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Holi, a Hindu festival, was celebrated as an official event at Missouri State University for the first time, coloring the North Mall. Read more on Page 4.

Mertens runs unopposed for senior class president

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As the April 5-7 election nears at Missouri State, junior accounting major Eric Mertens runs unopposed for senior class president for the next school year.

Mertens is from Belleville, Illinois, and started school at Missouri State three years ago. He said he loves attending Missouri State and he became involved in organizations including Phi Delta Theta, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Order of Omega.

The role of senior class president is to represent their class at Missouri State, assist with Commencement ceremonies that occur in the fall and spring and aid with their class’ gift commissioning.

Every year, each senior class gifts something to the university. Historically, there have been no guidelines as to how the senior class gift has been brought forth to Missouri State. Daniel Guerrini, current senior class president, helped establish how the gift will be chosen during his term and for future senior class gifts.

“The greatest thing that any senior class president can do is just create a culture of giving back to the university,” Guerrini, senior political science major, said.

Giving back can be done through the positive donation of the senior class gift.

“What I would like to see is just the continuity of a gift that brings seniors together as well as gives back to the university in a great way.”

Mertens said he plans to run for the position of senior class president and be a true representative for the university. A previous candidate dropped from the race, now leaving Mertens unopposed.

“I want to make a positive and meaningful change in the campus community,” Mertens said.

He said he wants to give silenced students a voice and advocate to become their representative, so that their thoughts and ideas can be heard.

Mertens said he wants to make the position of senior class president more meaningful for the graduating students and the student body as a whole.

“I know in the past, it seems like it’s a position without much say or a position that doesn’t really truly have any authority or jurisdiction over one particular thing,” Mertens said. His plan is to push for meaningful change by collaborating with members of Student Government Association and other organizations and expand the position itself.

If elected, he said he wants to change how the senior class gift is chosen for the next year.

“I don’t think it’s fair for one person, including myself if I were to win the election, to decide (the senior class gift) for everyone,” Mertens said. He said he wants a more “democratic process,” in which the senior class gift would be decided.

Mertens said he also wants to work with SGA and Public Affairs to attempt to establish a good-samaritan policy for campus.

“A lot of student organizations are

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Eric Mertens hesitant to bring people who need medical attention to get medical attention for fear of getting in trouble,” he said.

On another note, he said he wants to bring focus on the Fraternity and Sorority Life community and assist them by helping them have an avenue for their organizations and value the safety of their members.

Mertens said he believes that he sees the best interest of the Missouri State community. He loves the everyday routine of MSU and is thankful for the experience he has had in Springfield.

“I think we are in a unique position where we came into the university and where we left it. Considering the upward trend we have been on lately, it's been really exciting watching it from freshman year,” Mertens said.

Student Body President Adam Coffman vetoed a resolution regarding making Missouri State University a sanctuary campus.

The resolution, proposed

by Student Government Association Senator Chandler Classen, recommended making MSU a sanctuary campus.

According to the resolution, making MSU a sanctuary campus would mean “extending the same legal protections guaranteed for U.S. citizens to international and foreign born students” and that SGA would condemn “any efforts to disregard the due process rights” of MSU students.

Classen, junior social-political communication major, said while MSU President Clif Smart and SGA support international students, he thought it wasn’t enough.

“It’s important as a school, as a campus of higher education, that we support students and to actually follow through and implement procedures and systematic changes that actually work to support those students,” Classen said. “Not

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only should we say we’re inclusive of all students, but we should also put our resources forward to make inclusiveness a reality.”

There are about 30 sanctuary campuses in the United States, according to USA Today. According to Washington University-St. Louis’ website and the Columbia Missourian, the discussion of sanctuary campuses is occurring across Missouri.

Classen said SGA wouldn’t have the power to make MSU a sanctuary campus, which is why the resolution was meant to start a conversation between university officials about sanctuary campuses and students’ due process rights. It passed in the SGA senate by a narrow margin, Coffman said.

Coffman, senior social-political communications major, used his presidential powers to veto the resolution. In his written testimony, he cited precedent as the reason behind his veto. Precedent is an event or action that is used as a guide for future, similar instances. If the resolution had u See SANCTUARY, page 11

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Tish Norman: Being an ‘excellent woman’ Hanna Flanagan Staff Reporter @hanna_flanagan Examining the lives of successful women (on campus, within the community and nationally) of whom students may have heard but do not know much about is the ultimate purpose of Women’s HERstory Month at Missouri State, according to the coordinator for Multicultural Programs and LGBTQ Services Matthew Banks.

Professional speaker and doctoral candidate in Pan-African studies Tish Norman fulfilled the purpose of HERstory Month by speaking about women’s leadership development and empowerment in connection to her life and career on Friday, March 24, at 8 p.m. in the Davis-Harrington Welcome Center.

Norman, a former actress, dancer and educator, used numerous personal anecdotes and metaphors to convey who she is as a person and what it means to be an outstanding woman.

Students reacted positively to her casual and conversational presentation.

“Her talking about her personal stories and

ing.”

Norman said she speaks on similar topics at campuses and events across the country. She said she has always been passionate about women and young people.

For this speech in particular, Norman was invited by Missouri State Multicultural Programs because of her connection to Alpha Kappa Alpha.

“We wanted to bring her because we wanted to be intentional about creating new partnerships between Multicultural Programs and different areas around campus,” Banks said.

“Tish is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, which is one of the ‘divine nine’ historically black sororities.”

Banks also said he wanted Norman to be a part of HERstory Month because he knew she would deliver an uplifting and motivational speech to students.

“What I really appreciate about Tish is she NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD talks a lot about this idea of ‘What does it mean Tish Norman spoke to students for Women’s HERstory Month on March 24. to be an excellent woman?’” Banks said. “She’s how she became the person she is today was is how I’ve been shaped up to this point,’” like, ‘I am there to help women be the best they my favorite part because I hope to get that point sophomore public relations major Lauren Vanin my life where I can tell stories and say ‘this Ness said. “The entire talk was very eye-openu See NORMAN, page 10

MO State shoots for the stars Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney For as long as anyone can remember, humans have studied the skies in an attempt to find another planet capable of holding other life forms. One human in particular will have the opportunity to study outer space as part of an in-depth Probe Mission concept study on behalf of NASA. Peter Plavchan, an assistant professor of physics, astronomy and materials science at Missouri State University, will lead a team of experts over the next 18 months to search for exoplanets, focusing on other habitable earths.

In laymen’s terms, an exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star, like our sun, outside of our solar system. Plavchan says that our universe is made of 100 billion galaxies, and each of those galaxies are comprised of 200-400 billion stars.

Additionally, each star can potentially hold its own planetary system, just like our own sun does.

“In the past 20 years, we have been turning science fiction into science fact by finding these exoplanets,” Plavchan said. “In just those 20 years, we have found over 2,000 exoplanets through all sorts of techniques.”

The study, titled “EarthFinder: A Diffraction-Limited Precise Radial Velocity Observatory in Space” will focus on studying the scientific workability of a future NASA mission.

“We submit- Photo courtesy of MSU ted our proposal Peter Plavchan for this mission in November, and NASA accepted 10 teams to conduct the study,” Plavchan said. “I chose every member of this team, and this group consists of the world’s experts in our field.”

Ohio State University, Caltech, NASA, Penn State, University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, Yale, Harvard and the University of Geneva are just a handful of the universities represented by the team members.

Charles Beichman, who is the Executive Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, is one of the “big shots” on Plavchan’s team.

“Peter’s mission is a key aspect of this whole sequence of using multiple techniques to find these habitable worlds

(exoplanets),” Beichman said. “This is a fabulous team; modestly, it’s a great team.

“We have experts in scientific instruments, spacecrafts, stars and the atmosphere all represented on this team.”

Before coming to MSU, Plavchan worked under Beichman at Caltech. According to Beichman, Plavchan has been talking about a study like this for a long time.

“When Peter worked for me at Caltech, he had this idea, but we started to hit the limits of what we could do in the atmosphere,” Beichman said. “It just made sense for us to beat the atmosphere by going through it and into space.”

NASA has funded Plavchan and his team $150,000 for the 18-month study.

“We don’t understand where planets necessarily come from, but we are learning something new every day,” Beichman said. “It’s just a little boat into the ocean, but this is spectacular.

“This will give us a much better understanding of our place in the world.”

Plavchan knows that this mission carries a lot of weight for the rest of his career but expects it to see success.

“I think this possibly could be a mission that defines the rest of my career,” Plavchan said. “It’s possible that I could focus on this specific field for the rest of my scientific life.”

Department of Safety, Transportation provides car safety advice Nicole Roberts Editor-in-Chief @NReneeRoberts

Every April — at least for the two years Andrew Englert has been here — there seemed to be an increase in car breakins on campus. Englert, associate director of the Department of Safety and Transportation at MSU urged students to make sure they take the proper safety precaution as April fast approaches.

There were 13 car breakins between April and May 2016 on MSU’s campus, according to Lisa Edmondson, administrative specialist III at Safety and Transportation.

Englert said students should always lock their doors and remove any valuables from their cars.

“If there’s a huge mound that looks like a backpack that’s covered by a sweatshirt, the criminal element will know that there’s something

of value in there,” he said.

“So, whatever you can remove and get out of your vehicle, the safer it will be.”

He also urged students to report any suspicious activities to the Office of Safety and Transportation. Students can call the Safety and Transportation Office if they see a suspicious person.

Car break-ins are not the only car safety issues that Safety and Transportation takes seriously. According to Edmondson, there were 53 motor vehicle accident incident reports filed between Aug. 16, 2016 and March 23.

These incident reports include collisions between motor vehicles and pedestrians, collisions between two motor vehicles, and instances when people left the scene of accidents.

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‘Avoid JUST TRY TO NEVER GROW UP’ the rush to be an adult while in college Ally Gaither Columnist I remember being fresh out of high school and being determined to do things all on my own.

I love my parents, but I have always wanted to be independent. I’ve been living on my own for almost two years now, and there’s nothing I want more than to be a little kid again. We spend our whole childhood wanting to grow up, but now that we’re here, I think we would all prefer coloring books over textbooks.

I know that most of you are probably already

living on your own and adulting to the best of your ability, but to those of you who still depend on your parents, keep it that way for the rest of college if you can.

Of course, you have to grow up and start living on your own at some point, but don’t be in a hurry to get there. I was, and now I’d give anything to live at home with homemade food and someone else to do laundry. I spent the last week eating only Girl Scout Cookies because I had no money to buy groceries.

I don’t have time to do laundry, so my apartment is covered in clothes,

some clean, some dirty; I honestly can’t tell them apart anymore.

There are things I love about living on my own. I make my own rules and my own plans.

I hang out with people as much as possible whenever I’m not working, and I don’t have to worry about curfew or explaining what I’ve been doing until 7 a.m. (probably just driving around and getting lost with friends). My bedroom can be a complete trainwreck and nobody but me is going to see it, so I don’t have to clean it. I try to clean, but I’m busy and it’s always a mess.

Censorship: Is it happening at MSU? Matt Gaffney signed the class to read, but Non-degree seeking graduate also the instructor’s reading aloud to the class a lengthy student and particularly graphic epiColumnist Ali Spies re- sode of deviant sex excerpted vealed last week in The Stan- from one of those assigned dard that her COM 115: Fun- short stories. The smug indamentals of Public Speaking structor’s hypocrisy is now instructor, purportedly acting part of a successful, if medion instructions of the Depart- ocre, academic career. ment of Communication, Given the Department of rejected her proposal to re- Communication’s irrational search, compose and deliver fear of controversy, its rewrita brief speech about Planned ing of Emma Lazarus’s senParenthood in the United timent on the plaque at the States. The instructor assert- base of the Statue of Liberty, ed that the topic has “... too might well read: much controversy ...” and implied that, while some conGive me your apathetic, troversy might be acceptable, your indolent, too much controversy is Your texting masses off-limits. Spies’s Departyearning to shop, ment of Communication inThe benighted spawn of structor censored Spies. Dr. your vacuous world.

Shawn T. Wahl heads the Send these, the complacent, MSU Department of Commudirectionless to me, nication.

I lift my middle finger to George Anastaplo, a protheir delusive dreams! fessor of law at Loyola University in Chicago, wrote that Censorship at a university censorship is “ ... the chang- is an abuse of power and a ing or the suppression or pro- corruption of authority; it is hibition of speech or writing a tool of bullies and despots that is deemed subversive of whose victims are never the the common good.” In other same. This toxic silencing words, our university’s De- stunts the intellectual growth partment of Communication of students and abuses them determined — before Spies to such a degree that, out of had begun to research her paranoia, they self-correct topic — that mere mention of whenever they feel they’ve the topic would subvert the entered uncharted territory. well-being of our academic They fear rocking the boat; community. Without further their souls are crippled and explanation, we can only their respect for instructors speculate in our collective of all ranks becomes wary bafflement how the history of and stressful.

Planned Parenthood could If Einstein had been intimpossibly subvert the moral or idated effectively by mediophysical welfare of our aca- cre instructors, would it have delayed special relativity or demic community.

The Department of Com- general relativity? If incommunication’s intellectual tyr- petent, self-hating instructors anny is not unique. A mem- had strong-armed Lincoln, ber of the Department of would he have authored the English censored me several Emancipation Proclamation? semesters ago. In a fiction Is it unreasonable to hope that writing class, I submitted a there’s a special place in Hell story that included horrific for “I daren’t eat a peach” violence to be discussed and instructors who hog-tie evaluated by my classmates youths’ exuberant and yeasty and instructor during our next passions for learning? class.

Whether the above inciThe instructor inexplica- dents of censorship are anombly failed to read the entire alies or part and parcel of piece until just before class, university dry-rot and medialthough all of my classmates ocrity needs to be investigathad read it. Rather than pro- ed, but first, Missouri State ceed, the instructor blindsid- President Clif Smart and ed me and told the class that Wahl each needs to apologize my story was inappropriate to Spies for permitting cenfor class discussion. sorship to exist on their colThe instructor’s censor- lective watch. Since Spies’s ship struck me as particularly experience is now quite pubhypocritical, given not only lic, both Smart’s and Wahl’s the graphic sex and violence apologies should also be pubin some of the published short lic; our academic community stories the instructor had as- demands redress.

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In general, being “grown up” isn’t as great as it sounded in high school. It means spending all your money on things you need––like a car, a place to live and food –– rather than things you want. There are days when I am so overwhelmed with everything that I have to do that I can’t get out of bed.

Stress is my best friend these days. No matter what I do, stress gets the best of me, and I slip further from the GPA I need to survive in college. Next semester, I’ll most likely lose my scholarship, which means I won’t be able to

afford to be independent anymore.

You may think that you have to move out and start living independently as soon as you reach college, but you may not be ready. I thought I was, and I made it this far, but it didn’t last long. If you have parents that you can depend on, you should let them help you with anything they can.

And for those of you without parents there to help you when you fall apart, you are amazing and you got this.

If you can help it, don’t grow up until you have to.

Breaking the negative stigma surrounding FSL Ali Spies Columnist @alicethespy Traditionally, Greek life at colleges has been seen in a negative light. I think this is unfair.

With any other scandal, the headline of the situation is what goes viral and not the background story. I feel like that is very true to Greek life, in the sense that there is so much more to the community than partying. At Missouri State, the Greek life community has tried hard to stray from this perception.

For example, we call it Fraternity and Sorority Life, not Greek life. If you aren’t part of Fraternity and Sorority Life here at MSU, the whole community may seem like a blur of Comfort Colors shirts and Yeti cups with parties thrown in there.

While that is all true, there is a ton of work that goes into being a part of the Greek community –– especially events like Homecoming and, currently, Greek

Week.

The amount of work that goes into Greek Week is insane. Many of the team members for MSU’s Greek week have put in over 70 hours of work just for one week. I, personally, have put in more than 25 hours of work just last week toward my team.

You might be thinking “Why would you put in that much work?” or “What is the point? When the week is over, it won’t matter.” While that last statement might be true to some, it’s not to me, and it’s not to many of my fellow FSL community members.

Even though the decorations and events fade away, the dedication I showed to my chapter does not. The memories from long nights I’ve spent laughing and working with my sisters doesn’t go away.

The work ethic I’ve learned while balancing classes and all of this work doesn’t go away. The feeling of seeing everything come together in the end doesn’t go away.

Another huge part of Greek Week is

community philanthropy. Every single team donates to various places around the community, most teams donating more than what is required. This part of Greek Week is never seen by people outside of the FSL community. The week may be about competitions, but these donations make such a huge impact in the Springfield community.

Even though some of the things the FSL community at Missouri State does seem superficial, there is also a lot of good work for the community going into it and a lot of good for the people putting in the work. Whether I am up until 2 a.m. rolling tissue paper or sitting on a field getting a sunburn, I am having the time of my life.

So, if you are like my friend from back home and thought Greek Week was “just a week full of partying,” hopefully you have a better understanding of what goes on.

STOP CATCALLING

Qiuyue Li Columnist @Holiday 12058442

Before coming to the United States, I had never experienced catcalls. When I first came to this country in August, I did not know this form of harassment existed until I went grocery shopping with my Chinese friends at an Asian market.

We were crossing the street, waiting for the lights to turn.

All of a sudden, a guy rolled down his window and began to shout at us. More guys did the same thing afterward in just five minutes.

In that moment, all I wanted to do was get on the next plane home away from the insults. Feeling frightened by

the rudeness, I was depressed and shameful because I regarded the gestures as unwelcoming messages to Asians. I have seen repeatedly in the news that discrimination toward Asians can happen in restaurants, schools and stations. I thought these men’s yells were part of that discrimination.

The same thing happened multiple times to my friends and I when we were walking on an empty street and on campus at night. I shared this story with my female American friends, hoping they would help me figure out the reason and come up with a solution.

They told me this way of harassment is not aimed at Asians, ,but women. They think that it’s normal and when it happens, they endure it.

“Chilling out” over the catcalling situation does not work for me. My parents trained me to be a strong and fierce woman warrior, full of bravery and justice, so I decided shouting back at the catcallers was a way of self-defense.

It should not come as a surprise that I chickened out of shouting at the catcallers because I found myself incredibly terrified of the consequences that could come with my response. What if they stopped the car and started to hit or rape me? What if they just grabbed a gun and shot me from a distance?

I remember finishing a daylong project and wanting to buy some groceries to rest my brain, but I soon realized that all the horrifying feelings of

being catcalled and shouted at would reoccur. I lost the interest in shopping that day, and my only choice was to go home as soon as possible.

When my parents called to check to see how I was, I squeezed a smile and told them everything was fine. Having them worried about me is the last thing I wanted to do.

My parents trusted America’s decency and grace, so they sent their beloved daughter to this great country. Sadly, some parts of this country went wrong.

It’s 2017 now. Women shouldn’t have to put up with the rage they feel when they feel harassed. Stop street harassment.

Campus Chat: Q of the Week If you could only eat one type of food or one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

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Megan Loaney, freshman undecided major

“Chicken biryani; it’s a popular dish in South Asia and the Middle East.”

Muhammad Abdullah, junior triple majoring in geospatial sciences; environmental and natural resources; and regional and cultural geography major

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Students vibrantly painted the North Mall on March 24 at a Holi Festival, the first of its kind for Missouri State’s campus.

Holi: Traditional Hindu celebration engages students Casey A. Struble Staff Reporter @Casey_A_Struble

Under the dark overcast of March, a technicolor current of paints, foods and friends united in the rain.

For the first time on Missouri State University’s campus, Holi was celebrated with an official event. The Hindu holiday was hosted by the Indian Student Association with the backing of International Services.

The event began at noon on Friday on the North Mall. At the strike of the hour, the participating students began a paint war with water guns and water balloons.

“It’s like the Color Run without the running,” senior global studies major Pooja

Vaidya said. Vaidya, one of the officers for ISA, loves the event for its fun and inviting appeal.

“We’ve had people walking by just join in,” Vaidya said. With the dancing, food and music, the event was welcoming to all.

Holi, a Hindu festival, has religious values and lore behind it. Stories of Hiranyakashyap, the demon king, and his son, Prahlad, deal with the worship of Vishnu. The holiday represents the triumph of good, devotion to Vishnu and rekindling friendship.

However, the holiday’s modernity provides an accessible way to celebrate community and good.

“You don’t have to be Hindu,” Isaac Balasundaram, advisor to ISA for procurement services, said. “This is an open event.”

Students passing by took a moment to dance, throw color and meet new friends.

Balasundaram is also an advisor for International Services—which allocated the funding for the event.

At International Services, Balasundaram is able to help promote cultural competence.

He not only helps events but also international students when they are looking for jobs, internships or places to find a community.

“We started planning this about two months ago,” Balasundaram said. “It’s all possible because of International Services.”

The ISA is comprised of not only Indian students, but nationalities such as Pakistani, Iraqi, southern-Asian and domestic students.

“It definitely makes students feel at home,” Shadeed Khan, graduate global studies student,

said.

Sruthi Angadala, computer science graduate student, celebrates Holi off campus commonly.

“There’s a huge celebration in Kansas City and Arkansas where there are much larger communities,” Angadala said. “We would, of course, celebrate this at home, too.”

“We’ve already started planning for next year,” Kahn said. “It will be much bigger, and hopefully, not as cold.”

In the early evening, ISA students began rinsing the color away from the North Mall’s concrete. The process involved breaks to dance and throw more water.

“We’re dancing to stay warm,” laughed Vaidya.

Coffee, Cake Sulley, Dan Conner, MSU alumnus and Islam Brenner Moore Staff Reporter @brennerm2 On Saturday, March 11, the Islamic Center of Springfield held the informational lecture, Coffee, Cake and Islam.

The presentation began with a very simple meet and greet where members of the Islamic Center provided coffee and cake. Along with the meet and greet, members provided informational material about themselves and about the religion of Islam.

These greetings went on for about 15 minutes, and then the actual presentation began.

The presentation was headlined by Dr. Mosbah Kreimid and Dr. Wafaa Kaf. Both are prominent members of the Islamic community in Springfield. They began the presentation by saying that the goal was to help educate and welcome people into the Islamic community. This was one presentation in a series that seeks to help people understand the Islamic community.

The entire presentation was centered around understanding the key tenets of Islam. A key distinction that was made was the difference between a Muslim and a believer. A Muslim is someone who follows the five pillars, which are the central goals and teachings, and a believer is someone who completely devotes his or her life to Islam. The thought is that every person is born a Muslim.

When born a Muslim, it is understood that you accept the faith from conception because it is your mother’s will.

After the initial explanation and tenets were explained, Kaf took over. She began by saying, “We are not doing this as a response to the negative views of the media.”

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Alumnus John Goodman receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star

A good portion of her speech addressed the “issue” of women in Islam. From her perspective, she received many questions about how she can be a part of a lifestyle that “oppresses and suppresses women.” From the very beginning of her speech, she made it clear that women are in fact not oppressed in Islam.

She argued that they are empowered by citing many passages from the Quran that called for men to hold their wives and mothers as second only to Allah. Her final thought on gender equality was rooted in the original story of Adam and Eve. “Men and women are made of the same soul; it was humanity that made the oppression,” she said.

A major talking point of the presentation was that humanity is responsible for all of the issues that have stemmed from the religion.

Both speakers defended Islam by citing their customs when it comes to prayer. The religion requires all followers to pray at least five times a day. When talking about the issues that have stemmed from radical Islam, the speakers responded with how they understand their faith.

“It’s like if you shower five times a day, it is incredibly hard to be dirty. Much like if you pray five times a day, you are constantly reminded of what you are a part of and it’s that hard to be a bad person,” Dr. Kreimid said.

The presentation ended in a question-and-answer session where the audience asked questions concerning the religion. The closing thought that the speakers left the audience with was that Islam is a religion of love, and if you wish to eradicate the hate the media portrays, start by striving to “just be a nice person.”

Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark

Type ‘John Goodman’ into a Google search bar and the fourth thing to pop up is ‘John Goodman dead.’

An internet death hoax tricked millions, but the famous Missouri State alum isn’t dead. Ironically, he just received his biggest honor yet: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“It surprised me that he didn’t already have a star,” said Gloria Galanes, dean of the College of Arts and Letters.

“He’s been in a lot of things.

He’s a really, really fine actor.

He’s a really wonderful guy.”

Goodman, 64, received star No. 264 on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Coworkers Brie Larson from his movie “Kong: Skull Island” and Jeff Bridges from “The Big Lebowski” spoke about Goodman at the

event.

“He’s one of us,” Bridges said. “He loves the outdoors and acting. As a showman, he has explored the stages from Los Angeles to New York.

We’re talking Broadway here, man. He’s done some weird little movies, too.

“He’s lived like so many men have lived their lives; he is a man of his time,” Bridges said.

Goodman held a hand to the bridge of his nose chuckling at the statements, even laughing out loud.

There were six speakers before Goodman took over the microphone. He started out by thanking the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the organization responsible for each salmon-colored star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“It’s intriguing that I can feel a part of Hollywood history now,” Goodman said. “It’s something I never expected

–– it’s amazing.”

Goodman then thanked Bridges and Larson, jokingly offering to give Larson cash for her appearance.

The event was held two days after International Women’s Day and during Women’s Week, which Goodman referenced as he thanked the women in his life, including his wife and famous co-star Roseanne Barr.

Barr and Goodman each won a Golden Globe and several other awards for Roseanne.

Goodman went to Affton High School in St. Louis; then he played football for one year at Southwest Missouri State University, now, Missouri State University.

“There’s a certain characteristic of many students from the Midwest,” Galanes said.

“It’s ‘Midwest nice’ –– and it matters, it really matters. So, I think what you see in John

Goodman is not somebody who plays the big star but is warm and friendly and nice –– in that ‘Midwest nice’ way.”

After getting injured, Goodman changed his major to drama and performed in several Tent Theater productions.

After graduating in 1975, he’s still committed to MSU. He contributes financially, and when he’s in Springfield, he loves talking to students.

Galanes said that when Goodman was in town for the convocation in 2013, he talked one-on-one with a group of students. “(The atmosphere was) friendly, warm, open; the students liked it. I mean, what’s not to like?” Galanes said.

“The students were truly drawn to him because he is really accessible. That’s true of all of our alums. I am truly amazed by how generous they are with their time.”

Skaar: ‘All Our Wrong Todays’ compels thought Chloe Skaar Staff Reporter @cskaarface Award-winning screenwriter Elan Mastai published his first novel, “All Our Wrong Todays” last month. The imagery of his debut novel reflects his seasoned taste in captivating an audience with on-screen visuals. Imaginative and futuristic, “All Our Wrong Todays” proves both compelling and alluring to the mind’s eye.

The story sets in on 32-year-old Tom Barren living in the 2016 that he describes as the one “we were supposed to have” –– an advanced, futuristic utopia. Picture the future depicted in “The Jetsons” or illustrated in science-fiction pulp magazines that my parents and grandparents used to adore.

Tom’s 2016 is filled with

gadgets like neural scanners that wake you into a projected version of your dreams and the ability to scan the brain of each person you meet to determine the compatibility of your personalities.

His reality offers botanical engineering that builds homes out of trees, so they can filter air and grow fresh food right into the kitchen, catalyzing world peace and economic stability across the globe.

These wonders were made possible by the Goettreider Engine, the “engine of the future”; the engine harnesses the force of the Earth’s rotation and converts it into a clean and unlimited energy source. Lionel Goettreider grants the technology to the planet as his dying wish, thus inventing the technological dreamscape that developed into Tom’s 2016.

Trouble arises from Tom’s muddy relationship with his

father Victor, a celebrated scientist and inventor of the world’s first time-travel machine. For posterity, and to ensure funding for tourism, the machine’s first destination in time is the creation of the Goettreider Engine in 1965.

The night before Victor’s time machine is scheduled for its debut demonstration, Tom experiences a lapse in judgement of the highest degree and impregnates the head of the mission, Penelope Weschler.

Their “cell” appears on Penelope’s body scan during preparations for the launch, rendering her a danger to the mission.

Without the mission’s proper leader, Victor’s demonstration and life’s work are thrown to a standstill, and millions of invested dollars and hours become an utter waste.

Victor humiliates and fires Penelope, and he expresses an

‘All Our Wrong Todays’ impressive amount of loathing toward his son.

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Challenge Accepted: #PSUATHON Alec and Wyatt Weekly @AlecWyattWeekly

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A student lip syncs for the audience at the Association of International Students’ International Lip Sync Battle on March 24.

Lip Sync Battle: International Edition Noah Standish Staff Reporter @NoahjStandish

The Association of International Students sponsored Missouri State’s first ever LipSync Battle on Friday night.

Carrington Hall’s Auditorium was filled with jovial faces and laughter as MSU students took the stage to perform with feigned and breathless passion.

Dubbed as the “International Edition” of the game first popularized by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” the event offered a twist on the usual formula by featuring music from various cultures.

Performers were encouraged to go out of their comfort zones and abide by one rule: songs from your country of origin are off limits.

Individual and group performances were welcomed as participants performed songs by a variety of artists, including Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Enrique Iglesias and Shakira.

Oluwasayo (Sayo) Ayeomoni, vice president of AIS and the event coordinator, said the goal of fusing American culture with international stan-

dards was an inspiration for the event. “This is our way of showcasing an aspect of domestic culture with an international twist,” Ayeomoni , a junior psychology major, said.

“It’s important not just to showcase our own culture(s) but also American culture.”

Adriana Fritz, freshman athletic training major, participated in the Lip Sync Battle as one of four performers from Latin America. Before performing with a group of friends, she offered praise for AIS’s efforts to promote a welcoming environment for international students.

“I had a hard time finding friends who understood my background until I met with the AIS students,” Fritz said.

“It’s also great to have Americans join AIS who are willing and interested to learn about where we’re from.”

Hana Smail, a graduate student studying English literature, enjoyed how the event encouraged participants and attendees to engross themselves in cultures differing from their own.

“Music is a part of any country’s culture,” he said. “(This event) showcased a

diverse range of music from a diverse range of cultures. It created an environment that says everyone is welcome, and everyone’s culture is welcome.”

Kim Korff, junior dietetics major, also enjoyed the diverse range of music, echoing the praise for the event. “Music brings people together and shows diversity,” Korff said.

“I would love to see more and more cultures be represented in the future, and it would be neat for people to learn songs in other languages that they may not know the meanings of otherwise.”

An international student from Nigeria, Ayeomoni, emphasized the importance of showing empathy while staying true to AIS’s mission: to promote MSU’s cultural diversity and create a friendly, multicultural environment for everyone.

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It all started with a challenge.

The Standard’s academic adviser Jack Diamond threw it out there over the summer that someone should spend all day in the Plaster Student Union, from open to close, as a challenge.

Challenge accepted.

We woke up while it was still dark out, before the PSU opened at 7 a.m. Once the door unlocked, we walked in and found a seat. The journey that would last 16 hours had begun.

Sure, we had our struggles.

Sixteen hours in one building is a difficult thing to do … if you do it the wrong way.

We feel like we did it the right way, and we recommend that you do a #PSUATHON of your own someday.

The first step to a success-

ful #PSUATHON is to surround yourself with people you don’t mind being around for 16 hours.

While we (Alec and Wyatt) can barely tolerate each other (except for when the camera’s rolling), we brought in some outside help from friends to keep us entertained.

They didn’t stay the whole time, but they stayed long enough to keep us from discussions about the weather and our childhood pets.

Another important step is to take advantage of what the PSU has to offer.

The Level 1 Game Center in the basement of the PSU is one of the hidden gems at Missouri State.

There, we entertained ourselves with eight games of bowling, a few games of pool and a game of foosball. We’ll spare you the results of those games, but ask Alec about

them, he’ll be happy to tell you how he did.

Level 1 is also a good place to kick back and relax. They have a number of couches (and a beanbag chair) which helped us pass the time.

Another hidden gem we made sure to take advantage of was the Union Club on the top floor.

The Union Club offers an upscale buffet line that isn’t very well known to students.

On this day in particular, they had horseradish breaded salmon with cooked asparagus.

They also had really good lemonade. Wyatt barely ate, but that’s his problem.

The last thing you need to do is just have fun with it.

People approached us asking “How are you going to do it?” and they told us that we

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Don’t fall prey to procrastination blues Aly Weitkamp Staff Trainee @AlyWeitkamp

At the beginning of the school year, everything seems to go okay. Homework gets done, essays are written and students go to class. Then second semester hits and students start to put off school work and important things until the last minute, and each time the question ‘Why do I do this?’ is asked.

Such is the life of 95 percent of college students, according to the American Psychological Association. Now, however, psychologists are starting to find answers to the ‘why-do-we-do-this’ question.

“The question of why we procrastinate is not an easy one to answer. It differs from person to person and from situation to situation,” Missouri State psychology professor Amber Abernathy said.

Abernathy shared that the reasons for this procrastination can be a fear of failing, low self-esteem, weighing rewards and punishments, and/or personalities.

“Some people will actually procrastinate as a form of self-handicapping,” Abernathy said.

According to Abernathy, self-handicapping happens when people avoid effort to avoid a loss in self-esteem.

“They may feel they will not do well on a project or test, and in turn, use procrastination as a reason why they didn’t perform ‘as they should,’” Abernathy said.

While avoiding a loss in self-esteem happens sometimes, procrastination can also be simply weighing the pros and cons of a situation, according to Abernathy.

“If the reward of going out with friends is bigger than completing a project early, one might choose to put off the project,” Abernathy said.

“However, if the punishment of turning in a project late is greater than the reward of going out with friends, one might complete the project.”

Often times, people question why they procrastinate, continuing to put themselves through unnecessary stress.

According to Abernathy, research has shown that people who procrastinate are more likely to be healthy in the be-

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Dylan Cole does drills at his Pro Day.

Cole, Bears shine at NFL Pro Day Blaine Wheeler Staff Reporter @blainewheeler21

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Missouri State football’s NFL Pro Day showcased three student athletes Wednesday at Plaster Stadium in front of 14 NFL Scouts .

All-American linebacker Dylan Cole, AllMVC center Riley Shantz and All-MVC wide receiver Zac Hoover performed typical NFL Combine workouts such as the bench press, 40-yard dash and more in hopes of raising their draft stock on the field of Plaster Stadium.

The three performances were highlighted by that of the Cole, who performed collectively better (with his unofficial times) than anyone in the 2017 Draft Class. Cole “took a little shock,” when he didn’t get invited to the NFL Combine to showcase his talent, but Wednesday he proved that he belongs.

The senior bested the top bench press at the Combine by five repetitions and the best vertical by an inch and a half. In the six main drills NFL scouts look for, Cole finished with top five numbers in his class in each separate drill.

To compare with the pros; Cole jumped a higher vertical than 2014 Rookie of the Year wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and a better bench press than five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. NFL Scouts from fourteen teams were on the field of Plaster Stadium, representatives from the Broncos, Chiefs, Colts, Cardinals, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Jaguars, Lions, Panthers, Raiders, Rams, Redskins and Seahawks.

Wide receiver Zac Hoover left with an injury after running the three cone drills however, 6 foot-4 inch, 304 pound Missouri State center Riley Shantz made his mark on scouts and was the other main performer of the day. Shantz said he wanted to show how athletic he was and that he just wants a chance to prove himself.

Shantz said scouts were telling him what he needed to do during the season and what they wanted to see out of him. “I’m just trying to show them that a 300-pound man can run a little bit, so I think I proved my point, I think I ran pretty well for them so we will see what happens,” Shantz said.

The center, who had a Pectoral issue earlier in the year benched 24 reps and ran a 5.23 second 40-yard dash and also jumped a 28-inch vertical and a 109-inch broad jump. Those numbers rank him in the top fifteen in all four categories of the NFL Combine. Shantz also performed a couple long snaps, something he was a backup for in college, to show the scouts his arsenal.

Shantz and Cole have been training in Denver, Colorado doing drill and workouts to train for workouts similar to the ones they showed off at Pro Day. “You train for about two to three months for about two to three hours. It’s what you got to do. I guess it wore me out a little bit, but it’s all worth it,” said Cole. “I’d rather do that from 8 to 5 than sit at a desk from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. so I love every minute of it no matter how exhausting it is this is what I want to do, and this is what I want to do for a long time.”

As the two look forward to their NFL Careers the Pro Day was special to be a part of.

“It was a great experience,” Shantz said. “I don’t know how many teams we had out here but I really enjoyed it. It was definitely an achievement.”

Missouri State softball rebounded after dropping a series to Northern Iowa.

TURNING POINT Softball sweeps Loyola to get back on track

Bailey Vassalli Staff Reporter @baileyvassalli The softball Bears were back at Killian Stadium this weekend, proving their skills with a weekend sweep over the Loyola University-Chicago Ramblers.

Last weekend, the Bears dropped their first home series against University of Northern Iowa 2-1, though it was hard to tell seeing them on the field again this weekend. The series against LUC — originally meant to start Saturday at noon with a doubleheader and one game on Sunday — was pushed back to one game at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday. That didn’t seem to affect the Bears, who scored a total of 15 runs throughout the series while only allowing the Ramblers one run.

“We worked really hard to prepare for Loyola’s pitching and being able to hit the drop

ball and recognize the change ups,” Bears head coach Holly Hesse said. “I think that our players really did a nice job making those adjustments.

Hesse said pitching was most definitely the Bears’ strength in their series against LUC even describing it as “absolutely dominating.”

The pitcher’s circle saw junior Holly Kelley as well as junior Kaitlyn Beason. Kelley pitched five strikeouts in Game 1, Beason had three strikeouts in Game 2, and Kelley came back in game three to pitch a season-high of nine strikeouts.

“I think I had a pretty good outing this weekend,” Kelley said. “It felt good having my teammates support behind me, because they were all hyped up like I was. It was just a good game, good day for the Bears.”

The Bears, who beat LUC 9-1 in game one of the series, also saw some serious power with their bats. In the first game, both junior Erika Velasquez Zimmer and junior Hailee Vigneaux

had two RBIs with four times at the plate each.

Senior Bethany Sullinger had two RBIs for her three at bats in Game 1, and another two RBIs for her three at bats in Game 2.

“If someone doesn’t get the job done, the person behind (them) is going to get it done,” Sullinger said. “It’s just been a real team effort.”

Following in Sullinger’s footsteps, sophomore Morgan Greenlee also showed her power at the plate in Game 3 of the series. Greenlee had two hits, with one RBI. “It felt really good to finally pull through for the team,” Greenlee said. “I know that they all believe in me. It was really nice to actually (get a hit), so now I believe in myself.”

Hesse said she believed the Bears were solid in all aspects of the game this weekend, and they hope to continue their success when they travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to play the University of Tulsa on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

“I think (this series was) a turning point for the Bears,” Greenlee said.

Golf mentally tough through personal loss Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney Just three days after the unexpected death of freshman golfer Sam Holmes, the Missouri State University men’s golf team hosted the second annual Twin Oaks Intercollegiate.

“We weren’t really sure if we were even going to play, but we ended up making the decision to play because we just wanted to do Sam proud,” sophomore Adam Fisher said. “We are a family, and we are a close-knit group who just wanted to do our best.”

Fisher and the Bears dominated on day one of the tournament, as they led by four strokes after the first 36 holes. Fisher played extremely well on the first day, posting a -3 after the first two rounds.

“I wouldn’t say I played my best golf, but I was just being patient out there. On that course, you are going to make a lot of Birdies, and just knowing that, and starting with seven pars in a row, I knew I just needed to keep patient.”

MSU led after round one with an impressive score of 288 (+4). In round one, Fisher shot a -3, while sophomore Jack Knoesel and freshman Chris Obert finished at +2. In round two,

the Bears finished with the second best score of 287 (+3).

Bradley posted a 291 (+7) in round one and a 286 (+2) in round two. The Braves were the only team competing with the Bears, following the first day of the tournament.

Entering round three, the Bears held a twostroke lead, but that would quickly evaporate thanks to Bradley’s play on the second day.

“I have to give a lot of credit to Bradley for playing really good on Tuesday,” head coach Neal Stafford said. “They really played well out there.”

Round three was delayed by weather, and the Braves took advantage of the delay by overcoming the two-stroke deficit. Ethan Blue and Zach Jewell of Bradley combined to shoot a -6 in round three to secure Bradley the tournament victory.

The Braves finished with a combined score of 859. Missouri State finished in second with an 861, and Southern Illinois University shot a total of 876, which was good enough for third place.

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect in the tournament. The guys felt comfortable to go ahead and play the event,” Stafford said. “Looking back, it was a really great thing for Sam’s family and for us.”

Fisher led the Bears with a combined score of 208 (-5) which was good enough for second on the leaderboard. Fisher trailed only Bradley’s Blue who shot a 207 for the tournament.

“Adam’s development as a player has been really impressive, and he has a lot of different tools,” Stafford said. “He is a great ball-striker, who chips and puts it well. He’s knocking on the door this year and has had a couple of runners up this year.”

The Bears second place finish at MSU PHOTO SERVICES Twin Oaks was Sam Holmes their best in the spring semester. A week prior to the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate, the Bears finished in 21st out of 24 teams in Dallas, Texas.

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Osvath becomes 2nd MSU swimming All-American Osvath finishes 15th at NCAA Championships, Thomas finishes 30th in 1650 meter Mike Volding Staff Reporter @MiketheKid65 The Bears’ Antonio Thomas and Artur Osvath were looking to make a splash in the NCAA National Swimming Championship this past weekend.

The competition began on Thursday, but the Bears’ competitions did not start until the next day.

Out of 54 other qualifying teams, Missouri State finished the tournament in a tie for thirty-ninth place with the University of Hawaii and the University of Pennsylvania.

Osvath became the second NCAA All-American swimmer in the program’s history, finishing 15th overall.

Last year was Osvath’s first trip to the national tournament as the program’s first freshman, where he finished seventeenth overall. Just narrowly missing an All-American ranking.

Collins said that missing an All-American rank by one place seemed to set a fire under Osvath.

That fire allowed Osvath to come out of the gates strong in the prelims of the 200-yard breaststroke and set a new personal and school record.

That record-breaking performance sent the sophomore into the finals 14th overall.

Hours after his first race, Osvath returned to the pool and finished off his season by coming in seventh in the consolation finals. Allowing him

to close the tournament 15th overall.

Finishing 15th overall, allows Osvath to join Paul Le as the only All-Americans in the program’s history.

“Being an All-American feels amazing,” Osvath said in a press release, “My goal since last year’s NCAAs, when I missed the Top 16, was to come back and score “I am very thankful for my coaches, teammates and family for their support throughout the season.”

Collins said, for Osvath to score those points at the National Championships and be the program’s second All-American is huge.

Osvath wrote his name in the Missouri State record books with an All-American

raking, his teammate Thomas added his own piece of history by being the youngest Bear to make it to the national stage.

Coming into the tournament, the Bears’ Antonio Thomas was seated as the 46th seed. But thanks to a fifth place finish in the second heat of the 500-yard freestyle on Friday, the freshman was able to improve his ranking to 44th overall.

On Saturday, the final day of competition, Thomas entered the 1650-yard freestyle as the 27th seed and finished the tournament 30th overall.

“Swimming at the National Championship meet has taught me what I need to do better,” Thomas said in a press release, “Watching these more

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Osvath and Thomas experienced swimmers has shown me things that you don’t want to do and things that can make you better.

“It also gives me something to look forward to as

well. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it to the Top 16 next year.”

Bears head coach Dave Collins said for Thomas to make it to the national level as a freshman really says a lot about this ability and his potential.

“He is just scratching the surface; we don’t really see a whole lot of freshmen at this level, so this is giving him good experience competing at the national level, Collins said. “We can use this experience so he can come back even stronger next year.”

To finish off the 2017 season, Osvath became Missouri State’s second All-American, and Thomas became the youngest Bear to compete in the NCAA tournament.

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The best day of the week The kids of Reed Academy can’t wait to see their MSU Buddy Bear every week

Josie Pearson isn’t from Springfield, but she knew that she wanted to use swimming to give back to the community.

The sophomore swimmer from Evergreen, Colorado, heard from friends on the swimming team about the Buddy Bears program, and she knew that it would be a way to show that she is a leader.

You can typically find Pearson on Friday mornings with her buddy Emily Dore during Dore’s social studies class.

Sitting in the back corner, you’ll see Dore sitting at her desk typing out her notes, with Pearson kneeling by her side … unless Pearson’s been called up in front of the class. “(The social studies teacher) had me stand in front of the class and said ‘This is Josie. She’s on the MSU swim team, and they just won Conference,’ and he went on to explain that, and the kids’ eyes just got so wide,” Pearson said. “He’s like ‘See, you can do it too. You have to work hard at what you do and keep going after it day in and day out.’”

Pearson wants her Buddy to receive that message.

“I want to show her that education is possible and pursuing your goals is a really great way to go,” Pearson said. “She can do it as long as she tries.”

Dore is thankful for the time she gets to spend with Pearson as she calls Fridays (or any other day that Pearson comes in) her favorite day of the week.

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Quinlan Ward and Breanna Johnson “I value that I’m able to represent our swim team by doing this,” Pearson said. “It looks good for our team.

Our coach tells us everyday that we have to give back because we’ve been given an opportunity that a lot of kids haven’t been given and that’s so true.”

Believe it or not, the First-Team All-Conference swimmer happens to be Dore’s favorite swimmer. When she heard that she could hang out with an MSU athlete, she knew she couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

“After Mr. Dameron told me about the papers, I thought ‘I hope this is going to be fun’ but when I heard that it was from Missouri State University, I’m like ‘I really want to do it,’ so I let my mom sign it,” Dore said. “I

didn’t know I was going to get this kind of awesome Buddy Bear.

“I’m really glad to have her because she’s awesome.”

Quinlan Ward

Attention America’s Got Talent: Sophomore cross country and track distance runner Quinlan Ward’s Buddy might be the next great popstar.

Seventh grader Breanna Johnson loves singing, writing, drawing, and she loves her Buddy Bear.

“I love her smile. She helps me a whole lot,” Johnson said. “In science, I’m kind of struggling but with her, I’m focusing more on my work.”

Ward has been paired with Johnson for about five months, and she’s learning more about herself as she helps Johnson learn science.

“I’ve learned how to be patient and understanding of other people’s situations in general,” Ward said.

“Her family life might be different than mine and stuff like that, but we always can find something in common to talk about.”

Ward double duties as both the president of Missouri State’s Student Athletes For Excellence program, and is Johnson’s buddy.

She works to promote diversity within the athletic department, as well as promoting volunteering.

It might sound like a lot, but for Ward, it’s just something she loves to do.

“I get so much joy out of helping other people,” Ward said. “When I go and volunteer with others, other people think ‘Oh, helping out other people is to help someone else,’ but going out to help others, helps me.”

While Ward helps herself, she’s also helping out Johnson.

Johnson aspires to be the next big popstar, but she also aspires to do well in her classes. Ward wants to be a role model while helping Johnson achieve her goals.

“I love seeing the progress in her

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“I’m just glad I’ve got her around,” Dore said. “If I didn’t have her, I don’t know what I’d do.”

Dore said her favorite thing to do with Pearson is to hang out with her and to talk to her.

She also said she’s learning from the help Pearson gives her on her projects, and Pearson is thankful for what she’s learning from Dore.

“I really look forward to it every week,” Pearson said. “It’s like ‘Oh, what am I going to learn from Emily today?’ She always has something to say. I feel so happy once I leave that place because I feel like I’ve made an impact on her life.”

Pearson said she is thankful for the opportunities swimming at Missouri State has given her as well as the opportunity to represent her team and university.

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Ex-Missouri State football kicker Shelby Harris doesn’t know what exactly he’s going to be doing on a Friday as he makes his way to Reed Academy.

He might play bing. He might fold

Butts’ functional skills class includes how to fold laundry and organize the dishes, while he learns math, in which Harris assists him with.

While Butts is learning his new skills, Harris is trying to let him know that he’s there for him.

“I want him to know that he has a friend in me,” Harris said. “I want to be there for him, and I want to push him academically so he can do well going forward because he’ll go to different schools and be in a different environment.”

Harris is a senior cell and molecular biology major who plans to attend medical school next fall after graduation in May. He is the winner of Missouri State’s 2016 State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award and is a two-time Missouri Valley Football Conference Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award-winner.

Adding Buddy Bears to his already impressive resume isn’t all that he’s taking away from being a leader off the field.

“It’s a very humbling experience for us athletes,” Harris said. “As athletes, we know about determination and perseverance in things such as athletics. But sometimes not everyone has that.

“To see that determination and perseverance in him learning shows us that we need to take that and apply that to everything we do. We need to help those who don’t have that themselves.”

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About 10 minutes north of Missouri State’s campus is Reed Academy.

While Reed Academy isn’t that big of a deal to most Missouri State students, it’s a big deal to a number of student athletes who volunteer their time to the students of the school each week.

Ex-Missouri State football kicker Shelby Harris is in charge of the Missouri State Buddy Bears program that partners with Reed Academy.

Student-athletes volunteer their time, by visiting a specific student (their ‘buddy’) once a week.

The Buddy Bears started in 2014 as a program that had athletes only work with kids who received special education services. The program evolved to incorporate kids who are deemed ‘at-risk.’

Missouri State alum and Reed Academy Special Education Teacher Rich Dameron is the Buddy Bears coordinator at Reed Academy.

Reed said his favorite part of the program is seeing the smile on the kids’ faces as he feels the pride of being a Missouri State graduate.

“As a graduate from Missouri State, to see students who are doing that,” Dameron said. “It’s just nice to see that. To me, it speaks volumes to them and their character. To know that’s the type of athletes we have representing Missouri State, it makes me really proud to see that.”

The success of Buddy Bears, according to Dameron, is measured by the impact the athletes have on their Buddy’s lives.

“I don’t think they realize how huge this is to these students,” Dameron said. “They think they’re awesome. Think of some kind of celebrity-type status.

“That’s really what it is. They come into their classroom and those kids know that they’re there for them, and it’s huge. The more we can get involved, the better.”

There are many more success stories of athletes going through the Buddy Bear program.

More than 30 student-athletes have teamed up with Harris to volunteer their time to the students at Reed Academy:

laundry. He might wash dishes.

One thing he knows for sure is that he’s going to see his Buddy, Brett Butts.

Butts is a student with autism at Reed Academy. He is learning functional skills to one day be independent and, to one day, ride a bicycle.

“He’s extremely smart and extremely bright,” Harris said. “He just needs someone there to prod him along a little bit. When he doesn’t have someone, he doesn’t get the progress that he would otherwise.

“Every time I go in and help him, you can tell that he’s learning more in tune to what he’s doing.”

Butts likes to hang out with Harris.

He likes to talk to his Buddy, and he really likes getting his picture taken with him.

“Someone like Shelby helps give him extra assistance — that’s really hard for us to provide for our students,” Butts’ functional skills teacher David Rice said. “That helps Brett’s skills in the classroom because when Brett’s able to focus on math, then he’s able to create new skills, and he’ll further progress.”

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It looked like the Bears were going to cruise in the weekend series at Central Michigan after they beat the Chippewas 12-1, but they could have used some of those runs for the next two games.

Missouri State (15-8) lost the last two games of the series to a struggling Central Michigan (10-13) and dropped their second consecutive weekend series.

Weather messed with the weekend’s scheduling, forcing the Bears to play two games on Friday and play the rubbermatch on Sunday.

The Bears attempted to make a comeback in the top of the ninth on Sunday, but the hill was too steep to climb.

Junior third baseman Jake Burger cut Central Michigan’s lead to five after an RBI single.

Senior first baseman Justin Paulsen followed with a two-RBI double to right field to make the game 7-4.

The comeback went for naught as the Chippewas were able to hang on.

Burger still enjoyed a good weekend as he finished the series going 8-13 from the batter’s box while knocking in three runs.

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wait around, then you’re not really going to get into it because you’re probably going to have something else always going on,” Blake said. “I thought it was really important to do.

I think it’s really important to do your freshman year or else I think you’re not really going to get into it.” _________________________________

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Monica Blake and Raven Gilbert school,” Ward said. “Being around her makes me happier. Middle school is really hard anyway, and just being able to help her in the process and being a positive influence makes me happy.”

Johnson said her favorite day of the week is Friday, when Ward is able to come in.

She loves Ward’s personality, and she likes Ward’s assistance with her homework.

“I just like to spend time with her,” Johnson said.

Missouri State struggled in the field during Sunday’s game as they committed four errors.

Only two of junior starting pitcher Doug Still’s six runs were allowed.

The second of Friday’s doubleheader came down to the wire when Colton Bradley scored on a walkoff fielder’s choice in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Central Michigan a 2-1 win.

Central Michigan pitcher Tyler Hankins got the best of the pitchers duel as he went 8.1 innings, allowing nine hits while striking out eight. Missouri State sophomore pitcher Dylan Coleman went 6.1 innings and struck out seven.

Burger was the lone run in Missouri State’s 2-1 loss as sophomore shortstop Jeremy Eierman was able to drive him in.

The first game of the series featured a 12-run outburst.

Burger went 3-5 with two RBIs and two runs. Eierman went 3-6 with two runs and one RBI. Missouri State begins the first of a nine game homestand on Tuesday night against Oral Roberts at 6:35 p.m. The Bears will host Bradley for a three-game weekend series to open up Missouri Valley Conference play starting on March 31.

Running late to see her Buddy, Monica Blake is facing her biggest challenge while being a Buddy Bear: Balancing being a student, an athlete and a Buddy.

“Making time for another thing is difficult.

We are athletes; we’re always busy,” Blake said. “That’s why I was late, because I was talking to a teacher. Making sure to make the time every week because I know it’s important to her, and it’s important to me too.”

The freshman swimmer from Papillion, Nebraska, made it a priority to get involved when she first stepped on campus.

While Blake is racking up service hours, she doesn’t even see it as something that’s required of her anymore.

“It’s not really service hours,” Blake said.

“It’s like me meeting with a friend, basically.”

Blake’s Buddy is sixth grader Raven Gilbert.

Gilbert likes Chinese food, and her favorite color is red. She also likes the time she spends with Blake.

“She helps me with my stuff in school and everything and my grades to make it go up and stuff,” Gilbert said.

Even as a sixth grader, Gilbert is teaching

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Shelby Harris and Brett Butts Blake learn to be thankful for the life she has.

“Sixth grade is hard,” Blake said. “It’s a lot different than when I was in sixth grade.

We talk about stuff that’s going on with her and I’d just say that people have a lot more stuff going on than you’d think.”

Blake didn’t waste time taking advantage of the opportunity. Blake said it was important to her to get involved early on in her college career.

“I think it’s super important because if you

With Harris graduating at the end of the semester, he’s not worried about the future of the Buddy Bears program.

He said he knows there are passionate members of the program who would take on his leadership role once he’s gone.

Dameron isn’t too considered either, but he’s sure to miss what Harris has brought to the program.

“Shelby has been the poster child for everything we want this program to be,” Dameron said. “He’s got a great heart; he’s been so instrumental in being that connection to the student athletes.”

As for Harris not seeing his buddy at Reed Academy anymore at this school year’s end, he’s not worried about that either. Harris plans to stay in touch with Butts after he graduates.

Harris is excited to stay in touch with his buddy. Butts said that he is too.

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said. “That was the first time since the fall of ‘88 that we won two events in the same semester.”

Fisher admitted that although golf is generally a mental game, the mental aspect became a little tougher following Holmes’ death.

“For me, golf is an escape from everything,” Fisher said. “Whatever happens during the day, golf is an escape for me.

When I am out there on the golf course, I completely forget about everything.”

Missouri State travels to Jonesboro, Arkansas, to compete in the Redwolves Intercollegiate on April 3-4.

“We aren’t at our best right now, but we are still playing some good golf,” Fisher said. “Looking forward, we just need to keep putting up solid scores.

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Missouri State finished second in the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate Tournament. The tournament was Missouri State’s only home tournament this season.

The race is on for Springfield’s next mayor Chloe Skaar Staff Reporter @cskaarface The General Municipal Election will bring Springfield citizens their next mayor on April 4.

The election will determine the mayor, council members for Zones 1, 2 and 4, and seats A and B for the general council.

Kristi Fulnecky, city councilwoman, announced her candidacy for mayor in January 2016. Fulnecky and Ken McClure, city councilman, are the two candidates for the position.

Fulnecky said that a priority of her time in office would be crime rates in the city; her campaign is endorsed by the Springfield Police Officers Association and the Greene County Deputy Association.

“I want to see reduced crime and increased safety,” Fulnecky said. “My number one priority is to make sure that citizens and students are safe.”

Fulnecky said that crime rates impact the city beyond the streets. She said she wants to

spearhead efforts to diminish its effects to see progression for the whole community.

“In order to have areas like downtown grow, we have to get a handle on crime,” Fulnecky said. “Some parents are worried to send their kids here for college, and people are afraid to venture downtown because they are worried about crime.”

Fulnecky also said that keeping college graduates in Springfield will help stimulate the city and its economic growth, but that jobs are another factor stunted by crime rates.

She said that keeping graduates around should be a bigger priority for Springfield’s citizens and that she has a plan to offer them more jobs and opportunities.

“We need to bring the private-sector solutions to the local government,” Fulnecky said.

“With less regulations, it will be easier to start businesses and open restaurants that can create jobs for young people.”

McClure said that he would like to see more college graduates choose to start their careers in Springfield as well. He said that workforce attraction and an environment capable of sup-

porting startups are crucial and that he has made these factors a priority throughout his career by working with programs like Springfield Uber and the UMKC School of Pharmacy at Missouri State.

“I am proud of the fact that our higher ed-

ucation institutions work so well together and that we are all focused on engaging young professionals in Springfield more effectively,” McClure said. “Ultimately, I feel like that’s one u See MAYOR, page 12

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Kristi Fulnecky and Ken McClure at a Springfield mayoral debate.

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Woman, womyn, womxn: Students learn about intersectionality in womanhood Asia Key Staff Reporter On March 21, Multicultural Programs sponsored a Lunch and Learn event in the Multicultural Resource Center Annex to discuss intersectionality in womanhood by spelling ‘woman’ in different ways.

The discussion was led by Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, an executive director of Multicultural Programs. The first thing she did was ask for the group of 10 women to introduce themselves and say their preferred gender pronouns.

“We introduce our gender pronouns as a way to normalize gender identity,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “It’s not always the traditional binaries of ‘she, her, hers.’ Being a woman is very fluid. It’s a way to kind of welcome all people that come into our space to feel included but also know that their identities are acknowledged.

In this space we try to normalize that.”

After passing out a sheet of terms, Garcia-Pusateri explained what it meant to be a “woman,” “womyn,” or a “womxn.”

According to the terminology handout, a woman is an adult female human being.

The alternative spelling “womyn” first appeared in print in 1976 at the first annual Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. This gathering occurred from 1976-2015, when founder and organizer Lisa Vogel announced that

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the cycle of life for the festival had run its course via a Facebook post.

This alternative spelling was introduced as a way to avoid the suffix ‘man,’ in protest of the biblical concept that women are simply subsets of men. It is meant to be a progressive term to demonstrate that “womyn” are their own free and separate entities.

Though the goal was to be more inclusive, Michigan’s Womyn’s Music Festival came under scrutiny from the LGBTQ community for its policy that attendants must be “womyn-born-womyn,” which explicitly excludes transgender women.

“Womyn,” according to the handout, is considered a white, liberal-feminist concept and, thus, the term “womxn” was created to broaden the scope of womanhood by including “womxn-of-color,” “trans-womxn” and other “womxn-identified” groups.

Garcia-Pusateri said that she uses the term “womxn” to define herself, but it is up to each individual to decide what term they will align themselves with based on their research and experiences.

“For a lot of people, this is all brand new for them,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “Being a woman has been their experience, whatever that entails. The different spellings makes you ask, ‘What does that mean about inclusivity?’ ‘What does that mean in a historical context?’ ‘If you use ‘womyn,’ what does that mean?’ ‘If you use ‘womxn,’ what does that mean?’”

As a straight, Latina woman, Garcia-Pusateri writes from that perspective. Even though she wants to be inclusive of other women, she would have to be intentional about the language she uses, she said.

Network, second-wave American feminists saw “women’s cultural and political inequalities as inextricably linked” and they encouraged women to understand aspects of their personal lives as deeply politicized and as

“(We should be) taking the extra step to really understand other people, understand different traditions and understanding the power of language and spelling.”

-Yvania Garcia-Pusateri “I need to own my privilege when I’m in this space, talking about this experience, and then reference other people and give space to those people who have those realities,” Garcia-Pusateri said.

The discussion turned, then, to address the first and second waves of feminism.

The first wave of feminism is commonly referred to as the nineteenth and twentieth century feminist activity in the United States and the United Kingdom; the movement’s focus was the promotion of equal contract and property rights for women, the opposition to chattel marriage and gaining political power through woman’s suffrage.

The second wave occurred from the ‘60s to the ‘80s. According to the Gender and Water in Central Asia

reflecting sexist power structures.”

A third wave beginning in the 1900s is also identified in this network. It began as a response to perceived failures in the initiatives and movements of the first wave. Thirdwave feminism seeks to challenge or avoid what it deems the second-wave’s essentialist definitions of femininity that over-emphasize the experiences of upper-middle-class white women.

It is here that the feminist movement begins to pay more attention to gender and sexuality.

Hiba Abdeljalil, a graduate student studying student affairs in higher education, said the meaning of feminism changes within each wave. Especially with this third-wave of feminism, she said it focuses more on what feminism means to individuals.

“It’s more intersectional and more individualized,” Abdeljalil said.

“What makes it younger is (that) it’s focusing more on individuality and what it means to be a feminist within that individual. So for some people it does have intersecting identities, and for others, it’s just white women.”

“Womyn” and “womxn” are not the only alternative spellings. There are also terms like “womban,” “wimmin” and “femme,” which is an expression of identity that both men and women adopt.

With so many ways to identify, the common ground must be humanity, Garcia-Pusateri said.

“At the end of the day, we’re human, and we identify whatever way,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “Humans are meant to live in community, and that’s how we function. For us to really understand each other, we must be okay with not knowing but then taking the extra step of learning.”

Garcia-Pusateri said that taking the extra step to learn, even if you’ve said something offensive unintentionally, should be the bottom line.

“You can say, ‘Oh, I didn’t know that; that’s not my intention,’ but owning that impact of what you did is the first step,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “We don’t mean to be negative, but then we don’t take ownership of what the impact was. (We should be) taking the extra step to really understand other people, understand different traditions and understanding the power of language and spelling.”

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can be. I don’t want to alienate people in any way.’”

Norman agreed that positivity and encouragement is a major focus during all of her women’s leadership talks.

“The ultimate objective is to impart information so that people can learn and go out and implement change,” Norman said. “No matter where you are in your life, (the message) will resonate with you, and you will walk out of here thinking differently than you did when you came in.”

Students said Norman did just that.

“I’m just trying to grow within myself and within my faith, and I was really empowered by it,” freshman nursing major Taylor Owens said. “I’m really happy I came.”

Norman centered her presentation around self-reflection based questions that she said are essential to ask while on the road to becoming an “excellent woman.” Students said this NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD organizational element of the presentation was effective.

Students wrap red ribbons around each other’s “I really enjoyed the four different questions because I think wrists during Norman’s presentation. that’s something that a lot of people don’t necessarily think about,” VanNess said.

Norman entertained students with stories of various learnTaylor said the stories were relatable, as well. She said the ing lessons throughout her career. Owens said she thought inspirational quotes and acronyms Norman used while discussNorman was especially funny when she told the story of a ing her main points were encouraging. major dance audition that went horribly wrong.

“The whole thing was super exciting,” Owens said. “Read-

ing the mantras to myself really hit close to home.”

Students said the level of emotion behind Norman’s message was matched by an energized delivery. She kept the audience engaged all night.

“The way she presented it was interactive and fun,” VanNess said. “It wasn’t just talking at you; it was talking with you.

Overall, I really enjoyed the message, and I enjoyed how she spoke to us.”

Banks said HERstory Month discussions and messages (like Norman’s) help us distinguish women as important people in society.

Norman spoke about what she has accomplished throughout her lifetime. Banks said the accomplishments of women, whether they are well-known or not, are worthy of celebration.

“That’s what we’ve wanted to do this month: show that this idea that women can contribute to society isn’t something that’s new,” Banks said. “Women have been contributing to society.

They have been doing it in meaningful and powerful and important ways or we wouldn’t be where we are.”

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SANCTUARY Continued from page 1 passed, it would have been sent to Smart and the Board of Governors.

Coffman said SGA has an unspoken precedent that they should not get involved with “political discourse.” While it is SGA’s job to represent students, Coffman said the state and federal political scopes are beyond MSU’s limits and that it’s in the university’s best interest to not get involved.

He also said resolutions should have an impact or start a discussion that could merit positive changes, but he did not think the sanctuary campus achieved that. He also thought endorsing the resolution would have put the MSU administration in a tight spot, because it would force them to comment on a controversial topic during a time of budget cuts.

Coffman and Classen said they were not sure if funding would be affected if this resolution had passed. Classen said he does not think funding should influence decisions about resolutions, however; the impact of a resolution should be the primary focus.

“If Missouri State did everything because of political pressure and the threat of funding, then MSU wouldn’t be able to be an institution of higher education because the point of high-

THE STANDARD er education is to open your mind, expand your ideas and try to learn, and you wouldn’t be able to do that if you (are) constantly focused on funding,” Classen said. “If people are to say they disagree with the university’s political opinion, so they’re going to stop funding, that’s very power-heavy. For us to do something that is accepting of all students, and then someone says, ‘Well, I can’t fund you for that,’ that would be kind of petty, and I think people are able to get beyond a political difference.”

Rachael Dockery, MSU’s attorney, said she was unaware of the sanctuary campus resolution until Coffman’s Board of Governor’s report last week.

“While I appreciate—and share—the SGA’s desire to support our international students, I also appreciate Adam’s recognition that this is a complicated issue and that adoption of sanctuary school status could have unintentional consequences for the very students who the resolution is intended to support, including increased scrutiny from the Federal government,” Dockery said.

Classen said he thought Coffman should have sent the resolution to the campus judicial board to decide whether the resolution followed precedent or not. He also thought Coffman cited a precedent that does not exist, based on past resolutions, such as the resolutions supporting the international community and LGBTQ students. He said those were instances when SGA used resolutions to make politi-

cal statements.

“Unless he can claim erroneously that students having their rights violated, having information illegally overturned to authorities doesn’t affect students’ lives, then the precedent he cited is completely false, and it creates a narrative of what SGA has not done in the past,” Classen said. “To me, it is a misrepresentation of what has been done before.”

Coffman said the international and LGBTQ students examples were different because they were topics that were posed to SGA and the administration prior to the passing of the resolutions.

“This is different in that we are bringing something to the table. It might be happening across the nation, but discussions about it have not been happening on Missouri State, and so we have no idea to what effect this could have,” Coffman said. “Those other resolutions were done with intent of knowing that the students need this and that it was a conversation worth having. The sanctuary campus, I fully believe is not following that reasoning and could cause more problems than the benefits it could have.”

Classen’s resolution cites the SGA constitution and senate manual, the public affairs mission and the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities as reasons behind making MSU a sanctuary campus.

Classen said he does not think the precedence cited was correct or the only reason why Coffman vetoed the resolution. He said he

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thought this veto was politically motivated.

Coffman said his intentions behind the veto were neutral.

Classen said he viewed the veto as a way of singling out certain students, which he doesn’t agree with.

“It affects a lot of people, and it’s very real to people. To say that it is not real and it doesn’t affect people’s lives, because that’s what the veto essentially did; it said that it doesn’t affect people’s lives enough to care,” Classen said.

“To me, it just says that he’s picking which students deserve our attention, and I disagree that we should pick and chose which students deserve our compassion and care. Unless people are willing to say that we shouldn’t protect any students, we shouldn’t be picking and choosing which students we support. We should care for all students and not just pick who we care about.

Classen is planning on presenting a resolution to overturn Coffman’s veto at SGA’s March 28 meeting. The resolution has to have a twothirds vote from the senate in order to overturn his veto. Classen said depending on the wording of the resolution, it might go to the campus judicial board or to the Board of Governors.

Students who have questions about the resolution or veto can contact Coffman at Adam1860@live.missouristate.edu and Classen at Classen333@live.missouristate.edu. Students can also stop by the SGA office at PSU 123.

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CAR Continued from page 2 involving a motor vehicle and pedestrian on campus this school year, according to Edmondson. On March 1, Taylor Howard, freshman undeclared major, was hit by a vehicle on Cherry Street, near the crosswalk by Hutchens House, according to a Springfield Police report.

Englert said students should be cautious when crossing streets by always crossing inside the marked crosswalks. He also said to be aware of the surroundings and to not be distracted by gadgets.

Howard said students should “err on the side of caution” and should not assume drivers will see them.

“Don’t expect any cars to stop because they don’t, and getting hit is not as much fun as it sounds, so don’t get hit,” Howard said.

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destrians and vehicles. Between Aug. 16, 2016 and March 9, there were 31 motor vehicle accident incident reports filed with MSU Safety and Transportation, according to Edmondson.

When it comes to drivers, Englert said the No. 1 safety tip is to obey the speed limits.

Fleeing the Scene There were also 21 incident reports that involved an individual leaving the scene of an accident between Aug. 16, 2016 and March 9, according to Edmondson.

Englert said students should always be concerned about their safety when they are both on and off campus.

He used Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a psychological theory that shows the patterns of human motivation, as an example. Since safety is towards the base of the hierarchy, if students fear for their well-being, it can influence their motivations for other things.

“If you don’t feel safe on campus, it’s going to affect Vehicular Crashes your learning, and it can deCar wrecks involving two tract from your student expevehicles are more common rience” Englert said. than collisions between pe-

SYNC Continued from page 5 also catering to their own cultures.”

According to MSU’s website, approximately 1,400 international students are enrolled in classes on the Springfield campus. In a recent blog post, President Clif Smart wrote about the value international students bring to

the university. “(MSU) values the presence of all our international students,” Smart said in the blog post. “We want you to be here, to be engaged in university activities and to be successful.”

REVIEW Continued from page 4 tering mistake: If the first-time traveler could not be Penelope, then it would be Tom. Naturally, Tom’s rash decision making does not permit him to properly run the equipment, instigating a chain reaction that destroys the paradise world where he has lived his life and creating 2016 as the rest of us know it.

When Tom returns to 2016 to find archaic shambles, at least by his standards, he realizes that his blunder has altered the course of billions of lives along with the development of his own consciousness.

The life he lived in our timeline fulfills his deepest desires: A mother no longer deceased, a healthy relationship with a loving version of his father, a sister he never had and, most importantly, a renewed chance to earn Penelope’s love.

Tom must choose between setting the world back to the paradise it deserves and accepting his catastrophic error for selfish fulfillment, while battling the disturbing versions of himself that accompany the other versions of his existence.

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As the plot progresses, Mastai presents charming and challenging characters that appeal to fans of every genre.

It is a story based on science fiction and travel between timelines that was quick to capture my inner “Rick-and-Morty”-loving nerd, but Mastai is a master of storytelling and seamlessly including elements from every genre.

“All Our Wrong Todays” offers its readers suspense, humor, mystery, romance and horror, but what readers will appreciate most is the sense of escape. Mastai introduces his readers to a universe parallel to our own where they will still relate to Tom’s conflicts in his family, job and relationship.

Mastai wrote his first novel gracefully and captivatingly. He stretches surprises and plot twists until the very last sentence, where the reader learns that the very thing that destroyed Tom’s world is the reason he can save it.

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MAYOR Continued from page 9 of my bigger picture goals in serving as mayor.”

McClure said that, if elected, his priorities for improving Springfield would consist of economic development and public safety. He said that a strong local

PSU Continued from page 5 were fools, but we’d do it again in a heartbeat if it didn’t get in the way of our classes.

The #PSUATHON was a break from all of our responsibilities and was also a way for us to make our own fun

STRESS Continued from page 5 ginning of the year, but suffer from more illnesses later in the semester. “(Procrastination) can allow an individual to put off something that is stressful or not overload their schedule by trying to complete everything,” Abernathy said. “People often see these short term benefits but don’t realize that the continued cycle of procrastination can have devastating outcomes.”

People can break the cycle, though, Abernathy said. She and some Missouri State University students gave some tips on how to avoid procrastination.

“Set deadlines. Keep yourself honest, and set as many deadlines as you can,” Cody

government and focused mayor are keys in accomplishing these goals.

“I want our city leadership to be perceived as professional and competent in a way that attracts opportunity for our citizens,” McClure said. “We need to focus on core responsibilities of government, like economic development, safe neighborhoods and transportation. If businesses looking at us don’t like what they see in headlines, they will pass us

for a day.

Everyone should have a #PSUATHON type of day every once in while.

Just make sure you get a good night of sleep before you do so, and get your homework and studying done before you do it.

Seriously, we ended up studying and doing homework until about 2 a.m.

Taylor said.

Taylor also suggested keeping a planner and making notes throughout the day in order to stay updated on everything. Another student, junior elementary education major Erin Mercer agreed with him about keeping a planner. Abernathy also gave a tip about avoiding procrastination.

“The best way to start is to be aware of your personality traits and if/when you procrastinate. Next, start setting little goals for yourself. Over time, increase the number and size of your goals,” Abernathy said.

According to Abernathy, the thing that works for one person may not work for someone else, just like how different people procrastinate for different reasons.

by.”

Candidates for council member of Zone 1 are Phyllis Ferguson and Thomas Quinn; Zone 2’s candidates are Helen Gunther and Tom Prater; Zone 4’s candidates are Craig Fishel and Debra Brady.

Candidates for General Council Seat A are Jan Fisk, Jesse Coulter and Allen Kemper. Those running for General Council Seat B are Craig Hosmer and Curtis Montgomery.