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Briefs
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill to visit Springfield May 1
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, DMo., will make a stop in Springfield on Wednesday, May 1, to “discuss her efforts to collect feedback from Missourians as she begins her work as the head of two Senate panels aimed at protecting consumers, cracking down on scams and guarding taxpayer dollars from waste, fraud and abuse,” according to a press release. McCaskill will hold a press conference at The Library Center (Room B) at 12:45 p.m. McCaskill is leading the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection.
SGF Planning and Zoning Commission to hear proposed street name change
The Springfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hear a proposed street name change by Missouri State University at their meeting on May 2 at 6:30 p.m. The proposed name change would change the name of Monroe Street between National and Kimbrough Avenues to Bear Boulevard. According to the Zoning and Subdivision report, the staff recommends approval and found that approval of this street name change is expected to more appropriately identify the main entrance to the Missouri State University campus.
Calendar Tuesday, April 30
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102
All COB Photo, 1:45-2 p.m., Glass Hall Outside
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U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt spoke at Missouri State’s 14th annual agricultural forum on Friday, April 26. Blunt is the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. He has spoken at every MSU agricultural forum but the first.
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By Trevor Mitchell The Standard
orth America could be energy independent in eight years if it stopped buying things from “people who don’t like us,” U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt told an audience on Friday, April 26. Blunt’s comments at Missouri State University’s 14th annual agriculture forum ranged from agricultural policy to political discussion, and several times cast blame on the presidency for issues facing both agricultural workers and the nation. Blunt is the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, and has spoken at the forum every year but its first. In addition to his claim of energy independence, Blunt said that the United States has a “natural gas
be comparable to the post-World War II economy, or even the Industrial Revolution, according to Blunt. Blunt also said he supported the genetic modifiRoy Blunt was elected to the United States cation of crops, and cited two court cases in which Senate in 2010, where he serves as one of genetically modified crops were regulated by law, two senators for the state of Missouri. but eventually declared deregulated without any From 1996 to 2008, he was elected seven health issues being found. times to the U.S. House of Representatives. Blunt said he would be against any law requirBlunt is an alumnus of Southwest Baptist ing labeling of genetically modified food, stating University in Bolivar, Mo., where he served as that if food wasn’t labeled as organic, it was likely president for four years. He earned a master’s safe to assume that it had been modified in some degree at MSU. way. Source: www.blunt.senate.gov Blunt was followed by Dan Cassidy, chief administrative officer of the Missouri Farm Bureau advantage” for at least the next 20 years, due to the Federation and affiliated companies. Cassidy delivlarge amount of recoverable natural gas we have ered a shorter, more structured talk about crucial compared to other countries. The opportunities posed by this advantage could u See FORUM page 12
About Roy Blunt
Fraternity, sorority reestablish at MSU
Student Activities Council Meeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313
Workshop for Critical Inquiry: Chimeras of Political Identity and the Problem of the People in Revolutionary France, 4-6 p.m., Meyer Library 101
Wednesday, May 1
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102
Academic Advisor Forum on “Getting a Head Start in a Graduate Program,” 11:45-12:45, PSU 315
Sigma Pi offers $10,000 in scholarships to members
Thursday, May 2
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102
Study Away 101 Information Session, 1:30-2:30 p.m., PSU 315 B
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Students for a Sustainable Future General Meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Temple Hall 105 Missouri State — West Plains 50 Year Celebration and Picnic, 6-8 p.m., West Plains, Mo.
COB Spring Awards Dinner, 6:308:30 p.m., University Plaza Hotel
Friday, May 3
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102 Blackboard Open Lab, 1:30-5 p.m., Meyer Library 205
Student Learning Lounge: Let’s Talk Blackboard, 1:30-5 p.m., Meyer Library 205
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibition Receptions, 6-10 p.m., Brick City 102
Saturday, May 4
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102
Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society Picnic, 11 a.m.3 p.m., Phelps Grove Park
Monday, May 6
BFA in Studio Art Senior Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Brick City 102 All Faculty Recognition Reception, 3:30-5 p.m., PSU Ballroom
Asian American Pacific Islander Organization Meeting, 6:30-7:30
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Claire Quinn, a sophomore elementary education major, and Susan James, a freshman communication sciences and disorders major, demonstrate the cinnamon challenge.
Warning: Do not attempt at home Cinnamon challenge and other popular challenges could cause choking, vomiting, lung damage By Nicolette Martin The Standard
Recent popular challenges attempted by teens and adults alike, which are often done for fun, can cause potential health problems, including hospitalization, for participants. “Why would you want to do this?” a woman asks in the YouTube video, “Elders React to Challenges.” The question comes after a boy says he is going to try the salt and ice challenge, which he says the result is frostbite and “a ton of people have had to go to the hospital.” Challenges such as the cinnamon challenge, the salt and ice
challenge, the gallon challenge, the condom challenge and many others have become common among those of our generation in an attempt to prove that their bodies are able to endure things that shouldn’t be endured. Check out these five popular challenges and the reasons you shouldn’t attempt them.
1. The cinnamon challenge
What is it? The cinnamon challenge invites participants to take one tablespoon of cinnamon and attempt to swallow it within 60 seconds without any water. What makes it so hard? According to http://www.cinna-
monchallenge.com, a website that showcases the attempts (and mostly failures) of people trying to beat the cinnamon challenge, people think it is easy to do, yet it is practically impossible, because your body cannot produce enough saliva to make it easy to swallow. Why shouldn’t you do it? The cinnamon challenge, according to WebMD, can have many negative after-effects. These include coughing out a huge puff of cinnamon-colored powder, vomiting from the strong flavor, coughing fits resulting from breathing in the powder and in rare cases, being hospitalized after inhaling powder into the lungs. The blowing out of cinnamon can cause what is known as “dragon breath,” which can be very painful. u See CHALLENGE page 2
A fraternity and sorority whose charters were revoked have returned to Missouri State this year. The Alpha Rho chapter of Sigma Pi and Sigma Sigma Sigma, or Tri Sigma, have reinstitutionalized on campus this academic year. Alan Dobson, province archon of southern Missouri who oversees Sigma Pi fraternities at different universities in southern Missouri, said that Alpha Rho’s charter was revoked in 2008 as a result of the chapter breaking university and fraternity rules. He did not elaborate on the reason for the revocation, but said that they are excited to start fresh. The process to recharter began in December 2011, and Alpha Rho was officially welcomed back to campus during the fall of 2012. The Alpha Rho alumni presented scholarship awards to six men from the Alpha Rho colony, accumulating to $10,000. The six recipients for this year were Dalton Reeves, junior psychology major; Zachary Mouser, sophomore kinesiology major; David Michaelis, freshman u See GREEK page 13
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Pseudoephedrine bill heads to state Senate Statewide bill would supercede local laws that would require prescriptions for drug
By Taylor Burns The Standard
A statewide Missouri bill that would supercede dozens of locally-controlled substance ordinances has passed through the House and is heading to the state Senate. Pseudoephedrine, a common ingredient in over-thecounter cold and allergy medicines, is also a key ingredient in manufacturing methamphetamine. Last year, there were 1,985 reported meth-related incidents in Missouri, according to the State Highway Patrol — more than any other state. About 70 Missouri cities, including Joplin and Branson, have already enacted laws requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine, and Springfield is considering a similar ordinance. Currently, the legal limit on pseudoephedrine purchases is nine grams within a 30day period. House Bill 218, sponsored by Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, would reduce
that limit to 7.5 grams. Beyond the 30-day limit, the bill restricts sales to 60 grams within any 12-month period. A prescription, however, will still allow for more. Convicted felons will be required to have a prescription to buy any amount of pseudoephedrine, according to the bill. State Rep. Lynn Morris, RNixa, owns the Family Pharmacy chain, and co-sponsored House Bill 218. He spoke before a Springfield committee on April 2, urging them to consider lower limits instead of requiring prescriptions. “Probably 98 percent of these people are honest, lawabiding citizens,” Morris said in an interview. “If they do use Sudafed, they use it for the right reasons. I hate making laws that react to the bad people and what they do.” Morris has been pushing versions of this bill for years. “In the last three years, we never even got it out of the House,” Morris said. “We
Challenge
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2. The gallon challenge
What is it? The gallon challenge, also known as milk chugging, is the process of attempting to chug an entire gallon of milk in an hour. What makes it so hard? According to US News Health, the human body is incapable of processing such a large amount of milk in one sitting because the body cannot digest that much lactose. Why shouldn’t you do it? Common side effects of attempting the gallon challenge, accord-
Who is my state senator? Springfield area • District 30 (Springfield metro): Bob Dixon, 573-751-2583 • District 20 (Ozark, Nixa): Jay Wasson, 573-751-1503
Kansas City area • District 8 (Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit): Will Kraus, 573-751-1464 • District 11 (Independence): Paul Levota, 573-751-3074 • District 17 (Liberty, Gladstone): Ryan Silvey, 573-751-5282 St. Louis area • District 1 (Crestwood): Scott Sifton, 573-751-0220 • District 15 (Ballwin): Eric Schmitt, 573-751-2853 • District 26 (Chesterfield): Brian Neves, 573-751-3678
For senator contact info from other districts in Missouri, visit http://www.senate.mo.gov/13info/senator-info.htm. Source: www.senate.mo.gov
couldn’t even get the Missouri Pharmacy Association to endorse it. This year we compromised with all the parties at stake. I’m confident the governor is going to sign it and it’s going to get passed.” Bill 218 will give complete sales discretion to pharmacists for the first time, Morris said.
“The way it is today, stores will tell their pharmacists, ‘I don’t care what you think. I want you to make that sale.’” Morris said. “These pharmacists are forced to sell. Under this bill, they can use their own professional discretion and make sure they protect the community.”
Morris said his pharmacists often feel obligated to appease customers and makes sales, but this bill says that all pharmacists will have “discretion to, in good faith, refuse to sell, dispense, or otherwise provide any individual with any meth precursor drug and will not be subject to criminal
or civil liability in choosing to do so,” according to the bill summary. The bill passed through the House on Monday, April 15. The Senate has less than three weeks to vote on the bill. State Sen. David Sater, RCassville, a former pharmacist, also supports the bill but said it has a long way to go. “It has to be assigned to a committee, if the president pro tempore decides to do that,” Sater said. “Then the chairman of that committee makes a decision whether to have a hearing. Then it goes back to the floor leader. So we’ve still got some hurdles.” The committee handling the Springfield ordinance requiring prescriptions for all pseudoephedrine sales is expected to meet again in mid-May, according to the chair, Cindy Rushefsky, but Morris insisted the state bill will become law and override every city ordinance in the state. “It’s going to pass,” Morris said. “It’s a great compromise. The governor will sign it.” To see the text and summaries of House Bill 218, visit http://www.house.mo.gov/bill summary.aspx?bill=HB218. For more information on the bill, contact Rep. Stanley Cox at 573-751-9774, or by email at stanley.cox@house.mo.gov.
ing to US News Health, include and can cause second- or third- to inhaling the crackers and a lack can have negative effects on your vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and degree burns, much like frostbite. of salivation. health. Other popular challenges bloating. include the banana and Sprite 4. The saltine challenge 5. The condom challenge challenge (in which you have to 3. The salt and ice challenge What is it? The saltine chalWhat is it? The recently popu- eat two bananas and drink one What is it? The salt and ice lenge is one in which challengees lar condom challenge is a chal- liter of Sprite), the bread chalchallenge encourages participants have to eat six saltine crackers lenge that in order to beat, you lenge (eating one piece of bread in to put salt somewhere on their within 60 seconds without any have to snort a condom up your under 45 seconds) and the power body, take an ice cube and hold it water, and must also eat all of the nose and pull it out through your hour (which includes 60 shots of down against the salt for as long crumbs. mouth. beer in 60 minutes). as they can. What makes it so hard? Much What makes it so hard? FirstSo the next time you think What makes it so hard? Adding like the cinnamon challenge, the ly, you have to snort a condom about swallowing a tablespoon of salt to ice lowers the freezing saltine crackers are very dry and, through your nose. Secondly, cinnamon, chugging a gallon of point of water, which makes the again, your body is not able to you have to pull it out through milk, putting salt and ice on your water colder as the ice melts. produce enough saliva to make it your mouth. This one speaks for skin, eating six saltine crackers, Why shouldn’t you do it? an easy feat. itself. snorting a condom through your According to the parenting section Why shouldn’t you do it? Why shouldn’t you do it? You nose or any other feat that could of SheKnows, one of Forbes’ top While the saltine challenge does- can inhale the condom, choke and make a hilariously awful YouTube 100 websites for women, the mix- n’t pose any of the painful prob- die. video, think about all the negative ture of salt and ice on your body lems of the cinnamon challenge, These aren’t the only chal- repercussions that could result pulls the heat from your skin cells there is still a risk of choking due lenges people try to conquer that from these challenges.
Tuesday
April 30, 2013
Is it finally our year? This season might be the one for the KC Royals
As the end of April nears, I find myself not knowing what to do with my life. This isn’t due to the fact that finals are nearing and I’m going to have mountains of astronomy to study for. It isn’t due to the fact that graduation is nearing and many of the great friends I’ve met during my time at Missouri State are graduating and I will still be in Springfield for an extra year without them. It isn’t due to the fact that it’s the end of April and I still have yet to wear sandals more than three times to class so far. While these are all reasons that at the end of April my life could be sent into a tailspin, none are the reason this April seems so strange in comparison to all other Aprils in my young adult life. Instead, despite all of this, it’s the end of April and the Royals are still in first place, and I’m not quite sure what to do with myself. Coming from Kansas City, I’ve lived through many springs in which the Royals have made me excited for what the season could have to offer. Just last year, we were told that it was “our year,” and Royals fans all around the state bought into the idea that last season could be the season it all started to turn around.
Nicolette Martin Columnist However, much like many seasons I can remember, they started out the baseball season strong only to go on a multi-game losing streak, putting them out of contention while the season was still young. So you can imagine my surprise that after 19 games, the Royals are 13-9 with a half-game lead in the American League Central. Now, if there is anything I’ve learned from the past 21 years of being a Kansas City sports fan, it’s to never, ever, under any circumstances, get your hopes up. And too many times, come midMay, I attend Royals games for a fun, friendly event, but am slowly counting down the days until college football season starts. But I have to admit that this season seems different, and as much as I tell myself not to, I can’t help but get my hopes up. I want to feel the excitement of going to Royals games during the summer and truly believing that there’s always a chance of winning. I want to feel the excitement of wearing a Royals shirt around Springfield and not being constantly ridiculed by Cardinals fans for being inferior (although, I still milk the 1985 World Series for all it’s worth). I want to feel the excitement of telling people I’m a Royals fan and not be mocked for liking a team that “isn’t real baseball.” I want to feel the excitement of
Royals records through the years The Royals are currently 13-9 and in first place in the American League Central. Previous records for the team as of April 30 of that year and standing in the American League Central: 2012: 6-15, 4th 2011: 14-13, 2nd 2010: 9-14, last 2009: 9-14, last 2008: 12-10, 1st
The Royals’ final season records for the last five years: 2012: 72-90, 3rd 2011: 71-91, 4th 2010: 67-95, last 2009: 65-97, last 2008: 75-87, 4th
Source: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/ standings/index.jsp?tcid=mm_mlb_ standings
baseball in September when we are playing for our own American League Central championship and aren’t simply playing to keep other people out of the playoffs. And more than anything, I want to experience the true joy of winning a World Series. I know the season is still early, but I have a feeling that this could be the year the Royals start to turn it around, and really, I just want the Royals to be good. That’s all I want.
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Give ‘Epilogue’ a little love
We’d like to take a moment and give a shoutout to a Missouri State student project that we’re incredibly proud of this week: “Epilogue.” For those of you who don’t know, Missouri State produced a web series last year, “Epilogue,” that won second place for series at the College Television Awards on Friday. Those are like the Oscars for college media. In fact, “Epilogue” has picked up numerous awards since it debuted online July 1, 2012, being named an LA Web Series Festival Official Selection, a winner of two Telly Awards for Best Dramatic Series and Best Opening Credits, and a recipient of the BEA Award of Excellence. And if you’ve ever watched the series, you know these awards are well deserved. Sitting down to “Epilogue,” you feel like you’re watching a professional TV series, not a college production starring Sam Long, a 2012 graduate of MSU’s BFA Theatre program, as a time traveling Iraq veteran trying to find a cure to a modern plague. As members of the MFJ family on campus, we’re incredibly proud of the work produced not only by our department, but by the Department of Theatre and Dance; the Department of Music; the Department of Classical and Modern Languages; the Department of Art and Design; the College of Natural and Applied Sciences; and the Department of Fashion and Interior Design, who all contributed to make the web series a success. We sincerely hope that if you haven’t watched the six episodes of “Epilogue,” you’ll visit https://epiloguetheseries.com and give it a watch while you’re procrastinating getting ready for finals week. The collaborators deserve your viewing time and the support of their university community for their great accomplishments this year.
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Letter to the Editor Brixey cartoon insensitive to bookstore employees
I am writing about the cartoon that was published on 4-2-13 about Mark Brixey. Now, I am all for freedom of speech and expression. I don’t want a printed retraction, or even expect this letter to be published. I just wanted to make your artist, Rachel Brown, aware that I am not the only person who found her cartoon extremely un-funny (the second panel was unnecessary), but I am angry enough to write about it. “The bookstore employs over 100
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students each year,” according to the article on the front page of said 4-2 issue. This means that over the past 10 years, over 1,000 students (not to mention full-time staff) have worked for Brixey. Obviously, none of us knew about what was happening. He was a cool cat and a wonderful boss. I don’t know of any employee, in my two years with the bookstore, that has ever had a big problem with Mark. He was awesome, and we all got blindsided by his actions. Good people sometimes do terrible things, but that doesn’t lessen the fact
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that he was a nice guy and was widely loved by his employees. I understand that the situation is “funny” to the rest of the student body, but to those of us who knew him as more than some random face on the front page, this cartoon was rude, ridiculous and insensitive. His wife resigned the day of publication. Can you say “too soon?” Emily Maier Senior English Education Major
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Tuesday
April 30, 2013
Calendar Tuesday, April 30
Glow Zumba, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Foster Recreation Center, $2 Open dancing, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free
SAC Presents: Safe House, 9:30 p.m., PSU Theater, free
Wednesday, May 1
SAC Presents: May Day, all day, PSU and North Mall, free
May Day Special Screening: Silver Linings Playbook, 5-7 p.m., PSU Theater, free SAC Concerts Presents: Greek Fire, 7-10 pm., North Mall, free
Gov’t Mule in concert, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Gillioz Theatre, cost varies Open Dancing, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free
Thursday, May 2
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, 7-10 p.m., Nathan P. Murphy’s, $22.50
Friday, May 3
May First Friday Art Walk, 6-10 p.m., various downtown locations, free
ArtsFiesta!, 6-9 p.m., Park Central Square, free Storm Drain Reveal-self guided walking tour, 6-8 p.m., Park Central Square, free
Art History alumna presents First Friday Art Talk, 6-7 p.m., Park Central Branch Library, free Big Hair Affair, 7 p.m.-1 a.m., Downtown Banquet Facility, $75
ArtsFiesta! Bilingual Storytime, 78:30 p.m., Park Central Square Branch Library, free SAC Presents: Rock ‘N Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m., PSU Level One Game Center, free
Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-$12
Saturday, May 4
C-Street Market, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 321 E. Commercial, free SAACS Picnic, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Phelps Grove Park, free
Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-$12 A Truckload ‘O Comics, 8-10 p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $12
Sunday, May 5
Artsfest on Walnut Street 2013, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Historic Walnut Street, $3 in advance or $5 at the gate, children 5 and under are free President’s Concert, 4-6 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, free
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Missouri State University transformed into a moving color collage on Saturday, April 27, during Springfield’s first Color Me Rad 5 km. The race benefitted Ozarks Public Television’s K is for Kids initiative.
More than 5,000 runners come to MSU for 5 km Color Me Rad’s nationwide tour By Kelsie Nalley The Standard
Blue, green, pink, purple and yellow. These were the colors that covered more than 5,000 run-
ners in the Color Me Rad 5 km. on April 23. The Springfield race was the 23rd stop on the Color Me Rad nationwide tour this year. This year’s tour is the second annual
tour that Color Me Rad has had. Over 5,000 runners participated in the race on Saturday, according to the Color Me Rad race coordinator, Gretchen Willard. During last year’s tour, the Color Me Rad races had more than 200,000 runners participate in 36 cities across the United States. The runners started the
race behind the David D. Glass Hall practice soccer fields in clean, white Tshirts and by the time runners wound through the campus to the end of the race, all were covered from head to toe in a rainbow of color from the five sections of the race where an explosion of colors occurred. The color bombs are made from a “non-toxic,
Briefs Springfield Ballet presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’
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MSU Gerontology Club asks students to match baby pictures to current faculty members
The Springfield Ballet will be presenting “Alice in Wonderland” on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 11, at 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Landers Theatre. The show is meant for audiences of all ages and tickets are currently on sale through the Springfield Ballet Business Office by calling 417-862-1343. All Springfield Ballet individual tickets are sold through the Landers Theatre box office. For prices and information, visit http://www.springfieldballet.org.
Are you stressed just thinking about finals week this year? Do you break out in a sweat while trying to wrap your mind around the fact that you have just two weeks to catch up from all that procrastinating you’ve been doing? MSU’s Student Activities Council is here to help. SAC will help students destress during finals week with a special event in the PSU Ballroom, the food court and Level One Game Center. The event will allow students to get facials, aqua massages, level one gaming, raffles, study bags and a showing of “Despicable Me.” The event is free and open to current students. For more information, contact Abbey Streumph, SAC after hours co-chair at SACafterhours@MissouriState.edu or call her at 417-836-4386.
non-rash-inducing, Kroger branded, colored cornstarch,” according to the official Color Me Rad
Baby photos of faculty help raise more than $200
SAC Films Presents: Silver Linings Playbook, 9 p.m., PSU Theater, free
De-stress with Student Activities Council
Flip to page 14 for a bigger peek into the Color Me Rad race.
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Lakota Ash, junior secondary math education major, lies beneath the trees while grabbing a nap on campus.
Find some peace in the midst of havoc on campus Need a nap? Here are the best places on campus to grab a quick one
Let’s face it: we’re all tired. There are three weeks left in the semester and every professor decided that now would be a great time to remind us about those eight-page research papers and projects that are due. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of wandering around campus in a zombie-like stupor, so I had a one-on-one talk with one of MSU’s supreme nappers, senior and digital film production major, Isaac Wetzel, who napped in a different spot
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on or around campus every day for almost 30 days straight as part of a school project. “I’m not going to lie, I didn’t make it the whole 30 days,” he said. “It was a really busy semester and at the end of it, there was just no place to take a nap like my bed.” Even so, Wetzel describes himself as an “indiscriminate napper,” and says anywhere on campus can be a good place to doze, as long as you don’t get in the way of other
students. He was even nice enough to share some of his favorite spots with the rest of us. So go ahead and try them out. Who knows? One of these cozy locations could end up being your salvation for the last few weeks of class. The quad in front of Carrington Hall. This grassy paradise is the perfect spot to rest your heavy eyelids on a warm spring day. You can bask in the warm sun without being in anyone’s way and enjoy the small, peaceful square of perfection that is the quad — all while still remaining a short distance from your classes. Just watch out for any bugs, grass allergies or women sword fighting. u See SLEEP page 16
Looking at baby photographs while eating baked goods may sound like an afternoon spent with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s mother, but in this case it’s actually an opportunity to raise money for a program called Sharing with Elders. According to Brian Jefferis, the president of the Gerontology Club, Sharing with Elders identifies “older adults in the community, or in assisted living facilities, that may not be able to get a Christmas present either because their families don’t live close, they’re underprivileged or may not have any family at all.” The gerontology club then raises money and buys Christmas presents for those adults. It raises $600-$700 annually for Sharing with Elders since the program began 30 years ago, according to Jefferis. This semester, the gerontology club hosted a baby photo contest — featuring the faculty and staff of the psychology department — and a bake sale in Hill Hall on April 23-25 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. One guess cost $1, six guesses cost $5 and 12 guesses cost $10. Participants could match up one of the 14 baby photos with one of the 36 adult faculty photos. Adult photos featured President Clif Smart; Dr. Timothy Daugherty, the head of the psychology department; Dr. Carol Gosselink, a psychology professor; and more. Gosselink, who is also the gerontology club advisor, came up with the idea for a baby photo contest when her brother recently u See BABY page 8
Make a good impression
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Know how to dress for those internship and job interviews
Last week I found myself standing in my closet, debating what I should wear to the job interview I needed to be at in an hour. After 15 minutes with still no clue, I grabbed my iPhone and did what I usually do with things I’m not sure about; I Googled it. A job interview is your opportunity to make your first and possibly only impression on your potential employer. “It takes only seven seconds for us to judge another person when we first meet them,” said Linda Blair, clinical psychologist and author of “Straight Talking.” Seven seconds isn’t even enough time to say hello; it’s just enough time for the interviewer to notice what you are wearing. So what do you wear to make those first seven seconds count? When going to an interview you should try to match or be slightly dressier than the interviewer. To find out what your potential new office’s
Kelsie Nalley Life Writer dress code is, try driving by the building and watching people’s outfits as they leave or by calling their office to see what they suggest you should wear.
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With that being said, even if you know the job you applied for is casual dress, that doesn’t mean you should go into the interview wearing jeans, a T-shirt and flip-flops. When deciding what to wear, try to stick to the basics. Bright colors and patterns are OK in moderation to help make yourself stand out, but you want the interviewer to pay attention to you, not your u See DRESS page 15
Where can I find good deals? • Forever 21 Battlefield Mall, 2825 S. Glenstone Ave. • JC Penny’s Battlefield Mall, 2825 S. Glenstone Ave. • Gordmans 3303 S. Campbell Ave. • Ross Dress For Less 3300 S. Glenstone Ave. • T.J. Maxx 3350 S. Glenstone Ave. • Old Navy Battlefield Mall, 2825 S. Glenstone Ave. • Target 1825 E. Primrose St.
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Alyssa Ranes, senior communication and science disorders major, and her roommate Trevor Albright, model good and bad interview-wear. Wearing simple colors, closed-toed shoes and non-revealing clothes is a smart choice when trying to make a professional impression on your potential employers.
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Calendar Tuesday, April 30
Men’s golf, 8:30 a.m. at MVC Championships in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Softball, 6 p.m. vs. Wichita State Baseball, 6:35 p.m. at Arkansas
Wednesday, May 1 Softball, 2 p.m. at Tulsa
Friday, May 3
Lacrosse, TBA, GRLC playoffs
Women’s track & field, 11 a.m. at Arkansas Twilight Meet in Fayetteville, Ark. Baseball, 6:35 p.m. vs. Wichita State
Saturday, May 4
Lacrosse, TBA, GRLC playoffs Softball, noon at Bradley
Baseball, 12:30 p.m. vs. Wichita State
Alumni reunite
Men’s soccer current, former players meet in friendly Alumni Game By John Robinson The Standard
It was a wet and dreary day in Springfield, but that didn’t stop Missouri State soccer players, both old and new, from meeting up at Plaster Sports Complex for the 17th annual Alumni Game, the second event in an event-packed Alumni Weekend. The alumni events — the Bowling with Bears auction on April 26, the Alumni Game followed by the Alumni Reception on April 27 and the two final spring exhibition games on April 28 at Drury field — were a celebration of the Missouri State Soccer Bears in which current players and alumni came together to raise money for the team and charities like fellow alumnus Brad Zeigler’s “Pastime for Patriots.” Alumni from all over come back to Missouri State for Alumni Weekend. In all, men’s soccer head coach John Leamy estimates around 100 alumni donated to support the team while 30 of them were on the field Leamy Saturday for the alumni game. “We’re like a big family, our own fraternity,” Leamy said. “We have guys who come back year after year. It could have been five years ago or 25 years ago, these guys have all been through the same situation.” Leamy, who has been the head coach for the Bears for 22 years, Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD emphasized the importance of this Missouri State’s Andrew Turner heads the ball against alumnus Ben Griffiths on Saturday, April 27, event in building that “family spir- during the men’s soccer annual Alumni Game at Plaster Sports Complex. it” within the weekend. “Sure it’s a learning experience for (the current soccer players), but back and meet with the players and it’s also a way for them to make see how things are going,” he said. connections,” Leamy said. “We Fiaco also noted how the prohave alumni who do a lot of differ- gram has changed and what events ent things in a lot of different like alumni weekend mean. places, and these connections can “It’s important that the alumni turn into intercome back,” Fiaco views and job said. “When I opportunities attended MSU, the A lot of guys wind up in down the line.” program was still Kansas City, or St. Louis; One such fairly small, and I’m in Dallas so we really alumnus is Jerry it’s good to see the only see each other once alumni come back Fiaco who, after a year. graduating in and watch the proBirch Wiley 1990, went on gram grow as 1999 Missouri State graduate to serve in the much as it has.” Peace Corps for “It’s definitely two years and now works for a familiar, but faster; they play much biotech company. faster than when I was here” Fiaco, who has tried to make it Birch Wiley, a 1999 graduate, to alumni weekend every year since also returned for the weekend. After graduation, said returning to graduation, Wiley played left-back Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD Springfield for the alumni weekend for the Major League Soccer club Missouri State alumni introduce themselves to current players on is special for him. Saturday, April 27, at Plaster Sports Complex. u See SOCCER page 8 “It’s always special to come
Women’s soccer, 1 p.m., MSU Alumni Game
Missouri State right tackle signed by San Diego Chargers
Softball, 2 p.m. at Bradley
Sunday, May 5
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Baseball, noon vs. Wichita State Softball, noon at Bradley
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Track & field’s Grant wins MVC award
Kimsue Grant, senior member of the track & field team, was named MSU’s recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference Leadership and Service Award on Wednesday, April 24. The award is given to a studentathlete who is in good academic standing and demonstrates good citizenship through sportsmanship and community service. The recipient must also participate in a sport during the season in which they are recognized. This season, Grant set a seasonbest conference mark in the long jump with a distance of 6.21m at the Mississippi State Conference Challenge on March 23. She has the MVC’s second-best mark in the triple jump (12.71m) and ranks eighth in the 100-meter dash (12.00) in the conference. Grant and the rest of the team are back in action Friday at the Arkansas Twilight meet in Fayetteville, Ark., the last meet before the MVC Championships.
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Creighton’s Blair Lowe beats Missouri State’s Stacia Boeckstiegel to home plate Sunday.
Softball splits Sunday doubleheader By Mike Ursery The Standard
Missouri State honored four seniors on April 28 as the softball Bears split a doubleheader, a 3-1 loss followed by a 10-5 victory, against the Creighton Blue Jays (27-14, 13-4) at Killian Field. “We wanted to come out and
get two wins,” head coach Holly Hesse said. “I thought we were right there in the first game. We got a big win in the second game for our seniors. It’s a good way to end senior weekend, for sure.” The series was originally scheduled as three games to be played over two days, but rainy conditions forced the double-
header scheduled for April 27 to be rescheduled. Clear skies and warm temperatures set the stage for senior day as seniors Kirstin Cutter, Lauren Eisenreich, Stevie Pierce and Caitlin Chapin were all honored by their teammates and coaches before the start of u See SOFTBALL page 9
andy Richards was irritated. The former Missouri State offensive lineman was back home in Florida, watching the NFL draft in his cousin’s home, and still, he was irritated. Unlike most people who watched the 2013 NFL draft on April 25-27, Richards was actually waiting to be drafted by a team. He had been projected to be selected near the early fourth round or the early fifth round; but as the fourth round slowly became the fifth, and the early fifth Richards round became late, Richards had enough. “I watched the whole fourth round. Then I saw some guys from small schools starting to get drafted. I had to stop watching (the draft),” Richards said. Richards knew he was good enough to play in the NFL. When he transferred from the College of the Sequoias in California to Missouri State in 2011, he knew that with the right tutelage, he could go from playing on u See RICHARDS page 18
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Lady Bears coaches meet with fan base
always heard about the fan base here is really, really strong,” Jon said. “So I’m looking forward to the games, the environment and playing in front of a bunch of fans.” Jackie Stiles is also Stuff is just going 100 mph in thrilled she was brought every direction, but it’s been aboard as a coach. good. The people have been “I’m so passionate about awesome. So we’re excited to this. I’m just as passionate be here.” about coaching as I was in Sullivan is also grateful to my playing career,” Stiles how welcoming and recep- said. “So it feels great to tive people have been during finally have that passion for her transition to Missouri something again.” State. Stiles, who set the all-time “It’s been pretty hectic, scoring record for Division I but a good hectic,” Sullivan women’s basketball at Missaid. “Everybody has been so souri State, is still beyond nice and understanding. The elated to be back. people and the administration “Words cannot describe it. have been incredible at tak- I love this school. In my ing care of us and getting us opinion, this is the best everything we need.” school in America to play Jon is excited for every college basketball,” Stiles said. “I’m just so happy to be back at my alma mater. Words cannot describe how I could not wait the first much I love this school. In my time I walked in the gym opinion, this is the best school recruiting, proudly wearin America to play college ing my Missouri State basketball. gear.” Jackie Stiles Lady Bears assistant coach It would be an understatement to say that Stiles has a burning passion to aspect of being a coach at do well at MSU. Missouri State, even the “This school and this smaller things such as play- community means so much ing a game at JQH Arena. to me,” Stiles said. “And I “I’m looking forward to want to put my heart and soul playing a game here in the Q. into making it the best that it I’ve never been here before, can possibly be. Playing here but I knew about it and I’ve was the best four years of my
MSU hosts event to give fans the chance to meet the new coaching staff By Sam Holzer The Standard
The new Lady Bears’ coaches have created a buzz in recent weeks due to the amount of energy they seem to have, and they’ve wasted no time in getting to work. They recently completed a recruiting trip this past week, and it was successful, according to assistant coach Jennifer Sullivan. “It was a good chance for us to get out and get an idea about the talent in the area and across the country that we can get at this level,” Sullivan said. “So I thought it was a very good weekend for us.” Jon Harper, the husband of new head coach Kellie Harper, said that they haven’t gotten settled in quite yet, but their transition to Missouri State has gone very well so far. “It’s been good. But it’s just been hectic. We’re not even remotely settled,” Jon said. “Hopefully this weekend we’ll get a few minutes to get out and check out the area and look at some houses.
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life, and I want them (the players) to have that too.” The Lady Bears also made an addition to their staff this past week, bringing in Scott Moore to serve as the director of basketball operations. Moore crossed paths with the Harpers back when they were at Western Carolina and has stayed in contact ever since. He’ll be in charge of MSU’s film exchange, coordinating the team’s travels and operating the Lady Bears basketball camps. “He’s a good friend, and he’s going to do a great job,” Jon said. “He’s probably over-qualified for what he’s going to do. He’s really good at a lot of different things. He’s a great worker, a good person and he’ll fit very well with the four of us.”
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sent her photos of herself when she was young. “My oldest brother sent me some of my baby pictures that he had digitized,” she said. “I saw my face and started laughing. I thought, ‘What if we had a contest to guess what the faculty and staff in (the psychology) department grew up to be by having their baby pictures on one board and their adult photos on another?’” The idea helped the gerontology club hold its most successful bake sale yet, according to Jefferis. “It worked really well,” he said. “This was also our first bake sale in Hill Hall and based on the success, we will most likely do it again. We raised just over $200 from this bake sale and photo contest over the three days that we did it. ” For 2013’s Christmas, the gerontology club currently has just under $1,000 saved. There are already events planned to finish up this semester, as well as others that will begin in the fall of 2013, according to Jefferis. “Next semester, we always do our Alzheimer's walk and we take donations for that,” he said. “We’ll do more bake sales and maybe another contest similar to this
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next fall as well. As for the end of this semester, we’re going to help out with the psychology club’s walk for National Awareness of Mental Illness, but other than that, this will be the last fundraiser we do this year.” Jefferis ensures that all of the proceeds earned through the bake sale go towards Sharing with Elders. “That’s what 100 percent of our funds go to, in every fundraiser that we do,” he said. Gosselink says money can be donated at any time through a check made out to her and sent to her office — Professional Building 229, 901 S. National — or by dropping off money at her office in the Professional Building. She also guarantees all profit earned will go towards Sharing with Elders. “We use 100 percent of what we raise, or receive in donations, to cheer up elders who, without our gifts, might not receive anything for the holidays,” she said. The winners of the baby photo contest will receive an email announcing which place they won, as well as their prize, on May 2-3. The first prize winner will receive a bundle of gift cards worth $75 to either Bambinos, The Aviary, Otts Pasta, Pizza Habit, McDonalds or Five Pound Apparel. The second place winner will receive a $50 gift card bundle, and the third place winner will receive the same in $25.
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MSU’s Andrew Turner heads the ball against alumnus Nick Dryden on April 27.
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The Dallas Burns — the team that today is FC Dallas. “It’s good seeing guys you don’t get to see but one time a year,” Wiley said. “A lot of guys wind up in Kansas City, or St. Louis.
I’m in Dallas, so we really only see each other once a year.” Freshman defender/midfielder Kase Kingery was excited about seeing the alumni support. “It’s really awesome that so many guys come back to show their support, it’s just a lot of fun,” Kingery said. “There’s just a lot of admiration really, we look up to them and respect them.”
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Missouri State’s Suzanne Allen beats Creighton’s Ashley Frutos to second base on Sunday, April 28, at Killian Field. MSU lost the game 3-1 and split the doubleheader against Creighton.
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the first game. Game one of the doubleheader was a nail-biter until the very end, but resulted in a 3-1 loss for the Bears. The lone MSU run came in the first inning when Cutter, who opened the game with an infield single, scored from second on a throwing error. The score remained 1-0 until the sixth inning when Creighton tied the game on a single up the middle that allowed the base runner to score from second base. In the bottom of the sixth, the Bears created an opportunity to regain the lead. A single by freshman Mary Stephens and walks by Eisenreich and junior Stacia Boeckstiegel loaded the bases with two outs, but the rally ended when Chapin flied out to left field. Creighton would add two more runs in the top of the seventh inning, and MSU went quietly in the bottomhalf of the seventh to end the game.
Sophomore pitcher Chelsea Jones pitched superbly against the first place Blue Jays, despite giving up the three runs. The right-hander pitched all seven innings, giving up four hits to go with the three runs while striking out five. “I thought (Jones) was phenomenal on the mound all day,” Hesse said. “(Jones) has been a workhorse and continues to get better and better as the season goes on.” A bizarre event happened in the fourth inning of the first game. With Stephens batting and facing a 2-2 count, the next pitch from Creighton pitcher Becca Changstrom was called for strike three, despite being off of the outside corner of the plate. The Creighton head coach walked out of the dugout to contest the called third strike on the Missouri State hitter. The MSU bats came to life in the second game. Eisenreich, Boeckstiegel and Jones each had two RBI’s, and the Bears came away with a 10-5 victory to close out the series.
Creighton opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-run home run off of junior Rachel Brisker to grab the early lead. MSU responded quickly in the bottom of the first. Junior Ashley Brentz began the rally with the first of her three hits in the game for a single, and later scored from second base on a throwing error to cut the Creighton lead in half. Two batters later, Eisenreich sent a bases-loaded single into center field that allowed Stephens and sophomore Ali Trickey to score. “When I come into that situation, I’m just thinking about getting the ball on the ground,” Eisenreich said. “I wanted to make the defense work and went up the middle with it.” Creighton showed patience at the plate in the second inning, forcing Brisker to throw 28 pitches against just four Blue Jay hitters. Brisker left with one out in the inning and was relieved by Jones. Jones helped her own cause in the third inning. With the score tied 4-4, Jones pinch hit for junior
Kerri Cunningham and hit a single that scored both Chapin and Eisenreich. Cunningham then pinch ran for Jones and scored on a single by Cutter to give MSU the 7-4 lead. The Bears put the game out of reach in the fifth. Boeckstiegel was hit by a pitch with bases loaded, and freshman Bethany Sullinger scored from third on the free pass. The next batter was Stephens, who hit a grounder that was mishandled by the Creighton shortstop. Brentz and Cunningham both scored on the error to make the score 10-4. Creighton added one more run in the fifth, but were not able to score again in the game. “It feels great to win,” Cutter said. “Everyone stepped it up and won for us today. I know they played great for the seniors and for themselves.” MSU will play one last home game today, April 30, against Wichita State before closing out their remaining games on the road. The game will be played at Killian Field and is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start time.
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Springfield Cards have players worth watching
As the semester continues to wind down, you may feel the need to find an escape. A place where you can go to get your mind off of things while enjoying yourself. When you’re trying to think of places, consider heading over to Hammons Field to check out a Springfield Cardinals game. Many players from last year’s squad, which won the Double-A Texas League Championship, have moved up the ladder to the Triple-A Memphis club. But there is still a lot of intriguing talent that you may see donning the birds on the bat in St. Louis before you know it. The best prospect on this year’s team is undoubtedly Carlos Martinez. The 21year-old Dominican Republic native is small in stature, at 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, but he has a sizzling fastball that sits in the mid-90s and has reached 100 mph. He also has a developing curveball that shows flashes of dominance. Some scouts wonder if Martinez will have the stamina to handle a starting pitcher’s workload, but if he can, he has the talent to become a bona fide ace at the major league level. And if he can’t stick as a starter, his fastball would still make a tremendous impact coming out of the bullpen. Due to his size and pitch assortment, Martinez has drawn comparisons to fellow Dominican and former major league great Pedro Martinez. And while it’s too early to say he’ll be dominant like Pedro, it is exciting to see if he’ll harness and reach his enormous potential. Other pitchers to keep an eye on are Jordan Swagerty and Seth Blair. Both of these pitchers are powerrighty’s from Arizona State, and they both offer potential
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as either a starter or a reliever. The Springfield Cardinals also have some quality offensive players. At shortstop is Jake Lemmerman, who was the player acquired in the Skip Schumaker trade with the Dodgers. Lemmerman has an advanced glove and a developing bat. At second base is Starlin Rodriguez. Rodriguez has a power bat for a second baseman and has really put himself on the map with his recent production at the plate. Also on the infield is Vance Albitz. Although Albitz isn’t the best prospect, he’s still a player to keep tabs on. During the offseason, Albitz organized the shipping of close to 2,000 gloves and an innumerable amount of baseballs to troops stationed overseas. He may not have major league talent, but there’s no doubt that he has a major league heart. Former major leaguer Ruben Gotay is also on the team and should provide solid, veteran leadership as he continues to fight for another chance to play in the show. The St. Louis Cardinals organization breeds winners. Year in and year out they put out a winning product on the field at every level. This season for the Springfield Cardinals should be no different. Add in the fact that tickets are as low as $6 and there are plenty of reasons to go check out a game this season.
Artsfest set for May
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33rd annual festival will showcase work from Springfield sister cities artists
Tlaquepaque is one of the more exciting attractions. “We have a sister city in An art festival featuring Mexico and they’re actually artists from Springfield’s sis- sending three artists from ter city of Tlaquepaque, there that will be at the festiMexico, will take place on val,” Hough said. historic Walnut Street on According to the sister May 4 and 5. city’s website, the three The festival, called Arts- artists are made up of: fest, is put on by the Spring- Daniel Ramirez, who is a field Regional Arts Council wood sculptor; Edna and first began 33 years ago Jangueri, who dyes cotton in Phelps Grove Park near and makes intricate clothing; the Springfield Art Museum. and the father-daughter pair It was moved to Walnut of Margarito and Maria Pilar Street 25 years ago, accord- Nunez; who create miniature ing to Sarah Hough, the clay figures of famous indicommunity event coordina- viduals. tor for the Urban District Cindy Jobe, the coordinaAlliance. tor for Springfield’s Sister “We’ll have artists and Cities, explained that sister vendors lining historic Wal- cities are created through an nut Street between National organization called Sister Avenue and John Q. Ham- Cities International, and mons Parkway,” Hough said. Springfield is approaching “3,500 artists are coming its 10th anniversary with this year Tlaquefrom all paque. across the “A lot A lot of sister cities are a country.” of sister plaque on the wall someHough cities are a where in City Hall, but encourplaque on ages both the wall with ours we insist on new-comsomebeing active. ers and where in Cindy Jobe Springfield Sister Cities coordinator returners City Hall, to attend but with this year ours, we and said the festival will fea- insist on being active,” said ture 50 new artists, as well as Jobe. returning crowd favorites In fact, Jobe said that from last year. The festival Springfield members have will also feature new per- traveled to Tlaquepaque as forming art stages, live street student groups, musicians art and a beer and wine gar- and athletes. den. The city name means Hough said a group of “built on clay” and Jobe sugartists traveling from gested that because of its
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Last year’s Artsfest drew large crowds to the artists’ booths set up on Walnut Street. This year’s festival is set for the weekend of May 4 and 5.
name and artistic heritage, it is a type of “ceramics heaven.” In addition to the group attending Artsfest, another art festival will take place the same weekend, on May 3, called ArtsFiesta! at Park Central Square. Jobe said that ArtsFiesta! will include a Mariachi band, choreographers to teach locals how to dance and Mexican city officials. The Mariachi band will be performing at Missouri State University on May 2, according to Juan Meraz, the assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion. Meraz said they are scheduled to perform at 11:30 a.m. in the Plaster Student Union food court. Tickets for Artsfest are being sold at McDonald’s for File photo/THE STANDARD $3 in advance and for $5 at Rob Thomas performs his music for spectators at last year’s Artsfest. During the festhe event. Tickets for ArtsFitival, artists set up booths along Walnut Street to show off their work. esta! are free.
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Chicken, Jesus together at Chick-fil-A Lecture focuses on evenagelical Christianity at fast-food restaurant By Sadie Welhoff For The Standard
Chicken sandwiches can draw a crowd at Missouri State University as proven by the lecture on the business history of Chick-fil-A on Monday, April 22. Darren Grem of the University of Mississippi gave his lecture entitled “Of Chicken Sandwiches and the Christian Right” in the packed Carrington 208 classroom. Religious studies professor John Schmalzbauer said he believed the controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A after comments made in June of last year by Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy against gay marriage interested more people in the topic. “This was the best turnout we've had for an American religion lecture for quite some time,” Schmalzbauer said. Grem specializes in history of the south and wrote pieces on Chick-fil-A and
its relation to evangelical Christianity before the controversy. He began his lecture by looking at business leaders who developed companies, ranging from music labels to publishing, using their evangelical beliefs as their basis. Company officials were able to appeal to consumers who shared their evangelical values, which helped increase loyalty. Grem explained many nonprofit organizations and political groups also gained support from evangelical business leaders, which expanded their business’s influence beyond whatever product they were selling. “It is one of the first and most powerful business movements,” Grem said. Chick-fil-A was founded by evangelical Christian Truett Cathy in the early 1960’s, when the restaurants were only located in shopping mall food courts. Many practices of the company are influenced by
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Chick-fil-A was the subject of Darren Grem’s lecture “Of Chicken Sandwiches and the Christian Right” about the company’s roots in evangelicalism on Monday, April 22, in Carrington Hall.
evangelical Christianity, such as closing on Sundays and passing out coupons for church attendance. “You can't understand chains like Chick-fil-A without understanding evangelical Christianity,” Schmalzbauer said. Part of Grem’s lecture
included the current values of Chick-fil-A company leaders, like Dan Cathy, which focus on the traditional two heterosexual parent household. “Given this backdrop, it's not surprising that the chain has elicited such polarizing reactions,” Schmalzbauer
said. Grem did point out that Chick-fil-A employees are not required to stand by the values and statements made by company officials. According to Grem, several franchise owners spoke out that they did agree with the comments made on gay
marriage. In response to the opposition of Chick-fil-A, Grem discussed how people started a new trend of “buycotting” the restaurant, where instead of boycotting, supporters of the restaurant would plan days to go and eat at a Chick-fil-A. “But ‘buycotting,’ you do buy something for the right to be heard,” Grem. MSU sophomore biology major Morgan Knott said she was curious after reading the description about the lecture due to the controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A and the comments made by Dan Cathy. “I had heard about Chick-fil-A, but I still didn’t know much about it,” Knott said. Grem ended his lecture by reminding the audience that Chick-fil-A is one of the fastest growing companies in the United States and that Chick-fil-A can serve as an example of the economy being linked to whatever is happening in culture. Schmalzbauer hopes those who attended the lecture will be more conscious of the connections between business and faith. “Issues of faith and values come up all the time in the world of business,” Schmalzbauer said.
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Roy Blunt, a Republican senator from Missouri, spoke at the 14th annual agricultural forum.
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Missouri State University President Clif Smart attends the MSU agricultural forum on Friday, April 26.
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issues facing Missouri agriculture. Cassidy’s first point was the importance of a “right to farm” law. He said that Missouri’s 2010 approval of Proposition B, a law involving dog breeders, could have negative implications for farmers. Cassidy said that it would be possible for any group to get enough signatures to put an issue on the ballot that could endanger what he called “modern production practices,” such as the dehorning or castration
of livestock. A right to farm bill would prevent any group from attempting to outlaw these practices, although Cassidy did not outline everything that would fall within the bill’s scope. Cassidy also expressed his support for a proposed Missouri Department of Transportation general sales/use tax increase of one cent. The tax would be applicable for 10 years, and would raise an estimated $7.9 billion, according to the MODOT proposal of the tax increase. Blunt and Cassidy then took several questions from the audience, including one ques-
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tioning the recent changes being considered to the Food for Peace program. Blunt said that Food for Peace currently operates by sending food to foreign countries as aid, but that some want to send part of the aid as cash intended to purchase food in the country itself. Blunt said that he thought the program should have no changes, and that he generally disagrees with any money going to foreign countries. Timothy Hogenkamp Jr., a freshman environmental plant science/crop science major at MSU, said that he thought the speeches were “very good politics,” and had mixed thoughts
on the speaker’s positions on agricultural issues. Hogenkamp Jr. said he was also disappointed with Blunt’s response to a question he posed during the forum. He pointed out that Blunt didn’t mention renewable energy sources during an earlier part of the forum, and asked what place he saw for them alongside nonrenewable sources. Blunt said that he also saw renewable resources as important, but Hogenkamp Jr. said that he was disappointed by his answer. Missouri Congressman Billy Long was scheduled to attend the forum, but was not present due to a delayed flight.
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A question-and-answer session took place following the talks at the agricultural forum.
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biomedical sciences major; David Leehy, junior economics major; Tyler Kleeschulte, freshman accounting major; and Lucas Gautier, sophomore computer information services major. Mike Murphy, Alpha Rho alumni scholarship chairman, said that the scholarship recipients encompassed three areas to be considered for the scholarship: maintain a minimum 2.80 GPA, chapter participation and contributions, and university community involvement. According to Dobson, Sigma Pi is a values-based fraternity. It does one philanthropy event a year as an event that benefits the university. “Sigma Pi’s creed talks about being united in brotherhood, diffusing culture and developing character in the service of God and men,” Dobson said. “Our guys are competitive in grades and intramurals.” Along with the recolonization of Sigma Pi on Missouri State’s campus, The Beta Beta chapter of Tri Sigma has recolonized as well. According to the Tri Sigma blog, Tri Sigma was invited to join the Missouri State community in December 2011, and it actually came into fruition fall of 2012. The Beta Beta charter was suspended in January of 2008 for policy violations. “We have enjoyed an open dialogue with this community, and we know that the heritage of Tri Sigma includes a long history at Missouri State,” Kaye Schendel, national president, said on the Tri Sigma blog. “We’re thrilled to work with the community to find new members of Tri Sigma who commit to our core values of wisdom, power, faith, hope and love.”
Photo courtesy of Mike Murphy, Alpha Rho alumni scholarship chairman
Scholarships totaling $10,000 were awarded to six men from the Alpha Rho colony of Sigma Pi. The Alpha Rho chapter of Sigma Pi was originally founded on the Missouri State campus on April 1, 1948, as the local fraternity Chi Upsilon Zeta. In a November 2009 letter from the National President of Tri Sigma, Laura Sweet said a group of women were unofficially operating under the Beta Beta chapter name and practicing social activities that were unacceptable. “These women are functioning
as an entity with social activities which may include acceptance of underage alcoholic beverage consumption and other activities which violate state law, university code of conduct and national sororities’ policies,” Sweet said. Sweet said that this group of
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ladies was not a recognized national fraternal organization, as the chapter was removed from campus in 2008. Missouri State Fraternity and Sorority Life did not respond for comment before The Standard’s press time.
To learn more about Tri Sigma visit http://trisigmablog.org/?p=509 and visit http://blogs.missouristate.edu/fsl/2012/08/22/sigma-pireturns-to-campus/ to read more about the recolonization of Sigma Pi.
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The “paint” is non-toxic Kroger brand corn starch.
More than 5,000 runners brave the rain to support Ozarks Public Television in a 5 km race through downtown Springfield.
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Continued from page 4 website. Senior biology major Evan Clark was one of the many Missouri State students to participate the race Saturday. “My parents have recently started running and my sister is an avid runner and triathlete,” Clark said. “I thought the Color Me Rad race would be a great opportunity for us to run together as a family and have fun. “This race is very unique with the ‘color’ and neither my family nor I have ran in a race like this. We are very excited! I hope Saturday will get the running addiction back into me.” The Color Me Rad race is not only a fun way to get exercise but its proceeds also go toward the Ozarks Public Television K is for Kids Initiative, Hannah Wingo, special events coordinator at OPT, said. “The event benefits the OPT K is for Kids Initiative, which raises money to support the educational children’s programs we broadcast, such as
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For even more colorful photos, visit The Standard’s website to view the Color Me Rad photo gallery. ‘Super Why!,’ ‘Sesame Street’ and many, many more,” Wingo said. “OPT airs over 10 hours of children’s programming each weekday and reaches over 50,000 kids in southwest Missouri each week,” she said. “We spend over $500,000 each year on the acquisition and broadcast of children’s programming.” Color Me Rad runs can typically raise thousands of dollars for a specific charity designated at each run, Willard said. “Based on the size of the event and the involvement of the charity, we typically help to raise $15,000$30,000. It’s rad to know that long
after our runners have cleaned the last bit of blue out of their ears, their funds will still be making a difference in the community,” Willard said. The charity, in this case OPT, gets a portion of each runner’s registration fee, Wingo said. “OPT benefits by getting $75 for each volunteer we recruit (up to 100) and for each runner that entered our promo code ‘Elmo’ when signing up, we get 20 percent of the registration fee,” Wingo said. Ozarks Public Television recieved $20,000 in all from the Color Me Rad race according to Willard.
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Continued from page 5 polka dot, neon shirt. Make sure your clothes fit you well. Well fitting clothes suggest to the interviewer that you are detail oriented in other areas in your life. Wear minimal jewelry with the outfit you choose to wear, such as a watch or small stud earrings. Too much flashy or bulky jewelry can also be distracting to the interviewer.
What not to wear
Even more important than what you should wear to an interview is what you shouldn’t wear to an interview. For women, don’t overdo your makeup. You want to go into an interview looking polished and professional. You don’t want the interviewer to think you’re going to hit the club downtown after you are done with your meeting. For men, make sure you
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have a clean, well-kept haircut and keep your facial hair to a minimum, if not completely shaven. Revealing clothes are never OK to wear to an interview. If you’re questioning whether or not your shirt is see-through, make sure to wear an undershirt. If you are wondering if your skirt or dress is too short, try sitting down in a chair in front of a mirror to see what you will look like from the interviewer’s perspective. There are many stores in Springfield where you can find well-priced professional wear. I like to look at Forever 21, located in the Battlefield Mall, and T.J. Maxx and Marshalls located in the Primrose Marketplace. They have a wide range of clothing to choose from, and most of the items are well priced for a poor college student’s budget. The Clothes Mentor, 1258 E. Battlefield St., is also a good place to look. They sell gently used clothing from brand name designers for a next to nothing price.
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Sweaty bodybuilders, fast cars, strippers, early ‘90s fashion and extra-long, mid-action slow-motion shots. Yep, sounds like a Michael Bay movie. This time, it’s “Pain & Gain.” Based on the true story of three Florida bodybuilders who turn to extortion and kidnapping to acquire a few easy million, it’s full of the kind of crazy that you can’t make up. Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson) and Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), all personal trainers, want more than their lot in life. To do this, they decide to kidnap one of their wealthy clients, Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), and make him sign everything he owns over to the trio. Only things don’t go as planned, and they get sucked deeper and deeper into the pain side of pain and gain. The movie starts off by telling us that this is, unfortunately, a true story. Then midway through the insanity, it has to remind us that it is still a true story. The scenario itself, and the way it plays out, is preposterous enough, but when you add in the personalities of the characters and their reactions to things, you really do need to be reminded that this is based on reality. Yes, I know that the way the actors portrayed the characters probably isn’t 100 percent accurate, but considering almost all of those involved are still alive, I’m going to choose to believe that they had some pretty solid backings for their character portrayals. Dwayne Johnson’s character was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while, hands down. Imagine this huge guy (we’ve all seen The Rock lately) who has a cocaine problem and wears sleeveless T-shirts and practices for
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The basement of Meyer Library. Down at the bottom of the stairwell there is a long, U-shaped bench that’s perfect for a quick trip to dreamland. It’s a quiet spot to rest even if you don’t have enough time to sleep between classes, and it’s centrally located on campus. The third floor of the library is also a good option for nappers because there are several chairs and couches available as well. The comfy couches inside Carrington Hall. In the upper levels of Carrington there are some pretty comfortable couches sitting around in the hallways. And with Carrington being a
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Team Jesus. Mark Wahlberg does a pretty fantastic job as well. Although, with him, it almost feels as if he’s calling back to the old Marky Mark days. Still, his ringleader character has just the right amount of charisma to make you believe that he really could convince these others to go along with his ridiculous plans. Yet, as interesting and funny as all of this sounds — and it is — I honestly felt that the movie itself was too long. Only clocking in at about 2 hours, it had a few too many times where it just kept going and going. Had they shortened it and added more tension, it would have been a lot more enjoyable. There were quite a few cringeworthy moments, but I never felt the tension required to keep me on the edge of my seat. Overall, “Pain & Gain” was interesting. The characters and situations were fascinating, but for some it may not be as exciting as they hoped.
lower-traffic area in comparison to other buildings on campus (excluding the first few weeks of the semester), it’s a great place to kick back and enjoy the peace and quiet. The Plaster Student Union. The PSU is littered with great places to sleep, but one of the best spots is tucked away beneath the stairwell on the first floor. The couches that sit directly beneath the stairs are ideal if you don’t want everyone walking through the PSU to stare at you drooling while you sleep. The benches in front of Meyer Library. Although they might not be as squishy as one of the couches in the PSU or Carrington, these benches are prime napping spots on warm, sunny days. Just make sure to grab one before everyone else,
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The area under the stairs on the first floor of the Plaster Student Union is a popular napping spot for students during the day. because these tend to be taken quickly. Your car. Wetzel didn’t mention this one, it’s just a personal favorite of mine. If you don’t feel comfortable
sleeping out in public places on campus but you’re too lazy to drive back to your apartment or house (for all you commuters out there), your car is a great option.
Just lock the doors, kick back in your seat and relax. If none of these places suit your fancy, you may want to consider purchasing a hammock. MSU graduate, Nate Olson, bought one during his freshman year of college. “When I got mine, obviously, I was a college student and I wanted to go cheap,” he said. “So I think I found mine for $19.99 on Ebay. You can usually see all the fancy people using Eno hammocks. They’re just more pricey, but you can usually find them at the local hipster spots, aka bike stores, and stuff like that. Or Bass Pro Shop.” Olson said he’s had his Ebay hammock for four years now and it’s “still kickin’.” Although he’s never napped on campus in it, he offered a few suggestions for
newbie hammock sleepers who want to string it up on campus for a quick nap. • Make sure to attach your hammock to a healthy limb, usually four to six inches in diameter minimum, • Pick a branch that has other, smaller branches attached to it. This means it’s healthy, • Tie the hammock strings close to the trunk of the tree to avoid any startling experiences due to branches snapping, • If you’re a new hammock sleeper, just relax and be one with the trees. I sincerely hope these locations provide some oncampus options for you during these hectic weeks that will close out the semester. But when all else fails, remember what Wetzel said, “There’s no place to nap like your bed.”
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Heer’s Building sold for $960,000 in auction to company that held its mortgage By Elonzo King For The Standard
A lone bidder purchased the Heer’s Department Store Building for $960,000 last Monday afternoon during the auction at the Greene County Courthouse steps. That lone bidder was E and J HIDC, the investment company that held the mortgage on the building at 138 Park Central Square in downtown Springfield. They bought the building from themselves. “E and J HIDC hopes to make money by re-selling the building to a development company,” according to attorney Chris Barhorst, who works for Kansas City-based law firm, Swanson Midgley, and placed the bid on behalf of E and J HIDC. “If this does not work out, the company would like to liquidate assets,” Barhorst said. “The $960,000 figure is based from what the clients have configured as the collateral.” As for the plans for developing the building, Barhorst said there are no plans at this point. “My clients have no definitive plans on developing the building,” he said, adding that the state of Missouri once considered buying the building in 1996, but decided it wasn’t feasible. By 1998, the empty building had become hazardous; large glass panels tumbled onto the street below and caused damage on two occasions. According to Rusty Worley, the executive director of Urban District Alliance, a non-profit organization that works on urban renewal projects and community events and is located within 200-feet of
Heer’s. The city of Springfield has a lien on the building for $130,000. “The city paid that to board the building's windows after glass fell on the sidewalk around the building on the northwest corner of Park Central Square,” he said. The building has a rich history behind its now dilapidated façade. Heer's began when Charles H. Heer opened a store right off the Public Square on Boonville Hill at 793 Boonville in 1869. In the following 10 years, two more floors were added to the original building and the store was incorporated as the Charles H. Heer Dry Goods Co., the second business in the state of Missouri to be incorporated. Springfield resident for five years Britanny Stoltz said that she wasn’t familiar with the history of the Heer’s Building. “I really don’t know much about the building except that nothing has been there since I’ve lived here,” she said, adding that she would like to see lofts put in the building. “If there were lofts there, I would definitely try to move downtown,” Stoltz said. Donnie Rodgers Jr., community development coordinator for UDA, said there is little that Springfield residents can do to improve the Heer’s Building. “There is not much we can do other than urge developers and make suggestions to those who are interested in the building,” he said. The building is better known as an “eye-sore” due to the dozens of faded and weathered wood pieces that board the windows. The building once was thronging with people and businesses with a nice
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The Heer’s Building, located at 138 Park Central Square in downtown Springfield, was sold to E and J HIDC in an auction on Monday, April 22. rooftop garden. However, due to development sprawling horizontally across Springfield and not vertically downtown, the business fell prey to vacancy. In 1976, Heer's opened a new store in the Battlefield Mall. Both it and the original Heer's were sold in 1987. During 1990, owners of both stores filed for bankruptcy. By 1995, the Heer's store was closed for business. Barhorst expressed that the company hopes the city of Springfield will work with it as it tries to find a new use for the 98-year-old building. Greene County also has a lien for close to $30,000 in unpaid property taxes. The auction on Monday showed hope for the building but as the lone bidder from Kansas City placed the only bid, the hope was sold within seconds for $960,000.
History of the building • 1869 Charles H. Heer opens a store off the Public Square on Boonville Hill at 793 Boonville • 1869-1879 Two more floors are added to the original building, and the store is incorporated as the Charles H. Heer Dry Goods Co., the second business in the state of Missouri to be incorporated • 1976 Heer’s opens a store in Battlefield Mall • 1987 Both the Heer’s Building and the store in the mall are sold • 1990 Owners of both stores file for bankruptcy • 1995 The Heer’s stores close • 1996 The state of Missouri considers buying the Heer’s Building, but decides it’s not feasible • 1998 The Heer’s Building becomes hazardous with large glass panels tumbling onto the street below • 1998 The city of Springfield pays $130,000 to board up the Heer’s Building’s windows • 2013 The Heer’s Building is sold to E and J HIDC for $960,000
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Saturdays to playing on Sundays. “Since I got into college, I knew I could play in the NFL since I left junior college. It was just about how hard I would be willing to work,” Richards said. During his two years at Missouri State, Richards started in all 22 games he played for the Bears. Not only did Richards earn his right tackle spot on the team, but he also earned numerous awards including American Football Coaches Association All-American, Associated Press third-team All-American and Missouri State’s Offensive Lineman of the Year. A lot of the lineman in the draft came from big-name schools in bigname conferences. LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma. SEC, Big 10 and Big 12; not a lot of Missouri State or Missouri Valley Conference players on any of the NFL expert’s draft boards. But Richards didn’t care; he knew how good of a lineman he was, even if the “experts” didn’t. “Although I’m from Missouri State, I feel like I am the best lineman in this draft,” Richards said on April 24 before the NFL draft. The TV changed from the NFL draft to the NBA playoffs, where the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets played a marathon-like game that lasted three overtimes. As Richards watched the game, a phone call came. It was the San Diego Chargers. “Oh snap, they might draft me,” Richards thought. But the other end of the phone call did not congratulate Richards, but instead, instructed him to hold tight and be patient. The Chargers were going to try and draft him in the sixth round of the draft. “With the 179th pick of the NFL draft, the San Diego Chargers select Tourek Williams, defensive end, Florida International,” the TV said.
Randy Richards played right tackle for Missouri State during the 2011 and 2012 season. During his time as a Bear, Richards: • Received Associated Press All-America honors in 2012 • Started all 22 games
• Got 56 knockdown blocks in 2012 • Earned a 85 percent grade overall in 2012
• Received MSU Offensive Lineman of the Week against Kansas State and North Dakota State in 2012
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Randy Richards (left) played for Missouri State University during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He was signed over the weekend by the San Diego Chargers into the National Football League. Before he worked out for NFL scouts during his Pro Day in March, Richards was in Atlanta carving his body into an NFL lineman physique. Six days a week, eight hours a day, Richards stretched, ran, lifted, stretched, ran, lifted, stretched, ran and then lifted some more. All day, every day, until his Pro Day. When Pro Day came, Richards was one of the standout performers and caught the eye of several NFL teams, including the San Diego Chargers. But after his Pro Day, it
was right back to punching in the clock, day in and day out, transforming his body from a collegiate player into a professional dominator. Another phone call came. It was the San Diego Chargers, again, telling Richards that they were, again, going to try and draft him. “Wait patiently, we are going to call your agent right now,” the Chargers offensive line coach said, according to Richards. Richards waited for the Chargers pick in the seventh round.
“With the 221st pick of the NFL draft, the San Diego Chargers select Brad Sorenson, quarterback, Southern Utah,” the TV said. The NFL draft had ended. Richards left his cousin’s house and headed back to his own home. When Richards came home, he got another phone call. It was the San Diego Chargers offensive line coach, telling Richards that he was being signed to an Undrafted Free Agent contract. “He told me, ‘I know how it is, I
know how you’re feeling right now, but it’s all about getting the opportunity,’” Richards said. A sense of relief and joy washed over Richards’ body as he basked in the realization that his dream had finally come true. Richards finished his conversation with the Chargers’ coach and immediately called his mother to tell her the good news, and like all mothers, she went berserk. “You could hear her going crazy (over the phone),” Richards said. Now that he’s on the Chargers, Richards is no longer irritated; he’s hungry. The next step in his NFL journey is Rookie Camp, which begins on May 11-13. Richards said that time cannot come soon enough. “As much as I am relieved right now, I am even hungrier to be great,” Richards said. “I am so competitive, and my drive is so great, as soon as I got the call my mindset has been ‘I’m ready to go to work.’”