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‘Unity in Community’ Public Affairs Conference brings speakers, films to campus RONKEIA BATES Staff Reporter @Lyrie_Lyric What is the meaning of unity when it refers to a community? Is it about addressing issues that keep communities divided, or is it about unifying different cultures within a community? The Missouri State Public Affairs Conference this year, “Unity in Community,” seeks to address issues that affect communities beyond a geographical standpoint.

This year’s conference will be taking place from Sept. 25 to Sept.

27 on the MSU campus. The conference is free and open to anyone.

During the Public Affairs Conference, there will be many speakers, artists and presenters. The speakers for this year’s conference are Jenna Bush Hager, Celeste Headlee, Mark Horvath, Victoria Herrmann and Massimo Pigliucci. These speakers will explore different topics about what it means to build a healthy community.

Mary Ann Woods, the director of public affairs support, said that each speaker was selected based on their experience and the unique perspective they will bring to the conference.

“They come from all walks of life, educational backgrounds, varied life experiences and from all across the country,” Woods said.

Woods also wants people to know that this conference will be different from the previous ones.

“This conference is unique because it’s the first time we will be hosting it in the fall,” Woods said.

Previous public affairs events were always held in the spring.

Kevin Evans, a geography, geology and planning professor, said that their goal with this conference is to spark student engagement in the community.

“Students who engage with communities tend to stay engaged in service activities,” Evans said.

Evans also said that it is encouraged that students come and participate in this Public Affairs Conference.

“Student attendance is encouraged because the conference is an active and interactive experience,” Evans said. “The conference brings speakers and panelists from across the country and around the world to share their insights of their expertise and experience.”

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Queen City crowned best college town in Missouri AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 Springfield was recently named the best college town in Missouri by Reviews.org. But is it? Here is what students and staff have to say: Reviews.org is a review site that researches and tests products to provide unbiased reviews to consumers, according to Aaron Gunderson, marketing director for Reviews.org.

Gunderson said their team looked at factors they believe are instrumental in what makes up a good college town. Data they used included overall populations of towns with less than 250,000 people, student population, rental costs, college education rates, transportation access, unemployment rates and bar availability.

The team narrowed it down further by weighing cost of living, unemployment rates for 20–24 year olds and easy access to the city. The data was collected BILL SIOHOLM/THE STANDARD from U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Other Missouri towns considered in the August 2018 ranking were Jackson, Zan the Club is one of many popular spots in u See TOWN, page 2 downtown Springfield.

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President Trump to visit JQH Arena EMILY COLE News Editor @EMCole19

President Donald Trump will visit Missouri State University on Friday, Sept. 21, as part of a campaign rally for U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley.

The event will take place in JQH Arena Friday at 6:30 p.m., according to the university.

Doors will open for general admission at 4 p.m.

To register to attend, go to donaldjtrump. com.

The university said more information will be coming in the next few days about security plans that may cause road and sidewalk closures around JQH Arena.

“We realize that this will delight some members of our community and offend others,” the university wrote. “The university encourages everyone to be respectful regardless of their views.”

Trump previously visited Springfield on Aug. 30, 2017, to rally for support of his tax reform.

The event took place at the Loren Cook Company. This will be his first visit to the MSU campus.

Republican candidate Hawley is running for the Missouri U.S. Senate seat against incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill. McCaskill visited campus to speak with students on Sept. 10.

Parking woes by the numbers CONNOR WILSON @Connor4Wilson Staff Reporter

Finding parking is a regular struggle for Missouri State University students. Despite parking lots being restricted to those who own a permit to park there, many students arrive to see the lot they’re driving through is full.

Transportation manager Cole Pruitt said there are 5,456 commuter parking spaces, with 8,705 commuter permits sold. Commuter lots on campus are marked with yellow signs, and include parking garage Bear Park South and a lot across Grand Street. “(In the commuter lots) we would look at those parking spots turn over at a minimum of three times a day with commuters coming in and out of classes and moving their vehicles,” Pruitt said. “But with that being said, we wouldn’t want to sell any more than three times the amount of commuter spots that we do have.”

Kelly Baker, sophomore graphic design major, said that parking can cause problems for commuters.

“I can’t park (farther away) because I have 15 minutes to get from Brick City to Temple Hall, so I would be really late,” Baker said.

“There’s not enough parking (for commuters), and the lots that exist are a tight squeeze.”

Baker said sometimes the other students can be more of a problem than the parking itself.

“I literally parked a foot over the line once in the commuter lot and people parked on either side of me and blocked me in for an entire day,” Baker said.

Green lots, available for those living on campus, don’t have the same issue. In total, Missouri State has sold approximately 1,500 green parking permits, with 2,937 available parking spots, including Bear Park North, according to Pruitt.

“We don’t have on this university what folks would consider convenient parking or doorstep parking as I call it,” Pruitt said. “I would love to be able to provide that to everybody, but it’s not a possibility.”

Although commuter lots frequently have cars coming and going through the day, sometimes unlucky students cannot find a free spot in the lot they’re looking through.

“We can’t get everybody to the doorstep of the dorms or classes; it’s just not possible,” Pruitt said. “We do our best to open up as many as we can to folks to be able to park on campus.”

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SGA begins proposal to replace PSU furniture MONICA BLAKE Sports Reporter @monicablak3 The Student Government Association at Missouri State University is in the process of submitting a proposal to replace all of the furniture in Plaster Student Union.

According to Dillon Cordel, the student body vice president, the current furniture is over 20 years old.

“Any student that sits in those chairs knows the furniture needs to be redone,” Cordel said.

“The seats are nasty. Some of them are really gross.”

Zack Davison, senior criminal justice major, visits the PSU every day.

“The old couches on the first and second floors and the loud metal chairs feel like they belong in the 1980s,” Davison said.

The proposed furniture will increase seating throughout the building by 51 percent.

“An increase in seating would be beneficial,” Davison said.

Cordel said this is beneficial because the student usage in the PSU has increased tremendously since the addition of the building to campus.

“If I have time in between classes, I’ll come here,” Madyson Reiboldt, junior early childhood education, said. “During lunch it’s hard to find a place to sit.”

Cordel said preliminary meetings have already been held with the university to talk about the designs. He could not provide the draw-up of what the new furniture would look like, but he compared it to comfortable airport seating.

“All four floors would get new furniture,” Cordel said. “We plan to utilize a lot of areas that are overlooked right now.”

He said most of the tables and chairs by the restaurants would stay due to different contracts.

The other side of the main floor, near Bear Necessities, would receive furniture in a booth-like fashion. In this area alone, available seating would be increased by 30 percent.

“A lot of people want to sit and eat up there, but there’s not enough seats,” Cordel said.

The project would be paid for partially by SGA and partially by MSU. Cordel said the PSU can submit a request for a project fund to hold up their side of the arrangement. SGA has their own project funds and budgets for projects like this.

“Right now it’s looking like we’ll pay a percentage,” Cordel said. “Anywhere between a 40-60 or 50-50 split.”

Cordel said the project is still in preliminary stages, still needing to be voted on and approved,

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Many students spend their free time catching up on schoolwork in Plaster Student Union. The existing furniture in the PSU has been there for over 20 years.

but students have expressed their support to Cordel. SGA will vote on the project within the next three weeks.

Cordel said ultimately the businesses within the PSU would benefit from this project. Since seating will be increased by 51 percent, SGA hopes that more people will spend time in the building. More students in the building will likely result in more spending.

If the project is approved, the goal would be to have it done by the start of the upcoming spring semester. Students interested in giving feedback on the proposal can reach Cordel at dilloncordel@live.missouristate.edu.

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Walnut Street (top), one of the busier streets in downtown Springfield, lights up at night as do many of the buildings on it.

Downtown Springfield offers many options for college students including coffee shops, like The Coffee Ethic (bottom left), and late-night options like Hurts Donut (bottom right.)

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The new Bear Line shuttles sport sleek red leather seats, more space and LED signs. Two buses have been replaced so far.

Bear Line upgraded with two new shuttles RONKEIA BATES Staff Reporter @Lyrie_lyric This year, Missouri State has decided to upgrade some of the Bear Line vehicles by replacing the old shuttles with new ones.

The red and blue routes have recieved the new shuttle buses, while the remaining Bear Lines still have the old ones. The students who have already had a chance to ride on the new shuttles are probably wondering why the old ones were replaced.

Cole Pruitt, transportation manager, said all of the shuttles will eventually be replaced at a rate of about five shuttles per year.

“The older shuttles will either be utilized within J. Howard Fisk Limousines, Inc. as back-up shuttles or they will be sold,” Pruitt said. “When Bear Line shuttles are sold, the wrapping around the bus is removed.”

Pruitt also mentioned that there are some advantages that the new shuttles have that the old ones don’t have.

“The main new features are LED lighting for the signage and upgraded interior,” said Pruitt.

The new shuttles have maroon leather seats, more space and are already receiving positive feedback from students.

Zoe Phillips, a sophomore speech-language pathology major, said that she thinks the new shuttles are very nice and classier than the old ones. She also said she thinks they are more accessible.

“They are more accessible for someone who needs more space or someone who needs an accommodation for a wheelchair,” Phillips said.

Kaylyn Starks, a senior psychology major, gave her opinion about the new shuttles.

“I think they are fresher, and the seats are different because they are not made of the material that was used on the old seats,” Starks said. “My most favorite thing about the new shuttles is that the seats are farther apart, which gives passengers more room and doesn’t make them feel like they are confined.”

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Rolla, Starkville and Columbia.

Springfield was also ranked the number one college town for cost of living. Some towns that followed Springfield in the ranking were Rexburg, Idaho; Logan, Utah; and Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Jason Shepard, sociology and anthropology instructor, said he grew up in Republic, Missouri — a city 25 minutes outside of Springfield. Shepard said some of his favorite things about Springfield are how much greenery it has and how cheap the cost of living is. Springfield is also changing and has a lot more to do when going out on weekends, according to Shepard.

“I wanted to escape as a kid,” Shepard said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m sick of this backwater place.’ I really wanted to expand outward because I hadn’t really gotten to travel as a kid. It was a surprise to me for a long time that I ended

up moving back; but as I have been here longer and been teaching, I think Springfield grows on me more.

“There is just a lot more to do when you go out now — a bit more art, more music, more restaurants, more people hanging out, more night life. I miss the mountains and the ocean, but I like it here.”

Shepard also said he enjoys visiting Tie & Timber Beer Company and doing yoga in Phelps Grove Park.

Ashlyn Longman, sophomore art and ceramics major, said she chose Missouri State because she had family friends here already and because she has always loved Springfield. She said she especially loves Brick City — the art district downtown.

“I came from a small country town, and we visited Springfield often because my mom’s best friend lived here,” Longman said. “Just the art aspect of Springfield is pretty great.

We also have a pretty diverse brewery district downtown.”

One of those breweries is Mother's Brewing Company, located downtown on Grant Avenue. They offer several beers that are brewed locally. Longman said her favorite is called Three Blind Mice.

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IDLES impress with new album ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ JOEY MUELLER Reviewer

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New iPhone models are expensive for changes

called the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. All three take from the original iPhone X design, featuring a nearly beAnother year, another iPhone. zel-less display with a notch at Make that three new the top for a speakiPhones and a new er and the front Apple Watch. Nothcamera. ing too surprising, but The main difwe’ll take a look anyference between ways: the three models is The new Apple the size. All three Watch Series 4 has run Apple’s new new sizes to choose A12 bionic chip, from in 40 and 44 mm making the new variants. Series 4 has iPhones faster than some cool new feaever. All three also tures including fall Jonathan Petesch run a new 12 detection, better demegapixel rear tection of different camera, with the activities and new heart sensing XS models running two 12 megapixel cameras. features.

Apple Watch Series 4 is now The iPhone XS has a 5.8 inch cleared by the FDA as a Class 2 display, the iPhone XR has a 6.1 medical device, meaning it can inch display and the iPhone XS now be used for diagnosis. This Max has a massive 6.5 inch disfalls under the same category as play. pregnancy tests.

Both XS models have a “SuThis presents a large incentive per Retina” OLED display, meanto buy the new watch, among ing blacks are darker and color other features, though the $399 reproduction is some of the best and $499 price tag for the 40 mm you’ll find on the market. and 44 mm versions respectively, The iPhone XR has what may turn some prospective buy- Apple is calling a “Liquid Reters away. ina” display, which uses LCD Apple’s new iPhones are technology, meaning color reJONATHAN PETESCH Columnist @thepeach1999

production won’t be as good, but the device costs less, making it understandable.

The iPhone XR is available in six different colors, while both XS models have the same color choices as last year’s iPhone X,with the addition of gold.

Prices are where it gets interesting. iPhone XR is the cheapest, starting at $749, with 64, 128 and 256 GB models available. iPhone XS starts at $999 with 64, 128, 256 and 512 GB models available. Finally, iPhone XS Max starts at $1,099, with the same models as the smaller XS. These prices put the least expensive phone at $749 with the 64 GB iPhone XR and the most expensive phone at a ridiculous $1,449 with the 512 GB iPhone XS Max. The more “budget” iPhone XR costs around what I paid for my Google Pixel 2 XL, and the XS Max costs just less than what I paid for my Surface Pro 2017 with all the accessories.

These prices will put the new XS models out of most consumers’ reaches, though most new features aren’t deal-breakers to not have, so going with an iPhone XR or even the original iPhone X wouldn’t be a bad idea if you

are looking to upgrade and can’t afford an XS model.

Overall, the iPhone XS models would make great upgrades if you are coming from an iPhone 7 or older, assuming you can afford them. However, if you want the new design of the iPhone X line, I would personally save the cash and go for the iPhone XR. Not enough has changed to warrant a recommendation for the iPhone XS and XS Max. The iPhone XR also allows consumers to have all the new features of an edge-to-edge display at a much lower price, so I don’t see much reason to buy an XS model unless you need two cameras or an extremely color-accurate and higher resolution display.

So, if you want one of the 2018 iPhones, I’d wait until October for the iPhone XR, though if you need an XS model, pre-orders are open now for XS and XS Max. iPhone XS and XS Max will begin shipping on Sept. 21, while iPhone XR will not be available for pre-order until Oct. 19 with devices shipping starting on Oct. 26 due to lack of Federal Communications Commission approval at this time.

After releasing their debut album last year, IDLES have returned already, with their follow-up album, “Joy as an Act of Resistance.” IDLES is a British punk/post-punk band that has managed to make a sizeable impression in the punk community early in their careers. I had not heard of the group before discovering this record, and I have to say that I am impressed.

The most impressive feature of this album is undoubtedly the lyrics. Each and every song seems to directly address some social or political issue with an admirable focus. Some of the most apparent issues addressed are hyper masculinity, nationalism, love and the effects of the media on self-esteem.

There were a few tracks on “Joy as an Act of Resistance” that I particularly enjoyed. “I’m Scum” offers biting lyrics about embracing being an outsider, with singer Joseph Talbot declaring, “I’ll sing at fascists till my head comes off.” This track also offers significantly more energy than most other tracks on the album.

The track “Television” was another standout for me. The opening line of the song, “If someone talked to you, the way you do to you, I’d put their teeth through. Love yourself,” is easily one of my favorite lines off of a punk album in recent history.

The combination of violent lyrics with a positive message is about as punk as it gets.

There was really only one song on the album that failed to stand out for me, and that is “June.”

There just did not seem to be a lot going on in this track lyrically or musically, particularly compared to the other songs on the album.

Musically, I think IDLES did a lot well on the album. The bass lines were fun and funky throughout, and the pounding drums added a lot of power to the album. The guitars were a bit hit-or-miss. At times I thought the guitars helped offer a lot of energy to the otherwise drab, grimy sound the band was going for otherwise. However, the guitars mostly just wail in the background throughout. Admittedly, this helps build up the atmosphere that I believe IDLES were going for, but it also holds the album back by keeping it a bit one dimensional.

Overall, I think this is a great addition to IDLES’ catalog. The album seems to build nicely on a lot of what the band introduced on their debut album, and it sets them up nicely for their next release. This is not an album I would necessarily recommend to someone just getting into punk, or someone listening to punk for the first time. However, I would definitely recommend this album to a veteran punk fan. The lyrical content, as well as Talbot’s excellent vocal performance, make this album deserving of repeated listens.

Rating: 7/10 Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Art Punk Album Length: 42:14 Favorite Tracks: I’m Scum, Love Song, Samaritans, Television, Great, Gram Rock Least Favorite Tracks: June

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Flowers line the walls of Eden’s Flower Truck. Eden Garret, pictured right, designed and decorated the truck herself.

Local graduate’s flower truck plants its roots in Springfield

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LAYNE STRACENER Staff Reporter @LayneStracener

den Garrett has dreamed of starting a business since she was 10. She’s now 22, and her dream has become a reality.Walk into Eden’s Flower Truck, a mobile flower boutique, and you’ll find yourself surrounded wall-to-wall by a variety of bright, colorful flowers.

Customers can walk in and make their own flower arrangement, or Garrett can help them make an arrangement based on what the customer would like to spend. Eden’s Flower Truck works with the customer’s price range.

“We really want to make sure the customer is happy,” Garrett said. “I don’t want someone to not be able to buy flowers if they don’t have a lot of money.”

Eden’s Flower Truck began as a senior seminar project for Garrett’s entrepreneurship class at Drury University. The assignment was to come up with a hypothetical business.

Her professor, Charles DeBerry, hated the idea at first. He objected that the open air would make it hard to maintain the flowers in different weather conditions.

Garrett modified it to be practical and unique by designing the first enclosed flower truck that people can walk into. It’s heated in the winter and air conditioned in the summer.

DeBerry eventually liked the idea enough to invest in it. The idea was brought to life in April, a month before Garrett graduated.

DeBerry said he told Garrett they could start the business after she graduated, but she insisted that they start it sooner. He said the progressive entrepreneur schools push seniors to start their businesses before they graduate,

but it had never been done before at Drury.

“It’s so weird to see your class project come to life,” Garrett said. “And it’s funny, because I only got a B on the project, and now it’s a full business.”

DeBerry has owned five businesses. He agreed to help start Eden’s Flower Truck because he thought it was a good idea, and he hadn’t owned a business in a few years.

“It’s always great to see an idea turn into the real thing, because you feel like you’ve created something of value,” DeBerry said.

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Eden Garrett and Drury professor Charles DeBerry co-own Eden’s Flower Truck which started in April.

“Flowers represent affection and care, and our flower truck makes it more affordable and convenient for people to show their affection.”

Garrett came up with the idea for her project in summer 2017 when she lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and came across Amelia’s Flower Truck.

“I was absolutely obsessed,” Garrett said.

“I thought, ‘How cool is it to have flowers on the go?’”

Garrett was 21 when the business started.

MSU student, employee to receive NASPA awards BATOOL ALZUBI Staff Reporter @Albatoolz

Two Missouri State University people will be receiving an award from Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education at the NASPA IV-West regional conference in October.

NASPA is one of the leading associations across the nation for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession, according to their website.

Senior speech-language pathology major Megan Asbury will receive the Undergraduate Rising Star Award.

The rising star award is for undergraduate students with outstanding leadership skills and significant contributions that helped create a positive experience for other students on campus.

Absury’s boss, Kate Roessler, assistant director at the Office of Student Engagement, nominated her for this award.

“I did not anticipate getting it at all,” Asbury said. “I am very excited and very grateful for it.”

Asbury said when she first came to MSU, she was seeking a lot of leadership positions but did not know how to get them.

“I was very shy (and) not very outgoing,” Asbury said. “I did not have the confidence to seek the positions I wanted.”

She got out of her comfort zone when she became involved in Sorority and Fraternity Life, where she was able to meet a lot of older women who became mentors to her and helped her grow, Asbury said.

Her sophomore year, Absury became more interested in student affairs and had the chance to run for chapter president of Zeta Sigma.

“I have got the chance to meet and talk with a lot of the administrators at Missouri State,” Asbury said. “This is when I started thinking this is actually something I want to do.”

She said it feels weird to have a business at such a young age.

“People would ask me what my plans were for after college, and I’d tell them I own a business, and they’d look really confused,” Garrett said.

Garrett has always wanted to follow the footsteps of her parents who both own businesses. Her mom also started a business when she was 21.

“She’s been my biggest supporter, and it has been super helpful having her advice,”

Her junior year, she got accepted for a job at the office of student engagement as a Fraternity and Sorority Life specialist.

Asbury said she still plans on finishing her undergraduate degree in communication sciences and disorders, but she will completely change her track for graduate school.

She will go to graduate school for students affairs and higher education.

“If you decide that what you are doing is not what you want to continue to be doing, then change it,” Asbury said. “I was terrified, but I am definitely seeing the benefits of choosing my passion.”

Devon Wright, assistant director of Transfer Student Programs at the Office of Student Engagement and an academic adviser for college of business programs, will receive the New Professional Rising Star Award.

Wright became a member of NASPA three years ago. Her previous supervisor at the Office of Student Engagement, Tara Benson, nominated her for this award.

The award is given to graduate students who are actively involved in students affairs and plan on pursuing a career in that.

Wright completed her master’s of science in student affairs in higher education at MSU in 2016. She said many faculty members in her program helped her develop personally and professionally.

“The Plaster Student Union staff and the student affairs program faculty have provided opportunities for me to succeed here at Missouri State,” Wright said.

Wright said she plans on staying at MSU in the foreseeable future. Eventually, she plans on pursuing a Ph.D. and becoming faculty in the College of Business at MSU. “While it is nice to receive this award, I am more thankful for the relationships and mentors I have on campus,” Wright said. “I love working with Missouri State students, and I think my passion for student success is the main reason I was selected for this award.”

Garrett said.

Garrett said the next step for the future of the business is to open a truck in Waco, Texas, and park it at Magnolia Market, a shopping complex in downtown Waco owned by Chip and Joanna Gaines, TV personalities best known for HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” series.

“The sky’s the limit,” Garrett said. “I want to have a truck in every major city. That’s my dream.”

Garrett and DeBerry said finding and ren-

ovating the truck was the biggest challenge.

Nobody in Springfield had ever turned a truck into a store, and most trucks like the one they needed were in places too far away.

Eventually, they found an old truck for sale at the Lake of the Ozarks. Garrett wanted to make it look like a terrarium, so they hired a company to install French glass windows in the back of the truck, which took about two months. DeBerry and Garrett used wood from a torn down barn in Arkansas to create the wood interior. They did almost all the work themselves, and it took about four months.

Garrett and DeBerry grow most of their own flowers, but the ones they can’t grow are from Mears Floral Products, a fresh flower wholesaler that serves retail florists. Garrett said employees at Mears have helped her learn the names of different types of flowers, which flowers sell better and which ones last in the heat.

“I knew nothing about flowers before I started. Absolutely nothing,” Garrett said.

Garrett also watches videos online and reads books to learn more about flowers.

“My gosh, I have like four coffee table books filled with types of flowers, so what I like to do at night for fun is look through the books and try to figure out what type of flower is what,” Garrett said. “There’s never enough learning.”

Garrett said you should always follow your dreams, even if it scares you.

“I was extremely scared when I first started my business” Garrett said. “I had no idea what I was doing, and I was overwhelmed, but you don’t want to not do something and regret it. I would do it, and if you fail, you learn from it and you start the next adventure.

Follow your dreams. It pays off.”

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Becoming more environmentally friendly at MSU and globally AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 Recently, restaurants in the Plaster Student Union at Missouri State University have taken steps to become more environmentally friendly.

Starbucks is replacing their single-use straws globally with a strawless lid for iced coffee, tea and espresso beverages, according to a spokesperson from Starbucks media relations. They will also be offering a new straw made of alternative materials, such as paper or compostable plastic, for blended beverages.

“Sustainability is part of our DNA and has been so for 30+ years,” the Starbucks spokesperson said.

Nicole Young, director of marketing for Chartwells, committee member of Live Life Green and engagement chair of the president’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, said Chartwells is working to phase out straws across campus by the end of this semester to enable Missouri State University to lead in the sustainability community.

Chartwells has a partnership with MSU to provide the restaurants that students enjoy around campus.

Chartwells had preliminary conversations last spring about getting rid of straws, and over the summer, they saw many people take the issue seriously; by the end of summer they felt it was the “right thing to do,” according to Young.

Young said Chartwells has already made transitions to become more environmentally friendly by special ordering paper cups for both Chick-fil-A and paper to-go boxes for Panda Express. Chick-fil-A at MSU is the only Chick-fil-A in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas that doesn’t use styrofoam cups, according to Young.

She also said they would begin selling reusable, stainless steel straws at every cash register for a dollar a piece. They gave away 500 of them for free the second week of school and plan to do another giveaway during the spring semester.

“Starbucks is kind of leading the strawless charge as far as corporate restaurants go, but it is something

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that is very important to us as well,” Young said.

Young said disposable straws will still be available upon request to ensure those in the disability community who need a straw to be able to drink are served adequately.

Starbucks has also achieved 99 percent ethically-sourced coffee and committed $10 million to develop and bring to market a fully recyclable and compostable hot cup through the NextGen Cup Challenge. The company has been working with Closed Loop Partners and others in their industry on this project.

The NextGen Cup Challenge is a group of restaurants that have committed to making fast food cups more environmentally friendly, according to The Center for the Circular Economy website, which is the parent company of Closed Loop Partners. Closed Loop Partners is an investment company that works toward more environmentally friendly goods.

McDonald’s has also joined the challenge.

The spokesperson for Starbucks said that over the last five years, sales for their cold beverages — which often use straws — has grown significantly, at the same time that the push to eliminate plastic straws has grown stronger. As a result, Starbucks has received requests to develop a recyclable alternative.

“It’s the right thing for our environment, our partners, our employees and our business,” the spokesperson said. “Customers will still enjoy the same experience they know and love in their Starbucks store — these new straw options will be available by request for customers who prefer or need a straw, for any drink. We will continue to push ourselves and work with the industry on solutions to reduce waste.”

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Cider Days, an annual public event held on Walnut Street, features local artisans, small businesses, musicians, performers and a variety of food and drink vendors. Dogs and humans alike filled the sidewalks and enjoyed the sunshine before fall.

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(Left) Gary Hess creates large bubbles while children watch in awe. Gary and his wife Karen are owners of Ozark Bubble Company and have been in business for two years.

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(Above) Members of the dance team Motion Playlist performed choreographed and freestyle “urban dance” routines for the crowds at Cider Days. The company originated in 2011 and now has over 30 regular class attendees.

(Left) Nathan Tobin turns sticks of souvlaki, a traditional Greek fast food grilled meat dish. Tobin works for Greek Belly, a restaurant on Walnut Street.

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(Right) Brandi Keltner, owner of BG Studios Photography in Springfield puts the final touches on her painting. Keltner says her passion for the arts started at six years old painting watercolor roses in her grandmother’s basement.

Online program helps students live healthier lives LAYNE STRACENER Staff Reporter @LayneStracener It can be hard for college students to find time to go to the counseling center and maintain healthy sleeping, eating and exercise habits. This can lead to a high risk of mental health problems.

Body U is an online program designed to help students think differently in order to practice healthy habits to reduce risk of eating disorders, depression and anxiety.

Missouri State University’s Body U student ambassador, graduate student Christie Fletcher, said the program was brought to MSU about a year ago.

“Our mission is to help increase body positivity and awareness in all students and to help them find the resources they need to live a happy, healthy life,” Fletcher said. “It’s a very accessible program that focuses on what you want and need.”

Body U is partnered with the Counseling Center. It is free

and available to students who are 18 or older. Students can begin by taking a survey at BodyU.org that screens for risk of eating disorders, anxiety and depression. It then assigns them to a program that is tailored to their needs.

Once enrolled, members can access the program via the internet or an app called Minddistrict, which is the program that runs Body U. The programs are behavioral-based treatment done at the student’s own pace, but they are usually completed in eight weeks. Once enrolled, the student has access to the program for six months.

There are three programs within Body U: Staying Fit, I Care and EveryBody. Staying Fit is for students who are at low risk for eating disorders, depression and anxiety. It helps students practice and maintain healthier eating, sleeping and exercise habits. I Care is for students struggling with or at risk of developing depression and anxiety.

The EveryBody program is the most commonly assigned to students. It is supported by coaches and designed for students

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who are struggling with or at risk of developing an eating disorder. The coaches are counselors or social workers at Washington University in St. Louis. This program helps students restructure their thoughts to improve eating habits and body image.

Jessica Jakubiak, a clinical psychology student at Washington University, has been an EveryBody coach for seven months. She said her goal as a coach is to provide support and personalize the program. The program allows for a 15-minute phone call with the coach at the beginning and end of the program. Jakubiak uses these phone calls to establish what the student wants to accomplish and what they have learned. The EveryBody program also allows the students and coaches to message each other.

“I want it to be something they can learn from and take with them once the program is over,” Jakubiak said. “As they’re working through the material, I like to have a conversation about it with them and ask them questions to get them to think about it in a different way.”

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Football team beats No. 20 Northern Arizona Missouri State defeated a ranked opponent for the first time since 2016 BLAINE WHEELER Senior Anchor @blainewheeler21 Missouri State and Northern Arizona met for the first time in history on Saturday at Plaster Stadium.

Many would call this Missouri State’s first true home game after last Thursday’s odd weather move-up.

Bearfest Village was packed as usual; the student crowd was miniscule — as usual — but the Missouri State football program did not play as usual, winning 40-8 over No. 20 Northern Arizona.

Before the match-up, headlines marked that this could be the game Missouri State’s football program made a name for itself.

Northern Arizona flew into Springfield for the sixth Big Sky-Missouri Valley Football Conference meeting this season in which the MVFC now leads 4-2 this season.

The Lumberjacks were short-handed without star quarterback Case Cookus and wide receiver Emmanuel Butler, who were both first team all-conference players last season.

The Bears were confident after their first two games this season and showed why fans should be confident in them, too.

“Preparation throughout the week was outstanding — probably the best week of practice I’ve ever been a part of, and it showed today,” senior safety Jared Beshore said. “I think it is a pretty big-time win, a ranked opponent coming in here; we showed our dominance over them.”

Missouri State came out firing on all cylinders, a change from the first two games against Oklahoma State and Lincoln.

Just three plays into the contest, senior running back Jason Randall exploded for a 47-yard touchdown run.

The Bears defense then answered with a stop of their own on Northern Arizona’s first drive of the game, only allowing 27 yards in nine plays.

As Missouri State took over, they took the momentum with them.

The Bears drove 83 yards on 11 plays to be stopped at the 1-yard line. Freshman Parker Lacina knocked in a 19-yard field goal.

The Bears took a 10-0 lead. Then things turned ugly.

Quarterback Peyton Huslig turned the ball over on the Bears’ next five possessions, throwing four interceptions and fumbling on the Bears’ first drive of the second quarter.

The first interception came at the Lumberjack 9-yard line.

With a clear scoring opportunity for the Bears to lead 17-0, the junior misfired.

But the Bears defense held strong through the game. Bears linebacker Tyler Lovelace snagged an interception in the first quarter and collected a loose fumble on a muffed punt deep in MSU territory.

During the Bears’ turnover stretch, the defense forced a fumble, two punts and a turnover on downs.

“In the four years I’ve been here, I don’t know if we’ve had a game where we consistently played well,” Beshore said.

The game finished with a total of 11 turnovers, five from Missouri State. All of the Bears’ turnovers were in the first half.

After the flurry of mishaps, the Bears stood strong in tough situations.

At the end of the first half, Huslig pulled a run option on fourth and goal from the 1-yard line to take a commanding 23-6 lead into half.

“It’s a game of momentum,” head coach Dave Steckel said. “The players hate me, the coaches hate me because we do a drill in pads all summer long where we put the ball at the 3-yard line and I tell the offense, ‘You are not allowed to throw the football.’ So, we had the ball inside the three and the offensive line did a phenomenal job in three plays in scoring.”

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(Above) Freshman Jeremiah Wilson gets tackled by a Northern Arizona defender. Wilson recorded a season-high 36 rushing yards, 27 of those coming in one rush.

(Left) Running back Jason Randall looks for the gaps in between the O-linemen after getting the handoff from quarterback Peyton Huslig. Randall recorded a career-high 181 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

The Bears beat the Lumberjacks 40-8 on Saturday, Sept. 15.

After rushing for a combined 76 yards in the Bears’ first two contests, the Bears backfield exploded. Randall has scored at least one touchdown in his last seven games as a Bear and added another two today.

The senior rushed for a career-high 181 yards on 20 carries.

“It was just a good day,” Randall said. “The offensive line — Monday we were in the film room seeing what we needed to do — and we were just excited to get out there and get after it.”

Missouri State cruised to a victory, scoring on three of its next

five drives to bust it open and secure a commanding 40-8 win.

The last time the Bears knocked off a ranked opponent was in in 2016 against No. 24 Indiana State.

The win was a step in the right direction before the Bears enter the gauntlet of the Missouri Valley Football Conference that currently has five ranked teams in the FCS Coaches Poll Top 25.

Missouri State continues its homestand Saturday, Sept. 29, against Illinois State. Kickoff is at 2 p.m.

Crossing the finish Volleyball prepares to line close to home start conference play Cross country team finishes second at Southern Stampede KYLE DERRINGER Sports Reporter @Kyle_Derringer The Bears cross country team competed at the Southern Stampede on Saturday, garnering a second-place finish out of 34 teams.

The race was hosted by Missouri South-

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Junior Grace Breiten leads the pack at Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri. Breiten finished in fourth place with a career best 5-kilometer race time of 17:38.2.

ern State University in Joplin, with many teams from around the region competing in the event.

The race the Bears competed in consisted of three Division I schools. The rest of the field was composed of Division II schools from the Midwest.

The meet consisted of schools from all three NCAA divisions, as well as NAIA and junior college teams. High school competitors had 6 races as well.

With the meet being so close to all the competing schools, family and friends of the runners came in droves to see them compete.

Spectators created small herds around the final bend of the course and down the final stretch to the finish line.

Cheers, yells and some jeers were used to motivate the runners down the final stretch of the course.

This meet is the closest the Bears will compete to Springfield all season.

The Bears compete in Fayetteville, Arkansas, next week and in Peoria, Illinois, for the last three meets of the season.

There was a noticeable contingent of Bears fans at the meet, which the runners and head coach Jordan Fife said helped the runners. “(It’s) an hour drive over here, and a lot of their families can be over here,” Fife said.

“I think it puts their mind at ease and have some happiness that they are going to see their family.”

Next week the Bears travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas.

“I think that matters a lot to them,” Fife said. “We have a lot of athletes on the team whose parents are within a couple of hours of here it works out well to come out to a meet like this.”

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Missouri Sate finishes 7-6 in nonconference play BRYCE DERRICKSON Sports Reporter @BruceyD17 Missouri State volleyball finished nonconference play finishing second in the Husker Invite and will play teams from the Missouri Valley Conference the rest of the way.

In the Husker Invite, the Bears played New Mexico, Central Michigan and last year’s national champion, Nebraska.

On Friday, MSU played its first two games of the tournament against New Mexico and Central Michigan. The first game MSU played they swept New Mexico with each set being a close contest.

In the game, Missouri State held New Mexico to a .107 hitting percentage and had 11 blocks in the game. Sophomore middle blocker Laynie Dake led the team in three categories: eight kills, two aces and six blocks.

The Bears continued the day facing Central Michigan where defense again took over. Central Michigan was held to a -.30 hitting percentage and had more errors, 26, than kills, 23, in the game.

In game two, junior Aubrey Cheffey did a little bit of everything, getting 11 kills and four blocks in the game.

Missouri State then faced No. 4 Nebraska, last year’s national champion. This time, Missouri State was swept and only had one set where they reached more than 12 points.

In the first set, Nebraska started with a 4-0 run before Missouri State came back to lead the game at 6-5. The Bears failed to hold on to the lead as the Huskers ended the game the way they began, on a 4-0 run. Nebraska went on to win 25-19.

The sets dwindled in length for the Bears as they fell in the second set 25-12. Nebraska held Missouri State to a zero hitting percentage and only allowed seven kills in the second set.

In the third and final set, Nebraska dominated Missouri State, only allowing them to score four points. The Bears finished the set

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Freshman Amelia Flynn hits the ball. During the Husker Invite, Flynn recorded 24 digs and 25 kills.

with only three kills and a -.148 hitting percentage, while Nebraska hit a .696 hitting percentage in the third set. In the end, Missouri State had more errors than kills and a hitting percentage of -.011.

“Yeah, we got beat tonight by Nebraska,” head coach Melissa Stokes said. “I thought we competed our butts off in the first set. Then I thought we got complacent. and we kind of fell apart in the third. Again, give them credit. I thought they were a very good volleyball team.”

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Taiwo Oluwafunmila is a junior defensive end for Missouri State. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Taiwo primarily played soccer and basketball growing up.

He came to the United States to play football in high school and now plays for the Bears. him would say the same.”

But Taiwo hasn’t seen his family in person for over four years. This school year will be going on year five.

Although with the help of a little technology, such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, he is able to talk to them all the time. In fact, right before the interview with The Standard, he was talking to his sister.

While it’s hard to leave family behind, Taiwo has found a home away from home here at Missouri State.

The camaraderie that comes with being on a team is second to none. They experience everything together — from practices and

games to off the field shenanigans. Taiwo and his teammates are very close.

Football may have brought them together, but the bond is strong enough to last a lifetime.

“There’s more love on this team now than there has ever been,” Taiwo said. “There’s such a strong chemistry.”

The chemistry Taiwo is referring to is not confined to the locker room. The teamwork and harmony among the Missouri State football team shows on the field during gameday.

And for those who aren’t fortunate enough to have family close by, such as Taiwo Oluwafunmila, a football family holds a special place in the heart.

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For most athletes, the odds of becoming a Division I athlete are slim. And for those skilled enough to succeed, it takes years of learning and practicing to get them where they are now.

But for Taiwo Oluwafunmila, all it took was a football training camp and one high school football game to land him a Division I scholarship with Missouri State football.

The Missouri State defensive end was born in Lagos, Nigeria, where he grew up playing soccer and basketball.

While in Nigeria, he was approached by an American who suggested that he come to the U.S. to try to play football. Taiwo, standing at 6-feet-4 inches tall and 231 pounds, does not look like an ordinary soccer player.

Recruiters thought a different sport would suit him better.

“He told me I looked like a football player,” Taiwo said. “I told him, ‘I wish I could play, but I don’t know how.’”

Shortly after, Taiwo came to the U.S. and began attending Montverde Academy, a private college-preparatory school in Montverde, Florida. Just one year after he left Montverde Academy, the football program closed its doors.

Without that program, Taiwo might not have had the opportunity to live out the dreams of many. While the transition from high school to college is tough, Taiwo has adjusted well both on and off the field. College athletics are more intense with a lot more on the line. The stakes are at an all-time high.

“College is another level,” Taiwo said.

“It’s more physical, more strong.”

Not only does the level of play soar to new heights in collegiate sports, but so does the level of coaching. College coaches are tougher and expect more out of their athletes.

“They’re gonna push you to your limit,” Taiwo said.

But Taiwo isn’t just here for football.

Academics are important to him as well.

A’dja Jones, an assistant director of the Academic Achievement Center, met with Taiwo weekly when he was an underclassman discussing homework objectives, coordinating tutoring if needed and acting as a liaison between the athletics department and academic faculty.

“Now that Taiwo is an upperclassman, he no longer has many mandatory academic requirements,” Jones said. “But we still encourage him to stop by and keep us updated on his classes and his life.”

Taiwo has received academic awards during his time at Missouri State. In 2016, he was on the MVFC Honor Roll and was on the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll the following year.

“I’m really proud of myself,” Taiwo said.

“Steckel also tells us that we’re here to graduate.”

Jones also had glowing remarks to make about Taiwo’s character.

“He is a wonderful young man who has overcome a lot of adversity in his life, yet you will almost always catch him smiling and starting a conversation,” Jones said.

“He is a very likeable guy, and I would guess that those who have interacted with

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With the Husker Invite over, the Bears now head into conference play with a 7-6 record and having played one of the best teams in the country.

“The fact that we’re 7-6 after our non-conference after starting out 0-3, I’m not going to hang our heads,” Stokes said. “We won three matches in a row and beat a very good Texas A&M team.”

Though Missouri State did have a tough schedule, they weren’t the only ones to play ranked teams.

Northern Iowa comes into MVC play with a 6-6 record, facing six ranked teams, which is the most in MVC. Not only did they play ranked teams, but nine of those teams they faced, including the ranked teams, have a winning record.

The next closest schools are Missouri State, Valparaiso and Southern Illinois, all facing one ranked team in their schedule.

Illinois State, Drake, Evansville, Loyola, Indiana State and Bradley did not play a ranked team in their non-conference games.

Missouri State is second in facing the most teams with a winning record with eight behind UNI. The next closest is Southern Illinois and Evansville with playing seven teams.

Then they’re followed by Illinois State and Valparaiso with six and finally the rest of the MVC is tied with playing four winning teams in total.

As predicted in the MVC preseason poll, UNI will be the team to beat, with Missouri State not trailing too far behind them.

Even though UNI and MSU don’t have the best records in the conference, they consistently played tougher teams throughout their schedule, while the rest of the MVC played lighter non-conference schedules.

To avoid the upsets the MVC games could create, Missouri State needs to rely on its defense and have freshmen continue to step up and not get complacent.

Compared to other teams, MSU has a total of 716 digs compared to opponents 702 so far this season.

The team also averages 2.2 blocks/sets per game.

Freshmen have helped bring this team to a winning record. For example, Amelia Flynn is leading the team in kills with 132 and Makina Wratten is leading in blocks, 44.

The Bears have times where they become complacent with their game, though.

For example, against Grambling State, MSU didn’t allow them to score more than 14 points in the first and second sets, but they almost came back and won in the third set, only losing 25-21.

“There is no one in our conference that is at the level of Nebraska,” Stokes said. “I think Texas A&M is the pinnacle of our conference. I think we played teams that are going to be the very best of our conference and that’s what you need to win a conference championship.”

Missouri State will now come back to Springfield to play their first conference game against Illinois State on Friday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m.

The game time was moved up from 7 p.m. due to President Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley.

Admission for the game against Illinois State is free for fans, who must park in in Bear Park North due to increased security and road closures on campus that day.

Fans must enter the parking garage through the entrance on Elm Street and enter Hammons Student Center through the northwest doors.

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Team prepares for last three meets in Peoria, Illinois

“Both of my parents came, which meant a The Bears competed against primarily Di“There is a lot of good regional Division lot since they are living in Wisconsin, so vision II competition at the event, but Fife II competition that comes to this meet,” Fife (them) traveling here means a lot, and having didn’t see that as a negative. said. “The payoff of competing next to some them here makes me feel more comfortable,” Breiten said.

The runners and coach Fife also agreed that it helps with how the comfortable the runners are feeling at the meet.

“It’s always a lot of encouragement when everyone’s family comes, and it’s cool because Joplin is the closest meet we have to home,” Breiten said.

Junior Jordyn Capra had a homecoming of sorts.

The meet was just a few miles from her hometown of Carl Junction, Missouri.

“It was awesome,” Capra said. “This is my hometown. I have a lot of family and friends here, so it is a really exciting meet.”

Besides being familiar with the area, she was facing some familiar competition on the course this week.

“I have a lot of friends who run for universities around here so it’s a big place with old competitors and teammates,” Capra said. “One of my friends runs for Drury now, so it’s just really cool to see everyone and race against them.”

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The Bears competed at the J.K. Gold Classic in Wichita to begin the season, placing third.

The meet consisted of former Missouri Valley Conference foe Wichita State and Big 12 member Kansas State.

Saturday’s meet was one of the larger ones the Bears will compete at this season.

However, Division I competition will ramp up again for the Bears starting next week.

The Bears will run in the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas on Sept. 22.

“As a whole, this meet, next meet at Arkansas and Bradley are big meets, the next two are more Division I related, especially Bradley,” Fife said.

The Bears hope to improve after this week’s performance as they head into the second half of the season.

“It was a pretty good day today,” Fife said. “It wasn’t what we were truly capable of right now. You mix in the heat and humidity and in a heavy training cycle now and (we’re) not really primed for super-fast times.”

Some of the runners are looking to use this meet as a building block.

“I think we really improved as a team; we all had better times and placings,” Breiten said. “I think we are more confident.”

Springfield Saturdays Photos by BILL SIOHOLM/THE STANDARD

(Top left) A tailgate attendee poses before the football game. Many attendees spent the morning with friends ahead of kickoff.

(Above) Dogs partake in the tailgating festivities with their owners, receiving a lot of attention from students.

(Right) Bearfest Village party goers play yard games, including cornhole, while enjoying food and music before the football game on Sept. 15.

(Left) The smell of grilling and barbecuing fills the air at the tailgate.

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‘Queer Eye’ star’s podcast will satisfy your curiosity HANNAH HAWORTH Reviewer This year, Netflix released a popular reboot of a show called “Queer Eye” that quickly took the world by storm. Jonathan Van Ness, celebrity hairstylist and self-care advocate, is one of the “Fab Five” stars from the breakout television series.

Van Ness was raised in Quincy, Illinois, and preceding graduation from the Aveda Institute, a cosmetology school, he moved to Los Angeles to work in the esteemed Sally Hershberger Salon.

From there, Van Ness built his clientele with cast members from “True Blood” and “Game of Thrones,” and his looks have been featured in People, Vogue Italia and Paper magazine.

Van Ness’ was first exposed to the limelight after creating “Gay of Thrones,” an Emmy-nom-

inated web series featured on Funny or Die where Van Ness recaps each “Game of Thrones” episode in a parody style featuring a guest.

Van Ness created the podcast “Getting Curious” in December 2015 in pursuit of answers for curious topics he found had sparked his interest.

Although “Gay of Thrones” was a popular web series from which many know his name, Van Ness and his podcast escalated in popularity following the Feb. 7 premiere date of “Queer Eye.” “Getting Curious” is a biweekly podcast following Van Ness’ exuberant personality as he interviews experts to answer his many questions.

These experts include Mary O’Hara, Guardian columnist who explained the Brexit dilemma, Dr. James Gelvin, professor of Middle Eastern History at UCLA, and many “Queer Eye” co-stars.

Van Ness creates a superbly interesting, entertaining and educational podcast for listeners to

divulge in. He covers a wide array of topics from “Is Saudi Arabia Cute Now?” to “Who Was the Beyonce of Renaissance Art?” I find his podcast to be so enjoyable that I forget I am learning at the same time.

Van Ness invites listeners to be excited about topics they may have never heard of, but his positivity and fluctuating tone of voice keeps the listeners intrigued for the entirety of the 40 minutes.

Although I find “Getting Curious” to be a great way to get educated on recent topics and news, I find faults all the same.

First, Van Ness, as exhilarated as he is about the subject of each podcast, tends to go off on tangents that may confuse listeners and lead the expert away from the topic at hand. This leads me to feel like I received a reduced version of the expert’s knowledge about the subject, and I am

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The Cold Patrol ice cream truck waits outside of the SPD.

SPD shows their sweet side CARISSA ALFORD Staff Reporter @carissabalford

In an effort to build a positive relationship with the Springfield community, the Springfield Police Department embarks on what they call, “Cold Patrols.”

Officers from the community service division drive an ice cream truck around neighborhoods and hand out free ice cream to kids.

“We worked with the Springfield Police Foundation, and they paid for the truck and outfitted it for the ice cream stuff,” Crime Prevention Officer Kolby Helms said.

The officers try to take the truck out at least once a week or go where there is a large community event.

The neighborhoods who receive this special treat are picked completely at random.

“If we’re just taking it out, we won’t know until that day,” Helms said. “We’ll take it anywhere in the city where we think the most kids would be and who would most enjoy it.”

This project was funded only by donations, a point Helms wanted the community to know.

“It wasn’t funded by taxpayers at all,” Helms said. “It was funded through the Springfield Police Foundation.”

Even the ice cream is donated by Hiland Dairy Foods Company, LLC, a dairy manufacturer headquartered in Missouri.

“Basically all this is funded by groups who wanted to see this happen,” Helms said.

The Cold Patrol gives a sweet opportunity for bonding between local neighborhoods and the SPD, all at no cost to the taxpayers.

in the mirror. It allowed her to write down her thoughts and message her coach for improvement.

“It really helps you reframe the way you look at things and see a different perspective,” Fletcher said.

“It gives you a chance to think about how you think of yourself and shows you ways to make it more positive.

I think the thing it helped me the most with is being aware of my own habits.”

Body U was developed in 2013

by Marie-Laure Firebaugh, a clinical research coordinator at Washington University.

“This program is a good resource for problems that are common among college students,” Firebaugh said. “It is a good resource for students who may not

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in Community” film festival in the Plaster Student Union theater. There will be five films that will be presented at the film festival, and two of them are produced and directed by MSU media, journalism and film professor Andrew Cline.

Cline will present “Every Child” and “Joonyper.” “Every Child” is a 15-minute film that revisits the lives of a family that managed to pull themselves out of poverty. “Joonyper” is

unsatisfied with the follow-through of each question from Van Ness.

However, this problem may also be a product of the time limitations of each podcast episode.

40 minutes may seem like a long time to listen to two people talk, but the time goes quickly, and I am itching for more. I believe if the time of each episode was longer, Van Ness would be able to go into more in-depth discussions that won’t be cut off by Van Ness’ elaborate, yet lovable, tangents.

Overall, I find “Getting Curious” an incredibly amusing and instructional alternative to Googling the news or never learning about the topics at all.

This podcast is great to listen to while driving home, preparing for bed or walking to class, and I highly recommend everyone listen to at least one episode; I almost guarantee you will be pulled right into Van Ness’ charming curiosity.

want to go to the counseling center to get help, but we also always encourage students to go to the counseling center if they need further help.”

Body U began as a research project for the National Institute of Mental Health. The project was a study called Healthy Body Image where participants took a screening for eating disorder risk and then went through an eating disorder prevention and treatment program based on over 30 years of research conducted at Stanford University and Washington University. The study tested to see if the program would work, and it received positive results.

The Missouri Eating Disorder Council, whose mission is to teach eating disorder awareness and initiate treatment throughout Missouri, was interested in joining the project, so the council funded Body U in 2016, which uses the same screening and program. The pro-

gram was first adopted by four universities and is now available to students at every public university in Missouri except Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis. Firebaugh hopes to bring the program there as well.

Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment, according to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health.

“Our main goal is to offer treatment for eating disorders, because less than 20 percent of people with eating disorders receive treatment,” Firebaugh said. “We know that it’s very prevalent across college campuses. Unfortunately, resources for eating disorders, even outside of college campuses, are scarce.”

Body U and the Counseling Center will host a film screening 6-8 p.m.

Sept. 24 in Karls Hall 101. They are screening “The Illusionists,” a film about beauty standards and advertising. Fletcher and Firebaugh will lead a discussion after the film.

an 8-minute film about Joonyper Light, a young artist and mother who lost her battle with drug addiction.

Cline said the interesting thing to him about the film “Every Child” was that the family in the film was able to overcome poverty — which is not easy.

“It’s exceedingly difficult in the United States for someone to pull themselves out of poverty if they live below the poverty line,” Cline said.

Cline wants people to know that it’s not a matter of telling someone to just get a job, find a place to live and get their life together.

“These types of responses blame

the victim and don’t adequately address systemic problems that create poverty,” Cline said. “The fact of the matter is most poor people have jobs.”

There are two things that Cline wants students to know after watching “Every Child.”

“First, people who are living in poverty are not in that economic position because of moral failure,” Cline said. “Secondly, sometimes people do pull themselves out of poverty.”

Students and faculty members can find more information about the Public Affairs Conference at publicaffairs.missouristate.edu or by calling 417-836-4233.

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