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SGA: A year of resolutions and political discourse Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark Walk in the Parliamentary Room in the Plaster Student Union on any Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., and you’ll be greeted with a lively, energetic group of students.

Before the meeting, everyone socializes, walking around the room talking to their friends.

But at 5:30 p.m., Vice President of the Student Body Brianna Duda beats a gavel and calls the meeting of the Student Government Association to order, and the laughter quiets.

“I’m going to miss the people the most,” Duda said. “The relationships you form in both senate and cabinet when you see those people every single week, when things are funny

in senate or I mess up their last name, those are good times we have.”

Since August 30, SGA has passed countless resolutions, updated their own governing documents and sparked political debate.

“I think the use of the (Student Initiative Fund) was one of my favorites,” Duda said. “It’s the first year and we were able to get three proposals through … My favorite of those is the international flag display.

It’s something that I wanted to see for a long time, and I think it’s going to be amazing.”

The SIF also funded the Darr signage resolution, putting a Bear head in the Darr Agricultural Center and updating lockers in the Foster Recreation Center.

SGA made an effort to be more sustainable internally and passed

several sustainability proposals.

Duda said they put senator applications and their governing documents online instead of printing everything.

The Sustainability Commission passed resolutions for hydration stations, new LED lighting in a parking lot and a bike-share program that will allow students to check out bikes across campus and Springfield.

“It was also our first full year of having a Title IX Commission,” senator Alex Durbin, a sophomore psychology major, said. “I believe the education events put on by those commissioners had a deep and meaningful impact on our campus.”

SGA had a series of controversial discussions in March and April about handling the current political climate while making a stand for MSU’s international students.

Senate passed a resolution that affirmed their commitment to international students. Then, senator Chandler Classen, a junior socio-political communication major, brought a resolution to the table that would have asked administration to make MSU a “sanctuary campus.”

Student Body President Adam Coffman, a senior socio-political communications major, vetoed the resolution. The next week, the senate did not overturn the veto.

“SGA doesn’t get political often –– but in an attempt to protect our international students after our President's travel ban executive order –– we had several weeks of debate where everyone felt comfortable expressing their views and ideals,” Durbin said.

“We went through almost all of

this year in senate without personally attacking people –– only debating ideas. And in a time when people will just absolutely refuse to talk to someone that doesn't align with their beliefs, I think the impact of having positive, ethical debate cannot be overstated,” Durbin said.

Brandon McCoy and Caitlin Schaefer, the new student body president and vice president, will be confirmed on May 9, along with their new cabinet picks.

“There’s a disconnect between SGA and a lot of student groups, and their emphasis is to rebrand and make sure that we’re reaching out,” Duda said. “I’m excited to hear about their progress because I think that SGA can be more representative of the student body because I realize that it’s not always like that.”

Seven students chosen for creative writing invitational Noah Standish Staff Reporter @NoahjStandish Creative writing students had the spotlight Friday night, as the Department of English sponsored Missouri State’s Spring Student Invitational Reading in the Plaster Student Union Theater. The creative writing faculty chose seven students to present their own fiction, poetry and graphic narrative works in a free public reading.

The invitational, also sponsored by the creative writing program and the College of Arts and Letters, served as the final installment of the spring semester’s reading series.

Assistant Professor of English and event coordinator Michael Czyzniejewski called the event an opportunity for students to present their works in a professional venue, linking its formality to its location in the PSU Theater.

Throughout every fall and spring semester, published writers are featured in the English Department’s reading series to recite literary works. This semester’s series included Alexander Weinstein, Mary Troy and MSU alum, D. Gilson.

“People clap and listen attentively for published writers in that same spot (on the PSU Theater stage),” Czyzniejewski said. “What the Student Invitational does is say to students, ‘Here’s your chance. You can do this, too.’”

Czyzniejewski also cited motivation and encouragement as the underlying goal, while noting that the event is often more popular than other public readings during the semester. “(The Invitational’s) goal is inspire students to keep going forward and keep writing,” Czyzniejewski said. “It’s always the most populated reading of the semester, and I wish we

could do more.”

Many MSU students were in attendance, eager to motivate their peers by filling the PSU Theater with applause. Annie Wampler, senior creative writing major called the event’s formal setting and spotlight on students a way to draw in people who don’t usually attend readings.

“The theater is a great setting for students to get their work out into the public and to have their voices heard,” Wampler said, “and (the Invitational) gives students a chance to show some of their work to professors they may not see often.”

Associate Professor of English Lanya Lamouria’s enjoyment of the Student Invitational, similar to many other professors, also comes from hearing students’ creative writing works.

“It’s an honor for students to be chosen,” Lamouria said, “and it’s great for faculty who are not with creative writing because they don’t usually have exposure to students’ creative writing works.”

Lamouria also cited interpersonal connections and more interest in writing within the department as key effects of the event. “Students get to hear their own peers’ exceptional work, but it also leads to people asking them questions about that work, and that leads to conversations,” Lamouria said.

Before presenting her short story, Jupiter Kieschnick, junior creative writing major, said the reading’s formality contributed to her anticipation. “(The Invitational) is more formal than any reading I’ve attended because there’s more of an entertainment factor to it,” Kieschnick said.

“People are there solely to hear your reading.

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Study Away panel discusses international student wellness Bailey Vassalli Staff Reporter @baileyvassalli

BAILEY VASSALLI/THE STANDARD MSU vice president Dr. James P. Baker addresses the crowd at the Study Away panel.

Dr. James P. Baker greeted attendees of the Study Away panel on May 1, where the main focus of the event was the wellness of international students and how the university could get more students to study away.

As vice president for Research and Economic Development and International Programs, Baker spends much of his time traveling to speak with others who may want to travel to the university or may want to send their children to Missouri State. At the panel, individuals had the opportu-

nity to weigh in and discuss ideas to improve the Study Away program, as well as the life of international students at Missouri State University.

“What we want to do is improve the situation for international students while (learning how to) recruit international students, and better serve international students,” Baker said. “Also, probably most important for us, is how to get more students to study away. How do we get them to travel? How do we get faculty engaged?”

Many guests were present who held an interest in the Study Away program and the betterment of it as a whole.

Among the guests were University President Clif Smart

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and Provost Dr. Frank A. Einhellig. Each of them stood up to give their own stance on the issues being discussed.

“This is a timely meeting, and your input is important,” Smart said. “As we look around our state, other universities are having a significant fall off of international students.”

Smart urged the attendees to give presenters their undivided attention before turning the floor to Einhellig.

“We’re finishing the first year of the long range plan,” Einhellig said. “I would like to note how it has been a good year despite the budget cuts.

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Is Missouri State ready for severe weather?

Cortlynn Stark Staff Reporter @Cortlynn_Stark Entire highways were underwater. People were forced from their homes, bridges collapsed and cars were swept away by the surging water.

Missouri State University–West Plains students evacuated from Grizzly Lofts, a student residence building, as the flooding damaged the building, according to the MSU-West Plains website.

The same thing could easily happen here in Springfield.

However, Safety and Transportation and Residence Life already have a plan in place for emergencies like these.

“First of all, one of the things we do in Safety and Transportation is monitor the weather,” Emergency Preparedness Manager David Hall said. “So whenever we see any weather come in, like last week, we would send out information to the building coordinators in the respective buildings.”

The second step is taking action.

“For example, if we’ve got a parking lot that’s flooding, then we’re going to attempt to make contact with the students that use that in order to have them move their vehicles,” Hall said.

Similarly, if the problem is in a building, they may evacuate.

Hall referenced last year’s flooding of Brick City in downtown Springfield that was evacuated because of high waters.

The steps Hall mentioned are part of MSU’s emergency plan.

“We have an Emergency Operations Plan,” Hall said. “This is one of the first projects I started working on. We test that each year with a wide variety of emergencies. It brings in all the key players from the university, the decision-makers, to address issues or whatever it happens it be.”

Director of Residence Life Gary Stewart said they would move students out of flooded buildings.

“We would check everybody off of a roster

and, depending on what kind of emergency would have happened, it might be that we would need to relocate students to either the arena or another building if we had some flooding,” Stewart said.

If highways into Springfield were closed for an extended period of time, like Highway 60 into West Plains, feeding students could be a problem. Stewart said that MSU’s food supplier, Chartwells, gets delivered twice a week.

“They are good to go for about three days, but then they would need to receive a delivery,” Stewart said. “That might be an issue if they couldn’t get here.”

Hall encourages students to be prepared for severe weather before it actually gets here.

Students can visit Safety and Transportation’s website to see where they’re supposed to go in the event of an emergency.

Students living in dorms are also briefed by their Resident Assistants on what to do during severe weather.

“I feel that I'm prepared in most cases of severe weather, like tornadoes and severe thun-

derstorms but not so much with flooding,” Hammons House resident Megan Colyer said.

“My RA has gone through a plan with us. Mostly though just regarding what to do in case of a tornado, but not dealing with flooding, earthquakes or stuff like that.”

Colyer, a communication sciences and disorders/speech-language pathology major, said that she’s most worried about tornadoes.

“We live in tornado alley, and I feel like there’s not as much protection in a dorm building as you would think,” Colyer said. “There's so many people living in a dorm, and I feel not all of us could fit in the basement, which would be the safest place to be.”

Hall said the most important thing for students to do is call 911. But dealing with the aftermath takes a group.

“It would be a team effort, for sure,” Stewart said. “It might even be that students would pitch in if we had to do sandbags or something like that. We would do whatever it took to deal with it.”

MO State: Upgraded A look into the projects set to be finished by fall Parker Padgett Staff Reporter @ParkerPadgett Change is inevitable, and when it comes remodeling buildings on campus, it seems like there’s a new building under construction every semester.

But when the students leave for this summer and come back in the fall, what will be different? Here are changes students will see in fall 2017.

Glass Hall

The big project right now is Glass Hall. The central hub for business majors and minors broke ground Oct. 15, 2015 and has been over a total estimated $35 million renovation, according to an April 22 The Standard article.

The new and improved Glass Hall will feature a look resembling a corporate busi-

ness, a state-of-the-art finance and trading lab, and alike, a real stock-exchange floor. It will also feature corporate interview rooms, a production and collaboration studio, and team meeting spaces.

But that’s not the most important part to Haylee Morris, a sophomore management major; she is looking forward to the full-service cafe.

“It is really convenient being close to all my classes,” she said. “I don't really have time to walk across campus to get food between classes.”

Completion is scheduled to be completed by July 10, 2017, according to Missouri State’s Planning, Design & Construction website.

Ellis Hall

Music majors will find their new home not on Glenstone Avenue, but back in Ellis Hall. It will be sporting a new face, an expensive face

to be more exact, with an estimated budget of $14,328,230, according to Missouri State’s Planning, Design & Construction website.

The new-looking Ellis Hall, opening in fall of 2017, has seen renovation focused on improving acoustic settings, along with a more modern look. The hall will also consist of new classrooms and recital halls.

Kaitlyn Lindsey, a junior music education major, is excited for this upcoming year.

“I’m really excited that I'll be able to have my senior recital in a brand new recital hall,” she said. “It's going to be incredible to look back and remember that I was one of the first student recitals performed in the new facility.”

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Glass Hall (top), Hill Hall (left) and Ellis Hall (right) are currently under construction.

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GOODBYES ARE HARD Two seniors, international student say farewell to The Standard

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Nicole Roberts Editor-in-Chief @NReneeRoberts I knew this column would come eventually. It’s been in the back of my mind since the beginning of this semester, but I kept telling myself, “You have time. It’s still several months away.” But now, after about 60 production days, dozens of articles and hundreds of interviews, my time at The Standard has come to an end.

Honestly, I don’t know what to write. It’s not really hitting me that this is the last thing I will write for The Standard, that I will no longer have production days or be covering news for MSU. It’s been such a big part of my life for the last three years that the thought of not doing it anymore is incomprehensible.

If someone had told me my freshman year how much this newspaper was going to influence me, I probably would not

have believed them, honestly.

When I first joined The Standard, I thought it was a long shot. I came from a small school that didn’t have a newspaper, I hadn’t taken a single journalism class, and I wasn’t 100 percent sure if journalism was even something I wanted to do. My mom and dad kept insisting that I join because I think they knew that once I got involved, I wouldn’t regret it. They were right, and now, three years later, I think back on the doubt I had and can only laugh about how stupid I was for second-guessing this opportunity.

I’ve made so many memories and have learned so many lessons because of The Standard, and those will forever guide me as I leave this newspaper and university.

Goodbyes are tough, and this is definitely a hard pill to swallow. Even though I keep telling the other editors I’m u See ROBERTS, page 10

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Danisha Hogue Staff Reporter @Danisha_Queen I don’t think I’ve ever said goodbye like this. People in my life have died, but newspaper will never die. Missouri State will never die, and The Standard has been kicking since 1912.

I’m not a big fan of funerals, so we’ll treat this like the viewing. Stop by if you’d like and hear a little about my life in the last few years, cry if you need to, and walk away.

This is the last article I’ll have in The Standard, and today is a sad day.

I started working for the paper immediately after arriving at MSU. I’d never been published before, but I didn’t overthink it because this is college and some things should be done without much prior thought. This is how some people have the best experiences of their life. I think that’s exactly what hap-

pened to me.

I can’t honestly remember if I had any expectation of what being on The Standard staff would be like. I came into a new place with no friends. However, I am leaving in the opposite way.

I am so thankful to know the amazing students who work for the newspaper. I made such good friends and learned a bunch.

I wouldn’t have many friends on campus without the relationships I formed with all of you. Thank you for sitting next to me in classes, speaking in the halls and smiling on the walk to Craig Hall.

One of my favorite sayings about being a journalist is “we know a little about everything.” I fall deeper in love with news culture everyday. I love CNN and BBC, I listen to NPR in my car and I am constantly sharing news with my boyfriend. u See HOGUE, page 10

Qiuyue Li Columnist @Holiday12058442 It is time for me to say goodbye to The Standard and leave the country. Never have I ever written a column with such a disoriented and devastated heart.

During these nine months at Missouri State University, I have experienced the worst and happiest moments of my life. The worst was when my favorite K-pop girl group 2NE1 disbanded on Thanksgiving Day, which caused me to resent this beautiful holiday. The happiest day was when the editor-in-chief of The Standard Nicole Roberts granted me the opportunity to work for the newspaper.

If you had asked me nine months ago when I had just arrived the United States if I would work as a columnist at The Standard one day, I would probably have laughed out loud and said “thank you, but

I don’t see it happening at all.”

Who would care about a Chinese girl’s life and experience? Who would be interested in a Chinese girl’s opinion? Who would even take the time to respect and hear my voice?

At a time when political dynamic and cultural criticism in the United States called Americans to interrogate issues of race, nationality and gender, I was genuinely surprised to have been accepted by the newspaper because being a columnist means I had been granted abundant freedom to make my stance, an insignificant Asian girls’ opinion.

Eight months ago, I lived as a frightened deer caught in barbed wire, surrounded on all sides by reinforced stereotypes and judgmental eyes.

I buried myself in the fear of not being accepted in the classroom and on campus as

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‘13 Reasons Why’ shows the true affects of suicide Ally Gaither Columnist In late March, Netflix released a new original series called “13 Reasons Why.” In the little over a month since its release, it has become insanely popular, but not all the attention that the show received was good.

The show is about a girl named Hannah Baker who commits suicide, but before she dies, she leaves cassette tapes of herself explaining why she does it. The show is portrayed to us through a mix between the point of view of

Clay Jensen as he listens to the tapes and flashbacks to Hannah’s version of the story.

The series is meant to show the harsh reality of teen suicide that isn’t often portrayed on television. It shows you how the things you do and say to someone can affect him or her.

Each of the reasons are people who wrong Hannah. They do something to her that causes her to ultimately end her life.

The show also depicts the aftermath of teen suicide; Hannah’s parents are falling apart ,and the entire school starts to take suicide very seriously.

The reason that the show

has received so much backlash is because it graphically shows multiple rape scenes and the suicide scene. These scenes were shown in such a grave way because the creators of the show wanted people to realize that this isn’t just a show. Teen suicide is very real and happens very often. It happens because people, especially teens, don’t realize that they have another option.

In teenagers’ minds, they feel like nothing is ever going to change. They perceive their lives as always being the same.

So, in the cases of teens who eventually commit suicide,

their lives were so terrible, even if it may not have seemed like it to anyone else, that in their minds the only option they had left was to die.

But “13 Reasons Why” shows us that there are always people who can help. Throughout the show, we see several people who care about Hannah and who would have helped her if they knew she needed it.

Though, until the tapes, no one knows how bad Hannah’s life is.

I thought the show did a good job portraying a topic as serious as teen suicide. I am old enough to understand it,

though. Many of its viewers are young, and in their minds, I could see how the show could be glorifying suicide; Hannah kills herself so her problems are gone and she gets back at everyone who hurt her by leaving the tapes.

I would strongly recommend not letting anyone you know younger than 16 watch it, and even then, they should watch it with a parent so that they can ask questions and have a conversation about the heavy topics in the show.

This show helped me. I was very depressed for a great deal of this semester. I’m better

now, and I think that part of that has to do with this show.

For a long time, I felt like Hannah: I tried so hard to be a good person, but bad things just kept happening to me.

Nothing as bad as rape, thankfully but things that shattered my confidence and self-worth.

As I watched the series (in one night because it’s addicting), I realized that, just like Hannah, I have people in my life who care about me and who would help me if I asked. I even thought of 13 people and listed them out.

Then I did ask them for help. Now I’m better.

Say thanks: Never forget the little people Ali Spies Columnist @alicethespy This semester I had the honor of being the assistant stage manager for the spring dance concert, Movement in Flux. Some people probably think this isn’t a big deal, and it’s not a huge deal, but it is really important to me.

Being given this position has gotten my foot in the door for my major, which is theater production with an emphasis in stage management. This experience has let me get comfortable working in Coger Theater, knowing where everything is and some of the little unique quirks that come with it. It has also introduced me to new professors and students in the Theatre and Dance Department, which is good to make new connections.

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Since I’ve been working on this show, it has been consuming my life for the past week. Being at rehearsals or shows every night makes this show constantly on my mind, hence why I decided to write about it this week. Working on this show makes me realize how many things that are missed from simply watching a show and not working on it. A lot of the work that goes into a production goes unseen.

For example, before every show and during every intermission, the stage is mopped and swept. This is to help keep any dust or anything from messing up the dancer’s shoes and their movements. This is done with the curtain closed, so when simply watching the show it would go unnoticed.

Another thing is that between every dance, people have to be

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side stage to change the gels in the lights. These gels change the colors of the lights which affects how the dancers look on stage.

Before I worked on shows, I would see the lights change colors but never thought that there were actually people back there working it.

All of these jobs, which there are still many more, seem trivial and small. Yet, if even one of these people were to not show up, the show would come crashing down.

This is one of the magical things about theater; no matter the job, every single person working on the production is important and necessary to the show.

I think it is important to remember the little people, not only in theater but also in life. Without the person working for minimum u See SPIES, page 10

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Kayla Shriver, a flute player for MSU’s Pride Band, runs during Kappa Kappa Psi’s Band-AID 5k on May 6.

Kappa Kappa Psi hosts 5k with Play It Forward

Alexander Ulrich Staff Reporter @aulrich21 Last Saturday, people of all ages ran across campus as Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band service fraternity at Missouri State University, hosted the first annual Band-AID 5k. For this event Kappa Kappa Psi partnered with the Play It Foward-Southwest Missouri organization to raise money for underprivileged school band programs in the area.

“Our goal is to put instruments in the hands of children who cannot afford to rent or buy them in Southwest Missouri,” said Ruell Chappell, the director of Play It Forward SWMO, and former band student of the then SMSU in the ‘70s.

The idea to team up with Play It Forward came from Brennon Foster, the treasurer of Kappa Kappa Psi. Foster got the idea after he attended the Kappa Kappa Psi national convention.

There were 21 runners who participated in the 5k race.

“This is our first year doing this sort of service project,” Foster, senior biochemistry major, said. “For our first year, I think that’s pretty great.”

The 5k path was throughout campus. The path went by all of the major band locations on campus, starting at Wehr Band Hall, going past the football field, past Ellis Hall, past the Pride Band’s practice field and ending in front of Juanita K. Hammons Hall.

“It was a great idea,” Heather Haloupek, runner and member of Kappa Kappa Psi said. “It was a really great way to advertise the organization that we are raising money for and our fraternity as well.”

Haloupek spoke of Play It Forward and what they do for the community.

“I think it’ a great organization,” Haloupek said. “I have heard about it before and have always wanted to do

something for them but just never had a way to do it, so this was a great way for our fraternity to get that service in and give back to the community.”

Play It Forward SWMO started three years ago as a chapter under Play It Forward-St.Louis but has only been operational for almost a year. As of last year, Play It Forward donated a little over $30,000 worth of band and orchestra instruments, Chappell said.

“Thirty of those instruments went to Westport, which is probably the most disadvantaged school in the area of music,” Chappell said.

“It is a beautiful school, but the incomes on that side of town are lower, and there are more children in need. We found out that kids were three and four to an instrument, and very few of them could bring an instrument home to practice.”

Chappell argues that band and other music and art programs are important to a person’s learning. He used historical examples to make his point.

“Albert Einstein was a musician and played violin and piano,” Chappell said. “Einstein said that he came to his theory of relativity by thinking musically. It has been proven now by neuroscience that music creates in the person the ability to think spatially and intuitively. It correlates with intelligence (and) social acceptability.”

Chappell said he hopes the Band-AID 5k will be a legacy for Kappa Kappa Psi and that they will want to continue to host it year after year.

“It is such a great thing, it brings notoriety to music,” Chappell said. “It is something that we need now because music programs languish at the expense of sports.

Even though sports are great too, we can’t forget the fact that music spurs the intellectual.”

Imagine that what you wear could affect how your colleagues interact with you, whether your employees will respect you or how competent you seem to your superiors.

Studies show that women in today’s workforce experience this reality.

Alia Stowers of Alia Stowers Consulting led a training session at the Plaster Enterprise Center on Monday, May 1, speaking about the science of implicit bias against women

in the workplace. Stowers’ goal was to equip everyone present with the skills to become a more powerful force wherever they work.

“I want them to understand that implicit bias does exist,” Stowers said. “They’re not crazy; they didn’t make it up.

I want them to know it’s not all their fault. I want them to have a lot of tools to know how to be more powerful in their workplace, to recognize where they might be needing some credibility so they can compete.

“They’re taking on more

responsibility than they’re getting paid for, and I want them to know how to advocate for themselves.”

The Pew Research Center found that in 2015, women earned 83 percent of what men earned. The gap is smaller among people aged 25 to 34, with women earning 90 cents for every dollar men earned.

Though the gap in pay has decreased since studies done in the 1980s, it is still present, according to Stowers.

She opened the training with some statistics on biases and then asked for real life

examples from the women to prove that it really happens.

“Some women have experiences where they say they’ve been called bossy or the other b-word for being very direct, though their male counterparts do the same thing and are considered assertive,” Stowers said. “Some women say they are regularly overlooked in meetings. They put their hands up and aren’t called on or get talked over; they aren’t given credit for their own ideas.”

Stowers herself experi-

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“We’re really glad we got to showcase our culture. There’s more to us than meets the eye.” —Oluwasayo Ayeomoni

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Peter Parker Jr., senior physical education major, holds up a Ghanaian flag, where he is from, at the African Banquet on May 6.

Banquet highlights African culture through food, music and dance

Bailey Vassalli @baileyvassalli Staff Reporter

Dressed in traditional African clothing, the African Student Association gathered among guests in attendance of their annual banquet to share African culture through food, song, dance and even a pinch of poetry.

The African Student Association states that their main goal is to create awareness of African culture while promoting a better image of Africa and all of its entities. On Saturday night, they did just that

as individuals from various cultures sat amongst one another in the Plaster Student Union Ballroom. The African Student Association brought forth performances of all kinds for the audience to enjoy as well as serving traditional cuisine.

“You don’t know how much work goes into this,” junior psychology major Oluwasayo Ayeomoni said. “We cooked from 4:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. last night, went back at 1 p.m. today and cooked again until 3 p.m. It was that much work just for the food.”

In addition to the food

preparation, the African Student Association practiced for over a week to perfect the surprise dance performed at the end of the night.

“When you’re in attendance, you appreciate how good the performers are,” Ayeomoni said. “When you’re a part of the planning process you really appreciate it because you are one of those who put in the sweat and the tears and all the time and the effort.

That makes it all the more better.”

A passion for sharing their culture was obvious among all of Saturday’s performers.

Nearly every performance brought the audience to their feet and drew them closer to the action. Phones rose above heads in the crowd to document and record every little thing that members of the audience could. A roar of applause followed every performance.

Freshman Nadine Hanach performed in the first performance of the night which was a belly dance.

“You get to show everyone what your culture is, and what your typical dance is,” Hanach

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Alumnus rediscovers passions with minimalist lifestyle Sarah Shepard Staff Reporter As he walks down the bustling city streets in search of his next adventure, MSU alumnus Colin Wright carries all that he owns on his back—in his two messenger bags.

A few years after graduating from Missouri State University in 2007 and moving to California, Wright decided to flip his life upside down by taking up a minimalist lifestyle. He now travels the world educating people on the benefits of minimalism with his talks, podcasts, and books — he even appeared in the popular Netflix documentary, “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things.”

According to Wright, minimalism is “getting rid of the superfluous so that you have more time, energy and resources ... to spend on more important things.”

This looks different for everyone. Some people put great value in their possessions and find great joy in them while, for others, possessions only provide temporary joy.

Wright said that minimalism is often seen as “just getting rid of stuff,” but that’s not what it is all about. He said that it’s more about weeding out the stuff that is getting in the way of what you want.

He decided to make the

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Wright graduated from Missouri State in 2007 and since has been traveling to share the benfits of minimalism.

change to minimalism when he found himself “manacled to (his) work.”

“I could ... see myself remaining so caught up, never taking a break, that I would just wake up one day, maybe 60 years old, and only then realizing that I never got around to doing all the things I wanted to do,” Wright said.

His desire to travel pushed him to get rid of the things that he didn’t need. Wright said that

it wasn't about getting rid of everything, but rather the things that are standing in the way of what you want.

For some, this could mean keeping the huge shelf of dusty, old books — as long as it brings happiness. For Wright, though, the conversion to minimalism looked a little more extreme.

“I got rid of everything that wouldn’t fit into a carry-on,” Wright said. “Anything more

than that would have been either luggage I’d have to check or stuff I have to store somewhere.”

He searched through all of his possessions, tearing out pages from old journals and sorting through black-andwhite family photos in the search for happiness. Anything that got in the way of his goals had to go.

Since the decision to change his life so drastically

in 2009, his life looks nothing like he thought it would when he graduated from MSU with a degree in graphic design and illustration.

Wright now jumps around from place to place, living all over the world. Wright said that he’s traveled to over 60 countries and has visited 48 U.S. states.

He said that he’s gotten to experience all sorts of crazy things that he wouldn’t have if he hadn’t changed his lifestyle.

“I was in a Bollywood commercial when I was living in Kolkata, (India,)” Wright said.

“It's important to say ‘yes’ to opportunities more often than you might normally while traveling because every once in awhile something like that blips onto your radar.”

He doesn’t stay in one place for long, though. Right now he calls Wichita, Kansas home—until July.

Wright will be moving to Tennessee—most likely Memphis—the destination that brought in the most votes on his website. Over 10,000 people voted for their chosen destination, and Tennessee received almost 8 percent of the votes, with Alaska coming in second.

Along with his travel, he keeps himself busy with a multitude of projects, including his blog, “Exile Lifestyle.” This is where he came to know Josh-

ua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, the creators of the Netflix documentary, “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things.”

Millburn, part of the duo deemed ‘the Minimalists,’ said they met Wright over Twitter.

Millburn admitted that at first he admired Wright, but he didn’t exactly want to live the same sort of lifestyle that he did.

“I enjoyed owning a kitchen table and a desk to write at,” Millburn said. “But this thing called minimalism allowed him to pursue what he was passionate about, and for Colin, that was travel.”

The three of them met and collaborated due to their common interest in minimalism and writing. They even started up their own publishing company, Asymmetrical Press, where they publish their own work and that of others.

Wright said that none of them knew how successful the documentary would be whenever they began work on the project. While Netflix doesn’t necessarily bring as much profit, it reaches a different audience.

Wright said that the percentage of the population that watches documentaries on Netflix is drastically larger than the audiences of all of

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Agriculture Department holds annual plant sale Casey A. Struble Staff Reporter @Casey_A_Struble The smell of lavender, ferns and other student-grown flora wafts from the Karls Hall Greenhouse. The aroma promises growth for gardens and the school.

Missouri State’s Agriculture Department, part of the William H. Darr College of Agriculture, hosted their annual plant sale. Funds for the department were generated by and for

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new plant research—experimental programs are being made possible.

The plant sale came to Missouri State with Dr. Alsup-Egbers, associate professor of agriculture. Alsup introduced the event 15 years ago after coming from Oklahoma State University.

“There are other markets where you can get plants,” Alsup said. “But we’re smaller, so we can take risks with what we carry.”

The event showcases more obscure varieties: over 20 types of tomatoes, from purple to Goliath, were available; some of which are heirloom varieties, over 50 years old.

“Their focus is tasting good, not lasting long or color,” Alsup said.

The students, faculty and visitors that purchased plants were given gardening advice from the very students that grew the plants.

“There’s a lot that is said but not necessarily tested,” Esther Nelson, a graduate agriculture student, said.

Nelson works to quantify the ideal growing conditions, specifically for garlic.

“Fifteen years ago, the thing that inspired me was a professor that taught us the best time

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The plant sale was introduced by Agriculture Faculty Dr. Alsup-Egbers about 15 years ago. to plant garlic,” Alsup said. “The students and I have gotten much different results.”

The benefits of local veggies and flowers go beyond garlic. The Missouri State gardens have expanded into the culinary world.

Spices and herbs grown by the Agriculture Department are used by MSU Dining Services, beginning last year—that food operation will expand.

This summer, Missouri State will start its

trial run on community-supported agriculturepackages. Ten people will subscribe to weekly packages filled with what student workers can grow under the academic leadership of Alsup.

“We’re making great opportunities for students and the people who want better food,” Alsup said.

America’s Got Talent meets Missouri State University Adam Grabowski talks about social issues during his comedy show

Hanna Flanagan Staff Reporter @hanna_flanagan Adam Grabowski, a former America’s Got Talent contestant who was invited to Missouri State by Student Activities Council, wove discussions of important social issues into his comedy show on May 2 in the Plaster Student Union Theater.

Grabowski, a comedian who has performed at over 600 colleges across the country, said becoming an activist for suicide awareness and depression has given him a sense of purpose.

“Knowing that people can message me and I can provide insight … I get to be this weird entity that they trust, but also that is not directly involved in their life, like a third party,” he said.

Grabowski said he is able to use his platform to help students struggling with mental health issues. He spreads awareness through his campaign, #SAYITANYWAY during his comedy routines—Tuesday night’s audience responded well to this.

“You guys were much more willing to talk about difficult subjects,” Grabowski said. “Serious topics — I love it. We could joke about rubber bands for four hours but then, at the

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Adam Grabowski has performed at over 600 colleges around the country. same time, spend five hours talking about why it’s hard to get over someone in a break up.”

Mitchell Canada, a sophomore biology major, was appreciative of Grabowski’s willingness to openly discuss social and political issues with the crowd.

“It was really cool that he brought up a lot of social topics,” Canada said. “I didn’t know

that a lot of comedians (do that). I guess it’s funny to see him as a comedian but also dabble in something serious.”

To open his show on Tuesday, Grabowski let the crowd decide on the direction of his performance. A majority of the audience members voted for an impromptu routine as opposed to a scripted one. For this, Grabowski leaned on audience interaction and participation.

“I like having a combination of improv and planned and structured,” Grabowski said. “I don’t know exactly what the audience is going to say, so it makes it fun for me.”

Grabowski compared this style to the Food Network show “Iron Chef.” He explained that he likes to get the ‘ingredients’ from an audience, even if he already knows the ‘recipe’ of a show.

One portion of his show that the audience especially enjoyed was the “Ask Adam” session.

Canada said this unique version of a Q&A was his favorite part of the night. During this section, nothing was off limits. Grabowski invited the audience to ask him anything, and he answered every single question.

“I was surprised he actually answered some of the questions,” sophomore psychology major Ross Neba said. “I thought maybe he would

just try to answer one or two and then skip the whole topic.”

No matter where the direction of the Q&A went, Grabowski managed to steer the focus back to comedy and to issues that are important to him.

The importance of sexual consent was a topic he reiterated multiple times throughout the show. Audience members laughed at his gender and relational stereotype comedy, but were attentive and interactive with Grabowski when he segued the jokes into a discussion about encouraging communication between sexual partners.

“He expanded the conversation,” Neba said.

“Everybody got engaged.”

Grabowski said he typically tries to incorporate pressing issues into his college shows because young people are ‘still formulating thoughts and opinions,’ and are more likely to actually consider a new issue or internalize an unfamiliar message.

“On the collegiate level you guys can care about things for their merit,” Grabowski said.

“Adding perspective to youthful people has more of an effect than adding it to the older generations.”

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Family first

Jake Burger (left) and Justin Paulsen (right) played high school baseball together at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis.

‘I just wanted to enjoy ‘I know she’s really the family atmosphere’ proud of me right now’ Jake Burger’s making the most out of perhaps his last season at Missouri State Alec McChesney Staff Reporter @Alec_McChesney Four years ago, when Jake Burger was a senior at Christian Brothers College high school in St. Louis, his dad, Mike Burger, would often throw him batting practice at 11 p.m. following a high school game earlier that night.

“My dad has been huge on the baseball side of it, I mean he has been there every step of the way,” Burger said. “He has done everything possible for me, and I have to give him a lot of props for that.”

Now, as a junior at Missouri State University, Burger said he is relaxing much more and is trying to focus on just having fun.

It seems to be working.

With just six games remaining in the regular season, Burger ranks in the top 10 in the Missouri Valley Conference in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs, hits, home runs, total bases, walks, sacrifice flies and walks.

“I told myself to just have fun this year,” Burger said. “Going into the season, I knew I had this opportunity at the end of the season so I just wanted to enjoy the team atmosphere, the family atmosphere for as long as I can.

“I wanted to enjoy every win. I wanted to enjoy every run, and I have.”

The opportunity Burger is talking about is the 2017 MLB Draft. As a junior, Burger is eligible to leave college early and enter the draft, if he wishes to.

According to several national sites, pundits across the league expect Burger to go in the first round, and potentially, be the first third basemen selected in the draft.

But even with all of the hype surrounding him, Burger said he is focused on playing ball with MSU and will worry about the draft when it comes around.

“I honestly have not even thought about it that much,” Burger said. “I set the timeline for all of that for June 5, after we win a regional.

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Justin Paulsen dedicates senior season in memory of his mother Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler Justin Paulsen’s batting stance is different than a typical batting stance.

It’s wider than a regular batting stance, but as he said: if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

He’s shortened it a little bit over the years, but it’s comfortable to him.

As he sticks to his stance, he also wears a red wristband on his wrist.

The wristband reads ‘Fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease.’ Justin wears it in honor of his mother who was diagnosed with ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease) when he was a freshman at Jefferson College.

Barb Paulsen passed away on Christmas Day this past December.

“She was my best friend,” Justin said. “For her to have to go through what she went through was tough for our entire family.”

Since that day, Justin found a new appreciation for life and everything he does as he continues to make his mother proud.

The senior first baseman is in the middle of a career year as he’s increased his batting average for the third consecutive season .300 to .343. He has had hits in 37 of his 44 games played, including a current seven-game hitting streak.

“I just play as hard as I can every single game because you never know when your last game is going to be,” Justin said. “I play like this can be my last game, and I do everything I can to make her proud.”

Justin said it’s difficult to put into words what the death of a parent is.

He also said that he doesn’t know if he would have been able to get through it without the love and support of his teammates. “(The support) was awesome,” Justin said.

“I can’t ask for better support than what I got from everyone on the team.”

One of the teammates who Justin has grown close to over seven years of playing together is junior third baseman Jake Burger.

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Refuse to lose: #BearsSweep to remain perfect in the MVC Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitwheeler The Bears refuse to lose in the Missouri Valley.

There might have been a few close calls during Missouri State’s series with Southern Illinois, but the Bears (33-14, 14-0) were still able to come away with the series sweep.

Senior closer Bryan Young got the Bears out of multiple jams during Game 3 of the series.

With the winning run on second in the ninth, Young was brought in to strike one out and get one to ground out. He remained on the mound in the tenth, and the winning run was able to advance to second. Young was able to get the clutch strikeout to end the inning.

In the top of the eleventh, senior first baseman Justin Paulsen and junior third baseman Jake Burger were able to draw walks to lead off the inning.

Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Eierman took advantage by hitting his 18th home run of the season over the left field fence to give the Bears a 7-4 lead.

This came a day after the Bears were able to blow out the Salukis with a 19-9 win.

The Bears dominated from the opening pitch during Game 2 of the series. They were able to collect four runs in the

second inning after senior outfielder Alex Jefferson’s sac fly to bring home Eierman. The Salukis would shoot themselves in the foot by walking in a run and allowing two runners to score on an error.

Senior outfielder Blake Graham led the Bears by going 2 for 5 with two runs and four RBIs. He was responsible for the Bears’ three-run fifth as he blasted his sixth home run of the season over the left-field wall for a three-run homer.

Freshman second baseman John Privitera went 2 for 3 with four RBIs as he continues to grow in the injured senior second baseman Aaron Meyer’s position.

The Bears went into the ninth inning already leading 10-7, but they decided that wasn’t good enough.

Missouri State went on to pile on nine runs in the ninth inning thanks to Paulsen’s two-run double down the rightfield line to make the game 16-7.

Burger put the exclamation point to the end of the offensive day for the Bears by hitting his 19th home run of the season and extend Missouri State’s lead to 19-7.

Game 1 of the series featured a comeback as the threat of losing their first conference game was at its highpoint.

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($9,521,136.68): The cost of having athletics Wyatt Wheeler Sports Editor @realYitWheeler Missouri State was put in a difficult position after Gov. Eric Greitens announced his budget recommendations for the fiscal year of 2018, That caused Missouri State President Clif Smart to have to make changes of his own when he formed a workgroup to cut Missouri State’s athletic budget by $750,000.

All of athletics took a hit, but the 17 girls on the field hockey team took the biggest hit, as their program was discontinued.

Missouri State Athletic Director Kyle Moats said at the press conference announcing the discontinuation of the field hockey program on April 3 that the criteria was based off of financial impact to the university, attendance and student interest, conference affiliation and success, national profile, historic success and academic success.

Field hockey in 2016 went 3-13 with a 1-5 conference record. That was coming off of a 6-12 season with a 3-3 record in the Mid-American Conference, while attracting an average of 125 fans per home game.

They brought in $5,000 of revenue while expenses added up to $461,103.83, according to Missouri State’s yearend actuals from the Auxiliary System Fund.

Field hockey’s revenue less expenses in 2016 turned out to be a loss of $456,103.83.

Field hockey wasn’t the only team losing the university money, however.

All of them are, but that’s just the way the business works.

“There’s not one school in the country that’s not going

to have the same thing as this,” Moats said. “Numbers might be slightly different but they’re all going to be negative.

“They’re not going to be positive.”

Missouri State athletics’ revenue less expenses for the 2016 fiscal year turned out to be a loss of $9,521,136.68, according to Missouri State’s year-end actuals from the Auxiliary System Fund.

While that number could frighten the typical student that the school is spending that amount of money on athletics, Smart and Moats both see it differently.

“You know sometimes you hear people say it’s the front porch of the university, but it is clearly our number one marketing tool,” Smart said.

“We get more coverage least through yesterday of sports than anything else.”

Smart and Moats both said that sports is used to attract students to the university while it also brings alumni and the community together.

While Smart said that sports are the front porch to the university, it can also be the front porch for bringing in money to the university, as well.

“Almost everyone who’s given multimillion-dollar major gifts to the university started their connection to the university through giving to sports teams first,” Smart said. “Even if our students don’t always come to events.”

While field hockey was the program that was cut, other sports are losing as much money and more.

Football in the fiscal year 2016 lost $2,509,968.06, according to the year-end actuals from the auxiliary system fund. That’s 26.36 percent of the total year-end loss.

Football still made the

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All data and figures are according to Missouri State’s year-end actuals from the auxiliary system fund. second most amount of money in fiscal year 2016 (behind men’s basketball) as it made $786,857.82 in total revenue.

It costed over a $1 million more than any other sport in expenses.

According to Moats, however, spending that much on football is what has to be done in order to field a championship level team, which is the goal.

“I look at our men’s basketball program, and I look

at how it relates to (other men’s basketball programs),” Moats said. “We look at each one of those sports to find out how competitive we are based on the budgets that we have.”

Missouri State’s athletic program isn’t the only one losing money and having to cut programs.

The University of North Dakota announced on March 29 that they would cut hockey and both men’s and women’s swimming as a part of

their effort to cut their budget, due to the anticipated drop in their state’s funding.

And it doesn’t stop there.

The University of Buffalo had to cut men’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, baseball and women’s rowing as they looked to save $2 million.

It doesn’t stop there either, but it’s an ongoing problem schools are having to face around the country.

“Nobody wanted to do

that,” Moats said. “I didn’t want to do that; (Smart) didn’t want to do that. It’s just something from a financial standpoint and there’s only those choices.

“It’s the worst thing you can do. I’ve said it, and I’ll keep saying it: the worst thing you can do as an athletic director is eliminate opportunities, regardless of what sport it would’ve been. It would not have been a popular decision no matter what sport.”

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On Saturday, the Salukis out-hit the Bears with a total of 10 hits to the Bears five hits.

The Salukis scored a total of five runs, and the Bears were down for the entire game despite an attempt to come back in the sixth.

Junior Hailee Vigneaux and junior Erika Ve- Game 3 In hopes to bounce back, the Bears returned lasquez-Zimmer hit back to back singles but were unable to bring anyone home. The Sa- to the field at SIU on Sunday afternoon. A scoreless first two innings ended with two runs lukis took Game 1 with a score of 5-0.

Game 2 for the Salukis in the third. However, the Bears The Bears made a solid attempt to bounce weren’t ready to give up. In the top of the back in the second game of Saturday’s double fourth, senior Mary Stephens sent a ball to header. In the first inning, the team scored two deep left field and was then brought home

with a hit from junior Madison Jones. The Bears held the Salukis in the bottom of the fourth and came into the fifth inning down one. Hits from both senior Bethany Sullinger and junior Kaitlin Beason brought the tying run in for the Bears. A scoreless sixth inning went by before SIU scored again in the bottom of the seventh, ruining the chances of the Bears bouncing back. The Bears fell to SIU once again 3-2.

On May 10, the Bears will travel to Normal, Illinois to begin the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on May 11. The team will enter the tournament with a 22-25 record overall, and 10-16 record in the league.

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am being projected, of course it’s a decent number right there, but I haven’t thought about it, and I don’t think I will until right before the draft.”

MLB’s website states that players drafted in the latter half of the first round could earn anywhere from $2-3 million dollars, which will prove enticing for Burger.

Yet, according to his sister, Ellie, who will arrive on MSU’s campus in the fall as a freshman playing on the tennis team, Jake hasn’t changed a bit. Well, aside from getting even better at baseball that is.

“Obviously he’s progressed immensely with baseball throughout his years at Missouri State to be in some of the conversations he’s in with the draft coming up,” Ellie said. “And even while dealing with the high pressure and having the success he’s had, he still remains the down to earth and humble person he’s always been.”

Ellie says her relationship with Jake has only strengthened as the persona of Burger bombs grew throughout the years, referring to the “JB and EB” playlist they listen to so often in the car.

“Jake is easily one of the hardest workers and has definitely earned every bit of it,” Ellie said. “And despite all this success and all of the accolades, he doesn’t act any different than the pre-college Jake Burger.”

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So, how has Burger maintained the ability to remain himself, stay humble and focus on baseball?

He credits his high school teammate, and now Bears’ senior first baseman Justin Paulsen for that.

“I’ve actually learned to kind of play much more relaxed because of Paulsen. In high school, I was kind of uptight and was a pressing for everything type of player,” Burger said.

“Justin was always the guy who was laid back and went about his business the right way.

“I just learned to transition that into my play over the years. I have played with Justin for seven years now; we’re brothers and we have learned so much from each other.”

For Paulsen, seeing Burger explode onto the national scene like he has continues to shock him. Even if he did know he would eventually become a solid ball player.

“His numbers speak for itself; I always knew he was going to be a good college player, but I didn’t think he was going to be this good,” Paulsen said. “He’s arguably a top five player in college baseball right now.

“I’m so proud to see the progress that he’s had and to be able to play with him — it’s something special.”

For Burger, everything since his senior year of high school has been extremely surreal, even unbelievable at some points.

The St. Louis native has played for the USA National Team, rose to the top of the MLB Draft rankings and led MSU to an improbable undefeated season in the MVC with just two series remaining.

Although the last three years have been a whirlwind, Burger still credits his father for teaching him the right lessons and values necessary to become the player and the man he has become.

“I mean, even going back to Team USA, I never thought I would play for the United States as a senior in high school,” Burger said. “I figured I would come to Missouri State to play hard and play solid but I never thought I’d be doing what I am doing.

“All of that credit needs to be given to my dad because he’s instilled those hard-working habits where it’s like if you want to get where you want to get to, you’ve got to work hard.”

Burger and the Bears have one more regular series at home against Indiana State before hitting the road to face Illinois State to end the regular season. Following that, MSU will host the MVC Tournament at Hammons Field starting on May 24, which could be the last time Burger plays in front of a home crowd at Hammons Field.

The 2017 MLB Draft will take place in New Jersey from June 12-14.

BURGER’S PARADISE Favorite Burger: Mac ‘n’ Cheese Burger Favorite Baseball team:

Chicago White Sox Favorite Hockey Team: Chicago Blackhawks Favorite Video Game: MLB the Show Favorite Pump-Up Music:

1/3 pop punk, 1/3 Beastie Boys, 1/3 reggae

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Brothers College High School in St. Louis. Over the years, the Paulsens and the Burgers grew close.

“It was really tough to see Justin go through that especially because of how close our families have become over the years,” Jake said. “As a team, we rallied behind him and gave him all the support we could.

“There was two decisions he could have made: he could have gone down the wrong path or the right path. Obviously he went down the right path. He told himself he was going to play for his mom this season and you’ve seen that motivation on the field.”

With the hopes of going to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, Justin has had plenty of motivation this season.

On April 25, Missouri State beat the University of Missouri in a game that was overshadowed by a season-ending injury to senior co-captain Aaron Meyer.

Justin and Aaron had played on the right side of the infield together for the last three seasons.

After Aaron went down, Justin went 2 for 3 with a home run.

He refused to talk much about his accomplishments after the game. Instead, he went out of his way to shout out his fallen teammate.

“It almost brought me to tears,” Justin said after the game. “It’s one of those things. We’re not just going to dedicate this game; we’re going to dedicate the rest of the season to him. It’s hard to see one of my brothers go down like that.”

Whether it’s playing for his mother, getting drafted, helping the team win games or playing for Aaron, Jake said Justin has all the motivation in the

world.

“It’s awesome to see his motivation working,” Jake said. “Anytime I see him have success, it’s awesome. And it’s awesome for his family. And I am glad he’s able to put on a show.”

With all the motivation in the world, Justin and the rest of his teammates will host Indiana State on May 12-14.

On May 13, the Bears will attempt to #StrikeoutALS as they collect donations for the ALS Association of St. Louis and bring more awareness to the disease.

“It’s not just going to be all about my mom for the game,” Justin said. “It’s about the whole ALS community. I just want the whole community to be more aware about ALS.” As for the rest of the season, Justin said he wants to get drafted, but that’s not at the top of his mind.

His goal is to get to the College World Series. If he gets drafted, he gets drafted; but that’s not the No. 1 priority right now.

Another one of his goals is to continue to make his mother proud in everything he does.

His mother’s obituary reads “Barb enjoyed watching her three children grow up playing sports. She loved watching her oldest son, Justin, play baseball for Missouri State the most.”

“I know she’s really proud of me right now,” Justin said. “Everything that I’ve accomplished and what my brother has accomplished and everything with my sister. I’m just doing everything for her right now.

“Everything I’ve accomplished this year has been for her and the team. I’m really proud of what I’ve been able to do so far.”

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Justin Paulsen (top left and bottom right) and Jake Burger (top right and bottom left) both rank in the top six in the Missouri Valley for hits.

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Freshman outfielder Jack Duffy followed by doubling to left center to give the Bears more insurance.

The freshman outfielder went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two doubles.

Continued from page 6 Missouri State will return home to take on IndiSophomore outfielder Hunter Steinmetz led off ana State in another Missouri Valley Conference the inning by taking a walk. Paulsen doubled to right series, starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m. center, allowing Steinmetz to advance to third.

The Bears will conclude their regular season the Burger’s sent one deep enough to the outfield for following weekend when they travel to Normal, a sac fly to score the winning run.

Illinois, to take on Illinois State.

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Hit and run occurs near campus

UPGRADES Continued from page 2 a psychology major, this might affect you.

Hill Hall will be remodeled with a more updated look. The building doubles as the home for the College of Education and the Psychology Department.

Aidan Robichaux, a sophomore psychology major is more excited about the bathrooms than anything in Hill Hall.

“I’m mostly excited about the bathrooms being renovated,” he said.

“They’re by far the sketchiest bathrooms on campus. I'm pretty much happy with any renovation that happens to Hill (Hall); it really needs it at this point.”

Robichaux only sees one downside as well.

“I’m just not a fan of being relocated to Glen (Isle) for a whole year,” he said.

With Ellis Hall’s changes being done by the new school year, the students that utilize Hill Hall could see themselves taking over Glen Isle, the separate

mini-campus currently inhabited by music majors.

Things to look forward to:

May 22: A planned expansion of Parking Lot 39, near Kentwood Hall.

The third floor of the Professional Building will be renovated. The renovation will include a genetics/physiology lab, anatomy lab, prep areas and a GSA workroom.

In addition, the Human Resources areas of Carrington Hall see a $70,000 boost, according to MSU Planning, Design & Construction.

The renovation will consist of additional offices and upgraded public areas.

May 23: Cheek Hall’s computer labs will see a makeover, and the first floor lab will be separated into two labs with a new support area. Expected completion of the project is during the summer of 2017.

INVITATIONAL Continued from page 1 Graduate student Alex Webster noted the motivation that the Student Invitational provides for writers, as well as the pleasure in sharing their works to an engrossed audience.

“For anyone who wants others to know a little about what they’ve been up to, the Student Invitational is a wonderful opportunity,” Webster said. “It definitely makes you feel noticed and appreciated.”

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English Jennifer Murvin cited the tendency to spark curiosity and inspiration as her favorite aspect of the event.

“What I always tell my students is that works matter beyond the classroom and that everyone started somewhere,” Murvin said.

“With (the Student Invitational), the community can recognize the works of our students, and that always makes me so proud.”

Nicole Roberts; Sarah Teague thinks the truck hit the Honda Pilot first before hitting the minEditor-in-Chief; Life Editor @NReneeRoberts; @sarah_k_ ivan. teague The driver of the red truck is still at large; Schindler said the A hit and run involving Mis- driver ran west down Cherry souri State University students Street before disappearing. occurred May 6 at the corner of Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for Kimbrough Avenue and Cherry the Springfield Police DepartStreet. ment, confirmed that the vehicle Around 11 p.m. Saturday, a was stolen from a neighboring police officer tried to stop a red county.

Schwarz and Williams were pickup truck, but the driver ran from the officer. The driver heading to a bonfire when the drove west down Cherry Street, hit and run occurred, according through a red light, and hit two to Matt Bouche, a friend of vehicles, Acting Lieutenant Schwarz’s and graduate psyMark Schindler said. chology student. Bouche was Jacob Schwarz, a senior jour- following in a separate vehicle nalism major, and Lauren Wil- with Carrie Zind, senior geogliams, a senior speech language raphy major, when they saw the pathology major, were driving crash. a silver Honda Pilot when they “Once he hit these two cars said they saw the red truck hit a and then he hit the post, and he minivan. They said they think got out of his truck and he ran. the minivan, after being hit by He fled. No one has any idea who he is,” Zind said. the truck, hit their vehicle.

SARAH TEAGUE/THE STANDARD No injuries were reported. Firefighters assess the scene of the accident.

However, Schindler said he

Textbook buybacks on the horizon; know your options Shelby Dowler Staff Reporter @DowlerShelby54 As the school year’s end looms on the horizon, students will be finishing their finals and will no longer need some of their textbooks. Many will sell their textbooks to get a little money back from the hundreds of dollars they initially spent.

However, before you sell your textbooks back, it might be helpful to do some research and price comparison. Your bank account might thank you later.

Priscilla Skeeters is the course materials manager at the Missouri State Baker Bookstore and has been working there for 18 years.

She oversees the purchases of textbooks and other course materials.

Additionally, she organizes the buyback for the end of each semester and sets the price of textbooks.

She said the bookstore uses three different book lists to determine which ones will be bought back. Two of those lists come from wholesale textbook companies.

The wholesalers set the prices they are willing to pay.

The third list comes from the MSU Bookstore itself. If there is a book the wholesalers and the bookstore would both like to buy, the bookstore will bump up its price to keep the books in the system. u See TEXTBOOKS, page 11

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17 Symbol of grace 19 Cod piece?

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42 Junior 44 “Dukes of Hazzard” surname 46 Atmosphere 50 Alligator’s kin 52 Eminem, e.g.

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Artsfest showcases more performers than ever before Chloe Skaar Staff Reporter @chloeskaar The smell of corn dogs, over one hundred white tents and thousands of locals made Walnut Street into a festive blur last weekend during the 37th annual Artsfest.

Over 140 visual artists from 16 states and more than 80 live stage performances, the largest lineup in Artsfest history, stretched down Walnut Street from National Avenue to just east of Kimbrough Avenue throughout May 6 and 7.

“We had a huge performance lineup,” said Lillian Stone, Communications Manager for the Downtown Springfield Association. “The most ever, so that was exciting to announce. Some musicians were local favorites like Shaun Munday and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltin.”

Bethany Bell, events manager for the Downtown Springfield Association, said Artsfest could stretch its lineup of live performances because of resources from the event’s success in the last few years. She said the newest area for stage performances, the Kentwood Stage, gave artists a space to play longer into the night, too.

“Last year was the first time we had programming in the Kentwood

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Local artist Hannah Duff sings a mix of originals and covers for a large crowd at the Inn Stage on Sunday, May 7 at Artsfest.

Green area, just off Walnut, and it went really well, so we expanded it this year,” Bell said. “Artists have normally closed at 6 p.m. on Saturday, but we opened Kentwood for live music and food trucks until 8 p.m. which allowed us to add more performers.”

Bell said there was an “outpour”

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a whole. But being accepted at The Standard provided a comfortable space for me to show my existence and character.

My journey with The Standard began when I was working on a resume project for ENG 321: Beginning Technical Writing. Dr. Seawright randomly dropped the idea that I should write about my experiences in America and submit it to the school newspaper as a guest column.

Enlightened by Seawright,

ROBERTS not a crier, I can’t help but force back the tears and swallow the knot in my throat as I type this.

I’m incredibly proud of this staff and all of the hard work each of them have put into this newspaper. Saying goodbye to this staff, my friends, is one of the big reasons why I’m sad to leave MSU.

HOGUE

Continued from page 3 The hardest part about this whole thing, though, is saying goodbye to my editors and advisor. Sarah, Wyatt, Emily, Ryan, Rebecca and Jack, you became my family this last year, and without you all, I would not be where I am now.

From stressful late-night production days to Washington D.C. adventures to horrible jokes and pranks, you all made

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College is all about the connections you make. Without stalking our faculty advisor before transferring to MSU, I wouldn’t have the connections to write stories about local businesses, events and celebrities: my contacts list amazes me.

Being part of this organization is the best decision I

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I started to really put my efforts and energy into the paper “from China to America,” in which I illustrated my fears and exhilaration of living in a foreign country. I could never have anticipated that I, being a minority, could publish my work in a foreign newspaper and get my ideas across and my voice be heard.

In the blink of an eye, I was able to power through the hardest times and I have made it to the goodbye column with numerous nerve-wracking

made on this campus. There’s a lot of other things I could have done with my time in college, but delivering local news to this campus is the most fulfilling way to be an MSU journalist.

Everyone I know keeps begging me not to go. The best thing is I won’t go very far. I love Missouri State so much

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wage at McDonald’s, that big important business man wouldn’t have his breakfast before work. Without the person willing to clean bath-

rooms, the rich person’s fancy mansion would never be clean.

Without the person willing to pull the curtain and change the lights, the famous actress

of musicians applying to perform at Artsfest this year, adding to the attractions that draw crowds to the annual festival. She said locals usually show up for the food trucks, the live music and the chance to purchase local art.

Stone said Downtown Springfield Association was expecting to increase

attendance from last year’s Artsfest, which brought in about 15,000 patrons. She said the sunny weather and performers that got locals excited were the biggest factors in attendance.

“We were definitely hoping this one would be a banner year, since so many people have been cooped up because of the weather lately,” Stone

times to put out new content every week.

Through my weekly articles, whether concerning Asian beauty standards or my personal anxieties, I was given the opportunity to meet many considerate and prestigious people, who genuinely cared about my opinions and health condition, and who motivated me to defeat many obstacles.

The love and support I had received from friends, colleagues and professors is indescribable. All of the memories I will hold onto truly and gratefully forever.

I hate to say goodbye, so see you again. my last year at The Standard and MSU one I will not forget.

Each of you helped make me become both a better reporter and human, and I will never be able to thank you all enough.

I didn’t know when I joined The Standard, that in an old newsroom inside Clay Hall, I would find my second home and my second family.

So, thanks, The Standard, for giving this girl a chance and a purpose.

I couldn’t run off. I’ll be working at the West Plains campus.

To me “goodbye” implies that you won’t return. I think that’s what makes it sad. I wish I could do it all again.

Thank you staff and friends for the opportunity to be part of this family. The Standard helped me grow in more ways than I would have known.

These memories will be with me always.

wouldn’t be seen on stage.

Not to say the big people aren’t important, but without the little people supporting and backing them up, the bigger people wouldn’t be able to shine. So thank the little people next time you recognize their work.

said. “Last year we had roughly 15,000 show up, so we were definitely excited to see if we could break that number.”

Artsfest, the largest fine arts festival in the southwest region of Missouri, celebrates artists from all over the country who work with wood, glass, clay, printmaking, photography, jewelry, metal, drawings, painting and mixed mediums. Stage performances range from live music, theatrical performances, opera and standup comedy acts.

In addition to the arts and entertainment, the festival brings outreach programs and fundraisers to the community.

Brett Johnston, marketing and development coordinator for the Springfield Regional Arts Center, said Artsfest has a legacy of bringing its patrons high quality local art, while bettering the arts that are already present in their community.

“Artsfest is the largest fundraiser for Springfield Regional Arts Council of the year,” Johnston said. “People go and enjoy the festival, but sometimes they aren’t familiar with how much coming to the festival helps our mission of outreach into the communities with arts. Everyone who comes helps in our biggest effort in the community.”

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Left, Darryl Burkes, freshmen hospitality major and right, Alex Comstock, freshman political science major, speak about their experiences at MSU their first year.

WHERE THEY BELONG Freshmen reflect on their first year Zak Baldwin Staff Reporter @ZKBaldwin Three freshmen recall their experience of their first year at Missouri State University and college life as a whole.

After nearly completing her first year, Sarah Disney, freshman theater major, reflects on her thoughts coming into Missouri State and the unfamiliarity it had.

“I was really scared because in high school I was kinda stereotyped,” Disney said. “I danced for most of high school, and then I kinda got stereotyped as that theater girl and so I was really scared that (attending Missouri State) I was gonna have a stereotype placed on me.”

After transitioning from high school to college, Disney quickly learned that the environment of Missouri State is much different from her high school.

“I feel like no one really cares here, and I feel like I can be myself now,” Disney said.

Darryl Burkes, freshmen hospitality major, was very excited to attend Missouri State and take on everything that it had to offer, but was worried about the unknown from it.

“It was my first time being away officially,” Burkes said. “I’m an only child, so I didn’t have any older siblings to look and see how college life is. I was excited, but there was still some of that nervousness.”

Alex Comstock, a freshman political science major, knew he wanted to get involved

and become a leader on Missouri State’s campus.

“I knew I wanted to get involved; I wanted to make change and improve the lives of others,” Comstock said.

Comstock is currently fulfilling his college involvement dream. He is the recruitment director for Pi Kappa Phi fraternity as well as the socials chair for University Ambassadors.

Burkes, Comstock and Disney have now nearly completed their freshman year at Missouri State.

Comstock said that college is more meaningful and thoughtful than what he imagined, especially on the academic level.

“College life is way more serious than what I thought it was, “ Comstock said. “I had to dig deep into my studies; I had to find a groove and find how I was when it came to studies.”

Burkes has enjoyed all the opportunities that have been given to him his first year as a student and is excited for what lies ahead.

“I have had a lot of opportunities throughout the year, and that is making me more excited for the future,” Burkes said. “Cheerleading has been a really big opportunity. It’s very selective to get through, and just from that met so many people.”

Disney’s first year consisted of the Theatre and Dance Department and being an active participant. She auditioned and performed in the spring dance concert as well as a production through Tabula Rosa. By getting involved as

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The best places to do the worst thing: Studying

to Abby Morrow, a sophomore graphic design major, “There’s always a lot going on, and it’s a social place where you might With less than one week left see a lot of people you know before finals, it is time for and get distracted.”

MSU students to stake their claims on study spots. It seems Next to worst: Meyer by now, everyone has a favor- Library ite, or at the very least, a place where they are comfortable Despite its relative popuand do their best work. larity this time of year, a numIn a survey of 50 MSU stu- ber of students said the library dents representing all levels, was the worst place to study, including graduate students, in their opinion. Kyle Osredparticipants were asked to ker, a junior English/creative name what they saw as the best writing major, and Veronica and worst study spots on cam- Halter, a senior communication pus. science and disorders and Responses appear below speech and language patholofrom worst to best, based on gy major, both specifically survey results. mentioned the lobby of the library near Outtakes as noisy and making it difficult to conWorst: Plaster Student centrate. Others, like Cody Union Turner, a junior chemistry and The laid-back atmosphere biochemistry major, said that of the PSU seems to make it a the crowds this time of year better place to hang out and make it the worst place to relax than to study, as most study. responses indicated. According Maria Meluso Staff Reporter @MariaMeluso

Best/Worst: Dorm/ Apartment room or bed Students seemed to be most split on whether their rooms were the best or the worst place for them to study. Some, like

For most students, college is the last time they’re guaranteed three months “off” during the summer months. For many, it’s an opportunity to get an internship or just work a summer job. For others, it’s a time to relax and recharge after a long school year.

If you decide to take a vacation this summer, should you stay in-state or go out-of-state? One way students can travel is by taking advantage of the Study Away programs at Missouri State.

These programs allow students to travel while earning class credit.

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Freshman nursing major, Colby O’Dell, and freshman finance major, Ryan Hardy, study in the basement of Meyer Library.

Students seemed to prefer studying in empty classrooms, often in Cheek Hall, due to their relative quiet and the projectors and white boards available. Several also named the dorm study rooms and library study rooms as their favorite places to study.

Several students said they like studying in the computer labs and outside, weather permitting. Outdoor locations explicitly mentioned included outside the PSU and by the fountain.

Best: Meyer Library

Pulling ahead of all other sophomore musical theater dorm because she’s not dis- places with 30 votes, Meyer major Joseph Guccione, con- tracted by other people or Library is the most preferred sider their room the worst spot things around her. spot to study on campus ac-

“(Study Away) is good for summer if you have one of those majors that isn’t on a set schedule, like nursing,” Emily Wheeler, senior international business major, said. “You can take an entire semester off, but you can add in a summer (course) and get some of your elective credits out of the way.”

Wheeler, who is a global ambassador for the Study Away programs, also said that studying away offers many benefits such as learning to be more independent and being able to immerse yourself in a different culture.

If a student still wants to travel out of state sometime during the summer but doesn’t want to leave the country, Study Away has programs for them, too.

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“We have programs that go to New York, New Mexico, Arizona and California, sometimes,” Wheeler said. “That’s why we’re called ‘study away’ and not ‘study abroad.’”

Wheeler also said that shorter Study Away periods usually do the class work before students leave for their destination. A longer program will mean that students will have to attend class like a normal semester in Springfield, but would still have time to do other things.

For those who want to take advantage of a Study Away program but aren’t sure about costs, Wheeler said that a lot of the programs offered are exchanges and the prices are the same as the price to attend Missouri State.

Another option for students who want to travel is taking advantage of services that are offered by the Foster Recreation Center like Outdoor Adventures. Throughout each semester Outdoor Adventures takes students on trips that last anywhere from an entire day to an entire week.

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Continued from page 1 we’ve come through the budget situation.”

After spending a brief moment speaking of the budget cuts, Einhellig went on to talk about how having international students is beneficial in the long run.

“We have been open and inclusive in our graduate program,” Einhellig said. “We have a high percentage of talent drawn from everywhere, and much of that talent stays and becomes colleagues for life.”

Baker’s presentation went on to go over the numbers and logistics associated with international students in the university. He claimed having between 1,500 and 1,700 international students on campus at a time is a healthy number when taking the size of the university into consideration.

“We certainly wouldn’t turn students down if we had more than that,” Baker said. “The previous long range plan was to get to 1,500 and we’ve been able to exceed that number, and the question now is how to keep that number going.”

He went on to say how if the number of

Second best: Empty Classrooms and Study Rooms

Best (if available): Tie between Computer Labs and Outdoors

Don’t make the summer a bummer; travel Matt Campanelli Staff Reporter @THE_MattyCamp

to study. “My brain wanders, and I get even less done,” Guccione said.

However, sophomore management/human resources management major Sarah Murphy said she studies best in her

international students drops at any point in time, it isn’t the end of the world due to the fact that there are typically 500-600 non-credit bearing students who bring the numbers up to about 2,000. Baker cited many factor that could result in the lower numbers of international students—economic, political, and even a changing market, were among some factors mentioned.

Once Baker’s presentation drew to a close, there was a brief open discussion where people who had attended could ask questions.

Baker and other members of the audience took time to discuss possible solutions for any concerns, but the overarching theme of the panel was how to keep international students coming to Missouri State University.

“The numbers change—they go up and down,” Baker said. “But one of the things that we try to do is to be prepared. We need to stay flexible and stay focused”

cording to this survey. Students listed nearly every spot imaginable, from the basement to the bell tower. Brianna Duda, a senior socio-political communication major said the basement of the library was the best study spot. “There are very few windows, which limits distractions and it’s always very quiet,” she said.

Others like sophomore Jami Baker, a sophomore biology and wildlife biology major, prefer the third floor for its couches and relative silence.

Others like graduate psychology and industrial organization student Alana Miles and sophomore administrative management student Rachel McGrath listed the library as the best spot for them.

No matter where they choose to study, MSU students will be working hard this week to finish the semester strong.

Outdoor Adventures usually schedules a summer trip, but Associate Director of Campus Recreation Galen Martin said one hasn’t been scheduled yet.

“The professional staff in that area left, and we are currently hiring a new person,” Martin said. “I will know more about possible trips in June when the new person comes on board.”

Martin said that even though a summer trip hasn’t been scheduled yet, students should still take advantage of the rental services the FRC offers.

“What people can do is use the rental programs for backpacking, kayaking and canoeing supplies to experience the Ozarks on their own,” Martin said.

Supplies can be rented for just a day or an entire weekend. The FRC rents out canoes and kayaks as well as backpacks, tents and other camping supplies.

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Skeeters said the buyback pricing is usually between 50 and 30 percent of the new retail price of the textbook.

“It depends upon the age of the book and how readily available it is,” she said.

There are also times when a textbook will not be bought back. One reason for this is the book has gone to a newer edition or is out of print completely. Another reason is an instructor has changed materials for a course and the book is no longer needed.

Remember, price follows demand. Prices go down if there is little or no demand.

Skeeters gave the advice to buy used books as much as possible because, when buyback time comes around, all books will be considered used. She also said rental is a good way to save money on books.

Austin Reedy, a senior agricultural communications major, said he bought books at the bookstore or rented them from Amazon and Student Book Exchange throughout his college career.

“Explore as many retailers as possible to get the best price,” he said. “Renting is usually a good option for textbooks. On the other

hand, don’t be afraid to hold on to a textbook if the material is interesting or will be useful in the future.”

The textbook buyback at the Missouri State Bookstore runs from May 8 to May 23. Buybacks will occur at multiple locations on campus as well, such as Garst Dining Center and Glass Hall. Check www.missouristatebookstore.com for details.

This is a price comparison of books required for three different general education courses listed on the General Education Worksheet.

The Text Bucks and Student Book Exchange prices were generated through each store’s online buyback price checker. Chegg and Amazon offer free shipping on their online textbook buybacks. Chegg gives you money while Amazon gives Amazon gift cards. All of these prices are subject to change as demand and supply changes.

Taking 30 minutes to do a little online research or making a few calls could be time well-spent and get you a little more money in the future. Be sure to check all of your options during textbook buybacks.

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Left: Members of the Missouri State community showcase their outfits from various countries across Africa. Right: Adekemi Omoloja, senior cell and molecular biology major, dances among other members of the African Student Association. night and an apparent favorite among the crowd, was the fashion show where the fashion of various countries within Africa Continued from page 4 was displayed. However, the organizers also hope they can improve the show as years go on.

“I’m an international student and I came to Missouri where said. “It was really extraordinary for me. No one else can real- there’s hardly any African-American people,” Ayeomoni said. ly do this dance here since it’s difficult.”

“So when we find each other, we try to stick together. There’s Identified by organizers as the most popular event of the only a few opportunities we get to share our culture. A lot of

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FRESHMEN much as possible, Disney as throughly enjoyed her first year as a bear.

“I don’t think I would have the support group and the friends that I have now if I hadn’t gotten involved,” Disney said.

The three freshmen have changed for the better during her first year at Missouri State.

Burkes said that he has grown as a person and has allowed himself to have the confidence to be “in the spotlight.”

“I’ve always been that person that loves the spotlight,” Burkes said. “Now it’s a drive: it feels comfortable to push myself in that way and being open with people. I’m willing to go more out there.”

For Disney, she now thrives on self-expression and is thrilled to see where her future at Missouri State will take her.

“I’m a lot happier in college than I was in high school,” Disney said. “I have so many more opportunities and everything here is leading up to my future. Also, I am a lot less worried about judg-

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ments and what people think of me.”

Comstock has grown through his involvement on campus and looks forward to his future as a leader of Missouri State.

“Becoming social chair of University Ambassadors, becoming the recruitment chairman of fall rush for Pi Kappa Phi, and simply meeting every single person that I’ve meet has truly changed my life, and I wouldn’t change it for the world,” Comstock said.

For incoming freshmen, Burkes gives advice on how to prepare for their first year in college.

“Stay open minded and have fun, but not too much fun,” Burkes said. “Go all out and try to make these years the best. It’s nothing like high school. Grow as a person and have some fun.”

Burkes, Comstock and Disney excelled during their freshman year at Missouri State. The freshmen have made their marks and are eager for what lies in their future at the university.

EMPOWER enced discrimination early in her career when a male supervisor told her she was being pushy for speaking up. She then asked him if he would have thought that of her if she wasn’t a woman.

The PRC’s study points to one reason that differences in pay exist: the leave that women may take in their career for family purposes.

These interruptions can have an impact on longterm earnings.

Tara Horton, a Management Development Institute training coordinator, spoke to the notion of having to balance being a mother and a productive member of the workforce.

“Being a working female that experiences a pregnancy, maternity leave and the realities of nursing an infant and how it impacts your work day, is a struggle that young women face,” Horton said.

people have misconceptions about Africa.”

Ayeomoni identified a few misconceptions being that they don’t wear clothes and they can’t speak English. However, she thinks the annual banquet helps promote a positive image and show what their culture is really about.

“We’re really glad we got to showcase our culture,” Ayeomoni said. “There’s more to us than meets the eye.”

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“I was fortunate that both of my employers during and after the birth of my children were supportive, “ she said.

“There is still an element of uncertainty that you have surrounding it all and trying to balance the demands of your job and family.”

Stowers said she grew aware of her femininity while pregnant. At her job, she was the only woman in meetings full of men –– she had never thought twice of it until then. She said she felt vulnerable both mentally and physically and wondered if it made her gender more apparent to her male counterparts.

Jeff Schmedeke is the assistant director of the Management Development Institute program at the Enterprise Center.

He said that the continual development of “soft skills” alongside technical expertise is how to keep an organization

fresh and thriving.

“When manufacturing companies we work with in the area come to us and say they have these general managers who’ve been with the company for 20 years, that know their product up and down and they have all the technical specifications,” Schmedeke said. “But when they have to go out and meet clients that are from China or a larger community than Springfield, they don’t know how to communicate; they don’t know how to understand them because they haven’t had any formal training in human critical skills.

“If you don’t have any kind of emotional intelligence or understanding of how other people think, you’re going to be in trouble.”

WRIGHT Continued from page 4 their other platforms combined, including blogs and podcasts.

A lot of his projects include writing, whether it is for his blog, newsletter, or podcast. Wright said that his time at Missouri State helped him “hone (his) writing craft.”

Wright even worked for The Standard while he attended Missouri State. He said that working for The Standard helped him learn how to explain topics to people who don’t know anything at all about them.

According to Wright, it helped him realize any biases he was including in his writing, and he said that it has helped him with many of his projects.

Wright has a new

book, “Becoming Who We Need to Be,” that was just released online and in stores May 1.

Wright said the book is about the “challenges we face as individuals and as societies,” and how we might change and grow in order to face those challenges.

As for the future, Wright said that while he's in the U.S. he would like to focus on the “simple things”—like learning how to cook and play the piano. After that, he's off to Europe again to spread his thoughts on minimalism.