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Tuesday • April 12, 2011 • Vol. 104 Issue 27

Briefs Arts and Letters gets new associate dean

Smoking gets snubbed

Madeleine Hooper has accepted the position of associate dean for the College of Arts and Letters, effective July 1.

Hooper will overlap with current Asssociate Dean Roger Stoner until his retirement in January 2012.

In addition to gradually assuming the ongoing associate dean duties, she also will take on some special short-term projects for the college as well as assist with the transition of the incoming acting department head of Modern and Classical Languages.

By David Hunton The Standard

Calendar April 12 to April 18

Tuesday

“Accounting Basics for Small Businesses" seminar 9 a.m. to noon, Glass Hall 115 Disney College Program informational session noon to 2 p.m., PSU 312 Student Activities Council meeting 4 to 5 p.m., PSU 313 Student Senate meeting 5:30 to 8 p.m., PSU 313 Distinction in Public Affairs Student Presentations 2:30 to 5 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday

Civil-ity Wars 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., PSU Ballroom East Interfraternity Council meeting 5:15 to 6 p.m., PSU 313 Panhellenic Council meeting 6 to 7 p.m., PSU 313 Barbara Bush: One Person Can Make A Difference 7:30 to 9 p.m. Juanita K. Hammons Hall Leadership and the News Media 9 to 10:15 a.m., PSU Ballroom East The Leader I Admire Most 9 to 10:15 a.m., PSU 313 Protecting Resources in an Ever Changing World 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., PSU 313 Elizabeth Molina Morgan: Leading School Turnaround noon to 1:15 p.m.

How Does the Rest of the World View Leadership? 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., PSU Ballroom East Older Adults: Burden or Resource?

3 to 4:15 p.m., PSU 313 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of NGOs in a Globalizing World 3 to 4:15 p.m., PSU Ballroom East

Thursday

After Disaster: Communities Responding to Crisis 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., PSU 313 Leadership Gone Bad: What Do We Do About Unethical or Evil Leadership? 9:30 to 10:45 p.m., PSU Ballroom East Celebrities as Leaders: Are They Worth Following? 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., PSU Ballroom East Embracing Empathy 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., PSU 313 Stephen Prothero: God is not One 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., PSU Theater Gender Differences in Leadership 2 to 3:15 p.m., PSU Ballroom East Diversity: Challenges and Rewards 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., PSU 313 Social Entrepreneurship and the Profit Motive: Doing Well by Doing Good 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., PSU Ballroom East Students for a Sustainable Future meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Temple Hall Pit

Friday

Performing the Chores of Democracy 9 to 10:15 p.m., PSU 313 How Do We Nurture Creative Leadership?

10:30 to 11:45 a.m., PSU 313 My Biggest Challenges and What I Learned 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., PSU Ballroom East

The Monroe is ahead of schedule

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Just For Him patrons “Everyday-Dan” Blackson and Tonia Lloyd enjoy a cigar during the smoking ban watch party. Blackson said he has been coming to Just For Him nearly everyday for five years.

New ban will impact local businesses

By Brittany Forell The Standard

Springfield business owners and consumers face a potential challenge after the approval of a ban on indoor smoking last Tuesday.

“The first course of action we will take will be legal,” said Jessica Hutson, co-owner of Just For Him, a tobacco and novelty gift shop in Springfield. “The second course of action, unfortunately, will be to move our location.”

Just For Him specializes in the sale of cigars and pipes but also allows customers to test out the shop’s tobacco blends in lounge-like smoking rooms. Many customers said they enjoy the time spent at the tobacco shop more than the tobacco itself.

“I’ve been coming here every day for five years,” said Dan Blackson, warmly referred to as “Everyday-Dan” by patrons of the shop. “I come here for the fellowship, and the connection is cigars. It’s like that old show ‘Cheers.’ This is what I do with my free time; I smoke with friends. This smoking ban will liter-

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Just For Him co-owner Christian Hutson enjoys a cigar while waiting for the poll results on Tuesday evening.

ally redefine my life.”

Of all the small businesses in Springfield, there is one that will be immediately affected when the smoking ban goes into effect. The Albatross is the only hookah lounge and specialty tobacco shop in Springfield. The hookah lounge is home for many young smokers in the area, but unfortunately, most of their business will become illegal starting in early June.

“I’m bummed,” said Chris Slater, owner of The Albatross, “Right now, I’m not sure what we’re going to do.

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Details of the ban • smoking will be illegal in any enclosed business • inability to light up within five feet of a playground.

(If you’re on a smoke break, you’ll have to be sure to stay five feet away from the door or any windows.)

• People will be charged a $50 fine for smoking in a restricted area, and businesses will be charged up to $500 daily if they violate the ban.

The MSU campus might be opening its newest building sooner than expected with construction of The Monroe well on its way to being finished.

“The construction work is two weeks ahead of schedule,” said Howard Cavner, campus minister for United Ministries in Higher Education and a consultant in The Monroe’s development. “We’ll open no later than August.”

The Monroe is a new apartment building on campus. It is privately owned and setup with 122 bedrooms: eight studio apartments, eight two-person suites and the rest in four-person suites. Each bedroom has its own bathroom, and each suite has a kitchen, washer and dryer.

“We spent nearly two years having focus groups with students to figure out what they wanted most from their living situation,” Cavner said. “Then we set out to fulfill those needs.”

Cavner said among the things students listed as concerns were Internet access and hot water.

“There’s WiFi everywhere, and each unit has its own water heater,” he said.

Security was another big concern among students.

“We’ve installed a RFID system to protect our residents,” Cavner said.

RFID stands for radio frequency identity system. In the system, each resident will be equipped with their own personal key that will allow them to instantly access their room and designated common areas.

The cost of living at The Monroe ranges from $595 to $640 per month. Utilities, basic cable and Internet are included in that cost.

In addition, the building will be LEED certified.

“We’ve gone to great lengths to make our building environmentally friendly, including gaining LEED certification independently,” Cavner said.

According to the U.S. Green Building Council website, to meet LEED certification a

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Turk and Bernet win SGA election

By Sarah Bennett and Amanda Hess The Standard

Scott Turk and Emily Bernet were announced student body president and vice president April 6 after collecting more than 1,100 votes in their favor, but they had little time to celebrate with the many responsibilities looming over them.

One of the first items on the newly elected president and vice president’s to-do list is picking a new cabinet, Bernet said. Their deadline is May 3, but they hope to complete the process by the end of April.

Turk and Bernet are confident they will be able to complete their platform ideas, and rather than vacationing this summer, they will stick around Springfield to jump-start many of these. For example, the two have already begun talking with Bookstore Director Mark Brixey about making fair trade clothing options available, Turk said.

The two are determined to remove the A- from the grading system but recognize this is one idea that will require a lot of hard work and time, Turk said.

“I think the one that’s going to take the most groundwork — and I’ve said it before — is the A. It’s going to take somebody to head up the Academic Affairs Committee and really just hit that strong,” he said.

Turk and Bernet share a lot of respect for Swett and Mellish’s administration, but they plan to do a few things differently. This includes dressing like students as opposed to the business professional attire Swett and Mellish typically wear.

“That’s something I plan on asking them — why do they do that,” Bernet said. “Because all through the campaign we’ve just worn our T-shirts, and I think it’s something that students appreciate.”

Erin Sullivan, Turk and Bernet’s campaign manager, encouraged the two candidates to dress casu-

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ally throughout the campaign season, and she said this sends a message of relatability.

“With the campaign, we tried to get across that they’re students too,” Sullivan said. “Throughout the entire (term), they’re not going to be a higher figure. Still, they’re students.”

On the more serious side of things, Turk and Bernet plan to appoint a wider variety of students to serve on committees. Bernet said Swett and Mellish often chose to serve on committees themselves, but she and Turk would like to encourage other students to be involved in these leadership opportunities.

Finally, the two hope to increase student awareness regarding SGA’s actions and involvement on campus, Bernet said, citing the example of the extended library hours. Both she and Turk said, in their interactions with students, many of them were still unaware the Meyer Library’s hours were extended.

Turk said he doesn’t know where the missing link is between SGA and the student body.

“There was an email sent out to the entire student body by (Jacob Swett),” he said. “All the senators that helped push that through and still, even yesterday, I was approached (by a student) and they were like, ‘Congratulations on winning, you know one thing you should really seek to do is increase the library hours.”

Turk and Bernet have a couple of ideas to increase communication between SGA and the student body, including hosting the “Turk and Bernet Report” and creating comment boxes for students during the homecoming and student body elections.

Bernet said they will also continue to visit with student organizations, something they did during the campaign season.

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Turk and Bernet await the election results.

While Turk and Bernet are selecting cabinet members, their former opponents, Ally Layton and Emily Hollander, are unsure of what they will do next year.

“I think we both have a lot to offer to Missouri State,” Hollander said. “We haven’t figured out exactly what we will do yet. We would like to be involved in SGA to sort of help hold people accountable for their promises, as well as see some of our own through.”

Layton said one option she is considering is studying abroad next year.

“I had thought about it before we tried to run,” she said. “I would really like to go to China since my minor is Chinese. (The semester abroad) would begin in March, which would allow me to stay in SGA for a few months if I decide to. I would still love to help Missouri State in some way; it’s just not clear at this time how I will do that.”

Although they did not win, they hope some of their ideas will still be carried out, Hollander said.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Barbara Bush keynotes Public Affairs Conference

By Courtney Atkinson The Standard

The Public Affairs Conference, which has been the centerpiece event for the public affairs mission for the past seven years at Missouri State University, will be held April 12-15 at Plaster Student Union.

PAC Chair Gloria Galanes said this year’s conference will have six main speakers and 26 panelists at more than 20 events.

The main plenary speaker is Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of President George W. Bush. Bush is speaking on the subject of global health challenges.

All of the events during the PAC will be free and open to the public.

The conference is designed to enhance the implementation of the three pillars of the public affairs mission adopted by MSU two years ago, Galanes said.

Once again, the main theme for the PAC is “Leading in a Global Society,” she said.

The subtheme for several of the speakers this year is that one person can make a difference, which is the focus of Bush’s presentation.

“I hope what students get out of this is that leadership does not mean you have to be a larger-than-life character,” Galanes said,

“but that you can identify a need and see what you can do about addressing that need.”

This year’s showcase of speakers has the most diverse collection of age, ethnicity, fields and gender that have previously been seen in the PAC, she said.

Christina Adams, hospitality administration and French major, said she hopes more students will be involved in the PAC this year.

“We had to do different things about an action or awareness under the public affairs mission to get students more involved in the PAC,” she said.

Adams has been participating in the Distinction of Public Affairs student presentations, which was added to the PAC this year, she said. The Distinction of Public Affairs is a student plenary session that allows student groups to present research dealing with social issues that affect the community.

“It’s a really important event, but no one really cares about it,” said Giuliano Bruno, a secondary education major. “Maybe that’s because there isn’t sufficient information to be aware about it. We need a better way of informing people about the event because it isn’t a problem of people not being interested; it is a problem of not enough awareness.”

Dining contract to bring PSU new vendors Chik-fil-A, Starbucks, Subway just a few of the changes for next year’s eating experience

By Lauren Healey The Standard

Next school year will bring a different food experience than MSU has known the past 15 years. The Board of Governors approved a resolution April 1, giving a 10-year contract to Chartwells with three possible one-year renewals.

Stuart Henning, central regional vice president of Chartwells, said students are going to see a great change in retail and residential food choices.

“We’re immediately changing out a significant amount of retail locations,” he said, “and residential dining is going through a complete overhaul in next few years that will bring a wonderful new upscale look to campus.”

Gary Stewart, director of Residence Life and Services, said the PSU food court is going to see a total change in brands over the summer with the switch from Sodexo to Chartwells.

According to Stewart, Papa John’s will replace Domino’s Pizza, Subway will replace Blimpie, Smasher’s Burgers will replace Grill 155º, a Chick-fil-A will go in and Starbucks will replace the Kaldi’s downstairs.

“Freshëns and Wok & Roll will stay one more year,” Stewart said. “Freshëns will eventually transfer to a different but similar type of place. We hope to bring in a Panda Express to replace Wok & Roll.”

Stewart said the dining halls will probably see a lot of emphasis on fresh and locally obtained food products, as well as internationally staged cooking.

“Comfort foods like macaroni and cheese will be worked in as well,” he said. “They’ll likely emphasize seasonable comfort foods.”

Stewart said he was impressed by the way Chartwells presented and prepared food, and there will be a changing menu cycle.

“There’s almost a restaurant approach to the way

Chartwells presented their offerings,” he said. “I didn’t feel like I was walking into a cafeteria.”

Roger Payne, a junior music education major, said he thinks MSU is making a terrible decision in choosing Chartwells.

“I had Chartwells’ food in high school,” he said. “Back then, they served decent food for about six months. Once they were locked into a long-term contract, the food really went downhill, and it went downhill fast.”

Payne said the food quality was absolutely terrible by the time he left high school, two years after Chartwells started.

“There were times when it seemed like they served the same thing all the time,” he said. “Sometimes they’d have pizza on Tuesday, again on Thursday, then pizza bread on Friday. It was terrible.”

Payne said when he moved to Springfield for college, the food from Sodexo was a step up from what he was getting from Chartwells in high school.

“It seems to come down to what’s cheaper for MSU, not who will do the better job,” he said. “It seems like one of the main reasons students move off campus is because they don’t like the rooms or the food situation. I’m moving off campus at the end of this year so I won’t have to stomach the food, but I feel sorry for those who do. I think, in the next year or so, MSU will regret signing them to a contract.”

Stewart said regardless of which company was chosen, it was imperative that there were clear expectations set in the students’ best interest.

“It’s very cut-and-dry about the quality of USDA meats to be used, the purity of juices (served) for breakfast and, for example, breakfast gravy is supposed to have meat in it, not just milk and flour,” he said. “All companies must follow the same regulations, and there was a lot of similarity between the suggested providers, in that all three had a Midwest flavor.”

Chartwells’ contract starts May 16, and the university’s estimated financial commitment for a 13-year period is nearly $30 million, according to the resolution.

The resolution also said the Chartwells plan saves students who must have a mandatory meal plan approximately $24 million over a 13-year period versus the other two offers (Sodexo and Aramark).

Stewart said there are about 4,000 mandatory meal plans purchased each year. If the $24 million savings projection is correct, it would save each student who must have a mandatory meal plan about $461 per year.

Melissa Hayes, a senior chemistry major, said with tuition prices steadily increasing, wherever the university

can find a budget break for the students is a plus.

“It’s all basically the same quality food anyway, just a little extra money in your pocket,” she said. “I’ve never had Chartwells so I wouldn’t know, but the changes in the PSU seem to be worth possibly worse food in the dining centers.”

Chartwells offered MSU a $550,000 signing bonus that was banked in the refurbishing account for dining centers, Stewart said.

“I just bought a dual-serve ice cream machine, and you want to know how much it cost?” he said. “It was $35,000.

Equipment is expensive.”

Current Sodexo employees will have an opportunity to visit one-on-one with the Human Resources department to decide if they want to work for Chartwells, Stewart said.

“Some Sodexo employees are very loyal to their company,” he said. “They’re invested because their benefits build as they have longevity with the company.”

Shelly Duran, general manager of Sodexo Education Services at MSU, said she has worked for Sodexo for 26 years and will leave MSU to pursue other opportunities with the company.

There are some members of the current management team who would like to stay and possibly obtain a position with Chartwells, she said.

“I am not familiar with any accounts that Chartwells currently manages, so I cannot speak to the quality of their program,” she said. “But I know the quality of the current Sodexo employees, many of whom will seek employment with Chartwells, and they take great pride in their work. I feel extremely confident that the current employees will do all they know how to do to ensure the MSU students will be taken well care of and continue to provide them excellent service and a very quality program.”

Duran said she has always communicated to MSU students that they are the focus of Sodexo’s food service.

“Use your voice to make sure the Chartwells management team knows what the expectations are of the MSU students,” she said. “If they are not satisfied with what is happening in their facility, I would expect that (students) would be as honest, open and communicative with the new management team as they have been with the Sodexo team.”

There are some administrators who will work diligently to ensure the student satisfaction rate with the dining program remains at the very high standard that it has been for the past 15 years, Duran said.

Stewart said getting students to welcome the change might just be a matter of getting them to try it.

“If nothing else, it’ll be new,” he said.

Tuesday

April 12, 2011

Low voter turnout is a threat to democracy in United States

The United States is a farce of a democracy.

Change is necessary unless we intend to continue to front the pretense of democracy.

In the most recent local elections, the Greene County Clerk’s office projected a high turnout of 15-20 percent of the registered voters.

Final counts had the turnout percentage at 15.6 percent.

Can we get a round of applause for democracy? Or perhaps a laugh track would be more fitting.

Although that percent fits within Greene County’s projections, we can’t forget that this is a high turnout among registered voters. Some tallies have at least onethird of the population unregistered.

It seems to me that this is not only a mockery of the democratic process but at its very core undemocratic, especially when nearly 84 percent of the registered voting population is mute, even if by their own choosing, as was the case in the past election.

This causes many to wonder: Why are we, as Americans, so politically apathetic?

Is it the feeling that voting does not affect change? This doesn’t seem to be the case as change has been and is being affected. Just look

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at the most recent, horribly written referendum: the Springfield smoking ban.

Has television become so captivating that, even when political change faces us, we can’t put down the remote control? Is the indifference related to the issues? Perhaps the workday is just too long for many to bring themselves to go halfway across town to vote.

Even when national elections occur, the voter turnout hovers around 50 percent, as seen in the 2010 November elections where the clerk’s office tallied Greene County turnout at 45.86 percent.

Studies tend to indicate that voter participation increases as education increases. There is also a strong correlation between income and voting, so that as income increases, voting percentages increase as well.

This paints a picture of an active voting populace that has very little diversity in that they are more educated and wealthier, and if you remember your James Madison, diversity of

interests is the primary anecdote to factional oppression.

Low voter turnout is made all the more problematic by party partisanship. Although not in all cases, generally speaking, when both parties are organizing Get Out The Vote movements, they tend to focus on mobilizing only voters who are likely to vote in a favorable manner to them.

So what solutions are there if voter encouragement should not be primarily conducted by partisan citizen groups or political parties?

Maybe the government could sanction election days as holidays or consolidate them on official days off. This is the primary change I prefer.

This is what many European democracies do, and they tend to have some of the highest voter turnout percentages in the world.

What would be more patriotic then going to vote on Labor Day or President’s Day or even Independence Day? This would lead to a political change that is reflective of the citizenry rather than just political activists.

Another change that could increase voter turnout and loosen the stranglehold of the twoparty system is to switch from winner-take-all

districts to a proportional representation system.

Who doesn’t get frustrated when they see the corporatist parties feign bellyache and dramatize the legislative process?

Just last week, the Democrats and Republicans played the parts of ideological dogmatist fighting each other to the bitter last moment over budget items — only to turn face at the last moment and make up and compromise; like we didn’t know that it was going to happen.

The proportional representation model would put an end to the teenage drama that unfolds between the two parties at every opportunity by allowing more parties to have a voice in governing.

Not only would this put an end to the party duopoly, but voters would also finally be able to vote for parties that competitively represent their own personal interests.

Now I know what you are asking, and it is a reasonable question for all who face the uphill climb of change.

How do we accomplish these things?

Write your legislator, run for office, protest publically and vote for God’s sake. Do something, act like the free moral agent you are and turn off the television while you are at it.

Students should remember to get involved in the PAC

The 2011 MSU Public Affairs Conference will be taking place on campus this week. While that may not sound like something most students would be interested in, it may be an experience worth your time.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Leading in a Global Society.” Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, will be speaking about tackling today’s global health challenges and how we can all make a difference.

Bush will be joined by five other plenary speakers who will all address, in some way, how things can be improved from a global perspective.

The success of the conference this week will be dependent on student attendance. We encourage all students to at least check out a couple of the speakers and try to learn something new.

All of these speakers seem very knowledgeable about the subjects they are presenting. All of them have a wealth of experience and insight and are willing to come to Springfield to share it with us. The least we can do is show up and hear what they have to say.

Going to the Public Affairs Conference this week can only be a benefit. The idea of sitting in an auditorium and listening to someone speak can be mind-numbing, but with the wide variety of speakers, there is sure to be something that appeals to everyone.

Speakers include Bush, who is the founder and president of Global Health Corps; Lynn Dally, an assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures; Elizabeth Molina Morgan, the executive director of Grad Nation, an initiative of America’s Promise Alliance founded in 1997 by General Colin Powell; Bill Perry, a senior executive at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology and outsourcing firm; Stephen Prothero, a historian of American religions, a professor at Boston University, a New York Times bestselling author and a national media commentator; and Lateefah Simon, who has a remarkable success story and is a member of the Women’s Foundation of California.

New Springfield smoking ban jeopardizes business rights

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America is the best place on earth to live. Our country is based on a free market, capitalistic system. If people work hard enough and have a dream, almost anything is possible.

If someone can make a legal product or service and pay countless taxes and license fees, they have every right to sell it. That is the beauty of the American Dream.

Or at least that used to be the case.

Now, under the guise of “being healthy,” anywhere that caters to smokers in Springfield isn’t able to fully live out that dream.

Last Tuesday, the city of Springfield passed a smoking ban. And this wasn’t just any smoking ban: It was the mother of all smoking bans. It covers about everything besides banning the thought of smoking.

Can someone say Big Brother?

With the new ban, no smoking of any kind is allowed in “enclosed public places, places of employment, private clubs, within five feet of outdoor playgrounds,” and the list goes on and on.

This is not fair to establishments that cater to carcinogen-consuming clientele.

Now, before I go any further, I want to be clear that I’m not trying to advocate smoking. Smoking kills. The world would be healthier if no one smoked. This is common sense.

Instead, I’m advocating the rights of individual businesses.

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their cheeseburger, the new smoking ban is also going to do a number on places like The Albatross, a trendy hookah lounge, and Just For Him, a local cigar shop.

Even if bars and places like Ziggie’s won’t have to go out of business because of the ban, they’ll still feel a difference. People like to smoke while they’re doing homework at 3:00 a.m. at Ziggie’s or downing a beer at a bar, and now they won’t be able to.

It’s just too bad that some of these businesses went out of their way to have smoking and non-smoking sections.

If you read the ban, it clearly outlaws smoking in businesses. The main draw for going to The Albatross or Just For Him is smoking.

They are literally “smoking businesses.”

Only people who enjoy smoking have any business stepping foot in either of these establishments. It’s illogical to expect to go somewhere like that without smelling smoke.

That is why it is obvious the people who supported the smoking ban weren’t really concerned about their own health. If they were really concerned about their own well-being, why would they not have exempted fine tobacco establishments that only cater to smokers? Why were e-cigarettes banned?

People try to argue that the ban will be “fairer for everyThe Standard Physical address: Student Media Center 744 E. Cherry St. Postal address: 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65897

one.” They’ll say it wasn’t fair that they couldn’t go into an establishment because they didn’t want to breathe smoke.

If these people didn’t want to smell smoke, then they didn’t have to go to smoky establishments. In the same sense that private businesses have the right to refuse service, customers have the right to refuse to be served.

I don’t like the service at a couple of restaurants in Springfield, so I try to avoid those restaurants. If you don’t like the smell of smoke, then don’t go to somewhere that allows smoking.

Plus, maybe the businesses that allowed smoking didn’t want your business in the first place. Maybe they only wanted smokers. And if that is that case, that is their own business.

This whole argument isn’t even about smokers’ rights.

It’s about businesses’ rights.

Private businesses have every right in the world to make their restaurant, bar, hookah lounge, etc., smell as smoky as they want. It’s their own business what legal activities they allow in their own business.

Places like The Albatross need to fight this. Especially in today’s tough economic times, we need to encourage the growth of successful local businesses and not crush their dreams.

And please, everyone out there who doesn’t like to breathe smoke, just remember — until the smoking ban actually goes into effect in a couple of months, try to only go to places that don’t allow smoking. That’s what you should have logically been doing all along.

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Tuesday

April 12, 2011

Calendar April 12 to April 18

Make a toast to spring

Tuesday

Carrie’s Restaurant open 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Professional Building 426 SAC Comedy presents Quite Tickled Tuesday 7 p.m., Kaldi’s lounge CNAS public lecture series: “The Wonders of Physics” 7:30 p.m., Temple Hall 002

Jazz Bands concert 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts Cherry Bomb Burlesque and Quantam Grove perform 8 p.m., Lindbergs

Wednesday Talk Like A Bonobo day 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Siceluff Hall 206

Just For Men: Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault 12 p.m., PSU 312B&C Quizzical at the Q 7 p.m., Q Enoteca SAC Films presents “Mulan” 9 p.m., PSU Theater Nathan P. Murphy’s Open Stage Night 7 p.m., Nathan P. Murphy’s

Thursday

William Shakespeare’s “Richard the Third” 8 p.m., Wilhoit Theatre, Drury University SAC After Hours presents DVD Bingo 9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m., PSU food court

Friday

SAC presents Rock N Bowl 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., PSU Level One Game Center

Jennifer Coolidge performs 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

Saturday

Earth Day at the Discovery Center 9 a.m., Discovery Center of Springfield at 438 E. St. Louis St. No Butts About It: Downtown Cleanup 10 a.m., Drury Circle and various downtown venues Free Art Day at The Creamery 10 a.m., The Creamery Arts Center Cirque de La Symphonie 7 p.m., O’Reilly Family Event Center

Sunday

President’s concert 4 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

Monday

Eastern: Mehdi Saeedi exhibit 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Brick City Gallery Art of Africa exhibit 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Meyer Library 306

Briefs Local concert benefits Japan

Springfield Sister Cities Association is raising money for those affected by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami through a benefit concert, which will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Lindbergs.

The concert will feature local acts M-Dock Band, Lija Fonner, and The Queen City Kats.

Admission for the event is free, but attendants are encouraged to make a donation to the cause.

For more information, visit www.peacethroughpeople.org.

‘Breast Concert’ helps out hospital

The Missouri State Ad team and St. John’s Hospital in Lebanon and Springfield will host Breast Concert Ever, a benefit concert to raise awareness of breast cancer and promote cancer screenings, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gillioz Theatre.

The concert will feature performances by bands Berch, Cloud City and the Matt Nichols Band. Tickets are $9 and may be purchased at the Gillioz Theatre box office, Plaster Student Union and at the door.

All proceeds from the event will go toward purchasing equipment to detect breast cancer at St. John’s Hospital in Lebanon and breast cancer education programs at St. John’s in Springfield. The first 300 attendants will receive a free T-shirt.

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Erin Burbee, Heather Pering and Brian Maldonado enjoy the popular patio section of Trolley’s.

Sip suds in the sun at downtown outdoor patio bars

A slight breeze, a sunny day, some good friends and maybe an alcoholic bevBridget erage of your Rapp choice is all you need to indulge in Reviewer one of springtime’s most enjoyable activities: patio eating.

As the season nears, it is essential to know where Springfield’s hottest patio seats are and where the best deals can be found. So slip on the shades, gather good company and order a cold one: It’s patio time!

you feeling buzzed in no time. With one restaurant on each side of the city, there’s no excuse why you can’t catch some rays from the patio.

Half-off all beer, wells, Long Island ice teas and house wine basically lasts all day, every day (from noon to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close).

Located just off the Square, Trolley’s is one of the most delightful places to have a good time. Throw some sunshine and its half-off appetizer and drink happy hour specials into the mix, and your weekday afternoons just became less lame. Happy hour begins at 3 and runs till 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If the weather outside isn’t just right, stop

by Millie’s for their indoor patio seating and 32-1 drink specials. Monday through Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m., Millie’s offers $3 long islands, $2 wells and $1 Miller Light draws.

The Blue Bull Bar & Grill

Springfield Brewing Co.

Trolley’s Downtown Bar & Grill

Just a drunken stumble away from Trolley’s sits The Blue Bull Bar & Grill with $2.00 domestic pints and $3.00 craft/microbrew pints all day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

If you aren’t following Big Whiskey’s on With a classy ambiance and the best long Twitter or Facebook, do so now. Not only does islands in town, Houlihan’s offers up some its happy hour (4 to 6 p.m. Monday through pretty spectacular drink specials that will have Friday) include half-price drinks and appetiz-

Houlihan’s

Tap into a different drinkery with an offbeat dive bar

ers, managers will occasionally broadcast deals for patio sitters. Manager Chris Cruol said, to get more patio sitters, business managers will post deals randomly via Facebook.

Big Whiskey’s is tackling nearly every corner of Springfield as they plan to open their third location by Sept. 4 in the old J. Parrino’s spot across from the Battlefield Mall.

Big Whiskey’s

than the Bird Shit shot, a plastic shot glass filled with vodka and Kahlua, hence its suggestive name. Delicious. The two others include the Water Moccasin and the Purple People Eater. If you enjoy tequila or the equivalent of alcoholic grape drink, drink up.

Ray’s also offers specials any college student can enjoy, like $4 pitchers of mixed drinks Getting a drink on Wednesday nights. Yes, that means you can in Springfield isn’t order an entire pitcher of rum and coke if you difficult. There are want to get good and rowdy with nothing but a plenty of fistfiver to your name. The owner, and often lone Kaycie pumping, hip-hop bartender, Ray seems to be hard of hearing, so Surrell blaring, cocktailorder from your diaphragm. But I personally serving bars on think his hearing is more suggestive than anyReviewer thing else. And besides, no matter how long it nearly every corner of the downtown takes to get a drink in this place, there’s Johnarea where a drink can be purchased and ny Cash on the jukebox, so I doubt you’ll mind enjoyed. However, dare yourself to stray from the wait. Look for Ray’s at 1221 E. Saint Louis the pub-crawl path, and you’ll find some of St. Springfield’s lesser-known gems.

My personal favorites include a select few Tipsy Turtle that, while maintaining their divey-ness, manOh, Tipsy Turtle, how do I love thee? Let age to keep from being so sketchy that you feel me count the decorated dollar bills taped to like you need to bring your entire crew to stay your Christmas-light-covered ceiling. This on the safe side. place is a damn good time.

The bar is actually in the basement of The Lindbergs Gravel Bar, which faces Glenstone Avenue, so OK, so I’m not sure if I would classify you have to drive around the back and go down Lindbergs as a “dive” bar per se, but it is on some stairs to get into the Turtle. There’s usuCommercial Street, and if we’re being honest, ally a DJ, and while that usually translates to that translates to slightly sketchy after 10 p.m. terrible 90s pop or forgettable country ballads, Don’t let the location fool you though; this in this case it could mean anything from your place has a tendency to fill up with indie hip- favorite Sublime tune to a little Dr. Dre. If sters pretty quickly. And what could be more you’re feeling brave, you can take a stab at indie than drinking at a bar that’s sidewalk is “turtleoke” on Saturday nights. Enjoy this hidscattered with homeless people and has a menu den dive spot from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday that offers drinks named after dead celebrities through Saturday at 843 S. Glenstone Ave. from the 1950s?

Once inside, take notice of the beautiful If you feel like taking a chance and heading high ceilings and classy antique bar. Paintings to a bar that sits a bit more out of the way, if of old blues musicians and classic pin-up you know what I mean, then these may be queens line the walls leading to a stage that more up your alley. I won’t say they’re particboasts live music six nights a week. Lindbergs ularly classy, but the drinks are cheap and the is definitely the kind of place where you can people are friendly. If you’re looking to drink order a pitcher and tap your foot along to someplace that isn’t your living room without everything from bluegrass to rockabilly with- spending too much, look no further. out breaking the bank. The bartenders are awesome and are there to serve you from 5 p.m. to Rum Runners close Monday through Saturday. Happy hour is I love this place. Walking in, I felt like every day from 5 to 9 p.m. and all day Tuesday. maybe I should turn around and walk out when You can find Lindbergs at 318 W. Commercial I realized that I was the only person besides the St. bartender under the age of 45. What changed my mind was a charming regular who introRay’s Lounge duced himself with, “I’m old, I’m ugly and my Drop by this charming little joint located mama always dressed me funny,” and promptacross the street from Dillons on National ly bought me a beer. One of the best things Avenue and St. Louis Street and get ready to be about drinking in dive bars is the clientele and impressed. I first discovered this place the very the fact that you might be treated to the life minute I turned 21 and was treated to one of story of someone who’s spent more time sitting Ray’s three $1 shots. My first was none other on bar stools in dives like this one than you’ve

Millie’s Turn of the Century Café

Famous for their unique brewery, Springfield Brewing Co. provides two patios. Take a seat on the upstairs patio, and you can listen to live music Wednesday through Sunday nights.

Happy hour runs from 4 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close, Monday through Friday.

Of course, Springfield offers up many more locations with patio seating other than what is listed here. So no matter what chair you find yourself sitting in, the important thing is that you enjoy the company and beautiful weather.

spent being alive. Rum Runners is open from 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday.

Happy hour lasts till 7 p.m., and there’s karaoke every day.

If you just worked a terrible night shift and need a drink and a soul-baring karaoke jam, this is your new favorite bar. Check it out at 2826 E. Division St.

This is another one of those places where everyone in the place seemed to have known one another for years, which can be a little intimidating if you’re used to crowded downtown spots blaring music so loudly nobody can even tell who’s coming and going. But once I realized that there were bras and golf clubs hanging from the ceiling, I was somehow comforted by assuming that meant that they were accepting of a pretty diverse crowd. The service was good, the bartender friendly and the drinks cheap. Happy hour is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday featuring $2 draft beers and $1.50 bottles. On Saturdays, happy hour is from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

If you’re one of those people who get the drunken munchies, there’s a pretty extensive and cheap menu. You can get all sorts of greasy goodies ranging from fried pickles to cheeseburgers for under $5. Of course, by burgers, I mean the kind that come in little plastic bags from truck stops that you microwave. But who are we kidding? Everything tastes good after a couple cheap pitchers. They also have Chicago-style pizza for $10. Not bad. Stop in at 3440 W. Division St.

Knightyme Bar and Billiards

They say that Mickey Mantle used to drink in this place when he played for the Joplin Miners in 1949. The bar is located by what used to be the Franklin Memorial Stadium, so take that little nugget of history for what its worth. But it’s definitely fun to believe that you could be sitting on the same stool as a baseball legend.

This place was pretty hard to find since all I passed for some time were senior citizens homes and churches, but then like a diamond in the rough, there it was. Country music karaoke blared through the doors, and sure enough, a regular crooned the crowd with “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” upon my arrival.

They only serve beer, but draft beer is only $1.75 and bottles are only $2.50, so why be picky? There was also a sign on the wall offering open jam sessions every Thursday “from 7 p.m. till ???” (bring your own instruments). If this sounds like your kind of place, you’re in luck. They’re open 365 days a year at 811 S. West Ave.

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Stifler’s mom has got it going on

By Bobbie Sawyer The Standard

Though Jennifer Coolidge is probably best known as the buxom blonde mom who launched a thousand adolescent male fantasies in the 1999 coming-of-age classic “American Pie,” her continued success as a scene-stealing character actress in movies such as “Legally Blonde” and Christopher Guest mockumentaries “Best in Show” and “For Your Consideration” has gained her a devoted following and an IMDb page longer than Lindsay Lohan’s rap sheet.

Coolidge will bring her stand-up comedy tour to Springfield this Friday for a performance at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The Standard caught up with the comedian to chat about women in comedy, dating college guys, body stockings, the power of Hugh Grant and life as Stifler’s mom.

The Standard: What’s one thing audiences should expect from your show?

Jennifer Coolidge: When you’re an actress, you don’t really get to voice your opinions about anything or make fun of anybody because you’re doing other people’s material. On movies, I’m always reading someone else’s (script), or if I’m on a talk show like “The View” or something like that, everything has to be so polite and edited. You can’t really say what you want to say on these things. So when you’re an actress, (stand-up) is your only opportunity to just completely be yourself. You can be as dirty as you want or talk as filthy as you want or just say things that you’re not saying to the world, you’re saying to people in the theater.

TS: You’ve had a very diverse career as a character actress, but you’re still often referred to and recognized as Stifler’s mom. What’s it like to experience that level of recognition and to be part of creating such an iconic character?

JC: None of us knew that movie was going to be what it was. When we made it, we all got paid nothing. I think Sean William Scott was living out of his car. Everybody was broke. You realize how big that movie is when you go to places. When I was in Scotland last year, I couldn’t walk down the street without just getting harassed. The European audience really loved the idea of a young guy seducing an older woman, and so really I felt like I was Bono or something over there. But it’s pretty cool for someone like me especially now that I’m single.

I think being Stifler’s mom has certainly helped my dating life. I don’t think anyone who’s asked me out in the last few years has been over 30.

TS: Since this is for a college publication, are you interested in dating college-aged men?

JC: Last year I dated a guy who was really young. It’s not like they have to be 22 or something, but I have. It really depends on the person.

TS: Do you try to avoid being typecast to continue to play a wide variety of characters, or

do you prefer to use that to your advantage?

JC: I’ve found that’s the biggest obstacle in Hollywood to overcome. If you play a horny woman in a movie, the scripts of the horny, older woman trying to seduce a young kid start showing up. I don’t really mind that as much as like, for instance, when I did a couple movies in a row. I did “Best in Show” and “Down to Earth,” and I played these sort of trophy wives. For years, I would just be offered these bimbo, trophy-wife parts over and over. Being typecast gets boring when you’re the actress. It’s so strange. You’d think that somebody who ran a studio would say, “Oh, we’ve already seen Jen-

nifer Coolidge do that.” But those are the parts you get offered. That woman I played in “Legally Blonde” has been offered many times in other scripts. Because I’ve played a woman with plastic surgery in (“A Cinderella Story”), I’ve been offered a lot of plastic surgery parts. I’ll be really honest — I would love to play a serial killer or some really odd thing that I haven’t played.

TS: Do you think it’s more difficult for women in comedy to overcome typecasting?

JC: Absolutely. It’s harder to be a woman in our business. There’s so fewer parts for women than there are for men. For every script that’s sent to my house, there’s always 12 male parts,

and there’s always like two women in the whole movie. There are exceptions. I’ve seen these ads on TV for movies like “Bridesmaids” and stuff like that, but a lot of these movies are still very male-oriented. I think people are much more likely to give a male actor a chance. Someone like Robert Downey Jr. gets to play everything.

He gets to be serious; he gets to be hilarious. I can’t think of any female actress (who) has had the opportunities that Robert Downey Jr. has had.

TS: You’ve had the opportunity to work with a lot of celebrities in Hollywood. Who have you been most excited to meet?

JC: I was on this movie called “American Dreamz,” and I’ve never seen so many women on a film — I’m talking about the wardrobe women, the craft service people, the make-up people — I saw every girl lose their marbles over this one guy. His name was Hugh Grant. Even I got weird. He had something that I’ve never seen before. I’ve gone to parties where you see these really handsome movie stars like Josh Duhamel and all these people. But something about Hugh Grant, he had something else that I can’t put my finger on. He just had charm that I don’t think anyone has equaled who I’ve met. That’s definitely the most smitten I’ve ever been.

TS: What’s the weirdest job on your imdb.com page?

JC: I was paid $200, and it was shooting this movie called “Mulholland Falls.” The director of photography wanted to know what this sex scene was going to look like, so he hired me and this other guy. They told us, “Look, we just want to know what this sex scene is going to look like, but you can wear this thing called a body stocking so you’re not naked.” But people didn’t tell me what a body stocking really was. Literally, it’s like being naked. It’s just that it’s this very thin stocking over you, but you can see everything. We had to fake this sex scene. It was just the worst. Of course, they said it would just be me and the guy and the director of photography, but someone must have called a bunch of people because all of a sudden all these people were coming in. It was the worst experience of my life, and I will never forget that. That’s about as humiliating as it gets.

TS: What’s one thing you think audiences would be surprised to learn about you?

JC: When I’m doing the show in places other than Hollywood, I think people think that it’s an incredibly glamorous life to be an actress in Hollywood. It actually has aspects of that. You have these big red carpet events where you’re walking down the red carpet, and you’ve just done a big movie, and there are glamorous moments. But so much of being an actress is these hideous moments that no one really knows about, and I like to talk about them in the show.

To see Jennifer Coolidge in action, visit the Hammons Hall box office or visit www.HammonsHall.com to purchase tickets.

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Scorebox

Men’s golf Tuesday, April 5 Branson Creek Invitational 1st of 12 Softball Tuesday, April 5 Oklahoma State 0 6 0 2 0 2 – 10 Missouri State 020000–0 Wednesday, April 6 Arkansas 0000010–1 Missouri State 0000020–2 Saturday, April 9 Creighton 0010201–4 Missouri State 0000001–1 Creighton 0000200–2 Missouri State 1010001–3 Sunday, April 10 Creighton 0200002–4 Missouri State 2100000–3 Baseball Tuesday, April 5 Kansas 000000001–1 Mo. State 010022000–5 Friday, April 8 Wichita State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 – 6 Mo. State 10101050X–8 Saturday, April 9 Wichita State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 – 3 Mo. State 000000001–1 Sunday, April 10 Wichita State 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 – 7 Mo. State 12100040X–8 Track and field Saturday, April 9 Tom Botts Invitational 3rd of 8 Men’s soccer Saturday, April 9 Benedictine 0 Missouri State 2 Crowder College 0 Missouri State 3 Women’s soccer Saturday, April 9 Southwest Baptist 0 Missouri State 2 Drury 0 Missouri State 0

Calendar April 12 to April 18

Tuesday

Women’s golf away at Baylor Spring Invitational, 8 a.m.

Men’s golf away at ASU Red Wolves Classic, 8 a.m.

Softball at home vs. UMKC (doubleheader), 3 p.m.

Baseball at home vs. Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.

Friday

Field hockey away at Saint Louis, 1 p.m.

Baseball away at Southern Illinois, 3 p.m.

Saturday

Volleyball away at Kansas State Tournament, 10:30 a.m.

Softball away at Bradley (doubleheader), noon Baseball away at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Men’s soccer away at Tulsa, 4 p.m.

Women’s soccer at home vs.

Central Missouri, 6 p.m.

Sunday

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Freshman pitcher Nick Petree threw seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts in the Bears’ 8-6 win over Wichita State on Saturday.

Taking strides in the right direction Bears take out Shockers in first conference showdown

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard

In the late innings of the rubber match between Missouri Valley Conference rivals Wichita State and Missouri State, sophomore catcher Luke Voit did something that a Bear has not done since April of last year.

Down 7-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning, head coach Keith Guttin decided to put in Voit, a right-handed hitter, to pinch hit against the Shocker’s left-handed pitcher.

“It’s just a good matchup, a

Briefs Wooden shines at spring scrimmage

The third football scrimmage of the spring season was highlighted by a pair of long touchdown passes from first-string quarterback Trevor Wooden late in the session. The first touchdown strike was a 36-yard completion to Willie White to cap a 50-yard drive, and the second was a 47-yard catch-and-run by Julian Burton.

Wooden finished 11-for-16 for 147 yards and the two touchdown strikes to lead the offense. He also had a team-high 44 yards rushing on 14 carries to finish with 191 yards of total offense.

The Bears will practice three times this week before finishing up at 1 p.m. on Saturday with the annual Maroon and White Spring Game at Plaster Field.

Linebacker deals with the fact that his career is over

By John Cook The Standard

Imagine being told that the one thing your life revolves around is being taken away from you.

Imagine the emotions you would feel, the thoughts that would run through your mind and the feeling of loss you would deal with. What would you do?

This is the question that Missouri State senior linebacker Michael Keck will have to answer.

“It all started the first spring here at MSU after transferring from Missouri in 2009,” Keck said. “I’ve always known I was one hit away, but it wasn’t until it happened that I truly realized how big of a deal a concussion could be.”

MSU head football coach

Terry Allen announced on March 22 that Keck will end his football career due to ongoing concussive symptoms.

Keck Keck didn’t start missing playing time until the symptoms became worse around August. Since that time, the star from Harrisonville, Mo., has been kept out of competition, games and workouts.

“I couldn’t tell you what I’m going to do,” Keck said his about life without football. “It definitely gives you a feeling of emptiness.”

Associate head coach D. J. Vokolek, who coaches the inside linebackers, said as tough as it was to hold Keck out, it had to be done.

“I think, if he had it his way, he’d still be playing,” Vokolek said. “But it had gotten to the point that he was having so many concussions that it could affect him the rest of his life.

After consulting with the doctors, we came to the conclusion

School Southern Ill. Creighton Indiana State Missouri State Illinois State Bradley Wichita State Evansville

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ing pitcher Nick Petree threw seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts.

Saturday’s starter, sophomore Grant Gordon, had three earned runs in his nearly eight innings.

However, the Missouri State bats could not amass any offense against Wichita State, who got a 13-strikeout performance from their starter.

Senior starting pitcher Blake

that it was time for him to call it quits.”

Keck started all 11 games for the Bears his sophomore year and accumulated 65 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a pair of fumble recoveries while being named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team.

Senior wide receiver Dan Reichert, who played football alongside Keck in high school and at MSU, said Keck has always had a hard-nosed football mentality.

“Michael’s one of those guys in high school who was hardheaded,” Reichert said. “He’s full speed, all the time. I’m sure he probably had concussions in high school. His style is to always play through the pain no matter what, but obviously, now that’s kind of come back to bite him.”

With a life full of free time without practices, scrimmages and workouts, Keck said his main focus will be school, but football will still be on his mind.

“I understand now that I probably shouldn’t put myself in dan-

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Gaining experience

By Kyle Boaz The Standard

Moats announces fundraising campaign

Missouri State University Director of Athletics Kyle Moats has announced the creation of the Bears Team Fundraising Campaign, a 3-year effort which will coincide with the 30th anniversary celebration of the MSU Foundation and MSU's transition to Division I athletics.

The campaign will reach out to both current and potential donors and season ticket holders to become more involved in Missouri State Athletics.

MVC baseball standings

Barber went seven innings with seven strikeouts on Sunday while earning four of the seven runs that the Shockers scored.

“Barber gave us a good start — four earned runs, seven innings — that’s not bad,” Guttin said.

Junior pitcher Dan Kickham came in to close out the game in the ninth inning, making his third appearance of the series.

“I always come to the park wanting to pitch,” Kickham said. “I pitched the last two days, one out each time, but I always come to the field looking forward to pitching and wanting to pitch.”

Kickham faced a total of six batters in his nearly two innings of work over the weekend and picked up saves in both the series opener and the series finale.

“I’m glad I was able to get in there and get the save for our team,” he said.

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Keck: life without football

Softball away at Bradley, noon Baseball away at Southern Illinois, 1 p.m.

lefty-righty matchup, kind of common sense,” Guttin said. “I think (Voit) was very determined to have a good at bat.”

The pitcher made a mistake by hanging a change-up. Voit said he knew he had hit a home run as soon as it left the bat.

Voit’s 3-run home run in the seventh inning put the Bears on top for good, propelling them to the 87 win on Sunday.

The game went back and forth all day, but MSU’s offense kept up with Wichita State’s offense and took the weekend series from them to open up conference play.

“Wichita State’s a well-known team in America, so it’s huge taking two out of three from them,” Voit said.

Throughout the series, Missouri State starting pitchers threw a total of 22 and 2/3 innings in three games, only giving up a combined nine earned runs.

On Friday night, freshman start-

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MSU is 3-0-1 in exhibition play.

Exhibition season is a time of growing, and the women’s soccer team is embracing that process as they prepare for their 2011 season.

“We’ve grown together as a team,” senior goalkeeper Jessica Teahan said.

“Our team chemistry is awesome. We’re a goofy team that has developed on- and off-the-field relationships.”

Coach Rob Brewer said he is glad his team is get-

ting along well.

“Team chemistry has been developing well so far,” he said.

Overall improvement is starting to show through after hard work, Brewer said.

“We did some skill work, and it’s nice to see it pay off,” he said. “Gives us an opportunity to see if the players have been listening, and it looks like they have.”

The Bears are in the process of implementing a See SOCCER page 10

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Dale Lamberth now plays for the Thrill.

Lamberth succeeds with Thrill after MSU

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

With the scored tied at 96 and just more than four seconds on the clock, the Springfield Thrill knew who they were getting the ball to.

Former Missouri State star Dale Lamberth caught the ball near the baseline and pulled up for a jumper. The ball bounced off the front of the rim right back to Lamberth who put up another shot, but it rimmed out as the horn sounded and the teams were headed to overtime.

In overtime, Lamberth scored seven of his team-high 33 points to lift the Thrill, Springfield’s amateur basketball team, over the Tulsa Tornadoes 109-101.

“I’ll just be flat honest with you: He’s the heart and soul of our team,” Thrill coach John Adamson said.

The 6-foot-5 Lamberth played for the Bears from 2005 to 2008, scoring 954 points. He is now in his third season with the Thrill after playing in Finland for two months.

“I had a short stint overseas, but it didn’t work out for me,” Lamberth said. “I fooled around with it for a while with different agents, but I couldn’t catch a break, so I found my home here.”

The Thrill is a group of weekend warriors who play in the United Basketball League. They play their home games at Glendale High School.

The players get paid $50 for away games and they split half of the money earned from ticket See THRILL page 7

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Softball team loses weekend series to Creighton

By Adam Hammons The Standard

In the top of the seventh inning with a 3-2 lead, the MSU softball team was one inning away from a series victory against conference foe Creighton. However, the seventh inning is when the Bluejays found their bats.

After a doubleheader on Saturday that left both Creighton and MSU with one win, the teams came into the game on Sunday with a chance to win the weekend series.

Creighton won the first game on Saturday 41. Then the Bears fired back with a 3-2 victory that ended with a dramatic play at the plate.

Infielder Jenna Schwark bunted home Ashley Brentz in a suicide-squeeze play to win the game.

“Any walk-off win where you win in the bottom of the seventh is great,” Schwark said. “I was so excited for everybody.”

The win gave pitcher Natalie Rose her 10th win of the year. However, the weekend wasn’t

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sales for home games.

“These are a bunch of guys trying to make it,” Lamberth said. “Everybody out here has the same goal, and that’s to keep playing.”

Lamberth said he would

Hesse said. “And that’s her job, to give us a chance to win. And she does that game in and game out.”

For most of the game on Sunday, Rose did her job. Aside from the second inning, when Creighton scored two runs, Rose kept the Bluejays scoreless. When the seventh inning came, the Bears still had a 3-2 lead.

However, that’s when Creighton found out how to hit against Rose. After a single and a bunt to advance the runner, a Bluejays batter blasted a hard-hit ball to left center to score one run. Then, in similar fashion to Saturday, they laid down a squeeze bunt to score the go-ahead run.

“It’s kind of like you got punched in the stomach,” Rose said.

Josh Campbell/THE STANDARD The bunt was a common play for Creighton, Natalie Rose winds up for a pitch. and it seemed to be effective in that last play and throughout the weekend.

“They’re very good at putting the squeeze over for Rose. The next day, coach Holly Hesse called up her ace again to pitch for the deciding down,” Hesse said. “They got it down. I thought we threw the right pitch there; they just executgame.

“Nat always gives us a chance to win,” ed well.”

love a second chance to play in Europe, but his priorities have shifted now that he is engaged.

He also substitute teaches, coaches an AAU team and, last year, coached the freshmen team at Hillcrest High School.

“I’m getting married in August, and now I have to consider a family,” he said. “I have to do whatever is going to put us in the best financial sit-

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ger anymore,” he said, “but I do think in the future, coaching football might be an option.”

Reichert agreed Keck could definitely have a future coaching.

“He’s a guy everyone looks to; he leads by example,” Reichert said. “I think both Keck and I might end up trying to coach with our former high school coach, Fred Bouchard. He’s a guy who really inspired us and helped us along the way.”

Vokolek said Keck will be involved with the team as

uation. If it’s coaching and teaching, then that’s what it is.”

For now, the best option for Lamberth to exhibit his love for the game is to play for the Thrill.

Ryan Jehle, Lamberth’s former teammate at Missouri State, said he is happy to see Lamberth still playing basketball.

The Bears will now get deeper into conference play with an away series this coming weekend at Southern Illinois University and the following weekend at home against Indiana State.

much as he wants to be involved and may even help coaching.

“I think, after he has the realization that he can’t play anymore, he might be like most of us former football players and realize that the second best thing to do is coach,” he said.

Keck will continue to

“I think it’s great because you can tell how much he loves the game,” Jehle said.

“You should always enjoy what you’re doing. Obviously, he has a passion for the game, so I’m real happy for him.”

Coach Adamson said, in addition to being his best player, Lamberth is also the unquestioned leader of the Thrill.

“It’s only 21 league games, so every game’s very important,” Guttin said.

The next game for the Bears will be at 6:30 tonight at home against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The Bears went into the bottom of the seventh with hopes of a comeback, but Creighton’s pitcher had other plans. The Bluejays’ pitcher finished her 164-pitch game with three straight outs.

“We had only four hits today,” Hesse said.

“You can’t win a whole lot of games with four hits.”

Players were also disappointed after the loss.

“I’m just really frustrated because we played so hard and we deserved it,” Rose said. “But we just didn’t get it.”

Added Schwark, “It was a very important game. We all made our adjustments, and we had a good game plan, and I thought we executed it really well. It just didn’t end up happening for us.”

Hesse said she was proud of the way the team battled throughout the weekend. With the win and two losses, the Bears are now 5-6 in conference and 15-17 overall.

The Bears play a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. today at Killian Stadium against UMKC.

“As a good of a player as he is, he’s an even better person,” Adamson said. “With me and the rest of the team, he is the leader, no doubt, and he handles himself on and off the court the way a player is supposed to.”

Carrying the Thrill to an overtime victory showed that Lamberth still has the ability to perform under pressure, much

like he did his senior year at MSU when he drew a foul and sank two free throws to beat Southern Illinois in the closing seconds.

“He knows when to pull the trigger and when not to pull the trigger,” Adamson said. “And when it comes down to crunch time, just like it did tonight, we know where the ball is going.”

work toward finishing his degree in criminology this fall and, in the mean time, will try and figure out what to do after that.

“It’s weird not being on the field and having to watch from the sidelines,” Keck said. “It’s all been a long, draining process. So now that it’s all over, I’m not sure what to do.”

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“I think there were good things on both platforms, and I would hope they want to add some of our ideas to theirs,” she said. “I don’t think it will be up to them to come (talk) to us. I think we can go to them and say, ‘We really want this to happen. How can we help you make this happen?’”

Bernet said she and Turk would be open to taking on some of Layton and Hollander’s ideas but would need to meet with the two ladies before moving forward.

Less than 24 hours after their victory, the newly

elected president and vice president had a sit-down meeting with Swett and Mellish to prepare for the transition.

“One of the things they said was that you definitely need to appreciate the work that you’re going to do because most likely no one else is going to,” Bernet said.

Following the announcement of the results on April 6, Jacob Swett had this piece of advice for Turk and Bernet: “Just remember you’re always doing it for the students. That’s what you’re after. You’re not doing it for yourself at all. You wouldn’t make it through the year doing it for yourself. And after that, just sleep.”

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Breaking down the election results Sam Hooker, SGA’s election commissioner, said the elections went smoothly and both campaigns followed the guidelines and handled themselves professionally.

Two complaints were made during the voting time, but a violation was not found for either complaint, he said. However, both tickets were docked votes for other violations.

“The Turk-Bernet campaign was docked 40 votes for a campaigning violation concerning posters,” Hooker said. “The Layton-Hollander campaign was docked a total of 45 votes for two poster violations and a Facebook violation, all concerning campaigning.”

2011 compared to 2010 2010 Total votes “Yes” votes for Swett and Mellish

1,621 1,190

2011 Total number of votes Votes for Turk and Bernet Votes for Layton and Hollander

2,126 1,180 693

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Stoner comedy ‘Your Highness’ sinks low

Once upon a time, there was a movie called Karman “Your Highness.” It had a Bowers fantastic lineup Movie of actors and a promising Reviewer premise. Unfortunately, it fell down the well and Lassie never came to the rescue.

“Your Highness” tells the story of two princes, Fabious (James Franco) and Thadeous (Danny McBride), who must quest to retrieve Fabious’ bride-to-be Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) from the evil warlock Leezar (Justin Theroux). Along the way, they meet up with one-of-a-kind warrior Isabel (Natalie Portman).

It had such great potential, but it suffered greatly from being packed full of stupid, gross and infantile humor. Even in a theater full of college-aged guys, very few laughs were pulled from the audience.

At every turn, there was another penis joke or some (usually male) bodily fluid joke or a pot joke. Apparently, the only way to put a

modern spin on an attempt at medieval humor was to throw the f-bomb in there every two seconds. It got very old, very fast.

The story was OK. You can only do so much with this kind of film, but it is possible.

You can even do it with some originality. Not so much so in “Your Highness.” There was nothing original about it. They had everything from every other prince/princess tale: from the maiden locked in a tower and a labyrinth complete with a Minotaur to a mechanical bird and someone using a fork as a hairbrush.

Even the acting was bad. Danny McBride was just playing Danny McBride with a poor English accent. I don’t even know what happened to Franco. He used to be so good, but this was just sad. It was kind of like the Oscars; I wondered if he really was high the whole time.

I shouldn’t say all the acting was bad because the supporting characters were good.

Basically, everyone except the two main characters were acceptable. You know, the ones who are suppose to carry the film.

It comes down to this, if you enjoyed “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and/or “Shrek,” then you’re probably better off just watching them again. Both of those films did

a much better job at the medieval comedy.

Yes, “Men in Tights” had its moments of infantile humor, but the difference is that “Men in Tights” actually had some intelligence behind the jokes whereas “Your Highness” was just plain stupid.

‘Community’ star cracks up PSU Theater

By Abby Webster The Standard

Donald Glover holds the belief that there are distinct similarities between homeless people and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He believes that children are the equivalent to little Hitlers, the 80s are still happening in downtown L.A. and the rap music of today is the best that it has ever been.

The PSU Theater welcomed Glover last Friday with an eager line that meandered out the door of the union, which later became a crowd of perpetual laughter.

“General consensus is that I think everyone loved it,” said Tori Wood, SAC comedy chair. “I know a lot of people who watch the show ‘Community,’ and we thought he’d bring in a lot of people. And he did.”

Glover’s character Troy Barnes on “Community” is not his only claim to fame, though. He’s part of the sketch group “Derrick Comedy.” He’s a writer, a DJ and musician, as well as a rapper known as “Childish Gambino.”

Many students, including Luke England, a secondary education major, had only experienced Donald Glover’s performances on “Community” and had never seen his standup before.

“I watch ‘Community’ a lot, and this guy’s really funny,” England said. “I’ve had a lot of friends tell me his stand-up is awesome, but I’ve never seen it.”

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Comedian Donald Glover performed April 8 in the PSU Theater.

When Glover started, he assured the audience that his comedy was not going to be anything like his character on “Community.”

He described instances in the past where parents had brought children to see his comedy and left a little frazzled.

“I thought his comedy was really good,” Wood said. “His facial expressions and voices made it really funny to watch, and he wasn’t insulting like a lot of other comedians sometimes are.”

Glover gave a detailed account of the

time he was attacked by a homeless man before picking up his foster sister from school. He also commented on how much little children seem to love creepy things, such as the girl with no face on “The Muppet Babies.”

Glover then ended the performance by telling a story about the time his foster brother pooped in a model toilet in The Home Depot.

Opening for Glover was Missouri State student Matt Barnes. Barnes received an amazing audience response, one that can’t be differentiated from the response to Glover.

“We host a comedy competition every year, and he was the winner,” Wood said.

“One of the perks to winning the competition is that you get to open for the spring comedy act. His humor tied together really well with Donald Glover’s.”

Matt Barnes told unique and obscure jokes about gaming, Norse gods and “The Real Housewives of Springfield” (which just turned out to be the show “16 and Pregnant”) and articulated them in such a way that they were enthusiastically accepted by an exceptionally large crowd.

When Glover took the stage, he commented on Barnes’ performance, prompting a fit of laughter from the audience.

“That guy who was just out here, before we started … he asked me if I had any Norse jokes ... ?”

I wanted “Your Highness” to be good. I really did. But, honestly, I just got bored.

There were maybe two times when I cracked a smile. The rest of the time I was thinking, “Did you say, ‘Abe Lincoln?’... No, I said ‘Hey, Blinkin.’”

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Successful alumnus writes, lives his dreams

By Nick Simpson The Standard

The world of the written word is a difficult one to become part of, especially in an age where the book is fast disappearing. But even Missouri State has produced a writer or two from its ranks.

Among them is author Kevin Brockmeier, whose first novel “The Truth About Celia” was published in 2003. As part of its Visiting Writers series, the English Department hosted Brockmeier to read from his works on April 1 in the PSU Theater.

Brockmeier said he, like other aspiring writers, was engaged with writing at an early age.

“I wrote to keep myself occupied and entertained when I was growing up,” he said. “It was always something I enjoyed doing.

I always enjoyed reading, but it wasn’t until I was about 18 years old that it was what I wanted to try to do professionally.”

But Brockmeier said he also experienced some level of uncertainty when facing his future as an author.

“I knew that I could keep doing the work,” he said. “I didn’t know whether or not I’d be able to make a living as a writer, but I landed my first book contract in December of 2000. It was enough money for me to stop teaching for a little while and keep writing.”

Brockmeier said following his classes at Missouri State, he went to the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa where he taught briefly before moving back to his hometown of Little Rock, Ark., where he worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas.

He said the overwhelming feelings of success at a writer’s first publication can take many shapes and forms.

“The biggest pleasure for me was getting the first contract and knowing that I would be able to write full time, at least for a little while,” he said. “When the first book was published, truth be told, it provoked all sorts of anxieties in me that I never anticipated I would feel. So it was a little bit discomforting at first, to find yourself being transformed from a private person to this public presence, even in a small way. But I’m certainly glad that it’s allowed me to do what I want to do with my life: to write, tell stories and, hopefully, produce the kind of books that mean just as much to other readers as the books I love mean to me.”

His third novel, “The Illumination,” was released Feb. 6. The narrative follows various characters as the wounds of every person on the planet miraculously begin emitting a strange light, revealing the innate connection among humankind: the painful experiences in our lives. Brockmeier said the novel was of particular importance to him.

“I don’t think it’s only because it’s my new novel that it’s my best. I think it’s the best I’ve done,” he said. “I hope it’s received well, but I don’t read a bit of the press. I don’t read reviews. I

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a new formation, something that can take time to get used to.

“We’re playing a new system, 4-2-3-1,” Brewer said.

In this formation, there are two backs, two midfielders who hold the defense, three attacking midfielders and one striker.

The team’s mix of athleti-

cism and strategy is starting to converge, Brewer said.

“We still rely a bit too much on athleticism,” he said.

“The (Missouri S&T) game showed this, but the technical side pops out, which is rewarding to see.”

Teahan said the team’s exhibition games serve as a good way to see how far the team has come in the spring.

“The last two games in exhibition are a good test, like UCM,” she said.

These teams provide more

don’t look myself up on Amazon. So I kind of remain deliberately blind and deaf to a lot of the buzz surrounding my books.”

Brockmeier described his painstaking approach to writing and just how he is able to produce an exceptional piece of fiction.

“I try to treat it like a 9-to-5 job,” he said. “But I write very, very slowly, so it’s not like I’m sitting there at the computer typing it out eight hours a day. I’m kind of gradually inking out sentences and then trying desperately to figure out what sentence ought to follow. But somewhere in the back of my head where all this is going on I’m engaged in the narrative.”

Brockmeier said very rarely does he retell his own experiences in his works.

“My ideas come from everywhere,” he said. “I think very little of what I’ve written is autobiographical, and I don’t incorporate any obvious things that have happened in my life. I do try to incorporate those feelings and the thoughts I have about my own experiences, even when I give them to characters who are undergoing events that have never happened in my life.”

Brockmeier said learning to trust a good idea can be one of the most important lessons a writer can learn.

“You don’t pursue every idea you have,” he said. “You wait for the ideas that lodge themselves inside you and demand to be written about. The ones that evaporate on you probably evaporate for a reason. I think your stories will not speak to other readers unless you approach them with passion and dedication and conviction.”

Brockmeier said he has his thoughts turned to his next project but is remaining tight-lipped for good reason.

“I’m always working on something new,” he said. “But like a lot of writers, I have one superstition, which is to never talk about it because it’ll fall apart on you. I am working on something, but I have to keep it private until I’m finished with it.”

There were a number of students, faculty, and staff in attendance at Brockmeier’s reading. Among them was Kristen Cypret, a junior English major. She said she finds it important to feature the written word in any public forum.

“I didn’t attend for class credit,” she said. “I love attending the readings on campus because it’s a great opportunity to make connections with the authors and poets that the English Department brings. I haven’t read any of his works, but after hearing him read, I plan to.”

Cypret also said she found Brockmeier’s success and his readings to be highly enlightening.

“Kevin Brockmeier’s books belong on shelves,” she said.

“His success shows that he has worked hard, and that is something that we learn at Missouri State: Anything is possible, but you have to make writing a part of your routine. His success inspires me to not give up on the little things that I do each day for writing.” difficult challenges and will help the Bears improve, Teahan added.

The Bears played two exhibition games against Southwest Baptist and Drury on Sunday. MSU beat SBU 20 in the early game and tied Drury 0-0 in the late game.

In the game against Drury, both teams fought valiantly, and the game was a defensive showcase where shots had to be earned.

The Bears had the early offensive looks with fresh-

man Shelby Stewart providing shots on the Panthers’ net.

Missouri State’s best chance to score early came off Stewart dribbling in the offensive zone, looking for a shot. She was almost able to find the back of the net, but a diving save prevented the goal.

Time on the offensive attack was nearly even in the first with time leaning toward Missouri State slightly. However, the Bears couldn’t cash in on the handful of opportunities they created. Shots by

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Missouri State graduate Kevin Brockmeier has written several books since his time at MSU.

And despite the amount of luck that can go into a writer’s success, Brockmeier also offers some worthwhile advice to the aspiring student writer.

“You have to get to know what kind of writer you are,” he said. “The advice that every writer would offer every aspiring writer would be to read, to fill your head with books. Aside from that, it depends on what your approach is. I like something that Ray Bradbury said: ‘to jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.’ That’s not how I work. I’m the kind of guy who very carefully and deliberately constructs his wings before he’s making that running leap. But if you find that you’re having trouble just getting started, then it’s not bad advice to follow.” freshman Katelyn Frederickson and sophomores Michelle Sommer and Rachel Weimer had scoring potential, but diving saves and wide-sailing shots kept the game scoreless.

Missouri State had multiple opportunities on corner kicks, but the Bears couldn’t capitalize as most corner kicks sailed a bit too far for a good look at the net. Drury gave itself a great offensive look when Lindsey Sprouse rifled a shot from the left side,

but it was denied by Teahan.

Defense was the key for both teams in the second half as well. Missouri State broke through the stalemate and was able to fire some shots off, but nothing was able to find its home in the back of the net.

Frederickson was able to get a close-range shot off, but a reaction save by the goalie forced the ball over the net and out of play.

The Bears’ next game is at 6 p.m. on Saturday at home against Central Missouri.

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building must be “designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.”

One example of a green choice in The Monroe is using gypsum for floors in place of concrete.

Due to the proximity of the building to the campus, parking is extremely limited.

Cavner said he believes that there will be about 42 parking spaces available. He also said he didn’t believe that parking would be a major issue.

“It will be a first come,

first serve basis,” he said.

“But we’re 200 steps from the PSU.” Kolina Hill, a marketing major at MSU, said she wasn’t worried about parking.

“But I already have a spot reserved,” she said. “I imagine it’ll probably be annoying for those who don’t have one reserved.”

Still, she said she liked the idea of living at The Monroe.

“What I’m most excited for is how close to campus I’ll be. That was one of the things I liked most,” Hill said. “That, and the kitchen. I wanted to have my own kitchen.”

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It’s too early to say.”

Ads supporting this bill described it as a way to create safe and smoke-free environments. However, many people said the bill was too strict.

“I would support a fair and just ban,” said Buck Van Hooser, a small business owner and regular customer at Just For Him. “But this is excessive abuse of power.”

Without additional amendments to this law to exempt certain businesses from the smoking ban, Springfield will most likely lose two local businesses and damage the profits of many others.

“I think it’s more about principle here than the act of smoking,” said Caleb Knodell, an MSU senior majoring in art and design. “I can see when smoking is a bother to others, but bars have always been a great place for people to relax, smoke and drink. Limiting smoking limits the people involved in the experience.

Matt Kile/THE STANDARD In the end, it limits how many customers a bar has, how The Albatross owner Chris Slater and Just For Him many drinks they order and how much money the bar co-owner Jessica Hutson watch the poll results. makes.”

Not all Springfield smokers, however, are opposed chology. “I’m not going to go into a ridiculous fit to the new smoking ban.

“I’m not sure it’s going to have any real effect on my because I can’t smoke in a place. If I want to, I’ll leave. life,” said Amy Barile, an MSU senior majoring in psy- If I don’t, I’ll stay. Simple as that.”

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Fencing instructor Nick Evangelista (above) moved to Missouri, where he founded the MSU Fencing Society in 2000 after working as a fencing instructor and consultant in California. (Top right) The Fencing Society hosted the regional fencing tournament at McDonald Arena on April 9. (Bottom right) Fencing student Jeremy Kirbey thrusts at his opponent during the tournament.

The Art of Fencing

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By Matt Kile The Standard

ith countless films banking on their exciting fight scenes, everything from the recent “Pirates of the Caribbean” to the Hollywood “Golden Age” swashbuckling films, we have grown to understand fencing as a theatrical technique.

Fencing has a long history as a real way for the good, civilized people to work out disputes and kill each other in the process.

One group at Missouri State, under the direction and expertise of Maestro Nick Evangelista, is trying to keep this tradition of fencing alive — minus the killing part, of course.

“I always wanted to fence when I was a little kid,” Evangelista said.

“When I was young, there were a lot of old swashbuckling movies on T.V. like ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ and ‘Prisoner of Zenda.’”

Evangelista started fencing nearly 42 years ago when he began studying under Robert Faulkner, former Olympian fencer, fencing con-

sultant and actor for several Hollywood swashbuckling films.

“My first fencing lesson was very traumatic … he (Faulkner) was about 78 when I first started … so if you did something wrong, he would grab your blade and hit his against yours and yell ‘no no no no no.’ It The art of fencing is gaining control over ourselves; the science of fencing is learning to control the other person.

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was so traumatic that I didn’t go back for about three weeks.”

But Evangelista did go back to working with Faulkner, becoming one of his assistants and eventually one of the contemporary authorities on fencing.

Evangelista has written five books on fencing, worked as the fencing consultant on television shows such as “Magnum P.I.” and “The Highlander, worked as the

fencing history editor for Encyclopedia Britannica Online and is the editor and publisher for Fencing Quarterly Magazine.

Evangelista now runs the Fencing Society at Missouri State, founded in 2000 when he moved to Springfield after leaving his career in California as a fencing teacher and television fencing consultant.

On top of running the Fencing Society and being a graduate student in the History Department at MSU, Evangelista also teaches private fencing lessons in his home in Springfield.

Through his private lessons and the society, Evangelista teaches his students the “French” style of fencing, which combines the science of the sword with the art of the form.

“The art of fencing is gaining control over ourselves; the science of fencing is learning to control the other person,” Evangelista said.

“Fencing is probably one of the best problem-solving devices you can find,” Evangelista said. “You not only have the problem to solve,

which is hitting the other person, but you also have the problem trying to hit you at the same time.”

Evangelista said that when fencing reached its peak is when swords were no longer the primary method for dueling. This was the point when fencing became both a sport and an art form.

“All of the aspects of fencing that made it a marshal activity,” Evangelista said, “were the same things that could benefit a person physically: grace, balance and confidence.”

Jeremy Kirbey, a student of Maestro Evangelista in the Fencing Society, started his experience with fencing about three years ago by attending the Fencing Society meetings.

Kirbey said that learning to fence was a struggle both physically and mentally challenging.

“Mostly at the beginning it is a physical process,” Kirbey said. “By the time you get to bouting (a match in fencing), you have to do a lot of

thinking. Fencing becomes at least as much a mental process as a physical one.”

In his time participating in the fencing society, Kirbey has taken a lot from the instruction of Evangelista.

“One of the basic things that Maestro (Evangelista) tries to drill into us is to make as precise and minimal movements that we can.”

Kirbey tries to encourage people to come see what fencing and the Fencing Society are about.

The Fencing Society hosted a regional fencing tournament on April 9 at McDonald Arena where there were men’s and women’s foil and épée tournaments as well as a boys’ and a girls’ tournament.

Evangelista teaches private lessons to all age groups and encourages students of MSU to come to the meetings of the Fencing Society 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday nights in the Plaster Sports Complex racquetball courts.