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Earthquakes in Mexico kill hundreds, MSU students resilient CHLOE SKAAR Senior Reporter @chloeskaar Within eight seconds, the damage was done.

Walls and buildings collapsed, old homes and churches crumbled and the clock tower standing tall in the center of Cuernavaca cracked.

Cellphone service and electricity were immediately out. But as the lights started operating again, so did the people.

“Mexico just stopped in its tracks to help everybody affected,” Desmond Warren, a Missouri State senior public relations major and Spanish minor, said. Warren is studying abroad in Mexico, and, in December, will return home after over a year.

“There are doctors and medical help from all over the world here. … The Mexico City Facebook page made a post asking for bilingual people to come and help translate for doctors and engineers. … You can’t go two blocks without seeing a drop-off center.”

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Warren was about 60 miles from the second earthquake – of 7.1 magnitude – to impact Mexico in less than two weeks.

The first, which hit on Sept. 8 at 8.1 magnitude, wasn’t felt by everyone in Cuernavaca.

But the second one was.

It was 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 19.

“I was in class when it happened,” Warren said. “It was so weird because I heard this sound like a rumbling from a distance … so I thought a truck could be passing the school, but our classes are so far into campus that it wouldn’t really make sense.

“The building started to shake two seconds after I heard that, but it started as light shaking like people were running on the second floor.

A second or two after that, someone said ‘Earthquake!’ and, another second later, it really started shaking and people started screaming.

We got up to go outside. The building around us was shaking back and forth, so it was hard to keep balance. By the time we were outside, it had stopped.”

Warren said the earthquake, though scary, became a chance to be a helping hand to his temporary home.

“It was actually cool seeing this take place,” Warren said. “Once power was back on, people were already organizing drop-off centers for food and supplies.”

The day after the second earthquake, first thing in the morning, Warren and a few friends went to a local grocery store to retrieve food and supplies like canned tuna, bottled water and hygiene products. They delivered to a drop-off point where fellow volunteers made care packages and loaded trucks to mobilize support.

After that, the group went to Red Cross, where enough volunteers already arrived that they were turned away – for the time being.

The next day, the group mobilized help on its own. They took a bus about an hour toward the quake’s destruction.

“We got to the center of the city and there

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MSU student Desmond Warren has been in Mexico for almost one year.

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‘Earthquake!’ and, another second later, it really started shaking and people started screaming. “

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was literally lines of cars in every single street of people dropping stuff off,” Warren said, adding that hundreds of people turned up with donations.

For five hours, they unloaded semis and

pickup trucks — even a tractor — filled with donations and supplies.

By the next day, the situation calmed. Since those initial efforts, Warren partnered with his church members, who continue to put together care packages.

Warren said classes across southern Mexico were canceled for the week. They’re supposed to return Sept. 25, but many students commute from smaller, nearby cities that were nearly destroyed.

Warren said he was inspired to study abroad by the friends he made at MSU. He made several Latino friends whose families only spoke Spanish and, when visiting their homes, realized he wanted to make a change.

“I was like ‘I am not going to let this language barrier keep me from communicating with people,’” Warren said. u See MEXICO page 8

Gone phishing: Phishing scam targets 4,000 in MSU community ALEC McCHESNEY Sports Editor @Alec_McChesney Over 4,000 Missouri State University students, faculty and staff received an email, which appeared as a normal email from the Missouri State University Support Team, on Sept. 21. However, the email actually represented a sophisticated phishing email attempting to retrieve personal information from the recipients.

“We were notified by dozens and dozens of people that this email had come in, that many of our users saw this for what it was, a phishing message, and reported it to our information security at MissouriState. edu email address,” MSU Information Security Officer Rob Martin said.

A phishing email is an attempt by hackers or scammers to obtain an individual’s sensitive data, such as

usernames, passwords or banking information, for malicious purposes.

Martin said there are three big things to look for in a phishing email: “The first one is the from (sender’s) address, if you look at the original email, it was from an address that did not have anything to do with MSU. “The second thing is the URL that the email linked to. If you held your mouse over the link, it was going to a completely different site. The third thing is that if you did click on the link, the page was impersonating my.missouristate.edu, but if you look at the URL, it wasn’t the actual one.”

According to an alert sent out by Martin in the hours following the attack, two different emails entered MSU mailboxes.

The first email contained the subject line, “BearPass Account Error,” while the body of the email had the sentence, “Your BearPass Account could not be found on the database

avoid future logon issue by re-login in below in one simple step.”

After submitting the login, the hacker would potentially have access to an individual’s BearPass Account login and everything within.

The second email, which featured the subject line of, “Payroll schedule calendar is now available,” consisted of one sentence, “2017 payroll schedule is now available” and a link following, which would take an individ-

ual to a login.

MSU President Clif Smart said on Monday he believed that MSU caught all of the mistakes and no one lost their check for this month.

“We are always working to be vigilant on this,” Smart said. “Literally thousands of these phishing schemes are caught and never make it to you, but a few do get through.”

Martin agreed, and said there’s been a spike in recent years.

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“We’ve seen a really marked increase over the past year or so in both the frequency and the sophistication of this type of cyberattack that is targeting our users, so we have gotten a lot more aggressive in how we respond to those,” Martin said. “The first step is that we block the email address that sent the message.

“Then, we use our network appliances to block the URL that was in the email from being accessed in the MSU network, so that way if you clicked on that link while on the MSU network, you would get an error message. And in this case, because it was a large-scale attack that was targeting Missouri State resources, we made the decision to communicate with everyone who received the email.”

For the second time in as many years, MSU suffered a phishing attack, as email accounts received a similar email on Dec. 14, 2016. u See PHISHING page 8

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Smart: ‘This is the best job for me’ CORTLYNN STARK News Editor @Cortlynn_Stark Missouri State University lost nine percent in funding, or about $6.3 million, for this school year.

The university has a new model to help with that: affordability, efficiency, growth and tuition.

Those are the four key principles of MSU’s new funding model, university President Clif Smart said, at the State of the University Address on Sept. 25.

“The higher education share of the state budget has gone from 16 percent in 2002 to 10 percent today, and the actual dollar amount universities receive is less than it was in 2002 before considering inflation,

Four principles of funding model: “Affordability: maintain our value proposition advantage.”

“Efficiency: good stewardship of tax and tuition money.’”

“Growth: revenue growth separate from tuition and fee increases.”

“Tuition: revision of tuition, fee and scholarship policies.” but these cuts were the most dramatic cuts in the six-plus years I have been president,” Smart said. “Unfortunately, we project this trend to continue for the next several years.”

To keep MSU affordable, the Faculty Senate is looking at reducing the minimum num-

ber of hours required to graduate from 125 to 120. Currently, the 125 credit hours required

by MSU is the highest in Missouri, Smart said.

When it comes to diversity, MSU wants to increase the percentage of underrepresented members in MSU’s com-

munity.

Smart highlighted MSU’s achievements in the previous year, including setting the system enrollment record of 26,216 students, facilities improvements on Glass Hall and improving campus safety by hiring Emergency Preparedness Manager David Hall.

But the budget was the main problem. The reduction in funding forced faculty and staff to go without an acrossthe-board raise.

“This was the first time in my six years in this position that had occurred,” Smart said.

“While we still did increase compensation … we must do better next year.”

For the upcoming year, Smart said the university is focused on sustaining academic rigor and quality while in-

creasing the number of graduating students, improving the campus’ diversity and inclusion and funding.

Provost Frank Einhellig discussed the highlights of each college and the trends of the university.

In the spring, admission requirements will change. Instead of requiring an ACT score of 17, prospective students will have to earn at least an 18.

“This will be put in place because history shows that those below 17 seldom are successful and they will be better served getting more foundation work before entering MSU,” Einhellig said.

MSU is also initializing a structured schedule pilot program. Einhellig said evidence shows universities can better

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MSU strives to be All Steinway School MSU President Clif Smart, Lt. Gov. Michael Parson dedicate Ellis Hall BAILEY VASSALLI Senior Reporter @baileyvassalli Bright walls and floors, floor to ceiling windows and a more open feel are just a few of the improvements to Ellis Hall.

The $14.3 million renovation project came to an end this fall. Ellis Hall was originally built in 1959, and it has seen very few renovations since, but the most recent product is something that many are proud of.

“We like to think that we have the best public university musical program and the best musical students in the state and region,” Missouri State University President Clif Smart said. “Now we also have the best public university music facility. This building is second to none.”

Around half of the funding came from the state of Missouri’s bonds for university improvements. The rest came from donations and MSU reserves.

Missouri Lt. Gov. Michael Parson spoke of how important it was for Missouri State to take the initiative and improve the school.

Although about half of the funding came from the state, he said it wouldn’t have happened if Missouri State hadn’t taken the lead.

Parson made it a point to recognize the

was the university’s commitment to becoming an All Steinway School.

“One last improvement needed is replacing the many aging pianos,” Smart said.

“They are located in studios and practice rooms.”

On Steinway & Sons’ website, a lengthy list of schools is under the tab marked “All Steinway Schools.” One hundred eighty-five to be exact. MSU isn’t there quite yet, but hopes to see its name there in the near future.

An All Steinway School is an institution that provides its students with only Steinway & Sons’ pianos.

Missouri State is taking their first steps to it with the brand new grand piano in Ellis Hall – which they showcased this past weekend at the Ellis Hall Open House and Dedication.

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You’re still a contender EMILY JOSHU Editor-in-Chief @EmilyJoshu

“Of all those applicants, half of them deserve a chance to actually be there. You have to be better than that half.”

As he said this, my professor’s expression was still, his lips pursed in a straight line.

When I open my Outlook account, the first thing that pops up is an email from Signature Announcements about ordering my graduation cap.

Alongside that message, on a computer sticky note, is a list of potential graduate schools — 13 total.

My body turns to lead as a heaviness rushes over me. My professor’s words run circles around my brain.

This heaviness, the claustrophobia of my own insecurities closing in on me, is a daily occurrence. As a senior creative writing and professional writing major, my next step is a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing before finding an editorial job in a publishing house. In creative writing, this goal feels more like a dream than a plan.

Looking at the statistics, it feels impossible.

I could go on and on about these statistics, many of which I have memorized from spending hours on the websites, studying every detail in hopes that I’ll find the formula for acceptance.

I haven’t found that formula yet, and I doubt I will. I can memorize the statistics all I want, but that means nothing if my manuscript is not better than every other submission.

And, of course, I’m a broke college student. Application fees are anywhere from $75$150 each, and you don’t get that money back. I am basically paying for a pre-written rejection letter laced with Syracuse orange headings. But it’s a necessary evil in this program.

Why am I telling you this?

Why is my battle with statistics different from yours? It’s not.

As I close my laptop at the end of the day, a sticker in the right corner stares back at me.

It’s a line from “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” when Rory tells Jess, “I could have been a contender.” His response is what stays with me: “You’re still a contender.”

And Jess is right. Not only am I a contender, but so is everyone else suffering from the “September Struggle,” also known as the “Getting your life together” period of your college career. He’s right because the only thing that can count you out is yourself. For graduate school, submitting that application is you letting your effort matter. For a job, it’s you shaking that interviewer’s hand, even if you know the person before you is the top pick. In life after college, you are a contender until you tell yourself otherwise.

It’s easy to tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.

I find myself doing this constantly, usually as a self-deprecating jab at myself. I make fun of myself as a writer in order to soften the blow; laughter feels like the best medicine for not being good enough. Despite the laughter, it eats away at my mental health, allowing my anxiety to swallow any optimism I have. That is a bigger enemy than a 0.5 percent acceptance rate.

Someone will always be better than you, but you have a choice whether or not to focus on that. You and your work are not a joke. Take the time to compliment your talents rather than laugh at your doubt. If you don’t, that self-deprecation will slowly chew away at your confidence.

Without confidence, you can’t count yourself as a contender.

I also have two other jobs outside of the Standard: copyediting intern with “LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research” and writing consultant at the Writing Center.

Despite the stress of working 40 hours per week, taking five classes and being active in a gender-inclusive honor frater-

nity (don’t do this, by the way.

I’m always exhausted), I have the security of a constant support system around me. When you have doubts, fall back on those people.

At my internship, I had a conversation with one of my bosses about graduate school.

I found myself spewing out my doubts and fears, rambling about how I would never get in anywhere and that I didn’t know what to do. I still keep repeating in my mind what he said next: “If you’re going to be this hard on yourself, then tell me why you suck.”

And I couldn’t respond. I could think of several reasons why I thought I sucked (“I’m not original enough,” or “My writing isn’t strong enough,”) but I couldn’t verbalize it. Because I couldn’t make myself say exactly why I was doubtful, it helped snap me out of that slump. That’s the power of a support system, even if it involves tough love.

So, why do you suck? Why do you think you can’t get into that dream graduate school or get that job, or even pass that class that’s keeping you from graduating? Say it out loud, even if it’s to an empty room.

Now, tell yourself why you don’t suck. Tell yourself why you’re a contender. I promise that the positives will outweigh the negatives if you take the time to think about it.

I know it’s crunch time.

You went from enjoying summer to suddenly having to decide your future by the end of the semester. Take it slowly. Focus on recommendation letters one day, then exams and studying the next day.

Stay present and don’t stay buried within your thoughts.

You are your own worst critic, and that criticism isn’t welcome right now.

I’m taking a breath right now, and if you’re feeling the same stress, I suggest you do the same. It is way too early to count yourself out because, despite what you may think, you’re still in this. You’re still in control of your attitude and your confidence. You’re still a contender.

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Smartphones eat away at the camera market with new improvements JONATHAN PETESCH Columnist Before the invention of the smartphone, digital cameras were used as the main way to take photos and store them for later. Now, with a camera in everyone’s pocket that not only takes photos but has a multitude of other uses, are professional-level cameras becoming a dying product for the average person?

Today, most smartphones cannot match the performance of a professional DSLR. DSLRs have advantages over smartphones in image quality, easier zoom with the ability to swap lenses and the ability to create long exposures. The ability to create long exposures is especially important for those like me, who like to photograph the night sky and require exposures as long as an hour, or more in some cases.

However, most middle to high-end smartphones can easily take better photos than simple point-and-shoot cameras can, with the only downside for smartphones being the lack of optical zoom, though some cheap point-and-shoots lack this as well. Some smartphones such as the iPhone Plus models, which have two cameras, do implement the feature by using a telephoto lens for one camera.

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I hate to say it, or really accept it, but the time is quickly approaching.

Midterms are a necessary evil of college, and for freshmen it gives a little glimpse into major college test weeks.

Don’t get me wrong, midterm week is not nearly as intense as finals week, but midterms are still important. Don’t blow them off, those grades have a huge effect on the second part of your semester.

First, be sure to take care of yourself that week.

Eat, sleep, take study breaks. Don’t fry yourself by not letting yourself have a break. Studying won’t do much good if you are starving, falling asleep during the test, or your mind can’t process what is on the test.

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throughs recently, causing new cameras to only attract the attention of true enthusiasts who want the cutting edge and have the money to spend on all new equipment. For example, I own a T7i, but used a T6i for the better part of a year, and personally don’t feel much of a difference besides being a bit faster at taking multiple shots.

The only reason I bought the T7i was because of its slightly better image processor, which produces better nighttime shots and the addition of Bluetooth for smartphone pairing. On the T6i, night photography was still good and it still had smartphone connection via Wi-Fi but those small improvements aren’t worth $750 for a new camera, but I still went for it as I lost access to the T6i, which I was using.

Overall, dedicated cameras seem to not be worth the money anymore for most applications, when considering the fact that we all carry a perfectly good camera in our pockets everywhere we go. Aside from a few applications like sports or low-light photography, our smartphones seem to do the job just as well. However, for some people like me, professional cameras will never die out and will always have a place in our bag no matter how good our phones get at taking the “perfect shot.”

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Even with the obvious benefits of using a product designed to do just one thing, smartphones are continuing to become the choice for many amatuer and some professional photographers. Apple has boasted in the past that some professional photographers had made the switch to the iPhone 7 Plus. Most people have done this in order to reduce the amount of gear required for a shoot, while still maintaining a decent quality shot.

I’m not a professional by any means, but my usage is split between a smartphone and a DSLR. I personally own a Canon Rebel T7i, but I find there are only certain times when I truly need to use it such as sports or astrophotography.

For portrait shoots where I have a still subject and plenty of light, a smartphone can be the easier option as it eliminates the need to haul around a ton of gear. One of Apple’s feature additions for the new iPhones is the ability to change the look of lighting within the camera app without having to change the actual lighting at all. This promises to enable studio shots without having to have any of the studio equipment which can cost thousands of dollars by itself.

On the DSLR side, there haven’t been many break-

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I know most of you have probably heard a lot about this stuff in the past and are blowing me off by now.

Midterms are important, and the tips your professors give you are helpful. They give them for a reason, they want to see you succeed even when you think they are out to get you.

With that being said, don’t let yourself be intimidated by a test. If you put the time and effort into the class, homework, and studying you will do just fine. It is a good benchmark about how you are doing in retaining the material while giving you enough time to turn it around before finals hit.

One test isn’t a killer, a class is a combination of grades. However, the midterm is a good chunk of most classes grades.

What I am saying is, take midterms seriously and work at them, but do not think that your entire class and grade rides on this one thing.

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Mental health awareness, resources showcased at Fresh Check Day MEGAN BURKE Senior Reporter @Megs96_ Growing up experiencing abuse, Carlye Genisio has been plagued with depression and thoughts of suicide from an early age.

“I had a really hard childhood,” Genisio, a senior social work major, said. “Not really knowing what to do and having those depressive thoughts.”

Genisio is a survivor of one of the most prevalent mental health diseases in the U.S., affecting 25 million Americans yearly. Depression afflicts 50 percent of victims who die from suicide, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. On average more than 44 thousand people die from suicide yearly and 121 people daily.

Studying at Missouri State University, Genisio is from Kansas City and wants to eventually work with kids. She strives to overcome her depression by talking openly with others about her struggles.

“I think it’s something that

just puts you in a really vulnerable spot to admit that you have that,” Genisio said. “In this time period, it’s really hard to be vulnerable because I know I have trust issues with other people. It’s hard to come out and talk about that.”

Genisio volunteered at Fresh Check Day, a mental health awareness fair, at MSU on Sept., 21. The event focused on suicide prevention, self care and activities educating students on many other important issues including anxiety, body image, stress management and health and wellness.

“College is not getting any less stressful; the world is not getting any less stressful. So, being able to empower our students with these skills is one of the best things we can do,” said psychology instructor Hannah Jayne Harris, who coordinated the event.

Senior child and family development major, Kalysa Santos, who’s on the Panhellenic association board with Genisio, also volunteered at the event. She experiences roadblocks with mental health after

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Buttons in support of mental health awareness along with free materials sat out at Fresh Check Day on MSU’s campus on Sept. 21. developing PTSD following a major car accident during high school. This ultimately led to her development of anxiety and depression.

“I haven’t had any experience where my friends weren’t 100 percent accepting,” Santos said. “I think a lot of times people think you’re gonna tell them you have depression or you’re gonna tell them that you have anxiety and they’re gonna judge you or look at you different, but I don’t think that

really my friends look at me very different at all. I think honestly once you break through that mindset that people are going to judge you is when you are able to actually accept it yourself and work towards getting better.”

Santos says the stigma and the “just feel better” mentality are major problems in society’s perception of mental illnesses.

“If someone comes to you with the flu you’re not gonna say, ‘oh, just feel better, you

can make yourself feel better.’

No, you’re gonna give them medicine and tell them to rest and have plenty of liquids and different things that you know can help. So why with mental illness do we say ‘oh, you can just feel better’? It just doesn’t work like that,” Santos said.

Genisio thinks education can alleviate the stigma and help people know how to better understand those who suffer from mental illness.

“It’s just an ignorance about it that people don’t understand that it can be just like any other illness because it is, but people just don’t know how to respond and people just aren’t educated about it,” Genisio said.

Fresh Check Day stressed that one in 10 college students seriously contemplate or commit suicide.

“You have to be an advocate for your friends,” Santos said. “I totally recommend counseling and talk therapy because it’s just a totally unbiased person that, otherwise, isn’t in your life that you get to just say things to like you’re

‘elephants in the room’ that maybe you don’t talk to your friends about because it’s vulnerable. Vulnerability is hard.”

Santos explained how her therapist helped her realize that the stress associated with an anxiety disorder is much different than the stressors of everyday college life where it seems everyone is competing in how stressed they are.

“I would tell her ‘I’m so stressed about this, but like everyone’s so stressed,’” Santos said. “She goes ‘no, actually, not everyone is stressed like you are.’ So people ... think ‘oh, everyone around me has this, so I don’t need help,’ when in reality not everyone’s having the same reaction to stress as people who suffer from mental health illness.”

Seeking out help through resources available on campus is crucial says Harris. This is the first time the mental health awareness fair has been put on at MSU. Fresh Check Day also featured MSU Green Dot, which u See FRESH CHECK, page 5

MSU Marksman Team enjoys freedom Bass Pro educational program WOLF inspires to hone skills, build camaraderie local students

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Missouri State students make their Missouri Statement in a variety of ways. Some make their statement with chants and cheers, others with melodies and harmonies. For the members of the Missouri State Marksman Team, they make theirs with a “BANG.”

A Brief History

The MSU Marksman Team is a club-sports team which focuses on firearms: proper use and safety, as well as recreational and competitive shooting.

The roots of the team began with the ROTC Department’s Pershing Rifles Organization in the late 1960s, and later evolved into the Pistol and Rifle Team in the 1990s.

The team ended in 2012 but started up again in 2013 and changed its name to the Marksman Team in spring 2016.

Matt Buck is a senior construction management major and the president of the Marksman Team. The team only had four members when he joined in the fall of 2014. Now, the club has around 60 members— and a third of that number are female members.

“It’s one of those sports where anybody can be included, no matter who they are or any kind of disabilities they might have, and that’s what I love about it. It’s all-inclusive,” Buck said.

Unlike other sports, a person does not have to be athletic, tall or muscular to be a competitive shooter. “(With) just a little bit of focus, paying attention and good habits, you can become a pretty solid shooter,” Buck said.

ranges such as the Andy Dalton Shooting Range which is northwest of Springfield, and the Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area which is just south of Springfield.

The team practices their marksmanship once or twice a week.

“It’s one of those things where it’s a competition, so you’ve got to stay on that edge,” Buck said.

NCAA rifle shooting uses air rifles and small-bore firearms like .22 rifles. Since the Marksman Team is a club sport and not associated with the NCAA, members are free to shoot firearms that use larger bullet sizes, such as .223-caliber and .308-caliber rifles.

The team also uses shotguns and handguns.

Members always practice the highest level of safety while shooting. A designated risk manager is present. Proper hearing and protective equipment is also used.

Family and Camaraderie

Buck and Marksman Team Secretary Kourtney Karg said The team shoots at the gun that the team is like a family. range in Hammons Student Karg ran cross country and Center and travels to area gun track in high school, but lost

Honing the Skills

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that “team” feeling when she came to MSU. She had been shooting since she was 10 years old and found the Marksman Team at the New Student Festival last year.

“I joined this team and it’s like ‘oh, I have a team now again.’ We do everything together. We’re like family,” Karg said.

The shared interest and love for shooting build the camaraderie and friendships found on the team.

“You have a specific thing that everybody enjoys. We always have a good time,” Buck

said.

The Marksman Team does other fun things, like going to the Verona Corn Maze for The Zombie Harvest Paintball attraction as well as helping the ROTC students run the rappelling tower, the Bear Battalion.

If you want to make your Missouri Statement with a “BANG,” The Marksman Team meets Monday nights at 7 p.m. on the third floor of Plaster Student Union.

Gently picking up a blue starfish from just underneath the surface of the water, Tanner Zimmerman handles it carefully in one hand, showing it to onlookers. The touch-tank teems with aquatic life as the sound of seagulls plays overhead. He proceeds to explain carefully facts about the beautiful invertebrate.

“That spark in their eye, that moment of realization, that ‘wow, this is really cool and I would like to play a part in this’ is the thing that makes me love to get up and go to work everyday,” Zimmerman said.

Zimmerman, who majored in wildlife conservation and management at MSU, now works as a conservation education instructor at Wonders of Wildlife Aquarium, which made its grand opening on Sept. 21 as the largest fish and wildlife attraction in the world.

“If I mentioned to you something about bats, you would probably not get a positive image in your head,”Zimmerman said. “If you saw Scooby Doo growing up, usually the bats would jump out

and scare Scooby.

“We learned from a young age, that bats are not very pleasant creatures,” Zimmerman continued. “But actually, bats will eat between 1,000 and 4,000 mosquitos a night.

Mosquitoes being heavy carriers of diseases, trust us, you’ll want the bats. A lot of people also believe that bats carry rabies, and we’ve learned that less than half of one percent carry it.”

He says that misinformation is one of the biggest problems in the field.

“Teaching kids at an early age what’s real and what’s not and kind of debunking the myths, people can grow to appreciate nature more,” Zimmerman said.

That is exactly why the Wonders of the Ozarks Learning Facility (WOLF) has an Education Center attached to the Bass Pro Shop headquarters.

The WOLF school classroom is enormous, housing smooth wooden log desks to accommodate the 46 students that attend. The program is limited so students must apply and are chosen through a random lottery of hundreds of u See WOLF, page 8

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WOLF Students Sydney Horton and Windsor Brotherton pet stingrays in the Wonders of Wildlife Exhibit.

Moore: If you see one movie this year, see ‘Wind River’ BRENNER MOORE Staff Reporter @brennerm2 After traveling five miles through a blizzard, Cory Lambert disembarks his snowmobile and scans the horizon through his binoculars. He notices a set of tracks in the distance, presumably from the mountain lion he was hired to hunt.

Lambert fishes his arctic camo from his hunting bag and suits up to begin the hunt. He leaves the snowmobile with only a radio, a revolver and a rifle.

Arriving at the tracks, he notices they aren’t from a mountain lion, but from a person. As he begins to follow them, a spec of blood in the snow catches his eye. Quickening his pace, Lambert jogs through the snow a couple hundred of feet. He stops at a pool of blood in the snow, kneeling down to examine it.

The snow around the blood has been disturbed, as if there was a struggle. Getting back to his feet, he notices a body, just yards away.

“Wind River” tells the story of the quiet Wyoming town and Native American reservation, Wind River, as it is struck by grief after a local girl, Natalie, is found dead.

Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen once again team up as co-stars in this thrilling mur-

der-mystery.

Renner plays Cory Lambert, a local wildlife warden who is usually tasked with hunting wildlife that terrorizes the town’s livestock.

Being the most familiar with the area, Lambert is quickly recruited by FBI agent Jane Banner, played by Olsen, to help solve the mystery.

Olsen delivers a strong performance as a wide-eyed FBI agent who got called in just to confirm that this case was in fact a homicide.

However, the local coroner refuses to label the cause of death a homicide because Natalie froze to death.

Lambert and Banner lead the investigation to close this case and find out who caused the death of an innocent 18-year-old girl.

Banner is driven by her need for justice.

Appalled at the fact that the death was not ruled a homicide, she takes matters into her own hands. She enlists the help of Lambert and the local six-man police force.

Lambert is driven by a different reason: three years before the movie takes place, Lambert lost his daughter, Emily. Lambert views this as a way to make up for the death of his daughter.

On top of that, Natalie and Emily were close friends when they both were alive.

An atmosphere of a bleak, boring town in northern Wyoming engulfs the viewers almost instantly. With frozen tundra as far as the eye

can see and woods filled with vicious predators, the setting can be compared to that of the Wild West from the turn of the century.

Due to these harsh conditions, residents of Wind River are forced to fight to survive every day of their life.

The plot captivates you from the very beginning. No detail is spelled out for the audience, yet it was easy to follow along. Using a strong plot with believable characters, viewers feel like they have known the characters their entire lives.

“Wind River” delivers upon its western label in every way, especially in the action department.

Many times I thought to myself “this scene is going to be ruined by a shoot-out, I guarantee it.” Every time I was very wrong. This movie is action packed and has some of the most grotesque violence I have ever seen.

However, the violence isn’t your typical over-the-top action movie violence. The violence depicted in “Wind River” conveys the idea for survival that the movie is built upon.

Every single time a fight ensues, each character involved is pushed to the breaking point.

Capturing the essence of human desperation, the fight scenes left the viewers’ hearts racing.

Unlike many other movies of the same vein, “Wind River” doesn’t lose sight of the story.

“Wind River,” written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.

The script is nearly flawless and the actors convey some of the strongest emotions I have ever seen in a movie.

My final verdict: if you are going to see one movie this year, make it “Wind River.” This movie was an emotional rollercoaster I will not soon forget.

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Hill Hall renovation sheds light on history of underground pool ALY WEITKAMP Staff Reporter @alyweitkamp A class of 20 students jump in, ready for whatever today’s physical education class has in store for them. One splashes another, starting a splashing war while waiting for the instructor to arrive.

This scene might have taken place under Hill Hall in the late 1920s, but today, in the same room, the pool consists of plywood, concrete and construction.

Completed in 1924, the education building, now Hill Hall, housed the Greenwood Laboratory School and the education faculty. It also included a full-sized gymnasium and a small swimming pool underneath the building, according

to the book “Daring to Excel: The First 100 Years of Southwest Missouri State University” by Landon Donald.

The university used the 20 foot by 50 foot pool for physical-education classes before they filled part of it in. In recent years, the rest of the pool has been covered with plywood to place a kiln there for art and design classes. According to Jen Cox, the assistant to the vice president of Administrative Services, the room also stored the supplies for Tent Theatre.

Most students are unaware the pool even exists, junior nursing major Sam Penrod said.

“I never go to Hill Hall, and if someone had told me about it, I probably wouldn’t have believed them,” Penrod said.

“Like in high school when the upperclassmen all claimed there was a pool in the basement.”

Some students walk right by the entrance to the pool –– next to the side entrance by Ellis Hall –– and never notice.

“The pool has been closed for at least 50 years, so it’s not surprising that most students don’t know it was there,” Andrea Mostyn, MSU director of university communications said. “It looks like it was quite a gem in its time.”

Now, the construction of Hill Hall has taken over the pool, filling the room with plywood and supplies.

Penrod believes students on campus should have a chance to see the area before the renovation.

“I think that students should

Some students believe the get an opportunity to view a part of Missouri State’s past renovation is for the better. before it is renovated, especial“Although it is a bit fun and ly the pool and the basketball nostalgic to think of leaving something original like that in court,” Penrod said.

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Hill Hall’s entrance is sectioned off as the building goes through a complete renovation.

University tracking anti-hazing REACH Act

FRESH CHECK Continued from page 4 is an organization intended to promote bystander intervention. It strives to stop rape culture and victim blaming.

Marie-Laure Firebaugh, a Body U representative, introduced MSU students to the Body U app created by researchers from Washington University and Stanford University.

Currently at 11 of Missouri’s 13 public universities, the app just launched at MSU this year.

“It is groundbreaking for Missouri, we are the only state with an eating disorder council,” Firebaugh said.

Students get a year free with the app that screens the user through an initial survey in order to match them with the program that best aligns with their individual problems. There are programs for those with

stress, anxiety and eating disorders that are coached by real live professionals with at least a master’s degree in behavioral or mental health field.

“What we are trying to do with this app is bridge that gap for students who do not go to the counseling center for whatever reasonmaybe they don’t know about the counseling center, maybe they’re afraid to go, maybe they don’t have the time,” Firebaugh said.

The counseling center hopes to make the fair a yearly tradition to bring awareness to this increasingly important issue.

“I have no doubt this is going to have a really positive impact on our community and suspect we’ll do this event for years to come,” Harris said.

Overall, students are encouraged to reach

a building, it doesn’t make too much sense if they are going unused,” Cathy Henry, a senior general studies major said.

“Also, if they are providing an area for students to gather or study, that’s probably a good thing. The areas that are currently there are fairly limited as far as finding a quiet place to study or an easy area to gather in. I would like to see any changes stay true to the character of the building.”

The renovations, set to be completed in August 2018, will replace the basketball courts and pool with an open computer lab, student lounge and two meeting rooms.

“The new space, when it’s renovated, will be a wonderful place for students to gather, socialize and study,” Mostyn said.

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Tim Piazza passed away Feb. 4, 2017, two days after a hazing incident at the Beta Theta Pi house on Pennsylvania State University’s campus according to a USA Today article. Piazza fell multiple times after drinking heavily during the incident.

Piazza was a sophomore attending Penn State University at the time of the incident.

A new bill introduced at the federal level, known as the Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act, or REACH Act, was introduced June 15, 2017. Rep. Patrick Meehan R-Pa, and Rep. Marcia Fudge D-OH originally co-sponsored the bill with hopes it could prevent hazing.

“Each year, college students across the country are subjected to dangerous incidents of hazing, the tragic death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza being just the latest example,” Meehan said in a press release.

In its current form, the REACH Act would do the following: Amend the Clery Act to add hazing to the list of crimes that universities must include in their annual crime reports. The Clery Act, passed in 1986, requires universities to report and keep records of any crimes that occur on or near campus.

Define “hazing” as any act committed by one or more people as a part of an initiation or by current members of an organization that could cause physical or emotional harm.

Require universities to keep records of hazing incidents and provide hazing education for students.

Dr. Thomas Lane, dean of students at Missouri State University, said that the new bill has caught the attention of the university.

“The university is aware of the legislation and we are tracking it,” Lane said.

“However, we have not reached a formal opinion on the bill.”

The state of Missouri al-

ready has anti-hazing laws.

According to Lane, Missouri statutes define hazing as “an act that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation (or) admission into, affiliation with or as a condition of continued membership in, a group or organization.”

Under Missouri law, consent is not a defense against hazing.

At Missouri State, hazing is prohibited in the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and is more than just a conduct violation according to Lane.

“In addition to being a significant conduct violation, hazing goes against the values we hold dear at Missouri State and is in complete opposition to (the) ethical leadership pillar of our public affairs mission,” Lane said.

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Burger is back: Ellie Burger carves her own path CORTLYNN STARK News Editor @Cortlynn_Stark Ping-Pong doubles matches at the Burger’s house scare their friends.

“It always gets so intense, like a screaming match in the basement,” Ellie Burger, a freshman communications major, said. “I always think if anyone saw this they would think there was something wrong, like people should not get that competitive over pingpong.”

It’s Ellie and her dad Mike versus her brother Jake and mom Shannon.

They’ve kept score for years.

“It’s unbelievable. We keep track on the chalkboard and it gets pretty serious, all the yelling and the trash talking,” Jake said. “It’s a fun time. We’ll bring family and friends over and we’ll start playing each other and we’re scaring people.”

Jake, who led the Missouri State University baseball team to Super Regionals in 2017, and now plays for the Chicago White Sox, and Ellie, who earned the No. 2 tennis player in Missouri her senior year of high school, would play each other in their grandma’s basement. Once, when Jake was in middle school and Ellie was in elementary school, her older brother got the better of her.

And it wasn’t pretty.

“She ended up throwing the paddle at me and I ran after her and she ran off crying, scared because she thought I was gonna hurt her,” Jake said.

“That was probably the top, pinnacle point where we were like ‘yeah we’re pretty over competitive.’”

“When they were younger we always said if they would only compete against others the way they competed against each other, they would probably be OK,” Mike said.

Despite the competition between the two, they still support each other unconditionally.

In middle school, Ellie tore her hip labrum. It’s a genetic problem, her mom said, but it still forced Ellie into a surgery,

then rehab for months.

Then, her freshman year of high school, Ellie tore it again. She had another surgery and went into rehab.

Again.

“Just keeping that positive vibe and positive outlook,” Jake said. “That’s what you have to do when you have serious injuries like that. I think I just had to reiterate that to her.

“That’s probably where I helped her the most was just always being there for her. I think we grew a lot closer when she had that injury because she needed somebody to lean on and she’s done excellent after it. I’m really proud of her and I’m glad to call her my sister.”

Jake was always supportive, Ellie said. He would tell her it was alright, that she’d end up where she needed to be.

“She’s handled it excellent,” Jake said. “I know it still frustrates her sometimes. She lost two full seasons of tennis and that takes you back. She finished second in state and that’s pretty awesome for someone who had two hip injuries.”

Jake went to every tennis match he could when Ellie wasn’t injured. Even on crutches, Ellie would go to Jake’s baseball games.

They’ve been supportive since they were little.

“I think it motivated her to be competitive and work just as hard as him,” Shannon said.

“I think it was a good sibling peer pressure, sometimes it was a hard sibling peer pressure. She truly can’t attain whatever he did in baseball because they’re two very different sports.

“I think she is very, very proud of him and I think it makes her want to achieve and be the best person that she can be too. Because whatever she does, it’s going to influence his reputation and vice versa.”

And music brings them together.

When Ellie was around age 8 and Jake around 11, their parents took them to an AC/ DC concert.

It was Ellie’s first concert.

She thinks it’s the coolest thing

to tell people.

Ellie and Jake have a JBEB music playlist, Ellie said.

They’ll rap “No Vaseline” by Ice Cube or anything by the Beastie Boys.

“They’re best buddies, they really are,” Shannon said. “Music is a big part of our family.

They just will do duets together and sing and act out stuff and they’ll act out funny skits from TV, or Saturday Night Live or stuff like that. They just enjoy hanging out with each other, they really do.”

However, they’re two separate people.

“I support him unconditionally,” Ellie said. “I don’t think anyone could make the argument that I don’t but it’s hard, it’s difficult trying to pave my own path without him being associated with everything I do.

“I learned over the years that it’s always going to be there, it’s just managing that.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to try and be as stress-free and just enjoying it rather than just keeping it in my head.”

Ellie’s carving her own path, as she’s making her own name as one of the best tennis players in Missouri.

MSU sophomore Alye Darter and Ellie collected a pair of 6-2 doubles wins at the University of Central Arkansas Fall Invitational on Sept. 2223. Ellie and the Bears head back to UCA on Sept. 29-30 for the UCA Invite.

“The great thing about Ellie is that she definitely is trying to carve her own path but she’s definitely very proud of Jake,” head tennis coach Mallory Weber said. “I remember when he was drafted I had talked to her and told her congratulations and things like that … it’s a positive thing and it’s really good but at the same time she’s definitely trying to carve her own path and to be herself and not Jake’s little sister.”

And Shannon and Mike are proud.

“They’re siblings who are like most siblings, they have their moments of disagreement about things but I think they both are, at the end of the day, each other’s biggest fans,” Mike said.

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Junior safety Jared Beshore prepares to tackle an Illinois State ball carrier BLAINE WHEELER Staff Reporter @Blainewheeler21 If you’ve been to Plaster Stadium on a Bears’ gameday, you likely recognize the face or name of Jared Beshore.

The junior safety has become a staple to the Missouri State defense in 2017.

However, it’s possible you recognize him from something off the field.

If you’ve walked through Bearfest Village or in front of Plaster Stadium on Missouri State’s campus, he’s had his eyes on you.

The junior can be seen on a poster on the side of Plaster Stadium standing with his arms crossed looking down on Missouri State’s campus.

Since the poster went up before the start of the Bears’ season, Beshore’s eyes have been on something else.

The opposing quarterback.

The safety has hauled in three interceptions in four games this season, tripling his total from last season.

One of those came Saturday against the 12th ranked Illinois State Redbirds, as the Bears led 6-3 with eight minutes to play in the second quarter.

Before the interception, Illinois State drove 42 yards in six plays. On third-and-11, the Bears needed a stop and got one when the 6 foot, 198-pound safety darted across the secondary to intercepted a deep pass, returning it 22 yards.

“If you guys don’t need him down there (at Missouri State), you can send him on back, I can use him here just fine,” Scott Bailey, Beshore’s former head coach at Lamar High School said.

Bailey and Beshore had their days at Lamar, winning three consecutive state championships. Bailey has won six consecutive to this day, a Missouri record.

Though Beshore’s time at Lamar is over, he dominated from his freshman season to his senior year, collecting four allstate selections along the way.

Over the last three seasons of his career, Beshore led Lamar to a 41-4 record, as he racked up 118 tackles and seven interceptions his senior season.

Furthermore, Beshore rushed for 1,458 yards and 26 touchdowns.

His days of playing on both sides of the ball have come to an end, but his days of playing a pivotal role on defense have not.

In the Bears 34-9 loss Saturday, Beshore showed Missouri State why he is an instrumental piece to its defense. The junior’s eight tackles and one interception were both team highs.

Though, the success for Beshore and the Bears’ defense only lasted one half.

After allowing only six points in the first half, the Bears allowed 28 unanswered points and 217 yards of offense in the third quarter.

The Redbirds’ 28 points, the most in school history for a single quarter, came on four consecutive drives.

In the postgame press conference, Beshore put the blame on himself.

“Some of those plays (big pass plays across the middle), they should’ve been made by me and I take full responsibility for that and we are going to get to work and try to correct that.”

Big plays were in abundance in the third quarter. On the Redbirds first three drives of the third quarter they started with a play of 19, 13 and 22 yards, putting the MSU defense in an early hole.

That’s not the first time Beshore put the blame on himself, or the defense. Following the Bears’ blowout loss to Mizzou in Week 1, he called himself out, saying that the defense was the reason MSU didn’t pull off the upset.

“For me, personally, as a defense, we have to be better,” he said.

The defense will have their work cut out for them in correction, something Beshore hasn’t had a problem doing.

“You never had to tell him to get to work,” Bailey said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s practice, weight room, classroom, doing stuff during his own time. He is self-motivated and you never had to harp on him to get after it, he was always working.”

week of Sept. 11-17. He balances being a Division 1 athlete and full-time student, maintaining a 3.52 GPA. “He’s always gotten very good grades,” Liam’s mother, Philomena Priestley, said.

“They did say that he could possibly go to Cambridge or Oxford, but he decided to go to America instead. He’s been very dedicated to his schoolwork.”

Priestley is studying finance and recently completed an internship with Northwestern Mutual where he worked in financial planning. As of right now, Priestley is unsure where his future will lead him.

“I think everyone here, it’s their dream to play pro after, that is definitely what I’m going to pursue,” Priestley said. “But, like a lot of the guys here, you wouldn’t be in America if you thought that was your only option. So, I

think being here four years and having my degree, that’s definitely a second option to fall back on.”

While Priestley works hard on his studies, he also demonstrates intelligence on the pitch.

Keepers need situational awareness and extensive game knowledge to be successful. Priestley understands that and spends time before games mentally preparing.

“I think a lot of the game, for a goalkeeper at least, is very mental,” Priestley said.

“So, I like to picture myself in the game, a lot of rehearsal in (my) mind, just going through each and every play you may face in the game.”

Priestley’s mother says it’s “really nerve-wracking” watching him. His family says they watch all his games on ESPN3 and plan to make a trip to the U.S. in October to see him play.

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Liam Priestley: From the Tottenham Hotspurs to the Missouri State Bears

Story: Brenner Moore and Megan Burke Photo: Megan Burke Driving straight from school to practice an hour both ways, five nights a week, packing sandwiches to eat in

the car and spending his offtime in the park working on his non-dominant left side with his father, Missouri State goalkeeper Liam Priestley’s undying passion for ‘futbol’ brought him all the way from England to play for the Bears’ men’s soccer team.

Growing up in Essex, England, futbol surrounded him from an early age. Introduced to the game when he was five years old, he fell in love.

“In England, it’s kind of a religion,” Priestley said. “You play soccer or you don’t really play anything else.”

Starting in goal for MSU since 2015, Priestley leads the Missouri Valley Conference in save percentage and shutouts.

According to his parents, Priestley, who stands at 6 feet 3 inches and 165 pounds, started playing competitively when he was just seven years old but didn’t initially start out as a goalkeeper.

“It’s kind of a funny story; I used to play right wing and one day one of the goalies got injured in training,” Priestley said. “So I just happened to jump in there and happened to be not too bad at it. I played one season for my lo-

cal team and by age 11 I was picked up by the Tottenham Hotspurs.”

Priestley trained at Tottenham under goalkeeper Pat Jennings, who holds the record for most games started in net for Northern Ireland, with 119.

Growing up, he also admired American goalkeeper Brad Friedel and French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

“He didn’t like it at first, but he stuck it out and quite liked it in the end,” Liam’s younger sister, Ellie Priestley, said. “I actually joined the team a year younger than him and I was the only girl. I kinda wanted to be like him for a bit.”

Along with being a dominate goalkeeper, Priestley also maintains a strong work ethic and puts an emphasis on his education. He was named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the week for the

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‘I was lost,’ All-American Artur Osvath builds legacy after rocky start, lifts up his team

SARAH TEAGUE Life Editor @sarah_k_teague From a sole survivor in the pool to an athlete who has a team to lean on, Artur Osvath’s swimming career at Missouri State has pushed his limitations and proven his abilities in the water.

As an All-American and the first MSU swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championships as a freshman, Osvath — now a junior business major — has done almost all

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he can do as an individual at this level, according to head coach Dave Collins.

But this success at Missouri State isn’t his whole story.

With hard work, perseverance and a supportive family background, he learned to thrive through adversity in-and-out of the pool.

For Artur, his story starts back in Budapest, Hungary — his hometown — where his family has been swimming for generations. His mother, Angela Horvath, and his grand-

parents, have long before him swam in Hungary. It was his family who pushed him to excel in swimming and academics, so opportunities might come his way. “(My family) was very supportive of me coming to the U.S.,” Artur said. “They always told me, ‘You should keep swimming and you should work hard so you can get a scholarship and study there.’ I miss them a lot. We only get to meet once a year when I go home over the summer.”

Artur’s father, Zoltan, gave some background on Artur’s life back in Hungary, and his family’s history in the pool.

“Artur’s mother (and) grandparents were swimmers, which is a very popular sport in our country,” Zoltan said.

“The first olympic gold medal winner was a native hungarian Alfred Hajos.”

Entering his first year of high school in Budapest, Artur knew he needed to leave Hungary if he intended to keep swimming and go to college.

According to Artur, although swimming is relevant in his country, there were no high school swimming teams, only club teams — and attending a university while swimming for a professional club is unheard of.

“You can’t really swim and go to college at all because college takes so much time from your life, it’s not as synchronized at it is here,” Artur said. “Since the very beginning of high school, I knew (this) was my goal—that I wanted to come here and study here — and I succeeded.”

After hearing about the program at Missouri State from former MSU student and swimmer Dora Kiss (20122016) who is also from Budapest, Artur contacted Collins.

“We took a bit of a risk on him because he really had one good event time-wise—the

200 breaststroke — and after talking with him a little bit and skyping with him, we thought, ‘well, we’ll take a shot,’” Collins said. “He’s really developed into a pretty well-rounded athlete.”

Not only did Artur need to come to the U.S. to study and swim at the same time, but he also wanted to be a part of a team.

“In Hungary, swimming is an individual sport, (while) here it’s more (team-oriented),” he said. “That’s the biggest difference and that’s what I love about it.”

When deciding whether to recruit Artur, Artur’s desire for a team pleased Collins.

“Our biggest strength as a program is just the team dynamic,” Collins said. “We don’t have a facility that’s going to be competitive with a lot of the schools that we’re recruiting against. We don’t have a budget that’s going to match what a lot of schools have. We don’t have a huge coaching staff … but I think what trumps a lot of that is the team dynamic and how close (and) welcoming (the team is.)”

However, his first few weeks on campus were not ideal, Artur said. Although he’s created a legacy now, starting college in a foreign school while striving to be a star athlete was overwhelming at first.

“I was two days late …

school started on Monday and I got here Wednesday,” Artur said. “I was out of shape because I had surgery right before, so it was pretty hard for me to get back into shape. I was kind of lost in the beginning. My English was really bad. The pool is different (here than back home) … (but) I knew I would get back in shape, in a matter of time.

I kept working.”

Although Artur struggled with a language barrier and culture shock at first, as it was his first time in the States, he adapted to his surroundings and counted on his knowledge of the sport.

“I think he found comfort in the water,” Collins said.

Not only does Artur impress in the pool, but Collins said his academics are impressive as well.

Artur explained before adapting to English completely, he struggled, especially in courses with a lot of reading.

But Collins says he has one of the highest GPAs on the team. Artur would never admit this though — he gives credit to his team.

“We are a good team in the pool, and we have one of the highest GPAs in the whole country, the fourth highest right now,” he said. “That shows how hard we work — not only in the pool but also in the classroom.”

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“We all have so much respect for Law,” Stephens said.

“He’s a great coach.”

As far as the team goes, Law said they have a good dynamic and a lot of good character on the team. There’s a lot of returning players, so it helps that they are familiar with the league and level of play.

Since this is a new season and they’re starting out with a new coach, having some players — such as Stephens and Smith — who are already fa-

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“So far, this has been my best experience as a coach,” Law said. “This organization has treated me unbelievably.”

This past weekend, the Ice Bears went 2-1, sweeping Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the two-game series. However on Sunday, they lost to Lindenwood University 3-2 in overtime.

On Thursday, the Ice Bears will travel to take on the University of Central Oklahoma.

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“As soon as I knew (Law) was going to coach the Bears, it was a straight decision that I was coming (to Missouri State),” Smith said. “I really like playing for him.”

As a coach, Stephens said Law focuses a lot on the chemistry of the team and does a really good job line-matching.

On top of that, Stephens and Smith also agreed that Law succeeds at using systems when it comes to coaching.

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Whenever Law took the fulltime position with the Ice Bears, he knew he wanted to bring some players he had previously coached on board with him.

Stephens, who received offers to play at other schools, said the fact Law took over as the new Missouri State head coach was the deciding factor for him.

“It was a really easy transfer for me,” Stephens said.

“Same coach, same rink. It was an ideal situation for me to come here.”

A state over, Smith was in the midst of the Thorne Cup

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The opportunity to become the Missouri State Ice Bears head coach couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for Jeremy Law. He was searching for something new and something that would help him reach his goal of coaching collegiate hockey.

He found that something in the same rink he was already coaching in.

This time last year, Law coached for the Springfield Express. A year ago, freshman

goaltender Bailey Stephens played with the Springfield Express and two years prior, freshman defenseman Alex Smith also played with the team.

The Springfield Express is a local team in the Western States Hockey League, sharing Mediacom Ice Park with the Ice Bears.

Stephens and Smith are now Ice Bears, thanks to Law and his decision to recruit them.

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MEXICO Continued from page 1 So he became an international student last fall.

Warren’s classmates include 16 other international students from around the world, including Belgium, Holland, France, Korea and Brazil, but he is the only MSU student at his university.

He isn’t, however, the only MSU student in Mexico.

Carolyn Steensland, an MSU junior studying Spanish education, experienced an earthquake for the first time during her third week studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico.

She hasn’t had a full week of classes yet.

“There have been several earthquakes since I’ve gotten here,” Steensland said.

“They’re common, just not at the capacity of those (biggest) two. … The first week I was here, that Thursday, there was a ton of rain and stormy weather. I was getting ready for bed – it was probably 10 minutes until midnight – and (the earthquake) lasted a minute or so.”

That one was an 8.1 magnitude, but Steensland said her city felt the 7.1 magnitude one

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“My friends and I were walking home from school and, all of the sudden, the ground starts shaking … people started running into the streets,” Steensland said.

“Compared to other natural disasters, (earthquakes) have no warning. The ground is just moving beneath you and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

The second earthquake, Steensland said, was particularly eerie because it happened on the anniversary of a Mexico City earthquake that killed thousands in 1985.

That, combined with the excessive power of two earthquakes within 12 days, has her community strained.

“People keep saying (the earthquakes) are not normal because they happen all the time here but you usually don’t feel them” Steensland said.

“Everyone is a little on edge because there were two big ones right away … and cautious because of the aftershocks. You don’t know if (they’re) just in your head. I was in church this morning feeling (the movement of) people crossing or uncrossing their legs and you just don’t know.”

But, despite that strain, they remain a — strengthening —

ADDRESS Continued from page 2 At the end of the address, Smart and Einhellig took questions from the audience.

One attendee asked Smart on MSU’s reaction to the education secretary’s revoking of Obama Administration rules on sexual assaults.

“We plan to make no changes,” Smart said. “And that’s a good thing. There’s no university in America that does better than we do on Title IX, period.”

Smart was asked to address the competition between MSU and the University of Missouri-Columbia.

“We came within four students of having more Missouri undergraduates than the University of Missouri,” Smart said. “That makes them very nervous … I happen to believe that we are a phenom-

PHISHING Continued from page 1 In that case, the email’s subject line stated, “Important Announcement from Chief Information Officer Jeff Morrissey,” according to MSU Technical Training and Documentation Administrator Kristi Oetting’s Missouri State

information services blog.

“My overall message is to be suspicious of email,” Martin said. “It is not always what it claims to be or who it claims to be from.”

BESHORE Continued from page 6

Over the next four weeks, the Bears will play the toughest stretch of their season.

Starting Sept. 30, the Bears travel to No. 2 North Dakota State, a team that has scored 168 points in its last three games.

To compare, the Bears defense has given up 168 points in four games.

However, to Beshore, the Bears are good enough to play with everyone.

“I mean they were a good team, they were a nationally ranked team and, personally,

I thought, we were better than them the first half,” Beshore said of Illinois State.

“We are coming out thinking that we just let them off the hook. So going forward, we think we could be with every single game from here on out.”

After next week’s matchup against North Dakota State, the Bears have a bye week.

Then, they play two more top 25 teams in No. 21 Western Illinois and No. 4 South Dakota State.

HAZING Continued from page 5 provide hazing education for students, something Lane says MSU already does. Sept. 1822 was National Hazing Prevention Week and was an opportunity for the university to provide this education.

“Phi Sigma Upsilon, our leadership organization for new members, has been providing anti-hazing programs, sharing information on social media and bringing awareness to hazing and how to prevent it within fraternities and sororities,” Lane said.

Missouri State also requires Fraternity and Sorority Life chapters to hold an annual educational program focused on risk management.

Lane said the university also holds a New Member Day program that addresses hazing

community.

“People here are so generous and so willing to help out neighbors,” Steensland said.

“Even though our city had no deaths, people are still on every corner collecting food to send and people walk around with tip jars to send money. … They even cancelled activities on Independence Day in Mexico because they didn’t want to be celebrating when all these people were hurting really badly.”

Steensland said that sense of community was part of her inspiration, and fascination, that led her to take Spanish classes in high school.

As a future teacher, she decided to study abroad to better equip herself.

And, while Steensland said she didn’t dwell on the possibility of an earthquake before leaving for Mexico, she didn’t have to.

MSU purchases insurance for students studying abroad, as a precaution for falling ill or needing other medical care while out of the country.

In more extreme situations, it can be used to cover plane tickets or other expenses for students needing an evacuation due to political unrest, natural disaster or a medical emergency.

And, while it’s not very

common, the Study Away Program is prepared to evacuate students if such a situation arises.

Elizabeth Strong, the director of MSU’s Study Away Program, said there’s been about three students caught in a natural disaster until now.

“In 2011, a student was in Cairo, Egypt, to study Arabic and Middle Eastern studies,” Strong said. “The Arab Spring erupted and (he) was in the midst of it.”

In that case, the student wasn’t evacuated immediately because he felt he could stay.

It wasn’t until a week later the program convinced him of leaving.

Later that year, in March, a student was in Japan during a tsunami.

In 2015, a student – doing her studies in Ireland – visited Paris for a weekend to go to a concert when a bomb went off nearby. At the time, she was in a pub that went on lockdown.

Any time a student studies somewhere a natural disaster or political unrest occurs, Strong said, a well-practiced protocol is ready. Part of the program’s application system allows students to be located and contacted quickly.

The student receives an email – categorized as “urgent”

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uting the 60 points, scoring points at NCAAs (and) being an All-American as an individual … he’s bringing up the other people around him,” Collins said.

“He’s pretty much solidified his legacy as an athlete — as just an individual athlete in this program. There are only a few more things he can achieve on the athletic side, but it’s ‘what can we do as a team?’ He still hasn’t won a team championship, so I think that’s the next piece.”

Christopher Heye, senior biology major and member of the men’s swimming and diving team, told a story about Artur’s dedication to his team.

In 2016 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, Christopher and Artur shared a hotel room.

On the last day of the conference, Chris remembers waking up and seeing Artur curled in bed.

“It turned out he had spent all night throwing up because of the stomach flu and he could barely get out of bed,” Chris said. Chris asked Artur if he could still swim that day, and Artur responded with, “I don’t know, but I can’t let the team down.”

“He ended up placing 4th

Continued from page 7 enally good choice for undergraduate programs and we’re going to do our best to continue to work very hard to become the number one choice for undergraduate students.”

Smart said a major university offered him a job last year, but after a day of thinking, he turned them down.

He’s not going anywhere.

“This is the best job for me,” Smart said. I know Missouri, I know Missouri politics, II know our university, I think we’ve had very good success in six-plus years and a great partnership with Frank.

This is my last job and I’m going to work it as long as it’s good, and if that’s two years or six years or 10 years, whenever that’s over, then I’ll retire.”

in fraternities and sororities and how to deal with it.

Lane also said that the Office of Student Conduct hosts several outreach events during the school year to increase awareness of the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities and that hazing is specifically discussed at these events.

Lane said he wants students to feel like they can report hazing if they see it.

“I encourage any student to report if they’ve experienced hazing or have witnessed it happening to another student,” Lane said. “Not only is reporting instances of hazing our policy, it’s the right thing to do.”

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Like Artur had hoped for, he had a team, and, within the first week, he started to connect with his teammates. He emphasized reliance on each other in-and-out of the water is not a sign of weakness, but a smart move to boost morale and prepare for races.

Because of the strong team dynamic, it is apparent when speaking with anyone from MSU swimming, team competitions are the main focus.

Placing first at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship ranks as a high goal for the team, and while individual wins are recognized as major accomplishments, these accomplishments are expected to be celebrated, and then used to lift the team up.

“The best (Artur) can do at the conference meet individually is score 60 points and he’s put himself in a category to do that,” Collins said.

Artur, now, from a leadership standpoint, uses his skills to strengthen his teammates.

“So not only is he contrib-

STEINWAY Continued from page 2 Every student majoring in music at Missouri State must learn to play the piano, so the university is really looking to have the top tools for anyone who plays the piano. Becoming an All Steinway School will also help them recruit new students

Submitted by Desmond Warren

MSU student Desmond Warren has been in Mexico for a year and is helping earthquake victims.

– asking them to check in. Students are expecting to be asked to check in if a situation arises.

They are asked to respond with as little as one word: “Safe.”

And if the student doesn’t respond within a timely manner, officials with the Study Away Program already have a list of emergency contacts on hand.

“Often times, in these situations, I do have to call moms and dads because they’ll have an update from the student before the Study Away staff does,” Strong said.

However, in the case of the earthquakes in Mexico, Warren and Steensland were safe and wanted to continue their studies.

“Our first priority is the health and safety of MSU students,” Strong said. “That’s the top goal of our program.

MSU wants to be an international campus and we understand the risks associated with study away, but we do what we can to manage and mitigate risks.

“We can’t rest until we know our students are safe.”

and was so exhausted after the race we had to help him get out of the pool,” Chris said. “I think this says the most about Artur because most people would have just sat out and given up ...

“But Artur was willing to do everything he could to help the team no matter how weak or sick he was,” Chris continued.

With two years down at MSU and already achieving All-American status and holding the school’s record for the 200-yard breaststroke, Artur has two more years to use his accomplishments and skill to push the team forward.

“We’re halfway through his college career and we’re still wondering what the ceiling is,” Collins said.

With his family back in Hungary rooting him on, Artur’s father reflected on his time before he was an MSU Bear.

“Arthur started swimming when he was five, and we could realize, that he’s got a great talent for this sport,” Osvath said. “He was, at the first moment, like someone who was born for swimming.”

After his first year competing in Hungary, he won a gold medal and his family picked up on

his talent for the breaststroke and butterfly – his two signature strokes – on top of his work in Individual Medleys.

Though Artur only sees his family once a year, his father believes his experiences at Missouri State have strengthened him into a stronger athlete and a motivated student.

“Arthur has changed a lot in positive ways,” Osvath said.

“The distance from his family … made him stronger. His efforts in sport and study will give him a great chance and stability in his future life.

“For our entire family he is just like a hero, for his younger brother like an idol,” Osvath continued. “I just think not only for his family, but his friends, schoolmates, teachers and (fellow) swimmers, (he is) a good example of endurance and hard work.”

For Artur’s future plans, his goals are to not only help his team win at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, but also place in the top eight at NCAA Championships. And for his long-term goals?

Artur can’t help but keep his eye on the 2020 Olympics.

“I love winning, it just feels great … I guess I just got addicted.”

throughout the years.

“Here’s some food for thought,” Music Department Head Julie Combs said. “(Steinway pianos are) an absolute critical tool in any strong musical program. They’re used by all students, faculty and guest artists for teaching, practicing and performing.”

Missouri State first announced its initiative to become an All Steinway School four years ago. They’re raising significant funds to try and make this possible.

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students who apply.

The students learn about the different ecosystems in Missouri and go out in the field at least once a week according to WOLF school educators who talked to media during the WOW aquarium media day on Sep. 19.

During the media tours, many of the WOLF school students were stationed throughout the wildlife exhibit and aquarium sharing their knowledge about the different exhibits.

“WOLF is an Springfield Public Schools magnet school,” Merrill said.

“Twenty-three boys and 23 girls are randomly selected.”

WOLF school students Rahni Leonard and Ember Merrill were stationed underneath the bait ball exhibit. They said they’ve enjoyed their experience at the school so far.

“I’m actually a really girly-girl and I don’t like bugs or anything, but now I’m actually kind of interested,” Leonard said.

Students Windsor Brotherton and Sydney Horton demonstrated how to pet stingrays at the lower shipwreck exhibit as they named off the different ray species and spewed facts about each of them.

“It’s awesome, everyone is so much better behaved at this school. On the buses we read books. Our teacher reads us a book over the intercom,” Horton said.

“We don’t have a playground. All we have is trees and grass so we just improvise,” said Brotherton. “We’ve made up a game ‘behind the trees.’ First, we sold cicada shells. If they would sell them to us, we’d give them bamboo that we found.

And the money was pinecones. Now, we love selling rocks as well… but somebody got hurt so we can’t play with rocks anymore, but we still can play in the trees.”

WOLF school student Easton MacLacholan also occupied the stingray touch

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“I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up because I really like water animals, sharks in particular,” MacLacholan said.

All the students favorite trip so far was shooting 22’s at the shooting range.

“Those who spend a lot of time outdoors come to appreciate and care about

it very quickly,” Zimmerman said. “The idea is we want to make it to where we protect and preserve our natural resources and make them available to future generations.”