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The Paul Lusk era in Springfield is officially over.

Missouri State University President Clif Smart and Director of Athletics Kyle Moats announced Saturday Lusk had been fired after seven years at the helm.

“We evaluate all of our coaches at the conclusion of each season and monitor several criteria during the year,” Moats said. “Based on my review, I consulted with President Smart on Friday evening and gave him my recommendation that

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we make a change in the coaching leadership of our men’s basketball program. President Smart supported my recommendation. These decisions are never easy. However, we believe it is in the best long-term interest of our men’s basketball program.”

During his tenure, Lusk compiled a 106-121 overall record and a 52-74 record in Missouri Valley Conference play. Additionally, the Bears only made one postseason appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) since 2011, which came in 2014.

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Missouri State University cut 30 university positions as one of many steps to close the gap between state funding and the university’s budget last week.

Of those 30 positions, 23 were open positions and seven were filled. University President Clif Smart said in last week’s Finance and Facilities Committee meeting the university would work with those seven people to attempt to find different positions for them within the university.

“We’re in the process of letting those people know this week that that is occurring,” Smart said. “That is the only decision that has occurred so far.”

Smart also said this cut, along with the retirement of two employees, will free up $1.5 million to help close the gap in funding.

“We want to make decisions that impact faculty and staff in a way that shows respect,” said Carrie Tergin, the chairwoman of the Board of Governors. “By notifying impacted employees now that their positions will be eliminated in July, these employees will have four months to find replacement employment at the university or elsewhere.

“The university will provide assistance to these employees in their job search and give them flexibility in their work schedules as they interview for other positions.”

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced his budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year on Jan. 22. Prior to this announcement, the university was working on plans for reducing the university’s budget in expectation of another state funding reduction.

The university has seen state funding reductions in the past three fiscal years. This year’s proposed reductions came as no shock to the university administration.

“It’s a difficult position, but the university has strong leadership and is focused on solutions and a commitment to manage these situations,” Tergin said. “We are confident in the university’s ability to work through state funding cuts and emerge as a stronger university.”

For the 2019 fiscal year, Greitens recommended to the state legislature a reduction of about $67 million for higher education institutions, according to the governor’s budget proposal summary. u See FUNDING, page 8

Saudi teachers welcomed for yearlong training program 28 English teachers came to Springfield, part of MSU English Language Institute BATOOL ALZUBI Staff Reporter @Albatoolz Missouri State University welcomed 28 English teachers from Saudi Arabia for a 12-month training program, in which they will learn new teaching and research skills.

This program is part of the Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia govern-

ment’s vision for the country. According to Saudi Vision 2030’s website, the main goal of the new vision for the country is to develop public services like education, health, tourism and recreation.

Mona Alkhaldi is one of the 28 teachers in Springfield through this program.

Alkhaldi taught English for 17 years in her hometown, Al-Sharqiya.

Alkhaldi said, when she heard about this opportunity, she decided to apply and give it a try.

“It was a long process; it was not easy,” Alkhaldi said. “The (Ministry of Education) had to interview us, and we had to be elected by our schools and our towns; thank God I passed all of these requirements.”

The Saudi government is sending teachers, principals and school coun-

selors to five different countries: United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and Finland, Alkhaldi said.

Alkhaldi came with her kids and husband. It was a new start for them.

“I saw some YouTube videos and articles on the internet,” Alkhaldi said, “but I did not find a lot of sources that represent Springfield.”

Alkhaldi said she was mostly wor-

ried about her kids’ reactions. She did not know if they would accept this new lifestyle and new school system.

“I know schools and the education system is good here,” Alkhaldi said.

“I did not know how they will react, but the first day when they got home they said they are feeling comfortable and good.”

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Philosophy Club hosts 2nd Amendment discussion BATOOL ALZUBI Staff Reporter @Albatoolz The four speakers from the philosophy department discussed the philosophy of the Second Amendment, which gives people the right to bear arms, on Feb. 27.

The Philosophy Club hosted the panel.

Daniel Kaufman, philosophy professor who participated in the panel discussion, said gun ownership is inconsistent with the Social Contract Theory.

According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Social Contract Theory is a hypothetical compact or agreement that defines the duties of people who live in a society, and the duties of the rulers.

Kaufman said everyone is a part of the Social Contract Theory, and if a person has rationality and self-interest, they fall immediately under the theory.

The Social Contract Theory is not a protection against the state; it is a protection against your neighbor, Kaufman said.

“We want the state because we do not trust each other,” Kaufman said. “So why on Earth would I want you to have a gun if I do not trust you, and if we are going to live in the same neighborhood?”

According to Pew Research center, about 42 percent of Americans live in a household with a gun.

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Jake Bartholomew and William Harwood, discuss the Second Amendment, gun control and other current issues.

Many Americans believe the government is taking their freedom away when it does not allow them to own guns, but that’s not necessarily true, Kaufman said.

“I have lived my entire life in the United States without a gun, including in the middle of New York City’s worst crime

waves in the ‘70s,” Kaufman said, “I have never thought, ‘Gosh my freedom is really in jeopardy.’”

Kaufman said the concept of freedom is bigger than being able to own a gun — this reflects a shallow understanding of what it means to be free.

William Harwood, an assistant philosophy professor who also participated in the panel, said many people do not know that, for over 100 years, guns in the United States were kept in armories. Even in Springfield, people kept their guns outside of their homes, Harwood said.

He said some countries, like Scotland, still follow these rules. There a lot of guns, but people keep them in armories.

They take them for hunting and shooting, but they have to return them.

“They do not walk to Quiznos with them,” Harwood said.

Senior economics major Sean Burke, the president of the Philosophy Club, said these kinds of panel discussions let students see social problems approached in a rational and educational way.

Burke said discussing controversial ideas in front of students helps them learn and apply their opinion in an ethical way when they are represented with social issues.

“It is so easy to hold a view on something,” Burke said, “but it is harder to know why you hold that view in the first place.”

The other two panel speakers with varying viewpoints asked to not be mentioned in the story.

Lot 31 sees more car break-ins, vehicle thefts Over the past 60 days, 10 incidents were reported BRYCE DERRICKSON Staff Reporter @BruceyD17 Car break-ins are not new to Missouri State, but Lot 31 has been experiencing more motor vehicle thefts and having their cars broken into than any other area over the last 60 days.

Lot 31 is north of Hammons House across East Cherry Street.

According to MSU’s Department of Safety and Transportation’s Daily Crime Log, there were 10 stealing from a vehicle or motor vehicle theft reports in the lot from Dec. 24, 2017 to March 1, 2018.

With this lot in an area high-traffic pedestrian area, this puts cars parked there at risk of theft.

“Any time you put a large number of vehicles in one spot, it opens up that opportunity,” Associate Director of the Department of Safety and Transportation Andrew Englert said. “If we think about that lot, it’s kind of on the perimeter of campus and with where it’s located, there’s a lot of foot traffic. On a whole, the majority of the break-ins that we had have been on the north side on that area.”

Lisa Cox, public affairs officer for the Springfield Police Department said a “common denominator in all of these types of crimes” are people leaving their cars unlocked or valuable stuff in plain sight. She also said that it’s a crime that is easier to get away with.

“These are crimes that are harder to solve, because they’re done more on a random basis,” Cox said. “They’re not typically done by people that know each other, but for the most part, it’s just criminals walking around looking for a good opportunity and that don’t know the victim. It makes it tougher for us to solve, usually there’s not any evidence left behind unless there are some camera surveillance or eye witness.”

Englert said in response to these car break-ins, the Safety and Transportation Department is increasing their security patrols in this area.

While the SPD hopes to educate people on how to prevent their car from being broken into, they also encourage home and business owners to take action, Cox said. On the SPD website, home and business owners can take action by having surveillance, or using lighting techniques, or keeping your landscaping clean to keep their area less susceptible to crime.

If your car gets broken into, Englert said to call and report what happened.

“They should contact our office here to report it, and both a SPD officer and a public safety officer will respond and take the report,” Englert said. “If there’s footage available, it will be reviewed and we will see if we can make any identifiable thing that would be beneficial to the police in apprehending the suspect.”

Cox also said that a tip could go a long way.

“Even if you feel like there may be nothing we can do or maybe you don’t feel like you’re not going to get your stuff

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More cars are broken into and stolen in Lot 31 than any other lot over the past 60 days.

back, it’s important to report those things,” Cox said. “It could be part of a larger trend you’re seeing; it could all be connected to one criminal. All it takes is one little tip and we can potentially connect one person to a large amount of crime.”

The number for the Safety and Transportation Department is 417-836-8870 or you can visit the Safety and Transportation Office at 636 E. Elm St. to make a report. You can also call the Springfield Police at 417-864-1810.

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A dollar a day Retirement is confusing and far away, but investing in college is possible and can help with the process CONNOR ALLER Guest Columnist Throughout our lives, we have been told this simple model: go to school, get a job and retire. Life has been laid out in a three-step process but with no official context on how to properly reach the end.

Are we just supposed to work for 50 years then magically end up in Florida or Hawaii?

The path to retirement isn’t spelled out for any generation, and as time has gone on, it hasn't gotten any better.

For older generations, retirement might have looked like this: contribute part of your paycheck to a fund that is matched by your employer and when you retire, you’ll be able to live comfortably.

This model of retirement is shrinking because the amount of employers that offer lifetime pensions is decreasing each year.

Retirement is like a fairytale that only has a beginning and an end. In order to reach this goal, younger generations must look for new avenues to fill in the middle of the fairytale.

What does the meat of this retirement fairytale look like for our generation? For starters,

it can be based around mobile applications like other life essentials. Someone can order a coffee from their phone just as easily as they can contribute funds to a balanced investment portfolio.

Historically, investing has been pictured as only something an elite class can engage in.

When we typically think of the word “investing,” our minds might picture someone on Wall Street with shiny cufflinks. The truth could not be further from this notion. With mobile applications becoming more and more integrated into our daily lives, several micro investing applications have become very prominent. Acorns, Stash and Betterment are some of the popular names in the industry, and they have made it very easy to invest in your future.

These mobile applications allow users to invest roundups, one-time deposits or recurring deposits into a fixed portfolio.

The application’s fixed portfolios are created based on certain parameters that change from app to app, but essentially they vary based on the amount of risk an individual is willing to take.

Micro-investing portfolios consist of mostly Exchange Traded Funds that track a partic-

ular basket of assets (bonds or stocks). ETFs allow you to diversify your funds over a variety of companies.

Rather than investing into a single company, you could invest in both Netflix and Amazon using the same ETF. When you put $5 into a micro-investing application your funds will be diversely allocated based on the portfolio you are in.

For example, $5 could be divided like this: $1.25 toward large company stocks (like Amazon or Microsoft), $1 toward small company stocks, $1 towards international companies and the remaining $0.75 to government or corporate bonds.

Your $5 you just put in was able to automatically be diversified in five different ways, therefore reducing risk.

The two features that make micro-investing applications worthwhile are roundups and recurring deposits.

Roundups allow you to take that $4.52 coffee you bought, round up to $5 and invest the additional $0.48 into your investment account.

Roundups are a stellar way to get started, but the real savings begin with monthly, weekly or daily recurring deposits.

Recurring deposits allow you to capitalize on the time value of money.

The time value of money is the idea that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow because you can invest that dollar today. If you were to invest $5 a day from age 20 to age 50 at a 6 percent annual interest rate, you could potentially end up with over $150,000.

While this amount might not be enough for your dream retirement, it can definitely make you think twice about buying that $5 coffee.

Having lived through the 2008 financial crisis, younger generations are more likely to be risk averse when it comes to investing.

Getting started through a micro-investing application is a great way to spread that initial risk and get your toes into the sands of investing.

As college students, we are constantly strapped for cash, but for a few dollars a day, I believe that you can create healthy saving habits and work toward that dream retirement.

The landscape of financial security has changed over the years.

Fortunately for you and me, we have both time and technology on our side.

Galaxy S9 launches with camera improvements but not much else JONATHAN PETESCH Columnist @thepeach1999 It’s that time of year again.

Mobile World Congress has ended and, as usual, the biggest takeaway from the conference was Samsung’s announcement of its newest Galaxy S series phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+.

The S9 and S9+ will launch on March 16; pre-orders started on March 2.

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$719.99, while the S9+ will cost you $839.99.

Most of the hardware remains unchanged from last year’s Galaxy S8 and S8+, though the camera has been upgraded drastically. Samsung has made such a large improvement to the camera that it is now branding the device as “The Camera. Reimagined.”

The S9 introduces the first dual-aperture lens system for a smartphone, allowing the camera to adapt just like the human eye to different lighting conditions, so you can always get the perfect shot.

The camera has the ability to change its aperture size between f/2.4 and f/1.5.

Preliminary testing has shown an improvement, especially in low-light performance.

However, these tests have been conducted in a very controlled environment, so we will have to wait and see how tests in the field differ in overall performance.

For the first time in the history of the Galaxy S line, the larger S9+ will incorporate a dual-camera setup similar to the iPhone Plus models, starting with the iPhone 6.

This second camera will be used to mimic the human eye setup, giving better depth to images taken on the S9+. This second camera will not include an adjustable aperture, though.

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Other notable improvements for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ include a new processor from Qualcomm and the relocation of the fingerprint sensor from beside the camera on the S8 and S8+ to below the camera on the S9 and S9+.

Many people were complaining about the location of the fingerprint sensor with the S8 and S8+ as they would get a lot of fingerprints on their camera in the process of trying to unlock their device, so this new placement should improve the issue.

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Thread and needle MSU fashion student merging cultures for unique menswear collection HANNA FLANAGAN Senior Reporter @hanna_flanagan Sarita Rivera walks into a Springfield coffee shop for her 9 a.m. interview wearing Balenciaga.

It’s obvious that the senior fashion merchandising and design major is one of those people who enters a room and immediately makes everyone in it seem less cool. She radiates effortless style and edge.

Rivera is currently working on a five-piece menswear collection for MFD 570. This course, titled “Senior Collection,” requires design majors to complete at least three looks from scratch, then pitch their collection to a panel of fashion industry professionals.

Rivera, who studied fashion in Italy as a high school student, decided to challenge herself by creating a menswear collection. She said she is targeting men who want to look fashionable but also comfortable and “don’t want to be confined by tight clothes.” Inspiration for the line came from her favorite television shows — Korean dramas — and the laidback vibe of male skateboarders.

“For menswear, to get all my looks to look different, I couldn’t play too much with the designs … a lot of my fit is very similar for each look,” Rivera said. “What I really had to play with was fabric. And so that’s what I wanted to focus on: making each look different by the fabric.”

By choosing fabric as the star of her show, Rivera knew she had to look outside of Springfield to find proper material. Many students choose to buy fabric samples and swatches online, as she said the selection in this town is not ideal.

But because you cannot actually touch the fabric or see it in person before purchasing, Rivera said ordering online is a bit of a risk and a time consuming process. “(Los Angeles) is just a really good hub for fabric because they’re on the coast,” Rivera said. “I thought, ‘Well shoot, you only get one senior collection.’”

Rivera knew exactly what fabric she needed to execute her designs, so she flew about 1,500 miles to purchase it from a “world-renowned” fabric shop in downtown Los Angeles.

“I was kind of shocked when I saw the outside,” Rivera said. “It was really old … a little hole in the wall place. You walk in, and it’s very quiet — I think we were the only customers in the store. There were several men walking around in really nice business suit clothes and folding fabric. I felt like I was in Italy again.”

The store, called “B. Black and Sons,” had what she was looking for: Italian wool for two coats in her

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Above: Senior fashion merchandising and design major Sarita Rivera wakes up by 5:30 every morning to ensure that she gets all of her work for the day done. She works two jobs on top of the work put in for her senior collection class.

Below: Senior fashion merchandising and design major Sarita Rivera constructs a flat pattern for a pair of pants.

collection.

Although expensive, Rivera thinks traveling to source her fabric is justified. She said the stakes are high for this collection, so it is important to invest in it.

For fashion design majors, their collection is similar to a resume or portfolio — a culmination of everything they’ve learned and a demonstration of their skill set. In order to graduate from the fashion design and merchandising program, students must earn at least a C in their “Senior Collection” course.

Students’ success is partially determined by a panel of fashion industry insiders who will evaluate each collection.

“They will, I’m sure, ask you about your target market and then they will look at the whole concept — visually, ‘Does it all mesh well together?’” Rivera said. “They might give you hints … (to) move pieces around. And they might pull looks if they really don’t like them.”

After receiving critiques from the judges, students have about one month to edit their work and make the suggested corrections. Then, they present their garments to the public.

Each designer will set up a display booth that showcases their product development and the collection itself.

“You can invite whoever you want,” Rivera said. “They can come in and look and touch and feel and

“We have three months basically to make an entire collection by yourself.

That’s a lot of work: pattern work, fittings, prototypes and then, finally, the real garment.”

-Sarita Rivera, talking about her senior collection class. talk to you about your clothes, which puts more pressure on the students to create well-made garments.”

With the tight deadline and heavy workload, Rivera joked that her stress levels have caused weight loss and

Gary Mack simplifies life in ‘Mind Gym’: ‘Get out of your own way’ ALEC McCHESNEY Editor in chief @alec_mcchesney According to the American Psychological Association, 41.6 percent of college students deal with anxiety. An additional 36.4 percent suffer from depression.

There are many ways students deal with these issues, from counseling centers, to friendships to finding their passion in life. Another option, which many might not look to first, is diving into a book.

Now, I know Chloe Skaar typically does The Standard’s book reviews, and for the most part, Skaar dives deep into the world of fiction with stories of missions, fairytales and mischief.

But with everything that our generation — college students — goes through on a daily basis, I wanted to offer up a book that I believe every person should read in their lifetime.

“While you can’t always control what happens, you always can control how you respond to it. It’s not the situation but how you respond to it that makes the difference.”

That’s one of the many life lessons author Gary Mack offers in his book, “Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide To Inner Excellence.”

Yes, the title says it’s for athletes, and there are many activities for athletes as well as quotes from some of the most famous athletes in the world at the start of every chapter. Even so, it pertains to so much more than just sports. It’s a book about life, self-confidence, controlling your emotions and succeeding in your goals.

Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of life, from self-esteem, to learning how to fail to the right way to setting goals. At the top of each chapter reads two quotes from athletes such as Reggie Jackson, Charles Barkley, Mia Hamm and Ken Griffey Jr.

In the text of the chapters, Mack gives lessons, advice and real-life examples how athletes used their mind as a strength to become better at what they do. Then, to finish off the chapters, Mack leaves you with something like: “Once you have your dream and direction, it is desire, dedication, determination and discipline that keeps you going. Ask yourself this: Are you walking your talk?”

You won’t find that in any of your textbooks in college. In fact, you probably won’t find it in many places, because the importance of our mental well-being and self-esteem seems to have been lost in the midst of GPAs, graduating in four years, sleeping, having friends and working a part-time job.

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the return of her cystic acne.

“We have three months, basically, to make an entire collection by yourself,” Rivera said. “That’s a lot of work: pattern work, fittings, prototypes and then, finally, the real garment.”

Students are given about three months for the actual product construction. However, from start to finish, the project takes almost two full semesters. Amanda Cardenas, who is also a senior fashion merchandising and design major working on a collection, said the first semester is reserved for product development.

She said students must brainstorm concepts, create colored sketches, buy fabric swatches and develop a target market.

During the second semester, fashion majors focus entirely on actually constructing the looks and their prototypes. For Rivera and Cardenas, who met in a design class and are now best friends, the entire process has been stressful.

“This semester is basically just making that collection happen, which is a whole other process in itself,” Cardenas said.

Constructing a single look can take weeks, but the collection must be done by April 17. In order to keep herself on track, Cardenas created a long-term plan. She said she counted the number of days until the due date to figure out how much time she could spare on each outfit. Cardenas said she has 12 days per look — six days for the prototype, six days for the final product.

She even factored in the weekends as make-up days, just in case she gets behind schedule.

One major skill Cardenas said she’s developed while working on her senior collection is time management. She said people outside of the fashion world underestimate the amount of time it takes to make a seemingly simple piece of clothing.

“It’s funny because we joke ‘Oh we’re just going to go in for a couple of hours,’” Cardenas said. “And we end up staying for like eight … and get like one pair of pants done.”

With April 17 fast approaching, the state of the sewing room is reflecting the mood of the designers — Cardenas said the fabric scraps, threads and needles littering the floor are evidence of the chaos.

Students get caught up in their work, and Cardenas said they ferociously zoom fabric strips through the sewing machines for hours at a time.

“A lot of people forget to eat while they’re up there because they’re so in the zone,” Cardenas said. “Once you start something, you don’t want to stop … and then you look and it’s been like five hours.”

For Cardenas, the actual construction part of fashion design is not her strong suit. She said she had never even turned on a sewing machine before coming to Missouri State. Regardless, she knew she wanted to pursue a degree in fashion.

“It was a little discouraging at first,” Cardenas said. “I am way more on the visual side than the sewing and construction side.”

She credits Rivera, who served as her maid of honor last year, with helping improve her sewing skills.

Cardenas said she excels at the product development side of fashion design, while Rivera excels at the actual sewing.

“She always says that she wants to do an online store with me because she will do the sewing,” Cardenas said. “And I’m really good at sourcing fabric and coming up with patterns and stuff like that.”

In the midst of a stressful semester, the two best friends continue to help each other by playing off their unique strengths as designers and artists.

Bear Breaks, MSU students spread the love at Eden Village NOAH STANDISH Senior Reporter @Noahjstandish Pop the college bubble.

Be fully present. Spread the love.

That’s the slogan for Bear Breaks, a student organization and one of Missouri State’s primary sources for community involvement and service opportunities. The organization develops trips for students to learn about societal issues and personal development.

On March 3, students participated in the organization’s most recent volunteering opportunity, part of a series of weekend immersion events titled “Health and Wellness in our Community.”

Starting with yoga and

ending with landscaping and personal reflection, students learned about community issues such as mental health, health care access and homelessness.

It comprised the second sponsored Bear Breaks event of the academic year categorized in health and wellness in the community. Within the organization, various trips are offered throughout the year — from Missouri to Colorado and North Carolina.

Each trip involves integration with community organizations that encourage further involvement with local partners such as community gardens and homeless shelters.

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BEAR Continued from page 4 Springfield that builds small houses for homeless individuals with disabilities. Participating students helped the organization’s efforts by volunteering and landscaping throughout the sunny Saturday afternoon.

Bear Breaks’ website described the trip as one of many opportunities to “immerse (oneself) in the culture and social issues that a community faces, while growing as a volunteer into an active citizen.”

Director of Community Outreach Elizabeth Wyman said the event was organized to involve students in local community engagement, while sparking an inspiration to help others.

“Bear Breaks’ mission is to pop the college bubble and share the love,” Wyman said. “The goal is for students to learn about social issues and share their knowledge to connect with their community and inspire change.”

Wyman, a senior biology major, said Bear Breaks’ trips help prepare students to become active citizens, regardless of where they go after graduation. Local weekend immersion events often focus on programs in Springfield that seek to improve the overall wellness of people in the community. “(Bear Breaks) often looks to connect students with community partners here in Springfield that work to alleviate social issues,” Wyman said. “These trips are designed to look at a social issue, educate you on that topic and then share that knowledge with others.”

Director of Community Involvement and Service in the Center of Community Engagement, Alex Johnson, said Bear Breaks’ trips often deal with social issues in the community through short-term service-learning experiences. He said the primary goal of the trips is to help students develop into active citizens after graduation.

THE STANDARD “Participants are able to combine their passions with skills and knowledge from the classroom,” Johnson said. “One of the goals (of immersion events) is to promote understanding of (Missouri State’s) Public Affairs Mission in encouraging active citizenship.”

Maura O’Brien, senior hospitality major, called the trip to Eden Village an opportunity for students to gain an interest in volunteering while learning about their community.

Despite the trip being her first exposure to Bear Breaks, O’Brien said she was hooked before they even left.

“Everyone involved is just outgoing and fun and really sweet,” O’Brien said. “We just connected really well right away, and that’s really impactful. It made me want to (volunteer) again.”

O’Brien said she had never heard of Eden Village before signing up for the trip, but she was excited to meet new people and learn more about the Springfield community.

“It’s a great chance for students to get out and do something as opposed to just sitting in a dorm,” O’Brien said. “I like how (Bear Breaks) emphasizes the community involvement. It’s the best way to procrastinate.”

Sarah Harp, senior professional writing major, said the topics of the trips show how different communities are connected. After previous trips away from Springfield, Harp was excited to volunteer locally.

“I was excited to get hands-on experience with (Eden Village) because they’re a newer place in Springfield building little houses,” Harp said. “(This trip) really focuses on community health, and it’s important because it affects everybody – and it affects other social issues, too.”

Harp previously attended an immersion trip in Atlanta, Georgia, as a freshman before going on to lead a trip of her own in Dallas, Texas. She said her favorite parts of the trips have been the community involvement and camaraderies, while learning about different

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Tracy Brown, who works for Eden Village, talks to Bear Breaks students in the kitchen of one of the newly built homes. Eden Village is located north of Division Street and is currently under construction. societies.

Now, as the director of membership and education on Bear Breaks’ executive board, Harp has praised the organization for helping her become involved with different communities. She said working with Bear Breaks has helped her learn how to spread the love and

pop the college bubble.

“I remember being really introverted and shy before joining Bear Breaks,” Harp said.

“But with my first trip (in Atlanta), it was a week with faculty and students sharing stories and bonding. We explored a city together. It was just an amazing experience.”

Missouri State’s Multicultural Ensemble

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The Missouri State Multicultural Ensemble, conducted

by Robert T. Gibson, performed a diverse selection of pieces, ranging from opera to blues to broadway. The Multicultural Ensemble was joined by the Grandview High School Chamber Ensemble for the performance.

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Bears baseball through first three weeks The bats struggled through nine games, but there’s reason to hope ALEC McCHESNEY Editor in chief @alec_mcchesney Through nine games of the 2018 college baseball season, future first-round pick in the 2018 MLB Draft Jeremy Eierman is batting .206 with just one home run and four RBIs. Eierman isn’t the only Bear who struggled at the plate out of the gate, as only one player, sophomore catcher Drew Millas, has a batting average above .275.

And yet, the Missouri State Bears own a 6-3 record during the first stretch of games on the road to start the season.

The Bears finally return home Wednesday to host Oklahoma State before hosting a three-game series against Arkansas State over the weekend and another home game on March 13 against Oral Roberts.

The question is: If the Bears have been struggling so much at the plate, how are they seeing success in the win column?

Well, it starts with the starting pitching, is followed by good defense and is wrapped nicely in a bow with timely hitting.

Junior starting pitcher Dylan Coleman has been lights out through three starts, compiling a 2-0 record with a 1.71 era with 28 strikeouts in just 21 innings. The thing about Coleman is that this was expected. He’s on the verge of a breakout season and, like Eierman, is all over MLB teams’ draft boards for this summer.

It’s the rest of the staff, starters and relievers that are making the biggest difference. Senior Austin Knight and freshman Ty Buckner have impressed mightily with 2.08 era and 3.00 era respectively.

As a whole, the pitching staff has a 3.29 era and is allowing opponents to bat just .262 on the season.

Even more impressive is the fact they are doing this without senior all-league reliever Jake Fromson. Fromson is still recovering from a lingering arm injury and there is no set date for when he will return, at the moment.

Let’s break down the first three weeks of the season.

In the Cardinal Classic in Beaumont, Texas, the Bears posted a 3-1 record with two victories over Texas Southern (8-2 and 6-5) and one over Lamar (11-2). Missouri State also dropped a contest to Lamar 8-0, which was the first start of Buckner’s career. He gave up four runs in the first inning and took the loss.

Millas led the way in the Cardinal Classic at the plate, batting .375 through the four games and collecting three RBIs. Sophomore outfielder Jack Duffy got the scoring

Drew Millas: Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week.

The sophomore went 7-9 (.778) with five RBIs and is now batting .433 on the season.

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Drew Millas swings at an incoming pitch in the 2017 baseball season. going in the first contest against Texas Southern, going 2-4 with a solo home run.

Millas is still clicking at the plate two weeks later, holding the highest batting average on the team at .433.

He has started in every game thus far after starting 42 of a potential 51 games as a freshman last season. He batted .224 with just 29 RBIs on the season and already has 10

The 2017 Bears were held scoreless in only one game all year and it came in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

during his sophomore campaign.

Duffy is another player set to breakout during his sophomore season, after .222 in 45 starts as a freshman. He’s already beaten his home run total of zero from last season and has five RBIs in nine games after finishing last year with just 17.

On the mound, Coleman made quick work of Lamar, throwing six innings and allowing just one earned run in his first victory of the season.

Freshman Connor Sechler and junior Logan Wiley picked up the other two victories, while Buckner assumed the first loss of the season.

Due to weather concerns, a previously scheduled weekend set on the road against Central Arkansas turned into a Sunday doubleheader against UCA. Coleman start-

ed the early contest, going eight innings, striking out 13 batters and allowing zero runs.

Seriously. Those are video game numbers. The junior’s only blemish on the day was walking three batters, but he escaped the jam every time.

And yet, the Bears lost in 10 innings, 1-0, on a walk-off base hit.

The struggles at the plate were apparent, as Missouri State combined to go 2-30 on the afternoon with 13 strikeouts.

It marked the second time in the first five games the Bears were held scoreless. To give that some perspective, the 2017 Bears were held scoreless in only one game all year — and it came in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

That was a different team, loaded with MLB-caliber players oozing potential and providing results. This team, however, also has the MLB-caliber players, and if they are smart, can provide results right now, in what appears to be Eierman’s last season as a Bear.

But, it’s going to take a team effort. Last season, Jake Burger, Blake Graham, Alex Jefferson and Justin Paulsen provided so much depth to the batting order that opposing pitchers were forced to throw strikes. And players such as Duffy, Hunter Steinmetz and Eierman clobber pitches over the plate.

With that said, patience at the plate is going to be a huge factor going forward. The Bears averaged close to nine strikeouts per game in the first nine contests. If the power was still present in the lineup, nine strikeouts wouldn’t scare me.

But, the Bears only have four home runs. That’s not this team’s forte. This team will have to use speed, good base running, timely hitting and small ball to win games.

That’s what happened in the second contest against Central Arkansas. Buckner did his job, allowing no earned runs over 4.2 innings pitched, and the lineup came through with five runs. Four of the runs came in the sixth inning off four hits and two walks.

The Bears won 5-2 and set their sights on the Keith Leclair Classic in Greenville, North Carolina, where they would face St. Joseph’s, No. 24 Eastern Carolina and Pepperdine.

Missouri State, who was expected to beat St. Joseph’s, committed two errors and allowed three unearned runs to score in its 6-3 to the Hawks. Once again, the Bears struck out 13 times and went 1-28 in the batter’s box. Eierman went 0-3, marking the fourth time in seven games he failed to get a hit. His average dipped to .115.

Things looked bleak entering the contest against the Pirates, one of the better teams in the nation in 2018.

Coleman righted the ship on the mound, hurling seven innings, striking out eight batters and allowing just three runs to score.

The Bears’ bats joined in the fun to score six runs to ensure Coleman of his second win on the season. Against the Pirates, Millas had a career-best 4-4 on the day.

Head coach Keith Guttin changed the lineup, inserting Eierman in the No. 2 spot in the order, and it worked. Missouri State collected 13 hits, and Eierman had two of his own, including his first home run of the season in the ninth inning.

His success carried over into Sunday’s contest against Pepperdine, as the shortstop collected two more hits and raised his batting average over the mendoza line (.200).

After blowing a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth, Missouri State responded with a

four-run, bottom of the eighth to take an 8-4 lead. Duffy doubled in two runners, and Eierman added more with a single that scored freshman Sam Faith.

The Waves mounted one more comeback in the top of the ninth inning, scoring three runs to make it 8-7, but freshman pitcher Matt Russell closed the door to secure the victory.

The offense stepped up all weekend long, but it was Millas who once again did the most damage. The catcher finished the Keith LeClair Classic 7-9 (.778) with five RBIs. His efforts were noticed by the Missouri Valley Conference, as he was named the MVC Player of the Week on Monday.

Despite the three losses, the Bears still rank 29th in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll ahead of their home matchup with Oklahoma State Wednesday at 3 p.m.

The Cowboys are 6-4 to start the season and are coming off a three-game series at Arizona State where they lost two and won one.

The Bears and Cowboys met twice last season, with Oklahoma winning the regular season contest 7-3. But, Missouri State got the last laugh in the NCAA Regional,

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Dylan Coleman comes set to pitch during a game in the 2017 season. as Eierman boosted the Bears past Oklahoma State with a walk-off, two-run home run.

Missouri State is 5-7 against Oklahoma State since the 2011 season, but since the Jeremy Eierman saw 2013 season, the Bears are his batting average 1-7 against the Cowboys. dip to .100 earlier in With the ending of the the season, but after men’s basketball season in Arch Madness, the Lady collecting four hits in the last two games, the Bears playing in the conference tournament this weekMLB prospect is ready end and the men’s swimming to put the slow start and diving team dominating behind him. the MAC Championships, I am comfortable saying it’s baseball season.

The weather is nicer, too.

So, I’ll see you at Hammons Field.

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the same role in 2012. After two years as an assistant, he became the head coach at Samford in 2014. Where Padgett might upset fans is the success he’s had as a head coach as he’s 57-76 in four years at the helm. Though, competing in the Southern Conference and attempting to recruit against coach. the likes of the Southeastern Conference is an obstacle for Easy enough, right?

Padgett, so a change of scenery could be in the future. He is Ray Harper - Jacksonville State head under contract through the coach 2021-22 season, but after winIn 18 years as a head coach, ning just 10 games so far this Harper has a career record of season, change is possible.

451-142, with two national champions at the Division II Earl Grant - College of level and two more at the Charleston head coach NAIA level. Since becoming a Division I head coach in 2011 If you want to talk about at Western Kentucky, he has success in the Missouri Valley compiled a 130-91 record, per Conference, one of the most basketball reference. He’s been important factors is guard play. at Jacksonville State for two A weakness of the Bears in seasons, and in both, the 2017-18, and a strength of Gamecocks have won at least Loyola, the league’s victors.

20 games. It will be hard and Additionally, with Mustafa potentially expensive to lure Lawrence primed to be the Harper away from the nice next great point guard in the weather of Jacksonville, but he MVC, bringing in a coach to should be a primary candidate help mold him is of utter imfor the Bears. Harper is active portance. Grant, a former ason social media and would fit sistant at Wichita State and in with the Steckel type of Clemson, is the man for the coach Missouri State enjoys. job. He has been the head coach at College of Charleston Greg Heiar - LSU assistant since 2014, and after a first coach year 9-24 record, Grant has a If the Bears opt for an as- total record of 75-55. Turning sistant coach, Heiar might be around a program? Check. the most qualified candidate.

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Wichita State, Heiar worked Well, that’s just icing on the as a head coach for Chipola cake. Grant is young enough Community College in Florida (40) to spark the turnaround and as an assistant at Southern the program needs. His ability Miss for two seasons. At to recruit is essential in the Chipola, he finished his tenure Midwest Region, and his abilwith a 164-15 record. Many ity to connect with point have pegged him as the re- guards will help keep Lawplacement for Marshall should rence on the roster. he move on from the Shockers following the season. Is there Corey Gipson - Missouri a better way to excite a pro- State associate head coach gram than to steal its rivals potential next head coach?

Gipson joined Lusk’s staff in 2015 and assumed responScott Padgett - Samford sibilities of associate head head coach coach less than a year later. He is just 36 years old and is an If you’re talking strictly excellent recruiter, helping about someone capable of on- bring in Mustafa Lawrence, the-court success, look no Greg Williams, Alize Johnson further than the former Ken- and Jarrid Rhodes. Gipson has tucky star and NBA player, one major pro and one major Padgett. During his time at con.The pro is that naming him Kentucky, he was an NCAA the next head coach will likeChampion and played good ly keep all current players on enough to be selected 28th the roster for next season. overall in the NBA Draft. Af- Pickens will remain an assister his playing days ended, he tant coach, and recruiting will returned to Kentucky as an continue to see success. assistant coach. He spent one The con, on the other hand, year with the Wildcats before is his lack of coaching expemoving on to Manhattan as an rience. He was the associate assistant and then Samford for head coach at North Carolina

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A national search will begin for the next head coach of the Missouri State Bears, with Moats leading a Missouri State search team. Rather than contracting out a national service, Moats decided to stay inhouse, stating that’s how he and his staff hired Lady Bears head coach Kellie Harper and football head coach Dave Steckel.

He will be joined by Casey Hunt, Missouri State senior associate director of athletics, Rachel Dockery, Missouri State legal counsel, Ed Pinegar, a community member, Joe Turner, a community member and James Satterfield, faculty at Missouri State.

In the meantime, Moats said associate head coach Corey Gipson will oversee the daily activities of the basketball program. He, along with assistant coaches Matt Sligh and Keith Pickens, are still on the coaching staff, until a new coach arrives and makes the decision to officially retain or fire them.

Another issue with this situation is current players opting to transfer rather than to play under a new coach. Lusk may have had his issues, but his players always rallied around him. In the wake of the firing, junior Reggie Scurry took to Twitter to address his future: “Coach (Lusk), I appreciate everything you have done for me on and off the court. We have had some good times and bad times. I’m going to miss you. The reason I came here is because of you and the staff.

Since I don’t know what’s going to happen to the staff, my future as a Bear is blurry.”

In Scurry’s case, it appears he will wait and see if Pickens, Sligh and Gipson are retained by the next head coach, or if Gipson potentially becomes the head coach. If they aren’t brought back, there’s a chance Missouri State could see Scurry leave. Missouri State should be nervous that others, such as freshmen Mustafa Lawrence, Darian Scott and Jared Ridder, have the same line of thinking.

“There’s always concern for that,” Moats said. “I hope not, in terms of our current guys to keep believing, and we certainly don’t want them to.

But, that will be up to them.

We hope not.”

With Moats’ and Smart’s comments about the success of the program and the need for winning, it’s evident the most important aspect of this next hire is to bring in a winner.

Over a decade ago, Hinson was fired from Missouri State for not making the NCAA Tournament, despite a 169-117 record in the regular season.

“I like to win, but I absolutely hate to lose,” Moats said.

“From that standpoint, this has been extremely frustrating. I can’t tell you how frustrating this was.”

Lusk, on the other hand, was a more than capable recruiter, bringing in the likes of Dequon Miller, Alize Johnson and Jarrid Rhodes, but it was the x’s and o’s where he struggled the most.

Yet, when talking about the next head coach’s qualities, Moats focuses a little more on personality than the on-thecourt aspect. Certainly, he does talk of program success, but as

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an assistant coach, one might not have anything to do with it, besides recruiting.

“You look for, in terms of characteristics, integrity, someone that can recruit really well, coming from a successful program. Whether as a head coach or an assistant coach you want someone the players can really relate to. There’s a lot of criteria, and you want to be able to check a lot of those boxes. That’s what we are going to try to do.”

There’s no other way to say this: This next hire by Moats must be a slam dunk. If it’s not, some should call into question whether or not he should be on the hotseat. Before getting upset and telling me men’s basketball is not the only program at the school, I know that.

Even so, football and men’s basketball are the most popular, and if they are good, they represent the most potential amount of money for the program. The last hire for the football team was Steckel, who is currently 8-25 through three seasons.

Fans walked away from the basketball team after Moats retained Lusk following the 2016-17 season, and it’s essential that, with this hire, Moats brings them back.

“We have had a lot of folks that have stayed with us, and we’ve had folks that left,” Moats said. “We just want a chance. I know we have a tremendous amount of Bears fans out there, and they are frustrated. We hope that they come back. We want them to come back, and they are welcome to come back.”

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helps create student spirit and community engagement, and is an important part of our student recruitment and retention efforts. It often leads to financial contributions to the university and is part of our marketing goals.”

Missouri State’s season ended Friday evening with a 67-63 loss to the Southern Illinois Salukis and former Missouri State head coach Barry Hinson in the second round of Arch Madness. This came after the Bears defeated Valparaiso in the play-in game on Thursday night as the No. 7 seed in the conference tournament.

It was the first time in MVC history a team predicted to finish first in the preseason finished lower than fifth in the league. Most expected the Bears to replace Wichita State as the powerhouse in the MVC, with Lusk and senior Alize Johnson leading the way.

“When you have expectations and you don’t meet those expectations, it’s very frustrating,” Moats said. “About a year ago, I think we were very specific that we came out and said that we had to get to the postseason. We said that. That was the biggest criteria. We needed to get to the postseason, so I think everybody had a pretty good idea what the expectations and goal was.”

Moats is referring to the end of the 2017 season, when the Bears lost to Wichita State in the semifinals of Arch Madness. Most believed Lusk’s tenure would come to an end after another disappointing season. But due to budget concerns, Smart and Moats opted to retain Lusk in the hopes of making the programs first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999.

Moats said the decision was not made until after the loss to Southern Illinois, meaning despite the disappointing season, the cryotherapy problems and allowing Tanveer Bhullar to stay on the team, Missouri State was prepared to retain Lusk if he won the conference tournament.

Lusk will receive his buyout of $370,000 from non-university funding for the remainder of his contract, through the 2018-19 season, Moats said.

“I want to thank the athletic program and leadership at Missouri State for the opportunity to coach the men’s basketball program,” Lusk said in a release.

“I will always cherish the relationships I’ve built here and the young men who have worked so hard for me and my staff. I wish the university tremendous

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MACK Continued from page 4 It’s that good.

It’s that important.

One of the chapters is called “Getting Over Yourself” and it features 10 aspects of ourselves, which, Mack refers to as gremlins. We must get over these in order to be successful.

They are: fear, anger, anxiety, self-consciousness, perfectionism, stubbornness, lack of motivation, competitiveness, dis-

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 tractions and persistence.

Mack ends the chapter with: “It’s important to look at yourself and identify your gremlins.

In sports, as in life, the first step to success is getting out of your own way.”

In my opinion, this is something that every student, and frankly, all humans need to read and be told, over and over again.

Life is hard. College is hard.

Relationships are hard.

But, we make everything harder by applying unneeded pressure on ourselves. Mack will make sure you have the

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Seniors of Missouri State’s swim team pose on Senior Night at Hammons Student Center on Jan. 20.

MAC CHAMPIONS ALEC McCHESNEY Editor in chief @alec_mcchesney One year ago at this time, the Missouri State men’s swimming and diving lost by one point in the Mid-American Conference Championships. The Bears returned, seeking revenge in the 2018 MAC Championships and dominated the rest of the conference to earn the 20th conference title in program history.

Missouri State finished with 857.5 points while Eastern Michigan placed second with 807 and Miami, Ohio, put up 740 points.

To say the least, the revenge the Bears sought came to fruition over the weekend.

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different schools in Springfield in February, some in elementary school and some in middle school, Alkhaldi said.

Each Saudi teacher has to choose a specific area of education and do a research project about it during their training period.

Alkhaldi said her main focus is to make parents in Saudi Arabia more involved with

“Proud and love are the only two words that I can come up to describe this team and all they have done,” head coach Dave Collins said in a press release. “I feel so incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to watch them accomplish the No. 1 goal they set for this season.”

Senior Christopher Heye was named 2018 MAC Outstanding Senior, and junior Artur Osvath was tabbed as the 2018 MAC Co-Outstanding Swimmer of the Year. Additionally, for the second straight season, Collins was awarded the MAC Coach of the Year.

Blair Bish, Kacper Cwiek, Heye, Minki Kang, Osvath, Lucas Paloschi, Antonio Thomas and Phillip Willett were all named to the 2018 All-MAC First Team.

schools’ activities and kids.

“I have worked on a lot of research about how parents should be more involved with schools in Saudi Arabia,” Alkhaldi said. “I am here to expand my research, observe and see how they apply it here.”

Jane Robison, executive director of the English Language Institute, said the name of the program is Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion.

In the first four weeks of the program, they observe teaching skills with a focus on the American culture, his-

tory and education system, Robison said.

Robison said then they will be moved to classes with students from other countries.

The next part of the program will focus on research skills and representation skills that would help them in their research.

In the fall, they will have six weeks of English teacher training about classroom management and dealing with different leveled students in the same classroom, Robison said.

The last part of the program joins students and teach-

Continued from page 1 The MSU administration is already discussing tuition increases as well as increased and new fees for different colleges and services in the university.

“No final decisions have been made at this time about what will be included in (the tuition and fees) policy,” Tergin said. “Between now and the April executive committee meeting, we will continue to evaluate the tuition and fee proposals that were discussed at the board meeting last week.”

Recommendations for tuition increases amount to $4 per credit hour, bringing regular tuition costs to $214 per credit hour for undergraduate students qualifying for in-state tuition prices. About $2.5 million will be generated from this tuition increase, along with other tuition increases for students qualifying for other tuition prices.

New fees were proposed for the College of Natural and Applied Sciences and the College of Business. These fees are said to generate over $2.7 million, if approved by the Board of Governors. ers in the classroom and observing the teacher’s style.

“It is a new experience for all of us,” Robison said. “We have never done anything like that.”

They are working with 28 families and 58 kids, so they had to consider little details to help them live in Springfield, Robison said.

“One night we had 15 or 16 people arriving at the same time. We had kids that needed booster seats,” Robison said.

“We had to think about all of that, because in Saudi Arabia they do not have the same laws we have here.”

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In the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, course numbers at 199 and under would receive a $15 per credit hour fee and courses at the 200 level up to 599 will receive a $30 per credit hour fee if approved.

College of Business courses from the 200 level to 299 would receive a $40 per credit hour fee if approved. Final decisions on these increases and new fees will be made during an April 18 executive committee meeting.

While the university administration considers ways to manage possible state funding cuts, members of the administration have also been meeting with legislators in Jefferson City to advocate for the restoration of funding for higher education, specifically at MSU. “I think some of the money is going to be restored,” Smart said. “We’ve had really good conversations (with state legislators).”

University administrators have been meeting with many different legislators, including a Missouri legislator who has previously spoken out about cuts to higher education funding.

“I don’t anticipate that all of those reductions will stand in the budget,” said Scott Fitzpatrick, the House Budget Committee chairman said in a Jan. 26 press release. “I think that we’ll probably try to recover some of that, but I think that the institutions — some more than others — are going to have a difficult time with it.”

Jameel Alharbi, a teacher from the program, said he is hoping this experience will have a positive effect on the education system in Saudi Arabia.

“When we go back, we want to apply what we learned to our schools,” Alharbi said.

“We want to lead in a right way and teach others what we learned.”

Alharbi said his research focus is technology integration in Saudi Arabia’s educational system. He said he did research about this area before, but he couldn’t apply it to his school because the

school lacked equipment and sources.

Alharbi said he is expanding his research and trying to find a way to apply it in a less costly way.

Kelsey Goin, ELI special programs coordinator, said she had to coordinate a lot of details because they are going to be here for a whole year.

“We really respect and admire the courage they have taken to pick up their families and move to a new place halfway across the planet and try to figure out housing, cars and schools for their kids,” Goin said.

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Softball’s ‘twins’ Morgan Greenlee and Darian Frost getting an apartment together. But Darian’s family planned on getting a house in Springfield, and she needed roommates.

So, Darian asked the two if they’d be interested in moving in. It was a shot in the dark.

“I remember being like, ‘This might be weird, but it’ll be alright,’” Darian said.

And that was that.

“Ever since then, we’ve found out that we’re both just as weird in different ways,” Morgan said.

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There are two names on the Missouri State softball roster listed next to the position of “catcher.” The same two names have their mail sent to the same address and are on all of the the same class rosters.

With so many similarities, it’s safe to say there’s a slim chance you’ll ever see Darian Frost without Morgan Greenlee or vice versa.

But three years ago, neither of them would have ever known how inseparable they would be — especially after Darian’s mom, Brooke Frost, pegs Morgan as the sister their first visit, when the four incoming freshmen came to Darian never had. learn about the university and the softball program.

Morgan was from Snohomish, Washington, and Darian “She’s grown up surrounded by three little brothers,” was from Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Their lives were thou- Brooke said. “Morgan seems to be the sister that I could sands of miles away from each other. never give her… It’s nice for her to have a sister.”

Brooke says the two are each very unique little spirits, but they aren’t identical to one another. Instead, the two compliment each other and feed off one another.

“I love their love for each other,” Brooke said. “It’s just “Morgan was this girl from Washington; no one really a true blessing to be able to spend so much time together knew about her,” Darian said. “The other three of us were and appreciate each other. They hold each other accountkind of local so we all knew of each other, but Morgan able and encourage each other and really have each other’s said a collective 10 words during the visit. I was like, ‘I backs.” don’t know who I’m living with, but I know it’s not her.’”

The idea of the two as sisters is one that’s followed Morgan laughed after hearing Darian’s first impression them to the field. The coaches often refer to the two as the of her. As close as the two are now, it’s hard to believe “twins.” there was a time when they weren’t friends.

Again, the two do everything together, from attending Classes started, and everyone moved onto campus — classes and practices to going on “dates” at McDonalds.

Morgan and Darian didn’t live with one another and didn’t “Our favorite food is McDonald’s,” Morgan said. “We really talk for that matter. go on dates there. Like sit down dates.”

“I lived with a girl who played our freshman year,” And just as real sisters do, they are there for one anMorgan said. “We were pretty good friends. We didn’t other, no matter what it is. really associate with the rest of the team because we were “Morgan is like anti-touch. She doesn’t really like to so close. I think everyone thought we were kind of weird.” be hugged; she doesn’t like to be cuddled, so I just genAs the year went on, it came time for everyone to decide erally leave her alone unless I’m messing with her,” Darwho they were living with the upcoming year. ian said. “But one night, I was watching Grey’s Anatomy.

Morgan and her roommate at the time just planned on The episode related to my past, and I was sitting in my

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room sobbing. So, I went upstairs to talk to Morgan.”

Morgan was showering but heard Darian knock on the door. She could hear Darian crying and prepared herself for the worst.

To her relief, it was only a television show. Morgan got out of the shower and gave Darian a hug.

“It was pretty dramatic,” Darian said.

Even with the downs of sad television shows, both girls bring a positive energy to the team.

Softball head coach Holly Hesse said the relationship between Darian and Morgan is unique.

“Usually when someone plays your same position, there’s competition for playing time,” Hesse said. “But they’re super supportive of each other and really happy when the other’s doing well.”

The two said they don’t really compete with one another, but they instead challenge each other.

“I’m happy for her when she plays,” Darian said. “She’s happy for me when I play.”

Even though they aren’t necessarily competitive when it comes to playing time, Darian and Morgan find different ways to compete off the field, such as racing to the car.

And then they find different ways to bother each other.

Morgan doesn’t like to be hugged.

“I have to sneak those in,” Darian said.

The two are inseparable. But, the time does come when they each go home to visit their families and are, once again, thousands of miles apart.

Whenever they are apart, it doesn’t keep them from talking to each other. Darian said she’ll get bored and send Morgan a run-down of her day or Morgan will just call her randomly.

This past summer, Morgan stayed in Springfield even though Darian went back home.

It didn’t last long.

“I went home for a week,” Darian said. “Then I came back to Springfield.”

Hesse said they encourage every class on the team to bond, and usually the team takes that to heart and makes strong connections with one another.

“Certainly these two made it happen,” Hesse said.

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