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By Brandon CorriganThe Standard

With the Foster RecreationCenter on the verge of comple-tion, student anticipation to usethe facility has never been higher.But before students can enjoy

the approximately 100,000-square-foot, newly constructedbuilding, complete with rockclimbing walls, a basketball court,sauna and 7,000-square-footrecreational pool, they must firstagree to a waiver of liability.Director of Campus Recre-

ation Cindi Barnett summarizedthe waiver by stating, “If studentsare injured while they are partici-pating or using the facility, thenthey understandthat they areresponsible forany expensesthat mightoccur.”Barnett said

signing waiversis nothing newfor MSU stu-dents who wishto be involvedwith Campus Recreation activi-ties.“There’s always the potential

that someone could be injured,”Barnett said. “In the past, studentshave had to sign waivers for anykind of Campus Rec activity.Waivers have been around foreversince I’ve been here. It’s nothingnew.”Barnett said 2,000 MSU stu-

dents had already signed thewaiver to utilize use of the state-of-the-art Recreation Center, as ofApril 20.MSU students have the oppor-

tunity to sign the waiver online bylogging into My Missouri State,accessing the profile tab, thenunder wellness, selecting “Recre-ation Center Waiver of Liability”and agreeing.“It makes it a lot easier if you

agree to the waiver before youcome to the building,” Barnettsaid. “All you have to do is swipeyour card and you’re in.”Doyice J. Cotten is an emeritus

professor of sport management atGeorgia Southern University. Hemanages his own writing and riskmanagement consulting business,Sport Risk Consulting.Cotten said waivers for use of

exercise facilities are not uncom-mon. After reviewing MSU’s lia-bility waiver he said it was fairlywell-written and would probablyprotect the university from stu-

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BriefsThe Ozarko returnsas MSU’s yearbookMissouri State University

has reinstated The Ozarko year-book after not publishing ayearbook since 1992. TheOzarko will be entirely restruc-tured and will feature an editori-al board and committee staffmembers. In 2010, the Student Govern-

ment Association voted torestore the yearbook. An edito-rial board has been formed intoa student organization and haschanged the process of creatingthe yearbook. The editorialboard will serve as the heads ofcommittees of staff members. Applications are available for

the editorial board and commit-tee staff member positions. Toapply, contact Ozarko adviserEmily Trammell at [email protected]. Appli-cations are due Friday, May 4,at 5 p.m.

SGA solar panelstory correctionLast week’s issue of The

Standard featured a story titled“SGA approves solar panels forroof of Meyer Library.” In thisstory, it was stated that theauthors of the solar panel pro-posal were Devin Moore andKara Andres. However, the actual authors

of the proposal were Moore andShane Franklin. Moore andFranklin worked with adminis-trators to make the proposalpossible. Andres and Moore were the

authors of the resolution.Andres is head of the sustain-ability committee and madesure the proposal was accept-able for submission.

CalendarMay 1 to May 7

TuesdayAsian Pacific American Her-itage Month, all month

Student Government Associa-tion meeting, 5:30 to 7 p.m. atPSU 313

Agriculture Forum, 7 to 8:45p.m. at Bond Learning Center130

WednesdayBachelor of Fine Arts exhibi-tion, 1 to 5 p.m. at Student Exhi-bition Center

Voice Area Recital, 4:30 to 5:30p.m. at Ellis Hall 217b

Band concert with guest artistDick Schory, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. atJuanita K. Hammons Hall

ThursdayFaculty Senate meeting, 3:30 to5 p.m. at PSU 313

Students for a SustainableFuture meeting, 5:30 to 6:30p.m. at Temple Hall pit

FridayBear Brawl Paintball ChallengeTournament, 1 to 5 p.m. at OzarkPaintball, 671 Jackson SpringRoad, Ozark Mo.

Adam Crane—Antipredatorbehavior and learning by sala-manders, 4 to 5 p.m. at TempleHall 001

Art History major to give FirstFriday Art Talk, 6 to 7 p.m. atPark Central Branch Library

Switchfoot presented by Enter-tainment Management Associa-tion, 8 to 10:30 p.m. at TheGillioz Theatre, $22.50 to $24.50

SundayPresident’s Concert, 4 to 5:30p.m. at Juanita K. Hammons Hall

MondayFinal Grade Rosters available,all day at My Missouri State

Career Center offers advice for seniors

By Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

Spring graduation is approach-ing and students can finally seethe light at the end of the tunnel.But for some, being handed thatdiploma can feel like beingdropped off the edge of a cliff.When the security blanket of

college is yanked away, the newgraduates face some dauntingdecisions. A recent AssociatedPress article said one out of tworecent college grads in today’seconomy are struggling to find ajob in their respective fields.Jack Hunter, director of Mis-

souri State’s Career Center, saidstudents shouldn’t read so deeplyinto the often overhyped depic-tion the national media has of thecountry’s job market.“There are a lot of opportuni-

ties for graduates out there,”Hunter said. “We’ve had trouble

filling interviewing schedules oncampus. Interviewers tell us whenthey go to other campuses they’reexperiencing the same thing.There are a lot of jobs, but not asmany takers as employers wouldlike.”Hunter thinks negative news

stories about the economy havehad a negative effect on the

employment outlook of manyrecent grads or those about tograduate.“The media has hyped this for

so long that graduates don’t justthink there are fewer jobs, butthat there are no jobs,” Huntersaid. “Can it take longer to findone? Yes. It used to take 90-120days. Now it takes about 180 days

to do a really effective jobsearch.”According to Hunter, delaying

being involved in the job marketis one main cause of unrestamong current students andrecent graduates. He also saidoverall skills in the job market oftoday and the future are moreimportant than a person’s major.Hunter said more students are

Fraternity hosts sleepout

By Nicolette MartinThe Standard

Some huddled inboxes on the side of theroad. Others held signsasking for donations. Allwere there for two rea-sons: to raise awarenessfor the homeless and tocollect donations forHabitat for Humanity.Phi Sigma Pi, a

national honor fraternitybased on scholarship,leadership and fellow-ship, hosted their annualSleepout for the Home-less from 4 p.m. Friday,April 27 to 8 a.m. Satur-day, April 28. In aneffort to raise money forHabitat for Humanity,the fraternity’s local phi-lanthropy membersstayed up all night in theMardel parking lot offBattlefield Road, askingfor donations frompassers-by.Brittany Norton, a

senior history major,participated in her thirdSleepout for the Home-less since her freshmanyear.“It’s one of my

favorite events,” shesaid. “It raises aware-ness about an issue thatpeople tend to not want

to see.”Kelsey Sack, Phi

Sigma Pi’s service chair,said Sleepout for theHomeless is the fraterni-ty’s biggest serviceevent that raises moneyfor another organization

and believes it is impor-tant to raise money forHabitat for Humanity.“All of their work

depends on volunteers,”she said. “Without dona-tions, they wouldn’t beable to do what they do.”This sleepout was the

first for both Sack andPublic Relations ChairAnthony Pelton, both ofwhom were unsure ofwhat to expect.“I just hope it doesn’t

rain,” Pelton said beforethe sleepout. “Other-

wise, I’ll just take it howit is.”Norton, a Sleepout

for the Homeless veter-an, was prepared foranything two hours intothe event.“You can get any-

thing from a blizzard towhat seems like a tropi-cal storm in southwestMissouri this time ofyear,” Norton said. “Webring blankets, rainjackets and even sit in

cars to stay warm if wehave to. But as long asit’s safe, we’ll be outhere.”Sack said when the

event first started, theorganization brought in$1,000 to $2,000, but inrecent years the eventhasn’t raised as much.She said her goal for

this year is $500, almostdouble the $258 she esti-mated was brought inthrough donations lastyear.However, while the

event is intended to raisemoney, Norton said shebelieves the awarenessraised is just as impor-tant as the donations.“Habitat for Humani-

ty does the best theycan, but they can’talways reach as manypeople to get the wordout,” she said. “We’reon one of the busieststreets on one of thebusiest traffic nights.Even if (people) don’tdonate, they at leastknow about it.”Norton said just two

hours in, one man hadalready stopped by todonate money, but alsohad supplies to donate.Phi Sigma Pi memberswere able to give himthe contact informationof where to donate them.Perhaps the biggest

challenge membersfaced throughout thenight wasn’t in the formof getting donations, butrather being able to stayawake throughout thenight.“I’m not the kind of

person who typicallypulls all-nighters,” Sacksaid.Norton said that 2

a.m. to 8 a.m. is the mostchallenging time of theevent due to the fact thatless people are aroundand members have beensitting outside for hours.“There will definitely

be a lot of caffeineinvolved,” Pelton said. � See WWAAIIVVEERR page 16

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The Career Center, located in Carrington Hall, provides studentswith information about the job market, among other things.

Annual event aims to raisedonations and awarenessof homelessness, poverty

Director says thejob market is not asbad as portrayed inthe national media

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

36 members of Pi Sigma Phi stood by the side of Battlefield Road Friday and Saturday and raised$135.50 for Habitat for Humanity, said Kelsey Sack, the fraternity’s service chair.

MSU studentsrequired tosign waiverfor Rec Center

Barnett

It’s one of my favoriteevents. It raises awarenessabout an issue people tend

to not want to see.

-Brittany Norton,senior history major

MSU Career Center

Locations: Carrington Hall309 and Glass Hall 103

Hours: Monday-Friday,8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 417-836-5636

Website: http://career-center.missouristate.edu

The Standard Tuesday, May 1, 20122 News

Students to train at Quantico for six weeks

By Megan GatesThe Standard

In 26 days, Tim Hahn and Taylor Westbywill board a plane at 6:30 a.m. to travel toOfficer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.for six weeks.For Hahn, a sophomore geology major at

Missouri State, this plane ride has been inthe works since high school when he firstbecame interested in the United StatesMarine Corps because of their core valuesand brotherhood, he said.“Back in high school I originally wanted

to enlist, but I wanted to have the collegeexperience first, or at least have a collegedegree backup. So, if I enlisted, I wouldhave something to do if I decided not tomake a career out of it,” Hahn said “...myintentions were to come to college and thenenlist after I graduate, and then I found theMarine Officer Program and it was a perfectmatch.”The Marine Officer Program is designed

for college students interested in becomingan officer in the Marine Corps, according tothe corps’ website.Students work with an officer selection

officer at a local Marine Corps office to fillout the necessary paperwork that’s submit-ted to a board, which then chooses candi-dates to attend Officer Candidate School(OCS).From there, candidates have two choices

for OCS: attend a six-week course over twosummers (each session is called an incre-ment), or attend a 10-week course over onesummer.At OCS, candidates are evaluated on

their leadership abilities, academics andphysical fitness. If a candidate decides toquit, he or she is allowed to leave at anytime as the program prides itself for beingon a volunteer basis, according to “TheMarine Officer’s Guide.”To prepare for the challenges they will

face at OCS, students followed in the foot-steps of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and formed the Semper FidelisSociety, said Brian Redmond, a junior civilengineering major and president of the soci-ety.“At the first meeting, society founders

set forth objectives of learning policies andinformation pertinent to achieving anunderstanding of their many future respon-sibilities as officers in the United StatesMarine Corps, of perpetuation of the high

traditions and ideals of the United StatesMarine Corps, and of promotion of goodfellowship and social virtues among itsmembers,” according to the society’s pro-file on CampusLINK.Redmond said the society focuses espe-

cially on preparing candidates for OCS.Redmond has completed his first incre-

ment at OCS and will be returning to Quan-tico in July to complete his second incre-ment. He uses his personal experiences tohelp the other members of the society pre-pare for OCS, he said.“We spend time teaching them what to

expect at OCS and little tricks, like evenhow to tie your boots fast — just good stuffto know before you go there,” he said.The most difficult aspect of OCS for him

is learning to manage his time properly,Redmond said.“There’s so much to do and there’s

always different things competing for yourtime,” he said.

“You have to clean your gear, you haveto write an essay, you want to sleep, youwant to write letters home and study for theupcoming test.”Westby, a junior double majoring in

international political science and Americanpolitics and government at Drury, said hewould not feel as prepared for his firstincrement at OCS this summer without thesociety.“We got together and said, ‘Hey, all of us

have something we can give to each otherand we all have the same goals,’” Westbysaid. “Taylor’s a great Marine historian, and

Hahn’s really good with being organizedand giving us tips about that, and Red-mond’s really good with the Marine Corpshandbook and then I’m really good withsparring.“We just kind of give to each other what

we can and take in as much from other peo-

ple so that way when we get to OCS we canbe a better candidate than we would if wedidn’t have the Semper Fi Society.”One aspect that has helped to build unity

among the candidates is Spar Day, Hahn

Semper Fidelis Society preparesstudents for Officer CandidateSchool, Marine Corps


Brian Redmond, president of the Semper Fidelis Society, participates in Spar Day atPhelps Grove Park. Members of the society use the day to practice sparring and tobuild comradery.

What is the SemperFidelis Society?

Answer:The Semper Fidelis Society is a

student organization for studentswho have been selected ascandidates to attend OfficerCandidate School to become anofficer in the Marine Corps.

Members:• Brian Redmond, MSU junior• Taylor Paul, MSU senior• Tim Hahn, MSU sophomore• Taylor Westby, Drury sophomore• Patrick Haynie, MSU senior

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Focus on experiencesthat help your résuméAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,12.7 million Americans, 8.2 percent, are cur-rently unemployed, which might be a concernfor students graduating from college soon.With an uncertain economic situation, stu-dents must prepare themselves to compete inthe job market, which means being involved inorganizations, on and off campus, that are ben-eficial to their career paths.There is an organization on campus foralmost every career path imaginable. For usjournalism majors and people interested inworking in the news media, one outlet is TheStandard. Working at The Standard provides usthe opportunity to get real newspaper experi-ence and hone our reporting, writing, designand management skills.Getting valuable experience isn’t limited tothe confines of campus organizations, however.In order to be properly prepared for the fieldthey plan to go into, it is a good idea for stu-dents to branch out and get involved with pro-fessional organizations, whether it is throughinternships or actually finding a part-time job.Either way, it’s crucial for students to familiar-ize themselves with their future profession.Social fraternities and sororities are an impor-tant part of college life at Missouri State and atother schools around the country. Oftentimes,they are the organizations from schools that arerecognized the most in their respective commu-nities due to the amount of volunteer work andphilanthropy they provide. For example, MSUfraternities and sororities raised $1,500 forChildren’s Miracle Network and donated 6,174pounds of food to Ozarks Food Harvest in cor-relation with Greek Week 2012, according tothe Fraternity and Sorority Life newsletter.The work students do within social fraterni-ties and sororities can certainly boost a stu-dent’s résumé. However, is a membership in asocial fraternity or sorority more valuable thanmembership in an organization aimed specifi-cally at a student’s career path? Oftentimes, theanswer is no.There are some students who do both suc-cessfully, and we applaud them for their workethic and time management skills, especiallysince some of them also hold down part-timejobs to pay for rent and other expenses.Some students, however, cannot handle theload and have to choose carefully which com-mitments they make and what they really wantand need to be involved with while at MissouriState. If students must choose between socialorganizations and career-oriented organiza-tions, the smart thing to do is pick the one thatwill ultimately help you get a job.Not all career-oriented organizations offer thesame kind of valuable experiences The Stan-dard does for journalism majors and other peo-ple interested in working in the news media.We consider ourselves very lucky that we haveThe Standard and try not to take the opportuni-ty to work here for granted.The important thing for students to do is thinkabout their future. The reason college exists isto prepare people for employment in a certainfield. If students aren’t taking every opportuni-ty they have to maximize that, they’re missingthe point.

We’re reaching the finish line – the semester, and schoolyear, is almost over.For some, the years-long countdown to graduation is final-

ly in its final month.In today’s story “Career center offers advice for seniors,”

Damien M. DiPlacido explores the complex and ever-chang-ing job market for college graduates.Jack Hunter, director

of the university’sCareer Center, says themedia paints the picturefar too darkly for collegegraduates. While thetime to do an “effectivejob search” hasincreased from about90-120 days to the cur-rent 180 days, Hunter says, “There are a lot of jobs, but not asmany takers as employers would like.”Both of these statements reflect my own job search – back

when I thought my academic career was finally over.This spring, my bachelor’s degree will be 2 and a half

years old. Though I had been building my résumé and portfo-lio for a few years through my work at The Standard in prepa-ration, I began my job search shortly before graduation, prob-ably around November 2009.I had hopes and dreams of becoming a news reporter,

preferably somewhere in Missouri.While I wasn’t lucky enough to land the first position I

applied for, I was offered a freelance reporting position at thecity newspaper just before graduation. I couldn’t quit myrestaurant job just yet, but at least I was building my résuméand supplementing my income.I was offered a “real” reporting job at a dinky paper in

southwest Kansas in February 2010. After visiting the town(whose only source of community pride seemed to come fromDorothy’s character in The Wizard of Oz), and after making apro/con list, I opted out.My dad didn’t speak to me for a bit, thinking I was crazy

for turning down what he thought was a reasonable job offer.The job market was/is rough, sure, but not rough enough forme to take that job.I’ll never forget the end of my next “real” interview when

I went into the executive editor’s office.“It seems that you’re, um, underemployed right now,” he

said.“That’s one way to say it, for sure,” I told him.He then talked to me about the position’s salary and

allowance for moving expenses. I figured if they talk moneywith you, you’re in pretty good. My hopes were confirmed aweek later, and I moved a couple weeks after that.Margie Stewart, employer relations manager and career

resources specialist for the Career Center, told DiPlacido intoday’s story that many graduates greatly limit themselves byonly looking for jobs in the Springfield area.I expanded my search to the whole state, and it still took

me between 120-180 days to find a job in my career thatcould actually pay more than just my cable bill (which I iron-ically don’t have anymore).Alas, I have still become one of those graduates that have

fallen back into the world of academics in pursuit of a mas-ter’s degree. My reasons stray from the run-of-the-mill rea-sons Hunter gives in the story, but nonetheless, I’m back,stacking up my debt as I delay full-time employment until mylittle family gets a little older.

Stand apart in a competitive job market

Two weeks ago, it happened again.For the third time this year, someonetried to save me. The first was a retiredpastor, who was waiting in the PSU forhis wife to get off work. The secondwere two male students who wanted meto take a survey for their campus min-istry group. The third was an earnestyoung woman from an area church whowanted to know if, God forbid, I diedtonight, where I would spend eternity.After the first two experiences, I had

given some thought about the phenom-enon of this kind of evangelism. Andso, when the young woman approachedmy friend and I, I replied, “I’d reallyrather not answer that question. I thinkthat conversations about religious top-ics are better had between family andfriends – people who know each other –and right now you are a stranger to me.”She listened politely, and then repeatedher question. I handed her back theDVD.

I know that I’m fairly new to theOzarks (I just moved here 16 monthsago), but the frequency and intensity ofthis approach to religion here is surpris-ing to me. I began to wonder, why arethese people approaching me? Do Ilook friendly and sociable? (I hope so.)Or do I seem lost and in need of saving?Maybe I have a crazy gleam in my eye,like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining,“or the man Jesus met among the tombsin Gerasa who was filled with bacon-loving demons. It makes me wonderabout the expected outcome. Will learn-ing a few points of doctrine help me?And what if I disagree? Can I still knowand be loved by God?I’d like to offer some friendly criti-

cism to all the would-be evangelists outthere. Please stop using fear-based tac-tics to promote your religion. Trying toscare the hell out of me doesn’t help.Neither does drawing a napkin diagramabout my existential separation from

Jesus.I know your pastor taught you that

this is the way to do evangelism, buthe’s wrong. Instead, tell me somethingpositive. Have you really met God?What was it like? Tell me about whathappens when you pray. Tell me aboutthe friends you’ve made or the greatmusic at your church. Ask what I’minterested in and really mean it.I think you’ll find that many people

don’t appreciate being ambushed withsimplistic answers to questions that areimportant, deep and personal. But thesesame people are open to conversationswith people they know and trust. So thenext time you see me on campus, pleaseleave your tracts at home. Instead, justtalk to me. You may be surprised at theresult.

Respectfully,John ChristiansonMA Religious Studies

Letter to the EditorStop using ‘fear-based tactics’ to promote religion

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Columnist

Kandice’s tips on howto be successful after

graduation

Take it for what you will, but here’s my four tipsfor current and future graduates:

1. Prepare to compromiseDon’t be afraid to compromise some, especially

when it comes to location and job duties. I wantedto be a reporter in Springfield or close by. Instead, Ibecame a copy editor/page designer in St. Joseph.Was it my ideal job? No, but it got my career startedand opened up future doors.

2. Plan to diversifyDiversify your experience. Don’t just stick to one

aspect of a profession. Though your heart might beset on managing the front of house in a restaurant,learn as much as you can about running the back ofhouse, too – it’s much harder to be overqualified asan entry-level employee than it is to be underquali-fied.

3. Gain experienceGet as much experience through college net-

works/opportunities as possible. This is key – this iswhat will get you awards and recognitions to noteon your résumé and will set you apart from otherapplicants. No matter how big or small the job oraward is, having a flashy title of any magnitude orportfolio of any size will give you more than a per-son who just attended class.

4. Make connectionsDon’t shrug off your classmates! Classrooms, no

matter how informal they may seem at times, is likea mini-network of soon-to-be professionals. Some-one you may sit next to may be looking for a joband run across something they don’t like but youmight; if you talk to them enough, they might justpoint you in the right direction. Or if they get hiredsomewhere and another position opens up, maybethey will keep you in mind. So maybe try to limitthose conversations about how wasted you got atthe bar last weekend – you never know who mightbe listening.

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By Kelsey BerryThe Standard

From concepts and basicsketches all the way to therunway, fashion design stu-dents at Missouri Stateshowed off their creativitywith original wardrobepieces at MSU’s annualspring fashion show, Jour-ney 2012, presented by thefashion merchandising anddesign program on Satur-day, April 28 at the Univer-sity Plaza Expo Center.

The theme, Journey,refers to the four-year aca-demic program completedby each student as well asthe individual developmentand creation of a clothingline. Each designer takes ajourney when they create apiece of clothing. They trav-el from a mere concept, topen and paper, to patternsand sewing and finally tothe runway.

Senior fashion designand merchandising majorLauren Ward put in over400 hours of work to com-plete her bridal line.

“I decided my freshmanyear that wherever I waswith my skill set, I wasgoing to do a bridal collec-tion,” she said. “It was verydifficult, and there werenumerous times when I toldmy boyfriend that I literallycould not do this. I met withmy models maybe 15 or 20times … I’m not a fitter, andI’d never fit on actual peo-ple before.”

Ward finds the annualfashion show to be a vitalpart of the fashion merchan-dising and design program atMSU because it serves as apromotional tool for prospec-tive students. It gives themthe opportunity to explorewhat could be a future possi-bility for their own designeducation, she said.

Students involved in theprogram have high aspira-tions for their future careers,such as designing their ownclothing line, creating printsfor well-known fashiondesigners and being a trendspotter or buyer. Senior Bre-anna Speck, a junior fashiondesign and merchandisingmajor, said she knowsexactly what she wants todo with her life.

“I would like to designmy own clothing and bewell-known by everybody,”she said.

Funding for the fashionshow is not provided bysponsors, but rather throughticket sale profits andfundraising. Fashion andinterior design professorJenifer Roberts has helpedcoordinate the annual fash-ion show for the past 10years and explained whatthe profits go toward eachyear.

“We are on a zero-linebudget, so we have to raisethe $9,000,” Roberts said.“Usually we are able toraise the $9,000, and it paysfor expenses. Our hope isthat some day we have a

sponsor for our show andthe money that we wouldraise would go towardscholarships for our stu-dents, trips overseas and tofund some of our senior col-lections.”

The students involved inthe fashion show all spentmany sleepless nights creat-ing their lines and the specialbond of camaraderie. Encour-agement was the key factor tocompleting their work. Wardtalked about her journey withtears filling her eyes.

“In this kind of field,it’s really the kind of peo-ple that you surround your-self with that keep yougoing,” Ward said. “With-out the other seniors, Idon’t think any of our col-

lections would have beenas good. When you sewsomething 10 times overand it still looks like crap,you need someone toremind you why you’redoing this. The whole rea-son why we’re here isbecause we’re drivenenough to stay. We couldhave easily given up,because a lot of us didn’teven know how to sewwhen we first started.”

The fashion and designstudents are a part of thefashion show not only topursue their own dreams,but also to impact the livesof others.

“Fashion impacts all ofus the moment our feet hitthe floor,” Roberts

explained. “Everybody putson clothes. Everybody has acouch in their house. It allencompasses fashion.Whether you have old stuffand you call it vintage ornew stuff and call it trends,our lives are impacted byfashion whether we want tobelieve it or not. It’s just upto us whether or not we fol-low the new trends or acceptthe trends that we feel com-fortable in.”

MSU’s fashion merchan-dising and design programis very proud of the annualfashion show they put onand the students hope tocontinue to attract potentialstudents to pursue their owndreams of being a part of thefashion industry.

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CalendarMay 1 toMay 7

TuesdayQuantum Groove 9 p.m. atLindberg’s, free

Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, free for ladies18+ and gents 21+

Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at theOutland, free

Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll &Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for18+ (only 100 minors allowed at atime)

Missouri Jazz Orchestra(MOJO) 8 to 10 p.m. at Marty’sSports Bar, free

WednesdayDug & the SOULar Panels 7 to10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free

Sugar Thumb 8 p.m. at theOutland, cover charge

ThursdayThink ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, free

TAG Thursday 9 p.m. at theOutland, cover charge

Lucky Tubb with Big DamnHeroes 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s,cover charge

FridayJazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at theOutland, $3

Suplex Cinco de Mayo Fiestafeaturing The Gimps ‘50s & ‘60sRock ‘n’ Soul 11 p.m. at DeanZ’s Club 57 in Branson, freebefore 10 p.m., $6 after 10 p.m.

Farm Jam 4 All day at 2451Catfish Road in Diggins, Mo., $30for weekend or $20 per day

St Dallas & The Sinners withThe Rumblejetts and Gas PumpTalent 8 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $8

A Tribute to Black Sabbath 9p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge

Switchfoot 8 p.m. at the GilliozTheatre, $22.50-24.50

SaturdayPub Crawl 8 p.m. at variousdowntown venues, $10


Cowboy Indian Bear, Captain'sSon, Modern Epic, and JaredJones 9 p.m. at the Outland, $6for 21+ and $8 for 18+

Continuously Saucy Renaldoand The Sloppy Chops 9 p.m. atthe Highlife Martini Lounge, $10

ArtsFest 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. onHistoric Walnut Street, $5 at gate,or $3 in advance at areaMcDonald’s

SundayArtsFest 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. onHistoric Walnut Street, $5 at gate,or $3 in advance at areaMcDonald’s


Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m.at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

MondayMascara Metal Monday 10 p.m.at the Outland, free

Switchfoot toperform at Gillioz

Alternative Christian rockband, Switchfoot, performs at 8p.m. Friday, May 4 at the GilliozTheatre.

Switchfoot formed in SanDiego in the mid-'90s, when theband members connected assurfers, and chose the nameSwitchfoot, a surfing term.

Tickets range from $22.50 to$24.50 and can be purchased byvisiting the box office at theGillioz Theatre, calling 417-863-9491, or visiting http://gillioz.org.

ArtsFest to takeover Walnut Street

ArtsFest shuts down HistoricWalnut Street this weekend fromSaturday, May 5 to Sunday, May6. The festival takes place from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, andfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Don’t miss your chance tocheck out the work of more than140 artists specializing in a vari-ety of mediums from all aroundthe Ozarks.

Tickets are $3 in advance atarea McDonald’s, or $5 at thegate. Children five and youngerare free.

Briefs

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The Doors tribute band, Moonlight Drive, sent Byrdfest audience members on a mental time-traveling trip with stellar performances Fri-day and Saturday night. The band members dressed in Doors-esque clothing, and sounded almost exactly like album recordings.

If you’ve ever talked to some-one about the Midwest musicfestival scene, you’ve heard of

the fantastical Schwagstock, andprobably that there weren’t anylast year and none are planned forthis summer, either.

Luckily, Grateful Dead tributeband, The Schwag, helps keep thetribute festival spirit alive. Byrd-fest 4, held Friday, April 27 toSunday, April 29 at Byrd’s

Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark.,was the first Byrdfest of this fes-tival season and more than madeup for the sadness caused by fes-tivalgoers’ Camp Zoe drought.

The Schwag headlined theevent both Friday and Saturdaynights, of course, with specialguest Melvin Seals of the JerryGarcia Band rocking it out on theorgan. The combination of themost amazing organist I’ve wit-

nessed live, along with JimmyTebeau’s grooving bass skills andJerry Garcia-esque voice, was sopowerful emotionally that tearswere brought to my eyes as theyreminded us of the reality ofdeath with the briefest stint offuneral-style music. Don’t worry,

though, they brought it right backto 20-minute jams of pure joy andexcitement, but sometimes weneed to be reminded of the sadtimes to realize how lucky we areduring the good times. It’s prettyspecial when a live music per-formance takes you on a bit of anemotional roller coaster.

Moonlight Drive, a tribute toThe Doors, finished each eveningof music off in the most spectacu-lar way. If I didn’t know any bet-ter, I’d think I’d time-traveledback to the late ‘60s in the peak ofJim Morrison’s popularity.

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Byrdfest 4 was held Friday, April 27, to Sunday, April 29, at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark. The festival’s primary source of enter-tainment was live music Friday and Saturday night, but there were plenty of daytime activities, such as swimming and hooping.

Funding fashion

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The fashion show put on by the MSU fashion merchandising and design pro-gram funded the show with the sales of $10 tickets.

MSU students promote creativedesign with annual fashion show

By Shelby JohnsonFor The Standard

In honor of Asian American andPacific Islander HeritageMonth, Stu-dentActivities Council hosted a Tasteof Polynesia event on Wednesday,April 25.The event had hula dancers for

entertainment that went right alongwith the different Polynesian foodsavailable for students to try.With about 40 people showing up

to the event, SAC Cultural AffairsChair Molly Reddick felt like it was asuccess.“I liked the food and the dancers,

but I wish I would have been given alittle more information about the cul-ture,” junior criminologymajor Lind-sey Laber said.Of the many foods offered, one

dish in particular stood out to fresh-man art history major Clara Kom-rosky-Licata.“The food was great,” she said. “I

love pineapple and the sauce on it isa little different, but it is still good.”With a mini buffet at hand, there

was a mixture of Polynesian food,including rice, a chicken and saucemix, Polynesian egg rolls and a fruit

and vegetable mix.“The food was delicious,” Laber

said. “It was different, but it is alwaysgood to try new foods because younever know what you might actuallylike.”While eating, there was also the

entertainment provided by the huladancers, giving students the full Poly-nesian experience.“We got the dancers from Kansas

and just found them by researchingthe material we had on Polynesia,”Reddick said.Freshman Spanish education

major Steve Bersebach said the huladancers were a nice touch of enter-tainment for the event.“The little girls were the best

because I could never move likethat,” he said. “It was very interest-ing.”The hula dancers did a series of

traditional Polynesian dances for thecrowd. The dancers also brought up afew volunteers to teach them a coupledances.The volunteers were all timid at

first, but under the direction of theexperienced hula dancers, they weretaught that hula dancing is all in yourknees and the farther you bend your

knees, the farther your hips will go.The hula dancers also feel that

hula dancing is the best way to stay inshape and a great stress reliever andrecommend that everyone try todance.“I think the Polynesian culture is

very unique,” Licata said. “There is

so much to learn, and I think they dida good job incorporating the culture.I just wish they would have had a

pamphlet with more information forthe students who do not know a lotabout the culture.”

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SAC hosts cultural event forPacific Islander Heritage Month


Taste of Polynesia, held Wednesday, April 25, showcased the cul-ture of the Pacific Islands, including hula dancing and cuisine.

Finish this line, “Quoth theRaven…” If you can, you’ve at leastheard of Edgar Allen Poe and mayhave an interest in seeing “TheRaven.”Set in the 19th century, a vicious

serial killer begins using some ofPoe’s darkest works as the inspirationfor his grisly murders. Poe (JohnCusack) must team up with the youngdetective Fields (Luke Evans) to playa cat-and-mouse game with the elu-sive killer. But can they stop himbefore he kills Poe’s love, Emily(Alice Eve)?A straight up murder-mystery

thriller, “The Raven” delivers justabout everything one would expect.The story is solid, the deaths violentand bloody, beautiful cinematographyand the acting is pretty good.

There’s not much else to say aboutthe story, because we wouldn’t wantto give too much away now wouldwe? I do have a sneaking feeling thatif you are a big fan of Poe and have anintimate knowledge of his works andlife, you’ll probably catch a lot morethan the average viewer.

If you’re not a fan of lots ofblood and throats slit wide open, Iwouldn’t recommend “The Raven”because there are a lot of throats thatget cut. While that one method ofkilling did seem to be favored, the“The Pit and the Pendulum” deathwas definitely the most cringe wor-thy. I kind of wanted to close myeyes as the giant blade came closerand closer.The aspect of the film that I was

most looking forward to was the factthat it was directed by JamesMcTeigue, whose directorial debutwas a little film called “V for Vendet-ta,” a personal favorite. Oh, he wasalso the first assistant director onsome film called “The Matrix.” Youmight have heard of it.McTeigue definitely has a cine-

matic style and it does play through in“The Raven.” Mostly, it’s the beauti-ful cinematography, the saturated col-ors and the way the light plays off thecharacters. But, if you are familiarwith “V,” you’ll see very similarmovements with the killer in “TheRaven,” especially when it comes tousing a blade and jumping down froma roof.The only reason I say the acting

was just good and not great is becausethere were a few moments where Ithought they were a bit too over thetop. Evans did scowl a lot, but he wasvery frustrated. Cusack embodiedwhat I think people think Poe wouldhave been like and he definitely lookslike Poe. However, I liked him a lotmore as the quiet, disturbed Poe asopposed to the angry, broke Poe.

My favorite acting job in thismovie was the few, short minutes wegot face-to-face time with the killer. Iwas so utterly enthralledwith him thatI could have watched a whole moviewith him doing his killing thing. Itmakes me hope that particular actormay become more prominent in big-ger movies.Overall, “The Raven” was a pretty

good movie. The whole time, I wasjust trying to figure out who it couldbe which is exactly what you wantfrom a film like this. It reminds me alot of the Johnny Depp movie, “FromHell.” If you liked that movie, there’sa good chance you’ll enjoy “TheRaven.”However, I still wouldn’t be

opposed to a film from the killer’spoint of view.

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MovieReviewer

‘The Raven’ provides solid story line


Traditional Polynesian danceincludes hula dancing.

By Colleen HamiltonThe Standard

The Missouri State men’sand women’s soccer programswrapped up their spring sea-sons over the weekend, hopingto build on the work they havebeen putting in throughout theoffseason.

The men’s team went intoSunday’s game against Mis-souri Valley College with a 5-0record during spring play, butcame out of it with a 2-1 loss.

“This was our last springgame today with Missouri Val-ley College,” head coach JonLeamy said. “They did a goodjob — they were organized,defended well. I think we werea little unlucky with the penal-ty kick we gave up, but theirkid stepped up and buried it.”

The Vikings got on theboard first with a penalty kick,but Missouri State battled backwith a goal from freshmanJames Fawke, as the ball bare-ly slipped byMissouri Valley’sgoalie.

“I thought we played wellto come back in and get a goal,but it’s disappointing,” Leamysaid. “I think everyone on the

team is disappointed that wegave up that other goal becausefor us it was a softer type ofgoal.”

With just over a minute leftin regulation, the Vikings stolethe game and snuck one pastthe Bears’ keeper.

Although the short springseason is over, Leamy said theteam has learned a lot in prepa-ration for the fall season. Hesaid the coaching staff waslooking to see different combi-nations and look at things

By Jon PoormanThe Standard

The Missouri Statebaseball team made his-tory against SouthernIllinois on Sunday —long ball style. TheBears smashed fourhome runs in a game forthe first time in sevenseasons, as they defeat-ed the Salukis 12-6 andwon the weekend series,2-1.

Freshmen Eric Cher-ay and Dylan Becker,senior Brock Chaffinand junior Keenan Mad-dox all sent Saluki pitch-es over the wall on Sun-day, producing four ofthe Bears’ 13 hits andseven of the team’sRBIs.

“We can just comeout and swing it at any-time, that’s what itshows,” Maddox said.“We haven’t been show-ing that much power allyear, but we can do it atany time.”

Maddox was the heroof Friday’s game, hittinga walk-off homer in the

bottom of the ninthinning of a 1-0 win forMSU. Maddox finishedthe weekend 4-for-11(.364 average) with fourRBIs and two homeruns.

“I felt pretty good atthe plate,” Maddox said.“I was just excited tocome through for myteam more than anythingand see everybody excit-ed for me.”

In the second game ofthe series on Saturday,the Bears matched theSalukis with nine hits,but a five-run fifthinning ignited SIU andgranted them an 8-3 win.

Maddox said his team

used Saturday’s loss asmotivation to come tothe ballpark on Sundayand take the deciding

game of the series.“It was really impor-

tant for us,” he said.“Nobody was reallydown or anything yester-

day (Saturday). We wereexcited to come back outhere. We were ready toplay. It motivated us alot because we know wedidn’t play as well as wecould have.”

MSU head coachKeith Guttin said theseries win was an impor-tant one for the Bears,who improved to 31-14overall. More important-ly, MSU improved to 10-4 in the Missouri ValleyConference and heldonto their first placestanding.

“We needed to winthe series; we needed to

By Tim GodfreyThe Standard

The Missouri State women’sgolf team recorded a first-placefinish at the MVC Champi-onship during the weekend ofApril 22. This conference tour-nament win has been somethinghead coach Kevin Kane and histeam have been seeking forquite some time.

“It’s been a long time com-ing, but it sure feels good,”Kane said.

According to Kane, theBears had a pattern of playingwell in the tournaments beforethe MVC Championship andthen would struggle during thechampionship tournament.

During the 2010-2011 sea-son, the Bears finished in sec-ond place in four of the final sixtournaments and came into theconference tournament on whatKane referred to as a “hotstreak.” That season, they fin-ished in third place in the MVC.

Kane said this season wasdifferent than the previous sea-sons because the team hadstruggled during the tourna-ments before the MVC Champi-onship, recording ninth- and13th-place fin-ishes in their lasttwo tourna-ments.

“To come outof (the tourna-ment) and winby three strokesthe way we did, Icouldn’t be anyprouder ofthem,” Kanesaid. “That’s all I could ask for.”

Veteran seniors CatherineDolan and Kelsey Welber haveexperienced firsthand the MVCChampionship struggles in thepast three seasons. Now thatthey have a first-place confer-ence tournament finish on theirrecord, they can finally breatheeasier.

“It feels unreal because(Catherine and I) have waitedfour years to do this,” Welbersaid.

Welber said the course theyplayed on had a thicker roughthan what the team was used to.But that didn’t stop MissouriState from having a strong per-formance, finishing with fourplayers in the top 10. Welberfinished the tournament in a tiefor seventh place. She andDolan both earned all-confer-ence honors.

Dolan, who finished in a tiefor 10th, went into the finalround of the tournament with agoal in mind: to make it count.

“It was going to be my lastcollegiate round, so I was justgoing to play my best and haveno fear,” Dolan said.

The only thing that changedthis season for Kane and histeam was that they captured anMVC Championship title.Everything else has remainedconstant, including Kane’s posi-tive impact on the team, whichDolan and Welber described asone filled with care and support.

“He’s always been there forus and supported us no matter

Kane

TuesdayMay 1, 2012

TuesdayMen’s Golf, 8:30 a.m.away at MVC Championships

WednesdaySoftball, 5 p.m.at home vs. Arkansas

FridayBaseball, 2 p.m.away at. Air Force

Track and Field, All Dayaway at Arkansas

SaturdayBaseball, 11 a.m.away at Air Force

Softball, Noonaway vs. Creighton

Softball, 2 p.m.away vs. Creighton

SundayBaseball, 1 p.m.away at Kansas

Softball, Noonaway vs. Creighton

BaseballWednesday, April 25Missouri 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 4Miss. St. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 3Friday, April 27SIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 1Saturday, April 28SIU 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 – 8Missouri State 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 – 3Sunday, April 29SIU 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 – 6Missouri State0 0 1 0 7 3 0 1 x – 12SoftballWednesday, April 25Wichita State 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 x – 0Saturday, April 28Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Missouri State 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 1Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Missouri State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1Sunday, April 29Indiana State 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 3Missouri State 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 2Women’s GolfTuesday, April 24MVC Championships 1st PlaceMen’s SoccerSunday, April 29Missouri Valley College 2Missouri State 1Women’s SoccerSaturday, April 28Missouri Southern 0Missouri State 1

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CalendarMay 1 toMay 7

BriefsDouglas to join Billsas undrafted player

Former Bears running backChris Douglas agreed to sign asan undrafted free agent with theBuffalo Bills following the con-clusion of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Last season for the Bears,Douglas gained 559 yards in 146rushing attempts in his 11 gamesplayed. His average of 3.5 pergame was good for second on theteam in rushing.

Despite splitting time withother running backs, Douglas ledall Missouri State running backsin rushing.

In 2010, Douglas gained 1,081yards on the ground in 152attempts in his 11 games playedthat season.

Douglas joins the Bills whohave been led by running backsC.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson whocombined for 1,495 yards on theground.

Saffold signs withCleveland Browns

Former Missouri State widereceiver Jermaine Saffold signedwith the Cleveland Browns as anundrafted free agent after notbeing selected in the 2012 NFLDraft over the weekend.

Saffold caught 45 passes lastseason for 913 receiving yardsand had eight touchdown catchesfor the 2011 season.

Following his 2011 perform-ance Saffold was named an All-Missouri Valley Football Confer-ence selection while ranking 25thnationally for receiving yards pergame with 83.

Saffold will join Cleveland onMay 10 for the start of the rookiecamps. The Browns drafted onereceiver in the draft, Travis Ben-jamin from the University ofMiami with the 100th pick in thedraft.

Cleveland also drafted Ala-bama running back Trent Richard-son with the third overall pick inthe draft.

Women’s golfwins ValleyChampionship

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The baseball Bears hit four home runs in Sunday’s 12-6 win over the Southern Illinois Salukis.


Missouri State has 43 stolen bases on 61 attempts this season.

The Bearstake two ofthree fromthe Salukis

Soccer teams end spring schedules


Men’s soccer lost 2-1.


Women’s soccer won 1-0 against Missouri Southern.

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The lacrosse Bears lost 10-6 to Wash. U.

Lacrosse Bears losefinal home gameBy Harrison KeeganThe Standard

The Missouri StateBears lacrosse team could-n’t overcome a big firstquarter deficit in its 10-6loss toWashingtonUniver-sity Sunday at PlasterSports Complex.

The Bears fell behind3-0 early in the first quarterand trailed by as many asfour early on in their seniornight game, and although

they battled back to tie thegame at six, they werenever able to take the lead.

“That first quarter putus into a hole that wecouldn’t climb out of,”Bears head coach PatCallaham said.

With a win, the Bears(6-8) would have clinchedtheir division and a first-round bye in this week-end’s Great Rivers

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Softball team takes twofrom Sycamores at home

By John CookThe Standard

The softball Bears nearly kept their over-all record at .500 this weekend after takingtwo of three from Indiana State. However, aseason-long hitting slump has held the Bearsback from making any ground in the Mis-souri Valley Conference title race.Once again, senior Natalie Rose kept the

Bears (22-23, 10-13) in every game, allow-ing just three runs in three games, all ofwhich came on Sunday in a 3-2 loss. On Sat-urday, Rose threw two complete gameshutouts, but the Bears were only able to putup one run in each game.As for the lackluster hitting, coach Holly

Hesse said they just have to try and peak atthe right time.“I thought we did a good job at least put-

ting the ball in play, putting it on theground,” Hesse said. “We made their defensework, but we certainly need to find ways tohave better at bats. We were in a similar sit-uation last year, and we started hitting at theright time. So hopefully we’re saving ourhits up for the conference tournament.”The Bears are now sixth in the Valley,

while Northern Iowa (36-14, 19-3) and Illi-nois State (31-20, 16-7) are sitting at one andtwo, respectively.With the Bears lead-off hitter Kirstin Cut-

ter hitting just .209 on the year, it hasn’t beeneasy for Missouri State to produce runs. Cut-ter has come on of late though, and was 3-for-6 on Saturday in the Bears’ two wins.On Sunday, the Bears celebrated their two

seniors, Rose and center fielder RaevenReplogle. Rose is 15-13 on the year with a

1.78 ERA, while Replogle has started all 45games this season and has a .957 fieldingpercentage.“She’s so much fun to watch on the

mound,” Hesse said of Rose. “Just to see hercompletely dominate hitters, I’m certainlygoing to miss that. You don’t really appreci-ate a pitcher like Nat until you don’t haveher.”Hesse also had high praises for Replogle,

saying that she has been an excellent leaderfor the team.“Raeven is just one of those play-hard-

every-day (players),” Hesse said. “She takescare of the team, and every team needs aplayer like her. And we’ll certainly miss heron the defensive side of the field as well.”Replogle said the hitting has been incon-

sistent at times, but as long as they win, shedoesn’t care.

“I think it’s definitely important that wescore early,” she said. “I think that as long aswe score consistently we’re fine. But I mean,a win is a win, so we’ll take whatever we canget.”On the defensive end, Rose has come

back from a rough patch after starting redhot. Thirteen batters whiffed on Saturday,and one other on Sunday, putting her strike-out total at 172 this year.“I always feel like I come on better

toward the end of the season,” Rose said.“You get to throw more and get your arm inshape. Maybe I’ve gotten my confidenceback with a couple good games. Whenyou’re doing bad game after game, it kind ofgets to you a little bit. So I’m just glad I’mdigging myself out of a hole. I’m feelingpretty confident on the mound now.”Missouri State plays their final home

game at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Killian SportsComplex against Arkansas, before finishingup the regular season on the road againstCreighton over the weekend. The Bears startthe Missouri Valley Conference Tournamenton May 10 in Carbondale, Ill.

“We’d like to go into the conference tour-nament on a win streak,” Hesse said. “Natal-ie’s pitching extremely well, and we’re play-

ing very good defense. You do those twothings and we give ourselves a chance to winevery game.”

Bears now are at 22-23overall this season withfour games left to play


The softball Bears have a .967 fielding percentage this season and 44 errors.

Lacrosse Conference playoffs,but instead theywill have eithera four or a five seed and play inthe opening round Friday inChicago.Senior midfielder Will

Squires scored a goal justbefore halftime to cut thedeficit to three in the final homegame of his career.“It felt good, but I wish it

would have been one thathelped us win,” Squires said.“It was bittersweet.”The Bears will likely have

to go throughWashington Uni-versity again next weekend inorder to make it to the Men’sCollegiate Lacrosse NationalPlayoffs and Squires said theBears will be ready for Wash-ington next time.“This is the first time in my

career that we’ve ever lost tothese guys,” Squires said. “AndI wouldn’t like losing to themagain.”

At halftime, Callahamencouraged his team to remaincalm and stay the course. Theyresponded by scoring threestraight goals to tie the game atsix but Washington clampeddown and scored the game’slast four goals to secure thewin.Sophomore attackman

Chris Callaham scored twogoals and senior midfielderBen Scherer added a goal andtwo assists in his final homegame.Pat Callaham said the

Bears’ senior class of Squires,Scherer and midfielder LyleMcCallum will be sorelymissed next year.“They’ve meant a tremen-

dous amount not only to thisprogram but to me as a coach,”Callaham said. “We’re unfortu-nately going to lose them nextyear but they’ve had specialcareers here.”Freshman Taylor Klein

scored the Bears’ second goalof the first quarter on a niftyfeed from Joey Saba. He saidthe Bears are good enough to

beat Washington next week-end, but they have a few thingsto tighten up.“They play a really fast

transition game,” Klein said.“We have some little things towork on, but if we get past that,there’s nothing really stoppingus.”Pat Callaham said the Bears

have at times struggled to puttogether complete games andthat is something theywill needto shore up as the postseasonbegins this weekend.“We seem to have that big

let down in one quarter,” PatCallaham said. “For whateverreason we’ve had a hard timeputting together those fourquarters.”Sunday’s game was origi-

nally scheduled for 2 p.m., butwas rescheduled for 5 p.m. toaccommodate soccer practice.Pat Callaham said he didn’tthink the change in start timewas a factor in his team’s slowstart.Defensively, Mike Queener

and Dan Funk each had eightgroundballs for the Bears.

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tactically.“The results aren’t the most

important thing, as they are inthe fall, but we’re really tryingto mold the team in terms ofwhat we can bring in the falland then how we can join itwith the new players,” Leamysaid. “We’ve found some thingsout, we’ve discovered somethings, and I think we are fur-ther along than we were threemonths ago, that’s for sure.”The women’s squad had bet-

ter luck on Saturday afternoonas they beat Missouri Southern,1-0.The Bears played with only

one substitute on the bench, asthree players are recoveringfrom surgeries and other playershave minor injuries, includingthis season’s expected startinggoalie, junior Chelsea Voet.Voet suffered a shoulder

injury during the spring gameagainst Drury University.“We don’t have subs and on

top of it, we have some of ourfield players going in and play-ing goalie, so we did a 20-minute rotation,” sophomoreLauren Wendt said. “Four dif-ferent girls were in the goaltoday and they got us a shutout,so that’s cool.”Head coach Rob Brewer

said the team did what they

could with what they had.Brewer has faith that Voet willbe fine and two freshmengoalies will join the team in thefall.Missouri State got on the

scoreboard after Wendt scored agoal with 17:31 left in the firsthalf.“I was so excited,” Wendt

said. “I have been down onmyself lately because I haven’tbeen able to score and it wasactually my first goal. I’ve beenhere for two years and it wasmy first, so that’s always excit-ing. I would have likedAlthough two of their springgames were canceled, the Bearswalked away with a 2-1-1record. d to score a second one,but it didn’t work out that way.”Brewer said the spring

games are important for evalu-ating the team and differentstyles of play. Although two oftheir spring games were can-celed, the Bears finished theseason with a 2-1-1 record.“The girls come in Aug. 3,

well before school starts, butthen we’re playing real gameswithin two weeks, so there’s alot to try to get in,” he said. “Ithink it’s important for ourreturning players to get theexperience, to where we can seethem and not worry too muchabout results. If we don’t wintoday nobody’s going to loseany sleep over it. Certainly wewant to win, but it’s more abouthow we want to play.”

keep ourselves in good position inthe league,” Guttin said. “We’re atthe point where every game is veryimportant. This (series) obviouslyhad extreme league implications.”Pitching was key for the Bears

over the weekend, an aspect of theirteam they have leaned on heavilythroughout the year.

Sophomore Nick Petree took themound on Friday and deliveredseven shutout innings, giving uponly five hits and striking out nine.Freshman Tyler Burgess closed outthe game and earned the win withtwo scoreless innings and threestrikeouts.On Sunday, junior Cody Schu-

macher pitched 6 innings, givingup four runs on seven hits and strik-ing out a career-high nine batters.The Bears will play Air Force

tomorrow and Thursday, Kansas on

Friday and Mizzou next Mondaybefore they finish up the final twoconference series of their regularseason — at home against Evans-ville and on the road at IndianaState.“We have Indiana State coming

up and Evansville coming up, too,”Chaffin said. “Those are going to betwo big series for us. We’ve just gotto get that momentum going.”The Bears will play at 2 p.m.

tomorrow afternoon in Lawrence,Kan. against Air Force.

what,” Dolan said. “If weshoot (a high score), it’snot the end of the world.”Welber said Kane had

a laid-back approachwhen helping his playerswork on their game. Shesaid that almost everyplayer who has playedfor the women’s golfteam has left MissouriState a better player, allbecause of Kane, who

was named MVC Coachof the Year.Kane and the team are

now headed to the NCAARegional TournamentMay 10-12, where Kaneplans to “just go and seewhat happens.”In the NCAA basket-

ball tournament, there isalways an underdog teamthat no one expected towin and winds up goingfurther in the tournamentthan some of thefavorites.“I don’t see a reason

why that can’t be us,”Kane said.

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Senior infielder Kevin Medrano has only committed two errors on the season.

Photo provided by Ann Dolan

The women’s golf team won conference last week.


The women’s soccer team was 12-5-2 last season.

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Process for declaring service hours difficult

By Anna ThomasThe Standard

As the end of the semesterapproaches, students involved insororities and fraternities, as wellas those with scholarships, havereached the deadline for servicehours. But turning them in mightseem more difficult than complet-ing them.

Karolina Kosinska, a sopho-more biology major, found theprocess for turning in servicehours confusing, she said.

“I had debates with friends onwhether or not we needed thepaper slip,” Kosinska said. “Icouldn’t figure out where theform was online, and I ended up

feeling overwhelmed.”However, Patrick Grayshaw,

assistant director of studentengagement for volunteer pro-grams, has settling news for stu-dents. There have been nochanges, and the process is rathersimple. He reminds students thatboth the paper form, which can befound in the Office of StudentEngagement, and the electronicform, should be filled out andcompleted.

“We require that they recordthe information electronicallywhich allows the student to pro-vide detailed information aboutthe service project including con-tact information,” Grayshaw said.“The paper forms are the verifica-tion that basically has a signaturefrom the community partner theyworked with.”

The online form can be foundon CampusLINK. Once studentslog on to their My Missouri Stateaccount, they can find the Cam-pusLINK icon under the profile

tab in the student engagementbox. A new window will open andon the top bar there is a dropdown menu titled “Involvement.”There is a submissions link wherethe form can be found. The formis entitled “Service Hours ReportForm-S.3.”

Erin Sullivan, a senior market-ing management major, attemptedto help students locate the onlineform.

“It can be confusing at timesjust because CampusLINK doesinclude a lot of links and informa-tion, especially since students donot interact with it on a dailybasis,” Sullivan said. “But onceyou get on the right track, theform is very clear and easy to fillout.”

After hours are submitted,keeping in mind the paper formsmust be turned in 30 days afterthe service, the form is reviewedand students will receive a notifi-cation if their service hours areaccepted or not.

“If hours are denied, there willbe a message that explains why.”Grayshaw said. “Often this isbecause the student filled out the

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putting off taking the plunge into theeconomy by enrolling in graduateschool, hoping that everything pansout in the long run. In many areas,the salaries of someone with a bach-elor’s degree compared to a master’sdegree isn’t much different.

“Five or 10 years ago peoplesaid, ‘I’m staying in school and get-ting my master’s. I may pay $10,000more for my master’s degree, but I’llmake it back in salary,’” Huntersaid. “Not anymore. They’re post-poning looking for a job while incur-ring more of a debt load.”

Many employers in the country’s

current job market have becomemore efficient by learning to get byand adapt with less employees.Hunter said staying in school, get-ting a higher degree and expectingto be viewed as more valuable toemployers is incorrect in manycases.

Margie Stewart, employer rela-tions manager and career resourcesspecialist for the Career Center, saidone of the challenges of finding ajob is being able to effectively navi-gate the different avenues that canlead to finding a job after gradua-tion.

“People think there’s some secretticket or one way to do it,” Stewartsaid. “There are traditional methodslike looking on websites and jobsearch boards. I encourage a lot ofstudents to use JobTracks.”

JobTracks is the Career Center’sonline database that allows studentsto post résumés, be placed in résumébooks and apply for on-campusinterviews. They can also check outinternship and job listings.

Stewart said people who plan tostay in Springfield face the chal-lenge of seriously narrowing theirprospects of finding post-collegeemployment.

“There are a lot of companiesright here in Springfield that don’toffer the kind of entry-level job rightout of college,” Stewart said.“Sometimes people who stay righthere in Springfield have that chal-lenge.”

Scott Bloom, a professor in theeconomics department, is teaching aclass this summer semester thatquestions whether or not the great

recession of 2008-09 has reallycome to an end. He said the messagethe media is sending to the publicisn’t merely smoke and whistles.

“Many people go to college look-ing for degrees in what they’re inter-ested in without thinking about whatjobs are available,” Bloom said. “Ithink it is going to become more dif-ficult as we’re becoming more glob-alized. I don’t see any reversal ofthat. Students are going to have to bemore selective.”

As grim as it can sound, Bloomsaid there are still many availablejobs in the fields of education andsoftware engineering, but not somany in the areas of manufacturingand electronics.

“Teaching is a relatively strongarea,” Bloom said. “America stillhas a huge advantage in higher edu-

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Global studies graduate studentMark Nichols chose the path ofhigher education but still has mixedfeelings about the concept, he said.

“It really depends on what you’regoing for when it comes to gettingyour master’s,” Nichols said. “Youcould have a biology master’s forinstance and still be doing the samelab tech work you’d be doing if youhad your bachelor’s. In my field Icould get my doctorate or even go tolaw school.”

Anyone wishing to check out theCareer Center’s website, or Job-Tracks, can do so at http://career-center.missouristate.edu/students.htm.

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By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

Everyone loves beer. It’s beenaround for as long as humans havebeen able to make it, it’s pretty inex-pensive and it’s a staple of the collegeparty. Since the ‘80s, beer has evolvedfrom lighter American lagers to bold-er and more flavorful styles, pavingthe way for a home brew revolution.

The Home Brewery in Ozark,Mo., has been providing beer-mak-ing supplies to a growing populationof beer enthusiasts since 1984. Theirselection of flavors ranges from Indi-ana Pale Ales to Double ChocolateStouts. Manager Roger Wissbaumhas been helping people start makingtheir own beer with the Home Brew-ery for the past eight years.

“With the recession three or fouryears ago people wanted to savemoney,” Wissbaum said. “You willsave money making your own beeras opposed to letting a large corpo-ration do it for you. It depends onthe kind of beer youdrink, though. Ifyou’re a Miller Litedrinker you’re notgoing to be able tomake it any cheaperthan they do, but ifyou’re spendingnine bucks a sixpack on New Bel-gium — yeah, wecan beat that price.”

For many col-lege students,cheaper beers likeMiller Lite workbecause they’re lessexpensive for alarger quantity. But,surprisingly, morecollege students aregetting in on thecraft and coming upwith new flavorsand better beers on their own.

Freshman business major AshleyMontgomery has been brewing herown beer for the past six yearsthanks to a friend that left his equip-

ment to her after scoring a job withSamuel Adams.

“I brew beer because it’s a lot offun, and it’s a relaxing thing,”Montgomery said. “It’s a creativeoutlet for me and my roommatebecause we come up with differentstuff. We did the pumpkin cider acouple months ago and it wasweird, but it was still drinkable.”

People maythink that despitetheir interest inbrewing their ownbeer, it’s too expen-sive or they mightnot have anywhereto brew it, but thetruth is surprising.

The HomeBrewery sells avariety of beer kitsfrom about $30 to$50, and if you needequipment as well,it’s no problem. Abasic five-gallonbeer brewing equip-ment kit is $68.95and includes every-thing you need toget started, includ-ing a fermenter anda bottling bucket as

well as a starter book. All you’reresponsible for are bottles. Start sav-ing the bottles you buy, and you’llhave all you need in no time.

“After boiling it for an hour and

cooling it down, it takes about aweek to ferment, another week toclarify,” Wissbaum said. “Then oncethe yeast is done consuming all thesugar, (the yeast) float around for awhile until there’s nothing to do andthey go dormant and fall to the bot-tom of the solution.

“That’s a good indication that it’stime to be bottled. Once it’s in a bottle,it’s about two weeks to carbonate andaround amonth from the time you startto the time you can start drinking.”

Making your own beer isn’t onlya great way to save money if you likeexpensive beer, but it’s also a greatcreative outlet. For people that like tofigure out how things work andenjoy something tasty while they’redoing it, brewing beer might be thehobby you’ve been waiting for.

Home Brewery owner Todd Fryehas been running the store since1996 and has been watching the beerindustry grow and change, incorpo-rating new flavors and ideas into hisown products over time. A self-pro-claimed “tinkerer,” Frye enjoys the

crafty aspect of beer brewing.“It’s super easy to get started; it’s

super easy to do,” Frye said. “Thebiggest thing is to keep everythingas clean as you can and you’ll havesuccess. Malt, hops, yeast and waterare the four ingredients in beer, andany quantity of those four ingredi-ents and you’re going to end upwith a good beer.”

TimAugustine got his master’s inhistory at Missouri State Universitylast December and soon after startedhis own beer blog, http://worst-beerblogever.com and started brew-ing his own beer in his kitchen.

“I’m trying to make some palat-able basics,”Augustine said. “So farmy first beer I screwed up prettybad. I was making a vanilla beanimperial stout, and I let it sit in sec-ondary fermentation for too longand it turned out tasting like card-board. My next beer was a lot better.It ended up being really tasty. I’msad that I’m out of it.”

It seems like everyone is jump-ing on the home brew bandwagon

these days, and with places likeMother’s Brewing Company here inSpringfield and smaller brewerieslike Little Yeoman in Cabool, Mo.,giving craft brew a good name, get-ting involved is tempting.

“You see people doing that sortof thing, and we try and incorporatethat as much into home brewbecause, naturally, as home brewerswe want to follow commercialbrewers and what they’re doing,”Frye said. “But then on the reverse,a lot of commercial brewers startedout as home brewers. They startedout in the trenches like we are brew-ing five gallons of beer at a time intheir homes and thought, ‘I’m goingto do this for a living.’”

You have to start somewhere,and if taking a stab at brewing yourown beer appeals to your craftyside, there are lots of ways to getstarted. Visit The Home Brewery at1967 Boat St. in Ozark, Mo., tocheck out their supplies and talk totheir staff about what kind of beeryou’re interested in.

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Brewing your own beer is becoming increasingly popular, partially because you save money doing so,and the recent recession has moved people to cut back their budgets in innovative ways.

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Tim Hahn (left) will be attending his first increment of Officer Candidate School on May 27.

said.Held on Sunday afternoons

at Phelps Grove Park, SparDay has the candidates don-ning boxing gloves, headgearand mouth guards beforeengaging in boxing matches.

The candidates are sup-posed to hold back as thesparring session is just forpractice, but it’s difficult tofight your instincts, Hahnsaid.

“We tell ourselves we’resupposed to hold back, like 50percent, but it’s really hard,”he said. “Because when youget hit, it’s like instinct kicksin. We’re not trying to hurteach other or anything, butyou want to make it a workouttoo.”

Spar Day has also helpedbring the society together byencouraging the candidates toget to know one another,Hahn said.

“We got to connect and

really get to know each otherand it’s like our Captain Kochsays, ‘The best way to figureout your guys and buildbrotherhood is to fight eachother,’” he said.

Being around his fellowcandidates and other membersof the Marine Corps hashelped keep Hahn motivatedas he prepares for OCS andthe nerves begin to settle in,Hahn said.

“I’ve been excited all theway up to about yesterday,”he said. “Now the nerves arestarting to set in because, youwatch all these videos andstuff about (OCS), and readeverything about it, and it’sone thing to read about it andanother when you knowyou’re about to live that andthat’s going to be you in thevideo.”

To learn more about theSemper Fidelis Society, visittheir Facebook page or emailRedmond [email protected]. To learn more aboutthe Marine Corps, visit theirrecruiting office at 4327 S.National Ave. or their websiteat http://www.marines.com.

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By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

There’s a stale sound on theair. What could it possibly be?Oh, it’s just Springfield’smusic scene. The town hassort of quieted down as of late,with local favorites losing gigsand stressed-out students opt-ing for staying in and studyingrather than going on a journeydowntown. This is all fine andwell, but it feels like some-thing’s missing.That is why whenever a

powerful new sound gracesour city, it can feel very muchlike a breath of fresh air, andthat’s exactly how one woulddescribe Kansas City nativesThe Good Foot’s show atLindberg’s Friday, April 27.The Good Foot are a funk

and soul (primarily cover)band with some of their ownoriginal material. Busting outclassics like King Floyd’s“Groove Me,” “Ain’t NoMountain High Enough”made famous by MarvinGaye, and “I Want You Back”by The Jackson 5, it wasn’tlong before just about every-one in the tiny bar was shakingsomething.Their successful set was

spurned by front woman JuliaHaile’s dynamic stage pres-ence and her powerful vocalperformance, as well as well-displayed virtuosity from sev-eral of themusicians at her dis-posal. I don’t think guitaristTim Braun so much as glancedat his strings the entire night.The gang found each other

in the Kansas City areathrough mutual friends, gigsand studying together at the

Conservatory at the Universityof Missouri-Kansas City.Haile studied classical

music there, and said it washer exposure to musical stylesapart from the mainstreamconsensus that paid inspirationto the music she makes today.“I’ve got people in my head

that aren’t as well-known —it’s not mainstream stuff,”Haile said. “Classical singersand things that I love like Kath-leen Battle — she’s this amaz-ing operatic soprano. I takeinspiration from that and justthe stuff that everyone loves,like Aretha Franklin. You feelthe meaning in those songs, soit’s easy to gravitate toward.“We love this stuff too,

that’s why we do it,” Haile con-tinued. “We went to schooltogether and (keyboardist/saxo-phonist) Adam Wagner andTim, the guitar player, were in ashow inKC called Love Janis, aJanis Joplin tribute show. That’show they met and we kind ofjust pulled people together.”

Wagner didn’t seem towant to stay in one place fortoo long, bouncing around thestage from instrument toinstrument. He said they try toget down to Springfield asoften as they can, which canbe a stretch when you haveregular gigs at home.“We’re here every couple

months it seems like,” Wagnersaid. “Lindberg’s has kind ofbeen our mainstay. We playregularly in KC, but anymorewe are trying to branch outregionally. We recently startedworking on our own material.So we’re trying to focus moreon that.”Wagner said it wasn’t hard

for the band to pool their influ-ence and find a common loveforMotown, funk and soul. Hesaid reaching back in time is agreat way to illuminate anxi-eties and problems in today’spost-modern society.“We started out with the

intent of writing and playingsoul music,” he said. “It wasjust kind of something thatwas in our brains already. It’sdance music first of all. Onceyou can engage a crowd andinvolve them in the show itmakes it just as much fun forthe band. And having hornsand other auxiliary instru-ments that aren’t as commonanymore is appealing to us asmusicians.“I feel like there are a lot of

things that parallel betweenthe time period we are tryingto cover as far as politicallyand militarily. Those are thingsthat may not be as obvious butit’s a big thing for us.”Wagner said he takes inspi-

ration from all the greats:James Brown, Booker T andthe MG’s, and Ray Charles.He said they plan on puttingtogether a full-length LP, andhaving it recorded and mixedby the end of this year.“Hopefully by the end of

the year we’ll have a larger col-lection of stuff to put out,” hesaid. “For the most part, I thinkit’s going to be vinyl and digi-tal. Anything that we releasewill be available on the Inter-net as well as in vinyl form.”

Haile said that she is notalone in the songwritingprocess, which for them hasbeen a community effort ontheir part, as well as frommusicians and friends in theKansas City area.“I guess like any song it

just comes from an inspira-tional thought,” Haile said.“You think about somethingand try to evolve it into some-thing more complete. We justgather from anything andeverything to put the songstogether.“We’ve had some help with

the lyrics — some local musi-cians who know our structureand want to write for a bandlike us. So we’re always opento taking songs from other peo-

ple and developing them andseeing where they go, but wedo have our own stuff as well.”Haile said they have an

established relationship with arecording studio in Kansas Citycalled Westend Recording Stu-dios. It is through this studiothat the group hopes to developsome of their new songs.“I really think it’s coming

soon, probably in the nextcouple months,” Haile said.“It takes a lot of time to putthat kind of thing together andget it to where you want to be.It’s a great, great studio. Wehave a good relationship withthe technician there and it’sjust a great place to feel com-fortable doing what you wantto do.”Haile doesn’t have a doubt

when it comes to her ability tosway a crowd, and thereforesell her records. Ultimately, itis her manipulation of thecrowd that Haile loves themost about her “job.”“We play music that people

have been hearing for years,”she said. “They know it, andthey may not jump up theminute it starts but there’salways one song that just acouple people in the audienceare like, ‘Yes! That’s my song!’and then I know I’ve got you,you will love this. I love it.“We play one song and

suddenly from the back a cou-ple girls come up, and they’reready to dance. That’s finewith me. We don’t need to beballs to the wall from the get-go. I want to kind of grab peo-ple and draw them in. Becauseit’s great, the music’s there,you just have to let it takeyou.”


The Good Foot is a Kansas City-based band performing well-known hits such as“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “I Want You Back,” as well as original tunes.

Soulful rock success visits Springfield

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The entire group dressesup exactly like you’ll see TheDoors in live performancevideos, and it’s uncanny howmuch the band sounds like arecording of The Doors. Thelead singer even acts likeJim, falling about on stageand taking cigarettes andother party favors from audi-ence members.

Mom’s Kitchen, a Wide-spread Panic tribute band,played each day before TheSchwag. It was still lightout, so there weren’t manypeople dancing, but thegroup did a fantastic jobsounding just like what Iremember hearing Wide-spread sound like last sum-mer. Even earlier in the day,The Flea Bitten Dawgs per-formed an acoustic set,which garnered even lessdancing than Mom’sKitchen, but they played alot of great classic rockcover tunes.

Overall, it was a spectac-ular weekend and we could-n’t have asked for betterweather. The days wereovercast and cloudy, but inthe mid-80s and without adrop of rain, as far as Icould tell. The nights were alittle chillier in the mid-60s,but I wouldn’t want it anyother way. All the dancingheats you up and it’s ever solovely when the nightbreeze soothingly sweepsaway the beads of sweatdripping down your face.

Byrdfest also wins allkinds of brownie pointswith its free toilet andshower room very near thestage. Do not take for grant-ed how truly amazing thisamenity is because port-a-potties, which are your mainoutlet to relieve yourself atmost other festivals, smellgross and surely no onereally likes to use them. Weall owe a big thanks toByrd’s staff for keeping thebathrooms in tip-top shapeall weekend.

The next Byrdfest hasyet to be announced, butlast July and Septembereach had a festival, so keepyour fingers crossed!

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Photos by Lauren Healey/THE STANDARD

Top: Festival life is never short on fascinating things to entertain you visually. Bottom left: Melvin Seals played with The Schwag, treating fes-tivalgoers to phenomenal organ skills. Bottom right: Jimmy Tebeau is the bassist and lead singer for Grateful Dead tribute band, The Schwag.


Students extend MSU experiences to online

By Paige OxendineFor The Standard

With college students spending hours onthe Internet each week, it’s no surprise thatMissouri State students have found a way toextend their campus experiences into theonline realm.For many students, checking the Over-

heard at Missouri State Facebook group,laughing at photos posted to Missouri StateMemes and reading tweets from@Only_in_SPFD, an anonymous MissouriState student’s Twitter account, is a dailyroutine.As one of the most popular online sites

dedicated to the university, Overheard atMissouri State boasts over 4,000 membersand often receives over a dozen requests for

membership each day.The group, created by Jacqui Sage, was

developed in December of 2009 as the psy-chology student found herself avoidingstudying for final exams.“After throwing the idea around in my

head, I decided, ‘Well, let’s try it out,’” Sagesaid. “I always wanted to start somethingpeople would remember. I guess I just gotlucky that I got to it first,”Overheard, as it is commonly referred to,

is a group where members post quotes orphotos of things overheard or seen aroundthe MSU campus.While the primary value of the group

exists in the entertainment factor, Overheardhas also come to function as a place for stu-dents to share and learn information aboutvarious things taking place on campus.

Group administrators allow one post forany campus event for the sake of advertise-ment, and members are also allowed to cre-ate postings for lost, found or stolen items oncampus.Just last week, freshman music major

Kristi Patrickus posted a photo of her stolenbicycle in the group, with hopes that mem-bers of the Overheard community can helptrack down the bike and return it to her.While groups like Overheard continue to

grow, new online communities such as Mis-souri State Tip Jar have formed with theintent of sharing student recommendationsin addition to passing them along to interimPresident Clif Smart and the Board of Gov-ernors.Students submit tips via the Facebook

page, and moderators then choose recom-mendations to share online and email toadministrators.Created less than a month ago, tips

received so far range from hilarious to seri-ous, with recommendations such as “Top-less Tutors,” along with a post urging stu-dents to support the Missouri State baseball

team.While online communities such as Over-

heard at Missouri State and Missouri StateTip Jar are prosperous now, the questionmust be asked as to what will happen to thepages when creators and student administra-tors end their time at school.“I’ve just been accepted into the counsel-

ing department for graduate school here atMissouri State, but eventually I’m going toleave,” Sage said. “I need to find more peo-ple to moderate the group, but it’s difficultwhen I don’t know people personally andwhether or not they will follow the rules.Kylie Surdyke, a junior general business

major and member of the Overheard at Mis-souri State group, said she hopes the groupwill remain active into the future, even ascurrent moderators graduate.“It’s a really cool group that brings peo-

ple from all over the campus together,” shesaid. “MSU has over 20,000 students, butone thing that most people have in commonis that they know about Overheard at Mis-souri State. I’d hate to see the group goaway.”

Facebook, Twitter profiles targetSpringfield campus audience

dent lawsuits.Cotten said students

should know exactly whatthey agreeing to when theysign waivers like the one forthe Recreation Center.“Waivers are generally

enforced,” he said. “Whenthey sign the waiver they aregiving up their legal rights,and what they’re making is alegal contract.”Cotten said the advantage

of the waivers for universitiesis that it keeps them from

being responsible if anyinjuries should occur in theirfacility even if they are toblame.“(Students) are making a

stupid contract because whatthey are saying is, ‘I agree ifI can use your facility that if Iam injured, even if it’sbecause you are negligentand do something wrong thatcauses me to get hurt, I won’tsue you,’” Cotten said. “Nowthat’s a dumb deal. Somepeople would argue that it’sagainst public policy and notin the best interest of thesigner. And it’s not, butwe’ve all signed thembefore.”

Sophomore fashion mer-chandising and design majorDanielle Schott said sheplans on using the newRecreation Center daily thissummer. Schott said she isn’tapprehensive about signingthe liability waiver.“MSU has to protect

themselves,” Schott said. “Ifyou were to get a member-ship at any gym or fitnesscenter you would have tosign one. If you don’t like it,then don’t sign it and don’tuse the recreation center.”Senior computer informa-

tion systems major TylerSmith plans to sign the waiv-er sometime in the near

future. He said he under-stands the purpose of the lia-bility waiver but is uneasywith some of the wording ofthe contract.“I don’t really like the fact

that I can’t do anything if Icould get hurt because of theuniversity’s negligence,”Smith said.Barnett told The Standard

in February the Foster Recre-ation Center would be openfor student use on June 11and the aquatic center wouldbe complete by mid-June.However, she said these datescould be changed dependingon how fast the remainingconstruction is completed.

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is because the servicehours do not count.”As a reminder to stu-

dents earning servicehours for a scholarship,only 50 percent of thehours can be on-campusservice, meaning thatsome of the hours cannotbe verified until all thehours are completed.In the end, Grayshaw

recommends studentattend OSE and financial

aid sessions in the fallthat thoroughly explainthe process. The best wayto keep track of hours isto maintain a runningrecord and make copiesof the service verificationforms, he said.“It is very important to

stay on top of your hours,because if you don’t thenyou’ll find yourself try-ing to get them done inthe last few weeks ofschool,” Kosinska said.“Which could be a lotharder than even turningin all the differentforms.”

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Documents

waiver online bylogging

msus liability waiver

moore andfranklin

devin moore andkara

barnett saidsigning

newfor msu students

student anticipation

moore andshane franklin