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Ashley Crisafulli and Alissa Biermaier are elected student body president and vice president for the 2015-16 year

By Rebecca Biundo The Standard @rebeccabiundo

After campaigning across campus, chalking sidewalks and even personally handing out flyers by the Plaster Student Union, Ashley Crisafulli and Alissa Biermaier have been elected the new student body president and vice president.

On Friday, April 10, Missouri State University’s Student Government Association announced that Crisafulli and Biermaier won the race via Twitter.

Crisafulli a senior and Biermaier a junior, are both political science majors, currently serve on SGA. Crisafulli serves as the legislative officer of student affairs while Biermaier is the sergeant at arms.

Crisafulli and Biermaier said they are extremely excited to serve the student body.

“I was shocked and wasn’t expecting (the win),” Biermaier said in response to winning the election.

Crisafulli and Biermaier are the first woman duo to lead SGA. “We are very excited about being the first woman president and vice president ticket at Missouri State,” Crisafulli said.

The student body elects

will be inaugurated May 5, where there will be a banquet and ceremony with all of SGA. “Until then, we are working with the current administration to transition into student body leaders,” Crisafulli said.

Crisafulli and Biermaier said they are prioritizing diversity and inclusion as their first call to action.

“We want to make sure the cabinet and senate is diverse, and we are seeking out people who come from all different organizations around campus,” Biermeier said.

Crisafulli said they are currently accepting applications for cabinet positions until April 24 and are trying to reach out to all organizations and students to get involved.

Crisafulli also said that the process of enacting their plans comes together through meetings and members of SGA working together.

“Through the directors we’ve selected, we start the action by working hard through the summer and school years to put our (platform) into place,” Crisafulli said.

Current student body president Jordan McGee was impressed with how many students voted.

“I was pleased with the voter turnout this year, as we had 3,388 students vote in this

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Crisafulli and Biermaier say they’re excited to impact the future of Missouri State.

election — much higher than years in the past,” McGee said.

McGee said that both tickets ran great campaigns and should be proud of their hard work.

“I have had the pleasure of watching Ashley and Alissa grow over the past three years and have nothing but respect for what they have accomplished,” McGee said. “(I’m excited) to see what they can accomplish in this upcoming

year with SGA.” As they begin their new chapter with SGA, Crisafulli and Biermaier said they are anxious to start.

“Being president is important to me because I have a passion for Mo State and advocating for students,” Crisafulli said. “I really want to help and make it our Missouri State. I want to help with concerns students have and make something from them.”

Vice president-elect Biermaier believes being connected with the students is most important.

“I think it is all about connecting with students and making sure everyone’s voices are heard,” Biermaier said. “I want to make Mo State wellknown and be more nationally recognized. We are happy to be a part of Mo State’s future and helping it grow.”

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Calendar

Tuesday, April 14

Distinction in Public Affairs Student Presentations, 2-5 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313 Sustainable Agriculture Presentation, 5:30-8 p.m., Meyer Library 101 “Get in the Game” presented by Cal Ripken, Jr., 8-9 p.m., JQH Arena

Wednesday, April 15 Blackboard Learn: Green Belt Bootcamp, 2-5 p.m., Meyer Library 205 Giving a Presentation Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., Plaster Student Union 314C Blackboard Learn: Creating Individualized and Group Learning Paths, 2-4 p.m., Meyer Library 205 Chinese Music Ensemble Performance, 8:30-9:45 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B

Thursday, April 16

One Day Without Shoes, 1-4 p.m., North Mall International Student Job Search Workshop, 4-5 p.m., Glass Hall 108

Friday, April 17

Day of Silence, all day, campus wide Undergraduate Literature Conference, noon-3 p.m., Plaster Student Union 317 MSU Opera Theater Presents: Die Fledermaus (The Bat), an operatta

by Johann Strauss, 7:30-10 p.m., The Savoy Ballroom

Saturday, April 18

14th Annual MSU Flute Day, all day, Ellis Hall 217B Tarang 2015, 6-9:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom

Sunday, April 19

Family Group Conferencing-Facilitator Training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Park Central Office Building 212

Monday, April 20

Missouri State Improv: Free Improv Show, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington Hall Room 208

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SOGI Aftermath: The campus and community react to repeal MSU students have split opinions, make voices heard with petitions

By Nicole Roberts The Standard @NReneeRoberts

During the election April 7, it was decided that employers and businesses can discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The vote was close between the “Yes Repeal” and “No Repeal” on Question One, which asked citizens whether or not to repeal Ordinance 6141, also known as the Non-Discrimination or the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Ordinance. For a while, the votes were deadlocked at 50 percent each. The final votes tipped the scale, giving 51 percent of votes to the “Yes Repeal.”

The SOGI Ordinance, originally passed last October, made it illegal for employers and businesses to discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations.

Missouri State University students and graduates reacted in different ways to the repeal. Many were angered or disappointed in the results for personal reasons. “(This) is personal,” Clay Stacy, a senior sociology major, said, “because my partner and I are wanting to live together in August but now have to be shameful about it because we could get denied just because we are a couple, and one may not agree with us. It is unfair and not right.”

Others see the results as a lack of progress for the city’s inclusion.

“I am beyond sad with the results of (Tuesday’s) election,” Jasmyne Channel, a graduate student in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, said. “Just when it looked like Springfield was making progress toward an inclusive future, it took steps backward into a past I don’t want to live in anymore. It is 2015, and we should be at the point where everyone, regardless of who they are, is protected under the law because they are human. We are all human.”

On the other side, there were students glad to see the repeal of the SOGI Ordinance, clarifying it was not about oppression.

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Seniors Clay Stay and Shaun McCaulla said finding housing together next year may be more difficult now since the bill was repealed.

“I support the repeal,” Zachary Griffith, a senior political science major, said. “It’s not based on any hatred or fear of LGBT individuals, nor a belief in protecting any specific religious right, but (it’s) more about the fact that no one should be forced to serve or associate with anyone, no matter how stupid and ridiculous the reason. As the business is operated out of private property, it is an infringement of an individual’s right to freedom of association — a hampering on their right to freedom of expression and of their rights as property owners.”

Still others wanted to show their support from a business’s standpoint.

“I advocated for the repeal because I believe in religious freedom,” Lindsey Kolb, the SGA director of administrative and information services and a senior socio-political communication major, said. “I

believe that churches, businesses and organizations, and people with religious convictions, should be able to decide whom they serve.”

Some students who opposed the ordinance have started a petition called #AccurateRepresentationMSU. The petition is asking MSU President Clif Smart to take a banner of Kolb off Carrington Hall because she expressed her support for the SOGI repeal. At press time, the petition had been signed by 784 participants.

Shaun McCaulla, a senior fashion merchandise and product development major, said because Kolb is a prominent figure both on Twitter and campus, expressing her support for the repeal was inappropriate. u See expanded story on the-standard.org

‘No Repeal’ campaign plans to keep fighting

By Emma Jones For The Standard

Springfield’s voting day, April 7, was loaded with more tension than was normal for regular a city election.

The controversial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Ordinance, which called to outlaw discrimination against the LGBT community in terms of businesses and housing was up for repeal.

Despite One Springfield’s “Vote No” campaign and all of its hard work, the bill was narrowly repealed,

51.4 percent to 48.6 percent.

The initial shock was overwhelming for the One Springfield volunteers as they watched the results together.

Aaron Strahl, a transgender political science major in his junior year at Missouri State and an intern with One Springfield, recounted the moment he realized they had lost.

“I definitely started crying,” he said. “We worked so hard… we really thought we could pull it off.”

Strahl said he worried about his future employ-

ment and was afraid he would need to “stay in the closet” in order to be secure in his job.

Strahl has lived in Springfield his whole life and said he fears for his city’s future. He said that the repeal of the vote has the potential to drive future and current students to leave Springfield and move where they feel more accepted and welcome.

“There are bright people who leave as soon as they can,” Strahl explained. “Springfield needs us.” u See FIGHT, page 14

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Last week was a rough week for law enforcement.

They’re probably about to catch quite a bit of flak from everyone, and it’s not going to be pretty.

If you’re unfamiliar with what I’m talking about, I’m referring to two particular incidents. One is the disturbingly violent shooting of a South Carolina man, Walter Scott, by police officer Michael Slager. The other is the appalling beating of a man fleeing from police in San Bernardino, California.

I’m sure you’re familiar with the Scott shooting, but you may not be familiar with the incident in San Bernardino.

On April 9, a man fled from sheriff deputies in San Bernardino on horseback and was eventually cornered by the deputies. After taking the suspect down through the use of a taser, the suspect was face down on the

ground with his arms spread. After another shock, he threw his arms behind his back into a position so his hands could be restrained. The deputies then bombarded him with punches and powerful kicks. As the deputies assailed the downed suspect with these attacks, more deputies showed up in the video — each deputy that showed up joined in the attack. At my last count while watching the video, eight deputies joined into this horrific beating.

Both of these incidents are absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.

There are some important details to note about both of these situations, though. In the Scott shooting — Scott was initially pulled over for having a brake light out — there is a sizeable gap between the video that shows the actual shooting, and the video that shows the initial traffic stop. For all we know — at least at the time of writing this article — there could be events that take place between these two videos that could justify the use of deadly force.

But we don’t know. All that we have seen is a man running from his car, and then that same man is shot in the back as he runs away from the police officer after an alleged struggle for a taser. At the end of the video, Slager can be seen apparently placing a taser

or other object on Scott’s body. Even with all this in mind, Slager discharged his weapon eight times in the video. Eight times.

By contrast, the San Bernardino incident has no potentially redeeming qualities. Eight deputies senselessly beat a man who was no longer a viable threat.

Unless that man is actually Superman, he was completely defenseless.

Needless to say, these events make me sick. I understand that situations arise where law enforcement needs to use violent or deadly force to protect itself or others, but situations like the two above are unacceptable and have no place in a civil society.

The number of police officers that do the job right, have a sense of honor and duty, treat everyone with respect and genuinely care about a safe community far outnumber the police officers that commit these acts.

The numbers don’t come close. It’s our duty as citizens to learn the facts about incidents like these and hold officers to the high standard that officers of the law should be held to. We can’t let outlier situations tarnish the honorable profession of police officer. We deserve better than that, and our men and women in blue deserve better than that.

Last Tuesday, Springfield voted in favor of taking protections away from Springfield citizens who don’t conform to “traditional” sexualities and gender identities.

While the vote was close — under 1,000 ballots made the difference — Springfield made the disappointing choice to make discrimination in the city easier to institute.

The editorial board’s views on this have already been stated and won’t be repeated again and again.

Suffice it to say that we hope the close vote means that change is coming soon.

But after the vote, new problems arose.

People who were against the repeal were, understandably, distraught. Those who were in favor of the repeal were, understandably, excited.

But in their respective despair and joy, members of both sides engaged in behavior that likely wasn’t the best way to deal with the situation.

“No” voters? You’re free to make a petition to remove Lindsey Kolb from Carrington Hall, but when you’re making it because she expressed that she was happy the repeal passed via Twitter, you’re minimizing the effect petitions have. Wait until people really

have said something offensive.

“Yes” voters? You may proclaim that your position against the bill is purely out of business concerns and not one of homophobia.

Prove it.

Work with your community and city council to make a version of the bill that provides the protections that minorities are hoping for and removes the extreme language that you claim exists.

We need to work together to ensure that everyone feels like Springfield is a place they can be welcomed.

Because it is.

By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC

By Keenan Andrea Columnist @iKeenandrea

By Taylor Balleau Columnist @tayballeauu

Lay out a toilet roll of 400 sheets in length. Consider this a timeline. The dinosaurs came into existence on the 19th sheet from the end and went extinct on the fifth sheet from the end. They survived only 15 or so sheets of that toilet paper.

Move your attention to the very last sheet of that toilet roll. Humans only came into being at the absolute last millimeter of the absolute last sheet. Our species has managed to be around for a scant 200,000 years.

It goes without saying that we are very little things. Yet many of us behave as though the world revolves around our bellies — an interesting line of thought, and a paradox. If you die, the world goes with, and yet the world will carry on.

That’s how the ball bounces in this court. And there are no rematches.

We’ve got this one chance to footprint ourselves into the shores of the world with enough permanence to stand the booming tides of future generations. It is the only way for us to be forever remembered. Of course our children will remember us, and our grandchildren as well and maybe a few others down the line. But eventually our bloodline will become so mixed and convoluted that we will be forgotten completely.

This is a dangerous school of thought. Although, there is one way in which we can stabilize our footing on this slippery slope, and that is by using social media.

It’s a wonderful outlet. The only problem is, most of the time, we aren’t the person we present online. That person is our perfect self, our flawless self, and so much of our time is spent showing that person that we’re suddenly and hopelessly struggling with being who we really are.

We aren’t our Facebook pages; we aren’t our Twitter accounts. We are faulty little things with beautifully malfunctioning parts, and, when we pass, it shouldn’t be the perfect side of us that people see but the well-rounded whole. Not the photoshopped existence. The actual us.

So next time you to decide to post yourself to social media, don’t. Open a diary and write the things you feel without the shame of being judged. And when you’re good and gone, instead of a web-based portfolio showing only what you wanted people to see, you’ll leave behind the tattered reams of thoughts and feelings that you bled out onto paper, and, in this way, you will be kept alive exactly how you lived. Nothing is better than that.

On a dark and dreary-ish night, a tragedy occurred in Hammons House. No, it did not involve a naked man sprinting through the halls. This is a much more disturbing tale — I broke my phone. With my pride and my screen absolutely obliterated, I looked back at my cracked reflection and felt my heart sink as I had just witnessed the death of my social life.

The day after, I called my parents telling them the loss I had recently suffered.

They offered some sympathy and a promise to send a replacement to me in the following days. Through the gauntlet that AT&T so wonderfully set up, I ended up phone-less for about 15 days. In these days I believe something changed within me.

The first two days, I went through the grieving process. The next few days were where things began to change. I am usually the girl that avoids eye-contact, people handing out flyers and awkward one-on-one hallway encounters by looking at my phone. Without a handheld pocket robot there to comfort my wandering eyes and twitching fingers, I went into panic mode when I stepped into the elevator with a few strangers. I shifted awkwardly side to side, the beaming grey walls of the elevator seemed to taunt me, mocking the fact that I was publicly drowning in the sea of my own self-doubt.

But as the days went on, I was okay with not having the safety blanket of my phone. With my newfound and somewhat forced sense of confidence, things started to get better. I took ‘me’ time. Instead of curling up in my dorm like a hermit, obsessively scrolling through Instagram, I took the time to invest in myself.

I did my homework, not just for the next morning at 9 a.m. but for the upcoming weeks. I read books at the pool, and I walked with my head held high rather than having my face buried in Twitter. I spent more time on actual activities and I spent time loving myself, which I think is something we all have forgotten how to do. Instead of comparing yourself to the Coachella-bound hipster princesses or the perfectly toned bodies of people with utopian lives, don’t give yourself the chance to beat yourself up.

Put your phone down and live. Look up at the sky. Enjoy the fresh air and the swirling clouds instead of iCloud. Take your earbuds out, and let the symphony of birds hum you to class instead of Nicki Minaj’s oh-so-tasteful lyrics.

Instead of reading about the Chai Tea Latte some Starbucks barista managed to mess up, read about something meaningful, something that could change your world. Although looking at photos of beautiful beaches and aesthetically pleasing plates of fruit is a way to pass the time, take a breath and inhale your surroundings.

Take ownership of your life and the world you are in — not fantasizing that someone else’s life is yours — and I promise you will look at things in a different light.

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star “

Missouri State students attend NASA Public Observing Night

By Zachary Fletcher The Standard @ZachSFletcher

While most Missouri State students were celebrating the week’s end with a night on the town or a relaxing evening at home, some were assembling with other community members at a dark, secluded spot nearly 45 minutes outside the city of Springfield. That may sound like the setup for a horror movie, but these people weren’t planning some secret ritual — they were gathering to look at the stars.

The NASA Public Observing Night is an annual event hosted by the Department of

Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science at MSU’s Baker Observatory. This year, the event — which is assisted financially by a grant from NASA — was held on Friday, April 10, from 8 until 11 p.m.

Attendees were invited to look through the observatory telescopes at Jupiter, Venus, the Pleiades and the Messier 3 star cluster. Students and faculty from the department were on hand to operate the telescopes, answer questions and explain what visitors were seeing.

“We like to show people what we do out here and that this place even exists,” Andrew Stufflebeam, a senior physics major and event volunteer, said. “I was a (physics)

major for two years, and I didn’t even know we had this.”

The observatory, located about 10 miles outside of Marshfield, Missouri, is equipped with two large dome telescopes and a number of smaller manual and robotic ones. In addition to the free observing nights, it is used by faculty and students to con-

When we look out at the stars,we gain more respect for the planet we have here to live on.”

-Peter Plavchan

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Missouri State celebrates Public Affairs Week Public Affairs aims Public Affairs Week Events, April 14-18 to be ethical with Tuesday, April 14 annual conference Wednesday, April 15 1-4 p.m. — Distinction in public affairs: Student presentation, PSU 313 8-9 p.m. — Get in the game, presented by Cal Ripken Jr., JQH Arena

By Rebecca Biundo The Standard @rebeccabiundo

What does it mean to be ethical? Missouri State University wanted to find out by exploring the many topics that deal with ethics and questions students may have about doing their part as a citizen.

This year, the theme of the Public Affairs Conference is The Ethical Citizen: Can You Make A Difference? The conference kicks off Tuesday, April 14, at 8 p.m. in JQH Arena, featuring speakers, panels and presentations throughout the week.

The conference’s keynote speaker is retired baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. The presentation is free, but tickets are required.

Other presenters include Toshia Shaw, Sarah Elsea, Sandra Postel, Sean McEwen and many others.

On April 17, the Missouri

Public Affairs Hall of Fame ceremony will be held, where three community leaders of the public affairs will be recognized. George Washington Carver, Simone Bernstein and Eric Greitens — who have all made an impact on the public affairs mission — will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Bread and Puppet Theater will be performing Shatterer of Worlds, a political performance looking through history and the repercussions of unethical decisions on April 16-18.

To see the complete schedule of events and session descriptions, visit publicaffairs.missouristate.edu, or find it on the MSU mobile app. All conference events are open to the public, and admission is free.

9-10:15 a.m. — Face to face in a technological age, PSU 313 9-10:15 a.m. — Arts and education: How we teach future generations, PSU Ballroom East 10:30-11:45 a.m. — The future of our planet: What can you do to promote sustainability?, PSU 313 10:30-11:45 a.m. — None of us is getting any younger, PSU Ballroom East noon-1 p.m. — The global freshwater challenge, presented by Sandra Postel, PSU Theater 1:30-2:45 p.m. — Teach your children well, PSU 313 1:30-2:45 p.m — Public mistrust of government: Is cynicism inevitable?, PSU Ballroom East 3-4:15 p.m. — Ethics in the newsroom, PSU 313 3-4:15 p.m — Are all leaders created equal?, PSU Ballroom East 7:30-9 p.m. — How to make a difference in the lives of sex trafficking victims by Toshia Shaw, PSU Theater

Thursday, April 16

9:30-10:45 a.m. — Aesthetics, ethics and the value of self expression, PSU 313 9:30-10:45 a.m — The role of ethics in addressing issues of poverty, PSU Ballroom East 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Service above self, PSU 313 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m — Ethics and you, presented by Sean McEwen, PSU Theater 12:30-1:30 p.m. — Education and family well-being, presented by Sarah Elsea, PSU Theater 2-3:15 p.m. — When values clash, PSU 313 2-3:15 p.m. — Is it the great divide?, PSU Ballroom East 3:30-4:45 p.m. — Legislating ethics, PSU 313 3:30-4:45 p.m. — The loneliness culture, PSU Ballroom East 7:30-9 p.m. — Shatterer of worlds, presented by Bread and Puppet Theater, Hammons Student Center

Friday, April 17 9-10:15 a.m. — Ethical environmental leadership in America, PSU 313 9-10:15 a.m. — Medical miracles, PSU Ballroom East 10:30-11:45 a.m. — Ethics and culture in American higher education, PSU 313 10:30-11:45 a.m. — The pyramid of military honor, PSU Ballroom East noon-1:30 p.m. — Ferguson and beyond, PSU Theater 7:30-9 p.m. — Shatterer of worlds, presented by Bread and Puppet Theater, Hammons Student Center

Saturday, April 18

7:30-9 p.m. — Shatterer of worlds, presented by Bread and Puppet Theater, Hammons Student Center

MSU students serve up lunch Carrie’s Cafe open again

By Sydni Moore For The Standard Carrie’s Cafe is a student-run restaurant founded on Missouri State University’s campus over 15 years ago. It was named after Carrie Carmichael-Hammack, a 1992 graduate of the Restaurant and Hospitality Administration Department who passed away shortly before the cafe first opened.

Students enrolled in HRA 435, or Restaurant Management, learn to work alongside each other in a restaurant setting inside Carrie’s Cafe. Although many students have experience working the front ends of a restaurant, many who come into the class have had little time working in the back. Carrie’s Cafe is an environment for students looking to work in the restaurant business once they have left Missouri State.

Responsibilities as a worker inside Carrie’s Cafe include selecting food, designing the menu, preparing meals and marketing the cafe. Although the food tends to change every semester, the Moroccan Rolls appetizer is a constant favorite. According to Abigal Ehlers a senior instructor in the Hospitality and Restaurant Administration Department at Missouri State, they have been on the menu since Carrie’s first opened.

Olivia Montgomery, a sophomore communicarion studies major, has found time to eat at Carrie’s Café on two differ-

ent occasions in order to support her friends.

“I think it’s pretty cool seeing fellow students run their own restaurant on our campus,” Montgomery said. “You can tell they take a lot of pride in what they’re doing. The food is good too.”

Currently located in the Professional Building at the corner of Cherry Street and Kimbrough Avenue, the Cafe will soon be relocating to Pummill Hall. In 2013, Missouri State made the decision of investing $3.5 million to renovate a new space for the Department of Hospitality and Restaurant Administration, including a new space for Carrie’s Cafe. These new spaces are a part of the comprehensive remodeling of all four floors of Pummill Hall. Although it’s been a long road in the Professional Building, students and faculty are excited to see the move Carrie’s is making closer to the heart of campus. A big step for the department, many are looking forward to seeing their department’s visibility increase.

Ehlers encourages all students and faculty to come out and try Carrie’s Cafe.

Reservations, which are preferred, can be made by calling 417-836-4409. Carrie’s Cafe is open most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the spring semester from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. You can also find Carrie’s Café on Facebook for behind-thescenes pictures and displays of the menu.

LinkIn to the grown-up world

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By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

First and foremost, know that I am not a LinkedIn expert. Okay, now that I got that off my chest, I am going to tell you why LinkedIn is essential for young professionals, especially for those who work with media.

Paper resumes are still important, but for those who work online and have videos especially, there is no way to put that in a paper resume. That’s where LinkedIn really helps.

In order to be appealing to potential employers you have to be able to show the skills you possess.

The first and best part about LinkedIn is that you can post links directly on your job summaries. Just like a resume, you can type out a job title and description, but for someone like me, I can then post the videos I have done, the pictures I have taken and the articles I have written.

Even before that step, LinkedIn allows you to type a summary, which is the first thing anyone would see when looking at your profile. This is what I would compare to a cover letter. It is the selling point for your abilities, giving a description of what you do

and want to do that might not be listed under the job description.

LinkedIn works as a professional social media. Well, kind of. It is a place that you can post, “like” and comment on connections’ “walls,” but its resume-like setup inspires more confidence from employers.

According to MindShape, 212 million business leads have come through LinkedIn. Because it is viewed as credible with over 150 million users, having a LinkedIn account is a quick way to advertise yourself. However, what really is my favorite aspect of this site is that you can list your top strengths and endorse your connections’ top strengths.

Getting connected with co-workers or collaborators can lead to endorsements on skills such as “video editing”, only furthering the amount of respect for your abilities.

It is important to remember that LinkedIn — although great to post content — should not be bogged down with your links. Make sure to only display your best work because an employer will not take the time to pick and choose which links to look at if you have too many.

Final thought: Make sure your profile picture is professional. A photo that you’ve cropped a friend out of will send employers away.

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Carrie’s Cafe, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Professional 426 Sustainable Agriculture, 5:30-8 p.m., Meyer Library 101 “Get in the Game” presented by Cal Ripken, Jr., 8-9 p.m., JQH Arena

Wednesday, April 15

Chinese Music Ensemble Performance, 8:30-9:45 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B SAC Presents: “Mockingjay Pt. 1,” 9-11 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater

Thursday, April 16

Carrie’s Cafe, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Professional 426 “Shatterer of Worlds” presented

by Bread and Puppet Theater, 7:30-9 p.m., Hammons Student Center SAC After Hours Presents: MO State Fair, 9 p.m.-midnight, Plaster Student Union Ballroom

Friday, April 17

Cultural Corner, 4:45-6:15 p.m., Morris Center

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Early Bird Breakfast Pub brings happy hour to breakfast — serving drinks like the Orange Sunrise (left) and omeletes like the Meatetarian (above).

New breakfast pub serves up spirits and sausage

Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Level 1 Game Center

Saturday, April 18

Ozarks Public Broadcasting Volunteer Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Ozarks Food Harvest Tarang 2015, 6-9:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom, $15

Sunday, April 19

MSU Opera Theater Presents: Die Fledermaus, 2:30-5 p.m., The Savoy Ballroom SAC Presents: “Mockingjay Pt. 1” 9-11 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater

Monday, April 20

Missouri State Improv, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington Hall 208

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Correction

In the April 7 issue of The Standard, an article titled, “Texas inspires Brick City exhibit,” was printed as written by Kelsey Kane. The article was actually written by trainee Lacey Curtis.

The Standard editorial staff apologizes for this mistake and the online version of the article has been updated.

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@TJM613 If you haven’t been to the Early Bird Breakfast Pub yet, you’re missing out on one of Springfield’s best brunch options.

Early Bird features almost anything you could ever want to eat to start your say — as well as a few things you might not have considered.

While you can certainly get traditional fare such as sausage, waffles and eggs at Early Bird — and rest assured, the traditional fare is delicious — the options for more adventurous brunch seekers are just as appetizing.

Breakfast tacos, lox and bagel sliders are

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duct research and examine the planets and stars. Monthly stargazing events, hosted by the Ozarks Amateur Astronomers Club, are also held at the observatory.

among some of the items at Early Bird that you aren’t likely to find at every diner in Springfield.

Additionally, if you’re closer to the “lunch” side of “brunch,” Early Bird also offers several sandwiches as well, including the wonderfully named “Bible B.E.L.T.” — a bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato sandwich.

Peter Plavchan, an astronomy professor and event organizer, said he hopes attendees will come away from the Public Observing Night with “a deeper appreciation for what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere.” He hopes attendance will grow to as many as a thousand people in coming years.

Aileen Wang, an MSU student

But there’s a reason that “Pub” is in Early Bird’s name: the excellent drink options they offer along with your meal.

Whether you’re looking for a Mango Mai Tai or a Morning Mover (made with local Brick and Mortar coffee), Early Bird will help you get your day started if alcohol is how you want to do that.

Pay special attention to the mimosas, which can be ordered in a pitcher that serves four to six people, and will make you feel like you can take on the world.

Early Bird is a new restaurant, so make sure you’re ready for a bit of a wait if you’re planning a weekend visit with a group of friends. But if you’re heading in on a weekday morning with a friend, you might be able to walk in and sit right down.

No matter the wait, however, hold your ground. It might take a while if the restaurant is crowded, but the second you take that first bite of pancakes or the first sip of your mimosa, that time spent waiting on your feet will leave your mind.

from China, said she was eager to take part.

“We came from a country where the haze is severe, so we already felt very happy and became very excited on the way there when we saw many stars,” Wang said.

The observatory’s remote location helps cut down on light pollution from surrounding towns.

“It’s my first time (clearly) seeing the stars that I learned from books when I was in elementary school,” Wang added. “The Big Dipper, the Hunter, Jupiter.”

According to Plavchan, the benefits of watching the sky go beyond the astronomy classroom.

“When we look out at the stars,” he said, “we gain more respect for

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The new era officially begins Quarterbacks shine in annual Maroon and White scrimmage game as Bears end spring practice

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn

If you thought the football Bears were doing everything a little bit faster during the Maroon and White scrimmage on April 11, it wasn’t your imagination; it’s an attitude shift for the program. “(The coaches emphasize) speed and being physical,” senior safety John Edwards said. “They tell us to work hard, as fast as you can, and hit somebody.”

And they worked hard. The Bears ran over 100 offensive plays, which resulted in over 500 total yards in the 90-minute scrimmage, sometimes taking as little as 13 seconds between snaps. Though head coach Dave Steckel is pleased with what he saw, he is far from satisfied.

“The effort was good on both sides of the ball,” Steckel said. “Our kids responded well, particularly in certain situations. Our energy level needs to improve, but we saw some good things.”

Some of those good things came from the quarterback play with two different quarterbacks seeing the majority of snaps during the scrimmage: junior Brodie Lambert went 12-20 for 120 yards and redshirt freshman Breck Ruddick went 13-22 for 186 yards and two touchdowns. While Ruddick took the majority of snaps with veteran offensive players who had been starters under previous coach Terry Allen, the starting quarterback role is still up in the air.

“I’m gonna go back and look at the film, but I’m pleased with the progression of our quarterbacks,” Steckel said, even going as far to say the entire roster could change depending on how the guys perform. “It’s why I say it’s a competition; we’ve got 29 days to figure that out.”

There were plenty of performances from players on both sides of the ball vying for starting positions.

Sophomore running back Calan Crowder led the pack with 11 carries for 88 yards, his longest run going for 41.

Sophomore wide receiver Malik Earl had the biggest day in that position, taking a wide receiver screen 75 yards to the house for a touchdown. Earl had 124 yards on five receptions.

Senior wide receiver Eric Christophel also had a receiving touchdown. His only reception of the day came on a 12-yard strike from Ruddick. “(Ruddick) is a great quarterback,” Christophel said. “He has all the tools, and he’ll be just fine.”

On the defensive side of the ball, sophomore linebacker Kurran Blamey led all defensive players with seven total stops, while junior linebacker Dylan Cole had six unassisted tackles, including a big hit in the backfield for a run stop. Cole is a good bet to be a leader and cornerstone of the MSU defense.

The increase in tempo wasn’t the only changing thing about the Bears. There was also a good-sized crowd of students — more than you would have seen than at a November game in the past — and Christophel said he can feel the student perception of the football team begin to shift.

“I’ve been here a while, and there’s never been that many people on both sides (of the stands) at a spring game,” Christophel said. “We’re all excited about that.”

The Bears won’t meet again for another scrimmage until Aug. 2, but Steckel outlined exactly what he wants from his players in the meantime.

“I think we need to get stronger and work on our speed a little bit more,” Steckel said. “I think we all have to be committed to our fundamentals and work during the summertime and get better each day.”

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Breck Ruddick attempts a pass during the Maroon and White game. Ruddick will compete to be a starter before next season.

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Redshirt freshman running back Nick Masoner (39) carries the ball and tries to elude junior linebacker Dylan Cole (31), who is attempting to tackle him.

Pair of Bears earn Newcomer of the Week Awards

Two Missouri State student athletes, one baseball player and one softball player, were named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for their respective sports on April 13.

Sophomore pitcher Jordan Knutson was named MVC Newcomer of the Week after pitching eight shutout innings in a 2-0 victory against Evansville on April 12.

Knutson gave up five hits and three walks while striking out six hitters during his start. Knutson improved his record to 2-1 with the victory.

Freshman centerfielder Erika Velasquez Zimmer hit .700 during MSU’s sweep of the Loyola Ramblers on April 11-12 at Killian Field. Zimmer led the team with seven hits and now has five straight multi-hit games, as well as an eightgame hitting streak. Zimmer has a .364 batting average thus far.

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Senior kicker Marcelo Bonani kicks off at the beginning of the game.

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The scene on the field after the Maroon and White game ended.

Baseball Bears move up in polls

The Missouri State baseball Bears moved up three spots in the Division I college baseball poll to No. 17. The Bears also sit at No. 15 in the Baseball America poll and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The rise in the polls is the result of MSU’s current sevengame winning streak.

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Sophomore wide receiver Willis Chambers (21) is tackled by redshirt freshman safety Tre Betts (7).

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Sophomore tight end Adam St. Peter (87) and senior safety John Edwards (49) watch as a play ends.

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History will be made The St. Louis Blues have the talent and the depth to make a Stanley Cup Playoff run

By Ben Gilbert For The Standard

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While most people are ready for warmer weather and Cardinals’ season, there is another St. Louis team looking to make a deep playoff run.

The St. Louis Blues will face off against the Minnesota Wild beginning Thursday night in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The Blues finished the season with 107 points, which tied them for the most points in the Western Conference.

The Blues have infamously never won a Stanley Cup in the team’s history. The past three seasons, they have suffered devastating collapses. In the 2011-2012 season, the eventual champion, the Los Angeles Kings, swept them in the second round. In the 2012-2013 season, the Blues went up two games on the Kings only to lose the next four. The Blues’ bitter rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, defeated them last season in the same fashion, winning four games in a row.

So how is this year any different? The Blues are a healthier team entering the playoffs. Leading scorer Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal in his first game back on Saturday after missing the previous two. Captain David Backes was injured on a hit from a Blackhawks player in Game 3 last season and the team never seemed to recover. The Blues are arguably the deepest team in the NHL when healthy.

The Blues are a balanced team on the offensive and defensive zones. They were seventh in the NHL in goals scored at 2.45 per game and ninth in goals against at 2.04. They also rank in the top 10 in the league in both power play percentage and penalty kill percentage. The emergence of defense-

man Kevin Shattenkirk as a two-way player and the mid-season acquisitions of Robert Bortuzzo and Zbynek Michalek have solidified an already great blue line for St. Louis.

St. Louis comes into postseason play as a hot team. Last season, the Blues lost six games in a row to close the season.

This season, they clinched their division as they defeated the Blackhawks last Thursday.

The Wild will be a worthy opponent for the Blues because it’s one of the hottest teams in the NHL thanks to the goaltending of Devan Dubnyk. Dubnyk went 28-9-3 as Minnesota shot up the standings and took over the first Wild Card spot. The 6’6” goalie will be tough to score against and will require the Blues to be physical.

The veteran presence of T.J. Oshie, Alexander Steen and newcomer Paul Stastny has helped the Blues maintain consistency. St. Louis had four 20-goal scorers with Tarasenko, Backes, Steen and Jaden Schwartz.

The main focus for the Blues will be the goaltending. It is a good problem in the regular season to have two goalies, but in the postseason could become difficult. Brian Elliott began the season as the starter and went 26-14. Jake Allen started the season as the backup but has been the hottest of the two goaltenders, winning four out of his last five starts.

In the NHL playoffs, a goaltender can carry you all the way to lift Lord Stanley’s cup.

Playoff hockey is a spectacle unlike any other. The physicality and endurance of the players are something to behold. So if you are like me and aren’t quite ready to give up the sweater, then tune in on Thursday for some great action.

And if you like any other teams besides St. Louis, good luck in the playoffs. Let’s go Blues!

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Men’s lacrosse Bears hammer Miners in return at Allison North

By Kelsey Kane For The Standard

The Missouri State lacrosse Bears routed Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference opponent Missouri S&T on Sunday, April 12, with a 21-2 win, featuring eight Bears scoring.

The team came out energized from the get-go, explained senior attacker Reese Hunter, who led the team with seven goals for the night.

“We definitely came out fired up from the beginning.

Even during warm-up we were excited,” Hunter said. “Everyone came out ready to put a bunch of goals away quick.”

“Defensively, we played really well,” head coach Dustin Rich said. “Offensively, we played well but had a lot of areas where we can execute better. Some of the man-up situations, some of the six-on-six situations, the score line shows we did a great job offensively, however what we try to think about is playing the perfect game and we’ve got room for improvement when it comes to that.”

MSU averaged a goal about every three minutes, kicked off by a goal by freshman attacker Tim Harvatin, a mere four minutes into the game. Some notable goals were exhibited by sophomore midfielder Austin Todd, who threw in a goal midjump at the 3:16 mark in the first quarter, and freshman midfielder Nick Eckart, who ran in a goal unopposed after getting a pass from the perimeter from junior midfielder Zack Sutter

to kick off the second quarter.

Hunter averaged 1.75 goals per quarter and credited his teammates for creating opportunities for him to score.

“Whenever you move the ball quickly, it’s easy to create space, so most of my goals were off somebody else starting a dodge, drawing in an extra defender and moving it through adjacent passes to me,” Hunter said.

Through the first half, it seemed MSU could earn a shutout victory. However, S&T scored two goals within a few minutes of each other midway through the third quarter.

“The defender got beat and we did not effectively suck in and help out, so we sort of broke down after the defender got beat and broke down on sliding out and helping that man,” Rich said of S&T’s first goal. “(Second) one was a man up look from about 15 yards. It was a great shot, so you’ve got to give them that one.”

MSU junior goalie Mason Goodwin had six saves for the night and MSU won 20 of 25 faceoffs.

Contributing to MSU’s goal totals were Hunter with seven, junior midfielder Matt Hanes with three, Todd with three, Sutter with two, Harvatin with two, sophomore attacker Zach Matthews with two, sophomore midfielder Matt Krick with one and Eckart with one.

Zachary Fletcher/THE STANDARD The Bears will play their final home game of the season at Junior midfielder Matt Hanes looks for an open player to 8 p.m.on Friday, April 17, against Tulsa and also honor their pass to during a game against Missouri S&T on April 12. seniors for senior night.

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March Madness again proves to stay away from safe picks

By Mike Ursery The Standard @MikeUrsery

The most obvious choice to win the national championship took an unexpected exit in the Final Four.

March Madness did it to everyone again. The elusive accomplishment of filling out a perfect bracket, or even accurately predicting the makeup of the Final Four, continues to be nothing more than a dream for everyone who partakes in this annual tradition.

It didn’t take long for millions of brackets to fall apart. It only took one game, and it was a game that 99 percent of bracket owners guessed incorrectly, including myself. Iowa State lost to UAB in the second round of the tourney.

I picked Iowa State to go to the championship game, taking down Gonzaga and Duke on their way to the Final Four and then beating Virginia to set up a date in the final game with Kentucky. I picked Kentucky to win, because they were perfect. Because, they were just that good, right?

All season long, the Kentucky Wildcats had their way with everyone they faced. They embarrassed ranked opponents and made a perfect regular season record seem like a cakewalk.

Their run was so convincing that they seemed like a lock to win the Final Four.

The Iowa State loss wasn’t the only surprise to happen on that first day. Baylor lost to Georgia State, a team that had only one tournament win in school history. Dayton upset Providence; No.1 seed Villanova lost to NC State in the third round.

And then there’s the Michigan State Spartans. Sparty has a tendency of either losing their first game or upsetting their way to the Final Four. This year, they did the latter. They upset Virginia and went on to slip past Louisville in the Elite Eight to earn the right to go to Indianapolis.

Michigan State had an impressive run, but its exit from the tournament was anything but. The Spartans ran into, and were embarrassed by, America’s villains, the Duke Blue Devils.

Duke had perhaps the easiest run throughout the NCAA Tournament until the championship game against Wisconsin.

The Blue Devils won every game by double digits and had a 17.6 average margin of victory. The trio of Tyus Jones, Grayson Allen and Jahlil Okafor, along with the rest of the team, bulldozed their way through the East Region.

It was also the play of Jones and Allen that willed Duke

from a 9-point deficit against Wisconsin in the second half of that final game to hoisting the trophy after it was all over. The Blue Devils trailed the Badgers 48-39 with 13 minutes left.

That’s when those two took over. The rest is history.

My selections for this year’s bracket have been probably the worst I have ever done at predicting March Madness. My champion didn’t make it to the championship game. Two of my Final Four teams went down in the first two rounds. My upset picks were incorrect. This is the first time in a long time that a 12-seed didn’t upset a 5.

Meanwhile, two of my friends who know absolutely nothing about college basketball made better picks than me. But, that’s usually how it goes. The ones who think they know what they are doing make picks that turn out to be awful, and the knuckleheads ride a lucky streak through the tourney.

Maybe the secret to picking games is to go through it with a blind eye. Maybe the formula to making accurate picks is not with the records and levels of talent for each team, but rather the color of the uniform or the mascot. Or maybe it’s just completely random. All I know is I can win the powerball, get struck by lightning and make a hole in one on a par3 hole all in the same hour before I ever get this thing right.

But, it doesn’t deter me from trying. March Madness will be back next year, and so will I.

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The Missouri State women’s lacrosse Bears have made a home at Allison North Stadium during their inaugural season in the Central Plains Women’s Lacrosse League.

The new kids on the block Despite being a new and inexperienced team, the Missouri State women’s lacrosse Bears are ready to show that they can hang

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard Despite several of the players never touching a stick before this year, the club women’s lacrosse team is ready to fight after a strong start.

Although there was a club once in the past, sophomores Katie Baker and Anna Timmerberg restarted the club this year with new intentions in mind. Both Baker and Timmerberg played in high school and, after meeting in chemistry class, started talking about their love for the game.

“We talked about lacrosse every day, and we started to play lacrosse outside of class,” Timmerberg said. “We wanted to join a team, but we heard it was falling apart so we just decided to start our own.”

The process of starting a new team was not an easy one. To start a club, there is a checklist in the organizational handbook from the Office of Student Engagement and a series of meetings to attend.

“We had to go to a lot of meetings,” Baker said. “We met with the (Central Plains Women’s Lacrosse League) for a league to play in.”

The team had to get voted into the league, so Baker and Timmerberg had to talk about their plans for the team and how they would be able to fund it. After many presentations and meetings, the team was approved to be in the league.

“We started talking to some girls, and through that, they knew other girls that played lacrosse at their (high) school and came here — and we got a full team,” Baker said.

Eighteen players were found for the team, and six of these players had never played before. Practices at the beginning of the year were spent focusing on teaching the basics.

Although the team was started as a fun, part-time activity, it quickly turned into a collegiate-level sport, and Baker and Timmerberg decided to be the team managers. After getting approval, they needed a coach. Timmerman approached the men’s lacrosse team to look for a coach and found sophomore Zach Matthews, who has been playing lacrosse since fourth grade. Matthews is leading the team with the assistance of some other men’s lacrosse players.

“We worked a lot of fundamentals, just passing and catching,” Matthews said. “Even for the more experienced players, there’s something that can always be improved on. We had just now really started working on our plays.”

Even with the amount of new players, the team managed

to pull out a 13-4 win against Truman in their first match on March 29. They also played Creighton, losing only 6-5. This confidence boost has helped them to prepare for their next few games. The team will be traveling to Stillwater, Oklahoma, on April 11 to take on Oklahoma State University and Benedictine and will be playing Kansas State on April 18.

The team is led by sophomore captain Merinda Lincoln, who brought leadership and collegiate experience to the team.

Lincoln played all four years of high school and played a year at Fontbonne University in St. Louis. However, she did not expect to be chosen as the captain.

“It shocked me. There are so many strong players,” Lincoln said.

Lincoln is proud of how the team has stepped up, both as leaders and as strong lacrosse players. Baker agrees, mentioning how the team has grown closer together as they have gotten to know each other. The team leaders agree there is a strong future for the women’s lacrosse program.

“I think if we keep going and keep getting new girls, or even if the ones we have now stay, we will be invincible by our senior year,” Lincoln said.

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Media, journalism and film students bring cooking show to life

‘Show-Me Chefs’ highlights local food, gives students real experience

By Callie Dunaway The Standard @Callie_Dunaway

Students from the Missouri State Media, Film and Journalism Department have joined together to create a cooking show, “ShowMe Chefs.” The purpose of this show is to highlight locally grown food in the Ozarks and bring the community together.

“Getting experience on a film or TV set while you are in school is tremendously helpful for afterwards when (you) are out searching for production jobs later,” Chelsea Eichholz, the show’s producer and an MSU graduate with a degree in communication, said.

The show is a cooking competition where two professional chefs face off for three rounds.

There are four quarter rounds, two semi rounds and a finale. All of the food used in the episode comes from local food producers in the Ozarks, and the food pantry is provided by Mama Jeans. Each round will have mystery ingredients.

“Show-Me Chefs” has also partnered with the Farmer’s Market of the Ozarks, 319 Event Center and Care to Learn. The show will premiere locally this fall on KOZL. Deborah Larson is the executive producer of the show. The student producers for the show include graduate students Eich-

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(Above) Crew and cast members prepare to film the cooking competition show on set.

(Left) Sophomores Samantha Bowers and Lakyn McGee gain on-screen experience hosting the show.

holz; Alexandra Perez Diaz; Daan Jansen; Meghan Socha and Jed Nichols, senior mass media and digital film production majors.

Courtney Youssef and Megan Morris, a senior mass media and media production major, direct the show. Sophomore broadcast journalism student Lakyn McGee and sophomore undeclared major Samantha Bowers host the show.

“This has been an amazing opportunity for everyone working on the show,” McGee said. “I want to pursue a career closer towards entertainment, and

hosting has given me the chance to live that dream a little earlier than expected.”

Last fall, the team assembled producers and outlined how the show would work and look before shooting a test episode in December, Eichholz said. Producers spent December through February securing chefs, food producers and judges. Production for the show began mid-March, and an episode a week will be filmed until the end of the semester.

“Show-Me Chefs” will be edited during the summer.

The show has partnered with Care to Learn to help raise money for the community. Eichholz said they are planning to have a fundraising dinner to raise money for this organization and for future student productions.

“We want the show to celebrate the Ozarks and highlight the great things in the area,” Eichholz said.

The show takes place at 319 Event Center.

To find out more information, visit showmechefs.net.

MSU Bookstore searches for new director

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard

The Missouri State Bookstore will be getting a new director soon. Former Director Sonda Reinartz recently stepped down to take another job with a book distributor, Follett. Reinartz was director for two years and two months.

The duties of the director are to oversee the entire operations of the bookstore, including the textbooks, software and

school supplies. There are qualifications needed for this position, including a bachelor’s degree. It is required that the candidate has five years of experience in a retail capacity and knowledge in retail management, which includes inventory control, budget preparation, calculation of markup and supervision of staff. A full job description can be found by searching “human resources” on the Missouri State website.

Electronic Department Manager Ray Presnell has been selected to step up as

interim director during the search. There is currently a committee gathering applications, both internally and externally. However, an outside hire would take longer to hire for training purposes.

Rob Hornberger, the assistant vice president of enrollment, was asked to chair the search committee. The committee was appointed by the vice president for student affairs with an effort to have both diversity and broad representation. It is made up of members from faculty, academic adminis-

tration, athletics, internal audit, the bookstore, student affairs and a student representative. It is difficult to predict an exact date for a new director.

“It can take time to process the search, review applicants and schedule interviews,” Hornberger said. “But the committee has been very active, and we hope and expect to have a new director as soon as possible.”

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Repealed SOGI Bill sparks peaceful protest in downtown Springfield

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn

On April 7, Kristi Patrickus, a senior music education major at Missouri State, found herself feeling defeated at a rally for One Springfield. She watched as the protections put in place for sexual orientation and gender identity were repealed.

“I was extremely upset and hurt,” Patrickus said. “It took a lot out of me.”

So it may have come as a surprise to see Patrickus with a smile on her face, but it’s only a natural reaction when she found herself surrounded by over 2,000 friends and allies when the square in downtown Springfield was packed to the brim for the All Springfieldians Rally on Friday, April 10.

Started by sophomore organizational communication major and LGBTQ advocate Caleb Hearon, the event quickly grew to more than 2,500 individuals pledging their commitment to attend the rally via

Facebook.

“We wanted to show the LGBTQ community of Springfield that even though we may have lost the vote, that there is still a place for us in Springfield, that we made a difference,” Clay Stacy, a senior sociology major and advocate for the rally, said.

As for the number of rally attendees, Shawn Mccaulla, who promoted the rally on social media, said it is no surprise to him after the election results.

“After our defeat, it goes to show how strong the LGBTQ community in Springfield is,” Mccaulla said. “We aren’t going away.”

Speakers involved with the No Repeal campaign told stories of change made during their efforts campaigning.

“I spoke with a family, very Catholic and conservative, and I was sure they were going to vote to repeal the ordinance, but they voted no; Springfield is changing,” Krista Moncado, a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the

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Signs held by demonstrators express their demands for equality and LGBTQ rights.

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Crowds of Springfield citizens and Missouri State students alike filled Park Central Square on Friday, April 10, to hold a demonstration for equality.

Ozarks, said. “We know Springfield is a same time bittersweet.” beautiful place to live, and we can coexist To some rally attendees, like senior thehere peacefully.” ater major Ellen Spann, the rally is just what Emily Bowen-Marler, a reverend from Springfield needs to take the leap into the Brentwood Church of Christ, also spoke LGBTQ rights. to the crowd, telling the story of the 30 area “Because this community is so traditionfaith leaders who pledged their support to al, what this town needs is more visibility of the LGBTQ community, a sentiment which queer people and the whole LGBTQ comstood in stark contrast to the various faith munity,” Spann said. groups protesting the rally.

It’s the visibility and tangible support of Wendy Owens, the first openly transgen- the LGBTQ community which has dered woman on the board of directors at Patrickus smiling again. the GLO Center, said she has noticed a “I was telling (Stacy) that this was the change in the attitude of Springfield toward first time I’ve felt happy in a while,” the LGBTQ community.

Patrickus said. “It’s just the thing we need“My hope was that the (repeal vote) ed to lift everyone’s spirits. I needed the would be close, and I didn’t have a lot of time to mourn, but now it’s the time to hope that it would be at first,” Owens said. spread love.”

“The first time the issue of LGBTQ rights came to a vote in Springfield, we lost by a (Editor’s note: Caleb Hearon is on paylandslide, and this time, it was only a few roll at the Standard and was not interviewed percentage points, so it’s huge — but at the for this story.)

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Protesters hold hands in a circle around the square to show a united stand against the repeal of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity bill on April 7.

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Springfield election results

New councilmembers join as mayor re-elected, SOGI repealed

By Nicole Roberts The Standard @NReneeRoberts

Several new councilmembers were voted into City Council and the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Ordinance was repealed during the Tuesday, April 7, election.

Springfield citizens re-elected Mayor Robert Stephens. He received 64 percent of votes while his competitor, Steven Reed, received 36 percent.

Kristi Fulnecky won the City Council General Seat C race against Len Eagleburger. She received 65 per-

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As for Strahl’s next steps, he said that he primarily wants to cover Springfield’s LGBT youth with love.

He said he believes it is necessary for businesses and organizations who voted “No” to make themselves known as a safe place for the LGBT community.

He said he plans to continue working toward equality through petitions and pushing City Council for change.

Strahl said he desires more conversations and campaigns around SOGI and other social issues to further not only Springfield but the whole state of Missouri.

Gregg Johnson, president of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks, reassures the community that the struggle is not over and that this is simply a setback in the progress.

He said that GLO and other such organizations

cent of votes.

Ken McClure, MSU vice president of administrative and information services, was the only individual running for Council General Seat D. It was a close race for Council Zone Two, but eventually, Justin Burnett won with 39 percent of votes. His competitors were Buckley Van Hooser and Josh Mareschal.

Former councilman Jerry Compton was beaten by Mike Schilling.

Schilling received 56 percent of votes.

Along with voting on City Council members, the SOGI Ordinance was

will continue to work with PROMO toward equality, for the city of Springfield and Missouri as a whole.

Johnson said that his organization, along with many others, plan to continue proposing bills and trying to pass laws in this city as well as in the state of Missouri while also campaigning in the community to promote tolerance and understanding.

Johnson said it is his hope, as well as many others’, that inequality and intolerance will become a thing of the past in all communities.

“It will have a positive impact,” Johnson said. “Ten years ago, the marriage act was voted down 70 percent to 30 percent, and now look how far we’ve come in 10 short years.”

Springfield is one of many cities struggling through these sorts of issues. The values and traditions of the past are clashing with the advancement and changes of the future.

There has been a lot of controversy in our community between religious groups and the LGBT com-

repealed. About 51 percent of votes were in favor of repealing Ordinance 6141, which would have made it illegal for employers and businesses to discriminate against an individual due to a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

Some of the new City Council members were vocal about their opinions on the SOGI Ordinance. Both Fulnecky and Burnett said they supported the repeal of the SOGI ordinance, while Schilling did not.

Stephens originally opposed the passing of the SOGI Ordinance in October.

munity, between friends and neighbors, between business owners and citizens and even within religious organizations.

Julie Austin, a straight, Christian ally who worked with One Springfield’s campaign, said it is extremely hard to get people to have simple dialogue.

“People like to form an opinion and defend an opinion,” Austin said. “But they don’t like to talk about how they got their opinion.”

Austin recounted many stories from working with the No Repeal campaign, some positive and some more negative, but the overarching theme in her stories was one of deep, personal connection. Austin had taken the time to sit down with those that the bill directly affected, and hear their stories and their struggles.

“I think a lot of times we see things as issues,” Austin said. “But when you sit down and talk to people who are actually impacted by something, then it becomes part of you.”

Austin said she urges those who opposed the SOGI Ordinance to not

form an opinion based solely on media. She said she encourages everyone to sit down with a member of the LGBT community and listen to their side of the issue with an open mind.

“If you walk away with the same opinion you had when you sat down, that’s fine,” Austin said. “But you need to have that conversation.”

The LGBT supporters in Springfield may have lost this step toward equality, but they are not finished striving for a tolerant community.

LGBT organizations and their affirming allies are regrouping to continue their mission through legislation and legal change as well as through open communication and sincere listening.

The overall goal of One Springfield seems to remain the same, despite the setback of the repeal. It would seem that they want to find a compromise where neither side feels as though their rights are being threatened and both sides feel respected and valued as members of the same community.

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By Emily McTavish The Standard

The Sigma Nu house on Elm Street, just off the Missouri State University campus, seems quite grand on the outside with traditional white columns and red brick. However, the inside looks quite different. The front entrance of the house is bare concrete, doors to apartments are severely scratched at the bottoms and paint is chipping.

Zach Palitzsch, a senior English literature major, has seen his rent increase by about $15 per month because the Sigma Nu house is not fully occupied. Once his lease is up in May of this year, he will be moving out of the house.

“If it was cheaper, I would consider living here,” Palitzsch said. “It’s just too expensive for what it is.”

A total of 20 fraternity brothers could live in the house — which is divided into apartments with bedrooms, living spaces, bathrooms and kitchens, but only 18 members live there currently, said Palitzsch.

“There’s rooms that have one person when there could be two,” Palitzsch said.

Of the undergraduates at MSU, 11 percent of women and 13 percent of men are Greek, as of 2012 — the most recent data available. The cost to be a member varies greatly by organization between rent in a chapter house, chapter dues, pinning fees and extra apparel.

In 2012, there were 24 Greek organizations on campus.

Now there are 30 in total.

According to the Fraternity and Sorority Life website, the cost of living in any Greek house is “considerably cheaper than living in the residence halls.”

Living in a suite-style dorm room in Blair-Shannon House, for example, costs $7,618 per academic year, according to the Department of Residence Life website.

Palitzsch has a year lease with the Sigma Nu house and will have paid about $5,160 just in rent. Adding in his monthly dues — which cover things like activities, insurance and dues to the national organization — Palitzsch will have paid $6,060 to Sigma Nu for the 2014-2015 academic year.

In comparison, Nick Carlson, a sophomore accounting major at the University of Missouri, will have paid his chapter of Sigma Nu $4,545 in both rent in their fraternity house and monthly dues this year.

Some of the differences between Sigma Nu chapters could be attributed to the greater number of members in the Mizzou chapter, the greater number of occupants in the house and the fact that the Sigma Nu Housing Corporation owns the chapter house in Columbia.

Carlson said he lives with 82 of his Sigma Nu brothers in the chapter house, receives three meals a day prepared by a chef and has a housemother.

“It’s nice having your best friends next door,” Carlson said. “But if you want to get any studying done, you have to leave the house.”

Roger Lantz, a developer for University Properties in Springfield and Greek Housing USA, owns Missouri State’s

Sigma Nu house. He has been in the business of providing houses for MSU’s Greek students for about 10 years.

Lantz said he owns about 12 buildings in town — such as the Sigma Nu, Sigma Epsilon and Phi Gamma Delta houses — and rent in the Greek properties is somewhere between $350 to $450 per month, depending on the house.

“They pool all their money and write us one check a month,” Lantz said. “So if there’s 30 to 50 people, we just get one check a month.”

Lantz said the fraternities and sororities should handle little maintenance issues in the houses on their own, but he should be called if something large comes up.

“Anything big, we want to be involved with because we want it done right,” Lantz said.

However, Palitzsch said there is much room for improvement in his chapter’s house.

While Lantz does own several Greek houses, MSU’s Sigma Kappa sorority operates more like Sigma Nu at Mizzou. According to Emily Kempfer, a sophomore chemistry major and vice president of finance for Sigma Kappa, 52 girls live in the chapter house owned by Sigma Kappa Housing Corporation.

“Everything that goes to our corporation (dues) goes to paying off our newest addition on our house,” Kempfer said.

“Once we pay that off, we are probably going to add another thing to the house — another big thing — and then girls are going to be paying that off for a little bit.”

Girls that live in the house pay $6,000 per year in rent, and chapter dues are $36 per month, Kempfer said. The cost of rent also includes parking, meals cooked by a chef and a housekeeper, according to Kempfer.

“We do offer payment plans for girls who are having trouble just paying their regular dues,” Kempfer said. “The only problem with that is you have to pay the entire semester by the end of the semester. It’s just kind of divvying it up.”

Kempfer also said she does have a single room in the house because she deals with confidential paperwork and numbers for her sorority.

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“It’s dealing with 230 girls paying and having questions about their dues and stuff like that,” Kempfer said. “This is like a job.”

Megan Echele, a junior finance and Spanish double major, has the top bunk of one of two bunk beds in her room in the Alpha Sigma Alpha house, the largest Greek house at Missouri State. She said 64 girls out of 209 chapter members currently reside in the house and being in a sorority has been a way to make friends.

“It’s not like when you join you automatically have friends,” Echele said. “You still have to go out and meet everyone, but it just helps because you already have similar interests with them.”

Echele said her parents paid $5,000 for her to live in the sorority house this year, and dues are $80 per month, up from $75 last year. In addition to going to school, Echele works as a hostess at Outback Steakhouse to supplement some of her extra expenses that sometimes include things for the sorority.

“I have a few T-shirts, but I try not to get too many,” Echele said.

Echele also said that last semester, her formal dress only cost $12, but other girls borrow dresses from each other for such occasions.

Kempfer said she has also borrowed dresses.

“Why spend money on it?” Kempfer said.

According to the 2013-2014 annual report by the National Panhellenic Conference, 37 percent of fraternity and sorority members surveyed strongly agreed their institutions prepared them for life after college.

Kempfer said she considered her current position in her sorority a resume booster.

“The money that you’re paying is going to better yourself,” Kempfer said. “You pay this money because you love Sigma Kappa, and you love where you’re at. It’s also to better Sigma Kappa. Sigma Kappa is here to better you.”

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3. “Dani California,” Red Hot Chili Peppers 4. “Animal I Have Become,” Three Days Grace 5. “Work Hard, Play Hard,” Wiz Khalifa 6. “Jungle,” X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons 7. “Numb,” Linkin Park

Peyson Shields Music Listener

@peysonrose

If you’re anything like me, you can’t even go for a leisurely walk without some tunes in your ears. When it comes to pushing myself through a workout, I have to jam to some pumped up music that keeps morale high.

Because I’m Peyson and have the attention span of a 5year-old who can’t color in the lines, I like to mix up my workouts so I don’t get bored. Different workouts mean different melodies. Even though I’m not a human Spotify, here are my favorites:

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1. “Sugar,” Maroon 5 2. “All the Way,” Timeflies 3. “Shut Up and Dance,” Walk the Moon 4. “Firework,” Katy Perry 5. “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” Fall Out Boy 6. “Let’s Go,” Calvin Harris and Ne-Yo 7. “Lights,” Ellie Goulding

1. “FourFiveSeconds,” Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul Plug in your buds or turn up your stereo and get your sweat McCartney on, because no matter the workout, there will always be a 2. “Fourth of July,” Fall Out Boy song to get you through it.

3. “Jealous,” Nick Jonas 4. “Ugly Heart,” G.R.L. 5. “Talking Body,” Tove Lo 6. “Summer,” Calvin Harris 7. “Gold,” Sleeping with Sirens Screenshot/THE STANDARD

1. “Stronger,” Kanye West 2. “Miss America,” J. Cole

8. “Money on my Mind,” Sam Smith 9. “On Top of the World,” Imagine Dragons 10. “Lifted Up,” Passion Pit

HIIT (high intensity interval training) HIIT is a workout that involves switching from points of Cardio maximum exertion to less intense points. Since HIIT is so Whether your favorite form of cardio is running well, intense, it’s normally a shorter exercise sesh — which marathons, shredding gnar on the elliptical or getting a booty means the music needs to be fun, fast-paced and motivating. on the Stairmaster, your earbuds better be playing songs that can sustain you.

Pumping Iron When lifting (the fork from the plate into my mouth), I like to channel my inner bad-ass — so some cool jams help.

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Single... and not ready to mingle His & Her

views of why being single in college is the best I may get a job in Denver, there’s no guarantee the woman I am with could or even would be able to go with me.

Contention 3: Part of starting something new is letting other things go. Maybe not quite so dramatic, but Single Male in order to begin a relationship, you have to devote a lot of time to it — @eliwohlenhaus something I just don’t have and would only have if I spent less time There are two main reasons why with my friends and family members. anyone at any one time is single: On That is not something that would be purpose or by accident. Both pertain good for me right now. to me, but the reasons why I do it on purpose is what matters, right?

Contention 4: I am single because I have not met the right perContention 1: I am single son yet, and I do not see the good in because it is the most effective way dating someone or being in a relafor me to live right now. Despite tionship with someone if I don’t see being a sweetheart, my life is com- it going further and deeper. When it pletely consumed with working happens, it will happen, and I will toward having a career that can pro- make sure it means something spevide for me and potentially someone cial. in the future, and I just don’t have the time to put forth the necessary effort Contention 5: Money is not with to obtain that special woman in my me at this time. Relationships do life. cost, and for a college student who works two jobs and has loans to pay Contention 2: My line of work school bills, it will be a long time (do I sound like a secret agent yet?) before I have a positive balance. If can and will have me moving from we truly believe the “more money, city to city and could have me travel- more problems” mantra, then maybe ing a lot once I am in a new place. we can also believe the mantra “no Establishing a relationship now could money, no problems”? This is humor. be counterproductive because, while

Eli Wohlenhaus

Peyson Shields Single Female

@peysonrose First things first, I’m not the love grinch. I think love is awesome, beautiful and magical — but I also think that being young, free and independant is awesome, beautiful and magical.

To me, there’s a power in being single — especially in college. But, hey, if you’re in a relationship or looking for one, there’s nothing wrong with that either. These are my favorite things about being single: 1. Girls nights are every night.

2. There’s no one to get jealous of your decisions.

3. If you order a large pizza, you don’t have to share.

4. Rock. The. Messy. Bun. 5. You get “good morning” texts from your mom.

6. I can’t decide what I want for lunch, let alone who I would want to take me to said lunch.

7. You can braid your leg hair.

8. You don’t have to hold in your farts.

9. You can participate in “Tinder Tuesday.”

10. Turning off your phone for eight hours doesn’t result in the third World War. 11. You don’t have to feel obligated to take bae to your formal.

12. You’re forever a member of the kids table at family functions.

13. Your decisions are your decisions.

14. If you want to spend a semester abroad, you don’t have to worry about long distance.

15. There’s no one there to get jealous of your guy friends (or steal them).

16. You learn a lot about yourself.

17. You get to celebrate Galentines Day. 18. Your Facebook profile picture can be of just you.

19. You never have to share your bed.

20. You can rock the granny panties.

21. You can get a manicure for Christmas instead of buying an expected gift.

22. No makeup? No problem.

23. Showers are optional.

24. It’s ok for a shirtless photo of Nick Jonas to be your phone background.

25. Other boys tell you you’re pretty.

Even though those are some bomb reasons to be single, if you find the right guy, you won’t have to give up anything you love about being single… except sharing your bed, because you know, snuggles.

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