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Pro-choice, pro-life activists talk it out MEGAN BURKE Staff Reporter @Megs96_ Pro-life rights students staged a protest between the Plaster Student Union and Siceluff Hall in response to an event put on by prochoice abortion group “Bears for Life” on Sept 18.

Students wearing pink shirts reading “I Stand With Planned Parenthood” held various signs and posters next to the Bears for Life display titled “Abortion is Violence.”

The groups interacted with each other in a civil manner, discussing differing arguments and viewpoints within the debate over abortion.

“I think civil discussions are very important because I think either way you’re not going to change people’s minds because it is a very emotional issue,” sophomore Spanish major Persephone Ferris said. “When you shout at people, you’re basically dehumanizing them, but when you have a conversation with a person, you’re acknowledging that they’re a human with their own struggles and their own feelings.”

Ferris is a pro-choice advocate and held a

sign in protest of the display.

Bears for Life Vice President Julia DeLuce said the organization does tabling events frequently, but this particular display was strictly informative.

“We are focusing on educating women about what actually goes down during each different type of abortion procedure,” DeLuce said. “It gives people a more holistic approach to the choice between life and abortion and we’re advocating, obviously, for life. We truly want women to have an informed decision and that’s why we’re here.”

16 years after 9/11 Professors look back on the attack and the days that followed HANNA FLANAGAN Staff Reporter @hanna_flanagan The terrorist acts on Sept. 11, 2001, were the deadliest of any foreign attack on U.S. soil, with a total of almost 3,000 fatalities, according to the New Yorker.

For Americans who were old enough to comprehend it, vivid moments from that day, and the days that followed, will never be forgotten.

“I could tell right from the beginning that it was not your typical emergency,” Michael Goerndt, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Plant Science and Natural Resources, said. “It was probably one of the more interesting set of days during a person’s lifetime. It will never go away.”

English Department Head Dr. W.D. Blackmon said one minute detail of the week after Sept. 11 has been engraved in his memory for the past 16 years.

“What struck me personally as one of the most amazing things was just sort of looking up into the sky for four or five days ... and no plane traffic at all,” Blackmon said.

Blackmon said this small piece of aftermath was particularly strange because passing planes are such an ordinary observance; so much so that he paid no mind

“It was like one of those nightmares where you pinch yourself to see if it’s really happening.”

-David Hough to them before Sept. 11. But Blackmon said seeing none at all was so rare, he could not help but take notice.

He also distinctly remembers the exact moment he learned of the magnitude of this event. He said a therapist came to work with his daughter shortly after the news of the first plane crash broke.

Blackmon can still recite the exact words she spoke upon arriving – a bone-chilling indicator of developments still to come.

“The therapist walks through the door ... and said, ‘they say already the casualties are going to be greater than Pearl

Harbor,” Blackmon said. “I remember that. That was pretty shocking news.”

Dean of the College of Education Dr. David Hough described his initial emotion as beyond the feeling of shock. He said he had a moment of total disbelief after hearing the news on his way to work that morning.

“It was like one of those nightmare swhere you pinch yourself to see if it’s really happening,” Hough said.

Hough said he drove to Jefferson City for a meeting that Tuesday. When he walked into the office, his colleagues were gathered around a television, just staring in awe and confusion.

“It was just silence. I could tell by the looks on everyone’s faces that we were not going to get anything done,” Hough said. “We all agreed to dismiss and go back. I just turned around and drove back home.”

Hough said footage of victims covered in ash and dirt, desperately searching for shelter, flooded news stations across the country that week. After watching the live coverage, an overwhelming desire for security washed over him.

“It was a weird thing that I think was experienced by a lot of people,” Hough said. “You immediately wanted to be close to your family.” u See 9/11 page 8

Bears for Life is a chapter of the nationwide organization Students for Life, which is a secular organization, meaning they are not religiously affiliated. The organization has 1,300 chapters around the country.

The display, which is touring around to different chapters, had six laundry baskets filled with baby socks, representing the number of abortions Planned Parenthood performs each week. It also had models of fetuses in different developmental stages and the tools which they say are used in some abortion procedures. u See ABORTION page 2

Public Affairs Week highlights sustainability BAILEY VASSALLI Senior Reporter @baileyvassalli ALY WEITKAMP Staff Reporter @AlyWeitkamp When something is sustainable, it can be used without being completely used up or destroyed. It is able to last or continue for a long time.

The theme of the 22nd anniversary of Public Affairs on the Missouri State campus deals with sustainability. Every year, the campus hosts Public Affairs week – open to both students and community members alike.

This year’s theme is Sustainability in Practice: Consensus and Consequences, which covers a wide variety of subjects rooted in the natural sciences. The broadness of the theme was apparent when looking at the events offered through the week.

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always kind of the first big event that kicks of the theme each year,” Stacey Trewatha-Bach, coordinator of Public Affairs Special Projects, said. “It is really designed to start opening discussions among students and community members.”

Events ranged from Dr. Eboo Patel’s talks on interfaith relationships to Meyer Library’s first-ever Living Stories project.

Patel, who was the featured speaker of the week, spent a lot of his time talking about America and how diverse it is as a country – specifically when it comes to religion. His first presentation dealt with how to cross those barriers between religion or the lack thereof.

“We somehow have to learn how to build a country while learning to live among people of other religions,” Patel said.

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Students UnMASCing Program focuses on men and male-identifying students MEGAN BURKE/THE STANDARD

Drew Geer is the Chief Wyrick Commissioner.

Outdoor seating plaza to create outdoor study space ASIA KEY Staff Writer @ayeja_ After ballot votes in spring 2016 and spring 2017, the seeds of The Wyrick Commission’s Outdoor Seating Plaza project are finally blooming.

The project’s focus is to provide a place to study and socialize outside, between the Hammons Fountain and the Plaster Stadium.

The Wyrick Fund started in 1983, when the school was still Southwest Missouri State University. Its purpose is to “provide an annual allowance to finance capital improvement projects on-campus that ensure the enhanced quality of life of students,” according to the Policy Library section of MSU’s website.

Senior anthropology major Drew Geer is the chief Wyrick commissioner and said that students chose this location because many consider it to be one of the most notable places at MSU. “The (Meyer) Library is a high-profile space, but one of our most cherished and beloved spots on campus is the (Hammons) Fountain,” Geer said.

The area has been resodded and patterned with square concrete pads that will, by the end of the semester, have tables and chairs. There will be trees, bushes and some flowers to increase the aesthetic

appeal of the new space.

The original inspiration for the project was to address a lack of outdoor seating across campus, and to provide an alternative to traditional study spaces.

“We have some outside seating by the PSU, a few spots in between the (Foster Recreation) Center and Blair-Shannon (House), a few benches scattered around campus, but not much else besides that,” Geer said. “The idea is that it will be nicely lit and in an environment that isn’t so monotonous or much of the same. We want to get students outside to enjoy the weather while they can.”

In an article published in the 2008 issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, psychologists analyzed learning styles and determined students who study in more than one location have a better chance of retaining knowledge from the material.

Providing students with another place to study could impact them positively, and freshman Tammy Nguyen, an undeclared major, thinks it will.

“It will be beneficial to students to have more variety in where they go to study,” Nguyen said. “It would help students find more places to study and be a good place to socialize. There’s a few places (to study) that are always full.”

CHLOE SKAAR Senior Reporter @chloeskaar The Missouri State community is an established proponent for inclusion, students and staff alike.

Matthew Banks, coordinator of Multicultural Programs and LGBT Student Services and Laura Backer, associate director of Student Engagement, partnered with Dr. Thomas Lane, dean of students, to initiate a dialogue-focused program for support and inclusion of masculine students.

Banks and Backer designed the program after taking note of a blooming need.

Banks said the inspiration for MASC –– Men Addressing Social Construction –– came from a trend in college campuses and a trend of lacking resources.

Men and male-identifying students are becoming frequent sufferers of depression, anxiety and mental health concerns, Banks said. But those groups don’t always have supportive resources tailored to their needs. “(Those students) are struggling with things in a system like toxic masculinity, which is this pervasive idea that punishes men who are ‘feminine’ or experience ‘feminine’ tendencies,” Banks said. “If you don’t see anything that helps them address it, through an identity-based cleanse while helping get them the services they need, things don’t get better.”

Banks said another trend contributes to it: men and masculine-identified students who hold leadership positions, but were never properly taught how to be a leader because of the stereotype that men already know how to lead.

ABORTION Continued from page 1 “Each basket is a day, each sock is one human life taken through abortion according to their [planned parenthood’s] annual report,” DeLuce said. “This just shows the visual impact of the largest killer of our generation.”

The pro-choice protesters handed out free condoms to students as they walked by; many students stopped and signed

Enter MASC. “My partner, Laura, and I wanted to create a program specifically designed for men and masculine people to come together to talk about masculinity and how it affects their life,” Banks said.

“How it has influenced their decision-making processes on campus, how they form relationships with other masculine people and how they form relationships with feminine or non binary people.”

The goal, Banks said, is for the students to understand how toxic masculinity has hurt their lives.

MASC is a leadership group. Participating students meet once a week for eight weeks to discuss a curriculum, also designed by Banks and Backer. Each meeting dissects another factor of toxic masculinity, including mental health, where masculinity comes from, body image, friendships, intimacy, dating and more.

There are two separate groups, and another starting up later in September, to initiate the program. While the current participants were invited to join by facilitators, the program will be open to any interested student in the coming few semesters.

But the most important theme is inclusion.

“We didn’t want this to be a ‘men’s program,’” Banks said. “We say ‘men and masculinity’ for a reason. Really, the program is designed for anyone who identifies as masculine.…We do have a couple students who identify as agender but are masculine-of-center and we do have some trans men who are involved.

“So, really, it was intentionally built not for men, but for masculine people,

because toxic masculinity affects you whether you are designated as a man at birth, whether you identify as a man or whether you are masculine-of-center.”

Each group stimulates inclusion by conducting discussion under a shared identity and privacy. The idea behind each facilitator is to encourage a family mentality with one’s group members –– the facilitators’ identities are intended to reflect their group.

Lane facilitates one group, Banks another. Banks said he and Backer asked Lane to participate because of his involvement with the Student Government Association –– the students in his group are members of SGA or the SGA Senate.

“They invited me to facilitate and it was an immediate ‘yes,’” Lane said. “The intent is to create an opportunity for men to do self-work around areas for social justice, connect with each other and learn how to create stronger bonds.”

Banks said those bonds will be strengthened through dialogue and sharing experiences.

“A lot of times, (men and masculine people) don’t openly talk about our feelings and that makes it difficult to form authentic relationships with family, friends or loved ones, whoever that may be,” Banks said. “So, I think, the strength of this program is that, yes, it’s a leadership-development opportunity, but it’s also a relationship-development opportunity.

“It’s a chance to come in, learn about what you struggle with and be practicing with other people to be more vulnerable, so that when you go into the real world and start building relationships outside of MSU, you are able to connect on a deeper level.”

their petition aimed at bringing Generation Action, a student group in support of Planned Parenthood, to campus next semester.

Freshman musical theatre major Zach Greer signed the petition saying he supports Planned Parenthood 100 percent.

“Personally, I am pro-choice,” Greer said. “Obviously I am not a woman so it’s not my decision to make one way or the other. I support abortions because I think there needs to be a safe place for a woman or a couple to go to if that time comes to make a

decision like that.”

Caroline Lundy, a freshman business and sales major, said she grew in her prolife beliefs after going to March for Life, a pro-life rally in Washington, D.C., with her high school.

“I just thought it was a really cool experience and I didn’t know that much about it before I went on the March for Life, so I started researching it and I wanted to know both sides,” Lundy said. “I believe that women should be allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies, but to the point where you’re not hurting another person.”

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Food industry is the self-hate industry ALI SPIES Columnist @AliceTheSpy As a consumer in America, I assume that what I read is accurate, and that a company or organization, especially one that is seemingly helping people, is giving out correct information. Yet, after watching a documentary, I find myself questioning and challenging everything I’ve been told.

I recently watched the film “What the Health,” and it completely changed my view on health, as well as capitalism in America, especially the food industry. I’m not saying this film is completely accurate or that everyone reading this should be vegan (I’m not vegan), but some of the information published is shocking.

One of the things in the film that left me speechless was the food recommended by places like the American Diabetes Association, which promotes recipes online that include red and processed meat, which is commonly known for being unhealthy. The film then did research into the sponsors of organizations like the ADA and found meat companies were the ones sponsoring the research.

This is so shocking to me, because research data shouldn’t be controlled by companies with tons of money, controlling what people know so they can sell their products better. After hearing these things, it makes me wonder about what else I am being lied to about.

If companies can control what research is put out, and the facts I read, anything I buy

could just be a hoax to try to get me to spend more money.

I am in a sociology class currently, and we have been talking about the phenomenon of buying and doing things to “fix” problems that aren’t actually there, such as wrinkle cream or health detox tea. No one actually needs these things and they aren’t actually going to fix wrinkles or make you healthy, but buying these things gives us a false sense of satisfaction.

American capitalism thrives on the fact that we feel insecure about ourselves, and so we buy things we think will help us feel better, even though they won’t actually help. Every magazine in the store has at least one section on how to get the “perfect body,” but isn’t a body that moves and functions properly “perfect,” no matter what it looks like?

It sickens me that media and companies prey on our weaknesses, just to make more money, while we are all unhappy and poor.

Recently though, I’ve seen more and more talk about things like this. We as a community of consumers are slowly but surely gaining more knowledge and insight into this phenomenon. We are becoming more aware of when we are being pandered to, and learning to decline and do what is actually good for us.

We, as consumers, have the power to challenge and change these common practices. I hope you and I can all work toward being more conscious when shopping, so that we help ourselves instead of the billion-dollar, self-hate industry.

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New iPhones present little change, worse security features JONATHAN PETESCH Columnist On Sept. 12, the media gathered in the Steve Jobs Theatre for the first time to watch Apple unveil their latest creations. What they were treated to were, most notably, three new iPhone models: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X (pronounced ‘10’).

For the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, not much has changed around the device. The back is now glass on both devices to allow for wireless charging, a first for iPhone. Both models in-

clude a new processor which Apple states will have considerable improvements over iPhone 7, though no one was complaining with the iPhone 7. Apple has also included a new camera sensor on both devices, with the iPhone 8 Plus including a dual-camera setup like usual.

The only truly significant upgrade here is the new wireless charging ability, though it is by far, not a new feature for the industry. The charging standard Apple is using, Qi, was first implemented in a smartphone with the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 in September 2012.

This “truly innovative” feature is nothing new

and, when paired with these few other changes, neither the iPhone 8 nor the 8 Plus is not worth the upgrade from Apple’s previous generation of iPhone.

However, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus were not only phones announced as Apple had “one more thing” at the end of their presentation— the iPhone X. The iPhone X finally changes the design of the iPhone, something Apple really hasn’t done since the iPhone 6. With a new bezel-free screen design, organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen, and no home button, Apple changed the design fairly drastically. However, the lack of a home button caused Apple to remove a key feature from the device—a fingerprint sensor. Instead of adding the sensor to the rear of the phone like many devices, Apple has removed it in favor of adding facial recognition technology named Face ID. Apple claims Face ID is more secure than a fingerprint, though it they have admitted that there are ways to trick it and get into the phone.

To me, no facial recognition technology can be more secure than a fingerprint, as fingerprints are almost impossible to fake.

Apple’s on stage demo even failed when Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, was unable to unlock the device and had to go to a backup device which worked. Apple later explained this by saying

that, during the setup for the event, so many people had looked at the device that it locked up and required the PIN code for unlock. In real-world applications, this has the potential to happen a lot and doesn’t help Apple’s argument.

Apple is now allowing users to use their faces to authorize payments with Apple Pay, putting their banking information on the line as well, as anyone who can get into your phone by faking your face, can also make purchases, making for yet another security flaw.

Overall, Apple has created two devices which add so few new features (there is no reason to upgrade if you already own an iPhone 7), and created a device which is very different from previous models, but poses a security risk due to the lack of a proven security technology.

So, when the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus go on sale later this month starting at $699 and $799 respectively, I encourage you to save your money and buy an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus unless you especially need wireless charging. And, when the iPhone X releases in November, I encourage you to only buy it if you can easily afford the $999 price tag, if you just really need to have a bezel-free, OLED experience like most any other phone which has been released this year or you can fully accept your security and privacy at risk on one of your most important devices.

A moment of gratitude Editor Q&A of the week CHASE STOCKTON Columnist @CStockton41

Everyday, I sit here and take my life for granted. Maybe I think I don’t, but I promise I do.

Every day that I am blessed enough to wake up and work for my goals, chase my dreams, and live in this country.

As I sit back and watch the news, I see all the devastation in the South, the fires in the West, the wars overseas and the poverty and sickness hitting third world countries.

What if that was me?

I very easily could have been born into one of those situations, instead of being born to such amazing parents who work so incredibly hard to make sure I never go without and who always go above and beyond for me.

Across the world, children are starving while I never missed a meal. Families live on the street, while I sleep every night in a soft, warm bed.

In our own country, families have lost everything in storms or to sickness or unemployment. Yet, I never saw those challenges in my own life.

I don’t write these things to flaunt my life over others, but to say that I have become truly humbled by how blessed I am.

The support system around me is truly

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amazing. I couldn’t have asked for better people to come into my life.

To my parents: your hard work and sacrifices don’t go unnoticed. Your love and support has gotten me to where I am today and I am forever grateful.

To my girlfriend: Katy, you have been an amazing support system over the past months.

I couldn’t keep my life balanced without you.

You are a true inspiration to me and I am so blessed to have you.

To my Missouri State community: this place has truly become my home. I couldn’t imagine myself being anywhere else, and this university has done so much to shape who I am today.

I am so happy with how my life is now, but I am truly humbled by the amount of blessing I can look back and reflect on. I very easily could have a much rougher life.

So, to those going through hard time right now, just know that you aren’t forgotten. Myself and many others recognize your struggles and are here to help. Don’t be afraid to reach out for help, people here care about you and truly want to help.

To all those reading to this point, reflect on your life and find the good in it. Also, look out into the community and find those struggling. Go try to make their lives just a little bit easier. Every little bit helps, whether you think it does or not.

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A flag holds a message on its back concerning a passed loved one, and dots the North Mall with 1,100 others that represent the average number of suicides that take place on college campuses annually. The flags were a part of the Field of Memories Exhibit on Sept. 15.

For awareness and hope: Remembering those lost to suicide MADDIE KNAPP Staff Reporter @mapp_

Small, numbered white flags lined the North Mall on Sept. 15 to remember the college students that are lost to suicide each year, around 1,100 across the country.

First displayed in April 2016 for the Public Affairs Conference, the Field of Memories Exhibit has become an important part of Missouri State’s Public Affair’s schedule.

Stacey Trewatcha-Bach, coordinator of Public Affairs Week, said “I personally did not want this display to simply be a one-shot exhibit, and therefore, decided to add it as a permanent PAW event, which is held each fall semester.”

Trewatcha-Bach and the Student Government Association decided the issue of suicide should be integrated each year into Missouri State’s public affairs mission.

“While we have a different public affairs theme centered

around the three pillars each year, the issue of suicide resonates into any public affairs theme,” Trewatcha-Bach said.

“It is mine and SGA’s hope that the Field of Memories Exhibit will help bring awareness to our campus community through its visual impact and display of resources in how and where to get help. We also hope it serves as a positive way to commemorate those students, families and friends who have been affected in some way through death by suicide.”

Missouri State’s SGA is the main sponsor of the Field of Memories Exhibit and is in charge of setting up the 1,100 flags each Public Affairs Week.

Along with the flags, several banners surrounded the Field of Memories with information about the topic of suicide on college campuses and beyond.

The banners noted that suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-25 year olds and the second leading cause of death for 25-34 year olds.

The statistics and exhibit

did not go unnoticed by students passing by.

“This exhibit is very eye-opening to the students on campus,” Maggie Dummitt, a junior communications sciences and disorders major said.

“Suicide is such a prevalent issue that does not always receive the attention it deserves.”

Dummitt also recognized suicide as something that has impacted her own life.

“Several of my friends have struggled with depression and suicide, and I could not imagine them being one of the numbers on the flags,” Dummitt said.

Other banners surrounding the exhibit included warning signs and resources available for anyone struggling.

“I think it’s really helpful that they included information about the free counseling on campus that’s confidential because a lot of students might not know that,” Joni Fielder, a sophomore communications sciences and disorders major said.

The exhibit aims to educate

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Jordan Bahr, sophomore mass media production major, bends down to examine a message written on a flag.

Missouri State students about suicide and the resources available on campus during school hours and after hours.

Free on-campus counseling is available in Carrington 311 or by calling 417-836-5116.

For after-hours emergencies, crisis counselors are available at 417-836-5116.

PAW and SGA hopes the Field of Memories Exhibit sheds light on an issue that is sometimes difficult to discuss,

as well as the visual representation that remembers the lives lost, encourages students to start the difficult conversation surrounding suicide, and gives hope to anyone struggling or knows someone struggling.

“People need to start talking and addressing the issue at hand,” Dummitt said.

“We need to notice the warning signs and stand up for a change.”

Kuhlmeier, Springfield local, shares Supreme Court experience Thirty years later: where she is now, and her son’s similar experience with censorship TERRY CHAPMAN Staff Reporter @turreh As a junior at Hazelwood East High School, in St. Louis County, Cathy Kuhlmeier received good grades, was a good pupil and tended to stay out of trouble.

Kuhlmeier had an eye for news. As one of the editors for the school’s paper, The Spectrum, Kuhlmeier felt an obligation to share the news with her fellow students.

This eye for news was what would thrust her and her fellow newspaper staff into several court battles, eventually building up to what would become a landmark Supreme Court case—Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier.

Two articles written by the staff were censored by administration, but Kuhlmeier said they were originally intended to educate and give a unique perspective on difficult issues.

The first story, a piece about teenage pregnancy, contained interviews from several pregnant students. However, those students would have their names changed in the story in an effort to protect their identities.

“We took a lot of precautions,” Kuhlmeier said. “We had signed permission slips from the parents of the students, as well as the students themselves.”

The other story was one that focused on divorce, and it was told from the perspective of a student who had divorced parents. That student made several complaints about her father in the story.

These stories would not see the light of day. Instead, what was supposed to be a six-page paper was reduced to four pages. The decision was made by then principal Robert Reynolds. Removing these two pages resulted in the removal of seven articles in total. The newspaper staff would not become aware of this decision until the papers were already printed.

Reynolds, in his later statements to the court, claimed that he had removed the two arti-

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I think that people nowadays realize that the Supreme Court was wrong. Young people, especially in the field of journalism, have to be encouraged to report the truth.”

-Cathy Kuhlmeier

Submitted by Cathy (Kuhlmeier) Frey

Cathy Kuhlmeier (now Cathy Frey) challenged censorship in her school in 1987 when her newspaper staff took their case to the Supreme Court. cles because he feared that the students would still be identified regardless of their name changes. In addition to this, he believed that the various references to sexual activity and birth control were not school appropriate, especially for the younger students. He also claimed that he felt as though the father was not given the chance to defend himself in the divorce story.

Kuhlmeier had just learned about the landmark court decision of Tinker v. Des Moines,

in which the Supreme Court ruled that students had a right to freedom of expression. She thought to herself, "This isn’t how things are supposed to work.”

Kuhlmeier, along with two other staff reporters and with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), would file a suit against the school district.

“Things became kind of uncomfortable from that point on,” Kuhlmeier said. “Mr. Reynolds became my person-

al shadow. There’s a lot more to the story than you can read in textbooks.”

The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in favor of Hazelwood.

Justice Byron White wrote the court's majority opinion, stating that, "A school must also retain the authority to refuse to sponsor student speech that might reasonably be perceived to advocate drug or alcohol use, irresponsible sex or ‘conduct otherwise inconsistent with the shared values of a civilized social order,’ or to associate the school with any position other than neutrality on matters of political controversy."

In her senior year of college, Kuhlmeier learned of the final Supreme Court decision from a local reporter who asked her how she felt about it. Kuhlmeier wasn’t able to be at the hearings, but was extremely disappointed by the decision.

She went on to graduate from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau with a bachelor's degree in journalism. While she did major in journalism, the whole ordeal left Kuhlmeier burnt out, and she said her goodbyes to journalism.

“It left a bad taste in my mouth,” she said. “I didn’t want to pursue it any further.”

Kuhlmeier (now Cathy Frey), presently works risk management in the corporate offices of Bass Pro Shops. She is also a proud mother, with two biological children and five stepchildren.

She spent some time living in Springfield, as her husband at the time was a manager at Circuit City. Although she now lives in Rogersville, it is here that she would make a home and where her son, Eric, would also work in the field of journalism.

Eric Cowan is now a freshman actuarial sciences major at Maryville University in St. Louis. In his junior year at Central High School in Springfield, he would face an issue that paralleled his mother’s.

“My junior year of high school (2016), we wrote an article in our magazine, the

Central High Times, about the annual water-gun game played by seniors,” Cowan said. “The name of the game was ‘assassins,’ and had been for years, as long as I have known. That year, we had a new principal.

“There was a tradition that the principal would read the magazine before publishing, and in this article, she decided it wasn't appropriate for whatever reason,” Cowan continued. “The article was cut from the magazine. I suppose it was similar to my mother’s case as the principal took it upon themselves to deem an article that had previously been published under a different administration, ‘unpublishable.’”

Cowan didn’t let that discourage him from continuing his work at the Central High Times, as he became editor-in-chief his senior year.

Kuhlmeier has put the Supreme Court’s decision behind her, but that doesn’t mean she’s given up the fight. She now works with the New Voices, who advocate for students’ rights and fight to prevent censorship.

In addition to this, she also speaks with Mary Beth Tinker.

Tinker had her own battle with censorship when she and several other students were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War in 1965.

With Christmas around the corner, Tinker had hoped for peace. She felt deeply for soldiers and the civilians in Vietnam, and wanted to call for peace during the holidays. She wanted to wear black armbands to protest the war. The school board instituted a rule claiming that anybody who wore an armband in protest would be suspended.

“My dad was a Methodist minister,” Tinker said. “He always talked about Christmas and called it a ‘time for peace.’

I didn’t see peace on TV, though. I saw war. A bunch of us decided to take the risk. It was worth it to speak up at Christmastime.”

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Skaar: A reader’s guide to Route 66 CHLOE SKAAR Senior Reporter @chloeskaar

Three weeks ago, President Donald Trump told his Springfield voters they are lucky to live and work near the historic Route 66—capturer of “the American spirit.”

For author and historian Jim Hinckley, the history captures more than spirit— it’s a path through much of his life’s work.

Hinckley’s 18th book, “100 Things to do on Route 66 Before You Die” compiles just a few—Hinckley said there are several thousand altogether—of his favorite sights, foods and adventures that follow the Route 66 path across the country.

A few impressive sights on the extensive list are the world’s only electric vehicle museum in Arizona; a museum dedicated to barbed wire directly related to the Titanic in Texas; the historic theatre district of Los Angeles; and, in New Mexico, the path follows ruts of the Santa Fe Trail, crosses a Civil War battlefield and leads to the Pecos National Historic Park, where travelers can find ruins of a thousand-yearold city.

“There are folk art parks, national parks, wineries, art districts, microbreweries, ghost towns, cultural festivals, historic sites, an eclectic array of museums and Santa Monica Pier along the way,” Hinckley said. “So, regardless of interest, there is a Route 66 adventure for everyone. It is the crossroads of the past and future.”

Hinckley said a minimum of two weeks should be carved out to visit his list of 100 stops. But experiencing the route in its entirety may take a lifetime or more.

Hinckley began traveling Route 66 in 1959 and said he still has not found every treasure it holds.

Hinckley’s veneration for the American legend started during a vacation that followed The Route West from Virginia. In 1966, he followed it again, moving from Michigan to Arizona, where he learned to ride a bicycle, to drive a car and worked his first paying job.

For most of his life, Hinckley said, he enjoyed the company of those he grew up around and was more than content with their way of life. He was led to a love for Route 66 by a fascination with history and vintage vehicles.

Two truths about Route 66 increased his fascination and, ultimately, helped him create the book that doubles as a travel guide.

“This is not our most historic, our first, or our most scenic highway,” Hinckley said. “However, from its inception in 1926, it has always had the best press and publicity. The song about getting your kicks on Route 66, made popular by Nat King Cole, is one of the most widely recorded songs in history. It has been recorded

by The Rolling Stones, a Polish polka band, Perry Como and Johnny Cash.

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Jim Hinckley’s “100 Things to do on Route 66 Before You Die.”

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Left: The fest gave food trucks a chance to showcase their dishes, like the Incredible Edible Cookie Dough truck. Middle: London Calling, a food truck local to Springfield, was one of the finalists in the food truck competition, winning first for “Best Main Dish.” Right: The MO Food Truck Fest was located between the Springfield Expo Center and Visitor Center in downtown Springfield.

Food from north, south: Downtown Springfield boasts MO Food Truck Fest ZAK BALDWIN Staff Reporter @ZKBaldwin Springfield locals fought their hunger at the Springfield Expo Center where food trucks lined up to serve their signature dishes and specialities. These trucks came from various parts of the state. On Sept. 16, KOLR 10 and HyVee partnered to sponsor the 3rd Annual MO Food Truck Fest.

During the one-day festival, attendees picked their favorites. Attendees texted KOLR 10 for the three categories;

“Best Main Dish,” “Best Finger Food,” and “Best Sweet Treat.” The winning food trucks won a cash prize.

“We try to get the public out here involved when they are here, sampling the food,” Larry Krauck, promotion and events manager from KOLR 10 said.

Most of the trucks came from Springfield. London Calling, a food truck with an English twist, can usually be spotted off the corner of Glenstone Ave. and Chestnut Expressway in their iconic doubledecker bus.

London Calling owner, Neil Gomme, said he enjoys coming to MO Food Truck Fest and is always excited to share his food with locals. “(MO Food Truck Fest) is great for sharing food with everyone,” Gomme said. “This is also one of our biggest events of the year.”

Although most of the food trucks have been owned and operated in Springfield, some food trucks came from across that state and even the country.

Sweetwater Bleu’z Creole and Cajun Cooking on the Roll, came all the way from

Rosedale, Mississippi.

Nayamijah Washington, the chef for Sweetwater Bleu’z, says that he enjoys events such as MO Food Truck Fest because of the huge success it brings for all food trucks.

“This has been a great first time here and we’ve been asked to come back again next year,” Washington said.

Undecided freshmen Meghan Elley and Kaitlyn Kroger both commented on their favorites at MO Food Truck Fest.

“My favorite place was the Patty Wagon,” Elley said. “All

of their food names were puns.”

Another common favorite came from the Incredible Edible Cookie Dough food truck.

“I really liked the cookie dough ice cream sandwich from the cookie dough truck,” Kroger said.

Many returners to the fest enjoyed how much MO Food Truck Fest has grown in its last three years. John and Jenny Curtis, a Springfield couple, said that the food truck fest has grown incredibly and that they are excited to see the future of the event.

“We came the first year and it is way better now,” Jenny Curtis said. “The first year was very crowded with not a lot of trucks. Now, there is a bigger space and more trucks to enjoy.”

The food trucks that took home awards were London Calling for “Best Main Dish,” Spork Express for “Best Finger Food,” and Twisted Mike’s for “Best Sweet Treat.”

Sustainable Fashion Show protests fast fashion while showcasing thrift finds LAYNE STRACENER Staff Reporter @LayneAlison1 Students, draped in used clothing and strutting down a runway in front of their peers, served looks ranging from casual to formal on Sept 12 at the Sustainable Fashion Show. The show, sponsored by Student Activities Council, was created to raise awareness during Public Affairs Week on the importance of buying and donating used clothing.

Sophomore socio-political communication major Arylle

Kathcart, a member of SAC, said the fashion show was important to raise awareness on sustainability.

“Fashion is a part of sustainability that a lot of people don’t think about, but it’s a really big part of it and a really big part of the issue on why sustainability is failing,” Kathcart said. “I just want to be here to raise awareness and show support.”

The clothes were donated from the Missouri Council of the Blind Thrift Store. The general manager, Jeff La Montia, spoke after the show about

sustainability and how buying and donating from thrift stores saves money and the environment. Montia studied soil, environmental and atmospheric sciences at the University of Missouri.

“One thing we all need to realize when we’re taking a look at everything we are doing on this land is (that) we have got to be more sustainable,” he said. “When you’re purchasing NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD or donating clothing from a Students of the Fashion Design and Merchandising department show off their thrift store, you’re keeping those items out of the landfill. newly reconstructed, sustainable outfits for a panel of judges. The Sustainable When you’re supporting a Fashion Show, hosted by SAC for Public Affairs Week, was in partnership with thrift store, you’re making an

the Missouri Council of the Blind Thrift Store. impact in more ways than you can even imagine.”

Junior art and design major and public affairs co-chair Olivia Obi planned the fashion show with junior media, journalism and film major

Honesty Gant.

“Eco-friendly fashion is in my heart,” Obi said. “I’ve been thrifting since middle school.

Fast fashion is really bad, as far as production goes. A lot of people don’t know that there

are people in Bangladesh dying because the facilities they’re working in aren’t up to date.

Thrifting is the way.”

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Park the bus: MSU soccer weekend recap MEGAN BURKE Staff Reporter @Megs_96

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Emelie Orlando on the left and Veronica Snelling on the right

Meet the freshmen BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @brennerm2

Lily Johnson, Lauren Boone and Lynsey Wright.

These are some of the household names of the Missouri State volleyball team. Two new names have appeared on the roster and are already making strides to cement their legacy in a rich history of elite athletes. Emelie Orlando and Veronica Snelling have already proved themselves as starters after just a couple weeks on MSU’s roster.

Emelie Orlando

Orlando was the freshman that almost got away. Originally committing to St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, Orlando ended up at MSU after St. Joseph’s closed their doors.

“I was kind of set on going there, obviously, then all of a sudden I got a call from my coach saying my college was going to be shut down,” Orlando said.

Due to what St. Joseph’s College describes as “insurmountable financial challenges,” Orlando scrambled to find a new college in March of 2017.

While examining her options, Orlando turned to none other than Lily Johnson for advice.

Johnson and Orlando attended Lafayette high school together where they played on the same volleyball team.

“I texted Lily for advice and I (asked) ‘What should I do in this situation, obviously you aren’t in this same situation but I need some advice,’” Orlando said. “She said ‘Just email a bunch of schools, email Missouri State too, don’t shut that down just because you tried and it didn’t happen,’” Taking Johnson’s advice, Orlando emailed head coach Melissa Stokes. A week later Orlando visited campus and determined MSU was the school for her.

After officially joining the roster, Orlando still faced some

challenges. Sidelined in preseason practices from an injury, she still managed to practice and secure a spot on the Bears roster.

“During preseason I couldn’t full-out play with the team, which was frustrating to me,” Orlando said. “Luckily, I was able to do some activity, I was allowed to stand and set so I didn’t lose my touch completely.

“Coming in and playing right away in the Maroon and White scrimmage, it is intimidating in general, but not being able to prepare completely was nerve racking,” Orlando said. “I had to trust myself and I know how to play volleyball so I just went out there and trusted myself and it worked out.”

Going into this season, Stokes had a strong roster to work with and had many options to choose from. But, from the very beginning, Stokes was impressed with Orlando.

After fully recovering from her injury, just three days had passed when Orlando stepped onto the court for the Maroon and White game.

“I thought Emelie Orlando, only her third day back setting coming off an injury, did a really nice job,” Stokes said following the contest.

Orlando’s philosophy for success is to take everything one step at a time. While adjusting to being on a cut-throat volleyball team is hard enough, the added pressure of being a first year college student began to set in during the first couple travel weekends for the Bears.

“Travelling the first three weeks has been difficult with all of the school work,” Orlando said. “We haven’t even started college yet, and we have to start college volleyball and college.”

Orlando found help in her older teammates to get her through a hard start to her college career.

“Our teammates are really good about helping us freshmen know how to deal with (school) and I know if I have any questions they will help us out as much as they want,” Orlando said.

Crediting her success to not only her coaching staff, but also to fellow setter, sophomore, Daniele Messa, Orlando is always looking for pointers.

“If I need help I can always go to (Messa) and ask ‘What’s up with my sets? What’s up with my defense? Where should I be?’ because I know she’s experienced that,” Orlando said. “It’s nice having her as my motivator in a way and as my leader I can go to.”

Snelling is driven by success. Simply winning doesn’t cut it for her. Growing as a competitor is key to Snellings’ success, which is the reason she chose MSU. “As soon as I visited here, you just know, once you’re on campus, the feel and being around the coaches and other people on the team, I just fit in and knew this was the place for me,” Snelling said.

“They’re also, obviously, a pretty successful program so that’s a bonus.”

Snelling recognized from the beginning that she was surrounded by like-minded individuals. Praising the team’s overall desire for excellence and achievement, Snelling knew that MSU was the program for her.

Snelling summed her strengths up in three simple words: consistency, composure and drive. To her, being calm, cool and collected gave her a spot on the roster.

“I feel like I’m very consistent and I have a good energy on the court, I’m always calm, I never get nervous when I’m in the game,” Snelling said.

Along with a calm demeanor, Snelling fit right in with the veterans of the team. In many situations so far, Stokes has been able to insert Snelling into the match with a specific goal and Snelling, more times than not, executes her objective.

“I feel like we have a pretty good flow and connection on the court … there hasn’t been much where I have felt like ‘Wow I need to make a

big adjustment here,’” Snelling said. “As soon as I stepped onto the court with the other players it just clicked.”

On a stacked roster like the Bears, when a player underperforms, another three are in line, ready to take their spot.

Being at peak performance at all times is crucial for each player if they want to remain on the starting roster.

“Being here is a big motivation for me because I want to be my best every day and earn my spot on this team,” Snelling said. “It’s an internal motivation that you have to have, no one can give that to you, you just have to find it in yourself.”

Having a winning attitude and a “good isn’t good enough” mentality made Snelling her own biggest critic.

“I’m always very honest with myself of what I’m lacking and what my strengths are, so I just attack that every day and (I’m) not afraid of making mistakes so I can learn and improve,” Snelling said.

While Snelling is honest with herself, she also points out that the team as a whole is always working to iron out any issues on the court.

After every point, regardless of who scores it, the team will huddle up and discuss the point. If MSU scored, the discussion is nothing more than quick congratulations. But, if the Bears give up a point, regardless of who made the mistake, the team talks on how to strengthen their defense.

Snelling says this is what allows MSU to be such a dominant team.

“Whenever we have an off set and go to the other side, or even when we lose a game, we can be very candid and talk about exactly what we missed out on,” Snelling said. “Our communication is definitely a big part of bouncing back.”

Through a shared value of success, both Orlando and Snelling have taken strong steps to become the future of MSU volleyball.

MSU travels to Normal, Illinois on Sept. 22 to begin conference play as they take on Illinois State University.

locker room for the third set, UTC attempted to mount a comeback. Fighting hard, they forced seven ties and six lead changes.

However, once the Bears took a 15-9 lead after a 7-0 run, the Mocks crumbled. After coming back from a timeout, MSU was ahead by at least four points the rest of the set, winning 25-18.

“I thought we came out very controlled, very steady, I liked our energy and our battle,” head coach Melissa Stokes said.

The following day, MSU took on Washington State University in a match that felt like it would never end. MSU looked composed in the first set, arriving at a 9-4 lead after a 5-0 run capped off with an ace from freshman Emelie Orlando.

The Bears would go on to win the first set, 25-18.

Late in the second set, WSU

shifted momentum by blocking a kill to take the lead over MSU, 22-21. The Bears were unable to rebound and lost the set, 25-22.

The Cougars peaked in the third set, recording five blocks and four aces on their way to a 25-15 victory.

MSU, facing a match loss in the fourth set, rebounded significantly. Senior Lily Johnson led the Bears with eight kills, five of which were during a 7-0 run that shifted the match from a 19-14 lead for WSU to a 21-19 advantage for MSU. Riding the momentum, the Bears managed to close out the set with a 25-23 victory.

The final set started off with both teams trading off points, until WSU pulled away to take a 7-5 lead. MSU couldn’t retake the lead, and ultimately fell to WSU in five sets, losing the final set 15-12.

After a tough loss to WSU,

Veronica Snelling

The Missouri State women’s soccer team concluded its non-conference season with one win and two losses in three consecutive home games, making the Bears 4-7 on the year.

MSU defeated Oral Roberts University 2-1 in a physical game on Sept. 12 as senior forward Brooke Zimmerman scored five minutes in.

“I was pleased,” head coach Rob Brewer said. “We started the game pretty quickly after the first couple of minutes. We had a terrible miscue that almost cost us, but we re-focused.”

An ORU defender fouled senior midfielder Rachel Catrell inside the box giving MSU a penalty kick in the 22nd minute.

Senior midfielder Mary Disidore took the penalty attempt, but ORU goalkeeper Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl saved it.

Though, the referee called a re-kick after one of the players stepped inside the box before Disidore made contact with the ball.

Catrell stepped up to take the second attempt and finished it, giving MSU a 2-0 lead.

On Sept. 15, the University of Missouri — Kansas City shut out the Bears 4-0, scoring three goals in the first four minutes of play.

“The first part of the game just doomed us,” Brewer said.

“We weren’t ready to play.

That’s gotta be on me, but it’s on the players as well.

“Tomorrow’s a new day, and Sunday’s two days away, so we’ll try to keep a positive approach.”

By scoring an own goal in sudden-death double overtime, MSU handed Tulsa University a 3-2 win on Sunday, Sept. 17.

Arguably the most exciting match this season, MSU battled hard through the rain and dominated play with 26 shots and 13 corner kicks.

Tulsa freshman forward Addyson Guthrie scored just four minutes into the game off a corner kick. In the 21st minute, the officials called a 30 minute lightning delay. When play resumed, the rest of the first half remained scoreless.

The rain ceased for the second half as the sun made an appearance. Zimmerman tied the contest with a goal in the 53rd minute.

Junior defender Danielle Hoover responded for Tulsa by placing an improbable shot from a corner kick that smacked far side netting untouched.

In the 69th minute, Disidore scored off a penalty kick after a Tulsa defender fouled sophomore midfielder Ashley Coonfield in the 18 yard box.

Ninety minutes of play came to a close and the teams went to overtime.

In the last minutes of double overtime, two MSU defenders scored an own goal due to miscommunication as they both went to clear the ball from the 6-yard box.

“Just hard luck that it would happen that way; I certainly feel like we deserved better,” Brewer said. “We’re trying to put this game behind us and hopefully the bad luck is done and the good soccer luck is ahead.”

Having played five games in nine days, the Bears look forward to a week off to recuperate before the conference games start.

MSU will take on Valparaiso in its first Missouri Valley Conference match of the season on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Men’s soccer

With just under two minutes remaining in the match between Missouri State and Oral Roberts, the Bears added a late goal to take home a 1-0 victory after a long-drawn-out home game on Sept. 16.

Junior forward Conor Ingram blasted the ball past the ORU keeper with just 1:43 left on the clock. Assisted by Harry Lewis, Ingram notched his third goal of the season.

“We defended the whole game; targets were few and far between, but when it came to me I made sure to finish it off and it was an amazing feeling,” Ingram said. “Credit to ORU to be fair; they were solid defensively and kept chances to a minimum.”

MSU kept pressure up around the opposing box leading in the first half. With no result to show for, halftime ensued with zeros on the board.

“First, we wanted to get after them and really be on the front foot and attack them early on but you can see early that we just didn’t have the freshest legs that we wanted,” associate head coach Michael Seabolt said.

The second half showed ORU defense’s ability to consistently shut down contests as MSU continued to create ‘almost’ chances.

“Second half we got all of the ball; had all the chances,” Seabolt said.

Both goalkeepers performed well, with Liam Priestley saving five shots for MSU overall and Parker Johnson blocking two for ORU. The game seemed doomed for a 0-0 tie, which is why the MSU bench and stands went ballistic as Ingram finished the chance to earn the last minute win.

“We kinda had to adjust and be a little bit more patient and try to get on the ball a little bit and break it down over time and it worked,” Seabolt said.

“Huge win for the guys, they fought hard.”

MSU will play UMKC away on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

Johnson sets record as Bears return home to Hammons Student Center

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Senior Lily Johnson reaches for a dig at home.

BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @Brennerm2 After a long awaited return to Hammons Student Center, Missouri State volleyball welcomed elite competition for the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational.

Starting on Thursday, Sept.

14, MSU hosted the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, sweeping the Mocks in three sets.

Senior Lynsey Wright

helped lead the pack with 14 kills on only 20 swings.

The Bears showed focus and determination in the first set, taking an early lead, 11-5.

For a majority of the set, MSU led by at least six points, winning with a final score of 25-18.

In set two, MSU racked up 18 kills on a .533 hitting percentage. Once again, the Bears got off to an early lead and maintained it for the rest of the set to win 25-12.

After returning from the

the Bears looked forward to their next opponent, the University of Illinois.

Battling each point, MSU won the first two sets, 25-23 and 25-21.

UI came out of the gates strong in the third set, scoring eight straight to start the game.

The Bears stopped the momentum and rallied to tie the set at 12.

During the middle of this set, Johnson executed her 1,920th kill to become the alltime kill leader for MSU. “It’s pretty neat and a huge honor, but you can’t do that without a passer and a setter, so I’m very thankful for them,” Johnson said.

MSU led late in the third set, only to come up short, losing 25-23. UI continued their lockdown defense in the fourth set, totalling six blocks to win 25-21.

Unfortunately for the Bears,

the Illini dug deep and won the fifth set 15-12.

MSU bounced back from two tough losses to sweep their final opponent, Tennessee State University.

Johnson and Wright performed at their peaks. Strong offense from these two gave MSU two quick set wins, 25-18 and 25-10. MSU took an early lead in the third set and kept it for the rest of the set, eventually winning 25-17.

“I couldn’t do it without my setters seeing the block was late, I think that’s a big part of it,” Wright said. “Just the setters being able to read and me being able to swing fast and find those holes was a big part of it.”

MSU’s next matchup kicks off conference competition for the Bears. They will travel to Normal, Illinois to take one Illinois State University on Sept. 22.

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From Germany to USA

beginning, but my dad really encouraged it,” Gimmy said.

“He told me I can finish my degree, but I can also improve my golf game.”

Coming to the Midwest and playing collegiate golf have been worth it, according to Gimmy.

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son.

“He is a very talented young man,” head coach Dave Steckel said. “The thing that Calan has done is that he is taking football more seriously.”

In his fifth year, Calan is off to the best start of his career, rushing for 219 yards in three games with two touchdowns.

“It’s just the type of system and hard work we all put into everything because whenever coach Steckel first came in, we didn’t know the system, we didn’t know what was expected,” Calan said.

“My success is based on the offensive line and they did a hell of a job today (Saturday).

“Really when they come out and open those holes it’s just, basically making someone miss and do what I have to do, do what got me here,” he said. u See CROWDER page 8

Adjusting to life in the states, specifically life in the midwest, was different for Gimmy. She had spent all of her life in a large city in Germany.

However her teammates helped her adjust through her years here, especially fellow senior Stine Pettersen. They came to Missouri State at the same time from different countries in Europe and roomed together their first two years.

“The culture and school system are very different from Europe,” Pettersen said. “So having a friend (like Gimmy) by your side, learning the way things work was a plus.”

Learning the ways things work in the states wasn’t the only thing that Gimmy learned.

She also learned to have more confidence in herself.

“I think I’ve gotten more confident making bigger decisions,” Gimmy said. “I became more independent.”

For Gimmy, not having her dad at her tournaments was another big adjustment. He had always driven her to her tournaments and watched her compete.

Now, her family can’t really watch her play, tell her what she should improve on or what she did well.

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ed to redshirt Calan.

As a redshirt, it’s against NCAA rules to play in a game, so Calan took his work to practice. At the end of his freshman season Calan was named the scout team player of the year by the coaching staff.

Next season as a redshirt freshman, the practicing paid off.

Calan started the last six games of the season, finishing with 766 yards rushing earning himself a spot on the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer team.

The freshman performance put Calan at the top of the watchlist, earning him MVFC All Pre-Season but his sophomore season was half of what he did the year before.

His junior season in 2016 had nearly the same result, rushing for over 100 yards twice, but finished again with around 300 yards total for the sea-

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Living in an apartment in Oklahoma, a young Calan Crowder exited his residence, walked outside under a staircase and jumped to touch the nearest stair he could reach.

At the time, he did this nearly every day.

Jumping, reaching.

Calan’s father, a former football player at Oklahoma State, said he did this because he wanted to learn to jump high.

So he taught himself.

As time went on, Calan jumped for weeks. After he touched one step, he moved to reach the next. He jumped for a year as his goal was to reach the highest step.

“He would go out there everyday for hours trying to touch one, he’d finally get it, run back in the house and tell his

mom and dad to come and look,” said Calan’s dad, Demetrious Crowder.

He jumped for a year in an attempt to touch the highest step with his hand, then it moved to touching his head on them, then it moved inside.

“He got so bad at it that he would have handprints at the top of the ceiling where we lived,” Demetrious said.

Until one day, after working to jump higher, Calan hit the peak.

It was the top of a basketball rim, dunking the ball. It was an attempted layup, but his dad said he didn’t realize he could jump that high.

But basketball is a side note to Calan’s early career, as the current Missouri State running back ran for the second most yards in Bartlesville (Okla.)

High School history.

Fast forward to 2013, the Bears’ coaching staff decid-

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had seen from her results and a swing video that she had ability,” Kane said. “She still had much more potential and lot of room to grow which she has done (at MSU).”

Before coming to MSU, Gimmy played for a club team.

She competed in both club tournaments and individually, throughout Germany and even internationally.

In 2012 Gimmy won the under-18 Youth Club Championship and finished 16th in the German National Championship. In the following year, she won the 2013 Ladies Club Championship and 2013 Faldo Series.

At MSU, Gimmy’s success has continued and she’s made a name for herself.

“She’s been a very intrical part of the team since day one,” Kane said.

Her coach speaks highly of Gimmy and her accomplishments as a Bear.

“She’s a three-time all-conference player and has a chance to be a four timer,” Kane said.

“That’s really rare; safe to say she’s one of the best that’s ever played here.”

On top of being a three-time all-conference player, Gimmy has won Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week on several occasions. Her sophomore year, she won a spring tournament in Arkansas and last year she tied for second in last year’s conference championship.

“I think she’ll be one of the best players in the league this year, which isn’t new because she has been for the last three years,” Kane said. “But I would expect high finishes in tournaments, and if she gets some breaks — maybe some wins.”

As a teammate, Kane said Gimmy has no troubles communicating. She isn’t afraid to say how she feels, so her teammates usually know how she’s feeling.

“She works really hard for what she wants,” Pettersen said.

“She can be pretty stubborn in a good way, and she doesn’t give up before she gets it right.”

But, her emotions don’t prevent her from being a good leader — which is something she’s striving for as an upperclassman on the team this year.

Her teammates admire who she is as both a teammate and friend.

“She’s setting a good example and I hope people are paying attention,” Kane said.

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Senior running back Calan Crowder fights off Murray State defenders.

International athletes find their way to collegiate sports differently than American athletes. Instead of playing high school sports, they play club sports. And instead of scouts coming to their high school games, they sometimes work with recruiting services.

At least, this was the case with Missouri State senior golfer Verena Gimmy.

Gimmy’s journey to Missouri State began in Germany, where she lived with her parents and brother. As the daughter of two golfers, she began playing when she was 12. Although she noted that she got a bit of a later start than some others her age, nearly half of her life has been spent golfing.

“I knew since I was 14 that I wanted to study in the states,” Gimmy said. “I wanted to experience college sports.”

The university system in Germany is completely different than what’s in the United States.

There’s really no time for students to play sports.

And since Gimmy knew she wanted to further her career as a golfer and also receive an education, she decided to try and find somewhere to play in the States. So, she signed up and began working with a recruiting service.

The recruiting service she used set up a profile for her. It included a video, her tournament dates and scores.

She said that, in a way, she had an agent. The “agent” would reach out to coaches from different schools, and the coaches would look at her profile and decide if they wanted her on their roster.

Among coaches who reached out to Gimmy was Missouri State women’s golf head coach Kevin Kane.

Gimmy and Kane exchanged some emails and video-chatted on skype a time or two. However, there was some miscommunication and a bit of a misunderstanding.

“I couldn’t offer her a scholarship right at the time, but still had a lot of interest,” Kane said.

“I think she took it as I wasn’t interested and moved on.”

After a while without communication, Kane reached out once again. Afraid that Gimmy had in fact moved on and found somewhere else, he felt very fortunate to learn she was still searching for somewhere to attend school and play golf.

When Kane reached out that second time, things got rolling pretty quick.

“I just felt like from what I

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movement science major Gabriel Greer and sophomore biology major Shekinah Continued from page 4 Kiagiri went to the event to support their friends in SAC. They said thrifting is a big part of their lives and they have been buying and donating to thrift stores since they were kids.

Kiagiri said a reason she thrift shops is because of a documentary she watched about the fashion industry and how clothing is often made in factories overseas, because it is cheaper.

The labor is intense and people die from diseases in these factories.

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(no longer) exists. Yet there are active Route 66 associations in Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Belgium and several other countries.…So how could a person not be interested in Route 66, its history and its culture?”

And, Hinckley said, stimulating his readers’ interest is exactly what he intended to do with “100 Things to do on Route 66 Before You Die.” “I hope they will be inspired to set out on adventure of their own, either literally, as an armchair traveler or

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Crowder rushed for 34 yards on three carries with a long of 14 in the first quarter against Murray State on Sept.

16. Going into the final drive that started with five minutes to play, Crowder had only touched the ball once since the 8 minute mark in the 3rd quarter.

The Bears, tied at 21 with two minutes to play, finished the game-winning drive with back-to-back goal line handoffs to Crowder, who scored from 2-yards out.

“I believe that his perseverance is outstanding,” Steckel said following the win.

Crowder finished the night with 15 carries and 101 yards rushing, marking his sixth time hitting 100 yards during his MSU career.

Of all players on the Missouri State roster, Steckel has seen him grow and work through his career. Steckel’s redshirt season at Missouri State was Crowder’s first as well.

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many clothes as they can in a short amount of time,” Kiagiri said.

“A lot of the time when you thrift shop, it’s old stuff made from natural materials, and it’s been passed down for a long time, so it’s better quality that will last a long time.”

Greer said she is learning about sustainability in her English class, but she didn’t know clothing had such a big impact on the environment.

“To know how it affects the environment is eye-opening … and you can also save money while saving the planet,” she said.

through research of their own,” Hinckley said. “America, with all its diversity and rich history, is only found when we leave the interstate and generic world in the rearview mirror. On Route 66, however, this rich, colorful world is distilled and purified.”

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John were suspended. The ACLU informed the parents on the steps that could be taken to pursue the case legally.

Inspired by her faith, and a similar case in Mississippi (that involved students who wore buttons to protest a KKK murder and won in court after they were suspended) Tinker filed a suit.

The case worked its way up to the Supreme Court, and in a landmark decision, the court ruled 7-2 in favor of Tinker.

Tinker would grow up and become a pediatric nurse.

Now working in St. Louis, she followed Cathy’s case as it happened.

“I was taken aback at the verdict,” Tinker said. “I thought for sure that (the students) were going to win.”

Tinker felt a personal connection to the stories that the school district censored.

“The article she was censored for had a lot to do with teen health,” Tinker said. “As a nurse who was working with mostly teenagers, this was a very poignant issue to me.”

Tinker was excited to be able to speak with Cathy, and the two have spoken togeth-

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has seen him grow more, other than his father.

“The drive, determination and giving started the first year I started coaching him in sixth grade,” Demetrious said. “We had a kid that was really struggling on the team and he went and helped him and became his best friend and he just really started working hard.

“He wants to better himself everyday and that is his goal, he said that everytime he steps out on the field or goes into the classroom is better himself in some kind of a way. And I said well that is really good son, that is excellent, that is what you strive for.”

Hough said reactions to violence of this caliber are very personal. He experienced a wide range of feelings and emotions: denial, shock, empathy for the victims and first responders, and fear for his family and friends.

Although people all across the country processed the terrorist attacks differently, Hough said there was one common reaction: patriotism.

In the midst of the chaos and devastation, he said patriotism was everywhere.

“When something like that happens, all the squabbles we have across cultures, ethnic groups, race, religion, beliefs, ideologies, politics—it all

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er several times at different schools.

“It was a dream come true to connect with Cathy,” Tinker said.

Tinker now travels around the country, speaking at different schools and universities about student censorship.

“When young people and students are censored, society is cheated from the ideas and the solutions that they come up with,” Tinker said.

“The work that organizations like the ACLU do is so important.

“They defend all kinds of speech, even speech that the majority doesn’t agree with,” she continued. “If we don’t defend the rights of people goes away,” Hough said. “Everybody comes together in a united way.”

He said people even began praying in public and boldly waving heir American flags, without a word of judgment or disapproval from anyone.

“There were flags everywhere,” Hough said. “There was this tremendous feeling of patriotism. There’s a common psychology: if you want to unite people, have a common enemy. In the days after 9/11, it was that.”

At that moment, the entire country shared a single emotion —Hough said Americans banded together with a sense of patriotism for many months, and even years, after Sept. 11.

Dr. Victor Matthews, dean of The College of Humanities and Public Affairs, said strong feelings of anger began to emerge in the hearts of some

that we don’t agree with, we’ll lose our rights to free speech as well, though. Without controversy, there is no diversity.”

Kuhlmeier says that she will continue to fight for the rights of student journalists, and for free speech as long as she can.

“I think that people nowadays realize that the Supreme Court was wrong,” Kuhlmeier said. “Young people, especially in the field of journalism, have to be encouraged to report the truth.

As a student journalist, you do still have rights. If you you’re going to be censored, then how are you really going to be encouraged to make a difference?”

Kuhlmeier says that she not only holds the values high in when it comes to journalism, but to other aspects of her life as well.

“I strive to make a difference every day,” Kuhlmeier said. “That’s how I raise my kids, I tell them to always try and be better.”

Kuhlmeier encourages anyone who can to use their voice, and to fight for free speech on all levels.

“As an individual, you can make a difference, if we don’t take a stand against bad things, they will never change.”

Americans as well. Osama Bin Laden, founder of al-Qaida, a radical Islamic terrorist group, quickly took responsibility for orchestrating the attack on the U.S. It did not take long for anti-Muslim views to surface.

“There were a lot of people I think that were keeping their heads down,” Matthews said.

“It created in the minds of that generation, and subsequent with the retelling of the story, a real apprehension, fear of and hatred of people who are from the Middle East.”

Matthews said the repercussions of this are being manifested in politics today.

“We need to know about the cultures around the world who we interact with,” Matthews said. “I hope that we’ve learned something...so that we don’t have this wave of hatred and anti-immigration that’s running rampant right now.”