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After March 31 open enrollment period, enrolling in a plan should be ‘limited to life-changing events’ By Rose Marthis The Standard @Brose_Marthis
The first few months of 2014 have brought many changes, including an issue that affects everyone in the country — health insurance. With the new Affordable Care Act by President Obama, there is an initiative to get young adults insured for health expenses. The Affordable Care Act was enacted in October 2013 to make advances in better quality healthcare at less expensive prices so more Americans could be insured. According to healthcare.gov, 40 percent of the residents in Missouri who were uninsured in October 2013 were 19-34 years old. “My personal thought is that the push to get young adults insured is so strong because young
people have less claims and less medical expenses,” said Georgia Cable, the manager of eligibility services with Mercy Hospital. Young adults are allowed to stay on their parents’ medical insurance plans until the age of 26. If a person doesn’t have this opportunity and is uninsured, the open enrollment period for anyone to apply lasts until March 31. After March 31, enrolling in a plan should be limited to life-changing events, such as turning 26, Cable said. When the time comes for young adults to get their own health plan, they can do so through the Missouri insurance marketplace, a website that groups all of the available plans and lets consumers compare prices and coverage, much like the travel websites for hotels and flight tickets. This is what senior early childhood education major Anastasia Samocha will have to do when she turns 26 in four years. She is currently on her parents’ plan and is grateful for having that help for expenses. Samocha knows that she will need to get her own coverage either through her job after graduation or some other method and realizes how important it is in our society. “While I don’t currently pay for my own insurance, I do hold it at a high priority for the future. I have a pre-existing condition that, without
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How can you enroll in an insurance plan? • Be on your parents’ health insurance — you’re already enrolled. • Go to healthcare.gov to see what plans you can apply for. • If you don’t apply now, you can’t get private insurance until the next open enrollment period.
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Former Missouri State student pleads guilty to seconddegree murder By Nicolette Martin The Standard @nicoletteemma
Former Missouri State student Austin Pelley pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder on March 10 in the death of 2-yearold Benjamin Garrison. The guilty plea came as Pelley’s criminal setting was scheduled to begin. Following a request for a continuance, Pelley withdrew his prior plea of not guilty. Pelley’s case begain in September 2012 when Garrison died shortly after being left in Pelley’s care. Benjamin Garrison was the song of Pelley’s then girlfriend Chelsea Garrison, whom Pelley had been dating for two to three months at the time of Benjamin Garrison’s death. According to the probable cause statement filed in September 2012, Pelley’s neighbors said they heard two loud thuds in Pelley’s apartment similar to “a sack of potatoes being thrown onto the ground,” but thought Benjamin Garrison had possibly thrown something on the floor. Chelsea returned to the apartment an hour after leaving Benjamin, after she “got a weird feeling” about her son and decided to go check on him, according to the statement. When she arrived, Benjamin was unconscious and died later at Mercy Hospital from head injuries. Pelley was initially charged with seconddegree murder and abuse of a child. According to court documents, Pelley was sentenced to 11 years in prison without probation.
Diversity at MSU: a lofty, worthy goal By Briana Simmons The Standard @SimmonsReports
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Imagine walking in a classroom, helping yourself to a seat front row center, and awaiting the class to look to you to provide your perspective on the day’s topic simply because you fit a certain description. Not every encounter is this way, but Chelsea James, a freshman business major, said as the only black student in many of her classes, her white counterparts would sometimes look at her as if she was in the wrong place. With plans to transfer in the fall, James is dissatisfied with the lack of motivation for some students at MSU to become more diverse. James challenged black organizations to host events with other cultures in mind and actively participate in campus activities with predominantly white organizations and vice versa. “Diversity is not something that can happen overnight; however, I do believe that if
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there is effort on all ends, then this campus can be more diverse and accepting of other races and cultures,” James said. But it is not a black or white issue. Students like Yanan Zhang, a sophomore foreign exchange student from China, also wish to experience more diversity at MSU. “Sometimes I’m so nervous. It’s kind of a little burden for me, but maybe diversity will help me relax in class,” Zhang said. Feeling like an outsider and as if he didn’t have a place at MSU, Derell DeRamus, sophomore nursing major, decided to get involved and make the best of it. “It surprised me, almost, that there were so few minority students on campus. I also noticed that the few minority students on campus segregated themselves from the general population,” DeRamus said. Three years ago, Ashley Wallace, senior criminology major, transferred to Missouri State from a historically black college in St. Louis. Wallace said there is a greater sense of unity amongst the diverse population because u See DIVERSITY, page 10
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Spring concert announced
Missouri State University’s Student Activities Council announced that this year’s spring concert will be headlined by Childish Gambino and Tyga. The concert will be on April 24 at the JQH arena, and student tickets will go on sale Friday, March 21, at 10 a.m., only at the box office. Childish Gambino was not one of the choices included on either of the ballots that SAC put out for student votes. The most recent ballot sent out by SAC had artists such as Katy Perry, Passion Pit and Usher. An email to Emily Heffner, SAC concerts chairwoman, had not been returned by press time Monday.
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Colin Powell to speak at MSU
As a part of Missouri State University’s spring Public Affairs Convocation, retired Gen. Colin Powell will take the JQH Arena stage March 20 as the keynote speaker. Powell has held senior military and diplomatic positions for four presidential administrations and was appointed the 65th Secretary of State under the administration of former President George W. Bush. The lecture is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required to attend. Tickets can be picked up at Hammons Hall, JQH Arena or Plaster Student Union ticket office. Tickets can also be ordered through the ticket office by calling 417-836-5073, but a $5 shipping and handling fee will apply. Contact the Missouri State University Foundation at 417-836-4143 for more information.
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The crew of the MJF Department’s “A Little Help” films a scene for the upcoming Web series. with complicated relationships with friends, family and the By Sadie Welhoff girl he has a crush on. The Standard Kevin Shabel, a graduate screenwriting for TV and film The Media, Journalism and Film Department is trying its major, and Nick Peltz, a senior mass media and digital film hand at comedy with a new short web series, just one year production major, are both writing and directing the series. after their Emmy award winning series, “Epilogue.” Chris Hubert, a senior mass media and digital film pro“A Little Help” tells the story of Ringo, a comedian with duction major, is the assistant editor for the web series. big dreams of making it in stand-up comedy in New York His responsibilities include collecting footage from the City. He tries to make his way in the world while dealing filming set everyday, logging the footage in the computer for the final editing and finding a music composer for the series. The web series is created in MED 583, or Advanced Television Production. Deborah Larson teaches the class, which is offered every few semesters. “Epilogue” was the last production created for the class, and it came out in the summer of 2012. Unlike the comedic “A Little Help,” “Epilogue” was a science fiction tale about time traveling to find a cure for a disease set to end the human race. Once the episodes for “Epilogue” came out, students and faculty started working and brainstorming on script ideas for “A Little Help” in the fall of 2012. u See FRIENDS, page 12
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Is a resume enough when applying for a job? By Spencer Martin Guest Columnist
I think it might be time to face a harsh reality: submitting only a resume when applying for a job or internship might not be enough to go the distance. In the past few weeks, I’ve been applying, as I’m sure many of you are, for internships, summer jobs and other career-building opportunities. And as I’m sure you’ve all discovered, it is pretty stinking time-consuming and stressful. Many of these companies aren’t just looking for another resume either. Cover letters, transcripts, optional links to social media pages, the list goes on and on, and some companies even have a specific section for documents that fall under a ‘potpourri’ category. For me, the concept of a cover letter was something I had never had to deal with before. While a resume is all fine and dandy, a cover letter is exactly the bolster that a resume needs to ensure an impactful application for that internship of a lifetime. Forbes staff writer Susan Adams wrote an article specifically about this subject. In her online article titled “How to Write a Cover Letter,” one of the key points Adams writes is to “lay out several specific accomplishments that are relevant to the prospective job.” In the process of writing your own cover letter, I would suggest that you consider a few things. First, the cover letter is an important document, but it should be a short one. This sort of letter should not be a mere echo of your resume.
After all, if you merely echo your resume, have you really told your given company of interest anything new? The answer is most likely no. Along with avoiding the ‘echo,’ one of the important cover letter ideas to stick to is explaining everything about yourself that is not expressly described in your resume. While the resume is a very broad listing of all your involvement in anything ever, the cover letter is a significantly more focused item. Within the recommended page limit of one page, you have the opportunity to explain to your company or prospective employer the reasons not listed on your resume as to why you should be hired for the given job or internship. This is your chance to show the employer your real value as a possible employee. Finally, the cover letter indicates how the prospective company can get in touch with you as the applicant, or how you intend to contact the employer in the near future. Either way, leaving your phone number and most professional email address surely will not hurt. For further questions on how to build the absolute perfect cover letter, there are millions of answers at your fingertips via any old internet search engine. That being said, if you have a desire for personal feedback on your cover letter, the Missouri State University Career Center is open and more than willing to help. The Career Center is available for walk-ins noon to 5 p.m. in Carrington Hall 309 or Glass Hall 103.
We’re in the home stretch
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Fellow Bears, We hope you had a really great spring break and are ready for the last half of the semester! We want you to make it a great semester, and there’s a lot going on in these last eight weeks you can take advantage of to make the most of the last half of spring semester — and for some, your last semester at Missouri State. If you haven’t yet this season, get to a Bears basketball game. They are playing in a postseason tournament on Wednesday at home against Murray State. If you’re looking to fulfill one of Missouri State’s main missions in public affairs, get to the Public Affairs Conference April 8-11 in the PSU. As a kickoff, Gen. Colin Powell will be speaking on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. in JQH Arena. With the warm weather coming, get out and explore campus or downtown Springfield before the opportunity is gone for the semester. Let’s all buckle down and get through these final months of spring 2014!
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Calendar Tuesday, March 18
Short and Snappy: Writing for the digital world, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Plaster Student Union 313, free Pearl White “The Peerless Fearless Girl” from Missouri: The perils and parallels of America’s silent action film star, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Meyer Library 101, free
Food truckin’
Celebration of 15 years of Missouri State University in Lebanon, 4:30-6 p.m., OTC Education Center, 22360 Highway MM, free Guest artist John Adler, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ellis Recital Hall, free
Wednesday, March 19 One Million Cups Springfield, 910 a.m., Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and Business Development 1000, free
SAC Films presents: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” 911:59 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater, free
Thursday, March 20
Social media: Secrets and strategies, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and Business Development 1000, $119 per person Humans vs. Zombies sign-up meeting, 7-8 p.m., Plaster Student Union 308 A and B, free Dinosaur Train live, 7-9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for Performing Arts, $17 Brass ensembles concert, 7:308:30 p.m., Ellis Recital Hall, free SAC presents: A-BEAR-ICAN Idol, 9-11:59 p.m., Plaster Student Union West Ballroom, free
Friday, March 21
“From Aladdin to ParaNorman” with Kent Melton, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 101/110, free SAC Comedy presents: Carlie and Doni, 7-9 p.m., Plaster Student Union Club, free Newport Jazz Festival, 7:30-10 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, $25 and $15
Saturday, March 22 “From Aladdin to ParaNorman” with Kent Melton, noon-5 p.m., Brick City 101/110, free Missouri State University film series, “Claudine,” 7-9:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union 200, free
Sunday, March 23
Greek Week: Kick-off and block party, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Betty and Bobby Allison Recreation Fields, free Missouri State University concert chorale, 4-5:30 p.m., St. George Catholic Church, free SAC Films presents: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” 911:59 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater, free
Monday, March 24
Greek Week: Trivia night, 7-9 p.m., Catholic Campus Ministries, free SAC presents: open mic night, 79 p.m., Plaster Student Union South Lounge, free Jazz symposium I and II concert, 7:30-9 p.m., Ellis Recital Hall, free Aquila Theatre: “Fahrenheit 451,” 7:30-10 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, $23
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Operating year round, London Calling Pastry Company gives you the chance to get a different cultural taste.
Springfield Mobile Food Park hosts an array of food options By Callie Rainey The Standard
Thinking about grabbing a bite to eat but can’t compromise on the style? The Springfield Mobile Food Park is home to a variety of mobile food vendors. There’s nothing better than satisfying the taste buds of the entire group while supporting local businesses. Ken Walker, owner of the Springfield Mobile Food Park, decided to create a onestop location for food and fun for the entire community. As the weather gets warmer, out comes not only the sun, but also the activities. The food park hosts live bands and even outdoor movies. The mobile food park is located on North Glenstone,
just north of Chestnut Expressway. It had its grand opening last year in October. Currently, it’s home to seven mobile food trucks. Chef Baldee’s Pizza Truck offers New-York-style pizza by the slice or the whole pie. Owner Chuck Baldee got the idea for his sauce recipe from his mother’s spaghetti and meatballs. His mother originally got the recipe out of a Kansas City Star article. Not only is the pizza spicy and sweet, but it’s also healthy. Chuck is proud to say, “I make everything from scratch right on the truck.” The Wheelhouse offers a variety of different foods that are based off of Mexican and Thai cuisine with a twist. The
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The Wheelhouse has a Mexican-Thai twist.
Wheelhouse offers quality ingredients and doesn’t make anything from pre-made mixes. This food truck offers dishes for all, including vegan, vegetarian and gluten free. Bob Craver, owner and cook of Smokin’ Bob’s BBQ, was looking for a career change. He heard that food trucks were the new up-andcoming thing and decided there was no better way to spend his days than doing something he loves: smoking
Ram Rodeo event rides into Springfield
Tabula Rasa Theater performing in April
April 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. the Tabula Rasa Theatre Production Co. will perform, “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” at Millie’s Cafe Banquet Hall, 313 S. Jefferson Ave. The performance imagines the characters from the Peanuts comic strip as teenagers. Tabula Rasa is entirely produced by college students, who are members of the Springfield Regional Arts Council. For more information, contact Ethan Ritschel at 417-434-5670 or eritschel@gmail.com
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Kanye West’s 2010 album not soon forgotten
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Sponsoring the Ozark Empire Pro Rodeo, the Ram Rodeo series is hitting the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds March 21-22. The event begins each night at 8 p.m., and fans can enter to win a Ram Truck by visiting the Ram Trucks display put on by Corwin Dodge of Springfield. They can also enter the Ram Rodeo sweepstakes for a chance to win $45,000 toward any eligible Chrysler vehicle.
meats. When asked what Bob’s favorites are, he said, “My smoked brisket and pulled pork are my favorites.” London Calling Pastry Company is stationary and operates year round. Customers can sit on a real English double-decker bus to enjoy its pastries. This food truck offers handmade and freshly-baked pastries. Fridays around the food
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On your 21st birthday, your night might be lit up by rows and rows of colorful shots.
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Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots and more shots — say hello to 21. The days of asking your older brother for booze, pre-gaming the bars and sneaking alcohol in a Gatorade bottle are over. Those minor days were crazy and fun, but now it’s time for a sophisticated drink at the bar with your
friends, rather than taking pulls of Burnett’s in Boogie’s bathroom. You are 21! You can’t just be 21, though. You have to celebrate! And by celebrate, I don’t mean pizza and ice cream cake at Chuck E. Cheese with all of your kindergarten buddies. I mean take shots … then eat pizza and ice cream. Taking 21 shots on your 21st birthday is a trend that has been swooping up fresh of-agers. The goal is to take 21 shots without throwing up — like a champ,
basically. This has mainly been a big trend with women turning 21. They have what is called a “shot day,” which consists of lunch, dinner and 21 shots picked for them by their friends. Taking 21 shots in one day, though? That seems like a tough time on your liver, if you ask me. Taking 21 shots over a day’s time is obviously going to affect your body differently than 21 u See SHOTS, page 12
Can it even be contested? Kanye West is one of the most highly and negatively publicized personalities in the media. But for the last 10 years as a producer/rapper, the rap god and self-proclaimed Socrates protégé has consistently delivered unbelievable and revolutionary material. He began with the signature sped-up samples, beats and social commentary of 2004’s “College Dropout,” and continued with the lush orchestration and heart-on-sleeve revelations of 2005’s “Late Registration.” He evolved into stadium jams and celebrity disillusionment in 2007’s “Graduation.” West’s production and innovation consistently sets the standard for hip-hop. In 2010, West solidified his irrefutable creative genius in his groundbreaking, genre-defying magnum opus. Gather ‘round, children — zip it; listen — as we unravel the most legendary, incendiary and horrifying masterpiece in hip-hop history, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” Cruising Chicago’s breathtaking Lake Shore Drive, we find a young, starry-eyed West pondering one of life’s most essential questions: “Can we get much higher?” Such a question simultau See WEST, page 12
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“Pompeii” was predictable. Granted, Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the ancient Italian city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., so we all know how it ends. To me, the creators of “Pompeii” are just trying to assemble all these popular movie trends and pump out a halfbaked winter action movie. I was a little excited to see Kit Harington as the principal character, Milo. Harington has gained some popularity from his role as Jon Snow, one of my favorite characters in the HBO series “Game of Thrones.” That being said, I was disappointed to see that Milo is essentially a watered-down version of Snow. Co-stars Emily Browning and Kiefer Sutherland were equally unremarkable. Browning plays a rebellious damsel pursued by an older man (Sutherland) who proves to be an almost vaudeville, mustache-twirling villain with no real
Credit Score: Why you should know it, and how to boost it to its best
By Nicolette Martin The Standard @nicoletteemma
We’ve all been there: standing at the cash register at Target being asked, “Would you like to apply for a Target Red Card? You can save 5 percent if you do today.” While the $1 off your purchase of $20 or the mountain of envelopes at your door claiming you’ve been preapproved may be tempting, it can be difficult for students to responsibly build a credit score for the future.
What is a credit score?
A credit score is a number that reflects the information in your credit report, summarizing your credit history and helps lenders predict how likely it is that you will repay a loan and make payments when they’re due, according to a Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System consumer guide on credit reports and credit scores. According to the guide, many things influence your credit score, including the number and type of accounts you have (credit cards, auto loans, mortgages, etc.), whether you pay your bills on time, how much of your available credit you are using, whether you have any collection actions against you and the amount of your outstanding debt and the age
substance. Roman Senator Corvus (Sutherland) led a massacre of a celtic tribe and slaughtered young Milo’s mother before his eyes. Milo is taken as a spoil of conquest and becomes a gladiator in Pompeii. Corrupt Roman politics bring Corvus back to Pompeii. It’s easy to see that Pompeii is trying to be a hybrid between “Titanic” and “Gladiator,” but the script and direction of the film aren’t even on the same playing field. The apocalypse setting has been shoved in our faces for over a decade now, and this film is just a face in the crowd. It takes some very serious themes — total chaos, bondage and revenge — and presents them in a way that is so cookie-cutter and predictable that it’s almost funny. Almost. All-in-all, “Pompeii” was just mediocre: not good enough to really enjoy, but not bad enough to laugh along with. SEE IT IN THEATERS WAIT FOR IT ON DVD
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of your accounts. You are able to access your credit score via a credit report, which is a record of your credit history that includes your identity, your existing credit, your public record and a list of companies or people who have requested your credit report. There are three major credit bureaus that get information from your creditors to create a report on you: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Because each bureau gets its information from different sources, it is likely that they will all be slightly different. At this point you may be saying, “Well my credit isn’t the best, but I’m not planning on applying for a car loan or financing a home any time soon, so I’m in the clear, right?” Wrong. A credit report could be requested by more than just that guy in the pinstriped suit at the car lot. According to the consumer guide on credit reports, this information could also be collected by insurance companies (to determine whether you can get insurance or to set your payment rates), employers, telephone and utility companies (to decide whether to provide service to you) and landlords. But say you do want to buy a new car. According to CarsDirect.com, a
Los Angeles-based online car buying service, an excellent credit score of 850-740 can get you an average interest rate of 3.2 percent. An average credit score of 739680 can get you an average interest rate of 4.5 percent. A sub-prime credit score of 680 and below can get you anywhere from a 6.5 to 12.9 percent interest rate. This means that, if you have a sub-prime credit score and would be able to get a 6.5 interest rate, and you wanted to finance a $15,000 car for 60 months, you could end up paying $1,357 more than a person with an excellent credit score. It is important to remember that to build a good credit score, you can’t miss any payments, and you shouldn’t utilize all of your available credit. Say you have a total credit limit of $500. According to Credit Karma, an “A” credit score occurs when you utilize 1-20 percent of your available credit. If you want to keep that “A” credit score, make sure you don’t have more than $100 of carry-over debt from month to month.
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Swimming & diving Thursday, March 6 MAC championships, Day 1, first of seven Friday, March 7 MAC championships, Day 2, first of seven Saturday, March 8 MAC championships, Day 3, first of seven Softball (15-8, 1-1) Friday, March 7 Drake 1 0 4 2 0 1 0—8 Missouri State 2 1 1 2 0 0 0—6 Friday, March 7 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 1 3 0—4 Minnesota 2 0 0 3 3 3 X—0 Sunday, March 9 Missouri State 0 1 4 0 0 0 0—5 Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—1 Tuesday, March 11 Missouri State 0 1 3 2 1 0 3—10 Central Ark. 0 0 2 3 0 0 2—7 Thursday, March 13 SIUE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0—3 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 1 2 1—4 Saturday, March 15 Bradley 0 0 0 2 1 0 0—3 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 5 1 X—6 Saturday, March 15 Bradley 0 0 4 0 0 0 0—4 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Baseball (8-9, 0-0) Friday, March 7 Missouri State 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 1 0—12 Abilene Christ. 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0— 3 Saturday, March 8 Missouri State 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1— 5 UT Arlington 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X— 6 Sunday, March 9 Utah 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3— 7 Missouri State 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0— 3 Tuesday, March 11 Missouri State 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0— 5 SEMO 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 X— 6 Friday, March 14 Dallas Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 1 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 Saturday, March 15 Dallas Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2— 2 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 Saturday, March 15 Dallas Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 1 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 Men’s basketball (20-12, 9-9) Friday, March 7* Illinois State 17 31 — 48 Missouri State 22 31 — 53 Saturday, March 8* Missouri State 19 23 — 42 Wichita State 33 34 — 67 Women’s basketball (14-17, 8-9) Sunday, March 9 Missouri State 30 26 — 56 Wichita State 49 44 — 93 Thursday, March 13* Southern Illinois 24 15 — 39 Missouri State 25 36 — 61 Friday, March 14* Missouri State 27 26 — 53 Wichita State 32 39 — 71 Women’s golf Sunday, March 9 Rio Verde Invitational, 16 of 18
*Denotes Missouri Valley Conference tournament game
Calendar Tuesday, March 18
Softball, 5 p.m., vs. Northern Colorado at home Baseball, 6:35 p.m., vs. Oklahoma State at home Women’s golf, TBA, Jackrabbit Invitational in Primm, Nev.
Wednesday, March 19 Softball, 2 p.m., vs. UMKC in Kansas City, Mo. Softball, 4 p.m., vs. UMKC in Kansas City, Mo. Men’s basketball, 7:05 p.m., vs. Murray State at home
Friday, March 21
Baseball, 5:30 p.m., vs. Wichita State in Wichita, Kan.
Saturday, March 22
Softball, noon, vs. Loyola in Chicago, Ill. Baseball, 2 p.m., vs. Wichita State in Wichita, Kan. Softball, 2 p.m., vs. Loyola in Chicago, Ill. Women’s track, TBA, Tulsa Duels in Tulsa, Okla.
Sunday, March 23
Softball, noon, vs. Loyola in Chicago, Ill. Baseball, 1 p.m., vs. Wichita State in Wichita, Kan.
Monday, March 24
Men’s golf, 8 a.m., UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic in Little Rock, Ark. Women’s golf, TBA, UALR Classic in Hot Springs, Ark.
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SECONDROUND STINGS Bears, Lady Bears both ousted in MVC Tournament quarterfinals by Wichita State Raven Kohlenberger/THE STANDARD
Men’s basketball
Women’s basketball Despite good defense, Lady Bears fall
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‘Terrific defense’ hard for Bears to overcome in conference tournament loss; now preparing for postseason The Missouri State men’s basketball Bears traveled to St. Louis for the Missouri Valley Conference tournament held in the Scottrade Center March 6-9. The MVC tournament, also called Arch Madness, features all 10 teams from the conference in a bracketed, single-elimination format to decide the conference champion. The team that wins the tournament receives an automatic bid to go to the NCAA Tournament. MSU (20-12) drew the No. 4 seed in the tournament where it defeated the fifth-seeded Illinois State Redbirds (16-16) 53-48 in the quarterfinal round before advancing to the semifinals. MSU lost 67-42 to the eventual MVC champion Wichita State Shockers (340). Freshman guard Austin Ruder matched a career high with 21 points while knocking down six 3-pointers, also a career high, to lead the Bears past Illinois State in a tight game that featured a back-and-forth second half. Ruder’s sixth 3-pointer put the Bears ahead for good, giving MSU the lead 48-46 with 2:04 left. “It was big time,” senior guard and forward Keith Pickens said. “Any time you can get (Ruder) going, you just want to find ways to keep feeding him.” Pickens added a tip-in on a missed jumper by freshman guard Devon Thomas with :38 left on the clock to widen the gap to 50-46. “The last one rolled off, and I got my fingertips on it and got it up to the backboard, and it rolled in for me,” Pickens said. “So it was a good feeling.” MSU struggled offensively to begin the game, but held Illinois State without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes in the first half, allowing just two free throws. Senior forward Jarmar Gulley opened the scoring by making three free throws, and Thomas added four points to give the Bears a 10-2 lead with 10:41 remaining. Illinois State eventually managed to make some shots fall through the basket in the first
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Senior forward Jarmar Gulley goes up for a shot against an Illinois State player in the team’s first-round win over the Redbirds.
half, but MSU maintained its lead throughout, going into the break ahead 22-17. Both teams fared much better offensively in the second half. Ruder hit two 3-pointers in the opening minutes to help MSU build a 3424 lead with 15:42 remaining. However, Illinois State quickly closed that gap when Redbirds guard Zach Lofton made u See BEARS, page 7
The Lady Bears (14-17 8-10 MVC) concluded their season at the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament in St. Charles, Mo., falling to Wichita State University in the quarterfinals after defeating Southern Illinois University the previous day. “(The) last game of the season is never easy,” said Lady Bears head coach Kellie Harper. “I’m really proud of our players for coming out and competing.” It was a tournament of defense as the Lady Bears’ defense allowed the fewest points of the season, holding Southern Illinois to only 39 total points, as well as a 30 percent shooting accuracy, handling the Salukis 61-39. In the quarterfinal, a suffocating Wichita State defense caused the Lady Bears to commit 27 turnovers that translated to 26 points for the Shockers. “They played really hard, they got on a run and didn’t let up,” said senior guard Hannah Wilkerson, who had 11 points in her final game as a Lady Bear. Despite the tough Wichita State defense, the Lady Bears managed to u See LADY, page 8
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three straight 3-pointers to bring his team within just one point, 34-33, with 13:17 left in the game. Illinois State earned its first lead with 5:40 to go after the ball was stolen from redshirt sophomore guard Dorrian Williams, which led to a three-point play for the Redbirds to put them ahead 4341. Both teams exchanged leads two more times before Ruder’s shot put MSU ahead for good in the final minutes. The victory earned the Bears a spot in the semifinals against MVC regular season champion and No. 1 seed Wichita State. MSU ran into a buzz saw against the top-seeded Shockers, giving up two large scoring runs en route to a 67-42 loss. The game was scoreless for three minutes before Gulley put MSU on the board first with a 3-pointer. The Shockers took the lead soon after, but MSU
kept the game close, making the score 13-12 with 8:49 left in the half. Wichita State then went on a 17-0 run while holding MSU scoreless for over five minutes, hitting five straight 3-pointers in the process. “It was a very devastating blow to us, and it’s tough to stop,” Ruder said. “They keep just hitting three after three.” Wichita State had another large scoring run in the second half, 28-2 this time, while holding the Bears scoreless for nearly 10 minutes. The Shockers led 61-23 with 8:58 remaining. “They handled us,” head coach Paul Lusk said. “They’re terrific defensively. We couldn’t score it.” The regular season and conference tournament have ended, but the Bears will continue to play on. MSU received an invite to play in the Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) and have been named as a host team for the opening round. MSU will face the Murray State Racers (18-11) on March 19 at JQH Arena. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m.
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Arch Madness, the Missouri Valley Conference tournament for men’s basketball, was held March 6-9 in St. Louis, Mo.
Top left | Missouri State freshman center Tyler McCullough blocks out a player in the Bears’ 53-48 win vs. No. 5 Illinois State on Friday, March 7. McCullough had two rebounds in the game.
Top right | Boomer Bear and a Missouri State cheerleader at the men’s basketball game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Bottom | Men’s basketball coach Paul Lusk coaches his team from the sidelines in the MVC tournament. Lusk is in his third season as Missouri State’s head coach and led the team to a 9win improvement over last season’s 11-22 record. The men’s team’s season is not over yet, as they will compete in the Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament beginning March 19.
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Softball Bears open conference play with split against Bradley By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @EliWohlenhaus
The Bears played Bradley in the conference opener on Saturday, and just as the weather turned cold late in the day, so did the Bears’ offense. In the first game, neither team could get going quickly. A barrage of three-up-threedowns struck both teams until the fourth inning. The Braves scored twice off errors, and then furthered their lead in the fifth with another run scored. Down 3-0, Missouri State wasted no time in cutting into the lead. In the bottom of the fifth, senior catcher Stacia Boeckstiegel and junior outfielder Rebecca McPherson got on base and were advanced into scoring position, compliments of a Bradley error. With these two runners on, redshirt sophomore shortstop Erin Duewel stepped up to the plate and sent the ball into a gap in the outfield, earning her first career triple and two runs batted in. “It really started our rally and got us fired up, and my teammates just did the rest,” said Duewel. Still down 3-2 with Duewel on base, freshman utility Allie Alvstad got her first hit as a Bear, scoring Duewel to tie the game. The rally continued as senior second baseman Ashley Brentz reached on a bunt single and senior outfielder Kerri Cunningham followed suit. With both on, sophomore first and third baseman Bethany
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keep the game close going into halftime only down five. The Shockers caused three offensive fouls and caused senior forward Bry Snow to pick up her fourth foul in the early moments of the second half. From there the Lady Bears never cut the deficit to less than nine points. “[That moment] was huge,” said Harper. “We had cut down their lead, we were making a run, and then we started fouling and putting them on the free-throw line. They were making our free throws, and we weren’t making ours.” The Lady Bears went 14-28 from the free throw line against Wichita
Sullinger hit an outfield single, easily scoring Brentz, yet also scoring Cunningham ― who displayed impressive speed coming all the way from first. Missouri State ended the fifth by scoring five runs — tied for the most runs in one inning this season. In the sixth inning, the Bears tacked on another run just for fun, increasing their lead to 6-3. To finish off the Braves at the top of the seventh, freshman pitcher Erin Struemph came in and struck out three batters. Struemph then started Game 2 and struck out seven of Bradley’s batters. Unfortunately, the Braves’ Madeline Lynch-Crumrine blasted a two-out, windaided grand slam in the top of the fourth that would stand alone as the points scored for either team. Bradley took Game 2, 4-0. “We weren’t as patient,” Duewel said about the second game. “We didn’t wait for our pitch that we could drive and drive in some runs.” Missouri State and Bradley were supposed to close the series with Game 3 on Sunday, but winter came to welcome Springfield back from spring break, and the game was postponed. No date has been selected as of yet, because the Missouri Valley Conference has to approve the new date. The Bears are now 15-8 and have only played three home games, but they will get one more chance to play at Killian Stadium tonight at 5 p.m. before they leave for series at UMKC and conference opponent Loyola.
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Senior second baseman Ashley Brentz bats in the softball Bears’ conference-opening series against Bradley.
State. “We played our hearts out,” Phillips The loss against Wichita State said. “We didn’t give up this year, and marked the end of four seniors’ careers they won’t give up next year.” with the Lady Bears: Bry Snow, Desiree Wilkerson echoed her teammates’ Phillips and Hannah Wilkerson all sentiments. scored in dou“We didn’t We (seniors) could not ble figures to have the best end their be prouder of this team, season, but we careers with had a great and these girls are going time, like beat11, 13 and 10 points, respecing Mizzou — to come back stronger tively. that was big “We knew for us and than ever next year.” what we had to something the do and we three of us will fought; everyBry Snow never forget,” body fought,” she said. Senior forward Bry Snow Despite the said. “We (seniors) could not be proud- disappointing end, Harper still sees her er of this team, and these girls are going first season as head coach of the Lady to come back stronger than ever next Bears as a successful one. year.” “We had peaks and valleys, and they
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kept fighting. They kept believing in what we were asking,” Harper said. “I enjoyed this season, and when you look at the record, it’s not what we wanted, but I really did enjoy coaching this team.” Harper also saw the value of experience gained in the MVC tournament for the Lady Bears who will be returning next year. “It’s important that all of our returning players understand how big this is, how big the conference tournament is and what this is all about,” she said. So what is the next step for the Lady Bears now that the offseason is here? “Well first we are going to let them have a chance to be students for a little while. They need some time off,” Harper said. “Then we’ll get them back in the weight room, then back on the court and we’ll be getting ready for next year.”
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New paint, new floors, new kitchens, new FEMA shelter Remodel will include tornado-proof shelter By Trevor Mitchell The Standard
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Sunvilla Tower will soon have a FEMA shelter.
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insurance, will get very expensive very quickly,” she said. One of the stipulations in the Affordable Care Act is that insurance companies are not allowed to deny coverage to anyone with a pre-existing condition. Cable said it is difficult to give people
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they are few in number at the university. “I think that there definitely has been an increase in the amount of diversity that is seen on campus, but I can’t say that it is coming from the efforts put forth by the university,” Wallace said. Dr. Ken Coopwood, vice president for diversity and inclusion, said his first impression of diversity at the university hasn’t changed since his start in October 2011. “The most diverse group was students, and even this group didn’t have percentages that could make everyone proud. Staff and faculty diversity percentages were even less favorable. Student programing existed, but needed a boost to become recruitment and marketing tools used to attract diverse students,” Coopwood said. Now his observations of the university are paired with a dose of optimism for improvement. “We can’t expect things to change overnight. It’s a step-by-step process that makes change valuable for us all. I believe we have made strides because people
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are becoming more educated about how these strides benefit them, and how resistance to our changing world is futile,” Coopwood said. The Division for Diversity and Inclusion was officially established in October 2011 and has since implemented initiatives such as the Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference, Diverse Perspectives Infoletter, Diversity Landmarks and Faculty Diversity Hiring Initiative across campus to increase diversity. He said everyone must come to terms with the state of diversity at MSU for more changes to occur. “The disconnection is that people forget that when you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it. It’s the story of so many overcomers in our history who look like us. Here at MSU, the story doesn’t have to be any different, you just have to want it badly enough to take action by getting involved,” Coopwood said. Coopwood encourages students to get involved with their campus community, engage in cross cultural activity and learn all they can while making MSU what he calls “your home away from home.”
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Late-inning rallies stifle baseball Bears By Chase Probert The Standard
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Missouri State’s baseball Bears fell victim to not one, not two, but three ninthinning rallies from Missouri Valley newcomer Dallas Baptist as the Patriots swept the Bears in a non-conference, three-game set at Hammons Field this past weekend. In the Bears’ home opener on Friday, senior right-hander Cody Schumacher was stellar once again, striking out eight Patriots over eight scoreless innings, allowing only five hits and one walk. However, Schumacher’s brilliant performance was matched pitch-for-pitch by Dallas Baptist’s Paul Voelker, who also threw eight scoreless innings while allowing only two hits and three walks. High pitch counts forced each pitcher to be lifted after the eighth, leaving the scoreless game to be decided by the bullpens. In the top of the ninth, redshirt freshman right-hander Bryan Young came in to relieve Schumacher. After issuing a lead-off walk to the Patriots’ Daniel Salters, Young was able to get the next two batters, before issuing another walk to move Salters into scoring
position. After the two-out walk, Dallas Baptist shortstop Trevin Sonnier promptly singled up the middle to bring home the game’s only run. The Patriots’ Brandon Koch would come in for Voelker and pitch a scoreless ninth to record the save and earn the victory for Dallas Baptist in Game 1 of the series. With inclement weather on the way, Sunday’s game was moved up to set-up a double-header on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore starter Jon Harris was dominant, retiring the first 16 batters he faced on the day. Dallas Baptist starter Cy Snead was equally strong, with the game going to ninth with a 0-0 tie for the second day in a row. Sonnier would come through for the Patriots again, starting off the ninth with a lead-off double off Harris. After walking the next batter, Harris would commit a costly error that would decide the game. With runners on first and second, Patriots first baseman Mike Wesolowski attempted a sac bunt, but Harris sailed the throw to first and Sonnier would come around to score. After a walk to load the bases, junior righthander Adam Anawalt came in to relieve Harris. The Patriots would get one more run off of Anawalt on a fielder’s choice, and the Bears would go down in order in the ninth to
finish off the 2-0 win for the Patriots. The second game of Saturday’s double header started a half hour after the conclusion of the first, and much like the first two games of the series, it was be another pitcher’s duel. Sophomore left-hander Matt Hall recorded his first complete game as a Bear, giving up only five hits, a walk and one earned run, while striking out six. Hall faced only four above the minimum, but the concluding game of the series ended in a similar fashion as the first two. Hall recorded the first two batters he faced to start the top of the ninth, but before he could escape the inning, Dallas Baptist’s Austin Listi turned on a 1-0 offering from Hall and hit a solo shot just inside the left field foul pole to give the Patriots the 1-0 advantage. Koch came in during the bottom of the ninth for Dallas Baptist to shut the door on the Bears and complete the threegame sweep for the Patriots. After losing two games at the UTA Hilton Invitational, dropping a weekday matchup at SEMO and this past weekend’s sweep, the Bears have now lost six in a row. To add to the Bears’ pain, they have not scored in 32 consecutive innings. Aside from the three dominant pitching performances, Missouri State’s sophomore outfielder Tate Matheny
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extended his hit streak to 13 games. The Bears will look to rebound on Tuesday night as they take on the No. 19 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, with first pitch slated for 6:35 p.m. The Bears will likely start redshirt senior right-hander Clay Murphy, who has made five starts against the Cowboys. In his career against OSU, Murphy is 3-0 with a 1.77 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 35.2 innings.
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neously and paradoxically implies both a sense of colossal power and stature and West’s potential defeat in the form of excessive pride. Both implications are actualized, as suggested above. West’s rise to glory and fame proves too momentous, and, as Murphy’s and Newton’s laws dictate, his potential energy has an equal and oppo-
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shots in one hour, but 21 shots is still a lot. In the case of Brad McCue, a Michigan State University junior, taking shots to ring in his birthday proved lethal. After 24 shots on midnight of his 21st birthday, McCue never woke up, according to ABC News. The ABC News article explains further that, instead of responsibly drinking the night of a 21st birthday, people feel obligated to take 21 shots (or more) and be belligerently drunk. If 21 shots on your 21st is your style though, make sure to stay safe. Body weight and food intake are a big part of how alcohol soaks into your system according to http://oade.nd.
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site reaction, yielding his downfall. The journey is all the while tumultuous and fantastic, beginning with ambivalent and polar tales of triumph and forfeit. Once the herons have flown overhead and the devil has cruised past in his Chrysler LeBaron, West apologizes and forewarns us about the nightmares that constantly plague him. Cue the onslaught of brilliant, mind-boggling word-play and glorious, chestpounding swagger. Comparing himself to the
edu/educate-yourself-alcohol/absorbtion-rate-factors/. The positive thing about a shot day is that, not only are you taking shots that are probably half alcohol, half juice, you are also eating. Foods that are high in protein and complex carbohydrates are the best for preparing your belly for liquor and for helping with the next day blues. Make sure that the people around you for your 21st are trustworthy and good friends, too. In the case of McCue, his friends just put him to bed because he was so drunk. If there are any signs that someone is dangerously intoxicated or has alcohol poisoning, make sure to call 911 and take them to the hospital immediately. Turning 21 is fun and exciting, but just make sure to be safe and conscious of your alcohol intake.
likes of the Beatles, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X and Zeus, West reels off a cascade of scalding tongue-twisters of double and triple entendres as he delivers relentless death blows to each of his detractors. Before long, however, West finds himself questioning the preposterous materialism in which he has become entangled — contrasting the universal struggles of faith, religion and love with worldly excess, greed and corruption — before his façade implodes
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in a lament of regret. “Run from the lights!” he shrieks in “Lost in the World.” Closing out the album amidst the cries of anguish, West renounces the curses of fame and fortune, wondering at last, “Who will survive in America?” But ornate narratives the likes of these can only be matched by the most gorgeous, haunting and brilliant orchestrations and production. West delivers, as always. Ushering us into a world marked by an entirely bipolar
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For Hubert, the class gives him a chance to have his name credited in a web series and helps him with future career opportunities. “I really wanted to gain experience in a full-production process,” Hubert said. The bulk of filming for the series was done during spring break. Hubert said giving up a spring break vacation was one of the sacrifices to be a part of the class.
and intoxicating concoction of piano, chugging strings and decadent, layered vocal harmonies crashes in behind the anxious MC, growing more sinister as the drums proceed to snarl ferociously. Drum loops and utterly unbelievable samples, such as Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th,” Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” Bon Iver’s “Woods” and King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” bolster West’s feverish tirades with the help of a handful of absolutely stellar high points. High points
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Hubert said the project brings together more majors than just those dealing with film production. “It’s more of a collaborative assignment,” Hubert said. “A Little Help” has an Indiegogo site for fundraising, offering different perks for donors, and a casino night was also held on March 7. “Epilogue” won the MJF Department several awards, including a College Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Science Foundation and an Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Education Association.
include the sensational, schizophrenic Nicki Minaj feature on “Monster,” a manic, bloated, nevertheless scintillating vocoder-cello duet on “Runaway,” a scorching Mike Dean guitar solo on the extraordinary “Devil in a New Dress” and a mind-blowing conclusion sampled from a Gil Scott-Heron poem. In the end, we realize, as West did: Hell will not spare us, so its fires must declare us. And the only thing we can do is take pills, kiss an heiress and wake up back in Paris.
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park aren’t your typical Fridays, they’re Food Truck Fridays. This generally means all food trucks are open through dinner. Each mobile food truck has its own hours, though. Those hours can be found on their personal Facebook pages. All of the food trucks have been approved through the City of Springfield’s Health Department. For more information on the food trucks, check out the Springfield Mobile Food Park Facebook page under SGF Mobile Food Park. From there, you’ll be able to find each mobile food trucks’ own page.