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Briefs Tuition, fees, room and board increase

The Missouri State Board of Governors approved a 3 percent increase of tuition and fees for the Springfield and West Plains campuses for the 2012 to 2013 school year. The decision was made during the March 30 meeting.

Undergraduate fees for 2012 to 2013 will increase from $194 to $200.48 per credit hour for Missouri residents. Undergraduate fees for out-of-state students will increase from $388 to $412.

Basic fees for graduate students will increase from $227 to $242 per credit hour for resident students and $454 to $484 for nonresident students.

For several graduate programs in the College of Health and Human Services, resident graduate fees will increase from $252 to $267 per credit hour and nonresident fees will increase from $479 to $509 per credit hour.

The College of Business Administration will add a $25 per credit hour fee for 300-599 level courses. The money will be used to improve services and capital for business majors.

The board also voted to increase room and board costs by an average of 4 percent, depending on the type of residence hall and food plan selected.

The 2012-13 tuition for Greenwood Laboratory School will also increase from $4,717 to $5,000 for kindergarten through eighth grade and from $4,806 to $5,190 for ninth through 12th grade.

Calendar April 3 to April 9

Tuesday

The Basics of Academic Writing, noon to 12:50 p.m. at Meyer Library 101 Student Government Association meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at PSU 313

Wednesday

Student Government Association’s spring elections will open online at http://www.elections.missouristate.edu at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 9. Voting will be open to students until Wednesday, April 11.

SGA will have computer polling stations across campus for individuals

The shooting and killing of a 17-year-old African American boy has sparked a nationwide racial awareness movement that has made its way to Missouri State University.

Missouri State students held a candlelight vigil in Trayvon Martin’s honor on March 28 and held a Hoodie March on March 30.

George Zimmerman, a Hispanic self-appointed neighborhood watchman in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., followed Martin home after Martin had gone to the Martin convenience store for Skittles and an ice tea for his little brother.

Zimmerman had called 911 because Martin looked “suspicious” in a black hoodie, but the dispatcher told him not to pursue the boy and to wait for the patrol car.

Zimmerman said he was acting in self-defense and that Martin attacked first. Residents in the area said they heard a cry for help followed by a gunshot. However, there were no eyewitnesses.

The police didn’t take any evidence such as Zimmerman’s clothes. He was not tested for alco See TRAYVON page 2

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Friday

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Students marched from campus to downtown in honor of Trayvon Martin.

New signs direct visitors around campus Wyrick proposal allows signs to be installed over break

New students and visitors to Missouri State can find some guidance with the new directional signs that were established near the bookstore and Carrington over spring break.

The signs were part of an initiative in a Wyrick proposal voted on by the student body through the Student Government Association. A Wyrick proposal is one that is proposed to the university with a student’s idea and work.

Erin Sullivan, chief administrator of SGA, was the author of the proposal.

“The main purpose was to help visitors who are unsure of where they are going,” Sullivan said. “I saw it

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Qing Ming (Tomb Sweeping Day), all day

Spring Holiday – No classes, all day

2012.” Their strategy includes ideas for improving Missouri State as a whole. The candidates came up with a number of ideas including creating a laptop rental program, extending Meyer Library’s hours to be open 24/7 during finals week, developing a bookstore loyalty program and making MSU a more inclusive community in all possible aspects. A video Q&A session with the candidates can be found on The Standard’s website at http://www.thestandard.org.

While the pair is running for the

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ior pre-law student majoring in political science and criminology.

Both are currently members of Student Government Association and said if they are to Adkins be elected they hope to be extremely transparent and available to all students to address ideas, questions and concerns.

Oxendine and Adkins’ full platform can be found on their Facebook page: “Paige & Drew for Student Body President and Vice President

Students rally for justice

Alpha Phi Omega 3rd Annual Spring Service Retreat registration open, all day at PSU 117

The Seventeenth Annual Senior Art Exhibition, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Juanita K. Hammons Hall

to utilize.

Students will be voting on a number of issues including student body president and vice president, senior class president, two Oxendine Wyrick proposals and a Taylor Health and Wellness fee referendum.

Paige Oxendine and Drew Adkins are running for student body president and vice president uncontested. Oxendine is a senior public relations major and Adkins is a jun-

the bookstore and the other in front of Carrington. All the signs have arrows directing people to spots on campus.

“I saw the cement going in one day for the bottom of it and got excited,” Sullivan said. “I was like, ‘That’s my idea.’”

Sullivan said she was worried students might not understand why the signs were needed.

However, Whitney Green, a senior speech-language pathology major, said she thinks the idea is great, even if some students have not noticed them.

“I have yet to see them because I already go straight to my classes,” Green said. “On the other hand, I know I could have used them when I Josh Campbell/THE STANDARD first came here. I didn’t know my Signs can be found near Carrington, near the visitor’s parking lot way at all.” and near the bookstore to help direct visitors to areas of campus.

Sullivan said that making it easier for students and visitors is what the was a problem my freshman and it had a long process to go through, signs are all about. sophomore year and thought we she said she is happy to see it finally She said she hopes the university could do something.” come to life. will like the three signs that are Sullivan submitted the proposal The signs include one in the visiher sophomore year, 2010, and while tor’s parking lot with a map, one near See SIGNS page 10

Saturday

Downtown nightclub closes unexpectedly

Monday

By Kris Collins The Standard

Rawanda Genocide Commemoration, all day

Power Yoga, Zumba, Yoga and Mat Pilates Registration Deadline, all day at PSU 131 SAC Presents: Coffee Shop Series #3, 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU South Lounge

One of Springfield’s most popular nightclubs, Icon, mysteriously closed its doors on March 24 and shocked former customers and employees alike.

Taylor Dolence, a DJ who regu-

larly plays at Icon, said, “I got back from a trip to Cancun last week and I showed up to the club and they said, ‘Yeah, we’re done.’ I had no prior notice. I didn’t even have a warning.”

Dolence said there had been rumors circulating about Icon closing, but the employees hadn’t been

informed.

Gary Thomas, the owner of the property, said the closing of Icon was because the tenant, a company named Noci, didn’t want to sign a new lease agreement.

Thomas said the lease ended on March 31, 2012 and Noci’s owner and manager, Randy Gildehaus,

didn’t want to meet the new lease agreements.

Thomas has owned the property since Springfield’s first nightclub opened in 1982.

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Women’s health care becomes big issue in politics

By Amy Fuemmeler The Standard

Women’s health care in politics has been a hot topic this year in both the legislative government and campaigning.

According to Mark Rushefsky, a political science professor, the root of the controversy started with the passing of the Affordable Health Care Act. Some citizens and government officials opposed it because they were against federal money being spent on funding for abortions.

President Obama then made an executive order to reinstate the Hyde Amendment, originally instituted in 1970, for no federal money to be spent on abortions.

The Department of Health and Human Services was required to define the essential benefits of insurance plans for the Affordable Health Care Act. This included several free

Trayvon Continued from page 1 hol or drugs, and they allowed him to go home and has not been arrested.

Lyle Foster, a sociology and anthropology professor at Missouri State, said he believes it will be hard to ever know what really happened that night.

“Trayvon did not shoot himself, so he (Zimmerman) certainly did kill him, so I believe he is guilty of that,” Foster said. “I think the question is, you know, was it premeditated? Was it selfdefense? I feel like it’s going to be very difficult to reconstruct what happened and to decide what really were the chain of events.”

Ebony Coe, a sophomore management and international business major and one of the coordi-

Elections Continued from page 1 position without any competition, students do have the option to submit a vote of non-confidence if they do not feel the individuals are suited for office.

Nicole Flamm, a junior accounting major, and Miles Figg, a senior management major, will be running against one another for the position

preventative services and the availability of contraception. The actions posed a problem for institutions such as the Catholic Church and religiousrun organizations such as hospitals and schools who have a strict contraception view, according to Rushefsky.

Shannon Rogers, a freshman dietetics major at Missouri State, believes religion shouldn’t have an impact on whether insurance companies pay for contraception.

“I’m a Catholic,” Rogers said. “A lot of people in the Catholic church don’t believe in the birth control pill.

But personally, I think if you use it for medical purposes, it is a lot different from if you use it for purposes other than that. I think insurance companies should pay for it because it’s just like any other prescription that you are using for pain or any other purpose.”

Also contributing to this hot topic

is the media. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh made headlines when he spoke about his view of a female college student due to her desire to have insurance plans cover contraception.

“What does it say about college coed Susan Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex?” Limbaugh said. “What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? Makes her a prostitute.”

According to The New York Times, Fluke is a law student at Georgetown and was testifying in place of her friend, a woman who needed birth control for medical reasons.

Indira Palacios-Valladares, a female political science professor at Missouri State, believes using insults is not the right way to discuss or resolve an issue.

“I have a problem when you try to shed debate with insulting other

nators of the march, said she thinks it is important for students and the society to show their support and to want justice for Martin.

“We can be the voice that helps change the case of Trayvon,” Coe said.

Students were encouraged to wear hoodies to the events in honor of Martin.

More than 75 participating individuals met at the Bear Paw in front of the PSU and marched to downtown Springfield. Students carried signs with sayings like “I am not my hoodie,” and “Trayvon is not the first.”

Missouri State freshman Brittany Davis went to the march to show her support and respect for Martin and how he died, she said. “(I came) to support the case that’s going on for Trayvon Martin and to show awareness of the killing,” Davis said.

Before the march began, participants were gathered to be told to stay on the sidewalks and to look for stop signs and stop lights.

Once the students made it to Park Central Square, a speech was given by Wes Pratt, director of institutional equity and compliance about stopping violence and “being the change you want to see.” The Missouri State Gospel Choir performed a few songs for the crowd.

“It’s a chance to have a further and deeper conversation about why this happens in our society, so we don’t have any more of these Trayvon Martin scenarios and we have a better conversation about how can we get along better in this society,” Foster said. “This is really one of the things, I think, that defines us more than anyMichael Gulledge/THE STANDARD thing else—how we get along with our various diverse commu- Rally members wore hoodies and walked from the Bear Paw to downtown Springfield to show support for Trayvon Martin. nities.”

of senior class president. Missouri State’s senior class president is responsible for forming the senior class gift commission and seeing that funding for the gift is collected from members of the class.

Two Wyrick proposals will also be voted on during the April elections. The Wyrick Commission is a capital-improvement fund that seeks to improve and benefit the entire Missouri State campus through student idea submissions. These proposals have been voted on annually

by the student body since the commission’s establishment in 1983.

The Wyrick Commission’s mark can be seen in past projects including the sand volleyball courts and the digital parking space counters located at Bear Park South.

In SGA’s meeting on March 27, Student Body President Scott Turk announced that two Wyrick proposals will show up on the spring ballot.

One proposal suggests new pinsetters for the bowling lanes in Level 1 Game Center and the second consid-

people,” Palacios-Valladares said. “I think that’s not good for democracy, but that doesn’t mean we all have to agree.”

Also adding to the health care debate is funding being cut completely for Planned Parenthood in Texas. Political science Professor Patrick Scott believes candidates are trying to use the issue to their advantage.

“There have been some attempts to reduce Planned Parenthood funding,” Scott said. “And even, in fact, Mitt Romney has said, ‘If you elect me as president, I will eliminate Planned Parenthood.’ I think he is trying to capitalize on the controversy as well and try to show his base supporters in the Republican Party that he is opposed to everything Planned Parenthood is about.”

Pressure was put on the Obama administration, and they were forced to amend their actions and require

ers installing smart boards in the new Foster Recreation Center that is to be completed sometime this summer.

The last issue students will be voting on is a Taylor Health and Wellness fee increase referendum.

The resolution, sponsored by the Student Affairs Committee, proposes a $2 increase in student fees, as the health charge has not increased in four years. If the proposal is passed, the health center will offer more programs and services and

the insurance companies, not the individual institutions, to provide contraception. Still, some institutions were not accepting of the terms due to the fact they are self-insured, according to Rushefsky.

Missouri State freshman Meg Schildroth doesn’t think the insurance companies or the institution should have to pay for contraception.

“I think it would be more of a problem than a solvent,” Schildroth said. “I think that more people would have sex, meaning that there would be more sexual diseases transmitted because it doesn’t necessarily prevent that.”

Students can get involved by voting in the upcoming elections or by contacting local government representatives and senators to give their opinions. Students can also join political organizations on campus such as College Democrats and College Republicans.

provide flu shots to 5,000 students free of charge. If passed, the Taylor Health and Wellness fee will increase from $56.50 to $58.50 per semester.

To exercise your student voice, vote online at http://www.elections.missouristate.edu between April 9 and April 11. For more information on Missouri State’s Student Government Association and the election process, go to the organization’s website, http://www.sga.missouristate.edu.

Tuesday

April 3, 2012

Not all kids are lucky

I’ll be the first to admit it, I’m a total nerd. I enjoy going to the bookstore, watching “The West Wing” and reading the newspaper, and I’ve been that way since middle school when I rocked braces, glasses and overalls to band practice.

I’m lucky though. Regardless of what I look like or my interests, no one has ever bullied me. I have never worried about getting made fun of at school or being harassed.

Maybe it’s because I can play sports, am blonde, have parents who are keyed into what is going on in my life and have an older brother that stands up for me.

Whatever the reason, I’ve made it through elementary school, middle school, high school and so far my first three years of college without having people bully me about my looks or interests.

However, too many people today can’t put themselves in the lucky category I’m in, and Lee Hirsch’s film “Bully” released in selected theaters March 30 attests to that.

It tells the stories of three kids – Alex, Kelby and Ja’Meya – who are the victims of bullying and two families whose children committed suicide after the bullying became too much.

I haven’t had a chance to see the film yet, but the preview alone was enough to make me tear up and feel for the kids on screen who’ve been victims of such

Megan Gates Managing Editor awful abuse.

But they aren’t alone.

According to the film’s website, “Over 13 million American kids will be bullied this year, making it the most common form of violence experienced by young people in the nation.”

That’s a staggering number. And the sad thing is, it doesn’t stop when we graduate high school.

Take the horrific death of Robert Champion, former Florida A&M marching band drum major, who died in November 2011 after suffering “blunt trauma blows to his body while he was aboard a bus and died from shock caused by severe bleeding,” according to a CNN article.

A&M’s band director, Julian White, was fired afterward, but no charges have been brought to those responsible for Champion’s death.

This ties right into the theme of “Bully,” where bullies, hazers, whatever you would like to call them, are allowed to hurt others around them and then not

held accountable for their actions because it’s just all fun and games. Kids are cruel and they’ll eventually outgrow it.

But the truth is, if you’re a bully, you’ll always be a bully unless someone stands up to you and tells you your behavior is unacceptable. It’s not a phase you outgrow; it’s a personality trait that won’t go away unless forced to.

As a university we have a good record in the last several years of no hazing problems. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t problems that aren’t in the public view.

We all know someone who has been the victim of bullying who hasn’t reported it to someone. And we all know someone who’s a bully in their own right, who never outgrew the middle school bully phase because no one told them it wasn’t OK. But now, more than ever, we need to stand up to them to make our university and other schools safe so kids like Alex, Kelby and Ja’Meya don’t have to be afraid to go to school and deaths like Champion’s never happen.

Join me in taking a stand by going to see the film over spring holiday, visiting http://thebullyproject.com or liking the “Bully” page on Facebook. Not all kids are lucky in avoiding bullying like me, but maybe if we address the problem we can make a world where they can be.

Tell us what you think.

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Vote for Wyrick proposals that help most students

Wyrick proposals are great. They give the students of Missouri State a chance to speak out and tell the administration how they feel the university and campus can be improved. They give students a voice in making decisions that will directly impact them.

However, when the Wyrick proposals are voted on, students need to think very carefully about what they are voting to approve or shoot down.

With the current economic situation and funds for higher education always in question, money for student-voted projects such as Wyrick proposals is limited. Therefore, the student body needs to make sure it’s not going to waste.

How do students do that? By not voting to approve proposals such as installing new pinsetters for the bowling lanes in the Level 1 Game Center in the PSU — a proposal that somehow made its way onto the ballot this year. New pinsetters? Is that the best suggestion you’ve got? Come on, Missouri State. The Wyrick funds need to be used in a more constructive way that will have an impact on more of the student population.

In fact, the pinsetter proposal has already been on the ballot once and — surprise, surprise — it was not approved. Why is it being voted on again?

Students might have noticed a recent “improvement” to campus that once started as a Wyrick proposal — the new directional signs located near the bookstore, Carrington Hall and the visitor’s parking lot. Unfortunately, these signs are an example of another lackluster proposal that has minimal impact on our students.

Sure, these signs might be helpful to visitors to campus, and Missouri State absolutely wants to seem as inviting as possible, but what do they do for the current students of the university? Not a whole lot. Everyone knows where Carrington Hall is.

Students need to be spending the Wyrick funds on projects that will be more useful, such as the digital parking spot counter that was installed in Bear Park South thanks to a 2011 Wyrick proposal passed by the student body.

When students cast their ballots April 9-11, deciding on whether or not to approve the two Wyrick proposals — the new pinsetters and installing smart boards in the new Foster Recreation Center — they need to ask themselves two questions: (1) Does this proposal benefit a good portion of the student population?; (2) Is this a good use of the money, or is there something more important the funds could be used for?

Make the right decisions, Missouri State.

Name spring holiday for what it really is

It seems like we just got back from spring break, when—dundun-dun-da (insert your superhero appearance sound here)— spring holiday is almost here!

Who are we kidding when we call it a “spring holiday”?

No one.

Is it just a coincidence that “spring holiday” always falls just before the Christian’s Good Friday and Easter holiday? I don’t think so. If it were a true break to celebrate the spring holiday, then the break would be issued at the time of the spring equinox, the day when the true sun rises again.

Fun fact: Did you know that the word Easter comes from the German word Eostre, which can be traced back to the word Ostara—the name of the Germanic pagan goddess of the spring

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equinox?

The spring equinox, for those that don’t know, is when the sun is over the equator and the day and night are about 12 hours each. After the spring equinox, days start getting longer since the sun begins to rise earlier and set later.

Even way back in the days before Christianity, rabbits and eggs were used to symbolize

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Ostara because of their ties to the Earth’s fertility, which is brought on by Ostara, or the spring equinox.

Last Thursday, I was picking up my daughter from the babysitter’s house when the babysitter’s daughter asked me if I knew that Easter was coming up. My daughter isn’t old enough to talk, let alone remind me that it’s time to decorate eggs or eat candy from some pastel basket full of “grass” that gets strung around everywhere, so I had honestly totally forgotten. I made up some lame, generic response to the little girl’s question, and she bought it. She really just wanted to tell me about the cotton ball “eggs” that her and her brother had dyed with markers (I made a mental note of their project for later use, though I’m

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sure I’ll forget).

I’m sure my babysitter probably gathered that I don’t tightly wear the Bible Belt like so many others in these parts, and worldwide, really.

I’m not going to beat up Christians for their beliefs and point out what I don’t buy about the religion (and I use that term in the strictest sense). Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and if you can have such strong faith in something/someone, go for it. I just don’t have that kind of faith in something that is so foreign to me.

Alas, I’m not trying to complain about a couple extra days off, though. Whatever the occasion, the more the merrier. I just wish the politically correct façade would melt away so we can call

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the “spring holiday” break by what it really is – Easter break.

What are you going to do with your spring holiday/Easter break?

Bask in the glory of the sun or the son?

Me—I’m still going to take the baby to the babysitter (wouldn’t want to ruin her routine, you know) and get some term paper research done while I daydream about taking a nap. Exciting stuff, right?

Or, I could get a visit from that procrastination bug that seems to bite my a— every semester and find something to distract me, like getting the garden ready.

Gosh, I’m getting old. But I guess getting a garden ready would be an appropriate way to celebrate the rising of the sun.

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Tuesday

April 3, 2012

Calendar

Bicycle safety

April 3 to April 9

Tuesday

Missouri State, Springfield trying to become more biker friendly

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

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free The Detectives ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Soul 8 to 11 p.m. at Springfield Brewing Co., 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: Captain's Son, Stoked and The Euphio Question 9 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge Honkysuckle 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for 21+ and $2 for 18+

Friday

Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3 The Gimps ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Soul 11 p.m. at Dean Z’s Club 57 in Branson, free Rags To Rich’s 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Mr. Gnome, The Topangas and The Angry Panda Band 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5 Let It Rain and Teenagers 9 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge

Saturday

Slapdash Science CD Release Show with The Bootheel 10 p.m. at the Highlife Martini Lounge, $5 Sister City’s Album Release Show, with Sweetwater Abilene & Plaid Dragon 9 p.m. at the Outland, $5 One More Round: A Tribute to Johnny Cash 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $7 in advance (search Zero Youth Records online) and $10 at the door plus a $2 minor surcharge

Sunday

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

Monday

Shinedown, Adelitas Way and New Medicine 6 p.m. at The Shrine Mosque, $35 for general admission and $45 for reserved seating Mascara Metal Monday 10 p.m. at the Outland, free

Briefs Midwest Rock ‘n’ Roll Express makes stop in Springfield

For the first time ever on the same stage, REO Speedwagon, STYX and Ted Nugent will perform at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15 at the O’Reilly Family Event Center as part of the Midwest Rock ‘n’ Roll Express.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 6 at 10 a.m. at the O’Reilly Center box office, online at http://drurytickets.com or by calling 417-8736389. All seats are reserved starting at $44 with Gold Circle tickets at $79.

Wakarusa ticket prices to increase

The Wakarusa Music Festival, held on Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Ark., is the closest major music festival to Springfield and ticket prices for full event passes will increase to the next level at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 7.

Wakarusa gives you a chance to catch some well-known musical acts in the country, including: The Avett Brothers, Primus, Matisyahu and Beats Antique, to name a few.

Full event tickets are currently $164, so snag some now before the price goes up! Visit http://wakarusa.com for more information.

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As the weather warms up, there are more and more cyclists seen around campus. Join the masses of eco-friendly students and start getting around on the two-wheeled wonder vehicle.

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard Learning to ride a bike is one of those defining childhood moments that mark the transition from little kid to big kid. There’s learning to tie your shoes, learning to write your name and learning to ride a bicycle without the training wheels.

For some, it doesn’t go much further than that. Biking is something that was done with Mom and Dad as part of family time, or something done throughout the neighborhood to get from one house to another. For others, biking is a way of life and a main means of transportation.

For students, it makes sense to take advantage of the growing biking initiative in Springfield and the easily accessible and convenient bike routes around the community. Missouri State has done a lot to ensure that bikers are given room to ride and park their bikes throughout campus. Organizations such as Ozark Greenways work

to increase bike travel around Springfield.

Students that live close to campus get the full advantage of bike travel. Apartments often provide bike Cline racks and, for those on a tight budget, it’s a cheap alternative to driving with the added benefit of enhanced calf muscles and a fatter wallet. Environmentalists and all-around bike nuts would encourage students to make the most of this form of transportation, but it’s not hard to spot the flaws in the system once you move away from campus.

Senior community and regional planning student Jenny Dimsho is an avid biker. Before she moved to Springfield she had little interest in bicycle travel, but was encouraged by Missouri State’s accessible bike routes.

“I started to incorporate biking

into more than just school trips, and once you start biking in areas away from campus you start to see the flaws in the transportation network,” Dimsho said. “First you have to make the decision between biking on jagged sidewalks or riding dangerously among cars. If you choose the street, you deal with people who don’t realize that you legally have the right to be there.”

We’ve all seen bicyclists who disobey traffic laws and weave in and out of cars and pedestrians, but with very few exceptions, the safest way to ride is as part of normal traffic. Bikers are expected to follow the same traffic laws as vehicles, and by doing so they can avoid accidents.

Missouri State media, journalism and film professor Andy Cline teaches a class through the Cycling Savvy program that he hopes to continue next spring. He teaches bike etiquette and maintenance as well as provides See BIKE page 9

Technology: Is it helping or hindering education?

By Kelsey Berry The Standard

The popularity of apps and games such as Angry Birds and Draw Something has been constantly growing, and they have quickly become a part of America’s everyday life and social culture.

According to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2011, there are now over 425,000 apps in the Apple App store, and 14 billion have been downloaded in less than three years. It seems as though there is an app for everything from music, entertainment and fitness to just plain fun and games.

But for educators and students, the real question is, does this expansion of technology through the prevalence of apps and smartphones have any educational value in the classroom? Or is it more of a distraction to both professors and students?

While the Office of the Provost’s policy at Missouri State University prohibits student use of cellphones or other similar communication devices during class, the use of technology in the classrooms is largely mandated by the professors.

Political science professor Kenyon Bunch abides by the provost’s cellphone policy and has found that it works well for his classroom.

“I don’t mind if people use an iPad, for example, to take notes,” Bunch said. “It doesn’t bother me at all. Certainly when cellphones are turned on and ring during class it is a disruption, and I think the policy is certainly reasonable there. As long as the student isn’t interrupting class and if it helps them, I don’t have a problem with using a laptop, iPad or phone to take notes.”

When asked if he thought technology in the classroom could be a distraction, Andy Cline, a media, journalism and film professor, shared his thoughts.

“It depends on the course itself,” Cline said. “If you take a class like Fundamentals of Media Convergence or Multimedia Journalism, technology is absolutely crucial. We have Mac laptops, the projector, the Internet, the HD TVs all around the room, and all that technology is important not only to delivering the See TECH page 5

TAG Thursday takes over Outland Local bands get their chance at exposure thanks to magazine

By Nick Simpson The Standard Finding Springfield’s pulse has never been altogether difficult. It usually involves a simple trip downtown. But knowing the “where” and “when” is a challenge in itself, that is if you don’t have a copy of TAG magazine (or The Standard) in front of you.

TAG magazine is a monthly periodical dedicated to bringing to light the efforts of local artists and musicians as well as up-and-coming businesses.

Their ranks are helmed by Drury graduate Brett Johnston, who describes their staff as a band of friends devoted to their craft and the exposure of local talent.

“We started in 2009 and honestly, I’m a former employ-

ee of the News-Leader,” he said. “Our sports editor was the prep sports editor at the NewsLeader, and we had a couple writers from 417 and Go. We were all personally invested in the music scene and culture because we’d lived here our whole lives and we really felt like there were aspects of our culture that weren’t getting acknowledged.”

The TAG staff also works to actually give these musicians a stage to play on—literally.

Thursday marked their fifth week of TAG Thursdays at the Outland Bar at 326 South Ave. downtown. Billed for the evening were two sets of twopieces: Do-it To-it and Chris Gnarly.

“Thursday night has proven to be a really good night for local music as far as people

going out to shows,” Johnston said. “We wouldn’t think it’d be a good night, but it is. It’s just an opportunity for us and the Outland to really highlight some local bands.”

Multi-instrumentalists Tyler Estes and Alex Crisman of Doit To-it have been making music together for many years, and the chemistry can be felt, not just heard. Many of their songs feature simply drum and bass, while others are mind-blowing synth dance-outs, but conceived as a whole, encompass an amazing set.

“I love the guy and I hate him,” Estes said of Crisman.

“But we’ve been writing songs since we were best friends in fifth grade. Before we even had our first bands we had like 67 garage bands. We had a band called Korn 2. That’s a joke.

“I think it’s just that we’ve been playing together for so long that we’re comfortable.

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TAG Thursday is a fairly recent development at the Outland Bar at 326 South Ave.

Are you burned out? Be aware of the symptoms Stress and health management professional makes visit to MSU

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard Feeling depressed, drained or depleted are all symptoms of burnout, a term defined by Merriam-Webster as “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration,” something most college students have experienced at least some time during their academic tenure.

Dr. Joan Borysenko, a Harvard-trained medical scientist, psychologist and renowned pioneer in stress and health management, tackled the issue head-on in

a two-hour presentation titled “Fried: Why We Burn Out and How to Revive,” Friday night at the Plaster Student Union theater.

During the event, sponsored by the MSU Psychology Club, Borysenko outlined the “12 Stages of Burnout” as follows: Driven by an ideal, working like a maniac, putting your own needs last, miserable and clueless as to why, the death of values, frustrated, aggressive and cynical, emotionally exhausted and disengaged, destructive and self-comfort, isolation, inner emptiness, who cares and why bother attitude, physical and mental

collapse.

Senior psychology major John Penick attended the seminar in order to receive extra credit for his Psychology of Diverse Populations class. Penick said he was surprised to discover that he has gone through many of the stages of burnout.

“I’ve definitely been apathetic, particularly representing the ‘who cares and why bother’ stage,” Penick said. “I’ve traveled pretty far down the burnout road.”

Penick said he plans to take Borysenko’s advice on how to deal with burnout by being mindful to himself and finding activities that make him happy.

“I’m going to try to take a better look at the big picture, and maybe realize that some things are not going to

be as important to me as they are now, in the future,” Penick said.

Senior psychology major Kenny Chang said that he felt most fried during the fall semester of his junior year.

In fact, he has coined the time period the “Semester of Hell.”

“For some reason, I thought it was a good idea to take 18 credit hours,” Chang said. “In retrospect, it was a horrible decision because I was miserable.”

Chang said that the grueling course load took a toll on both his mental and physical health.

“I wasn’t at the top of my game, that’s for sure,” Chang said. “I’d act pretty pessimistic and cynical towards my friends. I was doing homework every

night and hardly getting sleep. I was like a zombie.

To top it all off, I would go out, drink and get hammered whenever I felt particularly stressed.”

Chang said that taking fewer hours in recent semesters has allowed him not to feel fried or burned out.

Borysenko said that one must think outside the box and connect to themselves in order to revive from burnout.

“If you’re burned out, a very good place to start is a long vacation for as long as you can get away,” Borysenko said during the presentation.

After the event, Borysenko signed copies of her book, “Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive” at PawPrints in the PSU.

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The beauty of Bonnaroo Major music festival offers life-changing weekend experience

Even if you don’t yet consider yourself part of the music festival culture, there’s a very slim chance you haven’t heard of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Held June 7-10 on a 700acre farm in Manchester, Tenn., Bonnaroo might be considered the mother of all music festivals, and for good reason.

Festival spokesman Ken Weinstein said Bonnaroo is an ideal place to spend an extended weekend for no other reason than it’ll probably be the most fun you are going to have all summer.

“It’s a place to be yourself and feel free,” he said. “Just walking around and living at Bonnaroo feels like nothing you’ve ever experienced.

Throw in all the entertainment options that exist there and it’s simply paradise—music, comedy, film, food and more. One day wouldn’t be enough. At four days, you feel enlightened. It’s the gateway to the summer. It’s a rite of passage.”

The variety of things to do at Bonnaroo is unmatched, Weinstein said.

“It’s first and foremost a music fest,” he said. “But it’s an arts fest, too—film, art

Tech Continued from page 4 content but also to demonstrating how to use the very technologies that we are learning to use in classes.”

Cline said in any circumstance where professors are giving students the privilege to use all kinds of technology in a classroom, there will be those that abuse it and it will become a distraction.

installations, comedians and so much more. You could never be bored.”

Headlining the event are: The Beach Boys, Phish, Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers, Alice Cooper, The Roots, Skrillex, Ludacris and The Shins.

Not only does Bonnaroo have one of the most impressive lineups this festival season, but it also boasts live comedy shows in a giant, gloriously ai conditioned tent. Yes, air conditioning—you do not want to miss out on the chance to bask in the AC for a while because Tennessee in June isn’t exactly known for its mild weather. “Just to be safe you should consume water at a similar rate at which a fire hydrant produces it,” says the festival’s website.

A few of the comedy tent headliners are Aziz Ansari, Steven Wright, Marc Maron

and Reggie Watts. Last year, the festival passed out free tickets to the shows, but you had to be at the comedy tent two hours before the show to pick up the ticket. It seems likely the system will be similar this year.

The actors from the Comedy Central show, “Workaholics” put on a quite hilarious comedy show at the festival last year, finishing with a silly song about being one another’s best friends.

“I think a lot of people like our show because they either went to college or didn’t and everyone’s looking for a job,” said Adam DeVine in our interview at the festival last year.

“There are no good jobs out there, so people are just like ‘We gotta work.’”

Seasoned festivalgoer Sarah Prost said Bonnaroo’s comedy lineup makes the festival very unique from other festivals she’s been to.

“The lineup is awesome because it appeals to music lovers of all kinds,” she said.

“Music festivals kick a— in general because they’re a nice, short vacation that anyone can make on the weekends during summer to kick back with your best friends.”

The festival also has a cinema tent, art exhibitions galore, and The Academy, which offers workshops in art, theatre, percussion, belly dancing, break dancing, instrument building and gardening. The festival even has its own daily

newspaper, the Bonnaroo Beacon.

Some people might complain about how commercialized Bonnaroo is, but that commercialization has its benefits.

For starters, Garnier Fructis offers complimentary hair washing, hair styling and free samples. Just make sure you sign up early in the day for an afternoon or evening appointment.

There’s nowhere to swim at Bonnaroo, but there are a few ways to cool off with a little H2O. First of all, there’s the Big A— Water Slide, a 40-foot tall, 175-foot long inflatable water slide. You had to purchase a $10 ticket for the whole weekend last year, but the line for the slide never looked too terribly long. If you don’t feel like paying for a trip down the slide, you can always

cool off under the giant mushroom that seems to be on a timer, gushing water on and off throughout the day.

Ticket sales are in their last round and cost $259.50 plus fees. The festival sold out last year, and it’s highly likely to sell out again, so get your tickets before you miss out on one of the best weekends of your life. Visit http://www.bonnaroo.com for more information.

Senior exercise and movement science major Lauren Kitson said she doesn’t use her phone during class for anything.

“If I use it then I’ll get distracted,” Kitson said. “I think if you’re taking notes in class and not messing around with apps then it’s beneficial.”

On the other hand, freshman digital film production major Shayne Walker, an avid user of his electronic communication devices during class, seemed to think differently.

“Unless I’m taking notes on my laptop, then I’m usually on Facebook,” Walker said. “Personally, I’m not distracted by others on Facebook or playing games during class, but I can see how it could be distracting for someone else. It just makes it a lot easier to mess around than it is to actually work.”

The opportunity for engaging in apps, Facebook, Pinterest or texting could be much more prevalent when technology such as cellphones, iPads or laptops are accessible during

class, but determining if those outlets will become a distraction or a learning tool is up to the student’s discretion.

Brett Moore, a junior broadcast journalism major, said he prefers to use his iPad instead of his laptop to take notes during class.

“I have an app called Evernote and I try to take as many notes as I can using that, but I’m also syncing the PowerPoints from the website (Blackboard) to my Evernote,” Moore said.

Moore also described the

benefits of using his iPad versus a laptop.

“An iPad is spatially much more convenient and easier to carry around campus than a laptop as well as being faster because it has less data stored on it,” he said.

“My iPad does make it really easy to be on Facebook during class,” Moore said. “I can be really productive, but it’s hit or miss.

I get distracted pretty easily.”

The use of technology in the classroom can be extremely beneficial, as shared by Moore

and Cline, but it can also cause unneeded diversions when it comes to paying attention during class. The line is a thin one, and the solution seems to be self-control and self-regulation of electronic devices.

If you believe your cellphone, laptop or other device will be a distraction, it may be a smart idea to leave it in your dorm room or apartment while you are in class. Taking notes by hand may be a rapidly diminishing art, but it still works.

Lauren Healey Life Editor

Photo provided by Lauren Healey

Life Editor Lauren Healey interviewed the cast of “Workaholics” at Bonnaroo in 2011 after their live stand-up comedy show. Catch “Workaholics” on Comedy Central or Netflix. Left to right: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Lauren Healey, Anders Holm.

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Scorebox Baseball Tuesday, March 27 Kansas 300401000–8 Missouri State 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 9 Friday, March 30 Dallas Baptist 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 x – 6 Missouri State 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 – 5 Saturday, March 31 Dallas Baptist 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 – 4 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 x – 8 Sunday, April 1 Dallas Baptist 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 x – 10 Missouri State 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 – 6 Softball Thursday, March 27 Kansas 0000040-4 Missouri State 1000010-2 Kansas 3000100-4 Missouri State 100310x-5 Saturday, March 31 Drake 0011000x-2 Missouri State 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 Drake 0004000-4 Missouri State 0200000-2 Sunday, April 1 Drake 101020x-4 Missouri State 0100001-2 Women’s Golf Tuesday, March 27 UALR Classic 13th Field Hockey Sunday, April 1 Michigan State 0 Missouri State 3 Ball State 1 Missouri State 1 Iowa 1 Missouri State 1 Indiana 2 Missouri State 2

Mason named to national volleyball squad

By John Cook The Standard USA Volleyball announced their 2012 U.S. Women’s National A2 Program roster on Friday, March 22.

Among the names listed was Missouri State sophomore libero Ashley Mason who, after a breakout year at MSU, couldn’t have been more excited.

“I was really excited and honored

to be selected as one of the members,” Mason said. “I’m just excited for what’s ahead. I wasn’t with anybody when I first got the news. So I screamed really loud and then realized no one heard me. So I had to get on my phone and call my mom.”

Mason trained and competed for three days and was one of 48 volleyball players selected to the team. The program will run from June 26-July 4 in Columbus, Ohio.

Mason, from Granby, Mo., won’t be joined by any other MSU players on the USA squad, but she will receive plenty of advice from sophomore setter Carly Thomas, who made the team last year.

“We got to go to Colorado Springs and the Olympic training center,” Mason said. “That was exciting in itself, getting to see where Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD

See MASON page 7 Mason will play on the A2 team.

Men’s soccer still perfect in spring play

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

Calendar April 3 to April 9

Tuesday

Baseball, 6:30 p.m. at home vs. Arkansas State Softball, 3 p.m. at home vs. UMKC Softball, 5 p.m. at home vs. UMKC Men’s Golf, 8:30 a.m. away at ASU Red Wolves Classic

Wednesday Baseball, 3 p.m. at home vs. Arkansas State

Friday

Baseball, 6:30 p.m. away at Bradley Softball, Noon at home vs. Bradley Softball, 2 p.m. at home vs. Bradley Track and Field, TBA away at Tom Botts Invitational

Saturday Baseball, 2 p.m. away at Bradley

Softball, Noon at home vs. Bradley Track and Field, TBA away at Tom Botts Invitational

Sunday Baseball, 1 p.m. away at Bradley

Monday

Men’s Golf, All Day away at ULM/Wallace Jones Invit.

Briefs Hogan named Valley Golfer of the Week

Missouri State men’s golfer Will Hogan was named Missouri Valley Conference golfer of the week on March 28.

Hogan medaled at the UALR/First Tee Intercollegiate tournament in Little Rock, Ark. The next tournament for the men’s golf team began on Monday in Jonesboro, Ark. at the ASU Red Wolves Classic.

Former MSU coach Hinson to coach SIU

Former men’s basketball head coach at Missouri State, Barry Hinson signed a five-year contract to coach at Southern Illinois for $250,000 during the first two years of the contract.

Hinson spent nine years as the head coach at Missouri State prior to the three-year coaching stint by Cuonzo Martin.

At Missouri State, Hinson coached the Bears to a 169-117 record and made the National Invitational Tournament four times but never made the NCAA Tournament with the Bears.

Prior to his signing at SIU, Hinson was on the coaching staff at Kansas as the Director of Operations, including this year’s Final Four team.

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Junior starting pitcher Pierce Johnson is 2-3 this season and leads the team with 71 strikeouts.

Throwing smoke Johnson leads the Bears in strikeouts and complete games

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard

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atcher Luke Voit said that when pitcher Pierce Johnson struck out 16 batters on March 23, he said he couldn’t believe it and that the spectacle was “one of the coolest things I have done as a catcher.”

“I mean it was like something you write a book about—it was pretty neat,” Voit said.

This season, Johnson, the 6foot-3-inch junior starting pitcher from Arvada, Colo., has been writing the book on how to strike out batters.

Johnson’s 16 strikeouts against conference rival Creighton March 23 was a career high and one strikeout shy of the school record set in 1969 by Charles Burt.

“I think that’s something that’s just happening,” Johnson said about his strikeouts. “I really worked hard in the offseason to work on some of my pitches and my mechanics, and this seems to be coming out of it.”

Johnson currently is second in Division I in strikeouts (71) and is currently fifth in strikeouts per nine innings (12.96) through March 25. However, this chapter

in his collegiate career began last season.

Last year, Johnson was used as a reliever and appeared in 18 games while starting 10, which allowed him to be used more often, said head coach Keith Guttin.

“Well the interesting thing is, the last half of last year, he was doing this,” Guttin said. “But we utilized him as kind of a midweek starter because he could do that and he relieved on the weekend. If you go back and look at the Missouri Valley Conference stats for last year, his numbers were exceptional. So he really started this the last half of last year.”

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The Missouri State men’s soccer team defeated MidAmerica Nazarene 3-0 at Plaster Sports Complex on Saturday.

The Bears went into a weeklong spring break with a 2-0 preseason record and seemed to have picked up right where they left off on Saturday.

“It’s been good to get back to it,” head coach Jon Leamy said.

“Good to get the goal three times, good to have a shutout and connecting with some passes a little bit more.”

Although the Bears dominated most of the game, there are still some things that Leamy said the Bears could work on such as transitioning the ball from the backfield to the front and playing through pressure. He said the team should work on having opposition against pressure instead of panicking and looking for the long ball.

Leamy “We want to dictate the tempo of the game a little bit more than what we are doing right now,” Leamy said.

Leamy played two different squads in the game—one for each half. Each squad consisted of starters from last year as well as reserve players. He said he was impressed with what he saw from both squads during the game. “(I saw) some good things with the unit that played first and some good things with the other unit,” Leamy said. “Good team day.”

With a small fan turnout, the game looked like an exhibition, but with the competition on the field, it felt more like a World Cup game. Neither team shied away from contact, and both teams played fast and ran hard.

“It was a good-spirited game,” Leamy said. “But we’ve got guys competing for jobs.”

No matter who was on the field or how much experience they had, both squads played tough defense and spent a majority of the game in MidAmerica’s part of the field.

“We know each other well enough to improvise,” junior defender Ben Griffiths said.

Griffiths said that since the team has been practicing for weeks, teammates have become so familiar with each other that they can improvise plays on offense and create good opportunities.

Missouri State might have scored a few more goals had it not been for the multiple offside calls throughout the game. Even though the calls stopped offen-

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St. Louis Cardinals visit Hammons Field

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals made the trip to Springfield to play the Springfield Cardinals in their last exhibition game before the start of the regular season gets underway tomorrow.

The highly-anticipated event was put on hold after last season’s scheduled game between the big league club and its Double-A minor league affiliate was canceled due to poor weather.

For much of the sold-out crowd it was chance to see their childhood heroes. For many of the St. Louis Cardinals, it was a chance to return to Springfield after their stint in Double-A before their bigleague call-up. And for others, it was the start of a career or an internship.

For junior marketing management major Katy Pirtle and senior administrative management major Jared Cates, the game marked their first day as interns for the Springfield Cardinals.

“We’re both junior associates for the Springfield Cardinals, so we kind of just get a little bit of experience in every part of the organization,” Pirtle said.

As junior associates, the two will be involved in a plethora of work that is related to their majors and will help them network.

The two said the internship spans the length of the Springfield Cardinals’ season and will include doing a variety of sales, on-field promotions, gameday operations and guest relations.

The internship is not directly related to their respective programs, but the work is something that both Pirtle and Cates expressed an interest in doing beyond college.

“This is just strictly for me,” Cates said. “It was an experience that I wanted to get on my resume because this is a field that I am looking into going into and getting involved in the system is the best way to network and meet people in order to get that best potential.”

For Pirtle the interest is similar.

“I want to go into sports marketing so I thought this would be a great place to get my foot in the door, get a little experience,” Pirtle said.

For many of the now-experienced and playoffseasoned veterans with the St. Louis Cardinals, the game was a chance to return to Springfield, and play where they spent a good part of their career preparing for the big leagues.

For St. Louis Cardinals infielder, Matt Carpenter the game was a homecoming.

In 2010 Carpenter batted .316 with 12 home runs, 53 runs batted in and 125 hits in his 105 games

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Infielder Tyler Greene fields a grounder to the first basemen on Monday night. played for Springfield.

“Man it’s great, Springfield, getting to play here and get to be a part of these fans was just unbelievable,” he said. “Some of my best memories in the minor leagues (were) here in Springfield, and being this close to St. Louis and having the Cardinal Nation come out almost every night to support the Springfield Cardinals.”

After spending 2010 between Single-A and Double-A, Carpenter played in seven games for St. Louis in 2011. He made the roster this season.

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Lacrosse on mission to make postseason after absence last year

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

After back-to-back seasons of winning the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference Championship and trips to the Division II National Tournament in 2009 and 2010, the Missouri State Bears lacrosse team didn’t feel right following the conference tournament from home last season after a thirdplace regular-season finish kept them out of postseason play. They are on a mission to make sure that doesn’t happen again this year.

Senior midfielder Ben

Johnson Continued from page 6 play last season, Johnson led the Bears in earned run average (1.47), batting average against (.143) and had 18 strikeouts in just over 18 innings pitched.

Staying true to form from last season, Johnson’s current earned run average of 2.01 is third on the pitching staff and he only has 19 walks.

Rather than just having

Scherer said that experience is driving the Bears in their games and practices so far this season.

“I know it’s motivation for me,” Scherer said. “I know we have a lot of new guys who weren’t really there for that experience, but that was definitely a big motivator because that hurt badly — not a good feeling.”

The Bears are 4-4 this season and 1-0 in their division but had lost three straight games heading into their threegame trip to Chicago last weekend.

Bears head coach Pat

Callaham said he has been happy with his team’s effort so far and he is confident going forward, but the Bears need to eliminate turnovers.

“Offensively, we need to do a little bit better job of ending our possessions with goals,” Callaham said. “Too many times our possessions ended in turnovers, which turns into fast breaks the other direction, and that’s a bad situation to be in. So we’ve got to clean that up so our possessions at least end in shots.”

The Bears did not score in double figures during their three-game losing streak and

were twice held to two goals.

Scoring goals is especially important for the Bears since they play an aggressive style of defense that forces turnovers but also gives up some shots on goal.

“It’s a high-risk defense but it’s a high-scoring sport so they’re going to get their goals. But we’re going to do our thing, and it’s going to work out most of the time,” junior defenseman Mike Queener said.

Callaham said his defense has carried the team through the first half of the season.

“Right now what our

overpowering pitches and relying on speed, Johnson has honed in on his command this season, evidenced by his lack of walks in his more than 49 innings pitched.

“Command is something that I’ve definitely been working on, so it was huge for me to have that sort of command in the (Creighton) game and that’s what led to the 16 strikeouts,” he said.

In his 16-strikeout game, Johnson had just one walk in nine complete innings.

Johnson hasn’t been

alone in his efforts this season either. Johnson, sophomore Nick Petree and junior Clay Murphy have accounted for 12 of the Bears 21 wins this season while anchoring the pitching staff.

“It’s special, I can’t even tell you,” Johnson said “It’s so nice having the confidence throwing any one of our guys out there.”

This confidence comes from the 100 runs that the pitching staff has given up compared to the 156 runs that the offense has scored.

The offense has also pro-

vided a cushion for the pitching early on in the game by out-scoring opponents 34-19 in the first two innings.

“I think the pitching’s been great, the defense has been pretty good for the most part and we’ve gotten clutch hitting and that’s really…when you have a good club that’s the make up your club, typically,” Guttin said.

The Bears play next at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Hammons Field against Arkansas State.

Soccer Continued from page 6 sive runs, Leamy doesn’t look at them as a negative against his team, saying it’s a good thing because it might stretch the opposing team. He said he doesn’t want his team to be offside too often, though.

The temperature during the game reached into the high 70s, making it tougher for Missouri State to play MidAmerica. But sopho-

more forward Cole Alexander, who scored one of the three goals during the first half of the game, knows that even though this was an exhibition game, it was still important to play hard.

“We learned in the fall that you can’t take a game off,” Alexander said.

“Because it’s going to bite you in the (butt) later in the year.”

Freshman defender James Fawke, freshman forward Pedro Cardenas Gutierrez and Alexander all scored goals in the game.

strong point really has been is our defense,” Callaham said.

“We’ve just gotten absolutely wonderful performance out of (sophomore) Dave Worsowicz, Mike Queener and (freshman) Dan Funk down on close defense for us.”

Callaham said that the team has struggled to win face-offs and this has led to extra possessions for opponents but his defense has risen to the occasion.

Queener said the Bears defensemen have a workmanlike approach to game days.

“We play the same system no matter who we play,”

Mason Continued from page 6 the Olympic athletes train. It was an open tryout, but I got a call, which was essentially an invitation from our coach.”

Mason said after the competition, waiting to find out if she made the team seemed to take forever, but finally after checking her email every day, the notification came.

With the Bears starting up their spring season, Mason is already in top shape for what she’ll have to do in the summer.

“My first priority is here (at Missouri State),” Mason said. “We practice every day, and we’re in our spring season, so that’s what I’m doing right now (to prepare). The hard work I’m putting in here at practice is going to translate to when I get to play there.”

Bears head coach Melissa Stokes said Mason’s acceptance to the team is an impressive accomplishment.

“It’s a great honor for her and a great honor for our program,” Stokes said. “Fiftyfive liberos tried out, so for her to be one of six (selected), that’s pretty special.”

Queener said. “We just have faith in that system and we have a bunch of guys back there who work hard together.

We know we have one job to do, and we don’t think outside of that job.”

On offense, sophomore Chris Callaham leads the Bears with 12 goals and freshman Joey Saba leads the team with 12 assists.

The Bears have three regular-season games remaining, all at home, beginning 7 p.m.

Friday April 13 against Missouri Baptist, the only division team to beat the Bears last season.

Thomas is an alternate on the squad, and if anyone drops out or is injured, she will make the team once again.

Stokes said that she hopes this opens the door for Mason’s future, whether that is taking her game at MSU to another level in the next couple years or if that means getting to play volleyball after she graduates college.

“I think what’s cool is that she wasn’t a libero coming out of high school,” Stokes said. “She was a defensive player, that’s why we redshirted her and that’s why we recruited her. So for her to really take control and own that position, it’s pretty impressive.”

After limited playing time in 2010, Mason found a home in the Bears starting lineup in 2011, averaging 4.71 digs per set. Mason totaled 523 digs last season, which is ranked sixth all-time on the Bears single-season list.

She garnered a spot on the 2011 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team, as well as being awarded Missouri State’s MVC State Farm Good Neighbor Award in the fall.

“The only thing I’ve ever known is just to work hard,” Mason said.

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Students have resources to keep information safe

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

It’s known as the “shotgun approach.” It’s when tens of thousands of malicious emails get launched simultaneously to random inboxes all over the world.

The student inboxes at Missouri State may only see a small percent of these emails, but it only takes one response for an account to become compromised.

Jim Taylor, the university’s information security officer, said he wants students to remember one bit of crucial information: Missouri State will never ask someone for their username and password.

“Scams go out that sound like they’re from the university, even from computer services,” Taylor said. “They may ask for your username and password and threaten to terminate your account if you don’t reply within 14 days.”

Taylor said people should never

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to expand the tenant presence in the building,” he said.

For years, Thomas had been making periodic improvements and renovations to the building, the latest of which included construction of the first floor and mezzanine, which was Icon.

Thomas’ plans included a few apartments, which are being con-

reply to emails of this nature no matter who they are from. Many of the scams preying on people on a regular basis can appear to be from professional organizations.

“One of the results if you provide your login information to your account is the scammer using your account to send out spam to other people,” Taylor said. “But we do have safeguards in place. Once a certain amount of emails go out from one person, it suspends the process. It’s always when one person provides their credentials.”

A common problem students can face is being bombarded via email about bogus job offers, Taylor said. Some of them may be legitimate, but many are not.

“There’s no guarantee they’re legal. If you’re looking for a parttime job, it’s worth checking out what you’re going to be doing,” Taylor said. “If it’s laundering stolen credit card numbers, you might not want to get involved.”

Taylor suggests looking on the web first to see if anyone has made any comments about the potential job that could warn people to steer clear of it. Another avenue would be to verify if the business is registered with the Better Business Bureau.

Another type of scam that focuses on certain classes of people, like students or executives for instance, is known as a spear phishing scam.

“The emails are geared toward what might pique the interest of an executive of a company or the vice president of the university,” Taylor said. “They ask for sensitive information that the average user wouldn’t have access to.”

If someone does find their account has been compromised, the first thing they should do is change their password immediately, Taylor said. In addition, passwords should never be words from the dictionary.

“In the world of scams on

emails there’s rarely a reset button.

Once it’s done, it’s done,” Taylor said. “People need to stop and think before they connect. It’s just like with carpentry, measure twice, cut once.”

At this time of year, Taylor recommends being wary of scammers that claim to be from the IRS. These kinds of scams can ask for information regarding the direct deposit of tax refunds, like bank account routing numbers and social security numbers.

The Springfield Police Department deals with Internet scams on a regular basis. Matt Brown, SPD’s public information officer, said they are extremely hard to get to the bottom of because they often originate in other countries.

“The scams are always the same types of things we usually see,” Brown said. “‘You’ve won some money. Donate to some charity.

Your bank account has been compromised. Send us your account

information.’ We always tell people to stay away from anything that asks for personal information or requires the sending of money.”

Brown says the police department is forced to send out public service announcements in order to warn and educate citizens of scammers in lieu of tracking down culprits.

Global Studies graduate student Mark Nichols has never actually fallen for an online scam but still finds the idea of them frightening and annoying, he said.

“I automatically just delete all those so-called job offers I get in my inbox from time to time,” Nichols said. “It’s a scary thought that some people have nothing better to do than come up with ways to rip you off. I’ve never actually been scammed, luckily.”

For tips on keeping your personal information safe, visit http://www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect.

structed now as well as plans to build a rooftop patio lounge.

The plans for the project began around two years ago and at the time, Thomas said Noci was on board with their plans.

“As we were building all of this out, my tenant started acting kind of weird,” Thomas said. “We started making some of these improvements inside of Icon. There was this collaborative effort that we needed from our tenant. He just didn’t show up to meetings and then all of a sudden I get this word

on the street that they were closing.”

Thomas said he is still unsure why Noci decided to walk away from the lease.

Gildehaus is out of town until April 5 and was unavailable for comment. The manager of Icon, Jared Nevins, did not return phone calls to comment before The Standard’s press time.

Thomas said his plans are to move forward with construction regardless of the tenant situation.

The city approved the plans for

the rooftop patio on March 14.

“We’re going to have over 2,000 square feet of patio,” Thomas said. “It’s going to face the south side and the west side. It’s an L-shaped patio.”

Thomas said the rooftop patio, which will be encased by glass railings and walls, is very innovative and nothing like Springfield has ever seen. Thomas said he hopes to get the first floor and mezzanine opened as soon as possible.

“We’re looking at trying to get open as soon as possible,” Thomas

said. “It may be in the realm of 30 days, 45 days or 60 days. Our goal is to get open as soon as possible and balance that with bringing the changes to the table that we want to make.”

Thomas said he wouldn’t reveal much detail about the aesthetics or theme for the rooftop patio lounge or the first floor and mezzanine.

“We do have a name, but, unfortunately, I can’t release it because it would give away more of the look and feel of the inside and the rooftop lounge,” Thomas said.

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Bike Continued from page 4 real on-the-road training amidst cars and pedestrians in Springfield.

“This happens to me frequently when I come to a four-way stop with lots of traffic—if everybody is following the rules you will get a fairly smooth ride through the four-way,” Cline said. “But I pull up to the stop sign, and because I’m on a bicycle everybody vapor locks. I end up having to play traffic cop because that car driver doesn’t understand why I’m not just blowing through the stop sign.”

Despite its problems, biking still has obvious advantages and the Springfield community has been hard at work promoting bike travel. Ozark Greenways is a nonprofit group formed in 1991 that works to preserve the Ozarks’ natural heritage by developing a trail network.

TAG Continued from page 4 We kind of have this musical vocabulary together. It’s kind of like having a conversation with someone. When you meet someone new it’s kind of awkward but if you know someone well it’s very fluent.”

Estes said while he pens the majority of the lyrics and Crisman puts those words to song, oftentimes it’s a collaborative effort between the two. Their songs are inspired by a number of different works, from Anime classics to ‘80s New Wave.

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Executive Director Terry Whaley along with Program Coordinator Lori Tack and more than 1,000 members and volunteers work to plan a bicycle-friendly community. This includes further development of a plan that began through citizen committees in 1996. The goal was to develop a 130-mile network of greenways and trails by 2020. Right now, they’re at 68 miles.

“We have a brand new initiative going on that we’ve been working on for a couple years called STAR,” Whaley said. “It stands for Sustainable Transportation Advocacy Resource team and we work with different agencies and groups to make the streets and trails safer. The second component of that is, how do we get the word out and how do we let residents, visitors and college students know?”

Ozark Greenways provides information on their website, http://www.ozarkgreenways.org and holds events like Bike to Work Week May 14-18 to promote

transportation alternatives to driving. This annual event challenges participants to leave their cars behind for at least a day. Bike paths like the recently developed Link make this transition a little easier.

The Link is a planned bicycle and pedestrian route that celebrated the opening of its first section May 15, 2011. It connects existing and planned bike routes, neighborhoods, schools, employment and activity centers. These include Commercial Street, Drury University, Missouri State University, Ozarks Technical College, Hammons Field, downtown and more.

Routes like these make it easier for students to navigate busy streets and get from point A to point B successfully. Secretary of Students for a Sustainable Future Lauren Bansbach is familiar with the benefits of biking, especially on campus.

“It relieves traffic congestion, creates zero pollution, is cheaper than driving, and improves health,” Bansbach said. “The Mis-

souri State campus has great bike paths that are clearly marked and, for students, the most tangible benefit of biking is the inexpensiveness compared to driving. It costs nothing to park a bike on campus and the only fuel a bike needs is you.”

Bike parking is located throughout campus and along the bicycle paths that run parallel to the pedestrian walkways. Though this rule is often broken due to congested parking conditions, locking a bike to trees, handrails, signposts or objects other than designated bike parking racks is prohibited.

An illegally-parked bike can be impounded by cutting and removing its lock. There’s a $25 fee for releasing a locked or impounded bicycle. Likewise, bicycles that haven’t been moved for 30 days can be considered abandoned and placed in impound as well.

Missouri State’s Department of Safety and Transportation suggests that students register their bikes at the substation, located at

636 E. Elm St. The service is free and is helpful if a student’s bike is lost, stolen or impounded.

For students who don’t own bikes and want to get in on the fun, there are inexpensive ways to acquire a bike if you’re not willing to shell out the cash for a brand new ride.

The Green Bike Program developed by the Residence Hall Association launched in the spring of last year offers students rental bikes for a fraction of what it might cost to purchase one. Bikes rent for $10-15.

Local shops like ReCycle Bike Shop at 2014 W. Catalpa St. offers a large selection of used bikes with adult sizes running for around $40 or more. The shop provides refurbish and repair services as well as parts for all kinds of bikes. Their hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

“You’re getting exercise, you’re saving money, you’re saving the environment,” Cline said.

“Why isn’t everybody out there biking?”

Wave, just ‘cause we’re close to it,” Estes said. “I think at the core of it we’re a punk rock band.”

Crisman said he gets his musical inspiration from a variety of sources.

“I draw influences from so many people,” Crisman said. “As far as two-piece, I mean I guess Death From Above, but I love Depeche Mode and anything ‘80s really.”

The two said they currently do not have any shows booked, but they keep busy playing numerous tiny house shows throughout Springfield.

The other band to grace the stage for TAG Thursday was Chris Gnarly, comprised of guitarist and frontman Joe Still of Ghost Dance, and drummer Ryan Sala of too

many bands to count.

Sala said he had played percussion in a number of bands throughout the city, but he saw something different in Still, and his aggressive stage persona.

“I kind of went and saw him play and decided I really wanted to write music with him,” Sala said.

“We had mutual friends, and I just sought him out and started jamming with him. I used to be the drummer for the Shotgun Brothers and the Sociables. I just knew I wanted to do something different. He had a unique voice and a style of playing all his own.”

With similar feelings, Still said their partnership has resulted in more material than they could have hoped for, and a band with everwidening prospects.

“We kind of go crazy and do whatever the f—- we want,” he said. “We’ve only been a band for four months, and we’ve already written like 20-some songs. It’s really easy for both of us. I saw him playing at New Years a year ago and it was two in the morning and he was just freaking out on the drums. It was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen, and I knew I had to play with this guy.”

Sala said their songwriting works from the ground up, and it is surprising even to them what their minds come up with.

“It’s real spontaneous,” he said.

“We just jam and elaborate on those jams. It builds organically, and then all of a sudden we have this song.

He doesn’t even write lyrics down, they just come out of him.”

You can find the two playing any number of house shows throughout town, but they are unsure as to the date of their next public performance.

TAG Thursdays, on the other hand, are held at 9 p.m. every Thursday night at the Outland.

Johnston said he hopes Springfield locals attend and experience these lesser-known acts.

“Really it’s all about exposure,” he said. “I’ve lived here for 30 years, and you always hear the constant bickerings about Springfield.

And I’ve just always loved the local music scene. We wanted to prove that there are things to do and that this is a great place to live and a great place to have fun. That’s really the genesis of our company—is trying to have fun.”

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Citterio claims win Freshman golfer from Italy gaining valuable experience

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard

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Chiara Citterio is a freshman golfer from Milan, Italy, who came to the United States in January to attend Missouri State. Citterio won the Del Monte Invitational in Monterey, Calif. — her first collegiate tournament win — during spring break by shooting 76-72-75—223 and beating the rest of the field by two strokes.

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Deborah Christensen, a freshman theatre and dance design tech major, said the signs, beside their function, have a nice look as well.

Continued from page 1 “They look as if they have always been there,” Christensen said. already up and will want to imple- “They’re to the point, but are also ment more around campus. appealing to the eye.”

Freshman golfer Chiara Citterio secured her first collegiate victory at the Del Monte Invitational in Monterey, Calif. the weekend of March 20. Citterio played as an individual in the tournament and shot 76-72-75— 223 to edge out the rest of the field by two shots.

The tournament, which was co-hosted by Missouri State and Drake, consisted of 14 teams from all over the country.

Citterio is a new addition for the Bears this year, coming from Milan in January.

“In Italy, we don’t have university teams, so basically when you start at a university you give up playing sports,” Citterio said.

“I really like playing golf, so I decided to make a choice that allowed me to study and play golf at the same time.”

Citterio has family friends in Carthage, Mo. and has been visiting the state since she was 7 years old. The golf pro at the course in Joplin introduced Citterio and her family to Missouri State coach Kevin Kane.

“They came to me, and then I looked into it as much as I could,” Kane said. “It didn’t happen as soon as we wanted it to happen because of some NCAA The new signs were not the only thing mentioned in the Wyrick proposal. Sullivan also came up with the idea to paint a bear on the fence near Blair-Shannon’s parking lot and put up some of the banners around campus.

“I really just encourage students to

stuff.”

The delay in getting Citterio to Missouri is part of the reason she played as an individual and not as a member of the five-person Missouri State team during the Del Monte Invitational, Kane said.

“She’s just a freshman,” he said. “This is her first semester, so I thought ‘Well, I’ll go ahead and I’ll play her as an individual again in this one.’ I just thought it seemed like the thing to do. She’s got game, it’s just a matter of getting in the college atmosphere and getting the experience.”

Typically, the team holds a qualifying match and most of the time, the top five players make the competition squad.

“It’s awesome that she did it, but it was pretty shocking,” senior Catherine Dolan said of Citterio’s win. “You don’t expect your individual to beat the rest of your team. It was good for us because it just gave us another person with depth.”

Citterio said Kane wanted her to gain more experience and get used to playing in the area.

“I didn’t expect it because it was my third tournament, so it was great,” Citterio said. “I was really happy about my game.”

Dolan said it took the rest of the team longer to get situated and acquainted with playing at write the Wyrick proposal,” Sullivan said. “Take initiative because a lot of different things on campus have been done through these proposals, such as the Taco Bell fields and the volleyball courts being redone. Be aware that you can make things happen.”

Students who are interested in

the collegiate level.

“It opens up so much for her,” Dolan said. “She knows she’s won one tournament, so why can’t she win another?”

This is Citterio’s sixth year playing golf and she credits her interest in the sport to her parents. The individual aspect of golf is one of her favorite parts.

“You’re not playing against other people,” she said. “It’s you against the golf course.”

The Missouri Valley Conference championship is on the horizon for the Bears. The team will travel to Terre Haute, Ind. on April 22.

Kane said the conference tournament is a chance for the team to redeem themselves.

“Last year we went into the conference tournament, were the heavy favorite and ended up finishing third,” he said.

Kane said he would not be surprised if the Bears were the favorite in the tournament this year as well. He said his team had a target on their back going into the final round with an 18stroke lead at Monterey.

“In about a month or so, we’re going to have that target back again—meaning the conference tournament,” Kane said. “I think we are the best team, and we have to go prove it for three days.” writing a Wyrick proposal can contact SGA’s Chief Wyrick Commissioner, Ben Roberts, at Roberts311@live.missouristate.edu.

Or they can attend a meeting on Tuesdays in PSU 313 at 5:30pm in order to talk to any board member about ideas.