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Missouri State Homecoming 2011 calendar of events Tuesday, Oct. 25
King and Queen Elections Available Online- Ends at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28
circle drive
Thursday, Oct. 27 King and Queen Elections Available Online- Ends at 5:p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28
Mocktails Competition- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Plaster Student Dawn Patrol Meeting- 4 p.m. Union North Patio Rain Location: Plaster Student Union 2nd floor Plaster Student Union, East Ballroom and Food Court
Pep Rally/ Yell-Like-HellRockstar: MSU- 7 p.m. Ham6 p.m. Hammons Student Center mons Student Center
Wednesday, Oct. 26
King and Queen Elections Available Online- Ends at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28
Homecoming Dance- 9 p.m. – midnight Plaster Student Union Food Court
Friday, Oct. 28
King and Queen Elections Fire in the Yard: Chili CookOff- 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Plaster Stu- Available Online- Ends at 5 p.m. dent Union North Patio Rain Location: PSU 2nd floor Class of 1961 50-year Reunion- 10:30 a.m. Kentwood Bonfire and Karmin Concert- Hall Crystal Room, Cost is $10. 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Blair Shannon Reservations requested to alum-
ni@missouristate.edu, or 417-836- Sports Complex) 5654 Includes: College of Business AdminisBear Bolt- 3 p.m. – 6 p.m., tration 17th Annual Tailgate party Contact jerrychin@missourisBear Paw (North Mall) tate.edu or 417-836-4131 College of Arts and Letters Alumni Dinner/Awards Ceremony- 6 p.m., University Plaza Tailgate Party Contact barbarajones@misConvention Center souristate.edu or 417-836-6605 College of Education Tailgate Saturday, Oct. 29 Party Contact lesliechampagne@misThe Amazing Race 5K souristate.edu or 417-836-5253 Walk/Run- 7 a.m., Plaster Student College of Health and Human Union Services Tailgate Party Contact hillarymayes@misSigma Kappa Homecoming souristate.edu or 417-836-4176 Delta Zeta Alumni and ChapGathering- 8:30 a.m., Sigma Kappa House. RSVP requested to ter Member Tailgate RSVP requested to Bridget Carly Shaw at shaw73@live.misStubbs at bridget214@live.missouristate.edu or 636-219-4403 souristate.edu or 314-494-5772 Kappa Alpha Order Alumni Homecoming Parade- 9 a.m., and Members Tailgate- 10 a.m. – 3 John Q. Hammons Parkway p.m. RSVP requested to Chris Bear Fest Village Tailgate Schneider at chris324@live.misParty- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Parking souristate.edu or 636-236-6598 Lots 22 and 24 (South of Plaster Military Science ROTC Home-
coming Tailgate- 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Multicultural Student Gatherings Pre-game Mixer Spirit Squad Alumni Tailgate10 a.m. – 1 p.m. RSVP requested to susanbrown@missouristate.edu or 417836-6082 Technology and Construction Management Tailgate- 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Contact shawnstrong@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5121 Theta Chi Homecoming Tailgate For event details, contact Adam Paul at adam005@live.missouristate.edu or 417-838-2547 Catholic Campus Ministry Barbecue- 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. O’Reilly Catholic Student Center
Coach Jack Steck’s Final Season Celebration- 11 a.m. Plaster Student Union, Union Club. Contact davidcollins@mis See CALENDAR page 9
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Homecoming 2011 Table of Contents Page 4 - Tailgating Page 5 - Drum major leads band with pride Page 6 - Homecoming: High school vs. college Page 7 - Getting to know your Homecoming candidates Page 8 - Football Bears look for first home win of 2011
Homecoming 2011 This is a publication of Missouri State University’s student-produced newspaper, The Standard. The university has not approved and is not responsible for its content, which is produced and edited by The Standard staff. Cover photo by Michael Gulledge
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T is t h e s e a s o n fo r t a i l g a t i n g By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard Swing by BearFest Village three hours prior to the kickoff of any Bears football game and you’ll enjoy an atmosphere of food, friends and fun-loving fans. The Village, located in parking lot 22, just south of Plaster Sports Complex and Grand Street, is the place where music, cooking and spirit squads combine to bring fans a great Ozarks tailgating experience. Brandt Shields, a graduate assistant for Missouri State’s Athletics Marketing Department is one of the students responsible for the planning and implementation of BearFest Village. “The football team won every home game last year. We had a great home season,” Shields said. “People come out and support Bears athletics. If you’re going to be part of Missouri State, you come out and support your Bears.” Tailgating before sporting events has had a rich and storied history in America. Some accounts date back to the Civil War times and even Harvard-Yale football games in the early 1900s. Joe Cahn, the self-proclaimed commissioner of tailgating, has reigned as the premier tailgating authority for the past 15
years. Through his travels, he has logged over 500,000 miles, visited hundreds of cities and met thousands of fans. “I think that tailgating is the original Facebook,” Cahn said. “The difference is when you friend somebody, you get some food. You friend somebody on Facebook you get nothing but another friend on your column.” In 1996, Cahn sold his business, the New Orleans School of Cooking, and set off on a journey that could be considered one of the best jobs in the country. To date, Joe has tailgated at every NFL stadium, been to over 125 college stadiums and even tailgated at NASCAR events and hockey games. “I got my start in 1996 when I went to every stadium in the NFL in one season,” Cahn said. “Since then I’ve done about 800 games. That’s just getting out there and seeing what’s new and passing it along to people. That’s the fun part.” The football Bears have had several lackluster seasons over the past years. The absence of wins shouldn’t stop tailgaters from getting out there every game and showing support, Cahn said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re 0-6 or 6-0. You come out and support your team and wear See TAIL page 9
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Austin Jay is the head drum major for the Pride Marching Band at Missouri State.
Head drum major leads band with pride Homecoming week is a busy time for members of the marching band By Nick Simpson The Standard
You’ve heard them on your way to class, from your dorm room window, from the Taco Bell three blocks away—it’s the Pride Marching Band, and for many in the band, the year doesn’t get any more hectic than homecoming week. At the helm of the Pride is the head drum major—and they are not easy shoes to fill. This year they are being worn by senior music major Austin Jay. This is his third year as a drum major, but his first at the head position. Jay said the Pride’s five faculty members and student-run staff of 10 will meet throughout the week to discuss the upcoming events for homecoming week, but that the weekly Pride schedule is usually enough time to build a solid routine for both parade
or field marching. “Most of the work we do is within Pride time,” he said. “Granted that is 3:30 to 5 on Monday and Wednesday with hour-long sectionals each Wednesday, 5:00 to 6 on Tuesday and Thursday and 3:30 to 6 on Friday. Outside of that we really don’t have too much extra stuff, but there’s still that huge time commitment.” Jay said the Pride will most likely be working a new show for the homecoming festivities, and that one of the highlights of Saturday following the parade, which starts at 9 a.m., is the High School Marching Competition held in the Hammons Student Center after the parade. “All the high school bands in the parade come to Hammons and we play for them and teach them cheers we do at the football games,” he said. “It’s really cool, and there is a lot of energy and a lot of the high school bands really get into it. “ Jay said his duties as head drum major also grant him the responsibilities of master of ceremonies at the competition. He will introduce the Pride, teach the high schools the various cheers performed at football games, segue between songs, as well as provide his own personal flourishes throughout the ceremony. See BAND page 11
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High school vs. college Students compare old memories to the new ones at Missouri State By Brandon Corrigan The Standard
After an arduous day of classes, studying and ROTC training, MSU junior and administrative management major, Logan Brake spends his Thursday night “pomping” the Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Delta Pi homecoming float in preparation for the Oct.
28 parade. Brake fluffs several pieces of the maroon-colored tissue paper and meticulously places them on the large chicken wire structure, in the hopes that it will become the pride of the parade, he said. “I’ve been trying the best I can to give a quality effort to make it look good,” Brake said. “This will be my third homecoming at MSU but it’s still exciting and fun. Much like in high school, many MSU students have been anticipating the event since the semester began but there are several noteworthy differences between high school and college homecoming. “Here, college homecoming is a weeklong celebration about MSU,” Kellee Kummer former Gamma Phi Beta homecoming chair and elementary education major said. “In high school, homecoming is structured to focus on the dance, but in college it is more about the
parade, the activities and the sense of community.” College homecoming can be overwhelming, however, especially for freshman students. “I feel like in high school I participated more actively in homecoming because I was in student council,” Allison Nappier, freshman Alpha Delta Pi member said. “MSU is so big. Because Seckman High was a smaller school, I felt I could make more of an impact.” Tau Kappa Epsilon co-homecoming chair and sophomore administrative management major, Eric Wood said that college homecoming leaves a more longlasting impression. “College homecoming is special because you want to come back and celebrate even if you’re not in school,” Wood said. “Alumni from way back come down and have a blast at MSU Homecoming and in high school it’s kind of like a student only event.”
Alpha Chi Omega member and junior family and consumer science education major, Leah Obenhaus said she likes that there are more events to participate in at college homecoming. “There are just so many things you can do: ‘Decorate Downtown,’ ‘Royalty Blitz,’ ‘Mocktails,’ ‘Rockstar: MSU,’ the chili cook-off, ‘Bear Bolt,’ the parade, tailgating and the football game,” Obenhaus said. Even though Brake said he enjoys MSU Homecoming, he believes it is dominated by fraternity and sorority members. “I feel that homecoming is definitely more aimed towards Greek Life than the general student body,” Brake said. “I grew up 20 miles from Pitt State in Pittsburg, Kan. and the whole student body gets excited for homecoming. Almost every student tailgates and goes to the game and it’s a crazy atmosphere that I wish we could have at MSU.”
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Get to know your Homecoming candidates Students can vote for king and queen online before Friday By Dylan Becker The Standard
This year’s homecoming is guaranteed to be a spectacular one. Already around campus are a wide variety of creative campaign posters signifying what each homecoming king and queen candidate stands for. Each candidate brings to the table their own personal accomplishments and goals. Listed here are the candidates, their sponsors and their involvement with life on campus at Missouri State. Visit http://missouristate.edu/studentengagement/homecoming/ for more about each
King candidates
Ensemble and Wind Symphony, former and Dance Club, member of Alpha Chi president of Pi Kappa Phi, SOAR leader Omega, SOAR leader and former reporter and Intrafraternity Council member for The Standard
Ari Domingo
Rainer Gall
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• Civil engineering, junior • Administrative business, senior • Sponsored by Kappa Sigma • Sponsored by Theta Chi • Active member of Kappa Sigma and • Member of Theta Chi, Maroon MadBear Claw peer leader ness, Sigma Iota Epsilon Honorary Management Fraternity, SOAR and Distinction Darrell Hyche II in Public Affairs Program, former resident • Double majoring in dance perform- assistant for ResLife and member of the ance and psychology, senior Executive Board for Maroon Madness • Sponsored by Phi Gamma Delta • Works in the office of Student • SOAR leader, ResLife and University Engagement as the student specialist for Ambassador Fraternity and Sorority life
Ross Forte
Victoria Culver
• Double majoring in general mathematics and psychology, senior • Sponsored by Student Activities Council • Student Government Association senior class president and coordinator of Alternative Breaks, former president of Student Activities Council, Former After Hours chair and former Campus Events chair for Student Activities Council, coordinator of the JumpSTART Mentoring Program, member of Homecoming Committee for three years, facilitator for Emerging and Centennial Leaders, peer leader and SOAR leader
• Double majoring in management and Queen candidates international business administration and Tessa Harbaugh Spanish, senior • Double majoring in theatre and cre- Candace Coleman • Sponsored by Delta Chi • Majoring in communicative sciences ative writing, junior Nick Balla • Sponsored by University of Theatre and disorders and audiology, senior • Double majoring in electronic arts- and Dance Club • Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alpha audio studies and music, senior • Alpha Sigma Alpha, University • Member of the theatre and dance advi• Sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi sory troupe In-School Players, executive Ambassador, SOAR leader • Member of the University Wind board member of the University Theatre See CANDIDATES page 10
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Bears look for first home win of 2011 Players hope to give home crowd a victory for Homecoming week By Harrison Keegan The Standard
This has not been the season head coach Terry Allen and the Missouri State Bears football team were hoping for. A combination of inexperience and brutal scheduling has the Bears at 1-7 coming into this Saturday’s homecoming game against South Dakota State, but the Bears say a win against the 2-6 Jackrabbits would be just what they need. The Bears are 0-2 at home this season after blowout losses to Northern Iowa and Illinois State. Allen said the Bears are hoping a big, enthusiastic homecoming crowd will help propel them to a victory. “We have played so few games at home this year and we always have a nice crowd in conjunction with it,” Allen said. “We had
a nice crowd in the opener and hopefully we can come out and play a little bit better and get a victory and go over and sing the fight song with them. That would be something very special.” The Bears have a lot of bright spots this season despite their record. Senior wide receiver Jermaine Saffold has 28 receptions for 680 yards and seven touchdowns. Allen said he feels like the offense, led by sophomore quarterback Trevor Wooden, is coming together and fans can expect to see the Bears put some points on the board Saturday. “We’ve gotten better offensively,” Allen said. “So I think they (the fans) will see a wide open offensive show.” Senior running back Chris Douglas has been the linchpin to coach Allen’s offense for the past two years. He said he is excited for the homecoming game but that it’s hard to think that his college football career is almost over. “It’s a bittersweet moment,” Douglas said prior to the team’s first win on Saturday. “Our last homecoming game at Missouri Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD State for the seniors and us being 0-7, hopefully we can get a win for the home crowd. MSU running back Vernon Scott (7) is tackled by Northern Iowa defenders. The Bears will take on South Dakota State at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Plaster Sports Complex. See FOOTBALL page 10
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Calendar Continued from page 2 souristate.edu or 417-425-9331.
Tau Kappa Epsilon Homecoming Gathering- 6 p.m., For event details, contact Jim Contrell jimlinda7@sbcglobal.net or 417-882-2368
Department of Theatre and Dance Golden Bears Reunion Luncheon- 11 Special Alumni Performance- 7:30 p.m., a.m. Plaster Student Union Ballroom. “The Love Song of J. Robert OppenRSVP requested to alum- heimer,” Craig Hall Croger Theatre ni@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5654 Homecoming Football Game- 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 Plaster Sports Complex Multicultural Student Gatherings 6th Annual Religious Studies Potluck Alumni Bears Brunch- 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Dinner- 5 p.m. – 8 p.m., For event details, Plaster Student Union, Room 400. RSVP contact janeterry@missouristate.edu or 417- requested to charlottehardin@missouristate.edu, multiculturalstudentservices@mis836-5514 souristate.edu
Tailgate Continued from page 4 your colors,” Cahn said. “The fan is the twelfth man. We may not be able to punt, pass or kick, but we can certainly grill and show hospitality.” During the weekend of homecoming, The
Commissioner will be at Notre Dame on Saturday, in St. Louis for the Saints-Rams game on Sunday and at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Monday night for the Chargers-Chiefs game. Anyone wishing to invite The Commissioner to their tailgating event or just get in touch with him can contact him at commish@tailgating.com.
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Football Continued from page 8 We might not have as many fans as we did our first two home games, but hopefully we get a win for the fans that come out and support us.” The Bears have gone head-to-head with some of the mosh high-powered offenses in college football this year, including Oregon and Arkansas. The numbers
reflect the schedule. This season, the Bears have given up more than 37 points and 450 yards per game. There are still plenty of positives for the MSU defense coming into Saturday’s game against South Dakota State, however. Redshirt freshman safety Michael Crutcher leads the team with 65 tackles and was recently added to the watch list for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the best freshman in Division I FCS football. This season has been a
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struggle for the Bears but if ever there was a winnable game, at home match against a two-win Jackrabbits is it. Douglas said that regardless of the team’s record, Bears fans will see a hardnosed team having fun and flying around the field. “At a time like this, as a team we have to stick together, have fun and try to get a win any way we can,” Douglas said. The homecoming game will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Plaster Sports Complex.
Omega, Afterscool Program director at Greenwood Laboratory School and member of Student-Missouri State Teachers Association
Mailyn Knight
• Majoring in marketing, senior • Sponsored by Delta Zeta • Majoring in elementary education, • President of Delta Zeta and peer advisenior sor for the Career Center •Sponsored by Sigma Kappa Cast your vote online at • Member of Sigma Kappa, SOAR leader, Pan-Hellenic Association, Kappa http://www.secure.missouristate.edu/StuEle Delta Pi National Honor Society, Order of ct/SES5099.asp.
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Homecoming sports schedule Field Hockey - 9 a.m. Saturday vs. Miami (Ohio) - 9 a.m. Sunday vs. Ball State. Volleyball - 7 p.m. Friday vs. UNI - 7 p.m. Saturday vs. Bradley. Women’s basketball - 2:30 p.m. Sunday vs. Harding. Men’s basketball - 8:05 p.m. Thursday vs. Truman State 7:05 p.m. Saturday vs. William Jewell. Men’s soccer - 6 p.m. Sunday vs. SIU Edwardsville. Football - 2 p.m. Saturday vs. South Dakota State Swimming - 5 p.m. Friday vs. Drury - 5 p.m. Saturday, Alumni Swim Meet.
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has been more than willing to accept the burden and the honor that follows. “It’s completely different Continued from page 5 from what I thought it be,” Jay said that while some- he said. “The last two years I times he may feel lost in such really respected my position. a position of leadership, he That was never an issue, but
I definitely took it more lightly. I was kind of the happy-go-lucky drum major. This year I’m the go-to guy. If someone has a question they come to me. I take an immense amount of pride— no pun intended.”
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