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Briefs

Occupy Springfieldmembers arrested

Eight people were arrested Fri-day at an Occupy protest on a pri-vate lot near Jordan Valley Park.The protest took place on the pro-posed site for a John Q. Hammonshotel near the Springfield ExpoCenter.

The arrests were made for tres-passing and involved beingbooked and released, said EricHoneycutt, a meeting facilitatorand unofficial spokesmen of thegroup. He said fines were $105for each person.

Matt Brown, the SpringfieldPolice Department Public AffairsOfficer, said Occupy protestmembers were asked to leave andgiven opportunity to do so butrefused. They were issued sum-mons for trespassing, arrested andtransported to the Greene CountySheriff’s Department.

Spring breakvolunteer leaderswanted

The Center for Leadership &Volunteerism is hosting Alterna-tive Breaks where groups of stu-dents will spend their week volun-teering in new communities.

The center is looking for stu-dent leaders that have serviceexperience to lead the trips. Tripleaders will be compensated witha reduced fee trip. Applications toparticipate will be available at thebeginning of spring semester.

For more information, contactPatrick Grayshaw at volun-teer@missouristate.edu or 417-836-4386, or go to missouris-tate.edu/volunteer/118000.htm.

CalendarNovember 15 toNovember 21

TuesdayStudy Away 101, 10 to 11 a.m. atPSU 309

“Tales from Abroad”: StudyAway Student DiscussionPanel, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Car-rington Hall Auditorium 208

WednesdayThe Geography of Storms inthe USA: Why Storm ChasingWorks! 3 to 4 p.m. at Carrington208

Swing and Move 2011 (Learn acultural dance), 8:30 to 10:30p.m. at PSU Ballroom

ThursdayThe Most Recent Rebirth ofPark Central Square, 3 to 4 p.m.at Carrington 208

Students for a SustainableFuture meeting, 4:30 to 5:30p.m. at Temple Hall Pit

Plains Indian Handgame, 7 to 9p.m. at PSU First Floor Atrium

FridayTour of the Globe, 4:30 to 8 p.m.at Jim D. Morris Center

Habitat for Humanity Build on theBearPaw, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at BearPaw

MondayPre-Physician Assistant Societymeeting, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. atProfessional Building 225

Pre-Physician Assistant Societymeeting, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. atProfessional Building 225

College Republicans meeting, 7to 8 p.m. at PSU 314C

By Brittany MeilingThe Standard

The city of Springfield plansto renovate Grand Street into asafer and more attractive exten-sion of campus for MissouriState students and faculty.

“The city of Springfield islooking to widen Grand Streetfrom National up to Kim-brough,” said Ken McClure, vicepresident for administrative andinformation services at MissouriState. “This area is adjacent toour campus, therefore it will def-initely affect our students.”

The city is concentrating on a2,000-foot stretch of GrandStreet between National andHolland Avenue.

“Grand is only a four-lanestreet, which means people aremaking left hand turns at theintersections,” Martin Gugel, acity traffic engineer, said. “Thisproject adds turning lanes toGrand in areas where it’s needed.Where a turning lane is not need-ed, there will be median control,which is also a safety feature.”

The city is projecting that thedesign will include upgradedtraffic lights at both KingsAvenue and John Q. HammonsParkway, left-turning lanes at theintersections, wider sidewalksand a longer pedestrian under-pass underneath Grand, Gugelsaid.

The city is focusing on mak-ing upgrades for safety and func-tionality, while leaving the aes-thetic sprucing to the university.

“There’s also going to besome streetscape development;landscaping and lighting forexample,” Gugel said. “Howev-er, the extent of that work will bedependent on the cost-share withthe university.”

Due to the significance of the

Universitypairs withcity to extendGrand Street

New Hy-Vee store offers 24-hour deals

By Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

The supermarket chainHy-Vee officially openedthe door to its first Spring-field location on Oct. 18 at6 a.m.

The 24-hour store,located at KansasExpressway and Battle-field, promises competi-tive prices on goods, serv-ices and gas, store directorMike Hoppman said.

“We have a lot goingon all the time that weoffer to everyone,” Hopp-man said. “You don’t haveto have a card or pay a feeto belong here. We offersomething everyone can

enjoy.”In addition to many

different coupons, Hy-Veeoffers weekly hot dealitems and special promo-tions through a text serv-ice called NOWWOW,Hoppman said. The exclu-sive coupons offered aregood for a specific dayand limited hours.

“You can get an app onyour phone and it willsend you a code,” Hopp-man said. “You might beable to come in from 4-7p.m. on Monday night forexample and get a 24-packof waters for 88 cents.”

Patrons can customizetheir alerts to give themcoupon ads for specific

departments of the store,like produce, seafood andwine and spirits. Anyonecan sign up for the alertsby logging on to Hy-Vee’swebsite at Hy-Vee.com,clicking on the Companylink and selecting MobileAlerts.

Hy-Vee also has itsown gas station and con-venience store located atthe front of the parking loton Battlefield. In order toreceive a discount on gas,customers only need toshow their receipt to theattendant, Hoppman said.

A store the size of Hy-Vee offers a moderatenumber of jobs and in turnhas potential to bolster thelocal economy. When thesupermarket opened, itemployed 527 people,Hoppman said.

Spring semester CASL artclass changes with teacherBy Alexis ReidThe Standard

In spring 2012 one course that hasbeen offered as a Citizenship andService-Learning (CASL) class forthe past six years will not be avail-able for students.

Art Education professor SteveWillis has used the CASL compo-nent for two of his courses for sixyears, but that will not be the case inthe spring semester.

Judith Fowler will be substitutingfor his Art 401 course during thistime, and has opted not to use CASL.When students learned of this, sever-al immediately sprang to its defense,but the students most concernedwere those who had already takenArt 401.

Defined on its website as experi-mental education, CASL is a pro-gram that gets students out of theclassroom and into the community.Working with more than 200 com-munity partners, CASL creates morethan 200 outlets for Missouri Statestudents to give back to Springfield.

Senior art and design major Alli-son Ehlers was one student who willnot be directly impacted by thechange in the course, but said shewas concerned.

“When you’re going throughCASL, first of all you kind of think,‘Oh this is 20 hours I have to do out-side of class,’” Ehlers said. “Butthose of us that have already experi-enced that and gotten over all thatstuff know how much students aregoing to miss out. So I think we weremore concerned because they’re notgoing to have that experience ofwhat’s outside the public classroom.”

Fowler said she has other plansfor the course. Instead of spending 20hours working in the community asbefore, students will spend 30 hoursin the community that won’t bethrough CASL. These hours will bedivided between time spent observ-

ing in public school classrooms andtime spent working at communityorganizations in the same fashion asCASL.

“It will be the same,” Fowler said.“It’d be easier if I did CASL becauseI think they set everything up, butthis way I can tailor it so I can findout who would benefit by going outinto the community and who needsto get into the classroom more.”

There are two types of service-learning courses available throughCASL. A majority of the classes oncampus offer CASL as a component,or as an additional one-hour creditthat’s attached to a class. In this case,it’s an optional experience and is nottied to a specific faculty member, butinstead tied to a specific course anddoesn’t need to be renewed.

However, Willis’ classes thatincorporate CASL—Art 401 and Art366, offered in the spring and fallrespectively—are set up as integrat-ed courses, meaning the service-learning aspect is embedded in thecourse and that every student partici-pates.

Shellie Jones, interim director ofCASL, explained that this alsomeans that the service-learning istied to a specific faculty member. Inthis case, it’s Willis.

“If (Fowler) wanted to go aheadand offer CASL in the spring, shewould have to go through the processwhere she submitted a syllabusthrough our office to the facultyoversight committee and get itapproved,” Jones said. “There’s achecklist that the oversight commit-tee will use to make sure that certaincriteria are in the syllabus. So oncethat’s approved, that faculty memberis allowed to teach the course. Sothen every two years, they need torenew that service-learning course ifit’s integrated.”

Fowler said she still plans on

Flu shotsavailable tostudents forcold seasonBy Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

The end of the fall semester isjust around the corner and flu sea-son can have as much of an impacton students as finals week. Armingyourself with a flu shot may be asimportant as cramming for anexam.

Last Friday, sophomore socialwork major Krysta Baker waited inline at Taylor Health and WellnessCenter for her second flu shot as aMissouri State student.

“I’ve heard that the flu was sup-posed to be pretty bad this year so Ithought I’d come and get a shot,and my mom told me to get one,”Baker said. “The nurse was reallynice. She talked me through thewhole thing.”

Burnie Snodgrass, TaylorHealth’s director, understands first-hand the importance of influenzavaccines, not only for students butfor everyone.

“It’s important because a lot oftime when the students get the fluis during finals week,” Snodgrasssaid. “Missing a week or two ofclasses for a student is very critical.It can adversely affect their abilityto pass a class or graduate on time.”

Currently, influenza vaccinesare $24 for students and free forfaculty and staff, Snodgrass said.The $24 fee can be deferred to astudent’s account.

“In today’s world, the cheapesthealth care is prevention,” Snod-grass said. “What does it cost youto get the flu and develop pneumo-nia compared to getting a flu shot?”

The influenza virus, which canrapidly spread by sneezing, cough-ing and nasal secretions, can affect

anyone, a Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention pamphlet said.It’s a contagious disease with infec-tion rates highest among children.

There are two types of influenzavaccine: inactivated, where thevaccine is administered by injec-tion with a needle; and attenuated,where it is sprayed into the nostrils.Influenza viruses are alwayschanging, so annual vaccination isrecommended.

“Influenza can be a very seriousillness, even a deadly illness,”Cindy Cline, a registered nurse atTaylor said. “It’s important for ourcommunity because not only does avaccination protect you, but alsothe people you’re around.”

With any vaccine there isalways some kind of risk involved,Cline said. In comparison, the ben-efits outweigh the risks.

“The most common thing peo-ple might notice is some sorenessat the injection site,” Cline said. “Asmall percentage of people mightfeel what we call malaise or just

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Christopher Didonato was oneof the eight Occupy Spring-field members arrested Friday.

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Senior Emily Newbold receivesa flu shot at Taylor Health andWellness to prevent sickness.

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Justin Crabtree is arrested during an Occupy Springfield protest in and near the empty lot owned byJohn Q. Hammons Hotels. Eight people were arrested at the protest for trespassing.

New store to givecompetitive prices

Hy-Vee amenities

Hy-Vee is open 24hours a day, sevendays a week, but willbe closed on Christ-mas Day.The store, located

at 1720 W. BattlefieldRoad, has a variety ofdepartments includ-ing:

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“We are hiring. We started with the 527and for whatever reason we always losesome,” Hoppman said. “We dropped some, sonow we need to add.”

Hoppman, a 22-year veteran of the compa-ny, got his start as a night stocker and workedhis way up from there. He says there areopportunities for recent college grads and stu-dents with degrees in general.

“If you were to get your foot in the door,we have what we call Hy-Vee University,”Hoppman said. “It’s basically a training pro-gram within our company. You work everydepartment before becoming a store director.”

Hy-Vee was founded in 1930 in Beacons-field, Iowa. Eighty-one years later they arecontinuing to expand and serve customerswith attentive service and smiles.

“Springfield has been great. The people areawesome,” Hoppman said. “We just feel for-tunate to be here.”

Senior Marketing major Jake Li visitedHy-Vee during its opening week. To him, it

seemed more modern than other grocerystores.

“I thought it was really nice inside,” Li

said. “It has its own separate store for wineand spirits and the Jelly Belly bar was great.They had every flavor.”

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David Huston stocks cottage cheese at Hy-Vee, which opened in Springfield on Oct.18 at 1720 W. Battlefield Road.

not feel well for a few days.” People can be exposed to the influenza

virus, become infected with it and actuallybe shedding it unknowingly, Cline said.

“That’s one of the other important rea-sons to have a flu vaccine,” Cline said.“Trying to avoid crowds where people aresick can be hard to do in the winter.”

Not everyone feels that flu shots areworth risking the potential side effects.English department graduate studentShiloh Peters plans on skipping the vacci-nation this season.

“I probably won’t get one this year,”Peters said. “They make me sick andinvariably I’ll still contract a strain that Iwasn’t vaccinated against later in theyear.”

Students wanting more informationabout influenza vaccinations can visit Tay-lor Health and Wellness Center or checkout their website at http://health.missouris-tate.edu.

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working with many of the sameorganizations that CASLworked with, which include theGreene County Jail, Boys andGirls Club, Rare Breed (ahomeless shelter downtown forteens/adults), The CommunityLearning Center (a facility foradolescent teens who have beenin juvenile detention and are re-transitioning into society) andRivendale School (a school forstudents with Autism).

Community Learning Cen-ter facility manager SteveHicks said the CASL studentswere extremely valuable in anumber of ways when they

came to the center once a week.“I love their attitudes and

their energy, and the kids reallyenjoy it,” Hicks said. “It’s justnice having someone come inother than us, working on proj-ects with them. Plus it’s been agood opportunity to help theboys with some of their socialskills. The benefits have beenpretty endless.”

Senior art education majorVictoria Branch spent a yeargoing to The CommunityLearning Center throughCASL.

“The most rewarding thingfor me was getting to see theguys—the group home I was atwere ages 13 to 17,” Branchsaid. “They had all been onhouse arrest and in juveniledetention, and it was a programto help them get back into the

world. And it was just reallyawesome to be there everyweek and see them grow andchange as they went throughthe program and see how artgot them to talk about stuff.

“When I left in May, theygave us the hugest hugs, andwere like, ‘Ya’ll are awesome.Ya’ll are awesome.’ Nothingcan replace that, you know?”

Branch was among thoseinitially worried that withCASL not being utilized in theArt 401 course in the spring,students wouldn’t have thesame access to new experi-ences and opportunities and thecommunity would suffer.

“Normally there’s like 20people in the class, give ortake, and they’re each requiredto take 20 hours with a com-munity partner,” Branch said.

“That is 400 hours that Spring-field would be missing out on,it’s own people giving back tothe community.”

Branch said that her experi-ence with CASL not onlyaffected the community, buther own life as well.

“Because of my experiencewith CASL—I’m about to domy student teaching nextsemester—I looked for inner-city schools,” Branch said. “Irealized that I really like andconnect with the kids thathaven’t been given everything.I know if I had just been in anormal school, I wouldn’t havebeen able to access that part.”

Lists of available integratedand component courses, as well asadditional information aboutCASL can be found athttp://www.missouristate.edu/casl.

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area to Missouri State’scampus, the city is workingwith the university in hopesto develop a cost-sharingplan in order to divvy upcertain expenses of the proj-ect, Gugel said.

“We plan on developing a

cost-sharing plan, but havenot come to any decisionsyet,” McClure said. “Wehave to be sensitive to costs.Any expense the universitywill be responsible for willneed to be negotiated. Thisis a big topic right now, andwe are not prepared to nego-tiate a cost-sharing plan atthis point. This is primarilya city of Springfield project,not a Missouri State proj-

ect.”The city has funding for

these improvements fromthe one-fourth cent capitalimprovement sales tax in theamount of nearly $2 million,Gugel said.

“We have money setaside for it, but a lot of itwill depend upon MissouriState,” Gugel said. “At thispoint we do not have anagreement with Missouri

State regarding cooperationor a cost-sharing plan. The$2 million estimate for therenovations is including alot of landscaping develop-ment. If the city does thisproject on our own, wewould scale that backbecause the goal of this proj-ect, from a city standpoint,is safety. We can make thesafety improvements withthe budget we have.”

Although the city plansto widen Grand Street,Gugel expects little impactto the commuter parking lotsjust south of the area.

“There may be the possi-bility of the reduction ofparking, but not much,”Gugel said. “That dependson a possible second phaseof the project, whichincludes the universityresurfacing parking and

making changes to theirparking facilities. However,the tunnel extension wouldhave the most impact onparking because the way wewould widen the tunnel willcome from the south sideparking lot.”

The first phase of the ren-ovations is expected tobegin in late 2012, saidGugel.

By Kris CollinsThe Standard

Since last spring, variouscampus organizations havebeen working diligently to puttogether the schedule for the2011 celebration of NativeAmerican Heritage Month(NAHM) at Missouri StateUniversity.

Playing a central role on theplanning committee was Char-lotte Hardin, assistant vicepresident of Multicultural Pro-grams.

“I’m proud of the entireschedule of events,” Hardinsaid. “There’s a lot of varietyand diversity within the pro-gramming and I hope people

across campus and in the com-munity will find something,even if it’s just one event, thatthey can participate in.”

The celebration started onNov. 1 with a stickball gameorganized by Danielle Mess-ing, Anthropology Club presi-dent, and events are plannedthroughout the month.

“They asked us to put on astickball game because that’ssomething we do every yearanyway, so why not duringNative American HeritageMonth?” Messing said.

The schedule is a concoc-tion of educational and recre-ational events aimed to displayand celebrate all aspects ofNative American culture and

heritage. “The main goal is education

and awareness,” Hardin said.“The message was overall toeducate our campus communi-ty about Native American cul-ture and to do that in a varietyof ways to attract different pop-ulations of people.”

One of the approaches usedto educate the campus commu-nity is through recreational andfun events such as performanc-es or traditional games andgatherings. The other approachis awareness through struc-tured and educational programslike panel discussions, guestspeakers and showing films.

Two-time world championhoop dancer Brian Hammill

performed at the PSU theaterNov. 9. His performance con-sisted of several traditionaldances, the playing of musicalinstruments and traditionalclothing.

Hammill said he starteddoing traditional dances at ayoung age with his family andhas been hoop dancing since hewas 24 years old. He has beenranked as one of the top 10 besthoop dancers in the world.

“The more we teach and themore we open it up so peoplecan see it, the more that peoplewill embrace it,” Hammillsaid.

The Pow Wow, which is a

Heritage month raises cultural awareness

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Chevron. Dali. Handle bar. Fu Manchu.Walrus. English. Pencil. Toothbrush.To facial hair lovers and growers, these aresome of the most popular and well-knowntypes of mustaches, according to the Ameri-can Mustache Institute. But in addition tolooking fly and attracting the ladies, mus-tache-growers can now support men’s healthawareness and raise funds for cancers thataffect men.The Movember Effect, sponsored by theProstate Cancer Foundation, asks men to reg-ister and grow mustaches to raise awarenessabout men’s health issues during November.“Men start Movember 1 clean-shaven. Forthe rest of the month, these selfless and gener-ous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim andwax their way into the annals of fine mous-tachery,” according to their website. “Support-ed by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas,Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seekingout sponsorship of their Mo-growing efforts.”The funds that Mo Bros raise go to programsrun by Movember and other men’s health part-ners, such as the Prostate Cancer Foundationand LIVESTRONG, to raise awareness, edu-cation and research.During October, Missouri State students,faculty and staff came out to support BreastCancer Awareness month. Now it’s time forthe MSU community to advocate men’shealth.So support research for men’s cancer, regis-ter at http://us.movember.com and grow thestache!

As if college students neededmore bad news, the Project on Stu-dent Debt reported this month thatstudents graduated with more debtlast year than in the year before.Missouri State graduates were

among those that had more debt in2010, and while it’s not pleasantnews, it’s hardly surprising.Across the country, tuition has

been rising at a rate far greater thaninflation, and young degree-seekersare paying the price.According to a 2010 Forbes

story, tuition has increased six-fold over the past 20 years, whilethe consumer price index has risenonly two-and-a-half times overthat span.And while the cost of a college

education gets more expensive, thekind of low-wage jobs college stu-dents hold aren’t able to keep up.The answer of course is financialaid. And while there are scholarshipand grant opportunities for many,most students are forced to take outat least some loans to help covercosts. As tuition rises, borrowingbecomes even more necessary.

The first question should be whytuition is increasing so much.Two economics professors at the

College of William and Mary stud-ied the reasons behind the highprice of college and found little rea-son to blame universities. They’reprobably correct in that assessment.They explain the high cost of

technology and labor that universi-ties have to take on if they’re goingto keep up with educationaldemands. There are likely ways totrim costs in any budget, but it’s notas if colleges are swimming in poolsof money.So if the costs have to be passed

on to students, the solution has tocome in changes to the financial aidsystem. Currently, that system is notmeeting the needs of students whoare struggling to afford higher edu-cation.Missouri State is different than

many universities in that it’s rela-tively affordable. However, its stu-dents tend to fall into a growinggroup of those from families whoaren’t as financially prepared tosend kids to college.There are many first- and sec-

ond-generation college students inthis part of the country who comefrom families that may not have thehigh-paying jobs that theoreticallycome with a college degree.While it’s a good thing that more

students are seeking a college edu-

cation, there needs to be a way forthose students to afford it.Naturally, this issue is among

the top concerns for Occupy WallStreet groups. Student loan debt isnow part of the cycle in whichgraduates can’t find work andreturn to school in an attempt toimprove their marketability orfind different careers.Of course, once they return to

school they begin taking on more debtwithout the promise of any way to payit back once they graduate.The solutions that involve mak-

ing college free or forgiving all stu-dent-loan debt sound great butaren’t realistic.The solution likely lies within

altering the student loan industry,particularly in the repaymentprocess.Certainly there still need to be

jobs for graduates. Even the mostlenient repayment plan isn’t suffi-cient for someone who is unem-ployed, but improving that aspect ofstudent borrowing needs to be partof the answer.

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‘Student Debt and theClass of 2010’

Source: All data was collected from the Project on Student Debtʼs web-site at http://projectonstudentdebt.org.

The Project on Student Debt at the Institute for College Access& Success in Oakland, Calif. released their annual report “StudentDebt and the Class of 2010” about the state of college graduates’debt in 2010 on Nov. 3, 2011.The report collected data from more than 1,000 colleges,

including half of all public and private non-profit four-year col-leges in the United States. The report does not include data fromprivate for-profit colleges.The report found that students with the highest amount of debt

graduated from colleges in the Northeast and Midwest. Thosewith the lowest amount of college debt graduated from collegesin the West.

National 2010 college graduate debt• Average debt of graduates $25,250• Proportion of graduates with debt 90 percent• Unemployment rate for graduates 9.1 percent

Missouri State University 2010 graduate debt• Average debt of graduates $21,359• Proportion of graduates with debt 69 percent• Nonfederal debt 12 percent• Full-time enrollment in 2009 13,319• 2009 - 2010 in-state tuition and fees $6,276• 2009 - 2010 total cost of attendance $16,628• 2009 - 2010 percent Pell Grant recipients 27 percent

Aid should increase to prevent debtGraduatesused moreloans in 2010

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Students should fullyembrace the mustache

Penn State made right decision; students needto think about victims and set blind loyalty asideSince the firing of Penn State football

coach Joe Paterno last Wednesday night,there has been much speculation as towhether the Penn State board of trusteesmade the correct decision.The decision they made—to fire both

Paterno and university President Gra-ham Spanier—caused thousands of PennState students to break out in protestWednesday night in downtown StateCollege, Pa. As the night went on, thesituation escalated as a TV news vanwas tipped over and rocks and beer bot-tles were thrown at police officers andmembers of the media.Many members of the media, includ-

ing reporters from ESPN and ABC,eventually evacuated the location in fearfor their safety.The students also spent much of the

night chanting things such as, “We arePenn State!” “We want Joe!” and “Tipthe van!”Needless to say, these are the type of

incidents that can happen when you getthousands of ticked off college studentsgathered in one location.But why were they ticked off? They

say it was because the board of trusteesfired their legendary coach, but do theyreally understand the severity of the sit-uation? Judging by their reactions, Iwould say no.What these students need to do is

read the 23-page grand jury report. Thereport explains in graphic detail thealleged incidents that took placethroughout the entire scandal.It includes details of the alleged sex-

ual molestation that was brought uponnumerous young boys by former PennState defensive coordinator Jerry San-dusky. Reading through the descriptions of

what happened to each of the victimswas shocking and disturbing on manylevels. What he did to those boys wasdisgusting.

Reading about the way these inci-dents were not reported by Penn Statewas also disturbing. To think that adultscould blatantly ignore the safety of chil-dren is outrageous. But yet, it happened.Many people at Penn State, from

assistant coach Mike McQueary—whowitnessed an alleged molestation—allthe way up to Spanier, failed to reportany of these alleged happenings to thepolice.Stephanie Smith, the regional direc-

tor for the National Child ProtectiveTraining Center at Northwest ArkansasCommunity College, said that in situa-tions where children are at risk, morehas to be done to stop the abuse.“My initial reaction was of course

being very sad for the victims, but notterribly shocked, because unfortunatelythis happens all the time,” she said.“There is plenty of research to back upthe fact that people don’t report abuse. “As a former prosecutor, I saw many

situations where schools, churches andother individuals who were mandatedreporters didn’t say anything to lawenforcement or to Child Protective Serv-ices when they had clear indication fromsomething they had seen or somethingthe child had said that it was possiblethat something was going on.”Smith said that in the situation with

Penn State, there was a failure to appro-priately act upon the allegations madeinternally against Sandusky.“It certainly does appear to me that

more action should have been taken,”she said. “It certainly appears from

what’s been published in the grand juryreport that (Paterno and Spanier) were ina position to, at the minimum, ask a lotmore questions than they did.”Smith said that when it comes to the

possible abuse of children, everything elsemust be set on the back burner, even if itinvolves prominent figures or programs,such as in the case of Penn State.“That can go back to hesitation to

believe that something this heinous couldbe going on in your area, in your commu-nity,” she said. “Especially in a situationsuch as Penn State, where they’ve kind ofprided themselves on having a lot ofintegrity in their program and not havingproblems with the NCAA and some of theother problems that schools have gotteninto. “But I do think a message has to be

sent—not just by Penn State, but by all ofus in general—that we’re not going to lookthe other way anymore when you fail toreport. We’re not going to say, ‘Oh well,that’s OK. Maybe you should have saidsomething, but we know about it now, andwe’ll fix it.’ We’ve had 10 years now wherethey’ve documented additional victims,and that’s the real tragedy in this.”The fact of the matter is that people at

Penn State, including Paterno and Spanier,knew information that warranted reportingSandusky to the police. They failed to dothat and because of it, seven more chil-dren—that we know of— were molestedby Sandusky.Legendary basketball commentator

Dick Vitale summed up the situation bestwhen he tweeted, “Joe Paterno fired—PSUdoing the right thing. Clean place of allthose that FAILED to be LEADERS & letdown a # of innocent kids & a gr8 Univ.”The students who rioted because of

this firing need to set their blind loyaltyaside and realize that protecting inno-cent children trumps protecting the rep-utation of an athletics program, no mat-ter how prominent it or its coach is.

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CalendarNovember 15 to

November 21

TuesdayQuantum Groove 8 p.m. atLindberg’s, free

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

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

Tuesday’s Stew 9 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, free for ladies18+ and gents 21+

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

Matisyahu 8 p.m. at the GilliozTheatre, $24-$29

Eliot Lipp 8 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $7 before 10 p.m. and$10 after, $2 surcharge for allminors

Wobble Wednesday 9 p.m. atClub Fresh, $1 before 11 p.m.and $3 after for 21+, $2 before 11p.m. and $5 after for 18+

Swing and Move 2011 (Learn acultural dance) 8:30 to 10:30p.m. at the PSU Ballroom, free

ThursdayThe Detectives Rock ‘n’ Soul10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for21+ and $7 for 18+

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

The Ben Miller Band 9 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, cover charge

The Takeover Part 2 featuringGreeneThumb, 105Duce andmore 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $5 for 18+

Fall Dance Concert "NewStages" 7:30 to 10 p.m. at CraigHall 207, free

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

Quantum Groove with StolenWindows 9 p.m. at Patton AlleyPub, cover charge

Howie and the Hillcats 9 p.m. atCartoons Oyster Bar & Grill, $5

Kids & Chemicals with BlackBox Revue 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $5 for 18+

SaturdayThe Silver Hammer Band (Atribute to The Beatles) 9 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, $5

Someone Still Loves You BorisYeltsin, Heartpunch and Whist 9p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $7for 18+ and $2 off with a validcollege ID

The Quiet Type, SouthernPanthers and Slapdash Science9 p.m. at the Highlife MartiniLounge, cover charge

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

MondayOpen Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. atHarlow’s, free

‘Star Trek’ live“Star Trek Live Onstage: The

Trouble With Tribbles,” a one-of-a-kind Star Trek experience iscoming to downtown Springfieldin honor of Star Trek’s 45thanniversary.Produced by George Cron’s “A

Class Act Productions,” anddirected by Timothy Piland, thispromises to become a monthlyphenomenon. You can catch theshow twice: Saturday, Nov. 26 atThe Canvas Art Gallery, 315South Ave., and during First Fri-day Art Walk on Dec. 2 at NathanP. Murphy’s at 218 S. CampbellAve.Both shows are at 8 p.m. and

admission is $5. For more infor-mation, call 417-766-3139.

1960s Shindig NightThe Gimps, Branson’s premier

oldies tribute band, presents their1960s-themed Rock ‘n’ SoulDance Party: Shindig Night.Come dressed in your best 1960sgetup as the band gets down to thebest music of the hippie era.The show will be at Dean Z's

Club 57 (1580West Highway 76),which is the basement club ofLegends in Concert. This showwill be for ages 21 and up andentry will cost $5. Get there early,as only 200 people will beallowed in.

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Brian Hammill, who won the 2009 and 2011 Hoop Dance World Champion titles, performed to entertain audiences and to educate oth-ers about Native American culture at the Plaster Student Union Theater last Wednesday as part of Native American History Month.

By Megan GatesThe Standard

Brian Hammill is a world cham-pion hoop dancer who performs notonly to entertain audiences, but toeducate others about Native Ameri-can culture.“The more we teach and the

more we open it up so people cansee it, the more that people willembrace it,” he said of his perform-ance at Plaster Student Union The-ater last Wednesday as part ofNative American History Month.According to Hammill’s web-

site, “The hoops used in hoop danc-ing symbolize a sacred part of the

Native American life. It representsthe circle of life with no beginningand no ending.”Each new hoop that is added dur-

ing the dance represents “our journeythrough life and another thread in theweb of life,” according to the site.Hammill, a member of the Ho-

Chunk Nation and Benton, Wis.native, began hoop dancing whenhe was 24 with a friend after he gotout of the Army in Texas, he said.“He showed me the very begin-

ning and the rest of it I developedon my own,” Hammill said.Since then Hammill has become

a star hoop dancer—ranked in thetop 10 consistently—and earned the

2009 and 2011 Hoop Dance WorldChampion titles.Training has been particularly

important in developing his hoopdancing abilities, he said.“I go to the gym about five times

a week normally,” he said. “I justgot my black belt in martial arts,and I’m just constantly trying toimprove. But will I ever be perfect?No, I’m just always trying to keepgoing and improving.”Each year Hammill usually com-

petes in the Heard Museum WorldChampionship Hoop Dance Contestin Phoenix, Ariz., but this year hewill be unable to make the event onFeb. 11 and 12, 2012, he said.

“This will be the first year I’ll bemissing,” he said. “I’ve got a showout of state so I’ll be working.”Over 70 contestants compete in

the Heard Museum competitioneach year, Hammill said.“It’s based on showmanship,

rhythm and timing, precision and cre-ativity,” he said. “Ten points per cate-gory with a grand total of five judges,50 points each, maximum points 250.Everybody is always bringing theirvery best so you always have to be ontop of your game.”For more information about Ham-

mill and hoop dancing, visit his web-site at http://nativespirit.com.

Reporting by Kris Collins.

By Lauren HealeyThe Standard

Eliot Lipp will storm the stageat the Outland Ballroom onWednesday, Nov. 16.Lipp, who is 31, said he started

touring and performing about eightyears ago.“My music is instrumental and

electronic,” he said. “It’s a collageof sounds. It’s sample bass, but Iwouldn’t call it dubstep.”Lipp said he was drawn to elec-

tronic music because he can do itby himself.“You can make (electronic

music) without having a band, andthat’s pretty cool,” he said. “Allyou really need is a computer.”Lipp, who is a live drummer,

said his style is unique because hemixes so many different sounds.“It’s kind of funky,” he said. “I

mix G-funk with techno and it’s areal ‘70s sound. I always have thistendency to throw back to the ‘70s.I really enjoy funk, disco, jazz andsoul, so my music always has thisvintage quality.”Lipp and his partner, Cru Jonez,

don’t put set lists together ahead oftime.“We pick the first few songs and

then vibe off the crowd to see howthe energy is and go from there,” hesaid. “I can do dark, creepy melod-ic stuff, but I can do really highenergy stuff, too. We have so manystyles—it’s cool to be able toswitch it up throughout the night.”Lipp, who has never played in

Springfield, said this show will beawesome.“We’re going to play live elec-

tronic music really loud,” he said.“You’re going to get really stokedand want to dance. It’s will be areally high-energy atmosphere. Ifyou’re apprehensive about danc-ing, try to find something you likeabout the music and it should justcome to you. And then don’t beafraid to keep dancing all night.”Lipp said he has a new album

coming out early next year.“I’ve been busting my ass on it

and I’ll be playing some of thesongs on that album at the show,”he said. “Some songs are done inthe first day, other songs takeweeks. And then there are othersongs I’ll forget about. I have sixdifferent hard drives full of tracksI’ve worked on at one time oranother, so sometimes I go throughthat and see what I can rediscover.”Doors will open at 8 p.m. Tick-

ets are $7 before 10 p.m. and $10after. There will be a $2 surchargefor anyone under 21.

Eliot Lipp preps toelectrify OutlandBallroom onWednesday night

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Instrumental band Rags to Rich’s has been performing for about 11 years. Lead guitarist RichieRebuth (pictured above) also plays lead guitar for local ‘50s & ‘60s cover band, The Detectives.

Rags to Rich’s reaches campus

By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

Some of the greatestmoments in music canoften be found alongsideits best-kept secrets.However unfortunate acompromised talent canbe, if a musician remainsdedicated to his or hercraft, and can still find joy

within, it usually makesfor one heck of a show.One musician found

basking in his own formof local iconography isguitarist Richard “Richie”Rebuth, most well knownas lead guitarist for hisall-instrumental outfitRags to Rich’s. He is alsothe current lead guitaristfor The Detectives, a reg-ularly featured musicianwith Speakeasy, as well asa performer in severalother acts throughoutSpringfield.Rebuth said he has

been playing with The

Detectives since June, andis dedicated to a numberof other weekly perform-ances, but that Rags toRich’s will remain hisbaby.“It’s what’s closest to

my heart,” he said. “Buteverything gets split uppretty evenly. I have asteady Sunday with(members of) Speakeasyat Ebbets Field (Down-town). I also have TheDetectives gig, but I alsoplay with Howie and theHillcats. I’ve done thatgig for many years now.”Rags to Rich’s is com-

prised of Rebuth, key-boardist Kelly Brown,bassist Ed Hines and per-cussionist John Anderson.Rebuth said he came to

Springfield in 1992, buthad been back and forthfor several years betweenMissouri and his home-town of Long Island, N.Y.He said he performed ontwo international tours toGermany with singer-songwriter Carolyne Mas,where he also becameacquainted with Rags toRich’s bassist Ed Hines.

Local bandplays venuenear MSU

By Dylan BeckerThe Standard

The 33rd annual Inter-national Student Banquetwas held Saturday Nov.12 in the Plaster StudentUnion Ballroom to a sold-out crowd of 600 stu-dents.The event, themed

“Around the World in 80Days,” was hosted by theAssociation of Interna-tional Students to raisefunds for the Associationof International StudentsScholarship.“You don’t need a

passport, visa or a planeticket for this journey,”said Yuva Raja Sugumar,a Missouri State graduate

assistant with Multicultur-al Student Services fromIndia, to open the eventsof the evening. “Sit backand enjoy the show as wetravel around the world in80 days.”Constantin Vohs, a

sophomore marketingmajor and public relationsspokesperson for theAssociation of Interna-tional Students, gave abreakdown of what thebanquet stood for.“The International

Banquet and Show basi-cally promotes diversity,”Vohs said. “We want tomake people aware ofhow different cultures actand what their differenttraditions are. It’s a great

event for internationalstudents to promote theircountries.”Vohs said the event is

growing in popularityevery year.“The annual event is

steadily growing in theamount of participationfrom international stu-dents,” he said. “We havemore students from differ-ent countries this yearthan last year. It keeps onincreasing as the yeargoes by and that’s whatmakes the event better.”The evening began

with a dinner in the PSUBallroom where studentsindulged in exquisitefoods from around theworld—including Rata-

touille from France andspicy curry from China—before being ushered intothe PSU Theater for a tal-ent show.The talent show fea-

tured routines such asIndian dancing, WudangGongfu—an elegant Chi-nese practice, a Georgiandance, a Spanish ballroomdance and much more.Sugumar—along with

Salima Loudiyi, presidentof the Association ofInternational Students—hosted the talent portionof the event, and thecomedic duo kept thecrowd entertainedbetween routines.

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Championhoop dancervisits MSU

By Lauren HealeyThe Standard

The Silver Hammer Band,named for The Beatles song“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” ishaving their sixth anniversaryshow Saturday, Nov. 19 at Pat-tonAlley Pub.Jim Rea, who plays guitar,

keyboard and sings in the band,said The Silver Hammer Bandis based in Springfield, Mo.“The guitar player and I got

the idea for the band six yearsago and we were doing a duet,”he said. “His sister grew up onthat stuff too so we brought herin, and then we decided to get awhole band together.”

Melissa Henderson, whosings for the band, said it’sgreat to play with this group ofwonderful musicians andfriends.“We all love The Beatles’

music and have so much funwith it, and it definitely shows,”she said. “The Beatles had somuch variety in their music,ranging from the pop-rock oftheir early years to the psyche-delic, complex studio sound oftheir later years. I think I helpgive the band that variety.“I can rock out on songs like

‘Twist and Shout,’ and providethe high harmonies on songslike ‘Because.’ I play recorderon ‘You’ve Got to Hide YourLove Away’ and ‘Fool on the

Hill,’ which I can hardly playwith a straight face. I also playrhythm guitar on a couplesongs, but only if I have to.”MikeHenderson, who plays

guitar and sings for the bandand is Melissa’s brother, saidThe Beatles’ guitar riffs are the

perfect place to start learninghow to play guitar.“As a guitar player trying to

learn, that’s where you start—with George Harrison andstuff,” he said. “They’ve influ-enced everyone since then andthey were influenced by ChuckBerry and similar artists.”Mike Henderson said the

band has an amazing timeevery time they do The SilverHammer Band shows.“They’ve been fewer and

further between lately,” he said.“But that just makes it thatmuch better to get back togeth-er with my friends and my littlesister. Especially when you’replaying with a bunch of nerdslike yourself.”

In the first three or fouryears the band played inSpringfield a couple times amonth, Rea said.“But my bluegrass band

picked up and we were on theroad quite a bit, which made ithard to play around town,” hesaid. “So now we play a fewtimes a year in Springfield. Pat-ton Alley Pub has been ouranniversary show location for awhile. Since we don’t get toplay very often, we try to havea great time on stage and reallyjust let it all hang out.”Rea said the band likes to

explore the full range of TheBeatles, from the early days to

By Brandon CorriganThe Standard

A substantial, bushy lumber-jack beard juts out jaggedly fromunderneath Jimmy Wilson’s stoutjawline. The MSU senior guessesit’s been almost 560 days sincehe’s last had a clean-shaven face,but who’s counting?The important thing is that Wil-

son is in great shape—or at leasthis chin is in great shape—forsomething called “No-ShaveNovember.” Wilson definitely hada head start on taking a hiatusfrom shaving all those little hairsall over his face.“I get complimented on my

beard a lot,” said Wilson, a theatreand dance major. “Mostly, I haveit to keep warm and I despiseshaving, which makes No-ShaveNovember a great holiday forme.”Wilson and his greatly-admired

mass of facial hair have becomeinseparable. He insisted they have

formed a bond—a close-knit rela-tionship, if you will. And Wilsondoes not hesitate to give a lot ofcredit for some newfound thespiansuccess to his beard.“Having a beard has really

helped benefit me as a theatre stu-dent,” Wilson said. “Last year, ithelped me get the role of TheHairy Man in the production of‘Wiley and the Hairy Man,’ and italso helped out at Tent Theatre inthe summer.”Unfortunately, Wilson will

soon have to shave off his beardbecause of an upcoming stageobligation. He has a role requiringbare cheeks for an upcoming per-formance. But before Wilson saysgoodbye to his beard, he is askinghis furry Lincolnesque buddy forone last favor: Get him to Holly-wood.“In March, all the acting sen-

iors do a showcase in Los Ange-les,” Wilson explained. “We gettogether and we go out and pres-ent short five-minute scenes fortalent agents and managers.There’s the potential that theymight be interested in picking usfor some work in television orfilm once we graduate.”

In order to raise money for histravel expenses to Tinsel Townand the Senior Showcase, Wilsoncreated his own fundraiser. Hehopes his idea will provide someneeded padding for his razor-thinwallet.“Since I have to shave my

beard for a show anyway, Ithought I might as well have a lit-tle fun with it,” Wilson said. “Inthe theatre office of Craig 359,there are pictures of five differentstyles of facial hair, and peoplecan come in and bid on which onethey like the best.Whichever one gets the most

bid money, I’ll be shaving mybeard into that style and wearing ituntil my next theatre perform-ance,” said Wilson, stroking hisfine, hairy friend, whose days areobviously numbered.The ballot of facial hair nomi-

nees show a lot of promise. Theelection could be tight, and Wil-son concedes the victory could bewon by a hair. The following can-didates are in the race:• The Van Dyke - A short, full

beard with rounded bottomaccompanied by a prominent mus-tache. This candidate has lots of

experience, although some havepronounced it as dated.• Fu Manchu - A long narrow

handlebar mustache in which the

ends taper and droop down to thechin.

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We are Sparta! Wait, wrongmovie. Close though. It is certainlythe movie “Immortals” wanted tobe, but it fell short.Theseus (Henry Cavill), a peas-

ant with considerable skills, mustunite and lead all the Greeks againstKing Hyperion (Mickey Rourke)who plans on releasing the Titansand enslaving the entire Greekworld.The plot is pretty straightfor-

ward: Someone is trying to takeover the world, and the underdoghero has to find a mythical weaponto stop the bad guy. Throw in someboss fights and buff shirtless men,

and voilá!—an ancient actionadventure.It did feel a little like a giant

myth mashup. Which is generallyOK, unless you know most of the

myths and some of the changesmake you cringe. Then it gets a lit-tle annoying.What really brought “Immor-

tals” down was the design and lookof the film. Honestly, it was a bitmuch. The clothes were wrong, thehousing was too modern and thegods, well, they were the worst. Inno way did they look godly. Theylooked more like a hedonistic fanta-sy. Every time they came on screenI couldn’t help but giggle and thinkof Hedonism Bot from Futurama.The casting choices seemed a bit

strange. Don’t get me wrong, Cavillwas fantastic (certainly can see why

he was cast as Superman). ButRourke as an ancient Greek king? Itwas a little weird. They also madeno effort to unify the accents. It’s alittle thing, but it did bother me.The big love scene was also

incredibly awkward. It wasn’t pas-sionate or beautiful, it was forcedand robotic. Not good for lovemak-ing.I know it seems like nitpicking,

but the whole point of movies like“Immortals” is that you suspendyour disbelief and let yourself beimmersed into the world that is cre-ated. If the little things are pullingyou out of the story, then there’s a

problem.The fight sequences were nice.

Not too much slow motion—justenough so that we can see themoves. And the big pep talk beforethe last stand gave me goose bumps.However, it is in 3D. Usually

I’m okay with 3D, but this time itmade my head hurt. It did makesome of the effects look pretty cool,but I thought my head was going toexplode—just like the ones onscreen—by the end of it.“Immortals” may be one of those

films that’s better the second timearound. We’ll see. Maybe next timeit won’t feel like they tried too hard.

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Jimmy Wilson must shave his beard for an upcoming production.

No-shave November helps student raise moneyCast your beardballot vote today

By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

Missouri is known as the“Cave State,” and for goodreason, as they seem to be invast abundance in the southernregion of the state. Thesebeautiful, natural formationshave always attracted a num-ber of visitors, from adventur-ous explorers to scientists.Douglas Gouzie is a pro-

fessor of geology at MissouriState, and is considered the“cave expert” among geologyfaculty. He said Missouri isknown as the “Cave State” dueto the documentation of our

extensive cave systems, whichnumber more than 6,000—greater than any other state. “About 60 percent of Mis-

souri sits atop limestone ordolostone,” he said. “Dolomiteor calcite are the minerals, andboth of those are carbonateminerals. Most of us realizedthat if you get something witha little bit of acid it can hold alot of carbonate—Coca-Colaor Pepsi would be a greatexample.”He said that rainwater

picks up carbon dioxide in theatmosphere, and picks up evenmore from plant roots and bac-teria when it washes into the

soil. The resulting acid dis-solves the carbonate mineralsconsiderably.“Obviously if it dissolved

evenly we wouldn’t havecaves because the whole land-scape would just dissolve,” hesaid. “It tends to dissolvealong cracks or fractures in therock, or other changes orimperfections. Those getwider and wider and what weget is a cave.”Andrew Nelson, graduate

student of student affairs, saidhe began caving, or spelunk-ing, in 2007. Nelson said that previous

and recent spelunking expedi-tions hosted by OutdoorAdventures have been can-celed due to a fungus attackingNorth American bat speciescalled “white-nose syn-drome.” He said for anyone

interested in caving the bestoption is to join a spelunkingclub, or “grotto.”Lynn Robbins is a profes-

sor of Biology at MissouriState who specializes in thestudy of bats. He said he hasbeen following the spread ofthe disease since 2007, oneyear after it was discovered ina cave in Schoharie County,New York.“We haven’t had any fatal-

ities,” he said. “It has not beenconfirmed in Missouri, but wehad three species with wingdamage. We sent pieces of thewing into the U.S. geologicalsurvey lab up in Madison,Wisc., where they found theDNA of the fungus.”For information on caving

and how to join a local grotto,students can visit http://spg-cavers.org.

Campus spelunking trips canceled

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TuesdayNov. 15, 2011

TuesdayMen’s Basketball, 7 p.m. awayat Arkansas State

FridayWomen’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m.away at Kansas State

Volleyball, 6 p.m. away atIndiana State

Swimming and Diving, All Dayaway at TYR Invit.

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at homevs. Kansas

SaturdayMen’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. athome vs. Emporia State

Football, Noon away atYoungstown State

Volleyball, 7:35 p.m. away atIllinois State

Swimming and Diving, All Dayaway at TYR Invit.

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at homevs. Kansas

SundaySwimming and Diving, All Dayaway at TYR Invit.

Men’s BasketballFriday, Nov. 11Nevada 24 22 – 46Missouri State 31 37 – 68Women’s BasketballFriday, Nov. 11Louisiana Tech 30 35 – 65Missouri State 36 42 – 78Sunday, Nov. 13Louisville 32 41 – 73Missouri State 33 31 – 64Men’s SoccerFriday, Nov. 11Drake 0 0 – 0Missouri State 2 0 – 2Sunday, Nov. 13Creighton 1 0 – 1Missouri State 0 0 – 0VolleyballFriday, Nov. 11Evansville 23 15 22 – 0Missouri State 25 25 25 – 3Saturday, Nov. 12Southern Illinois 16 21 19 – 0Missouri State 25 25 25 – 3Swimming and DivingThursday, Nov. 10Missouri M-183 W-206Missouri State M-114 W-86Cross CountrySaturday, Nov. 12NCAA Midwest Regionals 25 of 28Ice HockeyFriday, Nov. 11Lindenwood 3 2 2 - 7Missouri State 1 3 1 - 5Saturday, Nov. 12Lindenwood 2 4 1 - 7Missouri State 0 3 1 - 4

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BriefsCreighton topplesBears in title game

After beating nationallyranked Creighton in the regularseason, the Missouri State men’ssoccer team fell 1-0 to No. 2ranked Creighton in the MissouriValley Conference tournamentchampionship.

The Bears (9-8-2) started theseason 2-5-2 before conferenceplay. After Oct. 8 when confer-ence play began, the Bears were6-2 including their 1-0 upset athome against the nationallyranked Creighton Bluejays.

The Bears entered the MVCTournament as the No. 1 seed as aresult of owning the tiebreakerwith Creighton.

Missouri State would beatDrake 2-0 in the first round andadvance to the championshipgame where they would lose 1-0to the Bluejays in their secondmatch-up of the year.

Cross country endsseason in regionals

The Missouri State cross coun-try team finished 25th out of 28teams during the NCAA MidwestRegional Championships.

The Bears had two runners fin-ish in the top-100 on the after-noon. Sophomore Erin Edwardsplaced 88th with a time of22:55.57 during the 6K race. Jun-ior Emily Beaver placed 100thwith a time of 23:06.30.

Bears will redshirtfreshman Wilson

The Missouri State men’s bas-ketball team and head coach PaulLusk announced that freshmanDrew Wilson will redshirt thisseason after sitting out the threeexhibition games due to injury.

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Indiana State sophomore running back Shakir Bell (Left) rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries for the Sycamores.

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

A howling south-to-north wind blew throughPlaster Sports Complex on Saturday and swungthe advantage to the Indiana State Sycamores intheir 28-20 win against Missouri State on theBears’ senior day.

“Advantage Indiana State when you saw howblustery the wind was because they can obvious-ly rush the football a little bit better than we can—and they did,” Bears headcoach Terry Allen said.

The game plan was simplefor the Indiana State offense:give the ball to Shakir Bell.The Sycamores sophomorerunning back leads the nationwith almost 150 rushing yardsper game, and on a windy dayagainst a Bears defense thathas given up five yards percarry this year it was a no-brainer. Bell carried 39 timesfor 206 yards and two touch-downs.

Bears redshirt freshman safety Caleb Schaf-fitzel said that the Bears knew they were in for aheavy dose of Bell but that it was still tough toslow him down.

“He’s a great athlete,” Schaffitzel said. “He’snot very big, but he knows how to make peoplemiss. He did his thing today, and he was verysuccessful.”

Coach Allen said that the windy conditionsalso played into the Sycamores’ hands when theBears were on offense. With the wind wreakinghavoc on the MSU passing game, the Sycamoresmoved their safeties down toward the line ofscrimmage to help stop the Bears’ running game.Sophomore quarterback Trevor Wooden cameinto the game as the Bears’ leading rusher butwas held to 26 yards on 12 carries.

“Their style of play defensively puts a lot ofpressure on their corners. They play a lot of mancoverage out there and leave them alone,” Allensaid. “That’s nice when it’s hard to get the ballout to them.”

Throwing into the wind, Wooden got off to arough start. His first three drop-backs resulted inan interception, a sack and an incompletion.Eventually, he found his stride and completed 10passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns but hesaid the Bears didn’t do a good job adjusting to

the elements.“Mother Nature is

going to be there, it’snot an excuse,”Wooden said. “Wehave to be able toplay with the wind,and our game plancan’t change so dras-tically because of it.”

Missed opportuni-ties hurt the Bears asthey fell to 1-9 on theseason and finished

0-4 at home. Early in the fourth quarter with theSycamores up 21-13, the Bears’ defense recov-ered a Bell fumble deep in ISU territory, but theBears’ offense didn’t get the ball in the end zoneand came up empty when sophomore kickerAustin Witmer missed from 23 yards out.

Two possessions later, the Sycamoresmarched 82 yards without completing a pass andwent up 28-13 on a one-yard touchdown plungeby defensive lineman Ben Obaseki.

The Bears got pretty good production fromtheir senior running back duo of Chris Douglasand Stephen Johnston. The two combined for 96yards on 24 carries and Douglas scored on afive-yard pass set up by a Bell fumble early inthe third quarter.

It has been a tough season for the Bears’ sen-iors, and it has been especially hard on Douglas

who came into the season with aspirations ofanother 1,000-yard season. But he has been heldto 480 yards on the ground so far because ofinjuries and the team’s brutal schedule. He saidhe will remember the experience of playing atOregon andArkansas and he will learn a lot fromthis season.

“It’s surely a memorable season, especiallysince we played two teams that are ranked in thetop 10,” Douglas said. “This being my seniorseason and being (1-9), it’s something that you’llnever forget. It’s pretty much a humbling experi-ence. I’m sure it will help me in life in the longrun.”

The Bears hope that the wind will be at theirbacks as they travel to Youngstown State on Sat-urday hoping to send their seniors off with a win.

Bell blisters BearsBell blisters Bears

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

The Missouri State Lady Bears led the No. 9Louisville Cardinals for the entire first half, buteventually wore down in their 73-64 loss Sundayat JQH Arena.

“We came out with a tremendous amount ofenergy, took the fight right to them,” Lady Bearshead coach Nyla Milleson said. “Eventually thefatigue and the physicality of a Big East teamprobably took over, but I’m very proud of ourbasketball team, and if we continue to get thattype of effort, we’re in for a great year.”

The Lady Bears (1-1) led by as many as 10 inthe first half before a Louisville run cut the MSUlead to 33-32 at the break. It looked like the Car-dinals (1-0) were poised to pull away when theygrabbed the lead with a steal and a layup on thefirst possession of the second half, but the LadyBears hung tough and ran up a seven-point leadbefore Louisville’s size and athleticism becametoo much.

A big reason why the Cardinals pulled awaywas the play of sophomore center Cierra Warren.The 6-foot-4 Warren scored 18 points—16 in the

second half—and didn’t miss a shot all game.She said that although her coach had warned herthe Lady Bears were for real, she was a little sur-prised with the team’s talent level.

“We came in thinking we could just go outand beat them like the past teams that we’veplayed, but I think we figured out in the end of itthat we have to work hard every game in order towin games and never doubt teams,” Warren said.

Milleson said that with Warren’s size advan-tage over the Lady Bears’ 6-foot-1 ChristianaShorter and 5-foot-11 Regan Soldner, the LadyBears were stuck between either playing in frontof Warren and potentially giving up lob passesover the top for layups or playing behind Warrenand letting her shoot over defenders. Neitherstrategy was effective on Sunday.

The Lady Bears got big production from all-conference senior guard Casey Garrison whoscored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, bothteam highs. She said Warren wasn’t the only one

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Jermaine Saffold has 844 receiving yards.

By Colleen HamiltonThe Standard

The fastest dual meet in the MSUswimming and diving program’shistory led to 20 new Hammons Stu-dent Center pool records Thursdaywhen they hosted the nationallyranked Missouri Tigers.

“They’re an extremely strongteam,” sophomore Roni Balzamsaid. “We know that whenever Miz-

zou is coming that it will be a bigmeet.”

The Tigers came to Springfieldwith a point to prove after losing toMSU’s men’s team at the Show-MeShowdown meet in October. Mis-souri showed up in styling champi-onship-style swimsuits, after taper-ing their workouts throughout theweek.

“They are a form of suit materialthat makes you float in the water

more than normal,” senior KatieLindeman said.

Lindeman said that you feelsmoother in the water and the suitshelp keep you more balanced. Theyalso work better when you combinetapering and the suits.

The Tigers had a slight advantageand pulled away from the Bears,winning the meet 183-114 on themen’s side and 206-86 on thewomen’s side.

Head coach Jack Steck said hewas happy that the meet was athome.

“It’s one of those things and wewill see how good we are by how webounce back,” Steck said. “They hadevery right to go after us after weembarrassed them.”

The championship suits did notslow down the Bears’ determination.

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Mizzou proves to be too much in the pool for the Bears

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Christiana Shorter blocks a Louisville shot.

It’s surely amemorableseason,

especially sincewe played twoteams that areranked in thetop 10.

–Senior Chris Douglas

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Volleyball Bears build off home weekend sweeps

ByAdam HammonsThe Standard

As the Missouri Statewomen’s soccer team’s seasonended last week in the Mis-souri Valley Conference tour-nament, so did the career of itsthree-time all-MVC goalie.Senior goalkeeper Jessica

Teahan has been a brick wallfor the MSU women’s soccerteam, but in her three years asa starter, she has done morethan block shots. Some believeshe’s the best current Valleykeeper, and she has a mon-strous kick that rivals malecontenders.However, she didn’t start

out this way. Teahan, who has

won many awards in her timeat MSU, started her career onthe bench. She redshirted herfreshman year and neverplayed a single minute.“It just helped my mental

game,” Teahan said. “Becauseyou have to be pretty strong topractice so much and not play.I got to practice so much—Ididn’t get to test it—but I stilllearned a lot just by watching.”Through that first year Tea-

han got her work ethic down,and was on her way to becom-ing a starter, but it still tookanother year. She played a fewgames in her second season onthe team and finally started herthird year of school.“It was like, ‘OK, finally

this is my time to show what Ihave, what I’ve been practic-ing for so long,’” Teahan said.From then on it was Tea-

han’s show, and she remainedthe starter for three years,going to two conference tour-nament finals. In that time,Teahan showed her skills, butnot just by blocking shots. Shewas also a good leader in theback directing the defense andexcelled at cutting off crosses.“You almost wanted to

make them cross because youknew she was going to get it,”assistant coach Jordan Reppellsaid.Reppell was a defender in

front of Teahan for two sea-sons. She said one of Teahan’s

best qualities was her decisionmaking on the field.“There was never a

moment that I played or evencoaching her this year that Iwould ever be nervous,” Rep-pell said.If you went to a women’s

soccer game this year youmight have heard this yelledout a few times:“BoooooooooooomTooooown!!”That could be heard when-

ever Teahan punted the ball—the “boom” when the ball wasin the air, and the “town” whenit landed.“I’ve watched men’s

games where the men don’tkick it as far as she does,” head

coach Rob Brewer said. “Cer-tainly that has come to our res-cue at times.”Teahan not only excelled in

punting, but also kicked goalkicks across the field. Shewould even run up to the otherteam’s side of the field in a fewgames to take free kicks.“I have developed so much

as a person through soccer,”Teahan said. “I’m able todevelop myself academically,on the field and off the fieldsocially with the girls. So alto-gether it’s been a wonderfulexperience. It really has mademy college experience.”Teahan has been selected to

the all-MVC first-team threetimes and was named the

MVC Goalkeeper of the Yearthis year. She’s also receivedseveral academic rewards withher 3.84 cumulative GPAas anearly childhood educationmajor.Teahan has applied to be in

the Women’s ProfessionalSoccer draft in January. If thatdoesn’t work out, she plans ongoing to Kansas City toadvance her teaching career.“I think the qualities that

she has as a person reallytransfer over to who she is onthe field and it shows,” Rep-pell said. “I can’t say enoughgood things about her, butshe’s really something special.I think she’s going to succeedin whatever she does.”

Senior Teahan leaves mark on women’s soccer program

By John CookThe Standard

With just one weekend left in theregular season, the Missouri Statevolleyball Bears (20-7, 13-3) havewon five in a row, including twodominating performances againstEvansville and Southern Illinois thispast weekend.Senior Calli Norman said the

key to the run they’re on is peakingat the right time.“This is what we’ve been

preached the entire year,” Normansaid. “November is championshipmonth. Our goal has always been tobe our best at the end of the season.When we started way back last Jan-uary, our entire training regimenthas been to peak at the end. I thinkthat’s what we’re doing.”Freshmen Olivia Brand and

Kaitlin Jaeger have become an intri-cate part of the Bears’ lineup.Jaeger was the story in the Bears’

match-up on Friday night againstEvansville. She set career highs inkills (11), digs (6) and blocks (5), asMSU swept the Purple Aces 25-23,25-15 and 25-22.“They’ve been unbelievable,”

Stokes said of the freshmen. “Theydon’t play like freshmen whenthey’re on the court. It’s amazing tome what Kaitlin Jaeger has donewithout playing club volleyball hersenior year in high school.”The Bears trailed 15-13 in the

first set before going on a 6-0 run,and after that the Bears neverlooked back. Junior Karen Rivattohad 11 kills and a team-high 13 digsfor her 12th double-double of theseason.MSU held the Purple Aces to a

.085 hitting percentage, while soph-omore Carly Thomas had 38 assistsand 11 digs for her 18th double-double of the season.Saturday night was an emotional

time for the Bears, as seniors Nor-

man, Kelley Michnowicz andTiffany Moe played their finalmatch at Hammons Student Centeragainst SIU.“It didn’t register until match

point when they called a time out,”Michnowicz said. “That’s when weall started to get a little emotionaland realized that this was the lasttime we would play a match on thiscourt.”After the match the seniors were

honored as fans stuck around tocongratulate them. Norman gave ashort speech to represent the seniorclass, thanking the fans and staff forall their support.Stokes said she tried to cherish

the moment, but wasn’t distractedfrom the big picture.“For me right now, I’m still

geared in that we have a wholeother month of volleyball left toplay,” Stokes said. “As soon as thismatch was over, I was just thinkingthat we have to start preparing for

Indiana State and Illinois State. Youdo take a second to reflect on it, andthey are a very talented seniorclass.”The emotions didn’t stop the

Bears from sweeping the Salukis25-16, 25-21 and 25-19. The matchmarked the 13th consecutive yearthe Bears have reached the 20-winplateau, putting them with justseven NCAADivision I schools thathave such a streak.The first two sets the Bears

cruised, holding SIU to a -0.047 hit-ting percentage in the first and ham-mering the Salukis with 18 kills in thesecond. SIU came out with a differentmentality in the third, building anearly 8-3 lead. The Bears kept theircomposure though, and took the leadat 13-12 and never lost it again.The Bears play their final two

games on the road this weekend, fin-ishing conference and regular seasonplay against Indiana State and Illi-nois State. The State Farm Missouri

Valley Tournament will start Nov. 24and will be played in Cedar Falls,Iowa, home of conference favoriteNorthern Iowa.

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Olivia Brand (8) goes for a kill.

By Kyle BoazThe Standard

Coming off a seven-winseason and having three play-ers named to the all-Mid-American Conference team,the Missouri State field hock-ey team showed the programis making strides in the rightdirection.“It feels great,” junior

defender Reiann Stoute said.“From my freshman year,since I’m an international stu-dent, I didn’t know theseawards were available. Then Isaw teammates get them myfreshman year so that wassomething I wanted to worktoward that I didn’t get lastyear.”Stoute shined the brightest

as a defender this year, rankingthird in the nation in defensivesaves with 10. She also man-

aged eight points on the sea-son.“We want to win the MAC

obviously,” Stoute said of theteam’s goals for next season.“As a team we want to play toour best potential and improvefrom our record this year—getsomemore people on these all-conference teams—but overallwe just want to win.”On the offensive end, Sarah

Bradley and Casey Baylissprovided the backbone for theteam. They were each reward-ed with all-MAC honors.

“It’s a definite honor,”Bradley said. “It’s good toknow your efforts are recog-nized when it comes down toit. It’s a team sport, and as longas our team is doing well, I’mhappy. I think I was good atbeing a leader and just playingto the best of my ability everygame.”

Bradley finished third onthe team in points with 20,notching seven goals duringthe year. Having three all-MAC players on the teamsheds light on how good theteam can be, Bradley said.Assistant coach Erika

Dombkowski said Bayliss willbe missed next year.

“Casey (Bayliss) had agreat season,” she said. “It’sdefinitely going to be toughwith her gone next year, butshe definitely left her mark onthe program.”Bayliss led the team in

points during her final season,scoring 15 times and finishingwith 36 points. The playersthat were honored weren’t theonly ones on the team that suc-ceeded, however.“I’d really like to recognize

the people who didn’t get all-MAC,” Dombkowski said.

“Because I truly believe it’s ateam sport. Catrina (Schmidt)was very consistent for us.(Chelsey) Medlock had a greatyear; she really stepped up thisyear.“Laura Tavares is going to

be great in the upcomingyears, I know she was nomi-nated for an award this year(all-MAC) but did not receiveit. Hillary Lawless with herspeed became great this sea-son learning how to finish.Andrea Bain is going to begreat for us. She evolved as agoalkeeper this season.“Dombkowski said as long

as the players work together asa team, they will have contin-ued success in the future.“Even though we came in

sixth we can show we’re ateam that does good things andother teams should be scaredfor next season.”

Winning ways result in conference honors

surprised that the Lady Bearswere able to hang with a top10 team.“I think we surprised a lot

of people,” Garrison said.“Nobody expected us to win

this game, probably a lot ofpeople didn’t expect us to beclose, so for us to battle Ithink we proved to a lot ofpeople that we can play withthis level.”There are three stats that

will haunt the Lady Bearswhen they look back on thegame: 25 turnovers, 4-for-26shooting from beyond the arc

and the 23 offensive reboundsthe Cardinals collected.Milleson said, however,

that the Lady Bears will takea lot of positives away fromthis game, especially the playof sophomore guard HannahWilkerson—who came inwhen freshman KenzieWilliams went down with aknee injury—and scored 10

points with no turnovers.“I feel good about where

we’re at,” Milleson said. “Ourchallenge now is to go back tothe practice floor and go a lit-tle bit harder, go a little bitquicker, lift a little bit heavier,don’t take possessions off.We’ve just got to challengeourselves in practice to findthat next level.”

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A total of 12 swimmers hadtheir best times of the season.Most importantly, accordingto Steck, the Bears did not loseany respect.Senior Ali Stauffer, sopho-

more Renata Sander, juniorMarta Nogueroles, sophomoreRoni Balzam and senior Bri-

anna Willoughby swam theirseason’s best times in theirrespective events.On the men’s side, sopho-

more Jared Roberts, freshmanChris Carpenter, sophomoreMichal Bulak, junior JacobSims, sophomore Yuri Garani-to, junior Aaron Henry andfreshman Caleb Schuermannall swam their personal bests,as well.Freshman Vitalii Baryshok

continued to dominate the

entire pool in his events, win-ning the 200-yard freestyle,100-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle. Baryshokedged out Missouri by .03 sec-onds in the 50-yard freestyle.He also set a new pool recordin the 200-yard freestyle witha time of 1:38.22.“That was tremendous. It

was a pretty sensational swimfor a freshman,” Steck said.Also setting a new pool

record for the Bears was

Balzam, who won the 200-yard fly by .04 seconds, with atime of 2:04.59. Balzam saidher motivation was not lettingthe Tigers come to her pooland break her records.“I touched the wall and I

heard everyone screaming,”she said. “I was so excited, itwas amazing.”Up next for the Bears is the

TYR Invitational for a week-end series on Nov. 18-20 inEvanston, Ill.

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“She had some troublenailing down a couple localpeople,” he said. “My namecame up on a recommenda-tion. She was on Polygramrecords in the ‘80s and kindof fell off the map but shehad a big German following.It was a great experience.I’ve met so many great peo-ple. She had a real solidband.”

Rebuth said Rags toRich’s formed slowlythrough mutual acquaintanc-es and from friendshipsalready long established.

“It was probably around1999 or 2000 when it start-ed,” he said. “It’s alwaysthis circle that comesaround. Kelly Brown hadactually been playing keysin a few local bands. Westarted playing with Howieand the Hillcats together andI wanted to do an all-instru-

mental band and it wasKelly who I first turned to.My intention was to useJohn Anderson on drumsbecause John was playingwith another act I knew. Itall kind of falls together thatway. I pulled my best friend,Ed Hines, on bass and thereyou have it.”

Rebuth said Springfield’sreaction to Rags to Rich’shas been slow building, andthey’ve been able to main-tain a significant following,but that he isn’t bookingdates for any kind of tour asof now.

“We’re not lighting theworld on fire,” he said. “It’san eclectic thing. We’re notever going to draw 1,000people around here, but wecan do these kinds of gigsand there are a lot of peoplethat like it.

“Logistically it’s reallyhard to do with the price ofgasoline and the price oftraveling. If no one has heardof the band from out of townthen they’re not going to

give you any money. Andwe’re an older band, we’renot a bunch of guys who willgo sleep on a floor some-where anymore; we’re allgrown. I’m the only one inthe band without any kids.”

Rebuth said one of thebiggest factors in Rags toRich’s repertoire and soundcomes from the absence of avocalist.

“One thing that happenswhen you don’t have asinger, an advantage isyou’re not tied into a partic-ular style,” he said. “So youcan do the surf thing, whicha lot of old folks like—thesurf and the old instrumentalstuff like Dwayne Eddie andRed River Rock. But we’llstill do some meters whichthe young crowd. There’s abunch of hippie kids who arereally into that funk thing.And we can do a Beatlescover and find something alittle more universal.”

While many of theirsongs may sound likeimprovisational jams,

Rebuth insists that theyattempt to create somethingmuch more purposeful.

“They’re more structuredthan you realize,” he said.“If you hear them enoughtimes you realize we playthem close to the same wayevery time. You want somethings to be improvised butin some cases if you havesomething that works youmight want to make it con-sistent. “

Rebuth said Rags toRich’s has released one offi-cial eponymous recordbeneath their homemadelabel “R Own Records,”consisting of 10 originaltracks and three covers.

“Most of that record ismade up of original record-ings,” he said. “There’s onlytwo or three covers on therebut they’re pretty obscurecuts. A lot of our covers arethat way, a lot of peoplecan’t tell if they’re ours ornot. I’m really into the wholeB-side thing.”

“We’re way overdue,” he

added. “I have people askme sometimes but it’s hard. Iput so much time busting mybutt doing that record andnow I’m just not living inthat kind of time frame any-more. It was a real good cre-ative period. Now I’ve justgot to try to piecemeal some-thing together.”

Rebuth said this projectmight consist of an ExtendPlay record, consisting offive or six original, or per-haps cover, tracks.

Drummer John Andersonis the youngest member ofthe group, and highlightedhis monthly performance atHarlow’s this WednesdayNov. 9 with an occasionaldrum solo, upon which timeall eyes in the bar were onhim. He said he has beenwith Rags to Rich’s sincetheir inception, about 11years ago.

“I’ve really learned awhole lot playing with theseguys,” he said. “They kind oftook me under their wingand were way above my

experience level, and it wasreally great getting to knowthem in that atmosphere. “

“They’re all fantasticplayers,” he added. “We’vebeen doing it for a long timeand we can kind of read eachother’s minds. Some of thesesongs we’ve played from thevery beginning but theyhaven’t gotten old at all.”

Rags to Rich’s can befound performing every FirstFriday Art Walk at 9 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub (313 S.Patton Ave.), and every sec-ond Wednesday of eachmonth at 7 p.m. at Harlow’s(637 S. Kimbrough Ave.).

Harlow’s is located justwest of Missouri State cam-pus. It’s not only their closeproximity to MSU andSpringfield’s downtown thataid in their success, but alsotheir relatively cheap drinkprices ($2 PBRs and $7pitchers). Harlow’s also fea-tures a daily happy hourfrom 3 to 7 p.m. in whichthey take a dollar off everydrink on the menu.

A few of the entertain-ers also created aslideshow offering insightinto the different customspresented, including wherethey originated and the his-torical context.

Linh Dang, vice presi-dent of the Association ofInternational Students,attended her final Interna-tional Student Banquet thisyear.

“This event has been awonderful part of my life,”

she said. “When you makefriends with internationalstudents you lose track oftime. This is unfortunatelymy last year, and this eventis special to me.”

After dinner and the tal-ent contest an internationalfashion show was held.Donning costumes fromtheir respective cultures,students showed off elabo-rate outfits with intricateadornments.

By the end of the night,all the cultures cametogether and celebrated bydancing to “Moves LikeJagger” by Maroon 5 fea-turing Christina Aguilera.

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• Chin Curtain or Lincoln-style—A facial hair ensem-ble that grows along the jawline and covers the chin com-pletely. Sometimes referredto as a “Civil War Beard,” itmay well be the favorite forthose looking for a little hon-esty in the election contest.

• Mutton Chops - A stylethat’s typified by sideburns

grown across the face whichmeet and are accompaniedby a mustache. This candi-date has a villainous history,but there’s always a segmentof the electorate that followthis look like sheep.

• Soul Patch - A small tuftof hair under the lower lip.This candidate has some-times gotten a bad rap in thepast, but it may well prove tobe the comeback kid whenthe rest of its rivals are sizedup.

The beard ballot voting

ends at noon on Thursday,and the shaving will takeplace on Friday. Wilson saidearly returns show a veryclose race right now, thoughthe Fu Manchu appears tohave a slight edge.

Hopefully the winner willhave a fairly wide margin ofvictory – no close shaves –because Wilson wants noth-ing to do with recounts orhanging chads in his beardcontest.

And while the MissouriLegislature has been propos-

ing stricter voter qualifica-tions in elections at the statelevel, Wilson said anyone iswelcome to vote in his localelection contest. Bid moneycan be dropped off at Craig359.

Wilson said he’s not root-ing for any particular candi-date in this plebiscite. Hesaid he just doesn’t have adog in this election race –just a hairy face. And all Wil-son really wants is a ticket toHollywood – and hopefullywith all expenses paid.

explore the full range ofThe Beatles, from theearly days to their moretripped out phases, andthrough the end of theband, as well.

“Since they were pri-marily a studio band—they only played live in theearly years—and a lot oftheir stuff was really farout there, we have to takesome songs and put themmore in a live atmos-phere,” he said. “We’vegot a little more presencethan the records do. We tryto keep it as close to therecord as possible with alot of the same harmoniesbut if something in the stu-dio recording doesn’ttranslate to a live show wemight add a new ending ortighten some stuff up.”

Rea said the bandknows more than 100 ofThe Beatles’ songs.

“Everybody loves TheBeatles and we alwaystake requests,” he said.“Beatles music is the kind

of music that reallybridges generational gaps.There’s always singingalong and a lot of peoplelike to come out anddance.”

Melissa Hendersonsaid you shouldn’t be shywhen it comes to singingalong and dancing.

“We absolutely love itwhen people sing alongand dance all night,” shesaid. “The Beatles are oneof the greatest bands ever,and their music hasdelighted and influencedso many — there’s no rea-son not to celebrate it! Andreally, I’m not a greatdancer either, but if youfeel the music, whocares?”

The band will take thestage at 10 p.m. and playuntil Patton Alley Pubcloses at 1 a.m. with ashort break in between.The show will be for ages21 and up and the coverwill be $5.

The same band mem-bers (minus the drummer)will tribute Tom Petty asThe Refugees on Friday,Nov. 25 at Patton AlleyPub.

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staple in Native American her-itage, will unfortunately notbe held on campus this year.In past years, the Pow Wowwas held in McDonald Arena,but due to increased populari-ty over the years it could nolonger hold the event.

Instead, a mini Pow Wowwill be held in Battlefield, Mo.at the Trail of Tears Park.

“The Pow Wow pulls inoverall cultural experience,religion, music, the dress andthe food and it highlights it in

a very inspiring and movingway,” Hardin said.

NAHM ends on Nov. 30with a panel discussion overstereotypes that exist amongNative American culture. Thediscussion starts at 7 p.m. inroom 400 in the PSU.

“I think it’s important forus to recognize and celebrateNative American heritage, theculture and the numerous con-tributions to our Americanculture,” Hardin said.“There’s not a strong empha-sis placed on the Native Amer-ican culture, but it’s essentialto all of us so we need to cele-brate it and raise the aware-ness.”

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