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Lucas Stoddard, freshman civil engineering major, talks to a residence life staff member about moving into a real bedroom after living in a Freudenberger study room.

MSU is filled to the brim

Higher enrollment has residence halls over capacity, causing some students to live in overflow areas like study rooms and lounges

By Briana Simmons The Standard @SimmonsReports Missouri State University’s Residence Life Housing and Dining Services is scrambling to find rooms for its overflow of students, but the director, Gary Stewart, said this has happened before and there’s nothing to worry about.

Overflow is the term used to refer to a number of students without housing who must be given temporary accommodation until a room becomes available. It is sometimes called expanded capacity.

“It’s nothing new. We’ve had overflow historically through the years, and overflow is the result of the number of people who are admitted to the institution,” Stewart said.

Stewart said enrollment numbers are up for Missouri State University, but high school graduate numbers are down. He believes this means many students are choosing to transfer

from other universities to become a Bear.

“We just had a limited number of beds available, and as the numbers kept growing, we knew we needed to have a gameplan,” Stewart said.

The gameplan was to divide 138 students in between rooms in Freudenberger House, Woods House, Wells House, Blair-Shannon House, Hammons House and Hutchens House for temporary accommodation.

At the start of classes, some students began living in common areas, resident assistants’ rooms or the designated study areas in each hall.

Alan Adams, sophomore computer science major, is currently living in one of the overflow rooms in Freudenberger House, also known as Freddy.

Although he said he wasn’t immediately notified he was going to be out of a room, he’s adjusted well and hasn’t been inconvenienced by it at all.

“I was placed in an overflow room, and I’m making do with what I was given ... eventually there is going to be a

room once they figure it all out,”Adams said.

Students are given a break on their room and board charges for any inconvenience they suffer while living in an overflow room, by having 20 percent of the daily rate of room and board fees credited back to their student accounts.

Stewart said vacancies begin to pop up every year because students don’t show up and don’t think to cancel their contract with campus housing, arrive and decide it’s not for them or are unable to register for classes and must give up their housing to someone else.

Now, a week after classes began, Residence Life has about 50 more students to place into rooms.

“It’s not a negative thing ... it’s making the best of what it is we have to work with ... the main thing is to concentrate on your classes and get started, and we’ll get you settled as soon as we can, “ Stewart said.

Stewart said he can’t be certain when all students will be in their rooms, but they are doing the best they can as fast as they can.

Kazakhstani ambassador visits MSU

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Kairat Umarov speaks to students during his visit to Springfield.

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The Department of Political Science invited the Kazakhstani ambassador to the United States to speak to students at Missouri State University on Aug. 21.

The Political Science Department welcomed Kairat Umarov for a Q&A session called, “Kazakhstan: Heart of Eurasia.” The session was held in the basement of Strong Hall.

According to Brad Bodenhausen, director of the International Leadership and Training Center, the ambassador was on a two-day visit around southwest Missouri to learn more about the area’s agriculture,

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manufacturing and small businesses.

“I thought it was great that the ambassador took the time to come to southwest Missouri for a two-day visit,” Bodenhausen said. “So many times the perspective of an international visitor is based on being in Washington, New York or Los Angeles. The chance to get to the Midwest and learn about what’s going on here in Missouri, I thought, was a great idea.”

Congressman Billy Long of the seventh district set up the event. He said he wants this to be the start of an ambassador series at Missouri State.

When asked whether he hoped this event would lead to having other ambassadors on campus, President Clif Smart

said, “Yes. This is a great opportunity to expand all of our knowledge of global/world events and history.”

“I would love to attend more events such as this one, as I’m always interested to know what’s going on in the international community, especially directly from a country’s ambassador,” said Kyle Cubel, a sophomore global studies major.

Before the Q&A session, the ambassador discussed the history of Kazakhstan.

Umarov said Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and has a population of 17 million. Kazakhstan is celebrating 22 years as an independent country in Central Asia.

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Kazakhstan was home to many nuclear testing sites for the Soviet Union. For 40 years, it housed all of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons. Over 450 nuclear weapon tests were conducted during this time period, Umarov said.

During the Q&A, a student asked about Kazakhstan’s developing economy. Umarov said Kazakhstan has a goal called “Kazakhstan 2050.” It was developed in 2012, and the goal is to be in the top 30 most developed countries by 2050.

“Each ship needs to know its destination,” Umarov said. “We know our destination. We know where we are going.” u See UMAROV, page 2

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Tuesday, Aug. 25

Student Organization Funding Allocation Council (SOFAC) Training, 9-10 a.m., Plaster Student Union 308 A&B Women’s Equality Day, all day

Wednesday, Aug. 26 Sample Springfield, 10:30 a.m.1:30 p.m., North Mall PSU House Calls, 6:30-8 p.m., All residence halls

Thursday, Aug. 27

College of Arts & Letters transfer student meeting, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313

Friday, Aug. 28

Deadline to request a FERPA Hold, all day Schedule Change Deadline75% Refund, all day Ask the Experts Blackboard Open Session, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Meyer Library 205

Monday, Sept. 1 Labor Day, no classes and offices closed

Correction for Aug. 19 article ‘Exercise your right to vote’

In the Back to Campus special section that was released Aug. 19, the story “Exercise your right to vote” said students could vote in the library or Plaster Student Union. However, students cannot vote there. Those are locations that students can register to vote. Polling places are determined by residential addresses submitted on the voter registration application.

Students can register at Driver’s License Bureau branches, any branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District, the Greene County Clerk’s Office or on the Secretary of State’s or Greene County Clerk’s websites.

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Rep. Billy Long introduces President Clif Smart and Ambassador Umarov.

Another student asked about the different religions in Kazakhstan. The largest religion that is practiced in the country is Islam, while the second largest is Christianity. Umarov said there have been little, if any, problems between the two religions, which students didn’t expect.

“I was surprised that even though the two dominant religions are Islam and Christianity, there have been no conflicts over that given the tension of the two religions in that region,” Daryl Mullins, a junior physics major, said.

When asked about the overall Q&A session, Bodenhausen said, “Kazakhstan has had tremendous success over the last 20 years. To continue making progress toward

the goals they have outlined, Kazakhstan needs cooperation.

They need to learn and share ideas with others and gain perspective from others who have experience.

“That’s a lot of what we try to do at Missouri State, especially through international programs.

We try to connect people coming from other countries with their professional peers, so they can learn new ideas, new technologies, new ways to do things and we can learn from our visitors as well,” he said.

Cultural competence is one of the pillars of MSU’s Public Affairs Mission. According to the MSU website, the goal is to help students recognize and respect multiple perspectives and cultures.

This can be done through Study Abroad, learning the history and culture of other countries and interacting with international students and visitors.

Bzz: Check your notifications University updates text alert system to reach more students

By Annie Gooch The Standard @annie_gooch

Missouri State has updated its alert message system that is used to notify students and faculty of any campus emergency or closing.

Among these changes is a new opt-out system. All students and faculty are automatically signed up for the alert system under the contact information they have provided the university.

Once the new system is activated, everyone with a text-enabled phone number will receive an initial text notification.

Jay Huff, assistant director of Safety and Transportation, said that the circumstances in which students will be notified has not changed, but rather the software used to alert them has.

“Previously, we had an opt-in system where if you wanted to receive alerts, you had to sign up for it,” Huff said. “Our number of subscribers was under 50 percent. We have an obligation to our students here and wanted a different way to make sure they were getting these messages.”

Huff said of the enrolled students, only 8,200 to 8,500 were signed up under the old alert system.

To get the numbers up, he approached the Student Government Association to help come up with a better plan.

The resolution was the opt-out system and also a re-bid over the service, including a change

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The updated university alert system will automatically send texts to all phone numbers included in a student’s contact information in the case of an emergency.

in the software company.

“It should have been this way from the beginning,” said Kyle Falconer, senior computer science major. “When I first signed up for alerts three years ago, I was surprised that it wasn’t automatic.”

Another feature available with the new alert system is the option to add family members’ contact information so they can also receive updates.

“Students can now sign their parents up with either their phone number or email address,” Huff said. “We’re urging students to go in and check how they want to be contacted.”

Huff also added that if students or faculty wish to change their information or add family members to their list, they may do so on the preferences page after signing in with their BearPass ID. Students may list as many phone numbers and email addresses as they would like, and the alert system will contact all that are associated with the account only once.

Students may also opt-out of the system under the preferences page but are encouraged by the Department of Safety and Transportation to participate since the alert system is a primary way information is communicated to the campus in the event of an emergency.

“If there is an emergency on campus, then I would like to know that they have taken all the steps to ensure I get notified, which is the point of an alert system,” said Ryan McKenzie, senior elementary education major. “I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.”

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ALS ice bucket challenge a worthy cause

“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”

These were the words uttered by Lou Gehrig, one of the most well-known victims of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in his farewell speech from baseball between games of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. Gehrig had such an impact on the American public — particularly New Yorkers — that ALS would even be nicknamed after him: Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Now, take a moment to look at your Facebook newsfeed. Yes, I’m giving you permission to put this wonderful newspaper down for a couple seconds.

Alright, welcome back to the paper.

What did you see on that newsfeed? I’m willing to bet that you saw quite a few ice bucket challenge videos.

At first, these videos were hilarious and fun to watch. Then you probably got a little bored. And then you learned what the videos are actually about — ALS awareness and fundraising.

While they may be clogging your newsfeed, each and every video is vital to the ALS fundraising model.

Though it may seem like a bunch of people dumping ice water on their heads to get out of donating money to ALS research, every video has the potential to exponentially increase awareness of ALS. Let me quickly explain how exponential growth works, and you’ll see what I mean.

Imagine you’re hosting an impromptu dance party on the North Mall. You want this dance party to be huge, so you invite one person and tell them to invite one person and for that person to invite another

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and so on. In a few hours, you have about 150 people for your dance party and you dance the night away in style.

The next day you realize you want another impromptu dance party, but you want it even bigger.

With this goal in mind, you invite three people and tell each to invite three people and so on.

This time in a few hours you’ve invited the entire population of Springfield and then some. Your party reaches epic proportions, and the North Mall turns into the reincarnation of Woodstock, leaving your dance party to continue for three straight days.

See what I mean about exponential growth?

On the same note, the ALS ice bucket challenge is perhaps one of the greatest marketing tools ever employed. According to the ALS Association, as of Aug. 23 ALSA donations — as a direct result of the challenge — have reached $62.5 million.

That’s incredible, isn’t it?

Thanks to those of you who have done and watched this seemingly pointless challenge. You have indirectly raised millions of dollars, and according to ALSA, 1.2 million new donors have made this possible as well.

So what does it mean?

It means that anytime you see an ice bucket challenge video, you should share, retweet, reblog etc. until Twitter and Facebook shut you down for overuse. And if you haven’t done the challenge yet, do it. A few of our awesome MSU administrators have already beaten you to the punch, so you have some catching up to do.

Letter to the editor When reading “Pay attention to what happens in the world around you,” many things came to mind. The first being I am one of those who do not ‘pay attention’ to the news. I don’t turn on the TV at all during the week and seldom on the weekend.

The only news I receive are blips on my phone and then I choose what to pay attention to. I don’t need the news inundating me 24/7 to make a difference in the world.

And to all other people who don’t “pay attention” it’s okay because we live in America and have that right.

My next thought responds to the paragraph “As an American citizen, this is not okay. When things are bad, … a citizen must perform” and that is while so many

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people are listening and focusing on all the immoral things happening in the world, I spend my time focused on what I can do as one person to make a moral impact on the world. Since I don’t spend the majority of my time on a phone, on Facebook, on Twitter, listening to the radio, reading the newspaper or watching TV, I have plenty of time to help my community through my volunteer work. I focus on the good and work to bring as much good into the world as possible.

You mention “holding these positions of authority accountable” and yet we don’t even hold ourselves accountable. I say to all of those who feel that the police take things into their

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own hands too often, how would you feel if you needed them and they weren’t there?

What if no one ever wanted to be a police officer or military personnel? What would America look like then? My brother puts his life on the line in the military and as a police officer and detective for many years. He put himself in harm’s way to even protect those citizens that didn’t like or appreciate anything he did for them. Try thanking the military, police officers, firefighters and all others who put themselves in harm’s way so that we can rest easy instead of hanging them before the facts even come to light.

What if the “brave reporters” hadn’t shown up in Ferguson, Missouri?

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MSU’s new alert system a great step

By The Standard Editorial Board On page 2 of this week’s issue of The Standard, you’ll find Annie Gooch’s story about Missouri State University’s new text alert system.

As the story notes, MSU no longer operates their alert system through an “opt-in” model, having changed to an “opt-out” model.

This means that every student at the university is automatically signed up for the alert system with the contact information that each student has provided.

Students can then add as many phone numbers and email addresses as they like, all of which will receive the alerts.

This way students and their parents can be aware of any emergencies or closings that affect the university.

Jay Huff, assistant director of Safety and Transportation, said that before this system was implemented, less than 50 percent of the students at the school were enrolled to receive the alerts.

Now, students will have to actively choose to avoid receiving these alerts.

The Standard would like to commend MSU on this move, and we think it represents a big step in the direction of improved student safety, especially after a few mishaps last year that could have been handled better.

However, there’s still a lot of responsibility that comes along with this new system. Ensuring that students are informed about events that may present a dangerous situation is incredibly important — but so is ensuring that the warnings come in a timely manner, as well as not using the system for non-emergencies.

Many students, as well as The Standard, felt that on occasions such as the Greenwood Laboratory lockdown in September 2013 and the simultaneous incidents at Drury and OTC in October 2013, adequate information was not provided to the students about the events occurring, often leading to learning about potential dangers via Twitter, Facebook or word of mouth — not always the most reputable sources of information.

But if the university quickly and effectively tells us when we need to be concerned about something, it’ll be a win-win situation for everyone involved.

If all of these guidelines are followed, and a majority of students continue to choose to receive the alerts, the new system is sure to be far more helpful than the previous one.

Would the family and the police have been able to sort things out in a more peaceful manner? I guess we will never know. What if the reporters had waited for the facts instead of sensationalizing the story? Is it really more important to sell newspapers and TV spots than it is to wait for the truth before reporting? Was there really only one person in America shot that day or was this just the one that could sell the most newspapers? Until all media stops printing opinions instead of facts, they will continue to be part of the problem and not the solution. As for the “peaceful protesters,” what purpose does standing there with signs in the middle of the night serve? What if those

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Do you think this would be a better way to spend their idle time? Standing in a group to protest, talking about or reading about all the troubles in the world won’t help them go away.

So the next time you want to spend hours (yes, society spends hours connected to media) wasting time on all the news, go volunteer somewhere. Be the good.

Focus on the good. Report the good.

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Calendar Tuesday, Aug. 26

Women’s Equality Day, all day, entire campus, free

Wednesday, Aug. 27 Happy hour live, 5:30-7 p.m., University Plaza, free Downtown book club, 5:30-7 p.m., Coffee Ethic, free Josh Abbott band and Stoney Larue, 7:30 p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $20-25

Thursday, Aug. 28 Foam party, 9 p.m.-midnight, North Mall PSU, free

Friday, Aug. 29

Ganesh Chaturthi, all day, entire campus, free

Saturday, Aug. 30

Strength Foundation and wellness seminar, 12-3 p.m., 506 S. Jefferson Ave., free Bat/cave awareness and bat flight, 11 a.m.-dark, Sequiota Park, free Wine tasting and live entertainment, 5-9 p.m., 5448 N. Berry Lane, free

Sunday, Aug. 31

Fourth annual Labor Day “Run for History”, 7:30 a.m., 902 S. Quarry Road, $20-40

Monday, Sept. 1

Labor Day, no classes and offices closed

Briefs

Best college in the Midwest

The Princeton Review selected Missouri State University as one of the best schools in the Midwest. Their 2014 online list of “Best Colleges: Region by Region” dubbed Missouri State as one of 155 schools to receive the “Best in the Midwest” designation and has been included for the past 11 years.

Missouri State was chosen under the assessment of student surveys, academic excellence and the evaluation by the Princeton Review’s staff and college advisers.

“An important factor in their selection process is information they received through a survey of our students,” said Don Simpson, associate vice president for enrollment management, in a press release. “That’s the best endorsement we can get.”

Media department gets funny

Missouri State University’s Media, Journalism and Film Department launches their second Web series, “A Little Help.”

The episodes follow an aspiring comedian, Ringo, who wants to head to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. Leaving home however, is a little tougher than Ringo had imagined.

His hippie parents, expecting sister, rabbit-loving best friend and romance makes the idea of taking on a new adventure complicated.

The series was created by screenwriting graduate student Kevin Shabel and converted to a Web series by Shabel and senior graduate student, Nicholas Peltz.

The series’ main actors include BFA theatre majors William Bixby, Beth Domann, David Greathouse, Cecilia Dorhauer, Drew Dively and Emily Feldt.

Many faculty, staff and students in the College of Arts and Letters, including both graduate and undergraduate students from media production, digital film, electronic arts, graphic design, journalism, communication, public relations and theatre and dance make up the production team, according to a press release.

You can watch all four episodes of the Web series online at http://alittlehelp.missouristate.edu/watch-now.html.

Fraternity raises money for puppies, by puppies

Sigma Pi fraternity’s annual “Rent a Puppy” philathropy event raised over $1,000, Monday, Aug. 25. The high heat index didn’t stop over 200 people from coming out to play.

Zach Reil, Sigma Pi community service chair, said, “100 percent of the proceeds go to Route 66 Rescue to help foster dogs find a good home.”

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Pride Marching Band battling the heat at practice. They will perform at the first home football game on Sept. 13.

The Bears go marching in

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Notes, steps and practice are just a few items students in the marching band must know and do throughout the school year. It may be demanding, but Missouri State University’s Pride Marching Band has fun filling the campus with music and during their performance. “(Marching band) is a combination of hardwork and fun,” said drum major and music education major, Ben Todd.

Over the summer, the drumline and color guard had weekend camps, and the week before school started, all marching band students participated in Band Camp. At the New Student Convocation, the band performed for over 1,000 people in the soccer stadium, due to the construction of the football stadium. “(They are a) good group. Last week they worked hard, and learned things as fast as we pushed it out to them,” Jerry Hoover said.

Hoover has been the Pride Marching Band director for 29 years and says he loves every bit of it.

“I like it all, bands are versatile. (You can wear) so many different hats, (whether it’s) playing in the parade, concerts, football games or entertainment,” Hoover said.

The band is currently practicing for five home game performances and pre-game shows.

This year, the drumline will perform at Palen Music in Springfield in March, at Mozingo Music in St. Louis and at the Runway Loud fashion show at the Welk Theatre in Branson.

“Band is the highest visibility of anything on campus and you can see us playing around cam

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Pride Band color guard creates a sea of maroon as the practice with the marching band. pus … we’ve played at the Macy’s Parade in New York City three times and the Rose Parade two times,” Hoover said.

Marissa Kyser, a senior instrumental education music major and plays the trumpet in the band, is excited for one particular event on Nov. 1.

“The Bands of America Super Regional,” Kyser said, “it’s a big honor.”

Pride Marching Band will perform during the

Exhibition Performance: Bands of America Super Regional that is held in Atlanta, Georgia. This event is a two-day competition for high school marching bands. The Pride Marching Band will not participate in the event, however, it is an honor for them to be invited to perform.

The over 300 person marching band has many challenges ahead of it, but it is ready for the performances and practices it will undergo during the 2014-2015 school year.

Students read, MSU listens Public affairs mission supported by ‘The Heart and the Fist’

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Many were read, one was chosen.

“The Heart and the Fist” by Eric Greitens was selected from several faculty and student suggested works as the common reader for this year’s GEP courses.

A selection committee made up of faculty, staff, a student representative and representatives from MSU’s West Plains campus and Ozarks Technical Community College chose the book.

The current chair is English senior instructor John Turner.

Associate provost for student development and public affairs Rachelle Darabi said the goal of the common reader is not only to promote the book to MSU students but also to share the book with other Springfield schools and the community.

The book focuses on Missouri native Greitens who started out doing humanitarian work in refugee camps and became a Navy Seal deployed to different areas such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Southeast Asia.

After returning from Iraq in 2007, Greitens founded The Mission Continues, a non-profit organization helping veterans to serve and inspire their communities when they return home.

Director of first year programs Michael Wood said nearly 60 books were suggested to the selection committee. After they were narrowed down to four, the committee read the potential four books over winter break of last year.

Wood and Darabi said the committee looks for a book to match the yearly public affairs theme.

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Freshman GEP students picked up their copy of the common reader at the bookstore.

This year’s theme is The Ethical Citizen: Can You Make a Difference?

The committee settled on “The Heart and the Fist” because it not only matched the theme but other pillars of the public affairs mission such as ethical leadership and cultural competence.

Darabi said when students read stories from figures like Greitens, they start realizing they can make contributions to the world.

“They figure out you can be a single person and make a difference,” Darabi said.

While the book follows Greitens through violent situations in countries like Rwanda and Bosnia, he does not spare the graphic details of war.

Wood and Darabi said the faculty on the committee were concerned about the graphic nature of the book but said the student representative, Cassie Schmidt, pushed for the book because it depicted the reality of war.

“I know a few of us were worried about the graphic nature, but she said it’s showing real life and it’s engaging,” Wood said.

GEP instructor Kelli Farris, assistant director for co-curricular involvement, actually suggested the book to the committee after student engagement assistant director Victoria Culver suggested it

to Farris.

Farris said every chapter in the book has a clear theme or message she plans to discuss in class.

“There’s a lot of conversation in the book about doing service, whether it’s humanitarian efforts or on the front line,” Farris said.

Besides the topics relating to public affairs, Farris said a strong suit of the book is that conflicts and politics mentioned in the book directly relate what students will hear about in current news.

“This isn’t us reading a history book. It’s really about talking about his perspective, his story and his lessons and how they can apply to students,” Farris said.

Since freshmen students have just started on the book, Farris said she is waiting to hear student feedback on the book as a whole.

As far as the graphic descriptions and emotional moments in the book, Farris said she is preparing students to read those parts after they become more comfortable with each other in the class in order to create a safe space for discussion.

Farris said she plans to have her class nearly finished with reading the book before Eric Greitens speaks at MSU on Oct. 28 for the Public Affairs Convocation.

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Sin City: A dame not worth killing for

“Sin City’s where you go in with your eyes Trevor open, or you Mitchell don’t come out at all.” That’s Movie the mantra of Reviewer Johnny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s @Trevorisamazing headstrong gambler, one of the main characters of “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.” Whether Johnny comes out of Sin City will depend on his luck. How you feel coming out of “Sin City” will likely depend on how you felt about the original.

“Sin City,” when it came out in 2005, was a well-received film that was almost a shot-forshot remake of Frank Miller’s graphic novels.

Everything about it — the flashes of color breaking through the black-and-white world, the hardboiled dialogue, the larger-than-life animation — felt, and still feels, like something completely novel.

And therein lie many of the problems with “A Dame to Kill For.” It’s simply more of the same — it just doesn’t feel new anymore. While that’s fantastic if you want more of what “Sin City” delivered nine years ago, it’ll be a disappointment for anyone hoping for an evolution on the original.

As with the original, “A Dame to Kill For” is broken up into several stories — three big ones,

along with an intro story starring Marv, the massive mountain of a man played by Mickey Rourke. “Just Another Saturday Night” follows Marv as he does what he does best — smash unpleasant folks into a pulp.

Director Robert Rodriguez, along with Miller, seems to have realized the best part of the original “Sin City” was unquestionably Marv’s story “The Hard Goodbye,” as he is featured in three of the movie’s four segments.

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This time around, it’s Ava Lord, played by Eva Green, who steals the show, in her segment “A Dame to Kill For.” It’s the main story of the movie, and at times feels like it’s dragging on a bit too long. But when Ava shows up, it’s impossible to look away from the screen.

To use the phrase “maneater” to describe Ava would be an understatement. She goes through men like wet tissue paper, her green eyes visibly glowing with delight as they fall at her feet.

Josh Brolin does a fair job taking over the role of Dwight from Clive Owen as he tries to get revenge on Ava, but in a film that mostly relegates women to supporting roles, it’s hard not to root for the bad girl to win just once.

The other two stories are a bit of an oddity,

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them, but apart from Green’s performance, nothing in particular stands out this time around.

If you’ve never cared about “Sin City,” this won’t be the thing to reel you in.

Lust, greed, pride — these are all no big deal. But boredom? Now that’s an unforgivable sin.

$26.99 at Petsmart. What if your dog has an allergy to gluten and needs grain-free dog food? A 24-pound bag of Blue Wilderness Grain Free Large Breed Puppy Food costs $54.99 at Petsmart.

Pets need to go to a veterinarian. Like humans, animals need different shots to help keep them from getting diseases that could be deadly. A typical veterinary bill at Divine Veterinary Clinic for a puppy is an average of $60. Puppies will need to go to the vet almost every other month at first. However, as they get older they only need to go about twice a year for their vaccines, which cost around $20 each.

“It is very important that animals go to a veterinarian regularly. Rabies is the most important shot to get. It’s actually required by law. The rest of the shots we recommend as a preventative. Kennel cough is absolutely contagious. You could get it and pass it to your dog just by being around a dog that is kennel cough positive,” Sally Smith, vet technician at Divine Veterinary Clinic, said.

Dogs require more attention than cats and most caged animals. A big reason of this is due to the fact that dogs need to be taken outside to use the restroom unlike other animals.

Cats use litter boxes which need to be cleaned out regularly or else it results in a foul odor throughout the home and can cause the cat to no longer use the litter box.

Megan Williams, a senior business major, has an almost one-year-old Mal-shi named Brutus. She jokes, “I should have named him Shadow because he follows me everywhere.”

She got Brutus to live with her in her loft because she was lonely. Living in a loft means Williams has to walk farther to take Brutus to the bathroom. “I don’t like to feed him late at night so he won’t potty on the floor,” she said.

All animals need to be shown love and affection, just like any human. They look up to, and rely on, their owners in many ways.

Although having a pet is a big responsibility it can be greatly rewarding. There is nothing quite like coming home to an overly excited pet that is always there to greet you.

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having been written by Miller specifically for the film. “The Long Bad Night” sees Gordon-Levitt challenging the corrupt Senator Roark (played

by Powers Boothe, who should have kept the mustache from the original) to a game of poker and the consequences that occur when he wins.

Gordon-Levitt plays a cocky gambler well, and Boothe still gives one of the best performances in the series, but as a whole the segment falls short.

“Nancy’s Last Dance” fares a little better, as Nancy (Jessica Alba) is finally given a chance to do something other than dance in the strip club various characters frequent.

Where Nancy was primarily a damsel in distress before, she’s taking charge to finally take down Roark, who she views as responsible for the death of her savior John Hartigan (Bruce Willis).

Hartigan appears as a ghost trying to comfort Nancy, tragically unable to reach her, and tragically reminding us that Willis was one of the best parts of the first movie.

There’s not a lot to see in “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” that wasn’t done better in “Sin City,” and it’s not really clear why. The cast and crew are mostly the same, but the movie never reaches the same kinetic, fun feeling that imbued the original.

Perhaps it’s the lack of original material to shoot the last two stories from — “Sin City” was essentially an exact translation of frames from the graphic novel.

I spent a lot of time in the theater thinking about parts of the original and how much I liked

Dogs and cats are adorable, especially when they’re so little and young. They’re full of energy. They’re fluffy and so good to cuddle. They love you no matter what. They’re always excited to see you.

They’re so much more than that though.

Having a pet takes a lot of responsibility.

They need food. There are many different pet food brands and prices. A 15-pound bag of Bil-Jac Puppy Select Formula Puppy Food is $31.99 at PetSmart. A 31-pound bag of Purina Beneful Healthy Growth Puppy Food costs

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Women’s soccer (1-1-0) Friday, Aug. 22 Missouri State 0 0 –– UMKC 0 1 ––

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Sunday, Aug. 24 Missouri State 1 Utah State 0

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Men’s soccer Wednesday, Aug. 20 Missouri State 1 1 –– Missouri S&T 1 0 ––

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Thursday, Aug. 28

Football: 6 p.m. vs. Northwestern State at Natchitoches, Louisiana

Friday, Aug. 29

Field hockey: 11 a.m. vs. Monmouth at West Long Branch, New Jersey

Volleyball: 5:30 p.m. vs. New Mexico State at Salt Lake City, Utah

Men’s soccer: 7 p.m. vs. Incarnate Word at home

Women’s soccer: 7 p.m. vs Tulsa at Tulsa, Oklahoma

Saturday, Aug. 30

Volleyball: 11 a.m. vs. Utah at Salt Lake City, Utah

Field hockey: 11 a.m. vs. Rider at Lawrence Township, New Jersey

Volleyball: 6 p.m. vs. Montana State at Salt Lake City, Utah

Sunday, Aug. 31

Women’s soccer: 4 p.m. vs. Oral Roberts at Tulsa, Oklahoma

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MSU signs new television agreement

MSU recently signed an exclusive five-year television agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., the parent company of KOLR-10 and KOZL, which began at the start of the 20142015 academic year.

The deal includes high-definition broadcasts of 17 basketball games per season –– eight men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games –– through the conclusion of the 2018-2019 basketball season.

Highlight shows for football and men’s and women’s basketball will also be aired.

MSU tennis to hold open tryout

The Missouri State women’s tennis team will hold an open tryout on Aug. 27 from 2-4 p.m. at Cooper Tennis Complex.

The tryout is open to all fulltime female students. Participants are to bring their own shoes, rackets and any other necessary equipment. Transportation will not be available and thos who attend will not receive excused absences from class.

MSU golf schedules released

The Missouri State men’s and women’s golf teams both released their schedules for the 2014-2015 season.

The MSU women’s golf team will play in eight tournaments, and will host the Payne Stewart Invitational Oct. 13-14 at the Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield.

The MSU men’s golf team will compete in ten tournaments, and will host the Missouri Valley Conference Championship April 2728 in Sunrise Beach, Missouri.

Bears rout Aggies in opener

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Senior midfielder Molly Huber dribbles past a Utah State defender during a game on Aug. 24. Huber scored a goal during the contest.

By Mike Ursery The Standard @MikeUrsery The Missouri State women’s soccer Bears (1-1-0) were literally the hottest show in town on Aug. 24, playing through near record-setting heat during a 2-0 victory against the Utah State Aggies (0-2-0) at Allison South Stadium.

The start time for the game was moved up from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m. due to an issued heat advisory. However, the temperature had already cracked the 90-degree mark at the start of the game.

“It was miserable. We tried not to think about it,” senior midfielder Molly Huber said. “We had a gameplan to let the other team think about it and that would be their uphill-battle, and we beat them.”

MSU quickly made the game an uphill-battle for Utah State, taking the lead during the fifth minute, when freshman defender Brooke Zimmerman recovered a rebound that deflected off of Huber on a corner kick from junior defender Lauren Fussell. Zimmerman found the back of the net to make the score 1-0.

“Fussell had a good shot on it, and then it deflected off of (Huber), and then I just finished up the trash,” Zimmerman said. “So the other girls helped me out, and it got me my first college goal.”

Zimmerman’s goal was also the first official goal recorded inside of Alli-

In pursuit of a dream

Sophomore defender Dobler signs pro contract to play in Switzerland, ending his college career at MSU

By Chase Probert The Standard @chase_a_probert

When the Missouri State Ice Bears met for their annual player orientation last week, it gave coaches a chance to lay out the team’s expectations and guidelines, gave players a chance to catch up with one another, and introduce themselves to new players coming into the organization.

However, none of them expected to be saying goodbye to one of their own.

Sophomore Chase Dobler announced, following the conclusion of the orientation, that he would be accepting a two-way contract to play for EHC Saastal and EHC Visp in southern Switzerland for the upcoming year.

“I couldn’t turn it down,” Dobler said following the orientation. “It’s the right opportunity at the right time for

me. My dream is to be a pro hockey player, so I couldn’t say no.”

Dobler gave his coaches and teammates an emotional farewell, informing the team of his final decision to play overseas.

“It all came out of the blue,” Dobler said. “I was getting ready for the semester and for the upcoming season when I got a call with a proposal.

We spent a few days negotiating, but we finally came up with something I was happy with, and we were able to finalize.”

Dobler scored two goals and registered six assists while playing in 34 games for the Ice Bears last year. He was one of four freshmen to skate for the D-II club during the 2013-2014 campaign and was a part of the team’s first trip to the D-II National Tournament.

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son South Stadium, with this game being the first regular season contest played at the new venue.

Junior goalkeeper Jessica Perry played a vital role in ensuring the Bears’ shutout of Utah State, recording six saves in the game. Perry made two big saves during the first half, one being a diving stop to her right side. The second was a save Perry made on a free kick from just 10 yards away.

“She had a good game today,” head coach Rob Brewer said. “We’ve known she has that potential, and she did an excellent job today.”

MSU struck again during the 53rd minute when Huber took a cross from Zimmerman in the box and shot the ball by the Utah State goalkeeper to increase the Bears’ lead to 2-0.

“I was really excited about it. I just kind of ran through,” Huber said.

“In practice I’ve been working on not swinging through, just letting it hit me and just place it in.”

Perry made another crucial save during the second half, denying a Utah State attacker of a goal on a breakaway during the 65th minute.

“I saw her coming through and I knew the defender couldn’t be there,” Perry said. “I took a good one to the stomach, and I couldn’t breathe for a second, but I got the job done.”

Next up for the women’s soccer Bears is a two-game road trip at the Holiday Inn City Center Tulsa Invitational in Tulsa, Oklahoma. MSU will face Tulsa on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. The Bears will play as the host team against Oral Roberts on Aug. 31 with a 4 p.m. start time. MSU returns home on Sept. 7 when it hosts Arkansas State at Allison South Stadium.

Men’s soccer Bears ring in new era with pair of wins Men’s soccer Bears go undefeated during exhibition tune up at new stadium

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn The Missouri State men’s moccer Bears, pre-season favorite in the MVC, started the Allison South Stadium era on the right foot with two quality wins as the university officially dedicated the field on Sunday.

“It was such a neat night tonight, seeing the dedication,” said head coach Jon Leamy. “Tonight was more about the stadium than anything else, but the boys played well.”

In the game on Wednesday the Bears welcomed Missouri S&T and won by a close margin, 2-,1 with a last-minute goal from freshman forward Ryan Burnyeat in front of a

crowd of 1,348 which would have been the program’s fifth-largest crowd had it been a regular season game. Sunday’s game was less dramatic, but the Bears still took care of the visiting Missouri Valley Vikings to win 1-0.

“We were a little bit more polished against S&T, not as many turnovers. Still a couple of things we need to work on but it was a good thing to get a shutout, to find the back of the net.”

The two games mark the only exhibition games MSU will play this semester before the season starts against Incarnate Word on Friday. For veteran players like seniors Brandon Besong and James Fawke, who was voted onto the pre season all-conferu See MEN’S, page 7

Volley-Bears show off new talent in annual scrimmage Freshmen shine in maroon and white game at Hammons Student Center

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

The Missouri State University’s volleyball team met last Friday for their annual open Maroon and White scrimmage. The teams were divided, but players were shuffled around to test lineups.

The maroon team began with this lineup: freshman Lynsey Wright, junior Kinsey McCarter, junior Elise Munroe, freshman Lily Johnson, junior Kayln Vlasin and senior Maddy Hogan.

The white team began with this lineup: senior Andrea Beaty, sophomore Tatum Marshall, freshman Brianne Dixon, freshman Lauren Boone, sophomore Hannah Steinbeck and freshman Caroline Finnell.

Senior MaryJo Kolze and freshman Mary Maerz were both inactive for the night.

A lot of anticipation leading into this season revolves around who will fill the starting setter position for the Bears. The position is vacant after being locked up by all-star Carly Thomas. The two setters vying for that spot are McCarter and Boone.

Both played well, and although an absolute starting lineup has not

been declared for the season opener, both are capable of doing exactly what the team needs them to.

“I felt like we played really well tonight,” said McCarter. “I thought the whole team came out to prove something, and we just went after it.

We have six new freshmen, and I thought they did a great job.”

Head coach Melissa Stokes was also pleased with the freshmen’s response to being on the court for the first time as collegiate athletes.

“I thought the freshmen all stepped up at different times and did some really good things,” Stokes said.

Freshmen Dixon, Wright and Johnson immediately displayed their abilities on the court. Dixon played with a lot of composure as if she was an experienced veteran, while Johnson displayed a powerful and accurate jump serve.

Wright played with a lot of passion, making it look like she was competing for a championship, not a scrimmage.

“The team atmosphere was perfect,” Wright said. “Defense was digging balls, hitters were connecting with setters — altogether it just flowed really well.”

Stokes put a lot of emphasis on the defense this season, and defensive specialists Hogan, Munroe and

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Marshall — who are returning play- entering into the tough stretch of ers — demonstrated a consistency in tournaments that the Bears open positioning and timing that showed their season with. better team synchronization.

MSU starts by travelling to Utah “We’ve been working a lot on this weekend for the Utah Classic taking the right steps to the ball, and where they will face New Mexico I really felt like we did that tonight State, Utah and Montana State. to back each other up,” said Hogan.

The Bears’ first home matches Both teams and each player come in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invireacted well to one another’s suc- tational Sept. 4-6. Teams they host cess, and the freshmen were vocal are Oral Roberts, Incarnate Word, and leading, something not often Western Kentucky and Wisconsinseen in any sport. This will be key Milwaukee.

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Bears football is back this Thursday, as the Bears travel down to Louisiana to take on the Northwestern State Demons.

This is also the start of my weekly game previews for The Standard. I’ll break down the opponent the Bears will be facing each week, give you some stats on them as well as other storylines to follow in the game, and then conclude with my prediction for the final outcome. So, let’s get started.

The Bears and Demons faced off in the season opener last year, in which the Bears lost 23-17 after letting the game slip away in the final quarter. The Demons went on to have a betterthan-expected year, finishing 6-6 in the Southland Conference, another D1 FCS conference like the Missouri Valley the Bears

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off and living their dream,” teammate and fellow sophomore Ryan Hogland said. “We’re upset that he won’t be playing with us, but he will be living out his dream. He’s a great guy that did a lot of great things for us and he was just as good of a guy off the ice.”

Head coach Bob Bucher was also very supportive of Dobler’s decision and was aware of the

play in.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Demons have a new coordinator in Ben Norton, who is responsible for the offensive line as well as offensive game plan.

The passing game looks like the strong point for the Demons’ offense with senior Zach Adkins at quarterback. Last year, Adkins threw for 2,712 yards with 21 touchdowns with only nine interceptions. He was voted Southland Newcomer of the Year as a transfer player.

Rushing is a different story for the Demons. They employed 12 different rushers last year, but running backs Garrett Atzenweiler and Daniel Taylor should see the majority of carries. The duo combined for 955 yards last season and eight touchdowns.

In the receiving corps, lead wide receiver Louis Hollier, who accounted for one-third of all receiving touchdowns last year, is gone. The Bears’ secondary is relatively young, so this will be a crucial area to watch as the Demons will look to test the Bears in the air.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Demons gained a new

Canadian-born player’s dreams to go pro.

“I am very excited for (Dobler) as he continues to follow his hockey dream. After our first conversation more than a year ago before he came to Missouri State, I knew his goal was to be a professional,” Bucher said. “I know that his year with us was one that helped him turn a corner in his playing career and he helped us turn a corner ourselves.”

When it came time to thanking people, Dobler was at a loss for words.

“I just want to thank everyone at Missouri

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team and returning defensive player of the year in the MVC, those two exhibition games will prove to be invaluable.

“It feels great. I know we were waiting a long time to get back out here. We’ve been playing well against ourselves, but it’s another thing altogether to get out here and play in front of these fans,” said Besong.

“I just have to agree with Brandon, I thought we had a good showing tonight. We showed brightness in front of the goal and we just got to keep pushing forward,” said Fawke.

Each contest saw plenty of action for the younger members of the team, helped by the extra time added onto the end of each game. For assistant coach Michael Seabolt, it’s a natural way to conclude an exhibition game.

“Well when you go into the end of a match tied they add on the extra time so it’s good practice for our guys and the main goal of exhibition is for everyone to improve, to work on mechanics so the extra time just makes sense,” Seabolt said.

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coordinator in Mike Lucas, who arrives from Sam Houston State. Calling his defense the “Purple Swarm,” Lucas describes it as an aggressive defense with a philosophy on swarming the opposition and playing with “calculated violence.”

Leading tackler Patrick Black is gone, leaving safety Adam Jones and linebacker Tyler Roussel as the team leaders. The cornerback play for the Demons is also strong with senior cornerbacks Fred Thomas and Imoan Claiborn both returning. The duo lead the team with five interceptions and 11 pass breakups.

I believe Missouri State is the better team; the Demons were a bad team against the run last year, allowing over 2,285 yards and 28 rushing touchdowns while giving up an average of 160 rushing yards per game. With the strength of the MSU offensive line and running back corps, the Bears should be able to dictate their will in the run game.

The Bears’ defense should receive a good challenge in taking away the passing game If the Bears can run like they are built to run, then I believe they will be looking at their first non-conference win since 2010.

State and in this hockey organization,” Dobler said. “There’s not one person I can call out individually. I loved everyone at MSU and here in Springfield. To be a kid from a small town in Canada and to be taken in the way I was, it just means so much. I can’t really put it into words just how grateful I am for my year here.”

Dobler left for Switzerland late last week, but encouraged family and friends to keep in touch either through Twitter (@ChaseDobler41) or through the EHC Saastal Facebook page. Dobler said his season would begin in September, right For freshman goalkeeper Liam Priestley and freshman defender Scott Midgley, the transition to college soccer is about an increase in fitness and pace, something the exhibition games have helped greatly with.

“It was hard at first, getting adjusted and getting the right fitness, but we’ve been working really hard with the coaches and in the pre season to give us the best shot,” Liam said.

Midgley agreed with his teammate, “It was tough coming from overseas. It’s hard to come in and make yourself known. It was tough getting into the fitness side of things, but we’re getting well after the first two weeks.”

Besong certainly agrees with that sentiment and says he see’s great things from all the freshman but had specific praise for Midgley.

“Yeah you can see these guys are definitely starting to get it. They’ve been playing well, getting good minutes. I mean look at Midgley. He was tearing up that right side and he plays my position. He’s gonna give me a hard time.”

The Bears have the week to prepare for Incarnate Word,

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around the same time as the Ice Bears’ season.

The Ice Bears will begin their season by traveling to St. Louis on Sept. 5 to face the NA3HL Jr. Blues in an exhibition matchup. The Ice Bears will begin their regular season the following weekend against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Mediacom Ice Park. Beginning this year, the Missouri State Bear Line will run a route from campus to Mediacom Ice Park for students to attend games. Students will also be able to purchase two general admission tickets for the price of one with two valid Missouri State IDs.

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The Missouri State men’s soccer Bears will open the regular season on Aug. 29.

who the Bears beat 1-0 last year, but Leamy is prepared for a tough game.

“They have a tough team, a talented team, but we’re gonna be ready. We want to give the fans a show,” Leamy

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The Bears take the pitch for their season opener on August 29 at 7 p.m. at Allison South Stadium.

Admission is free to all students with a valid MSU ID.

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