May 2, 2017

THE STANDARD M I S S O U R I S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y

VOLUME 110, ISSUE 30 | THE-STANDARD.ORG The Standard/The Standard Sports

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

TheStandard_MSU

@TheStandard_MSU/@Standard_Sports

Memorial held for staff, students Katie Haynes Staff Reporter @journalistkatie A silence fell over the room as the names of Missouri State University students, faculty and staff who had passed away were read off, the audience members remembering the lives lost this school year.

A memorial service was held on April 27 in the Plaster Student Union and was open to the public for families and friends to reminisce and reflect

on the lives lost. A reception followed, allowing for these groups of people to share and talk with one another. Gina Rogers, widow to Jimmy Rogers, a former student mastering in geology, had been together for five years before he passed away.

“He never gave up,” Gina Rogers said. “He really was a lifelong learner. He valued education, and he was a really hard worker.”

Alongside Gina Rogers was former MSU staff member Karla Daniel. Also a friend of

Jimmy Rogers, she explained how the transition can be so difficult in everyone’s lives.

“It is an adjustment,” Daniel said. “There are lots of memories to lean on, and it helps to have family. It is certainly a process.”

Karen Lowry, sister of Jim Grider, who was a business manager at Juanita K. Hammons Hall, said the adjustment can be difficult, recalling memories about Grider.

“He loved music and loved his work,” Lowry said. “He got to see a lot of performances.

He had a really good sense of humor. He was sharp, and he loved hunting and fishing.”

Lowry was surrounded by family and friends as they all agreed that Grider is missed.

“I miss him very much,” Lowry said. “It’s difficult not having him come over for dinner anymore.”

Holding an event such as this can be difficult, with so many grieving members of the community. Priscilla Childress, assistant director of u See MEMORIAL, page 10

MSUStandard

issuu.com/TheStandard-MSU

In Loving Memory of: Students Robert Lee “Robbie” Harbach (Springfield) Linda Susan Wilder (Springfield) Brandi Mullins (Aurora) Connor Brinsfield (Bentonville, AR) Alex Cathers (Lexington, KY) Richard Nelson (Las Vegas, NV) Samuel Holmes (Springfield) Mhari I. Rowell (Clever) Jimmy Rogers (Springfield) Katherine Barry (St. Louis)

Richard Carl Bowlin (Springfield) Boyuan Zhao (Dalian, China) Faculty Dr. Marc Cooper (College of Humanities & Public Affairs) Candace Salemi Fairbairn (College of Education) Staff Jimmie L. Grider (Juanita K. Hammons Hall) Ronald M. Gulliams (University Advancement)

NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD

Dancers perform at the Asia Fest Banquet.

Asian Heritage Month presents Asia Fest Katie Haynes Staff Reporter @journalistkatie COLLIN HADLEY/THE STANDARD

Jackie Cruz, one of the stars of Orange is the New Black, speaks to students on May 1.

‘Don’t put a time limit on your dream’ ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress Jackie Cruz shares inspirational message Danisha Hogue Staff Reporter @Danisha_Queen At a young age, Netflix original series “Orange Is The New Black” character Marisol “Flaca” Gonzales, played by Jackie Cruz, experienced a life-threatening event that changed her life.

On a road trip with a high school friend at 17-years-old, Cruz was ejected 20 ft. After two months in the hospital, she pieced her life back together and resumed her journey towards making it in Hollywood.

In Juanita K. Hammons Center for the Performing Arts May 1, she shared this story and others regarding her struggle to become an actress.

“I woke up two weeks later, and I look at myself in the mirror and my eyes are crooked, and I try to talk but I can’t, and half my face is paralyzed,” Cruz said.

Now at the age of 30, she is a positive speaker with a different look on life. She was comfortable with the audience of about 75 students, smiling through every minute.

Before her big break in the 2013 series, she worked many hostess, waitress

and fast-food jobs while living in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. During the filming of seasons 1 and 2, she said she continued to waitress.

During another adventure to fame, Cruz followed a producer who worked with Selena Quintanilla-Pérez to Miami.

Cruz said this producer scammed her out of $10,000.

While living in California, Cruz said she had a hard time being Spanish and from the Dominican Republic.

“There’s not a lot of us in Hollywood … I feel like it’s kind of black and white,” Cruz said.

Some of the roles Cruz played a gangster’s girlfriend in “My Own Worst Enemy” and a rape victim in “The Shield,” eventually landing the role of Flaca in “Orange is the New Black.”

Flaca is one of the prisoners, and the character’s story is inspired partially by a friend she lived with in Miami.

Cruz told The Standard that in season of the show, there’s a riot and the characters show how much they care what happens to them.

She said the role is breaking barriers because the characters’ true colors are shown. The audience gets to see reasons

behind why people are in prison and not assume everyone is a bad person.

To create more opportunities for diverse women, she is starting a production company titled “Unspoken Film.”

She is currently working on two short films that she does not wish to release information on at this time.

For years, Cruz quit acting and followed her love of music. She began playing saxophone at the age of 10 and took vocal lessons. She also sang the bridge and chorus to Mary J. Blige ‘90s hit “I’m Goin’ Down” at the event.

Some students felt inspired by her story and how frequently she took chances.

“You honestly don’t know where people come from,” Katie Romanoski, freshman public relations major, said. “Just because they’re a celebrity doesn’t mean they didn’t have struggles.”

Cruz said she tours colleges because she feels this is where individuals find themselves.

“I want to encourage people,” she said. “If God has a plan for you, it could take so long. Don’t put a time limit on your dream.”

Throughout the month of April, different activities were held at MSU to commemorate and celebrate the different aspects of Asian culture and heritage. To add to the list of annual events, Asia Fest has been introduced as the first-annual banquet held at MSU for Asian Heritage Month, hosted by Millicent Bean and James Dong.

The banquet took place on April 27 in the Plaster Student Union’s Union Club and provided a night of elegant performances from different Asian cultures. The spacious room held individuals of many cultures, allowing them to come together on a night dedicated to spreading awareness and providing a celebration of Asian heritage.

The food was just as diverse as the different cultures presented. The dishes presented included appetizers such as pot stickers from China, Gobhi Tak A Tak from India, main dishes such as bulgogi from Korea, pancit bihon from the Philippines and a dessert known as num treap from Cambodia.

A welcome speech was given by Dr. James Baker, vice president for Research and Economic Development and International Programs, and Dr. Dee Siscoe, the vice president of Student Affairs.

The hard work and dedication to make this event happen brings hope to Siscoe to have the event every year.

“I hope this is an annual

news

life

sports

Disposing of medication safely: Page 9

Ecopalooza: Page 5

Spring Football Page 8

event,” Siscoe said. “I hope that this event will become a yearly event, and I will attend each and every time.”

Events such as the banquet are not only an event to celebrate cultures, but to celebrate the many international students that attend MSU. “We are looking forward to doing more events such as this one,” Baker said. “I love how international students get to meet people from all around the world.”

The event began with a dance from the group KIZUNA, a Japanese-American group that holds the title of a friendship group, featuring both children and adults. The group performed a summertime dance, “A Song of the Beach,” and “Decorative Drumsticks.” The final dances invited the audience to participate in songs, one called the “Coal Mining Song,” and “Night in Tokyo.”

Members of this group are: Hiromi Elliston, faculty member in the Foreign Language Institute; Jane and Jesse Elliston; sophomore English major Yudai Sanada; Sachie Hansen; Akiko Tyler; and Saori and Kate Meadows.

A Korean fan dance was presented by Saehee Duran, a first generation immigrant and leader at Life360 Intercultural Church Campus. She trained for eight years to be a Korean fan dancer but moved to Hawaii when she was still in high school.

“I felt that my dream was shattered,” Duran said. “Now it is such an honor to be dancu See ASIA FEST, page 10

2 THE-STANDARD.ORG

THE STANDARD

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

Struggles to contact home spark memories of Egyptian revolution Sarah Teague Life Editor @SarahTeague96

COLLIN HADLEY/THE STANDARD

The new FEMA shelter can hold 1,243 people.

New FEMA shelter opens for Springfield community Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark If you thought you would take shelter in the new Federal Emergency Management Agency shelter during the zombie apocalypse, you thought wrong –– it’s only open during tornadoes.

But the good news is that it’s stocked and prepared in the event of a tornado warning.

“We’ve got some basic emergency supplies here; we’ve got the weather radio; we’ve got a crank up flashlights, radios and flashlights that can be plugged in,” said Emergency Preparedness Manager David Hall, who came to Missouri State in February, said.

There’s also first-aid kits, back-up batteries, a sprinkler system and fire extinguishers.

The shelter is made out of 12-inch-thick concrete walls, Associate Director of Facilities and Operations Teresa Frederick said. She said these doors can withstand winds of up to 250 mph –– equivalent to an F5 tornado, the strongest tornado rating.

Double doors are secured with a two-point lock system; that way, Hall said, they don’t just blow open during a storm, which is the exact opposite of what you want.

The ceiling is also secure. From inside, you can see rows of concrete slabs connected perpendicular to the ceiling.

“It gives it vertical strength,” Hall said. “It’s hard to crush concrete, but it’s easy to pull concrete apart. It creates additional structure

and stability.”

The building also has two restrooms, a water fountain and a supply closet where the flashlights, batteries and other supplies are stored.

The shelter can hold 1,243 people, Hall said. It’s not just for students.

“One thing I really like about the project is it’s directly benefiting MSU students, staff and visitors,” Frederick said. “It also benefits the community, and I think that’s in line with our public affairs mission, and that’s a great piece.”

Anybody nearby is encouraged to take shelter in the building.

Frederick said it cost about $1.8 million, but MSU is only paying 25 percent. FEMA is paying the rest; FEMA sets standards for shelters across the country.

Hall said that the building has an expected lifespan of about 40 years, but maintenance costs will be low for MSU. Since the building would only be opened for a couple hours at a time, it doesn’t require much care.

During an actual tornado, neither Hall or Frederick would have to run over to the building to unlock. MSU Frederick and Safety and Transportation’s 24/7 Dispatch Center can unlock it remotely.

“We wanted to make sure that whenever folks needed in, we could do that,” Frederick said. “Coordinating that and making sure everyone had the right access wasn’t hard –– but it took some time to make sure we got it right.” u See FEMA, page 10

A rapid downfall of the Egyptian economy, a growing population and mysterious connectivity problems have renewed memories from past uprisings in Egypt and are impacting international students at Missouri State.

Online censorship, blocked social media accounts and struggles connecting with loved ones through apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are nothing new for students from Egypt.

However, these aspects of life in Egypt are prevalent in the lives of students attending Missouri State with family and friends back home in the Middle East.

“We don’t watch the official TV (channels) because it has (the government’s) own perspectives, their own opinions. So that’s why we use social media to tell (the Egyptian people) the other side, to tell them the truth.”

-Moamen Almaz Nashwa Ghoniem is a global studies graduate student and has lived in the United States for around a year and a half. She is originally from Alexandria and contacts her parents, especially her mother, every day through different apps like Viber, Facebook Messenger and FaceTime; sometimes this is harder than it sounds.

According to Ghoniem, several of the apps she uses to contact her family shut down last week,

something that has happened in the past, especially during times of political turmoil. She said it happened a couple days last week when her family tried to call her from Alexandria. The calls simply wouldn’t connect.

Moamen Almaz, a geospatial sciences graduate student, is originally from Shobak Basta, a small village east of Cairo.

He has several siblings, his parents and a large extended family back home, so to

communicate he uses Facebook Messenger, and, not long ago, he opened a Skype account.

“I had trouble, just for two days (recently). I was calling my brother, but I couldn’t use (Facebook) Messenger so I started my Skype account so I (could) call him,” Almaz said. “After that, I easily could contact him.”

Yet another student originally from Alexandria, Mariam Mohamed, was attempting to contact her mother when several programs failed, and she had to use an alternative app so her family could speak with her.

“Maybe a week ago, I tried to call (family) on Facebook, and I couldn’t,” Mou See EGYPT, page 12

Incoming Bears unhappy with MSU Residence Life Nina Todea Staff Reporter @Todea_NinaM Incoming freshmen students are expressing their frustration when it comes to communicating with Missouri State Residence Life, saying that the department has been disappointing and unreliable in helping with students’ problems.

In a mass GroupMe chat, incoming freshmen for the 2017-18 academic year have been sharing their experiences related to housing and residence life. The group chat includes individuals from the St. Louis area, Springfield and other localities.

Mackenzie Cobb, a student at Incarnate Word Academy, a private school for women in St. Louis, said her experience has been “more than disappointing.”

Cobb, who applied for housing about a week-and-a-half after “Early Bird” registration ended, was placed in a residence hall not in-

cluded in her submitted list of choices. Cobb, who said she did not expect to get her first choice, was expecting to be placed in at least one of the top five choices she had to fill out.

In addition to being placed in Wells House instead of Blair-Shannon House, her first choice, Cobb was placed in a Living-Learning Community.

According to the MSU website, LLCs exist to support students in academic and personal growth. An LLC is said to “enhance your college experience by connecting you to others that share your passions and interests.”

Angela Strider, assistant director of business services at Residence Life, Housing and Dining, said that a student’s LLC preference takes priority over any other preferences in the housing application.

“We try to get students into the LLC that they preference and are eligible (or) want because we know that helps grow our LLC prou See RES LIFE, page 11

THE STANDARD

opinion

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017 | THE-STANDARD.ORG

3

CHANGE: Reasons to stay, reasons to leave Nicole Roberts Editor-in-Chief @NReneeRoberts Graduation is less than 20 days away, and people I talk to are asking questions like, “Are you getting excited for graduation?” “Aren’t you ready for your big-girl job?”

“Do you think you’ll miss Springfield after you graduate?”

I’ve heard these questions all year, particularly this semester. Over the last couple of weeks, when someone asked me about graduation or my “big-girl job,” I would

smile and say that I was excited and counting down the days.

While I’m excited to not be a student anymore, it’s also starting to sink in that I will soon be moving away from Springfield. This is a bittersweet moment that I’m sure several soon-to-be graduates are feeling. While part of me is excited to finish this chapter in my life, the other part is sad and scared about the future.

When I accepted my job at the Jefferson City News Tribune, it didn’t really cross my mind that I would leave Springfield until someone

mentioned “apartment hunting” the day after I accepted the position.

I won’t lie; for a split second, I second-guessed accepting the job. I’ve lived in Springfield for four years, and the thought of leaving my family and friends petrified me.

Some of my best memories are in this city, from production days at The Standard to halftime shows with the MSU Pride Band to late-night Sonic runs with my roommate.

The idea of staying in Springfield and seeing my friends for a little longer almost made me forget about the exciting pos-

sibilities that might happen when I leave.

A couple of days after I accepted the job, I was listening to the radio while driving back from my internship. The radio hosts were talking about change, and something they said stuck with me. They said there will always be reasons to stay and reasons to leave, but we usually focus more on the reasons to stay because we’re comfortable there, and that can make us miss out on adventures that are waiting for us.

We’re always faced with change, whether it’s entering

kindergarten, moving out of our hometowns or graduating from college. We resist change because it’s new and different, and the unknown scares most of us. But like George Bernard Shaw said, “progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

I’m always up for challenges and progress, and I have to keep this in mind as I slowly pack up my apartment these weeks leading up to graduation. While there are plenty of reasons for me to stay, I’m starting to focus more on the

reasons to leave: new job, new experiences, new adventures.

I’m focusing on the chances to grow in my field.

Yes, I’m going to miss seeing my friends, playing new songs in band and working on page designs during production days, but the chance to develop my journalism skills while in the state capitol is something I’ve been striving for and am excited to pursue.

Robin Sharma said, “change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” Here’s to seeing where this new adventure takes me.

Have more courage, confidence Procrastination: when living in a different country The fear of failure Qiuyue Li Columnist @Holiday12058442

When home, I am an animated and sometimes arrogantly ignorant Chinese woman. Unlike the typical Chinese girls who are timid and quiet, I am always the one to speak my mind, never having been a push-over growing up.

Being in the U.S., I am told on a daily basis by my American friends that I am different from the Asian girls they have encountered.

They say I am full of moxie and easy to communicate with.

These experiences reminded me of the first time I came here. I perceived every American as a total stranger, if not alien, while keeping a distance from the crowd because my worries laid in my preconceived perception that they wouldn’t recognize or accept me.

I remember being afraid to speak English because I had difficulty pronouncing the right words, and I thought I would embarrass myself all day long. I remember I was often unnoticed or left out in my American friends’ conversations, probably because I remained silent and seemed shy all the time.

You see, people are wired to

feel fear and stay alert once they step into unfamiliar environments because staying cautious help them pay more attention. But living in a foreign country means you have to interact with strangers even if you don’t have a sense of belonging.

Majoring in journalism and having a father-like professor enhanced my courage and confidence, and it also forced me to come out of my shell and interview strangers.

The more I observe Americans, the more I understand that everyone mispronounces names and misspells words, even your stubborn professors.

I have come to realize that pronouncing the accurate word isn’t everything; it is having the courage to share experiences and feelings that are so much more important.

I am sure none of my current American friends could anticipate that I had those disoriented and unconfident days because I am probably the most talkative and communicative Chinese girl they know.

The shy, timid Chinese people I know either haven’t fully adapted to the U.S. environment yet or lack the confidence, for fear that

their English will be judged and joked about. This caused them leave a bashful and quiet impression on others.

Being an MSU Bear for eight months now, I can assure that nobody cares whether you speak English fluently or not. I have been Chinese for 20 years, and I still stumble over the pronunciation of Chinese words, and I forget the idioms every single day. The same goes for Americans. They still stumble over words and forget pronunciations, which is a normal part of learning a language.

I hope more international students, especially my dear Chinese students, become bold and confident to break the typical Asian stereotypes. I hope they become more involved in school activities and organizations to show the intelligence and ability of a Chinese student, become more open and welcome to American students’ friendship and the faculty and staff’s help.

I am lucky to be in a country whose culture allows me to be bold, competitive and even over-confident. I encourage you, my fellow international Bears, to do the same: be bold, be competitive, be confident. If not now, when?

Ali Spies Columnist @alicethespy It’s May; just let that sink in. I feel like yesterday was February and I had so much time to get everything I needed to done, but now it is May, and I’m panicking.

If you are like me, you have put off all of the super important things you have to do before the semester ends, and you are stressing out because you are trying to catch up. But, if you are truly like me, you are still putting this stuff off until the very last moment.

Why do I, like so many others, procrastinate everything? It seems like the more things that pile on, I just keep pushing them and pushing them until I’m rushing to get them done. For example, I’m writing this article within mere hours of its deadline.

When I think of how I procrastinate, I think of how awful I’m being and how dumb I am for putting things off and just lying in bed watching Netflix when I could be doing so much more. I think about how I wish I could be on top of things like everyone else. But then I stop and think about it; really nobody I know is ever fully on top of everything.

I mean there are rare outliers that actually do get everything done early, but the majority of people I know are pushing things off just like me. Is this just because

we’re all part of the “college culture,” or is it an actual real-life adult phenomenon, too? I hope when I’m older and (hopefully) have my life together I can get rid of this procrastination habit, but will I? When I think about why I put things off, I think it’s just me being lazy. The more I think, though, the more I think it could be something else. When I was little, I was scared of every new thing I ever had to do: swimming, going down a long slide, even going on the big-girl potty for the first time. Once I actually did these things, I was not scared anymore, but the anticipation and the fear of, well, honestly, I don’t know what, kept me frozen in fear.

Now I’m better about things. I’m still cautious of new things, but I’m much more willing to try new things and don’t throw crazy tantrums anymore. But, this makes me think, is this internalized fear the reason why I put off doing things?

Am I afraid of failing or disappointing people to the point where I put everything off?

I honestly don’t know if the two are related, but I know I have to push myself to get things done the same way I had to push myself to try swimming or going down a slide. No matter where it stems from, I am still putting everything off until the last minute as usual, and good luck to everyone out there doing the same.

SABRINA MERRILL/THE STANDARD

TIME WITH FRIENDS = PRICELESS Ally Gaither Columnist I know that in the past I have heavily implied that I am broke because I am a college student. However, I have financial aid, which covers all my school costs and expenses for now. The question is, where does all my money go?

I swear I only eat one meal a day (healthy, I know), and that’s completely OK for me. I’m never starving, and it’s not just to save money because, clearly, it’s not very effective. You’d think that eating less than usual would save me money, right? Wrong.

I do have a monthly car payment, so a large chunk of my money goes to that, but I should The Standard Physical address: Clay Hall 744 E. Cherry St. Springfield, Mo. Postal address: 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65897 Newsroom: 417-836-5272 Advertising: 417-836-5524

have plenty of money left over from each paycheck. No matter how hard I try, though, I always seem to be scraping by for the days leading up to pay day.

It seems to me as though everyone, unless they’re rich and their parents buy them everything, goes through a rough phase at some point in their lives when they are struggling with money. For a lot of people, that happens in college. How could it not? If you don’t have any financial aid and you’re paying your way through college all on your own, of course you aren’t going to have any money. However, even those of us with financial aid are still constantly broke.

How? So many of us have jobs, and we work whenever we’re not in class. We get as

Fax: 417-836-6738 Standard@MissouriState.edu www.the-standard.org The Standard is published on Tuesdays during the fall and spring semesters.

THE STANDARD Editorial Policy The Standard is the official student-run newspaper of Missouri State University. Student editors and staff members are responsible for all content. The content is not subject to the approval of university officials, and the views expressed do not represent those of the university.

much money as we possibly can, yet we still struggle to make ends meet.

I feel as though it may be a psychological thing. Of course, I am a psychology major, but hear me out. Psychologically, a person goes through developmental stages throughout his or her life, as theorized by Erik Erikson. Erikson’s theory had eight stages of psychosocial development, the sixth stage meant specifically for 18-to-40-year-olds. The stage is intimacy versus isolation. This means that in this stage of life, our crisis, or main objective is to find intimacy, and our biggest fear is isolation.

This does not mean that we all have the desire to be social butterflies, spreading our wings and flying all around campus. It does mean that, at this point, we are forming bonds

Editor-in-Chief Nicole Roberts Nicole201@Live.MissouriState.edu

Sports Editor Wyatt Wheeler Wheeler087@Live.MissouriState.edu

News Editor Emily Joshu Joshu121@Live.MissouriState.edu

Advertising Manager Sandy King SandyKing@MissouriState.edu

Life Editor Sarah Teague Teague921@Live.MissouriState.edu

Faculty Adviser Jack Dimond JackDimond@MissouriState.edu

Photo Editor Ryan Welch Welch128@Live.MissouriState.edu

Letters and Guest Columns Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words and should include the author’s name, telephone number, address and class standing or position with the university. Anonymous letters will not be published. Guest column submissions are also welcome. The Standard reserves the right to edit all submissions for punctuation, spelling, length and good taste.

Letters should be mailed to The

Standard, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 or e-mailed to Standard@Missouri State.edu.

Advertising Policy The Standard will not accept any advertising that is libelous, promotes academic dishonesty, violates any federal, state or local laws, or encourages discrimination against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, age, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual

Ad Designer Tessa Phongsavath Ad Representatives Lindsay Daggett Tyler Krtek Mark Phillips Copy Editors Taylor Balleau Sarah Hollstrom Sarah Shepard Distributors Matt Appelbaum Nick Sulzer Kyle Whanger Illustrator

orientation or disability.

The Standard reserves the right to edit or reject any advertising copy at any time. The Standard encourages responsibility and good taste in advertising. Political advertisements must show clear endorsement, such as “Paid for by (Advertiser).” A sample of all mail-order items must be submitted prior to the publication of the advertisement. Advertising having the appearance of news must have the word “advertisement”

and connections that are critical to our psychological well being. We need friends at this stage in our lives.

This relates to our lack of successful budgeting skills because the main thing friends do is hang out or go somewhere. Whether you just go out to eat, see a movie, or simply drive around, you need money for all of those. I think our brains ignore our spending of money when it’s spent when out with friends because of that psychosocial need for intimacy.

I only spend money when I’m out with friends, because, as cheesy as it sounds, time spent with friends is priceless.

Sabrina Merrill Opinion writers Ally Gaither Ali Spies Qiuyue Li Photographers Megan Burke Collin Hadley Collin O’Connell Miranda Roller Nina Todea Bailey Vassalli Reporters Alia Aaron Zak Baldwin

Matt Campanelli Terry Chapman Jenna deJong Shelby Dowler Hanna Flanagan Katie Haynes Danisha Hogue Asia Key Trevor Martin Maria Meluso Brenner Moore Alec McChesney Trinh Nguyen Parker Padgett Sarah Shepard

printed above. Such ads must be bordered. Clear sponsorship must be shown on each advertisement. Position requests will be honored when possible but are not guaranteed.

In case of error or omission, The Standard’s liability, if any, will not exceed charge for the space occupied by the error. The Standard is not responsible for typographical errors that do not decrease the value of the advertisement. Liability for any error is limited to the first insertion

Chloe Skaar Noah Standish Cortlynn Stark Layne Stracener Casey Struble Hanna Sumpter Nina Todea Bailey Vassalli Mike Volding Aly Weitkamp Blaine Wheeler Alex Ulrich

of the erroneous advertisement.

Newspaper Theft Each reader is permitted one copy of the paper per issue. Additional copies may be purchased from The Standard office for 25 cents each. The Standard may waive this fee on a case-by-case basis if extra copies are available.

Newspaper theft is a crime. Violators may be subject to civil and criminal prosecution.

4

THE STANDARD

life

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017 | THE-STANDARD.ORG

Aspiring medical students challenged by MCAT Hanna Flanagan Staff Reporter @hanna_flanagan To be accepted into medical school, students must maintain a high GPA, shadow professionals in the field, log volunteer hours and achieve a solid score on a sevenand-a-half-hour exam that tests critical analysis skills and several areas of science.

Medical school admissions offices take achievements in all of the above areas into consideration. But results of the exam, called the Medical College Admissions Test, are at the top of their list.

Biology professor Dr. John Heywood, said medical schools report that MCAT scores are the best indicator of how well a student will perform once they are in medical school.

“A high MCAT score is not sufficient to ensure acceptance into medical school,” Heywood said.

“But a low score will be a significant liability.”

Heywood said many students choose to take the MCAT in the spring of their junior year or the summer after. This allows enough time to compile all the other ele-

ments of the application, which Heywood said students submit at the beginning of their senior year.

Balancing medical school admissions requirements with a normal course load and extra-curricular activities is not easy. But Johnny Cleek III, a senior chemistry major, took the test on Friday, April 28, and said that finding time to properly prepare for the exam is essential.

“If you don’t have the MCAT or the GPA, you’re not going to get an interview,” Cleek said.

Senior biology major Jessi Allen added that, because of the amount of weight placed on the results, a lot of stress comes with taking the MCAT. On her test day in March, Allen said that she often thought about how a poor grade would significantly affect her future.

“It’s a lot of pressure, it’s probably the most nerve-wrecking thing about the whole application process,” Allen said. “If you have a bad MCAT, it’s going to close a lot of doors.”

To achieve a solid score, Heywood said the average student will study about three months in advance. This much preparation is necessary because the exam covers

the sciences in-depth and requires a high level of focus for a long period of time.

“It’s just a long day. It takes a lot of mental endurance,” Allen said. “It just covers so many things; you don’t really know what they’re gonna throw at you.”

Allen began studying with MCAT prep-books in January. Her goal was to review a single chapter each night and work practice problems for the three-month period.

One chapter took Allen anywhere from two to three hours to complete.

“There were definitely days when I did not study for the MCAT at all,” Allen said “It wasn’t always ideal, (but) I just kind of did the best I could.”

Heywood said that, although three months is the average, some students will commit more time than that.

Cleek started studying over four months ago at the beginning of the spring semester. He got into a routine of studying every morning.

Like Allen, he said reviewing MCAT prep book and practice exams were helpful study techniques.

“My classes start at 10 or 11 (a.m.) each day, so I get up at 6

(a.m.) and study until my classes start,” Cleek said.

But as a full-time student with a job, dedicating this much time to the MCAT was a challenge for Cleek. He said he would occasionally stray from his study plan in the midst of a busy week or during times of mental exhaustion.

Maddy Steilen, a senior biology major, took the exam on April 28, and said that making time to study was the worst part of the preparation process.

“It’s hard to commit four months in advance to hardcore studying when you got all (of) your biology and chemistry classes and whatnot,” Steilen said. “It’s pretty crazy.”

Although the material is complicated and extensive, pre-medical students agree that a high MCAT score would be well-worth the stress, especially for students who are passionate about entering the medical field.

“I definitely like studying the MCAT stuff because I feel like this is going to be relevant to what I MEGAN BURKE/THE STANDARD want to do someday,” Cleek said.

“It’s not easy … but it’s worth ded- Entrance exam prep-books for various icating the time to.” exams line the shelves, waiting to be

used, in Meyer Library.

VERWATCH E-Tournament Alexander Ulrich Staff Reporter @aulrich21 Flag-football, basketball, soccer and other traditional sports are no longer the only intramural events sponsored

by Missouri State’s campus recreation. Sports equipment has been replaced by computers, keyboards, mouses and video games as the Missouri State E-Sports Club hosted the first annual Overwatch intramural league tournament.

After a month of remote league play, the Overwatch Intramural Grand Finale took place last Saturday, April 29, at the Bill R. Foster and Family Recreation Center. The gameplay took place inside two of the FRC’s studios, while people watched on two projection screens located on one of the basketball courts.

The event was scheduled from 8 p.m. to midnight but started 30 minutes late due to some technical difficulties with streaming the event live on Twitch, which is a global video game streaming website.

This was the trial run of E-Sports intramurals at MSU to see how popular it would be on campus. Officers of the E-Sports Club said that they wanted to partner with intramurals because they have the foundation of everything the club wanted to do.

“All we need is to get backing from the student

body,” Mark Johnson, a senior biology major said.

Johnson is the vice president of the MSU E-Sports Club.

“If we only have two people that show interest, unfortunately we couldn’t do this, but if we have two or more teams we can do it, and they can help find other people,” Johnson said.

There were almost 40 people present at the live event, with over half of them competing in the event.

Four teams comprised of six players each played in the Saturday night tournament.

There were originally five teams in the league, but the Theta Chi fraternity team was unable to attend the finale due to prior commitments.

“I am kind of surprised by the turnout of people,” said Austin Money, the graduate assistant of outdoor adventures of the campus recreational center and member of the E-Sports club.

“We did some advertisement two weeks before the tournament actually started last month on March 26,” Johnson said.

The Overwatch Finale tournament lasted well into the night. There were almost four total hours of Overwatch gameplay. The E-Sports Club provided pizza for the players and audience present at the event.

The event was a four game computer tournament.

u See OVERWATCH, page 13

MIRANDA ROLLER/THE STANDARD

Humanity plays for the crowd in front of the Plaster Student Union on April 27, sponsored by Catalyst, an affiliate of Christian Campus House.

Battle of the Bands rocks the North Mall Noah Standish Staff Reporter @NoahjStandish Missouri State’s first Battle of the Bands was held in front of the Plaster Student Union Thursday afternoon. MSU students flaunted their musical talents in the North Mall on a stage sponsored by Catalyst, an affiliate of Christian Campus House.

Students near Blair-Shannon House and the Plaster Student Union were treated to music, while many stayed for food and prizes. Between performances, attending students played stage games and competed for gift certificates to Starbucks, Subway and Amazon.

Noah Baird, junior computer science major and event coordinator, said that the inspiration for Battle of the Bands came from a desire to create an environment

promoting unity and positivity.

“We wanted to give students the opportunity to come and go as they please and create a relaxed, informal environment,” Baird said. “We can all appreciate the different talents we all possess, like music, and enjoy it together.”

Baird traced the event’s roots to the Christian Campus House’s outdoor worship at the beginning of each fall semester, saying that many students voiced positive feedback for other outdoor activities.

“The North Mall is sort of the living room of campus where we can all come together,” Baird said. “Even the students who don’t join (Christian Campus House) have given us a lot of support in creating these relaxed events—we provide a chance to get to know each other.”

Kelsey Menefee, activities director, cited local churches as support. She also

said that the event’s intention was to be an outreach for MSU’s campus ministry and its affiliate program, Catalyst.

Menefee, a senior entertainment management major, said that the event was organized to be on the North Mall in order to interact with as many students as possible.

“Music leaves people in a better mood and creates unity among those enjoying it,” Menefee said. “This is an event that’s open to all—we just want to serve the campus.”

Many curious students walked past the event with smiling faces, saying that the event gave MSU’s campus a positive energy.

Matthew Hampton, junior communication major, called the music a subtle

u See BATTLE, page 11

SPOTLIGHT SERIES 2017

MSU team funded by NASA, researching exoplanets Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney When Peter Plavchan was a high school student in New Jersey, he was assisting local junior college students in calculus. Fast forward 20 years and Plavchan is still assisting students, but as an assistant professor of Physics, Astronomy and Material Science at Missouri State University.

“When I was in high school, I knew I was really good at math, but I always had a passion for astronomy,” Plavchan said. “I spent most of the money I earned from my part-time job to buy a telescope. I loved it.”

It was Plavchan’s passion for astronomy and physics that led him across the country to study physics at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, which “always had a way of pushing him to his limits.”

Caltech helped Plavchan go past his limits and think outside of the box. Eventually, he took a job as a research scientist at his alma mater, where he would begin to focus on astronomy—specifically, exoplanets.

In laymen’s terms, an exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star, like our sun, outside of our solar system. Plavchan says that our universe is made up of 100 billion galaxies, and each of those galaxies are comprised of 200-400 billion stars.

Plavchan and his colleagues also say each star has the capabilities of potentially holding its own planetary system, just like our sun does.

Photo courtesy of www.exo.missouristate.edu

Dr. Peter Plavchan “In the past 20 years, we have been turning science fiction into science fact by discovering these exoplanets,” Plavchan said. “In just those 20 years, we have found over 2,000 exoplanets through all sorts of techniques.”

There are numerous techniques to discover exoplanets, but Plavchan developed an idea in 2012 at Caltech to combine several of the methods into one.

“At the time, we considered this project, but

we decided that I was probably a little too busy and we should put it aside for awhile … And that was the end of it, as far as I was concerned,” he said.

In the summer of 2014, Plavchan said goodbye to the East Coast and settled in Springfield.

Since coming to MSU, Plavchan has learned to balance teaching and continuing as a researcher.

“I consider myself very lucky to be able to come to Missouri State and to have the opportunity to teach and conduct research,” he said.

“I am expected to do significant research during my time here.

“The university as a whole is looking to grow the faculty research experience. When I was brought here, it was assumed I would continue my active research programs.”

While teaching two classes per semester, Plavchan has continued to conduct research on campus, and it’s coming to fruition thanks to the project he developed at Caltech in 2012.

In the fall of 2016, NASA called for proposals to study possible future NASA missions in the price range of $400 million to $1 billion dollars.

Shortly after, his former boss—Charles Beichman, the executive director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech—and Yale professor Debra Fisher, called on Plavchan to draft a proposal so NASA would fund his technique to study exoplanets.

“I said, ‘Well, I haven’t really thought about it since 2012’, but after thinking about it, it made sense,” Plavchan said. “And as a new

professor, I am motivated to find funding for my research.

“It’s a good thing for Missouri State University to have research going on here, so I went ahead with the proposal.”

Plavchan’s proposal was one of 27 submitted to NASA for funding, one of 10 selected for funding and just one of two proposals expected to study exoplanets.

“Peter’s mission is a key aspect of this whole sequence of using multiple techniques to find these habitable worlds,” Beichman said. “This is a fabulous team, but Peter is the real key to this mission.”

The mission will cost around 500 million dollars and will be a medium scale NASA mission that will extend through 2019. Plavchan’s study, “Earthfinder: A Diffraction-Limited Precise Radial Velocity Observatory in Space” will focus on studying the scientific workability of a future NASA mission.

During his time at Caltech, Plavchan served on a committee for four years for the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group, where he networked with everyone who knows everything about exoplanets.

Once his proposal was accepted, he reached out through his network and created an extremely formidable team.

Scientists and researchers from Ohio State University, Caltech, NASA, Penn State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Harvard University and the Uniu See NASA, page 13

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

THE STANDARD

THE-STANDARD.ORG 5

ECOPALOOZA

Students for a Sustainable Future organize the seventh annual Ecopalooza to celebrate Earth Day

Maria Meluso Staff Reporter @MariaMeluso

Despite ominous clouds and the threat of another April shower, students, faculty, staff and members of the community gathered out on the North Mall for the seventh annual Ecopalooza last Friday to celebrate Earth Day and their continued commitment to sustainable living.

The festival featured free food and booths for crafts, sales, giveaways and upcycling sponsored by Students for a Sustainable Future, other campus and community partners.

Popular activities during the fair included a clothing-swap booth, free henna tattoos from members of the Art Club, a succulent plant sale hosted by the Horticulture Club, pot decorating and planting sponsored by Residence Hall Association, an information booth for the Spring-

field Green Party, and an upcycled craft booth sponsored by Residence Life Live Life Green Sustainability Committee.

One booth encouraged attendees to find some of their favorite household products and foods featured on a display board, and to deposit a bead into an empty jug to represent each product they have bought or used. This illustrated the number of products on the market today using palm oil, including dish soaps, toothpaste, waffles, and Oreos.

Marinda Iman, a sophomore anthropology major, said she put together the display as a project for her ANT 370: Living Primates NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD course. She said she wanted to showcase the Pot decorating and planting at Ecopalooza was sponsored by the Residence impact humans are making on the environment and bring awareness to issues caused by the Hall Association. palm oil industry.

“A lot of people have no idea that this is orangutans dying and global warming,” Iman idence Life Live Green Sustainability Comeven an issue –– it’s the leading cause of de- said. forestation, species endangerment with the Meanwhile, across the North Mall, the Resu See SUSTAIN, page 13

‘Wild ‘n Out’ comedians visit campus

MRC brings awareness to differences in Asian cuisine

Danisha Hogue Staff Reporter @Danisha_Queen

Jenna deJong Staff Reporter @ima_JEN

Three members from the cast of MTV’s popular improv comedy show “Wild ‘N Out” filled the Plaster Student Union with laughter April 26.

“This is a white school, right?” stand-up comedian Emmanuel Hudson asked, addressing a crowd of over 100 MSU students.

Promising a night of laughter and fun, Hudson opened the show with jokes about race, sex and what it means to be petty.

The comedian got started on YouTube. His popular video “Questions” went viral in 2012. His comedy style focuses on whatever makes people laugh, which he said isn’t always easy.

Hudson spoke to students in the audience. After a student revealed that his name is Hunter, Hudson said his name was stereotypical. Hudson proceeded to guess the student’s name next to Hunter based on the student’s race, and he got it right: Conner.

The Wild ‘N Out tour has

To conclude a month of festivities celebrating Asian culture and heritage, Multicultural Programs hosted a “Dine and Discuss: Beyond Cashew Chicken” event to point out the differences in Americanized-Asian cuisine and authentic dishes from Asia.

The event featured three dishes all from different countries. The first was from Korea, a dish known as Gimbap that looked similar to sushi. The second, authentic spring rolls from South China, and the last, an Indian plate, Chettinad chicken curry. All of the dishes were made by MSU Dining Services and were made with the intent of keeping the dishes as authentic from the regions as possible.

To explain the dishes more in-depth, planner and host of the event Matt Banks, coordinator for Multicultural Programs and LGBTQ Student Services, invited three student organizations on campus to speak. One speaker was junior finance major Xueyi Zhai, vice

COLLIN O’CONNELL/THE STANDARD

Student Katlin Glasco was given a chance to speak

by Wild ‘n Out’s Emmanuel Hudson at an improv show in the PSU theatre Wednesday night. been visiting colleges and universities for the past two years.

“Before you could only see it on TV; it was never a tour, but we found that people really enjoy us doing the comedy and playing the games,” Rip Micheals, stand-up comedian, said.

Micheals always wanted to be on the show having worked with creator Nick Cannon before. His name is an anagram for how his comedy career began.

“I first found out I was

funny by making my mom laugh at her mom’s funeral,” Micheals said. “My comedy is to try to take away what somebody has going on and make them forget about it for a little bit.”

During his stand-up performance, Micheals ironically and dramatically punched the mic stand on stage while mocking musical artists Chris Brown and Rihanna’s domesu See WILD, page 13

Weekly Crossword © 2017 King Features Syndicate

ACROSS 1 Media watchdog org.

4 Basin accessory 8 Jason’s ship 12 Carte lead-in 13 Old woman’s home?

14 Cat call 15 Capital of Uzbekistan 17 Elliptical 18 Involve 19 Plant bristle 21 Mischievous tyke 22 Capital of Rwanda 26 Prologue 29 Fast flier 30 Director Howard 31 Little lamb’s owner 32 Prohibit 33 Ostentatious display 34 Santa -- winds 35 Blunder 36 Point of view 37 Capital of Mozambique 39 Ostrich’s cousin 40 Cal.’s ocean 41 Dutch exports 45 Shaving cream additive 48 Capital of Turkmenistan 50 Sunup 51 One-on-one battle 52 Wall climber 53 Newspaper pg.

54 Bizarre (Var.) 55 Gender DOWN 1 Karma 2 Family 3 Group of actors 4 Inuit

5 Puppy 6 A billion years 7 Gotten back 8 In the thick of 9 Accelerate quickly 10 -- long way 11 Hooter 16 Hirsute 20 Humor 23 Met melody 24 Forsaken 25 “Meet Me -Louis” 26 Mosque bigwig 27 “Peter Pan” pooch 28 Snare 29 Cookie holder 32 Rich fabric 33 “Be-Bop- --” 35 Greek vowel 36 With complacence 38 Knock over 39 Bygone anesthetic

42 Sacred Egyptian bird 43 Macadamize 44 Charon’s river 45 Big bother 46 Once around the track

47 Have bills 49 Seek damages

president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Zhai said that Americanized Chinese food added more meat than at home, and that orange chicken and Beijing beef were sweeter than where she was from. Zhai said that she has mixed feelings about the altering of her native dishes.

“I like that Chinese culture and cuisine can be liked and accepted by Americans, but I don’t like that these ‘Chinese’ dishes are not real and traditional and could cause misunderstandings about our culture,” she said.

Banks said the point of the event was to educate others about the difference in cuisines and to start conversations about preconceived Asian culture ideas.

“A lot of immigrant-like areas like Springfield have citizens who often confuse authentic or traditional food with what is available to us here,” Banks said. “We wanted to pick dishes that were both authentic and would start conversations for this event.”

Senior and child development major Stephanie Salas

said that the event served its purpose in that she learned about each dish presented.

“I learned how even within the same Asian country the manner in which the food is made is very distinct,” Salas said. “I also learned that unless I travel to these different countries, the chances of me trying authentic Asian food is very limited.”

For example, Zhai, who is originally from Central China, explained that dishes made in China were all regional, similar to common state dishes in the United States. Authentic spring rolls are made slightly different than they are made in America.

“Spring rolls are more popular in South China, and I didn’t eat them much when I was in China,” Zhai said. “The spring rolls made in our event were close to traditional spring rolls. In China, we like to use pastry to wrap the fillings, which tastes sweet and crisp.”

Some of the dishes at the event weren’t even as traditional as native cuisine. Junior u See DINE, page 13

6

THE STANDARD

sports

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017 | THE-STANDARD.ORG

Cole picked up by Houston Texans Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney Former Missouri State football star linebacker Dylan Cole officially has a chance to follow his dream of playing in the NFL, as a member of the Houston Texans.

Following an exhausting three-day NFL Draft in which Cole didn’t hear his name called, he announced on Saturday evening that he signed a three-year deal with Houston as an undrafted free agent.

“I’ve been talking to them for a long, long time. They didn’t get the chance to draft me, so they could fill their needs on the offensive side,” Cole said in a press release. “At the

end of the day, I’m happy to be a Texan and hope to be for a long time.”

Following a major trade in the first round to select former-Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, the Texans spent three of their final six picks on the offensive side of the ball.

One of the defensive players selected by Houston was Vanderbilt linebacker Zach Cunningham in the second round.

Cunningham will be one of the many linebackers Cole will compete against for a spot on the 53-man roster next fall. In addition to Cunningham, Pro Bowler Brian Cushing and Whitney Mercilus are two linebackers with a guaranteed spot on the depth chart.

However, following the comple-

tion of the Draft, the Texans have already signed six linebackers, including Cole, as undrafted free agents.

After missing out on an invite to the NFL Combine, Cole displayed his athleticism to NFL scouts at Missouri State’s Pro Day. The FCS All-American turned the heads of scouts, posting 32 reps of the 225-pound bench press and a 39-inch vertical leap.

Those numbers helped catapult Cole into the late rounds of mock drafts prior to the Draft. Several national websites had the 6-foot-1-inch, 240-pound linebacker going anywhere from the fourth to the seventh round.

At the Draft’s conclusion, Cole

was the highest-rated linebacker available on the draft board.

And although Cole isn’t in love with going undrafted, he’s happy to have a home in Dylan Cole Houston.

“It’s kinda bittersweet,” Cole said.

“Obviously I wanted to get drafted ahead of my prediction. I thought I was going to get picked up around the sixth round. When the seventh round came around, I just wanted to become a free agent so I could pick where I wanted to go and the best fit

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

Aaron Meyer was carted off the field during MSU’s win over Missouri.

Senior co-captain out for season Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

Bears celebrate Justin Paulsen’s home run during Tuesday’s 5-1 victory over Missouri.

#BearsSweep emotional week

Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler

Playing with a new purpose, the Bears found different ways to win ballgames as they stayed undefeated in Missouri Valley play.

Missouri State (30-13, 11-0) came from behind in both games to sweep Evansville.

As if the Bears weren’t motivated enough already, the season-ending injury to senior second baseman Aaron Meyer gave them that extra push on their road to Omaha, Nebraska.

“We already had enough motivation,” senior first baseman Justin Paulsen said after Missouri State’s Tuesday win over Missouri. “It sucks that he had to go down like that for us to get even more motivation, but it’s just one of those things where we have to rally behind that.”

for me. Houston was that place.”

Cole will travel to Houston in the near future to begin working out with the team, participate in rookie camp and eventually, training camp. Cole’s first opportunity to play for the Texans will come in preseason against the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 9.

If Cole makes the 53-man roster, he will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 8 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Only two players from the Missouri Valley Football Conference were taken in this years’ Draft, and they were both defensive lineman from Youngstown State. Derek Rivers went in the third round to New England, and Avery Moss fell to the New York Giants in the fifth round.

The Bears rallied behind the loss of Meyer. They also rallied in both wins over Evansville.

Trailing 5-0 to Evansville during Game 2 on Saturday, Missouri State scored six runs in the seventh inning to keep its perfect Valley season alive.

Jake Burger’s solo shot got the Bears started. The junior third baseman’s 18th home run of the season was followed by the rest of the roster, who will have to step up in Meyer’s absence.

Paulsen drove in the final runs of the rally with a two-run double to left field. He would go 3 for 6 with three doubles in Game 2, after going 1 for 6 in Game 1.

He would end the night with one of his three doubles with a RBI double in the ninth inning to give Missouri State a 9-5 win.

After rain pushed the second half of Game 1 from Friday to Saturday afternoon, the Bears had

to rally in that one as well.

The Bears were trailing 4-0 going into the fourth, but these Bears don’t quit.

Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Eierman’s 16th home run of the season was a 2-run shot that got a 7-run fourth inning rally going.

He wasn’t done there.

Eierman launched his second home run of the game during Saturday afternoon’s resumption when he hit his 17th home run of the season to break a 7-7 tie.

Senior outfielder Blake Graham and sophomore center fielder Hunter Steinemetz each had a two-run single in the seventh to lead the Bears to a 13-8 win.

The third game of the series was cancelled due to inclement weather, so the Bears were able to come away with the #BearsSweep.

Redshirt freshman second baseman John Privitera went 1 for

Lacrosse wins conference, headed to national tournament Parker Padgett Staff Reporter @ParkerPadgett The Missouri State lacrosse team is heading to Orange County.

The lacrosse Bears punched their automatic bid for the MCLA DII National Tournament this Saturday, beating Creighton 12-6 this past Sunday.

For head coach Dustin Rich the win was proof of hard work paying off.

“It was great. For our alumni, for our fans, for our parents, for the university,” Rich said. “The most gratifying thing was winning for the players. That’s what drives me as a coach, helping these young men work hard at something, and to see them reach one of their big goals for the year, it was awesome.”

Hard work has certainly paid off for a Bears team that was knocked out in the first round last year to an overwhelming Robert Morris-Illinois team.

The win was a continuation of the lacrosse team’s dynamic offense led by GRLC Offensive Player of the Year, Junior attackman Tim Harvatin.

Harvatin scored two goals for the Bears, as junior midfielder Monte Bordeaux netted four goals for his squad.

Along with them, senior midfielder Austin Todd got his hat trick, while redshirt transfer midfielder Justice Greenberger scored two goals, and junior midfielder Cam Sherron put one on the board to make it a dozen total for the Bears.

Rich knew what to expect from the Blue Jays, having previously beaten them 11-1 in an earlier game on April 2.

“We had a good idea what to expect from Creighton. We didn’t really change much,” Rich said. “Todd played with a pulled hamstring, so we put him on the crease. Overall I think we played well. I thought Creighton played a better team game than they did in April.”

They’re winners of their last seven games and finished their conference slate unbeaten and allowing a .5 goal per game average in conference play.

The Bears were also dominating in conference individual play this year, snagging 13 of a possible 28 All-Conference u See LACROSSE, page 12

6 with two runs, two RBIs and two walks as he made the start in Meyer’s spot in the infield.

Privitera was the one to replace Meyer when he was injured during Tuesday’s 5-1 win over Missouri.

The Bears rallied behind junior pitcher Austin Knight’s strong performance against the Tigers as he went 6.2 innings while only allowing three hits.

Springfield’s College Team was able to show that it is “Springfield’s College Team.”

“I’m not going to comment too much about the billboards,” Paulsen said with a smile. “Any win over Mizzou is a big one.”

Missouri State will travel to Kansas for a midweek battle. The Jayhawks beat the Bears 4-2 on April 4. MSU will look to stay perfect in the Valley when they go to Southern Illinois for a weekend series starting on Friday.

It didn’t look good when senior second baseman Aaron Meyer went to the ground early in Tuesday night’s win over Missouri.

The news is even worse.

Missouri State announced Wednesday night that after an MRI, it was confirmed that Meyer ruptured his right patellar tendon, which will cause him to miss the rest of his senior season.

Meyer’s injury came on a play where he hit a ground ball to the pitcher. As he attempted to avoid the tag, his legs gave out beneath him.

He would remain on the ground before he was carted off the field.

“It’s unfortunate; you hate that for a senior,” Bears head coach Keith Guttin said after the game. “We’ll be thinking about him the rest of the way.”

The Missouri State co-captain played in 187 games over his MSU career while winning 141 of them. He started all 41 games at second base for the Bears this season.

This season Meyer was batting .292 while also doubling his career-high in home runs from two to four.

“We’re not just going to dedicate this game (to him),” senior first baseman Justin Paulsen said after Tuesday’s game. “We’re going to dedicate the rest of the season to him.

“It’s hard to see one of my brothers to go down like that.”

Meyer will undergo surgery on Thursday and is expected to face a six-to-eight month recovery period.

Drake too much for softball Bailey Vassalli Staff Reporter @baileyvassalli Tears filled the eyes of Missouri State softball players after their double header against Drake on Friday. It was their last home series and the team added two more losses to their record over the past weekend.

Despite good defense, the Bears have dropped their past seven games — the longest streak all season. Head coach Holly Hesse says they’ve been struggling at the plate.

“We’re just in a slump at the plate,” Hesse said. “The team had got to do something at the plate, and they are not doing that.”

An RBI single from junior Hailee Vigneaux got the Bears on the board in the third inning of the first game, but they were only able to put one runner on base after that inning.

In the second game, the Bears were able to put runners on base. Yet, Drake always got themselves out of the inning, and Missouri State was unable to score any runs after Game 1.

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

u See SOFTBALL, page 12 Madison Jones had two hits against Drake.

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

THE STANDARD

THE-STANDARD.ORG 7

Wheeler: Stick to this offense

Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler

New faces, new look offense JUCO transfers shine as Bears air it out during spring game

uprental@aol.com • 417-862-6526 Available Now 1137 S National • 3BR/1.5BA • $1150 Available June 1 918 E Loren • 2BR/1BA • $725 918 E Loren • 3BR/1BA • $850 1821 S Florence • 3BR/1BA • $825 Available Aug 1 1140 E Meadowmere • 2BR/1BA • $695 1345 E Monroe • 2BR/1BA • $710 846 Pickwick • 2 BR/1BA • $725 1001 E Loren • 3 BR/1BA • $995 1349 Monroe • 3BR/2BA • $1050 758 Delaware • 3BR/1BA • $895

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 bedroom Administrative houses and apartments help needed available June 1st within to set up fire engine 2 streets of campus. loaner program across More information at southern Missouri.

For more info, MSUhousing.com email: somoes or call @rocketmail.com Greystone Properties

417-865-3350

Center City Counseling Clinic offers individual, couples and family counseling at a cost of $5–$20 depending on income.

Call us at 417-836-3215 for further information

Teach English abroad with the Cambridge CELTA certificte!

Offered at Missouri State in 4-week, 5-week and online options. Contact ELIteachertraining@ missouristate.edu or visit http://international. missouristate.edu/eli/ teachertraining/

Text-only ads. Price is per ad, per week.

1.5” x 1” = $10 • 1.5” x 2” = $20 Free for MSU students, faculty & staff. One free ad per person per issue.

RD

JST Properties

TY

SO

buy • sell • rent • jobs

MIS

MARKETPLACE ADS

S TA N D A

U

SI

Football is back...

Or at least it was for two hours Thursday evening at Plaster Stadium for the Missouri State Bears. The projected starters faced off against the reserves in the annual maroon and white spring game.

New faces are the story of the 2017 MSU football team as head coach Dave Steckel must move on from the likes of Dylan Cole, Riley Shantz and Brodie Lambert for the upcoming season.

And it was new faces making a name for themselves in the spring game on both sides of the ball.

JUCO transfer sophomore quarterback Peyton Huslig received the nod as the projected starting quarterback, and he certainly didn’t disappoint. Huslig completed 19 of his 33 pass attempts for 345 yards, a passing and a rushing touchdown.

“Overall, I think Peyton is progressing really well, but I think he has a lot of work to do this summer to keep moving the offense in the right direction,” Steckel said. “I am really expecting big games out of him.”

A few dropped passes and the absence of senior wide receiver Malik Earl were the only reasons Huslig didn’t throw for 400 yards and three touchdowns. Earl suffered a minor injury during spring practices and Steckel said he would’ve suited up if it was a regular season game.

In Earl’s absence, another JUCO transfer stepped into the limelight by hauling in four catches for 142 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Tyler Currie quickly became Huslig’s favorite target, stretching the defense with his impressive speed.

On one occasion, Huslig launched a deep ball down the right side of the field and Currie made his way back to the ball to secure the reception and cross the goal line for a touchdown.

“I like the big plays,” Steckel said. “Currie is getting better and better, and he has really come along well so far.”

If big plays can become a staple of the Bears’ offensive playbook, MSU becomes a much more dangerous team than in years past. With Earl and Currie working the deep ball, the field will open up for seniors Deion Holliman and Calan Crowder.

Crowder rushed for 78 yards on seven attempts, and Holliman finished with a team-high five catches for 57 receiving yards.

“Having more weapons really takes the pressure off just one guy because if you just have one guy, teams can gameplan against you,” Holliman said. “Having multiple offensive weapons is really going to help us and open the run game for us.”

On the defensive side of the ball, replacing now Houston Texans’ linebacker Cole will prove difficult, but the starting defense posted a shutout on the reserves, even in Cole’s absence.

The starters allowed zero points and collected five sacks, but failed to force any turnovers. The second unit defense forced three turnovers.

Senior linebacker Kurran Blamey, who will be counted on to replace Cole, collected seven assisted tackles on the day.

Redshirt freshman defensive ends Eric Johnson and Claudio Martinm and senior defensive end Colby Isbell led the Bears with eight tackles apiece.

“Dylan is a great player and a great leader, but it almost brings up everyone else because we know that he’s not there, and we have to play up to another level to be able to compete,” Blamey said. “We have some really good young guys who came out and played really well today, and we’re looking forward to the challenge.”

Blamey and the Bears’ defense will need to be ready for the challenge as MSU will travel to Mizzou to open the 2017 college football season against the Tigers on Sept. 2.

RI

ER

Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney

E

For more Missouri State athletics hot takes, follow @AlecWyattWeekly on Twitter

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

Quarterback Brett Geisz locates an open receiver down the field during Missouri State’s spring game.

TH

The football is in the air; going up and down the field; not side-to-side.

That isn’t something Bears football fans are used to seeing, but it was a sight to behold at Missouri State football fans are used to seeing over the past few seasons JUCO transfer quarterback Peyton Huslig completed a 66yard touchdown pass to JUCO transfer wide receiver Tyler Currie for a touchdown during Thursday night’s scrimmage.

It wasn’t a lateral, It wasn’t a dinky little throw that the wide receiver turned into a big play. It was an actual throw down the field.

“I like the big passes,” Bears head coach Dave Steckel said.

I like the big passes, too.

One of the expectations that has formed over the years from a Bears offense is the screen/swing pass offense.

Last season, there were glimpses of an actual playbook where quarterback Brodie Lambert was looking down the field and completing deeper passes to Malik Earl and Zac Hoover.

It looked like an actual offense when the Bears played Indiana State, Southern Illinois and Western Illinois. The offense had the ball moving in those games and it looked like they could compete with anyone.

In the other games, the Bears were conservative against tougher competition. They would swing the ball out to the running back for little to no gain.

Now, it appears the Bears have some weapons on offense and they’ll have to take advantage of them.

Earl should be one of the top receivers in the FCS for this upcoming season. There were a few times last season where it looked like Lambert was only looking his way, but that shouldn’t be the problem for Huslig this season.

On the other side of Earl, Currie showed that he and Huslig have already formed a connection.

During the spring game, the two hooked up for 142 yards on four receptions, including the long touchdown.

To go along with Currie, the return of wide receiver Deion Holliman looks like a safety blanket for the new quarterback.

Huslig didn’t look anywhere else until he got comfortable when he completed five passes to Holliman for 57 yards. If Holliman gets his hands on the ball, a big play can happen at anytime. And he might even be the fourth best pass catcher in the starting offense.

Although Oklahoma State transfer tight end Jordan Frazier sat out for the spring game, one has to figure that he’ll be a key part of Missouri State’s offense.

There’s nothing wrong with having too many weapons on offense.

“Having a lot of weapons on offense really takes the pressure off of one guy,” Holliman said. “If you just have one guy, teams can game plan against you … Multiple offensive weapons is really going to open the run game for us and the receivers too.

“So that’s good for us.”

It is good for them, and it should be an exciting year for the Bears offense as long as they’re not throwing the ball side-toside.

S TAT E U N I

V

Hickory Hills Country Club is looking to hire motivated, outgoing Food & Beverage teammates as we head into the season. This is an opportunity to learn various aspects of the hospitality industry, from banquet service to a la carte operations within an established and well-respected country club.

Competitive base hourly rates plus tips. Please come in person to fill out an application or send resume to Director of Hospitality at mcho@hickoryhillscountryclub.com

Hickory Hills Country Club 3909 E Cherry Street Springfield, MO 65809 417.866.4384 Submit your ad online: the-standard.org Or email it: msu.standard@gmail.com

8 THE-STANDARD.ORG

THE STANDARD

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

‘Someone throws plastic in your face and you just keep coming back’ Trevor Martin Staff Reporter @Trevorsaur In the wake of budget cuts and the shutdown of the Bears field hockey team, many Missouri State programs are expecting to struggle to find funding in the near future for their programs.

Although not associated with Missouri State athletics, the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team is a club sport that receives little funding from the university, but that doesn’t stop them from going out and competing in the sport that they love.

“It’s something that you just get into and you never want to get out of,” senior finance Jackson Reid said. “I kind of thought I was going COLLIN HADLEY/THE STANDARD to play in college, but a lot of Jackson Reid plays catch with a Frisbee. us didn’t ever think so. You

just kinda show up to the new student festival, someone throws plastic at your face and you just keep coming back.”

With little outside funding, the team’s members invest a lot of their own time and money into making the club their own.

“We don’t have scholarships; we get a little bit of money from SOFAC, and all the rest is from dues and fundraising,” Reid said. “All our travels, food, merch, tournaments: we pay for all of that, so it’s weird to think people keep coming out.”

Due to the lack of outside funding, it’s led to some rather interesting experiences along the way.

“My freshman year we didn’t have the funds we have now,” sophomore elementary education major Cole Wheeler said. “Once we packed two

low-quality hotel rooms with 20 guys, until we got caught by management. In the end, they allowed it.”

For many of the team members like Reid and Wheeler, the brotherhood the team shares makes their time on the team truly unique.

“At the end of every day at dinner, we go around the table at our team meal and share our favorite moments,” Wheeler said. “The team is incredibly close, and everybody understands that there is something special about our team and friendships.

“In recent years we’ve had to completely rebuild the program. Through the work of certain individuals like senior finance major Cameron Yuan we’re now in a more comfortable spot.”

The past few years have been tough for the team, and

the future has been questionable at times, but Reid, Wheeler and others on the team love the passion that members continue to put into the program.

“It feels awesome to see captains from last year sticking it out and returning this year to help improve the team,” Reid said. “A couple years ago, we really weren’t sure if the team was going to make it, but guys have stuck it out, and we’re continuing to get good recruits so there’s a bright future.”

With Sectionals just passing, the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team competed against teams the likes of No. 1 ranked Arkansas, Kansas, Kansas State and Arkansas State.

Wheeler and the rest of the u See FRISBEE, page 12

Bearing Up, Bearing Arms Students, faculty discuss hopes, fears, possibility of Conceal and Carry being passed on campus

Emily Joshu News Editor @EmilyJoshu College campuses are considered experimental arenas where, especially for students who are away from home for the first time, self-expression and self-defense fall under the same jurisdiction. When the average firearm can slip into a purse or backpack without suspicion, the debate of conceal and carry is represented by a spectrum of opinions, not only from administrators, but from students.

More specifically known in Missouri as HB 630, a house bill proposed by Representative Jered Taylor (R-MO) of Nixa, the ability to conceal and carry on a college campus has so far been passed out of committee for this legislative year. However, audiences around Missouri State have been vocal on whether or not the bill should be allowed to pass.

“I think it’s a really unfortunate idea. I think it would make everybody on campus — students, staff and faculty — a little bit more on

edge. Any 19-year-old who, without safety training … would be able to carry loaded, concealed firearms on campus,” Dr. Stephen Berkwitz, head of the religious studies department, said. “I think that makes everybody more nervous.”

Berkwitz is concerned about a potential increased risk of accidental shootings, especially in residence halls, as well as the increased risk of conflicting ideals being unconstructively shut down.

“It probably will dampen down the freedom to engage in difficult conversations and talk about challenging issues and topics in the classroom,” Berkwitz said.

This opposing viewpoint has been openly expressed by many university administrators, including President Clif Smart. On April 10, Paul Wagner, deputy commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education, and one of MSU’s contract lobbyists testified in Jefferson City in opposition to the bill. Last year, Smart testified in the Senate, while chief of staff Ryan DeBoef testified in the House.

“Even though the proponents of this legislation claim that it will make people safer, I think it will have the opposite effect,” Berkwitz said.

However, Berkwitz said he does believe that the bill has a decent chance of passing after this legislative year. If the bill passes in future legislative years, Gov. Eric Greitens has already spoken out in favor of signing it. Despite the possibility, Berkwitz is firm in his stance.

“I don’t think this is something that most students want,” he said.

Students, on the other hand, have expressed multifaceted opinions. Chris Beyer, chair for MSU College Republicans and legislative director for Missouri Federation of College Republicans, has also testified in Jefferson City; Beyer, however, supports conceal and carry.

“You don’t give up your constitutional rights when you become a student. Here at Missouri State, it doesn’t matter if you’re on the east side or west side of National (Avenue); your constitutional rights still apply,” Beyer, sophomore socio-political communications major, said.

“We are hoping to give students another way to defend themselves on campus.”

MSU’s chapter of College Republicans has been pushing for campus carry since early 2016, according to Beyer. Similar to how administrators lobbied against the bill last year in Jefferson City, Beyer and several other members of College Republicans traveled to committee hearings to lobby in support of the bill, where they emphasized the ability for students who live off campus to bring firearms on campus.

Beyer also said that approximately 300 MSU students signed a petition last year in support of conceal and carry.

“The whole idea of conceal and carry is that no one knows you’re carrying,” Beyer said.

“That’s meant for a personal safety thing, not to scare anybody.”

DeBoef, who works directly with Smart and the Board of Governors, does not support this same idea of singularity.

“I think every campus is unique, and I be-

u See CONCEAL AND CARRY, page 11

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

THE STANDARD

THE-STANDARD.ORG 9

Shattering the Silence: Giving Voice raises awareness of microaggressions Shelby Dowler Staff Reporter @DowlerShelby54 It’s little things we might say or do and don’t think twice about, but ‘little things’ can be offensive to others; that’s why Missouri State students raised awareness of microaggressions ‘harmful effects through interactive theatre’ on Wednesday afternoon in the Plaster Student Union theater.

Microaggressions are brief, everyday things that people say which can be offensive or degrading to someone based on their group membership.

An example of a microaggression is using the term “you people” when talking to someone different than you, referring to that person’s group, whether it be their race, gender identity, worldview, religion or something similar.

The goal of the event, Shattering Silences: Giving Voice, was to raise awareness of micro-

aggressions and show how people can prevent them.

The Division for Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, as well as the Theatre and Dance Department were the event’s sponsors.

Dr. Carol J. Maples is the director of the Giving Voice interactive theatre troupe. She said microaggressions may be a comment, a word that has made it into our vernacular or saying “It’s just a joke,” after degrading someone.

“If we’re not the target, we may not even notice, ” Maples, a professor in the Theatre and Dance Department said. “But for those that endure these things, day after day after day, it’s like constant dripping water –– and that can wear away the toughest stone.”

Giving Voice is a nationally recognized group composed of Missouri State students taking THE 497: Topics course. Since 2010, the group has performed for the MSU faculty,

Public health saved, one pill at a time

Medication Take-Back Day allows safe disposal of medications Casey Struble Staff Reporter @Casey_A_Struble Nearly one ton of pharmaceuticals were disposed of on April 29. Thanks to volunteers and organizers, those medications were kept away from Springfield water and public health.

Saturday, April 29, the DREAM Coalition helped dispose of unused and unneeded medication. With the help of UMKC students, the City of Springfield and other volunteers, people were able to dispose of their toxic medications free of charge.

Even in the recent April storms and flooding, the volunteers stood for four hours collecting medications to dispose.

“We have to rotate every year because we have so

MIRANDA ROLLER/THE STANDARD

Deputy Jamie Ussery helps dispose of medication on April 28. many pharmacies that want the DREAM (Drug Responto help with it,” said Re- sibility Education & Advobekah Rose, operations man- cacy Movement) Coalition. ager of the Medicine Store and program coordinator for u See MEDICATION, page 10

student teachers, businesses and community organizations.

“Giving Voice strives to literally give voice to those who, for whatever reason, feel they cannot speak up for themselves,” Maples said.

Giving Voice members conduct their own research on microaggressions and write scripts based on the events that have happened on campus and in the community.

The event itself was divided into three sections. The first part of the event was the Giving Voice students playing out the scene.

Five Giving Voice members portrayed students deciding on a topic for their cultural competence group project. Each person offended or degraded the other four in some way during the scene.

The second part of the event involved the audience. People would ask the five characters about what occurred in the scene and why they said some of the things they said.

In the third part of the event, the actors re-

played the scene, but the audience was allowed to pause the action and intervene.

If something offensive or degrading was said, the scene would stop and an audience member would play a teacher or student and tell the offender why the phrase was bad.

This part gave the audience the power to practice intervention for when microaggressions happen in real life, instead of standing by and letting them happen.

“I hope the audience becomes a little more aware about what they’re saying and what they’re hearing and how they can intervene to help make the world a better place,” one of the members of Giving Voice said in a group interview.

Another Giving Voice member said “I hope it gives them courage to speak up and speak out and explore seeing and being a part of other things like this.”

Fire crews rescue MSU grad student from fire Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark The smoke started out small.

Minutes later, it gushed out of the attic at Kimbrough Avenue and 600 E. Harrison Street, just down the street from JQH Arena.

As smoke billowed out, a woman outside called 911.

Springfield Police Department spokesperson Lisa Cox said the fire department received a call just after 4 p.m. She said they called the second alarm in at about 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday.

A man from the MSU substation was the first emergency personnel to arrive on scene.

Firefighters and police arrived moments later.

Other passersby ran around the house, banging on doors and windows trying to see if anyone was inside.

Missouri State graduate student Cory Lawson was on the second story.

“I was listening to music

with my headphones on,” Lawson said, “and I smelt smoke.”

He opened his door but couldn’t see even four feet away to his neighbor’s door. Lawson grabbed what he could in a backpack and got out.

He opened a window, busted out the screen and climbed onto the porch. When fire crews arrived, they set up a ladder and got him down safely.

“I’m curious to see how much damage was there, but I don’t think we’ll be staying there for a little while,” Lawson said. “I’m curious to see how it started.”

Fire Chief David Pennington said they were evaluating one firefighter for heat stress but didn’t know if he would go to the hospital.

“I don’t expect it to be habitable for some time,” Pennington said. “Most of the second floor has sustained damage from the ceilings being pulled and fire-fighting efforts. We made good efforts to salvage and protect that area.”

He said most of the fire came out of the rear of the house, but that no neighboring buildings were in danger. They didn’t find anyone else in the home.

“We’ve done a primary and secondary search, and the building is clear,” Pennington said.

He said working smoke alarms were still in question.

The Springfield Fire Department tweeted Wednesday that the fire was caused by careless smoking and that the firefighter was treated for a heat-related illness.

Kimbrough Avenue was blocked off from Cherry Street to Bear Boulevard. About eight fire trucks were there, plus police cars and medics.

Neighbors near the house said they lost power.

“The power is off, so we don’t have Wifi,” junior music education major Randall Becraft said.

Only one house separated him from the fire.

10 THE-STANDARD.ORG

THE STANDARD

MEMORIAL Continued from page 1 Family and New Student programs, said that the university has held an annual memorial service for the last three years.

“We want to provide comfort, peace, and show that Missouri State University cares,” Childress said.

Between 80 and 100 people attended the memorial service. Dr. Dee Siscoe, vice

president of student affairs, said while it was nice to see that many people show up, it’s also sad.

“Any rate of mortality is too high here at MSU,” Siscoe said. “It is also scary and saddening to think that accidents or any other factors can happen and change lives so quickly.”

MEDICATION Continued from page 9 Rose has been coordinating and volunteering for the biannual Medication TakeBack Day since 2015. Rose restarted the program in 2015 to help prevent medication abuse.

“So many teens who later become addicted to different drugs started off with prescription painkillers,” Rose said. “You could have a minor surgery, for instance, and after two days not need your hydrocodone. We help people not leave it in their cabinet.”

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, 80 percent of those who use heroin started by misusing prescription pain medications. Drug overdose deaths were cited as the leading cause of injury death in the United states.

The problem of unused drugs also created concern for the City of Springfield. Kelsey Williams, part of the Education Outreach Program run by the City of Springfield, explained the problem of conventional disposal with pharmaceuticals.

“Those medications can’t be flushed because they’ll contaminate the water system,” Williams said. “When they’re thrown away, they’re sent to landfills, which seep into the ground water.”

“Unfortunately, leaving those medications in the gar-

FEMA

bage is a problem; people will take anything they can find,” Rose said.

On April 29, the volunteers in front of six different pharmacies in Springfield collected a total of 1,727 lbs of unused pills. The record had been set in April 2014 when 1,995 lbs were collected.

“We’ve had to use incinerators for funeral homes and even a dynamite company,” Rose said. “In 2015, the DEA was happy to bring (the event) back because we obviously needed it.”

The Medication Take Back Day has also thrived because of volunteers. UMKC pharmacy students volunteered at the event.

“I was surprised by how many people showed up.

Some have come in with grocery bags of medicine,” said Bryan Sabo, a UMKC student in his first year of the pharmacy doctorate program.

This was the first year Sabo volunteered for the medication event; he has also been a part of free health screenings such as blood pressure monitoring.

At 2 p.m. an officer weighed the medications and dropped them off in a police van. The pills were sent to an incinerator and kept out of the water.

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

ASIA FEST Continued from page 1 ing at events such as this, and I feel very blessed. It is great to be teaching others about my culture. I feel like I’m dancing even more now.”

After high school, Duran attended the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and she just graduated, majoring in Christian ministry and leadership; she and her family celebrate cultures at their church in Springfield.

EETEN BIYELGEE, a Mongolian dance group, performed a dance with a solo vocalist and a group of dancers that made their entrance after the soloist’s performance.

Members of the group include: freshman English Language Institute student Baasan Shungee; Khuselbaatar Bayarmaa; Mungun Battumur; junior risk management and insurance major Suvd Tsedensodnom; English Language Institute graduate student Otgontsetseg Garaajav; Bvjinlham; Tuul Gataula, freshman management major Munkhbaatar Nomin; and English Language Institute graduate student Tsogt Ochir Purevrenchin.

The final group of the evening ended with the Traditional Chinese Dance Club, a group organized at MSU. Yi Wu, a

NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD

A dancer performs at the first-annual Asian Fest Banquet on April 27. non-student part-time worker in the International Programs, is a part of the dance club at MSU. The inclusion MSU provides to international students leaves Wu and other international students grateful.

“The acceptance from MSU is so fantastic,” Wu said. “They are so respectful, and they love to have us here. This is like our second home.”

The group’s next performance will be in November at a traditional Chinese dance show. Members of this group are: freshman international leadership major Shuai Shao; senior accounting major Wenlu Li; Jiayi Wu; senior admin-

istrative management major Fanghan Liu; and Winnie Wu. Members of the audience were excited by the entirety of the event. Jenay Lamy, program coordinator of Green Dot, attended this event, not knowing what to expect.

“It was not what I expected, and I loved it,” Lamy said. “For a first-annual event, it was topnotch. It was a great experience.”

The program ended with closing remarks from Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, the executive director of Multicultural Programs. There are multiple benefits and exciting opportunities with having events like this

that can bring the MSU community closer together.

“Tonight we celebrate communities,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “With this, we build a stronger MSU campus. I am excited to move in the right direction to celebrate not only cultures, but our students as well.”

Special thanks is given to the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Korean American Students United, the Indian Students Association (planned a dance, but they had to cancel), the Office of International Programs, and the Diversity Fund for making this event possible.

Continued from page 2

Frederick said it was a two-phase project: design and construction.

MSU-West Plains built a dual student recreation center and FEMA shelter in 2011.

The construction in Springfield started in the fall of 2015.

For those worried about parking, don’t be. Safety and Transportation won’t be ticketing during an actual tornado. Community members can

park worry-free in Bear Park North, just across Elm Street from the shelter.

“I think it’s reflective of the university’s philosophy toward ensuring that we have a campus that’s prepared for emergencies. We knew that a tornado was one of the more likely threats here in the Midwest,” Hall said. “It’s a reflection of the philosophy of the university and ensuring the safety of the students.”

NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

RES LIFE

THE STANDARD

THE-STANDARD.ORG 11

Continued from page 2

-gram, and we want students who are engaged in their community,” Strider said.

However, Cobb did not sign up for an LLC. When she got her housing assignment back, Cobb said she was shocked; she had been placed into an LLC and Wells.

After speaking to classmates from her high school with the same issue, Cobb said she decided to contact Residence Life, where she was removed from the LLC and advised to wait for a cancellation in order to change her room.

Strider likens the process to buying concert tickets, saying that students can simply select into the open space they want and confirm their new room assignment.

As cancellations occur, spaces open up and students are able to move around in an effect that causes other openings. Strider said that the availability of rooms fluctuates daily.

For Cobb, the process wasn’t as simple.

“I did this about three times a day for a week with no success,” Cobb said.

Tonia Meluso, a fellow classmate at Incarnate Word Academy and incoming MSU freshman, said she experienced a similar situation.

“I was misplaced from (my) original room,” Meluso said. “Res Life told me they made an error with my contract. Their advice for me was to wait and see if rooms would open up so I could move, but I would have to wait until people started terminating their contracts before anything was available.”

Room placement, as Strider stressed, is directly influenced by priority dates. This year, following student input, housing applications were opened in October, months in advance of last year’s application date. Students who submitted applications prior to Dec. 1 were eligible for the “Early Bird” round. In this round, almost 800 assignments were made, according to Strider.

“When making assignments we simply start with the students who have the earliest priority date,” Strider said. “Sometimes, when we are at the point of expanded housing, we have to put folks where we have space.”

Cobb said being placed in Wells, which features community-style bathrooms, has made her reconsider MSU. “They may have thought my issue with the community bathroom was small, but for me, it was huge,” Cobb said. “I can’t imagine sharing a bathroom with hundreds of people.”

Eventually, Cobb contacted Residential Life

a second time and was immediately transferred to the LLC department. At the time, Cobb had been removed and was not placed in an LLC. “A young man answered, and I started to tell him my problem and everything that had happened,” Cobb said. “If he would have listened to me further or looked up my profile, he would have noticed that I was no longer in an LLC.” Meluso, who finished her application early, was able to find help through Alisa Garbisch, assistant director of Residence Life Student Success Initiatives, who informed her that what she was originally told was incorrect, according to Meluso.

“Res Life has a problem about telling freshmen incorrect information after placing them in their fifth choice housing solely because of convenience for them,” Meluso said.

Meluso was placed back in her original dormitory, while Cobb was moved to Hammons House, but had to be placed within an LLC. “I never thought that the LLC department would have been more help to me than Residential Life for a residential issue,” Cobb said.

“I felt as if I was a bother to (Res Life). They wouldn’t listen or try to understand my issues.

Instead they would transfer me so they wouldn’t have to deal with me.”

Cobb said her mother works with a woman whose daughter had the same issues last year.

“Her coworker was surprised that these issues were still happening,” Cobb said.

Cobb said she waited patiently for her rooming assignment every day so she could have the experience of contacting her roommate and coordinating their room. Instead, she found herself constantly checking the housing to make sure she didn’t end up in a dorm she refused to be in.

Cobb said the situation has affected her overall experience with Missouri State.

“I felt as if no one wanted to help me, which was upsetting because I was more than excited to attend Missouri State,” Cobb said. “Residential life (couldn’t have) cared less about where I ended up.”

Director, Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services Gary Stewart could not be reached for comment on these complaints by publication time.

CONCEAL AND CARRY lieve that one-size-fits-all solutions are not the right way to go,” DeBoef said.

According to DeBoef, there are several problem areas in which to have firearms: chemistry labs, residence halls and athletic arenas.

Like Berkwitz, he fears the potential for effective communication could be tarnished if students are allowed to conceal firearms.

For Dr. Thomas Lane, associate vice president for Student Life and dean of students, his concerns stem from his responsibility to keep students safe. His concern is regarding one of the leading causes of death among college students: suicide. According to Lane, studies show that suicide rates can increase as the access to guns increases. As an administrator who focuses on student conduct, he is also concerned about behavioral risks. He is troubled by the idea of having students with firearms in those types of situations.

Like DeBoef, Lane entrusts a decision such as conceal and carry to local government with-

Continued from page 8

in the university.

“We would really prefer that the governing board, the Board of Governors, be able to have the authority to regulate the ability to have firearms on campus. That local control is really the best place for those kinds of decisions to occur,” Lane said.

In terms of going forward, Lane hopes that awareness and vigorous debate are the priorities for administration.

It is unclear if conceal and carry on campus will be passed in Missouri this legislative year or in the future. However, as administration and students monitor the debate, Beyer said expression of personal opinion on is essential.

“Regardless of what you feel on the issue, voicing your opinion in politics is very important because young people are discredited. The millennial generation is now the largest voting block, and that’s important,” Beyer said. “I’m excited that both sides of our generation can get out there and say, ‘Hey, we exist.’”

MIRANDA ROLLER/THE STANDARD

Audience members relax on the North Mall while watching the bands perform.

BATTLE

Continued from page 4

way to draw people in, while praising the event’s intention of creating a positive environment.

“A lot of fraternities and sororities play music to bring people in, and this is the same concept at work,” Hampton said. “Music definitely puts a positive spin on the campus environment.”

Before performing, Sean Eddington, freshman psychology major, called the Battle of the Bands an opportunity for college bands to connect with other students.

“I’ve always wanted to play a campus concert for other students,” Eddington said. “I listen to music on the way to classes so much

that it’s almost a part of MSU for me.”

Eddington’s band, Humanity, was voted as the winning group by a panel of judges, winning a $500 prize at the event’s conclusion.

Another performer, Andrew Langford, senior speech and language pathology major, appreciated the event’s accessibility to students and performers. “(The Battle of the Bands) is a good opportunity for students who want to perform—music is always something that can cheer people up.” Langford said. “Usually the (Jane A. Meyer Carillon) makes people smile, but I think music can definitely do the same.”

12 THE-STANDARD.ORG

THE STANDARD

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD

Bethany Sullinger takes a cut at the ball during Friday’s loss.

Madison Jones attempts to turn two during loss to Drake.

SOFTBALL In two games on Friday, the Bears had only one RBI although they had seven total hits. While the Bears held their own on the field, Drake out-bat-

ted the Bears scoring three runs in game one and one run in game two.

“There’s no way we should have lost either of these games,” Hesse said. “If we do anything at all at the plate, we win two instead of lose two.”

Hesse said pitching is one thing the team does well with. The Bears brought three different pitchers to the

LACROSSE

Continued from page 6

Continued from page 6

Honors.

After this win, the Bears are packing up and heading out to California for the MCLA tournament. The team has started a GoFundMe on their twitter for fundraising support for the trip. You can find it on their Twitter, @MoStateLax. But the team won’t be basking in any California sun just yet.

Their first opponent in Orange County?

Defending National Champions St. Thomas

EGYPT

circle within the two games. Junior Kaitlin Beason pitched six innings straight in Game One, allowing only two walks and getting three strikeouts. Freshman Erin Griesbauer then came into close the game, allowing no runs.

Junior Holly Kelley came in for game two where she pitched four innings and struck out four batters

(12-2), averaging 12.6 goals a game.

Despite the Bears being a 16 seed, Rich thinks his team is ready.

“Our philosophy doesn’t change based on the opponents. My job is to prepare them for that every day,” Rich said. “In 2009 we played the defending national champs, and lost in a 1 goal game. We’re ready for this opportunity.”

Their opening round match is scheduled for Monday, May 8, at 11 a.m.

and walked three. The team brought Beason back in for the fifth inning to close the game.

“Our pitching only gave up one earned run in two games,” Hesse said.

“As long as you have pitching, you have a chance.

A third game against Drake had been scheduled for Saturday, but was canceled due to inclimate weather. It

FRISBEE Continued from page 8 team look to take their experience from Sectionals and use it to propel their program into next season and seasons down the road.

“Unfortunately we are a small program,” Wheeler said. “We broke seed and competed with some top level programs. I think we’re much improved and this year’s sectional proved that we’re on the rise.”

gives the Bears over week to regroup and hopefully find their strength at the plate that they have shown in past games earlier this season. The Bears record stands at 22-22 overall and 10-13 in the conference as they head to Southern Illinois this weekend, where their last series of the season starts on Saturday.

Wheeler and Reid are hopeful for the future of the program, and noted that the team itself does not cut players, accepting anyone willing to come stick it out with the team.

“We get all different kinds of guys to come out,” Reid said. “We get everyone from guys who played in high school to guys who have never touched a disc. You know like I said, I don’t think many of us came to school expecting to play Ultimate. Someone just threw plastic at us one day and we kept coming back.”

Continued from page 2

hamed, a freshman cell and molecular biology student said. “(I tried) on FaceTime, and I couldn’t. The only thing (that) worked was (the app) imo. And then, we kept (using imo) for a week, and (the other programs) started to work again.”

The reasons for the connectivity problems have been speculated back in Egypt, as all three believe the government and its ties to the major telecommunication companies are too close. Ghoniem said that many in Egypt, before and following uprisings after a 30year rule of former President Hosni Mubarak, are concerned and looking for solutions surrounding issues sewn into Egypt’s history.

Ghoniem explained the major players in phone network coverage are Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat. These companies are not the only ones providing network coverage in Egypt, however. The three students agreed that these telecommunication companies are part of an elite level of businesses that sweep in revenue and have influence over where the money is in Egypt, a vessel of power in the plummeting economy.

“Cell phones now are very important in Egypt,” Ghoniem said. “Telecommunication companies, in theory, are having big influences on the government. Most (likely) you have politicians that are shareholders and are somehow con-

nected with these businesses.”

These theories started to arise indefinitely following the Egyptian revolution of 2011, where on Jan. 28, 2011, almost all communication with the outside world and across Egypt was cut off in an attempt to quell protesters’ plans to reform the country, according to a report by the New York Times on this day in 2011.

The students remember that day and trying to reach family through the chaos.

“The revolution started on Jan. 25, (2011), and on Jan. 28, (the government) shut down all of the communication—cell

other ride the closer she got to Alexandria, causing an interesting journey home.

“The train would stop moving for a couple of hours, and my family was (thinking) ‘she’s dead,’” Ghoniem said.

“I (saw) some of the action, (and) I wish I was more involved, but I was just a sophomore (in) college and my dad was very protective.”

The revolution came at a time of unrest among the Egyptian people as they demanded progression to free elections and the end of Mubarak’s rule.

Dr. Djene Bajalan, assistant professor of history, explained

protests that followed, leading to the present-day president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s rule. Sisi has had trouble addressing “fundamental problems facing Egypt,” as Bajalan put it, because of opposition.

“He has had to rely on repression and police measures to deal with opposition,” Bajalan said. “This has included cracking down on social media.”

Mohamed said the revolution ousted Mubarak, but in her view, there are more issues that sustained in Egypt when it comes to the economy, unemployment, poverty and censor-

“The train would stop moving for a couple of hours and my family was (thinking), ‘she’s dead.’ I (saw) some of the action (and) I wish I was more involved, but I was just a sophomore (in) college and my dad was very protective.”

-Nashwa Ghoniem phones did not work,” Mohamed said. “The only thing that worked (were) the landlines.”

Ghoniem was traveling back from her college in Cairo at the start of the revolution and remembers her family worrying about her safety as they could not reach her.

On Friday, Jan. 28, Ghoniem boarded a train to Alexandria. She remembers the protests delaying transportation in this part of the country.

She eventually had to find an-

the activity of the revolution and the unstable climate following it.

“The revolution that occurred brought together a variety of different social groups ranging from conservative Islamists to liberals and communists,” Bajalan said. “These groups were united by a common antipathy towards the corrupt and dictatorial regime of Mubarak.”

Bajalan went on to explain Egypt under President Mohamed Morsi and the renewed

ship since before the 2011 revolution.

“I’ve been (in the states) for nine months, and during those nine months we had serious economical issues (in Egypt).

Before I (left) the (U.S.) dollar was equal to, maybe, eight Egyptian pounds, (but) now, it’s 18 Egyptian pounds.”

Almaz agreed, saying the value of the Egyptian pound has collapsed, and that the relations between the people and the government has not improved much.

“(The government) is trying to control social media because it … is another stream to tell your opinions,” Almaz said.

“We don’t watch the official TV (channels) because it has (the government’s) own perspectives, their own opinions.

So that’s why we use social media to tell (the Egyptian people) the other side, to tell them the truth.”

Dr. David Romano, professor of political science, explained what capitalism looks like under a rocky Egyptian political climate and how this might affect network coverage.

“Let’s look at how the system works in Egypt: you have an authoritarian state and crony capitalism,” Romano said.

“The big companies (and) the rich people in Egypt are all politically linked. You have to be if you’re going to make it.”

Romano explained if these telephone services face competition, they could ask the government to make some changes.

“Obviously they don’t like (competition), and they have the political links to go to politicians in Egypt and ask them to make whatever changes in the internet service provision and so forth that could effectively disable their competition—this is how crony capitalism works,” Romano said.

However, Romano also wanted to address the fact that these connectivity problems

may be just that—technical problems—and that many citizens of Egypt are paranoid, and rightly so, after unrest for many decades.

“Sometimes there (are) innocent problems that are occurring in a state that has been in transition, and … it could just be that,” Romano said.

“Egyptians love conspiracy theories, I don’t blame them; sometimes they’re true.”

Ghoniem echoed this, stating the apps may just be malfunctioning. “(The blocked apps) might be nothing at all,” Ghoniem said. “There is some disturbance in the internet, and of course, internet communication is not as good in Egypt as it is here. But it was a weird coincidence. And we Egyptians like conspiracy theories behind everything.”

For the future outlook in Egypt? Romano believes another uprising is not likely because of the violence they’re witnessing in Syria and Yemen, for example.

“People are tired from the (revolution), (and) the regime is not likely to make some of the mistakes that the Mubarak regime made when he was forced to step down,” Romano said.

“I don’t think there’s … going to be another sustained effort to destroy (the regime) like we saw in 2011.”

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

THE STANDARD

SUSTAIN Continued from page 5 mittee gave out free pens made of corn and encouraged festival-goers to help them create dog toys out of old staff shirts that could then be donated to the humane society.

COLLIN HADLEY/THE STANDARD

The Overwatch intramural season was held from March 26 to April 29 and ended with a live E-Tournament in the Foster Recreation Center on the weekend of April 29th.

OVERWATCH Continued from page 4

The first two games were the best of three semifinal matches to advance to the final. The third game was a best of three match for third place.

The final game was a best of five match for the championship.

“In my experience, each game lasts anywhere between half-an-hour and 45 minutes,” said Money, health promotion and wellness graduate student.

“Games might last an hour if it is super close.”

Marky Mark’s Funky Bunch team won the Overwatch Tournament. The team included Johnson; Andrew Chinn, sophomore electrical engineering major; D’Lija Brown; Eric Stegmann, junior biology and wildlife biology major; Alex Baguio, sophomore hospitality leadership major; and Abir Choudhury.

Last semester, Money, Johnson and the president of MSU’s E-Sports Club, senior exercise and movement science major, Joshua Devine, partnered the E-Sports Club with TESPA, which is a collegiate gaming sponsored company that has over 1,200 chapters across the U.S., including MSU’s E-Sports Club.

“This was an attempt to facilitate the gaming population at MSU,” Money said.

“The vision behind that is kind of to destigmatize gaming and create a live community at MSU, not just an online com-

munity.”

TESPA sponsors student-run events like the MSU Overwatch tournament. TESPA provided the prizes for the event, which were called “loot crates”.

The members of the E-Sports Club said that with more publicity and campus involvement, TESPA will increase its sponsorship of the MSU chapter, send better prizes and stream more of MSU’s live gaming events.

“We are really trying to foster an in-person gaming community at MSU,” Money said. “My longterm goal is to have a MSU-sponsored E-Sports team that will compete around the country.”

TESPA also awards scholarships to student gamers.

According to the company’s website, TESPA has given over $1 million in scholarships to student gamers.

“I want to say there are more than 50 colleges that have full scholarships for their students who participate on E-sports teams,” Money said.

The MSU E-Sports Club plans to keep this new intramural tradition alive. The club would like to have similar tournaments every semester and open it to more games on a variety of systems like the Playstation and Xbox.

THE-STANDARD.ORG 13 Typically, a solar-powered concert would also have been featured, but it had to be canceled due to the cloudiness, said Libby Cantrell, the president of Students for a Sustainable Future. Despite this setback, she was enthusiastic about her first time planning and hosting the event.

“The best thing is realizing how many sustainable activities there are going on in our community and on campus,” Cantrell, a junior environmental, plant

science and horticulture major, said.

Cady Goble, a senior environmental plant science and horticulture major, and member of Horticulture Club and the Campus Garden, agreed: “It’s a really good opportunity for sustainability-based organizations to get the word out there about their groups and get other people involved.”

DINE Continued from page 5 elementary education major In Young Jang, president of Korean American Students United, said that the gimbap didn’t taste the same and didn’t use all the ingredients that natives to South Korea use.

“The rice was harder, definitely,” Jang said. “Instead of hard rice, they use rice similar to sushi, and you usually put more vegetables in to make it really colorful. I didn’t see as much of that at the event.”

As far as restaurants selling native cuisine, there aren’t many choices. Jang said there aren’t any Korean restaurants within walking distance to campus. For Zhai, she said she usually goes to Rice House off Kimbrough Avenue and Five Spice China Grill on Glenstone Avenue.

While part of the event focused on explaining the dishes’ meaning, the second part allowed participants to ask ques-

WILD Continued from page 5 tic-violence dispute in 2009.

Student volunteers played two games from the TV show with the cast.

“I liked how they gave people in the crowd a chance to go up on stage and tell a few

NASA

NINA TODEA/THE STANDARD

Graduate student Otgontsetseg Garaajav describes Mongolian cuisine.

tions and talk about what they considered that bigger cities offer more exposure to Asian culture. Common thoughts were other Asian cuisine such as Indian, Kothat Chinese cuisine was the most thought rean and Mongolian. of when thinking about Asian food and

jokes of their own,” Kaylyn Starks, sophomore psychology major said.

Hudson called a member of the audience to the stage.

As she walked, he repeatedly called her “tennis-ball head” and pretended to play the sport down the stairs.

The “Family Reunion” game is a rhyming joke to the song where cast and students

introduce members of their “family” and end with a pun.

The other game, “Let Me Holla,” is when someone uses funny pickup lines to get women.

The third act, comedian Jacob Williams, who has been with Wild ‘N Out for five seasons, said he markets himself as awkward, uncomfortable and caucasian.

“I just found out my blood type was khaki,” Williams joked at the show.

He said most of his material comes from his real life.

“College audiences are some of my favorite because I feel like a lot of times they (are) very open-minded and have receptiveness to comedy,” Williams said.

Continued from page 4

versity of Geneva represent the unique depth of Plavchan’s team.

“This group of people are among the world’s experts in our topic,” Plavchan said. “These people aren’t busy with other things; this is our lives.”

On May 5, Plavchan and his team will meet online through Cisco WebEx for the first time. In the fall of 2017, he hopes MSU will host a big meeting of the minds to continue the development of the study.

“This is fabulous team; modestly, it’s a great team,” Beichman said. “We have experts in scientific instruments, spacecrafts, stars and the atmosphere all represented on this team.”

At the mission’s end, Plavchan says he will become a lobbyist for the mission to be launched. He will write a white paper, which will be a detailed, technical report on why the mission could see success if used.

Plavchan understands there’s a chance his mission doesn’t end up being used, as nothing is certain in science, but he expects it to see success.

“I think this possibly could be a mission that defines the rest of my career,” Plavchan said. “It’s possible that I could focus on this specific field for the rest of my scientific life.”

14 THE-STANDARD.ORG

THE STANDARD

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017