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eFactory receives national award

Entrepreneurship project receives community impact award for last year’s work

By Peyson Shields The Standard @peysonrose

The Robert W. Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and Business Development, also known as The eFactory, received a 2014 Corporate Investment and Community Impact (CiCi) award for its efforts over the last year.

The eFactory is a small business and entrepreneurship, technology-focused project that helps with business development and stability.

“The eFactory brings together many of the region’s economic development and business development groups to create

an entrepreneurial ecosystem,” said The eFactory’s business incubator coordinator, Brian Kincaid.

After opening its doors in March 2013, The eFactory has risen above its original goals.

“We set five-year goals with our board of directors that focuses on working with clients, creating new jobs and assisting with the placement of capital in small business … After its first year, we are ahead of pace on all of these goals,” said Kincaid.

One of those five-year goals was to create 650 jobs; it created 33 new jobs within the first two months.

Another one of those goals was to be recognized. This expectation was exceeded when it was recognized with a CiCi award The eFactory received the CiCi award based on its economic impact, as well as renovating the former Willow Brook turkey processing plant into a facility focused on creating new jobs.

It was an $11 million dollar investment that sparked a drive in The eFactory.

A conference for the victims

Annual criminology conference focused on abuse takes place next week

By Callie Rainey The Standard @KidCallie

“Seeking Knowledge, Finding Solutions ... for the Victims,” the sixth annual Missouri State Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference, will be held on Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3. The opening ceremony is at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the Plaster Student Union East Ballroom.

The conference is free for those who want to go and participate. No tickets are necessary to attend. The conference will be on the third floor of the Plaster Student Union.

The Missouri State Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference was created six years ago by Ivy Yarckow-Brown, the senior instructor of criminology at Missouri State University.

“It began as a half-day event, grew to a full-day event, then a full-day event with an evening component, and this will be the second year of being a two-day event with an evening component,” Yarckow-Brown said.

“We currently have over 500 criminology and criminal justice majors at Missouri State University, so providing them with this event is an amazing component of their education.

“And, it does serve as an inter-disciplinary conference, where other departments are involved, participating and attending, including, but not limited to psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, child and family devel-

opment, and education.

“This year we are focusing more on the crimes of sexual assault and child abuse.

However, there are more general panels and presentations addressing many other areas related to the fields of criminology and criminal justice,” Yarckow-Brown said.

There are many different events and presentations scheduled during the two days of the conference.

“This conference provides a fantastic networking opportunity for all who attend in an educational environment.

“Over 30 panel presentations are provided, four keynote presentations, over 50 organizations seeking employees, interns and/or volunteers, and two simulations workshops are included this year.

“More than 1,000 people attended last year, and the media has been highlighting some of the keynote speakers for several years.

“Our event is one that draws crowds from several states, many large cities in Missouri, and provides an outlet for criminology and criminal justice students professionals, faculty and others just interested in the fields to learn more and become more engaged with their community.”

The conference is hosted and sponsored by Sigma Mu Sigma, the Missouri State University chapter of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma. The conference is financially supported by the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and Alpha Phi Sigma - Sigma Mu Sigma.

For more information on “Seeking Knowledge, Finding Solutions ... for the Victims” — the sixth annual Missouri State Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference — visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/msucrimconference. The full conference program can be found under pictures.

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The eFactory won an award for Corporate Investment and Community Impact.

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One of the goals of the conference is looking at how to deal with abuse crimes.

Are U ready to live downtown?

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By Nicolette Martin The Standard @nicoletteemma

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The U’s construction is due to be finished this summer.

NEWS | 2 Lacrosse team seeks help to fund team after SOFAC funds fall through

Downtown living? Check. Bed-by-bed rental?

Check. Fitness center? Check. Student lounge?

Check. Rooftop deck? Check. Indoor bike storage?

Check. Monthly speakers, shark tank competitions and mentorship/internship opportunities for entrepreneurs? Check, check, check.

If these amenities all sound good to you, and you’re still looking for a place to live next year, look no further than the newest tenant — and the only bedby-bed student housing — in the downtown area: The

OPINION | 3 Martin: Paperless forms will help MSU ‘go green’

The U is taking over the long-vacant McDaniel building located at 316 Park Central East, and will have 89 beds in 39 units with rent ranging from $555$750.

Rick Manzardo, president of The Vecino Group that is responsible for developing The U, said that The U, a fully-furnished, all-utilities-included living option, will be joining other similar types of living, but there is still more to be done to get student housing up to par in Springfield.

“We looked at the campus with MSU, Drury and OTC, and even though there is a lot of by-the-bed

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Calendar Tuesday, April 1

Student Activities Council meeting, 4-5:15 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313 Student Government Association meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313

Wednesday, April 2

Annual Missouri State University Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference, all day, Plaster Student Union third floor Entertainment Management Association meeting, 5-6 p.m., Strong Hall 003 Spectrum meeting, 7-9 p.m., Plaster Student Union third floor

Thursday, April 3

Annual Missouri State University Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference, all day, Plaster Student Union third floor Staff Senate meeting, 11 a.m.noon, Plaster Student Union TBD

Friday, April 4

Ask the Experts Blackboard Open Session, 1:30-5 p.m., Meyer Library 205 Ask the Experts Open Sessions, 2-4 p.m., Cheek Hall 100

Saturday, April 5

Showcase, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Showcase — Simulation Lab Tour, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Professional Building 428 and 430

Monday, April 7

Open Forum for Vice President for Marketing and Communications Candidate Suzanne Shaw, 2-3 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater Psychology Club/Psi Chi Club, 4-5 p.m. Hill Hall 302

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Lacrosse team needs help after missing $6,000 in SOFAC funds Fundraisers have been planned, donations still needed as well

By Rose Marthis The Standard

In the next 27 days, the Missouri State lacrosse team needs to raise close to $3,500 to be able to play in the playoffs starting in May. The lacrosse team usually has its regular season funded by $6,000 from SOFAC, the Student Organization Funding Allocation Council. It did not receive that money this year due to the depletion of funds in early February that caused SOFAC to deny funding to 13 student organizations.

The lacrosse team filed its proposal and had a meeting scheduled with SOFAC to discuss what the money would be used for and why it should be awarded to the team.

“We had a meeting scheduled, and we received the email saying they were no longer accepting applications,” said Dustin Rich, the lacrosse team’s head coach.

“A couple of weeks went by, and they sent an email saying, ‘Sorry we told you you were going to get money, but we are out now,’” he said.

Rich said that in the past, SOFAC would send an email warning organizations that the funding was getting low, but this year that didn’t happen.

The team was then forced to raise the $6,000 by itself. At the beginning of the season, Rich said they were unsure of how many games the team would be able to play without the money that directly covered travel costs to away games.

On March 26, Rich said the team had raised close to $2,500. The majority of that has come

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The men’s lacrosse team practices on the Betty and Bobby Allison Fields

from private donors.

Rich said the team has been focusing a lot of its effort into reaching out to community members and alumni of the team and the university who could donate $500 or more. They have also set up a program with Queen City Deli where they get a portion of the profits made off of selling gift cards.

Partnering with Queen City Deli is a fundraising method they normally wouldn’t do, Rich said, but the team has made close to $1,000 from it as of March 26.

Rich said the team is getting a decent amount of response, but it is mainly from alumni and parents and not a lot from students.

The team has also been cutting costs wherever it can.

“As it stands now, we will have to cancel taking a bus to St. Louis for our last weekend of games,” he said.

“We’ve literally cut any corner we can cut.

Myself and the assistant coach usually receive stipends for the year, and we have both given that up,” he said.

Rich said the last resort he wants to take is to ask the players for more money, because they already pay at the beginning of the season for their equipment and some travel costs.

With the end of the season approaching so quickly, the team has been forced to consider the possible consequences of not raising enough money.

The most immediate consequence is the team would not be able to play in the post-season.

“We have a good rapport with our conference and a good track record with not having issues before, but if we cannot pay our conference dues u See LACROSSE, page 14

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Paperless verification forms great step for university’s fight to be green Spencer Martin Columnist

Sustainability: if you stick around for a while at Missouri State, you’re bound to run across this word. For Missouri State, sustainability is an integral aspect of not only running a successful university but also improving the quality of the university.

Missouri State just hired its first full-time sustainability coordinator, Lauren Bansbach, back in February. MSU is clearly making a huge push to be more “green” and to have a less detrimental impact on the environment around it – which is awesome, by the way.

Hold that thought for a moment — we’ll return later.

Can I let you in on a secret? I strongly dislike filling out forms — especially if said forms have already been completed in another manner.

Doubling up on the same paperwork has got to be one of the most unsustainable, annoying things that someone could possibly spend his or her time doing.

This next part is where things get exciting; a recent email from Volunteer Programs at Missouri State says that paper verification forms are now no longer required in addition to the online forms available through CampusLINK. Now only the online forms will be required.

This has got to be the best thing that has happened since the restaurant Chipotle was created, not just for students, but for the administration as well.

Let’s just look at some numbers real quick.

Each year, the university awards 35 students with the Presidential scholarship, according to the Missouri State website. Each one of

those students is required to complete 120 community service hours before the start of their senior year if they want to renew the scholarship for that final year.

Now, for the sake of simplicity, let’s assume that each time one of those students turns in a paper form to register hours that they put approximately five hours on each paper form.

The number of forms that one of these students must complete and turn in to reach that 120-hour mark is 24.

For one student, that doesn’t seem too terrible, but if you take all 35 of the students into account, that brings the total to 840 forms that administration now has to muddle through. But wait, aren’t there three other classes unaccounted for?

That is absolutely correct, and once these numbers are expanded to include each undergraduate class, the total number of forms climbs further to 3360 forms. This doesn’t even take into account the few hundred students, like myself, who have to do that exact same thing for the Board of Governors scholarship.

Things are starting to look a little paper-heavy, aren’t they?

This is exactly why I’m so excited. Not only has my work been cut in half, but the university benefits through the massive reduction in paper usage each year.

I hope you’re as excited as I am about drastically less paper usage and fewer hand cramps from writing all those forms. I cannot convey enough the utmost congratulations to the administration for taking the next step in being a more sustainable campus.

Help victims by becoming informed

By The Standard Editorial Board

The sixth-annual Missouri State University Criminology and Criminal Justice Conference will be held April 2-3, and it will focus on victims, specifically those of child abuse and sexual-assault-related crimes, according to a university news release.

The conference is free and open to the public and will include panels about victimoffender overlap, online sexual predators, ex-offenders becoming offenders again, domestic violence and child abuse.

Child abuse and sexual assault cases are prevalent, and it’s important for victims of these offenses to be taken seriously and to be protected.

By attending the university’s criminology conference, you can become more informed about these victims and the crimes against them. By doing so, you give more of a voice to the people who have suffered from this.

For more information on the conference, see Callie Rainey’s story titled “A conference for the victims” on page 1.

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Calendar Wednesday, April 2

Exhibit in honor of David Harrison: author, poet, storyteller and literacy advocate, all day, third floor Meyer Library, free One Million Cups Springfield, 910 a.m., Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and Business Development 1000, free The Energy Challenge, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Plaster Student Union, second floor atrium, free Unveiling of new walking path for National Walking Day, noon-2 p.m., Foster Recreation Center, free Pedal Springfield, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Foster Recreation Center parking lot, free

Thursday, April 3

Short and snappy brown bag lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union 309, free “Down in the Hollows: A Tale of Neighborhood and Family in the Missouri Ozarks,” 7-8 p.m., Meyer Library 101, free 2014 Shrine Circus, 7-10:30 p.m., JQH Arena, $9-$37 MSU Symphony Orchestra, 7:308:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, free SAC Presents: ’90s Trivia Night, 9-11:59 p.m., Plaster Student Union food court, free

Friday, April 4

The Curse of Stereotypes, 4-5:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313, free 2014 Shrine Circus, 7:30-11 p.m., JQH Arena, $9-$37

Saturday, April 5

Ultimate frisbee tournament, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Betty and Bobby Allison Recreation Fields, $10 per team

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The Shrine Mosque was the stage for the God and Goddess Pageant.

Greek God and Goddess pageant-style show a hit

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Fraternity and Sorority Life compete in Greek Week’s volleyball tourney.

Michael Cullen of Pi Kappa Phi shows his guns at Greek Jam.

Volleyball tourney brings Greek Week events to close

Eight teams dance-battle it out at Greek Jam event

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Showcase, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union, free Flexible Artworlds: Graduate art education in Springfield and beyond; MSU’s first master of fine arts portfolio review, 2-6 p.m., Springfield Art Museum, free Guest artist Patricia Pierce, 2:303:30 p.m., Ellis Recital Hall, free Dance night, 5-7 p.m., Plaster Student Union East Ballroom, free Missouri State University film series of “Fish Tank,” 7-9:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union 200, free

Sunday, April 6

National Tartan Day, all day, entire campus, free 2014 Shrine Circus, all day, JQH Arena, $9-$37 Springfield Urban-Warrior Challenge, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Hammons Field Baseball Stadium, $95 for an individual, $335 for team of four if registered between March 1 and April 5 Missouri State University Concert Chorale, 7-8:30 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, free

Monday, April 7

Rwanda genocide commemoration, all day, entire campus, free Shattering the Silences series: Cultural Stereotypes, Perception or Reality?, 4-5 p.m., Carrington Hall 208, free Outdoor Adventures s’mores clinic, 4:30-7 p.m., Foster Recreation Center family patio, free

Briefs Walking challenge: Can you walk more than Dr. Siscoe?

This walking challenge happens April 7 to May 4 and participants will be trying to beat Dr. Siscoe’s mileage.

Registration needs to be completed by April 3 and pedometers need to be picked up by this date in order to participate in the walking challenge.

Milage is turned in weekly and updates will show who is leading the way with most miles walked.

The pedometers measure steps, distance in miles and calories burned.

The top eight walkers will receive prizes for their milage.

The top two walkers will receive a $100 University Bookstore gift card. The next six walkers will receive a $50 University Bookstore gift card.

Once the challenge is over the pedometers need to be either returned or purchased. They are $20.

For more information contact Jerilyn at 417-836-4045 or jerilynreed@missouristate.edu.

By Annie Gooch The Standard @Annie_Gooch

Sorority and fraternity members gathered at the Shrine Mosque last Thursday evening to celebrate Greek Week with the Greek God and Goddess Pageant.

Each sorority and fraternity chose a person to represent them and participate in the activities.

“It’s pageant style — there’s a question portion followed by trivia and then talent,” said Bradley White, Greek Week assistant.

“At the end, they’ll name a God and Goddess.”

The Shrine was packed with enthusiastic, cheering Greek life supporting their fellow brothers and sisters.

Many students there said the talent portion was their favorite and what they most looked forward to. Talents included dance mash-ups, a live painting, skits and a few musical pieces.

Maggie Weir, of Gamma Phi Beta, said she really enjoys the talent portion and getting to see all the contestants perform.

The contestants were judged by four u See PAGEANT, page 14

The annual volleyball tournament was one of the final major events for Greek Week, which includes many different fraternities and sororities.

Fans? Yes. Supporters from the fraternities and sororities flocked to watch their brothers and sisters take on brothers from other mothers in a clash that makes even the Titans seem petty.

Competition aside, the people that participate are just there to have fun. Members from different fraternities and sororities are joined together at the beginning of the week and choose their teams from their crop of talent in the weekly team.

This is done to eliminate the possibility of a sleuth of six-foot-five, ex-all-conference basketball players from running the table on the athletically less-fortunate.

The bracket was set for 12 teams this year, with three groups of final fours. The teams play best of three, and then the winner advances. From there, the winner of the four-team bracket advances to a three-

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You won’t find this kind of excitement in the “Dancing with the Stars” audience.

Greek Week 2014 ended at MSU with Greek Jam on Saturday with Team 1, Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, winning first place.

Second place was a tie between Teams 6, Sigma Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, and 2, Alpha Delta Pi, Theta Chi, Phi Beta Sigma, and third place went to Team 4, Delta Zeta, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu, Zeta Phi Beta.

The Hammons Student Center was not full to capacity, but the cheers made it seem otherwise.

Every team received plenty of support from the audience, with fraternity and sorority members in coordinated outfits.

Pom poms and bandanas were waved for every flip, lift, and split the dancers performed.

Junior Eric Engelbrecht and junior Chandler Tatgenhorst were in charge of u See JAM, page 14

MSU professor makes directing debut

he set the barre for athleticism in dance with his extraordinary leaps and his unique ability to perform en pointe.

Nijinsky was torn between his As a young dancer, he toured strong sexual desires for women major cities in the Midwest. In and intimate relationships with search of a new path in his career, men. he wanted Sergei to explore Diaghilev, He changed the game director other roles in dance for ballet so much that and owner and theater. of Ballets no one had the nerve to Russes, Darryl Clark left go where he went as was also the main far as what he choreo- Nijinsky’s stage and lover. graphed.” went After behind the Nijinsky scenes as a married a Darryl Clark woman, choreographer. He’s Assistant professor in Diaghilev worked on abandoned Theatre and Dance him artistiproductions as an Department cally. assistant “I think professor that losing in the Theatre and Dance depart- his ability and his place to perform ment for years. and create was the final breaking Now, he is ready to make his point,” Clark said. directing debut with Norman Nijinsky danced around so Allen’s “Nijinsky’s Last Dance.” many thoughts in his mind until he The playwright tells the story lost control. of Russian ballet dancer Vaslav In 1919, he had a nervous Nijinsky. He is known as one of breakdown and was diagnosed the greatest male performers of all with schizophrenia. time.

He spent the last years of his As a dancer of the early 1900s, life in and out of asylums. In 1950,

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Darryl Clark (right), an assistant professor in the Theatre and Dance department, works on his directing debut with Michael Reiser (left).

Nijinsky died in a London clinic.

“He changed the game for ballet so much that no one had the nerve to go where he went as far as what he choreographed … I also think that’s what he was reminding us of that, that ‘I brought this to the world. I brought this to the table, and I didn’t do it on purpose, I just did,’” Clark said.

Waiting for the right time, Clark prepared to direct this piece watching videos and documentaries about Nijinsky.

Clark said good things began to happen for two dancers in the department. He watched them grow and waited for the perfect

moment to ask them about his plans.

He chose junior Michael Reiser and senior Taylor Swink of the Theatre and Dance Department as his performers.

The actors portray several characters in Nijinsky’s life.

Acting is second nature to Reiser, who’s been on stage since his high school days.

“It’s been a great challenge …

It’s really exciting to put everything I’m learning here at MSU into immediate practice,” Reiser said. u See DANCE, page 14

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2007 As Cities Burn album ‘a life-affirming experience’

‘Divergent’ is theater worthy Dystopian worldwide bestseller novel series takes on the big screen

If someone has told you that “Divergent” Trevor is just a ripMitchell off of “The Hunger Movie Games,” it Reviewer is imperative that you don’t listen to them.

“Divergent” is so much more than a copycat, and while it’s unlikely to reach the lofty heights or box office returns of “The Hunger Games,” it’s a film worthy of standing on its own.

“Divergent” shows us a world — or at least a futuristic, ruined Chicago — in which society is broken down into five factions. Which faction you’re in determines your job, friends and, apparently, the color of clothes you wear for the rest of your life. Everyone fits into one of these factions, but not Tris Prior.

When Tris (Shailene Woodley) takes

the test that determines which faction you should belong to (not must belong to; you can choose whichever faction you please), her biggest concern is whether the results will tell her she should stay in Abnegation, the simple faction she’s grown up in that lives simply, selflessly and also runs the government.

She could also end up as an Erudite, with other high-IQ scientists; an Amity, kind people who farm for food; a Candor, who never lie and become judges; or a Dauntless, the city’s parkour-loving police force.

What she doesn’t expect is to be pronounced divergent, meaning she’s freethinking and doesn’t fit into any one box. Divergence does not sit well with the blatantly evil Erudite leader Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) who would prefer the people sit by as she attempts to overthrow the government.

So Tris chooses Dauntless, and must try to hide her divergence with the help

of Dauntless leader and love interest Four (Theo James).

Tris’ entrance to Dauntless, however, kicks off a bloated portion of the movie about her training that could have easily been cut down to 10 minutes instead of the 40 it takes place in — and at almost two and a half hours, it’s easy to notice when the movie starts to drag.

Once her training is complete the movie finds itself again, and the last third is an absolute thrill ride that is more than enough to make up for lost time.

Woodley and James do a fine job as a battle-hardened couple, and Ashley Judd is excellent as Tris’ mother, but the rest of the cast play fairly unremarkable parts.

It’s particularly disappointing that Winslet doesn’t lean a bit more into the role of Matthews, as there’s an occasional glimpse of madness in her that never fully shines through.

While the acting might not catch your attention, the visuals certainly will — while the training sequence is entirely too long, a zip line sequence in the u See MOVIE page 14

One of the most frequent and frustrating misnomers in music culture comes Dylan directly from the confusion between emo, screamo, Beck hardcore punk and postMusic hardcore punk — all of Reviewer which have callously been labeled “hardcore music.”

Let’s get one thing straight: these are all entirely different genres, and each one has its own unique timbre, nuance and pacing.

Guitars and rolls combine with vocals to create an immediately recognizable atmosphere on any emo tune, hence the name — in full — “emotive.”

Crushing riffs, blinding tempos and strained bellows dissolve into the sudden crescendos that saturate screamo songs. While post-hardcore often borrows so much from screamo that the two seemingly meld together, the only guaranteed way to distinguish between them lies in the stigma that post-hardcore involves less instrumental technicality and more simplistic time signatures.

Louisiana quartet As Cities Burn casts away all former conventions on 2007’s intricate and haunting “Come Now Sleep.” Creating a truly unique sound, the record fuses together screamo’s guitar and bass lines; post-hardcore’s builds and tension; and emo’s often bone-chilling screams.

Synthesizers begin the compilation in a dreamlike state. Before long, a guitar line and drums shatter the surreal atmosphere. Then, in comes a piano waltz from the left channel. The tension builds and the tune swells upward, erupting into a white-hot, burning chorus of guitars, crashing drums and spine-tingling pleads.

Building upon questions of faith, grace and God’s existence, the lyrical content of the album draws comparisons to the brand of skepticism and doubt faced by some Christians, but the universal themes of uncertainty, self-examination and humility make this a must-hear for all.

Consider the heart-wrenching honesty of the opening line — “Hearts aren’t really our guides; we are truly alone, because God ain’t up in the sky, holding together our bones” — and the subsequent one-liner — “God, can it be that all we see is it?” Later, they plead in desperation, “But it’s not the sound keeping me from sleep; it’s what Jesus said about Hell underneath ... And it’s not the cold making my legs shake; it’s someone I love being taken away. A ghost is taking his place in our hearts.”

Despite the heavy and occasionally depressing nature of the lyrical content on the compilation, “Come Now Sleep” remains a life-affirming experience, reassuring us that we are not alone. In the end, “Love is enough to keep our friends (and ourselves) alive.”

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Men’s golf Tuesday, March 25 UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic, 5th of 15 Women’s golf Tuesday, March 25 UALR Classic, T 12th of 17 Baseball (12-4, 3-3) Tuesday, March 25 Missouri State 1 0 0 0 0100000—2 Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 0 1000101—3 Wednesday, March 26 Arkansas State 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 4 Missouri State 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 X— 5 Friday, March 28 S. Illinois 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0— 3 Missouri State 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 X— 8 Saturday, March 29 S. Illinois 1 0 1 0 1001005—9 Missouri State 0 0 0 3 0001001—5 Sunday, March 30 S. Illinois 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 00 0—5 Missouri State 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 00 1—6 Softball (20-11, 3-3) Wednesday, March 26 Tulsa 1 0 3 0 2 0 5—11 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Saturday, March 29 S. Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—2 Missouri State 1 1 0 0 0 0 1—3 Saturday, March 29 S. Illinois 0 0 0 2 0 0 0—2 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 3 4 X—7 Sunday, March 30 S. Illinois 0 0 1 2 3 3 0—9 Missouri State 1 0 0 0 4 0 0—5 Men’s soccer Friday, March 28* Missouri State 0 Tulsa 0 Women’s soccer Saturday, March 29* Missouri State 0 Saint Louis 0 *Denotes spring exhibition game

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Calendar Tuesday, April 1

Men’s golf, 8 a.m., Memphis Intercollegiate in Memphis, Tenn.

Softball, 5 p.m., vs. Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. Baseball, 6:35 p.m., vs. Saint Louis at home

Wednesday, April 2 Baseball, 6:30 p.m., vs. Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla.

Saturday, April 5

Women’s soccer, 10 a.m., vs. Missouri Southern at Glendale High School Football, 10 a.m., Spring scrimmage 1 at Kickapoo High School Softball, noon, vs. Drake in Des Moines, Iowa Men’s soccer, 12:15 p.m., vs. Missouri Valley College at home

Softball wins 2 of 3 following 11-0 loss to No. 17 Tulsa

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @EliWohlenhaus

A busy week and weekend at Killian Stadium brought forth an uncharacteristic blowout for the Missouri State softball team.

Yet they turned that around. On Tuesday, the Bears hosted the Golden Hurricane of No. 17 Tulsa, which ended in an 11-0 rout. Missouri State was only able to record two hits, and Tulsa more than handled themselves by hitting the ball 17 times.

The weekend saw Missouri State hosting conference opponent Southern Illinois.

The series began with a doubleheader on Saturday; both teams were in need of a win. Southern Illinois was teetering on the brink of dropping to, and eventually below, a .500 record, and Missouri State needed to get back on the right side of its Missouri Valley record.

Missouri State did what it needed to, once again scoring quickly in the first inning with a run. It tacked on another in the second inning, and then both teams dueled it out on defense.

Until the seventh inning.

Southern Illinois was able to get on base and into scoring position via hits, walks and errors.

In a flash, it was a tie game at 2-2, but Missouri State would have none of that. With Game 2 of the doubleheader still yet to play, the Bears didn’t want to be there any longer than they already would be. With senior second baseman Ashley Brentz on third, junior pitcher and outfielder Chelsea Jones dropped a bunt into the dirt, and Brentz was able to score on the squeeze play. Missouri State won, 3-2.

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Penalties plague in 7-5 loss

Women’s soccer, 4 p.m., vs. Missouri S&T at Glendale High School

Wash U takes advantage of ‘sub-average’ play to beat MSU

Softball, noon, vs. Drake in Des Moines, Iowa

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Men’s soccer, 1:45 p.m., vs. Missouri Valley College at home Softball, 2 p.m., vs. Drake in Des Moines, Iowa

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Senior men’s basketball players earn awards at MSU banquet

Seniors Jarmar Gulley and Keith Pickens earned the Coors Player of the Year Award and the Guy Thompson Award, respectively, at the team’s awards banquet on Sunday, March 30.

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Penalties and missed scoring opportunities doomed the Missouri State men’s lacrosse Bears as they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Washington University Bears on March 30 at Kings Street Field.

MSU committed seven penalties in the game, four of which led to man-up advantage goals for Washington University.

“We played sub-average with our man-down squad,” head coach Dustin Rich said. “They took advantage of the opportunities they had in their man-up situations.”

After a scoreless first quarter, Washington University broke the tie with 14:36 remaining in the second during a man-up opportunity after freshman midfielder Zach Matthews was called on a slashing penalty.

Washington University scored two more times in the second, both goals also scored during man-up opportunities, to go ahead 3-0 before MSU got on the board. With five seconds remaining in the first half, sophomore defender Daniel Rogenhofer scored an unassisted goal to cut into Washington University’s lead.

“We didn’t execute well offensively,” Rich said. “We never got into a rhythm, and we didn’t take

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The Missouri State men’s lacrosse team practices at Kings Street Field. The team is 4-5 following a 7-5 loss to Washington University on March 30.

advantage of some opportunities that we had.”

MSU surged to a third-quarter lead when they scored four unanswered goals to go ahead 5-3. Senior attacker Chris Callaham opened the second-half scoring when he took a pass from junior attacker Reese Hunter in front of the cage with 10:51 remaining in the third quarter.

Callaham earned his second

point of the game when he was credited for an assist on a goal by senior attacker Cameron Bostwick that tied the game 3-3 at the 9:42 mark of the same period.

MSU grabbed its only lead of the game when Hunter received a pass from Callaham, his second assist of the game, and found the back of the cage to put the Bears in front 4-3 with 5:54 remaining in the third.

Callaham scored one more time on an unassisted goal to give MSU a 5-3 lead with 4:02 remaining. He finished the game with two goals and two assists.

“We made some adjustments with our offensive groupings at halftime,” Rich said. “We were able to turn that into goals and built some momentum.”

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Twice torn, twice triumphed Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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Sophomore forward Nikki Kerrigan has torn her ACL twice, but that hasn’t made her give up on soccer

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @EliWohlenhaus

The women’s soccer team of Missouri State began spring play this week; unfortunately it was without sophomore forward Nikki Kerrigan.

Her journey with the Bears began a long way from Missouri. Kerrigan was amidst a tournament with her club team in Florida when Missouri State men’s assistant soccer coach Kerrigan Michael Seabolt noticed her abilities and referred her to the program.

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Kerrigan liked what she saw, and vice versa. Albeit, Missouri State was a long way from home, but the fit was good. Kerrigan agreed to come play in Springfield.

Immediately into her freshman season, she earned a lot of minutes, including two starts. Her freshman season was highlighted by recording two awards: the MVC Commissioner’s Excellence Award and Missouri State Athletics Director's Honor Roll.

With a solid freshman season under her belt, the offseason came, and with it, the chance for increased opportunities on the field. But on April 14, that changed.

Missouri State was playing a spring game against Central Arkansas when Kerrigan tore the ACL in her right knee

for the second time in her life. Although it can be tough to tear an ACL once, this was not the end of her career. Even though her journey with the Bears had already begun, this benchmarked another journey for her life.

“When your heart is so full with the game and you get hurt, it is not an option to quit,” said Kerrigan.

Give up she certainly did not. Being able to come back from this same injury before, she knew it would be a long process — and a hard one — but she put her trust in God. “This journey with my injury has helped my faith incredible amounts,” said Kerrigan. “Don’t get me wrong, the people around me have helped so much, u See TWICE, page 10

Baseball’s first MVC series win doesn’t come without trial

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Sophomore outfielder Tate Matheny bats in the Bears’ game against Oklahoma State on March 18 at Hammons Field. Missouri State lost 6-0.

For every run that put the Missouri State baseball Bears in the lead, a throwing error or wild pitch gave the Southern Illinois Salukis a chance to come back. In a series of big plays — and big errors — the Bears did just enough to secure their first Missouri Valley Conference series win this past weekend.

“These conference games are going to be close,” head coach Keith Guttin said. “The Salukis are a great team; we just did a few more things right.”

The bats were hot for the Salukis, who racked up 33 hits and 17 runs, but also totaled six errors in the series, which allowed the Bears to build an 8-3 lead in Game 1. A wild pitch u See TRIAL, page 10

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Breaking the ice } with the Ice Bears Bob Bucher

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What were your thoughts coming into the 2013-14 season? Did this team meet or exceed expectation?

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Going into the season after last year, and being one win shy of making it to the national tournament, my thoughts were that we could meet or beat our results this year. I expected us to make it to regionals, and I believed from the beginning that we could make it to nationals, but it took the team quite some time this year to hold the same belief.

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What was it like taking Missouri State to its first ACHA D2 National Tournament?

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The first national tournament was incredible. The overall support from our fans, friends, family, community, the other Missouri State teams and, most of all, the students was incredible. It was special for me, because there are many guys on this team that I was able to coach in other national tournaments, but got to coach some guys that had not been able to experience the collegiate national tournament like some our seniors like Derek Bartsch, Blake Ryan, (Jacob) Guthrie, (Miguel) Franco and (Justin) Kim.

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Who came up with the fundraisers and will any of them turn into annual events?

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What were some of your favorite moments from this season?

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@Chase_A_Probert Fresh off the Ice Bears’ first national tournament appearance, head coach Bob Bucher caught up with The Standard to recap Missouri State ice hockey’s most successful season, his favorite moments from the year and what to expect from the Ice Bears in the future.

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In 2016, the Ice Bears will be making the jump to being a Division 1 club sport. What are your thoughts on Missouri State’s ascension to a higher level?

For us, making the choice to move to ACHA Division 1 is an obvious choice. The interest from higher caliber players from St. Louis and now across the country and other countries in coming and playing for the Ice Bears is growing everyday. Add that to our freshmen and sophomores from this season and you find that they want to play at the highest level they can.

As a coach, I have the personal goal of getting to the highest level as I can. Combine that with a new era of talented players and interest in our program on a national level, I am excited for the future of this program. Who knows, maybe someday we can bring NCAA Division 1 hockey back to Missouri, and I can’t think of a better university or city to make it happen in.

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What are your expectations for next year?

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The ideas for the fundraisers came from the coaching staff, management staff, the booster club, management of Mediacom Ice Park and the player board members. We will be making two of these fundraisers annual events for sure: the Skate with the Ice Bears and Skills Challenge and the preseason golf tournament.

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It is such a privilege to be the head coach of the Ice Bears, so I enjoy every moment, but I think, from the beginning of the season to end, go something like this: • Ryan Hogland’s shootout goal at home in the first weekend • Playing Pink in the Rink during homecoming week • Watching this group of rookies and veterans find their way to come together after the second game of our series against SIUEdwardsville at home and accepting what I had to offer them the following practice • Winning the MACHA playoff weekend; seeing the desire to win the MACHA Cup and watching the celebration on the ice after was special • Blake Ryan’s goal to tie with six seconds left in regulation, followed by Jack Ryan’s goal to win against SIU-Edwardsville in the regional tournament • Winning the Sunday game at regionals to get to the first-ever national tournament and seeing the joy on (Ice Bears’ GM) Stan Melton • The entire national tournament experience, from the fundraisers to the trip, to having success on the national scene

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My expectations for next year is that 1) we will be a strong team that is fast, physical and fun to watch, and 2) we will be a team that plays with energy, urgency and intensity. Our goal going into the season will be to reach the national tournament and be playing on the last day of the year.

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the top of the fourth, taking a lead for the first time on the day.

That was as good as it got for Southern Illinois.

The Bears retaliated in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring three. They took the lead, but did

not stop there, tacking on four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 7-2 lead, which would stand as the final score.

The series ended on Sunday afternoon. Missouri State scored one in the first inning, something that has been done 14 times this season. This score stood until the third inning, when Southern Illinois tied it at one, and followed that up with two runs in the fourth

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and three in the fifth to go up 6-1.

With the game about to get out of hand, Missouri State battled right back to bring the game within one, 6-5. That wouldn’t last long, as the Salukis made it four straight innings with a score, taking a 9-5 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning.

Missouri State was unable to keep up in the home half of the sixth inning, and the same held

true in the seventh as Southern Illinois won 9-5.

Missouri State took the series 2-1, but has never swept Southern Illinois in the long-standing rivalry of the two programs. The series win put the Bears at 20-11 on the season and 3-3 in the conference.

“Any time you take the series from Southern Illinois, that’s huge,” said head coach Holly Hesse.

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With the softball Bears’ win on Saturday, they became the first team in the Missouri Valley to 20 wins.

“Being the first team to 20 wins is big,” said Hesse. “We’re playing good ball and have all year.”

Missouri State goes on the road tonight in a one-game match versus Arkansas and then to Des Moines for a weekend series against Drake.

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runs — though only two were earned — and threw a scoreless seventh. Perez only gave up two hits and struck out three.

Perez, who didn’t see much action last Continued from page 7 season, has been deadly this year in relief, then sealed it for the Bears in Game 3. having pitched 18.2 innings while only givThe Bears’ bats were also cracking with ing up 10 hits and striking out 19 — results 19 runs on 30 hits — six of those runs com- that come from an offseason of hard work. ing off the bat of sophomore center fielder “I’ve been working a lot on my mechanTate Matheny, who had three home runs in ics, and the older guys have been helping me the series. with my off-speed stuff,” Perez said.

“It was a lot of work. This coaching staff To a Bears team sitting just under .500 at has really helped me a lot,” said Matheny, 12-14 and 3-3 in the conference, taking this who was 0-10 at the series from 14-12 plate coming into this SIU was important.

It’s important to get a series. “(I’m) just “It’s important to conference win, espetaking everything get a conference win, back a notch and just especially against cially against these going with my swing these guys,” Perez guys.”

— not going outside said. “Coming off it.”

Wichita (State), we On the mound, the had a bit of a chip on Sam Perez our shoulder, so now, Bears’ pitchers finally received the run sophomore Reliever in the Valley, we’re support to back up coming back.” their performances. Senior pitcher Cody Matheny sees this series as important Schumacher (5-1) had not allowed a score because of the work the team has been putsince March 7, but defensive miscues result- ting in this season. ed in five errors that allowed the Salukis to “It’s big for us,” he said. “We’ve been score runs and even take Game 2 of the working so hard lately and just come up series. short. (It was) one of those days where we Relief pitching has been strong all season kept battling, and we finally came through.” for the Bears, with help from junior reliever The Bears look to keep the good vibes Zach Merciez, who threw two scoreless going as they take on in-state rival Saint innings of relief in Game 1. Game 3 saw a Louis University Tuesday, April 1, at 6:35 sophomore duo of starter Jon Harris and p.m., at Hammons Field, before setting off reliever Sam Perez. Harris went for seven on the road for a game against Oral Roberts innings, striking out 10 and giving up five the next day at 6:30 p.m.

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Washington University scored once before the third quarter ended after junior goalie Fred Neyhard was called for a slashing penalty with 2:37 remaining. The man-up opportunity for Washington University turned into a goal, and the score was 5-4.

MSU began the fourth quarter with a two-man-up advantage after two opposing players were called for penalties, but MSU was not able to score.

Washington University scored three goals in the final period to take

a two-goal lead. MSU was unable to score, despite creating scoring opportunities late in the period.

“We had some decent looks. We just weren’t getting ball on cage,” Rich said. “There were three or four times when we could have put the ball in the cage, we just couldn’t get it in.”

MSU will play two more home games this season, both of which are this week. The first game is Friday, April 4, against Missouri Baptist, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Kings Street Field.

The final home game is scheduled for Sunday, April 6, against Missouri S&T, also at Kings Street Field. That game is scheduled to begin at noon.

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but without God, I don’t know how I would have gotten through this.”

With her heart set on being able to continue her career with Missouri State, other adjustments also had to be made.

Kerrigan accepted the challenge, knowing how mental the game of soccer is.

“Going through something like this forces you

to sharpen your mind. It is easy to have the sad days and frustrated days, but keeping your mind strong is crucial.”

Staying strong helped her reach out to her teammates in a way she wasn’t able to before, just as her teammates were able to reach out to her. An injury like this can stunt the growth of chemistry between teammates, but that fear encouraged Kerrigan to do anything and everything to continue to help out the team and stay connected to them.

“It is a blessing to have such supportive teammates and coaches. They are my family while I am far away from my own."

Kerrigan’s ACL surgery was just 10 days after the tear occurred, but the recovery time on this type of injury can be long and painful. Thankfully, she was able to redshirt, giving her one more year of eligibility in the future.

“I kind of got lucky,” Kerrigan said. “My major is kind of tough, so that gives me the option of taking that extra year if I

need to. Nothing has been decided yet.”

The official date that she can begin to run and practice again has not been set yet. Kerrigan has continued to work out as much as she can to stay in shape, saying it has helped to be with the team at workouts, because it increases her motivation.

When she does return, you can bet she will be ready.

“The biggest thing is coming back and acting like you haven’t been gone at all.”

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MO State swimmers set school records at NCAA Championships Paul Le returns, Uvis Kalnins gets first shot at three-day NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas

By Mike Ursery The Standard

After the Missouri State men’s swimming and diving team sent one swimmer to the NCAA Championships last year, it doubled the feat by sending two swimmers this year.

Junior Paul Le, who made MSU history at the 2013 NCAA Championships, made his second appearance last weekend at the 2014 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

Sophomore Uvis Kalnins, the 2013-14 MAC Swimmer of the Year, joined Le in his first appearance at the NCAA meet.

“I thought it was a very positive experience,” head coach Dave Collins said. “For us to have doubled the number of swimmers we sent here is definitely a positive thing for our program.”

On the first day of the three-day meet, Le swam the 200-yard individual medley, setting a school record previously held by Kalnins.

Le’s time of 1:44.17 placed him 20th overall in the event.

Kalnins finished with a time of 1:45.07 in the same event to place 35th overall, but he broke a school record he set at the MAC Championships in the 400-yard individual medley on the second day, posting a time of 3:47.03.

Kalnins finished with a time of 43.47 in the 100-yard freestyle on the final day, breaking another school record that he set at the MAC Championships. He placed 29th overall for the event.

“It was a good experience, racing against the top swimmers in the nation and all across the world,” Kalnins said. “I am happy that I got to improve my times in two out of three of

my races.” you're doing the right thing.”

Le’s second event was the 100-yard backLe made school history last year by being stroke, in which he placed 35th overall with a the first MSU swimmer to put points on the time of 47.23. scoreboard after finishing in the top 16 in the On the final 200-yard day, Le set a backstroke.

This experience was amazing, new personal While it record, 1:41.62, just like last year. It never ceases didn’t happen in the 200-yard this time, Le to amaze me how much swimbackstroke. Le was still able also set a new ming gets much faster each year to see posischool record tives at this ... There is no greater feeling with that time, year’s meet. breaking the “It feels than knowing that you’re doing old record he super awethe right thing.” set at the 2013 some knowing NCAA Chamthat I've somepionships. how put a posPaul Le itive effect on “This experience was MSU Junior swimmer the amazing, just swimming and like last year. It diving team,” never ceases to amaze me how much swim- Le said. “I wish I could've had a different ming gets much faster each year,” Le said. result than I would like, but I'm just blessed to “There is no greater feeling than knowing that even qualify for this meet.”

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Men’s soccer vs. Tulsa

The Missouri State men’s soccer team took on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, March 28, as part of the team’s spring exhibition games. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. According to the team’s Twitter account (@MSUBearsMSoccer), the game was fast-paced and “a tie game was a fair result.” The Bears next take on Missouri Valley College at home on April 5 at 12:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.

Photos by Oscar Ho, courtesy of The Collegian

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‘The Hub’ changes name, location

By Tessa Hull For The Standard

Kingdom Coffee & Cycles joined the downtown Springfield scene in March, and is now serving coffee and selling bikes from a new location.

Formally known as The Hub, the coffeehouse first opened in December 2009 at the corner of Booneville and Chestnut Expressway. It was the first business in Springfield to sell and repair bikes as well as serve coffee. In December 2013, the owners of The Hub closed their doors, rebranded their business and reopened three months later at 211 S. Market Ave. in downtown Springfield.

Owner Isaac Neale said he and co-owner Jason Strother decided to move their business, because the building they used to lease went up for sale, and they found a

new location that put them closer to their customers — many of whom work and live downtown.

“We felt that the demographics of our customers matched this new location better,” Neale said.

Not only did The Hub change locations, but it also underwent a rebranding.

The owners of the coffeehouse wanted a name that was more original than “The Hub” and that better defined the business’ purpose and values.

Neale said that “The Hub” is a not a unique name for either coffee shops or bicycle shops. He said that since the bicycle shop draws customers from all over the central United States, it needed a name that was more unique on the Internet. The new name also highlights the business’ religious mission.

“Our main driving force behind our business is the pursuit of the kingdom of God,” Neale said. “We felt that changing our name to Kingdom Coffee & Cycles was the most concise and honest way to describe our mission without being too off-putting.”

The menu at the new location will be similar to the old one, Neale said. They are continuing to serve coffee from the same roasters, but have added pastries and plan to add signature drinks.

The new location’s interior has what Neale described as more of a “classy and industrial feel” than the previous location.

Red drapery separates the coffeehouse from the bicycle shop, and bare light bulbs hang in an orderly fashion from the ceiling.

Neale chose to mix wood benches with white-top tables, giving the environment a rustic, yet modern, look.

When going to Kingdom Coffee & Cycles, one can notice customers engaging in a wide variety of activities. Some people go there to work on homework, read a novel or catch up with a friend. No matter what the reason for going, customers feel that the new location is a place they can do more than just drink coffee.

“Kingdom Coffee & Cycles is a great place to get work done,” customer Jesse Tyler said. “I hate working on things at home, and it is the perfect atmosphere to get me feeling productive. I stop in most mornings before work to get some quiet time and read, and then I usually come by after I get out of work to hang out for a while.”

Kingdom Coffee & Cycles is currently open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., but its hours are subject to change.

Allergy season brings the sniffles

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Many different flowers in bloom this season cause allergy problems for those around the community.

Follow these tips to avoid sneezing

By Shelby Bobbett For The Standard

“Bless you.”

With every spring, allergy season never fails to follow close behind and therefore, ushers in “bless you” season at the Missouri State campus.

Taryn Barngrover, a junior biology major at Missouri State, suffers from seasonal allergies and is convinced the trees on campus aren’t helping her sniffles.

“Every spring semester around this time, my nose starts to itch and my eyes will water while walking between buildings on campus. It can be a real pain,” Barngrover said.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department does its best to help

combat allergy symptoms like Barngrover’s by collecting pollen counts at the beginning of spring and posting them on their website every day.

Knowing what kind of airborne allergens are currently in the area may help people be proactive in treating the symptoms.

It’s impossible to know what kind of pollen and allergens are around you at any given moment, unless you were standing at a certified pollen counting station all day. Therefore, the postings and readings that are given to the public are meant to be a broad spectrum of allergens that have been noted in the area recently.

Pollen counts are updated on the Greene County Health Department’s website every day at about 10:30 a.m., until the first freeze of the year around November, when allergy sufferers start to feel relief from the constant attack of pollen.

Jason Riley, a pharmacist who works at Walgreens, says he absolutely notices an uptick in allergy symptoms around this time every year.

“As things begin to bloom, people

start coming in seeking antihistamines,” Riley said.

To treat the typical allergy symptoms like runny nose, itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, nasal congestion and sinus pressure, he recommends taking a long-acting antihistamine like Allegra, Claritin or Zyrtec. He also suggests a Neti Pot or a saline nasal spray for chronic allergy sufferers.

Barngrover says she follows a similar treatment plan to the one Riley suggests.

“I take Allegra every night before bed, so I don’t wake up with a cloudy head from the morning pollen. I also use my Neti Pot religiously, but it really grosses my roommate out.”

If you’re suffering from allergies because of the flowers and trees blooming on campus, Taylor Health is open from Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or you can head to the nearest pharmacy to pick up an abundance of Kleenex and over-the-counter medication.

And don’t forget the well-mannered, “bless you” for a fellow allergy sufferer.

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Facilities construction

Construction on the Plaster Sports Complex was underway on Monday, March 31, with a crane and large structure going up.

The renovation is part of the facilities upgrades that are coming from the passage of the B.E.A.R. Fee last semester. It includes a new east-side grandstand for students and the band, as well as the field being closer to the stands.

The east-side grandstand will have 4,100 seats and standing room for 400 on a “party platform” near the center of the stands on the top level, according to a previous report by The Standard.

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The mural on the side of the McDaniel Building is unsalvageable due to the original application of the paint and weathering due to the retainment of moisture by the bricks, and will be removed with construction of The U.

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“We have a great spirit of entrepreneurship in Springfield; it is part of our history and part of our culture. We are positioned now to be able to take the next step as a

community and build an even greater opportunity,” said Kincaid.

Some of the top entrepreneurs and future small business owners are attending Missouri State right now, but do they know that The eFactory is a resource?

“The overarching mission of The eFactory is to create

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rentals coming on the market, if you look, actually we’re way, way, way behind the curve,” Manzardo said. “If you look at Mizzou, for instance, there’s about 3,500 beds, where currently MSU has less than 600.”

The fully-furnished, allutilities-included and by-thebed rentals — in which a tenant only pays rent for their specific room — are becoming more and more popular with other student housing, such as Bear Village, Beacon Springfield and The Jefferson.

“It’s an advantage for students, also parents,” Manzardo said. “They come in; they’ve got one check, and they cover their kids or the students. If they’re in a fourbedroom unit and two of the roommates skip out, they’re not responsible for that.

They’re responsible for their bedroom.

“It’s one check pays all utilities, cable, fully-furnished, and it’s just ease that, like I said, there’s no deposits for cable, TV, utilities, anything. It’s a very turn-key deal,” Manzardo continued.

“There’s no need for furniture when they move down to the area. They bring their clothes and toothbrush, and they’re ready to roll.”

One of the main differences, though, is the professional, start-up-business-oriented environment students will be living in.

“It’s a big concern in Springfield with what’s called the ‘brain drain’ going on with the students coming to school here, and then proceed to move out of town,” Manzardo said. “They say, ‘I’ve gotta go to Kansas City or St. Louis — bigger cities

to do what I want’ — and, whether it be from Askinosie Chocolates or 5 Pound Apparel, there’s a lot of local success stories ... If you want to get tied in with the community, there’s a lot of assets here that can help you out, that can help make your business plan come true.”

Manzardo said The Vecino Group has been working with the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce to develop the business-oriented environment of The U and will be partnering with them for some of the services living at The U will offer.

And what about the mural that has graced the side of the McDaniel building adjacent to a public parking lot for close to 15 years?

“The mural did have to come down,” Manzardo said.

“Just because when they put it on there, they did not treat the bricks properly … and the lower part of it was about 90 percent flaked off.”

Manzardo said the bricks have retained moisture that pushed the paint off, so there was “really no way it was feasible to save it.”

He did say, however, that they talked with everyone who was involved in putting it on, had a round-table discussion and all came to the same conclusion.

The U is now pre-leasing for fall 2014, and although Manzardo said all of the upper-tier one-bedroom apartments have been spoken for, there are still: •lower-tier one-bedroom units ($725/month/bedroom) •two-bedroom units ($600/month/bedroom), •three-bedroom units ($555/month/bedroom) •four-bedroom units ($575/month/bedroom) available for lease.

For leasing info, call 417836-8015 or visit http://www.theuliving.com.

Technical Assistance Center, Missouri Enterprise, SCORE and the Association of Information Technology Professionals.

Kincaid hopes that with students getting involved and growing businesses, it will brighten the idea of staying in Springfield post graduation.

“We are impacting the quality of life for the region by fostering the emergence of new companies and bolstering high-wage job creation. Both of these items have a direct effect on other amenities of the community including entertainment, dining and cultural opportunities,” said Kincaid.

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positive economic impact for our community by engaging and assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses,” said Kincaid.

In a survey done by The Standard, 54 out of 57 of Missouri State students polled had never heard of The eFactory. This could be detrimental to students con-

sidering that The eFactory encourages students to take advantage of what it has to offer.

The eFactory organizations that students can get involved with include: Small Business and Technology Development Center, Management Development Institute, Missouri Procurement

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organizing the Greek Jam. They had to come up with a budget, find videographers and judges, set up the arena, make agendas for all the workers involved, and be at all the rehearsals andthe jam itself.

Engelbrecht said it

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was a collaborative process between all Greek Week committee members, especially for publicity, like creating programs and T-shirts.

Even though Greek life members made up the majority of the audience, Engelbrecht said the jam was for anybody interested in learning more about Greek life.

“It shows them a little bit of what Greek life is about,” Engelbrecht said.

With the semester more than halfway through, Engelbrecht said the jam would let students have fun and relieve some academic stress.

“We can all get together and meet new people,” Engelbrecht said.

Every team performance had multiple songs to fit its theme ranging from Justin Timberlake and Imagine Dragons

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so the conference can pay the officials, then most likely we would be able to finish the regular season but not play in conference tournament,” Rich said.

The conference tournament starts on May 1. The team will know if it qualifies by rank after its last regular season game at Saint Louis University on April 26.

Rich said the consequences can be more personal than just not playing in the conference playoffs, though.

“I think the biggest thing — real consequence — would be that not being able to play would be a really crummy way for our seniors to end their playing career,” he said. “They would not be able to represent MSU in conference playoffs.”

Rich said that this news surrounding the team could possibly affect recruiting efforts as well, so this situation is “certainly something we don’t want to happen frequently.”

The lacrosse team is currently 4-5 and has four remaining games that are all divisional. The next home game is Friday, April 4, against Missouri Baptist.

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-team, round-robin championship.

Composed of two Sigma Sigma Sigma teams (say that five times fast) and Alpha Chi Omega, the round robin got underway after two straight hours of volleyball mayhem.

Alpha Chi Omega played

remixes to the theme from “The Lion King.”

Kyle Lewis, a junior computer information systems major, attended his third jam this year.

Lewis is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and participated in the jam during his freshman year.

He knows just how much coordination this event takes and the pride present for each team.

“People work really hard at it, especially the

Tri Sigma Team 1 in the first championship game, and they split the contest, each defeating the other 15-13.

In the second match of the championship, it was a Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sigma Sigma Sigma battle, and Team 1 was able to conquer Team 2 in both games, 15-8 and 15-13.

The final games were between Alpha Chi Omega and Tri Sigma Team 2, and the Tri Sigs couldn’t come up with a

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choreographers,” Lewis said.

The dancers were not the only ones working up a sweat on the floor.

Every team had props and set pieces needing to be pushed around quickly for different songs.

Teams were not allowed free-for-alls when it came to stunts.

Any potentially dangerous moves had to be submitted to the jam committee.

win in either game, falling 1512 and 15-6.

Since Tri Sigma Team 1 and Alpha Chi both won three total games, the committee called it a tie, but for the sake of competitiveness, I hereby declare Alpha Chi Omega the winner.

The reason I give Alpha Chi the nod is because they helped their opponents to three fewer points than Tri Sigma Team 1.

The winners all received Tshirts for their efforts.

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students who claimed to have difficulty in picking a winner at the end and needed the audience’s help by cheering for their favorite.

Trevor Collins of Phi Gamma Delta was announced Greek God. He painted John F. Kennedy’s portrait upside down in less than five minutes during the talent portion.

Collins declined to comment.

Shelby Buckler of Alpha Delta Pi won the title Greek Goddess. As her talent, she performed a choreographed dance to a Beyonce mash-up.

“Winning the pageant was an absolute shock, and I’m so glad I got to represent my chapter during this event,” Buckler said. “We worked so hard to put together a talent that we would be proud of, and it was nice to see all that work pay off.”

middle of it is one of the best parts of the movie, and the ruined Chicago looks amazing up close or from afar.

You’ll leave “Divergent” with questions (Is there anything left besides Chicago? If new Dauntless members have to jump off a building, do Amity initiates have to pick a particularly frightening vegetable?), but they won’t be enough to squash your enjoyment.

“Divergent” may get off track at times, but when it finds its way back, it’s something fantastic.

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Swink is perfecting his interpretation of “Nijinsky’s Last Dance” and his stage name.

When he debuts with his stage name, JT Summers, he’ll be able to remember one piece of advice to embody any script.

“You don’t memorize; you learn the text, you learn it by heart,” Swink said.

Clark said giving his actors artistic freedom to explore their different interpretations of the piece has created a collaboration.

Although he plans to direct more scripts, this piece is the first addition to Clark’s collective, named “Pywakkit.”

“I don’t want to go

out there as Darryl Clark presents … I want to be able to put my creativity underneath this name, and Pywakkit serves that purpose for me,” Clark said.

The actors have 28 pages of text to learn, but, “I am Nijinsky” is repeated throughout the script.

“He was always saying ‘I’m this great person,’ but when it all comes down to it, I am real; I am very much in my body even though I’m not always in my right mind,’” Clark said.

Each actor will do two performances.

“Nijinsky’s Last Dance” will be in the Balcony Theatre of Craig Hall, May 1-4 at 7:30 p.m. For ticket prices and more, call 417-836-6071. It will also be at Springfield Contemporary Theater.