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MSU, OTC partner to improve students’ college credit transition AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888

Transferring from Ozarks Technical Community College to Missouri State University is now “seamless,” according to an MSU news release.

Over the summer, MSU

announced a new partnership with OTC that will help students graduate earlier.

The partnership guarantees any student from OTC admission to MSU if they have completed an Associate of Arts degree or completed the Missouri CORE 42.

This partnership is known as a two-plus-two-degree plan

because students spend two years at OTC and transfer to spend their last two years at MSU. Missouri CORE 42 is a basic framework for students to complete their general education credits.

CORE 42 ensures a more “seamless” credit transfer to other public two-year and four-

year institutions, according to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development website.

Alayna Dunlap, graphic design and illustration major, graduated from OTC in May and said she’s extremely grateful for the institutions’ partnership because it made her transfer to MSU easy.

Dunlap said she knew none of her graphic design classes at OTC transferred, so she took general education credits and art foundation courses before her transfer.

“MSU has been my plan from the get-go,” Dunlap said. “I thought about other schools along the way, but they didn’t have as good of a

transfer program or graphic design program.”

MSU takes pride in being a transfer-friendly institution, Frank Einhellig, provost at MSU, said in the news release.

Some of the degrees included in MSU’s two-plus-two partnership include criminology, economics, finance, philosophy and biology.

Possible car theft reported on campus SARAH TEAGUE Editor-in-Chief @sarah_k_teague A vehicle theft and a vehicle break-in were announced

by Missouri State University’s Office of University Safety on Saturday.

Students received an email shortly after 4 p.m. detailing not one, but two events involving two different cars on the campus.

According to the release, an MSU student left their vehicle in Lot 31 — east of Juanita K. Hammons Hall — on Aug. 27 and locked it.

That student did not return to the vehicle until Aug. 30 and realized it was missing.

The student reported the vehicle missing to the university on the evening of Aug. 30, according to the release.

The next day, on Aug. 31, another student reported their vehicle had been tampered with in Lot 15, which is located east of JQH Arena.

The student had previously parked and locked the vehicle on Aug. 24 and returned Aug. 31 to find it had been broken into. “(The) vehicle was broken into and … the ignition was tampered with,” the release said. “These incidents are being investigated by the Springfield Police Department.”

In light of these crimes, the university has reminded students to always lock their vehicles and remove important items from parked cars.

To report suspicious activity, members of the university community may call University Safety at 417836-5509.

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Remodeled history museum opens its doors to the past An oldie but a goodie, Springfield’s history museum revamped its look and is now open to the public.

It includes interactive history relics of Springfield and Southwest Missouri. Read more on Page 2.

Campus organizations educate students on substance abuse Collegiate Recovery Program hosts SoBEAR: How one student organization helps others on their journey to sobriety addiction conference in the PSU CARISSA CODEL News Editor @CarissaCodelTV

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A one-day conference summit was held in the Plaster Student Union addressing addiction, substance abuse and recovery.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., anyone who wanted to attend paid $10 to learn about addiction at one of the 12 breakout sessions.

Justin Johns, mental health clinician and substance use assessment specialist at the Missouri State Counseling Center, said he hopes the conference becomes an annual tradition.

“The hope is to grow this every year,” Johns said. “To make it into something that can provide more educational opportunities.”

121 people registered for the conference prior to registration closing on Aug. 22, but more registered the day of the event. Those who registered also got five continuing education hours for attending.

Johns said the goal of the conference was for people to learn about addiction and apply that knowledge to their communities.

“That community can be their place of work, it could be their family, it could be their social group,” Johns said.

Missouri State University’s Collegiate Recovery Program with the help of SoBEAR: Bears in Recovery, aims to support students in recovery so they may succeed academically.

Justin Johns, co-director of the CRP, originally created the organization because he saw a lack of campus support for students recovering from a substance use disorder or addiction.

“Often times individuals have to decide what is more important, my recovery, or my education?” Johns said.

“The CRP is really a student support service, where we try and provide support so that students can grow in their recovery, but also succeed academically.”

SoBEAR is student organization associated with the CRP and those who participate in the program are provided with several resources including meetings, alcohol and drug-free social events, peer-topeer support, leadership and service opportunities.

The Bears in Recovery meeting is a support group that gathers at 4 p.m. every Friday in the Monroe Apartments gathering room. The program also hosts several other sober social events including bowling and pizza nights and even sober tailgates.

“The idea behind these resources is that often times students in recovery do not get the same opportunities as your traditional student,” Johns said. “What I mean by that is, if you

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“It could be anything.”

Years before the addiction summit took place, the Counseling Center received a grant to start a collegiate recovery program. That program turned into SoBEAR. SoBEAR still exists as a student organization where students can get involved in the community and have leadership roles.

However, about three years ago the Counseling Center branched off to form the Collegiate Recovery Program to brand themselves as a national program.

Collegiate recovery programs exist all across the country, according to Johns.

The Collegiate Recovery Program offers weekly support group meetings at Monroe Apartments in the gathering room on the first floor, every Friday at 4 p.m.

“It’s not therapy, it’s not led by a counselor, it’s peerled support,” Johns said.

The Collegiate Recovery Program also offers sober events throughout the semester.

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Johns’ concern is for those students who may feel isolated because they cannot participate in those “normal” college student activities.

“One of the best predictors of sustained recovery is social connection, and we want to foster that,” Johns said.

Another individual who knows the importance of campus community is Stephanie Zucchini, a graduate student at MSU pursuing her masters in mental health counseling. She is a member of the CRP and president of the SoBEAR student organization.

“College is difficult, stressful, and can sometimes be an isolating experience,” Zucchini said. “During times of stress, it is possible that students reach for substances to deal with it. But, if you are an addict or alcoholic, substance use is not an option to you if you are to stay in recovery. Therefore, having a source where students can reach out and where peers can support each other is very valuable.”

As Zucchini continues her own recovery, she wants to help anyone she can along the way.

“As a woman in long term recovery, anytime I have an opportunity to help another person struggling with addiction, it strengthens my own recovery,” Zucchini said. “My goal is to reach as many people as I can.”

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Revamped Springfield museum brings history to life KAYLA CURRY Staff Reporter @kaylalcurry From stories of a cobra invasion in Springfield, to the unusual way the city got its name, the newly renovated History Museum on Park Central Square aims to shed new light on the history of Springfield.

“This museum is really what museums are moving toward,’’ Krista Adams, director of development said. “Museums used to be places where you would go look at artifacts and read about them, and that’s where the experience ended. This is more of an interactive experience.”

The museum reopened its doors this month, offering six permanent galleries and other interactive exhibits dedicated to immersing visitors into the regional history of Springfield.

Upon entering the 18,000 square foot space, museum goers can step to their left to explore an interactive table map of Springfield. The device allows them to touch a location on the screen and view a vintage photo of the location next to a present day photo. The table is meant to juxtapose the region’s past with its present.

Since 1976, the museum has operated in a number of different locations around Springfield, but Adams said its new location on the Square makes the perfect home because many of the stories featured in the museum happened outside its front doors.

For example, visitors observing the Wild Bill JAYLEN EARLY/THE STANDARD Hickok and the American West gallery — which Neon signs illuminate the Birthplace of Route 66 Gallery at the Museum features a 360 degree immersion chamber depicting the shootout between Hickok and Davis on the Square.

Tutt — can look outside the second floor window at the exact location the fatal confrontation occurred over 150 years ago.

“My favorite exhibit?” volunteer Don Perriguey said. “Probably Route 66. And the old Jukebox. It plays a lot of good music. It still works!”

The Route 66 room features neon lights and a 66-foot long timeline and map, along with a vintage car replica, which serves as a seat for visitors to view a presentation of the Mother Road’s history.

Another exhibit focuses on Springfield transportation and parks and features a time traveling trolley. The trolley is meant to transport visitors into the past, according to Adams. The interior screens play over 40 different movies telling stories of prominent Springfieldians and their role in the city’s history.

“For all of our movies we worked with local actors and local talent,” Adams said. “So as you go through the museum, if you’re familiar with Springfield, you’ll recognize a lot of the voices and the actors you see.”

Local sports broadcaster Ned Reynolds, along with Joy Robertson and Tom Trtan of KOLR10, are among some of the voices featured in the videos throughout the museum.

One video features archaeologists from Missouri State University.

“Our focus is on education, and our focus is on the interactive experience,” Adams said.

Adams says the museum’s interactive nature makes it suitable for families with children of all ages, and visitors who experience the museum more than once will always see something different each time they come back.

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(Above) The Rail Haven motel is displayed in the Birthplace of Route 66 Gallery.

(Right) The Birthplace of Route 66 is filled with brightly colored retro displays.

(Far right) Two museum-goers watch an informational video in the Birthplace of Route 66 gallery.

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TINSLEY MERRIMAN Staff Reporter @MerrimanTinsley The Missouri State University Department of Religious Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Beginning in 1969, the department is one of the oldest and largest religious studies programs in the state of Missouri.

Before its creation, MSU religious studies classes were primarily taught by campus ministers. According to Dr. Victor Matthews, dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, this changed when Reverend Gerrit tenZythoff entered the picture.

“The biggest highlight would be the hiring of Dr. Gerrit tenZythoff as the head of the department,” Matthews said. “That gave them their first step away from simply being a set of courses being taught by campus ministers and moved it in the direction of becoming an academic program of religious studies.”

Born in Gramsbergen, Holland in 1922, tenZythoff fought Nazi efforts by helping Jewish refugees during World War II.

The religious studies office provides resources for students.

After the war, he traveled to America and became the head of the religious studies department at MSU. Kathy Pulley, a religious studies professor, remembers tenZythoff as a lively figure in the community, charming and talkative.

Pulley said during her undergraduate studies in Boston, tenZythoff and three other professors traveled there on a mission to collect Islamic texts for MSU special collections. There, tenZythoff convinced a Lebanese man to donate to the university.

“Now, how we got the money for that special collection, that was all Gerrit tenZythoff’s doing,” Pulley said. “He was

During WWII, tenZythoff fought Nazi efforts by helping Jewish refugees. a really special person, in the fact that he could encourage people to share. He used to say that he enjoyed ‘liberating people from their money.’”

The late professor was so influential in the department he even had a scholarship named after him.

As for its programs, the department established its major in 1982. This was met with much controversy, accordingto Stephen Berkwitz, professor in

the department of religious studies.

Later in 1994, the department created a masters of arts in religious studies. The department is unconnected with a doctoral program, which is extremely rare.

“We are probably one of about a dozen or so stand-alone programs in religious studies in North America, actually,” Berkwitz said.

In 2004, the department ac-

cepted the Blanche Gorman Endowed Chair in Protestant Studies. This million dollar chair was given to Dr. John Schmalzbauer, and is used to provide him with academic resources for teaching. Berkwitz said this year the department is cooperating with several different MSU colleges, including the Department of Communication, to launch two undergraduate programs in Interfaith Engagement and Medical Humanities.

The department continues to accept students from all over, including junior religious studies major Nissa Krier. After taking REL 100 with Mic-

ki Pulleyking, Krier became interested in the department.

“I took it and I realized how much broader worldly things I could study here, and things that could possibly make a bigger difference in studying,” Krier said. “I grew up in a really small town that only believed in one religious practice, so coming here and seeing the kind of diversity and the ability to learn about things that were never offered to me before was really enticing.”

Berkwitz said even though the department of religious studies is turning 50, a celebration still needs to be planned.

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To my fellow Gen Zers: Let’s discuss why we’re different ANNELISE PINJUV Columnist @Annelisepin My Instagram feed is constantly flooded with jokes about millenials. Whether it be about how entitled they are, how vegan they are or how trendy they are, we hear so much about them and their lifestyles. But what about Gen Zers? Who are they? What’s wrong with them?

I’m here to tell you that so very much is, in fact, wrong with them.

My stepsister and I started watching YouTube when we were around 8 years old. I remember coming home from school to sit on the barstool chairs in front of our family’s desktop computer to browse music videos for hours. Sometimes, a video would be recommended to us, causing us to then fall down a deep pit of curiosity.

“Salad Fingers,” “Charlie the Unicorn” and “the Duck Song” were some of our favorites.

When I was in seventh grade, I got my first iPhone. I got an Instagram, a Snapchat and a Kik. I talked to boys, posted selfies

and Face Timed friends. For as long as I can remember, I have been in touch with the digital world, and the digital world knows a lot about me.

Millennials —most often described as anyone born in the years from 1981-1996— did not grow up with the same experiences. Although they are known for their upbringing in the information age, their knowledge of technology does not come close to what Gen Zers experienced while growing up. For example, my sisterin-law didn’t get a Myspace until her freshman year of college, making her introduction to the world of social media much later in life than I did.

My parents are a part of the baby-boom generation. While they are amazing and much more experienced with life’s problems, nothing they could have done or said would have helped me or my mental health when it came to technology.

They could not have warned me of the dangers if they wanted to.

Today, the world is much more aware of the dangers of

social media. We understand how making your online presence so perfect and detailed can make your personal life feel isolated. We understand how following supermodels and influencers can make us doubt our own self-image. But the scary thing is that Gen Zers are still “coming to age.” Our minds are still forming and our environment is an enormous factor in this.

Growing up, we quite literally had the world at our fingertips. I was in sixth grade when a boy looked up porn on his phone during school and showed everyone. I barely knew what sex was. This information overload at a young age has inevitably made us bitter, cold-hearted and underwhelmed. Dating as a Gen Zer has become so complicated, most of us stay away from it.

So many problems in relationships arise from technology. With things like “snap scores,” location services and Tinder, maintaining a healthy movies, and no one tells the relationship is far from normal. full truth.

All we know is that love is Maybe that is just it. We are something made up for the so busy forming ourselves on-

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line that we have no idea who we are “IRL.” We don’t know who we want as our companions because we find it so hard

to connect on a personal level.

We don’t know what we want out of life, because we have already gotten so much.

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KATHERINE COOPER Columnist @k8iek8_ As a freshman in college, it can be very easy to get sucked into the idea that you should join as many clubs and organizations as your time can possibly allow. Everyone tells you that this is exactly the right way to succeed in college. Professors, upperclassmen, SOAR leaders, URSA majors and advisers all agree that the number one way to get connected to the school is to join campus organizations.

I would agree wholeheartedly, but with some reservations.

Getting involved in things you are passionate about is an excellent way for you to make friends and explore areas of your life outside of your major.

Joining organizations that will make you a better student, person or friend is a great resource that a university has to offer.

College is all about selfgrowth. Joining as many organizations as your planner can squeeze in order to make your resume somehow superior is not as productive as you might think.

Resumes are a freshman’s wet dream and worst nightmare. It is the ultimate goal to make that piece of paper the most impressive, jampacked and substantive represention of you as a student, graduate and future workforce hopeful.

But this mindset could give you a lot of problems.

Plenty of people who are not considered “over-involved” still get accepted or employed. Even more people have too many meaningless lines on their resumes that fail to articulate their importance.

When you list an organization or activity on your resume, you want to be able to

say something significant about your experience — you should include reasons why you joined, stayed and invested in that organization. Often times when interviewing, a potential employer may go down your resume and ask you to tell them something about various experiences you have listed.

If you can barely remember the time you spent, the meetings you went to or the people you met, you may need to rethink listing that.

If you joined because it sounded smart or would simply “look good” then your mindset is still in high school.

Being able to invest time and resources into a few really awesome organizations and explain how this group changed your life, your perspective or your college experience is a lot more interesting and worthwhile than listing eight clubs you barely attend or care very little about.

Joining clubs at Missouri State is as easy as it’s ever been— they come to you via the New Student Festival, GEP classes and Campus Link. But do not be tempted by the “fear of missing out,” or FOMO that is having a jampacked schedule your freshman year.

If you operate well when you are busy, then you should look towards leadership within organizations to fill your time, rather than several meetings a week where you sit and watch the time go by.

There are over 350 student organizations on campus, close to 30 campus ministries and countless on-campus job opportunities.

Invest your time into the few areas that bring you the most joy or the ones that light you on fire with excitement. Anything less than that is not worth your time.

College is all about self-growth.

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In the wake of the tragedy that befell Japanese animation studio Kyoto Animation some weeks ago — a deadly arson attack that claimed the lives of 35 people and injuring 33 more, making it one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since World War II — I thought I would, in their honor, go back and visit a series of theirs I had skipped.

I chose “Hibike! Euphonium,” a slice-of-life series chronicling the lives of students in a high school concert band.

After completing the first two seasons of “Hibike! Euphonium,” and after having a long-tenured affinity for the work of Kyoto Animation over the years, I decided to give director Naoko Yamada's 2018 film “Liz and the Blue Bird” a watch following this revived interest in a previously overlooked series.

The film is a soft sequel to “Hibike! Euphonium.” A sequel, indeed, but I coin it here as a “soft sequel” given the shift in narrative focus away from the series.

In some ways, “Liz and the Blue Bird” inverts “Hibike! Euphonium.” Side characters from the series are now the main characters, as Mizore Yoroizuka, an introverted oboist in the brass band, along with Nozomi Kasaki, a flutist in the band and Mizore's only, more outgoing friend, take center stage. The main characters of the series have been relegated to background characters. Flipping the communal perspective of the

entire band from the series, we now focus our attention on two individuals, the thematically-titular Liz and the Blue Bird.

The film takes to a dual narrative structure with Nozomi and Mizore's friendship acting as the major throughline, yet supplementing this is the story of "Liz and the Blue Bird," a fairy tale focusing on Liz, a young girl learning to let go of an enchanted friend who can transform between being a human and a blue bird.

The blue bird can spread her wings and form a new life, but her loving, almost blindingly so, friendship with Liz keeps her caged. This matches the delicate relationship between Nozomi and Mizore as graduation and college dreams are fast approaching. Playing within the band, they have been tasked by their instructor to perform a musical duet adapting the fairy tale.

As they practice the music drama, with their friendship overlapping with the fairy tale, they must learn that some things may not last forever.

However, the duplexity of the film extends out of the central narrative and into motifs.

In addition to the Nozomi and Mizore — their paired duet and instruments — there are jinxed phrases where characters say something at the same time.

Similarly, there is a coupled, if misled, desire to travel the same path after graduation, the bifurcation of warm and cool colors in costume design — warm colors matching Nozomi's friendliness and cool colors matching Mizore's remoteness — along with the brief mention of coprime numbers, and in the

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the band itself. Ushio's soft-key piano score is so inborn into the visual splendor of the film that the atmosphere of isolation and heartache is inescapable. Yet, this is a gentle film through and through, and Yamada seems to understand tenderness not only in narrative but also in style.

In one way, however, in small assessments, I do believe having seen the original series bolsters the dramatic effect of the film. There are brief flashbacks in the film, scenes recreated from the series, but they are all perhaps too brief and too little.

Where it somewhat lacks in original character development, the story here concerning the growth of two young women is still tremendously affecting, especially where the character of Mizore is concerned because she perhaps carries the same reclusiveness of many young adults — this pervasive loneliness in a digital age, an age where studies have concluded our generation is the loneliest.

If one thing is for certain, this film, alongside “A Silent Voice,” have cemented Yamada's status as one of animation's leading directors. “Liz and the Blue Bird” is a small film — both in runtime and narrative scale — but its heart and ambition are massive, one of the few modern films that take the time to dissect the minutiae of what it means to be, what it means to be young and creative.

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layered metaphors of Liz and the Blue Bird themselves, with Nozomi and Mizore becoming the thematic representations of the eponymous fairy tale characters. This thematic quartet also realizes that Nozomi and Mizore interchangeably evoke the strengths and flaws of Liz and the Blue Bird — jealousy, love, loneliness, imitation, desire, and even romance as the film could very well be read as a softspoken queer drama.

The real-life, presiding storyline centered around Mizore and Nozomi is more classically animated, while sequences that reconstruct the story of Liz and the Blue Bird are somewhat simplified, more whimsical and watercolored. Like Yamada's previous feature film, the masterful “A Silent Voice,” colors are less saturated here, giving a more comforting, crystal clear look to the animation.

Likewise, a carryover from “A Silent Voice,” Yamada is more concerned with gestures and body language, often framing the camera in such a way where the face is hidden from view. Shots of walking or immobile feet dominate the frame often and hand movements and other small gesticulations take precedence over a focus on eyes and lips.

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Springy Jeans Locally famous vintage clothing brand looks to expand GRETA CROSS/THE STANDARD

follow through with marketing, and he plans to keep developing Springy Jeans as a business after graduation.

What was once a dream “Being able to be your has turned into reality for Eli- own boss is a life-changing jah Baig, a 5th year marketing experience,” Baig said. major, and Sam Fuson, a juFuson started at Missouri nior fashion merchandising State in 2017 with an interest major. Together they co-own in nutrition. At the time, her and operate an online vintage declared major was exercise clothing company called and movement science, but “Springy Jeans.” she said she didn’t feel pasThe couple, both from sionate about it. She switched Kansas City, Missouri, met to fashion merchandising afand started dating after high ter Springy Jeans took off. school. As a way to spend “It’s actually something I time together, they would of- enjoy doing,” Fuson said. ten thrift and browse garage They started selling sales. clothes out of their apartment, Fuson wore a pair of Levi though later found out it was Jeans she had personally cus- illegal, according to their tomized during sorority re- lease. cruitment at Missouri State Fuson said it was like a University her freshman year constant garage sale — peoand had several people ap- ple coming into their apartproach her asking where she ment and browsing their rack. bought them. After this, Baig “We would have a ton of came up with the idea to start jeans and sell out of all of selling customized vintage them in one night,” Baig said. jeans.

Baig said as demand grew Before Springy Jeans offi- for their clothing, they felt cially started, the couple compelled to develop Springy would sell batches of jeans on Jeans further. The couple dethe popular Facebook group cided to expand and offer “Missouri State Gals Sell Your their customers more than just Stuff.” jeans.

“That was how we got disEven though it’s still covered,” Baig said. known as “Springy Jeans,” Fuson said she eventually the company now sells vinstarted an Instagram for tage T-shirts and crewnecks.

Springy Jeans, but never could “We’ve dabbled in making have anticipated the over- our own T-shirts,” Baig said. whelming demand.

“We actually sold out of them “We had no idea what we at a pop-up.” were doing,” Fuson said.

Baig also revealed that Baig went into college un- Springy Jeans is planning to sure of what he wanted to create their own line of jeans. pursue, but said everything “We understand the fit fell into place after Springy people are going for,” Fuson Jeans started. He said Springy said, “and it would be cool to Jeans laid the foundation to make (jeans) ourselves instead of buying them.”

Springy Jeans carries sizes 23-43 and tries to stick to selling women’s vintage jeans, simply because they’re better tailored for women. Though Springy Jeans currently only sells womens’ jeans, 80% of their other clothing is unisex.

Taylor Gerstenecker, junior elementary education major, follows Springy Jeans on InPhotos by STEVE TRAN stagram and recently /THE STANDARD bought one of their A pair of vintage Levi’s from vintage t-shirts.

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One woman’s experience in Missouri State’s male-dominated computer science program KATHRYN DOLAN Staff Reporter @kathryndolan98 Of the 407 computer science students at MSU, 13% of students are women. This is below the industry average, which states that 20% of computer science professionals are women.

Kaytlynn Skibo, a junior computer science major, is one of the women who makes up this 13% and is pursuing a degree in the male-dominated program.

Skibo said she’s always had an interest in technology, which was heavily influenced by her family. She reflected back to her younger years and said she used to bond with her father by watching him play video games. She became fascinated by computers.

“Both of my parents were huge nerds,” Skibo said, laughing.

Skibo said she considered attending Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, but said she was terrified of the gender gap and felt more comfortable attending MSU. According to student data from 2018, Missouri Science and Technology’s student make-up is 76% male and 24% female.

In class at MSU, however, Skibo said male professors and classmates often doubt her abilities and over-explain concepts to her. “(Men) either think I’m annoying, a nuisance or a bother,” Skibo said. “Or want to do everything for me and view me as a rarity that must be treasured.”

Skibo says these encounters are extreme opposites but both make her feel uncomfortable and dehumanized.

“I’m just a fellow computer science student,” Skibo said.

“I probably play just as much, women role models to look up or more, video games than to. (men) do.”

“When it comes to our deDino Longo, a junior com- partment, I don’t think we have puter science major, chose the a gender bias,” Katangur said. major because he likes com- “We treat males and females puter games. Longo and his equally.” friends used to build computHe said he encourages feers in high school, and figured male students to pursue their a career in computer science career and is always open to would be fulfilling and enjoy- providing advice.

Katangur said computer able.

“Also, (computer scien- science is a great career betists) are well paid,” Longo cause you can work from home said. and given this factor, he is According to Indeed.com, surprised more females aren’t recent statistics show comput- encouraged to pursue computer scientists earn an estimated er science.

“In my opinion, (Computaverage of $99,505 per year.

Longo said last semester in er science) is one of the easihis class of est fields about 40 fe“It’s not always about for students, males,” there were you. Sometimes it’s about K a t u n only three gur said. or four the system you’re in.” “You’re women. just sitLongo ting in a - Lanya Lamouria admits chair all women may have a different day, coding on a computer.” experience than him, but said Skibo said women today he has never experienced spe- aren’t focused on balancing cial or unusual treatment from their lives around children and professors or other classmates. staying home to take care of Longo said women in this them.

“It’s a very prehistoric idea degree may be at a disadvantage when it comes to making and notion that women only connections or friendships — want to work chair and office he’s noticed men in the pro- jobs,” Skibo said. gram often tend to lean toSkibo said she is looking wards talking to other men so forward to spending her younger years solely focused women may feel left out.

Skibo said professors in the on her career. computer science department English professor Lanya will either take extra notice of Lamouria has a background in her or deviate their attention gender studies and teaches from her completely. She literature classes that focus on claimed professors aren’t used gender at Missouri State. to having women in their classLamouria said as girls grow room because it’s so uncom- up, interest in traditionally male fields become more stigmon.

Dr. Ajay Katangur has matized. worked as the department head “Women weren't able to of computer science since last pursue university education August. During this time he until pretty late into the 19th has tried to improve women's century,” Lamouria said. experience in the program by “Even though women now inviting female presenters to have access to STEM fields, speak in front of classes to give they are still dealing with the

lasting effects of that setback.”

Lamouria referenced a study done by Microsoft that suggests females tend to lose interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers early in their educational journeys.

According to the study “Closing the STEM Gap,” this loss of interest is caused by several factors including: peer pressure to pursue other careers, a lack of female role models in the field, a lack of support from parents and teachers and an overall misinterpretation of what STEM careers look like after college.

Lamouria said she is skeptical of those who argue that men are better at math.

“We need an equal social situation to exist before we can really evaluate female abilities,” Lamouria said.

Lamouria is staying optimistic about the future of STEM fields and hopes to see more women move into this area of study as the years go on.

She said women pursuing STEM are going to face obstacles but hopes this knowledge doesn’t prevent women from choosing this career.

“I think women tend to think that outside factors are our fault,” Lamouria said, “An obstacle is in our path and we think ‘Oh this has to do with me — it’s somehow my problem.’”

Lamouria said keeping this in mind can help women maintain their passion and confidence.

“It’s not always about you,” Lamouria said. “Sometimes it’s about the system you’re in.”

Skibo’s eyes lit up talking about the possibilities of her future. She hopes to someday become an international project manager, however her dream job is to work with artificial intelligence.

Director of Academic Advising retires after 26 years at MSU LAINEY SANDERS Staff Reporter @laineybear22 Kathy Davis is wrapping up her time at Missouri State with 26 years of memorable experience under her belt.

Davis is leaving her post as director of the Academic Advisement Center.

“I’m going to want to know about you” seems like it could have been Davis’ motto while working as an adviser at Missouri State.

This is nothing new for anyone who has got to interact with Davis.

Taylor Bell, sophomore modern language major, described Davis as hardworking and courageous.

“She always goes out of her way to help her advisees and peers,” Bell said.

Retiring from MSU will not be the end of Davis’ focus on public affairs.

Davis has been trained to tutor for the Ozarks Literacy Council, where she looks forward to being paired with a student to improve their reading capabilities.

“I’m excited to be paired with my first student early in September,” Davis said.

“Because I love reading so much, it will be meaningful to me to help others — whether children or adults — improve their reading ability.”

Davis will continue pursuing her passion of helping others and learning their stories by volunteering at a care center where she said she plans to talk with residents and perhaps write their autobiographies that they can share with their families.

“I believe that all people are fascinating if you really know their stories,” Davis said. “That is one reason I have loved listening to college students throughout my career and learning their stories.”

Davis said she became interested in a career in academic advising when she was a SOAR leader as a college student at MSU. Davis said she knew when she met the director of the Academic Advisement Center what she wanted to do.

“I met the director of the Academic Advisement Center and told her that

when she retired, I would love to be prepared to apply for her job,” Davis said.

Davis gained experience working in new student orientation, academic advising and residence life at two other colleges.

By the time the previous director of advisement Davis had retired, Davis was ready to apply.

“I am grateful to have had a wonderful career at my alma mater and for all of the amazing experiences I have had while working here,” Davis said. “I never get tired of meeting students and trying to help them find their best academic paths.”

While Davis said she will miss helping students at MSU, she looks forward to what her next chapter holds for her.

Aside from volunteering, Davis is looking forward to spending more time with friends and family, traveling, going to art museums and attending movies and plays.

“I look forward to some unstructured time to read and delve into various interests,” Davis said.

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Leaving a lasting legacy DEREK SHORE Sports Reporter @D_Shore23

Mary Jo Wynn has been a part of Missouri State history since she started attending the school. She graduated in 1953, and went on to create women’s athletics programs for the university.

Many faculty members have come and gone, but few have left a lasting legacy like Wynn.

Since 1998, Missouri State has hosted the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational, a volleyball tournament hosted at Hammons Student Center. This tournament was named after Wynn, and without her there wouldn’t be a tournament — or even a women’s sports program.

“Dr. Mary Jo Wynn is absolutely a one-ofa-kind person,” said Jamie Adams, who played volleyball at Missouri State from 2004 to 2007 and basketball from 2007 to 2009. “She is a woman ahead of her time. I’m so thankful she had the foresight to look at a school like Missouri State and say, ‘What this place needs is some women playing ball.’

“I just love the legacy she has left here at Missouri State and for the country as a whole.”

Wynn was the backbone of one of the most progressive and successful women’s athletic programs in the country at Missouri State. Not only that, she was a national pioneer for the cause of women’s sports.

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Sophomore Leah Vokolek serves the ball during the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational on Aug. 31.

This year marks the first Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational without its namesake. Wynn, who died in January at the age of 87, was honored after the tournament at the awards ceremony

Annual equity report breaks down numbers for athletics STEPHEN TERRILL Sports Reporter @Stevethe2nd Missouri State releases a report annually to the federal government about equity in the athletic department at the university.

The most recent report on athletics in the 2017-18 school year came out recently.

The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report is a requirement for every college and university that receives federal aid in any way.

The report gives data on the number of male and female athletes, the number of male and female coaches, expenses for each sport and other categories.

The report is required by the US Department of Education for every college or university receiving federal funding.

The Department of Education’s website says the reports are used to report to Congress on equity in college athletics.

Coaching

An initial look at the report shows there are over twice the amount of male coaches than female coaches, 34 men to 15 women.

This is more about the amount of coaches allowed per sport than anything else, said senior associate director of athletics at Missouri State Casey Hunt.

“The NCAA limits the staff members you can have for each particular sport,” Hunt said. “It may appear that we have more on the male side, but it’s just because of NCAA limits.”

Hunt said that football having ten coaches increases the number of male coaches at MSU. According to NCAA bylaws, the maximum amount of coaches a non-football team can have is four.

Of the 15 female coaches at MSU, only swimming and diving assistant coach Chelsea Dirks-Ham has direct coaching duties with male athletes.

She and head coach Dave Collins have coached male athletes to numerous appearances at the NCAA championships in recent years, including two in 2018-19.

They also coach the women’s team, who has won three consecutive Missouri Valley championships.

According to Dirks-Ham, coaching both male and female teams in tandem presents unique challenges.

“At meets, there are times where one gender is having a really great meet and the other gender might be struggling. You have to manage your emotions,” Dirks-Ham said. “Basically, the women will swim an event, then the men will swim right after them. In those settings, it’s kind of hard to not have rash emotions on each end of the spectrum.

“It happens very rarely, but it’s one of the bigger challenges.”

Missouri State’s swimming and diving team has 24 male athletes and 32 female athletes, who not only share the same coaches but also some practices.

Dirks-Ham said the athletes are split up to begin the season.

After a couple weeks into practice, they are put into groups based on what events they will compete in. Friday and Saturday practices are split up again.

“We think it’s a good blend. It’s nice because it just expands their network of teammates and friends,” Dirks-Ham said. “Their support system is quite large with that combination.”

Coaching both male and female athletes allows more opportunities for Dirks-Ham to do her favorite part of coaching: getting to know her athletes.

“Swimming as a sport, there’s always a very strong coach-to-athlete relationship,” Dirks-Ham said. “I really enjoy getting to know them and getting to learn what they want to do with their life.” u See REPORT, page 8

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Assistant volleyball coach Sara Thomas-Dietrich said not having Wynn at this year’s tournament was strange.

“She was always here to hand out trophies, All-Tournament trophies, take pictures with the winning team and all the athletes that got on the All-Tournament team,” Thomas-Dietrich said. “It was really special that Coach (Linda) Dollar stepped in. I know those two were very, very close and both were so significant.

“They played huge roles in our program.”

Thomas-Dietrich returned to Missouri State as an assistant coach in February 2018.

During her playing career for the Bears, she helped Missouri State to three NCAA Tournaments, including a trip to the second round in 2006.

As a player, Thomas-Dietrich first crossed paths with Wynn during her freshman year in 2004 at the maroon and white scrimmage. That is when she first heard the upperclassmen and former head coach Melissa Stokes talk about the legacy of Wynn.

“You just heard so many good things,” Thomas-Dietrich said. “That is the one thing that makes me sad is that all these freshmen and upcoming Bears don’t get to see how special and who Dr. Wynn was, and how involved she was in the community. Not just in the volleyball program, but other sports here at Missouri State and how she just touched so many people’s hearts and pushed for women’s athletics to get to where they were.

“I hope by me still coaching here I can continue telling her story and her legacy. I’m making sure people don’t forget who she was.”

Though Wynn retired in 1998, her impact and legacy are still seen by female athletes and others attending Missouri State.

Take junior volleyball player Laynie Dake, for example.

“We wouldn’t be here without her,” Dake said. “She did a really good job of getting everything started and on the right track. We will miss her a lot. We already do. Dr. Wynn would always sit up in the stands. It was always so cool to look up and see her. She was smiling.

She was always so happy for us.”

Interim head coach Manolo Concepción recognizes the impact and legacy left by Wynn after spending the last six seasons as the head coach at Evansville.

“She had a huge impact on this program and after it,” Concepción said. “As an opponent in the same conference, we knew the impact she made. She didn’t just make an impact at Missouri State, but with Title IX with women’s sports in general. She impacted and inspired so many women to be better everyday.”

Without her back at the Hammons Student Center for the first time, many of Missouri State’s coaches and players used the tournament to look back on Wynn’s life and remember all the contributions she made to the school. u See WYNN, page 7

Looking back at the first football game of the season AMANDA SULLIVAN Sports Editor @mandajsullivan Football season has finally arrived, and it wasn’t a pretty start for the Bears.

MSU headed out to Flagstaff, Arizona, for its first game of the season and returned home with more questions than answers for fans.

First of all, the Bears lost to a team they beat 40-8 just last year. This year, under a first-year head coach, Northern Arizona defeated Missouri State 37-23.

There were highs and lows.

A high point: senior quarterback Peyton Huslig didn’t throw any interceptions in Game 1. Last year, he threw four.

Head coach Dave Steckel said turnovers were something the Bears wanted to improve on. Huslig did that.

Rushing was a low for the Bears last week.

Last year, they had almost 300 rushing yards against NAU. They had 40 this year.

The Bears have plenty of running backs capable of putting up good numbers.

Junior running back Donovan Daniels had 16 carries against the Lumberjacks on Thursday night for 26 yards, but a net total of 9 yards. Redshirt freshman transfer DJ Frost had six carries for 19 yards.

Redshirt sophomore running back Myron Mason also returned to the Bears this season.

Mason played in 11 games and recorded two touchdowns during his true freshman season before redshirting his sophomore year due to an offseason injury.

MSU also had six receivers with two or more catches. Senior wide receiver Tyler

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Tight end Isaac Smith leaps for the ball as a part of practice.

Currie and Frost each recorded touchdowns for the Bears.

Huslig, who threw 20 completions for 289 yards, had a strong second half after a shaky first — 218 of his passing yards came in the second half.

He looked uncomfortable at first, but working with an entirely new offensive line might have partially contributed to that.

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They held the Lumberjacks to just 88 rushing yards after opponents averaged 222.5 rushing yards last year.

One of the biggest struggles that the defense has to overcome before facing Tulane on Sept. 14 is penalties. Of 11 penalty calls, nine were defensive mistakes. Being the first game of the season, it was expected that players would be a little jumpy. If that continues into the season, though, it could cause many problems for the Bears.

Despite the challenges, there were plenty of moments that showed the Bears have promise for the season ahead.

The Bears have a bye this week, so they have plenty of time to prepare for a trip to New Orleans on Sept. 14.

MSU men’s soccer had a very solid first half of soccer Thursday, Aug. 30, against UMKC, until a lightning delay stopped the game.

NCAA rules require soccer games to play at least 70 minutes for the game to count, so the match went down as a “no game.”

The Bears scored two goals in the only half of play, one by senior forward Matt Bentley in the 14th minute, and another by senior forward Ian Jones with 17 seconds left in the half.

After a choppy opening five minutes, the Bears took over the game and never looked back.

There were two seperate stretches — both about five minutes long — that MSU pinned the Roos in their own penalty area, stopping every UMKC clearing attempt.

Bentley’s goal, which he kicked in among a large group of players about 3 feet from the goal line, came in the first five-minute stretch of total control by the Bears.

If not for some heroic saves by UMKC goalkeeper Filippo Errico, the Bears would have scored more than two goals.

“We had several chances to score goals,” MSU head coach John Leamy said after the game. “(Errico) made some big stops.”

A combination of players created scoring chances for the Bears, highlighted by senior midfielder Stuart Wilkin, who had four of the team’s 12 shots. Junior Josh Dolling was impactful as well — he set up several scoring chances for the Bears, one of which turned into an assist.

Jones’ goal at the end of the half was a header off a cross by Dolling, who Jones credits with setting up his goal.

“I was just happy to help my team,” Jones said after the game. “Dolling put a great ball in — it was just my duty to put it in.”

The Bears had 12 shots in the half, seven on goal. The Roos had two shots, one on goal.

Leamy said he was very pleased with his team’s performance and positioning.

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(Above) Sophomore forward Nicolo Mulatero takes the ball upfield.

(Left) Junior forward Josh Dolling sprints toward goal with the ball.

The Missouri State Bears hosted their home opener on Aug. 29 against the UMKC Roos. The Bears led by two at half, but lightning canceled the game.

“I thought we were pretty solid,” Leamy said. “We were good in the back, we were defending well, we really didn’t give them too many chances. We had quite a few corner kicks, seven to zero — that’s usually a good

sign of some field position and possession.”

Jones said he was happy with his and his teammates’ performance as well.

“We started off really well,” Jones said.

“UMKC is a good team. We did well to rise to the occasion.”

The Bears will get another chance to play UMKC when they go to Kansas City on Sept.

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Adams said it was rumored when she was in school that Wynn bought a car with her own money to transport the teams back and forth to away games. That is something that stuck with Adams.

“It just tells you what kind of a person she was — not only a coach, but an advocate,” Adams said.

Thomas-Dietrich said her favorite memory was when she was named MVP in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational, and she took a picture with Wynn. That moment is something she will cherish forever.

“I just remember her telling me how proud she was of me,” Thomas-Dietrich said. “That picture of us is actually hung in (JQH Arena) and at the Dr. Wynn academic center. That means a whole lot to me.”

Dake said her favorite memory of Wynn was when the team took pictures with her at said. “She was so small and she would always forever be remembered. the end of every Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Tournament. be smiling. I will miss those moments.”

“At this point, everyone has probably seen “She was the cutest little woman,” Dake And that smile from Dr. Mary Jo Wynn will the pictures of Dr. Wynn waving and smiling,”

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Zucchini joined the CRP in the spring of 2018, while familiarizing herself with MSU’s campus. She had been searching for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on campus, but soon discovered it was not something MSU offered.

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This information is from Missouri State University’s 2018 Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.

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Expenses The report also lists the total expenses for each athletic program at MSU. The highest spending program was football, with slightly over $3.5 million in expenses.

That was followed by men’s basketball with a little more than $3 million in expenses. Hunt

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those people. “If you’re someone with a vibrant social life centered around substance use, you know how to connect with people,� Johns said. “There are lots of events that surround drinking and things like that. But if you’re sober, it’s kind of hard to find those things.�

For students who are not sure whether or not they have a substance abuse problem, Johns said that type of uncertainty is normal.

Johns said a lot of times, students will have an internal battle between “‘I’m not really OK with what’s going on but at the same time I don’t know if it’s something I need to change.’�

Meetings and events are anonymous and not mandatory, so students can try out the program to see if they like it, but if they don’t they do not have to come back. “We’re a place where you don’t have to feel like you’re alone,� Johns said.

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or someone they care for. “What I really want everyone to know is (that) we are here,� Zucchini said. “Approaching us is not an admission of a problem. I see anyone — the alcoholic or addict, the friend, or the family member, who comes to us with questions or concerns — as some of the strongest and bravest people I know. It takes courage to approach the unknown.�

The CRP and SoBEAR invite the student body and surrounding community to join them for their sober tailgate party on Sept. 21 at the Bear Chapel. The event will feature free food in an environment free of drugs or alcohol, with the opportunity to learn more about what the program has to offer.

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the efforts needed to organize events and publicize them. It is not as easy as one would think. This is especially true when you are part of an organization that potentially carries a lot of stigma.�

One way in which they are able to tackle that stigma is by participating in the Addiction and Recovery Summit. “We see the summit as a way for the CRP to partner with our community to raise awareness and educate the public,� Johns said.

SoBEAR is not just for those seeking assistance in recovery, but also for anyone questioning themselves, family and friends. The program aims to be a resource for people to learn and understand how to help themselves

said basketball expenses were a little higher than normal because contractual buy-outs for former head coach Paul Lusk and his staff were still on the books.

Women’s basketball and baseball were the only other programs to have expenses over $1 million. In terms of athletic aid like scholarships, grants and any other sort of athletic assistance, male athletes received almost $2.4 million and female athletes received over $2.1 million.

EADA reports are due every year by Oct. 15. The report on the 2018-19 school year will be released by MSU sometime in 2020.

She often replies to Springy Jeans’ Instagram stories regarding items she’s interested in. “They’ve always messaged back within like five minutes,� Gerstenecker said. “They have a really good selection. I like when they post their hauls of clothes they’ve found that day.�

Gerstenecker said she hopes to see Springy Jeans do more pop-up shops. She said she prefers browsing clothing in person versus online.

Baig said they’ve been struggling to find venues for pop-ups, but hope to do more in the near future.

Springy Jeans buys locally as well as nationwide. Both Baig and Fuson often go on

trips to buy in bulk. “We thrift, go to garage sales — anywhere we can find stuff,� Fuson said.

Springfield makes up 20% of Springy Jeans followers, they also have a big following in various parts of California and Texas; 75% of their orders are now shipped.

Springy Jean’s first customer outside of Springfield was from Canada. “We remember being blown away that someone wanted what we were selling that wasn’t here in town,� Baig said. “It was a surreal moment.�

As business demand continues to rise, the couple is excited for the future and hopes to one day open a brick-and-mortar store somewhere in Springfield.