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Hundreds of supporters flooded Park Central Square for the 2019 Me Too Springfield rally.

Hundreds of activists flood Springfield square to show solidarity with sexual assault victims SARAH TEAGUE Editor-in-Chief @sarah_k_teague

Carrying protest signs, leaning on one another and looking on in solidarity, a couple hundred Springfield citizens demonstrated on Park Central Square on Saturday afternoon against sexual assault.

Me Too Springfield advertised Sept.

14 as a day to remember victims of sexual assault and harassment, and to celebrate unity as activists merged to proclaim their platform against sexual violence.

Me Too Springfield founders posted on the event Facebook page that the event’s purpose is to eradicate sexual violence.

“I love to be around these people,” said Savanah Kidd, a local high school student, as her chin quivered and tears flooded quickly into her eyes. “One of SARAH TEAGUE/ my friends who came with me last year, THE STANDARD she ended up talking to her mom for the Activists came to supfirst time about (her experience) and I port Me Too Springfield. know that was really helpful for her.”

Me Too Springfield President Jordan Harris gave a glimpse into her story — the driving force behind her involvement in this movement.

“When I was assaulted in high school, I wish that I’d had an organization like this to turn to, just have a community and to have supporters behind me to tell me that it wasn’t my fault and that they believed me,” Harris said. “So I hope that Me Too Springfield can provide that for other people.”

Several community influencers spoke to the crowd, including Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller, Missouri House Representative Crystal Quade, The Victim Center Executive Director Brandi Bartel and Jordan Harris.

Schoeller encouraged listeners to speak up when they experience or witness injustices so predators are held accountable.

“Evil and injustice thrive when we choose to be silent,” Schoeller said in his speech to the crowd. “Those who choose to do evil things are counting on our silence when they commit acts of victim-

ization and prey on others. For those here today who have a #MeToo story, your experience matters.”

Quade echoed Schoeller’s encouragement to speak out. She said witnessing others share their #MeToo stories gives her courage.

“I know sometimes it can be hard to get up and want to come out here — to make a sign and say #MeToo — it’s not easy,” Quade said in her speech. “But I hope that you continue to wake up on these days and find that bravery inside of you, because I promise you it’s making a difference.”

Bartel, executive director of The Victim Center, spoke to participants about violent crime statistics of the Ozarks region. She said one in six boys and one in four girls will experience sexual assault “before the age of 18.” She disclosed the Victim Center annually serves between 900 and 1,000 victims of sexual assault. u See ME TOO, page 8

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“Even though I walk through the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and staff, they comfort me.”

Psalm 23:4.

This bible verse has been engraved in the mind — and on the body — of Missouri State’s new volunteer assistant coach, Craig Massoni.

Earlier this summer, Massoni woke up to a lot of bleeding near his belly button. There was a purple mass that had taken over his entire belly button, and it had burst open. He took a quick shower and bandaged it up, hoping that would hold up while he went to coach the Arkansas State Red Wolves on their senior day.

After he threw batting practice, he sat back in his chair and looked down to see blood covering his white uniform. Once again, he bandaged himself up and coached through the game.

Afterward, he went to see a doctor at urgent care to stop the bleeding. Two days later, he saw a surgeon for a biopsy.

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Hong Kong protests send ripples through Springfield CARISSA CODEL News Editor @CarissaCodelTV Protesters in Hong Kong are now entering the third month of demonstrations.

These protests began as a reaction to a proposed extradition bill, but have grown into a movement no one saw coming — not even Hong Kong.

Before Hong Kong became a part of China, they were a British colony for over 150 years, according to the BBC. “The two sides reached a deal in 1984 that would see Hong Kong return to China in 1997, under the principle of ‘one country, two systems.’” Helier Cheung and Roland Hughes with the BBC said in an article on Sept. 4.

This principle meant Hong Kong would have their own autonomy, except in foreign affairs and military operations.

“As a result, Hong Kong has its own legal system and borders, and rights including freedom of assembly and free speech are protected,” Cheung and Hughes said.

However, there have been multiple protests in the past ten years stemming from the growing oppression of the Chinese government.

In 2000, Missouri State University began an exchange program with China. What started as a few dozen grew to over 700 students.

MSU students can also go to China, but Director of Study Away Programs Elizabeth Strong said her office is now warning students about the dangers of going to Hong Kong due to ongoing protests.

Strong said no MSU students are currently studying in Hong Kong.

On the opposite end, about a half a million Chinese students study outside of China every year, according to Michael Borich, a faculty member of the media, journalism and film department.

Borich taught in China for two years and sponsored multiple Chinese students.

When he came back to the U.S., Borich and his wife wanted to continue their involvement in Chinese culture.

“We wanted to stay really involved in the Chinese community, so my wife and I have been attending the Christian Chinese church in town for about 12 years now,” Borich said.

He stays up-to-date with Chinese media by reading the Chinese Daily, an English language newspaper.

“China is a master of propaganda and misinformation,” Borich said.

Protests for autonomy persist

Keeping up with the media and community in China, Borich shared his knowledge on the protests occurring in Hong Kong.

“It’s almost like if you were to write a ‘Jason Bourne’ movie,” Borich said. “I mean it’s got all this complexity and skullduggery.”

These protests are nothing new to the country, though. According to Borich, China has seen similar issues in the past.

“There has been this ripple across China for quite awhile, really since the early ‘90s, which is, I think, a pushback against the authoritarian government,” Borich said.

This pushback is what resulted in protests throughout the streets of Hong Kong.

Borich called these protests the “young people’s revolution” which began a few years ago during the Umbrella Revolution.

“The Umbrella Protests was when the protesters had very colorful umbrellas, and when the government troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets, they would open their colorful umbrellas to shut out the smoke,” Borich said.

Those protests began because the people of Hong Kong wanted more autonomy. Borich

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said during that time, China was encouraging its government officials from Beijing to exert more control over Hong Kong.

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eroding and ‘Big China’ is starting to become more controlling of Hong Kong,” Borich said.

This time, the protests began after Hong Kong proposed an extradition bill. If enacted, the bill could force people who commit crimes in Hong Kong to be prosecuted or serve jail time in China.

Hamish Lam, a Hong Kong native currently living among the protests, said it is getting worse. A Standard reporter-in-training, Scott Campbell, reached Lam by phone.

“The focus of the protest has switched to being against police violence,” Lam said. “Even after (Chief Executive Carrie Lam) said that the (extradition) bill was retracted, the protests actually didn’t die down.”

Lam said the chief executive does not represent the public, in his opinion.

“We have almost no power to say whether we want her to be the chief executive,” Lam said.

One of the biggest differences in the current Hong Kong protests and the Umbrella Revolution is the amount of media coverage through international news outlets.

During previous protests, Borich said the government was able to control the media from the inside and the outside.

“So you’ve seen, because of new technology, the Internet, students studying abroad — students want China to be open like the rest of the world,” Borich said.

Aside from media being an issue for China, Borich said they are also concerned about their students studying abroad.

Borich said the students who study in North America or Europe often realize how much freedom they are missing out on.

Undercover infiltrators

Borich said there is credible evidence that the Chinese government has been infiltrating the protesters in Hong Kong.

“They send operatives who say, ‘I am pro-democracy,’ and then they start creating violence,” Borich said.

Borich said these operatives break into buildings and cause damage so that the government

can show the other citizens how “violent” the protesters are.

“So it looks like, ‘Oh, I thought the protesters were nonviolent but look — they’re fighting, they’re rioting,’” Borich said.

Lam confirmed this theory. He said the police are putting knives or bricks in protesters’ bags so when they get searched, government officials will find the weapons and the protesters will get arrested.

“Some participants actually captured images of the undercover police throwing molotov cocktails, and that person is actually bearing a gun,” Lam said. “The next day, at the police press conference, the police came out and said this is not a gun that our policemen are equipped with.”

However, citizens of Hong Kong are not allowed to carry guns. Lam said after researching the gun, people found out it was a part of police equipment. Multiple international news outlets reported on this incident, including Newsweek, on Aug. 12.

the continent Antarctica.

Senior information technology major Ethan Davis works as a global ambassador for the Study Away office, helping students figure out where they want to go and how they want to get there.

“We offer just about everywhere, so it’s a really fun experience to really help out a student,” Davis said.

Last year, MSU sent over

office is most likely not in Beijing or Shanghai, but in Hong Kong.

“It is one of the world’s financial centers and one of the most densely populated areas of the world,” Borich said. “There are more concentrations of wealth in Hong Kong than anywhere in the world because you have these big international banks, a tax-haven for American corporations.”

Borich said the United States Congress constantly cries for supporting worldwide democracy, but it is more “complex.” He said this complexity is because China says America is behind the democracy protests.

“What happens to Hong Kong is going to have a great effect on the United States, but our government has to be careful because of Trump’s trade war with China,” Borich said.

Borich said the Hong Kong demonstrations have thrown another complexity into America’s relationship with China.

Lam said the protests so far have not impacted the American companies in the area, but that could soon change.

“I think everyone understands that people in Hong Kong are not that violent,” Lam said. “I don’t think these few months will really change people’s minds in terms of whether Hong Kong is a safe country — I think it’s more the approach and attitude of the government.”

Lam said if the government continues to oppress protesters, it could affect the “willingness of foreign businesses and foreign people staying in Hong Kong.”

Because China has such a big market, Borich said what happens there will affect the economics in the United States, whether that be through protests or a trade war.

“I know the trade war is affecting farmers,” Borich said. “Iowa has a huge market in China and now because of the trade war, China is not buying very much soy beans, beef, pork, milk and so on.”

The Des Moines Register wrote about Iowa farmers suffering due to the trade war on May 10.

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Hong Kong is going to have a great effect on the United States.”

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More than a trade war

Dandan Liu, the coordinator of the office of China programs, vice president of research and economic development, said these protests have no impact on MSU’s China programs.

“It’s not impacting our students at LNU-MSU or Chinese students here in Springfield,” Liu said.

Unlike Liu, Borich said everyone in China is paying attention to the protests and every Chinese student is impacted. He added this may be because Chinese students want freedom for themselves.

Borich sees Springfield as connected to China because students and teachers come from and go to China.

He said the protests go beyond Hong Kong, it is affecting the rest of the world, and America.

“It may seem, to the West, that it is a struggle for freedom and independence but there are strategic interests for the United States, there are economic interests for global corporations,” Borich said.

According to the U.S. State Department, 85,000 Americans live in Hong Kong. Borich said if Americans do business in China, their

600 students through the Study Away program, Davis said.

Along with many foreign countries, there are also in-country options for students who want to study in places such as Los Angeles or New York.

One unique study away trip offered right now is a trip to Antarctica. The trip is offered by professors Andrew Cline and Paul Rollinson. While the two have offered unique study away

experiences in the past, like traveling to countries such as Russia and Tibet, this is the first time an MSU study away program will be offered for the continent.

Two classes are being offered as part of the trip: field experiences in geography, which is a required course for students in the geography department, as well as a documentary filmmaking class. u Read more at the-standard.org.

While Borich said the trade war affects all Americans in a very obvious way, he said the way China handles these protests for autonomy will impact the relationship between the two countries.

Borich said if Hong Kong is not solved in a way the U.S. sees fit, the trade war will continue, and eventually Americans will feel the effects “in the pocketbook.”

No end in sight

Aside from affecting the country as a whole, the Hong Kong protests also hold significant weight in Springfield.

MSU has partnerships with 11 cities in China, going as far north as the Liaoning Province and as far south as Hainan. However, the university does not have a partnership with Hong Kong.

He said while the trade war and protests are taking place, it is important to remember that the people do not always represent the government.

“We tell Chinese students remember to separate the government from the people,” Borich said. “Students would say to us in China, ‘We really like you, you’re good Americans, we just don’t like your government.”

Lam said the longevity of the protests surprised a lot of people. He said the people of Hong Kong are known for not resisting. But, the millions of people taking to the streets are breaking that stereotype.

“It’s really hard to say how long this will last,” Lam said.

While Borich has high hopes for the protests, he does not know when the demonstrations will end.

“I don’t think it’s going to be solved any time soon,” Borich said. “Once these young people have experienced a taste of freedom and openness, they don’t want to go under the thumb of ‘Big China.’”

Reporter trainee Scott Campbell contributed to this report.

The Standard reached out to MSU’s Multicultural Center, the Director of the Multicultural Center Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, Stephen Robinette with the Office of China Programs, the Vice President of International Programs Jim Baker and the Director of International Services Patrick Parnell for an interview, none of which responded.

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‘The Nightingale’ weaves a cruel tale of colonial revenge

Cuddle season is an airborne disease — watch out for feelings LINDSAY FARROW Columnist @lindsayfarrow28

DAVID WHEELER Reviewer @DontTellThe_Elf

As the post-summertime sadness begins to fade away and the semester blues begin to settle in, the faint remnants of fall begin to flutter into our memories. The desires for crisp air, layered clothing and pumpkin flavored everything begin to grow stronger and we lose our lust for the thrill of summer in search for something a little more permanent.

Summer may be the season for late nights, spontaneous adventures and flings, but we all know autumn doesn’t only bring with it endless reruns of “Hocus Pocus” on whatever they call ABC Family now. No. Fall — like every single guy you’ve probably ever been attracted to — has baggage.

And that baggage is the dreadful time of year known by many as “cuffing season.”

Let us refer to Urban Dictionary as a precursor for those of you unfamiliar with the phrase just mentioned. “Cuffing season” is defined as follows on Urban Dictionary: “During the fall or winter months when people would normally rather be promiscuous find themselves along with the rest of the world trying to be ‘cuffed’ or tied down by a serious relationship. The cold weather and prolonged indoor activity causes singles to become lonely and desperate to be cuffed.”

Basically, the colder it gets the more you want to just stay home, crack open a bottle of Winking Owl and catch one of those “Hocus Pocus” reruns.

But you want to do it while possibly very close to somebody and under a very soft blanket. It’s an actual airborne disease and it’s VERY real.

Now, the truth of the matter is that nobody should care about being “cuffed.” If it is there and happening for you, that’s amazing and I’m sure that it feels great to have that person there for you. But, if you are currently “uncuffed” or are currently branding yourself “uncuffable,” do your thing. Why waste your time searching for somebody to cuddle with when you could waste your time doing things like binge-watching “Real Housewives of New York City” or accidentally getting involved in a pyramid scheme with a girl you used to go to high school with?

I admit my alternatives were maybe not the most appealing, but my point is don’t pour your energy into trying to gain something that sounds great for a moment but is shallow in the longevity department. Take time to pour energy into yourself first. Do things that you enjoy and are interested in.

Whether it’s reading Hemmingway novels, learning how to make a perfect martini or going to hot yoga and brunch every Sunday, spend your time investing in who you are as an individual.

The love and romance will always find you. Which, is seriously the biggest cliche piece of advice I could give you, but it’s true.

So, if the thought of a lonesome cuffing season is u See FARROW, page 8

“The Nightingale,” the latest film from Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent — who delighted and horrified audiences with “The Babadook” back in 2014 — finds her orchestrating new horrors by rendering the Old West sensibilities of “True Grit” into the carnage of “I Spit on Your Grave,” both revenge films led by young women seeking bloodthirsty retribution.

The film is a meteoric tempest of unabridged colonial violence relegated to occupied Tasmania in the early decades of the nineteenth century.

Unquestionably, is the setting Kent chose to implant her take on revenge a harsh one.

England's occupation of Oceania — the geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia — saw immense genocide of the indigenous people, one of which is Billy, the Aboriginal guide to the vengeful Clare, an Irish convict who, in the opening segments, witnesses the murder of her infant child and husband while being raped by the British Lieutenant who presides over her.

The film is a volcanic boiling of every fiber of humanity at its most wicked, situated in one of the darker periods of British colonialism, a period of violence dubbed the Black War where British colonists and Aboriginal Australians met each other in blood.

It is also a dual exploration of revenge in microcosm and macrocosm — Clare seeks revenge for her slaughtered family, while Billy, only realizing later, seeks revenge for his slaughtered people.

Clare’s weaponry, aside from burning, womanly vengeance, knives and flintlock rifles, is her voice. Dubbed “the nightingale” in her small village, she coercively sings soft melodies at the local tavern populated by British soldiers. Like the voices of women crying out in this new age of justice, Clare uses her own to vanquish her tormentors.

With the current resurgence in rape-revenge films, no doubt incensed by #MeToo, it would seem modern cinemas are once again a repository for sexual violence, challenging men and women alike to be confronted with the harshest of realities.

Yet, in opposition to the violent outings of yesteryear — the very graphic “I Spit on Your Grave” included, among the like of Wes Craven's “The Last

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Should we boycott businesses who do not support our interests?

KATHERINE COOPER Columnist @k8iek8_ In an increasingly tense political climate and with the rampant usage of social media to “cancel” businesses and declare them boycotted for some political practice, you begin to wonder where to draw the line. Where is the line between “This business does not deserve my money anymore” and “Well, not every place I like to eat is going to be an advocate for my political preferences.”

A few businesses that are popularly marked for their reputation in taking up these controversial policies include Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby and Walmart.

But there are stark differences between all three of these corporations that make the manifestation of their political views different and with varying degrees of impact.

Chick-fil-a — a midwestern favorite — has come under fire in recent years for remarks made by the president and CEO, Dan Cathy.

On a religious radio show, Cathy made comments about protecting the sanctity of marriage and denounced the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same sex marriage. It also came out that their business was making contributions to known anti-LGBT organizations such as National Organization for Marriage. However,

ANNELISE PINJUV Columnist @Annelisepin We have all become familiar with the deaths and severe illness that are being linked to vaping. Every article on the topic has stated two things in common: We have no idea what is causing the illness, and everyone needs to stop inhaling anything that is vaporized, immediately.

According to Reuters Health News, almost one in 20 Americans currently use e-cigarettes, equating to roughly 10.8 million people. Over half of them are under the age of 35. That’s a large number of people who want concrete answers, not an article telling them that

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er breaks and rests during long shifts, and denial of overtime pay. These are just a few of the more popular criticisms of Walmart, but there have been other lawsuits involving wrongful termination, declining pay rates, unsafe working conditions, and opposition to labor unions. There was even a major incident this past summer where a Walmart subreddit was raided by Walmart officials, and many were fired for making memes and jokes about how bad working for Walmart is.

While these three companies have policies that are at the very least questionable, and the very most abominable, they are three companies a large majority of college students and young adults refer to when shopping and eating.

Chick-fil-A is the least guilty of the three, and at least no longer make conributions to anti-LGBT organizations. Hobby Lobby is probably in-between, with their practices remaining constitutional, and with their providing healthcare other than contraceptives being a consolation.

Walmart is probably the most guilty corporation of these three, and shopping there is exploitation and subjugation of these awful incidents, but is probably the one you will least likely avoid when grocery shopping and looking for cheap goods at a convenient location.

House on the Left” and grindhouse sexploitation — Kent, penning her own script, takes the rape-revenge genre and instills within it a veritable sensibility. Unlike the boisterously-crafted genre film of the same type in 2017's “Revenge,” Kent orchestrates the violence and abhorrent cruelty with subdued realism. No fountains of blood, no exposed genitalia, and no grisly accentuated gore.

Blood certainly flows, but the violence is denounced and condemned, only conducted in a way apropos to realism.

Even so, the film's incessant proclivity for showcases in inhumanity gets tiring rather quickly. The first-act sexual assault and murder is cataclysmic, sending the heart into a rapid and disturbed ticking, and signals the serving of a cold dish of revenge that follows.

But scene after scene thereafter, the film habitually lays on cruelty after cruelty, where every breathing man wandering the oceanic island of Tasmania is cheerfully equipped to manufacture severe speech and the readying of a flintlock rifle when their paths are crossed by Clare and Billy.

I cannot continue without mentioning the best element of the film — the eruptive performances by Aisling Franciosi as Clare, and Baykali Ganambarr as Billy. Their reciprocated need for revenge, where their faces and voices become that of beasts, is equally counterbalanced by the measured tenderness they are allowed to display in the film's quieter moments.

Colonial racism is entrenched in every corner of this film's historical world, but the shedding of this between Clare and Billy as the film goes on is touching, if a little overly maudlin in certain final-act interludes.

Still, with the film's 136-minute runtime, one begins to feel weary at a certain point in the latter half, and it is of no fault to the constant miserablism at work here, as one would think. No, there is a peculiar awareness to some stop-and-go plotting in the final act.

Certain scenes and sequences almost beg to be cut from the final product here. Those blameworthy of this are nightmare sequences that evoke those from “The Babadook.”

While they may emphasize themes, these particular themes have already been deployed sufficiently enough previously. u See WHEELER, page 8

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Chick-fil-A’s serving and hiring procedures do not reflect these policies, and it is well known that they do employ and serve LGBT members of the community in the same way they do any other customer.

Hobby Lobby is different in the way of their policies reflecting their opinions.

Since the roll out of the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, this corporation is known for their Supreme Court case in 2014 in which they were being sued for refusing to provide birth control under their healthcare plan for full-time employees on the basis of their religious beliefs.

While a corporation that employs thousands of people across the country, they were enabled by the Supreme Court decision to exercise their religious freedoms through these policies, and were exempted from providing contraceptives through the healthcare plan. This policy, while based in religion, just like at Chick-fil-A, did manifest itself into policies that affected its employees.

Walmart is not rooted in religious values or conservative political opinions, but rather is more controversial for their poor business practices and abominable working conditions. Since 2005, they have been involved in popular class action lawsuits, one of which in Missouri, for forcing employees to work off the clock, denial of prop-

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vaping is simply dangerous.

The Food and Drug Administration is working tirelessly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get to the root of the problem. Right now, they cannot link the new illness to vaping, but it is the one constant in every case.

Many adults have started using e-cigarettes to quit smoking real cigarettes.

Should they go back to regular cigarettes?

Probably not, considering smoking is known to cause lung cancer and heart disease. The issue with vaping is that no one really knows the long term effects of these products. All we know is that 450 people have become ill with a sickness that is not a virus or bacteria, and is hard to treat because it is foreign to doctors.

Every person that has become ill has reported using some type of vaporizing products. Many of them have reported using vaporizers to consume THC, the psychoactive constituent in cannabis. This is the real kicker. If you go to a vape shop and pick out a flavor of juice to put into your vaping device, you can read the ingredients on the bottle, as well as determine the amount of nicotine in the product.

In places where marijuana is recreationally illegal — Missouri being one of them — people buy marijuana vaporizing products off the streets, often from people they don’t know. Not only do they not know the products THC concentration, they also have no idea

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Mac Miller, Childish Gambino and Anderson .Paak are some of the rap artists who struck a chord in sophomore supply chain analytics major Jake Skinner. When he was in middle school, rap inspired him to start producing music, and it’s recently caught the attention of a record label.

Skinner grew up in a “musically centric” family in St. Louis and credits Mac Miller for inspiring him to start producing his own music.

He began to produce in middle school, using nothing but his phone and the help of countless YouTube videos. Today, he has three producers who help him with production from St. Louis. “(Mac Miller) was the first guy, the first white rapper that made me like, ‘I could totally do that. I can wear a snapback and be a white rapper too,’” Skinner said, laughing at himself.

“That really propelled me.”

Skinner said much of his songwriting inspiration comes from listening to other artists such as Anderson .Paak, who inspired him to combine multiple different genres into his music.

Other sources of inspiration come from personal experience.

“Places of trauma,” Skinner said. “That’s where a lot of art comes from obviously. I’m an edgy little SoundCloud rapper, so I have to have a lot of trauma, you know?”

Although Skinner makes lighthearted jokes about his SoundCloud projects, he still takes it seriously. Over the summer, he worked on his music in his studio in St. Louis for six to seven hours a day. During the school year, he dedicates around one to two hours a week on his music.

“For me, music is therapeutic,” Skinner said.

“I do it in my free time to decompress and relax, so a lot of (inspiration) comes from stress relief.”

Skinner also creates music with his friend

and fellow musician Ethan Redick, sophomore business finance major at the University of Arkansas, who has over 38,000 monthly listeners on Spotify under the name “Ethan Patrick.”

Although Skinner and Redick recently released a song called “Feelin’ Good” together, the two did not always like each other. They met as teammates on the football team in fourth grade but sparked a rivalry that would last longer than four years.

“Ethan didn’t like me because I was the starting quarterback, so he used to say that my dad being the head coach was the only reason I was quarterback,” Skinner said. “We hated each other all of middle school, so we had this ridiculous beef. Then, I started making music in high school and Ethan hit me up one time, and he was like ‘Hey, man. I’ve been making music too.’ Then, we just kind of got together, and I was like, ‘Okay, I won’t hate you anymore.’”

Now good friends, Skinner and Redick have been collaborating with each other for the past two years, but they still butt heads frequently.

“As an artist, he’s very meticulous and would sometimes get on my nerves because I just wanted to finish, but I mean, that’s what I needed to make sure we were putting out the best possible stuff we could,” Redick said about Skinner. “As a friend, it’s great. We would go play basketball or just chill in his basement for entire days just thinking of ideas and having fun together.”

Redick said their differences work well for them because Skinner enjoys “the lyrical deep meaning side of things,” while Redick looks for “the catchy hooks and melodies,” and they combine both aspects to create a story they think listeners will enjoy.

“Ethan and I have separate personalities, and we definitely butt heads a lot because we’re both control freaks and like to be in control of the creative process,” Skinner said. “We’ll always be arguing when we’re recording … but

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Jake Skinner, musician and MSU sophomore, has over 20,000 streams on SoundCloud. overall, we come togethneeds to be portrayed “Places of trauma — that’s more a little bit.” er in the end.”

Skinner said he and Skinner’s next steps where a lot of art comes include Redick collaborate well traveling to Mibecause of the way Skinami, Florida, in the from obviously.

I’m an ner’s higher range and coming months to meet Redick’s “raspy, bluesy edgy little SoundCloud with a record label who he says has signed a few kind of growl” contrast each other. rapper, so I have to have a big artists. He has been “I think when we in contact with the label combine that together, lot of trauma, you know.” for the past year, but he says he still plans to put our harmonies work -Jake Skinner pretty well, and we just school before music. kind of came together naturally,” Skinner said.

“My first priority is getting my degree and Skinner’s motivation to keep making music building my resume because like I said, muover the years has been fueled partly by the sic has been more of a therapeutic thing for number of plays his songs have been receiving, me,” Skinner said. but what motivates him most, he says, are his He said he plans to tour a school in Miami hopes of building up his platform to a point because even if he signs with the record label, where he can create “the very niche music” he he wants to finish his degree with a double wants, beyond what he thinks others will like. minor in international business and Chinese.

“If I were to get to a point where I could His music follows no particular theme, but he said he tries to get a message of “truthful- sustain myself off of music, then I would absolutely pursue that, but I don’t think I’m ness” across to his listeners.

“I don’t talk about things I don’t do, like I there yet,” Skinner said. “Fingers crossed. don’t say I’m out here with guns,” Skinner said. Maybe I’ll come back with a record deal.

“I’m a very realistic person. I think that kind of That would be pretty awesome.”

Program partners students, nonprofit organizations ANDREW UNVERFERTH Staff Reporter @overander Students looking to learn some new workplace skills, gain leadership experience and impact the Springfield community might find an opportunity to do so through the Leaders in Community Service program at MSU. Leaders in Community Service is an organization on campus which partners student members with non-profit organizations in the Springfield community, providing them with an hourly wage in return for their service.

Alecia Sturgeon, president of LCS, said her three years in the program have involved helping the community, making new friends and finding new experiences.

“You get to go impact somebody’s life,” Sturgeon said.

“You get to go learn real-world skills. You get to go test out your career.”

Community service is a standard part of the work study program for universities, but according to Cheryl Combs, faculty advisor for the program, MSU’s focus on leadership is what makes LCS unique.

Combs said students aren’t merely assigned to Springfield nonprofits. A key part of the program is that students are placed in some sort of leadership position to participate in community service while also furthering their leadership skills and education.

Sturgeon said there are a number of other benefits for students working with LCS, perhaps the greatest being the sense of giving back to the Springfield community.

“You really get to interact with the community and see what they need,” Sturgeon said. “And you sometimes get to be that little glimmer of hope that they want to know is there.”

Megan Prather, graduate assistant for LCS, said the organization currently consists of 39 students. Of the 41 nonprofit agencies partnered with the organization, 28 of them have student volunteers for the school year.

At the beginning of the year, the students and nonprofits come together for the annual agency mixer. There, Sturgeon said, the nonprofits present and allow the students to decide which ones they would like to apply for. After an interview process, the nonprofits select the students they intend to hire.

Prather said there is a limit of two students per nonprofit, as LCS wants to ensure that the volunteer work is spread somewhat equally among the organization’s partners.

“There are a lot of really popular nonprofits, but we also want to give attention and help to those that are smaller and still growing,” Prather said.

Prather said the nonprofits partnered with LCS are sometimes near campus, downtown or further but are all within the Springfield community. They include Child Advocacy Center, Boys & Girls Club, Eden Village and many more.

Many students choose their nonprofit based on the sort of experience they want to gain in their major’s field, Combs said. However, some students find a seemingly unrelated position at a nonprofit can substantially change their idea of what they want to do with their major.

“We’ve had students that have actually stayed within the same educational major but maybe changed the direction they were going with that, and they’ve pursued a full time career within a nonprofit agency or a community,” Combs said.

Combs said she has seen many students positively changed by the end of their time working with their nonprofit. Prather also said student testimonies and evaluations from their agency supervisors indicate students grow from being in leadership positions.

“We want them to be the best leaders that they can be in this position and then on into their careers,” Prather said.

Information regarding eligibility and application for LCS can be found on the organization’s website.

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MSU junior, Morgan Ladyman, heads to LA this summer to perform at the Celebration of Music Competition.

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MSU student to perform at Celebration of Music in LA SHANNON NOONAN Staff Reporter @shannon_noo Connie Ladyman recalls a time she had taken her then 10-year-old daughter, Morgan Ladyman, to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. The pair watched the actress float down on the stage in front of them.

Several years later, Ladyman landed the role of Mary Poppins in a production at Gibault Catholic High School during her sophomore year.

“I remember sitting in the audience crying tears of happiness not ever thinking Morgan would someday be floating down in front of an audience,” Connie Ladyman said.

Now, the junior communication sciences and disorders major will participate in the Celebration of Music, a competition showcasing young talent from across America, as a singing talent.

The Celebration of Music is a talent competition hosted by Ethan Bortnick, a young musician whose career was kickstarted by the Public Broadcasting Service. Bortnick created the competition in order “to give young musicians the same opportunities that PBS afforded him” as a kid.

Morgan auditioned for this competition by submitting a video after a friend of hers in the theater department shared the opportunity with her.

Morgan has been singing competitively since she was a young girl. She has auditioned for several talent competition shows including The Voice, where she received three callbacks, America’s Got Talent, where she received one callback, and American Idol.

Morgan made it in the top 40 participating in the St. Louis Teen Talent competition and even won the 92.3 WIL competition in 2014 as a freshman in high school. As a reward for winning the 92.3 WIL competition, Ladyman opened for several artists at the Jinglefest Concert at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri.

This win came after a loss of the same competition the year before which caused Morgan to seek out the assistance of Joe Zarkie, a vocal coach, who encouraged her to join a teen band.

For their first gig, she had to learn 40 songs in the span of two weeks.

“She looked so natural,” Zarkie said. “I am in awe, even today, when I watch those videos, realizing that was her very first performance with the band.”

Those performances and competitions mean more to Morgan than just success.

“I loved every single one of these,” Morgan said. “While

I did not win every one, I truly think the reason I loved being a part of them was simply just experiencing the love of music with so many other people.”

Zarkie, who continues to work with Morgan, recognizes her passion and determination for singing, but also her kindness.

“I believe the most valuable asset Morgan has is her faith and willingness to help anyone who needs it,” Zarkie said.

“On top of everything else, she has a heart of gold. I have worked with hundreds of students in my lifetime and without a doubt, Morgan is my number one favorite.”

Although Morgan’s main focus is on singing, she is a woman of many talents. She also plays the piano, flute and guitar.

“I have been playing the piano since I was 5,” Morgan said.

“I could not even reach the pedals. I played the flute from fourth to eighth grade, but I do not play that too much now.

And I just recently started learning how to play guitar.”

Much of Morgan’s interest in music stems from her childhood when she constantly sang karaoke with her grandpa and performed in musicals, starting the summer after fifth grade. Since then, she has starred in at least three shows a year and performed with bands in restaurants and festivals across the St. Louis area.

Morgan’s mom, Connie, even took it upon herself to take her daughter to New York City once a month to see a Broadway show through the half-price ticket booth.

Though her parents have supported her passion for music, Morgan said her parents are not musical themselves.

“Going to New York City with my mom and seeing all of the shows on Broadway definitely had something to do with me falling in love with the art of music,” Ladyman said. “But everyone always asks me if either of my parents sing and my answer to that is ‘Heck no!’ I am not exactly sure where my love for music came from, but it is definitely not hereditary.”

Ladyman’s inspiration springs from those who love music as much as she does, she said.

“I really turn towards musicians and artists that are in it for the real reason, to spread love and joy through music,” Ladyman said. “I look up to any musician that truly puts their heart and soul into everything they do.”

Although Ladyman has experienced success in her musical career, she remains grounded and recognizes and appreciates where she comes from and what she has.

“Go Bears!” Ladyman said. “I am super excited to embark on the L.A. journey and cannot wait to experience the industry out there. However, my heart is forever here at Missouri State.”

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MSU professors talk climate change

‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ ZOE BROWN Lifestyle Editor @zoe_zoebrown

principles of sustainability. She said her hope for students enrolled in her courses is for them to understand the diverse world around them.

Meyer said climate change is often debated in politics but thinks politicians should be talking about the facts.

“Climate does change naturally,” Meyer said. “But what’s happening right now is not a part of the natural climate change process. Never before in earth's history has so much carbon dioxide been pumped into the atmosphere in such a short amount of time.”

Meyer said the earth’s coral reefs grow by taking carbon out of the ocean thus pulling it out of the atmosphere. She

There’s nothing I hate more than a lengthy, pretentious film. The Peanut Butter Falcon was the absolute opposite; an engaging story running at 137 minutes.

The Peanut Butter Falcon has a dreamlike quality. The plot is not realistic, but the actors deliver, making it genuine and easy to believe.

The story follows a young boy named Zak, played by Zack Gottsagen, who has Down syndrome.

Because Zak does not have a family, he is housed by the state at a retirement home. He obsessively watches wrestling videos to the annoyance of his roommate Carl. Zak had enough of the retirement home and stages an escape, with the help of Carl, and the intention to get to the wrestling school featured in his favorite videos.

He slips out of the window and starts running away wearing only his underwear. After a while, he finds a hiding place on a small boat. While Zak is still hiding on the boat, a commotion ensues, and someone speeds off, driving the boat away from shore. From here, a highspeed boat chase takes place. Tyler, played by Shia Lebouf, sets a fire on shore and steals the boat. Zak begins to vomit in the carriage of the boat and his cover is promptly blown.

Self-concerned Tyler gets the two of them to shore and essentially says “sayonara” to Zak, leaving him to make his own way while Tyler intends to run away from the dock workers who seek revenge upon him.

Zak, on his own for the first time, starts to be

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Judith Meyer is the geography program coordinator.

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James River Power Station used to be a coal-fired powerplant before switching to natural gas.

According to the EPA, coal plants released 1,241 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2016.

KATHRYN DOLAN Staff Reporter @kathryndolan98 Climate change has recently become one of the most discussed issues in politics today and Missouri State University is filled with experts on this topic.

A survey done by The League of Conservation Voters found that 55% of the surveyed general election voters consider climate change a crisis or a very serious problem, and another 24% consider climate change a somewhat serious problem.

Associate professor Scott Worman has taught a variety of archeology and anthropology courses at MSU over the past seven years and has a professional background in both of these fields.

As a professor, Worman said he has the opportunity to potentially shape students’ views of the world. He said he hopes students taking his courses realize the importance of studying the past to better understand today’s issues.

“We can’t plan for the future unless we understand the

past and how we got here,” Worman said.

Worman says people have been changing the world around us since we became modern humans, around 200,000 years ago.

“The idea that we can have no effect on the environment is ridiculous,” Worman said.

We have to evaluate the way in which we are changing the environment and think about how we can help ourselves to better modify the planet so it can be beneficial to us, Worman said.

“The planet itself is going to be fine until the sun expands in 5 billion years and burns it up,” Worman said. “We’re not going to actually destroy the planet, but what we can do is make it uninhabitable for humans.”

Worman said because humans continue to pollute the natural world by transporation and agriculture, we are affecting non-human life too.

“There’s a whole bunch of species going extinct,” Worman said.

Worman said species extinction is a natural process which has happened through-

out geologic history, but Worman said it’s important to examine the rate of extinction.

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, natural species extinction occurs at a background rate of one to five species per year. The article, “The Extinction Crisis,” says scientists estimate humans cause species to go extinct up to 1,000 times the normal rate.

Worman said people who deny climate change are denying science.

“It takes intellectual backflips to be able to deny (climate change),” Worman said.

According to The Guardian, about 99% of scientists now agree that the climate is changing and we are causing it.

Worman said people are less likely to believe things they aren’t ready to accept and many choose to ignore what’s happening around them.

“I mean look at the weather patterns we have (in Missouri),” Worman said. “It’s really really hot out and it’s mid September — it should be cooler than it is right now.”

Climate models show the climate will become unpredict-

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able and overall warmer, Worman said.

“It’s hard for me to understand how people don’t notice this extreme weather,” Worman said. “Hurricanes are getting bigger and stronger, droughts are getting longer and drier, floods are getting wetter.”

Worman said the United States is able to insulate itself from the worst of what’s going on.

“If we get a hurricane we have insurance and can rebuild,” Worman said, “whereas in less developed nations, if extreme weather hits you’re just screwed.”.

From a technological and biological perspective, Worman said human damage to the planet is not irreversible. The United States has the technology to shift over to clean power and grow more than enough food to feed ourselves.

“We can solve all of these problems but what we don’t have is the political will or economic incentive to do so,” Worman said.

Judith Meyer, geography program director, teaches a variety of courses including

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Members of the Missouri State student section showed their support for the Bears at the Oct. 21 homecoming game. The Bears lost to the Leathernecks 31-14.

The Missouri State football stadium was renamed Plaster Stadium in 1991 after an expansion plan was put into action. Previously, it was Briggs Stadium.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference celebrates its 35th season, college football celebrates 150th season MONICA BLAKE @monicablak3 Sports Reporter

This year celebrates 35 years since the inaugural season of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Missouri State has participated in the MVFC since its first season in 1985. In its first 34 seasons, the MVFC has produced countless All-Americans and combined for nine national championship titles.

The history of MSU football extends much further back than 1985, though.

“In the early years of the school, when it was a much smaller school in a much smaller city, (the football team) was vitally important to the identity of the campus and of the city,” MSU donor, 1991 alumus and history junkie Scott Whiteley Carter said.

The first MSU football game dates back to 1909. Missouri State, then Fourth District Normal School, took on Springfield High School.

According to Carter, opponents were usually based on geography rather than size and age before World War I. This included colleges, high schools, YMCAs or any other organized team.

From 1909 to 1929, the football field on campus was located where Freudenberger House or “Freddy” is now. In 1929, the location was switched to Plaster Stadium’s current location, but it had a much different look. There were no stands for fans to watch the game, only the field.

The first football stadium at MSU was built in 1941. It was renamed Briggs Stadium in 1971, after long-time athletic director, Arthur Briggs. Briggs is known as one of the pioneers of MSU athletics.

“As a university ambassador, I actually worked in the President’s Box at football games,” Carter said. “When I first started doing it, it was at the old Briggs Stadium where the President’s Box barely seated four people.”

The stadium was then expanded in 1991 and named after donor, Robert Plaster. The expan-

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Missouri State’s football field used to be where Freudenberger House is located now. It was moved to its current location in 1929, and the first stadium was built in 1941. It was renamed in 1971 as Briggs Stadium and again in 1991 after Robert Plaster, who donated money for the stadium’s expansion. sion included a bigger President’s Box, thankfully to Carter, as well as an additional 8,500 seats, 24 luxury suites holding 10 people each, a 40-seat luxury box and a new press box.

“I was not involved in the discussions, but I certainly suspect Mr. Plaster probably would not have given the money for the student union if not for the football stadium,” Carter said.

“The first amount of money he gave the university was for the football stadium.”

To celebrate their 35th anniversary, the MVFC has been releasing league moments in 10 categories including but not limited to top FBS wins, against the top 25, fantastic finishes, top playoff moments and streak snappers.

One moment considered for MVFC top FBS wins was an overtime win for Missouri State against Oklahoma State in 1996. It was the first NCAA Division I-A overtime. “(Football) has long played an important

role as a rallying point for the history of the university,” Carter said.

Another consideration for Missouri State was their highest-ranked team win against No. 3 McNeese State in 1996.

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Football loses big in New Orleans, returns home on Saturday The Green Wave scored two touchdowns, a pick six and a field goal to put go up 24-0 in the second quarter before the Bears responded.

Senior quarterback Peyton Huslig threw an The Missouri State football team moved 11-yard reception to redshirt freshman running to an 0-2 start for the season after a 58-6 loss back D.J. Frost in the second to get MSU on the to Tulane. board. Sophomore kicker Parker Lacina’s extra AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandasullivan14

point attempt was blocked, and the Bears went without a score for the remainder of the game.

Huslig’s night ended early after he threw three interceptions. Sophomore Dalton Hill took his place late in the third quarter.

Huslig ended the night with 128 passing yards and the lone touchdown to Frost. Hill

had three incompletions before time ran out on the clock.

Senior linebacker McNeece Egbim led the Bears’ defense with eight tackles, and senior safety Austin Henderson followed with six.

Missouri State will face Kennesaw State at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Plaster Stadium.

Defense keeps Bears undefeated during homestand STEPHEN TERRILL Sports Reporter @Stevethe2nd Through four wins the Missouri State men’s soccer team has only allowed one goal.

Defense has been at the center of the Missouri State men’s soccer team’s season so far.

A 1-0 victory against Central Arkansas on Tuesday, Sept. 10, showed the strength of the Bears’ back four — Central Arkansas only attempted three shots in the entire game.

The match was scoreless going into the final minute when junior forward Josh Dolling scored the game winning goal with 41 seconds left.

“We want to keep shutting teams out,” Missouri State associate head coach Michael Seabolt said after the victory against Central Arkansas. “We’re going to do that by being on the front foot and defending high. The goals will come if we do that.”

Defense again came up big for the Bears in a 2-1 overtime victory over Tulsa on Saturday.

An early goal by Tulsa was the first allowed by the Bears all season, but it was the only one Tulsa would get.

Redshirt senior forward Ian Jones scored to tie the game in the 81st minute, and Dolling scored his fourth goal of the season in overtime to win it.

“They game was getting a bit tough there — we weren’t playing like we normally do,” Dolling said after beating Tulsa. “But we got the one chance we needed, and I put it in.”

The Bears have won an award because of

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(Left) Senior Ben Stroud goes up for a header.

(Above) Junior Josh Dolling celebrates after scoring the winning goal with 41 seconds left on the clock. The Bears beat Central Arkansas 1-0. their defense as well.

Sophomore midfielder Jack Denton was named the Missouri Valley Conference’s defensive player of the week on Sept. 10 after a two-assist performance against UMKC on Sept. 7.

Denton was quick to credit his teammates, however.

“The back four help me out a lot,” Denton

said. “They tell me where to be and when to be there. I feel like I’m almost their puppet — I do what they say, and it seems to pay off.”

The back four defenders for Missouri State are not a set group of four, but a larger committee.

Injuries and other factors have lead to substitutes playing substantial roles off the bench.

In the Bears victory over Tulsa, redshirt

freshman defender Hugo Jönsson, who had only played in one other game, came in for injured junior defender Greg Stratton. Jönsson ended up having assists on both Bear goals.

The Bears have the opportunity to test their defense against Missouri Valley Conference foe Valparaiso on Wednesday, Sept.

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Volleyball team adjusts to injuries DEREK SHORE Sports Reporter @D_Shore23 The injury bug has bit the Missouri State volleyball team lately and three words have defined their 2019 season so far: “Next woman up.”

The Bears are embracing that approach after losing several players due to injury, headlined by standout sophomore Amelia Flynn.

Interim head coach Manolo Concepción declined to go into specifics about the nature of the injury but said Flynn could return by the end of this month when Missouri Valley Conference games start.

“She has been recovering; she has been rehabbing,” Concepción said.

“She is doing everything that she needs to be doing. She is taking care of business. We know sooner rather than later we will count on her again.”

Even with the injuries, Concepción is impressed with the team’s willingness to step up and make up for that lost production.

He said the players are open to doing whatever is needed to help the team be successful.

The volleyball team is also coming off its third tournament.

In the opening night of the MSU Fall Invitational, Missouri State knocked off a Power 5 school for the sixth consecutive season on Sept. 12.

The Bears powered past Kansas State behind sophomore Chloe Rear, who notched her second triple-double of the season.

It was the Bears’ first win against the Wildcats since 1990.

Concepción praised Rear’s versatility, who played three different positions during the tournament. She alternated from outside hitter, right side hitter and setter.

“To see players like that, ‘We before me,’” Concepción said, “that is something we are really excited about.”

While the volleyball team finished

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(Above) Sophomore defensive specialist Leah Vokolek gets a dig against Kansas State.

(Top right) Freshman setter Kennedee Anderson serves the ball.

(Bottom right) The volleyball Bears celebrate after getting a point against Kansas State.

The Bears beat the Wildcats for the first time since 1990 on Sept. 12. the tournament with a 1-3 record, a bright spot was the emergence of sophomore Sara Worsley-Gilbert. She was lone the Bears’ representative on the all-tournament team.

Concepción said the tournament was a breakthrough weekend for Worsley-Gilbert. She transferred to Missouri State from Texas State this year.

Worsley-Gilbert helped the Bobcats to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2018. In 2015, she was

named an AAU All-American as a member of the Orlando Tampa Volleyball Academy. “(I’m) very excited to see how she has come into her own,” Concepción said. “Her aggressiveness and ability to play against eye-level blockers (stands out). She is a big weapon offensively. I think she is somebody who opponents are going to have to worry about when the MVC starts.”

The Bears play their final noncon-

ference weekend Sept. 20-21 at Ball State, where they will take on the host Cardinals, Wright State and Austin Peay.

Senior Aubrey Cheffey said she is excited about what’s ahead with the team.

“If we play like we are capable, we all get better and keep working hard —we’re going to do good,” Cheffey said.

Missouri State, which was predicted to finish third in the Valley in a

preseason coaches poll on Aug. 21, plays at Illinois State on Sept. 27 to start their conference schedule.

Concepción expects his players to answer the bell.

“We will be ready,” Concepción said. “The way we train and develop allows everyone to play everywhere.

It allows everyone to have a value, so everyone has to step up. I think we will have good depth whenever everyone gets back.”

Women’s soccer has winning weekend at home

them to the locker room, that way they had plenty of time to cool down,” Brewer said. “I think that worked well for us.”

The Bears struck quickly in the first half; freshman forward Unnur Bergsdottir scored her third goal of the season in the 17th minute.

The Bergsdottir goal was the deciding one, but the Bears’ defense was given a tall task in containing Murray State forward Miyah Watford, who had four of the Racers seven shots. “(Watford) really just wanted to run at us,” said junior goaltender Kaitlin Maxwell, who has 36 saves this season after beating Murray

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The Missouri State women’s soccer team won on Friday and Sunday, beating Tulsa 5-1 on Friday and Murray State 1-0 on Sunday.

The match against Tulsa had a quiet first half.

The Bears passed up several shot opportunities in favor of passes, something Bears head coach Rob Brewer has said in the past the team needs to improve on.

The second half had significantly more offense. Tulsa dominated the first 15 minutes of play, leading to a Tulsa goal in the 54th minute. In the 62nd minute, junior forward Jordan

in less than 17 minutes, completely taking Tulsa out of the game. Sophomore forward Kennady Orlick scored the final two goals 3 minutes apart.

“This week we’ve really been working on driving to the end line and finding open people,” Orlick said after beating Tulsa. “In that moment, I was given an easy pass and put it in.”

The 1-0 victory against the Murray State Racers on Sunday was a hot one — the temperature on the pitch reached 105 during the game.

The Bears used 21 different playKAITLYN STRATMAN/THE STANDARD ers and a unique rest system to comSophomore Sierra Fury prepares to head the ball. bat the heat.

“When a player would come off Eickelman scored the tying goal.

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(Above) Activists came from all over the Ozarks region to support Me Too Springfield.

(Right) Community members at the rally gave speeches and performed.

ME TOO:

“It doesn’t matter who you are — it’s not a political issue, it’s a consent issue.” - Tyler Lee, Springfield resident

“Unfortunately, it is also statistically true that the college-aged population is particularly at risk for … sexual violence,” Bartel said. “I think a lot of that is stemming from unhealthy beliefs about what a relationship looks like and what consent looks like — that (consent) can be removed, given away and that it’s your body, your choice to control when consent is given.”

Tyler Lee, a Springfield resident, said she has experienced forms of harassment since she was a child. She said she’s witnessed this happen to not only girls, but boys as well.

“I remember in second grade having that happen to me — having boys dared to touch me, and it’s wrong,” Lee said. “It happens to little girls, and little girls should

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would change his life: He had stage 3 melanoma.

“I don’t think there’s anything in your life that prepares you for that moment,” Massoni said.

According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer is the most common type of cancers.

And while melanoma only accounts for one percent of skin cancers, it is the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer.

The ACS projects about 96,480 new cases of melanoma and roughly 7,230 deaths in 2019.

When the doctor told Massoni how serious the cancer was, Massoni immediately called three people — his mom, his dad and Missouri State baseball head coach Keith Guttin.

Guttin and Massoni had previously agreed that Massoni would join the staff on July 1 before any official team events happened, so he could get acquainted with the rest of the staff and the community.

“I told him, ‘Look, I’m really excited to be there, but this is what’s going on,’” Massoni said. “‘I don’t know what it means for my upcoming schedule, and I understand how competitive this business is, and if you guys feel like you need to move on, I totally understand.’ And he responded to me like I was nuts. That made me feel really good.”

Guttin said Massoni’s dedication to developing student-athletes and his resume made him a desirable candidate for the position.

“He was our choice, and we certainly weren’t going to back down from that because of an illness,” Guttin said.

But instead of moving to Springfield, Massoni headed to Nashville, Tennessee to seek treatment and be with his family.

During that time, Massoni received many calls and texts from the baseball staff checking

not have to go through that.”

Lee said she came to the event to spread awareness that sexual assault crosses party lines and affects all people.

“I’m here because I want people to understand these things can happen to anyone — it doesn’t matter where you swing politically, it doesn’t matter what your gender is or what your sexuality is

… girls can hurt boys and boys can hurt girls,” Lee said. “It doesn’t matter who you are — it’s not a political issue, it’s a consent issue.”

Meanwhile, Me Too Springfield leadership encouraged event participants to sign a petition to remove Greene County Judge Calvin Holden. The organization alleges Holden gives lenient sentences to those convicted of sexual crimes.

in on him. but I thank him for that,” Massoni “It’s very humbling to see peo- said. ple wrap themselves around you Raffo let Massoni take on the during a difficult time,” Massoni hitters and threw him right into said. “More importantly, to see the fire. He said Massoni showed people wrap themselves around the utmost dedication to the my family. I don’t go through this players, and in return, they realone. No one is going to convince spected him and wanted to be me that my mom’s not losing sleep him one day. over this.”

“We think about him everyday Massoni said his first reaction here,” Raffo said. “He left a great was shock. But soon after, the impression of work ethic, comfight-or-flight decision creeped mitment and passion for the game. into his mind.

It rubbed off on a lot of people.

The 27-year-old credits his life There will always be a following experiences and competitiveness for Craig Massoni here.” to the fact that he immediately And the following doesn’t stop jumped into fighting mode, asking there. A few of Massoni’s homethe doctor to tell town best him what to do to friends have created a Goget better.

Now, no “I do feel fortuFundMe acmatter what I nate to have mencount in his tors that not only honor. face, between taught me the When his game of baseball my family and friends origibut taught me how nally reached my faith, I never out to him to be a man and how to deal with feel like I’m going about the things,” Massoni idea, Masthrough it alone.” soni politely said.

Massoni grew -Craig Massoni declined. up just outside of But soon San Francisco. Afthe bills ter playing community college started rolling, and when the ball, he transferred as a junior to friends reached out a second time, Austin Peay State where he won Massoni said he realized there Ohio Valley Conference Player of comes a point when you have to the Year. humble yourself and accept help After the MLB draft, he spent when you need it.

“It’s pretty incredible what two years playing for his hometown team, the San Francisco people have done for me and my Giants, before moving on to play family,” Massoni said. “To take three years in the independent that financial stress off of this, leagues, including the Gateway that’s one less thing to worry Grizzlies. about and lets me focus on doing In 2017, Massoni began his my job when I’m here and being coaching career at Arkansas State, a patient when I’m at the hospiand in just two years, helped cre- tal.” ate a powerful offense that finSince Massoni is a volunteer, ished in the top of the division. he doesn’t get paid by Missouri Massoni said he is grateful to State. The NCAA allows three Red Wolves head coach Tommy full-time roles — one head coach Raffo for delegating so much re- and two assistants. sponsibility to him and for giving This past spring, the SEC prohim the chance to prove himself posed an amendment to allow schools to employ a fourth fullas a coach.

“He probably had too much time staff member and get rid of blind faith in me right off the bat, the volunteer position. The vote

failed by a vote of 36-25.

The Division I Council will revisit the issue in October.

Massoni, along with most of the nation, hopes it passes.

“I think if you talk to volunteers across the country, we’re not asking for $1 million salary,” Massoni said. “We’re asking for enough money to pay our bills and put food on the table.”

However, he said he is thankful that his ability to get treated will not come down to the finances and he’ll be taken care of one way or another.

Currently, Massoni is traveling back-and-forth between Springfield and Nashville, doing treatments every third Monday and flying back in time for practice on Tuesday.

Because the cancer is growing, the treatment has to be aggressive and will continue for 12 weeks. At that point, the doctors will wean him off one of the drugs and see if the medication is working. If not, they will change course. “(It) feels like we’re moving in the right direction,” Massoni said. “I made a decision with conviction. I feel good about the doctors I’m with. I feel good with my faith and my decision.”

Massoni said he’d be lying if he said death has never entered his mind, but it doesn’t consume him.

He said he thinks you should spend your time on Earth, whether 20 or 100 years, doing what you’re passionate about. For him, that’s reaching people and impacting lives through baseball.

“Even though I walk through the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and staff, they comfort me.”

Psalm 23:4.

“When I first came across that verse, the analogy was more about sports,” Massoni said. “I was playing baseball for a living and battling fear. Now, no matter what I face, between my family and my faith, I never feel like I’m going through it alone.”

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The most notable and successful team in the MVFC is North Dakota State.

NDSU currently holds the conference record of eight consecutive conference titles (2011-present) as well as 18 consecutive conference wins (2012-2014) and 26 consecutive home wins (20122015). The Bison have earned seven of the nine Division I FCS titles won by MVFC schools.

In addition to the MVFC celebration, college football celebrates its 150th season this year.

Nov. 6 is the 150th anniversary of the first-ever college football game. The game was played between Princeton and Rutgers on a plot of land that now marks Rutgers’ gymnasium in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Since its initial kickoff in 1869, college football has grown into much more than a sport. According to the National Football Foundation, as of 2016, there were 774 colleges and universities that provide football programs, a number that grows by about 5 every year.

A video produced by CFB150, the organization spreading word about the milestone year, stated “For 150 years, college football has shaped schools, communities, leaders, our country, ourselves.”

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Be young, enjoy your life and college years and don’t try and get locked down on purpose.

The best things tend to happen to those least expecting them.

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There is a singular moment in the film — a slow, upward pan of the camera where a massive tree is seen, seemingly infected. Bleached white from its peak, the color crawls down the trunk where it meets the unaffected ebony bark of its base. A creeping white invasion and its black resistance. This moment encapsulates Kent's picture.

Power-seeking invaders will score the land in terrible scars, and those victims of the holocaust are likely to give a vicious retort.

If not extended, “The Nightingale” ends its run at the Moxie on Thursday, Sept. 19.

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Junior Emma Skornia escapes two Murray State defenders on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Bears won 1-0.

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State. “We really tried to be on the same page and deny all of her through-balls and crosses.”

The Bears improve to 5-1-1 after Sunday’s win, but Brewer said he thinks there are things to work on systems-wise.

“At the beginning of the season — even last spring — we’ve been preaching keep the ball, move it around on defense,” Brewer said. “Now, it’s just kick it and get it out of there. It’s taking time to adjust to that.”

The men’s soccer team continue their homestand on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. against St. Louis.