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Tuesday • April 5, 2011 • Vol. 104 Issue 26

The beginning of a new era Briefs Bookstore offering discount for voting

The Missouri State bookstore has agreed to partner with the Student Government Association to encourage students to vote in this year’s student body elections.

The Missouri State bookstore will be offering a discount equal to the student-voter turnout percent, up to 20 percent. If voter turnout reaches 35 percent, then the Missouri State Bookstore will increase the discount to 25 percent on all BearWear and souvenirs, and if voter turnout reaches 50 percent, then the discount will increase to 30 percent on all BearWear and souvenirs.

Students will be able to claim their discount on Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12.

Students can vote Tuesday and Wednesday for student body president and vice president along with other issues at elections.missouristate.edu.

Calendar April 5 to April 11

Tuesday

SGA student body elections all day, elections.missouristate.edu SAC meeting 4 to 5 p.m., PSU 313 Student Senate meeting 5:30 to 8 p.m., PSU 313 “Website Building Workshop” seminar 9 to 11 a.m., Meyer Library 205

Wednesday

SGA student body elections all day, elections.missouristate.edu Graduate Student Council meeting 5 to 6 p.m., PSU 312C Interfraternity Council general meeting 5:15 to 6 p.m., PSU 313 Panhellenic Council general meeting 6 to 7 p.m., PSU 313 Sexual Orientation: A Primer for Professionals Working with College Students noon to 1 p.m., PSU 313 Designing & Conducting Performance Appraisals 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Glass Hall 115

Thursday

Staff Senate meeting 11 a.m. to noon, PSU 313 Group Nutrition Counseling 4 to 5 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness conference room Students for a Sustainable Future meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Temple Hall Pit "Building the Ultimate Business Plan" Seminar 6 to 9 p.m., Glass Hall

Friday

2011 Relay for Life all day, Plaster Sports Complex Sustainability Commission meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Carrington Hall 104C

Monday

SAACS meeting 5 to 6 p.m., Temple Hall 105 Disney College Program informational session 5 to 7 p.m., PSU 314 Coronary Health Improvement project 5:15 to 8 p.m., Taylor Health and Wellness conference room

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Paul Lusk speaks at a press conference Saturday after he was introduced as the 17th head basketball coach in MSU history.

Lusk begins tenure as MSU coach

By Jon Poorman The Standard

After seven seasons as an assistant coach at Purdue, Paul Lusk was introduced as Missouri State’s 17th head basketball coach at a press conference on Saturday.

Lusk has big shoes to fill after Cuonzo Martin took the Bears from worst to first in the Missouri Valley Conference in just three years on the job.

However, Lusk and Martin came from the same coaching staff at Purdue under head coaches Gene Keady and Matt Painter. Lusk replaced Martin as associate head coach for the Boilermakers when Martin took the MSU job in 2008.

Kyle Moats, MSU director of athletics, said many coaches throughout the country were very

interested in being the Bears’ head coach. He received more than 80 inquiries regarding the position.

Moats said he wanted to bring in someone who met basketball and university standards at the highest level.

“With the success coach Martin had, and the momentum he had created, it was very important for me to find someone who had that similar philosophy in all aspects of our program to continue to move us forward,” Moats said. “When I spoke to coach Keady, he said that Paul was more than ready to be a head coach.”

After Lusk met with his new players on Saturday night for the first time, he asked them what their plans were for the evening.

Sophomore guard Keith Pickens jokingly answered, “Going out and picking up some ladies.”

Lusk responded right back, “You know they don’t like you guys because you’re good looking: They like you because you can put the ball in the hole.”

Easing the transition

Pickens said Lusk has a good sense of humor and part of the reason he had such a good first impression with his new players — important when students are going through the process of changing coaches.

“Just the way he talks to us, jokes around with us,” Pickens said when asked what has made the transition easier. “Like last night when we met him, (Lusk) was joking around with us already. It’s just a comfortable feeling already, so I think it will be good.”

“He’s a funny guy, nice guy, same mentality as coach Martin. I think he’s a good guy and great fit for this program.”

Lusk said it is his responsibility to help the players get through the coaching change.

“I said (to the players), ‘It’s my job to help you navigate through this process,’ because there are a wide range of emotions they’re going through,” he said. “That’s what I’m here to do.”

Moats said it was his goal to make sure the players got a quality coach and the transition process goes smoothly.

“I promised our student-athletes we would find a great coach and we would do it in a timely fashion,” he said. “It was important to me that the transition was as seamless as possible. I am pleased most for them that this process fulfilled that promise.”

Junior forward Kyle Weems said he gives credit to MSU officials for finding a coach who fits well within the culture of Missouri State basketball.

“The closure that myself and the guys are feeling right now, words can’t describe,” Weems said. “Getting the No. 1 guy on Moats’ and Dr. Cofer’s lists is really key. I just want to give them a lot of credit for going out and getting a real character guy.”

Now that Lusk is at the helm, Weems said the team can finally move on and start working toward next season.

“The best thing (Lusk) said was that he’s ready to get into attack mode,” he said. That’s exactly how I feel — kind of ‘let this healing process be done with and let’s get going.’”

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Presentation shows increase in cheaters

By Lauren Healey The Standard

About 95 percent of students will admit they’ve cheated at least once in the course of their education, and 60 to 80 percent of students report they’ve cheated at least once in college, according to a cheating seminar presented on campus last week.

Have you?

“The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: What You Can Do About It” webinar presented by Scott Howell, Ph. D., was shown March 31 in Meyer Library 204 coupled with a discussion by teachers in attendance.

Cheating in the classroom increased dramatically from 1961 to 1991, according to the presentation. In 1961, 26 percent of students admitted to copying another student on a test. In 1991,

that number doubled to 52 percent. Only 16 percent of students in 1961 cheated by using notes, while 27 percent admitted to doing the same thing in 1991.

Gary Rader, director of online education development and policy in the Internet Instruction Department, said the seminar’s goal was to raise cheating awareness of faculty between different departments.

“We wanted to show the scope of the problem and put it into perspective in regards to our own campus and how bad — or maybe not so bad — of a problem it is,” he said. “We have some weaknesses we need to address.

The sharing and collaboration between departments will help us to find those weak places.”

According to the presentation, one weakness is

linked to fraternities and sororities.

The presentation said about 66 percent of students who attend colleges with fraternities/sororities, but are not associated with them, admitted to cheating. Eightytwo percent of students associated with but not living in a fraternity/sorority house admitted to cheating. Finally, 90 percent of students who lived in a fraternity/sorority house admitted to cheating.

Overly difficult or overly easy tests tend to encourage cheating because the student doesn’t see the point. Instructors should avoid them, according to the webinar.

Lisa Street, coordinator of field education in the Social Work Department, said she wants to focus on incorporating academic integrity as a part of professional integrity.

“Social work is a program that has a code of ethics,” she said. “When social workers prepare reports in practice, it impacts people’s lives. The preparation for that is in college and graduate school, so when my students become practitioners and write a report that sends someone to jail, for example, it means something — the truth. Their signatures need to mean something.”

Rader said the growing number of online courses

being delivered from MSU to students needs to be taken into serious consideration.

“For our accreditation, we need to ensure that the people who are taking the courses online are who they say they are and the courses aren’t full of students engaging in plagiarism and cheating,” he said. “It all goes back to courses designed specifically for delivery from a distance.

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Wyrick, SGA Constitution issues on ballot

By Amanda Hess The Standard

While students decide whom to vote for in the Student Government Association’s general election this week, they must also decide if they want to accept the changes to the SGA Constitution and Wyrick Commission Guidelines.

The Wyrick Commission is a fund that can be used for student projects that enhance the quality of life and level of service to all students and members of the university.

Brett Foster, SGA’s Wyrick Commissioner, said most of the changes are stylistic, but one amendment stands out as an important change.

SGA approved an added preliminary proposal deadline for the Wyrick Commission.

“This new deadline will be 2-3 weeks before the official deadline that is currently in place,” Foster said. “The purpose of this new deadline is to get students in touch with the Wyrick Commission before the official deadline, enabling them to work with appropriate administrators as they complete their proposal.”

He said it would also allow the commission to see if the proposal is likely to happen before

the student has invested the time needed to complete an entire proposal.

A few of the lesser changes will be updating references to constitution sections that do not exist, providing meeting times and minutes of the commission on the Internet, and removing a section that would require recognition plaques be made for all students who had a proposal approved.

“Due to the nature of most Wyrick proposals, the placement of recognition plaques is rarely feasible, and that is why we removed the section all together,” he said.

Foster said the update was much needed and made the commission more transparent to students.

Arielle Dowman, a freshman psychology major, said she thought the preliminary proposal deadline would be good.

“I think (the preliminary deadline) would be really helpful because students could talk to the commission about their project before they turn it in,” she said. “Taking the plaque section out makes sense. Sometimes it might not be useful or convenient to put plaques up for everything.”

Chartwells gets food service contract

By Jon Poorman The Standard

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The MSU Board of Governors approved a resolution that has awarded the university Food Services and Retail Food Operation Services contract to Chartwells for an initial 10-year period with three

possible one-year renewals.

"We do feel like it provides the best value for our students and for opportunities in the future," Dean of Students Earle Doman said. "We look forward to stepping some things up."

The three companies that submitted bids for the contract were Chartwells, Sodexo and

Aramark. The decision process, which Doman said took about 15 months, was based on ratings for the companies within certain criteria.

The biggest factor in the decision was financial considerations, which Doman said made up 40 percent of the

limitations in terms of physical space and funding.”

Neglecting to footnote or cite reference material was the Continued from page 1 most commonly reported kind courses at the on-campus test of cheating, according to the proctoring center, but it has presentation.

Cheating Lusk

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Joining Lusk at the press conference was his wife, Melanie, and his two children, whom he was quick to acknowledge in his opening statements.

“My wife didn’t want me to say this,” Lusk said with a smile. “But behind every average man, there is a great

A family man

woman, and my wife Melanie Lusk is a great woman.

“I think being a coach and being in this profession, it’s a very difficult profession. It’s very time-demanding, and you have to have an understanding wife. I certainly have an understanding wife, and she is the backbone of our family.”

Lusk went on to say that his children, Madison (8) and Jackson (5), were confused about what was going on and didn’t like the idea of moving very much. Lusk then described how he and Melanie

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Kyle Herren, a junior hospitality and restaurant administration major, said he thinks teachers can sometimes be too strict about what is considered cheating.

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handled the situation.

“Having a coaching background, I called a timeout, and Mel and I huddled up a little bit. We decided to do what all good parents would do. We promised we’d buy them a puppy dog for moving to Springfield,” Lusk said with a grin.

The audience immediately burst into laughter at Lusk’s remarks.

“And then we thought we would throw some Legos in on top of it,” Lusk continued.

“That’s just good parenting:

Emily Bernet, the speaker pro tempore of SGA, said there were a few changes to the SGA Constitution that did more than just clarify processes.

Changes include the following: adding the director of communication to the constitution, creating a process to dictate what happens if the vice president fails to deliver legislation to the president to be signed, and adding a resignation process for all members of SGA. Passed resolutions about procedure and fiscal responsibility were also added to the constitution, and the senior class president’s position was moved to the executive branch exclusively, Bernet said.

The senior class president was moved to the executive branch for several reasons, she said.

“First, the nature of the position is an executive position,” Bernet said. “Second, since the senior class is given five senior class representatives, having the senior class president act as a senator means the senior class is over-represented. Third, the senior class president affects the quorum of senate, but there are no repercussions for missing meetings — like there are for other senators (outside of impeachment by the senior class).”

Most of the changes are for the internal functions of SGA and will not affect students at all, Bernet said.

Amber Marler, a junior political science major, said she doesn’t think any of the changes affected her.

“Honestly, I don’t know much about the Wyrick Commission or SGA, mostly because no one knows about it,” she said. “Students who are extremely active on campus might know about them — what they do and how they affect campus — but most people won’t.”

Kevin Marren, a junior philosophy major, said he didn’t see the point of SGA, let alone voting on the changes.

“It seems most people are not aware of SGA,” he said. “They don’t seem to have any real power unless they can get more people to vote and entice more students to participate.

The only way to be the voice of the students is if students know about (SGA) and (SGA) raises their issues. It seems like (SGA is) just the voice of a few groups of students.”

You can find the SGA Constitutional changes and the Wyrick Commission Guideline changes on the SGA website under “Misc.”

SRT does demonstration

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

The Springfield Police Department’s Special Response Team showcased an in-depth demonstration of their tactics and weaponry for the Criminal Justice Society last Thursday.

Officers Mark Foos and

can be way too strict about plagiarism because some people don’t completely understand when and how to cite sources,” he said. “Even if you do know how to cite the right way, there’s a good

Spoil your kids rotten. They are excited to be here, and we are excited to be here as a family.”

Lusk said, after meeting with the team, he is very excited to get to work, chasing after a second consecutive MVC title.

“Now it’s time to get to work,” he said. “And we’ve got to go in full attack mode.

(It was an) unbelievable accomplishment winning the league last year, but I told

Looking to the future

Jason Trusler, SRT members and veterans of the Springfield Police, conveyed the importance of Springfield’s version of the SWAT team.

“Our primary focus is to save lives,” Foos said. “We’re not here for the glory or because we have machine guns and vests. We’re out there to

save lives.”

The SRT has a strong working relationship with the Criminal Justice Society, Foos said.

They decided to conduct their demonstration on campus to broaden student’s understanding of the reasons the Special

those guys last night, ‘We cannot be satisfied with doing it once. We’ve got to come back and try winning another Valley championship and then breaking through and getting in that NCAA Tournament.’”

Lusk said the players are the biggest key to the success of the program, and he is looking forward to helping them reach their potential.

“Players are the most important part of the program.

Period,” he said. “I’m here to help them achieve all their goals on and off the floor, and

that’s what I’m going to do.”

Lusk said he is familiar with the basketball pedigree at MSU and is excited and proud to be a part of the tradition.

“From my perspective, there is a winning culture in place here at Missouri State,” he said.

“Everybody is very, very proud of this institution. Not just from an athletics standpoint, but from an academics standpoint. But then, when you talk about the basketball program, they get even more passionate. That’s the kind of place you want to be at.”

chance what you write in a paper has been written somewhere else and you don’t even realize you ‘plagiarized’ it.”

Herren said collaborating on homework should be acceptable.

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“I understand teachers don’t want students copying answers from one another, but it can be really helpful to work on an assignment with someone else if you don’t fully understand it,” he said.

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MSU is unfairly forcing smokers to quit their habit

Let’s make something clear. I am a non smoker.

Nobody in my family, including my dog, smokes. I’ve never even tried a cigarette. And honestly, sitting in a smoky bar irritates my delicate little throat.

However, I am less than thrilled about Missouri State’s “smoke-free policy,” which will be put into place next year. As a matter of fact, I’ve got smoke coming out of my ears.

You’ve got to feel really bad for the smokers on campus. Not only are they slowly poisoning their bodies, but at MSU they have been herded into designated, all-outdoor “smoking areas” on the far corners of the earth. As of this year, rain or shine, these are the only places where they are allowed to light up.

And next year, in fall 2012, due to the new smoke-free policy, there will be nowhere left for them to go.

That is, unless they want to dangerously cross multiple busy roads during rush hour in the middle of the day between classes. Or creepily leave the dorms by themselves to go off campus in the middle of the night.

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The other option cheerfully proposed is that smokers enjoy a cigarette in the comfort of their car. Because, after all, everybody at MSU has a car.

This leads me to the only logical conclusion: The MSU powers that be are craftily going to pick off the smokers one by one in off-campus car “accidents” and “unfortunate” muggings. Poor tarry chaps.

OK, so I know some of you out there are selfrighteously muttering, “Well, they should just quit.” Well good news!

MSU generously offers smokers help in their effort to quit at Taylor Health and Wellness.

However, it’s not quite so simple. According to Time Magazine, 85 percent of smokers wish they could quit. And according to the Surgeon General’s report, nicotine users have the same relapse rate as heroin.

From what I understand, to quit smoking is sort of like going on a

diet. A diet where you aren’t allowed to eat anything for weeks, while all of your friends eat gourmet Paninis around you and someone beats you over the head with a gavel.

I mean, it’s not like most people want to be smokers. You have to live under a rock to not know that cigarettes are saturated with radiation-emitting, cancer-causing, lifesucking chemicals.

Its been beaten into our brains since kindergarten.

And honestly, if you don’t know that smoking is damaging to your health by now, you probably shouldn’t be in college.

Smokers are aware that they are slowly killing themselves, and changing university policy isn’t going to change anybody’s habits.

This policy concerns me because I am a painting major. Fine artists, as a group, smoke like chimneys. That is just the way it is.

Creative people tend to be psychotic, unstable, self-destructive, bizarre individuals; smoking is a psychotic, unstable, selfdestructive, bizarre and very social behavior.

I am worried that bril-

liant artists will choose not to come to MSU just because of the smoking policy. Writers, foreign students, filmmakers, photographers, fashion designers and other creative or unique groups are also marginalized under the new policy.

If Missouri State policy makers want programs in the humanities to continue to flourish, they should recognize that this policy may be detrimental. There will never be a way to measure how many potential students were lost.

However, if we wish to promote a simple Bible-Belt, white-bread, non-diversified, all-business-majors student body, this smoking policy takes the first step to put us right on track.

Here is what I propose: Non smokers don’t like living in a cloud of smoke. And smokers don’t like their right to smoke trampled, right?

So why don’t we just enforce the policy we have now, which relegates smokers to a few specific spots?

Non smokers will not be forced to visit these locations. Smokers won’t need to conform to overly dramatic, silly rules.

Everyone wins.

Tell us what you think.

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Don’t forget to vote in the municipal election

While it’s important for students to remember to vote in the student body election today, it’s even more important for them to remember to vote in Springfield’s general municipal election.

Voting for City Council members may not be as hip as voting for the president of the United States, but it’s equally as important.

In fact, the issues on municipal ballots will have a direct impact on student life.

For example, one of the issues on this ballot proposes a smoking ban in all businesses — not just restaurants or bars but businesses of all kinds.

If passed, this initiative would most likely put the hipsterfriendly hookah lounge, The Albatross, out of business.

Other smoking-related businesses such as Just for Him will also struggle.

How do you feel about municipal elections now?

Then, of course, there is the initiative proposing to ban the sale of alcohol in movie theaters with more than 25 percent of their ticket sales coming from patrons under 21.

You will also be voting for mayor and four City Council seats.

The Springfield-Greene County Library has some excellent resources on its website about polling locations and times, as well as what kind of information you need to have with you to vote.

You can also find lots of information about the ballot initiatives under the Politics and Government section of the Springfield News-Leader’s website.

While it may seem trivial and boring, the student president and City Council members have a direct impact on your life as a both a Missouri State student and Springfield citizen.

Take five minutes to vote in the student body election. You can vote online. Then put on your pants and go vote in the municipal election.

Do you have an opinion?

Send a letter to the editor

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Finances shouldn’t weigh more than food quality

As a fiscal conservative, I consider the price of everything. I don’t like to spend a fortune if I can avoid it. I don’t want to see the government spend a fortune either.

Money is scarce these days, and it’s important to spend it wisely.

When I buy (almost) anything, I comparison shop, comparison shop and comparison shop. I weigh all of the pros and cons and make an informed decision. I’m not obsessive about it, but who doesn’t want to get the most bang for their buck?

It seems like that is what Missouri State did when deciding to go with Chartwells for their new food service, but there is just one little problem: They did their comparison shopping mostly

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based on “financial considerations” as opposed to anything else.

In the formula the university used to determine what food provider to use, 40 percent of their overall scoring was based on financial considerations. Only 10 percent was based on menu quality.

See a problem here?

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agree and say that “the university used a complicated formula that looked at a number of areas to come to an informed decision,” but we all know it boiled down to which food service was cheapest.

If this was about anything but food, I’d be all for weighing financial considerations so heavily. But food is a little different. Food is necessary to sustain life. Without food, we would all die. I know I’m being overly dramatic, but you get the point.

I could eat from a Dumpster every day and make the best option when weighing financial considerations, but that doesn’t mean I made the best overall choice. At the end of the day, even if I saved some money (which is

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good), I’d still be eating from a Dumpster.

Now, as someone who has been “lucky” enough to have Chartwells at two other institutions, I’ll admit they’re better than garbage. But they still weren’t great. Even Sodexo food tastes better than Chartwells.

Lately, I’ve found out I’m not alone in my disgust for Chartwells. There are countless Facebook groups and websites out there that are solely devoted to students speaking out against the food quality of Chartwells.

The university will probably rebut my arguments by saying that they always weigh financial considerations heavily when making choices. Since we’re in such a budget crunch, monetary

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concerns are always at the forefront.

I’m very glad they do this when choosing desks, paper, computers, lawn mowers, etc., but food is different.

Administrators aren’t going to have to eat Chartwells on a daily basis.

It’s the students who will see these “financial considerations” in action. It’s the students who will be forced to buy a meal plan simply because they want to live in a dorm.

Does anyone out there really think financial considerations actually played that large of a role when deciding on Missouri State’s new basketball coach? I hope Kyle Moats considered financials a great deal, but I doubt it was The Standard Physical address: Student Media Center 744 E. Cherry St. Postal address: 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65897

the impetus of his decision.

So, we may have sub-par food, but at least we’ll have a great new basketball coach. Hooray!

If Chartwells turns out to be as sub-par at Missouri State as it has at other institutions, we can at least hope that the university may do the right thing and go in another direction as soon as possible. Only time will tell.

Even in our difficult economic times, it doesn’t make sense to weigh financial considerations as heavily as the university did. If the university paid me enough, I’m sure I could find some incredibly cheap and not-so-tasty food to feed thousands of students on a daily basis, but would it really be worth it?

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Calendar

April 5 to April 11

Reduce, Reuse, Rock

Tuesday

Carrie’s Restaurant open 11:30 to 1 p.m., Professional Building 426 All Bands Concert 7:30 to 9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

Wednesday

SAC Films Presents: “Shaun of the Dead” 9 to 11 p.m., PSU Theater Juried Photography exhibition all day, Meyer Library first floor Art of Africa exhibit 8 to 5 p.m., Meyer Library 306 BFA in Studio Art Exhibition 1 to 5 p.m., Student Exhibition Center

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Ecopalooza went into the night at the Bear Paw.

Thursday

Easter: Mehdi Saeedi exhibit continues 1 to 6 p.m., Brick City Gallery Multilingual film: “To Live” 5 to 7 p.m., Siceluff 225 Jazz Appreciation Month guest artist night 7:30 to 9 p.m., Ellis Hall recital hall Play: “The Beaux Strategem” 7:30 to 9 p.m., Craig Hall Coger Theatre

Friday

Springfield Roller Girls, Cherry Bomb Burlesque and Cropdusters perform 10 p.m., the Outland Ballroom

SAC Comedy presents: Donald Glover 7 to 9 p.m., PSU Theater SAC presents: Rock ’n’ Bowl 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., PSU Level One Game Center

Saturday

Rumble Jetts and Brutally Frank concert 9 p.m., Lindberg’s

Sara Good: “In the Space of Soil” exhibit continues 1 to 5 p.m., Brick City Gallery

Sunday

SAC Films Presents: “Shaun of the Dead” 9 to 11 p.m., PSU theater

Monday

Mad Science presents: “Star Trek Live” 7 to 9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

Briefs

Zombie outbreak plagues campus

The Student Activities Council is hosting Zombie Week: Humans Versus Zombies, a campus-wide game of tag that pits the living against the dead. Zombie students tag living students, starting a zombie outbreak across campus. The games are now going and will play through April 10 at the North Mall.

Zombie related activities will take place throughout the week, including free showings of the comedic horror film “Shaun of the Dead” at 9 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday in the PSU Theater. For more information, visit www.humansvszombies.org.

Kick off shoes for charity

Canvas Art Gallery is teaming up with TOMS shoes for “One Day Without Shoes,” a charity event to deliver shoes to third-world children, tonight at 6 p.m. in downtown Springfield. In an effort to raise awareness of the underprivileged, 1000 people will walk barefoot downtown. Canvas Art Gallery is attempting to sell 500 shoes, which will in turn provide 500 shoes to needy children.

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The solar-powered Ecopalooza had an extensive lineup of musical acts.

Outdoor concert, festival keeps on the sunny side, helps sustainable future

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Missouri State’s solar-powered concert event, Ecopalooza, was held last Friday in front of the Bear Paw. Hosted by Students for a Sustainable Future, the event is in its fifth year. Each year the event has grown, boasting a larger band lineup and sizable list of vendors this year.

The day started out cloudy, which isn’t a particularly good sign for an event relying on solar power. But thanks to the unreliability of Springfield weather patterns, and perhaps the energetic hula hooping of those in attendance, the clouds gave way to this sustainable event with a mini-festival feel.

The event was sponsored by members of the Residence Hall

Association and The Monroe as a part of the green games competition that the residence halls participated in last week. Students could earn extra points for their halls by attending Ecopalooza and, by doing so, potentially winning themselves a treadmill or an elliptical machine for their residence hall.

“We do try to sponsor a lot of programs that are related to sustainability and recycling and things like that,” said Teresa Frederick, Residence Life and Services coordinator.

Vendors included student organizations and local businesses interested in sustainability and recycling, as well as those having to do with health and outdoor activity. Outdoor Adventures had a booth advertising and promoting outdoor activities.

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The event was focused on encouraging sustainability.

“Outdoor recreation is a good way to get turned on to the wilderness, and we emphasize during our trips ‘leave-no-trace ethics.’ So we try to teach everybody on our trips aspects of leave no trace, which is actually a nationwide thing,” said Andy Nelson, Outdoor Adventures manager and senior philosophy major. “We try to teach people how to go out and have a good time in the woods and do it with minimal impact.”

Appreciation for the outdoors continued with local business Hoop Frealy’s booth. The grass around their table was surrounded by colorful, handmade hula hoops that Ecopalooza attendees were encouraged to give a whirl. Business partners Hannah Mendelson, a senior digital film production major, and Amanda Frealy combine an alternative and energyconscious method of exercise with expressive dance.

Ecopalooza goers had some help finding their flow from the musical talent at the event. A Cub Bella serenaded the crowd with impressive renditions of popular songs, and bands jammed throughout the day. Cory King and the Cardinal Queen played early on,

followed by dance-y acts like Rhyme or Reason, who performed well into the night.

Missouri State’s Anthropology Club came through with handmade items of another kind. The club experimented with plastic bags that could be ironed together to make colorful recycled tote bags.

Some members knitted or crocheted purses out of old T-shirts or pillowcases. Junior anthropology major Rachel Mahsman made decorative hanging lanterns and coasters out of recycled soda cans.

“It really takes awareness to show people what we can do and the impact we’re having on other cultures in the world,” Mahsman said. “The things we do have a huge impact on everyone, and that’s especially true for Americans.”

Ecopalooza won’t be the end of the action students are taking toward sustainability. The residence halls recently implemented a bike rental program that offers students an alternative to driving gas-guzzling motor vehicles. Students can rent bikes that have been collected and re-purposed by the Safety and Transportation Department for a semester at a time.

Cult victim tells story of strength, survival

By Abby Webster The Standard

After escaping from the frightening reigns of a polygamous marriage in 2003, Carolyn Jessop miraculously brought her eight children with her.

Jessop has been speaking out about polygamy and her experience with the FLDS, a group she now refers to as a cult.

She shared her heart-rending story at the Plaster Student Union last Tuesday.

Jessop is a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The FLDS is a small branch based out of the Mormon Church where plural marriage is an important part of the belief system.

Last week’s lecture was packed full of people eager to hear Jessop’s inspiring story. Etta Madden, professor of English and member of the gender studies committee, commented on the turnout for the event.

“We felt like it went great,” Madden said. “We had such a packed house that we had to turn about 200 people away. Our biggest challenge was raising the funds, so we wrote a public affairs grant proposal and we got the support of several departments on campus as well as Drury. I think that says something about how much interest there is in this topic. This was more than a gender studies event.”

The gender studies committee decided to bring in Carolyn Jessop for Women’s History Month based on the increasing amount of public interest in polygamist principles as well as for recognition of her two books: “Escape,” and most recently, “Triumph: Life After the Cult — A Survivor’s Lessons.”

“Every year the gender studies committee tries to bring in a big-name speaker for Women’s History Month,” Madden said. “We tried to think of a theme or idea that would be of interest to a lot of people. Because I had read her books, I thought it would great if we could get her to come.”

In this heart-wrenching lecture, Jessop described the husband-wife dynamic she experienced growing up in a polygamist community.

“Violence was the men’s way of controlling

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Former polygamist wife Carolyn Jessop spoke about her experiences and escape.

freedom,” Jessop said. “If a woman was beaten, it was a sign of disgrace that she had done something to make her husband beat her. It wasn’t uncommon for one woman to have 20 children.”

Not only did women bear many children, but they also weren’t allowed to give birth outside of the community because of the illegal aspects of their lifestyle.

“The children were delivered in the community because they didn’t want women who weren’t old enough to be married going to the hospital in labor,” Jessop said. “A midwife named Aunt Lydia did everything medical. She delivered the babies. She was the one who delivered me when I was born.”

Jessop mentioned that the reasons for polygamy in the community are largely due to the fact that, to be “saved,” you have to have been born into the religion, which is why having many children is so important.

She also talked about the importance of power. Madden commented on this aspect of the lecture.

“She mentioned two things,” Madden said.

“She said that it has to do with manifestation of power; the more people you have, the more people the men are in control of and have power over. They also can’t convert outsiders, so with a lot of children, they can build a church.”

Jessop was one of the very few who was granted permission to get a college education.

She wanted to go to school to become a pediatrician so the community would have medical care, but she was told that she’d have to go to school to become an elementary school teacher instead.

However, before Jessop went to college. the prophet forced her into a marriage at age 18. She was to marry Merril Jessop, a 50 year-old man who was very powerful in the community. He already had three wives and more than 30 children, some of whom were older than Jessop at the time.

In the FLDS, the “prophet” is the one who makes all decision’s regarding people’s lives. He is also the person who arranges the marriages and is believed to have the ability to speak directly to God. The turning point in Jessop’s decision to flee the community started when the new prophet, Warren Jeffs, started making changes in the com-

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Terror satire ‘Four Lions’ has bite

This movie will probably Karman offend you Bowers in some or way Movie another.

Reviewer But if you take it with a grain of salt, “Four Lions” is an enjoyable and interesting film.

Set in modern day Great Britain, “Four Lions” tells the story of four English-born, wannabe jihadists and one angry Caucasian convert. Their plan is to suicide bomb someplace — they can’t agree where — in the name of defeating the great Satan.

It doesn’t sound like good satirical material, but it’s surprisingly humorous. However, I’m not quite sure I can comfortably call it a comedy.

Perhaps this is because we, here in our safe little Midwestern town, don’t really live in the world depicted. I don’t deny that terrorism is a threat, but we don’t live next door to the heart of all this trouble.

In England, jihadists are able to fly home, go through their training, and fly back to England with little problem due to a lacking immigration enforcement, and do whatever it is they were trained to do. There is more of a daily threat there than here.

So maybe that’s where Americans are going to find difficulty in deciphering the humor in “Four Lions.”

There are some obvious comedic moments, but as a whole it’s some-

times difficult. An open mind is a necessity.

An open mind is also necessary in discerning what this film is trying to say. I’m not even going to pretend to know what the director was trying to say. All I can say for sure is that it sheds a different light on the problem. In a way, it makes light of the horrible situation without actually demeaning it.

All of the potentially controversial aspects aside, it’s a really good film.

The style has a very ‘guerrilla feel,’ making it seem like maybe we are hiding in the room witnessing something we shouldn’t be.

Somehow we are compelled to feel compassion for the characters,

despite what they’re trying to do. We get scared when they get scared and feel the pain of disappointment and guilt when things go wrong.

Maybe that’s what the director was trying to do with “Four Lions.”

He’s not saying that terrorism is something to laugh at or be taken lightly. Maybe he’s just trying to show that there is this whole world that we just don’t understand. These people go through some of the same emotions as we do, even if it’s the result of something horrible.

At the very least, “Four Lions” will make you think and think hard.

What these thoughts are will depend on your personal viewpoints. In my opinion, “Four Lions” is a must-see.

‘My First Time’ comedy goes all the way “There goes my VCard!” “I was mesMegan merized by Gates her boobies!” and “I’d never Reviewer seen a grown man naked before!” were among the exclamations of those confessing their first sexual encounter at a performance of “My First Time” by the Springfield Contemporary Theatre at the Vandivort Centre last Thursday night.

“My First Time” was adapted by Ken Davenport and based upon some of the 38,000 stories people have shared on myfirsttime.com. The website, created by Peter Foldy and Craig Stuart, allows anyone to anonymously submit the story of how they lost their virginity to be posted online.

Davenport took several of these stories and created a play that shows how losing your virginity can be an amazing experience — or a complete and total nightmare.

The Contemporary Theatre’s version, directed by Chelsea Russell, used four characters — two men (Mitch Bonkoski and Heath Hillhouse) and two women (Whitney Ice and Heather Ludwig) — to recount story after story of people’s first times.

Ludwig brought to life story 34,130. This is the story of a 20year-old woman who decides to “settle for lust” instead of love and booty

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munity.

Before Jeffs became prophet, women didn’t usually get married until about 18, but Jeffs changed that requirement dramatically when he came to power. He pulled all children out of public schools and put them in special FLDS schools.

They also had book burnings.

“As an educator, I wasn’t even allowed to set foot in the school where my children were learning,” Jessop said. “We had to burn our books. I had so many children’s books that I had collected and cherished.”

After Jeffs became the prophet, Jessop knew she had to escape. She had a 14-yearold daughter, Betty, who she knew Jeffs wanted to marry.

She also had a son who was born with cancer and knew she needed to get medical help for him.

In a country where polygamy is against the law, you would assume that escaping a situation like this would be fairly easy. Jessop assured the crowd that getting away from the cult was far from

calls ex-boyfriend Gary to have sex for the first time. Gary leaves her physically unsatisfied, but Ludwig rejoiced in the fact that she was no longer a virgin and left out of the loop when it came to sex talk with her girl friends.

Bonkoski, on the other hand, waited for love to lose his virginity to a friend of his cousin’s in story 8,115.

Bonkoski, a somewhat awkwardlooking young man with glasses, animatedly recounted how as a 15-yearold boy he finally became a man on the basement floor of his aunt’s house in a pile of laundry. His excited manner brought forth giggles from the audience and sidelong glances from his fellow cast members who remained on stage during his confession.

Hillhouse, in story 25,176, retold an encounter that made his character a member of the Mile High Club after he met a young woman at an airport.

Portraying a college student waiting for his delayed plane, he meets a bombshell blonde and loses his virginity during flight. Hillhouse stole the show by interacting with the audience. At one point he even jumped off-stage and high-fived a young man sitting in the audience who congratulated him on his success.

While sex can be pleasurable, if you’re not ready for it or have it forced upon you, it can be one of the most terrifying experiences of your life.

Ice reminded the audience of this as she told story 1,436 of a ninthgrade girl who, in an attempt to secure a relationship with a cute boy

simple.

“Everyone was a member of the cult,” Jessop said. “I couldn’t call the police. The car I had was not licensed or insured and so, if I left, they would know I was leaving without permission. Warren’s military men were called the ‘God Squad.’ The possibility that I would get out without getting pulled over was incredibly slim. The police on the outside of Colorado City considered our area to be outside of their jurisdiction.”

Jessop went on to explain that, even after she got out of the city, the process was near impossible. Once she received physical protection from Merril Jessop, the legal battles were incredibly difficult. She stayed in a battered women’s shelter and had to declare bankruptcy.

“Merril was allowed access to the children on weekends when they would be required to fast and pray for my death,” Jessop said.

Jessop finally won complete custody over all of her children and put most them in therapy. Her oldest daughter, Betty, ended up returning to the FLDS at the age of 18 due to her belief that if she did not return, she would go to hell.

in her neighborhood, had sex before she was ready. Her unflinching narration of what happened and her direct eye contact with audience members completely silenced the house as we listened in horror about what happened to this young, innocent girl.

In between stories, the cast read anonymous surveys filled out by the audience about their personal sex lives, including answers to the question, “If your first sexual partner were here right now, what would you say to him or her?” Answers included everything from “I want my camp grill back!” to “That is not the reason why I’m gay!” and “Twenty-Seven seconds, really?!” drawing huge laughs from the audience.

Even though the production was mostly light hearted, it was not meant for an immature or prude audience.

With descriptions of genitalia, some cursing and graphic sexual encounters, those who aren’t comfortable with the topic of sex could have easily been offended during the course of the show.

So whether you’re still waiting for the right person to do the horizontal mamba with or your V-Card went out the window years ago, “My First Time” is a production worth seeing.

Just make sure your date has a good sense of humor.

“My First Time” runs through April 9 at the Vandivort Center at 305 E. Walnut St. To purchase tickets, visit their box office or call 417-8318001. You can visit their website at http://www.vctheatre.com for additional information on show times and ticket availability.

Jeffs began relocating children, wives and families as a punishment to men who strayed in any way from the religion. He exiled many young boys, who were never allowed to see or speak to their families again. He even exiled the mayor of Colorado City and reallocated his wives and children to another man.

“Warren began to be threatened by the idea that young girls would fall in love with young boys,” Jessop said.

Jeffs was placed on the FBI’s most wanted list in 2006. He faced charges for accomplice rape, incest and performing marriages of underage girls to older men.

Jeffs is said to have married a 12-year-old. It has also been reported that he has more than 30 daughters.

“People think that polygamy involves consenting adults, but that’s not true. It involves children and it hurts people,” Jessop said.

Madden’s conversation with Jessop prior to the performance emphasized Jessop’s disdain for the cult.

“I told her we wanted her to talk about the pros and cons of polygamy, and she said, ‘There are no pros.’”

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Scorebox

Baseball Wednesday, March 30 Kansas 000000000-0 Mo. State 00030120X-6 Friday, April 1 Saint Louis 011000010-3 Mo. State 010010030-5 Saturday, April 2 Saint Louis 010003101-6 Mo. State 000000302-5 Sunday, April 3 Saint Louis 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 11 Mo. State 3 0 4 0 1 2 3 0 X - 13 Softball Saturday, April 2 Illinois State 000311X–5 Missouri State 0000011–2 Illinois State 10142–8 Missouri State 00000–0 Sunday, April 3 Illinois State 100033X–7 Missouri State 0200000–2 Volleyball Saturday, April 2 North Texas 0 Missouri State 2 Baylor 1 Missouri State 1 UT Arlington 0 Missouri State 2 SMU 0 Missouri State 2 Men’s golf Tuesday, March 29 UALR/First Tee Intercollegiate 7th of 17 Women’s golf Tuesday, March 29 UALR Classic 2nd of 19 Men’s soccer Saturday, April 2 Mid-American Nazarene 0 Missouri State 7 Northeastern State 0 Missouri State 2 Women’s soccer Sunday, April 3 Missouri S&T 0 Missouri State 1

Calendar April 5 to April 11

Tuesday

Baseball away at Kansas, 6 p.m.

Softball away at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.

Men’s golf at home Branson Creek Invitational, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday Softball away at Arkansas, 5 p.m.

Friday

Baseball home vs. Wichita State, 6:30 p.m.

Track and field away at Tom Botts Invitation, 9 a.m.

Saturday

Baseball home vs. Wichita State, 2 p.m.

Softball home vs. Creighton, noon Field hockey away at Longstreth League Tournament

Football at home, Intrasquad Scrimmage, 10 a.m.

Men’s soccer home vs.

Benedictine, 1:45 p.m.

Men’s soccer home vs.

Crowder College, 3:30 p.m.

Women’s soccer home vs.

Southwest Baptist, 1 p.m.

Women’s soccer home vs. Drury, 7 p.m.

Sunday

Baseball home vs. Wichita State, 1 p.m.

Softball home vs. Creighton, noon Field hockey away at Longstreth League Tournament

Monday

Men’s golf away at ASU Red Wolves Classic, 8 a.m.

Women’s golf away at Baylor Spring Invitational, 8 a.m.

Briefs

The need for speed Conway uses his quickness

By Benjamen Loewnau The Standard

For senior center fielder Aaron Conway, speed is the strongest part of his game, and for the Missouri State pitchers, it’s an insurance policy when balls get hit into the outfield.

“He’s a leader, so he runs the outfield; he talks to guys.

He knows what he’s doing,” senior pitcher J.C. Casey said. “Yeah, (he is) a real insurance policy, a real luxury.”

Speed is one of the tools that Conway brings to the ballpark, and his 62 stolen bases in 69 career attempts, along with his 13 career triples, are an example of this.

“I feel like it’s allowed me to get hits I shouldn’t have gotten just by bunting (and) hitting infield ground balls,” Conway said. “It helps me with my defense because it helps get the balls I really shouldn’t get to.”

On the Missouri State baseball leader board, Conway ranks fourth all-time in triples and third in stolen bases.

Conway’s speed terrorizes opposing pitchers on the base paths, but for his pitchers, it is an asset.

“He’s a luxury in center.

With his speed, he’ll correct any ball that you make a mistake on,” Casey said.

“He’ll right the mistake for

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Aaron Conway, a senior outfielder, is said to be the fastest player on Missouri State’s baseball team.

you.”

Getting on base is a prerequisite for being able to use his speed. His .410 batting average allows this to happen.

His 48 hits in 26 games this season lead the Missouri Valley Conference, contributing to a team total of 308 hits, which also leads the MVC. Behind many great hitters is a superstition that must be followed or music that they have to listen to in order to get ready.

For Conway, rather than

thinking about the game too much, he just gets up and does it, he said. “(I) Try not to think very much about it,” he said.

“Just get up there and do what I have to do.”

Once he gets going, the consistency that Conway provides contributes to his 135 consecutive starts in center field.

“It’s very nice and very comfortable,” head coach Keith Guttin said. “That’s a position — catcher, short, center — where you want a guy with experience, and

had to put up with winds that were sometimes higher than 25 miles per hour.

“Definitely a crazy game, the wind on a day like this, blowing really hard; it’s going to be tough on any pitcher — our pitchers and their pitchers,” Conway said. “It was pretty much just an offensive battle.”

Missouri State belted two home runs on the day, the first coming from junior infielder Brent Seifert who tattooed a ball over the left

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Lacrosse team prevails Team earns two wins over the weekend

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

The Missouri State lacrosse team took advantage of strong attack play as they scored 31 goals in two wins at Glass Hall field this weekend.

“We don’t like to lose at home,” said senior Eddie Corno, who scored six goals over the weekend, “so we make sure that every time we’re here, we’re putting on a good show.”

The Bears won their first game against Harding 19-6 and then beat Saint Louis University 12-10 on Sunday.

Freshman attackman Chris Callaham scored six goals over the weekend. Many of them came on plays starting from the “X position” behind the goal.

“That’s something we do a lot,” Callaham said. “I just have to read the defense and figure out if someone’s open cutting to the goal. If not, I shoot it.”

Junior Dave Herber also had success attacking from X against Harding. He had two

goals and three assists in the first game.

“A lot of times, I was drawing a short-stick player, and anytime I have that I’m going to try to dodge from X,” Herber said.

A dodge is when a player with the ball shields his defender from his stick while attacking the goal. It is generally more advantageous for defenders to have longer sticks to disrupt an attackman trying to dodge, so Herber was able to take advantage of the mismatches.

Against SLU, the Bears saw their two-point halftime lead cut to one before assistant coach Ryan Worley was ejected for arguing with the officials. As a result, MSU had to play a man down, and it looked like SLU might make a run. Instead, the Bears killed the penalty and extended their lead to three goals.

“It really kind of lit a fire under their butts,” head coach Pat Callaham said. “They were kind of going through the motions, and once that happened, you saw our whole bench erupt, and they got into the game.”

Midfielder Dino Cervantes also said Worley’s ejection was a big turning point in the game.

“When coach got that penalty, it fired us all up and

brought us together,” Cervantes said. “We cleared the ball and killed the penalty, and from then on it went our way.”

Cervantes had 10 ground balls over the weekend. A ground ball is when a player scoops a loose ball off the ground.

“I was just in the right place at the right time; the ball just kind of happened to pop up in my stick,” he said.

In Friday’s game, Harding only had two substitutes, and the Bears used a fast tempo to wear them down.

“Our numbers definitely helped us,” Herber said.

“They only had two subs, so our game plan was to run them and push it in transition.”

Senior Mark Jasper had four goals and four assists over the weekend for the Bears (4-1-1), who take their three-game winning streak to Minnesota next weekend for three matches against nationally ranked opponents.

Chris Callaham said the wins this past weekend are big for the team’s confidence going into their next set of games.

“It’s going to be much tougher competition when we go to Minnesota, so we’re definitely going to have to step our game up.”

A cheaper alternative to golf

By Kyle Boaz The Standard

Track and field opens 2011 outdoor season

The track and field Bears opened their 2011 outdoor season with a strong field performance against tough competition that featured three nationally ranked squads at the Razorback Spring Invitational.

Junior Jeláni Kelly (St. Louis, Mo.) earned a pair of secondplace finishes to go with a fourth-place showing, while Kimsue Grant (So., Arlington, Va.) finished second and third in her two field events. Freshman Ahshane Johnson (Moberly, Mo.) chipped in with two fifthplace finishes.

he’s really worked hard, become a great center fielder.”

By going 3-for-5 on Sunday against Saint Louis University, Conway once again showed off his speed and offense.

To start the attack for the Bears on Sunday, Conway got on base by beating out an infield bunt that was the beginning of a 3-run first inning for Missouri State.

Eventually, the Bears would pull out the 13-11 victory, but for three hours and 14 minutes, both teams

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Lawson Cook makes a putt at the Oak Grove course. Disc golf has become popular among college students.

Springtime is here, and college students are hitting the golf course – but in a cheaper and different way.

Disc golf has its similarities to regular golf in its basic structure. Both forms of the sport include tee pads and pins. Tee pads in disc golf are nothing more than slabs of concrete or markers to indicate where the player is supposed to drive. The pins are metal baskets with chains hanging above to aid players. Shots must stay in the basket to count.

In disc golf, throws are See DISC page 7

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Kimsue Grant is MSU’s top triple jumper.

Grant making mark as jumper at MSU

By Adam Hammons The Standard

You can call her American, Jamaican, or Virmaican, but many just call sophomore Kimsue Grant a very good MSU track athlete.

Kimsue Grant runs track at Missouri State, doing both sprinting and jumping events. She is originally from Jamaica but moved to Arlington, Va., before coming to MSU. “I like to say I’m a Virmaican,” Grant said. “I’m from Jamaica, and I live in Virginia.”

Grant moved to Virginia in 2007. By then, she had already been running track since the beginning of high school in Jamaica, which is equal to seventh grade in America.

Grant said track is very different in her home country. It’s hotter, and since track is the country’s most popular sport, there’s a lot of competition.

“I miss the weather, the beach and everything,” she said.

Grant said she didn’t really have to adapt when she came to America. She just took it in stride and ended up at Missouri State last year as a freshman.

That’s when she qualified for the NCAA regional meet and became an all-MVC selection in indoor and outdoor track, both in the triple jump.

“She’s a good athlete,” said Ronald Boyce, track and field head coach. “She works really, really hard and has a tremendous amount of upside.”

Boyce said the team originally recruited Grant as a sprinter, but she has since become a jumper as well.

“I recruited her as a sprinter,” Boyce said. “She wanted to jump, I gave her a shot, and it turned out pretty well.”

Boyce believes Grant will also become a successful sprinter in the future; however, Grant said the triple jump is her favorite event. She first started See GRANT page 7

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Spring exhibitions start for men’s soccer

By Kyle Boaz The Standard

Focus, leadership, unity. These are the traits that championship teams are built from, and the Missouri State men’s soccer believes they possess all of them.

This perfect storm of success doesn’t come around often, and when it does, it can lead to good things. With a handful of seniors on the roster, these guys know their goal.

“And our goal, certainly, is to compete for the Missouri Valley Conference championship and to get back to the NCAAs,” senior Dave Buckenheimer said.

Some members of the team have been playing together for their entire collegiate

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Response Team is necessary.

“The more information we can spread to the students who may want to pursue a career in law enforcement, the better it works out for us and the community,” he said.

“Students can learn why the Springfield Police Department has a Special Response Team in the first place.”

The SRT was founded in the summer of 1989 and, in its infancy, had only five members. The unit became involved in high-risk surveillance and special police tactics and, in 1990, was originally given the name Crisis Action Team.

They specialize in serving high-risk search warrants, taking on hostage situations and responding to active shooter situations.

The SRT prides itself on peak physical fitness, undergoing an extremely stringent fitness test twice a year, Foos said.

“When we have all our gear on, we put on about 65 pounds,” he said. “We have to be in a high level of physical condition at all times.”

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scoring. Chartwells scored the highest in that particular area. The final scoring finished in the following order: 85.62 for Chartwells, 78.36 for Sodexo and 71.11 for Aramark.

career. These players don’t seem to be taking anything for granted.

“Our team strength is that we don’t have any glaring weaknesses,” coach Jon Leamy said. “We might have some, but the ideal goal is to not have any.”

The exhibition section of the season acts as a time to hone in on improvement. Spring offers the Bears time to prepare for their fall season.

“There are a lot of opportunities to get better. Each week is a step,” Buckenheimer said.

The team said one of their main focuses is defense, and that defense was on display and set the tone in the Bears’ 2-0 victory over Northeastern State on Saturday night.

on the campus of Virginia Tech, on April 16, 2007, in which 32 people were killed and many others injured, has significantly changed the way the team views the layout of a college campus.

“We have maps to every building on campus and we know every tunnel,” Foos said. “Once a year, we come to Missouri State and do a walk through of all the buildings.”

Senior Nick Masterson, a criminology major and president of Missouri State’s Criminal Justice Society, said he feels the SRT’s presentation will greatly benefit those who were in attendance.

“It gave them a new aspect to look at,” Masterson said. “We watch all the shows on TV about things like SWAT. The difference is like night and day when you hear from someone who actually does it.”

Springfield’s Special Response Team lives, trains and operates under one code: “If not me, then who?”

“We’re willing to make that ultimate sacrifice to make sure people get to live another day,” Foos said.

“There’s no greater gift that you can give than to give your life to save someone else’s.”

Proposals were based on the following criteria: financial considerations (40), experience and reliability (10), expertise of personnel (5), proposed Method of Performance (10 percent), quality of menu (10) and proposed Renovation of Facilities (15), contributions and enhancements (10).

Jordan Hoffman fired home the first goal, while Eric Martin added a second as time expired to give Missouri State the edge.

The game tempo was controlled early and often by the Bears, who used solid passing, ball control and patience to keep the Riverhawks on their heels. When Missouri State wasn’t on the offensive attack, they were busy smothering the Riverhawks on defensive end.

Allowing a limited number of offensive possessions and almost no quality shots helped Missouri State establish their offense by creating a number of offensive opportunities, but the Riverhawk defense did just enough to keep Missouri State off of the score board in the first half.

The Bears continued their relentless assault on the Riverhawks’ net in the second half. Early offensive opportunities by Jordan Hoffman and Dan Williams were snuffed out by the Northeastern State goalkeeper, but Hoffman finally beat the keeper to seize the lead for the Bears.

The second half belonged to Hoffman, whose shots and offensive presence led the Bears.

The Bears kept players fresh by substituting.

The team had also played a game earlier in the day, a 7-0 rout of Mid-American Nazarene. The Bears’ next game is scheduled at 1:45 p.m. April 9 at home against Benedictine.

runs batted in and three runs scored.

The offensive burst for the Bears proved to be enough Continued from page 6 for the Missouri State pitchfield wall. ers, even with the windy conSeifert ended up going 5- ditions. for-5 on the day, with four “If you can just kind of

hold the other team, you’re going to have a chance, especially with that wind blowing out and all that,” Casey said.

Casey’s five and one-third innings pitched stopped the bleeding while holding SLU to only three runs in that time

span.

With the win, the Bears move to 16-10 overall and now have a 9-2 record at Hammons Field this season.

The Bears will play at 6 p.m. tonight away at Kansas University.

of the difficultly,” said Mike Quentin, a junior business administrative management major.

The sport attracts players as a leisure sport, which gets them outdoors.

“It’s nice to get outdoors and play a sport that’s relaxing,” Lane said.

“I play because it’s something to get me outside and because it cost nothing to play,” Quentin said.

Instead of clubs and balls, disc golf uses only the object in its name. There are multiple types of discs, including drivers, mid-ranges, approachers, and putters.

These discs vary in thickness, weight, lip size, cut direction, color and material, all of which serve a purpose to the player. Thickness, weight and lip size help

influence the cut direction.

Color can either be one solid color or a tie-dye mix.

Color plays a factor when a player has a bad shot; colors that stick out from the course’s surroundings help a player locate their disc quickly. No player likes to lose a disc.

One big difference in discs is the stability. Discs can be either over-stable or under-stable.

“An over-stable disc, when thrown right handed, will always go to the left. If you try to throw it right, it will make an ‘S’ and still go to the right,” Quentin said.

“Left handed is the exact opposite. If you throw side armed, the disc will go to the right instead of going to the left. The same rules still apply.

“An under-stable disc will always hold its line that you throw it in. If you throw it with an emphasis of it going right, it will go right.

If you throw it straight, it will go straight and eventually go left,” Quentin said. “If you throw it side armed, the same rules still apply, but they are just opposite. This also goes for left-handed throwers.”

The two biggest manufacturers of discs are Innova and Gateway. These companies make every kind of disc needed and also portable pins to practice shooting.

Oak Grove Park is located at 1538 S. Oak Grove Ave., in Springfield; Tom Watkins Park rests at 2100 W. High St., and McBride School-Park resides at 3200 W. Farm Road 178.

Conway Disc Continued from page 6

the shots. A disc can either be thrown forehand or backhand; it depends on what feels comfortable to the thrower.

Disc golf, or “Folf” or “Frolf,” is a sport that can be enjoyed locally and for no cost. The courses in the Springfield area are at Oak Grove, Tom Watkins and McBride. Most disc golf courses are Par 3 for every hole, but there are some exceptions.

Students have their own favorite courses. “[Mine is] Tom Watkins,” said Matt Lane, a sophomore accounting major.

“I like McBride because

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practicing it her last year of high school, but it wasn’t until college that she became successful in the event.

“I figured once I had a coach to show me the right technique and stuff like that, then I could definitely be a force to be reckoned with,” Grant said.

Grant’s best jumps are 3906.50 in indoor and 40-09.50 in outdoor.

As a teammate, both Boyce and sophomore Ariel Butzine agree she’s a person that leads by example, not by voice.

“I feel like she’s one of the hardest working people I’ve ever met,” Butzine said. “She comes to practice every day with a positive attitude about her workout, even when it’s hard.”

Grant is also an SAC repre-

sentative for the team and organizes things like player meetings and social events.

Butzine said Grant also does the most track events, being both a sprinter and jumper.

Outside of track, Grant is an accounting major and plans on being an accountant after school. She also enjoys poetry and has written several poems.

This year Grant did not do as well as she wanted in the indoor season. However, she

said she’s proud of her accomplishments. As the outdoor season continues, she looks forward to improving on her favorite event: the triple jump.

“It’s complicated,” Grant said. “And once you get it, you just get this feeling that you accomplished something big.”

The team’s next meet is at 9 a.m. on April 8-9 at Columbia, Mo., for the Tom Botts Invitational.

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SGA candidates: up close and personal Turk, Bernet share high hopes for future

By Rachel Bonar The Standard

On Sunday night, SGA presidential and vice presidential candidates Scott Turk and Emily Bernet visited the sorority and fraternity members during their weekly meetings.

They brought with them signature campaign T-shirts and paper logos for their supporters and described to the students which goals they would work toward if elected into the positions.

Later that week, Turk and Bernet offered their time to the student body while they sat and shared lunch with them by Wok & Roll in the PSU. Wearing the bright blue Tshirts with a simple “se” logo on the chest, Turk and Bernet said they hope to show the student body that they are simply students too.

“We really want to project the idea that we are students,” Bernet said. “We want to show that we are at the grassroots level, like the ‘We are with you guys’ type of thing.”

Seizing the opportunity, the candidates agreed to sit and share a little bit about who they are and what they plan to do in the aftermath of Missouri State.

three years of his life, he grew up near the Air Force base in Abilene. Around age 3, Turk and his family moved to Springfield Turk and have been here ever since.

Today, Turk has big dreams for his future.

“I would really love to study abroad and then go to law school,” he said. “Whenever I study abroad, I would like to study communications in different cultures because that has always fascinated me.”

Based on his goal of graduating with a law degree, Turk has a couple of dream jobs in mind.

“I would love to do something along the lines of corporate law,” he said. “I would love to do something that had to do with being in the courtroom, so I might consider litigation.”

Turk spends most of his time involved in academics or campus activities and organizations. He is involved in several campus organizations including SGA, Theta Chi Fraternity and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity.

Turk is a junior sociopolitical communication major Emily Bernet originally from Abilene, Bernet is a sophomore Texas. Turk’s father was in the studying global studies with a Air Force, and for the first minor in Spanish. She was

Scott Turk

born in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to Springfield when she was 2 years old. Her hometown is Fair Grove, Mo. Bernet also has big dreams for her future.

“After I graduate, I want to go into the Peace Corps,” she said. “After that, I’m not really sure. I might go get a degree in international law or — I don’t know — work for a nonprofit organization somewhere.”

The idea of travelling is what led Bernet to make the goals for her future. It also inspired her into picking her dream job.

“I want to travel a lot,” she said. “Also, Spanish is my minor, so I want a job where I can use Bernet Spanish and travel a lot. So, I think that if I got a degree in international law, I could be an ambassador, which is a really high goal.”

For now, Bernet is focusing her time on school and other activities. She is involved in many campus organizations such as SGA, United Students for Fair Trade and VOX (Voices for Planned Parenthood).

She is also a member of the Honors College.

With all of her time being taken up by her activities and campaign, Bernet tries not to lose any sleep over it.

“I am a stickler for sleep,” she said. “I usually try to get seven hours of sleep. Sometimes that doesn’t happen, but it’s all I can do.”

Don’t forget to vote!

The SGA polls are open now and will close at 5 p.m.

Vote online at sga.missouristate.edu/elections.

On the ballot • Student body president and vice president • Proposed changes to the SGA Constitution

• Proposed changes to the Wyrick Commission Guidelines • Wyrick proposals • Senior class president

Layton, Hollander draw platform from roots

By Amanda Hess The Standard

zation, but I’m not sure which one yet.”

A lot of their campaign is made up of whom they are and what they believe, she said.

“Our platform is sort of who we are,” Layton said. “For the people of Germany, sustainability is innate; it’s ingrained in them. When living with a host family and learning their culture, I’ve taken a hold of a lot of that.”

As the current director of Equity and Diversity in SGA, she said she is very passionate about diversity and equal representation.

“It’s the people at MSU who really make our campus,” Layton said.

Layton said she realized last year when she was president for the Pan-Hellenic Council that it was important to hear all opinions on issues.

“This won’t be a twowoman show if we are elected, and I think that’s extremely important,” she said. “Two people cannot have the answers to everything.”

It’s eight in the morning, and Allyson Layton and Emily Hollander are in line at Kaldi’s in the PSU to pick up a muffin and a hot drink. It’s the morning after the election debate, and although happy, both candidates seem a little tired.

“We only have a week before the election is over,” Layton says. “We need endurance to keep campaigning.”

She smiles and lifts her coffee for a second.

Hollander explains she didn’t order coffee, just a hot chocolate.

“I don’t really like the taste of coffee,” she said. “I like the smell, just not the taste. I guess I haven’t found the right amount of additives.”

Both candidates are dressed casually and sit on the cushion chairs behind Kaldi’s to snack on their muffins before classes and agree to talk a little about themselves and what running for student body president and vice president Emily Hollander has been like.

Hollander is a health communication major. She was a Allyson Layton pre-medical student that douLayton is a global studies bled in chemistry and cellular major. She said she made the molecular biology before she switch from being a theater switched. major after her first two years “It was during a time I realat Missouri State. ly wasn’t enjoying the classes I She is was in,” Hollander said. “One from Carney, of my friends told me about the Mo., and has health communications lived in Misdegree, and I realized the side souri for that is more important to me is most of her being a voice for the patients.” life.

She Hollander lived in St. spent a year Charles, Mo., during her midin Germany dle school years and in Camliving with a den, Mo., for high school, she Layton host-family, said. When she started looking she said. for colleges, Missouri State “I want to go back to Ger- was not her first choice. many for, like, a year after I “A lot of my classmates graduate. I really miss it there,” were going here,” she said. “I Layton said. “I would like to kind of wanted to go somego to a graduate school for where different, but once I global studies and work for a came here, it felt like home. It’s humanitarian organization. I one of the best decisions I’ve know I want a national organi- made.”

Hollander said her plan after graduation is not completely chosen yet, but the Peace Corps is a possibility.

“I don’t see myself in a career for 30 years,” she said. “It Hollander would be all in the same field, but not one job. I really like to give a project my all and then move on to the next one.”

Hollander agrees with Layton that their platform portrays what they find significant.

“Transparency is very important to me,” she said.

“You can have all these great messages, but if they aren’t being conveyed correctly, it can be a real problem.”

Hollander said she really cares about the students, but it may not always seem that way.

“I think, when I am in business mode, I come off as cold,” Hollander said. “People think I’m intense. It’s really just because I like things like parliamentary procedure. I approach things from a very ethical approach.”

How they met and why they decided to run

“We met through mutual friends and got to know each other more,” Hollander says.

“When we both wanted to try to find a ticket, we decided to talk more to find out if it would work. We met in the little room near Wok & Roll to discuss things and see if we could run together.”

Layton picks up the story from there.

“As soon as we were in the room we fell right into it,” Layton says. “I just let her know, ‘Hey, I’m not a big fan of lying,’ and she said, ‘Well, that’s good because I really like to be ethical.’ We complemented each other really well.”

Layton adds, “Emily and I look pretty similar in a shallow way — middle class, Caucasian, female. But under the surface, we are very different and are different leaders.”