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Briefs

Former MSU student charged with murder

JQH Arena to host three graduation ceremonies

There will be three graduation ceremonies May 18 at JQH Arena.

The College of Arts and Letters, College of Education, College of Humanities and Public Affairs and the Global Studies majors will have a ceremony at 10 a.m.

The College of Health and Human Services, College of Natural and Applied Sciences and the William H. Darr School of Agriculture will have their ceremony at 1:30 p.m.

The College of Business Administration will have their ceremony at 5 p.m.

Students who do not plan to participate in the spring 2012 commencement ceremony may pick up a diploma cover in the Office of the Registrar, Carrington Hall 320, starting May 14. Commencement ceremony participation is optional and does not affect your official graduation status.

Joplin celebrates tornado recovery with ‘Day of Unity’

The city of Joplin will be remembering those who lost their lives last year and celebrating the recovery of the city and community with a “Day of Unity” on May 22, 2012.

The Red Cross will take part in the event, along with partner agencies, by providing a hydration station for those walking in the Walk of Unity. The walk will begin at 20th and Duquesne and take walkers through the disaster area and conclude at Cunningham Park.

Red Cross Volunteers will be at Sam’s Club from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m with an informational booth on safety and disaster preparedness.

For more information on the event, go to http://www.joplintornadoanniversary.com.

By Megan Gates The Standard

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ROTC Alpha Team won the paintball tournament and the field hockey team took second place.

ROTC hosts paintball brawl

By Megan Gates The Standard Athletes, fraternity and sorority life members and ROTC members battled Friday at the first annual Bear Brawl Paintball Challenge held at Ozark Paintball in Ozark, Mo. The brawl, hosted by Missouri States’ ROTC – Reserve Officer Training Corps – had 15 teams from MSU athletics, fraternity and sorority life and ROTC competing for the first place trophy and title “Best of the Best.”

Lt. Col. Troy Wisdom, department head of Military Science, said the brawl was put on in an effort to bring out Missouri State’s warrior ethos.

“We want to bring out the best of the best and bring the best to come together and really get that warrior ethos out there,” he said.

The ROTC program only opened the brawl to athletes and members of fraternity and sorority life this year, but plans to allow more student organizations to com-

Participants in Bear Brawl Paintball Challenge 15 teams competed from these groups: • Missouri State Athletics • Fraternity and Sorority Life • ROTC

pete in future brawls, Wilson said.

“I think that’s a good start of the target audience to introduce to the Reserve Officer Training Corps,” he said. “Next year we’re actually going to expand it to all organizations.”

Doug Schenck, recruiting operations officer for ROTC, said the brawl targeted the athletic teams and fraternity and sorority life members for its first year because many students within these organizations possess the scholarship, leadership and athleticism ROTC looks for in its own recruits.

“All those three aspects: scholar, athlete, leader, you’ll find all three

of those aspects on most sports teams,” he said. “Many of the MSU teams, their collective GPAs are 3’s and above. And those are the kind of people that make outstanding officers.”

ROTC covered the cost of the brawl, along with providing prizes and a free barbeque for the competitors, Schenck said.

“This is all free for all the teams,” he said. “ROTC paid for it.

They don’t have to pay a dime except for the gas to get out here.”

Schenck denied to disclose the total cost of the event covered by ROTC. More importantly though, the brawl was a chance for students to get together, have fun and show off their skills in paintball for the afternoon.

The matches were each four minutes long with teams earning points for shooting other competitors, capturing the other team’s flag and hanging it on their prospective forts and for forcing other See ROTC page 10

Calendar Blunt, Long speak at Ag Forum May 8 to May 14

Tuesday

Study Away 101 Information Session, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at PSU 315A Student Government Association meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at PSU 313 Senior Celebration Week 2012: Free Late Night Dining, 9 to 11 p.m. at Blair-Shannon Dining Hall

Wednesday

SAC Presents: May Day 2012, noon to 4 p.m. at the North Mall May Day Film Festival, 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU Theater

Thursday

Last Day of Classes, all day Military Science ROTC Spring Awards Day, 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Carrington Hall Auditorium Students for a Sustainable Future meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple 105

Friday

Study Day, no classes SAC Presents: Finals Massages, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Meyer Library Lobby Beartones 2012 Spring Concert, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at PSU Theater

Saturday

Final Exam Period, all day

Monday

Final Exam Period, all day President’s Finals Week Breakfast, 10 to 11:59 p.m. at BlairShannon House Dining Center

By Amy Fuemmeler The Standard U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt expressed frustration with Congress not passing legislation that could potentially benefit the agriculture community during his speech at the annual agriculture forum hosted by Missouri State last Tuesday.

“The House is doing a lot of work, passing a lot of bills, none of which will become law,” Blunt said. “The senate takes a totally different approach, which we don’t pass any bills and they don’t become laws either. The constitutional part of the government is just not running like you and I think it should.”

The Missouri State University Collegiate Farm Bureau sponsored the forum held at the Christopher Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD Bond Learning Center at the William H. Darr School of Sen. Roy Blunt spoke about the upcoming agriAgriculture.

Blunt and Rep. Billy Long attended the forum to culture legislature to students at the forum. speak about current and upcoming agriculture legislature and to field questions from audience members. but one forum, and this was Long’s first.

According to Samantha Warner, president of the MisJustin Mauss, a freshman agriculture education major, souri State University Collegiate Farm Bureau, this year was the 13th agricultural forum. Blunt has attended all See FORUM page 10

SOFAC helps fund student organizations

By Jon Poorman The Standard Many student organizations use it. Many depend on it. It’s Missouri State’s Student Organization Funding Allocation Council, and it gives out thousands of dollars to MSU student groups every year.

Knowing about the opportunities SOFAC provides is essential for any group that is interested in receiving much-needed funding.

There are 19 student organizations on campus that have received the yearly maximum funding of $5,000 in the 2011-12 school year, such as Psychology Club, MSU Ice Bears hockey team and the Society for Technical Communication.

The Standard recently conducted an interview with Kelli Farris, MSU’s assistant director for co-curricular involvement, to discuss how SOFAC is organized, how it works and what actions students need to take to get the funding they feel they need.

Farris said SOFAC receives a portion of the money brought in through student involvement fees, paid every year by MSU students.

“Those dollars come into SOFAC and then student organizations can submit proposals for funding,” Farris said. “They are informed about those proposals at the very start of the year during their organization orientations, so every student organization on campus learns about what

SOFAC is and how that process works.”

Farris said once the proposals are received, SOFAC can begin to make decisions about how much money they want to allocate to each student organization.

“They would submit a proposal, then they are assigned to a specific meeting based on when their proposal was received,” Farris said. “It is completely first come, first served. It’s SOFAC’s duty to review those proposals, listen to the presentations that are made by each of the organizations as they come to their meeting, and then make a decision based on their proposal of how much they should be funded.”

See SOFAC page 10

A former Missouri State student has been charged with murder following a shooting Saturday near the Missouri State campus. He remains at large.

Joshua K. Brown, 21, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Javon Carter, 20, with armed criminal action.

Brown attended Missouri State until March 2011 when he withdrew, according to Earle Doman, vice president of student affairs for MSU. There are no behavioral records on file for Brown, Doman said.

The Springfield Police Department responded to a call of shots being fired at 1134 S. Maryland Ave., about a block south of the MSU parking lots on Grand Street, at noon on Saturday, May 5, according to an SPD news release.

“Upon arrival, Brown officers found 20year-old Javon L. Carter, from Springfield, in the front yard suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound,” the release said. “He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead later in the afternoon.”

Another individual was also treated for minor injuries from a gunshot wound, according to the release.

Missouri State issued a crime alert to the campus community at approximately 7:30 p.m. on May 5 urging anyone with information about Brown to contact the Springfield Police Department at 417-8641810, or 911 for immediate assistance.

At the time the crime alert was released, the university said there was “not any known connection to the university,” but that the identity of the suspect was unknown at that time.

MSU plans to build new apartments near campus

By Anna Thomas The Standard

In the last seven years, Missouri State has not only changed its name, but residential life surrounding the campus.

The removal of the Dogwood Apartments, the dorm renovations and the new Foster Recreation Center are just some of the projects the university has been working on.

Now, another project is in the works.

Students can expect to see brand new apartment-style living on Walnut Street.

Even though it has yet to be named, the expectations for the new housing are high and Gary Stewart, director of residence life and services, is not only enthusiastic about it, but ready to start the project, he said.

“We’re getting closer and closer to it becoming a reality,” Stewart said.

This reality will be an apartmentstyle living complex on Walnut Street behind Kentwood. It will include 295 beds, with 114 individual apartments and the other rooms for two or four people.

The suites will include a private bedroom for each resident. The complex will include amenities such as fully furnished rooms, study lounges, Wi-Fi, indoor bike storage, a top-of-the-line kitchen on the main floor and access to the courtyard and businesses such as a bookstore and Einstein Bros. Bagels.

Paige Jenkins, the student member of the MSU Board of Governors, said the exterior will look great.

“They took samples of the See WALNUT page 9

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Joplin citizens resilient after tragic tornado City to have a ‘Day of Unity’ to commemorate rebuilding

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

Senior philosophy major Kate Hogue has wanted to be a pastor since she was 15 years old. Her father once joked that if she ever became the pastor of a church, she wouldn’t be able to relate to the people because she had never gone through any life-changing events.

By now it doesn’t need much of an introduction. The EF5 tornado that laid to waste nearly the entire city of Joplin is approaching its one-year anniversary. In its wake, it leveled buildings to rubble, killed 161 people and left countless others with little more than the clothes on their bodies.

Hogue, whose last name was Foster at the time, recalls being in the tiny crawl space beneath her parents’ house, using a broken pipe as a periscope, peering at the Joplin landscape that resembled a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

“You could see smoke rising, so I knew there was a fire behind the high school,” Hogue said. “The entrance to our crawl space had been blocked by one of our walls falling on it. We didn’t know it at the time, but there were no walls standing at all in our house.”

The moments leading up to Hogue’s quick view of the town were like the scenes from a natural disaster

movie. Her mother and father were with her, hunched in the cramped, 4foot-tall crawl space, waiting and listening in terror as the lights flickered and snuffed out.

“You could hear this roaring sound, and we thought it was our air conditioner,” Hogue said. “The wind sweeps were going so fast that it was powering our air conditioner blades even though it was off. My ears kept popping from the intense pressure changes.”

Glass shattered and furniture could be heard sliding across the upstairs floor. During the ensuing devastation, the water and gas pipes were broken in the Foster home, Hogue said. Her father, who had luckily installed shutoff valves, ordered her to cut the flow that could’ve caused a drowning hazard in such a small area.

“We had a gas leak from above that was coming into the crawl space,” Hogue said. “We tried to breathe through some air vents that were on the side of the house but they were covered by a metal grating. I ripped an aluminum vent from about a foot of concrete so we could have fresh air.”

That revealed the first look Hogue had of the outside world. Two hours later, Hogue and her parents were rescued by her axe-wielding grandfather, who had walked almost two miles

over rugged terrain and debris. Many others were not as fortunate.

“I’m only 22,” Hogue said.

“That’s the first time I’ve been so close to death or had to face my own death.”

Hogue’s story is only one of many just like it. Since May 22, 2011, the city of Joplin has shown a resilience that has continued to grow as the landscape is rebuilt. The city will be remembering the lives lost and celebrating its recovery with a Day of Unity on May 22.

“We know there are many who have memories from this day, as well as the months following as we began putting our lives and communities back together,” Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr said. “We encourage all to participate in the Day of Unity activities in the manner they find appropriate for them. Staying together as one has been significant in our recovery efforts.”

A Walk of Unity will take place along the tornado’s path from Range Line to Cunningham Park. The Red Cross will take part in the event, providing a hydration station for the walkers. More information can be found at http://joplinmo.org.

Since the tornado, Hogue has nearly completed her undergraduate classes and plans to graduate in May, just several days shy of the anniversary.

She has been changed forever, in more ways than she knows, Hogue said.

“In six minutes, everything I had was destroyed, but I’m still here,” Hogue said. “Things can change in a

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The tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011, devastated the region and destroyed houses, companies and cars. heartbeat, but you have to move and change with those things. You need to be in a good place all the time.”

She cites the intangibles like love, relationships and forgiveness as some of the things people tend to take for granted. She said she wants people to know that even in the face of adversity, it’s not impossible to maintain a positive outlook.

“You have to keep a positive attitude and don’t focus on fighting over stupid things,” Hogue said. “It’s strengthened my relationship sense. I see times when before I would’ve been angry about something. I realize it and tell myself being mad about it isn’t going to help anything.”

Hogue now considers the disaster

of last year just a stepping stone on her path to her career goal of becoming a pastor. Her aspirations are driven by her love of people and her church. She said her idea of a church is different than what people are used to seeing around this area.

“So often you have the ‘Brother Jeds’ who come and scream damnation at people,” Hogue said. “I’ve always wanted to be kind of a counterpoint to that. I like making sure people are accepted no matter what they’re going through or who they are.”

Anyone seeking more information about Joplin’s Day of Unity, or the Walk of Unity, should visit http://joplintornadoanniversary.com.

Finding a short-term lease can be a daunting task

By Dayle Duggins The Standard

Finding a short lease in a college town is notoriously known to be a difficult process. Landlords may not offer short-term contracts, may increase the price for shorter leases and, often, students don’t notify their rental company that they are seeking help finding someone to take their spot.

Glynis Tatum has been the general manager for Sunrise Management for eight years. Tatum said the property management company has hundreds of real estate possibilities, but does not offer subletting directly through their office.

“We don’t allow the students to do the subletting, but we do let them do the switcharoo on roommates, that’s real common,” Tatum said.

“The person moving in pays their application fee, then we take it from there, there’s just a teeny tiny bit of paperwork involved.”

Ultimately, Tatum said the individual who has arranged the subletting is responsible for finding someone to fill their spot and any damages that may occur during that time period.

“If we hear about somebody that may be needing somebody [to take their spot], we may call the tenant and say, ‘were you still wanting to move? We had someone call that

may be interested in that type of property,’ so, you know, we try to help everybody out as best we can,” Tatum said.

Many students look for shortterm leases when they are graduating a semester ahead or behind or, typically, when they are heading home or switching locations for the summer.

Ryan Miller, a junior history major, lives in a four-bedroom apartment near campus. Because he is moving to a new place in May and the leases overlap, he said he will be paying for two different apartments for the months of June and July, which will cost him $800 extra.

“I’ve found it very difficult,” Miller said. “It appears my apart-

ment is one of the few that lease until the end of July, while most places in Springfield lease until the end of May.” Despite interest from three individuals, Miller said they decided to rent elsewhere.

“I think it should be taken care of by the landlord,” Miller said. “It’s a hassle and if they had a heart, they’d help their renters out. They can probably find people to sublease a lot easier than the renters can anyway. I’ve honestly asked well over a hundred people and no luck.”

Ashley Kobza, a senior general business major who is heading home to Nebraska for the summer, said she also found the subleasing process to

be extremely difficult.

“I am going home for the summer so I will still have a lease,” Kobza said. “We didn’t think we were going to find anyone and we were just going to have to pay the rent.”

As some general rules for the often frustrating process, Tatum said the first step students should take is getting in touch with their landlord to find out exactly what needs to be done to work out a sublease.

“Every company and every property owner is a little different,” Tatum said. “Their contracts are a little different, their across-the-board policies are a little different, so communication can’t be stressed enough.”

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Cashing in on student loans

Well, it’s finally the last week of regular classes.

If you’re like me, the last thing you want to think about heading into summer is the amount of student loan debt you’ve racked up this year.

But as graduate students lose the option of subsidized Stafford loans after July and Congress continues to debate whether or not the interest rate for subsidized undergraduate loans will double and revert back to its pre-July 2008 rate of 6.8 percent, it’s crucial to consider the harsh realities of student loans and the tough predicament we are facing.

First, the facts: The number of students borrowing money and the amount being borrowed is going up – those graduating with bachelor’s degrees in 2008 had borrowed 50 percent more than those earning the same degree in 1996, according to the most recent report by the Pew Research Center.

In 2010, the average graduate had $26,000 in student loan debt.

Currently, Americans owe a total of about $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, according to the Chronicle for Higher Education.

There have been regulations on marketing credit cards to college students, but why isn’t there more being done about the more prevalent and more serious student loans being marketed? After all, student loans can’t be forgiven by bankruptcy, but credit cards can.

Perhaps it is because the government is making big bucks off students that borrow through its programs, which most do.

That is, of course, if students pay back their loans.

In 2009, graduates entering loan repayment or had been in repayment for two years had a default rate of 8.8 percent, according to the U.S Department of Education. Those outside the two-year window aren’t factored in, though some estimate that the figure could double or triple if those were tracked as well.

And just an FYI: Missouri was one of 17 states with more than 75,000 people in default in 2009, according to the Department of Education report. That put Missouri as the No. 12 state with the highest student loan cohort default in 2009.

What does all this mean?

Well, for one, just because your degree costs more these days doesn’t mean it’s actually worth more. Look up

Debt by the numbers

Kandice McKee Columnist the “Is college worth it?” report by the Pew Research Center.

With near-record and record-breaking enrollments at colleges and universities around the country, it’s no wonder there is a surplus of degree-holders and many degrees just don’t hold the same prestige as they once did.

At one point in history, having a high school degree was considered an achievement. High school degrees began showing up in my own family tree not too many generations ago.

Nowadays, a college degree is almost expected and is most definitely required for many jobs and careers. Almost 95 percent of parents surveyed by the Pew Research Center in 2011 said they expected their child(ren) to attend college.

Considering the robust amount of bachelor’s degrees in the marketplace, it would only make sense that the next step would be for the demand in master’s degrees to follow suit.

Stay with me now: Unsubsidized graduate loans have an interest rate of 6.8 percent – the same amount for subsidized undergraduate loans prior to the 2008-09 year and what could be the same amount for the 201213 year if Congress doesn’t act, which, I know, is a lot to ask for these days.

If there is a miracle and Congress can come to an agreement and keep subsidized undergraduate loans at a 3.4 interest rate, “The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that a one-year freeze on the interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans would cost $6 billion,” according to a report in The New York Times.

If more and more students consider graduate school as a way to one-up their peers, the trend will become commonplace, as has been done with bachelor’s degrees.

Now, consider that most graduate student rely on government loans – now to be solely unsubsidized come July – and, in 2009-10, the average borrower took out $16,000 loans.

Considering cutting the interest rate

• $1.7 trillion: Total amount of student loan debt owed • $26,000: The average student loan debt for 2010 graduates • $16,000: The average amount taken out in Stafford loans by graduate students in 2009-2010 • 3.4 percent: Current subsidized loan interest rate • 6.8 percent: Future possible 2012-2013 subsidized loan interest rate • 8.8 percent: 2009 student loan cohort default rate • 7.6 percent: Missouri’s 2009 student loan default rate.

• 12: Missouri’s rank among the U.S. with the highest student loan cohort default in 2009 Source: Information gathered from the Chronicle for Higher Education and the U.S. Department of Education.

in half for loans that don’t accrue interest while students are in college costs $6 billion, consider the amount being made, now and in the future, on loans that do accrue interest while in school. The money to be made in interest is ridiculous.

I hope this doesn’t sound like a conspiracy theory. It’s quite the business move on behalf of the government. Just at the expense of our future generations – spending money on student loans prevents graduates from becoming the money-spending consumers we’re taught to be.

I like to think of myself as a pretty rational person. I am, after all, a college graduate and graduate student. But perhaps that makes me pretty irrational.

Do your part, participate in Joplin memorials

Graduation is right around the corner and will be an important day in the lives of many of us here at Missouri State. However, another, more important day of remembrance for the state of Missouri is also nearing us.

May 22 will mark the one-year anniversary of the EF5 tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., killing 161 estimated people, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“The Joplin tornado is the deadliest single tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950 and is ranked as the 7th deadliest in U.S. history,” according to the NOAA. All of us here on campus know someone affected by the devastating tornado, and for many of us, a personal connection with the city of Joplin.

Many of us have done our part in helping the community rebuild, whether it be through donating clothes, food or time to the victims of the storm.

Walmart, Home Depot and many of the other businesses destroyed by the tornado have been rebuilt. Plans have been made to construct a new hospital to replace St. John’s hospital.

New residential homes are beginning to popup across the original path of the tornado.

But one thing that cannot be rebuilt or replaced are the lives of those who died during the storm. The community of Joplin lost 161 members on May 22, 2011 and in the days that followed.

Now more than ever, the city of Joplin needs the support of the Missouri State family as it continues to rebuild and mourn those who can never be replaced.

Do your part by participating in some of the memorial events scheduled around the anniversary of the tornado, such as the Joplin Memorial Run and the Day of Unity on Tuesday, May 22, both held within the city about an hour away.

Visit http://www.visitjoplinmo.com to find out more about these events and to continue to pledge your support to the Joplin community.

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As you may know, this is the last issue of The Standard for the 201112 school year. That also means that I will be passing the editor-in-chief torch and moving on to other ventures in my journalism career.

My dream when I was a little kid was to play point guard for the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan.

My dad even took me to see “Space Jam” in the theater, and I had one of those little Nerf basketball hoops hanging from my bedroom doorway.

When I got older, I eventually realized that playing professional sports was not my calling in life.

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I had always been praised by my teachers for my writing skills, and I had always loved sports, so it made perfect sense for me to become a sports writer. From that point on, I knew that’s what I wanted to do

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Tuesday

May 8, 2012

Calendar

Summer brings plenty of new movie releases

May 8 to May 14

Tuesday

Karman Bowers

Precious Knowledge Screening (and chance to meet filmmaker) 6 to 8 p.m. at PSU Robert W. Theater, free

Movie Reviewer

Quantum Groove 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s, free

Another summer, another slew of movies being released. The theme this summer is… wait for it… blockbuster action with a splatter of comedy!

Yes, the sarcasm is oozing because every summer seems to be the same, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few good ones out there to look forward to.

Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+ Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free

May:

Sugar Thumb 8 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge May Day Film Festival 7 to 9 p.m. at PSU Robert W. Theater, free

Thursday

Think ‘n’ Drink Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free TAG Thursday 9 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge Barium Alive, Ominous Conception, Behold The Reckoning, Reaping Asmodeia, and Poisonwood 8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $8 for 21+ and $10 for 18+ AIS Formal End of the Year '1112 Dance Party 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Herba Thea, free SAC After Hours Presents: Space Jam 9 p.m. at North Mall, free

Friday

The Detectives ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Soul 10 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Short Histories of Powerful Nations (Reunion) with KnifeDeath 7 p.m. at LemonDrop, cover charge Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3 The Gimps ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’ Soul 11 p.m. at Dean Z’s Club 57 in Branson, free Koffin Kats, Brutally Frank, and St. Dallas & The Sinners 8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $7 in advance at Kaleidoscope and Stick It In Your Ear, $12 at door Rock 'N’ Bowl 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at PSU Level 1 Game Center, free

Saturday

Cole Porter and Chance Ray 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge Year of the Boar, Muzzle, and Golden Giant 9 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge

Sunday

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

Monday

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

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Major music festivals around the country are finally releasing the stage schedules for these weekend events.

The Hangout Music Festival is Friday, May 18 to Sunday, May 20 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Find the schedule at http://hangoutmusicfest.com.

The Summer Camp Music Festival is Friday, May 25 to Sunday, May 27 in Chillicothe, Ill. You can check out the schedule at http://summercampfestival.com.

The Wakarusa Music Festival is Thursday, May 31 to Sunday, June 3 in Ozark, Ark., and you can find the schedule at http://wakarusa.com.

Death Cab for Cutie to perform in July

Alternative indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, July 9 at The Gillioz Theatre.

With seven studio albums, the band members’ only motivation is to create music they like and to impress and satisfy each other, according to a press release for the show.

Tickets range from $36 to $50 and can by purchased at the Gillioz box office by calling 417-863-9491 or by visiting http://gillioz.org.

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MSU students gathered on the Betty and Bobby Allison Intramural Fields last Saturday afternoon for a Muggle-style Quidditch tournament, the popular sport of the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

Muggle quidditch Scholars House and Sunvilla Tower face off in Harry Potter-themed sport

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard Residence Hall Association President Heather McCallister and the rest of the RHA executive board brought the wonderment and whimsy of Hogwarts quidditch, the fictional sport created by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, to campus Saturday afternoon at the Betty and Bobby Allison Intramural Fields (former-

ly known as the Taco Bell Fields).

However, it wasn’t the first time the magical sport of Quidditch has stormed the MSU campus.

“Last year, Scholars House did our own little quidditch tournament, and it was a lot of fun,” McCallister said. “We had a lot of interest from people who wanted to do a quidditch tournament campuswide. We thought

about doing it for RHA Olympics but we figured it might be a better event on its own.”

A hard-fought battle ensued between Scholars House and Sunvilla Tower. But eventually, Sunvilla’s broomsticks ran out of gas as Scholars House swept the threegame series, 2-0 by scores of 70-10 and 50-20, respectively.

The tournament also offered caldron cakes and pumpkin pasties for spectators and players, as well as a raffle featuring various Harry Potter memorabilia.

Saturday’s event originally called for a bracket

style tournament consisting of five seven-player teams from residence halls across the MSU campus. But when three teams didn’t show up, McCallister was forced to improvise and used a little magic to make sure the event was still a blast for all who came.

“Obviously, with two teams we had to do a head-to-head matchup,” McCallister said. “There were a lot of last-minute cancellations. I’m always disappointed when people don’t give you fair warning when you’ve been planning really hard for a See QUIDDITCH page 12

5/11 – “Dark Shadows” (Starring Johnny Depp and Eva Green) Tim Burton’s reimagining of the classic dark soap opera that finds vampire Barnabas Collins in a strange new world.

5/16 – “The Dictator” (Sacha Baron Cohen andAnna Faris)Another one of Cohen’s films in which he creates a ridiculous character and pokes fun at celebrities. If you don’t already know what this is, then it probably isn’t your kind of film.

5/18 – “Battleship” (Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna) Yes, it’s that Battleship. Based off the board game, this seems to be little more than “Transformers” vs. The Navy.

Not a lot of potential, but if you’re a fan of the “Transformers” series then this will probably be right up your alley.

5/25 – “Chernobyl Diaries” (from director Oren Peli, “Paranormal Activity”) A group of young tourists go on an extreme tourism trip into the infamous town of Chernobyl, only to find more than abandoned buildings and radiation.

“Men in Black III” (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin) The very long-awaited sequel finds Agent J tampering with time travel in an attempt to save Agent K’s life.

June:

6/1 – “Piranha 3DD” (Danielle Panabaker) Yes, more killer fish.

Though the title seems to suggest it’s more about the female anatomy than actual scares.

“Snow White and the Huntsman” (Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart) The second of the two Snow White remakes this year, “Huntsman” is definitely much darker, finding Snow gearing up for actual battle against the evil queen.

6/8 – “Prometheus” (Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender) From director Ridley Scott, “Prometheus” is the mysterious look at what happened before Sigourney Weaver fought some acid-drooling aliens in space — where no one can hear you scream.

6/15 – “Rock of Ages” (Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough) A rock musical starring Tom Cruise as the ultimate rock star. Do I really need to say more?

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All Good Music Festival provides nonstop tunage

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f you’ve never been to a music festival — fair warning — it can be quite a culture shock. Once you get used to all the eco-conscious free-spiritedness, however, you’ll love nothing more than camping for an extended weekend, not having to drive anywhere and raging face with all your best friends.

The 16th Annual All Good Music Festival and Campout will be held from Thursday, July 19 to Sunday, July 22 at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio.

The ever-popular Allman Brothers Band is headlining the event this year. Greg Allman performed at Bonnaroo last summer, and it was a completely incredible experience, so I’m sure seeing the brothers in fullforce will be even more phenomenal.

Also headlining the event are Phil Lesh & Friends and Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby featuring special guest Branford Marsalis. Let’s all pray to the music gods in hopes Lesh and Weir (two of the remaining members of the Grateful Dead and Furthur) might play a few songs together, evoking a jubilant Deadhead reunion.

Some of the other performers you’ll get to see are: The Flaming Lips, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dark Star Orchestra, Big Gigantic, Galactic, Railroad Earth, The Werks, Papadosio and Tea Leaf Green, to name a few.

The single best thing All Good representative Dave Weissman loves about this festival is there are

Lauren Healey Life Editor no overlapping sets.

“Everyone there can see every band on the list — as there are two alternating stages — one stage starts when the other one ends,” he said.

“It’s nearly nonstop music with no overlapping tunes from different stages bleeding together. This is my favorite feature and is rare as far as I know among festivals of this magnitude.”

Weissman said the All Good Festival atmosphere is like a four-day musical birthday party for 20,000 people with the same birthday.

“The people who end up coming to the festival look forward to it all year, building up excitement for the gates to open — starting the day they left the event last year,” he said.

“I really enjoy the people. Every single person who’s made the journey to cross into our gate helps make the festival unique and offer input into the scene. Folks are friendly and everyone has their jovial mojo on since it really becomes a community in a mini-city for the weekend.”

Ashley Bricker, an experienced festivalgoer, went to All Good last summer and hopes to travel that way again this summer.

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Students of Charlie Cline’s Digital Filmmaking class directed, produced and edited their own original short films.

MSU students produce films

By Kelsey Berry The Standard It seems as though just about anyone can make a movie these days with quick access to cameras built into smartphones and easy uploading access to Facebook or YouTube.

Some students, however, may desire a more accurate filmmaking experience that mirrors production in a professional environment.

Here at Missouri State University, Charlie Cline, a professor in the Media, Journalism and Film Department, teaches a course that allows students to direct

and produce their own short films, providing them with the opportunity to gain real-world experience and discover the ins and outs of working with a crew.

Students enrolled in Cline’s Digital Filmmaking course were divided into two groups, each responsible for producing a short film within the timeframe of one semester.

Clint Lowrance, a senior digital film production major, directed one of the films entitled “Thrown,” which follows the life of a young man from Chicago who is plagued with a severe gambling addiction.

Lowrance wrote the original script for a screenwriting course he took a year ago and adapted it to fit restrictions for Cline’s course, he said.

“Our shooting draft was the 15th draft of the script,” he said. “The story we shot is based on my original screenplay. It was 34 pages, but I cut it down to 18. It was very difficult…Some days I would go home and cut four pages and add nine and then cut three pages and add 12. Each draft to the next was way different.”

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Artsfest celebrates local talent Historic Walnut Street plays host to annual event, more than 100 local artists

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Springfield’s highly anticipated Artsfest took over historic Walnut Street this past Saturday and Sunday, bringing lovers of local art, talent and food together for a weekend packed with all those warm fuzzies caused by town festivals. And it didn’t even rain.

The festival boasted more than 100 artists, 55 of them new additions. Art can mean a lot of things, not limited to painting, drawing and more traditional art forms. Sculptors, jewelry makers, designers and more lined the streets, offering oneof-a kind items to festival patrons.

There was of course art for sale, but this year’s Artsfest also boasted a new way for festivalgoers to enjoy the weekend — interactive art. Artsfest partnered with the Drury’s Art

of Space project, an interactive art piece that allowed the public to enter a soft inflated room without harsh corners and walls, meant to bring people together in a peaceful setting.

Ozarks Technical Community College also got in on the interactive art action with a piece designed by art instructor Kat Allie. The “wish wall” was inspired by a wall in New York City covered in random wishes written on tiny slips of paper, the slips of paper will then be dropped during the 2013 New Year’s Eve celebration. OTC’s wish wall was designed to resemble Van Gogh’s Starry Night.

People wrote their wishes on slips of paper and rolled them up, tucking them into color coordinated holes in the design. The project has been at previous First Friday Artwalks and will continue to pop up at

different events in downtown Springfield.

“The wish wall was created by the OTC fine arts students in my three dimensional design class,” Allie said. The idea was to have different colored paper that corresponds with the painting and have people write their wish then stick it in a hole, when it’s finished it will be like a rolled wall mosaic.”

The mosaic will be on display at future Artwalks but some of the art will stick around 24/7. The James River Basin Partnership Storm Drain Reveal partnered the city of Springfield with local artists to combine art and awareness.

Melissa Bettes with the James River Basin Partnership handed out tickets so people could vote for their favorite storm drain, each designed and decorated by different local artists including Kat Philbin, Kayla Campbell, Anthony Weaver and seven more artists all given a twoweek deadline to prepare the drains.

“We’re painting designs on the

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Attendees were treated to rain-free weather for the first time in several years at Artsfest on historic Walnut Street. storm drains so that we can bring awareness to the community that whatever enters into our storm drains enters directly into our waterways,” Bettes said.

The Storm Drain Reveal encourages people to watch what they put down the gutter, sign up for a soil test so as to not over use fertilizer, an excess of which can cause algae bloom, install a rain barrel or plant a

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Lindberg’s showcases Black Sabbath tribute

By Nick Simpson The Standard

Lindberg’s can always be counted on to house a great rock show, and last Friday, May 4 was no exception. A collective of many musicians from several locally famed bands came together to pay tribute to one of the most influential groups ever to wail out of a radio: Black Sabbath.

There’s no debating the power Ozzy Osbourne had over the masses that poured into their shows, but it’s not so obvious what effect a tribute band will have on an audience. Fortunately, the musicians hailing from bands such as Filthy Thirds, The Airwalks, The Bootheel, The Boogeymen and others were more than up to the challenge. They dubbed their supergroup Children of the Grave.

Filthy Thirds drummer Mike Rumsey doesn’t normally perform vocals, but it was a surprise to everyone—

most importantly his fans— when the skin-tight white pant-clad metalhead climbed to the forefront of the stage to sing half of the set’s lead vocals. His drumming was spot on—almost climbing off the Black Sabbath records themselves. He said he has had a long-term relationship with the Prince of Darkness.

“The first time I heard Ozzy sing was probably on the radio,” he said. “It’s got to be years ago, I’m 30 now. It’s pretty open to opinion, but they were the ones that made it cool to have these creepy, dark, heavy songs. A lot of the songs are about stuff that other bands weren’t singing about.”

Rumsey said the idea to throw a tribute show fell upon guitarist Trent Wilson—also a member of Filthy Thirds.

Many of the songs in their set had already been played many times over by these musicians throughout the years.

“It kind of came together sort of quickly,” he said. “It

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Lindberg’s (318 W. Commercial St.) hosted a tribute to Black Sabbath last Friday, May 4. was Trent’s idea. He’s been the biggest Sabbath freak all his life, so this meant more to him than anyone. The big radio hits were already ingrained in our heads so that’s pretty easy to pull off.

We’ve done a few Sabbath songs over the years in the Fifth of Thirds. We used to play ‘War Pigs,’ and we used to play ‘Iron Man,’ so a lot of these songs we knew pretty well already.”

Rumsey said not only did his mother custom make his bright red shirt with white

tassels on the sleeves, but the members of Children of the Grave also agreed to appropriately grow mustaches for the show.

“It went off really well,” he said. “We had a really good crowd. People were having a good time and that’s what really matters. We’re talking about working up a Motorhead set pretty soon.

We planned this as one night only but we had a lot of fun so we might do it again.”

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“It’s at a new venue, so that’s exciting,” she said.

“It’s a very well-organized festival. The stages are sideby-side, so while one band plays another band is setting up. You never miss a headliner, ever. There’s continuous music and it’s all right there in close proximity.”

At other major music festivals, Bricker said you sort of have to bounce around between the various stages and often miss out on some of the good shows.

“We spend so much money, not only for the ticket, but for the travel and the expense of camping,” she said. “When you’re paying that much money to get into a show, I feel you should be able to see everyone that’s headlining, and you get to at All Good.”

Bricker said last year’s All Good was full of super positive vibes from the huge variety of people the different kinds of music bring.

“It’s an ‘All Good’ experience,” she said. “I really

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hope they’re just as organized as they were last year.

Another awesome feature was that there was not one, but two, Shakedown Streets, so there were a ton of vendors to check out. I haven’t done any research on the new venue yet, so I don’t know much, but I hear it’s a really cool place near a lake.”

Out of all the summer music festival options, Weissman said people should choose to attend this festival because he really enjoys the fact of the no overlapping sets.

“I enjoy the feeling of not having to be at odds and only catching one of two or more of my favorite acts playing at the same time,” he said.

“And I think you should choose the All Good Festival because of your health. It is all good for you to attend All Good; the not-having-tochoose-which-band-orstage-to-go-see element reduces the festival blood pressure in each patron.”

General admission tickets are currently $189 plus fees.

Visit http://www.allgoodfestival.com for more information.

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Scorebox Recruiting a key for men’s basketball resurgence Baseball Friday, May 4 Air Force 000000000–0 Mo. State 002010112–7 Saturday, May 5 Air Force 000002010–3 Mo. State 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 5 X – 10 Sunday, May 6 Kansas 00200010000–3 Mo. State 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 6 Softball Wednesday, May 2 Arkansas 0010003–4 Mo. State 0000000–0 Saturday, May 5 Creighton 0000000–0 Mo. State 0000100–1 Creighton 5 1 3 0 0 2 0 – 11 Mo. State 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 – 13 Sunday, May 6 Creighton 00000023–5 Mo. State 00020002–4 Men’s Golf Tuesday, May 1 MVC Championships 2nd Place

Last year around this time, the basketball Bears lost seniors Nafis Ricks, Will Creekmore, Adam Leonard and Jermaine Mallett. That was 80 percent of their starting lineup.

Now, with seniors Kyle Weems, Michael Bizoukas and Caleb Patterson leaving the team, rebuilding for the future will be harder than ever.

A talented recruiting class will be essential if the Bears want to make a run at

John Cook Sports Reporter the Missouri Valley Conference title anytime soon.

Coach Paul Lusk is working on it. He knows that after an up-and-down season concluding with five straight losses, the team

needs to get faster, stronger and more athletic in a hurry.

“The thing I felt we really had to address with our recruiting needs is a skill level,” Lusk said. “We need guys that are able to put the ball in the basket.”

How do you replace the school’s second-leading scorer of all time? Without Weems, the face of Missouri State basketball is gone.

And if you didn’t know, Weems led the Bears in scoring, rebounding, blocks

and games played this past season.

The Bears faced a similar situation more than 30 years ago when all-time scoring leader Daryel Garrison graduated in 1975. It took three years for the Bears to win the conference championship after Garrison left.

“Everybody has to increase their production,” Lusk said. “No single player can replace Kyle Weems.

I’m not even sure if two

players can do it.”

Lusk’s recruiting success last year in a shortened time period should be taken note of. After Cuonzo Martin, now coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, left Lusk and his staff found three starters.

Were it not for the signings of Bizoukas, Anthony Downing and Jarmar Gulley, who knows where the team would have finished.

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Calendar May 8 to May 14

Wednesday Baseball, 6 p.m. away at Missouri

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Track and Field, 9 a.m. away at MVC Championship Softball, TBA away at MVC Tournament Women’s Golf, All Day away at NCAA West Regional

Sunday Baseball, 1 p.m. away at Kansas

Track and Field, 9 a.m. away at MVC Championship

Briefs Seifert named to academic squad

Missouri State senior third baseman Brent Seifert was named to a spot on the academic all-district squad for the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District six baseball team.

The naming to the team comes from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida) and Seifert is the first Bear in the last three seasons to receive the award.

Seifert received the recognition because of his 3.63 gradepoint average in physical education.

This season Seifert has been a main contributor to the Bears offense with his team high 38 runs batted in and his five home runs.

The senior third baseman also totes a .272 batting average and has started all 48 games for the 34-14 Bears.

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Freshman swimmer Paul Le will be competing in the 100-meter backstroke in the Olympic Trials on June 26 in Omaha, Neb.

Olympic Trials qualifier Freshman swimmer gets a shot at 2012 London Games

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard

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issouri State freshman Paul Le will have the opportunity to represent the Bears at the Olympic Trials on June 26.

Le qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 100meter backstroke during the RAC AquaHawks Long Course meet in Fayetteville, Ark. held Saturday, April 21.

“To me, it’s a really big deal,” Le said. “I’ve worked 10 years for this, so I guess it paid off.”

Le’s time of 57.59 seconds was the exact cut-off time to qualify in the 100-meter backstroke.

Le said he even-split his swim, going 28.7 seconds in his first 50 meters and 28.7 seconds in his second 50 meters, which typically does not happen.

In fact, Le said he did not even-split any of his

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swims during the regular season.

“Right after I finished, I looked straight toward my coaches and I guess they weren’t looking at me, but they were looking at the times and seeing if I made it,” Le said. “When I got out and went to the coaches, all my teammates cheered for me and all the coaches cheered for me. I didn’t believe it at first.”

MSU head coach Dave Collins said that Le’s qualifying time is impressive for several reasons.

“The nice thing about him making his trial cut when he did — he really made that during the first phase of the training cycle, which we’re just focusing on general conditioning,” Collins said. “We really hadn’t spent any time specifically on backstroke and, really, specifically to his events.

“The other thing that makes it even a little bit more impressive — we train in a 25-yard pool. The meet was in a 50-meter pool, and there are differences there,” Collins said. “You can prepare in the yard pool as best you can for the long-course meter race, but his first opportunity to swim in a longcourse pool was in the warm-up.”

Le said swimming in a yard pool is easier because you can rest your arms during the flip turn, which also gives you an extra push off of the wall.

During a 100-meter swim there is only one flip turn in a 50-meter pool, but in a 25-yard pool there are three flip turns.

“In a 50-meter pool, it’s just nonstop swimming, See SWIM page 7

Men’s golf takes second in conference

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

Men’s basketball to host San Diego St.

To continue the annual Mountain West/Missouri Valley Conference challenge, the Missouri State men’s basketball team will be hosting San Diego State at JQH Arena on Nov. 17.

Last season the San Diego State Aztecs (26-8, 10-4) made it to the NCAA tournament and were knocked out by the 11thseeded North Carolina State Wolfpack 79-65.

The matchups last season for the challenge between the two conferences, the Aztecs lost 85-83 to Creighton while the Bears lost 76-60 to the New Mexico Lobos.

Missouri State finished last season 16-16 overall and a 9-9 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bears were knocked out in the opening round of the conference tournament.

This season is the final year of the four-year agreement between the conferences and the Mountain West has gone 16-10 over the past three seasons against the Valley.

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Douglas (left) was signed by the Buffalo Bills and Saffold (right) was signed by the Cleveland Browns.

Former football Bears reach NFL

By Harrison Keegan The Standard Running back Chris Douglas and wide receiver Jermaine Saffold had waited their whole lives for a chance to play in the NFL, so what was another five minutes?

The former Missouri State standouts watched all three days of the NFL draft. And although neither of them heard their names called, each received a phone call from an NFL suitor less than 10 minutes after the last pick.

Saffold signed with the Cleveland Browns as a rookie free agent and Douglas signed with the Buffalo Bills.

Saffold, the Missouri State single season and career receiving yards leader, said representatives from the Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos called before the draft to tell him they had a late-round pick with his

name on it. But he was disappointed when both teams passed on him with their sixth-round picks.

The Kansas City native said he would not forget the snub.

“I was upset and hurt, but it’s a business,” Saffold said. “I’m definitely going to use it as motivation. I came (to MSU) as an underdog so I’ll go there and just use the same work ethic I had coming here.”

Saffold had 2,221 receiving yards at Missouri State including 913 as an All-Missouri Valley Football Conference receiver last season. He said he likes his chances of cracking the Browns’ lineup, and he is excited to play with the team’s first-round pick, Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden.

“I feel like I have a great shot to come in and compete as the No. 2 receiver,” Saffold said. “I’m going to go in there focused and just keep my head in the play See NFL page 7

When the Missouri State men’s golf team finished their last tournament at the end of October and headed into the winter intermission, they were coming off a streak of five consecutive topfive finishes, never finishing lower than fourth.

But once they returned to the links to play the second half of their season, the team faced a little more Stafford adversity than what the fall semester had offered.

The Bears had only one top-five finish out of five tournaments in the spring portion of their season, placing second at the WSU/Snowman Getaway tournament in Goodyear, Ariz.

Head coach Neal Stafford said there were a variety of reasons for the team’s momentum to have cooled down, such as weather changes and tougher golf courses.

Other times the explanation for high golf scores may not have been so clear, he said.

“Sometimes there’s no real rhyme or reason to it,” Stafford said.

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BBall Continued from page 6 group of young guys who get you where you want to go,” Lusk said. “Christian Kirk is our only sophomore going into next year, but with Drew Wilson and Dorrian Williams redshirting, I like the promise of those guys.

“And now you add the new class of freshmen with those guys. Bruce Marshall, Marcus Marshall and Gavin Thurman are all three guys that we think are going to be very good players. They all bring us a little bit of something different to the table.”

Joining the already-committed high school players will be Westchester (N.Y.) Community College junior Tevin Bracey. The Bronx, N.Y. native signed his national letter of intent to play basketball for MSU on April 30.

“With Tevin, we got a JUCO point guard who was third in the country in assists per game,” Lusk said. “He’s a pass-first guy, and with losing Michael Bizoukas, we have to fill that void.”

Williams was supposed to help play point guard for the Bears along with Bizoukas last season, but after a torn labrum, he was forced to redshirt and wasn’t able to practice the entire

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Lusk said Williams reminds him of the oldschool point guards who were big and powerful.

“I think Dorian Williams is a bigger point guard, kind of an old-school guard who can score,” Lusk said. “I think he’ll be a threat for us out there at times.”

Much of the offensive load next year will be put on Downing, who averaged 11.5 points per game while only starting half of the Bears 32 games.

Downing was a prospect who not many people knew about, Lusk said.

“Anthony Downing wasn’t on the board with anybody,” Lusk said. “He really wasn’t getting recruited by the entire Valley.”

JUCO players such as Downing were the Bears’ strong spot this past season, and with the spring signing period running until May 16, they might be the key to next year’s team as well.

For the first time in the history of the program, the Bears are going on a trip to Costa Rica from Aug. 7 to 13. The seven-day tour will be a combination of practices and exhibitions, as well as a cultural experience for all the players.

“The trip is so important for us,” Lusk said. “We need to answer these questions and put guys in position to see where they’re at.”

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Swim Continued from page 6 and it feels like it is forever,” Le said.

Le realizes that the Olympic Trials will also take place in a 50-meter pool and will focus his training toward that.

Assistant coach Josh Udermann has been impressed with Le’s training during the offseason.

“Every morning, he’s working hard and going to weights,” Udermann said.

“There’s a lot of work he’s putting in for this trial meet. He’s actually been getting close to times he was going at the conference meets in practice, so that’s really impressive.”

Le is not the only Olympic

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The Browns drafted University of Miami wide receiver Travis Benjamin in the fourth round, but the team is unproven at receiver.

Rookie Greg Little led the Browns in receiving yards last season, but he is an overthe-middle type who also dropped 14 passes. The surehanded Saffold, who ran a 4.36 in the 40-yard dash at Missouri State’s pro day, should have a shot at playing time out wide.

Saffold is in Springfield working out and preparing to graduate with a degree in criminology before he travels to Cleveland for workouts

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hopeful for Missouri State. The team will travel to another meet at the beginning of June, with the hopes of having several more swimmers qualify for the Olympic Trials.

“I think we have nine or 10 different swimmers on our team that are going to that meet,” Udermann said. “There are several who have quite a good shot at making this meet.

It’s a focus they put in from here on out. Some of the international kids on our team have a shot of making their Olympic teams.”

Udermann said the international swimmers have to return to their home countries to compete in their qualifying meets.

Le will also have the chance to make his 200-meter backstroke qualifying cut at the meet.

“Well, in Arkansas I was

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Le swam a 57.59 100-meter backstroke.

0.50 (seconds) off my 200 back, so I’ll hopefully make it by the end of June,” he said.

Le said he will be practicing hard every day until the trials because he may never get this opportunity again.

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Douglas said he wasn’t holding out much hope of being drafted after nagging injuries limited him to 511 rushing yards and three touchdowns last season, but he was glued to the couch to see where his friends would end up. Then he got a call.

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Buffalo called me and they said they had one pick left in the seventh round and they were considering taking me,” Douglas said. “So that’s when everything kind of hit me that I might actually have a shot to get drafted.”

The Buffalo Bills used their final pick on Western Michigan kicker John Potter, but gave Douglas a call not long after, and the next day Douglas signed as an undrafted free agent.

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“I don’t even know if I’ll be swimming still in another four years,” Le said.

The 2012 Olympic Trials will be held from June 25 to July 2 in Omaha, Neb. at the Century Link Center.

dreams.

“Of course it would feel great to see your name get called on draft day but if you really love football it doesn’t matter how you get in,” Douglas said. “I always told myself I just wanted the opportunity to get in somebody’s camp and turn some heads.”

Douglas, who graduated in December, is working out at the Wellness Performance Institute in Suwanee, Ga., near his hometown of Lawrenceville. He reports to Buffalo Thursday.

In the two previous NFL drafts, MSU tight end Clay Harbor (Philadelphia Eagles) and offensive lineman David Arkin (Dallas Cowboys) were drafted in the fourth round. Missouri State head coach Terry Allen said numerous NFL scouts came to him with interest in Saffold and Douglas.

“We’ve been fortunate the last couple of years to have some guys drafted and some guys sign as free agents,” Allen said. “Scouts know how to get to Springfield.”

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The Bears entered the Missouri Valley Conference tournament favored to finish second. After 36 holes of play, the team found themselves in sixth place. During the final round, Missouri State rallied from their sixthplace position and wound up finishing the tournament in second place.

Stafford was satisfied with his team’s performance and how they played their way up the leaderboard, he said.

“I was pleased with where we finished, especially coming back on that final round and shooting 296 and coming back from sixth place,” Stafford said.

Wichita State University won the MVC tournament for the fifth consecutive time. Wichita State, a team that Stafford gave a lot of credit to, finished the tournament with an 18-stroke lead.

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Sports/Life Junior Daily Young, who finished the tournament in a tie for fifth place on the individual leaderboard, had played the tournament’s course before and knew it was a difficult course. But things were a lot more difficult for him after he stepped in a hole during a practice round and fractured his foot.

“It wasn’t too much of a big deal during the tournament,” he said. “I just had to change my stance a little bit.”

The Missouri State men’s team will not be advancing to the NCAA regional tournament and will look ahead to practicing their game and playing individually in amateur tournaments until they return to school in the fall.

Senior Will Hogan, on the other hand, will graduate from Missouri State and try to make a career out of golf as a professional.

“I plan on playing some amateur tournaments in the summer,” Hogan said. “And then eventually, sometime within the next year or two,

turn professional.”

Young’s plan for the summer will be restrained due to his injury. He has to use crutches for six weeks and then wear a protective boot for another six weeks.

Although he is supposed to stay off the foot for the next 12 weeks, he still plans on improving his game any way he can, he said.

“Hopefully after six (weeks) I can putt some and work on my short game a little bit,” Young said.

Stafford is already looking toward the future of Missouri State men’s golf by successfully recruiting three players to sign letters of intent to play golf for the Bears next season.

Most recently, Missouri State signed Arkansas high school standout Brik Brauburger. Brauburger will join signees RayVaun Christenson of Springfield and Joey Johnson of Ozark.

“All three guys are good players,” Stafford said.

“They’ve had really strong junior résumés.”

Movies Continued from page 4 Production processes included preproduction, filming and editing, which have taken the entirety of the semester to complete. The film is roughly 20 minutes long.

Sophomore electronic arts major Evan Pollock directed the second film entitled “Closure,” a dark comedic work that Pollock described as “an absurd comedy.”

“The film is about a young, suicidal man who needs help, so he decides to go to this company called Closure, which he believes is a suicide help company,” Pollock said. “It turns out Closure is a suicide assisting company that helps people kill themselves by giving them their dream death.”

Pollock’s film was set in different rooms, such as a hospital room and war camp, where deaths were recreated. Consequently, the film crew spent a great amount of time working to make sure the set pieces were

just right.

“Sometimes the set pieces worked and sometimes they didn’t, but we filmed at lots of different places,” Pollock said.

“The idea of the script was to film down long hallways where there were different doorways to each room. We used the fourth floor of the Professional Building a lot for that.”

Pollock’s crew shot some scenes on campus in Strong Hall, as well as off campus at locations including the cellar of an old house, St. John’s College campus on the south side of Springfield and at the St. John’s location on Glenstone Avenue.

Once the filming has been completed, there still remains a large amount of work to be done before the movie is ready to premiere. Although both groups have finished filming, the editing process is currently still underway.

“The editing stages are so much harder,” Pollock said. “We do a lot of the edits in the Strong (Hall) media lab. We’ll probably make an export then send it off to our music guy who will add music, and then send it to our

sound effects person who will add the sound effects and do a lot of the editing and mixing aspects.”

Both Pollock and Lowrance searched the campus and community to find actors, makeup artists, audio mixers and many more to complete their crews.

The amount of teamwork necessary to successfully complete the production of a film is immense, but having the ability to practice while still in school is beneficial for media students as they prepare to continue on into the professional world, according to Pollock.

In this type of environment, directors and producers are given the chance to understand and apply many aspects of filmmaking other than that which is just surface level.

“Movies are no silly business — they’re very difficult to get done,” Pollock said.

MSU students and community members will have the chance to see the outcome of these students’ work at the senior showcase at 6:30 p.m. on May 14 in Plaster Student Union.

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Local six-month dog adoption streak celebrated

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

Tablecloths covered in pictures of dogs playing lined the picnic tables of the Phelps Grove Park pavillion, and multiple cars in the parking lot sported logos of rescue groups and animal control. A six-piece band played in the distance as dogs and dog owners mixed and mingled, and clouds filled the sky and rain drops fell to the ground.

Volunteers from rescue shelters, Springfield-Greene County Health Department Animal Control program employees, animal control officers and community members gathered at the park on Friday to celebrate what the Animal Control program is calling a six-month adoption streak.

During this streak, all potentially adoptable dogs (dogs are considered

Walnut Continued from page 1 surrounding buildings on Walnut so they can match the feel and the architecture together,” Jenkins said. “I really appreciate the thought they’ve put into this.”

Stewart said there are numerous benefits to the new housing. While students will be able to have the apartment feel, they will also have security. The fire department, hospital and police department will know the layout of the buildings and security patrol will be done on the property.

“There are a lot of intangibles that a lot of folks aren’t even going to think about,” Stewart said.

potentially adoptable if they are healthy and nonvicious) impounded at the Springfield city animal shelter have been sent to “no-kill” rescue partners for public adoption, according to Mike Brothers, the SpringfieldGreene County Health Department public information administrator.

“This has definitely never happened before,” Brothers said. “It’s the longest such streak that anybody associated with our rescue model can remember. We may have had two or three or four weeks when we would go without having to euthanize the adoptable dogs, but six months is unbelievable.”

Because of this, the SpringfieldGreene County Health Department Animal Control program wanted to have a celebration that acted in several ways, according to Brothers.

First of all, the Animal Control program wanted to thank and recognize the rescue partners that make the adoptions happen, since the Springfield city animal shelter doesn’t have the staff or the space to do the adoptions themselves, Brothers said. Secondly, he said events like this can always serve as a chance for community education.

“When you do something like this you can always have a chance for education about the broader situation: responsible pet ownership,” he said.

“We’re saying, ‘Hey, we haven’t had to do this, but we’re still killing some (sick and dying) dogs’ — something we try to be very transparent about — but it brings home the message that the pet population is really big out there, and it’s going to take more to solve the problem. We all have to

work at this.”

At the celebration, Kevin Gibson, director of health at the SpringfieldGreene County Health Department, commended volunteers for getting dogs out of the shelters and into “forever homes.”

A forever home is a place where a pet can live out its life instead of being passed around from place to place.

“We’re convinced we’re doing as good a job as possible in making the animal the No. 1 priority,” Gibson said.

Several volunteers attended the event, including junior painting major Tina Bradshaw, who has been volunteering at shelters for a month. She was at the event playing with Joel, the last puppy of a beagle family waiting to be adopted.

Joel, with a green handkerchief

around his neck, rolled around in the grass while chewing on a blue and white rope as people gathered around, proclaiming him the cutest puppy they had ever seen.

“These dogs all need homes, and it makes me sad when I see them without a home,” Bradshaw said.

Bradshaw said she volunteers because “it’s the right thing to do.”

Marilyn Williams, a volunteer with Castaway Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.), began volunteering four years ago to help and to be around animals. She was there with Dina, a white and black mixed breed up for adoption.

“These dogs know this is their last chance,” Williams said. “It’s amazing to see. They’re so loveable, and we just want them to be able to feel how it feels to be loved.”

In addition, the Bearline will make a stop in front of the housing and if students do not want to cook, the dining hall is available in Kentwood.

Earle Doman, vice president of student affairs, said the biggest benefit to the housing is that it’s tied to the university.

“You’ll have a lot of the amenities and advantages of living on campus but have essentially an apartment complex that is far enough removed from the main part of campus, but still part of it,” Doman said. “We were to view this as a transition to our downtown area.”

The university, and Stewart, hope students will become part of the Walnut and downtown community.

The whole project is expected to be done in Fall of 2013 and will cost

$36 million, according to Stewart.

This total does not include the land purchase because the location is already property where the old Kentwood South used to stand.

Stewart said it is well worth the money, and he wants students to feel and be treated like adults in the new housing. With this in mind, there are some things that Stewart is pushing which have yet to be decided on.

One is for the housing to be upperclassmen only so the grounds may allow alcohol.

Karolina Kosinska, a sophomore biology major, said she agrees with an upperclassman housing plan.

“I think it would provide a more safe and controlled environment for them to have those experiences,” Kosinska said. “It would be a nice transition.”

The complex will have less staffing and be without the RAs and rules of residence halls.

There will be guidelines for the alcohol though, and the definition of an upperclassmen — age versus year in school — is still to be determined.

However, there are other changes students on campus will see in the upcoming year. By next year, both Garst and Blair-Shannon dining halls will have been remodeled, allowing more seating and a bathroom in Blair-Shannon. Also, Sunvilla might see some considerable changes in the future.

Recently, a group of consultants viewed Sunvilla, which was made in the late ’60s, to give an opinion on what to do with the building. The building is very old and does not meet many codes to the extent that

the stoves were taken out for safety, Stewart said. The old apartment-style housing could be completely remodeled, changed to some classrooms or completely torn down. A decision will be made this summer, and demolition could cost $1 million.

One of the problems with getting rid of Sunvilla, as Doman said, is some of the university’s equipment is placed at the top of the building. A demolition would cause the question of where to relocate it. Regardless, the next two years will bring a lot of change for students on campus.

“I think all of this is reflective of us changing and genuinely becoming Missouri State,” Doman said. “We are no longer a regional institution.

We are a major university, and I think you are seeing us excel in the academic front and the student life front.

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ROTC Continued from page 1 competitors to surrender.

The 15 teams included: Football Alpha, Football Bravo, ROTC Alpha, ROTC Bravo, Southwest Baptist University Softball, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Xi Omicron Iota Alpha, Xi Omicron Iota Bravo, Volleyball, Field Hockey Alpha, Field Hockey Bravo, Soccer Alpha, Soccer Bravo, Sigma Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

First to be tested were the two football teams – Alpha and Bravo – in the brawl.

Pat Fornadel, senior outside linebacker who played for Football

Forum Continued from page 1 said he enjoyed attending the forum.

“I thought the ag forum was interesting,” Mauss said. “It was a good chance because you aren’t always connected with what’s going on in Washington, D.C.” The first topic Blunt discussed was the bill the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to pass, stating that farming must be performed without dust, according to Blunt.

“They’ve spent a lot of time and effort on this rule to try to prevent fugitive dust, that is dust that will go from your field to somebody else’s field,” Blunt said. “All these things will do is not allow us to be the competitive country we are.”

According to Long, the EPA is

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Farris said a big factor in deciding on funding is maintaining viewpoint neutrality, a practice that keeps all student organizations from being discriminated against in correlation with the funding they receive. It is based on a court case involving the University of Wisconsin (Southworth v. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System).

“At no point can the council members make a decision of funding an organization based on the caliber of the proposal,” Farris said.

“It cannot be based on what the event is, what the proposal is for.

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Fornadel then proceeded to take down sophomore safety Mike Crutcher of the Alpha team for the first kill of the day, leading the Bravo team to victory in round one.

“It was exhilarating,” Fornadel said. “I came around the side and I caught him crouching in the bushes and shot him.”

Next to test their abilities in the ring were the Southwest Baptist

University softball team and one of the ROTC teams.

Senior forward Casey Bayliss of the women’s field hockey team played alongside the SBU softball team because they were a team member short.

Bayliss drew on her own experience paintballing with her brother in the match, but was shot in the head after taking down one of the ROTC team members.

“I didn’t feel it – it was in the helmet,” she said. “They do hurt normally.”

Walking away with the victory was ROTC’s Alpha Team, but the team members weren’t without their doubts going into the competition.

Chris Phillips, member of the

ROTC Alpha Team, who was experienced in paintballing both through personal practice and through ROTC, said he was worried about being taken out by a sorority early on.

“A little part of me thinks we’re going to lose to a sorority,” he said.

“Like something where I’m not paying attention and two of them will sneak up behind me, or one will just shoot me from across the field.”

However, he needn’t have worried as his team went up against the field hockey team in the championship match, Schenck said.

“The Women’s Field Hockey proved that they were a force to be reckoned with as well, by making bold flanking maneuvers and

also trying to pass legislation to name manure as a hazardous waste. It would not be able to be used as fertilizer, or for any other purpose, he said.

“We have got to send a big signal here, right now, that EPA can’t stand for end production agriculture,” Blunt said.

Blunt is part of a committee that has recently been working on a Senate transportation bill.

Farmers would be able to drive for an agricultural purpose within a 150mile radius of their property without having to get a commercial driver’s license and the other transportation licenses needed.

Both Blunt and Long have to deal with their constituents and the concerns they have.

Long was approached by the deer raisers of Missouri, those who raise deer and transport them across the country to game farms. The government is trying to pass legislation that states they must let the deer out of the

trailers at rest stops to graze, according to Long.

“That’s the type of battles Roy and I fight every day up in Washington,” Long said.

Students can get involved in these issues by writing letters and making phone calls to senators and congressman.

Blunt can be reached at his Springfield office at 2740B East Sunshine. You can call his Springfield office at (417) 877-7814. Blunt can also be contacted by submitting a contact form (email) on his website at http://blunt.senate.gov/public/.

Billy Long can be reached at his Springfield office at 3232 E. Ridgeview St. or calling 417-8891800. You can submit an email at https://longforms.house.gov/emailbilly.

“The more you all work together to bring good projects to the table, the more we all have to talk about,” Blunt said.

Rep. Billy Long spoke about the problems he and Sen. Roy Blunt deal with every day when representing their constituents in Washington, D.C. Several agriculture-related topics were discussed at the forum last Tuesday.

So it cannot be topic based, it cannot be merit based. It is simply, did they meet the guidelines as they are set, do they meet the requirements necessary, was their proposal put together in time? That’s how it’s voted on, basically.”

Farris said organizations that wish to receive funding must fill out a proposal form, found online at http://studentorganizations.missouristate.edu/sofac/.

“It’s a worksheet,” Farris said.

“It lays out, whether they’re traveling for a conference — they would include what their hotel expense was, their registration expenses, their travel expense, food expense.

Then they’re going to have what is their total expense, and the organization then requests a certain dollar amount from SOFAC.”

Farris said SOFAC will never fully fund an organization’s event, even if it is under the maximum of $5,000.

“SOFAC’s mission is to assist via funding, not to fully fund an organization,” she said. “Those organizations that come to us and can show SOFAC that they have an expense amount of over $5,000, that’s when those organizations will be able to reach that $5,000 maximum.”

The only way an organization can receive more than the maximum amount of funding is if they have expenses that are considered “postseason” events, Farris said. A lot of times, this applies to athletic student organizations such as the MSU Handball Team or the Ultimate Frisbee teams.

defeated the ROTC Bravo Team to gain entry into the championship match,” he said. “The trophy round was Women’s Field Hockey versus MSU ROTC A-Team, with the ATeam defeating an aggressive and spirited Women’s Field Hockey team to claim the title and trophy.”

The prize for the ROTC Alpha Team was a bear statue with a plaque that reads “Best of the Best Bear Brawl” and will have the winning team’s name engraved on the side, said Wisdom.

“We really just want to show that ROTC is out here and is part of the university and part of the community,” he said.

The trophy will be displayed in a case in Strong Hall until the next Bear Brawl in spring 2013.

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Who is involved with the SOFAC council?

• Kelli Farris - MSU’s assistant director for co-curricular involvement • One student from Residence Hall Association • One student from student government • One student from combined councils of Fraternity and Sorority Life • One student from Student Activities Council • One student from Graduate Student Council • Two at-large students (Do not need to be affiliated with an organization.)

• Financial services representative • Tom Hickman - SOFAC graduate assistant • Jeremy Schenk - Director, Office of Student Engagement • Student specialist

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Koffin Kats to perform Friday Michigan psychobilly punk band to rock Outland Ballroom

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Detroit-based psychobilly punk band, Koffin Kats, will grace Springfield with their presence this Friday, returning to the Outland Ballroom. The band has been playing shows across the country on their spring tour, promoting their latest album released in January, “Our Way & The Highway,” through Sailor’s Grave Records.

The band has been around since 2003 and after getting burnt out on playing local shows around their native Michigan they decided to go on tour and haven’t let up since.

Lead vocalist and upright bassist Vic Victor along with EZ Ian Jarrell on guitar and Eric “E Balls” Walls on the drums, will be bringing their brand of punk rock to Springfield thanks to local favorite, Brutally Frank.

Brutally Frank hails from Joplin, Mo., and met up with the Kats in 2006 on their West Coast tour. They hadn’t made many contacts in California just yet but knew the Koffin Kats were playing a show and wanted to get on the bill. Luckily the guys knew who ran the label at HairBall8 Records and were able to score a spot. One night of mayhem and male bonding later and the Koffin Kats/Brutally Frank relationship was born.

The bands played to a sold-out crowd at the Showcase Theater in Corona, Calif., that night and after drinking and partying with the Kats

VIP-style, the two swapped numbers and have kept in contact ever since.

“When we meet bands and people on the road you know right away if you’re gonna hit it off. That night we did, we became family,” Brutally Frank bassist, Steevo said.

“Whenever they (or any other friend’s band) come through they get the royal treatment. We stock the booze, fire up the grill, tell stories, swap contacts or try to meet up down the road somewhere. It’s a family reunion. We love those guys.”

According to Koffin Kats’ Vic Victor, the feeling is mutual. Since beginning to tour nationally as well as internationally, the band has made friends all over the world. Something that comes in handy after being on the road for more than 200 days of the year.

“It’s not necessarily about your favorite city or your favorite scene, for us we look forward to meeting up with all these people,” Victor said. “It could be the smallest town or the most major city, we look forward to meeting up with friends that we’ve met on our travels and its funny because now when we picture a city not only can we picture what venue we’re playing but sometimes we know half the crowd.”

Victor discovered a love of punk rock music early on, as soon as his musical decisions weren’t limited to what his parents played in the car, and was quickly drawn to one of punk’s most successful and well-

Quidditch Continued from page 4 program. RHA has been working on this the entire semester.”

Even though the turnout may not have been what RHA had hoped for, McCallister said he hopes to parlay the weekend’s quidditch affair into a budding MSU wizard and witchcraft tradition.

“We’ve already got a few people that said no matter what happens today, they’re wanting to see it in the future,” McCallister said.

Photo courtesy of Koffin Kats

Left to right: EZ Ian Jarrell, Vic Victor and Eric "E Balls" Walls. known bands, Bad Religion.

“I was attracted to punk rock for its aggressive quality but also one of my favorite bands to this day is Bad Religion because I appreciate melodies and music and all that,” Victor said. “Then I discovered the

“Sometimes the first year just doesn’t always end up as big as you plan it to be, but then it grows every year as more people hear about it.

“We’re hoping it can become a traditional program and one day we can join the Midwest League for the International Quidditch Association,” he said.

Of course, the MSU version of quidditch is more grounded than the high-flying spectacle depicted in Rowling’s seven fantasy novels.

Teams consist of two Beaters, three Chasers, a Keeper and a Seeker who run around the field in an effort to score points by

sound of an upright bass. Koffin Kats is a mutation of all my influences; I listen to everything from country to jazz to punk rock to whatever.”

The band has been heavily touring for the past six years and after going through several label changes

throwing a Quaffle through their opponent’s hoop for 10 points. But teams who want to bring in the big points must capture the elusive Snitch to earn 30 points.

Seekers, or snitch snatchers, must find and capture the Golden Snitch, portrayed by a member of RHA wandering around campus on a bike carrying a tennis ball in a tube sock.

Once the Snitch is snatched, it’s game over.

Sophomore marketing major Kathleen Lavallee served as the Snitch for the second game. She took her role seriously and was captured by the Scholars House Seeker behind Hammons House.

“Both Seekers spotted me and came

decided to give it a go with Sailor’s Grave Records who helped them put out their last record, a record Victor feels is the closest interpretation of the songs he’d been writing in his head.

“We’re really proud of it because it’s the best sound that we’ve been able to record, that comes from years of experience and finally working with the right people and it’s the closest mix I can say definitely represents us the best when it comes to how we are live,” Victor said. “It’s a very driving CD, it was written over the last couple of years while we were on the road. “I’d be out hammered and wake up in the morning and have notes from a guitar riff, just random thoughts and travels.”

This May 11 all-ages show is sure to be a rowdy one bringing together local favorites St. Dallas & The Sinners, Brutally Frank, Patches DeVile, Clancy “M.F” Leakey and of course the Koffin Kats at the Outland Ballroom. Tickets are $7 in advance at Kaleidoscope and Stick It In Your Ear or $12 at the door.

Celebrate dead day by letting out some of that pent up aggression you’ve been saving up all semester and show the Koffin Kats some more of what they’ve come to love about our small town punk scene.

“We’re definitely looking forward to getting back to Springfield, that’s one of those places we step out in front of the crowd and recognize just about everybody’s face and it’s just a great time,” Victor said.

“We definitely know the difference between a jaded crowd and an appreciative one and we always feel that way when we come through Springfield—very appreciated.”

sprinting at me,” Lavallee said. “The Scholar House Seeker leaped and dove at me, fell and got scraped up. Once we found out he was OK we continued, but he caught me before I could get back to my bike. Props to him.”

Sophomore dietetics major Courtney Schneider signed up to participate to even the playing field for the coed event. The Scholars House Beater pelted and pulverized the Sunvilla team with Bludgers in both games.

“The team was all boys so there needed to be some women in there so it gets done right,” Schneider said with a smile. “It’s really fun. I like throwing the Bludgers because it’s funny to hit people.”

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“That’s My Boy” (Adam Sandler and Andy Samburg) After having fathered and raised a son while still a teen, the two haven’t seen each other for years. Until dad decides it’s time for the two to reconnect.

6/22 – “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” (Benjamin Walker and Dominic Cooper) Based off the novel, this movie tells of an alternate history in which the president hunted and killed those pesky vampires in his youth. Looks to be chock full of action and fun.

“Brave” (voices of Billy Connelly and Emma Thompson) Pixar’s latest, this time with a female protagonist who wants to pave her own way in life but in doing so bring chaos to her kingdom. Now she must rely on her bravery to undo the curse.

6/29 – “GI Joe: Retaliation” (Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson) I absolutely hated the first movie. But it seems that in “Retaliation” most of the original team has been killed and they bring in The Rock to get some payback. If it has The Rock, who seems to be a franchise saver, I’ll watch it.

July:

7/3 – “The Amazing Spider-Man” (Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone) A reboot of a reboot. Peter Parker is back in high school and gets bitten by a radioactive spider, only this one seems to be a little darker than before.

7/13 – “Ted” (Seth McFarlane and Mark Wahlberg) Due to a childhood wish,

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Wahlberg’s teddy bear came to life. Now, over 20 years later, he still hasn’t left. From the mind that brought you “Family Guy” and “American Dad!” if that gives you any ideas.

7/20 – “The Dark Knight Rises” (Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy) THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. It’s the end of Nolan’s trilogy, possibly even the end of Batman.

7/27 – “The Watch,” formerly “Neighborhood Watch” (Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade) A group of dads form a neighborhood watch only to find themselves defending the neighborhood from an alien invasion.

August: 8/3 – “The Bourne Legacy” (Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton) There was never just one. A new agent finds himself the target of the CIA. “Total Recall” (Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel) A remake of the 1990 Arnie flick, a man goes for some virtual vacation memories only to find out that there are some memories in his head that he didn’t know were there. Some are potentially very dangerous.

8/17 – “The Expendables 2” (Stallone, Willis, Schwarzenegger, Norris, Lundgren, Statham, Li, Hemsworth, Couture, Van Damme, Cruz) It’s pretty much going to be just like the first one, but with more action stars and more dead bodies. I still think poor Steven Segal is waiting by the phone.

Well, that should just about tide you over until the semester starts again. Happy viewing!

Artsfest Continued from page 5 Akre, a member of the Springfield Roller Girls committee for community development, helped spread the word by passing out flyers advertising their next bout coming up on May 20th at 6:00 p.m. at Skateport on South Glenstone Avenue.

“We’ve had a lot of people stop, so many people say ‘no I didn’t know there was roller derby’ and we get to tell them all about what we’re passionate about. It’s amazing,” Akre said.

Also roaming around the crowded streets were staples

Sabbath Continued from page 5 Warren Sandwell shared the other half of the workload on lead vocals and drumming.

He is drummer and a backup vocalist for The Bootheel—a set of Springfield legends if ever there were any. He said he owed Wilson $5 for bleeding on the stage.

“In The Bootheel, we play mostly originals but we do a few covers, so we’re used to learning other people’s stuff,” he said. “Obviously, it’s pretty easy but it just takes a little time when you’re playing a full set of other people’s stuff.

So it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for us.”

Sandwell has been a fan of Sabbath all of his life, seeing very early on the deep impact the band has had on not only the metal genre, but rock ‘n’ roll in its entirety.

“You know, these bands

of the yearly Artsfest. People have been delighted or depending on your level of observation, horrified, by miniature horses Trouble and Mighty Moe for years now.

Owners Jean Peszka and her husband travel to the fest, horse in tow, from Harrison Ark., each year.

Kids, ponies and lots of dogs are assumed attendees of the Walnut Street arts festivals, presented each year by the Springfield Regional Arts Council and managed by the Urban Districts Alliance.

Community Event Coordinator Sarah Hough coordinates and manages Artsfest, as well as Cider Days, Taste of Springfield and more of Springfield’s community

events.

“We tried really hard this year to have a mix of returning artists and new artists,” Hough said. Turnout has been good, I think people are excited about the warmer weather and getting out and doing stuff and the crowd has been steady.”

For once, Artsfest wasn’t drenched in a torrential downpour. Previous festivals have been subjected to inclement weather pretty persistently but this year’s event was marked by warmer weather and a nearly cloudless sky. It got pretty toasty but Balance Fitness Studio set up a mister to keep crowds cool and food vendors took care of the rest.

Downtown favorites, the Aviary Café set up shop on the

street offering tasty paninis along with their sweet crêpes.

Backyard Burger, Crosstown BBQ, FireLight Pizza Company and downtown cupcake bakery, The Cup all tempted festivalgoers with tasty treats.

An overall success, the total number in attendance won’t be available till later but previous fests have boasted numbers over 20,000 and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down.

The Urban Districts Alliance starts planning the event in December and following a short celebratory break after Artsfest will be hard at work planning Springfield’s next community event, Cider Days, coming up this September.

like Zeppelin and The Beatles are the obvious stuff,” he said.

“Black Sabbath seems kind of obvious but you do have to dig a little deeper to get into it, it’s not quite so mainstream. So when I found them that was one of the first things that changed my mind about what rock ‘n’ roll could sound like. I think it’s like that with everybody.”

Sandwell illustrated many of the misconceptions about Sabbath—in particular the notion that their songs are simply a wall of drowning noise and horror.

“It’s not all scary; not all of Black Sabbath is heavy metal, or death metal, some of it you could barely call metal,” he said. “A lot of it is just heavy blues, and rock ‘n’ roll, even bordering on psychedelic in some moments. They have a really full, dynamic sound, it’s not just heavy riffs and loud drums and high vocals, there’s a lot of depth to it, and they’re very creative, more than most

people give them credit for and I think that has lent to their success.”

Sandwell stressed, as Rumsey had, that they are unsure as to whether or not Children of the Grave will reunite for another tribute to Sabbath, but that he will remain consistently busy with many other projects.

“This Black Sabbath thing was a one-time thing, we might dig it up again and do it in the future,” he said. “We do have a lot of shows coming up including the Jarrett end-ofyear party for the kids. We’re doing that one for the children at Jarrett Middle School, which is going to be a lot of fun. Obviously we have a lot of club shows locally and regionally coming up too, so just look for The Bootheel and you’ll find us.”

At the end of the show, Sandwell removed his long black wig, revealing closely trimmed hair, and said it was just as much a challenge find-

ing the right look as it was organizing the event.

“I had to do my best to look like Ozzy,” he said with a laugh. “I’ve got short hair and Ozzy doesn’t have short hair and I can’t get up there and pretend to be Ozzy with short hair, everyone would call me a punk. So we found it at Party City and it’s actually a wig for a girl, they didn’t have any guy wigs that looked like that.”

Overall, Sandwell said he was more than pleased with the evening and the overwhelming reaction from the crowd as audience members flooded the smoking area following the show to give him their praise.

“You always roll the dice no matter what you do, whether it’s originals or a tribute show like this,” he said.

“But it was just fantastic, ten out of ten, five stars, whatever you want to call it, A+, and I think the audience felt that way too. So it was a lot of fun.”