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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-

Matt Kile/THE STANDARD

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. See BAN page 11

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

See MONROE page 11

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-

Check out the election statistics on page 8

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. See ELECTION page 8


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