BriefsReported rapeunder investigationSpringfield police and the Mis-

souri State Department of Safetyand Transportation are continuingto investigate a rape that allegedlyoccurred on Dec. 7 and wasreported on Jan. 25.The alleged rape occurred at

an off-campus location but wasreported at Hammons House,1001 E. Harrison St., according toJay Huff, assistant director ofMSU Safety and Transportation.Huff and Lt. Ben King,

spokesman for the SpringfieldPolice Department, both refusedto release incident reports, thename of the person who reportedthe rape, the location of thealleged rape and the names ofpossible suspects, saying the caseis still under investigation.

CorrectionIn The Standard’s Housing

Guide, published Feb. 5, the con-tact information for the manage-ment company The Wooten Com-pany was missprinted along withinformation about the company’sshort-term lease policy and petpolicies.The correct website for the

company is http://www.thewoo-tenco.com. All Wooten Company proper-

ties are pet-friendly, but it doeshave a height restriction that petscan’t stand more than 17 inches atfull maturity from the shoulder.There is also a one-time requiredpet fee of $200 and Wooten doesoffer a payment plan for the fee. Italso has two properties wherelarger dogs are allowed.In addition, the company also

offers a variety of short-term leaseoptions for its properties nearMissouri State’s campus. For afull list of options and terms, visitthe company’s website and clickon “Life by Campus.”

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Tuesday, Feb. 26Criminology and Criminal JusticeConference, all day, PSUCriminology and Criminal Justice— Opportunities Fair, 9 a.m.-4p.m., PSU Third FloorEating Disorder Screenings, 10a.m.-3 p.m., every weekday Feb. 26to March 2, Carrington 311Academic Life Skills Series:Academic Writing, 12:30-1:30p.m., Meyer Library 101Career Expo 2013, 1-5 p.m., JQHArenaStudent Activities Councilmeeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday, Feb. 27Criminology and Criminal JusticeConference, all day, PSUStudent Learning Lounge: Let’sTalk Blackboard, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.,Meyer Library 205Blackboard Learn 9.1: AssessingLearners, 2-4 p.m., Meyer Library205Academic Life Skills Series:Academic Writing, 4-5 p.m., MeyerLibrary 101

Thursday, Feb. 28Blackboard Learn 9.1: MonitoringStudent Activity andPerformance, 9-11 a.m., MeyerLibrary 205Speed Networking Event, 4-8p.m., PSU Ballroom WestStudents for a Sustainable Futuregeneral meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m.,Temple Hall 105

Friday, March 1Blackboard Learn 9.1: Optimizingthe Grade Center, 9-10 a.m.,Meyer Library 205Advising International Students,1-4 p.m., PSU 317Student Learning Lounge: Let’sTalk Blackboard, 1:30-5 p.m.,Meyer Library 205

Monday, March 4Mid-Semester grade rostersavailable, all dayBlackboard Learn 9.1: EnhancingCommunication, 2-4 p.m., MeyerLibrary 205Asian American Pacific IslanderOrganization Meeting, 6:30-7:30p.m., PSU 312

By Amber DuranThe StandardMissouri State physics

students are reaching out tolocal elementary schoolsthis spring semester in aprogram called Phys Biz inhopes of sparking interest inthe field of science.The program is in con-

junction with SpringfieldPublic Schools and thedowntown Discovery Cen-ter and focuses on teachingchildren about three princi-ples of science: force, ener-gy and sound.These principles are

basic curriculum require-ments for elementary edu-cation, Clarissa Slaten, afourth grade teacher atWilder Elementary School,said. Slaten said that getting

through the science curricu-lum is quite a challenge,because it is not just about

reading — it requires morehands on activities and time.Science classes are held

in her classroom three timesa week in 45-minute ses-sions. “We have just been wait-

ing for people who are com-fortable with (science) tocome help,” she said. “Thisprogram is so great and weare just so excited about it.”Slaten’s fourth graders

participated in the Phys Bizprogram Feb. 22, and wereall smiles as they experi-mented at the different sta-tions. Five stations were set up

in the school gym, and thekids took turns at each sta-tion with MSU students andfaculty. David Cornelison, head

of the Physics, Astronomyand Materials Sciencedepartment and facultyadviser for the Phys Bizprogram, said that you need

to start young to get kidsinterested in science. “In my opinion, if they

are not interested in scienceby middle school, then theyprobably won’t get into it inthe future,” Cornelison said.

Cornelison said it hasbeen his experience that ele-mentary school teachers arenot always comfortablewith science and cannotdedicate as much time to it,even when they want to.

Slaten said that although,she loves teaching science,many other teachers preferthe subject of social studiesfor the simple fact that it

By Katie LambThe StandardFor senior animal science major Sarah Hogle,

horseback riding has been a part of her life since shewas a child; it’s a time when she can clear her mind andfocus only on herself and the horse. “I’ve been riding since I could walk, basically,”

Hogle said. She has been on the Missouri State Equestrian

Team for two years and is the vice president of theHorsemen’s Association — a group on campus that isfree to join for any student who has a passion for hors-es.The Equestrian Team competed in the MSU Horse

Show on Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 24,which was sponsored by the Horsemen’s Association.Participants are part of the Intercollegiate Horse

Show Association, a national organization which Mis-souri State is currently part of.Students from Illinois also traveled to the horse

show to compete. Freshman equine and horse science major Codi

Reed from Black Hawk East University in Galva, Ill.,anxiously stood alongside the arena while waiting forher time to compete. “I’m always nervous before competing,” she said.Reed, who competes at the beginner level, said col-

lege was the first place she ever had the chance to ridehorses, but she’s always had a love for them. IHSA provides students, no matter what skill level,

with the opportunity to compete individually, or onequestrian teams, according to IHSA’s website. Thereis a membership fee to join the association.

Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARDCurtis Israel, a Missouri State senior physics major, teaches second graders atWilder Elementary School about science with the Department of Physics, Astron-omy and Materials Science Phys Biz program.

Phys Biz gets show on the roadMSU student program aimsto spark children’s interest inscience field at an early age

Dance Bear-A-Thonrecruits newmembersBy Briana SimmonsThe StandardLast week, Dance Bear-A-

Thon hosted several events inhopes of bringing attention totheir organization and invitingnew members to take part in theorganization.Dance Bear-A-Thon is an

organization of Missouri Statestudents that aims to raise moneyand awareness for Children’s Mir-acle Network of the Ozarks.

“Everything we do is for thekids,” Alan Schieber, Dance Bear-A-Thon president, said.The organization is responsi-

ble for two large events during theyear. In the spring, it hosts afundraiser called the KrispyKreme Challenge, a 2-mile runmixed with snacks.“Competitors run a mile, eat

six doughnuts and run anothermile for the kids,” Schieber said.“If your stomach flips at thethought of that competition, wedo have a just-for-fun registration,so the queasy can still help thekids and have a good time.”Their second and main, dance-

filled event is held in the fall.“It’s a 12-hour dance party,”

Schieber said. “We have themedhours, food, performers and danc-ing all night long.”“You also get to meet the kids

the money you have raised goes tobenefit,” Schieber said. Right now, Dance Bear-A-

Thon has about 20 members, butthey’re hoping to expand withmore planning committee anddance team members.Events were held the week of

Feb.18, to highlight the organiza-tion and give people the chance tolearn more.

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English, Western riders of equestrian team compete inMissouri State Horse Show at Darr Agricultural Center

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Blunt, McCaskill divided on Violence Against Women ActBy Trevor MitchellThe StandardThe U.S. Senate voted

78-22 on Feb. 12, to reau-thorize the Violence AgainstWomen Act, but Sens.Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,and Roy Blunt, R-Mo.,remain sharply divided onthe issue.The act was first passed

in 1994 and has since beenrenewed twice — in 2000and 2005.The act provides various

provisions intended to pro-

tectwomenfrom thethreat ofdomesticand rela-tionshipviolence,along withlaws fur-ther pro-tecting women from rape.Some of the more promi-

nent effects of the bill havebeen the creation of a “rapeshield law,” which ensuresthat a victim’s past sexual

conduct may not be usedagainst them in trial,according to the WhiteHouse fact sheet on the bill,and funding for rape crisiscenters and other resourcesfor victims.It also outlines grants for

related programs, alongwith investigation and pros-ecution of violent offenders.These grant programs

include the Campus GrantProgram, which “encour-ages institutions of highereducation to adopt compre-hensive, coordinated

responsesto domes-tic vio-lence, dat-ing vio-lence, sex-ual assaultand stalk-ing,”accordingto the Unit-ed States Department ofJustice’s Office on ViolenceAgainst Women.Much of the Republican

outcry against the bill hasbeen related to the inclusion

of tribal provisions, a con-cept which allows NativeAmericans to try non-Native Americans in courtfor abuse that occurs onIndian reservations.Republicans against the

bill say that this is an uncon-stitutional measure.Blunt said this was one

of the main reasons for hisopposal of the bill in a pressrelease Feb. 12 — the daythat the bill was passed bythe Senate.

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDA Western rider competes in the Missouri State Horse Show on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Darr Agri-cultural Center. Participants in the show are part of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

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“We hosted a few recruit-ment activities to let the peo-ple get a feel for our organi-zation,” Schieber said.

Between an info andpizza night, mocktails event,coffee night and bowlingwith Dance Bear-A-Thon,members had several activi-ties for prospective membersto get to know everyone inthe organization.

“We are excited for allprospective members wehave met so far,” Schiebersaid.

Dance Bear-A-Thon willbe hosting its Krispy KremeChallenge this semester.

If you are interested ingetting involved with DanceBear-A-Thon personally orwith an organization, or ifyou have any questionsabout the organization, con-tact president Alan Schieberat 417-496-7287, or atalan55@live.missouristate.edu.

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“Unfortunately, the bill theSenate considered today hasbeen politicized and includeselements that are irrelevant tothe core purposes of VAWA,including an unconstitutionalprovision related to tribalcourts,” the press release said.

McCaskill, a former prose-cutor who established aDomestic Violence Unit inMissouri, called for immediateaction on the bill by the House.

“The Violence AgainstWomen Act provides prosecu-tors and law enforcement theresources they need to protectMissourians from domesticabuse and to assure offendersare held to account. This reau-thorization has now passedtwo times in the Senate — thePresident is waiting to sign it— we’re all waiting for actionin the House. They need toact,” said McCaskill in a pressrelease.

McCaskill has been vocal-ly supportive of the bill, lastyear joining the femaleDemocrats of the Senate towrite a letter to the women ofthe House, asking them to pass

the bill.House Republicans intro-

duced their own version of thebill Feb. 22, modifying thetribal provisions language togive more rights to the defen-dant, and also removingexplicit language from theSenate bill that ensures equalcoverage for LGBT victims.

This change would notspecifically prohibit themfrom benefiting from the pro-visions outlined in the bill, butit would be easier to deny it tothem in the future.

House Democrats rejectedthe proposed changes, andsaid they would be harmful tothe success that the bill hashad in the past.

A vote on the revised billwill likely take place nextweek, according to HouseMajority Leader Eric Cantor’swebsite.

Congress previouslypassed a reauthorization of theact in 2000 and in 2005 by alandslide in both houses ofCongress.

The 2000 renewal passedthe Senate 95-0, and theHouse voted 371-1. In 2005,the Senate vote was unani-mously in favor, and theHouse passed it 415-4, accord-ing to McCaskill’s website.

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Bookstore in media spotlightBy Nicolette MartinThe Standard

The Missouri State Uni-versity bookstore found itselfin the national spotlight theweek of Feb. 13, and this timeit wasn’t due to former Book-store Director Mark Brixey.

Instead, in a seeminglymore popular story than thedisappearance of more than$400,000, the “univeristy” isnow known for a misspellingon bags handed out in earlyJanuary.

The book bag misspellingsaga began Jan. 11, whenLindsey Kolb, a freshmansocio-political communica-tion major, posted a photo of a2012 spring textbook reserva-tion tote bag with a bear logoencircled with the typo “Mis-souri State Univeristy,” alongwith the description “So gladMissouri State’s bookstoreknows how to spell ‘Universi-ty,’” on Overheard at MissouriState — a popular Facebookgroup.

“Whenever I received mybooks for the spring 2013semester, my friends pointedout that the bag was mis-spelled,” Kolb said via email.“We thought it was funny, so Itook a picture of the bag andposted it to Overheard.”

The photo received over290 “Likes,” and 20 com-ments.

Thirty-two days later, astory by Steve Pokin, highereducation reporter at theSpringfield News-Leader,appeared on the front page ofthe News-Leader with theheadline, “MSU misspellsname on book bags.”

Pokin said that a coworkerhad seen the misspellings in aphoto on Facebook.

This initial article currentlysits with 16 comments and854 recommendations viaFacebook.

One day later, “Oops! Uni-versity Misspells Its OwnName on $70K Worth of Can-vas Book Bags,” appeared onYahoo! news — an article thatyielded more than 1,600 com-ments, 2,500 Facebook sharesand 500 tweets.

“I am stunned by theamount of attention it has

received,” Pokin said. “I’msurprised that it was picked upby so many different places.At some point I felt a tinge ofregret in thinking of howunfortunate it is that thisspelling mistake has gotten somuch attention for the univer-sity.”

The story even reachedoutlets such as Gawker.com, anational gossip website thatultimately caused the resigna-tion of former New York Con-gressman Christopher Lee;and TotalFratMove.com,which “offers a satirical, andoften unabashedly blunt,genre of comedy from the per-spective of America’s privi-leged youth,” according totheir website.

With the Internet and trendsites such as Pinterest andGawker, it becomes easy fornews from southwest Mis-souri to spread into differentmarkets.

“I think that people enjoyfrowning upon other universi-ties,” Kolb said. “I know thatstudents at Mizzou have had ahay day over MSU’s book-store not spelling things cor-rectly and pointing out thatthis is a reason why Mizzou isbetter than Missouri State. Ialso know that the ‘Total FratMove’ tweeted and put ontheir website about thespelling mistake, which madethe story go viral.”

So what makes articles likethis so much more popularthan, say, the city councilmeeting (barring a communityissue of a new Walmart)?

According to Mary JanePardue, assistant departmenthead of Media, Journalismand Film and associate profes-sor of journalism, it has to dowith unusualness.

“Spelling stories seem toget a lot of attention,” Parduesaid. “You’ll see stories whena street sign had misspelledwords in it, or signs painted onthe road. I guess it falls underthe unusual category.”

“News organizations, peo-ple who watch the media arealways looking for unusualthings,” Pardue said. “It’s easyto just find the same old, sameold. This being at a university— being what it was — prob-ably propelled a little bit moreinterest in this.”

“It was a legitimate story tobe written about at the locallevel, because it’s MissouriState, it’s what it is, and we’rea huge part of the community,so I can surely see why thatstory was written.”

According to EarleDoman, vice president of Stu-dent Affairs, a purchase orderfor both spring and fall 2013was completed for 17,800bags — a total cost of$70,844.

Doman said via email thatthe mistake was not caught ona proof of the design that wasapproved July 25, and thebookstore paid for 8,500 bagswith the misspelling.

About 6,000 of these bagswere given out during the text-book reservation process.

Doman said the remaining2,500 bags were destroyedand 9,300 bags for fall havebeen corrected.

The misspelled bags havebecome a hot commodity.

“Are those the reservedbooks bag? I wonder if theywould sell me one … that’sgreat and terrible haha,” onecomment on Overheard atMissouri State said.

Attempts to reach currentBookstore Director SondaReinartz were unsuccessful,and an automated emailresponse said she would beout of the office until Wednes-day, Feb. 27.

At some point I felt atinge of regret inthinking of howunfortunate it is thatthis spelling mistakehas gotten so muchattention for theuniversity.

— Steve Pokin,higher education reporter, Springfield News-Leader

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDLauren White, a junior elementary education major, studies in Meyer Library with abag featuring the misspelling of Missouri State “Univeristy.”

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TuesdayFeb. 26, 2013

This is the opinion ofThe Standard’s Editorial BoardI have joined the iPhone world, and

I like it better here.On Nov. 27, 2012, I wrote a column

titled “Life’s better off the grid,” inwhich I criticized smartphone users formaking a beeline at me on campus withtheir nose buried in their phone —forcing me to dodge them on myleisurely stroll home from Craig Hall.

Well, I’d like to take this opportuni-ty to apologize for my hypocrisy andadmit that I, too, have become one ofthose people.

The first step is admitting you havea problem, right?

Although I had sort of begun toenjoy the hipster, non-smartphoneworld I was living in, and thoroughlyenjoyed being cut off from Facebook,Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.,while in class and without a computer,I have to admit that the smartphoneworld does have its perks — especiallywhile residing in it with Siri as a faith-ful companion.

To start off with the things that real-ly matter and help me on my journey ofbecoming a productive member ofsociety, it’s really handy that I canaccess my email with the click of a but-

ton. I don’t want to carry my laptop

everywhere, and I don’t have a tablet(hey, it took me four years to upgradephones) and my iPhone allows me toscroll quickly through all of my emailsin hopes of finding one that says “classis canceled.”

A girl can dream.Siri is a great pal and also keeps me

organized (one of my New Year’s reso-lutions that I’m actually not doing halfbad at keeping). With the push of a but-ton, she tells me what the weather is,does fast Google searches for me, setsalarms to make sure I don’t oversleepand adds important events to my calen-dar.

But, I’m sure the rest of the worldalready knows that.

No one really gets a smartphone justto be a productive member of society,though.

I love that I can take a picture of mydog and put glasses and a mustache onhis face — something I once ridiculedothers for. I’m sorry, I now understandhow addicting it is.

I love that I can show everyonewhat my food looks like when I go outto dinner (and I’m not the only one.There’s even an app called Foodspot-ting which is dedicated to this).

I’ll still rant about the people whosit at a table with their smartphones,ignoring their company; people whocan’t go five minutes without talking tosomeone on their cellphone; and maybe a little bit more tired every morningfrom staying up, playing “4 Pics 1Word” until 2 a.m., but joining thesmartphone world was just one smallstep for my phone, and one giant leapfor my keeping up with the rest of theworld.

Now that my phone has finallycaught up with the 21st century, I guessit’s time to replace all my VHS tapeswith DVDs.

Baby steps.

Beginning this week, Ihave the unique opportunityto be the voice for MissouriState students when it comesto discrimination on thebasis of sexual orientationand gender identity in ourcity.

Currently, discriminationis only prohibited based onfactors such as religion, race,sex, age and disability whenoffering employment, hous-ing, or public accommoda-tions. This standard is uni-form at both the state andlocal level.

The Sexual Orientationand Gender Identity (SOGI)Task Force originated from aproposal brought to theSpringfield City Council thatwould classify members ofthis group as being protectedunder the city’s anti-discrim-ination law.

Due to controversy andpublic comment at two citycouncil meetings in August,council members felt thatmore investigation was nec-essary and established thetask force to conduct theresearch and submit its rec-ommendations to city councilby June 30, 2013.

The task force is made upof a wide range of interests,including representatives ofthe religious, medical, gayand business communities.The group also includes amember of the Missouri State

faculty, Pam Sailors. Sailorsis a philosophy professor andassociate dean of the Collegeof Humanities and PublicAffairs at Missouri State.

As one of the 15 votingmembers, I will assist in theresearch and evaluation of aneed for action. We arecharged with investigatingthe level of discrimination inSpringfield because of sexualorientation or transgenderissues and the urgency toresolve any identified prob-lem. Under consideration isthe question of local, county,state or federal actiondeemed necessary by ourtask force.

We hope to hear frommany voices in the communi-ty, including those in theLGBT, medical, business,faith-based, private businessand academic communities.

I am particularly interest-ed in how students feel thataction or inaction willimpact their future employ-ment and housing opportuni-ties and their decision toremain in Springfield aftergraduation.

Students are undoubtedlythe future of Springfield, andthe only way to ensure thatour interest is best served isto speak up! All meetings ofthe SOGI Task Force areopen to the public. Keep aneye on www.springfieldmo.gov for updates on meetingtimes and locations.

To ensure that I best rep-

resent the Missouri Statecommunity, I am constantlyseeking your input.

I would love to hear whatyou think about the proposalto include sexual orientationand gender identity as pro-tected classes and welcomeyour emails atsarah2104@live.missouris-tate.edu.

Last week, The Standard’s editor-in-chief,Megan Gates, met with Inter-Fraternity CouncilPresident Shane Sullivan and Vice President ofCommunity Relations Corey Hollander to dis-cuss Fraternity and Sorority Life at MissouriState and how we cover FSL on campus. In the past, The Standard hasn’t always had apositive relationship with members of the FSLcommunity. We’ve occasionally held its mem-bers’ feet to the fire for incidents we felt thegeneral public needed to know about – such asEmma Rapp’s personal injury lawsuit againstPhi Delta Theta this winter – and in the process,we’ve made many in the Greek life communitydistrust us.And this distrust has often turned into a poli-cy of “no comment” should The Standardattempt to contact members of FSL on campus,which has hurt both of us.The Standard has been harmed by not havingsources to talk to in the campus communityabout FSL, and FSL has been hurt by not hav-ing as much coverage as it might deserve forthe many good things it does on campus and inthe community.After meeting with Sullivan and Hollander,we sincerely hope that we can make a change inthis relationship that benefits both parties. Weknow it’s not going to be an easy adjustment –rebuilding trust never is – but it is one we thinkis worth it.The Standard’s willing to meet FSL halfwayby attempting to cover more of its events in thecommunity, and we hope that FSL memberswill do their part in being more open with us sowe can provide the coverage they deserve.

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• Research and investigate the level ofdiscrimination in Springfield because ofsexual orientation or transgender issues and thelevel of urgency to resolve any identified problem. • Research and investigate the appropriatelevel for solution if any problems areidentified, whether that level be local, county,state, or federal.• Meet with a variety of stakeholders to collectinput and hear various perspectives, including,but not limited to, LGBT members, not-for-profitadvocacy groups, private businesses, the medicalcommunity, the business community, the faith-based community, the academic community, andany other group with which the committee desiresto meet. • Provide written recommendations to themayor and city manager, ranking the one ormore recommended options that should beconsidered, recognizing that city council mustultimately approve any proposal. In addition toranking the task force’s recommendations, thereport should indicate the advantages anddisadvantages of each option considered from theperspective of the citizens of Springfield.

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By Peyson ShieldsThe Standard

Finger painting, choco-late chip cookies andbelieving you could flywere probably the top threethings on your agenda as atoddler. Unfortunately, thatis not the life of 2-year-oldNolan Sensintaffar.

This past weekend, PiKappa Alpha (PIKE) frater-nity hosted The SpringfieldCommunity Moment tohelp raise money forNolan, who suffers from anunknown diagnosis. Theevent started on Thursday,Feb. 21, and continuedthrough Saturday, Feb. 23,and consisted of five differ-ent Springfield restaurantsdonating a percentage oftheir proceeds to helpNolan and his family.

“Nolan has a malabsorp-tion disorder of somekind,” Sensintaffar's grand-mother Traci White said.“The exact diagnosis hasnot been made, but he doesnot absorb nutrients fromhis small bowel and hashad to gain his nutritionfrom TPN (food given tohim through his veins)since he was six monthsold.”

Nolan is the first childever to have a disorder likethis. He had a small boweltransplant three weeks ago

to try to get him better,White said.

Nolan is currently at theUniversity of NebraskaMedical Center Lied trans-plant center. Whiteexplained that over hisshort lifetime, he has hadover 70 hospital stays and19 surgeries.

“Nolan is the happiestchild I know,” White said.“He does not know that heis sick. He enjoys all hisfriends at the hospital andat home. His favorite thingis playing monster truckswith his brothers.”

White described hisfriends as the nurses of thehospital. He was evencaught cleaning his own IVthe other day because he isso used to seeing his par-ents and nurses do it, shesaid.

“In spite of the fact thatHeather and Cody, Nolan’sparents, have good insur-ance, there are still expens-es that are not covered,”White said.

The estimated cost for

By Kelsie NalleyThe Standard

When you think of wiz-ards, magic spells and king-doms, you probably picture afantasy land out of a book. For28-year-old Chris Crapser,that fantasy is closer to homethan you may think.

Crapser is an active mem-ber of Amtgard, a live-actionfantasy role playing game. Hefirst discovered Amtgard 14years ago when he was at

VisionCon, an event hostedevery year in Springfield, Mo.that celebrates the pop culturegenres of fiction and fantasy.

“I saw a bunch of peoplebeating each other with sticksand thought it’d be cool totry,” Crapser said.

Anyone over 14 years oldcan participate in Amtgard,and there’s even a spot forthose that don’t want to fightin battle. A color is a playerwho doesn’t participate in bat-tles but instead focuses on

making costumes for playersand helping to organizeevents.

When creating their char-acter, players can choose froma number of characters withpre-established abilities. Play-ers can increase their charac-ter’s abilities by going up inlevels. Levels are determinedby the amount of game timeplayed in a particular class andby passing a guild test.

Crapser is a level six Heal-er and Wizard, a level three

Bard and Warrior, and a leveltwo Monk.

Members can also be apart of a Household and/orCompany. Households aregroups that share commoninterests and goals. A Compa-ny is a group that fights andfields together.

Crapser’s current companyis called Grendel. He is notcurrently involved in anyHouseholds but plans to formone this summer.

As for costumes, calledgarb, used during battle, thereare websites where memberscan purchase ready-made cos-tumes. Crapser, however,prefers to make his own garb,or to have a member of hischapter make it for him.

Within Amtgard there aremany classes of chapters. Thesmallest chapter is called aShier and must have an aver-age of 5-20 people during asix-month period in order toretain status. The next chapteris called a Barony and requires20-40 people. Next, a Duchyrequires 40 plus players.These chapters are all under akingdom dependent on wherethe players live. There are cur-rently 14 kingdoms in Amt-gard.

Springfield’s chapter is theBarony of Knoblands and isunder the kingdom of TalDagore, which is the kingdomfor all of Missouri and Illinois.

Filmmaker, authorto speak at MSU

Jean Kilbourne is scheduled tospeak at Missouri State Universi-ty Tuesday, March 5 from 7-9p.m. in the PSU Theater.

Kilbourne’s films, lectures andappearances have been seen bymillions of people, and she is theauthor of the award-winning book“Can’t Buy My Love: HowAdvertising Changes the Way WeThink and Feel” and “So Sexy SoSoon: The New Sexualized Child-hood and What Parents Can Do toProtect Their Kids.”

For more information on herupcoming lecture and presenta-tion at MSU, contact the StudentActivities Council by phone at417-836-4626, or by email atsacpresident@missouristate.edu.

Ice your debt withRachel Cruze

Dave Ramsey’s daughter,Rachel Cruze, is scheduled tospeak at Missouri State Universi-ty Tuesday, March 5, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Carrington Hall 208.

Cruze will speak on the basicsof money management and finan-cial stability in students’ personaland professional lives. She willalso show students how to budgetwisely, save intentionally andgive passionately.

For more information, contactCollege of Business Coordinatorof Marketing Melissa Price atMelissaPrice@missouristate.edu.

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CalendarTuesday, Feb. 26COPS: Springfield, APresentation, followed by Q&A,6-8 p.m., PSU Theater, freeWriting through the senses:Dinner, Demo and Discussion,6-8:15 p.m., PSU 312, freeEva Mozes Kor: Forgiving Dr.Mengele, 7-8:30 p.m., CarringtonHall Auditorium, freeAll Bands Concert, 7:30-9 p.m.,Juanita K. Hammons Hall, free“Almost, Maine,” 7:30-10 p.m.,Craig Hall Balcony Hall Theatre, $8(advance purchase with MSU ID),$12, $14

Wednesday, Feb. 27Guest Artist: Steven Tharp, 4:30-6p.m., Ellis Hall 217B, free“Almost, Maine,” 7:30-10 p.m.,Craig Hall Balcony Hall Theatre, $8(advance purchase with MSU ID),$12, $14Open Dancing, 8:30-10 p.m.,Savoy Ballroom, free

Thursday, Feb. 28Languages for Fun: German, 5-6p.m., Siceluff 224, $75Languages for Fun: Spanish, 5-6p.m., Siceluff 222, $75Pass the Hat, 7-9 p.m., Mud-Lounge, freeDowntown Book Club, 7-8:30p.m., MudLounge, freeThe Music Department PresentsDr. Nathan Daughtrey, 7:30-8:30p.m., Ellis 217B, freeSAC After Hours presents andRHA Present: Artpalooza, 9 p.m.,PSU Food Court, free

Friday, March 1First Friday Artwalk, 6-10 p.m.,various venues, freeOperazzi on Tour, 7-9 p.m., ParkCentral Branch Library, freeFirst Friday Live, 7-10 p.m., GilliozTheater, freeSAC Presents: Rock 'N Bowl,7:30-10:30 p.m., PSU Level OneGame Center, freeSkinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10p.m., $10-$12“100 Years of Broadway,” 8-10p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall,$10-$40

Saturday, March 2Spring Family Day, all day, MSUSpringfield Campus, free“100 Years of Broadway,” 2-4p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall,$10-$40Book signing: “Jews of Spring-field,” 6-8 p.m., Springfield-GreeneCounty History Museum, free“100 Years of Broadway,” 8-10p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall,$10-$40

Sunday, March 3Documentary screening: “WonderWomen! The Untold Story ofAmerican Superheroines,” 6-7p.m., The Moxie, freeBrian Regan in Concert, 7-11p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $42.50Composition Festival Concert I,7:30-8:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B, free

Monday, March 4Documentary screening: WonderWomen! The Untold Story ofAmerican Superheroines, noon-1p.m., Meyer Library 101, free

Fantasy comes to life Chris Crapser, an enthusiastic live-action role player, let us comeinside his fantasy world for a day

Everyone in Hollywoodis breathing a little easier;awards season is over. OK,maybe not everyone, butnow they just have to worryabout next year.

The 85th AcademyAwards aired Sunday, Feb.24, and I think the winnerswere pretty much as expect-ed. “Argo” for best picture,Ang Lee “Life of Pi” for

best director, Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) and Jen-nifer Lawrence (“Silver

Linings Playbook”) foractors in a leading role, andChristoph Waltz (“DjangoUnchained”) and AnneHathaway (“Les Mis-érables”) for actors in a sup-porting role. No majorupsets or surprises there.

(For a complete list ofthe winners, you can visitoscar.go.com)

The red carpet was

glamorous as usual —mostly gorgeous gownswith a noticeable trend forbows. Not sure how I feltabout some of the red carpethosts. Yet I can’t quite fig-ure out if they were theawkward ones or if ourfavorite celebrities are actu-ally just as awkward as wewould be in impromptuinterviews.

As for the actual showwith “Family Guy,” “Amer-ican Dad!,” and “Ted” cre-ator Seth McFarlane host-ing, that was a little moreinteresting. From what I’veseen, the reviews of him ashost (as the reviews for anyhost usually are) are mixed.Some say he was too

Oscars close the curtain on the 2013 awards season

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARDLive-action role players (LARPers) duel at Phelps Grove Park in Springfield on Sunday, Feb. 24. The local chapter, The Barony ofKnoblands, meets every Sunday at 1 p.m. and chose the park because of its central location and proximity to Missouri State’s campus.

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The toddler fighting for his lifeBusinesses donate fundsto child with rare diagnosis

Photo courtesy of the Sensintaffar familyNolan Sensintaffar sits with his parents, Heather and Cody, while waiting for histransplant at the University Nebraska Medical Center Lied Transplant Center.u See NOLAN page 5

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Nolan's medication is$120,000 per year,which is not covered byinsurance, according toWhite.With the Springfield

community’s efforts tohelp the Sensintaffarfamily, they aren’t justhelping with medicalbills but also with theirspirits. White explainedthat The SpringfieldCommunity Momentcan help by educatingthe community onNolan’s condition anddiagnosis.“This is a fairly new

transplant and not wellknown in the medicalcommunity,” White said.“Most likely, there arechildren in Springfieldwho could benefit fromthis information.”PIKE philanthropy

chair and senior busi-ness administration andmanagement majorElliot Norman was incharge of this weekend’sevents.“Our president,

Derek, brought up Nolanat meeting and weagreed that he matchedeverything we wanted todo and that he neededsupport immediately,”

Norman said.Norman explained

that their goal for theevent was to just get asmany people involved aspossible and to bring thecommunity together.The participating restau-rants included Dag-woods, Harbell’s SportsBar and Grill, Pickle-man’s, Qdoba andOrange Leaf. Eachrestaurant donated a per-centage of their pro-ceeds throughout theevent to help Nolan andhis family.The newest location

of Orange Leaf on NorthKansas Expressway wasthe only business to be apart of the whole event.Each day, Orange Leafdonated 25 percent of itsproceeds to support theSensintaffar family.The total amount of

proceeds collected wasunavailable at The Stan-dard’s press time.If you weren’t able to

make it out to TheSpringfield CommunityMoment you can donatedirectly to PIKE frater-nity by contacting ElliotNorman at Elliot1022@live.missouristate.edu.As of now, Orange

Leaf is still acceptingdonations and will bedonating a percentage ofits proceeds to helpNolan and his family.

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By Kelsey BerryThe StandardShe was an arts advocate for Missouri

State University and the Student Exhibi-tion Center. She was a wife, a sister, amother of three successful children and aloving grandmother. She was the caringmentor for many art students who werehanging their art up on the walls for thevery first time. Lynda Johnson, former director of the

SEC, passed away Monday, Feb. 11, atthe age of 64 from reasons that haven’tbeen disclosed.She graduated from Monett High

School in 1967 and went on to obtain abachelor of arts degree from what wasthen SMS in 1998. She was dedicated toher full-time job at the SEC, helping stu-dents prepare for their art shows at thecenter, which is meant to “provide spacefor them to exhibit displays of interest totheir respective departments and organi-zations,” according to the SEC’s officialwebsite.“Lynda was passionate about the Stu-

dent Exhibition Center and devoted to thestudents who crossed her path,” interimdean of the College of Arts and Lettersand communications professor Gloria

Galanes said in an email. “She stayed inclose touch with many of them over theyears. The SEC had no better advocate.”Kelly Wood, associate professor of

communication, worked with Johnson fortwo years in the dean’s office and saidJohnson really enjoyed working with stu-dents in the art and design departmentand developed relationships with them.“She just always had a smile on her

face, and she was such a kindheartedsoul,” she said. “She had a real goodsense of the history of the SEC and knewthat it was all about the students and get-ting their work out there.“It’s a lot of work to keep the place up,

do all the publicity for it and make itavailable for students to come in … Therewould be nights when she was up untilmidnight, one or two o’clock getting allthe stuff up for the shows.”Johnson got the SEC involved with

First Friday Art Walk and coordinatedmany art shows at the center as its direc-tor. Past programs have included arts likephotography, metals and jewelry, ceram-ics, painting and drawing and sculptures.The Housing and Interior Design pro-gram has also hosted shows there forgraduating seniors, and the Departmentof Theatre and Dance has had shows and

literary readings there too.SEC student workers freshman illus-

tration major Brittany Bethurem and sen-ior professional writing major JessicaPerkins both worked alongside Johnsonto set up art shows at the center. Bethurem said a lot of unseen work

goes into preparing the SEC for an artshow, and the whole process can takeabout a week. Johnson was often there toassist them.“We clean the exhibition area and

make sure everything is hung properly,”she said. “We’ll also patch holes in thewalls and patch them over so everythinglooks nice.“Lynda was dedicated, really hard-

working. She devoted a lot of her timehere — more than she was required to.”Perkins said the SEC was important to

art students and the art departmentbecause it provides valuable opportuni-ties that they might not get elsewhere.“It gives students a place to show their

art,” she said. “I think it helps [students]understand the process, if they were tohang their art in another gallery. Also, ithelps other people share in their art sothey can get new ideas or get their skillsout there.”Galanes said the SEC’s director posi-

tion has not yet been filled and that it maytake some time.“We have not made any decisions

about the position yet. So no news there,”she said in an email. “We were shattered

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARDMissouri State University’s Student Exhibition Center is hosting an Art and Design Photography Exhibition featuringphotography produced by current MSU students.

SEC copes with lossof influential directorFormer Director Lynda Johnson leftbehind a legacy of hard work anddedication to the art community

Knoblands meet everySunday at 1 p.m. at PhelpsGrove Park. Crapser saidthe chapter picked PhelpsGrove because of its cen-tral location and closenessto Missouri State’s cam-pus. “One of the chapter’s

largest audiences is collegestudents, so it’s a greatlocation for us to get recog-nized,” he said.Although Crapser

meets with the KnoblandsChapter on Sundays, he iscurrently a member of theBarony of Trails End inBuffalo, Mo. Trails Endmeets every Saturday at 2p.m. Crapser’s playername is Page Kqarin Dark-fern, and he is currently theBaron of Trails End. Within each chapter

there are five offices held.The Baron is the highesttitle a member can holdand is the King or Queenof the Chapter. Duties of aBaron include overseeingevery detail within thechapter. They are in chargeof breaking ties and count-ing votes along with beingthe face of the Barony.

Offices are voted onevery six months duringthe Kingdom Coronation.Kingdom Coronation iscelebrated with a feast dur-ing a weekend long camp-ing event.Crapser’s duties as

Baron of Trails Endinclude planning anupcoming event on April6. Trails End will be host-ing four different chapters’Kingdom Coronations atone time. After his reign as Baron

is over in April, he willtransfer his membership tothe Barony of Knoblandhere in Springfield. Sincehe currently lives here, itwill be closer for him. Hesaid he plans to run foranother office but willhave to wait until the nextKingdom Coronation. He is currently running

for Board of Directors forthe Kingdom of TalDagore. There are six peo-ple on the board, and theirduties include making sureeverything within theirKingdom is done withinMundane Law. Crapser says there’s no

real purpose to Amtgardexcept to have fun andmeet new people. “I’ve never really been

athletic, but Amtgard gaveme a chance to be good ata sport,” he said.

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By Mike UrseryThe Standard

Junior field hockey goalkeeper Andrea Bain isspearheading a new initiative at the Spring-field Boys and Girls Club to help kids get fit.“Healthy Heroes” is a student-athlete volun-

teer program that reaches out to children in theSpringfield area. Its purpose is to teach themabout the importance of physical fitness andhealthy eating.

“I’ve been working with our team to findways that we can volunteer in the community,”Bain said. “Being athletes, I think this is a goodway to plan things together.”

Bain organized the program with the help offellow junior goalkeeper Katie Mulloy and fresh-man defender Leah Reitmayer. The three of themhave worked together to plan activities that teachkids how to have fun while working out.

“(Bain) came to me and (Mulloy) with theidea for ‘Healthy Heroes,’” Reitmayer said. “I’ma dietetics major, so I help a lot with the nutri-tional part of it.”

The three have worked together to brainstormways to show kids that physical fitness can befun. One such way is a game they created calledFitness Idol. It’s very similar to the show “Amer-ican Idol.” In this game, the participants are splitinto groups and they have to make up a new exer-cise. The groups then perform their exercise

before a judge, who is better known as sopho-more football long snapper Hunter Hayes. Thejudge picks a winner at the end of the game.

Other fun games have been created for thisprogram, including relay races and a game called

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State athletes huddle up at a Healthy Heroes event on Feb. 8 at the Springfield Boys and Girls Club. MSU junior field hockeygoalkeeper Andrea Bain created the program, which teaches kids about the importance of physical fitness and healthy eating.

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDSenior field hockey defender Reiann Stoute does push-ups as part of the “12 Days of Fit-mas” at a Healthy Heroes event on Feb. 9 at the Springfield Boys and Girls Club.

Healthy HeroesMSU athlete creates fitnessprogram for kids

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By Tim Godfrey The Standard

The Missouri State Ice Bears tried to extendtheir National Championship journey duringthe Feb. 23-24 weekend at the Regional Tour-nament held in Chicago, Ill.The Ice Bears had endured along week of rigorous prac-tices to prepare for Region-als, which head coach BobBucher hoped would light afire under the team. Once theteam stepped off the bus tohead into the ice rink fortheir first game...

“They were ready to go,”Bucher said.

The Ice Bears entered the Regional Tourna-ment with the sour taste of a league tournamentloss to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in their mouths. Fortunately forMissouri State, their first Regional round gamewas against SIUE; the perfect opportunity toexact revenge on their way to Nationals.

To start off the game, MSU came outswinging; hitting SIUE players hard and often.MSU jumped out to an early first period leadafter sophomore Matt Townsend connectedwith sophomore Adam Otten for the goal.

After SIUE answered back and tied thegame 1-1 to end the first period, the Ice Bearsjumped to a 3-1 lead in the second period,thanks to goals from sophomore defensemanNick Sadorf and freshman forward AlexNanna.

Then, with less than five minutes left to

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State freshman guard Tyonna Snow (middle) fights for the ball against SouthernIllinois on Thursday, Feb. 21, at JQH Arena.

Lady Bears resurgeBy Sam HolzerThe Standard

The Lady Bears (14-13, 6-9MVC) took a huge leap for-ward this past weekend, win-ning 81-74 over Southern Illi-nois and 66-63 against Evans-ville.

Each of the wins featureddominated stretches from theLady Bears, but there werealso periods of flat play. Headcoach Nyla Milleson will takethe wins however they getthem.

“I’d rather win ugly thanlose pretty,” Milleson said.

“This team, I think, is going toturn me old. But I’m reallyproud of a lot of things we’redoing.”

MSU has now gone 5-4 inthe last 9 conference gamesafter going 1-5 in the first 6.

“We just have to keep stay-ing together,” redshirt fresh-man guard Kenzie Williamssaid. “We’ve been playing

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Missouri State pulls off weekendvictories against Evansville, SIU

ScoreboxMen’s basketball (9-20, 6-10 MVC)Tuesday, Feb. 19Missouri State 27 36 - 63Northern Iowa 30 39 - 69

Saturday, Feb. 23Missouri State 21 36 - 57Eastern Michigan 29 25 - 54Women’s basketball (14-13, 6-9 MVC)Thursday, Feb. 21Missouri State 35 46 - 81Southern Illinois 37 37 - 74

Saturday, Feb. 23Missouri State 33 33 - 66Evansville 31 32 - 63Ice Hockey (26-6-2, 15-4-1 MACHAGold) Saturday, Feb. 23Missouri State 1 2 2 - 5SIUE 1 1 1 - 3

Sunday, Feb. 24Missouri State 1 0 1 - 2Michigan State 1 2 1 - 4Baseball (5-1, 0-0 MVC)Friday, Feb. 22Missouri State 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 - 8 Alcorn State 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1

Saturday, Feb. 23Missouri State 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 - 5Southern Miss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1Sunday, Feb. 24Eastern Illinois 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - 4Missouri State 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 - 5Softball (7-8, 0-0 MVC)Friday, Feb. 22Missouri State 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 - 10Boston College 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 - 7

Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2Lipscomb 0 0 1 0 3 0 x - 4Saturday, Feb. 23Toledo 1 0 0 0 0 - 1Missouri State 1 0 3 3 2 - 9

Tennessee Tech. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0Sunday, Feb. 24Missouri State 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 - 8 Chattanooga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0Lacrosse (2-2)Saturday, Feb. 9Missouri State 1St. Johns 15 Men’s soccer Saturday, Feb. 23Missouri State 3 Central Arkansas 1

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CalendarTuesday, Feb. 26Men’s golf, TBA, WashingtonState/Snowman Getaway inGoodyear, Ariz.Women’s golf, TBA, IslanderClassic in Corpus Christi, Texas

Wednesday, Feb. 27Men’s basketball, 7 p.m. at IllinoisState

Thursday, Feb. 28Softball, 4 p.m. at home vs. WrightState

Friday, March 1Baseball, 3 p.m. at home vs.Northwestern StateLacrosse, 5 p.m. at MissouriWomen’s basketball, 6:05 p.m. atIndiana State

Saturday, March 2Lacrosse 1 p.m. vs. Illinois State inColumbia, Mo. Softball, 2 p.m. vs. Saint Louis inCape Girardeau, Mo.Baseball, 2 p.m. at home vs.Northwestern StateWomen’s soccer, 2 p.m at homevs. Missouri S&TSoftball, 4 p.m. vs. Missouri inCape Girardeau, Mo.Men’s basketball 7:05 p.m at homevs. BradleyTrack & field TBA, Arkansas LastChance Meet in Fayetteville, Ark.

Sunday, March 3Softball, 10 a.m. vs. UMKC in CapeGirardeau, Mo.Baseball, 1 p.m. at home vs.Northwestern StateSoftball, 2 p.m. vs. SEMO in CapeGirardeau, Mo.Women’s basketball, 2:05 p.m. atIllinois State

Baseball game delayedThe baseball team’s game

today at 3 p.m. vs. the Universityof Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., hasbeen postponed due to inclementweather.

The two teams will attempt tofind a makeup date for the gamelater in the season.

By Lindsey HowardThe Standard

Following a tough 69-63loss — their 20th of the sea-son — to Northern Iowa athome Feb. 19, the Bearswere desperate for a victo-ry.

With the Missouri Val-ley Conference tournamentlooming, the Missouri StateBears stepped out of con-ference play Saturday, Feb.23, and scored that much-needed win in a RamadaBracketBusters gameagainst Eastern Michiganof the Mid-American Con-ference.

Heading into the game,the Eagles of EasternMichigan held an impres-sive 11-3 record at home,but the visiting Bears hand-ed them another loss at theConvocation Center inYpsilanti, Mich., 57-54.

The Missouri ValleyConference, overall, faredwell in BracketBustersgames this weekend, going7-3.

Though the Bears (9-20,6-10 MVC) trailed by asmany as 13 points in thefirst half, and EasternMichigan held the lead for35 of 40 minutes, the Bearsrallied in the final six min-utes to clench the hard-fought victory.

Freshman guard MarcusMarshall exploded thisweek, notching a season-high 25 points for the Bearsin their loss to UNI andadding 11 points in the winover Eastern Michigan.

Bears head coach Paul

Lusk thinks Marshall hasmade a case for conferencefreshman player of the yearaccolades.

“He has played a majorrole in our team since dayone,” Lusksaid. “He’staken careof the bas-ketball,he’s madehis freethrows,he’s pro-vided scor-ing. He’stried todefend at ahigh level … He’s just beena very good player. I trusthim on the floor. He’s got avery good pulse to himabout how to play the game,and I think he’ll continue toimprove.”

With a 20-loss season,fans may not be all toopleased with the Bears’efforts this season, andLusk understands their frus-tration.

“Everybody wants towin, so I can’t fault anyonefor that,” Lusk said. “Idon’t know how our fanshave been. We’ve got greatfans, and they want to winjust like we want to win.”

With a 9-20 record so farthis season, and a lackluster2011-2012 effort in whichthe Bears lost in the firstround of the MVC tourna-ment and went 19-15 in theregular season, Lusk said hehopes that fans realize thatbuilding a program is aprocess.

“They were coming off a

league championship andCuonzo did a great jobhere,” Lusk said. “Wereturned one starter — oneguy that played — and thatwas Kyle Weems. He was agood one, but there were alot of holes in the roster.Sometimes it’s a process,and they just don’t kick youright into the Sweet Six-teen, or you don’t fall into aplace, you have to havegood teams, but mostimportantly, you have tohave a good program.We’re not trying to havejust one good team, we’retrying to have a good pro-

gram that’s consistent andthat takes time and thattakes multiple recruitingclasses in a row, and that’swhat we’re trying to do.”

Next up, the Bears returnto Valley play to face Illi-nois State in Normal, Ill. Intheir previous meeting Jan.8, at JQH, the Bears handedthe Redbirds a 62-55 loss.

The Bears’ next, andfinal, home game of theseason is at 7:05 p.m. Satur-day, March 2, vs. Bradleybefore the Bears head to St.Louis for the Missouri Val-ley Conference Tourna-ment.

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Fox and Rabbit. Fox andRabbit is a variation of thegame “tag” — every kid’sfavorite pastime.

Other student-athleteshave joined in to help Bain,Mulloy and Reitmayer at theMusgrave Unit. Hayes, juniordefensive end C.J Randall,sophomore strong safetyCaleb Schaffitzel and alsoseveral members of the fieldhockey team have joined in tohelp with the initiative.

“Where I came from, wedidn’t have a lot of communi-ty stuff. It’s a lot of fun toplay with these kids and showthem how to be healthy,”Sandals said. “I’ll keep vol-unteering every Friday if Ican.”

The program is still in its

pilot phase; it is currently afour-week program at theMusgrave Unit. Bain hopesto be allowed to introduce“Healthy Heroes” to otherorganizations aroundSpringfield. She also hopesthat the volunteer programcan one day become a per-manent fixture in the com-munity.

“With my teammates’help, we created this pro-gram, and I hope it’s some-thing I can pass on to them,”Bain said. “I also hope it canbe held by the school and theathletics department.”

The next session of“Healthy Heroes” is from 4 -5 p.m. on March 1, at theBoys and Girls Club Mus-grave Unit. This is also thelast day that the program willbe held at this location. As ofnow, it is uncertain when andwhere the program will go tonext.

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State sophomore long snapper Hunter Hayeshelps one of the Healthy Heroes participants stretch onFeb. 9, at the Springfield Boys and Girls Club.

really good team ball, andthat’s important right now.”

Williams said she feelsthese two wins could create amomentum as the team fin-ishes out the season.

“It was definitely good togo and get the sweep thisweekend,” Williams said.“And get two in a row, so wecan have more confidencegoing on the road next week-end and playing two goodteams at their home court.”

Although inconsistencyhas been the thorn in the side

of the Lady Bears all season,Milleson still feels that theycan solve that problem andmake some noise in theMVC.

“Our intangibles, ourtogetherness, our effort, ourenergy are just really goodright now,” Milleson said. “Ireally like our mindset rightnow.”

One thing that was apleasant surprise this week-end, and that has been formost of the season, was theinspired play of freshmanguard Tyonna Snow. Snowscored a career-high 29points while pulling down 6rebounds against SouthernIllinois and registered 10

points and 7 reboundsagainst Evansville. She nowaverages 8.9 points per gameand 5 rebounds per game,while also leading the teamwith 64 steals.

“She’s just settling in.She’s understanding how shefits in a little bit better,”Milleson said. “She’s aweapon that not many peoplein the Valley have. She couldbe one of the top players inthe conference.”

Snow’s just trying to playsolid basketball while notoverthinking things toomuch, she said.

“I really don’t have a planwhen I play,” Snow said. “Ikind of just do what comes.”

Snow also made 18 freethrows against Southern Illi-nois, breaking a schoolrecord previously held by thegreat Jackie Stiles. Stilesplayed from 1998-2001, andis the all-time leading scorerin school history.

“It’s an honor, but I don’tthink it’s a big deal for me,”Snow said.

MSU next plays on Fri-day, March 1, at IndianaState.

The Lady Bears willreturn home to play WichitaState at 2:05 p.m. on Satur-day, March 9, at JQH Arena.It will be the team’s lasthome game of the regularseason.

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Coach stresses importanceof recruiting to create a‘good program’ at MSU

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takes less time, and it is easi-er to get through with thekids.Jimmy Hansen, senior

physics major and Phys Bizvolunteer, said that the pro-gram is about getting kidsinterested in science in a funway. “As a kid, I loved science

projects like the volcanoexperiment,” Hansen said.

“This program introduceskids to science in a fun andinteractive way.”Hansen said that they

have spent several hours atmany planning meetings,practicing and preparing forthese activities with the kids.Cornelison said —

besides other volunteer pro-grams for science students —this program helps studentsfulfill the public affairs mis-sion of MSU. “The public affairs mis-

sion is taken very seriouslyhere,” Cornelison said.

“Scholarship recipients (inthe science department) haveto do certain amounts of pub-lic affairs, and we like to pro-vide them with outlets to dothat.”The students engage in 16

visits each semester, thissemester being the first.They work with second andfourth graders at Williamsand Wilder elementaryschools. The Phys Biz van will

make its next trip to WilliamsElementary School on March4.

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Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARDChildren participate in the Phys Biz program on Thursday, Feb. 21, at Wilder Ele-mentary in Springfield.

Secretary of the Horsemen’s Associa-tion and senior Spanish major NatalieMcNichols said Missouri State has twostyles of riding: English and Western. “English riding is a style you’ll find

pretty much if you think of polo or horseracing,” McNichols said. “They have asmaller saddle with no saddle horn.” With English style, a rider would have

better contact with the horse. This style isalso used by jumpers, which requires thehorse to jump over an object — such as afence or rail — and clear it. Hogle is part of the hunt seat team,

which is an English style of riding thatinvolves jumping. The Western style of riding — where

the saddle does have a horn — can beassociated with cowboys who use the sad-dle horn to wrap their lasso around. McNichols said home shows are the

best opportunity for students to show theirriding skills without the pressure of ridinga horse they are unfamiliar with. “With IHSA, you go to a competition,

you draw a number and that number isassigned to a certain horse,” McNicholssaid. “You start riding and you’ll startbeing judged right away.”McNichols said it makes the competi-

tion more difficult, but it shows howskilled the rider is. The Equestrian Team uses the universi-

ty’s horses for practice, and those horseswere also used for the horse show. “A home show is the best chance for

people to get comfortable with the compe-

tition idea,” McNichols said. To prepare for the competition, the

Equestrian team practices four times aweek, and it is suggested that riders cometo at least two practices a week. There are six different skill levels:

Beginner, intermediate one, intermediate

two, novice, advanced and open — openrider being the most challenging level arider can obtain. By competing in shows, riders get the

chance to earn points which increases thelevel at which they compete. Each time arider earns 35 points, they advance to thenext level. All the skill levels were represented

during the competition and riders compet-ed both days, giving them the opportunityto earn double points. If a rider wins first place, they earn

seven points. If a rider wins second place,then the rider will earn six points and itdescends accordingly. Results of the MSU Horse Show were

unavailable by The Standard’s press time.Hogle said being on the team has defi-

nitely improved her skills on many levels.“It helps you see what you need to do

to improve yourself,” she said. “It’s funbecause other people can give you point-ers.” The university offers an Introduction to

Horse Riding class for students who don’thave previous experience with horses.The Horsemen’s Association meets

every other Wednesday, and the nextmeeting will be on Feb. 27. If you’reinterested in joining or would like moreinformation, contact the Horsemen’sAssociation at http://missouristate.colle-giatelink.net/organization/horsemans-association/.

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDKelsey Reuter (center) and Meghan Mothershead (right) fix Ashton Stamper’s pantsbefore the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Stock Seat horse show on Satur-day, Feb. 23, at the Darr Agricultural Center.

by Lynda’s death and needsome time to regroup.”The SEC will continue

hosting art shows, the nextone scheduled for Feb. 26-March 23. The exhibit willfeature photography from theDepartment of Art andDesign and the First Fridayreception will be held onMarch 1, from 6-10 p.m.

The SEC is located at 838E. Walnut St. and is openTuesday-Saturday from 1-5p.m. For more information on

upcoming exhibits, visitwww.http://sec.missouris-tate.edu.

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offensive and some say hewas brilliant. I’d have toagree with the latter.Honestly, what were peo-

ple expecting from him as ahost? He’s not Billy Crystal!I thought his jokes and jabswere well placed and accu-rate and the celebs took themwell, except Ben Affleck andJoaquin Phoenix. I even

loved the “We Saw YourBoobs” song.Speaking of songs, per-

sonally, I loved the theme ofmusic in the movies. We gotto see some fantastic per-formances. Dame ShirleyBassey, anyone? Adele? Jen-nifer Hudson? Plus the infa-mous “Jaws” two-note themeas the get-off-the-stage,you’re-finished reminder?Brilliant.I must say however that I

was a little disappointed inthe Bond tribute. I wasexpecting and wanting a little

more, especially with “Sky-fall” being such a success,but you can’t have every-thing.I suppose, all in all, the

85th Annual AcademyAwards was just that: theOscars. It had beautifuldresses, people and stage, butnothing big or unexpectedhappened. I have a feelingthat instead of the winnersand losers being the watercooler hot topic, it’s going tobe the incredible live per-formances by some incredi-bly talented people.

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play in the game, SIUEscored a goal to come withinone goal of tying the 4-3game. But sophomore for-ward Jack Ryan cut the airout of SIUE’s tires by scor-ing an empty-net goal, seal-ing the 5-3 victory for the IceBears.“We went into the game

with a swagger that has beenabsent for about a month,”head coach Bob Bucher said.“We were confident that wewere going to play our gameand do what we needed todo.”The next day of the tour-

nament, the Ice Bears wereup against Michigan Stateand Bucher knew that defeat-ing the Spartans would be atall order. In their last twomeetings with the Spartans(2005-2006, 2008-2009 sea-sons), the Ice Bears wereoutscored 11-1. The NationalChampionship Tournamentwent through Michigan Stateand sophomore forward JackRyan and his teammates

were excited and looking for-ward to the challenge. “To play at Nationals with

the best, you have to beat thebest,” Ryan said. “We knewthey were a pretty fast teamand we had to come out witheverything that we (had).”The two teams were neck-

and-neck throughout the firstperiod of the game, tradingshots and goals and endedthe period tied 1-1 after agoal from junior defensemanCarson MacInnis. But Michi-gan State began to pull awayin the second period scoringtwo goals within minutes ofone another, extending theirlead to 3-1 after two periods. But a third period goal

from senior center DerekBartsch would not be enoughto save the Ice Bears Nation-al Championship hopes. TheSpartans held on to a 4-2 leaduntil the third period buzzerechoed, ending the third peri-od and Missouri State’s sea-son. “In our minds, we out-

played them for a good 60-70percent of the game. We justcouldn’t buy a break,” Buch-er said. “I’m proud of whatthey did this weekend. They

were one game away fromgetting to the National(Championship) Tourna-ment.”Bucher said that although

his team didn’t make it to theNational Championshipdance, the Missouri State IceHockey program took a hugestep forward. He said theirsuccess during the regularseason and their postseasonrun had attracted a lot of highschool talent looking to playcollegiate hockey, especiallyin St. Louis, where a majori-ty of the current Ice Bearsteam is from. To gain thatmuch notoriety in 12 monthsfor a team that, just last sea-son, barely finished the regu-lar season above .500, is “abig accomplishment.”“It’s going to take a cou-

ple days for the sting to wearoff, but the success we hadwas everything we couldhave asked for and more. Thesign we have in our lockerroom that says, ‘The journeyis just as rewarding as theresult’; and it’s evident to(the team) that we had a greatseason and we had accom-plished so many things alongthe way,” Bucher said.

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