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Campus Visioning Guide gives glimpse to future projects

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Projects outlined in the Campus Visioning Guide range from current renovations to those proposed for 11 to 25 years from now.

By Lacey Curtis For The Standard

On Thursday, March 5, the Planning, Design and Construction Committee presented the 2015-2016 Campus Visioning Guide in the Plaster Student Union and discussed current and upcoming renovations to Missouri State’s campus.

The presentation was hosted by the Staff Senate. The director of the Planning, Design and Construction Committee, Douglas Sampson, presented the information.

Among the projects already under construction are the renovation of Sunvilla Tower, the construction of the O’Reilly Clinical Health Science Center and the Welcome Center.

Sunvilla Tower renovations are projected to be completed in July 2015, according to Sampson. After its renovations, Sunvilla will operate much like Monroe Apartments do now. Students who live there will be under a 12-month lease rather than the standard semester-long agreements in the residence halls.

Renovations to Sunvilla include remodeled kitchens and bathrooms, a sprinkler system and the removal of the in-ground pool. Sampson said that the removal of the pool was due to the cost of maintaining the pool and that it was decided to simply remove it.

Education major and former Sunvilla resident Kelly Wilams expressed her unhappiness about the removal of the pool at Sunvilla Tower. During the presentation, it was noted

that there would be no plans to add any outdoor pools on campus in the near future.

The O’Reilly Clinical Health Science Center is also projected to be finished in July 2015.

The construction is not fully funded by the O’Reilly family, Sampson said, but their donation was a generous gift to the university.

The building will house classrooms for the occupational therapy program, the physician assistant program, the nursing program and the nurse anesthetists programs. “(The Health Science Center) has been the number one project from the university’s perspective for a very long time,” Sampson said.

The Welcome Center should be completed by fall 2015. The building will include a lobby, offices, a conference room and an auditorium.

Phase 2 of the Welcome Center will include moving departments from Carrington Hall, which will provide more space in Carrington and allow for much needed renovations on that building as well.

Several of the classroom buildings on campus are in line to receive renovations in the next several years.

“The university is very optimistic that we’re gonna get some money from the state to renovate Hill Hall and Ellis Hall,” Sampson said. The state approved funding for the renovations of both buildings, which are projected to be completed within two years.

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Happy Birthday, MSU! 1905-2015

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Here’s a brief timeline of Missouri State’s history over the century: 1905

The main campus is founded in Springfield.

19061907

Maroon and white are chosen as the school colors. The Bear is chosen as the mascot.

1909

Academic Hall (now Carrington Hall) becomes the first building on campus.

1990

Enrollment exceeds 20,000 for the first time.

2005

Southwest Missouri State University becomes Missouri State University.

Learn more about the university’s history online at missouristate.edu.

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Sunny days ahead SGA takes next step to an eco-friendly campus with Solar Stop program

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Staff Senate supports City Council’s bill protecting LGBT citizens

By Trevor Mitchell The Standard @Trevorisamazing

“My name is Ann Fuhrman. I am, by definition, a little old lady lesbian librarian. And I am your colleague.”

That’s how Fuhrman, Meyer Library’s United Nations librarian, opened remarks preceding the Staff Senate’s vote on whether to support the civil rights ordinance the Springfield City Council passed in October of last year.

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Solar Stop will be installed near Meyer Library to produce solar energy and protect students’ bikes.

By Nicole Roberts The Standard @NReneeRoberts

The Student Government Association will be installing a new solar power system that will be used for multiple purposes.

Solar Stop will be a structure over the bike rack in front of Meyer Library, and it will produce renewable energy for the campus.

The majority of Missouri State’s energy comes from coal, which has negative effects on people’s health and the environment. Solar power produces fewer health risks and environmental problems.

The structure will also serve as protection for students’ bikes. Co-project manager and originator Joel Hensley, an MSU alumnus with a degree in community and regional planning, said he originally wanted to create a solar bus stop for the Bear Line, but there were already Wyrick proposals for that.

“I had to get inventive and creative,” he said.

“There are only three areas on campus where bikers can park their bikes to find protection from the weather. As an avid biker, I saw a need and realized this could be a good solution.”

Along with Solar Stop producing solar energy for the campus and providing a shelter for bikes, Max Wagner, a junior majoring in entrepreneur-

ship and co-project manager of Solar Stop, said it will be used as an educational tool.

QR codes will be placed on the structure and can lead students to a dashboard website on MSU’s website. The dashboard website will provide information about solar energy and show the amount of energy being produced from Solar Stop.

“The combination of these goals makes the Solar Stop three dimensional: solar power, weather shelter and educational,” Hensley said.

The project will cost $90,000 and will be funded through the sustainability fund.

Wagner said if the project goes well, there is a possibility of building more Solar Stops around campus. These structures would be linked to the dashboard website and could be compared to each other.

Mark Frietchen, the staff advisor for Solar Stop and project manager in the Office of Planning, Designing and Construction, hopes construction on the project will begin once the weather is nicer. The project should be finished

by May. “This project will be a huge step forward for our university,” Wagner said. “The Solar Stop will be one of the, if not the first, large-scale solar project on our campus, and this will show just what is possible.”

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SGA has finalized the project to add murals to the walls of the Grand Underpass.

Graffiti for good Students can help paint murals on the Grand Underpass starting March 30

By Callie Dunaway The Standard @Callie_Dunaway

Students will have an opportunity to paint the Grand Underpass beginning March 30 and ending April 12.

Sign ups for student organization slots have now closed, but if a student is involved in one of the organizations that signed up, they can participate in helping paint the panel, according to Director of Uni-

versity Advancement in Student Government Association Kirby Williams.

Williams said that student organizations have signed up for 12 spots and will each be painting a panel on the Grand Underpass to promote the public affairs mission.

“The project to paint the underpass has been in the works for SGA for about two years now,” said Williams.

“This year, we decided we definitely wanted to get it done.”

She said the overall goal of the project is to promote the public affairs mission and to allow students to get involved and leave their mark on campus.

Many different offices are involved in the painting of the underpass. The College of Arts and Letters has helped in reviving the project, and the Art Department, Jen Cox with Facilities Management, u See GRAND, page 9

Fuhrman

When all the ballots were counted, the members of Staff Senate adopted the resolution, meaning they, along with both the Faculty Senate and the Student Government Association, oppose the repeal of the protections the ordinance offers the LGBT population of Springfield.

“I felt like it would have been so embarrassing to the university if this resolution hadn’t passed,” Fuhrman said. “I think for a university with a public affairs mission, it would be so awful to come out for discrimination. And that’s what this is about. It’s about discriminating against a certain group of human beings, of real people, and I am one of those people. And I don’t think, as a university, we can endorse discrimination of any kind — certainly not as an institution with a public affairs mission.”

Dominiece Hoelyfield, MSU’s LGBT Association president, said she’s positive Springfield residents will be thinking about this on April 7 when they’re in the voting booth, deciding whether to repeal the ordinance.

“I know for sure that it will carry over, because this is speaking volumes,” Hoelyfield said. “All three of the governing bodies are on the same page, so they’re publicly speaking in support of the non-discrimination ordinance. That says a lot.”

With just over a month left until that vote, there’s a lot of tension on both sides of the issue as campaigning continues.

But for one little old lady lesbian librarian, the Staff Senate’s vote is a sign of things hopefully to come.

“Well, I certainly feel validated,” Fuhrman said. “Our concerns about the repeal of this ordinance are quite real, and quite valid. I feel better. I feel better! This is my home, this is where I live. I’ve been on this campus in one capacity or another for 18 years. I represent this campus. I represent this university in lots of public forums and settings. I feel better. There was a time when this would not have happened. So we’ve come a long way, and I’m very hopeful for the future.”

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By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC

Last boarding call for the flight to anywhere but here!

If you’ve attended Missouri State for any length of time, you’ve probably been told to study abroad. I wrote this column to tell you the same thing: you absolutely should study abroad if you have the time and money. In fact, even if you don’t have the time and money, you should do it anyway.

Why? Well, there are a number of reasons.

Our alma mater’s public affairs mission boasts cultural competence as one of its three pillars, and perhaps the best way to experience this firsthand is to study abroad. As participants of the human race, we have an obligation to confront diversity head-on and embrace it. The world is both an enormous place and yet a very small place — being culturally competent through firsthand experience allows us to break down barriers of misunderstanding in a productive fashion.

Studying abroad will completely shatter your per-

ception of the world in the best way possible. After taking your first step into the land of another country — into the territory of another culture — you begin to understand what is actually true about that given group of people and not just what you’ve heard from someone else. Customs and habits that you know as normal or commonplace might be thrown out of the window at this point in exchange for the local customs and mannerisms. Suddenly you realize these people aren’t wrong or backwards; it’s just how they go about their lives. Not everyone has access to the basic college needs of Starbucks and Netflix — instead, they might opt for fresh water and outdoor activity. Almost literally standing in another’s shoes is the best way to understand that person’s way of life, as well as their daily struggles.

Establishing a bona fide interest in the customs and culture of the local people gives you a chance to be exposed to beautiful and exciting new traditions and practices, and you can support their local economy in a direct, impactful way. Cultures periodically die out around the world from lack of growth or tradition, while other cultures are vulnerable to exploitation by the tourism industry — when, in reality, these cultures should be profited from in a way that respects the dignity of the historical and cultural significance of that given attraction. Supporting the local communities propagates the necessary growth and spread of

If you take a look at a calendar, you’ll notice that we’re currently about halfway through March — which means that in under two months, we’ll be halfway through May. If you’re a senior here at Missouri State University, you might be trying to convince yourself that it’s just like any other month.

But we all know that’s not true. For a lot of students, this will be their last semester at MSU, because in eight short weeks, they’ll be graduating.

Assuming they’ve taken the traditional path of American schooling, this will be the first time in over 15 years that they will be without some sort of schooling.

We’re going to be okay, fellow MSU students. There’s a big world out there, but we’ve had four years at a great university, and we’re ready to go out into it and forge our own path forward.

So get through these next two months, and then we’ll be onto the rest of our lives.

It’s going to be great.

By Max Wagner SGA Sustainability Commissioner @Maxwell_Wagner Having fun in the sun is a favorite pastime during spring break. Many of us traveled to Gulf Shores, Cancun or anywhere else warm this year and soaked up as much sun as possible. Whether you returned home with that long soughtafter beach tan or a bad sunburn, we should be getting more sun. A lot more.

However, we will be soaking up the sun a different way.

While we were away on break, construction on the Solar Stop began. The Solar Stop will be the first ever largescale solar energy project built on our campus. Whereas many solar projects are installed out of sight on rooftops, the Solar Stop is on the ground, which will make it a can’t-miss sight on your campus commute. This interactive quality will provide a tremendous learning experience for everyone who sees it and create a new dimension of dialogue about sustainable energy on campus.

This makes the Solar Stop very unique among solar energy projects. It is a major milestone that will put our university on the map for sustainability innovations.

The Solar Stop is not the only major solar investment we have made recently.

This past October, we started receiving power from the newly-built City Utilities Solar Farm. This is the largest solar energy system in Missouri, and it’s located right here in Springfield. Excit-

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By Keenan Andrea Columnist @iKeenandrea When I got out of bed on March 9, I knew it was an important day. A very important day. There was something that needed to be done, something I was a part of. But I hadn’t a clue what. So the entire morning I devoted myself to solving the mystery behind the ninth of March and little else.

By noon, it was the bane of my existence. So, being me, I obviously quit trying and, instead, began pretending that — on the off-chance of some cosmic intervention — the nagging uncertainty was a warning that the ninth of March was the day on which I would die.

Something like that carries weight. I couldn’t help thinking what it would be that would do me in: a car accident, a mugging gone wrong, death by stray bullet.

It could be an ironic end. A plot twist. I could go the way of “Donnie Darko” and be crushed by a jet engine in my room only because I was afraid to go outside and face the danger. A bomb could be dropped, a war de-

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their cultural heritage so it will be around for our children and our children’s children to experience, as opposed to a footnote in a history book.

Finally, the most important thing to studying abroad: making new friends that will last a lifetime.

Studying abroad isn’t something to be enjoyed on your own. It’s best enjoyed in a group. The people that you get to rub shoulders with on a daily basis during that trip will become — notice I said “will become,” not “could become” — some of your closest friends in a way that other colleagues and classmates won’t understand. To experience a new culture is a wonderful thing, but to share that new cultural experience with others is truly a magical thing. After all, culture is something that is meant to be shared together, not enjoyed alone. After sharing close quarters with interesting and exciting classmates for an extended period of time, a uniquely strong bond is formed from your shared experience of wonder and awe.

As if I haven’t beaten the figurative dead horse enough already, I urge you to go. Just do it. It will change your life and change your view of the world around you, and you’ll form amazing friendships along the way. Do yourself a favor and make time to grow with your soon-to-be best friends in your shared understanding of the world.

clared, apocalypse, revelation and doomsday. All of these were, more or less, possible.

Slowly, I began to realize the one death I didn’t want was a good death. No, siree. I wanted something so unconventionally bizarre that the dictionaries would need a new word to define it. Millions die each day of a good death. Leave me in the lower percentile, not lumped together in the snuggish boundaries of normality. Not just some standard obituary detailing my accomplishments and who and what I loved. Give me a Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Give me a front page guaranteed to strike up sparks among the community.

“A Missouri State student died today after a lightning bolt sent him flying toward a ceiling fan, which caught and flung him into oncoming traffic where witnesses said he ricocheted from vehicle to vehicle before springing free only to perfectly slide down the open chute of a nearby cement truck and immediately be-

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ingly, we were one of the first institutions signed up to receive its power. Currently, there is a deficit of sustainable energy on our campus. By continuing to invest in making significant strides toward sustainable energy, we are lessening our dependence on non-renewable resources and standing out as a leader in our city, state and country.

Projects like the Solar Stop prove that we, as students, have the power to make a big, positive impact here at Missouri State. The Solar Stop was entirely a student idea created last spring by Joel Hensley, one of my SGA committee members at the time, who was with me while writing an SGA sustainability proposal. It started out as a bold idea, and it’s becoming a reality.

President Clif Smart has said many times that it’s time for us to “think bigger and bolder.” I challenge you, my fellow Bears, to think bigger and bolder. What can you do to make a positive impact?

When you think of something, pursue it.

Even if your idea isn’t about sustainability, you have many resources available here to help you along the way. Don’t leave any what-ifs. You will be surprised how far you can get just by exploring what’s possible. By working together to mold Missouri State into an even greater university, our future will be as bright as the sun.

come submerged, crushed and drowned within the mixing tank.”

Or something to that effect. Better that than a single paragraph. Ode to a nonperson. Whether you like it or not, most of the dead are quickly disremembered, and there’s nothing worse than becoming forgotten. Trust me. I understand these things.

Later on the ninth of March, I was home alone and the dog began barking. I crept downstairs to see about it. Dark house. Bad neighborhood. Once again, my death came to mind.

I crossed the kitchen, groped the countertop for a sharp knife, and as I did, my fingertips brushed over a bagged loaf of bread. Just then, it all made sense. It was the ninth of March, and my loaf of bread was legally expired.

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Missouri State Improv keeps laughing in clubs second semester

By Zachary Fletcher The Standard @ZachSFletcher

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Missouri State Improv has big plans, and it might just pull them off.

Formerly known as Grin And Bear It, MSU’s improv team wrote up new constitution, changed its name and filled out the paperwork to become an official campus organization last April. Co-founder and junior sociopolitical communication major Caleb Doyle said with this leap forward came “a big tide of change.”

Prior to last semester, Grin And Bear It performed about once a month. Now they put on free shows every Monday at 9 p.m. in the Carrington Auditorium. In the process, they’ve seen their audience jump from 15 or 20 people per performance to as many as 60.

“We have an audience that I think feels really close to us,” Doyle said. “We know what they like, and they know how we are, and we’ve just built a really good relationship.”

Their audience isn’t all that’s grown. The team has jumped from six to 14 members in recent months, and there’s still room for more. Rather than holding auditions, MSI hosts what are called “open workshops.”

“Anyone can come,” explained Michael Reiser, a senior theater major and the organization’s president. “he more you come, and the more we see you committing to it, we’ll eventually be like, ‘Hey, do you want to join our performing team?’”

“I would call it invitation-based,” Doyle added, “but the invitation is based on the amount of work you put in.”

New members are incorporated into one of three “house teams” which they will practice in, perform with and become comfortable with. Each team is given 20 minutes of stage time during shows, making for an overall running length of about an hour. However, these are not teams in the usual sense.

“It’s much more collaborative than it is competitive,” Doyle said. “The reason we do teams is because to do a show with 14 people just would not work.”

But MSI is changing more than just its personnel.

Whereas Grin And Bear It was primarily interested in

short-form improv in the vein of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” the new organization is shifting its focus to a longform format. Long-form improv, Doyle said, is “less about (games) and more about telling a story.”

Other show ideas include a “Cosmo show,” with scenes inspired by tips from Cosmopolitan magazine; a “Netflix show,” where members watch two minutes of an audience-selected TV program and then act out the rest; and a “‘Jackass’ show,” where performances are aided by props such as mouse traps, blindfolds and shock collars.

“We want to get as experimental as we can with the form,” Doyle said.

Another goal is community involvement. Last semester MSI hosted “The Smartest Show Yet,” with the help of MSU President Clif Smart. Smart told stories about his life, which were then reimagined by the players. They hope to incorporate other administrators into future performances and to collaborate with local groups such as Moon City Improv and the Drury Difference Improv Troupe.

If all these changes weren’t enough, the team has also been hitting the road. Last semester, MSI members participated in the College Improv Tournament Heartland Regional in Kansas City, earning third place in their section, as well as the Bellwether Improv Festival at Ohio State — the largest collegiate improv festival in the country. This semester they’ve already taken part in Mizzou’s COMOtion Improv Festival, and will be traveling to Manhattan, Kansas, for a festival honoring the “godfather of improv” Del Close.

Ultimately, the goal is to become the “go-to” group for entertainment — both on campus and in Springfield as a whole. Organizations such as Missouri State’s Student Activites Council and Relay for Life have already called upon MSI to perform at their events, and the organization has no intention of slowing down.

“We want to be talked about,” says Doyle. “We want to generate the buzz. We want our shows on Monday night at 9:00 to be the place to be on Monday night.”

Mo State, Mo Fashion

By Sofia Caito The Standard @SofiaCaito I don’t know about you, but when I open my closet, over half of it is maroon apparel. Bear Wear Friday is a weekly holiday for me, and I celebrate it in style.

For others, Bear Wear Friday is just a day when you log onto the Missouri State home page and see a slideshow of students in their Bear Wear across the country. Regardless of where you stand on the Bear Wear Friday participatory scale, there is a history to this Missouri State tradition.

“The goal was to spread brand awareness and school pride, and the secondary goal was to sell branded merchandise,” Art Hains, the current marketing specialist and licensing director for Missouri State, said.

Former director of university relations Paul Kincaid said the university wanted to have some sort of casual Friday.

“A lot of businesses have casual fridays,” Kincaid said. “This was our take off on that. We were trying to find ways to promote school spirit.”

Hains was previously a radio broadcaster for the men’s athletics teams. He recalls August 28, 2009, as being the beginning of the Bear Wear Fridays.

“This was Legacy Day, the annual celebration of the university’s founding and the start of the fall semester,” Hains said.

That day also marked the start of a capital campaign the university was beginning.

“We had a rally in front of Plaster Student Union with the band, cheerleaders and Sugar Bears, then president Michael Nietzel, and vice president for university advancement Brent Dunn.”

Then Springfield mayor Jim O’Neal declared the day MSU Colors Day in Springfield, and the bookstore announced special discounts to promote wearing Bear Wear on Fridays.

“I hope everyone finds maroon and white lint in their dryers,” Earle Doman, a former dean of students, said in a fall 2009 article Emily McTavish/THE STANDARD

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Freshman undeclared major, Megan Young sports her Bear Wear in the Plaster Student Union.

Check out quick and healthy breakfast recipes on page 10

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Calendar Tin man finds his heart in ‘Chappie’

Tuesday, March 17

See it in theaters

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Missouri State’s 110th Birthday Celebration, 11 a.m.-2:10 p.m., Plaster Student Union

Trevor Mitchell

Wednesday, March 18

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SAC Presents: ‘Precious,’ 9-11 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater

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Thursday, March 19

When I bought my ticket for “Chappie,” I expected a South African movie about a robot wearing bling and firing an assault rifle at criminals.

What I didn’t expect was a moving film that touches on themes such as parenthood, consciousness and what it means to be “real.”

Chappie begins his life as Scout 22, one of many of the police robots being used to bring law and order to Johannesburg in the film’s near-future setting. Scout 22 doesn’t have the best luck on assignments, however, and after taking an RPG round to the chest, it’s finally decommissioned and marked for destruction.

Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), the creator of the

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Friday, March 20

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Scouts, is convinced that this particular robot would be the perfect test subject for an artificial intelligence program he’s created — and after being turned down by the company, he steals Scout 22 and a few spare parts and takes matters into his own hands.

On his way, however, he’s kidnapped by Ninja, Yolandi and Amerika, three gangsters who have decided the best way to pull the ultimate heist is to get a police robot for themselves. With no other options, Deon uploads the artificial intelligence program into Scout 22, warning the gangsters that it will take time for it to learn.

Chappie, as he’s soon named by Yolandi, is torn between two worlds — the world of Ninja, who ignores the attachment Yolandi has formed with Chappie and tries to teach him how to “be cool” and shoot handguns, and the world of u See ROBOT page 9

Get buzzed

Bear Brawl, 4-10 p.m., McDonald Arena SAC Comedy Club Presents: Jade Catta-Preta, 7-9 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballromm

Sunday, March 22 Women & Girls Lead MAKERS Film Series - Women in Hollywood, 6-7 p.m., Moxie Cinema, free

SAC Presents: ‘Benchwarmers,’ 9-11 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater

Monday, March 23

MSU student brings back beekeeping club

Missouri State Improv, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington Hall 208

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Women’s Leadership Conference, 2-8 p.m., Plaster Student Union, $99

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Missouri State University has various clubs and organizations for students to find their place. However, there is always room for new clubs to pop up. The newest student organization on campus is the beekeeping club.

When sophomore environmental plant science major Lucas Nitcher first proposed the idea of a student beekeeping organization, he didn’t know the response would be as positive as it was.

Nitcher, who has been involved with beekeeping for two years, wanted a place to share his interests with other students and decided MSU was the perfect place to do just that.

“I wrote a paper, and I did some research,”

Nitcher said. “I found that a school in Rhode Island was already doing this. It made me wonder if there was any interest here, and I was really surprised by the response it got.”

Nitcher and the beekeeping club have joined forces with the Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks to help teach students about beekeeping.

“I was already a member of the Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks,” Nitcher said. “I got Jeffery Maddox (the president) to come to our first meeting. We’ve been working with them a lot since they offer us reduced student memberships.”

Nitcher founded the club alongside Maddie Mattli, a sophomore marketing and advertising major, who serves as vice president for the student organization. The beekeeping club has roughly 12 members and hopes to gain more students in the future. Biology professor Chris Barnhart oversees the club as the faculty advis-

er.

“Most students we have now are students with little to no experience,” Nitcher said.

“That’s why we’ve connected with the Beekeepers Association of the Ozarks. We love people who have no experience with bees; that’s the main goal of the club.”

Nitcher said they have big plans for the beekeeping club, even though they are in the beginning stages of forming the official student organization.

“Our meetings will give students the chance to plan activities and fundraisers like making lipstick,” Nitcher said. “We are planning on getting speakers who have worked with bees. We have a lot of ideas but not a lot of time. We are also working on getting learning hives, where they have pictures instead of actual bees.”

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Tuesday, March 17 Baseball: 3:05 p.m. vs. UALR at home

Wednesday, March 18 Baseball: 3:05 p.m. vs. North Dakota State at home

Softball: 5 p.m. vs. Missouri at home

Friday, March 20

Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Indiana State at home Ice hockey: 7:30 p.m. vs. Utah at Salt Lake City, Utah

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Juniors Tyonna Snow and Hillary Chvatal, sophomore Lexi Hughes and freshman Aubry Buckley walk off of the court after a victory over Evansville in the semifinal round of the MVC Championship. The win put MSU in the championship game, where they lost to Wichita State.

Lady Bears fall to Wichita State in MVC title game; strong finish to season earns at-large bid to WNIT

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn The Lady Bears were one game away from what seemed impossible at the beginning of the season. With one more win, they would receive an automatic bid into the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.

Instead, what they found was heartbreak, courtesy of the Wichita State Shockers. They fell to the reigning conference champs 85-71.

For the Lady Bears, the loss means more than just a potential end to the season. It leaves a feeling of unfinished business as they stepped off the court, fighting back tears.

“This is something we wanted so bad,” redshirt junior guard Kenzie Williams said. “We don’t ever want to feel this feeling again.”

The Lady Bears kept it close in the first half, trailing only by three after the first 20 minutes, but in the second half, the Shockers pulled away behind the play of Michaela Dapprich and Conference Player of the Year Alex Harden.

The pair were responsible for over half of WSU’s points and caused the Lady Bears fits all game long. Harden was especially troublesome on the defensive end, collecting seven steals.

“Alex Harden is not a good basketball player; she is a great basketball player,” head coach Kellie Harper said. “She affects every play. She does not have to score in order to have an impact on the game.”

Even though WSU collected the automatic bid, a postseason bid to a different tournament might not be out of the question for the Lady Bears.

The Women’s National Invitation Tournament has 64 open slots, and the Lady Bears made a strong case over the season for why they should get an invite.

To lone Lady Bear senior guard and forward NiJay Gaines, an invitation would mean her time as a Lady Bear wouldn’t be over, which is just fine with Gaines. “(Postseason play) would mean a lot,” Gaines said. “To have a chance to finish it with them… means everything to me.”

It would also mean a lot to Harper, who knows exactly how Gaines feels. She went through a similar experience her senior year at Tennessee.

“I was devastated,” Harper said. “One of my teammates, I overheard her saying ‘We’re gonna get ‘em next year.’ There’s nothing wrong with that, but to a senior, that’s a dagger to the heart.”

The regular season may be over, but MSU will continue to play on. The Lady Bears received an at-large bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

The Lady Bears finished the regular season with an 18-15 record. However, take away the 0-6 start, and their record would be 18-9, including a 13-5 record in MVC play. “I don’t want to stop the journey we are on,” Harper said. “It’s been a fun ride.”

Games and times for the WNIT were not announced at press time.

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Saturday, March 21

Like deja vu, men’s swimming and diving falls short again

Lacrosse: noon vs. Saint Louis at home

Softball: noon vs. Bradley at home Softball: 2 p.m. vs. Bradley at home Baseball: 2:05 p.m. vs. Indiana State at home Ice hockey: 8:30 p.m. vs. Northeastern at Salt Lake City, Utah

Eastern Michigan pulls ahead in final event; three Bears qualify for 2015 NCAA Championships

Sunday, March 22

Field hockey: 9:45 a.m. vs. Bellarmine at Fenton, Missouri Field hockey: 11:05 a.m. vs. Saint Louis at Fenton, Missouri Field hockey: 11:45 a.m. vs. Lindenwood at Fenton, Missouri Baseball: 1:05 p.m. vs. Indiana State at home Ice hockey: 5:30 p.m. vs. Florida Gulf Coast at Salt Lake City, Utah

Briefs

Women’s golf ties for seventh in Arizona

The Missouri State women’s golf team tied for seventh place at the Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Arizona, March 13-15.

Senior Megan Thompson posted the team’s best performance on the first day of the Invitational, shooting a 3-over-par to pace MSU to a 13th-place finish.

The second day went very differently for the women’s team, as they catapulted 10 spots up the standings to place third. As a team, MSU shot a 6-over-par during the day, which ties for the fourth best round in school history. Freshman Stine Pettersen shot a 3-under-par for the third best individual performance in MSU history.

On the final day, freshman Verena Gimmy shot a 4-over-par to pace her team.

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Kaylie Thomas poses for a photo with the Missouri State Ice Bears at the conclusion of Fan Appreciation Night, a fundraiser for the team.

Small fan will be huge boost for Ice Bears at National Tournament

By Mike Ursery The Standard @MikeUrsery

The Missouri State Ice Bears have built a strong following in recent years, playing home games in front of a raucous and loyal fan base at Mediacom Ice Park. However, one small child has grown to become their biggest fan.

Kaylie Thomas is not your typical 8 year old.

While other kids her age are playing with toys she can instead be found skating on the ice.

Thomas has a dream to one day be an Ice Bear.

Even though she has not yet played a game of hockey, she has already set a goal for herself.

“I want to be the first girl to play in D-I,” she said, referring to Division I, the class Missouri State is moving to next

season.

Thomas became interested in ice hockey four years ago after her mother took her to her first Ice Bears game. After her experience, she decided that ice hockey was what she wanted to do.

Thomas has grown close with the team while she has been attending hockey games. Her mother, Lorie Thomas, is a member of the Ice Bears Booster Club and assists with selling apparel and merchandise during home games.

“I never have to encourage her to come,” Lorie Thomas said.

“She’s always asking when is the next practice,” I’ve had to force her to go to other things like ballet. She just wants to do this.”

The Ice Bears have already earned an automatic bid to go to the ACHA Division II

National Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 20-24. While traveling 1,238 miles might not be an easy venture for most of MSU’s fans, the Ice Bears are guaranteed to have at least one fan in attendance during the tournament.

The team held a Fan Appreciation Night on Feb. 28 as part of a fundraising effort to raise money to get to Utah.

After the open skate, skills challenge and the raffle had finished, head coach Bob Bucher called Kaylie Thomas onto the ice. What happened next came as a surprise.

Bucher announced to Kaylie Thomas and everyone else in attendance that she and Lorie Thomas are going with the team to Salt Lake City.

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By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders42 On March 4, the Missouri State men’s swimming and diving team hit the road en route to Geneva, Ohio, for the MAC Swimming and Diving Championships held at the SPIRE Institute.

Strong throughout the entire four-day tournament, the men fell to Eastern Michigan by 20 points in the last two events, the 3meter dive and 400 IM, in an eerily similar fashion to what happened two years ago.

“This is very similar to two years ago… you can’t have any holes,” said head coach Dave Collins. “We stuck around and watched the trophy presentation and EMU jump in the water. I think that was a motivating factor for our men’s team.”

But, to say the Bears had a disappointing meet is quite misleading. The team dominated the IM’s. Led by junior Uvis Kalnins both times, the Bears went first, second and fourth in the 200 IM, then first, second and third in the 400 IM. Even when mathematically eliminated after the 3-meter diving championships, the Bears brought home the gold in the final event the 400 medley relay.

“(EMU)’s strongest event is diving and ours this meet was IM’s, so they loaded up on divers and we loaded up on IMers,” Collins said. “Going into Saturday, we knew we had to be perfect all the way through. We just weren’t able to do enough in our strong areas to offset theirs.”

Paul Le was named the MAC Senior Swimmer of the Year after taking gold in the 100 and 200 backstroke while also being a part of four different relays, three of which took first.

“When they parade out all 10 of our seniors for the beginning of the final session, that’s the hardest part,” Collins said.

“I recruited them, they changed the program and I have a lot of respect for those guys. I get emotional just thinking about it.”

Le wasn’t the only Bear to take home some accolades.

Freshman Kacper Cwiek, junior Miguel Davila, Kalnins, junior Isaac Springer and Le were named to the All-MAC First Team, while senior Vitalii Baryshok, freshman Ethan Bresette, senior Garrett Nevels, sophomore Brandon Weissman and senior Matt Wilson were named to the All-MAC Second Team. “(Cwiek) did a great job u See SWIM, page 11

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Basketball Bears end sour season on low note MSU loses to Southern Illinois 55-48 in play-in round of Arch Madness; Bears set to reload and regroup during long offseason

Sophomore guard Austin Ruder pulled his weight for MSU, hitting four 3-pointers and making all five free throw attempts to earn him 17. None were bigger than his 3-pointer just before halftime and right as the second half started. However, no miss was as big as when the Bears had ball down by Despite beating Southern Illinois twice in the regular sea- two and his errant 3 barely knicked the rim. son, the Missouri State Bears could not find a way to beat the Salukis in the Missouri Valley ConferenceTtournament, los- Eli’s Extras •What an awful game. I have to say it. Last week I felt ing 55-48.

SIU came out of the gate with more energy, forcing a Bear embarassed watching Bradley and Missouri State play as both turnover on MSU’s first possession. That was the worst thing teams just seemed completely apathetic. Tonight may have that could have happened for the Bears, which went on to been the saddest effort from the Bears.

•Lone senior forward Christian Kirk played so well and have 16 turnovers in the game.

Defensively, the Bears held tough. SIU’s leading scorer for scored six points within the first eight minutes of the game for the season was junior guard Anthony Beane, yet MSU junior MSU. He did finish with a career-high 11 rebounds, which is guard Dorrian Williams only allowed him to score 10 points, a high note to finish a career on.

•Williams was not the man that Springfield needed him to seven coming from the second half.

Beane scored five straight late in the second half to push be. I like him and support his skills, but tonight his mind was the Salukis’ lead to 40-34, a lead that was up to as much as 11 elsewhere and he displayed no energy. He also picked up a before MSU was able to cut the deficit to just two with 3:20 technical foul. Come on, man.

•Freshman guard Chris Kendrix has done great things and remaining off two free throws by Williams.

Yet turnovers, being the problem of the game—and really will do great things, but in this game he was not all in. He has the season—doomed the Bears and the Salukis capitalized on made a number of big shots all season, but against SIU he had every mistake. A 3-pointer from sophomore forward Sean no confidence, passing up a number of wide open looks.

•In my inaugural season of covering college basketball―a O’Brien was the dagger for SIU, going up by seven with just dream of mine―I envisioned it going very differently. I am under a minute to play.

It was noticeable early on that SIU had the energetic disappointed, but still am proud of my experience as an Maddy Cushman/THE STANDARD advantage, but even though it appeared on the court that the NCAA men’s hoops beat writer.

Freshman forward Chris Kendrix has his shot blocked Salukis had the upper hand and that the Bears were like a blind duck in a maze, the game remained close throughout. by an SIU defender during the MVC play-in round.

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Spring break swings softball into full gear

By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders42

While most of us were taking long naps and getting sand in our toes, the softball Bears were hard at work during spring break. They traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, for the Courtyard Marriott Tournament and hosted three games at home.

They finished that stretch going 3-4, and the highlight was a doubleheader sweep of UMKC at home. The Bears improved to 11-11 on the season.

The Missouri State softball team stepped off the bus in Norman on March 7 for a two-day tournament — each day included a doubleheader against the Oklahoma Sooners and the Samford Bulldogs. The Bears lost the first game of the weekend to Samford by way of a walk-off sacrifice fly after being knotted at 1 virtually the entire game.

In the second game, the Bears were put to the test versus the No. 5/6 Oklahoma Sooners. MSU stayed chippy throughout, but the powerhouse Sooners collected runs in chunks and tossed a perfect game against the Bears. Missouri State lost 10-0 in the third-ever perfect game tossed against them — it was the first since 1992.

The second day of the Courtyard Marriott Tournament proved to be better for Missouri State as they sent 10 batters to the plate in a five-run first inning led by sophomore shortstop Elena Gambill’s three-run home run. Strong pitching by the Bears secured the victory as they held on for an 8-6 win.

In the next game against OU, senior outfielder Rebecca McPherson had a single in the first inning in hopes that the Sooners didn’t toss another perfect game, but that was the only high note as the Bears lost the last game of the tournament 11-0.

Because the Rally for Allie Leukemia Awareness Tournament was canceled in February due to weather, MSU hosted its first home game of the season against UMKC in a doubleheader at Killian Stadium on March 11.

The Bears started things off right at home as redshirt freshman utility Madison Jones doubled to right in the fourth inning of Game 1 to drive in two runs and put them up 5-3.

MSU held on for a 6-4 victory.

The second game, though, was one for the record books.

UMKC didn’t know what hit in the first inning of Game 2, as the Bears sent 11 batters to the plate in a five-run effort.

The Kangaroos jumped to a 13-7 lead, but by the bottom of the fifth, the Bears were prepped for some comeback softball.

Freshman third baseman Chelsea Thomas and McPherson had back-to-back jacks in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull the Bears closer. The home run was the seventh of the season for Thomas, a league-best.

Down by five runs in the seventh inning, the Bears collected two runs to bring the game to 14-12 before McPherson sent everybody packing with a walk-off three-run home run.

McPherson’s walk-off was the 19th hit of the day for the Bears, a Killian Stadium record.

The next day, Missouri State took on Arkansas at Killian Stadium but this time with little success. Even with Thomas

Kaylie Thomas’ presence at the national tournament is sure to be a positive for the team, according to senior forward Miguel Franco.

Continued from page 6 “It’s a big boost for us,” Franco said. “It helps us out a lot and we play a little more exciting,” Kaylie Thomas said while laugh- confident when we have our fans cheering us ing. “I’m really excited and I think that they on.” will win.”

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blasting her eighth home run of the year, the Bears were unable to overcome a four-run third inning deficit induced by the Razorbacks, and Arkansas won 11-5.

MSU opened MVC play with a three-game series at home against Drake. The softball Bears fell behind early and weren’t able to answer back offensively. Jones gave up five runs, two earned, on six hits, and Drake cruised to a 9-0 victory.

Game 2 was a lot like Game 1 in terms of offense. Game 2 was the first game of a doubleheader played on March 16.

MSU’s only scoring chance came in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jones belted a two-out basehit to extend the inning.

McPherson also singled, and Thomas walked to load the bases. However, redshirt sophomore first baseman Mary Stephens flew out to centerfield to strand the runners. MSU dropped Game 2 1-0.

In Game 3, the Bears were the first to get on the board when redshirt freshman uitility player Madison Jones scored on a wild pitch. Jones was moved into scoring position when Gambill singled and moved her from first to third.

Senior pitcher Chelsea Jones held Drake’s bats at bay. She pitched a complete game, striking out five while allowing just two hits.

McPherson added an insurance run with a solo home run, and MSU won Game 3 2-0.

Next up for the softball Bears is an in-state battle against Mizzou at Killian Stadium on March 18 before hitting the road for a long, seven-game road schedule.

The national tournament begins on March 20. MSU will face Utah as its first opponent in pool play. The second game for the Ice Bears is Northeastern in a game on March 21.

Their final game in pool play is on March 22, with a game against Florida Gulf Coast. If MSU can make it out of pool play, they will move into the semifinals on March 23. The

national championship game is March 24.

MSU failed to make it out of pool play last season in its first ever trip to the ACHA D-II National Tournament.

Perhaps having their No. 1 fan in attendance might be the factor they need to push them over the top in this year’s tournament.

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social media platforms, we try to reinforce Bear Wear Fridays throughout the year, not only on campus, but wherever Bears are in the world,” Hains said.

Kincaid said Bear Wear Friday was pretty popular the first year that the university did it. He says that the bookstore cranked out T-shirts with the words “Bear Wear Friday” on them. As far as student participation since then, Kincaid said, “It grows and plateaus. It’s grown over time, but it hasn’t been a steady growth.”

He added that the bookstore has done a nice job at keeping fresh items.

“They could have let it get stale,

in Missouri State Magazine.

Since then, the spirit squads have gone out on Fridays during weekends with home football games, handing out gift cards for the bookstore to people wearing Bear Wear.

The Collegiate Licensing Company organizes Collegiate Colors Day on the Friday before football season each year, and Missouri State participates as an annual reminder of Bear Wear Fridays.

“Through various traditional and Nitcher believes beekeeping is an underrated hobby that can also be a learning experience for stuContinued from page 5 dents.

“I think students as a Nitcher said he wanted whole have an opportunity,” to create a place nearby for students to get involved Nitcher said. “That connection of ‘this is what I eat with beekeeping.

“There wasn’t really a and how bees helped proplace for beekeeping. I duce it’ gets lost. My goal is wanted to share my passion to give students that opporwith others and thought it’d tunity to learn about the be valuable for any student connection of why bees are to have the experience,” in danger and effects on bees.”

Nitcher said.

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was the addition of a parking garage, called Bear Park East by Sampson, behind Woods House and Monroe Apartments. The parking garage would be able to hold 15,000 cars as well as retail and office spaces. This dual-purpose garage would also be a public transit hotspot, as the universi-

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but they haven’t done that,” he said.

By instilling the idea of Bear Wear Fridays and making students aware of the tradition during SOAR, the tradition can continue to live on.

“It’s routine for new students coming to campus,” Kincaid said. “Student organizations have jumped on it. (Fraternity and Sorority Life) has jumped on it. Athletes have jumped on it. I think faculty and staff enjoy it too.”

To submit your Bear Wear photos to be featured on Missouri State’s website, visit http://apps.missouristate.edu/gomaroon/.

Nitcher believes the student organization is a great way for students to connect with nature and even others who share the same interests as them.

“The people involved are so awesome,” Nitcher said.

“The leadership (board) is so passionate, and it’s awesome to share my passion with others. Without the beekeeping club, I would have never met these people. Working together, we have something that’s really

ty hopes to partner with City Utilities, the Ozarks Transportation Organization, the City of Springfield and Ozarks Technical Community College to bring, expand and promote the public transit in Springfield.

After the presentation, junior art major Heather Mullins said she thought the committee could have done more.

“I’m personally upset that they didn’t plan to do anything for the art students after shipping all of us off

awesome. I’ve made friends that will last a lifetime.”

There is no doubt that Nitcher is a dedicated beekeeper, but he believes he is not alone.

“Beekeepers are some of the most passionate people you’ll ever meet,” he said.

“I want people to be more aware of their surroundings and to have that experience that students take with them in to whatever major they are in.”

campus,” Mullins said. “Brick City needs better heating and other improvements. The only improvement I’m super excited about is the new parking garage, which this school needs as soon as possible.”

More information about these projects, as well as updates on projects that are already underway, can be found at any time on the Office of Planning, Design and Construction Committee’s website, design.missouristate.edu.

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Deon, who teaches Chappie about books and art while trying to impress a moral code upon him.

It sounds complicated — I haven’t even mentioned several subplots, such as Hugh Jackman as an engineer angry at his over-weaponized robot being passed over in favor of the Scouts — and it is. But director Neill Blomkamp, as he did with “District 9,” manages to keep the various plot threads humming along until they all converge convincingly.

Did I mention it’s also utterly fantastic? Chappie, voiced and motion captured with a sense of childlike wonder by Sharlto Copley, is an absolute joy to watch, and there are no weak links among the human

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and the Design and Construction department have all contributed to the project.

“The end product will ultimately be a student design project promoting the public affairs mission while

cast either. When the gangsters, Deon and Chappie are together in Chappie’s “infancy,” it’s like watching four completely different people try to parent a child at once, and the results can swing from hilarious to heartbreaking at a moment’s notice.

If you’re thinking it sounds a bit different from what the marketing might have led you to believe, you’re right — it was nothing like I expected, and thank goodness. We’ve got “Robocop” for over-the-top police violence dealt out by robots. It’s a breath of fresh air to see Chappie struggling to figure out what he believes is right — just like the rest of us are.

providing a more aesthetically pleasing update to the Grand Underpass,” Williams said.

The panels will close on April 12 and will be judged on April 13 by the Art Department. Winners will be announced during the Public Affairs Conference.

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Prepare healthy, delicous breakfasts to help you stay on track Peyson Shields Breakfast Lover

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Breakfast is why I go to bed, why I wake up and why I live.

Okay, maybe I’m being dramatic, but think about it — breakfast is the everyday opportunity to start your day with a little protein, a little energy and a little love.

However, being a busy college student or person in general, breakfast is normally whatever is easy and fast. But take a few minutes away from Netflix, channel your inner Jimmy Dean and prep breakfast so you can start your day with satisfaction.

Egg Muffies I am all about anything small, cute and delicious. And guess what? These egg muffies are perfect with a capital P-E-R-F-EC-T. Plus, you can bake a big batch, freeze them and then reheat them in that space machine sitting on your kitchen counter — a.k.a. your microwave. This breakfast has you snacking on 50 calories, 2 grams of fat, 5 grams of protein and tons of nutrients per muffie.

What you’ll need: 3 eggs ½ cup liquid egg whites ½ cup milk of your choice (I use almond) ½ cup cheese of choice (I use ¼ cup parmesan and ¼ cup mozzarella) 1 cup chopped veggies of your choice (I use bell peppers) 2 fat handfuls of spinach 1 pinch of pepper What you’ll do: 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spritz a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray. Set it aside.

2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites and almond milk. Whisk until everything is incorporated.

3. Toss in the remaining ingredients. For more flavor, add some fresh herbs and mix together. (This will look super veggieheavy and not enough like eggs, but trust me, it’s going to meld together and be the bomb.com.)

4. Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, scoop up the egg mixture and pour ¼ cup into each muffin tin.

5. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden and the eggs are firm.

French Kiss… I mean toast. French toast.

Who needs another set of lips when you can make out with your breakfast? Sometimes, though, indulging on a sugary/carby breakfast can make you feel groggy and bloated — which is no way to start your day. Instead of giving up happiness and choking down oat bran, enjoy a light version of a classic. Talk in an accent and smile a lot because this breakfast jumpstarts your day with 300 calories, 6 grams of fat and 14

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A lightened up version of French toast is a great way to indulge without the guilt or extra calories.

grams of protein.

What you’ll need (for one serving): 2 slices sprouted grain bread or favorite bread 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk of your choice (I use almond) 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ cup fruit of your choice 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon agave nectar or syrup of your choice What you’ll do: 1. Preheat a medium-sized pan over medium-high heat and spritz with cooking spray.

2. In a shallow dish or bowl, whisk together the egg, milk and cinnamon and dunk each slice of bread individually into the egg mixture.

3. Once the bread has soaked up the egg mixture, place the slice in the pan and cook it until it is golden brown (it will take about a minute or so) and flip. Continue to cook the slice until the other side is golden as well.

4. Repeat the previous step for the other slice of bread.

5. Place cooked French toast on a plate and top with agave, fruit and Greek yogurt.

Granola bars for dummies These super easy and delish bars are the homemade version of energy bars you would normally buy at the grocery store. The perks to making these bad boys yourself, however, is you save

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money, avoid preservatives and get to brag a little. Pair these with a hard-boiled egg or a green smoothie, and you’ve got yourself a breakfast fit for a hipster. This will give you the perfect little snack of 150 calories, 5 grams of fat and 3 grams of protein.

What you’ll need: 3 cups rolled oats 1 cup pitted dates ¼ cup almond butter or peanut butter ¼ cup honey ½ cup mix-ins of your choice (I use ¼ cup unsweetened coconut and ¼ cup chocolate chips) What you’ll do: Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.

1. In a food processor or blender, puree the dates until they are finely chopped — they will become tacky and form a ball.

2. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan or in the microwave, melt the almond butter and honey together.

3. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the oats and dates with your hands until both ingredients are equally incorporated.

4. Add the almond butter/honey mixture into the bowl, as well as the mix-ins. Mix it all together with a wooden spoon and pour into the prepared baking pan.

5. Using your fingers, press the mixture into the pan and place it in the refrigerator to help the granola firm up.

6. Cut into 14 bars and keep in an airtight container.

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Progress on pace for new health building

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Vaccination requirements for Springfield, MSU

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard

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Construction workers make progress on the new O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center, set to be completed this fall.

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard

Students may notice a new building in the making on Cherry Street, which will be an asset to many departments in the health sciences field.

Construction on the O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center began in July 2014 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2015. The budget for this project, which is funded by the Education Facilities Bond Issue and a private donation, is $19.5 million and will be paid by the Occupational Therapy Building budget.

The purpose of the O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center is to provide a facility for the new entry-level Master of Occupational Therapy program, as well as providing a number of other features.

Along with occupational therapy, the facility will also benefit the physician assistant studies, it will provide a multidisciplinary health clinic for the nursing and nurse anesthetists programs and it will include skills laboratories, offices and classrooms. It will also provide human-patient simulation labs for the nursing and nurse anesthetists programs.

Cathy Jordan, the project manager, believes the O’Reilly Clinical Health

Sciences Center will be a valuable asset for the College of Health and Human Services.

“The facility will enhance the programs that are offered in addition to creating a health sciences campus, which will encourage multidisciplinary interaction,” Jordan said. “This will be a stateof-the-art campus which will enrich the campus experience, boost enrollment and help MSU to stay competitive.”

This facility will provide state-of-theart facilities for the master’s level graduate occupational therapy program. Ashlea Cardin, a pediatric occupational therapist and assistant professor for the occupational therapy program, and the rest of the faculty are thrilled to have the O’Reilly Clinical Health Science Center.

One of the features of the facility is an area designed to simulate real-life environments and therapy contexts. There will be a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, laundry area, grocery store, restaurant, outdoor courtyard, pediatric play-space and garage area.

“Using simulated home and community environments for academic instruction has been shown to enhance occupational therapy student decision-making, competency, safety and interdisciplinary skills, to promote critical reflection and team

building, to develop professional skills and attitudes and to promote successful transition from the classroom to community practice,” Cardin said.

The O’Reilly Clincal Health Sciences Center will also provide the nursing program with additional classrooms, an advanced practice skills lab, a BSN skills lab, a nursing simulation lab with separate medical and surgical ICU, pediatric rooms, OB primary care rooms and a multidisciplinary clinic to serve patients from the community.

Kami Gollhofer, a nursing academic advisor, believes this facility will also be beneficial as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, which accredits the nursing program, decides the amount of seats that are offered to students. One of the criteria they use is the amount of classroom and lab space the program can provide for the students.

“We do believe the new building will have an impact in future years, although we are unsure at this time of what that impact will be,” Gollhofer said.

The O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center will be beneficial for a multitude of programs on campus with hands-on opportunities for students, which will better the college of Health and Human Services.

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?

This question has been on the mind of educators, parents and students in Springfield recently as more choose not to vaccinate.

Diseases that are preventable with a vaccination, such as polio or diphtheria, have become much more rare in the United States since immunization has become more prevalent. According to the Center of Disease Control, if we continue to vaccinate, diseases will eventually be eliminated.

For the Springfield school district, students must get a majority of the necessary vaccinations before going to kindergarten. The required vaccinations are TDAP (protection from diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis), polio, measles, mumps, rubella, Hepatitis B and varicella.

These vaccinations are required unless the student has a medical or religious exemption. A medical exemption must be approved by the student’s doctor. The immunization must be dangerous to the child’s health, or there must be laboratory proof that the child already has immunity to that specific disease. For religious exemption, the student must have consent from the parent or guardian saying immunizations violate religious beliefs.

At MSU, the only vaccination requirement is that students who live in the dorms must get a meningitis vaccination. The requirement is new this year. In previous years, students had to sign a waiver if they chose not to have the vaccination.

“Meningitis can be a very serious disease and very deadly,” Cindy Cline, a registered nurse at the Taylor Health and Wellness Center, said. “It is more common in young adults, and people who live in close quarters may be more susceptible.”

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only being here for only a few months,” Collins said. “We knew Brandon Weissman would have a good meet, but he surprised me this week. He is a guy who didn’t make the starting squad last year as a freshman but had a great attitude, worked his butt off all year and finished top-eight in all his events.”

Le and Kalnins will take their talents to Iowa City, Iowa, on March 26-28 for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. They both qualified for the 200 IM and Le also qualified in the 200 backstroke.

Nevels is already set to head to Iowa City for his fourth straight NCAA Zone D Diving Championships beginning March 9. Three NCAA qualifying swimmers and divers is the most in school history.

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