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BriefsJQH Arena to hostthree graduationceremonies There will be three graduation

ceremonies May 18 at JQH Arena.The College of Arts and Letters,College of Education, College ofHumanities and Public Affairsand the Global Studies majorswill have a ceremony at 10 a.m.The College of Health and HumanServices, College of Natural andApplied Sciences and the WilliamH. Darr School of Agriculture willhave their ceremony at 1:30 p.m.The College of Business Adminis-tration will have their ceremony at5 p.m.Students who do not plan to

participate in the spring 2012commencement ceremony maypick up a diploma cover in theOffice of the Registrar, CarringtonHall 320, starting May 14. Com-mencement ceremony participa-tion is optional and does not affectyour official graduation status.

Joplin celebratestornado recoverywith ‘Day of Unity’The city of Joplin will be

remembering those who lost theirlives last year and celebrating therecovery of the city and commu-nity with a “Day of Unity” onMay 22, 2012. The Red Cross will take part in

the event, along with partneragencies, by providing a hydra-tion station for those walking inthe Walk of Unity. The walk willbegin at 20th and Duquesne andtake walkers through the disasterarea and conclude at CunninghamPark. Red Cross Volunteers will be

at Sam’s Club from 10 a.m. to 3p.m with an informational boothon safety and disaster prepared-ness.For more information on the

event, go to http://www.joplintor-nadoanniversary.com.

CalendarMay 8 to May 14

TuesdayStudy Away 101 InformationSession, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. atPSU 315A

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

Senior Celebration Week 2012:Free Late Night Dining, 9 to 11p.m. at Blair-Shannon Dining Hall

WednesdaySAC Presents: May Day 2012,noon to 4 p.m. at the North Mall

May Day Film Festival, 7 to 9p.m. at PSU Theater

ThursdayLast Day of Classes, all day

Military Science ROTC SpringAwards Day, 3:30 to 5 p.m. atCarrington Hall Auditorium

Students for a SustainableFuture meeting, 5:30 to 6:30p.m. at Temple 105

FridayStudy Day, no classes

SAC Presents: Finals Mas-sages, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. atMeyer Library Lobby

Beartones 2012 Spring Concert,7 to 9:30 p.m. at PSU Theater

SaturdayFinal Exam Period, all day

MondayFinal Exam Period, all day

President’s Finals Week Break-fast, 10 to 11:59 p.m. at Blair-Shannon House Dining Center

ROTC hosts paintball brawlBy Megan GatesThe Standard

Athletes, fraternity and sororitylife members and ROTC membersbattled Friday at the first annualBear Brawl Paintball Challengeheld at Ozark Paintball in Ozark,Mo.The brawl, hosted by Missouri

States’ ROTC – Reserve OfficerTraining Corps – had 15 teamsfrom MSU athletics, fraternity andsorority life and ROTC competingfor the first place trophy and title“Best of the Best.”Lt. Col. Troy Wisdom, depart-

ment head of Military Science, saidthe brawl was put on in an effort tobring out Missouri State’s warriorethos.“We want to bring out the best

of the best and bring the best tocome together and really get thatwarrior ethos out there,” he said.The ROTC program only

opened the brawl to athletes andmembers of fraternity and sororitylife this year, but plans to allowmore student organizations to com-

pete in future brawls, Wilson said.“I think that’s a good start of the

target audience to introduce to theReserve Officer Training Corps,”he said. “Next year we’re actuallygoing to expand it to all organiza-tions.”Doug Schenck, recruiting opera-

tions officer for ROTC, said thebrawl targeted the athletic teamsand fraternity and sorority lifemembers for its first year becausemany students within these organi-zations possess the scholarship,leadership and athleticism ROTClooks for in its own recruits.“All those three aspects: scholar,

athlete, leader, you’ll find all three

of those aspects on most sportsteams,” he said. “Many of the MSUteams, their collective GPAs are 3’sand above. And those are the kindof people that make outstandingofficers.”ROTC covered the cost of the

brawl, along with providing prizesand a free barbeque for the com-petitors, Schenck said.“This is all free for all the

teams,” he said. “ROTC paid for it.They don’t have to pay a dimeexcept for the gas to get out here.”Schenck denied to disclose the

total cost of the event covered byROTC.More importantly though, the

brawl was a chance for students toget together, have fun and show offtheir skills in paintball for the after-noon.The matches were each four

minutes long with teams earningpoints for shooting other competi-tors, capturing the other team’s flagand hanging it on their prospectiveforts and for forcing other

MSU plansto build newapartmentsnear campusBy Anna ThomasThe Standard

In the last seven years, MissouriState has not only changed its name,but residential life surrounding thecampus. The removal of the Dogwood

Apartments, the dorm renovationsand the new Foster Recreation Cen-ter are just some of the projects theuniversity has been working on.Now, another project is in the works.Students can expect to see brandnew apartment-style living on Wal-nut Street.Even though it has yet to be

named, the expectations for the newhousing are high and Gary Stewart,director of residence life and servic-es, is not only enthusiastic about it,but ready to start the project, he said.“We’re getting closer and closer

to it becoming a reality,” Stewartsaid.This reality will be an apartment-

style living complex on WalnutStreet behind Kentwood. It willinclude 295 beds, with 114 individ-ual apartments and the other roomsfor two or four people.The suites will include a private

bedroom for each resident. Thecomplex will include amenities suchas fully furnished rooms, studylounges, Wi-Fi, indoor bike storage,a top-of-the-line kitchen on the mainfloor and access to the courtyard andbusinesses such as a bookstore andEinstein Bros. Bagels.Paige Jenkins, the student mem-

ber of the MSU Board of Gover-nors, said the exterior will lookgreat.“They took samples of the

Blunt, Long speak at Ag Forum By Amy FuemmelerThe Standard

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt expressed frustration with Con-gress not passing legislation that could potentially bene-fit the agriculture community during his speech at theannual agriculture forum hosted by Missouri State lastTuesday.“The House is doing a lot of work, passing a lot of

bills, none of which will become law,” Blunt said. “Thesenate takes a totally different approach, which we don’tpass any bills and they don’t become laws either. Theconstitutional part of the government is just not runninglike you and I think it should.”The Missouri State University Collegiate Farm

Bureau sponsored the forum held at the ChristopherBond Learning Center at the William H. Darr School ofAgriculture.Blunt and Rep. Billy Long attended the forum to

speak about current and upcoming agriculture legislatureand to field questions from audience members.According to Samantha Warner, president of the Mis-

souri State University Collegiate Farm Bureau, this yearwas the 13th agricultural forum. Blunt has attended all

but one forum, and this was Long’s first.Justin Mauss, a freshman agriculture education major,

SOFAC helps fund student organizationsBy Jon PoormanThe Standard

Many student organizationsuse it. Many depend on it. It’sMissouri State’s Student Organi-zation Funding Allocation Coun-cil, and it gives out thousands ofdollars to MSU student groupsevery year.Knowing about the opportuni-

ties SOFAC provides is essentialfor any group that is interested inreceiving much-needed funding.There are 19 student organiza-tions on campus that havereceived the yearly maximumfunding of $5,000 in the 2011-12school year, such as PsychologyClub, MSU Ice Bears hockeyteam and the Society for Techni-cal Communication.

The Standard recently con-ducted an interview with KelliFarris, MSU’s assistant directorfor co-curricular involvement, todiscuss how SOFAC is organized,how it works and what actionsstudents need to take to get thefunding they feel they need.Farris said SOFAC receives a

portion of the money brought inthrough student involvementfees, paid every year by MSU stu-dents.“Those dollars come into

SOFAC and then student organi-zations can submit proposals forfunding,” Farris said. “They areinformed about those proposals atthe very start of the year duringtheir organization orientations, soevery student organization oncampus learns about what

SOFAC is and how that processworks.”Farris said once the proposals

are received, SOFAC can begin tomake decisions about how muchmoney they want to allocate toeach student organization.“They would submit a propos-

al, then they are assigned to aspecific meeting based on whentheir proposal was received,” Far-ris said. “It is completely firstcome, first served. It’s SOFAC’sduty to review those proposals,listen to the presentations that aremade by each of the organiza-tions as they come to their meet-ing, and then make a decisionbased on their proposal of howmuch they should be funded.”

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ROTC Alpha Team won the paintball tournament and the field hockey team took second place.

Participants in Bear BrawlPaintball Challenge

15 teams competed fromthese groups:

• Missouri State Athletics• Fraternity and Sorority Life• ROTC

Former MSUstudent chargedwith murderBy Megan GatesThe Standard

A former Missouri State studenthas been charged with murder fol-lowing a shooting Saturday near theMissouri State campus. He remainsat large.Joshua K. Brown, 21, has been

charged with second-degree murderin the death of Javon Carter, 20,with armed criminal action.Brown attended Missouri State

until March 2011 when he with-drew, according to Earle Doman,vice president of student affairs forMSU.There are no behavioral records

on file for Brown, Doman said.The Springfield Police Depart-

ment responded to a call of shotsbeing fired at 1134 S. MarylandAve., about ablock south of theMSU parking lotson Grand Street,at noon on Satur-day, May 5,according to anSPD newsrelease.“Upon arrival,

officers found 20-year-old Javon L.Carter, from Springfield, in the frontyard suffering from what appearedto be a gunshot wound,” the releasesaid. “He was transported to the hos-pital where he was pronounced deadlater in the afternoon.”Another individual was also

treated for minor injuries from agunshot wound, according to therelease.Missouri State issued a crime

alert to the campus community atapproximately 7:30 p.m. on May 5urging anyone with informationabout Brown to contact the Spring-field Police Department at 417-864-1810, or 911 for immediate assis-tance.At the time the crime alert was

released, the university said therewas “not any known connection tothe university,” but that the identityof the suspect was unknown at thattime.

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Finding a short-term lease can be a daunting taskBy Dayle DugginsThe Standard

Finding a short lease in a collegetown is notoriously known to be adifficult process. Landlords may notoffer short-term contracts, mayincrease the price for shorter leasesand, often, students don’t notify theirrental company that they are seekinghelp finding someone to take theirspot.

Glynis Tatum has been the gener-al manager for Sunrise Managementfor eight years. Tatum said the prop-erty management company has hun-dreds of real estate possibilities, butdoes not offer subletting directlythrough their office.

“We don’t allow the students todo the subletting, but we do let themdo the switcharoo on roommates,that’s real common,” Tatum said.“The person moving in pays theirapplication fee, then we take it fromthere, there’s just a teeny tiny bit ofpaperwork involved.”

Ultimately, Tatum said the indi-vidual who has arranged the sublet-ting is responsible for finding some-one to fill their spot and any damagesthat may occur during that time peri-od.

“If we hear about somebody thatmay be needing somebody [to taketheir spot], we may call the tenantand say, ‘were you still wanting tomove? We had someone call that

may be interested in that type ofproperty,’ so, you know, we try tohelp everybody out as best we can,”Tatum said.

Many students look for short-term leases when they are graduatinga semester ahead or behind or, typi-cally, when they are heading home orswitching locations for the summer.

Ryan Miller, a junior historymajor, lives in a four-bedroom apart-ment near campus. Because he ismoving to a new place in May andthe leases overlap, he said he will bepaying for two different apartmentsfor the months of June and July,which will cost him $800 extra.

“I’ve found it very difficult,”Miller said. “It appears my apart-

ment is one of the few that lease untilthe end of July, while most places inSpringfield lease until the end ofMay.”

Despite interest from three indi-viduals, Miller said they decided torent elsewhere.

“I think it should be taken care ofby the landlord,” Miller said. “It’s ahassle and if they had a heart, they’dhelp their renters out. They can prob-ably find people to sublease a lot eas-ier than the renters can anyway. I’vehonestly asked well over a hundredpeople and no luck.”

Ashley Kobza, a senior generalbusiness major who is heading hometo Nebraska for the summer, said shealso found the subleasing process to

be extremely difficult.“I am going home for the summer

so I will still have a lease,” Kobzasaid. “We didn’t think we were goingto find anyone and we were justgoing to have to pay the rent.”

As some general rules for theoften frustrating process, Tatum saidthe first step students should take isgetting in touch with their landlord tofind out exactly what needs to bedone to work out a sublease.

“Every company and every prop-erty owner is a little different,”Tatum said. “Their contracts are a lit-tle different, their across-the-boardpolicies are a little different, so com-munication can’t be stressedenough.”

Joplin citizens resilient after tragic tornado

By Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

Senior philosophy major KateHogue has wanted to be a pastor sinceshe was 15 years old. Her father oncejoked that if she ever became the pas-tor of a church, she wouldn’t be ableto relate to the people because she hadnever gone through any life-changingevents.

By now it doesn’t needmuch of anintroduction. The EF5 tornado thatlaid to waste nearly the entire city ofJoplin is approaching its one-yearanniversary. In its wake, it leveledbuildings to rubble, killed 161 peopleand left countless others with littlemore than the clothes on their bodies.

Hogue, whose last name was Fos-ter at the time, recalls being in the tinycrawl space beneath her parents’house, using a broken pipe as aperiscope, peering at the Joplin land-scape that resembled a post-apocalyp-tic nightmare.

“You could see smoke rising, so Iknew there was a fire behind the highschool,” Hogue said. “The entrance toour crawl space had been blocked byone of our walls falling on it. We did-n’t know it at the time, but there wereno walls standing at all in our house.”

The moments leading up toHogue’s quick view of the town werelike the scenes from a natural disaster

movie. Her mother and father werewith her, hunched in the cramped, 4-foot-tall crawl space, waiting and lis-tening in terror as the lights flickeredand snuffed out.

“You could hear this roaringsound, and we thought it was our airconditioner,” Hogue said. “The windsweeps were going so fast that it waspowering our air conditioner bladeseven though it was off. My ears keptpopping from the intense pressurechanges.”

Glass shattered and furniture couldbe heard sliding across the upstairsfloor. During the ensuing devastation,the water and gas pipes were brokenin the Foster home, Hogue said. Herfather, who had luckily installed shut-off valves, ordered her to cut the flowthat could’ve caused a drowning haz-ard in such a small area.

“We had a gas leak from abovethat was coming into the crawlspace,” Hogue said. “We tried tobreathe through some air vents thatwere on the side of the house but theywere covered by a metal grating. Iripped an aluminum vent from about afoot of concrete so we could havefresh air.”

That revealed the first look Hoguehad of the outside world. Two hourslater, Hogue and her parents were res-cued by her axe-wielding grandfather,who had walked almost two miles

over rugged terrain and debris. Manyothers were not as fortunate.

“I’m only 22,” Hogue said.“That’s the first time I’ve been soclose to death or had to face my owndeath.”

Hogue’s story is only one of manyjust like it. Since May 22, 2011, thecity of Joplin has shown a resiliencethat has continued to grow as the land-scape is rebuilt. The city will beremembering the lives lost and cele-brating its recovery with a Day ofUnity on May 22.

“We know there are many whohave memories from this day, as wellas the months following as we beganputting our lives and communitiesback together,” Joplin City ManagerMark Rohr said. “We encourage all toparticipate in the Day of Unity activi-ties in the manner they find appropri-ate for them. Staying together as onehas been significant in our recoveryefforts.”

A Walk of Unity will take placealong the tornado’s path from RangeLine to Cunningham Park. The RedCross will take part in the event, pro-viding a hydration station for thewalkers. More information can befound at http://joplinmo.org.

Since the tornado, Hogue has near-ly completed her undergraduate class-es and plans to graduate in May, justseveral days shy of the anniversary.She has been changed forever, inmore ways than she knows, Hoguesaid.

“In six minutes, everything I hadwas destroyed, but I’m still here,”Hogue said. “Things can change in a

heartbeat, but you have to move andchange with those things. You need tobe in a good place all the time.”

She cites the intangibles like love,relationships and forgiveness as someof the things people tend to take forgranted. She said she wants people toknow that even in the face of adversi-ty, it’s not impossible to maintain apositive outlook.

“You have to keep a positive atti-tude and don’t focus on fighting overstupid things,” Hogue said. “It’sstrengthened my relationship sense. Isee times when before I would’vebeen angry about something. I realizeit and tell myself being mad about itisn’t going to help anything.”

Hogue now considers the disaster

of last year just a stepping stone on herpath to her career goal of becoming apastor. Her aspirations are driven byher love of people and her church. Shesaid her idea of a church is differentthan what people are used to seeingaround this area.

“So often you have the ‘BrotherJeds’ who come and scream damna-tion at people,” Hogue said. “I’vealways wanted to be kind of a coun-terpoint to that. I like making surepeople are accepted no matter whatthey’re going through or who theyare.”

Anyone seeking more informationabout Joplin’s Day of Unity, or theWalk of Unity, should visithttp://joplintornadoanniversary.com.

Megan Gates/THE STANDARD

The tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011, devastated the regionand destroyed houses, companies and cars.

City to have a ‘Day of Unity’to commemorate rebuilding

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Do your part, participatein Joplin memorials

As you may know, this is the lastissue of The Standard for the 2011-12 school year. That also means thatI will be passing the editor-in-chieftorch and moving on to other ven-tures in my journalism career.

My dream when I was a little kidwas to play point guard for theChicago Bulls with Michael Jordan.My dad even took me to see “SpaceJam” in the theater, and I had one ofthose little Nerf basketball hoopshanging from my bedroom door-way.

When I got older, I eventuallyrealized that playing professionalsports was not my calling in life.When I was in middle school, ourcounselor came to our classes to

talk about career paths. That got methinking.

I had always been praised by myteachers for my writing skills, and Ihad always loved sports, so it madeperfect sense for me to become asports writer. From that point on, Iknew that’s what I wanted to do

with my life.I helped with the school newspa-

per in high school, but my real jour-nalistic experiences began when Igot to college.

I chose to come to MissouriState over Baker University andMizzou, a decision I am very glad Imade.

I applied for a sports reporter jobat The Standard during the summerof 2008 and was hired by our editor-in-chief at the time, KandiceMcKee (see above).

Back then, The Standard pub-lished two times per week, whichgave me valuable experience as afreshman.

Eventually, I worked my way up

to sports editor and then to editor-in-chief. It is because of The Stan-dard I have learned so much overthe past four years.

Having a job at The Standard hasallowed me to pursue so many otheropportunities, such an internshipwith the News-Leader last summerand an internship with The Ten-nessean in Nashville this summer.

Being editor-in-chief has testedboth my mental toughness and lead-erships skills.

It’s been an exciting and chal-lenging year for us, and I am veryproud of all the hard work our staffhas put in. The highlight of the year,for me, was receiving our Newspa-per Pacemaker Award in Orlando

last October, the first in our school’shistory. It just goes to show that,with a team of dedicated individu-als, anything is possible.

I owe a great deal of my successto the people I’ve had the privilegeto work with at The Standard, espe-cially our adviser, Jack Dimond.Jack serves as a mentor for all of us,and without him, our newspaperwould not be what it is today.

I will resume my position assports editor for the fall semesteruntil I graduate in December, but Ileave the position of editor-in-chiefwith a great deal of respect for it.There’s no doubt that the experi-ences I’ve had will help me in thefuture.

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Editor-in-Chief

Well, it’s finally the last week of reg-ular classes.

If you’re like me, the last thing youwant to think about heading into summeris the amount of student loan debt you’veracked up this year.

But as graduate students lose theoption of subsidized Stafford loans afterJuly and Congress continues to debatewhether or not the interest rate for subsi-dized undergraduate loans will doubleand revert back to its pre-July 2008 rateof 6.8 percent, it’s crucial to consider theharsh realities of student loans and thetough predicament we are facing.

First, the facts:The number of students borrowing

money and the amount being borrowedis going up – those graduating with bach-elor’s degrees in 2008 had borrowed 50percent more than those earning thesame degree in 1996, according to themost recent report by the Pew ResearchCenter.

In 2010, the average graduate had$26,000 in student loan debt.

Currently, Americans owe a total ofabout $1.7 trillion in student loan debt,according to the Chronicle for HigherEducation.

There have been regulations on mar-keting credit cards to college students,but why isn’t there more being doneabout the more prevalent and more seri-ous student loans being marketed? Afterall, student loans can’t be forgiven bybankruptcy, but credit cards can.

Perhaps it is because the governmentis making big bucks off students that bor-row through its programs, which mostdo.

That is, of course, if students payback their loans.

In 2009, graduates entering loanrepayment or had been in repayment fortwo years had a default rate of 8.8 per-cent, according to the U.S Department ofEducation. Those outside the two-yearwindow aren’t factored in, though someestimate that the figure could double ortriple if those were tracked as well.

And just an FYI: Missouri was one of17 states with more than 75,000 peoplein default in 2009, according to theDepartment of Education report. Thatput Missouri as the No. 12 state with thehighest student loan cohort default in2009.

What does all this mean? Well, for one, just because your

degree costs more these days doesn’tmean it’s actually worth more. Look up

the “Is college worth it?” report by thePew Research Center.

With near-record and record-breakingenrollments at colleges and universitiesaround the country, it’s no wonder thereis a surplus of degree-holders and manydegrees just don’t hold the same prestigeas they once did.

At one point in history, having a highschool degree was considered anachievement. High school degrees beganshowing up in my own family tree nottoo many generations ago.

Nowadays, a college degree is almostexpected and is most definitely requiredfor many jobs and careers. Almost 95percent of parents surveyed by the PewResearch Center in 2011 said theyexpected their child(ren) to attend col-lege.

Considering the robust amount ofbachelor’s degrees in the marketplace, itwould only make sense that the next stepwould be for the demand in master’sdegrees to follow suit.

Stay with me now:Unsubsidized graduate loans have an

interest rate of 6.8 percent – the sameamount for subsidized undergraduateloans prior to the 2008-09 year and whatcould be the same amount for the 2012-13 year if Congress doesn’t act, which, Iknow, is a lot to ask for these days.

If there is a miracle and Congress cancome to an agreement and keep subsi-dized undergraduate loans at a 3.4 inter-est rate, “The Congressional BudgetOffice has estimated that a one-yearfreeze on the interest rate for subsidizedStafford loans would cost $6 billion,”according to a report in The New YorkTimes.

If more and more students considergraduate school as a way to one-up theirpeers, the trend will become common-place, as has been done with bachelor’sdegrees.

Now, consider that most graduate stu-dent rely on government loans – now tobe solely unsubsidized come July – and,in 2009-10, the average borrower tookout $16,000 loans.

Considering cutting the interest rate

in half for loans that don’t accrue interestwhile students are in college costs $6 bil-lion, consider the amount being made,now and in the future, on loans that doaccrue interest while in school. Themoney to be made in interest is ridicu-lous.

I hope this doesn’t sound like a con-spiracy theory. It’s quite the businessmove on behalf of the government. Justat the expense of our future generations– spending money on student loans pre-vents graduates from becoming themoney-spending consumers we’retaught to be.

I like to think of myself as a prettyrational person. I am, after all, a collegegraduate and graduate student. But per-haps that makes me pretty irrational.

Cashing in on student loansDebt by the numbers

Source: Information gathered fromthe Chronicle for Higher Education

and the U.S. Department of Education.

• $1.7 trillion: Total amount ofstudent loan debt owed

• $26,000: The average studentloan debt for 2010 graduates

• $16,000: The average amounttaken out in Stafford loans bygraduate students in 2009-2010

• 3.4 percent: Current subsidized loan interest rate

• 6.8 percent: Future possible2012-2013 subsidized loan interest rate

• 8.8 percent: 2009 student loancohort default rate

• 7.6 percent: Missouri’s 2009student loan default rate.

• 12: Missouri’s rank among theU.S. with the highest studentloan cohort default in 2009

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Graduation is right around the corner andwill be an important day in the lives of manyof us here at Missouri State. However, another,more important day of remembrance for thestate of Missouri is also nearing us.May 22 will mark the one-year anniversary

of the EF5 tornado that tore through Joplin,Mo., killing 161 estimated people, accordingto the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration.“The Joplin tornado is the deadliest single

tornado since modern record keeping began in1950 and is ranked as the 7th deadliest in U.S.history,” according to the NOAA.All of us here on campus know someone

affected by the devastating tornado, and formany of us, a personal connection with the cityof Joplin.Many of us have done our part in helping the

community rebuild, whether it be throughdonating clothes, food or time to the victims ofthe storm.Walmart, Home Depot and many of the other

businesses destroyed by the tornado have beenrebuilt. Plans have been made to construct anew hospital to replace St. John’s hospital.New residential homes are beginning to pop-up across the original path of the tornado.But one thing that cannot be rebuilt or

replaced are the lives of those who died duringthe storm. The community of Joplin lost 161members on May 22, 2011 and in the days thatfollowed. Now more than ever, the city of Joplin needs

the support of the Missouri State family as itcontinues to rebuild and mourn those who cannever be replaced.Do your part by participating in some of the

memorial events scheduled around theanniversary of the tornado, such as the JoplinMemorial Run and the Day of Unity on Tues-day, May 22, both held within the city about anhour away. Visit http://www.visitjoplinmo.com to find

out more about these events and to continue topledge your support to the Joplin community.

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If you’ve never been to a musicfestival — fair warning — it canbe quite a culture shock. Once

you get used to all the eco-consciousfree-spiritedness, however, you’lllove nothing more than camping foran extended weekend, not having todrive anywhere and raging face withall your best friends.

The 16th Annual All GoodMusic Festival and Campout will beheld from Thursday, July 19 to Sun-day, July 22 at Legend Valley inThornville, Ohio.

The ever-popular Allman Broth-ers Band is headlining the event thisyear. Greg Allman performed atBonnaroo last summer, and it was acompletely incredible experience, soI’m sure seeing the brothers in full-force will be even more phenome-nal.

Also headlining the event arePhil Lesh & Friends and Bob Weir& Bruce Hornsby featuring specialguest Branford Marsalis. Let’s allpray to the music gods in hopesLesh andWeir (two of the remainingmembers of the Grateful Dead andFurthur) might play a few songstogether, evoking a jubilant Dead-head reunion.

Some of the other performersyou’ll get to see are: The FlamingLips, Michael Franti & Spearhead,Dark Star Orchestra, Big Gigantic,Galactic, Railroad Earth, TheWerks, Papadosio and Tea LeafGreen, to name a few.

The single best thing All Goodrepresentative Dave Weissmanloves about this festival is there are

no overlapping sets.“Everyone there can see every

band on the list — as there are twoalternating stages — one stage startswhen the other one ends,” he said.“It’s nearly nonstop music with nooverlapping tunes from differentstages bleeding together. This is myfavorite feature and is rare as far as Iknow among festivals of this magni-tude.”

Weissman said theAll Good Fes-tival atmosphere is like a four-daymusical birthday party for 20,000people with the same birthday.

“The people who end up comingto the festival look forward to it allyear, building up excitement for thegates to open — starting the daythey left the event last year,” he said.“I really enjoy the people. Every sin-gle person who’s made the journeyto cross into our gate helps make thefestival unique and offer input intothe scene. Folks are friendly andeveryone has their jovial mojo onsince it really becomes a communi-ty in a mini-city for the weekend.”

Ashley Bricker, an experiencedfestivalgoer, went to All Good lastsummer and hopes to travel that wayagain this summer.

TuesdayMay 8, 2012

CalendarMay 8 toMay 14

TuesdayPrecious Knowledge Screening(and chance to meet filmmaker)6 to 8 p.m. at PSU Robert W.Theater, free

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

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

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

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

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

May Day Film Festival 7 to 9p.m. at PSU Robert W. Theater,free

ThursdayThink ‘n’ Drink Trivia 7 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, free

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

Barium Alive, OminousConception, Behold TheReckoning, Reaping Asmodeia,and Poisonwood 8 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, $8 for 21+ and$10 for 18+

AIS Formal End of the Year '11-12 Dance Party 7:30 to 10 p.m.at Herba Thea, free

SAC After Hours Presents:Space Jam 9 p.m. at North Mall,free

FridayThe Detectives ‘50s & ‘60sRock ‘n’ Soul 10 p.m. at theOutland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for18+

Short Histories of PowerfulNations (Reunion) withKnifeDeath 7 p.m. atLemonDrop, cover charge

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

The Gimps ‘50s & ‘60s Rock ‘n’Soul 11 p.m. at Dean Z’s Club 57in Branson, free

Koffin Kats, Brutally Frank,and St. Dallas & The Sinners8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom,$7 in advance at Kaleidoscopeand Stick It In Your Ear, $12 atdoor

Rock 'N’ Bowl 7:30 to 10:30p.m. at PSU Level 1 GameCenter, free

SaturdayCole Porter and Chance Ray 9p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge

Year of the Boar, Muzzle, andGolden Giant 9 p.m. at theOutland, cover charge

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

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

Music festivalsannounce schedules

Major music festivals aroundthe country are finally releasingthe stage schedules for theseweekend events.

The Hangout Music Festival isFriday, May 18 to Sunday, May20 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Find theschedule at http://hangoutmu-sicfest.com.

The Summer Camp MusicFestival is Friday, May 25 to Sun-day, May 27 in Chillicothe, Ill.You can check out the schedule athttp://summercampfestival.com.

The Wakarusa Music Festivalis Thursday, May 31 to Sunday,June 3 in Ozark,Ark., and you canfind the schedule athttp://wakarusa.com.

Death Cab for Cutieto perform in July

Alternative indie rock bandDeath Cab for Cutie will performat 8 p.m. Monday, July 9 at TheGillioz Theatre.

With seven studio albums, theband members’ only motivation isto create music they like and toimpress and satisfy each other,according to a press release forthe show.

Tickets range from $36 to $50and can by purchased at the Gilliozbox office by calling 417-863-9491or by visiting http://gillioz.org.

Briefs

Summer bringsplenty of newmovie releases

Another summer, another slewof movies being released. Thetheme this summer is… wait forit… blockbuster action with a splat-ter of comedy!

Yes, the sarcasm is oozingbecause every summer seems to bethe same, but that doesn’t meanthere aren’t a few good ones outthere to look forward to.

May:5/11 – “Dark Shadows” (Star-

ring Johnny Depp and Eva Green)Tim Burton’s reimagining of theclassic dark soap opera that findsvampire Barnabas Collins in astrange new world.

5/16 – “The Dictator” (SachaBaronCohen andAnnaFaris)Anoth-er one of Cohen’s films in which hecreates a ridiculous character andpokes fun at celebrities. If you don’talready know what this is, then itprobably isn’t your kind of film.

5/18 – “Battleship” (TaylorKitsch and Rihanna) Yes, it’s thatBattleship. Based off the boardgame, this seems to be little morethan “Transformers” vs. The Navy.Not a lot of potential, but if you’rea fan of the “Transformers” seriesthen this will probably be right upyour alley.

5/25 – “Chernobyl Diaries”(from director Oren Peli, “Paranor-mal Activity”) A group of youngtourists go on an extreme tourismtrip into the infamous town ofChernobyl, only to find more thanabandoned buildings and radiation.

“Men in Black III” (Will Smith,Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin)The very long-awaited sequel findsAgent J tampering with time travelin an attempt to saveAgent K’s life.

June:6/1 – “Piranha 3DD” (Danielle

Panabaker) Yes, more killer fish.Though the title seems to suggestit’s more about the female anatomythan actual scares.

“Snow White and the Hunts-man” (Charlize Theron and KristenStewart) The second of the twoSnow White remakes this year,“Huntsman” is definitely muchdarker, finding Snow gearing up foractual battle against the evil queen.

6/8 – “Prometheus” (NoomiRapace and Michael Fassbender)From director Ridley Scott,“Prometheus” is the mysteriouslook at what happened beforeSigourney Weaver fought someacid-drooling aliens in space —where no one can hear you scream.

6/15 – “Rock of Ages” (TomCruise and Julianne Hough) A rockmusical starring Tom Cruise as theultimate rock star. Do I really needto say more?

Muggle quidditch

By Brandon CorriganThe Standard

Residence Hall Asso-ciation President HeatherMcCallister and the restof the RHA executiveboard brought the won-derment and whimsy ofHogwarts quidditch, thefictional sport created byHarry Potter author J.K.Rowling, to campus Sat-urday afternoon at theBetty and Bobby AllisonIntramural Fields (former-

ly known as the Taco BellFields).

However, it wasn’t thefirst time the magicalsport of Quidditch hasstormed the MSU cam-pus.

“Last year, ScholarsHouse did our own littlequidditch tournament, andit was a lot of fun,”McCallister said. “We hada lot of interest from peo-ple who wanted to do aquidditch tournamentcampuswide. We thought

about doing it for RHAOlympics but we figuredit might be a better eventon its own.”

A hard-fought battleensued between ScholarsHouse and SunvillaTower. But eventually,Sunvilla’s broomsticksran out of gas as ScholarsHouse swept the three-game series, 2-0 by scoresof 70-10 and 50-20,respectively.

The tournament alsooffered caldron cakes andpumpkin pasties for spec-tators and players, as wellas a raffle featuring vari-ous Harry Potter memora-bilia.

Saturday’s event origi-nally called for a bracket

style tournament consist-ing of five seven-playerteams from residencehalls across the MSUcampus. But when threeteams didn’t show up,McCallister was forced toimprovise and used a littlemagic to make sure theevent was still a blast forall who came.

“Obviously, with twoteams we had to do ahead-to-head matchup,”McCallister said. “Therewere a lot of last-minutecancellations. I’m alwaysdisappointed when peopledon’t give you fair warn-ing when you’ve beenplanning really hard for a

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Students of Charlie Cline’s Digital Filmmaking class directed, pro-duced and edited their own original short films.

By Kelsey BerryThe Standard

It seems as thoughjust about anyone canmake a movie thesedays with quick accessto cameras built intosmartphones and easyuploading access toFacebook or YouTube.Some students, howev-er, may desire a moreaccurate filmmakingexperience that mirrorsproduction in a profes-sional environment.

Here at MissouriState University, Char-lie Cline, a professor inthe Media, Journalismand Film Department,teaches a course thatallows students to direct

and produce their ownshort films, providingthem with the opportu-nity to gain real-worldexperience and discoverthe ins and outs ofworking with a crew.

Students enrolled inCline’s Digital Film-making course weredivided into two groups,each responsible forproducing a short filmwithin the timeframe ofone semester.

Clint Lowrance, asenior digital film pro-duction major, directedone of the films entitled“Thrown,” which fol-lows the life of a youngman from Chicago whois plagued with a severegambling addiction.

Lowrance wrote theoriginal script for ascreenwriting course hetook a year ago andadapted it to fit restric-tions for Cline’s course,he said.

“Our shooting draftwas the 15th draft of thescript,” he said. “Thestory we shot is basedon my original screen-play. It was 34 pages,but I cut it down to 18. Itwas verydifficult…Some days Iwould go home and cutfour pages and add nineand then cut three pagesand add 12. Each draftto the next was way dif-ferent.”

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MSU students gathered on the Betty and Bobby Allison Intramural Fields last Saturday afternoon fora Muggle-style Quidditch tournament, the popular sport of the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

Scholars House andSunvilla Tower face off inHarry Potter-themed sport

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By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

Springfield’s highly anticipatedArtsfest took over historic WalnutStreet this past Saturday and Sun-day, bringing lovers of local art, tal-ent and food together for a weekendpacked with all those warm fuzziescaused by town festivals. And itdidn’t even rain.The festival boasted more than

100 artists, 55 of them new addi-tions. Art can mean a lot of things,not limited to painting, drawing andmore traditional art forms. Sculp-tors, jewelry makers, designers andmore lined the streets, offering one-of-a kind items to festival patrons.There was of course art for sale,

but this year’s Artsfest also boasteda new way for festivalgoers to enjoythe weekend— interactive art. Arts-fest partnered with the Drury’s Art

of Space project, an interactive artpiece that allowed the public toenter a soft inflated room withoutharsh corners and walls, meant tobring people together in a peacefulsetting.Ozarks Technical Community

College also got in on the interac-tive art action with a piece designedby art instructor Kat Allie. The“wish wall” was inspired by a wallin New York City covered in ran-dom wishes written on tiny slips ofpaper, the slips of paper will then bedropped during the 2013 NewYear’s Eve celebration. OTC’s wishwall was designed to resemble VanGogh’s Starry Night.People wrote their wishes on

slips of paper and rolled them up,tucking them into color coordinatedholes in the design. The project hasbeen at previous First Friday Art-walks and will continue to pop up at

different events in downtownSpringfield.“The wish wall was created by

the OTC fine arts students in mythree dimensional design class,”Allie said. The idea was to have dif-ferent colored paper that corre-sponds with the painting and havepeople write their wish then stick itin a hole, when it’s finished it willbe like a rolled wall mosaic.”The mosaic will be on display at

future Artwalks but some of the artwill stick around 24/7. The JamesRiver Basin Partnership StormDrain Reveal partnered the city ofSpringfield with local artists tocombine art and awareness.Melissa Bettes with the James

River Basin Partnership handed outtickets so people could vote for theirfavorite storm drain, each designedand decorated by different localartists including Kat Philbin, KaylaCampbell, Anthony Weaver andseven more artists all given a two-week deadline to prepare the drains.“We’re painting designs on the

storm drains so that we can bringawareness to the community thatwhatever enters into our stormdrains enters directly into our water-ways,” Bettes said.The Storm Drain Reveal encour-

ages people to watch what they putdown the gutter, sign up for a soiltest so as to not over use fertilizer,an excess of which can cause algaebloom, install a rain barrel or plant a

rain garden.Promoting roller derby in

Springfield were the SpringfieldRoller Girls, getting people in theknow about the city’s burgeoningderby scene. The league was thefirst in the Springfield area, foundedin 2006.Jennifer “Jail House Jenny”

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Attendees were treated to rain-free weather for the first time in sev-eral years at Artsfest on historic Walnut Street.

Artsfest celebrates local talentHistoric Walnut Street plays host toannual event, more than 100 local artists

Lindberg’s showcasesBlack Sabbath tribute

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By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

Lindberg’s can always becounted on to house a greatrock show, and last Friday,May 4 was no exception. Acollective of many musiciansfrom several locally famedbands came together to paytribute to one of the mostinfluential groups ever to wailout of a radio: Black Sabbath.There’s no debating the

power Ozzy Osbourne hadover the masses that pouredinto their shows, but it’s notso obvious what effect a trib-ute band will have on an audi-ence. Fortunately, the musi-cians hailing from bands suchas Filthy Thirds, The Air-walks, The Bootheel, TheBoogeymen and others weremore than up to the chal-lenge. They dubbed theirsupergroup Children of theGrave.Filthy Thirds drummer

Mike Rumsey doesn’t nor-mally perform vocals, but itwas a surprise to everyone—

most importantly his fans—when the skin-tight whitepant-clad metalhead climbedto the forefront of the stage tosing half of the set’s leadvocals. His drumming wasspot on—almost climbing offthe Black Sabbath recordsthemselves. He said he hashad a long-term relationshipwith the Prince of Darkness.“The first time I heard

Ozzy sing was probably onthe radio,” he said. “It’s got tobe years ago, I’m 30 now. It’spretty open to opinion, butthey were the ones that madeit cool to have these creepy,dark, heavy songs. A lot ofthe songs are about stuff thatother bands weren’t singingabout.”Rumsey said the idea to

throw a tribute show fell uponguitarist Trent Wilson—also amember of Filthy Thirds.Many of the songs in their sethad already been played manytimes over by these musiciansthroughout the years.“It kind of came together

sort of quickly,” he said. “It

was Trent’s idea. He’s beenthe biggest Sabbath freak allhis life, so this meant more tohim than anyone. The bigradio hits were alreadyingrained in our heads sothat’s pretty easy to pull off.We’ve done a few Sabbathsongs over the years in theFifth of Thirds. We used toplay ‘War Pigs,’ and we usedto play ‘Iron Man,’ so a lot ofthese songs we knew prettywell already.”Rumsey said not only did

his mother custom make hisbright red shirt with white

tassels on the sleeves, but themembers of Children of theGrave also agreed to appro-priately grow mustaches forthe show.“It went off really well,”

he said. “We had a reallygood crowd. People werehaving a good time and that’swhat really matters. We’retalking about working up aMotorhead set pretty soon.We planned this as one nightonly but we had a lot of funso we might do it again.”

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Lindberg’s (318 W. Commercial St.) hosted a tribute toBlack Sabbath last Friday, May 4.

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“It’s at a new venue, sothat’s exciting,” she said.“It’s a very well-organizedfestival. The stages are side-by-side, so while one bandplays another band is settingup. You never miss a head-liner, ever. There’s continu-ous music and it’s all rightthere in close proximity.”At other major music fes-

tivals, Bricker said you sortof have to bounce aroundbetween the various stagesand often miss out on someof the good shows. “We spend so much

money, not only for the tick-et, but for the travel and theexpense of camping,” shesaid. “When you’re payingthat much money to get intoa show, I feel you should beable to see everyone that’sheadlining, and you get to atAll Good.”Bricker said last year’s

All Good was full of superpositive vibes from the hugevariety of people the differ-ent kinds of music bring. “It’s an ‘All Good’ expe-

rience,” she said. “I really

hope they’re just as organ-ized as they were last year.Another awesome featurewas that there was not one,but two, Shakedown Streets,so there were a ton of ven-dors to check out. I haven’tdone any research on thenew venue yet, so I don’tknow much, but I hear it’s areally cool place near alake.”Out of all the summer

music festival options,Weissman said peopleshould choose to attend thisfestival because he reallyenjoys the fact of the nooverlapping sets. “I enjoy the feeling of not

having to be at odds and onlycatching one of two or moreof my favorite acts playing atthe same time,” he said.“And I think you shouldchoose the All Good Festivalbecause of your health. It isall good for you to attend AllGood; the not-having-to-choose-which-band-or-stage-to-go-see elementreduces the festival bloodpressure in each patron.”General admission tickets

are currently $189 plus fees.Visit http://www.allgoodfes-tival.com for more informa-tion.

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By Colleen HamiltonThe Standard

Missouri State freshman Paul Le will havethe opportunity to represent the Bears atthe Olympic Trials on June 26.

Le qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 100-meter backstroke during the RAC AquaHawksLong Course meet in Fayetteville, Ark. held Satur-day, April 21.“To me, it’s a really big deal,” Le said. “I’ve

worked 10 years for this, so I guess it paid off.”Le’s time of 57.59 seconds was the exact cut-off

time to qualify in the 100-meter backstroke.Le said he even-split his swim, going 28.7 sec-

onds in his first 50 meters and 28.7 seconds in hissecond 50 meters, which typically does not happen.In fact, Le said he did not even-split any of his

swims during the regular season.“Right after I finished, I looked straight toward

my coaches and I guess they weren’t looking at me,but they were looking at the times and seeing if Imade it,” Le said. “When I got out and went to thecoaches, all my teammates cheered for me and allthe coaches cheered for me. I didn’t believe it atfirst.”MSU head coach Dave Collins said that Le’s

qualifying time is impressive for several reasons.“The nice thing about him making his trial cut

when he did — he really made that during the firstphase of the training cycle, which we’re just focus-ing on general conditioning,” Collins said. “Wereally hadn’t spent any time specifically on back-stroke and, really, specifically to his events.

“The other thing that makes it even a little bitmore impressive—we train in a 25-yard pool. Themeet was in a 50-meter pool, and there are differ-ences there,” Collins said. “You can prepare in theyard pool as best you can for the long-course meterrace, but his first opportunity to swim in a long-course pool was in the warm-up.”Le said swimming in a yard pool is easier

because you can rest your arms during the flip turn,which also gives you an extra push off of the wall.During a 100-meter swim there is only one flip turnin a 50-meter pool, but in a 25-yard pool there arethree flip turns.“In a 50-meter pool, it’s just nonstop swimming,

100-meter time

TuesdayMay 8, 2012

WednesdayBaseball, 6 p.m.away at Missouri

ThursdaySoftball, 1:35 p.m.away at MVC Tournament

Women’s Golf, All Dayaway at NCAA West Regional

FridayBaseball, 6:30 p.m.at home vs. Evansville

Track and Field, 9 a.m.away at MVC Championship

Softball, TBAaway at MVC Tournament

Women’s Golf, All Dayaway at NCAA West Regionals

SaturdayBaseball, 2 p.m.at home vs. Evansville

Track and Field, 9 a.m.away at MVC Championship

Softball, TBAaway at MVC Tournament

Women’s Golf, All Dayaway at NCAA West Regional

SundayBaseball, 1 p.m.away at Kansas

Track and Field, 9 a.m.away at MVC Championship

BaseballFriday, May 4Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Mo. State 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 – 7Saturday, May 5Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 – 3Mo. State 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 5 X – 10Sunday, May 6Kansas 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 3Mo. State 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 6SoftballWednesday, May 2Arkansas 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 – 4Mo. State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Saturday, May 5Creighton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0Mo. State 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 1Creighton 5 1 3 0 0 2 0 – 11Mo. State 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 – 13Sunday, May 6Creighton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 – 5Mo. State 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 – 4Men’s GolfTuesday, May 1MVC Championships 2nd Place

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BriefsSeifert named toacademic squadMissouri State senior third

baseman Brent Seifert was namedto a spot on the academic all-dis-trict squad for the 2012 CapitalOne Academic All-District sixbaseball team.The naming to the team comes

from the College Sports Informa-tion Directors of America (CoSi-da) and Seifert is the first Bear inthe last three seasons to receivethe award.Seifert received the recogni-

tion because of his 3.63 grade-point average in physical educa-tion.This season Seifert has been a

main contributor to the Bearsoffense with his team high 38 runsbatted in and his five home runs.The senior third baseman alsototes a .272 batting average andhas started all 48 games for the34-14 Bears.

Men’s basketball tohost San Diego St.To continue the annual Moun-

tain West/Missouri Valley Confer-ence challenge, the Missouri Statemen’s basketball team will behosting San Diego State at JQHArena on Nov. 17.Last season the San Diego

State Aztecs (26-8, 10-4) made itto the NCAA tournament andwere knocked out by the 11th-seeded North Carolina StateWolf-pack 79-65.The matchups last season for

the challenge between the twoconferences, the Aztecs lost 85-83to Creighton while the Bears lost76-60 to the New Mexico Lobos.Missouri State finished last

season 16-16 overall and a 9-9record in the Missouri ValleyConference. The Bears wereknocked out in the opening roundof the conference tournament.This season is the final year of

the four-year agreement betweenthe conferences and the MountainWest has gone 16-10 over the pastthree seasons against the Valley.

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Freshman swimmer Paul Le will be competing in the 100-meter backstroke in the Olympic Trials on June 26 in Omaha, Neb.

Recruiting a key for men’s basketball resurgenceLast year around this

time, the basketball Bearslost seniors Nafis Ricks,Will Creekmore, AdamLeonard and Jermaine Mal-lett. That was 80 percent oftheir starting lineup.Now, with seniors Kyle

Weems, Michael Bizoukasand Caleb Patterson leavingthe team, rebuilding for thefuture will be harder thanever.A talented recruiting

class will be essential if theBears want to make a run at

the Missouri Valley Confer-ence title anytime soon.Coach Paul Lusk is

working on it. He knowsthat after an up-and-downseason concluding with fivestraight losses, the team

needs to get faster, strongerand more athletic in a hurry.“The thing I felt we real-

ly had to address with ourrecruiting needs is a skilllevel,” Lusk said. “We needguys that are able to put theball in the basket.”How do you replace the

school’s second-leadingscorer of all time? WithoutWeems, the face of MissouriState basketball is gone.And if you didn’t know,Weems led the Bears inscoring, rebounding, blocks

and games played this pastseason.The Bears faced a simi-

lar situation more than 30years ago when all-timescoring leader Daryel Garri-son graduated in 1975. Ittook three years for theBears to win the conferencechampionship after Garri-son left.“Everybody has to

increase their production,”Lusk said. “No single playercan replace Kyle Weems.I’m not even sure if two

players can do it.”Lusk’s recruiting success

last year in a shortened timeperiod should be taken noteof. After Cuonzo Martin,now coach of the TennesseeVolunteers, left Lusk andhis staff found three starters.Were it not for the sign-

ings of Bizoukas, AnthonyDowning and Jarmar Gul-ley, who knows where theteam would have finished.“You have to have a core

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Douglas (left) was signed by the Buffalo Bills and Saffold (right) was signed by the Cleveland Browns.

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

Running back Chris Douglas and wide receiver Jer-maine Saffold had waited their whole lives for achance to play in the NFL, so what was another fiveminutes?The former Missouri State standouts watched all

three days of the NFL draft. And although neither ofthem heard their names called, each received a phonecall from an NFL suitor less than 10 minutes after thelast pick.Saffold signed with the Cleveland Browns as a

rookie free agent and Douglas signed with the BuffaloBills.Saffold, the Missouri State single season and career

receiving yards leader, said representatives from theCincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos called beforethe draft to tell him they had a late-round pick with his

name on it. But he was disappointed when both teamspassed on him with their sixth-round picks.The Kansas City native said he would not forget the

snub.“I was upset and hurt, but it’s a business,” Saffold

said. “I’m definitely going to use it as motivation. Icame (to MSU) as an underdog so I’ll go there and justuse the same work ethic I had coming here.”Saffold had 2,221 receiving yards at Missouri State

including 913 as an All-Missouri Valley Football Con-ference receiver last season. He said he likes hischances of cracking the Browns’ lineup, and he isexcited to play with the team’s first-round pick, Okla-homa State quarterback Brandon Weeden.“I feel like I have a great shot to come in and com-

pete as the No. 2 receiver,” Saffold said. “I’m going togo in there focused and just keep my head in the play-

Men’s golftakes secondin conferenceBy Tim GodfreyThe Standard

When the Missouri State men’sgolf team finished their last tourna-ment at the end of October andheaded into the winter intermission,they were coming off a streak of fiveconsecutive top-five finishes, neverfinishing lowerthan fourth. But once they

returned to thelinks to play thesecond half of theirseason, the teamfaced a little moreadversity than whatthe fall semester had offered.The Bears had only one top-five

finish out of five tournaments in thespring portion of their season, plac-ing second at the WSU/SnowmanGetaway tournament in Goodyear,Ariz.Head coach Neal Stafford said

there were a variety of reasons forthe team’s momentum to havecooled down, such as weatherchanges and tougher golf courses.Other times the explanation for

high golf scores may not have beenso clear, he said.“Sometimes there’s no real

rhyme or reason to it,” Stafford said.

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Olympic Trials qualifier

Former football Bears reach NFL

book. I’ll make the quarter-backs my best friends.”

The Browns drafted Uni-versity of Miami widereceiver Travis Benjamin inthe fourth round, but the teamis unproven at receiver.

Rookie Greg Little led theBrowns in receiving yardslast season, but he is an over-the-middle type who alsodropped 14 passes. The sure-handed Saffold, who ran a4.36 in the 40-yard dash atMissouri State’s pro day,should have a shot at playingtime out wide.

Saffold is in Springfieldworking out and preparing tograduate with a degree incriminology before he travelsto Cleveland for workouts

next week.Douglas said he wasn’t

holding out much hope ofbeing drafted after nagginginjuries limited him to 511rushing yards and threetouchdowns last season, buthe was glued to the couch tosee where his friends wouldend up. Then he got a call.

“I went into the draftknowing that I was going tobe a free agent but when thesixth round came around,

Buffalo called me and theysaid they had one pick left inthe seventh round and theywere considering taking me,”Douglas said. “So that’swhen everything kind of hitme that I might actually havea shot to get drafted.”

The Buffalo Bills usedtheir final pick on WesternMichigan kicker John Potter,but gave Douglas a call notlong after, and the next dayDouglas signed as anundrafted free agent.

Douglas, who ran formore than 1,000 yards as ajunior, said he would havebeen thrilled if the Bills hadtaken him with their last pick,but he is still happy for thechance to pursue his NFL

dreams.“Of course it would feel

great to see your name getcalled on draft day but if youreally love football it doesn’tmatter how you get in,” Dou-glas said. “I always toldmyself I just wanted theopportunity to get in some-body’s camp and turn someheads.”

Douglas, who graduatedin December, is working outat the Wellness PerformanceInstitute in Suwanee, Ga.,near his hometown ofLawrenceville. He reports toBuffalo Thursday.

In the two previous NFLdrafts, MSU tight end ClayHarbor (Philadelphia Eagles)and offensive lineman DavidArkin (Dallas Cowboys)were drafted in the fourthround. Missouri State headcoach Terry Allen saidnumerous NFL scouts cameto him with interest in Saf-fold and Douglas.

“We’ve been fortunate thelast couple of years to havesome guys drafted and someguys sign as free agents,”Allen said. “Scouts knowhow to get to Springfield.”

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and it feels like it is forever,”Le said.

Le realizes that theOlympic Trials will also takeplace in a 50-meter pool andwill focus his training towardthat.

Assistant coach Josh Uder-mann has been impressed withLe’s training during the offsea-son.

“Every morning, he’sworking hard and going toweights,” Udermann said.“There’s a lot of work he’s put-ting in for this trial meet. He’sactually been getting close totimes he was going at the con-ference meets in practice, sothat’s really impressive.”

Le is not the only Olympic

hopeful forMissouri State. Theteam will travel to anothermeet at the beginning of June,with the hopes of having sever-al more swimmers qualify forthe Olympic Trials.

“I think we have nine or 10different swimmers on ourteam that are going to thatmeet,” Udermann said. “Thereare several who have quite agood shot at making this meet.It’s a focus they put in fromhere on out. Some of the inter-national kids on our team havea shot of making their Olympicteams.”

Udermann said the interna-tional swimmers have to returnto their home countries to com-pete in their qualifying meets.

Le will also have thechance to make his 200-meterbackstroke qualifying cut at themeet.

“Well, in Arkansas I was

0.50 (seconds) off my 200back, so I’ll hopefully make itby the end of June,” he said.

Le said he will be practic-ing hard every day until the tri-als because he may never getthis opportunity again.

“I don’t even know if I’ll beswimming still in another fouryears,” Le said.

The 2012 Olympic Trialswill be held from June 25 toJuly 2 in Omaha, Neb. at theCentury Link Center.

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group of young guys whoget you where you want togo,” Lusk said. “ChristianKirk is our only sophomoregoing into next year, butwith Drew Wilson and Dor-rian Williams redshirting, Ilike the promise of thoseguys.

“And now you add thenew class of freshmen withthose guys. Bruce Marshall,Marcus Marshall and GavinThurman are all three guysthat we think are going to bevery good players. They allbring us a little bit of some-thing different to the table.”

Joining the already-com-mitted high school playerswill be Westchester (N.Y.)Community College juniorTevin Bracey. The Bronx,N.Y. native signed hisnational letter of intent toplay basketball for MSU onApril 30.

“With Tevin, we got aJUCO point guard who wasthird in the country in assistsper game,” Lusk said. “He’sa pass-first guy, and withlosing Michael Bizoukas, wehave to fill that void.”

Williams was supposedto help play point guard forthe Bears along withBizoukas last season, butafter a torn labrum, he wasforced to redshirt and wasn’table to practice the entire

year.Lusk said Williams

reminds him of the old-school point guards whowere big and powerful.

“I think Dorian Williamsis a bigger point guard, kindof an old-school guard whocan score,” Lusk said. “Ithink he’ll be a threat for usout there at times.”

Much of the offensiveload next year will be put onDowning, who averaged11.5 points per game whileonly starting half of theBears 32 games.

Downing was a prospectwho not many people knewabout, Lusk said.

“Anthony Downing was-n’t on the board with any-body,” Lusk said. “He reallywasn’t getting recruited bythe entire Valley.”

JUCO players such asDowning were the Bears’strong spot this past season,and with the spring signingperiod running until May 16,they might be the key to nextyear’s team as well.

For the first time in thehistory of the program, theBears are going on a trip toCosta Rica from Aug. 7 to13. The seven-day tour willbe a combination of prac-tices and exhibitions, as wellas a cultural experience forall the players.

“The trip is so importantfor us,” Lusk said. “We needto answer these questionsand put guys in position tosee where they’re at.”

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Le swam a 57.59 100-meter backstroke.

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The Bears entered theMissouri Valley Conferencetournament favored to finishsecond. After 36 holes ofplay, the team found them-selves in sixth place. Duringthe final round, MissouriState rallied from their sixth-place position and wound upfinishing the tournament insecond place.

Stafford was satisfiedwith his team’s performanceand how they played theirway up the leaderboard, hesaid.

“I was pleased withwhere we finished, especial-ly coming back on that finalround and shooting 296 andcoming back from sixthplace,” Stafford said.

Wichita State Universitywon the MVC tournamentfor the fifth consecutivetime. Wichita State, a teamthat Stafford gave a lot ofcredit to, finished the tourna-ment with an 18-stroke lead.

Junior Daily Young, whofinished the tournament in atie for fifth place on the indi-vidual leaderboard, hadplayed the tournament’scourse before and knew itwas a difficult course. Butthings were a lot more diffi-cult for him after he steppedin a hole during a practiceround and fractured his foot.

“It wasn’t too much of abig deal during the tourna-ment,” he said. “I just had tochange my stance a littlebit.”

TheMissouri State men’steam will not be advancingto the NCAA regional tour-nament and will look aheadto practicing their game andplaying individually in ama-teur tournaments until theyreturn to school in the fall.

Senior Will Hogan, onthe other hand, will graduatefrom Missouri State and tryto make a career out of golfas a professional.

“I plan on playing someamateur tournaments in thesummer,” Hogan said. “Andthen eventually, sometimewithin the next year or two,

turn professional.”Young’s plan for the

summer will be restraineddue to his injury. He has touse crutches for six weeksand then wear a protectiveboot for another six weeks.Although he is supposed tostay off the foot for the next12 weeks, he still plans onimproving his game anywayhe can, he said.

“Hopefully after six(weeks) I can putt some andwork onmy short game a lit-tle bit,” Young said.

Stafford is already look-ing toward the future ofMis-souri State men’s golf bysuccessfully recruiting threeplayers to sign letters ofintent to play golf for theBears next season.

Most recently, MissouriState signed Arkansas highschool standout BrikBrauburger. Brauburger willjoin signees RayVaun Chris-tenson of Springfield andJoey Johnson of Ozark.

“All three guys are goodplayers,” Stafford said.“They’ve had really strongjunior résumés.”

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Production processes includ-ed preproduction, filming andediting, which have taken theentirety of the semester to com-plete. The film is roughly 20minutes long.

Sophomore electronic artsmajor Evan Pollock directed thesecond film entitled “Closure,” adark comedic work that Pollockdescribed as “an absurd come-dy.”

“The film is about a young,suicidal man who needs help, sohe decides to go to this companycalled Closure, which hebelieves is a suicide help compa-ny,” Pollock said. “It turns outClosure is a suicide assistingcompany that helps people killthemselves by giving them theirdream death.”

Pollock’s film was set in dif-ferent rooms, such as a hospitalroom and war camp, wheredeaths were recreated. Conse-quently, the film crew spent agreat amount of time working tomake sure the set pieces were

just right.“Sometimes the set pieces

worked and sometimes they did-n’t, but we filmed at lots of dif-ferent places,” Pollock said.“The idea of the script was tofilm down long hallways wherethere were different doorways toeach room. We used the fourthfloor of the Professional Build-ing a lot for that.”

Pollock’s crew shot somescenes on campus in StrongHall, as well as off campus atlocations including the cellar ofan old house, St. John’s Collegecampus on the south side ofSpringfield and at the St. John’slocation on Glenstone Avenue.

Once the filming has beencompleted, there still remains alarge amount of work to be donebefore the movie is ready to pre-miere. Although both groupshave finished filming, the edit-ing process is currently stillunderway.

“The editing stages are somuch harder,” Pollock said. “Wedo a lot of the edits in the Strong(Hall) media lab. We’ll probablymake an export then send it offto our music guy who will addmusic, and then send it to our

sound effects person who willadd the sound effects and do alot of the editing and mixingaspects.”

Both Pollock and Lowrancesearched the campus and com-munity to find actors, makeupartists, audio mixers and manymore to complete their crews.The amount of teamwork neces-sary to successfully completethe production of a film isimmense, but having the abilityto practice while still in school isbeneficial for media students asthey prepare to continue on intothe professional world, accord-ing to Pollock.

In this type of environment,directors and producers aregiven the chance to understandand apply many aspects of film-making other than that which isjust surface level.

“Movies are no silly business— they’re very difficult to getdone,” Pollock said.

MSU students and commu-nity members will have thechance to see the outcome ofthese students’ work at the sen-ior showcase at 6:30 p.m. onMay 14 in Plaster StudentUnion.

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Local six-month dog adoption streak celebratedBy Nicolette MartinThe Standard

Tablecloths covered in pictures ofdogs playing lined the picnic tables ofthe Phelps Grove Park pavillion, andmultiple cars in the parking lot sportedlogos of rescue groups and animal con-trol.Asix-piece band played in the dis-tance as dogs and dog owners mixedand mingled, and clouds filled the skyand rain drops fell to the ground.Volunteers from rescue shelters,

Springfield-Greene County HealthDepartment Animal Control programemployees, animal control officersand community members gathered atthe park on Friday to celebrate whattheAnimal Control program is callinga six-month adoption streak.During this streak, all potentially

adoptable dogs (dogs are considered

potentially adoptable if they arehealthy and nonvicious) impounded atthe Springfield city animal shelterhave been sent to “no-kill” rescuepartners for public adoption, accord-ing to Mike Brothers, the Springfield-Greene County Health Departmentpublic information administrator.“This has definitely never hap-

pened before,” Brothers said. “It’s thelongest such streak that anybody asso-ciated with our rescue model canremember. We may have had two orthree or four weeks when we wouldgo without having to euthanize theadoptable dogs, but six months isunbelievable.”Because of this, the Springfield-

Greene County Health DepartmentAnimal Control program wanted tohave a celebration that acted in sever-al ways, according to Brothers.

First of all, the Animal Controlprogram wanted to thank and recog-nize the rescue partners that make theadoptions happen, since the Spring-field city animal shelter doesn’t havethe staff or the space to do the adop-tions themselves, Brothers said. Sec-ondly, he said events like this canalways serve as a chance for commu-nity education.“When you do something like this

you can always have a chance for edu-cation about the broader situation:responsible pet ownership,” he said.“We’re saying, ‘Hey, we haven’t hadto do this, but we’re still killing some(sick and dying) dogs’ — somethingwe try to be very transparent about —but it brings home the message thatthe pet population is really big outthere, and it’s going to take more tosolve the problem. We all have to

work at this.”At the celebration, Kevin Gibson,

director of health at the Springfield-Greene County Health Department,commended volunteers for gettingdogs out of the shelters and into “for-ever homes.”A forever home is a place where a

pet can live out its life instead of beingpassed around from place to place.“We’re convinced we’re doing as

good a job as possible in making theanimal the No. 1 priority,” Gibsonsaid.Several volunteers attended the

event, including junior painting majorTina Bradshaw, who has been volun-teering at shelters for a month. Shewas at the event playing with Joel, thelast puppy of a beagle family waitingto be adopted.Joel, with a green handkerchief

around his neck, rolled around in thegrass while chewing on a blue andwhite rope as people gathered around,proclaiming him the cutest puppy theyhad ever seen.“These dogs all need homes, and it

makes me sad when I see them with-out a home,” Bradshaw said.Bradshaw said she volunteers

because “it’s the right thing to do.”MarilynWilliams, a volunteer with

Castaway Animal Rescue Effort(C.A.R.E.), began volunteering fouryears ago to help and to be around ani-mals. Shewas therewithDina, awhiteand black mixed breed up for adop-tion.“These dogs know this is their last

chance,” Williams said. “It’s amazingto see. They’re so loveable, and wejust want them to be able to feel howit feels to be loved.”

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surrounding buildings on Walnut sothey can match the feel and the archi-tecture together,” Jenkins said. “Ireally appreciate the thought they’veput into this.”Stewart said there are numerous

benefits to the new housing. Whilestudents will be able to have theapartment feel, they will also havesecurity. The fire department, hospi-tal and police department will knowthe layout of the buildings and secu-rity patrol will be done on the proper-ty.“There are a lot of intangibles that

a lot of folks aren’t even going tothink about,” Stewart said.

In addition, the Bearline willmake a stop in front of the housingand if students do not want to cook,the dining hall is available in Kent-wood.Earle Doman, vice president of

student affairs, said the biggest bene-fit to the housing is that it’s tied to theuniversity.“You’ll have a lot of the amenities

and advantages of living on campusbut have essentially an apartmentcomplex that is far enough removedfrom the main part of campus, butstill part of it,” Doman said. “Wewere to view this as a transition to ourdowntown area.”The university, and Stewart, hope

students will become part of theWal-nut and downtown community.The whole project is expected to

be done in Fall of 2013 and will cost

$36 million, according to Stewart.This total does not include the landpurchase because the location isalready property where the old Kent-wood South used to stand.Stewart said it is well worth the

money, and he wants students to feeland be treated like adults in the newhousing. With this in mind, there aresome things that Stewart is pushingwhich have yet to be decided on.One is for the housing to be

upperclassmen only so the groundsmay allow alcohol.Karolina Kosinska, a sophomore

biology major, said she agrees withan upperclassman housing plan.“I think it would provide a more

safe and controlled environment forthem to have those experiences,”Kosinska said. “It would be a nicetransition.”

The complex will have lessstaffing and be without the RAs andrules of residence halls.There will be guidelines for the

alcohol though, and the definition ofan upperclassmen — age versus yearin school — is still to be determined.However, there are other changes

students on campus will see in theupcoming year. By next year, bothGarst and Blair-Shannon dining hallswill have been remodeled, allowingmore seating and a bathroom inBlair-Shannon. Also, Sunvilla mightsee some considerable changes in thefuture.Recently, a group of consultants

viewed Sunvilla, which was made inthe late ’60s, to give an opinion onwhat to do with the building. Thebuilding is very old and does notmeet many codes to the extent that

the stoves were taken out for safety,Stewart said. The old apartment-stylehousing could be completely remod-eled, changed to some classrooms orcompletely torn down. A decisionwill be made this summer, and dem-olition could cost $1 million.One of the problems with getting

rid of Sunvilla, as Doman said, issome of the university’s equipment isplaced at the top of the building. Ademolition would cause the questionof where to relocate it. Regardless,the next two years will bring a lot ofchange for students on campus.“I think all of this is reflective of

us changing and genuinely becomingMissouri State,” Doman said. “Weare no longer a regional institution.We are a major university, and I thinkyou are seeing us excel in the aca-demic front and the student life front.

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Farris said a big factor in decid-ing on funding is maintaining view-point neutrality, a practice thatkeeps all student organizationsfrom being discriminated against incorrelation with the funding theyreceive. It is based on a court caseinvolving the University of Wis-consin (Southworth v. The Board ofRegents of the University of Wis-consin System).“At no point can the council

members make a decision of fund-ing an organization based on thecaliber of the proposal,” Farris said.“It cannot be based on what theevent is, what the proposal is for.

So it cannot be topic based, it can-not be merit based. It is simply, didthey meet the guidelines as they areset, do they meet the requirementsnecessary, was their proposal puttogether in time? That’s how it’svoted on, basically.”Farris said organizations that

wish to receive funding must fillout a proposal form, found online athttp://studentorganizations.mis-souristate.edu/sofac/.“It’s a worksheet,” Farris said.

“It lays out, whether they’re travel-ing for a conference — they wouldinclude what their hotel expensewas, their registration expenses,their travel expense, food expense.Then they’re going to have what istheir total expense, and the organi-zation then requests a certain dollaramount from SOFAC.”

Farris said SOFAC will neverfully fund an organization’s event,even if it is under the maximum of$5,000.“SOFAC’s mission is to assist

via funding, not to fully fund anorganization,” she said. “Thoseorganizations that come to us andcan show SOFAC that they have anexpense amount of over $5,000,that’s when those organizations willbe able to reach that $5,000 maxi-mum.”The only way an organization

can receive more than the maxi-mum amount of funding is if theyhave expenses that are considered“postseason” events, Farris said. Alot of times, this applies to athleticstudent organizations such as theMSU Handball Team or the Ulti-mate Frisbee teams.

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said he enjoyed attending the forum.“I thought the ag forum was inter-

esting,” Mauss said. “It was a goodchance because you aren’t alwaysconnected with what’s going on inWashington, D.C.”The first topic Blunt discussed

was the bill the Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) is trying topass, stating that farming must be per-formed without dust, according toBlunt.“They’ve spent a lot of time and

effort on this rule to try to preventfugitive dust, that is dust that will gofrom your field to somebody else’sfield,” Blunt said. “All these thingswill do is not allow us to be the com-petitive country we are.”According to Long, the EPA is

also trying to pass legislation to namemanure as a hazardous waste. Itwould not be able to be used as fertil-izer, or for any other purpose, he said.“We have got to send a big signal

here, right now, that EPA can’t standfor end production agriculture,” Bluntsaid.Blunt is part of a committee that

has recently been working on a Sen-ate transportation bill.Farmers would be able to drive for

an agricultural purpose within a 150-mile radius of their property withouthaving to get a commercial driver’slicense and the other transportationlicenses needed.Both Blunt and Long have to deal

with their constituents and the con-cerns they have.Long was approached by the deer

raisers of Missouri, those who raisedeer and transport them across thecountry to game farms. The govern-ment is trying to pass legislation thatstates they must let the deer out of the

trailers at rest stops to graze, accord-ing to Long.“That’s the type of battles Roy and

I fight every day up in Washington,”Long said.Students can get involved in these

issues by writing letters and makingphone calls to senators and congress-man. Blunt can be reached at his

Springfield office at 2740B East Sun-shine. You can call his Springfieldoffice at (417) 877-7814. Blunt canalso be contacted by submitting acontact form (email) on his website athttp://blunt.senate.gov/public/.Billy Long can be reached at his

Springfield office at 3232 E.Ridgeview St. or calling 417-889-1800. You can submit an email athttps://longforms.house.gov/email-billy.“The more you all work together

to bring good projects to the table, themore we all have to talk about,” Bluntsaid.

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Who is involved with the SOFAC council?

• Kelli Farris - MSU’s assistant director for co-curricularinvolvement• One student from Residence Hall Association• One student from student government• One student from combined councils of Fraternity and Sorori-ty Life• One student from Student Activities Council• One student from Graduate Student Council• Two at-large students (Do not need to be affiliated with anorganization.)• Financial services representative• Tom Hickman - SOFAC graduate assistant• Jeremy Schenk - Director, Office of Student Engagement• Student specialist

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Rep. Billy Long spoke about the problems he and Sen. Roy Bluntdeal with every day when representing their constituents in Wash-ington, D.C. Several agriculture-related topics were discussed atthe forum last Tuesday.

competitors to surrender.The 15 teams included: Football

Alpha, Football Bravo, ROTCAlpha, ROTC Bravo, SouthwestBaptist University Softball, AlphaGamma Sigma, Xi Omicron IotaAlpha, Xi Omicron Iota Bravo,Volleyball, Field Hockey Alpha,Field Hockey Bravo, SoccerAlpha, Soccer Bravo, Sigma ChiOmega and Sigma Phi Epsilon.First to be tested were the two

football teams – Alpha and Bravo –in the brawl.Pat Fornadel, senior outside

linebacker who played for Football

Bravo Team, said Football TeamAlpha was their least competitionfor the day.“[Football Team Alpha] is prob-

ably the weakest link we’re look-ing at in the chain right now,” hesaid. “We’re trying to basicallyexpose them for what they are,which is weak.”

Fornadel then proceeded totake down sophomore safety MikeCrutcher of the Alpha team for thefirst kill of the day, leading theBravo team to victory in roundone.“It was exhilarating,” Fornadel

said. “I came around the side and Icaught him crouching in the bush-es and shot him.”Next to test their abilities in the

ring were the Southwest Baptist

University softball team and one ofthe ROTC teams.Senior forward Casey Bayliss

of the women’s field hockey teamplayed alongside the SBU softballteam because they were a teammember short.Bayliss drew on her own expe-

rience paintballing with her broth-er in the match, but was shot in thehead after taking down one of theROTC team members.“I didn’t feel it – it was in the

helmet,” she said. “They do hurtnormally.”Walking away with the victory

was ROTC’s Alpha Team, but theteam members weren’t withouttheir doubts going into the compe-tition.Chris Phillips, member of the

ROTC Alpha Team, who was expe-rienced in paintballing boththrough personal practice andthrough ROTC, said he was wor-ried about being taken out by asorority early on.“A little part of me thinks we’re

going to lose to a sorority,” he said.“Like something where I’m notpaying attention and two of themwill sneak up behind me, or onewill just shoot me from across thefield.”However, he needn’t have wor-

ried as his team went up against thefield hockey team in the champi-onship match, Schenck said.“The Women’s Field Hockey

proved that they were a force to bereckoned with as well, by makingbold flanking maneuvers and

defeated the ROTC Bravo Team togain entry into the championshipmatch,” he said. “The trophy roundwas Women’s Field Hockey versusMSU ROTC A-Team, with the A-Team defeating an aggressive andspirited Women’s Field Hockeyteam to claim the title and trophy.”The prize for the ROTC Alpha

Team was a bear statue with aplaque that reads “Best of the BestBear Brawl” and will have the win-ning team’s name engraved on theside, said Wisdom.“We really just want to show

that ROTC is out here and is partof the university and part of thecommunity,” he said.The trophy will be displayed in

a case in Strong Hall until the nextBear Brawl in spring 2013.

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Koffin Kats to perform FridayBy Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

Detroit-based psychobilly punkband, Koffin Kats, will graceSpringfield with their presence thisFriday, returning to the OutlandBallroom. The band has been play-ing shows across the country ontheir spring tour, promoting their lat-est album released in January, “OurWay & The Highway,” throughSailor’s Grave Records.

The band has been around since2003 and after getting burnt out onplaying local shows around theirnative Michigan they decided to goon tour and haven’t let up since.Lead vocalist and upright bassist VicVictor along with EZ Ian Jarrell onguitar and Eric “E Balls” Walls onthe drums, will be bringing theirbrand of punk rock to Springfieldthanks to local favorite, BrutallyFrank.

Brutally Frank hails from Joplin,Mo., and met up with the Kats in2006 on their West Coast tour. Theyhadn’t made many contacts in Cali-fornia just yet but knew the KoffinKats were playing a show and want-ed to get on the bill. Luckily theguys knew who ran the label at Hair-Ball8 Records and were able toscore a spot. One night of mayhemand male bonding later and the Kof-fin Kats/Brutally Frank relationshipwas born.

The bands played to a sold-outcrowd at the Showcase Theater inCorona, Calif., that night and afterdrinking and partying with the Kats

VIP-style, the two swapped num-bers and have kept in contact eversince.

“When we meet bands and peo-ple on the road you know right awayif you’re gonna hit it off. That nightwe did, we became family,” Brutal-ly Frank bassist, Steevo said.“Whenever they (or any otherfriend’s band) come through theyget the royal treatment. We stock thebooze, fire up the grill, tell stories,swap contacts or try to meet updown the road somewhere. It’s afamily reunion. We love thoseguys.”

According to Koffin Kats’ VicVictor, the feeling is mutual. Sincebeginning to tour nationally as wellas internationally, the band has madefriends all over the world. Some-thing that comes in handy afterbeing on the road for more than 200days of the year.

“It’s not necessarily about yourfavorite city or your favorite scene,for us we look forward to meetingup with all these people,” Victorsaid. “It could be the smallest townor the most major city, we look for-ward to meeting up with friends thatwe’ve met on our travels and itsfunny because now when we picturea city not only can we picture whatvenue we’re playing but sometimeswe know half the crowd.”

Victor discovered a love of punkrock music early on, as soon as hismusical decisions weren’t limited towhat his parents played in the car,and was quickly drawn to one ofpunk’s most successful and well-

known bands, Bad Religion.“I was attracted to punk rock for

its aggressive quality but also one ofmy favorite bands to this day is BadReligion because I appreciatemelodies and music and all that,”Victor said. “Then I discovered the

sound of an upright bass. Koffin Katsis a mutation of all my influences; Ilisten to everything from country tojazz to punk rock to whatever.”

The band has been heavily tour-ing for the past six years and aftergoing through several label changes

decided to give it a go with Sailor’sGrave Records who helped them putout their last record, a record Victorfeels is the closest interpretation ofthe songs he’d been writing in hishead.

“We’re really proud of it becauseit’s the best sound that we’ve beenable to record, that comes fromyears of experience and finallyworking with the right people andit’s the closest mix I can say defi-nitely represents us the best when itcomes to how we are live,” Victorsaid. “It’s a very driving CD, it waswritten over the last couple of yearswhile we were on the road. “I’d beout hammered and wake up in themorning and have notes from a gui-tar riff, just random thoughts andtravels.”

This May 11 all-ages show issure to be a rowdy one bringingtogether local favorites St. Dallas &The Sinners, Brutally Frank, PatchesDeVile, Clancy “M.F” Leakey andof course the Koffin Kats at the Out-land Ballroom. Tickets are $7 inadvance at Kaleidoscope and StickIt In Your Ear or $12 at the door.

Celebrate dead day by letting outsome of that pent up aggressionyou’ve been saving up all semesterand show the Koffin Kats somemore of what they’ve come to loveabout our small town punk scene.

“We’re definitely looking for-ward to getting back to Springfield,that’s one of those places we stepout in front of the crowd and recog-nize just about everybody’s face andit’s just a great time,” Victor said.“We definitely know the differencebetween a jaded crowd and anappreciative one and we always feelthat way when we come throughSpringfield—very appreciated.”

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program. RHA has been working on thisthe entire semester.”

Even though the turnout may not havebeen what RHA had hoped for, McCallistersaid he hopes to parlay the weekend’s quid-ditch affair into a budding MSU wizard andwitchcraft tradition.

“We’ve already got a few people that saidno matter what happens today, they’re want-ing to see it in the future,” McCallister said.

“Sometimes the first year just doesn’t alwaysend up as big as you plan it to be, but then itgrows every year as more people hear aboutit.

“We’re hoping it can become a traditionalprogram and one day we can join the Mid-west League for the International QuidditchAssociation,” he said.

Of course, the MSU version of quidditchis more grounded than the high-flying spec-tacle depicted in Rowling’s seven fantasynovels.

Teams consist of two Beaters, threeChasers, a Keeper and a Seeker who runaround the field in an effort to score points by

throwing a Quaffle through their opponent’shoop for 10 points. But teams who want tobring in the big points must capture the elu-sive Snitch to earn 30 points.

Seekers, or snitch snatchers, must findand capture the Golden Snitch, portrayed bya member of RHAwandering around campuson a bike carrying a tennis ball in a tube sock.Once the Snitch is snatched, it’s game over.

Sophomore marketing major KathleenLavallee served as the Snitch for the secondgame. She took her role seriously and wascaptured by the Scholars House Seekerbehind Hammons House.

“Both Seekers spotted me and came

sprinting at me,” Lavallee said. “The ScholarHouse Seeker leaped and dove at me, fell andgot scraped up. Once we found out he wasOK we continued, but he caught me before Icould get back to my bike. Props to him.”

Sophomore dietetics major CourtneySchneider signed up to participate to even theplaying field for the coed event. The ScholarsHouse Beater pelted and pulverized theSunvilla team with Bludgers in both games.

“The team was all boys so there needed tobe some women in there so it gets doneright,” Schneider said with a smile. “It’s real-ly fun. I like throwing the Bludgers becauseit’s funny to hit people.”

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Akre, a member of the Spring-field Roller Girls committeefor community development,helped spread the word bypassing out flyers advertisingtheir next bout coming up onMay 20th at 6:00 p.m. atSkateport on South GlenstoneAvenue.“We’ve had a lot of people

stop, so many people say ‘no Ididn’t know there was rollerderby’ and we get to tell themall about what we’re passion-ate about. It’s amazing,” Akresaid. Also roaming around the

crowded streets were staples

of the yearly Artsfest. Peoplehave been delighted ordepending on your level ofobservation, horrified, byminiature horses Trouble andMighty Moe for years now.Owners Jean Peszka and herhusband travel to the fest,horse in tow, from HarrisonArk., each year. Kids, ponies and lots of

dogs are assumed attendees ofthe Walnut Street arts festi-vals, presented each year bythe Springfield Regional ArtsCouncil and managed by theUrban Districts Alliance.Community Event Coordina-tor Sarah Hough coordinatesand manages Artsfest, as wellas Cider Days, Taste ofSpringfield and more ofSpringfield’s community

events. “We tried really hard this

year to have a mix of returningartists and new artists,” Houghsaid. Turnout has been good, Ithink people are excited aboutthe warmer weather and get-ting out and doing stuff andthe crowd has been steady.”For once, Artsfest wasn’t

drenched in a torrential down-pour. Previous festivals havebeen subjected to inclementweather pretty persistently butthis year’s event was markedby warmer weather and anearly cloudless sky. It gotpretty toasty but Balance Fit-ness Studio set up a mister tokeep crowds cool and foodvendors took care of the rest. Downtown favorites, the

Aviary Café set up shop on the

street offering tasty paninisalong with their sweet crêpes.Backyard Burger, CrosstownBBQ, FireLight Pizza Compa-ny and downtown cupcakebakery, The Cup all temptedfestivalgoers with tasty treats. An overall success, the

total number in attendancewon’t be available till later butprevious fests have boastednumbers over 20,000 and itdoesn’t seem to be slowingdown. The Urban Districts

Alliance starts planning theevent in December and fol-lowing a short celebratorybreak after Artsfest will behard at work planning Spring-field’s next community event,Cider Days, coming up thisSeptember.

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Warren Sandwell sharedthe other half of the workloadon lead vocals and drumming.He is drummer and a backupvocalist for The Bootheel—aset of Springfield legends ifever there were any. He said heowed Wilson $5 for bleedingon the stage.“In The Bootheel, we play

mostly originals but we do afew covers, so we’re used tolearning other people’s stuff,”he said. “Obviously, it’s prettyeasy but it just takes a littletime when you’re playing afull set of other people’s stuff.So it wasn’t anything out ofthe ordinary for us.”Sandwell has been a fan of

Sabbath all of his life, seeingvery early on the deep impactthe band has had on not onlythe metal genre, but rock ‘n’roll in its entirety.“You know, these bands

like Zeppelin and The Beatlesare the obvious stuff,” he said.“Black Sabbath seems kind ofobvious but you do have to diga little deeper to get into it, it’snot quite so mainstream. Sowhen I found them that wasone of the first things thatchanged my mind about whatrock ‘n’ roll could sound like. Ithink it’s like that with every-body.”Sandwell illustrated many

of the misconceptions aboutSabbath—in particular thenotion that their songs are sim-ply a wall of drowning noiseand horror.“It’s not all scary; not all of

Black Sabbath is heavy metal,or death metal, some of it youcould barely call metal,” hesaid. “A lot of it is just heavyblues, and rock ‘n’ roll, evenbordering on psychedelic insome moments. They have areally full, dynamic sound, it’snot just heavy riffs and louddrums and high vocals, there’sa lot of depth to it, and they’revery creative, more than most

people give them credit for andI think that has lent to theirsuccess.”Sandwell stressed, as Rum-

sey had, that they are unsure asto whether or not Children ofthe Grave will reunite foranother tribute to Sabbath, butthat he will remain consistent-ly busy with many other proj-ects.“This Black Sabbath thing

was a one-time thing, wemight dig it up again and do itin the future,” he said. “We dohave a lot of shows coming upincluding the Jarrett end-of-year party for the kids. We’redoing that one for the childrenat Jarrett Middle School,which is going to be a lot offun. Obviously we have a lotof club shows locally andregionally coming up too, sojust look for The Bootheel andyou’ll find us.”At the end of the show,

Sandwell removed his longblack wig, revealing closelytrimmed hair, and said it wasjust as much a challenge find-

ing the right look as it wasorganizing the event.“I had to do my best to look

like Ozzy,” he said with alaugh. “I’ve got short hair andOzzy doesn’t have short hairand I can’t get up there andpretend to be Ozzy with shorthair, everyone would call me apunk. So we found it at PartyCity and it’s actually a wig fora girl, they didn’t have any guywigs that looked like that.”Overall, Sandwell said he

was more than pleased withthe evening and the over-whelming reaction from thecrowd as audience membersflooded the smoking area fol-lowing the show to give himtheir praise.“You always roll the dice

no matter what you do,whether it’s originals or a trib-ute show like this,” he said.“But it was just fantastic, tenout of ten, five stars, whateveryou want to call it, A+, and Ithink the audience felt thatway too. So it was a lot offun.”

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