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FEATURE Retail crime has a fearsome foe: the Columbia organization Stealing Offenders Program. John Fields, one of the STOP creators, reforms shoplifters and works to prevent repeat offenses. Fields has counseled thousands of shoplifters in Columbia. PAGE 6 NEWS & INSIGHT MU’s Bridge Program assists uninsured and underinsured children in getting access to mental health and psychiatric care, which isn’t always easily available or affordable for families. The Bridge program diagnoses children early enough to make a difference. PAGE 4 MUSIC Music is a unique tool for therapy, which can help treat conditions such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Giving Song and MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital use music therapy practices to treat disabilities and disorders. PAGE 5 THE SCENE Doughnuts vs. bagels — it’s time to settle this debate. Although they might be shaped the same, they differ quite a bit. Taste, calories, price, variety and versatility are huge players in this decision. Strange Donuts and B&B Bagel offer their arguments on these two breakfast options. PAGE 12

ACTIVIST INSPIRATION Continuing Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations, prominent activist Angela Davis spoke at the Missouri Theatre Tuesday night. She covered the crucial issue of the hyper-criminalization of impoverished communities, as well as her own time in prison in the ‘70s.

DROP IT LOW The Center Project has partnered with The Industry, the bar behind the Tiger Hotel, to add a new element to Columbia nightlife. Every Saturday night, The Industry hosts an “Inclusivity Dance Party” for the LGBT community. A safe space is crucial to everyone’s weekend; see how this one fills the gap.

GLOBETROTTERS GET TRICKY The Harlem Globetrotters took to the court at the Mizzou Arena Wednesday. Trick shots, theater and comedy entertained everyone in the stands. Watch our interview with one of the players.

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Radar, on page 3 of this magazine, is where you’ll find Vox’s take on the news of the week. These pieces can be a little snarky and often express a point of view. This week is no different. But I wanted to take a minute to treat one of these issues more seriously.

At the bottom of our Radar page is a goofy picture of presidential senior adviser Kellyanne Conway and Vox’s imagined definition of “alternative facts.” Conway coined the term on NBC’s Meet the Press to explain away some statements made by White House press secretary Sean Spicer about inauguration attendance. In case it’s not abundantly clear from our definition, the alternative to fact is untruth. The moment we start accepting false statements as facts because someone told us they were true is the moment we stop caring about the difference.

There’s a point in George Orwell’s 1984, shortly after a passage that was much-shared this week about The Party telling people to “reject the evidence of their eyes and their ears,” where he says this: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

Here at Vox, we will continue to share facts in our stories, facts that have been checked against data and our sources by a team of dedicated editors who don’t stop researching and making phone calls until we know the stories are right. Getting it right is important to us. It’s important to you. But we do make mistakes; everyone does at some point. When that happens, let us know, and we’ll correct them. We will not combat criticism with half-baked explanations of our “alternative facts,” because we don’t believe that’s a real thing. There are only facts and falsehoods. We deal in the former.

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Vox’s take on the talk of the week

Ringing in Year of the Fire Rooster

MU’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association will hold a gala Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rhynsburger Theatre to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Each zodiac year is associated with an animal sign and an element, and 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster. The last time this bird was on fire, Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office, West Side Story opened on Broadway and the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was ratified.

COMING SOON

Naked and afraid to eat this Taco Bell’s newest item, the Naked Chicken Chalupa, debuts in stores nationwide today. This revolutionary item features a taco shell made out of crispy white-meat chicken. This is it, folks: the peak of human achievement. These unearthly chalupas have rendered everything else moot.

NEXTFLIX After the success of A Series of Unfortunate Events, here are some more book series Netflix can adapt to capitalize on millennial nostalgia: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer: The adventures of a young criminal genius and his big-hearted bodyguard, Butler, would be perfect for bingeing. Come for the magic world, stay for Butler’s wild fight scenes.

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne: The time travel books that made us fall in love with reading have a great structure for TV. One episode Jack and Annie would be on the moon, next they’d be in the Wild West, with a finale set in Camelot.

Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo: This magic school series is full of superpowered kids with silly names such as “Dagbert Endless.” Their powers, however, would make for awesome special effects with a Netflix budget.

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NEWS & INSIGHT

Creating a bridge for care For underinsured children, the MU Bridge Program makes psychiatric services more accessible BY KATELYN LUNDERS Mental health care for children in Boone Country faced two major roadblocks before 2014: a lack of access to child psychiatry and costly care for families who were underinsured or uninsured. Since the launch of the MU Bridge Program in March 2015, 394 children can access more affordable psychiatric services. Child and adolescent psychiatrist and MU Bridge Program director Laine Young-Walker says she knew there were not enough psychiatrists to go around, so she and nurse program manager Carole Schutz decided to develop a program that would help children who need affordable care.

Before the program was initiated, nurse program manager Chris Petner, along with Schutz and Young-Walker started pilot work and data collection to test its effectiveness in 2014.

Additionally, the Children’s Services Fund devoted $682,770 in funding to expand the program’s research in 2017.

“One of the things we decided early on with the Bridge program is it really is a bridge,” Young-Walker says. “It’s for children who have not been able to access child psychiatry services, either because they are not insured or because their parents don’t know how to navigate the system.”

The focus of the MU Bridge program is early intervention. Peer-

reviewed research from the past decade shows this leads to better outcomes for children with mental illness. Petner says the hope is that addressing mental health at an early age will help reduce the stigma long term. Another goal of the program is to improve the mental health of young children so they are more successful in school, which will help everyone in the classroom be more successful, Young-Walker says.

The program works with children ages 5 to 19 in all Columbia Public Schools and the county districts of Centralia, Hallsville, Harrisburg, Sturgeon and Southern Boone. It offers help to any school-age child who resides in Boone County, including homeschooled children.

The largest number of referrals come from school counselors, YoungWalker says. They can also come from parents and primary care providers.

Petner says the program referrals from pediatricians have been great for integrating mental health and primary care.

“A lot of these primary care physicians can treat these kiddos for ADHD and things, but sometimes it gets a little more complicated,” Petner says.

“We can have expert opinion on that, and they can still transition that to their primary care physicians.”

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treatment the child needs and will make an appointment for him or her with another provider. As the child waits for that appointment, he or she is still treated by the program.

“If they’re determined to need medication, then we provide the medication management based on the parents’ consent,” Young-Walker says.

“And we follow them to get them to stability and then do a warm handoff to other agencies.”

Over the past two years, the MU Bridge Program has provided mid-Missouri kids with better access to mental health care, for little to no cost.

Cost of prescription per child who is underinsured

“In all cases, we go with what we think is the best medicine,” Young-Walker says.

“We try to make sure that we look at things that are going to be lower cost for them.”

Children who attended their appointments with community providers after discharge from the program

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Once the child is referred to the program, they receive two to four on-site psychiatric evaluations at their school for no cost, Young-Walker says. The first evaluation determines what the child needs. If they don’t need psychiatric services, then they are referred to other appropriate medical staff.

If the child is found to need psychiatric treatment, he or she will continue to meet with the program staff. During the child’s second visit, a doctor typically determines what further

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More than 60% Children who experienced a clinically significant mood, attention and behavior improvement or notable effect, based on teacher and parent ratings after three to four program appointments

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Number of psychiatrists involved in the program. The psychiatrists return to the same schools so the students aren’t seeing different doctors each week, Young-Walker says.

Students with significant improvements in disruptive behaviors, according to teacher ratings by the program

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MUSIC

Play, listen, heal Music therapy activates the entire brain as an interactive way to cope with health conditions BY TAYLOR YSTEBOE Board-certified music therapist Holley Pering of Giving Song, LLC perches on a stool with her guitar next to 8-yearold Carli McFarland’s bed. “Are you ready for music, Carli?” Pering asks in her sing-song voice. “Hi Carli, hi, hi Carli / It’s time for music, music time / You say hi.” Lying in bed, Carli doesn’t sing along yet, but she eventually stretches her arms and arches her back.

Carli was born with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome — a rare, severe type of epilepsy — and requires full-time care. She is nonverbal (but can vocalize) and has difficulty moving her limbs. Each week, Pering visits Carli in her home for a one-hour music therapy session to facilitate achieving goals such as vocalizing and moving, which can be difficult for her.

Music therapy isn’t just for kids, Pering says. It can help anyone, including people living with Alzheimer’s and those recovering from brain injuries.

Kristin Veteto, also certified through the Certification Board for Music Therapists, founded Giving Song in 2014. Her interest lies heavily in the neurological aspect behind music

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therapy. “Music is processed globally (or evenly) in the brain,” she says. “Music gets the information that (patients) are receiving to the place that they are supposed to be in the most efficient way possible. For motor, we work with a lot of rhythm. For speech and language, we use rhythm and melody.”

Carli isn’t in the mood to sing just yet, so Pering gives her the choice to either play the ukulele or a drum.

Choice-making through gaze is another one of her goals. Carli’s mom, Andrea McFarland, walks over to the bed to help strum the ukulele Carli chose.

Pering holds the neck of the ukulele while McFarland helps her daughter grip the pick and strum along as Pering sings American Authors’ “Best Day of My Life.”

McFarland had a normal pregnancy with her daughter, but complications arose after her delivery. At one week old, Carli began seizing; she was transported to the intensive care unit at the University of Missouri Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and doctors discovered the left side of her brain was bleeding. McFarland asked the doctors

Holley Pering, Rachel Hickam and Kristin Veteto are the certified music therapists behind Giving Song, which was founded in 2014.

to always play music as her daughter lay in the ICU. Doctors told her Carli wouldn’t make it, and McFarland believes the music had a positive effect on her daughter.

The Women’s and Children’s Hospital has offered music therapy since October 2013 as part of the Child Life and Music Therapy Programs.

The hospital’s sole music therapist, Emily Herzog, works with age groups from newborn to 21 years old. She uses live music based on what the patient prefers so she can change the tempo according to behavioral and vital sign responses. Sessions are either passive, in which the patient has responses to the

music Herzog plays, or active, in which the patient can play instruments with Herzog, sing along or both.

Carli gradually perks up more.

“Do you want to sing, Carli?” Pering asks. Carli stretches out her arms in affirmation. Pering brings the keyboard back to the bed to play the song, “Lost Boy” by Ruth B. Pering, begins to sing and holds out notes waiting for Carli to finish the line by vocalizing.

Although the McFarland family has to pay out of pocket for music therapy, the sessions affect Carli so positively they don’t mind. “It’s a non-negotiable in our household,” McFarland says. “It’s really made a big impact.”

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BY PEYTON STABLEFORD

A Columbia group works to make shoplifters one-time offenders

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In 2015, reported shoplifting accounted for more than $194,000 in lost merchandise. There were 768 recorded shoplifters.

But not everyone gets caught. Losses over the years total in the millions, which is why programs such as Columbia’s Stealing Offenders Program exist.

One reporter went inside the class to paint a picture of what it looks like when first-time offenders get busted.

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John Fields leads a Stealing Offenders Program class in the Columbia Municipal Court.

Fifteen people sit in Columbia’s Municipal Court and look toward the front of the room. An empty bench looms over the courtroom on this Monday night. Long wooden benches creak with each movement as five men and 10 women shift in their seats.

At 5:30 p.m., a man enters through the doors in the back.

He’s large — 6-foot-5 and 317 pounds. A long gold crucifix hangs from a chain around his neck. He wears chunky rings on both of his hands, one of which hangs clenched by his side while the other grips a cane. White hairs speckle his beard.

As he walks forward, his eyes zone in on an object: a purse next to one of the women.

He reaches his hand out, grabs it and keeps walking.

“What are you doing?” the woman asks. She looks startled.

The man places his new possession on a table in the front of the room and turns to her.

“I just stole your purse,” he says. “I’m a big guy. You can’t take it from me.”

The man, John Fields, isn’t really a thief — he tries to stop people from stealing. In 2003, he helped create the Stealing Offenders Program, STOP, a monthly class run out of the Columbia Municipal Court to help combat an increase in repeat shoplifting offenders. Some first-time offenders — and sometimes even second-time offenders — are court-ordered to complete the two-hour, $75 program as part of their punishment, as long as they’re on probation. Other offenders are ordered to pay fines.

Fields is now sitting on a table at the front of the room.

“This class is like Vegas,” Fields says. “What’s said in here stays in here.” He starts each class by asking participants to go around and share their names, what they stole, where they stole it from and whether they had the money in their pockets to pay for it: “I stole from the gas station. No, I did not have the money.”

“I stole from JCPenney. Yes, I had the money. But my friend peer pressured me into it.”

“I stole from Kohl’s. I needed to for my kids.”

“I got picked up for stealing from Walmart, but I didn’t actually steal. I was just with someone stealing.”

The biggest part of the program is getting offenders to admit what they’ve done, Fields says.

NEVER AN AVERAGE DAY Since STOP’s creation, Fields has spoken to thousands of offenders about the consequences of their shoplifting. “In the entire time I’ve been here, he’s only missed one time because he got his dates mixed up,” says Kevin Oeth, who has been in charge

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COLUMIBA SHOPLIFTING

BY THE NUMBERS The Uniform Crime Reporting Program details shoplifting incidents in Columbia.

Year

Number of Reports

Dollar Amount

2006

500

$82,745

2007

561

$109,269

2008

788

$99,439

2009

819

$155,805

2010

808

$158,545

2011

830

$112,504

2012

886

$134,473

2013

1,017

$197,707

2014

870

$180,889

2015

768

$194,533

2016

579*

$123,072*

*As of Nov. 14, 2016

of STOP since 2004 and is a probation and collections officer for Columbia Municipal Court. “This is his baby, and he absolutely loves it.”

Fields has been involved in law enforcement and retail security for a long time. He’s now 62 years old and working for OATS, Inc., a transportation service for the elderly. Fields previously worked in military law enforcement from 1972 to 1983, as a Boone County sheriff’s deputy from 1984 to 1997, head of loss prevention at J.C. Penney Co. from 2002 to 2007 and as head of security for Columbia Mall from 2007 to 2013.

Fields has seen a mother give clothing to her children and direct them to walk out of the store. He’s seen people go into a store with tools for removing security tags or bags with special fabric linings meant to stop the tags from setting alarms off when they leave.

About nine years ago, while working as Columbia Mall’s head of security, around 18 women walked into Victoria’s Secret and started filling their bags with merchandise. As the shoplifters grabbed pajamas, T-shirts and whatever else they could find, a security officer walked by and approached the group.

“It was like somebody turned the lights on in a house and the roaches were just running all around,” Fields says. They scattered their way out of the mall, hauling their bags of stolen clothing with them. The losses totaled more than $8,000.

According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, most shoplifters steal between $2 and $200 worth of merchandise, but Fields says there are also “professional” shoplifters.

Professionals work in teams to conduct organized retail crime. One person might distract a store attendant while others grab anything else they can get their hands on. Some groups move desired items in a store from one department to a pick-up location in another department for a partner to snag later. Overall, organized retail crime takes $30 billion from the retail industry each year, according to the National Retail Federation.

While working loss prevention for J.C. Penney, Fields says he would find piles of jeans in the T-shirt section or children’s clothes in the adult section. He would move them back to their intended locations and watch as people showed up for what they thought would be a heap of merchandise waiting to be stolen, only to find it gone. They’d look around the store confused about what they were supposed to be taking, which showed Fields who was there to shoplift. “Now we know who they were, but they didn’t realize,” Fields says. “So that was kind of a catand-mouse game.”

According to the National Association for Shoplifting

Prevention, shoplifters say they’re only caught an average of once in every 48 times they steal­­— and are only turned over to the police about

50 percent of the time.

THE SHOPLIFTING GAME Catching shoplifters can be tricky. According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, shoplifters say they’re only caught an average of once in every 48 times they steal — and are only turned over to the police about 50 percent of that time.

According to NASP, more than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the past five years. In Columbia, there have been more than 4,000 reports of shoplifting in the same time period, with a total of $820,106 worth of merchandise reported stolen, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, administered by Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Uniform Crime Reporting Program relies on crimes reported to authorities. In the entire state of Missouri, there have been just over 140,000 reports of shoplifting and a total of $24,204,561 in merchandise reported stolen in the past five years.

Fields says catching shoplifters sometimes boils down to customer service. Most shoppers might think the “Welcome!” greeting they receive when entering a store is just a pleasant way to start their shopping experience, but it can also double as a way to let potential shoplifters know that their presence has been noted. “It makes you feel good as a customer when you’re walking through the store and everybody acknowledges your presence or smiles,” Fields says. But it also works to deter shoplifters, who Fields says don’t want to be acknowledged.

Those working in loss prevention also take note of body language and what a person is wearing, which Fields says can tell him a lot about someone’s intentions. For example, if someone in a store was acting shifty and avoiding eye contact, Fields would keep a closer eye on that person. “When you start looking at certain things, it paints a picture for you,” he says. “It starts the process of me wanting to watch you and then it goes from there and watching the things that you do.” He notes that it’s not a profile — rather a set of clues security can use.

Along with customer service techniques, loss prevention officers must learn how to deal with shoplifters once they have been caught. This can be as simple as walking up to the offender and telling them you are a store employee before politely asking them to head back to the loss prevention office. Or, it can be more dangerous. Fields says during his five years working for J.C. Penney, several of his loss prevention officers were seriously injured. One of them ended up with a broken nose. Because of his many years of police experience, though, Fields has had better luck. “I had two people try to fight me in the store, and it was unfortunate for them,” Fields says. “They didn’t win that situation.”

READING MINDS One Municipal Court judge for Columbia, Robert Aulgur, says there are a number of reasons why the people he sentences for shoplifting commit the crime. He generally sees those who aren’t stealing professionally. He has also spoken with people who shoplift to get attention from family members.

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During the class, no one person had the exact same answer for why they had shoplifted. One attendee said she was with a friend who shoplifted all the time, and she was peer pressured into it. Several had varying excuses for why they didn’t have the money to actually pay. One person said simply, “to survive.” A woman sitting in the front row said she stole because she needed to provide for her kids. “To me, those are the most heartbreaking ones,” Kevin Oeth says. He also acknowledges that for some people, stealing is part of a larger mental illness.

According to NASP, one of the most common psychological factors found in shoplifters is depression.

Someone who compulsively shoplifts may also have kleptomania.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines kleptomania as “the recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal items even though the items are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value.” There are five criteria for being diagnosed: the failure to resist impulses related to stealing; a “sense of tension” before stealing; “pleasure, gratification, or relief” during the act; a reason for stealing other than to “express anger or vengeance” or “in response to a delusion or hallucination;” and an inability for the behavior to be the result of a conduct disorder, manic episode or antisocial personality disorder.

And though shoplifters might be stereotyped as having kleptomania, it’s found in fewer than 5 percent of identified shoplifters — which might explain why NASP claims that most shoplifting offenses are completed without any premeditation. NASP reports that 73 percent of adult shoplifters and 72 percent of juvenile shoplifters say their crimes are spur of the moment. And Fields, who has 14 years of experience working in loss prevention and mall

security, also acknowledges that shoplifters can either act on impulse or plan out their crimes. He says he could tell from watching people’s behavior that some shoplifters walked into a store with their mind made up about what they were going to steal and how they were going to steal it. While Fields says he believes the plan for shoplifting can be premeditated, the consequences of those actions are not thought out as thoroughly.

Fields stresses that it’s impossible to tell what might happen after you shoplift.

THE SILVER LINING Since leaving loss prevention, Fields has channeled his skill for countering shoplifting into STOP. It has proved to be effective in preventing repeat offenders.

Oeth, who deals with the administrative side of the program — registering people and taking attendance — goes through its rosters to see if any participants have been charged with stealing since completing the program. From August 2004 to September 2012, there were 1,443 people who went through the program. Of that group, 235 have become repeat offenders — a relapse rate of 16.3 percent. That rate, however, does not account for the graduated offenders who might still be stealing but have not yet been caught. Nevertheless, Oeth attributes that success to Fields’ presence in the class.

“He reminds me a lot of an old-time gospel preacher,” Oeth says. “Sometimes they leave here crying.”

One of Fields’ methods is to employ the gateway drug hypothesis as a metaphor for shoplifting, with shoplifters as the drug users. If nobody intervenes or

No, this isn’t a real thief. It’s our photo editor posing as a shoplifter. John Fields says shoplifters may act on impulse or carefully plan out their crimes.

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ATTENTION WALMART SHOPLIFTERS MU alumnus Shannon Hall got more than he bargained for when he attempted to lift a bag of chicken nuggets from Walmart his sophomore year. He recounted the fateful day for Vox in hopes of steering others away from shoplifting.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SHOPLIFTING EXPERIENCE LIKE? It was definitely in high school. Typical peer pressure situation. I just joined in. It was more just breaking the rules than getting those actual objects. It’s a rush when it is concealed in there and you know you’re safe.

HOW DID YOU GET CAUGHT?

talks to you about the problems of drug use, when the gateway drug is no longer effective, you will move on to harder drugs without fully understanding the repercussions. “You’re going to move up to something a little bit harder, a little bit stronger,” he says. If somebody doesn’t tell an offender the horror stories of shoplifting, the rush or “high” you receive from lifting will eventually only be achievable from a more severe crime.

Fields’ experience working in the sheriff’s department has influenced his teaching approach for STOP. It’s not always about arresting or punishing.

For him, it’s about being able to talk to people and help them understand what is right and wrong. Being a father of three has also fostered his ability to connect with the class. Fields estimates that the average age of a STOP participant is 17 to 26 years old, which Fields says allows him to act as a sort of father figure in the class.

“I don’t want you to just sit there and feel like I’m looking at you like you’ve stolen the silverware from The Last Supper,” Fields says. “I want you to come in there relaxed, with an open mind, and let me teach you something.”

As the STOP program reaches a new group of people each month, Oeth says he can see when things start to click and people realize what they’ve done.

“We have people leave here swearing their life has been changed,” he says. “Our only hope is that it has.”

At the end of the program, the clock in the back of the courthouse approaches 7:30 p.m., and Fields slides off the table in the front with one last comment to send everyone on their way.

“If you’d never had done this, you’d never have met me,” he says with a smirk. “There’s always a silver lining.”

It was September 11, 2013. I’d never been even close to getting caught.

I was on my way to meet somewhere for some team thing with the track team. I was like “Oh, I have some time. I’ll just stop by Walmart (on Broadway) and pick up some stuff. Like a bag of Tyson chicken nuggets.”

I would always bring a drawstring bag and just kind of smuggle things in there. Bigger items I would buy and use cash to make it less conspicuous. It was a secret shopper that caught me. They dress up like normal customers.

He was just kind of following me, which I wasn’t aware of. I just remember being terrified. You get in that situation; you freeze up. You fess up. The police picked me up. I went to the police department, and I was put in a cell. I did mug shots and fingerprints and everything. The cell part was just as bad as you would picture it to be: literally a concrete bed and a toilet.

They left me in there for 10 minutes, then gave me my ticket and let me go.

It was the worst day ever.

WERE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT GOING TO COURT? I have never done anything like this. I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket. I had no idea what to do. I tried to look as nice as I could, and I remember some girl goes up, and it was her second stealing offense from Macy’s, and everybody can hear what’s going on. People kind of look at each other like, “I can’t believe she would do that.”

WHAT DID THE JUDGE RULE? I was given a suspended imposition of sentence. Essentially, you have to follow these guidelines, and it’ll still be a misdemeanor but not a conviction. I had to pay Walmart $250. I had to pay $75 to take a stealing class. There’s probably another $100 in court fees for the actual hearing. I had to do 40 hours of community service. I ended up helping a lady on campus write Santa cards. I volunteered at a retirement home where they would go and eat lunch and breakfast. I look back, and I can’t believe I went through all that. Eventually I met all my deadlines.

I paid my dues.

HOW DID THE STEALING OFFENDERS PROGRAM IMPACT YOU? I felt really out of place. There were people on their second, third offenses.

Some of them admitted to having a mental illness. I was just a stupid kid. It definitely scared me a little bit. If I get caught doing this again, I’m screwed. I learned, I never did it again, and I ended up OK.

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The bagel-doughnut battle Which doughy creation rises to the top? BY MAX HAVEY

PHOTOS BY ERIN BORMETT

In the battle for breakfast supremacy, it comes down to two delicious circular treats: the often-savory bagel versus the sweet doughnut.

Although the two look similar, they offer different experiences.

Bagels are plainer, yet arguably more versatile. Doughnuts offer a sweet, cake-y taste that a bagel simply can’t fulfill. This heated breakfast debate needs to be settled. Brad Newkirk of B&B Bagel and Taylor Nottingham of Strange Donuts help break down these breakfast bites to determine which is truly the best.

B&B Bagel 124 E. Nifong Blvd.

Mon. – Sun., 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

442-5857, bbbagel.com Strange Donuts 1020 E. Broadway Mon. – Sun., 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thurs.

– Sat., 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

499-3663, strangedonuts.com Harold’s Doughnuts 114 S. 9th St. Mon. – Sun., 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

397-6322, haroldsdoughnuts.com Donut D-Light 1301 Vandiver Drive Mon. – Fri., 5 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sat. 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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How they’re made: B&B boils its bagels briefly before baking them in the oven. Strange Donuts makes cake and yeast doughnuts, which are both fried to perfection. Winner: doughnut (frying=yum)

Calories: According to the USDA, the average plain bagel has 250 calories while the average large (read: American) doughnut has 303 calories. Winner: bagel Price: A B&B bagel costs $1 plus another $1.25 for cream cheese. At Strange Donuts a classic doughnut is $1, and a crazier creation is $2.

“Stranger” doughnuts, which often mix sweet and savory flavors, can be up to $5. Tie

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Variety: Newkirk says there are 16 kinds of bagels at B&B and eight types of cream cheese, which means there are 128 possible combinations.

At Strange, Nottingham says there are 12 doughnut varieties on sale at a time but more than 100 varieties in the rotation. We’ll call it a tie

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Time of day: Bagels serve as a conduit for cream cheese and can be topped with cheeses and meats

to make a sandwich for any meal.

Doughnuts are sweeter and probably not the best meal, but they’re a great treat. Winner: bagel

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Versatility: Plain and carb-filled, bagels can be made into many delicious treats. Newkirk suggests a pizza bagel with sauce, cheese and some toppings. Depending on how adventurous you are, doughnuts can also be a sandwich. Strange Donuts’ Grilled Cheesus mixes the sweet and savory by using yeast doughnuts as the bread for the grilled cheese. Tie

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Record size: The largest bagel ever made weighed 868 pounds, according to Guinness World Records. The largest doughnut ever made was a jelly donut that weighed 1.7 tons, according to a 2013 Time article. Winner: doughnut

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Time to make: Newkirk says it takes about 30 minutes to produce enough dough for 24 dozen bagels. The bagels take 30 seconds to boil and 13 minutes to bake. Nottingham says an overnight shift of baking that yields all 12 doughnut flavors for a day takes five to six hours. Tie; both worth the effort

Availability in CoMo: Ruling out chains (cough, Dunkin’) and grocery stores, CoMo has three doughnut shops: Harold’s Doughnuts and Strange Donuts downtown, and Donut D-Light on Vandiver Drive. B&B Bagel is Columbia’s lone bagel shop. Winner: doughnut Although doughnuts scored one point higher, this debate might just boil down to personal taste. Newkirk sees whole wheat bagels as a healthier alternative to fried doughnuts. “They both have a lot of carbs, but we don’t have the grease,” Newkirk says. Nottingham views doughnuts as a sweet snack that goes with just about anything. “We like to have some savory ones, especially with the Strangers,” Nottingham says. “But I think doughnuts tend more toward the sweeter side.”

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ARTS & BOOKS

All booked up

What to read, wherever you find yourself

BY MAX HAVEY

Starting a new book can be difficult, especially when you don’t know how involved the plot will be or how much time it is going to take.

Perhaps you are going on a long car trip, or maybe you’re just looking for something to read on your lunch break. To take some of the guesswork

ROAD TRIP

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: When you find yourself on a trip with little to think about, it might be a prime opportunity to dive into one of the great Russian writers. Chevalier suggests spending some time with the Grand Inquisitor in this tome about three vengeful brothers feuding with their father. You might not otherwise have the time or attention span to really dig into Dostoyevsky’s body of work, so why not do it while you are stuck in a car for hours on end?

VACATION READ

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur: For some extra relaxation during your vacation, Chevalier recommends Rupi Kaur’s collection of sketches and poetry, Milk and Honey. It offers a nice alternative to a true crime or romance novel and is the perfect relaxing read. It consists of a number of short poems about love, loss and survival that can transport readers and help their worries drift away whether they are cozied up by the fire in a cabin or lounging on the beach.

MIDDAY GETAWAY

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris: When you’re on your lunch break, time is of the essence, so Asher and Wilson recommend essay collections such as David Sedaris’ Me Talk Pretty One Day. His hilarious essays rarely fill more than 20 pages, which makes them the perfect bite-sized reading companion to your lunch. The stories focus on funny tidbits from Sedaris’ life, such as family dynamics and cashiers with six-inch fingernails. Plus, the humor can break up the monotony of your day job.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMAZON; FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX; CREATESPACE; LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY; DEL REY; AND CROWN ARCHETYPE

out of choosing what to read, Joe Chevalier from Yellow Dog Bookshop and Doug Wilson and Becky Asher from Village Books give some recommendations. All suggestions are based on those reading situations and more to find the best book to fit you.

SLEEPYTIME PAGE-TURNER

This CensusTaker by China Miéville: Before bed, you’re probably looking for something engaging that will color your dreams as you fall asleep.

Chevalier recommends This Census-Taker, which follows a boy who witnesses a traumatic event. He is then visited by a mysterious stranger who seems to hold the answers to his questions.

Proceed with caution, though; you might find yourself reading into the wee hours of the morning as you reel over the book’s many twists.

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DRINKING BETWEEN THE LINES

Not Dead Yet

by Phil Collins: Sometimes when you’re reading at a bar, whether you are waiting for friends or enjoying a night to yourself, you want something light and sensational, such as the latest celebrity memoir. For that, Asher and Wilson recommend Phil Collins’ honest autobiography Not Dead Yet. This warts-and-all memoir will make perfect fodder for beer-fueled bar conversation about his role as an extra in A Hard Day’s Night, recording “In the Air Tonight” and other life adventures that inspired the rock legend’s music.

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THE TO-DO LIST

this week in Columbia

ARTS & CULTURE

unravel clues to stop villains such as Father Time and Lady Terrible. Friday, 7 p.m., Jesse Auditorium, $25–35, 882-3781

South African Student Perspectives: Education & Activism

Chinese New Year Celebration

The University of Missouri South African Education Program will bring in a panel of students from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa to discuss how their experiences in South Africa’s higher education system and campus activism are shaping national discourse. Friday, 1–2:30 p.m., Townsend Hall 220, Free, 882-0511

Ring in the Lunar New Year at Battle High School. This student-run springtime festival will feature live poetry, songs and dance from high school students across Columbia.

The student performances will be in English and Mandarin. Friday, 7 p.m., Battle High School Performing Arts Center, Free, 882-9061

MU India Day & Republic Day Celebration

Missouri, the French Atlantic, and the Early Republic

This event will kick off the Kinder Institute’s Spring 2017 Colloquium Series with Professor of History Rochelle Tangi Villerbu’s tale of Ferdinand Rozier and John James Audubon. Her story aims to create understanding about Missouri’s place in the 19th century. Friday, 3–4 p.m., 410 Jesse Hall, Free, 882-3330

MU’s second annual India Day Celebration kicks off with several distinguished scholars whose research focuses on India. The program also includes a celebration of the 68th Republic Day of India. The event is hosted by the Cultural Association of India.

Saturday, 2–6 p.m., Anheuser-Busch Conservation Auditorium, Free, 882-2121

Chinese New Year Dinner

The Odd Squad LIVE

Attention Odd Squad fans, there is oddness in your town, and Ms. O needs you to help solve it. Team up with brand new agents Owen and Ophelia in this live, interactive adventure. With help from Ms. O back at headquarters, kids will put their STEM skills to the test and decode, decipher and

Celebrate 2017, the Year of the Fire Rooster.

The University Club is hosting a dinner, and Chinese food will be served. There will be special music and dance performances by the nonprofit educational organization, MU’s Confucius Institute. Saturday, 6 p.m., Columns Ballroom at University Club of MU, $27, 882-2586

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Monday thru Friday National Programming Line-up...

Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 8-9am and Noon-1pm

The Diane Rehm Show 9-11am

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CIVIC

FOOD & DRINK

Boot Camp - Get fit, lose weight, learn defense

Cask night at Broadway Brewery

Learn a few exercises and circuits to build endurance this weekend from The Defense and Survival Academy professionals. Some of the exercises will relate to self defense.

Saturday, 9–10 p.m., The Defense and Survival Academy, $10, 424-2057

ROC 7K Trail Run

Join Rhett’s Outdoor Challenge run to start the new year fresh. Runners will take advantage of the scenic route with a beautiful view. Participants will also get a healthy, warm breakfast after finishing.

Saturday, 9:30–11 a.m., Antimi Sports Complex, $35, 874-7700

Saturday Morning Science: NASA’s Flying Observatory

Saturday Morning Science will bring in Columbia Public Schools Planetarium Director Melanie Knocke and Rock Bridge High School science teacher Rex Beltz, who flew in NASA’s airborne observatory, SOFIA. They will share their experiences as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors and what it was like to look through the plane’s 100-foot telescope. Saturday, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Monsanto Auditorium, Free, 882-0562

Try a new brew and listen to live tunes at Broadway Brewery’s Cask Night every Thursday. Each week, Broadway Brewery creates a new half-keg concoction from one of their base beers and adds fruits, spices, herbs and hops. Spice up your routine with new drinks. Tonight, 5 p.m., Broadway Brewery, Free, 443-5054

Columbia Winter Farmers Market The Columbia Winter Farmers Market is a great opportunity to shop locally and eat seasonally. There are vendors for fruits and vegetables, meat, bath products and baked goods. The Riverside Wanderers will play live music all morning long while you shop.

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Parkade Center, Free, 823-6889

MUSIC Austin Jones and the Bootheel Boys

Broadway Brewery presents its monthly live music performance. The Columbia native band, Austin Jones and the Bootheel Boys, will get the crowd moving with a fun mix of blues and country. Tonight, 8:30–10:30 p.m., Broadway Brewery, Free, 443-5054

Get the story on Columbia’s latest showings.

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Retrorama Throwback Dance Party

Every Thursday, DJ Requiem hosts a throwback dance party featuring classic hits from the ‘50s, the ‘90s and everything in between. Tonight, 8 p.m., The Social Room, Free, 397-6442

Half Moon Tape Release Show

Dream-pop trio Half Moon is celebrating the release of its new album by jamming all night long with fellow bands Enemy Airship, Karma Vision and Arc Flash. The psychedelic threesome released its self-titled album digitally in December via Bandcamp. Friday, 8 p.m., Cafe Berlin, $5, 441-0400

SPORTS Women’s Basketball: Missouri Tigers vs.

Auburn University Tigers

Break out the fan-section spirit for this SEC match-up for the Missouri women’s basketball team. It could be a game you won’t forget against Auburn University, which is ranked in the top 25. Tonight, 7 p.m., Mizzou Arena, $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and children, 882-6501

Men’s Basketball: Missouri Tigers vs. University of South Carolina Gamecocks

The MU men’s basketball team is looking for a comeback, and it has its sight set on the South Carolina Gamecocks. Support the Tigers in the action-packed game. Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Mizzou Arena, $20-45, 882-6501

F E B R U A RY:

Women’s Basketball: Missouri Tigers vs. University of Kentucky Wildcats The MU women’s basketball team will play for redemption after its second game against the Wildcats this month. Just three points from a win last time, the Tigers will be ready for action. Monday, 6 p.m., Mizzou Arena, $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and children, 882-6501

SCREEN A Dog’s Purpose (PG)

A dog rescued in 1962 is reincarnated as several different dog breeds and keeps interacting with the boy who rescued him.

Through his multiple lifetimes, the dog discovers the reason for his existence.

F, R RUNTIME = 1:40

DON’T MISS: THE FLOOD BROTHERS AND MOLLY GENE ONE WHOAMAN BAND

These two artists are teaming up for a night of foot-stomping fun. The Flood Brothers, a Hannibal trio, draw their influence from gritty, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll. Despite performing as a solo act, Molly Gene’s down and dirty sound and her soulful ambitions make her a force to be reckoned with. Friday, 9:30 p.m., Rose Music Hall, $5, 875-0588

Gold (R)

Gold stars Matthew McConaughey as prospector Kenny Wells. He and a geologist head to the Indonesian jungle to find gold.

From the uncharted east to Wall Street, both the gold and its finders go on an adventure. F RUNTIME = 2:01

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (R)

Milla Jovovich finishes the Resident Evil saga in The Final Chapter. Super soldier Alice has been stripped of her psychic powers.

However, she remains the last hope against the apocalypse. F, R RUNTIME = 1:46

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“Heathers the Musical” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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