chose to stay home and quit his job.

He’s been a stay-at-home dad ever since. I am like the luckiest woman in the world; he does all the grocery shopping, all the

cleaning and all the cooking at home. I don’t do those things. Not that I’m not capable, but I don’t have to do them, and that makes a huge difference. It has probably allowed me to be freer and a lot more focused with my time here.”

Since Jahnke’s term as dean is up next year, she will be up for a review.

Provost Belinda McCarthy will decide if she wants to offer Jahnke another term.

“If I didn’t renew, I still have tenure in the chemistry department and teach there,” Jahnke said. “I really have grown to love Missouri State, and so it would be tough to leave here because this is now home.”