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Briefs

SGA approves solar panels for roof of Meyer Library

Students help the community by eating cereal

Missouri State students are helping end hunger by eating bowls of cereal in campus dining halls this month. For every bowl of cereal consumed by students, Kellogg’s is donating a bowl of cereal to Ozarks Food Harvest, the regional food bank.

The Kellogg Company’s “Eat, Share, Prosper” campaign gives university dining operators the opportunity to use daily cereal consumption as a way for students to get involved in hunger relief. The campaign ends April 30; Kellogg’s will donate the same pounds of cereal that was consumed by students to Ozarks Food Harvest. The Food Bank serves 250 pantries and feeding sites across 28 Ozarks counties, reaching roughly 170,000 individuals.

Restore Fest 2012 to celebrate Joplin

Convoy of Hope is partnering with a number of businesses and organizations to hold the second annual Restore Fest in Joplin, Mo., on May 26 and 27. Restore Fest 2012 will include 20 musical acts and a family-oriented community carnival to celebrate the restoration and growth in the Joplin community. Featured artists include Jeremy Camp, Mandisa and Superchick.

The two-day concert is part of the Convoy of Hope 50-state community outreach tour. Volunteers will provide thousands of people with services such as free groceries, hot meals, haircuts, health and job fairs and activities for children.

The city of Joplin has declared May 26 as ‘Convoy of Hope Day’ to recognize the organization’s effort to provide assistance to its citizens after the May 2011 tornado.

Reserved and general admission tickets for the festival are available for a limited time. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.restorefest.org and range from $15 to $60, depending on when the tickets are bought and how many you buy at once.

The website also provides a full concert line-up and event information.

Calendar April 24 to April 30

Tuesday

Surviving Test Anxiety Workshop, noon to 12:50 p.m. at Meyer Library 101 Student Government Association, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at PSU 313 Arts of the East, 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU Food Court “Conflict Resolution in College” student meeting, 8:30 to 10 p.m. at Craig Hall 205

Thursday

Students for a Sustainable Future meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple Hall 105 Surviving Test Anxiety Workshop, 6 to 6:50 p.m. at Meyer Library 101

Friday

Last day to drop or withdraw, declare pass/not pass, and change to or from audit for second block classes, all day Sleepout for the Homeless, all day at the Hobby Lobby and Mardel Parking Lot on E. Battlefield

Saturday

Annual Showcase Fashion Show “Journey,” 4 to 5:30 p.m. at University Plaza Expo Center, $10

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

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Michelle Bruhn, a global studies graduate student, uses The Growl equipment in adviser Brian Calfano’s office on Monday. The Growl will relaunch as The U in early May.

The Growl returns University radio station will soft launch in May with a new name: The U

By Amy Fuemmeler The Standard With a new outlook, students and name, The U, the new name for the university radio station, once called The Growl, will soon be back up and running with a whole new approach.

Adviser of the station and political science professor Brian Calfano, who took over after Derek Haff left the position in 2010, believes the old radio station was out of control and wasn’t serving its purpose, a profes-

sional experience for students.

In spring 2011, The Growl was shut down by the university.

“The station went in the direction all unsupervised stations go — not a really organized format, so the department dropped it,” Calfano said.

The station is now in Calfano’s office in Strong Hall and consists of a soundboard, microphones and three computers.

“Even though a lot of this stuff is going to be pre-taped and be automated, I’d like to get to the

point where it Summer Rasdoesn’t reside in coll, a senior my office,” Calbroadcast journalfano said. ism major, is a Calfano is part of the talent using his political search group, science class, which is in charge Women in Poliof finding hosts tics, to make a for the shows.

Calfano unique, femaleAuditions were friendly station that still held April 23, but a sechas a male listenership. ond set will be held at a The class was split up into later date. The group is groups that each had a looking for more females task pertaining to the to take part in the shows. development of the new Each show will have a station. male and female host.

The station will have Along with a new specialty shows, includ- name, a new slogan and ing a sports commentary, logo is needed. Senior that will cover both male political science major and female university Zach Braucher, a member events, an advice show of The U, is working with about relationships and his group to come up with self-defense and a com- slogans people can take munity show about what’s going on in Springfield.

See GROWL page 14

Unequal funding for Frisbee Men’s team gets $5,000, only $738 for women

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard Everyone’s heard the old adage: Breaking up is hard to do. But for the women’s Missouri State Ultimate Frisbee team, it may have been the best decision for them.

The women’s Ultimate squad climbed to the upper echelon of the national ranking system this season and secured themselves a spot at 24th overall. Last weekend, they played in a regional tournament in Colorado, hoping to land themselves a spot in the national tournament.

Junior hospitality and restaurant administration major Casey Fults explained some of the dynamics behind the split from the unified Ultimate club that took place two years ago.

“Us being on our own is like proving that we can hold our own,” Fults said. “We’re badass chicks. It’s truly cool for other girls to hear about us and how good we are.

Being on our own just makes us that more compelled to win and prove it to everyone else.”

The disbanding the women’s team went

through didn’t come easy financially. This season, the men’s Ultimate club was awarded $5,000 from the Student Organization Funding Allocation Council (SOFAC), while the women only received $738.

Fults says one of the reasons for the men receiving so much more funding is the fact they have two teams, equaling twice the amount of hotel fees and overall travel expenses.

Senior English major Heather Craig says the decision for the women to embark on their own was a financially driven, strategic movement.

“SOFAC originally gave all clubs $5,000,” Craig said. “Two years ago they decided they were going to give clubs $2,500, so we decided to split so we could both get the full SOFAC money. This year they switched it back to $5,000. That’s what the guys got. We didn’t even get the full $2,500.”

According to Craig, there’s no bad blood between the men’s and women’s teams. The split up simply made it easier to operate.

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The Missouri State women’s Ultimate Frisbee team is ranked 24th in the nation.

“It’s just easier to do things on our own,” Craig said. “We all still hang out. It’s just easier financially to keep it separate.”

When it comes to staying in hotels and paying for gas and food, $5,000 doesn’t go far, let alone $738, Fults said. A single road tournament

can cost upwards of $1,000.

To cover many of the road expenses, the women’s ultimate team did a great deal of fundraising work at JQH Arena.

“We worked a lot of concerts and basketball See FRISBEE page 15

Higher education solar capacity has grown by 450 percent in the last three years, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, an organization with the mission of “empowering higher education to lead the sustainability transformation.”

Missouri State will become one of many campuses throughout the country to use solar energy following the passing of a proposal sponsored by the Sustainability Committee of the Student Government Association to install a solar panel atop Meyer Library.

Student Body President Scott Turk said it isn’t every day students get to have a hand in something that will have such a substantial impact.

“To the credit of other institutions, students have always Turk been really forward thinking in terms of sustainability, which has been evident across a lot of campuses,” Turk said. “But I think this is something that will really set Missouri State apart from other schools.”

The solar panel will be used to power the lights on the John Q. Hammons fountain, which according to the proposal authored by Devin Moore and Kara Andres of the Sustainability Committee, consume 133.5 kilowatts of electricity per day and about 32,000 kilowatts per year.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Association, the average American household in 2008 used 30.16 kilowatts of energy per day.

Andres, the director of sustainability for SGA and president of Students for a Sustainable Future, said she believes Missouri State needs renewable energy on campus, both as an educational component and to be ethical leaders in the community.

“Burning fossil fuels for energy is detrimental to both human health and the environment,” she said. “MSU needs to consider how we can be utilizing renewable energy in order to reduce these negative effects.”

With the help of Shane Franklin and Moore from the Sustainability Committee, Andres worked with members of administration to determine the feasibility of such a project, including doing extensive research on an ideal location, the cost and the benefits.

The committee studied potential locations for the array, and according to the proposal, it was found that a 2,400-square foot grid tied photovoltaic solar array would be necessary for offsetting the power usage of the lights in the JQH fountain and that atop Meyer Library the array could get adequate sunlight.

The proposal states the project is feasible within the proposed budget of $120,000, and over the next 30 years electricity cost savings will be in excess of $109,000 while at the same time preventing 26,000 pounds of coal from being burned per year.

The money will come out of the Sustainability Fund, which was created in an effort to give students the opportunity to make their campus more environmentally sustainable, according to the proposal.

“As of now, MSU obtains its energy from City Utilities and only a very small portion of this See SOLAR page 2

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News

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Coulter’s contract lacked a time requirement Arrangement with commentator was made through a third party

By Dayle Duggins The Standard

Whether Ann Coulter spoke for an hour, 52 minutes or 15 minutes when she appeared at Missouri State recently wouldn’t make any difference, according to the contract agreed upon for her April 10 performance.

Coulter was brought to the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts to talk about her conservative political opinions, converse with the audience and sign copies of her books for attendees. MSU’s College Republicans and Student Activities Council worked together to bring Coulter, who is also a lawyer and columnist, to MSU. Representatives of the student organizations said they reached out to the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute to bring the outspoken Republican to campus. The institute is described as “the leading resource for advice, training,

and guidance of young conservative women,” on its website.

The organization, inspired

by Clare Boothe Luce and founded in 1993, acts as an intermediary in bringing female leaders to campuses across the nation.

The contract for the speaking engagement — with no time requirement defined — was entered by Missouri State through representatives of the Office of Student Engagement and Catherine Rodriguez, the institute’s lecture director, representing the artist, Ann Coulter.

In the contract, it is made clear that the appearance would cost $10,000. The College Republicans raised $2,000 for Coulter to come to MSU and $8,000 was contributed by Student Activities Council with help from the Student Involvement Fee, according to the organization’s President Courtney Current.

The Assistant Director of Student Engagement for Programming and SAC adviser, Tara Benson, said she didn’t see any problem with the time Coulter spoke and the contract that was agreed upon.

“Typically when we look at a lecture, a lecture looks like 45 to 60 minutes,” Benson said. “A lot of times we do write in 45 minutes or 60 minutes, it just depends on the performer, what they prefer and kind of what their style is, so it’s a case-by-case basis. On this one it wasn’t limited because we did want to have more of an open dialogue.”

Benson said she was glad Coulter spent the majority of her speaking time answering questions from the audience.

“We wanted the audience to have an opportunity to interact

File Photo by Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD

Ann Coulter spoke to students for 17 minutes and held a Q&A for 35 minutes and was paid $10,000. The College Republicans raised $2,000 for Coulter’s lecture and the Student Activities Council contributed the other $8,000 with help from the Student Involvement Fee. and engage so that we could get both sides of it,” she said.

“I’m glad that’s where the time was spent because I think that gave people who agree with her or disagree with her the opportunity to have their voice heard.”

Current said the student organization hasn’t had any problems in the past with performers taking advantage of the contract signed by the majority of performers brought to MSU by SAC. “I guess it (a time requirement) would make something more concrete, but I think there’s this general level of professionalism — at least in the performers that we bring to campus — where, whether it’s

a verbal expectation or a written part of the contract, that they’re still going to fulfill their amount of time, contract or duty of coming to speak, whatever that might be,” Current said.

Vince Gordon, a senior theatre studies major with extensive performing experience, said he doesn’t think a time requirement for entertainers is really necessary.

“Although, yes, a performer or whoever we have hired to come in to talk should have a presentation that’s worth the money, I think that if we force them to meet a certain time requirement, that might hinder them as much as not having a specific time limit,”

Gordon said. “Maybe a minimum time requirement, but as a suggestion rather than an enforced rule.”

Junior exercise and movement science student Amanda Rohan agreed with Gordon’s idea of a required time range for guest speakers, but said she felt like a written contract would be more helpful than a verbally agreed upon performance length.

“I think it would be good to put a time limit so they know how long they have to be here to get their money,” Rohan said. “It’s student money. I mean, we’re kind of paying for it so I think they should stay the whole time that they’re supposed to.”

Benson and Current said they do not anticipate making any changes to the contract signed by most performers, unless a situation arises that would make them reconsider agreements with outside parties.

“We’ve never really been hurt in the past by that and I do think it comes with part of the professionalism with everyone we bring to campus in fulfilling expectations there so I don’t really see it as a problem,” Current said.

If you would like to see what events SAC has planned for the rest of the school year, head to http://organizations.missouristate.edu/sac/default.htm.

sources,” Andres said. “By introducing renewable energy on our campus, we set an example to the Springfield Continued from page 1 community and be a leader energy is from renewable in the movement toward

renewable energy sources.”

Turk said he believes this is a project that could serve as a representation of the university and student initiatives to make the campus

more environmentally friendly.

“It helps showcase something that individuals can visibly see that the university is doing to make

progress,” he said. “It’s an education piece, a recruitment piece and it’s really great that students have a hand in making this happen.”

Solar

Tuesday

April 24, 2012

I can beat procrastination, next year

It’s that time of the semester, again.

Research to do, papers to write. And less than 24 hours to do so.

Well, it’s not quite that bad for me this time around, but it’s close.

Despite having a child, I haven’t pulled a true all-nighter in a few years.

I was reacquainted with my love for a full night’s sleep when I entered the ‘real world’ of a mere 40-hour workweek.

And luckily, my daughter has always slept through the night – go ahead, fellow parents, be jealous – but she makes up for it with her non-stop curiosity all day. She’s not even 18 months, and I’m lucky if she naps an hour during the day.

While there are some nights I may get half of the recommended eight hours of sleep (or is it nine these days?), I have yet to be awake for more than 36 hours at a time since my junior year.

Unless you count the night I went into labor, but that’s a whole other story.

Nonetheless, one bad habit I can’t shake is procrastination. Nearly 20 percent of people have chronic procrastination, according to http://www.psychologytoday.com. I’m probably one of them.

I like to think it’s the journalist in me that needs the motivation of that encroaching deadline to really hit the keyboard, but I know that’s just part of my justification for one miserably bad habit.

I also like to think that if my daughter would actually nap, I may just be more inclined to write my paper, but I know I would distract myself by arranging my closet by clothing type and color

Kandice McKee Columnist (next week we’ll discuss OCD – just kidding) or other household chores I’ve procrastinated that are much less complex than a research paper, like organizing bills and paycheck stubs.

You see, I have a delightful eightpage paper due tomorrow. Weeks ago, I outlined the progress I needed to make up to the due date, and even had an easy, one-page-a-day plan for the nine days leading up to tomorrow, including the last day to just make final edits.

Did I follow my detailed plan? Yeah, right.

Like most things (capitalism, communism, democracy, etc.), the outline worked better in theory than in practice.

Now, like my past several semesters, it’s crunch time.

I’ve perused several websites, from professionals to commentators, on how to “cure” procrastination. I’ve gone through the motions – create a “reward system” for myself, make deadlines, break apart large tasks – but none of them have been successful.

Psychology Today states that habitual procrastination is a sign of poor selfcontrol. I tend to disagree. I can show considerable self-control in nearly every aspect of my life other than writing papers.

How can I stop procrastinating?

1. Plan as if the deadline is tomorrow, rather than further in the future 2. Think short-term pain, long-term gain 3. Control willpower Source: Tips gathered from Psychology Todayʼs website at http://www.psychologytoday.com/ar ticles/200909/ending-procrastination-right-now

Perhaps I haven’t hit my “rock bottom” yet. I hope I never do.

Each semester, I start with a goal to not procrastinate term papers until the final minutes anymore.

So far, I’ve failed nearly every time.

But with procrastination comes perseverance, and I will continue on with my mission to tackle tasks in a more timely manner. Maybe next semester, after nearly five years of trying, I’ll finally find the anti-procrastination plan that works for me.

Stop worrying about the bacon

There seem to be two types of people in college: those who choose their major because they love it, and those who choose it because they’ll be able to bring home the bacon with it.

Personally, I’m in the former category. As a journalism major, film studies minor, I’m destined for a life of small paychecks and a tight budget as the annual mean wage for media communicators in 2011 was $52,700, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And that’s if I get hired right out of college.

(Keep your fingers crossed for me in spring 2013.)

CareerCast.com even went so far as to rank newspaper reporters 196th out of 200 on their “Best and Worst Jobs of 2012,” based off the physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook associated with the job.

According to the list, reporters only beat out oil rig workers, enlisted military soldiers, dairy farmers and lumber jacks. Even janitors were said to have better jobs than I do, and software engineers were ranked No. 1.

So, why pursue a career that promises little in economic prosperity and is considered one of the worst jobs in 2012? Because I love it.

I love deadline pressure, getting to do something new everyday and meeting people with amazing stories to share. I look forward to getting up in the morning and going to work and I

The Standard

Megan Gates Managing Editor couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

When my friends tell me they hate going to class, or dislike their major, it’s hard for me to fathom because this is college. We are choosing to be here and obtain a degree in whatever we want.

So why, at the cost of $200.48 per credit hour for in-state tuition, would you choose to do something you don’t like? That’s a hefty pricetag for an experience you’re not enjoying – like paying double the entrance fee to Disney World, but never setting foot in the park.

You may say it’s what’s expected of you. It’s the family tradition to go to college, to major in business, or premed, etc., go to work from 9 to 5 p.m. during the week and to bring home a steady paycheck.

I understand family pressure. My parents are amazing, wonderful people, but they expect the best from me and I have no desire to let them down.

But it’s my life. I’m an adult and ultimately responsible for myself and my happiness.

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You may say it’s for job security.

But have you taken a look at today’s job market? Everyone – journalists included – is having trouble getting a job right out of college.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s a safe career path out there anymore. The economy is slowly recovering, but the job market has changed drastically and the competition for jobs is fiercer than ever.

That’s why being passionate about your career path is absolutely necessary. Liking what you do gives you the drive to go the extra mile to get the job you want, no matter how long it may take.

And when you’re happy in your professional life, it tends to transfer into your personal life in the form of healthy, successful relationships with family, friends and special someones.

Maybe I will spend the rest of my life eating the occassional bowl of ramen, working ridiculous hours for little pay and being stressed out from time-to-time, but that’s what I enjoy.

So, take that into consideration when you go to class tomorrow and remind yourself that what you’re doing should make you happy.

If it doesn’t, make a change and pursue something you love. And stop worrying about bringing home the bacon.

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Oxendine and Adkins face big challenges

The ballots are in at Missouri State University, and Paige Oxendine and Drew Adkins are your new student body president and vice president, respectively.

With these newly-elected officials come new expectations. Year after year, student body officers go into office with the goal of improving student life and making the necessary changes to make that reality.

For Oxendine and Adkins, one of the biggest challenges they face is one that almost every student body president and vice president faces: making students feel included in what the Student Government Association is doing.

The effort to do so hasn’t always been there with past administrations, but Oxendine and Adkins have a chance to keep things on the right track. This year’s SGA elections are a good indicator of the direction things are headed. According to an SGA press release, the 4,139 students who voted this year set a record for “recent elections.”

It seems students are beginning to realize their votes really do count for something. Still, though, some improvements can be made.

Oxendine and Adkins should focus on trying to branch out more across the university. They need to be active in showing students why SGA is important and why they need to vote and be active in the campus community.

It’s not an easy task, and interaction between SGA and the rest of campus is a two-way street.

However, if a plan is laid out and the right actions are taken, this interaction can be improved greatly.

Oxendine and Adkins have some important issues to focus on this year — most notably, getting rid of the plus-minus grading system and convincing administration to keep the library open 24/7 during finals week.

Other ventures might include finding exciting ways to use the Foster Recreation Center (if they ever finish building it) to build campus camaraderie and further improve the relationship between SGA and the student population.

They could also focus on trying to make sure the Wyrick proposals that appear on the student ballot are worthy causes and worth the money spent on them. (Spending $91,290 on bowling pinsetters has failed a student vote two years in a row, and for good reason.)

Improving sustainability on campus is also another worthy venture. The solar panels that will be installed on top of Meyer Library that will save the university more than $109,000 over the next 30 years (see our story “SGA approves solar panels atop Meyer Library” on page 1) are an example of funds well spent.

Our staff at The Standard wishes all the best to Oxendine and Adkins and hopes to build upon the relationship we have with SGA in the coming school year. We look forward to seeing what they can do for our university.

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Tuesday

April 24, 2012

Calendar April 24 to April 30

Tuesday

Quantum Groove 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s, free Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+ Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time) Missouri Jazz Orchestra (MOJO) 8 to 10 p.m. at Marty’s Sports Bar, free Casting Crowns 7 p.m. at JQH Arena, $15-45

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free Sugar Thumb 8 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge

Thursday

Think ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free TAG Thursday: 9 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge Andy Frasco with The Giving Tree 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge

Friday

Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3 Byrdfest 4 All day at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark., $60 for Friday arrival The Detectives ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Soul 10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ The Goodfoot Rock ‘n’ Soul 10 p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge The Silver Hammer Band 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Deitra Mag Issue Release Show with Blastmasters, Call Me Beta and more 8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $6 for 21+ and $8 for 18+

Saturday

Byrdfest 4 All day at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark., $35 for Saturday arrival The Gardenheads, No Snakes Alive, and Adam Faucett 9:30 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge Dangerous Curves Ahead Burlesque 10 p.m. at Lindberg’s, $8 Gabe Koop Band (formerly Coldtrail) with Cole Porter 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Deadman Flats and Dumptruck Butterlips 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $4

Sunday

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

Monday

Mascara Metal Monday 10 p.m. at the Outland, free

Briefs Byrd is the word

Don’t miss your chance to experience Byrdfest 4—Schwagstock’s successor—this weekend, Friday and Saturday, April 27-28 at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark. Headlining the event are: The Schwag (a tribute to Grateful Dead), Moonlight Drive (a tribute to The Doors), Mom’s Kitchen (a tribute to Widespread Panic) and The Flea Bitten Dawgs performing acoustic music. Each band will play both Friday and Saturday nights.

Tickets are purchased at the gate and include camping. Tickets $60 for the weekend if you arrive Friday and $35 if you arrive Saturday. There is no music scheduled for Thursday, but you may pay an additional $10 if you want to arrive a day early. Anyone still on the grounds after 2 p.m. Sunday will be required to pay a $10 per person camping fee.

Byrd’s Adventure Center is at 7037 County Road 83 in Ozark, Ark., just about five miles south of Wakarusa’s venue at Mulberry Mountain.

For more information, call Byrd’s Adventure Center at 479667-4066 or visit http://byrdsadventurecenter.com or search for the Byrdfest 4 event on Facebook.

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Ecopalooza is a yearly event on the Bear Paw featuring live musical performances, drawing more than 500 students this year.

Ecopalooza sustains students Campus event stresses importance of social and environmental consciousness

By Nick Simpson The Standard

about sustainability, but when you can make it fun and have an awesome band come play, that’s just issouri State has always really exciting for me,” Andres prided itself on being said. “The people that come love forerunners in the com- what they’re doing. That means a munity, guiding Springfield’s lot to me.”

Along with featuring the local social consciousness. With organizations abound dedicated to get- talent of bands such as Someone ting students out of their dorms Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, the and engaged in their community, Missouri State Beartones, Luna it’s not easy to miss the impact Jamboree and Black Bonnet Baland lasting impressions left on lyhoo, SSF brought out speakers like Dan Chiles our city, and the from Alternative students involved Energy and Mike in its betterment.

Kromrey, director One of the I can’t tell you the of Watershed Combiggest events last time I drove my mittee of the hosted on campus car somewhere that Ozarks, to share each year is EcoI couldn’t walk or their research and palooza, and on bike to easily. So thoughts on susThursday, April it’s just personal tainability.

19, more than 500 choices like that, Andres is a students, faculty and spreading the sophomore biology members, local word, being a part and wildlife biolobusinesses and of things like this, gy major and is getorganizations and leading by ting ready to wrap came together to example. up her second year collect thoughts in SSF. She said the and ideas on sus-Kara Andres, organization is the tainability. president of Students only campus group The event was for a Sustainable dedicated to raising organized by StuFuture awareness on envidents for a Susronmental containable Future cerns. and took place on “This is the only environmenthe Bear Paw. While the main focus of the day was entertain- tal group on campus,” she said. “I ment, SSF President Kara Andres always cared about the environsaid she hoped that students left ment and I just wanted to be part the event with a newfound appre- of something when I came to colciation for their environment and lege. I think it was at the new student convocation I was just walkcommunity.

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Rock climbing was one of the many activities students could choose from to participate in free of charge.

mental groups. recycling at Bearfest and things “We do mostly stuff on cam- like that.” pus,” she added. “We do dumpAndres said part of her role as ster diving, we make recycled notebooks, we did a shoe drive, See ECO page 17

Acting students make directorial debut One Act plays give actors chance to try multitasking

By Kelsey Berry The Standard Many unseen challenges and hours of dedication go into putting on a one act production, let alone a production with several acts, but Missouri State University theater students are up to the challenge.

MSU’s annual One Acts productions are a distinct collection of one-act plays directed and performed by students. Student directors from MSU’s Acting II class had the opportunity to select a one-act play, ranging in length from 10 to 30 minutes.

The auditions were held Feb. 25 and were open to all students and members of the community.

Rehearsals commenced

immediately after the roles were chosen and students rehearsed several times a week, depending on the length of the play and the number of actors or actresses involved.

Senior acting major, Will Van Wig, director of a play entitled “A Short History of Weather,” written

by Jonathan Yukich, shared how much of a challenge scheduling rehearsals can sometimes be.

“We’ve been going three times a week; two one-hour rehearsals and one two-hour rehearsal,” he said. “But every show has different needs. One of the longer shows has been having four-hour rehearsals but it’s also because there is a larger cast so it’s more about getting them all

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Missouri State’s One Act productions give students the unique chance to both direct and act in short plays ranging from 10 to 30 minutes long. together for one chunk of time.”

Van Wig’s play has a cast of two performers while the longer play, “A

Thousand Cranes,” written actors and actresses. Some

by Kathryn Schultz Miller students participating in and directed by junior act- One Acts are also involved ing major Kelly Truax, See ACT page 13 consists of five different

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Electric Forest Michigan music festival gathers large variety of music lovers for extended weekend, lives up to name change

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ears ago, as a newbie “Schwagger,” the first major music festival I learned about was the magical Rothbury wonderworld of mystical trees and laserfilled dreams.

The festival, held in Rothbury, Mich., from June 28 to July 1 at Double JJ Ranch, has since been rebranded as Electric Forest, and the name change is entirely fitting. The setting of this festival is to die for—the Sherwood Forest’s monumental statues of natural evergreen history might even be better than the sandy beaches of Hangout (in Gulf Shores, Ala.,), and I’ve always considered myself a vacationing beachcomber of sorts.

Headlining the event are The String Cheese Incident for three sets, Bassnectar, STS9 for two sets, Thievery Corporation, Girl Talk, The Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams, Big Gigantic, Beats Antique and Papadosio, to name a few.

Yes, “electric” is fitting

If there were ever a quintessential festival jam band to make us feel slightly better about the fact that we’ll never get to see Jerry (Garcia of the Grateful Dead) perform live again, it’s String Cheese. The band is so incredibly diverse— ranging from bluegrass and jam, to harder rock and electronica—you’ll never expect what’s coming next.

Last year, they jammed Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” into dubstep—you couldn’t convince me it isn’t an awesome way to bring two very different genres of music together.

The Cheese is great at entertaining visually, as well.

When I saw them at the Forest last summer, they sent a variety of massive inflatables (dinosaurs, superheroes, etc.) out into the crowd. When I saw them at Bonnaroo, there were mysterious packages of string cheese scattered throughout the dance area. I’m not sure if this was the workings of the band or raging fans,

During the day, you can relax in a hammock and check out a surprise set or just relax on some downtime. At night, though, the Sherwood Forest comes alive and the extravagant light show is incredible. Live performances, artists and art installations can be found throughout the site all weekend and truly, there’s never a dull moment.

-Jeremy Stein of Madison House Presents

because the festival features quite a bit of electronic music, which normally isn’t my bag, baby, but it’s completely made up for by The String Cheese Incident performing for about three to four hours all three nights of the festival.

but either way, I think we could all use a little extra calcium and protein when festival season is in full force.

The community is a big part of Electric Forest, said Jeremy Stein representing Madison House Presents.

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Lauren Healey Life Editor ple involved in putting the festival together really make up a family,” he said. “It’s a special place and a lot of that culminates in The Sherwood Forest. It’s ground zero at Electric Forest: the gathering place. During the day, you can relax in a hammock and check out a surprise set or just relax on some downtime.

At night though, The Sherwood Forest comes alive and the extravagant light show is incredible. Live performance artists and art installations can be found throughout the site all weekend and truly, there’s never a dull moment.”

One of the best things about Electric Forest is that you can create entirely your own experience; you can make your own adventure, Stein said.

“Unlike many other festivals, Electric Forest offers on-site lodging options (hotel room, log cabin or home, VIP camping), beach parties, hammock villages, a glowin-the-dark disc golf course, horseback riding, a great golf course and an indoor water park,” he said. “So much fun to be had at Electric Forest this year—there will be no better place to be this summer.”

As far as taking care of attendees, no festival did better last year than Electric Forest. It rained the first night, so I was a little worried about the rest of the weekend living up to Woodstock’s infamous headline, “Hippies mired in sea of mud.” Luckily, the Forest had it covered and put down hay over all the muddy areas, sopping up any likelihood of ruining my entire weekend’s wardrobe.

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Photos by Matt Urban

The Sherwood Forest is a great place to relax and socialize during the day, but the Forest comes alive for a visually striking rage-fest each night at dusk.

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Calendar April 24 to April 30

Tuesday

Women’s Golf, 9 a.m. away at MVC Championships

Wednesday Baseball, 6:30 p.m. at home vs. Missouri

Softball, 6 p.m. away at Wichita State

Thursday

Track and Field, 9:30 a.m. away at Drake

Friday

Baseball, 6:30 p.m. at home vs. Southern Illinois Track and Field, 8 a.m. away at Drake Field Hockey, 6 p.m. at home vs. Saint Louis

Saturday

Baseball, 2 p.m. at home vs. Southern Illinois Softball, Noon at home vs. Indiana State Softball, 2 p.m. at home vs. Indiana State Track and Field, 8 a.m. away at Drake Men’s Soccer, 3 p.m.

Alumni Game Women’s Soccer, Noon at home vs. MSSU

Sunday

Baseball, 1 p.m. at home vs. Southern Illinois Softball, Noon at home vs. Indiana State Men’s Soccer, 1 p.m. at home vs. Mo. Valley College

Monday

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The White Team rushed for 147 yards on Saturday while the Maroon Team only ran for 45 yards as the White Team won 16-3.

Bringing in the new year Bears play annual Maroon and White spring scrimmage

By John Cook The Standard

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he annual Maroon and White Game topped off the spring football season for the Bears on Saturday, as junior quarterback Trevor Wooden gave fans the final taste of what next year’s team may look like.

Wooden finished the game 18-for-31 for 268 yards and two touchdowns. He also matched his touchdowns with two interceptions, but it didn’t hurt the White Team, as the final score was 16-3 in his favor.

Backup sophomore quarterback Kierra Harris had similar throwing numbers for the Maroon Team, going 18-for-33 for 108 yards, but had no touchdowns.

Overall, head coach Terry Allen said he was pleased with what he saw.

“We executed pretty well,” Allen said. “We didn’t have a whole bunch of sloppy turnovers or bad snaps. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but I thought the first half was an indication that we can execute.”

Allen is implementing a new offense, which has evolved around Wooden’s ability to run or pass. The system is a hurry-up offense that tries to limit the defense from substituting and catching its breath.

The quick passes that Wooden threw throughout the scrimmage led to two big plays. In the first quarter, Wooden found sophomore wide

receiver Julian Burton flying down the sideline for a 60-yard bomb, which put the White Team up, 10-3.

Then, as the final seconds of the game came off the clock, Wooden hit junior wide receiver Dorian Buford in the corner of the end zone on a 37-yard touchdown, which put the score at 16-3.

“It’s more cleared up on how we want to run the hurry-up (offense),” Wooden said. “We went fast in the past, and sometimes it worked out and other times it didn’t. It’s definitely more consistent now. We’re hiking the ball sooner in the play clock. It really keeps the defense on their heels.

“I think it gives the offense the advantage.

Instead of the offense playing against a defense, Photos by Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD the defense has to play against the offense. The offense controls the tempo. That’s the way it The White Team had 415 yards of total off See SPRING page 8 sense in Saturday’s scrimmage.

MVC sacks title inspires lineman

Men’s Golf, All Day away at MVC Championship

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Defensive end Montgomery leads with enthusiasm, willpower

Former Miami (Ohio) assistant joins MSU

Jermaine Henderson joins head coach Paul Lusk’s men’s basketball staff after serving as an assistant for 15 seasons at Miami (Ohio).

The hiring of Henderson as assistant comes after director of basketball operations Trevyor Fisher and assistant Steve Woodberry left MSU for other positions as coaches.

While at Miami Henderson helped the RedHawks to a 329252 record in his time as both a coach and player.

By Jon Poorman The Standard

Burgess named to reliever watch list

Freshman Tyler Burgess was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. The award is handed out by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

In his first season on the MSU baseball team, Burgess totes a 3-0 record and 1.07 earned run average with nine saves in 15 appearances this season for the 29-12 first place Bears.

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Martin Montgomery had four total tackles on Saturday for the Maroon Team.

1999 season. The school’s record holders for sacks in a single season are Dennis Missouri State defensive Heim, who tallied 16 in 1976; end Martin Montgomery has a and Michael Fox, who goal in mind for this season reached that number again in — a feat that no other MSU 1989.

Montgomery, a junior from player has accomplished in Pine Bluff, Ark., the past 13 years: is hoping that leading the MisI bring since he’ll see souri Valley Footenthusiasm more playing ball Conference in sacks. and willpower time this season “From an indito my team — than ever before, he can make an vidual standpoint, a lot of energy impact for the I want to lead the Bears and leave a Valley in sacks,” -Martin legacy like Montgomery said Montgomery Almanzar, Heim following the and Fox. Bears’ annual Last season, Maroon and White Game on Saturday. Montgomery saw consider“Last year, I didn’t do as well able playing time and recordas I wanted to. I just want to ed 47 tackles (six for loss), be more aggressive in that three sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. area.”

In the Bears’ first scrimThe most recent MSU player to lead the conference mage of the spring on March in sacks was Luis Almanzar, who recorded nine during the See LINEMAN page 7

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Collins to take over full time as swimming and diving coach

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard

The swimming and diving program received news they have been patiently waiting for, as the university announced that Dave Collins would be taking over as head coach of the teams.

Collins served as interim head coach for the teams after former coach Jack Steck retired after 29 years on Dec. 31, 2011.

After some arm-twisting, Collins joined Steck in August of 2007. Collins was on the way to St. Louis to take a high school coaching job when Steck called him.

“I was about (at) Rolla when he called me and asked me to come join him, and I actually turned him down first,” Collins said. “He called me back and was really telling me I was making a mistake to not get down here.

Best decision I’ve made was turning that UHaul around and coming back. “ At the time, Steck knew he did not have too many years left in his career at Missouri State.

“When he came over here, I told him that I would have about five years left in my career and that he would be in a great position

to take the program over,” Steck said.

Over the past year, Steck began giving Collins more responsibilities that reflected those of a head coach.

“I’m really fortunate that coach Steck, knowing that he was getting toward the end of his career, gave me a lot of responsibility, really turned a lot of the team over to me as far as budgeting, overseeing travel, overseeing recruiting, overseeing really just all of the day-to-day operations of the team,” Collins said.

Collins said it was such valuable experience for him because there are not a lot of assistant coaches who get that opportunity. He said the learning experience also gave the administration confidence that he could handle the responsibilities of a head coach.

“For that, I’m just extremely indebted to coach Steck for the opportunity,” Collins said.

“He didn’t have to do that. I think that his unselfishness to turn over a lot of that and kind of take a back seat to a lot of the day-today operations — that’s something to be commended.

“Not a lot of people would do that. Their pride would get in the way. They wouldn’t be able to have all that power and then give some

of that away. I think that shows a lot of his character and his love for this program.”

Steck said he knows he has left the program in the right hands.

“I can’t think of anyone that’d be more qualified than coach Collins,” Steck said.

“The kids love him on the team and he’s a great recruiter; he’s a great communicator and one heck of a coach.”

Sophomore Colin Hill said that Collins has had a great impact on his swimming career.

“He’s been so hands on with my training,” Hill said. “I’ve dropped ungodly amounts of time since I started here to now. There’s a lot of chemistry between us, the swimmers, and him. Not to say that we’d be disrespectful, but I don’t think we’d have as much progress just because everybody loves Dave.”

Collins is one of only five head coaches in the program’s history. He helped lead the women’s team to their fifth straight Missouri Valley Conference championship in February.

“I’ve been very, very impressed with him — every responsibility that I ever gave him, 100 percent,” Steck said. “I’m really happy Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARD that he’s taking over because I know it is in good hands, and I think it’s got a great Dave Collins takes over as head coach future.” after serving as interim head coach.

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“Martin brings excitement, and he’s a physical specimen,” senior linebacker Chris Moses said. “He’s super athletic, he’s fast, he’s strong.

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ball. He never stops running.”

One of Montgomery’s characteristics that has always brought him success is his high motor — an aspect of his game he tries to pass along to his teammates on a daily basis. In addition, he said he is working harder at becoming a leader.

“I bring enthusiasm and willpower to my team — a lot of energy,” Montgomery said.

“I lead by example. I don’t do a lot of yelling and all that, but I just lead by my actions.”

Moses said he likes playing on the second level of the

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When Montgomery is creating disruption in the backfield, it allows Moses and the other linebackers to make plays.

“It makes the linebacker’s job a lot easier when you’ve got a player like Martin down there because the o-line has to worry about him too, and they don’t just have to worry about the linebackers,” Moses said.

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“If he continues to work, if he continues to mature and if he is consistent, this could be a good year for him,” Sanders said.

Although Montgomery does have the MVFC sacks title in mind, there is another goal that he sees as more important.

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Schedule cancellations frustrate LAX team Spring

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

The Missouri State Bears lacrosse team will be well rested for their season finale against conference-leading Washington University on Sunday.

The Bears’ last three games have been canceled due to weather, postponed and forfeited. They have not played a complete game since an April 1 loss to North Dakota State.

“It’s really frustrating,” sophomore attackman Chris Callaham said. “You look forward to playing the games, so when the night before the other team has some kind of problem, it’s always really disappointing.”

The lacrosse Bears had two home games scheduled for the weekend of April 15 but a thunderstorm forced them to cancel their game with Missouri Baptist and postpone their game with Washington University until next weekend.

This weekend, the Bears were scheduled to play Lindenwood at home but some players on the Lindenwood team were unable to make the trip due to scheduling conflicts and the Lions were forced to forfeit.

The forfeit win makes the Bears 6-6 overall and 2-0 in their division.

Head coach Pat Callaham said he had his team scrimmage on Saturday to

File photo by Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD

The Missouri State lacrosse team is 6-6 this season and have not played a game since April 1 because of cancellations. stay sharp for this weekend’s big game with Washington.

“The guys have been frustrated with all of these games getting canceled so we wanted them to have a chance to run around and have some fun,” Pat Callaham said.

Despite sitting idle for almost a month, the lacrosse Bears are in good position as the postseason approaches.

They have already qualified for the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference playoffs, May 4 in Chicago, and they will have a good chance at a No.1 seed with a win against Washington on Sunday.

Chris Callaham, who has 15 goals and 11 assists this year, said the season finale against Washington will give the Bears a good idea of where they stand going into the playoffs.

“It’s really huge for us because they are some of our biggest competition in our conference,” Chris Callaham said.

“To be able to beat them means that we have a good shot at winning our conference and going to nationals.”

Missouri State made the national tournament in 2009 and 2010 but missed the playoffs last season.

Pat Callaham said the game cancellations have been especially frustrating because the team has been playing consistently well in practice.

“We’ve looked so good in practice,” Pat Callaham said. “We’re really playing our best lacrosse right now, and that’s a good sign going into the conference tournament.”

The Bears’ last two games were 7and 10-goal losses against St. Johns (Minnesota) and North Dakota State in Barrington, Ill. But Pat Callaham said his team has come a long way and he likes their chances of making a postseason run.

Sophomore midfielder Cam Bostwick said the cancellations have wreaked havoc on his pregame routine, but he’s not sure if all the rest will help or hurt the team against Washington.

“It could either benefit us, having all this rest, by giving us some time to get everybody healthy,” Bostwick said. “Or it could hurt us and we could come out flat.”

Track and field’s indoor success continues outdoors

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

During the indoor track and field season, the Missouri State team earned first place in the 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship on Feb. 26.

Now the team is competing in outdoor track and field and head coach Ronald Boyce said hard work is what is going to get his team the same success they achieved indoors.

Besides overall team success, individual success has been in the spotlight for the women’s team.

Freshman Althia Maximilien ran the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.63, making her the fourth-fastest runner in Missouri State University history. Sophomore Erin Edwards ran the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:25.37, putting her second on the list in all-time highest performers.

However, Boyce said he knows these honors are only part of the over-

all mission of the team.

“The mission is to be as good as we can be,” Boyce said. “Whatever we do on the way to being great, we’ll take the accolades.”

Boyce also said these accolades and recognition will help to motivate the women to try harder in practice and at the next meet during the season. Good results and performances at meets will allow them to gain confidence, which Boyce said will cause his team to become hungry for better results.

At the end of February, when the indoor track and field season ended, the team had to adapt to their new environment, such as changing temperatures and changing weather.

But as far as Boyce is concerned, practices and training have not changed. As long as the team keeps working hard and executing at invites, the team’s principles in practice will not change.

During the hard work at practices

and meets, motivation is always welcome. Freshman Gabriella Ade-Onojobi, who competes as a sprinter and hurdler for the Bears, said the team has cheers they perform when their teammates are competing.

“Some of (the girls) will say, ‘Mo what?’ and we’ll all shout ‘Mo State’ three times,” Ade-Onojobi said.

Besides cheers, Ade-Onojobi said advice and tips from Boyce and the other coaches on the team are also helpful. She described herself as “kind of a negative person” and said the reassurance from the coaches helps motivate her.

According to junior Emily Beaver, one of the top distance runners on the team, friendship is another motivator.

“Just being around the team and the camaraderie, us encouraging each other, that is always helpful,” Beaver said. “It always gives us motivation during those hard workouts and hot days when you just want to go home and sleep.”

Even though the team won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in February, Beaver said she still believes her team has momentum from the win.

The Missouri State women’s track and field team headed into the weekend of April 20-21 for the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., and Boyce said that this meet would be where the Bears would see where they stood performance-wise this season.

“This is a real pivotal point for us because whatever we look like here is what we are going to look like in about championship time in about three or four weeks,” Boyce said.

The Bears have two more meets after the John McDonnell Invitational and the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships don’t start until May 11, but Boyce said the team is going to take it one tournament at a time and enjoy what happens along the way.

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should be.”

Helping the offense will be a slew of new running backs, including redshirt freshman Ryan Heaston.

Heaston averaged six yards per carry on his way to 54 yards, while Wooden led the Bears in rushing with 58 yards of his own.

“We’ve got a couple shifty ones (running backs),” Wooden said.

“They move fast. We’ve got some guys that have been hurt for a couple years, too.

If we get them worked into the system, could help us have a little extra power in the backfield.”

Defensively, sophomore inside linebacker Andrew Beisel made the play of the day, picking off Wooden and running it back near the White Team’s goal line. It looked as though Beisel was going to score, but Wooden cleaned up his own mess, upending Beisel and tackling him to the ground.

“We’ve been working on a lot more cover three drops,” Beisel said. “It’s more assignment based for us, so we get to read the quarterback and break on what he’s doing.”

Allen said he was just happy Wooden didn’t get hurt, although it was funny to see Beisel in the air like that.

“We’ve got our motto, DWC, defense wins championships,” Beisel said. “If your defense doesn’t match your offense, you’re not going to be a good team.”

The Maroon defense had another big stop with the White Team knocking on the door at the one-yard line. Four times the Maroon stuffed the White right before the third quarter ended.

Offensively for the Maroon Team, senior wide receiver Adrian Williams had six catches for 53 yards and sophomore running back Zach Waranch had 18 yards on four carries.

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The Forest didn’t oversell tickets for how many people they had room for, which was amazing. I never really felt crowded, and some of the other major festivals make you feel like sardines. The campsites weren’t overly squished together and there was plenty of walking and dancing room inside the festival venue.

Electric Forest also had the most beautiful weather of the many festivals I attended last year. It rained the first night to dampen the dirt and remove all fears of extreme dust inhalation, but it stayed dry the rest of the festival. It seemed to stay around 70 degrees during the day and it was usually slightly overcast, which was tremendously helpful in

avoiding the sun poisoning that is surprisingly common at hotter festivals. The nights got a bit chilly, but with a few blankets and maybe a snuggle-buddy, you’ll be good to go. It’s truly amazing for the weather to be relatively cool at a heart-of-summertime festival, and not once at the Forest did I wake up at 8 a.m. because the sun was already beating 100 degrees of misery into our tents. Did I mention the sun doesn’t set until 9 or 10 p.m. at this festival? It’s pretty remarkable.

Tickets are currently $242.50 plus fees and are on the last and highest level of pricing. Tickets sold out last year, so it’s highly likely the same thing will happen again this year.

Electric Forest also offers the Work Exchange Team program in which you can work for a minimum of 18 hours throughout the festival to have your ticket paid in full.

Visit http://electricforestfestival.com for more information.

Left: Photos by Scott Mason; Right: Photos by Lauren Healey

Top left: The String Cheese Incident sent giant inflatables into the crowd. Bottom left: You’ll find festivalgoers creating art around every corner. Top right: The Forest had a giant version of the game Mousetrap. Middle right: The Sherwood Forest is full of art installations to check out and hammocks to relax in. Bottom right: People can get inside and walk around in these recognizable character costumes.

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Local variety actors become YouTube sensation

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

In the time before viral video was commonly understood to mean a video that had become crazy popular and shared through reposting, a time when Myspace ruled the world of poorly lit bathroom profile photos, there was a little sketch comedy group called Romance Explosion.

Creator Gary Seevers’ video, “Operata de Miyamoto” took the world of video game nerds by storm.

The video was a profession of Seevers’ love for Shigeru Miyamoto, a Japanese video game designer and producer responsible for “Mario,” “Donkey Kong,” “The Legend of Zelda” and more fan favorites.

Though the video has since been taken down, it lives on through fan reposting and remains one of the weirdest, funniest fan-made tributes to Nintendo, according to http://www.gamesradar.com.

With the creation of that video spawned the creation of Romance Explosion after Seevers met Michael Underlin and the two began working on videos for video game websites in need of content. The group posted several to Myspace that were popular enough to make the front page and got around 100,000 views each, but because of a lack of clear leadership and conflicting schedules, the group broke up under the stress.

Flash forward to November 2011, the Internet has come a long way.

Videos like “David After Dentist” had happened and the Internet was craving funny, short content. Though the original comedy group had decided to call it quits, Seevers and Underlin decided to join forces, calling themselves mikeNgary.

They started with a video parodying the then-popular and now banned alcoholic beverage, Four Loko. Their first stab at sketch comedy since Romance Explosion didn’t feature video game content but it wasn’t long before they returned to their roots.

“We weren’t doing a lot of game stuff, just sketches, and we thought ‘let’s do something that will take a day or two to film,’” Underlin said.

“We wanted something that wasn’t just a flash in the pan video game, and as a kid, I always loved ‘HalfLife’ and loved playing it.”

Marcus Ross has been doing videos with the group since its beginning and worked on the “Half-Life” video that gained popularity around the world.

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Left to right: Marcus Ross, Daniel Newell, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Michael Underlin, Gary Seevers. Everyone pictured is an official member of mikeNgary except Newell, who was just acting on the scene. The group’s videos received so many views that YouTube started a partnership with mikeNgary, meaning the group makes money from ads on their YouTube channel.

“We got on joystiq.com and the video got a quarter of a million views,” Ross said. “A lot of foreign sites and Russian sites, even blog sites, you submit it to those and if they decide it’s good enough, editors will post it and then they’ll post it on the front page of their site. We were the 19th most viewed video in Poland.”

The four official members of mikeNgary are Gary Seevers, Michael Underlin, Marcus Ross and Ryan Fitzpatrick and since the debut of their popular “Half-Life” video have continued to make video gameinspired parodies along with other short sketches.

“When Gary and I started out, our goal was to get a partnership, that’s how you make money and YouTube pushes its partners,” Underlin said.

“Once you get a partnership you can pick your own little thumbnails, which is huge. For anyone that does videos, thumbnails are everything.”

Though the group enjoyed mak-

ing the videos for free, at the rate they were creating them and how much work went into the creation of a video, making partner was definitely a major goal for the guys.

YouTube is pretty strict when it comes to partnering with those who create the videos. Your videos must be original and you must have express permission to use and monetize all audio and video content that you upload. You must also upload videos that are viewed by thousands of YouTube users and at least 1,500 subscribers.

“They won’t revoke it once you’re already a partner, they won’t just take it away, but in terms of earning the partnership the level of performance that you need to be at before you can ever get signed on is pretty high,” Ross said.

Some might think that just anyone with a pretty good idea can get picked up by YouTube and be making sweet money off of short banner ads while people laugh at your wit

and enthusiasm. But the Internet isn’t only for slackers.

“Here’s the deal, I’ve heard anyone can get a viral video, just put a cat on YouTube,” Underlin said. “To anyone who says that, I think back in the early days of YouTube it was really easy to do that but now there are a million cat videos, it doesn’t work. We have four or five videos over 400,000 views; we know what’s in demand and we know our audience.”

The group is currently working on a Batman video called “Batman: Arkham Suburbs.” A trailer has been released and the official video is set to be released this spring. The video has taken months to shoot and, thanks to the extent of the costumes, a lot more money than some of the group’s other videos.

Fitzpatrick, who plays Batman in the video, came downtown to shoot some short scenes near Hollywood Theaters before being heckled by excited fans of the fictional hero.

“We started walking around downtown for a few minutes and little kids were screaming out of their cars and people were coming out of bars asking for a picture with Batman,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think for the first time I was like, ‘Wow, something I made is getting all this attention’ and you kind of become that character.”

Right now the group has about 2,300 subscribers and the number grows every day. Having subscribers is great because when new videos are posted they show up after you sign in, and by having cool thumbnails the guys behind mikeNgary are guaranteed more views for their videos.

“We made 20,000 views in three days when we made ‘Half-Life,’” Underlin said. “The thing is, we’re still growing and still learning, we’ve only been doing this for about a year and a half.”

Check out the group’s films and sketches on YouTube at http://www.youtube/mikeNgary.

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McQueary tradition continues Family donates for addition to physical therapy building

By Amanda Hess The Standard

in. We have room-space that will take up to 40 students at a time.”

Helen Reid, dean of the College A donation from the McQueary of Health and Human Services, said family helped build a 5,000-square- the expansion included a 90-seat foot second wing to the Physical classroom with a media site system Therapy building and allowed the to record classes to post on Blackphysical therapy program to increase Board for students, two 40-seat enrollment for the fall semester to 40 classrooms and a new state-of-theart anatomy lab. The College of students.

Clif Smart, interim president, said Health and Human Services has the McQueary’s have donated to more than 3,500 students in 16 many different programs over the undergraduate and 18 graduate propast 40 years, including the sciences, grams.

Melody Rattanapote, a first year the health programs, athletics, the marching band and facilities for all physical therapist graduate student, kinds of programs and scholarships said the expansion is fantastic.

“It’s so nice to have a better facilfor students.

“In the life of every university, ity to work in, new rooms to study there are a few families that are spe- and interact in,” she said. “I think we cial,” he said. “Families that step for- are really excited because the new ward on multiple occasions over professors coming in for anatomy for many years and generations to the future students. The anatomy lab respond to the university’s needs. here is really fantastic and getting the The McQueary family is one of new one is even better.”

Rattanapote said those special famiit made sense for lies for our universithe building to be ty.” named after the The Physical The McQueary’s family family because Therapy building, legacy of giving goes way many are in the located on the corner back. Generation and medical field. of Kimbrough and generation and “I think it’s realCherry, was renamed generation of ly nice to have an the McQueary Famiinvolvement continues affiliation to somely Health Sciences and will continue in one, it’s a good part Hall on April 20. It is the future. of belonging to the used by the physical college,” she said. therapy, public Brent Dunn, “Every building on health and biomedexecutive director of the Missouri campus has a name ical sciences proState Foundation and we finally have grams. one of our own.

Akinniran OladeAnd in addition to hin, the department that, I found out head of physical therapy, said the expansion is a great more of the history of the McQueary thing because it allows the depart- family and it’s very nice that they ment to increase the amount of appli- chose to support our programs.”

Dr. Fred McQueary, a physician, cants allowed in the program by 10.

“Our maximum before was 30; it said he sees the dedication as an increased to 40,” Oladehin said. “It honor to his parents, aunt and uncle [the expansion] enhances the quality and grandparents for their contribuof education and attracts more peo- tions to the university and communiple to come [to MSU]. Right now, ty through the years.

“It’s [donating to MSU] been we have a small number of applicants. It’s about 400 or more [stu- something our family has grown up dents] a year applying to the pro- around,” he said. “It started generagram for 40 positions. It has grown a tions ago and it’s always been somelot. It’s becoming more and more thing we’ve done.”

Brent Dunn, the executive direccompetitive from year to year to get

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Above: The McQueary family has donated to Missouri State for over 40 years. Below: Interim President Clif Smart presented a replica of the plaque to the McQueary family. tor of the Missouri State Foundation, said the family has been donating to Missouri State for a long time.

“The McQueary’s family legacy of giving goes way back,” Dunn said. “Generation and generation and generation of involvement continues and will continue in the future.

That’s why it’s so exciting to have a building on this campus named after the McQueary family.”

Dunn said William M. McQueary started a family business in the early 1900s when he opened a drugstore on the corner of Madison and John Q. Hammons Parkway. The McQueary Family’s legacy of giving was inspired by Les and Jennie McQueary, who enjoyed Missouri State athletics, leading to the couple’s children, Fred M. McQueary and the late William T. “Bill” McQueary, serving as the first cochairs of the Bears Fund in 1982.

Fred and Ramona McQueary and Bill and Shirley McQueary, and their families, have continued the tradition of support of Missouri State University.

In 2007, the McQuearys were recognized for their multigenerational involvement with MSU when they were awarded Bronze Bear awards.

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Facial hair faces the judges at regional competition Contestants competed for best beard, mustache

By Megan Gates The Standard Patton Alley Pub hosted the Queen City Beard and Mustache Federation’s Beard & Mustache Competition on Saturday night at 8 p.m.

The competition had five categories contestants could enter into: Mustache (styled and natural divisions), Partial Beard (styled and natural divisions), Full Beard (natural and division) and Fake Beard or Mustache.

First place winners were awarded stainless steel custom trophies and prize packages from Rockabilly Rub. Second and third place winners received stainless steel custom plaques to commemorate their facial hair achievements.

Contestants were charged $10 and spectators were charged $5 in admission which went to support the Ozarks Food Harvest Backpack Program.

The program provides “severely at-risk children with a backpack filled with nutritious child-friendly foods for them to take home on the weekends, when they might otherwise go hungry,” according to their website.

Contestants were invited on stage to answer questions about themselves and their facial hair before judges Tom Trtan and Cornbread, a radio personality. Thickness and consistency of color were some of the characteristics taken into consideration by the judges when scoring contestantsʼ beards and mustaches.

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‘The Cabin in the Woods’ unfolds clever story Horror movie adds a twist to typical plot

You know those cabins you always find in the woods and the group of teenagers who gets slaughtered by some undead/impossible-to-kill maniac? Well, “The Cabin in the Woods” isn’t exactly that cabin.

A group of teenagers goes deep into the woods to spend a relaxing weekend at some remote cabin. Only it isn’t quite what they were expecting and the people watching them are in for a bit of a surprise as well.

Before we go any further, the most important thing about this movie is going in unspoiled. If you know what the deal is, it isn’t going to be quite as intriguing. That being said, I will do my very best not to give anything away, but consider this a spoiler warning, just in case.

The way the story unfolds is very clever.

They are careful not to give anything away too early. In fact, I don’t think they ever flat out tell you anything. All the little clues, especially dialogue, guide you to realizations just before the main characters figure it out.

Speaking of dialogue, this is a movie that you really have to listen to. Just watching won’t cut it. You have to pay attention to what all of the characters are saying and doing. If you do that, then you’ll be very interested in just what the hell is going on at this cabin.

Another thing that makes “The Cabin in the Woods” good is its lovely mixture of horror and comedy. I don’t know how writers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard do it but it’s pretty amazing. You will literally be laughing one minute and jumping out of your seat the next.

The funny part of it is definitely very

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in other shows as well, which leads to many late nights spent rehearsing.

“As theater students, we have such busy schedules as it is, so to try to schedule around that is hard,” Van Wig explained.

Another challenge student directors face is the obstacle of instructing their peers. Senior theatre studies major Drew Diveley is directing a parody of the film noir detective genre, entitled “The Further Adventures of Dick Piston, Hotel Detective (but not

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much Whedon’s style. If you’re familiar with his work, you know, “Buffy,” “Angel,” “Dollhouse,” “Dr. Horrible,” you’ll know what I’m talking about. It may not be everybody’s style of comedy genius, but it is worth the time to find out if it is yours.

I should also talk about the production value. It was surprisingly high. Usually horror movies, especially ones with so much going on, don’t seem to spend a whole lot of time on how everything looks.

Not this one. Everything was nicely detailed and thought out and played a part in the story. So much so that I’d watch it again just to find the hidden gems that I missed the first time around. I do wonder how big their fake blood budget was.

Now, I’m usually a nitpicker and I did find a few tiny instances of something that I could question and pick apart, but I really don’t want to. I know why those things are in there and I’m choosing to let them go because I enjoyed the rest of it so much.

Hands down, “The Cabin in the Woods” is well worth the trip to the theater. It has everything you’d want from a moviegoing experience and I guarantee it will leave you wanting more. I know I want to know what the other choices would have looked like…

much further) ‘Murder By Midnight’ a 10-minute mystery,” written by Jeff Goode.

Diveley described what it was like to direct a cast of his peers.

“It’s really difficult and I’m nervous at times,” Diveley said.

“You always think, ‘I hope I’m not a jackass and these people actually like me afterwards!’ It’s been a little bit nerve-wracking but fun overall.”

From the perspective of a student being directed, senior acting major Sarah Hohne says the process feels as though it is more of a group collaboration as opposed to being directed by a dictator.

“It’s fun working with other

students,” she said. “You feel like you can share your ideas and then they have ideas, too. It’s just a lot of working together.”

Sophomore acting major Emily Feldt agreed with Hohne.

“It’s not weird at all; it’s kind of refreshing, actually,” Feldt said. “They (student directors) are somebody that you can talk to and it’s easy to talk to them. So if you’re just not feeling something you can say that and then just try something else. That’s what is really nice about it.”

When these actresses and actors decide to audition and be a part of One Acts, they take on a lot of extra responsibilities. In comparison to a full-length play,

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One Acts do not require as much rehearsal time, but demand participants do a great amount of work on their own.

“You meet once or twice a week or whatever your director wants, but in the meantime you also need to be doing your own work,” Hohne said. “You don’t have to, but you can tell in a performance who has done their work and who hasn’t, and that’s how it’s going to be in the real world. It’s nice to have something like this to push yourself.”

To prepare for her role in “This Property is Condemned” by Tennessee Williams, Hohne had to research the dialect that was used in Mississippi during the

1940s, which is the setting of the play.

To correctly speak the dialect, Hohne watched the 2011 drama “The Help” and borrowed a few CDs and a book from her roommates who are currently enrolled in a dialect class.

Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance Carol Maples teaches the Acting II class in which the student directors get the chance to direct their own play.

“This is what I would call one of the most authentic projects a student can have,” Maples said.

“This is not just theory or reading about it or doing a little scene in class, but they go out and actually do it on their own.”

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Oxendine, Adkins win SGA election New officials look to improve student relations, MSU campus

By Anna Thomas The Standard With the votes reaching 1,763 in favor, and the announcement made last Wednesday, Paige Oxendine and Drew Adkins are the new 2012-2013 student body president and vice president, and plan on upholding their campaign of “Including you to improve MSU”.

Oxendine, a senior public relations major, said the campaign was a great learning experience despite its craziness, but now she is happy to accept her role as student body president.

“I was really impressed with the way the current president and vice president, Oxendine Scott (Turk) and Emily (Bernet), ran senate and worked with their cabinet members,” Oxendine said. “It was something I was interested in and decided that it was something I wanted to do.”

Adkins, a junior criminology major, is the new vice president and said he is not only excited to be serving, but is confident in their future plans.

“I decided to run with Paige because I could tell that we were on the same page,” Adkins said, quickly Adkins apologizing for the pun.

“What we wanted to do is to improve Missouri State as best as we could as student leaders, to include everybody, and that means

Growl Continued from page 1 pride in for the radio show, which he believes is difficult.

“We are trying to come up with catchy phrases that are going to work well on the station that will bring people in,” Braucher said. “We want the entire university to feel like it’s their station.”

The group will also work with the graphic design department at the university

our door is always open.”

Myrhon Gayyed, a freshman nursing major, said she hopes to see good proposals and additions to MSU because of Oxendine and Adkins.

“I didn’t know a lot about them at first, but they seemed really prepared and determined,” Gayyed said. “I can see them doing a lot of things students will like and support.”

Oxendine and Adkins both served with Student Government Association before running, and say their experience in both executive and legislature will complement their positions well. Their next step, which began last Thursday, was to release the cabinet applications, which are available to all students.

“We decided that is the most essential decision that we will be making right off the bat,” Oxendine said. “We want a really effective core team that can work on our ideas throughout the year.”

Then, throughout the summer, the two will be doing a lot of research, reading through archives and getting a feel for different proposals. Right now, Oxendine and Adkins plan to follow through with their ideas and platforms for next year.

“One of the biggest ideas is to hopefully make the library open for 24 hours a day during finals week,” Adkins said. “We are really excited and hoping to get that done, talking to the right administrators and letting them know this is a student need, not a want.”

The other idea is to have a laptop rental program through the bookstore in which students who cannot spend the money on a computer, or do not want to, have another option.

If students have other ideas, suggestions,

or opinions, Oxendine and Adkins encourage them to come by their office or send them an email.

“We want to embrace as much student opinion and feedback as possible,” Oxendine said. “We can sit down and come up with a list of things we think are cool, but ultimately it’s the student body and what they want.”

The elections also contained two Wyrick proposals and a referendum. The pinsetter Wyrick proposal that called for new pinsetters to be placed in the bowling lanes in Level One Game Center failed with 980 in favor and 1,235 against it. The other proposal passed with 1,354 votes in favor and 936 against, which supported the installment of smartboards in the new recreational center.

The referendum also passed with 1,392

to design and implement a logo.

The public service announcement group has decided on three organizations to spotlight at the station: Isabel’s House, Harmony House and Planned Parenthood. The group is also in charge of public service topics to discuss on the show.

For the music portion of the station, Dylan Kay, a sophomore political science major, is helping pick out what music will play on the station. The station will feature alternative music, ‘80s and ‘90s hits and the top 300 songs of today. The group also picks out songs collectively.

“We are trying to stand out from local radio stations and songs they play and also keep the vibe of a college station,” Kay said.

“The big thing is to make it more womenfriendly and find a balance of songs.”

The U will have a soft launch in May and will have its official launch next school year in the fall.

If anyone is interested in joining the station, or would like to audition to be a host, join the Facebook group Radio Talent Search. The audition will consist of reading from a script and a short interview. The group is willing to work around schedules.

votes in favor of raising the Taylor Health and Wellness Center’s fee by a $2 per semester increase and 1,012 votes against. This increase will help to cover 5,000 free flu shots to students. Students can expect to see the passed proposals next semester.

In addition, Nikki Flamm, accounting major, was elected senior class president with 659 votes, winning over Miles Figg, management major, with 419 votes.

Oxendine and Adkins would like to give a special thanks to their campaign manager Kayse Melone for putting so much hard work into the campaign. In order to reach Oxendine or Adkins, students can visit the SGA office in the lower level of the PSU, or send an email to Oxendine100@live.missouristate.edu or Adkins1@live.missouristate.edu.

How do I join?

• Email Brian Calfano at BrianCalfano@Missouri State.edu • Talk to a member of the Women in Politics political science class

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Donor gives $500,000 to campus recreation Allison’s gift will go toward recreation center, intramurals

By Dayle Duggins The Standard

The recreation fields at the corner of Cherry Street and National Avenue will no longer be called the “Taco Bell Fields,” a name developed over time by students of Missouri State University.

A gift to the university in the form of a $500,000 donation was announced Tuesday afternoon, Student Body President Scott

Frisbee Continued from page 1 games,” Fults said. “We were in the concession stands selling nachos. We got 8 percent of total sales, or a minimum of $100.”

Overall, Craig says the team raised almost $1,500 for their travel and tournament expenses. Though times may get tight financially, the women don’t want to make SOFAC out to seem as if they don’t care.

“We’re happy to get what we have,” Craig said. “Some

Turk said at the April 17 Student Government Association meeting.

Donor Bobby Allison’s monetary contribution will support the construction of the Bill R. Foster Recreation Center and a portion of the money will be endowed to assist with the costs of the intramural program. As a result, the formerly known “Taco Bell Fields” will be named the Betty and Bobby Allison Intramural Fields.

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schools’ teams don’t get any money at all. We’re grateful for it.”

In the coming seasons, Craig and Fults see the women’s ultimate team continuing to strive and rise in the national rankings. They would like to eventually see the full $5,000 SOFAC could award them.

“I think we’re here to stay,” Fults said. “We’re not a team to be messed with. I think we’re going to stay on this winning streak for a while. Sometimes girls can’t go to the tournaments because they don’t have enough money. The full $5,000 would definitely help.”

Women’s golf team in third place going into the final day of Valley championship

The Missouri State women’s golf team will finish the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament today after trailing following their round on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. The Bears are three strokes behind Northern Iowa going into the final day of the tournament and sit at 613 strokes overall.

Going into the tournament the women’s golf team was picked to finish first in the tournament but have since fallen to third after the second day of play.

The Bears were led by senior Kelsey Welber who shot four

over on Monday afternoon.

Going into the tournament the women’s golf team had finished tied for ninth out of 15 teams at the Indiana Invitational.

Prior to that the Bears had finished 13th out of 19 at the UALR Classic.

The final round of the MVC tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Terre Haute, Ind. this morning.

After the Valley tournament Missouri State will look to the NCAA postseason and the NCAA regional tournament on May 10May 12.

Andres continued the senate meeting and informed the body that the proposals for solar panels on top of Meyer Library and LED lighting across campus were approved by SGA’s Sustainability Commission.

The body adopted four resolutions after officer reports were given, one of which approved the student organization constitutions for Women’s Lacrosse and the Political Science Graduate Student Association.

As a result of one resolution, Missouri State’s Networking Services will receive a recommendation from SGA suggesting the Physical Therapy Building and Kings Street Annex receive

Photographer Ken Graves presented a lecture in the auditorium of Meyer Library on April 18. The event was sponsored by the Student Photographic Society and photography faculty in the Department of Art and Design and was partially funded by student organization (SOFAC).

Graves discussed photographic work thoughout his career.

He is a professor emeritus of art at Pennsylvania State University. His work is in numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New Your City, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

wireless coverage, following in the footsteps of the majority of academic buildings on campus.

Two sustainability resolutions came to the table next. The first, recommended that the university adopt a native plant policy, as it would boost MSU’s sustainability scores, tracked by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

The resolution, authored by the Sustainability Committee, explains native plants promote biodiversity, as they provide food and shelter for other native organisms reliant upon native vegetation.

The second sustainability resolution passed approved SGA’s

support for a sustainability minor at MSU. “It is beneficial for people of any major to minor in this and would be very beneficial in applying for future jobs,” Andres said.

The minor would include an introduction course, 12 hours of classes in one of four areas of concentrations, and a capstone course.

Next week, the body will vote on multiple resolutions including a recommendation concerning hours required for majors and a suggestion to create an official university nickname.

The senate will meet at its regular time at 5:30 p.m., tonight in the PSU Parliamentary Room.

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Teachers may have to wait for tenure Cunningham tables a bill that would double tenure wait time for Missouri teachers

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

On April 19, Republican Sen. Jane Cunningham tabled a bill which would double the amount of time it takes teachers to qualify for tenure protections in Missouri from five to 10 years.

If approved, Cunningham’s SB 806 would take Missouri teachers longer than any teachers in the United States to earn tenure. The Show-Me state’s current tenure law that guarantees due process for educators was established in 1970.

According to the Missouri State Teachers Association, teachers who have been employed full time as teachers in the same school district for five consecutive years acquire tenure or permanent teacher status when they report to work at the beginning of their sixth consecutive year.

Missouri State University elementary education professor Sue George said she doesn’t see any immediate benefits from SB 806.

“I think it’s kind of silly, to be honest,” George said. “I’m not sure the best decision that could be made is to increase from five to 10

years because you should be able to find out before 10 years if there is a problem with a teacher.”

Supporters of the bill argue that tenure makes it difficult to remove underachieving teachers because of the daunting legal process.

Teachers can request a public hearing before the school board and the teacher can also appeal the board’s decision to circuit court.

A 2009 study conducted by the New Teacher Project found that 81 percent of school administrators knew a poorly performing tenured teacher at their school. In addition, 86 percent of administrators said they did not always pursue dismissal of teachers because of the costly and time-consuming process.

George believes tenure should be based on performance through a more meaningful teacher evaluation process, rather than strictly on

number of years worked.

“I think you ought to be judged on your abilities, not just how long you’ve stayed at a job,” George said. “I think principals should be in the classroom evaluating how teachers interact with the children, what kind of skills are they teaching them, what kinds of products are the children producing beyond the test scores and what is the teacher’s interaction with colleagues and parents.”

Elementary education students at MSU may be more worried about finding a job than actually getting tenured at this point.

“I’ve been at MSU for 20 years and this is the tightest I’ve seen the job market,” George said. “I think it’s because there are public school teachers who are holding off retiring because of the economy. Most of our students are getting jobs but they are not as plenti-

ful.”

Senior elementary education major Kara Smith will be student teaching in the fall with the academy program in the Nixa public school district. Smith said she opposes SB 806.

“As a future teacher, I think an extra five years is too much time to determine if a teacher is effective,” Smith said. “Five years should be enough time for the administration to apply fair judgment on the progression of a teacher.”

Cunningham’s bill initially called for disposal of teacher tenure completely. After the portion was removed, Sen. Tom Dempsey, R.- St. Charles County changed the proposal for tenure from five to 10 years.

Cunningham did not return calls regarding SB 806 before The Standard’s press time.

Online dangers plague children and young adults Public Affairs Conference session raises awareness about cyberbullying, other online dangers

By Rachel Van Ronzelen For The Standard

“I wouldn’t care if you died.

No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!”

This was just one of the numerous harassing messages posted on 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer’s Formspring account. Allegedly, after months of being victimized by cyberbul-

lying, Rodemeyer committed suicide last year.

The dangers presented by cyberbullying, social networking, sexting and online posting are creating a “very serious epidemic in our society today,” said Steven Hinch, associate professor in MSU’s College of Education and public affairs committee member.

As part of Missouri State’s 2012 Public Affairs Conference, the university and the Greenwood

Laboratory School co-sponsored the “Internet Crimes Against Children” discussion last Thursday with speaker Stefanie Thomas.

As a victim’s advocate for the Seattle Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force, Thomas deals with online dangers on a daily basis.

“My goal is not to get people to shy away from cell phones or shy away from the Internet, but to get them to become responsible users and to think about things in a different way,” Thomas said.

One thing Thomas asks of those using social networking is, “Do you know who you’re really talking to?

“People can be anyone they

want on the Internet,” she said.

“There’s no way of verifying who’s on the other side of that screen. I’m a prime example.”

As part of her job, Thomas goes undercover online and poses as a 14-year-old girl catching sexual predators, much like Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator.”

“I get bought and sold in online sex operations, and the people who ‘buy’ me and those who agree to meet up with me in real life end up getting arrested,” Thomas said.

When it comes to Internet privacy, Thomas said there is none.

She urges people using social networking such as Facebook and other online forms of communication to use common sense.

Thomas suggests not posting personal information such as your birthday, current city, phone number and email address.

“Those who need to know that information probably already do,” she said. “If you read the fine print, once you sign up for a Facebook account, Facebook owns the legal rights to all of the information and photos you post.”

Thomas also pointed out that even if you delete a photo in “real time,” Facebook still holds archives of all the photos you have ever posted.

Thomas asks herself one question before she posts pictures online, “Is this a picture I would place on my desk at work or put on my parent’s refrigerator?”

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Ecopalooza Continued from page 4 president of SSF is to set an example for members of the group, as well as the MSU community.

“I practice what I preach, I live sustainably, I don’t waste,” she said. “I try not to buy brand new things, just reduce, reuse, recycle in my daily life. It’s an obvious choice for me, it’s not something I have to think about anymore.

“I can’t tell you the last time I drove my car somewhere that I couldn’t walk or bike to easily,” Andres continued. “So it’s just personal choices like that, and spreading the word, being a part of things like this, and leading by example.”

Many other organizations set up booths to spread their word, such as the Missouri State Horticulture Club, Campus Rec— which brought with them a rock climbing wall and their bike maintenance booth — the Folklore Club and ResLife.

Andres said a major emphasis was being placed this year on their Beyond Coal campaign, which aims at transitioning the campus from our addiction to fossil fuels and towards safer, cleaner, renewable energy sources.

“In the big picture, you’re asking your campus to move beyond coal and towards renewable energy,” Andres said. “But there’s a lot of shorter stuff on the way such as assessing your current energy usage, making a climate action plan as to how that can change and implementing that plan.

“Being more efficient, reducing consumption, introducing renewable energy, it’s a process but it’s something you have to start thinking about now before it’s too late,” she continued. “We can’t just use fossil fuels forever.

In Missouri we get about 80 percent of our energy from coal, and that’s pretty unacceptable.”

Kim Painter is a Missouri State graduate in music, as well as bassist for the blues rock outfit Luna Jamboree. She said she was introduced to the band through her sister—their drummer, and they’ve been playing around town for about two years.

“We got a lot of compliments saying we’ve improved from last year, or they’ve never heard us

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Students gathered outside the Plaster Student Union for a variety of earth-friendly activities at Ecopalooza last Thursday, April 19. Students for a Sustainable Future helped to provide attendees with free live music and other fun activites such as rock climbing. before and they really liked us,” she said. “So we were definitely well received.”

Painter said Luna Jamboree just finished an album in January

year to record. She said they were all incredibly proud to be asked out to play Ecopalooza for another year.

“The sustainable lifestyle

“We definitely want to have this planet for our future. The kids in our generation have to start making those changes and it’s something that we’re pretty proud to be a part of.”

Junior biology major and SSF Vice President, Evan Clark, said There’s a lot of shorter stuff on the way such as putting on the event is definitely a assessing your current energy usage, making a process that could have claimed climate action plan as to how that can change him—had it not been for the dediand implementing that plan. Being more efficient, cation the members of SSF put reducing consumption, introducing renewable into their work. energy, it’s a process but it’s something you have “Kara had most of the bands to start thinking about now before it’s too late. signed,” he said. “I did most of We can’t just use fossil fuels forever. In Missouri the logistics, getting this area, getwe get about 80 percent of our energy from coal, ting tables set up and stuff like and that’s pretty unacceptable. that. It’s a bigger event, for being a student and having all sorts of -Kara Andres, president of Students for a Sustainable things going on, it’s a lot of time Future but we have a very good group.

Everyone did their job, I didn’t feel like I had that much on my hands.” titled “What Moves You.” The cause is something I think everyClark said there were many record contains eleven tracks and body in Luna Jamboree is pretty highlights to his day, but that the Painter said it took a little over a passionate about,” Painter said. number of faces in the crowd

revealed to him that all their time and work wasn’t in vain.

“I really liked the Horticulture Club’s setup,” he said. “They made a plant in a baby chute, so that was really cool. I think just having a really good turnout— that’s what I love.”

Andres said the responsibility lies with the students and faculty of Missouri State to make the change Springfield can’t make on its own.

“At MSU, we’re supposed to be leaders of the community,” she said. “And as leaders, we should be the catalyst for this movement, doing as much as we can.

“We’re making strides for efficiency and reduction but we are not making strides in the area of introducing renewable energy because of the simple fact that coal’s so cheap. We get our energy from City Utilities, and City Utilities get their energy from coal.

But we can be leaders in this.”

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Strut your stuff Students to put on annual spring fashion show Saturday

By Lindsey Howard The Standard

Models strut down a runway, as backstage, others are in varying states of undress. Clouds of hairspray fill the room, eye shadow is being touched up and last minute adjustments to zippers and hems are being made. The hundreds of spectators are oblivious to the backstage chaos, as they discuss the clothes that are being modeled in front of them.

No, this is not New York Fashion Week, but for the students in the Department of Fashion and Interior Design taking part in the spring 2012 fashion show, it might as well be.

On Saturday, April 28, the department will be putting on its annual fashion show, an opportunity for seniors in the department to showcase what they have learned in their four years with the department, as well as a chance to recruit future students, according to Jenifer Roberts, assistant professor in the department, who is charge of helping guide the students.

“This is a huge recruitment tool for prospective students, and it is also a dedication to seniors graduating,” Roberts said. “ [The purpose of the show] is to showcase student designers. They have completed a five to seven piece collection over the past 12 weeks. We bring in industry experts to jury the garments and the jury members decide if the seniors’ looks will be able to go into the show. ” Fashion merchandising students enrolled in FMD 361, Fashion Show Production, are in charge of producing the show and have been working the entire semester on it. The class is divided into

four groups: modeling, garments, staging and public relations each with their own responsibilities to ensure the show is a success.

Kelly Caldwell, a junior fashion merchandising major, is chair of the modeling committee, which helped the designers find models for their clothes, said that the show involves a lot of preparation.

“There has been a lot of preparation that has gone into the show,” Caldwell said.

“There are many steps in my committee.

We set up an open model call to look at all the possible candidates to become a model in the show. Then we had model workshops...we had to cut models all the way down to 20. After that, we fit models to garments and made a line up for the show.”

In addition, the modeling committee was tasked with getting appointments for hair and makeup for the models and finding photographers to be present to take pictures during the show.

The work by the modeling committee is only one-fourth of the preparation that has gone into the show. The other committees have also done their part to try to create a successful show, which will cost nearly $9,000 to produce, according to junior fashion merchandising major Kelsey Ferleman, co-chair of the PR group.

“We are responsible for raising all the money used to fund the show, which is around $9,000,” Ferleman said. “We start with a $0 balance and have to raise all the money needed to put on the show, starting with contacting organizations to donate money and planning fun fundraisers.”

Though the show has required a semester’s worth of work from the 26 students in the production class as well as the

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Students in Fashion Show Production are in charge of producing the spring fashion show. This year’s show will be held at on Saturday, April 28, at the Springfield Expo Center, 635 E. St. Louis St. seniors who are in the seniors collection class, the group is hopeful that it will be a success.

“It is a huge time commitment, but very rewarding when the show actually comes together in the end,” senior Jessica Boyer, co-chair of the garment committee said. “These designers have worked very hard on their collections, so I want the day to be a success for them, and also to show the community and those in attendance what we are capable of. People tend to not always take a fashion major seriously.”

Advance tickets for the show are now on sale for $10 at Park Central Office Building, or $12 at the door. The 2012 Journey fashion show is 4 p.m., Saturday, April 28 at the Springfield Expo Center, 635 E. St. Louis St. For more information about the show, contact Jenifer Roberts at 417-836-5136 or JeniferRoberts@missouristate.edu.

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Students design the clothes, produce the show and model the outfits in the spring fashion show, put on by the Department of Fashion and Interior Design.