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The price of parking permits will increase for the first time since 2006.

Driving up costs

Changes to parking next year include higher permit prices and a new lot opening

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard

Parking updates in fall 2015 will lead to an increase in the price of parking permits and spots. For the first time since 2006, parking permits will see a price increase of about 20 percent. This change will be accompanied by a new, lower-cost parking option.

The parking administration functions as an auxiliary account, meaning it doesn’t receive money from the university. The revenue from parking passes is the main source of finance for parking maintenance, such as repaving, snow removal, staff salaries, training and other facilities. In the nine years since the last cost increase, inflation has gone up 20 percent, which is how the university decided how much the price of permits would increase.

The money gained from the increase in price will be used to help repave, restripe and reseal the parking lots. Additional parking spots will also be opened. A new

parking lot will be added north of Strong Hall, providing about 70 parking spaces.

Several university vehicles will be relocated, which will open another 10-12 spots.

Finally, with the completion of the O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center and the Visitor’s Center, around 100 additional spots will become available.

President Clif Smart addressed these changes in the March 10 edition of “Clif’s Notes,” a blog to keep students and faculty updated on university changes.

“Nobody likes for prices to go up,” Smart said. “I have not had very many people comment on it one way or another. We do our best at the university to maintain affordability, and I think, at some point, the cost just continued to rise enough that you had to make an adjustment.”

The price increase will come with a new, less expensive option for students and faculty. The cost will be $65 for the year, which is $25 cheaper than the previous cheapest parking option. This will allow for parking in lots 39, 51 and 52. Although these lots are

farther from campus, students have the option to take the shuttle where needed.

Andrew Bandelow, a junior cell and molecular biology major who currently lives on campus and has a parking permit, understands the meaning of the changes.

“At first, I thought it was unnecessary,” Bandelow said. “But upon reading the article, I believe it is a fair increase in price.

Looking at the economy from 2006 to now, there is an increase in the cost of living, and I think it is a fair raise.”

Parking permits will also look different.

In the fall, there will be a transition to repositioning permits, which will be stickers that can be stuck to the windshield. Also, parking permits will be available for purchase online.

“I recognize that parking is a challenge, and I would say that we are not unique in that,” Smart said. “Every university struggles with this. My encouragement is you have to plan ahead. Over time, we will do our best to add spaces.”

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B.E.A.R. Fee update: How the Traditions Council is spending your money to create more school spirit

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

The Bear Experience and Recreation Fee that passed through a student body vote in the fall of 2013 has been a hot topic since it was passed. However, the lone aspect that has not been discussed enough is how that money is being spent.

When the B.E.A.R. Fee passed, the Traditions Council was breathed into existence. This council’s point of emphasis was, and still is, to come up with the best ways to spend each student’s $50 allocated to this fund.

The first order of business was getting members, including a four-member executive board and representatives from the following organizations and groups: •Student Government Association •Student Activities Council •Interfraternity Council •National Panhellenic Council •Panhellenic Council

•Recruiting Emerging Alumni Leaders •Residence Hall Association •Student-Athlete Advisory Committee •Maroon Madness •At-large members (at least one from each class level) Each member has the opportunity to present an idea, and it takes a two-thirds quorum to pass a spending pitch. To Kristina Osborne, the executive director, the Traditions Council does not just decide how to spend the money.

“We exist, in my own words, to implement more tradition on campus,” Osborne said.

Despite the B.E.A.R. Fee’s link to athletics and the facilities built through the fee’s funds, there is more to being a Bear and having school spirit. One such example was the birthday celebration hosted in the Plaster Student Union on March 17.

“The entire reason behind the B.E.A.R. Fee was we wanted to create more school spirit,” Kirby Williams, a senior psychology major and the SGA representative in the Traditions Council, said. “Athletics is a fantastic way of doing that, but it’s not everything. There are those students who do not particularly like sports.”

Osborne agrees that athletics is one of the best ways to promote school spirit, and within that comes the opportunity to create traditions, some of which already exist.

“We have themed nights for football, and we have themed nights for basketball,” Osborne said. “...You can ask people what a tradition is here, and they’ll tell you we don’t have any, but these are things we have been doing for a while.”

Although $200,000 of the B.E.A.R. Fee is set aside specifically for “the gameday experience,” both Osborne and Williams think the incorporation of all traditions will further the student experience all around.

Osborne is working on a project to make a tradition out of the first time the university turns on the fountains outside of Meyer Library each year.

One thing Osborne is adamant about is making this “our own.”

“This is a way for students to really be a part of what’s going on at Missouri State,” Osborne said. “We’re getting all these great facilities, and if we can get the support from our students to back up those facilities, then I think we, at Missouri State, are in a great position to go far.”

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Over the last couple of semesters, the Student Organization Funding Allocation Council has been unable to provide money to all of Tunnel of Oppression, 6-9 p.m., the organizations that submitted Wells House Grand Lounge proposals. This can make funding Men’s and Women’s Chorus for trips, programs and other events Concert, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Juanita K. difficult for the organizations that Hammons Hall did not receive funding.

To avoid this situation in the future, SOFAC will implement changes to make it easier for MSU April Fools’ Day organizations to apply and receive SAC Campus Events Presents: Egg money.

Hunt, 5-11:30 a.m., campus-wide One of the major changes is the Blackboard Learn: Creating Individ- maximum amount of money an organization can receive. It will be ualized and Group Learning Paths, lowered from $5,000 to $4,000 2-4 p.m., Meyer Library 205 annually. By lowering the maximum, the excess money will be dispersed to organizations that normalSpring Holiday, all day, no classes, ly do not get funding. offices open Kathryn Blair, a senior human resources management major and Speaker: Mike Downing, Director SOFAC student specialist, said her of the Missouri Department of favorite part of the SOFAC changes Economic Development, 3-4 p.m., was the lowered maximum.

Plaster Student Union Room 313 “A lot of people don’t get Informational Forum on Question 1: SOFAC funds because we run out Repeal of Sexual Orientation and so quickly,” she said. “If we can Gender Identity from City of save $1,000 from every group, Springfield’s Nondiscrimination that’s a big chunk of money that we Ordinance, 6:30-8 p.m., Meyer can give to somebody else.”

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organization that submits a funding request will get something, but we just don’t know what that amount will be.”

The amount the student organizations receive will depend on the number of proposals, the amount of money requested and the amount of money SOFAC receives.

The money SOFAC uses is provided by the $25 student involvement fee MSU students pay every semester. SOFAC receives 30 percent of the total amount generated from the fee, which is about $300,000. This money is re-allocated to registered student organizations, according to Farris.

The general budget proposal process will also be simpler with the SOFAC changes. Students will no longer have to fill out piles of paperwork. The proposal forms will be provided online, and student organizations can fill out a few pages of paperwork and email them to SOFAC. When filling out a proposal, organizations can request funding for events either by semester or fiscal year. If an organization does its proposal by semester, then it will fill out one proposal for funding from July 1 to Dec. 31 and another proposal in the fall of 2015 for funding for events from Jan. 1, 2016, to June 30, 2016. If an organization knows its expenses for the whole fiscal year, then it can submit one proposal requesting funding from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016.

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Kelli Farris presents to student organization members about the steps they need to take to get funding.

“I think (the SOFAC changes) will make it a whole lot easier,” Harmony Kapp, a sophomore fashion merchandising and management major, vice president of college republicans and treasurer of the association of fashion and design, said. “It’s all electronic and less tedious.”

The general budget proposals are due April 17. Organizations will be contacted on May 6 about their allocation amounts.

Lastly, organizations will no longer be required to attend SOFAC meetings. SOFAC council members will be assigned as delegates to each

proposal and will represent the organizations at the allocation meetings.

Instead of attending the allocation and follow-up meetings, organizations will have to attend payment meetings with SOFAC. These meetings will give detailed descriptions about how to receive SOFAC funds, according to Blair.

If students have questions, they can email the Office of Student Engagement at StudentEngagement@MissouriState.edu, visit Plaster Student Union Room 101 or look up the SOFAC guidelines on Missouri State’s website.

Campus climate study shows diversity is needed

By Sofia Caito The Standard @SofiaCaito The results of the campus and community climate study were recently released which show where the campus stands when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

The study was put on by Diversity Works Inc., an outof-state polling business, to determine how the students felt about diversity on campus. The study took place over the course of 19 months and was completed in three sections: campus research, focus groups and community focus groups which occurred on

campus and in Springfield.

The survey was sent out four times to Missouri State students via email. There were 1,925 students who took the survey that provided fully completed and appropriately scored surveys of usable data.

Results were not surprising to President Clif Smart.

“All student groups do not express the same level of belongingness,” said Smart at a press conference on Thursday, March 19.

“The data essentially says if you are in a minority group of any kind – disabled veteran status, older student, AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, LGBT – you tend to perceive that you’re not as included as you

would be if you were in a majority group,” Smart said.

Smart said he was pleased that the same percentage of all of the groups believe that the university includes and treats them fairly.

“That’s a good finding.

But you’re always disappointed that there is still some discrimination, bullying and harassment that goes on,” said Smart.

Smart said the first part of analyzing the results is to let people digest this information and give their input.

Students on campus, however, did find some results from the study to be surprising. Student governor and junior socio-political communi-

cation major Caleb Doyle said what surprised him most about the results was both the amount and demographic breakdown of people who said they have experienced harassment on campus, whether verbally, at work, in class, online, in microaggressions or otherwise.

“It’s not surprising that it happens; it’s surprising how often,” Doyle said.

Brianna Duda, the director of diversity and inclusion for the Student Government Association and a junior socio-political science major, was most surprised by the statistics released on women and gender discrimination.

“Women were reported as

the number one group to feel discriminated on campus. I expected it to be LGBT students or students of color, and it saddens me that so many women have been treated unfairly and experienced harassment,” Duda said.

“That’s worrisome,” Smart said about the results regarding women.

“We want to be on the cutting edge of doing everything we can to make sure women are safe at Missouri State.”

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While the elections for student body president aren’t until April 11, there’s another election coming up on April 7 that affects you and the rest of Springfield.

Springfield citizens — that almost certainly means you, unless you aren’t registered to vote here — will to decide their mayor, councilmembers and general

By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC

council seats, as well as whether or not to repeal the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity protection ordinance.

Whether or not you plan to remain in Springfield after you graduate, voting matters. Even if you’re leaving in a few months, you’ve got a chance to make a difference for the people who will be remaining here.

If you’re familiar with the popular video game series “Fallout,” then you’ve been exposed to one of the many depictions of a post-nuclear apocalypse — if you haven’t played “Fallout,” stop reading, go purchase “Fallout 3,” then return after playing 80 hours and you’ll understand.

Nuclear energy today, however, has not had quite the devastating effect found in “Fallout 3” or the “Terminator” series. Thank goodness.

Nuclear energy represented 19 percent of all energy produced by the United States in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency. For a comparison, coal produced 40 percent of all U.S. energy in 2013.

Nuclear power facilities produced 822 billion kilowatt hours that year. For those who don’t pay an electricity bill, the average American home used 909 kWh

monthly in 2013 with an annual consumption of about 10,908 kWh — a fraction of a fraction of a drop in the proverbial energy bucket.

Nuclear energy is also impressively clean-burning, releasing only a fraction of greenhouse gas emissions during a standardized life-cycle in comparison to coal and similar energies. When producing the same amount of electricity, nuclear energy produces approximately 36 times fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide than coal.

You may ask yourself, “What’s the catch?”

The answer is nuclear waste. I’m sure the immediate image coming to mind is a radioactive barrel from “The Simpsons” or “Duke Nukem.”

To be honest, you’re not far off. Nuclear waste is anything and everything that has been used in the processing of nuclear energy, which could include mechanical parts, clothing, lightly irradiated materials and, of course, high-level radioactive waste. Highlevel waste is used nuclear fuel that remains after a three-year lifetime of creating electricity — this is the nasty, highly irradiated gunk from every bad 1980s movie, e.g. “Class of Nuke ‘Em High.”

This remains to be one of the most detrimental

In the last issue of The Standard, an opinion piece intended as satire was printed. This piece presented an offensive argument concerning the upcoming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity recall vote on April 7 in Springfield. Particularly, the author shifted a civil conversation about a serious topic, turning it into a critique of Christians, claiming that Christians hate the LGBTQ community.

After the article was printed, the conversation continued on Twitter, where the author indicated that those Christians who were offended were being martyrs and that his satire was justified because of the “hate” Christians have toward the LGBTQ community. That even though he poked fun at Christians, he still selectively loved progressive Christians. Not responding to both the hateful column and the comments that followed online would allow incivility to occur and the voice of Christians to become suppressed. Thus, I’d like to start a civil discussion.

First, genuine Christians do not hate the LGBTQ community. Unlike the posts coming from the author, indicating that he only “respected progressive Christians,” Christians are taught to love all people — not just selectively love and respect those who agree with their beliefs. They are not called by God to both judge and marginalize.

Rather, they are called first to love all people, regardless of their lifestyle, and to serve God. As a Christian, I may not agree with everyone’s lifestyle, yet I don’t expect everyone to agree with mine. However, in order to live in an America where freedom, prosperity and civil society flourish, we all need

Every morning last summer, I went out on my front porch and saw my neighbor on his. He lived by himself in the large red house directly opposite mine. He was a very peculiar fellow, my neighbor. All summer, I saw him doing one of two things: tending his lawn or sitting on his porch.

When my neighbor tended his lawn, he did so in accordance with a strict routine. First, he hauled the gas lawnmower out of a shed near the back, taking the gravel lane along the side of the house. Once he had the lawnmower inside his gated yard, he revved up the rusty old machine on the footpath and turned to the lawn. He moved back and forth along one patch of grass, back and forth along the other, then back and forth on the first patch of grass again.

And so on.

When he finished, he’d take to his hands and knees and crawl along the dirt moat, pinching up blades of grass and yanking the weeds out. Finally, for an encore, he parked the mower in the shed out back and went up to his porch steps and sat. He sat creased forward with his knees splayed apart, his elbows on his knees and his arms out. His fingers were folded. He always had a cigarette plugged between his lips, and he rarely reached up to flick the ash. Every so often, after stomping out a cigarette, he mumbled himself inside and came out and sat down with a fresh one already dangling out of the corner of his mouth. He sat there like that until the street lamps turned on.

We all look for that one thing that can make us feel as though we belong here among this dynamic mass of jiggling things. Some of us construct meaning through purchases, building ourselves and therefore finding meaning through the things that we own. Others ride out hell to master a trade or a form of art. And, still, there are those of us who find solace from the simplest of things, such as a flower garden or a collection of butterflies or the ability to recite the lyrics to every song on a favorite album — or a cleanly trimmed lawn.

Through feeling our belonging on this planet, we quell the existential hum — that constant ringing urging us to continue. We stop, if only for a moment.

We lose ourselves in what we love. The external world is washed away, and all that remains is us and our belonging; we feel joy.

This is the most potent drug we own, and when we find the supplier, we’re immediately hooked. For my neighbor, the supplier is seasonal. It’s the sun and the rain and all things that lead him out to his lawn. It’s a lawnmower.

It’s a job well-done.

My neighbor is thoroughly addicted. I’m not sure about rehab, but when the shot-through leaves dapple down on the fading grass and objects nip fingertips, it’d be wrong of me not to wonder where my neighbor migrates for the winter.

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products of nuclear technology. A half-life is the time taken for a quantity to fall to half its amount from its point of creation, and some of the byproducts of these processes have a half-life of more than a million years.

I wish I could say that I was embellishing that last fact.

Currently, these high-level, long half-life wastes are stored in containers a half of a mile underground.

Yes, that’s the best we can do.

While nuclear energy is incredibly useful and clean-burning, the byproducts sit and slowly waste away in apparent ad infinitum. This allows for numerous hazards. In February 2014, a barrel of waste exploded and caught fire apparently due to the kitty litter used in storage reacting with the contents.

Besides material availability, waste disposal remains the largest obstacle to optimum use. If we can find a better disposal method than subterranean bunkers — and my personal suggestion of jettisoning waste into the sun — nuclear power stands to save us tonnes of emissions and “tonnes” of money. So the moral of the column is get cracking, people; nuclear engineers have a $104,000 median annual salary.

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Secondly, hyperbolic satire does not invoke actual reason and makes for weak argumentation. When one uses an overtly emotional appeal to stir hate, his or her argument shifts into an intrinsically insulting message. Sure, it can be said that the column was persuasive, but in an inaccurate, offensive and hateful manner. Question One is not a light-hearted topic and it should not be made into a mockery. The satiric column’s author has turned the civic discussion of LGBTQ equality and public policy into a roast of Christians. My rhetoric professor, Elizabeth DudashBuskirk, said it best, “When satire is polemic, it’s no longer political or an argument. It becomes hate.” Do the citizens who are dedicated to both diversity and inclusion consider that author’s column to be inclusive? I think not.

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Greek Week hosts a variety of events

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Steve Whitby, a Pi Kappa Phi alumnus, was this years Greek Week educational speaker.

Steve Whitby spoke to the FSL community about ‘Shaving the Yak’

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Gods and goddesses shined at Juanita K, March 26

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Fraternities and sororities moved to the music at Greek Jam

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Theta Chi’s Greek god, C.J. Ross, took first place with his rendition of street performing.

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Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Phi and Zeta Phi Beta took first at Greek Jam.

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post spring break

Tuesday, March 31 Cesar Chavez Day, all day

Show Me Your Lone Star — exhibit, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 110

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Carrie’s Cafe, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Professional 426

Wednesday, April 1

SAC campus events presents: egg hunt, 5-11:30 a.m., campuswide Show Me Your Lone Star — exhibit, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 110

Thursday, April 2

Queer and Christian Without Contradiction talked about faith and sexuality.

Show Me Your Lone Star — exhibit, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 110

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Spring holiday, no classes, offices open

Speaker: Mike Downing, Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, 3-4 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313 Informational Forum on Question 1, 6:30-8 p.m., Meyer Alumni Center

Friday, April 3

Spring holiday, no classes, offices closed Good Friday, all day Show Me Your Lone Star — exhibit, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 110 Cultural Corner, 4:45-6:15 p.m., Morris Center

Saturday, April 4 Theravada New Year, all day Hanuman Jayanti, all day

Show Me Your Lone Star — exhibit, noon-5 p.m., Brick City 110

Sunday, April 5 Easter, all day

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FSL man and woman of the year

This past week the FSL community hosted a plethora of events to help celebrate Greek Week.

Throughout the week, FSL presented a number of awards to those in the community who have showen leadership and success in their positions.

Awards included those such as top philanthropist, president of the year and chapter of the year.

One of the top awards, however, was man and woman of the year.

This was awarded to senior public relations major Francis Ahrens and senior entertainment management major Sara Sabulsky, respectively. Both individuals have made strides and have been a good face for the FSL community.

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Missouri State students and other members of the community gathered last week to discuss a touchy topic: the relationship between faith and sexuality. Queer and Christian Without Contradiction, an annual discussion panel hosted by Spectrum and United Ministries in Higher Education, was held on Wednesday, March 25, in the Plaster Student Union.

The panel included five ministers from several different faith traditions — all affirming of LGBTQ rights — along with Spectrum president and freshman religious studies major Brianna Wampler, who identifies as agnostic. The group took turns addressing a set of prepared topics, then answered questions from the audience.

“We wanted to put together something that shows the LGBT community here in Springfield, and particularly on this campus, that all those negative stereotypes between the two communities aren’t always actually there,” Wampler said in an interview before the event. “Really, it’s just to provide support.”

Event organizer and moderator Howard Cavner, who has acted as a campus minister for 31 years, added that the goal was “to

give students a chance to hear and interact with progressive Christians and others who love them and accept them for what they are.”

Among the subjects discussed were the integration of faith and sexuality, the ways in which religious teachings inform ideas of gender and sexuality and the methods by which various faith traditions can support and learn from the LGBTQ community.

Many of the panelists shared stories and anecdotes from their own lives. Reverend Sarah Klaassen, a Disciples of Christ minister who was raised as a Mennonite in rural Kansas, did not acknowledge her sexuality growing up. It wasn’t until she left home and began exploring other traditions that she started to feel comfortable identifying as both a Christian and a lesbian.

“For me, it’s not two separate things,” she said. “It’s part of who we are; it’s part of our faith. It’s a gift from God, and it’s something to be enjoyed.”

Reverend Phil Snider, a pastor at Brentwood Christian Church, remembered praying that God would “heal” a gay friend in his youth group. Experiences such as this nearly caused him to abandon Christianity altogether until he discovered a segment of the faith that “wasn’t about exclusion, but was about welcoming and grace.” u See PANEL, page 9

Now that spring break is long gone and we’re back in the swing of school, you may feel yourself stressing out as you realize there are only a couple of months left until summer.

Two professors in the Biomedical Sciences Department give the hard facts about juice cleanses, crash diets and how to stay healthy for the remaining months of school left before summer. A student and health blogger also offered her opinions. Hillary Roberts, a senior instructor of biomedical sciences, teaches nutrition counseling, nutritional assessment and intro to nutrition assessment and sports nutrition.

She is the dietetic internship director and registered dietition. Natalie Allen, a clinical instructor of biomedical sciences. She teaches sports nutrition and a medical nutrition therapy lab. Megan Hamilton, a senior advertising and promotions major, who has a blog found at dailydoseofmeggy.wordpress.com.

Here is what they think about the following topics:

Continuing to take care of yourself after spring break Roberts: Eat whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

It doesn’t matter if it’s cooked or raw. This will really increase your immunity.

Hamilton: I think the main thing is to get a lot of rest to catch up from the crazy week before. Not only do you need to rest, but you also need to fuel your body with nutrients that you may not have gotten while you were on vacation.

Feeling sluggish or tired Hamilton: Just because we are in college doesn't mean that we are too old for naps. If you have time in your day for a quick 20-minute power nap, it will seriously help more than you think.

Feeling dehydrated Roberts: Try to drink more water. I know it’s boring, but, really, try not to drink as much soda or u See HEALTHY, page 9

Laugh it out on Netflix Trevor Mitchell Movie Reviewer

@TJM613 This week, save your money and stay in with Netflix — I promise you there’s nothing funnier playing in theaters than “Tucker & Dale vs.

Evil.”

The setup is pretty familiar: your standard group of attractive teenagers is taking the standard camping trip out in some woods they probably shouldn’t be in.

On their way there, they meet two hillbillies, Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) who have just purchased a decrepit old cabin in

those same woods. You can probably guess the rest — the two hillbillies systematically murder all the teenagers, except for one girl, who kills them and survives.

Except that’s not what happens at all. Tucker and Dale are perfectly nice, normal people who just want to go fishing and fix up their cabin.

When one of the girls on the camping trip nearly drowns, they save her and take her back to the cabin to recover.

Her friends, however, are convinced she’s been kidnapped and that they’ve found themselves in the newest “Friday the 13th,” and the misunderstandings backing up that theory get more and more bizarre.

To be fair, it’s hard to blame the teenagers, who have a bad habit of accidentally killing themselves in horrific ways that seem like murders — when the group comes upon Tucker trying to save one of the teenagers who has fallen into a

woodchipper, they decide it’s time to fight back.

Tucker and Dale, meanwhile, are incredibly confused and believe the teenagers are participating in a suicide pact. Thinking they’ll get framed as murderers, they don’t call the authorities and things slowly get worse and worse.

It might be the funniest horror movie I’ve ever seen, and much like “The Cabin in the Woods,” it manages to also be an effective horror movie while satirizing them.

Tudyk and Labine are excellent in their roles as hapless hillbillies who just want to be left alone, and the romantic subplot between Dale and rescued teenager Allison (Katrina Bowden) is unexpectedly sweet.

The more you love horror movies, the more you’ll love “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” — but I can’t imagine many people who could watch this and not cry from laughter.

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Calendar

Tuesday, March 31

Men’s golf: 8 a.m. at UALR First Tee Intercollegiate at Little Rock, Arkansas Women’s golf: 8:30 a.m. at UALR/Arkansas State Women’s Golf Invitational at Maumelle, Arkansas Softball: 3 p.m. vs. SEMO at home Softball: 5 p.m. vs. SEMO at home

Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Arkansas at home

Thursday, April 2

Men’s soccer: 6 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas at Conway, Arkansas Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Dallas Baptist at home

Friday, April 3

Softball: noon vs. Evansville at home

Softball: 2 p.m. vs. Evansville at home

Tennis: 3 p.m. vs. Southern Illinois at Carbondale, Illinois Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Dallas Baptist at home

Saturday, April 4

Softball: noon vs. Evansville at home

Tennis: 1 p.m. vs. Evansville at Evansville, Indiana Baseball: 2:05 p.m. vs. Dallas Baptist at home

Briefs

Football Bears hold first scrimmage

The Missouri State Bears gave a glimpse into the Dave Steckel era with a 93-play intrasquad game held at Plaster Stadium on March 28.

Points were a premium during the day, as the offense was able to muster only two field goals by senior kicker Marcelo Bonani, which came early during the scrimmage.

On the defensive side, sophomore safety Eric Greely and junior linebacker Dylan Cole each had an interception. Cole returned his interception 93 yards for a touchdown.

MSU will play their annual Maroon and White scrimmage game on April 11 at Plaster Stadium.

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Junior Uvis Kalnins and seniors Garrett Nevels and Paul Le pose for a photo prior to the start of the Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Kalnins and Le returned as a pair for the second year in a row, while Nevels made his first appearance.

Bears leap into choppy waters MSU sends team members to NCAA Championships for third straight year; Nevels makes first appearance

By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders42

Among the burnt orange of Texas and the navy blue of Cal, some maroon made its way into the Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium in Iowa City, Iowa, as seniors Paul Le and Garrett Nevels and junior Uvis Kalnins represented a record three MSU Bears.

The tournament, which began on March 26 and concluded on March 28, was the third trip to nationals for senior Paul Le, the second trip for junior Uvis Kalnins and the first for senior Garrett Nevels.

Le, who was the first Bear to qualify for nationals since 2005, had a rough start in his senior-year championship campaign. Both he and Kalnins competed in the 200 IM on Thursday, but only Kalnins’ time of 1:44.47 was counted once Le was disqualified for the illegal use of a dolphin kick on the breaststroke leg of the IM. “It was definitely a disappointment and not how we would’ve liked to start things off in the first race of championships,” said head coach Dave Collins. “We were a little confused

because this isn’t something that has ever showed up in practice before, but one of the reasons (Le) has been so successful is his ability to shrug it off and move on to the next opportunity quickly.”

For Le –– who is the only All-American in MSU swimming and diving history, holds three school records and has been to more NCAA championships than any other Bear –– bouncing back was a breeze.

As Day 2 commenced, the Bear-caps sped through the pool. Kalnins swam first and broke the school record he set earlier this month at the MAC Championships by a whole second with a blazing 3:45.00 in the 400 IM, good for 21st overall.

Then, looking for some Day 1 redemption, Le competed in his specialty, the 100 backstroke, and finished 29th overall with a time of 47.00.

Nevels represented the Bears as the first NCAA Championship qualifying diver in 25 years. He finished 47th in the 1-meter and 41st in the 3-meter diving preliminaries. “(Nevels) has taken the diving program to another level. He has set the tone for what can take place within our program at the national stage,” Collins said. “I think for him to give us a presence at nationals will heighten the level of training for the current divers, and I think we’ll

see a higher level of divers coming in as recruits.”

The final day of competition provided an electric atmosphere for all the swimmers at the championships. A sold out crowd of rowdy swimming and diving fans seemed suiting for the MSU trio to end the year.

Le started things off with the 200 backstroke in his final heat ever as a Missouri State student athlete. He finished 28th overall with a time of 1:42.42.

Kalnins, for the second straight year, was the only athlete at the championship to compete in two IM’s and the 100 freestyle. He finished the season placing 41st overall in the 100 freel with a time of 43.87.

“This is the fastest swim meet, top-to-bottom, that our guys will ever come in contact with,”Collins said. “It’s a pleasure and an honor to be a part of it. Watching Paul Le swim his last meet as a Bear was emotional. You get paid to coach athletes, but that’s not what it is with what I’ve experienced with (Le). If I could put it all into one word, I’d just say I’m proud.”

Besides individual swimming ventures, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving Bears will go into hibernation until preparation for next year begins.

Bears break out the brooms in Jacksonville MSU sweeps non-conference series against Dolphins; offense scores 26 combined runs on 42 total hits

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn

The Missouri State baseball Bears rode three strong pitching performances and broke out the brooms, sweeping the Jacksonville University Dolphins and increasing their win streak to five games.

In Game 1, junior pitcher Matt Hall struck out 12, a career high, in 7 and two-thirds innings of work.

The Bears took a 6-4 lead into the ninth inning, but they wouldn’t get a chance to finish it until nearly 12

hours later because a power outage delayed the end of the game until the next day, even though there was only one out left.

The Dolphins found their bats in the break, tying it up 6-6 to send the game to extra innings, but the Bears had some offense of their own, scoring six runs in the 10th to secure a 12-6 win in Game 1.

In Game 2, junior pitcher Jon Harris picked up right where he left off in his last outing against Indiana State, tossing eight scoreless innings with six strikeouts and just one walk.

At the plate, the Bears com-

bined for 27 hits and 12 runs in the two games played that day.

Senior second baseman Dylan Becker went 3-for-4 in Game 2 with two RBIs. Junior centerfielder Tate Matheny also had a multi-hit game hitting 2 for 5 with an RBI. The Bears shut out the Dolphins 6-0.

Sophomore pitcher Jordan Knutson almost went the distance in Game 3, tossing 8 and two-thirds innings of scoreless innings of work.

Knutson struck out six and had a streak of sitting down 14 consecutive batters. He earned his first

win as a Bear.

Junior catcher Matt Fultz went 4 for 5 with one RBI on the day while Becker continued having a hot bat, going 3 for 4 with an RBI as the Bears collected 15 hits in Game 3.

The Bears outscored the Dolphins 26-7 over the weekend and will look to carry the momentum into a contest on March 31 at 6:35 p.m. as the Bears travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for a showdown with the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.

Softball collects two series wins on road trip

By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders42

The softball Bears played the final four games of their seven-game road-swing this past week, going a combined 2-2 over that stretch. After a tough loss in Edwardsville, Illinois, the weekend was full of Bears swinging bats as MSU grabbed its seventh consecutive series win over the Sycamores of Indiana State and improved to 16-16, 5-4.

To simply say the Bears lost to the Cougars on March 25 in Edwardsville is wildly misleading.

Even with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Pitcher of the Week Haley Chambers on the mound facing the Bears, MSU never had a sign of intimidation.

Redshirt sophomore first baseman Mary Stephens set the tone batting leadoff in the first inning. On her 11th pitch of the at-bat she drew her team-leading eighteenth walk of the season.

After freshman outfielder Erika Velasquez Zimmer dropped one over the shortstop to put two on, senior outfielder Rebecca McPherson smacked one up the middle to drive one home for the Bears.

Then Velasquez Zimmer scored on a wild pitch to give the Bears a 2-

0 lead. The score would remain that way as sophomore starting pitcher Erin Struemph tossed five innings and collected four strikeouts.

But, in the sixth inning the Cougars complied runs in a hurry, and devastated the Bears 3-2.

Struemph unleashed some fury and her teammates were ready to back her up as the Bears arrived in Terre Haute, Indiana on March 28 to face Indiana State in a three-game weekend series. The sophomore commanded the mound and decided a one-run first inning for the Sycamores was enough.

She struck out six batters as over half the team crossed home plate in a 5-1 victory for the Bears.

The second game of Saturday’s doubleheader provided some lateinning drama when MSU tied the game in the top of the sixth after getting walked three consecutive times. But, an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth proved to be the deciding factor as the Sycamores held on to win 3-2.

After falling below .500 with the Game 2 loss, the Bears left Terre Haute with something to feel good about as they came out on top of a Game 3 slugfest.

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MSU travels to Arkansas and Texas for first outdoor events of the 2015 track and field season; Richardson sets new school pole vaulting record at Arkansas Spring Invitational

By Kelsey Kane for The Standard @KelseyKane The Missouri State track and field team began their outdoor season at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, this weekend, competing in seven events, and at the Arkansas Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

“We got the opportunity to get some things done, to shake some rust off and get excited about the outdoor season,” said head coach and director of track and field, Ronald Boyce, who took part of his team to Austin. “All in all you're in a meet with hundreds of schools, literally, and you come back and take a look at it and you say, ‘Boy, that wasn't so bad.’ We had a good meet and I felt pretty decent about it.”

In Texas, junior Holly Pattie-Belleli achieved her personal best in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.42 that won her heat but did not qualify her for Saturday’s finals.

“All the things that you do in practice, all the things that you do across the board, if you can get out there and you can execute, it will happen and she’s been doing a great job of executing,” Boyce said. “She's a tough kid. She has worked really hard and she's going to have a good year if she stays healthy.”

“I don’t think it was unexpected. I've been working very hard and I saw a lot of results come indoors so I knew it was going to be faster than what I ran last year,” Pattie-Belleli said. “I would have liked it to be faster, but I've got the rest of the season to do that.”

Pattie-Belleli said she had to make some adjustments from

the indoor portion of the season to outdoor.

“The hurdles indoors are only 60 meters so running the extra 40 meters doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is. I think I do need to work on getting some endurance in so I can finish over 10 hurdles because I don't feel like my speed was excelling through the eighth, ninth and 10th hurdles,” PattieBelleli said. “But I think that will just come with practice and more competitions so hopefully as the weeks go on I'll be able to improve.”

Other MSU athletes completed events frequently placing in the top half. Sophomore Marissa Kurtimah and junior Shavonne Husbands competed in the 100-meter dash; Kurtimah ran a 12.04 to tie for 38th place and Husbands ran a 12.05 to place 42nd in a field of 98 athletes.

The Bears entered in three relays, starting with the 4x100meter ran by senior Chelsey Borders, Husbands, Kurtimah and senior Althia Maximilien, running a time of 46.67 and placing 21st of 50 schools.

The 4x400-meter relay featured sophomore Shani Adams, junior Oarabile Babolayi, Maximilien and sophomore Rosalie Pringle, finishing with a time of 3:43.35, which earned them third place in their heat and 12th overall out of 43 teams. The same team placed first in the relay at the indoor MVC Championships about a month ago.

MSU’s last relay of the day was the 1600 sprint relay, and Maximilien, Husbands, Babolayi and Pattie-Belleli finished in the 10th spot with a time of 4:02.57.

The only Bear to participate in field events was junior Robiann Broomfield, who finished 10th in the long jump section B finals with a jump of 5.50 meters on her final long jump, and 11th in the triple jump section A finals with 12.21

meters in her final triple jump.

Meanwhile, in Fayetteville, several Bears placed across nine events.

Notably, freshman pole vaulter Georgia Richardson placed fourth in the event with a cleared height of 3.35 meters, breaking the MSU school record that had been in place since 2005.

Seven Bears participated in the discus throw, all finishing in the top seven spots. Freshman Jillian Bertz claimed the runner-up finish with a distance of 34.11 meters; sophomore Melanie Raterman placed third with 33.88 meters; and freshman Brittany McPike with 31.47 meters, junior Cassandra Schwab with 30.72 meters and freshman Mirissa Massey with a 30.39 meter-throw finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.

Freshman Antonea Carson competed in the javelin event, throwing a distance of 39.02 meters to place third, followed

by Raterman in fourth with a distance of 33.05 meters and Massey in sixth with 24.98 meters.

The Bears had two top-10 finishes in the 1500 meter run, including junior Tenaly Smith, who placed fourth with a time of 4:53.23, and junior Cindy Forde finished eighth with a time of 5:00.96.

Boyce emphasized toughness as the key characteristic he wants his team to exhibit moving forward.

“This early in the season, there’s a lot of places to improve,” Boyce said. “You want to be tougher. What I like to see is having a better mental attitude and getting in there and saying, ‘We are Missouri State, and we can compete.’”

The Bears will return to Fayetteville on April 10-11 for the Arkansas John McDonald Invitational.

Women’s soccer Bears give glimpse into future with first spring scimmage doubleheader at Allison South MSU working to adjust to life without star players Fouch and Huber; four players score goals during doubleheader

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The Missouri State women’s soccer Bears might have to wait until September before they can start playing “meaningful” games again, but the experience they gained during the two spring scrimmage games they played on March 28 carried plenty of benefit.

The Bears donned their uniforms and cleats and took the field at Allison South Stadium, playing through chilly 40degree temperatures in games against Western Illinois and Butler Community College.

“Today the challenge was to come out and play while being tired, tight and cold,” head coach Rob Brewer said. “I thought they did a good job today. I would give them a B plus grade.”

The first scrimmage game for MSU came against the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The Bears jumped out to a 10 lead when freshman midfielder Mary Disidore scored on a corner kick in the first half.

MSU went into halftime holding onto that 1-0 lead, but doubled it in the second half when junior midfielder and forward Molly Brewer put one past the Western Illinois goalkeeper to make the score 2-0.

“I found a seam in behind and I found some space,” Molly Brewer said. “I found some space out wide and then I snuck in.”

However, the lead did not last and defensive breakdowns in the MSU zone allowed Western Illinois to tie the game at 2-2, which became the final score.

The challenge ofthe game against Western Illinois was that it was the first game MSU played without two of their standout senior players from last season — defender Kelsey Fouch and forward Molly Huber.

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Junior midfielder and forward Molly Brewer fights for a ball during a game against Butler Community College.

“We relied on them a lot in the fall,” Rob Brewer said.

“Now we’re trying to find new players, and we’re playing a different system.”

No defensive breakdowns were found in the second game.

MSU came away with a 2-0 victory over Butler Community College behind goals scored by freshman defender Brooke Zimmerman and freshman midfielder and forward Rachel Cattrell.

MSU has two weeks off before their next spring scrimmage against Arkansas on April 10. They will use the time off to get back into playing shape and go over things they learned from their first two games.

“It’s hard to be motivated and be fit if you’re not playing,” Rob Brewer said.

The game against Arkansas begins at 7 p.m. at Allison South Stadium.

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Continued from page 2 have been chosen by the U.S. Department of Justice to participate in a sexual harassment/sexual assault climate survey.

“We are a part of the pilot program,” added Smart. He said he hopes students will partake in the survey to help gauge where the university is.

“There are very few stranger assaults,” Smart said. “Even if there are only one or two over the course of a few years, that still makes people nervous.”

Smart stated the university has tried to improve lighting and to have a way for women to be escorted home or across campus. There is also training and awareness in residence halls.

“Getting meaningful data is the first step, then we can work on programing,” Smart said. “If we need additional officers out there, we are willing to do that. We will get additional data. Incentives for federal universities to continue to work hard and identify when this happens to insure that people are punished appropriately. Discipline will ramp up when students are involved on the perpetrator side.”

Smart also added that the university is looking to hire a new Title IX coordinator whose job will be to investigate, train and run disciplinary procedures and create policies for all sexual assaults.

“Right now, the job is shared, but we’re looking for one person. The government has made this suggestion ,and we’re doing that,” Smart said.

At the press conference, Smart mentioned Missouri State University

has focused on creating a healthy student climate. Smart said there are two points he got from the results. First, the university has made progress in the last five years. Second, there is still a lot of work to do. Smart has started taking strides toward improving diversity and inclusion at Missouri State.

“I’ve met with the faculty senate leadership, and we had a good discussion about how the faculty takes on pieces of this that are theirs,” Smart said.

They agreed that there are three pieces to focus on.

“One is curriculum, two is training and three is hiring. I think a part of this is going to those groups to say, ‘take a look at this’ and ask how they can be involved in improving our campus climate. I’ve challenged others, as well as Caleb Doyle. We want to get input from staff, students and community. I think we will have a lot of interaction over the next couple of months,” Smart said.

After talking to some groups on campus, Smart saw some specific areas that the university can be working on.

“One is recruitment; recruiting more students of color and hiring more faculty and staff of color,” Smart said. “We want to have more meaningful discussions in class about diversity, religion, race and differences in religion. We want employees to have cultural awareness and sensitivity in talking about these kind of things. We want to have things that we’re interested in to participate in on campus.”

“I think MSU and all our great organizations really do provide a lot of opportunities to experience and celebrate other culture and collaborate with people from different backgrounds,” Doyle said. “The problem is that a lot of these things are not adver-

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tised or communicated well, so it’s perceived that those programs don’t exist.”

Duda said she thinks Missouri State handles diversity and inclusion well on the surface level and on paper.

“We have programs in place, tons of diverse student organizations and we place an emphasis on cultural competence. However, that doesn’t mean that our minority students feel included. We can have a ton of multi-cultural student organizations, but that doesn’t mean that students will stop saying racist remarks. We can have an LGBTQ resource center, but that doesn't stop students from calling each other gay. We can hang up posters to promote disability pride, but our buildings still don’t have universal design,” Duda said.

Smart believes the people the university brings to campus need to have an appeal to the groups on campus that don’t feel as included. He thought Laverne Cox was a great example of this.

Smart also mentioned the university’s recruitment efforts.

“There are dozens of recruiting initiatives that we’ve been taking. That’s how we got from 1,500 to 2,600 students of color over the past five years,” Smart said. “We’ve made a lot of progress on that.”

Smart said the university hasn’t done as well in the curricular piece but added that, in the fall of 2015, the university common reader will be “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates.” The racially diverse book provides an opportunity for 2,500 students to have hopefully meaningful conversations about race in the classroom.

There will be diversity training for academic administrators that will occur in the spring and the fall as well.

Smart said both students and employees thrive in healthy environments.

Five years from now, Smart hopes the university would match the racial and ethnic makeup of the state.

“If 20 percent of the state is people of color, 20 percent of students and faculty should be of color. That’s a more challenging piece. We can continue to make progress about that if we’re intentional about it,” Smart said.

Duda said five years from now, she wants to see more diverse students.

“People of color make up less than 15 percent of our campus. That’s sad.

I want to come back five years from now and see a mixture of all colors,” Duda said.

She wants to see certain programs grow, like the LGBTQ and the MultiCultural Resource Center. She also wants to see professors who make all of their materials accessible, so students with disabilities don’t feel left out.

“I want all religious groups represented. Our Christian organizations are large and well-known, but those who identify with Islam or Buddhism, or who have no religion at all, have very little representation,” Duda said.

Duda said the most important thing to her is to see students who practice what they preach.

“I want to see students who call each other out when something sexist or racist is said,” Duda said. “I want to hear students using inclusive language and not assuming everyone is straight.

I want students to seek out diverse friends and hang out with people who aren't like them. I strongly believe that diversity enriches our lives and that we become more well-rounded people when we spend time with those different than us.”

“We have to grow our diverse student populations, as well as faculty and

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staff, and we have to give those people chances to make Missouri State a meaningful place and really feel at home,” Doyle said. “We’re better off than we were five years ago, so in five years, we have to be better than we are today.”

Duda adds it takes more than the system to increase diversity.

“It has to been done in the everyday actions of those on campus,” Duda said.

“We need to continue to make progress in making people feel connected and that they belong to the university no matter what their demographic makeup is,” Smart said. “We need to be an open and inclusive community.” Smart added that the more we mix groups together, the more they will know of each other and the less hesitant, biased and the more comfortable students will be.

“Before we get too far down that road, we want to make sure we are doing things that (I and our campus) thinks are appropriate and meaningful,” Smart said. “At the May board meeting, our topic of conversation will be the diversity study. After that, we should have more concrete plans.”

Smart said the university is spending $400,000 a year to improve disability access on campus.

“It’s not always obvious; it could be redesigning the inside of bathrooms. It also includes smoothing out sidewalks and entrances to buildings.”

Smart said over the course of three years, the university will have spent a million dollars on disability access.

“We will continue to move forward towards diversity and inclusion to create an even better environment for our students and the employees.

Missouri State University must keep diversity and inclusion as a top priority,” said Smart.

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a diet. Lean protein like chicken or tofu or skim milk at each meal fills someone up and is a good weight-loss trick. Avoid Continued from page 5 drinks high in calories. Any weight loss plan that does not drinks that have artificial include exercise is probably sweeteners in general. With not going to work. soda and sweet tea, limit this to a cup a day or less.

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Staying on track for sumRoberts: These are not rec- mer ommended. Limit juice to a Allen: The weather is getcup a day. You lose the fiber ting nicer, so figure out a way when you drink the juice. that you can be active. Female You’re not getting all of your students tend to neglect food groups, and you’re miss- strength training. Talk to ing out on a lot of vitamins someone about cardio and and minerals and electrolytes. strength training. Lose fat, You can get an electro-imbal- build muscle. As far as diet, ance by doing juice cleanses make it a goal now to get and disrupt bacteria in your ready for swimsuit season. gut. We naturally have detoxi- Limit sugar, fried foods and fying mechanisms in our bod- portions, and focus on fruits ies. Juice cleanses disrupt the and veggies. No skipping natural process. meals.

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How to get back on track after a fad diet Allen: Fad diets are setting someone up for potentially quick weight loss, but you gain it back quicker and more than you lost. Unfortunately, it is a set up for failure. Focus, instead, on overall balance in

Body Image Roberts: We have to be more focused, as a society, on our health than on our weight.

Just because someone is skinny doesn’t mean that they are healthy. We have to learn to accept our own bodies.

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“When we are able to share love and experience love,” he said, “that makes our lives fuller, richer, better.”

On the subject of Bible passages that condemn homosexuality, Reverend Sue Williams of St. John’s Chapel said, “You can take a text from the Bible and make it justify just about anything you want to justify, if you’re good.” Jesus’ main command, she continued, was to love others.

Snider agreed, adding that “documents often do reflect the cultural prejudices with which they were written,” and that the greatest figures both inside and outside of Christianity are those who subverted the traditional power structure.

“If we view the Bible as the inerrant word of God, that creates some problems,” Reverend Caleb Lines from South Street Christian Church, said. “But if we see the Bible as real people struggling to come to terms with God, that helps us to understand it better.”

Senior religious studies major Grant Hartley said afterwards that “the panel was helpful in learning about the practical and pastoral theology of affirming denominations and churches in Springfield,” and that he looks forward to attending similar events in the future. However, he said, “I wish the panel had included one or two non-affirming perspectives, either from local pastors, priests or celibate gay Christians… the panel did a great job of presenting one perspective on the topic of ‘queer and Christian without contradiction,’ but not all.”

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According to Wampler, this was a conscious decision on the part of the organizers.

“In the past, it used to be a proand-con panel,” she said. “This year, we decided it was going to be all pros — just to get the support out there and let everybody know that there are places they can go when they need them.”

Regarding the event’s lasting benefits, Cavner said, “For me, personally, my Christian faith is very important, and I believe Christian faith can add meaning to any person’s life. So I want people to bump into a Christian faith that loves them, and then let all the other stuff happen as it will.”

“I want people to understand that these two communities are capable of getting along,” Wampler said. “It’s not the centuries-old war that some people make it out to be.”

But, it was Stephens’ two-run homer over the deepest part of centerfield with the game tied in the top of the sixth that proved to be the deciding factor. The Sycamores drove in one more run, but senior relief pitcher Chelsea Jones retired all three batters in the bottom of the seventh Continued from page 6 to secure the Bears’ 9-8 victory. plate and was seemingly perfect for the maroon and Finally, MSU returns home to Killian Stadium for a white. Redshirt freshman Madison Jones was perfect, too huge nine-game homestand that begins with a doubleas she went 3-3, scored three times and was a home run header against SEMO on March 31. shy of a cycle.

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Softball statistical leaders Batting average Mary Stephens .344 Hailee Viqneaux .321 Rebecca McPherson .309

Home runs

Chelsea Thomas 8 Rebecca McPherson 5 Mary Stephens 3

RBIs

Chelsea Thomas 20 Mary Stephens 17 Chelsea Jones 13

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Juanita K. was filled to the brim with FSL students cheering on their respective gods and goddesses during a talent pageant Thursday, March 26.

Greek Week pageant hosts talent and laughs

By Rebecca Biundo The Standard @rebeccabiundo

The auditorium of Juanita K. Hammons Hall shook with excitement as each god and goddess took to the stage. Cheers, roars and applause made it apparent that this friendly competition wasn’t to be taken lightly.

On March 26, Fraternity and Sorority Life held Greek Gods and Goddesses, a pageant as a part of their annual Greek Week.

Brandon Jenson, one of the Greek Week directors, said he was looking forward to the Gods and Goddesses event the most this week.

“They’re the faces of the community for the week,” Jenson said. “In light of everything bad that’s been going on with hazing and fraternities, I think it’s refreshing.”

Homecoming king Slayton Boone, a member of Theta Chi, and homecoming queen Taylor Moody, a member of Alpha Chi Omega, emceed the event. Contestants for the night included representatives from each fraternity and sorority.

The judges for the night included the 2013 homecoming king, Nii Kpakpo Abrahams, and Nancy Allen, a senior instructor of finance and business.

Minute to Win It games such as junk in the trunk — where contestants had to shake ping pong balls out of a tissue box that was strapped to their backs. There was also a cup-stacking challenge and “Extreme Hanky Panky,” where players had to remove tissues from two tissue boxes only using one hand per box. The game that proved to be the most difficult was where contestants were given three balloons and had to keep them in the air for 60 seconds.

After Minute to Win It, the trivia round asked each god and goddess questions about other FSL organizations.

Then Mo State Movement, a student-run dance group on campus, performed before the talent competition began.

The talent portion of the night featured songs, dances, parody Saturday Night Live sketches and more. Performances included a circus act from Sigma Pi, Zech Blaine from FIJI’s performance of “God Bless the Broken Road” and Courtney Baker — a member of Alpha Chi Omega — performed her take on a

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Jared Bajkowski of Pi Kappa Phi shoots down soda cans during the Minute to Win It games.

Saturday Night Live skit.

The room roared with applause the entire night as each god and goddess was in the spotlight, whether it was in their performance, the trivia round or the Minute to Win It games.

“This room is electric and you guys are great and I love it,” Ben Gratza of Sigma Pi said.

For the goddess’ portion, the winners of the night included Jessalyn Hyatt of Sigma Sigma Sigma, Hayley Poppell from Alpha Delta Pi and Baker from Alpha Chi Omega as a three-way tie for overall goddess.

“My favorite part was getting to know the other gods and goddesses; they are great people and campus leaders and also (want) world peace,” Baker said.

For the gods’ portion, Blaine from FIJI took third place, Gratza of Sigma Pi took second place and C.J. Ross of Theta Chi took the crown.

“It’s been quite a week — quite a fun and stressful week — but this has been a heck of an experience,” Ross said.

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Educational speaker encourages FSL to do things that matter

By Emily McTavish The Standard @EmMcT

FSL gets groovy

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Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Kappa and Theta Chi’s theme of “Smoke and Mirrors” landed them in second place.

Greek Jam rocks Hammons Student Center

By Kelsey Kane For The Standard

Greek Week’s finale event, Greek Jam, capped the end of one of the most anticipated weeks in the Greek life calendar. Team 1 nabbed first place for Greek Jam, comprised of Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Phi and Zeta Phi Beta.

The winning dance’s theme was “Greetings from California,” coinciding with the Greek Week theme, “Greeks Go Hollywood,” and it exhibited moving sets, upbeat moves and acrobatics to stand apart from the rest of the contestants. Team 1’s routine was split into segments dedicated to different characteristics of California, including guys dressed as LA Dodgers and dancers dressed as successful business people to the tune of *NSYNC’s “Just Got Paid.”

Team one won 75 points in the race for the Greek Week title for winning the event.

Second place went to Team 6, comprised of Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma

Kappa and Theta Chi, who danced to the theme “Smoke and Mirrors,” featuring dancers mimicking puppets and reflections in a mirror. They earned 70 points for the second place finish.

However sweet the Greek Jam title was, it was Team 6 that prevailed as the overall Greek Week winner. Sigma Kappa and Theta Chi also went home with the prized chapters of the year awards: Sigma Kappa was awarded the title of 2014 sorority of the year and Theta Chi was awarded 2014 fraternity of the year.

It was announced during the event that all fraternities and sororities combined logged over 6,000 service hours from Feb. 9 to March 2 and donated over 16,000 items in one week benefitting Isabel’s House, Ozark Food Harvest, Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Tooth Truck.

After Greek Jam and the announcement of the winners, some Greek Week committee members expressed their excitement for the success of the week.

“We started doing this during last Greek Week,” Brandon Jensen, internal

director for the committee, said. “Ever since then, we’ve been focused on securing venues, choosing our committee, writing the packet and then finally making sure everything is ready for the event itself — so over a year’s worth of work.”

External director Tyler Jones said it seemed at times to be like a full-time job.

“It’s definitely closer to 40 hours a week of work sometimes, but it’s all worth it in the end,” Jones said.

Missouri State graduate Katie Brady is in her first year as advisor for the Greek Week committee but has previously participated in Greek Week in nearly every role.

“This is my first year as advisor, and a couple years ago, I served as the (public relations) chair, so I’ve seen this event from all different sides — from student to performer to being on the committee to advisor, so it is amazing how you can learn something new every time,” Brady said.

Steve Whitby, a motivational speaker from Charlotte, North Carolina, spoke in front of more than 1,500 Missouri State fraternity and sorority members about “shaving the yak” on Wednesday, March 25.

“No one shaves the yak better than fraternities and sororities,” Whitby said.

Shaving the yak, Whitby said, is a phrase from a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, meaning a set of processes designed to reach a solution or set of solutions. “(The processes) that somehow you got convinced to do and you’re sure you’re supposed to and you have no idea why,” Whitby said.

Whitby, a Pi Kappa Phi alumnus, said he used to witness “shaving the yak” by Greek organizations while he was an assistant dean of students at The College of Charleston. He noted the specific process that a sorority would go through just to decide on and design a chapter T-shirt.

The moral of the story is organizations often waste time with processes rather than making things happen.

Whitby then posed a question to the audience.

“What could we do if we were not spending all our time shaving the yak constantly?”

With that time, Greek students could be living their own stories and being part of other people’s stories, Whitby said.

According to Whitby’s website, he is a storyteller who travels around the country helping others design, build and share stories.

“Lives live better when we invest in other people’s stories,” Whitby said.

Sororities and fraternities give students a rare opportunity to be “living room leaders,” Whitby said, and to be a part of someone else’s story.

“We are given more privilege and more luck than the average student is,” Whitby said of Greek students. “We, at our best, are the best that a campus can offer. So, it is so easy for us to rely on luck as our plan or luck as our story.”

Jenora Allen, a sophomore nursing major, said she found Whitby to be an interesting speaker.

“We could learn a lot by shaving the yak,” Allen said.

Allen is a Fraternity and Sorority Life Association representative for Sigma Sigma Sigma.

“I think he promoted FSL to work together,” Allen said.

“You have to live your values.”

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