Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

Engaging, outgoing and hardworking, but most of all, dedicatedto his students and his work. Thoseare just several ways the late DonIvie is described by his peers inMissouri State’s Department ofCriminology and Criminal Justice.Over the summer, Ivie, a corpo-

ral in Missouri’s Highway Patroland an instructor at Missouri State,died in a tragic mountain climbingaccident at Grand Teton National

Park in Wyoming.The criminology department is

currently working on a scholarshipin honor of Ivie, Department HeadCraig Hemmons said.“We created the Don Ivie

Memorial Scholarship right afterthe tragedy happened,” Hemmonssaid. “We’ve already gotten somefolks who contributed to it, and wehope to make an award from thosefunds for next year.”There is also a non-monetary

award in the works for criminologygraduate students called the Don

Ivie Academic Excellence award,Hemmons said.“We give out scholarships in the

spring of one year for the followingyear,” he said. “We hope to havemoney available for the 2012-2013academic year.”The Don Ivie Scholarship will

be based on a student’s overall aca-demic performance, and will beselected by a vote of the entirecriminology faculty, Hemmonssaid.“The reason we’re doing it based

on academic excellence is because

he was such a good student,” hesaid. “He was from all accounts oneof our top performers at the under-graduate and graduate level. Wethought having the criteria based onthat just made sense.”Brett Garland, an MSU crimi-

nology professor, co-authored anarticle with Ivie for an academicpublication called “Policing: AnInternational Journal of PoliceStrategies.” Ivie was also the firstcriminology student at Missouri

By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

Of the many events Missouri State caters tothe community each year, certainly the one mostcharacteristic of the culture of this region is theOzarks Celebration Festival.This year marked the 14th festival hosted by

Missouri State, which started on Friday andwraps up Tuesday.The festival is a massive conglomeration of

the talents of regional craftsmen, musicians,authors and other entertainers tied together byBarbara Jones, MSU College of Arts and Lettersevents coordinator.Jones said she has been hosting the Ozarks

Celebration Festival for nine years and that itoriginated as a topic of discussion between thedean at the time, David Belcher, and Vice Presi-dent Jim Baker.“We were talking about all the different stu-

dents that we have and how many differentcountries they came from,” she said. “Theycome to the Ozarks and know nothing about thiscommunity’s background. So they thought aboutstarting a festival to introduce them to Ozarks’history and culture.”Jones said the first year drew around 20

craftsmen and other exhibitors to the MSU cam-pus. This year they had 67.“Every exhibitor is hand-picked,” she said.

“You can’t just come and say, ‘I want to be inyour festival.’ There’s a really stringent applica-

tion process. Once you’re picked we ask youeach year because your craft is the highest qual-ity, and you can trace your craft back to theOzarks’ history or culture. And for many of theexhibitors, their craft is handed down from gen-eration to generation.”Paige Prosperi, a junior double majoring in

art education and ceramics, was found demoingher work and the work of her peers at the clay-works booth on Saturday.“We’ve made a bunch of extra clay and gath-

ered some student work to sell,” she said. “We’reexhibiting really what clay-works is. Kids in theBFA program have their own mindset and maketheir own work, but generally they are regularassignments just like any other class.“We get credit for it. It’s really exciting there

are all these people around. You get to hang outall day and make clay and talk to other Ozarkscraft people. It’s a really fun medium to work

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BriefsGreen Bike Programkicks off this weekThe Green Bike Program will

offer bike rentals for the Fall 2011semester on September 14 and 15,from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the BearPaw. The Green Bike Programallows students to rent bikes to getaround Springfield and reduce theircarbon footprint. The average costper bike is $10 to $15 per semester.The program currently has 31bikes. The Residence Hall Associa-tion and the Student GovernmentAssociation’s Sustainability Com-mission launched the Green BikeProgram in the spring of 2011. Theprogram allows only on-campusresidents to rent bikes.

KSMU reporterrecognized forlegal journalismexcellenceThe Missouri Bar recognized

Jennifer Moore, senior news pro-ducer for KSMU Radio, for a five-part radio series about the publicdefender system in Missouri. TheMissouri Bar will honor Moorewith the Excellence in Legal Jour-nalism Award at its annual meetingin Kansas City on Sept. 23. “TheMissouri Public Defender Systemin Crisis” series aired on KSMU inDecember 2010. The seriesexplored why the state of Missouriwas failing to appoint attorneys forimpoverished men and womenaccused of a crime.

Research findsbreakthrough forgrape and wineindustryResearchers at the Vitus Gene

Discovery Program at the Centerfor Grapevine Biotechnology inMSU’s School of Agricultureannounced two research results.The first discovery was the rawDNA sequence of the Nortongrape. The second discovery wasthe first DNA virus ever discoveredin grapes. Both discoveries willbetter help grape crops in the futurewith more research. These researchbreakthroughs are a result of yearsof effort by graduate students, post-doctoral research associates andresearch faculty.

CalendarSeptember 13 to September 19

TuesdayPublic Affairs Week, All week

Student Government Associationmeeting, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 5:30to 6:30 p.m. at Plaster StudentUnion 313

University Recreation Center JobFair, 6 to 8 p.m. at Plaster StudentUnion 308

WednesdayStudy Away Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.at Plaster Student Union Atrium

Shayfeen.com: We’re WatchingYou, noon to 1:30 p.m., PlasterStudent Union 315

ThursdayLong Distance Relationships,4 to 5 p.m. at Plaster StudentUnion 317

FridayGrammar Fridays at the WritingCenter, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at MeyerLibrary Bear CLAW

Chemistry Labs Open House,3 to 5 p.m. at Temple Hall 435and 440

MondayLast day to drop full semesterclasses at 50 percent refund,8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at authorizedregistration sites

A Voice for Those Silenced byChild Abuse, 4 to 5 p.m. at HillHall 302

By Brittany ForellThe Standard

Students are being asked to buy$200 “do-it-yourself” lab kits andconduct lab experiments at home orin their dorms this semester due tolimited space and resources at Mis-souri State.“I believe the Chemistry depart-

ment did this for a few reasons,”said Melissa Hayes, teaching assis-tant for the Department of Chem-istry. “First of all, the department isgoing through a change switchingfrom one large lab to two smallerlabs. Because of this change wehave lost lab space. So switchingone lab to a take-home lab helpswith the space issue. Also, Internetcourses have become much morepopular over the years due to theconvenience that allows students tocomplete the labs on their own timeand complete their school workaround their other responsibilities.”

The lab kits are called LabPaqs.These LabPaqs contain comprehen-sive hands-on laboratory experi-ments that academically mirror thelabs performed on campus. Chem-istry LabPaqs allow professors toteach chemistry completely onlineif necessary. These kits includecommon laboratory equipment andsupplies, such as beakers, graduatedcylinders, test tubes and all requiredchemicals. They also come with alab manual and CD.The students must complete

their experiments at home, and ifthey need any clarification or expla-nation of a procedure they mustmeet with the lab coordinator dur-ing his or her office hours. The stu-dents are provided direction fromthe lab coordinator throughout thecourse via Blackboard.“The students have one week to

complete one lab and submit it via aPDF file on Blackboard,” Hayessaid. “They also have to complete a

pre-lab Blackboard quiz and post-lab reflection where they discussthoughts, concerns and issues withthe lab.”

Kathy Shade, the lab coordinatorfor the Chemistry for the Citizen

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Public Affairs Week connects studentsBy Brandon CorriganThe Standard

Tragedy comes to mind whenmany Missourians recall the loss ofGov. Mel Carnahan in a plane crashon Oct. 16, 2000. However, Carna-han left behind a positive legacy thatwill live on.Part of the late governor’s legacy

involves an important date — June15, 1995 — which probably goes bywithout much notice by most Mis-souri State students. However, onthis date a little over 16 years ago,Carnahan signed into law Senate Bill340 which provided MSU astatewide mission in public affairs.The mission of the bill has threeparts to it — to promote ethical lead-ership, cultural competence andcommunity engagement for universi-ty students.To encourage these three goals,

MSU will host a campus-wide Pub-lic Affairs Week (PAW) Sept. 12 to16 with the theme of “Culture ofConnectivity.”“The Culture of Connectivity

theme carries an important mes-sage,” said Tara Hammer, the chairof PAW. “One thing that I wouldreally like for students to be able toget from the theme is that we are anincreasingly connected society andthe choices we make cause rippleeffects throughout our lives that wenever see. We need to connect to thepeople around us and make sure thatthe impacts we have are positiveones.”Hammer said she has been work-

ing tirelessly on PAW since herappointment to the chair position lastDecember. She has been setting upcommittee meetings, planningevents along with her staff, manag-ing the event budget and booking

event spaces.“I am constantly emailing various

people, getting things arranged andworking with other universityemployees and members of the com-munity,” Hammer said.Hammer said she believes stu-

dents will enjoy the week becauseprogram activities are fun and pro-mote an idealistic approach to deal-ing with others. The program alsoentails some interactive ways tograsp the concepts of the originalpublic affairs mission outlined byCarnahan.“I really think we have done a

good job of finding ways to appeal toa large variety of people,” Hammersaid. “I also think that many of ourother events are going to be extreme-ly informative and will be veryimpacting to students.”PAW will also offer special give-

aways to students.

Riana Sears, PAWpublicity chair,said that students will enjoy give-aways that include stain removerpens, USB flash drives for laptops,sticky-notes and pens, all sportingthe public affairs logo and theme.“Hopefully these items will

remind students to use the pillars ofthe public affairs mission in theireveryday lives,” Sears said.Two of the PAW events, “Mile of

Quarters for Ozarks Honor Flight”and the “It’s All About You LetterWriting Campaign,” will run from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day of theweek-long program. Other eventswill also occur on a daily basis.“Miles of Quarters for Ozarks

Honor Flight” will collect donationsfor the Ozarks Honor Flight to sendWorld War II veterans to theirmemorial in Washington, D.C.Money will be collected in the PSUWest Lounge.

“The idea is that if you lay quar-ters end-to-end for one mile, you canmake up over $15,000,” Hammersaid. “This is less than a dollar perstudent for a great cause.”The “It’s All About You Letter

Writing Campaign” will occur on thenorth patio of the PSU. Students willbe supplied with pens and postcardsto write short thank you notes to sol-diers who have served the country.Hammer hopes PAW will give

students the opportunity to not justconnect with the university, but withthe Springfield community as well.“Springfield is a great town to

live in, and we have a lot of greatpeople who have worked very hardfor this event,” Hammer said. “Wewant students to get away with theidea that they have the ability tochange things, and for the better,using the connections that they eitheralready have or will make.”

By Michael GulledgeThe Standard

The Office of Student Conductannounced last week that it will beinvestigating several students overthe content contained in mass emailsthat were sent out to all Springfieldstudents Sept. 4 and 5.Last week an access issue with a

mass email address allowed over100 emails to be distributed to stu-dents. Computer Services discov-ered the issue and stopped the

emails early on the morning of Sept.5.Associate Dean of Students

Michael Jungers said two studentswho sent inappropriate emails to thecampus will have conduct com-plaints filed against them.“The intent of filing them is not

to hit anyone over the head or drivethem into the mud, but to make themaware of the consequences of theiractions,” he said.Jungers said that his office

received many complaints about the

emails. Many students found theemails offensive and wanted toexpress their discontent with the sit-uation.Kim Sahr, coordinator of student

conduct, is investigating the incidentand will write the conduct complaintletters. The office had not yet con-tacted the students.“The students responsible, if they

are responsible, need to know theimpact of their words,” Jungers said.The process begins with Sahr

writing and sending letters to the

students. The students who receivethe letters will then meet with Sahrin person.After Sahr talks to the students

she will determine consequencesthat she feels fitting.From there, the students have

three options:1. Accept the charges and Sahr’s

consequences.2. Accept responsibility for the

charges but disagree with the conse-quences.3. Deny responsibility for the

charges.If the student chooses one of the

final two options, then they will gobefore a panel that will review thesituation and make a recommenda-tion, Jungers said.At the end of the day, Jungers

wants the students to learn a lessonfrom this situation and for it not tohappen again.“I can’t control what they learn,

but we want to put them in a situa-tion where they can learn,” Jungerssaid.

Email fiasco leads to conduct complaints against students

By Dayle DugginsThe Standard

Angie Tomlinson, president ofAlpha Phi Omega, is doing whatevershe can to make sure the tornado thathit Joplin on May 22 is remembered.“The tragedy that happened in

Joplin, like so many tragedies world-wide, you hear about them for a weekor a month then you completely andtotally forget about it,” she said. “Weare trying to bring about that aware-ness that all these areas affected bynatural disasters are still hurting.”The F5 tornado tore through the

center of Joplin, completely destroy-ing thousands of homes, St. John’s

Hospital and a variety of businesses.In hopes of speeding up the city’s

recovery as best they could, a groupof 35 MSU students from the nation-al service fraternity Alpha PhiOmega participated in the JoplinRelief Road Trip this past Saturday.Today, the city is still in the

process of re-establishing a sense ofnormalcy. Much of this effort hasbeen aided by an over-pouring of vol-unteers into the community duringthe months since the tornado.Emma Doner, a senior majoring

in international business, was born inJoplin and had her home taken awayon that day.“Every time I go home it is still a

shock, but at the same time it is greatto see how fast Joplin is rebuilding,”Doner said. “A large part of the rea-son it is rebuilding so fast is becauseof the volunteers.”“The people of Joplin are incredi-

bly grateful for volunteers. Every-body that shares their personal storyof the tornado also talked about howvolunteers have helped them. It isunbelievable how much support wasgiven by strangers. Our family wasso blessed by volunteers. It wouldhave been a much different storywithout them.”Tomlinson, double majoring in

early childhood education and psy-chology, said she hopes this trip is

just the beginning of Alpha PhiOmega contributing to the restorationefforts in Joplin.“We’re going to use our

S.O.F.A.C. (Student OrganizationFunding Allocation Committee) pro-posal to try to get funding for busesand transportation so that a largergroup of students can eventually go,”Tomlinson said.This funding would be utilized by

MSU’s Bear Hugs for Joplin pro-gram that has provided monetarysupport to the victims of the naturaldisaster.The Bear Hugs for Joplin group

has created T-shirts so students caneasily contribute to the cause. These

shirts are still on sale in the bookstorefor $11.99 plus tax, and all proceedsare split between the American RedCross and Convoy of Hope. Tomlin-son said Bear Hugs for Joplin’s tenta-tive road trip dates include Sept. 24,Oct. 22 and Nov. 5.If you wish to volunteer your time

in Joplin, stop by the Office of Stu-dent Engagement in PSU 101 to learnabout upcoming opportunities beingorganized with Bear Hugs for Joplin.For those looking to volunteer con-tinually throughout the school yearwith a variety of non-profits, visithttp://organizations.missouristate.edu/apo to see if Alpha Phi Omega’sservice organization is for you.

Alpha Phi Omega helps support Joplin victims

TuesdaySeptember 13, 2011

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The first two weeks of the collegefootball season have been rough onMissouri State fans. And it’s not likelyto get any better next week.

Not only has their team endured alopsided loss to a major program, butthey’ve played both their games on theroad, where they’ll continue to be untilOctober.

Next week they’ll travel to Oregon,a team that made it to the nationalchampionship game last year. It will bethe Bears’ second game against a top25 team in three weeks.

Typically, a team like MissouriState will play one game each yearagainst a major conference team andanother against a team they’re likely tobeat badly. In past years they’veplayed the likes of Missouri S & T,Washburn and Southwest Baptist Uni-versity.

The first two weeks of the collegefootball season have been rough onMissouri State fans. And it’s not likelyto get any better next week.

The games they play against teamslike Arkansas, Kansas State or Oklaho-ma State are often called “moneygames.” This is because Missouri Stateis paid a certain amount of money totravel to that school to play and typi-cally get beaten.

This year, for the first time in recenthistory, the Bears are playing two suchgames. Besides the lopsided losses, itmeans the loss of a home game early inthe season. Fans have to wait until thefifth game of the season to see theirteam at Plaster.

But as much as this setup mightpain fans (and I include myself in that

group), this is the right thing to do forthe team and for the school.Missouri State is being paid $835,000total to play Arkansas and Oregon thisyear - $440,000 for the Oregon gameand $395,000 for the Arkansas gameaccording to Rick Kindhart, assistantdirector of athletics communication.

Given the financial situation of theprogram, the added revenue isextremely important. The program losttoo much money last year – $1.4 mil-lion – not to do something about it.

The program doesn’t actually needto be making money each year. Collegefootball is often referred to as a rev-enue sport, whereas most others(besides basketball) are considerednon-revenue. But at a mid-major sizedschool like Missouri State, all sportsare essentially non-revenue sports.

And that’s OK, as long as the deficitis manageable.

Last year it wasn’t, so MissouriState did something about it. In a timewhere universities, government agen-cies, businesses and individual house-holds are struggling to find ways to getout of the red, it’s nice to see the foot-ball program taking an aggressive stepto stop the financial bleeding.

Most people in an academic envi-ronment are going to side against thefootball team at every opportunity –and sometimes even call for the elimi-nation of the program – but the schoolis not going to grow without football.

That’s certainly not to say it’s moreimportant than many of the otherthings that are happening on the cam-pus. Obviously, our top priority is aca-

demics, as it should be.But for the community “outside

these walls,” the athletic programsserve as a connection between themand the school. And many students feelthe same way, including those that aredeciding where to go to college.

The early part of the season may berough for Missouri State football fans,but know that your team is sacrificingitself in the short term, in order to pre-serve itself in the long term.

SStteepphheennHHeerrzzoogg

Columnist

Wanna hear something crazy?This is not a theory; this is a con-spiracy fact. In March 1962 theU.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted atop-secret plan to justify a militaryinvasion of Cuba. That’s not thecrazy part.

In 1997 a secret document titled“Justification for U.S. MilitaryIntervention in Cuba,” was declas-sified. The plan, code namedOPERATION NORTHWOODS,suggested the C.I.A. or other opera-tives carry out hijackings or terror-ist bombing attacks on Americancivilians!

These murders would be pinnedon Cuba with phony evidence to“develop a Communist Cuban ter-ror campaign in the Miami area,”according to the document. This iscalled a “false flag” operation. Thisis declassified evidence the govern-ment threw around the idea of state-sponsored terrorism almost 40years ago.

It may be the single most self-

ish, vile, evil, odious abortion-of-a-plan ever created by the UnitedStates government before 9/11.Corrupt is no longer a strongenough word.

Ten years on we must objective-ly look at the 9/11 tragedy for whatit was: The most clever and careful-ly orchestrated coup d’état in thehistory of our known world.

It’s well known the mainstreammedia failed the people in the lead-up to the Iraq War. The WashingtonPress Corps accepted whatever theWhite House spat. They wouldn’twant to be labeled “unpatriotic.”

A University of Maryland polllast week shows only about half of

we the people have learned whathappened that day. Almost half ofthe respondents (46 percent)believe Iraq was involved in the9/11 attacks. Not true. 47 percentstill think Iraq had WMDs. Nottrue.

The rest of the polling data isvery interesting; check it out.

The terror attacks of 9/11changed our laws, redefined ourrights and our worldview, and cata-pulted our society into an increas-ingly patrolled police state.

The Patriot Act allows forunwarranted “sneak and peek”searches of civilian homes andbusinesses without telling themuntil months later. Justified fornational security reasons thesesearches are routinely used in drugcases—less than 1 percent are ter-rorism cases according to MotherJones. She’s a great independentmagazine.

The Patriot Act expanded theFBI’s authority to investigate

Americans by allowing the bureauto issue National Security Letters(NSL). These letters force banks,internet providers and other groupsto relinquish our information. NSLissuance has doubled over the lasttwo years.

Glazing—not gazing—over theairport’s full-body scanners andTransportation Security Agencygrope-show, TSA parent company,the Department of Homeland Secu-rity, has quickly taken hold of the“citizen sphere” of our country.

Created in the middle of ourbusy holiday season, Nov. 25,2002, the department has nowabsorbed the responsibilities of 22government agencies.

The FBI has also seen majorrestructuring. Their top three prior-ities are all national security relatedand a National Security Branch,concerned with intelligence and ter-rorism, was created Sept. 12, 2005.

What’s more: Five-hundredsuit-and-tie FBI investigators were

recently reassigned to homelandsecurity duties.

William Black, law professor atthe University of Missouri KansasCity Law School was interviewedon NPR a few weeks ago. He saidthe worst part about the reassign-ments is the 500 investigator posi-tions were not filled, cutting theFBI investigators down to around120. Those investigators are brokeninto smaller teams.

Black said it took 100 agentsworking non-stop to prove thatEnron defrauded investors of $11billion. From a manpower perspec-tive, it’s unlikely investigationswill be able to take on any financialgiant.

Do you think: It is okay for aTucson Republicans to raffle off thesame gun used in the attemptedassassination of CongresswomanGabrielle Giffords—in Tucson?The Glock 19 comes preloadedwith adjustable grips, a case andthree 12 round magazines.

DDiillllaannCCoonnnn

Columnist

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Declassified 1960s documents offer blueprint for 9/11

Students should engagein Public Affairs Week

This week at Missouri State, students havethe opportunity to take part in Public AffairsWeek (PAW). This week of events is in placeto help raise student awareness of our publicaffairs mission and its three pillars: ethicalleadership, cultural competence and commu-nity engagement.

The theme for this year’s PAW is “Cultureof Connectivity,” which is aimed at teachingstudents about how the decisions they makecan have an impact on the society they areincreasingly connected to.

We are lucky to have a week like this atMissouri State where students can learn moreabout the public affairs mission and the waysthey can get involved in it.

There are many sessions that will take placethis week on our campus. On Wednesday,there will be three sessions called, “The Goodof the Internet: How Social Media is used toPromote Causes,” “The Bad of the Internet,”and “The Ugly of the Internet: How CyberCrime & Cyber Stalking Affect You.”

These sessions are aimed at making stu-dents more aware of the Internet and its manybenefits and drawbacks.

On Thursday, students can attend a sessioncalled, “Facebook and Employers: What Doesyour Facebook really say about you?“ Thissession will be about how students’ Facebookprofiles can have an impact on their futureemployment, both negatively and positively.

Throughout the week students can helpraise money for Ozarks Honor Flight, anorganization that helps send World War II vet-erans to Washington D.C. to see nationalmemorials.

Overall, Public Affairs Week is usually veryinformational and the sessions are beneficialto students. It is also a way they can getinvolved with both the Missouri State andSpringfield communities. Students that takeadvantage of this week will surely be gladthey did.

Do you have anopinion?

Send a letter to the editor toStandard@MissouriState.edu

orStudent Media Center 113.

Notable Bearsnonconference

games

Source: Statistics were gatheredfrom the Missouri State University Ath-

letics website.

2011•Arkansas (L) 51-7•Oregon - Sept. 17

2010•Kansas State (L) 48-24

2009•Arkansas (L) 48-10

2008•Washburn (L) 35-27

2007•Missouri S&T (W) 62-17

2006•SBU (W) 45-14

‘Money games’provide sportsneeded funding

Cartoon by Rachel Brown

Football combats financial woes

TuesdaySeptember 13, 2011

CalendarSeptember 13 to

September 19

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

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

Shawn Eckels 8:30 to 11 p.m. atEbbet’s Field Downtown, free

The Trash Angels 6:30 to 10:30p.m. at Cody’s South, free

WednesdayDug & the Soular Panels 7 to 10p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free

St. Dallas & The Sinners 11 p.m.at the Outland, $3

ThursdayThe Detectives 10:30 p.m. at theOutland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for18+

Trivia Night 7:30 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, free

The Ben Miller Band 10 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, cover charge

Static Prevails: A Tribute toJimmy Eat World 9 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, $5

SAC After Hours and ResidenceHall Association Presents:Skate Night! 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. atMediacom Ice Park (transporta-tion provided to and from Blair-Shannon House Circle Drive), free

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

Continuously Saucy Renaldoand the Sloppy Chops 10 p.m.at the Highlife, cover charge

The One Hits with Totojojo 10p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, covercharge

Geraldine Ong 7:30 p.m. at Ellis217b, free

SaturdayCider Days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onWalnut Street near campus, $4(children 10 and under are free)

Some Young Animal 8 p.m. atthe Highlife, cover charge

King Louis’ Revenge 9 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, cover charge

Bella Donna 9 p.m. at theOutland, cover charge

Ovaflow, Sylabol 7 & Nick Furyand many more 8 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, $2 for 21+ and$4 for 18+

SundayCider Days 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onWalnut Street near campus, $4(children 10 and under are free)

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m.at Ebbet’s Field Downtown, free

MondayOpen mic night 7 to 11 p.m. atHarlow’s, free

Cider DaysThe 14thAnnual Cider Days on

historic Walnut Street will be heldSept. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. each day. Other than realapple cider, this two-day fall festi-val will feature regional artists andcrafters, three performance stagesand a free children’s area withinflatables and face painting.Admission is $4 per person; chil-dren 10 and under are free.Cider Days features more than

65 artists and crafters from theregion, and includes handmadejewelry, clay, painting, wood-work,glass and photography.The festival will also include

more than 25 different performanc-es each day from some of the area’smost talented groups, including theSpringfield Little Theatre YouthPerformance Troupes and the Skin-ny Improv.

Festival MonthSeptember is full of festival

opportunities. If you can’t make itto the Cider Days festival, considerthese two local festivals coming upnext weekend.The second Annual Springfield

Jazz Festival will be held Sept. 23and 24 at various venues in down-town Springfield, including theBistro Market Pavillion, Nathan P.Murphy’s and the Juanita K. Ham-mons Hall for the Performing Arts.The festival will be free.The 2011 Missouri Literary

Festival: The CivilWar will be heldSept. 23 and 24 at The CreameryArts Center & Jordan Valley Park.Tickets are $5 for adults. Entranceis free for children 10 and under.

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By Lauren HealeyThe Standard

Ever find extra time on Wednesday nightsand have an urge to enjoy Springfield’s (awe-some) live music scene? Check out St. Dallas &The Sinners, a weekly rocking good time at theOutland.Dallas Self, who plays guitar, harmonica and

sings in the band, said their music is like rock ‘n’roll gumbo.“It’s rock ‘n’ roll blues mixed with a little

western swing and rockabilly,” he said. “We playa little bit of everything we all love thrown intoone big pot.”Self said St. Dallas & The Sinners’ shows are

a good time for everybody.“We involve the crowd and like to hang out

with everyone,” he said. “And we’ve got a lot ofnew music we’re putting out there that’s just nota lot like what’s going around right now.”Wednesdays at the Outland have a high-ener-

gy atmosphere, Self said.“There’s dancing, singing, yelling, drinking,”

he said. “It’s what we do.”While Sinners’ shows tend to be high-energy,

Taylor Steele (drums) said they can also feellaid-back if that’s what you’re looking for.“We’ve been starting to get a pretty good

crowd out,” he said. “There’s a handful of peo-ple who come out and dance pretty much everyweek. There’s some heavy drinking and somelight dancing.”Tessa Diehl, who sings backup and lead on

some songs, said the band’s music is traditional

rock ‘n’ roll with a Chuck Berry feel to it.“It’s really fun-hearted music,” she said. “We

have a lot of originals that you think you knowbecause they’re so catchy. And it’s not like otherbands where there’s one person singing. We’vegot two male vocalists and me, so it gives us areally well-rounded sound.”Self said they’re more hard rock driven with-

out the screaming vocals.“We keep it clean where it needs to be clean

and rock where it needs to rock.”David ElRoy, a bartender at the Outland, said

St. Dallas & The Sinners are a breath of fresh airfor downtown.“The punk-rockabilly scene kind of died

down for a while,” he said. “But it’s comingback in a good way with a great group of peo-ple.”Chris Kinsley, who plays guitar and sings,

has been in the band for about a month.“I guess when they started taking off with a

lot of good gigs Dallas called me while I was liv-ing in Arizona,” he said. “And he asked me tojoin the band.”Kinsley said Dallas has been a good friend of

his since 2004.“I enjoy the hell out of being in a band with

my good friends,” he said. “It’s fun and there areno egos. We just try to have a good time andplease people while we’re at it.”Self said playing music is an outlet first and

foremost.“It gets that energy and angst out and lets you

create what you want to create,” he said. “It’sgreat to have people there with you to play musicwith.”Self said St. Dallas has been his nickname for

many years.“You know how they call big guys ‘tiny,’” he

said. “It’s like that. I’m a blues man at heart. I doa lot of drinking and a lot of having fun, so, theopposite of a saint. And you’ve got the sinnerswith it because everyone is a sinner. We try not

to get all biblical, though. We stay out of thatrealm.”Self said being in a band is nice because you

always have a family that’s there for you.“It sounds cheesy but it’s true,” he said. “You

fight like a family but you take care of oneanother like a family too.”All those things can quickly turn into cons,

Self said.“Playing music with other people is a give-

and-take thing,” he said. “A lot of times we’reright on the money and we get along great. Othertimes, we fight like a family. Everything has itsup side and down side — we just try to keep iton the up side as much as possible.”Jowie Kerr, a junior English major, said the

Sinners that back St. Dallas are all driven in thesame direction as Dallas is, which creates a lot ofexcitement for the possibility of a tour in thenear future.“Dallas and his Sinners put on one of the best

shows that Springfield can offer, mixing highenergy with that sexy Rockabilly sound,” hesaid. “On a personal level, I know everyone inthe band, and they are genuinely some of the bestpeople I could possibly have the pleasure ofknowing.”St. Dallas & The Sinners were a three-person

band a few months ago, but the addition ofanother guitarist and vocals singer has reallyupped their game, Kerr said.“They just recently released a four-song

demo that is absolutely amazing,” he said. “Veryfew bands that don’t have a substantial monetarybacking are able to put out a demo as quickly asthey did.”Steele said he was always drawn to the drums

growing up.“When I was 5, my dad was in a band and I

always was most attracted to the drums,” he said.“I guess I have pretty good rhythm, so drums

By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

Decades Boutique, a popularvintage wear store on CommercialStreet, hosted an event last Satur-day devoted to the eras thatinspired classic favorites like mus-cle cars and pin-up models.Jina Gorham, vintage clothing

enthusiast and owner of the bou-tique, organized the evening toshowcase her upcoming fall andwinter clothing collection.Though the rain forced Gorham

to push the date of the fashionshow back, it didn’t stop the pin-upcontest from taking place. Theevent was relocated to Lindberg’sbar, the perfect alternative for suchan occasion.Springfield’s finest pin-up girls

strutted their stuff on stage, model-ing handmade garments or classicretro pieces.The women were judged based

on originality, authenticity, hairand make-up, stage presence andcrowd response. Each lovely ladywould enter from one side of thestage and flirt with the audience.One contestant wowed the

crowd with a vintage plaid romperfrom Funtiques Market, an antiquemall focusing on items from the‘40s through the ‘70s. She peekedcoyly over her cat-eye sunglassesthen dropped her vintage redsweater on the ground, earningextra crowd-pleasing points bybending over suggestively to pickit up.Other contestants’ costumes

ranged from sweet Susie Home-maker-inspired vintage looks tomilitary bombshells wavingsparklers and American flags on

stage hoping to get a rise out of theveterans in the audience.The winner of the pin-up con-

test was none other than JamieWilliams, a member of Spring-field’s burlesque troupe, the Cher-ry Bomb Burlesque.Williams wore a green tutu that

peeked out from underneath herhandmade banana print skirt. Shemade a red-crop top from an olddress and conjured up images ofthe sexiest woman in the producesection, Miss Chiquita Banana her-self.

Williams won $100 for herstunning good looks and perfectpin-up qualities, prize money sheplans on using to pay for realisticexpenses in any pretty woman’slife — gas, bills and dinner withher husband.For these women, the show was

about more than just looking niceon stage. It was their freedom ofexpression and having the confi-dence to step into the limelight.Sarah Vega, a 16-year-old high

school student from Rogersville,entered the contest thanks to her

love for “The King of Rock ‘n’Roll.”“This all started with Elvis

three years ago,” she said. “I try toincorporate the vintage look intomy everyday life, and even at highschool I wear winged eyeliner andcat-eye glasses.”Decades Vintage Boutique had

planned on debuting a line of falland winter clothing inspired by oldmuscle cars and the pin-up girls ofthe 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.“I grew up collecting vintage

clothing,” Gorham said. “Myfather was an antique dealer, andso we’d go on family road trips andhe would want to stop at everyantique shop. I was the only kidthat wanted to.”Gorham’s passion for a time

before smart phones and social net-works brought her to CommercialStreet while still attending schoolin Nashville. Not yet finished withher fashion design degree, she fellin love with a building and the ideathat she could help C-street flour-ish.“I’d hear people talking about

how it would be fun to have oldcars with the historic buildings butit takes a lot of man power to throwit so I showed up and was like‘Well, I got some woman powerand so lets see what I can do.’”Gorham is putting on a trunk

show Sept. 19 and 20 where cus-tomers will be able to look throughher clothing available this seasonand try it on for themselves. Thefashion show, planned for lastweekend, will supplement thetrunk show and models will showeach new garment or accessory.Decades Vintage Boutique is

located at 213 W. Commercial St.

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Sarah Vega (left) and Jamie Williams (right) were in the top three con-tenders together but it was Williams who won the pin-up contest.

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St. Dallas & The Sinners save rockabilly souls

Decades debuts vintage-inspired fashion on C-Street

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St. Dallas & The Sinners keep their audience energized with fast-paced rock songs so catchy that you’ll think you know them.

Wednesday nightsat the Outland rockold-school style

Buy some stock in Germ-Xbecause people are going to be buy-ing it. Lots of it. With the release ofthe new thriller, “Contagion,” thenumber of germaphobes is going tobe on the rise.

“Contagion,” starring numerousA-list stars such as Matt Damon,Laurence Fishburne and Jude Law,is based on the idea of what wouldhappen if (or perhaps I should say‘when’) an unknown, deadly virusspreads and follows the doctors whoare trying to stop it.

Hand-to-hand contact. Hand-to-face contact. Hand-to-everything-else contact. The film claims thatwe touch our face thousands oftimes every day, and about 3-5

times every waking minute. Inbetween those times, we are touch-ing everything else. This is howviruses spread.

Honestly, you can probably fig-ure out what happens once the virusstarts spreading. People die, lots of

people. Panic, looting, murder, thewhole nine yards.

“Contagion” is quite scary whenit comes down to it. After hordes ofzombie apocalypse films, books,comics, television shows, gamesand apparel, it’s refreshing to seesomething that is very likely to hap-pen at some point.

That doesn’t mean that all thatzombie stuff shouldn’t be preparedfor, but a simple virus that lookslike a bad flu that kills millions?That’s a bit scarier to me than abunch of mindless, brain suckersbecause with a virus like that, it’sover before you’ve even realized itbegan.

Enough about the paranoia that’s

sure to cause me to buy lots of san-itizing products, the film itself isvery interesting. Sure, some can saythat it’s just “Outbreak 2” but it’smore than that. With “Contagion,” Ifeel as if I actually have some sortof understanding about how thingswould work in a case like this.

I will say that it is long and doesmove kind of slow at points, but thisisn’t a thriller in the normal sense ofthe word. There isn’t a bad guy try-ing to blow up the world and a goodguy who has to go against the sys-tem to stop it. There isn’t someonethat you really hope doesn’t die orany one right or wrong decision.Just don’t expect lots of running,gunning and explosions.

Government cover-ups aretouched on via a freelance journal-ist, so it has that aspect of a thriller.Yet even that isn’t a big facet of thefilm because everyone alreadyknows all about pharmaceuticalcompanies and money. We don’teven need to go there, but it isincluded.

It may not be what you expectand it may not be the kind of epi-demic movie that you like, but Idefinitely think it’s worth a shot. It’snot zombies and it’s not a boil-inducing plague, it’s essentially theflu. A super deadly flu.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I needto sanitize everything and go buysome more hand sanitizer.

The StandardTuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 5Life

By Megan GatesThe Standard

Death. It can be sudden, unrea-sonable and with it comes theprocess of grieving that ultimatelyleads to acceptance.

The Springfield ContemporaryTheatre at the Vandivort Center’s lat-est production brings this painfulprocess to life this month with theirproduction of “Rabbit Hole,” whichopened this past Friday night.

Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, “Rabbit Hole” is about thestruggle to return to normalcy afterthe unthinkable happens to Becca(Sarah J. Wiggin) and Howie (KurtGerard) — their 4-year-old sonDanny is killed in a tragic accident.

Throughout the production, Wig-gin and Gerard take the audiencethrough the stages of grief fromattempting to find someone to blamefor their loss, to avoiding Danny’sdeath, to discussing having anotherchild, to the need for therapy andselling their house.

Joining Wiggin and Gerard onstage were Wiggin’s mother Nat(Julie Bloodworth), her sister Izzie(Maggie Marlin) and teenager Jason(Rolando Rodriguez).

Together they attempted to helpone another heal and address deaththrough humor — such as when Nattalks about the Curse of theKennedy’s stating, “Of course it’s ashame, good lookin’ people fallin’out of the sky like that!” — and thecomforting honesty that only one’sfamily can provide in desperate

times — like when Howie suggestsBecca attend therapy to help her withher grief.

The cast had unbelievable chem-istry, and the dialogue between char-acters gave the impression that“Rabbit Hole” wasn’t just a play, buta look into a real family’s day-to-daylife after tragedy strikes.

One of the most moving scenes ofthe performance was when Howiesneaks into the living room late atnight after Becca has gone to bed towatch a home video of Danny.

The audience can’t see what thevideo is of, but can hear Danny say-ing, “I’m magic!” to his father whileplaying a game. In that moment, thelonging to see his son again that heattempts to hide from his wife isplainly written on Howie’s face in away that brought many audiencemembers to tears.

After the final scene whereHowie and Becca somehow find thecourage to try to be happy, the audi-ence gave them a thunderous stand-ing ovation.

Although it was a professionalproduction, the ensemble cast con-sisted of four Missouri State profes-sors, one MSU student and had anumber of MSU professors and stu-dents assisting behind the scenes:

• Julie Bloodworth, “Nat,” for-mer director of Missouri Fine ArtsAcademy and adjunct professor oftheatre performance.

• Eric Delaney, stage manager,junior theatre design/technologymajor.

• Kurt Gerard, “Howie”, associ-

ate professor of theatre performance.• Maggie Marlin, “Izzie,” assis-

tant professor of theatre perform-ance.

• Stacy Joyce, production stagemanager, assistant professor of the-atre performance.

• Olivia Parks, assistant stagemanager, junior theatre design/tech-

nology major.• Sarah J. Wiggin, “Becca,” assis-

tant professor of theatre perform-ance.

• Rolando Rodriguez, “Jason,”junior BFA theatre performancemajor.

The audience was given theopportunity to speak to them directly

after the performance at a receptionin the Vandivort Center lobby withwine, cheese and fruit.

Rodriguez said that his role asJason was a role he had wanted toportray ever since he first read theplay.

‘Rabbit Hole’ showcases MSU faculty and student talent

Courtesy of Springfield Contemporary Theatre at the Vandivort Center

Rolando Rodriguez, a junior BFA theatre major at MSU, shares the stage with four MSU professors inSpringfield Contemporary Theatre at the Vandivort Center’s production of “Rabbit Hole.”

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MovieReviewer

TuesdaySeptember 13, 2011

TuesdayMen’s Golf away atFairway Club Invit., NebraskaCity, Neb. 8:30 a.m.

Women’s Golf away atChip-N-Club Invit., Lincoln, Neb.8:30 a.m.

ThursdayField Hockey at homevs. Saint Louis, 7 p.m.

FridayMen’s Soccer away atCincinnati, 6 p.m.

Women’s Soccer at homevs. UMKC, 7 p.m.

Volleyball at homevs. Illinois State, 7 p.m.

SaturdayFootball away atOregon, 2:30 p.m.

Volleyball at homevs. Indiana State, 7 p.m.

Cross-Country away atMSSU Stampede, 9 a.m.

SundayField Hockey away atIowa, 1 p.m.

MondayMen’s Golf away atKansas Invit., All Day

FootballSaturday, Sept. 10Eastern Kentucky 7 7 0 14 - 28Missouri State 0 0 7 17 - 24VolleyballThursday, Sept. 8Kansas State 3Missouri State 2Friday, Sept. 9Arkansas State 1Missouri State 3Saturday, Sept. 10Hofstra 0Missouri State 3South Dakota State 0Missouri State 3Men’s SoccerFriday, Sept. 9Cal. State Northridge 1 2 - 3Missouri State 0 0 - 0Sunday, Sept. 11Columbia 0 0 - 0Missouri State 0 0 - 0Women’s SoccerTuesday, Sept. 6Arkansas 0 0 - 0Missouri State 1 1 - 2Friday, Sept. 9Tulsa 0 0 - 0Missouri State 0 0 - 0Sunday, Sept. 11Oral Roberts 0 0 - 0Missouri State 2 0 - 2Field HockeyFriday, Sept. 9Louisville 2 2 - 4Missouri State 0 0 - 0Saturday, Sept. 10Appalachain State 1 1 - 2Missouri State 1 2 - 3

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CalendarSeptember 13 toSeptember 19

BriefsMen’s basketballfinalizes scheduleMissouri State Men’s basket-

ball has finalized both the confer-ence and non conference schedulefor the 2011-12 season. In headcoach Paul Lusk’s first season ascoach the Bears will open upagainst the University of Nevadaat 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 in Reno,Nev.The first home game for the

Bears at JQH Arena will be at7:05 p.m. Saturday Nov. 19against Emporia State University.Other notable home games this

season include Nov. 26 againstTulsa, Dec. 7 against OklahomaState University, Feb. 1 againstWichita State, and the final homegame of the season on Feb. 22against Indiana State.On the road the Bears will see

competition from Nevada, NewMexico, the University of WestVirginia and St. Mary’s Universi-ty.

Weems to appearon Jim Rome showAs a part of the “Kyle” series

on the Jim Rome radio show, KyleWeems will appear on the showWednesday at 12:30 p.m.Weems will be the 26th Kyle

to appear on the show, also knowas ‘The Jungle’ since the seriesbegan.The interview can be heard on

Jock 98.7 FM in Springfield.

Athletes facedouble dutiesBy Kyle BoazThe Standard

Having dual citizenship showsthat you are loyal to two coun-tries. Being a dual athlete meansyou’re dedicated to two teams.Sophomores Katie Mulloy and

Meagen Good are two Bears thatshowcase their talents in bothfield hockey and track and field.In field hockey, Mulloy plays

goalkeeper while Good sets upshop on defense. Mulloy throwsthe hammer, disc and shot put intrack and field. Good tosses thejavelin and disc.In field hockey, Mulloy has

racked up 27 saves while allowing11 goals with a 1-2 record. Goodhas started both games, helpinganchor the Bears’ defense.Playing two sports is perfect

for someone who likes a busyschedule.

“It’s awesome,” Good said. “Ilike being on the go so it is funplaying field hockey and track.”Mulloy said being successful

in both athletics and academicscan be a challenge.“It’s a lot of work, but it’s just

about time management,” shesaid. “School definitely comesfirst.”Playing on two separate teams

opens up an outlet for social-lifeactivities.“You meet a lot of friends

being on (multiple) teams,” Mul-loy said.Each sport provides its own

challenges that each player mustdeal with to be successful.“In javelin, you’re playing

against yourself,” Good said. “It’snot as black and white. In fieldhockey, it’s about pushingthrough and you get tired.”Training for two sports takes

up just about every day on the cal-ender for each player.“I love the beginning of each

one,” Good said. “I get done withfield hockey, and I’m ready fortrack. Track is like a break fromfield hockey. Then I’m ready forfield hockey when track’s over.”The field hockey team current-

ly is sitting on a 2-3 record after awin against Appalachian State.Missouri State’s home opener

is at 7 p.m. Thursday at PlasterSports Complex against the SaintLouis Billikens.

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

Usually Chris Dou-glas wears basketballshorts and flip-flops. Ifyou see Douglas on cam-pus, he will probably bewearing sweat pants anda Missouri State shirt.But when Douglasdecides to dress up, youknow it.Douglas is one of two

senior running backswho are expected tocarry the Bears’ offensethis season, along withStephen Johnston. Oncampus however, Dou-glas is known just asmuch for his fashionsense as for the 1,081yards and 11 touchdownshe rushed for last season.Senior wide receiver

Ian Starnes, another Bearwho does his part to keepRalph Lauren in busi-ness, said the teamrespects Douglas’ eye for

fashion.“Chris definitely has

a fashion sense all hisown,” Starnes said. “Ilike to think that I’m afine dresser, so some-times we’ll bounce ideasoff of each other. He’sdefinitely a fashion icon

on campus, that’s forsure, and you can tell byhis media guide photo.”Douglas, who rocked

a plaid bow tie in his

media guide picture, isquick to say he is justtrying to keep up withStarnes and junior widereceiver Cadarrius Dot-son on the team’s best-dressed list. But he doeshave a unique style.“When I actually do

dress up, I try to go morefor the preppy look,”Douglas said. “I’ll weara polo and those RayBan glasses. I try to wearsome bow ties every nowand then. I try to dosomething different.”

Douglas’ game mir-rors his fashion sense.Most of the time, Dou-glas doesn’t stick out. Hetakes a workman-like

attitude to practice anddoesn’t complain. Butwhen Douglas gets theball, opposing defensesknow it.“Chris is extremely

important, he’s definite-ly a play-maker,” Starnessaid. “He’s just one oftwo great backs that wehave, and he reallyallows us to change ourstyle of play wheneverit’s necessary.”Douglas is a Georgia

native. After highschool, he played oneseason at Pasadena CityCollege and redshirted atFort Scott CommunityCollege before transfer-ring to MSU. Douglasstarted only two gamesin his first two years atMSU, but he still man-aged over 1,400 yardsrushing. He said that heis happy with his role onthe offense and actuallylikes splitting carrieswith Johnston.“Actually he helps me

out because he takes a lotof pressure off of me,”Douglas said. “He’smore of a bruising backthat softens up thedefense more for me to

K-State delivers speed bump

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Beaver has been a been aleader for the Bears this year.

By Colleen HamiltonThe Standard

Emily Beaver knows what ittakes to be a champion. Beaverwon three high school statecross-country championships ina row. Now the junior is leadingthe Bears, placing eighth indi-vidually at the team’s seasonopener at the Hurricane Festivalin Tulsa, Okla.“It felt really good,” Beaver

said of her performance. “Themeet itself was just a warm up sothere wasn’t a lot of pressure. Ijust went out and I had a lot offun with it.”The Hurricane Festival was

not on the team’s original sched-ule, but that did not stop theBears from performing wellagainst the competition.The Bears finished third in

the two-mile race, beating theUniversity of Oklahoma, Okla-homa Wesleyan and ArkansasFort Smith.Beaver, known as “Beavs” to

her teammates, has made hermark on the other runners.“Emily has always been a role

model for me, so when she per-forms well it makes me want togo out there and race just aswell,” sophomore Erin Edwardssaid.“We look good as a team and

we look strong, and so I think it

Beaver justgetting started

I’ll wear a polo andthose Ray Ban glasses. Itry to wear some bowties every now and then.I try to do somethingdifferent.

- Chris Douglas

By John CookThe Standard

A practice-shortenedweek for the volleyballBears left them vulnerablethis past weekend at theDr. Mary Jo Wynn Invita-tional. Seniors Calli Nor-man and Kelley Mich-nowicz kept the teamfocused, and MissouriState came away withthree victories and a closeloss to Kansas State.The second place fin-

ish in the Bears‘ hometournament wasn’t whatthey were looking for, buthead coach MelissaStokes said she was happyabout the way they com-peted.“Coming off a long

trip from San Diego I

wasn’t disappointed in theway we competed,”Stokes said. “We restedMonday and didn’t getmuch practice time onTuesday and Wednesday.We were rusty for the first

couple of games againstKansas State andArkansas State, but thenwe got our heads togetherand showed what we cando in those last twomatches.”

In their home openeron Thursday, MSU bat-tled Kansas State for fivesets before finally collaps-ing in a tough 3-2 loss.Michnowicz said it is agood learning experiencefor the Bears.“The Kansas State loss

is one that stings for a lit-tle bit,” Michnowicz said.“But there are some goodlessons we can take fromit. The main one being wehave to close out matchesa lot better than that.”Wildcats sophomore

Kaitlynn Pelger pum-meled the Bears with 26kills and 14 blocks on herway to being named tour-nament MVP.After splitting the first

two matches in the tour-nament, the Bears cameout Saturday looking likea different team. MSUrolled off six set wins in arow, sweeping Hofstra

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MSU placed second in their home tournament.

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Chris Douglas leads the Bears with 108 net yards rushing on 28 attempts for 3.9 yards per carry.

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Bears takethree afteropening loss

Dressed to thrill Douglas is knownfor his speed andhis fashion sense

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Teahan’s blockade yields three shutoutsBy Adam HammonsThe Standard

By not giving up a goal inthree games, MSU goalkeeperJessica Teahan led thewomen’s soccer team to anabove .500 record againsttough competition in the firstfew weeks of the season.

The Bears had two homegames over the weekend fac-ing Tulsa on Friday and OralRoberts on Sunday. After atense 0-0 double overtimedraw on Friday, the Bearswon 2-0 on Sunday makingtheir overall record 4-3-1.

“It was nice to have twoshutouts which was awe-some,” Teahan said. “Defen-sively we’ve been strugglingthe past few weeks, and wereally pulled it together thisweekend.”

Teahan also had a shutoutlast Tuesday against Arkansaswhen she saved a penaltykick. She repeated that featFriday making a diving penal-ty kick save in double over-time to keep the score 0-0.

“That doesn’t happen veryoften where the goalie cansave in back-to-back gamesboth penalty kicks,” sopho-more midfielder Shelby Stew-

art said. “So whenever thathappens, it pumps you up as aplayer and you want to scorefor her because she saved us.”

The Bears did not scoreafter that penalty kick save,but they did score twice onSunday against Oral Roberts,with both goals coming in thefirst half. Stewart had thefirst goal when she slottedhome the ball after freshmanKelsey Fouch bended a shotthat hit off the post.

“I think that once we putthat goal in it was like,‘Alright, we can do this, andlet’s play our game and bringit to our level instead of play-ing to theirs,” Teahan said.

After that goal, seniorLogan Bisbee passed it by thekeeper making it 2-0. TheBears never looked back, get-ting more chances while dom-inating the visiting team.They did however sub a fairamount, showing that sevengames in 17 days can be a lit-tle draining on the players.

“Today (Sunday), we werekind of worn out from playingFriday of last week and thenSunday and then Tuesday andthen Friday and this Sunday,”Stewart said. “So it was kindof like we had a whole bunch

of games crammed in.”Since the beginning of the

school year, the Bears haveplayed Oklahoma, Vanderbilt,Kansas, Arkansas and Tulsa.Head coach Rob Brewer saysall those teams are good com-petition, and he’s happy witha winning record againstthem.

“I feel like we’ve reallysurvived a challengingstretch, and maybe we’re

starting to get things togeth-er,” Brewer said.

Brewer also said this weekthey will have time to practicewhereas in the past coupleweeks they haven’t had time.He said this would give themthe chance to tweak somethings and improve as a team.

The Bears will play at 7p.m. Friday night againstUMKC at Plaster SportsComplex.

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Michelle Mayne-Nicholls (above) battles a defender fromOral Roberts over the weekend.

brings us together when wecan see some of our team-mates really perform well,even in just practice.”

Junior Ashton Stubbsdescribed Beaver as one ofthe team leaders and a greatperson to be around.

“She definitely has funwith it, and I think sheapproaches it with the rightperspective,” she said. “Sheworks hard but she makessure she has fun while she isdoing it. For me it helps tosee her looser before races,she’ll be singing and every-thing.”

“It is always good to seeyour team do well and it justpushes you to do your part aswell. It’s good to see herhard work paying off.”

Beaver’s teammates andher personality are not theonly things that helped hersucceed at the meet.

“I liked the short dis-tance,” Beaver said. “Ithelped me concentrate andthere was very little pres-sure. I just went out thereand performed and it workedout for me that day.”

Beaver and the Bearsconsidered the HurricaneFestival a good warm-upopener for the rest of the sea-son and their goal of winningthe Missouri Valley Champi-onship in October.

“It was good to just getone under our belts and seewhere we are at so we canfocus on our conferencegoals,” Stubbs said.

Beaver said the runnersthis year have the talent totake the conference champi-onship.

“We’ve got a lot of talenton our team,” she said. “It ishard to tell exactly where weare this early in the seasonbut I like what I’ve seen sofar, how some of the girls aredeveloping.”

Edwards describedBeaver as someone to leanon with the absence of acoach all summer, which haskept the team on track.

“It was good to just talkabout running because we

didn’t have a coach then andit kept me motivated,”Edwards said. “She was alink back to the school whereI felt like there wasn’t attimes during the summer.”

The Bears will head toJoplin next weekend for theMissouri Southern Stam-pede. Beaver described themeet as their first real chal-lenge because it is actualrace length, which is fivekilometers.

“Times change withcourses, competitionchanges and at these earlymeets, position matters lessthan effort,” she said. “All Ireally want from the meet inJoplin is to do the best I canand to encourage the team todo the best that they can.”

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and South Dakota State in a dominatingfashion.

“I think we showed the kind of talentwe have,” Stokes said. “We’re still in thetry out stage as far as where everyoneshould play and how we should run ouroffense. I’m excited to see how strongwe’ll be once we get deep in to confer-ence play.”

Norman and Michnowicz wereamong the six all-tournament selections.Michnowicz had a .731 hitting percent-age on Saturday with 19 kills and noerrors in 26 attempts.

Now 7-3, MSU’s three losses havebeen against Oklahoma, San Diego andKansas State. Stokes said the team wasin all three matches, but needs to playwith the same confidence that they haveagainst lower-ranked teams such asSouth Dakota State.

“We took a set from 16th rankedOklahoma,” Stokes said. “So there’s nodoubt we have the tools to beat anyone.”

The Bears start conference play thisFriday against Illinois State.

“Right now we need to practice onthe little things,” Norman said. “Substi-tutions and lineup changes, things likethat.”

Stokes said that she likes to think ofconference play as another part of thepuzzle.

“I like to break the season up in todifferent parts,” Stokes said. “First ispreseason, then there’s out-of-

conference play, and now it’s time toplay the teams we see every year. Thisweek is an important time for us. Youhave to really focus in and come pre-pared for every match.”

The Bears will stay at home this weekplaying Illinois State on Friday and Indi-ana State on Saturday. Both matchesstart at 7 p.m. at Hammons Student Cen-ter.

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go out there and hit themwith speed.”

MSU basketball playerKyle Weems is one of Dou-

glas’ close friends. Weemssaid that there is more toDouglas than long touch-down runs and tight polos.

“He’s a perfect rolemodel because he doesthings the right way,”Weems said. “When peoplelook up to him, I think he

likes that. For a lot of peoplein our society, it’s easy to becocky or stuck up and pushpeople away, but he does areally good job with that andaccepting that star role onhis team.”

After a tough 51-7 loss toArkansas, Douglas was

walking through the tunneltoward the visitor’s lockerroom. Two young Arkansasfans called down to him andasked for his gloves. With-out hesitating, Douglaspulled off his gloves andtossed them to the kids in thestands. That’s just his style.

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Jessica Teahan has two shutouts this season for theBears.

“‘Rabbit Hole’ hasalways been one of mydream shows,” he said. “Iread it when I was 17 when itfirst came out and won thePulitzer Prize. Ever sincethen I’ve always wanted toplay Jason before I got tooold. The opportunity camealong so I jumped on thatright away.”Being part of a produc-

tion that wasn’t on MSU’scampus gave him a differentexperience, Rodriguez said.“With campus, it’s more

educational, you’re using allof your acting techniquesand allowed to explore thecharacter a little more,” hesaid. “Whereas, if you docommunity theater or theateroutside of the educational,it’s based more on perform-ance. It’s just a differentemphasis.”

Rodriguez said the pro-duction also built a bond oftrust between the actors.“I feel like with

rehearsals there was a senseof trust that came with work-ing together because obvi-ously they’re colleagues and

trust each other in that andI’m their student,” he said.“We had a really good senseof trust as far as where to gowith the production and wehad a good connection.”However, being on stage

with his professors wasdaunting at times, Rodriguezsaid.“Oh god, it’s so intimidat-

ing,” he said. “Well, not nec-essarily intimidating, I justfind myself in awe and stareat them like, ‘How do you doall of this?’ They are so tal-ented and the acting programat Missouri State is really,really lucky to have them.They are amazing.”Maggie Marlin, who

played the role of Izzie andis an assistant professor inthe Department of Theatreand Dance, said that she hasenjoyed watching Rodriguezgrow as an actor and as aperson.“I can only imagine how

intimidating it would be tobe on stage with your profes-sor,” she said. “When a stu-dent enters the professionalrealm they become a col-league, so we’ve treatedeach other with mutualrespect. It’s been amazing towatch him grow.”The production itself has

been the ultimate rewardthough, Marlin said.“The most rewarding part

of this play has been two-fold,” she said. “The firstwas that we started with thisamazing ensemble that allare in love with the play.And then the play itselfbecause it has heart andstruggle and is just amaz-ing.”Marlin said “Rabbit

Hole” was co-produced bythe Resident Artist Ensemblethat was founded by Wiggin,Gerard and herself, and istheir inaugural production.“We are starting a new

theatre company, RAE, withprofessionals from the uni-versity merging with the the-ater already happening inSpringfield,” she said. “Thisis our first production andwe’re very happy with it.”Rodriguez said that

RAE’s involvement wouldshed new light on the theaterscene in Springfield.“I feel like it’s going to

bring the project that’s help-ing produce it — the Resi-dent Artist Ensemble — isgoing to bring a new qualityof theater to Springfield,” hesaid. “It’s definitely some-thing people should invest inand look forward to.”

Ally Dixon, a juniormusical theatre major atMSU, said she attended theplay to support her profes-sors and because she lovesthe production.“I came partly because I

know everyone and becauseI’ve read the play and seenthe movie, but never seen theplay itself,” she said.The scene that had the

most impact on her in theproduction was when Howiewatches a home video of hisson late at night after hethinks Becca has gone tobed, Dixon said.“When he watched that

tape it just got me,” she said.“Then when Becca acciden-tally taped over it later in theplay, I couldn’t even imaginehaving my heart broken likethat. It was just incrediblymoving and heart breaking.”“Rabbit Hole” plays at

the Vandivort Center on 305E. Walnut St. Sept. 15-17and 22-24 at 7:30 p.m. Thereis also a Sept. 18 show at 2p.m. For tickets, visit theirbox office on the fourth floorof the building from 2 to 5p.m. Tuesday through Fri-day. You can also call 417-831-8001 or visit their web-site at http://www.vcthe-atre.com.

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Walkers. Zed-Heads. Geeks.Infected.Whatever youmay choose tocall them, zombies have moaned andshuffled their way into our collectiveimagination for years. Initially zom-bies were but slaves raised from thedead to empower and serve theirbokor (evil voodoo daddy), but thankslargely to George A. Romero’s infa-mous classic “Night of the LivingDead” they have become a staple ofmodern horror fiction. Zombies havebeen featured prominently in film, artandmusic since their popularity beganto spread, but in my opinion no medi-um utilizes zombies quite like videogaming.If you are between the ages of 15

and 25, there is a pretty good chanceyou have imagined andmade plans fora zombie apocalypse. “Dead Island,”created by Polish developer Techland,allows you to play out your apocalyp-tic fantasy in style. “Dead Island” ispresented in the first-person perspec-tive with an emphasis on melee com-

bat, akin to fellow zombie-masher“Left 4 Dead 2”. This basic frame-work is backed up by reasonably deeprole-playing elements, including dif-ferent characters (which basically actas classes) and skill trees.There are two basic types of

undead you can tangle with: Walkers(traditional slow zombies) and theInfected (fast zombies, like in “Left 4Dead” or “28 Days Later”). In addi-tion to those primary types of zombiesthere are several special varietieswhich benefited from their condition

in life before they were turned intoflesh-hungry ghouls. There are Thugs,former bodybuilders which can knockyou down in one hit and serve as dam-age sponges; Rams, who were formerpatients of the insane asylum on theisland and specialize in charging theplayer; Floaters, who died in the pooland became a bloated hive for diseaseand corrosive toxins; Suiciders, a spe-cial type of infected that are still awarebut unable to control their bodies andwill explode when approached; andButchers, who use their exposed arm-bones to slice and dice the survivors.“Dead Island” is a bit rough

around the edges. There are a bevy ofminor technical bugs including texturepop-in and frustratingly structuredmenus. The control scheme and gen-eral framework of the first-personmelee system takes quite a bit of get-ting used to. The cut-scenes often lackenthusiasm and the voice acting issporadic, ranging from great andbelievable to offbeat and awkward.

Those expecting an experience akin to“Dead Rising” or “Left 4 Dead” maybe disappointed. That being said, Ithink I’ll go ahead and explain why“Dead Island” is my favorite game ofthe year so far.Remember when video games

were ugly? When available technolo-gy forced graphics to take a back seatto innovation and creating an experi-ence? These games were forced tocreate something new and exciting offof a basic framework. If we can stepback from the spectacle of our currentgeneration of gaming, it’s easy to findthat “Dead Island” really does some-thing special with the world it givesyou to play around in. Basically,“Dead Island” isn’t the prettiest girl atthe dance, and the bloodstains on herdress are somewhat off-putting, but ifyou take her home and let her pickyour brain you’ll find you have a lot incommon. Like, for instance, the urgeto consume human flesh.

The Last Word: “Dead Island

“manages to combine the open-worlddungeon crawler vibe of “Border-lands” with the co-op carnage of “Left4 Dead” in one convenient, easy-to-digest package. There are beautifullycrafted elements of survival horrorthrown in, and like any good zombiegame, you rarely feel safe. The varietyin the environments you can explore isincredible, ranging from white-sandbeaches to claustrophobic hotel corri-dors and tightly packed city streetsand alleyways teeming with zombies.Though there are definitely sometechnical flaws, which may distract orput off some gamers, I feel that “DeadIsland” has done so much right thathas never been done before it deservesyour hard-earned cash.

Protip: Having trouble finishingoff special zombies? Try aiming yourstrikes at their limbs. A successfulstrike on any extremity has a chanceof severing or breaking it. Try target-ing your opponent’s head for massivedamage.

By Dylan BeckerThe Standard

Being in any type of relationshipcan have its difficulties, but a long-distance relationship can feel evenmore stressful. Students are invited torelieve some of that anxiety by attend-ing the Long Distance Relationshipworkshop held by the Counseling andTesting Center.The annual event coordinated by

Ann Orzek, Ph.D. is an opportunity

for those in a long-distance relation-ship to learn multiple ways to proper-ly deal with it.The one hour workshop will cover

several topics, Orzek said.“Basically I start out by going over

different types of long-distant rela-tionships,” she said. “Bearing inmind, distance between the coupleand other determining factors.”For about 15 years this workshop

has helped couples in long-distancerelationships, Orzek said.

“I’ve been doing this workshopfor years,” she said. “It originallystarted when students were coming inwith problems involving their rela-tionships. This yields both educationand support.”While this is an interactive work-

shop, students don’t have to partici-pate. They can just come and listen towhat the speaker has to say. It’s alearning experience that providesinformation and the chance to talk topeople who are in the same situation.

“I think they should get some ideaof different challenges, and that long-distance relationships can work if thecouple is willing to try,” Orzek said.“There are positive aspects and hav-ing the knowledge about them can behelpful.”This seminar is used to help you

think about your relationship as awhole, Orzek said. It asks questionsthat might not be easy to answer. Andalthough you don’t have all theanswers to the overwhelming ques-

tions of a long-distance relationship,this seminar does.This event will be held from 4 to 5

p.m. on Sept. 15 in PSU room 317.It’s open and free to all current stu-dents.Couples that still want to learn

more after the seminar can speak toanyone from the Counseling andTest-ing Center. If students have any otherquestions or would like to schedule ameeting, they should email Orzek atannorzek@missouristate.edu.

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Video gameReviewer

‘Dead Island’ easy to digest with beautifully-crafted environments

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Photo courtesy of the Vandivort Center

Kurt Gerard and Sarah J. Wiggin are both professorsin MSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance and theleads in “Rabbit Hole.”

Counseling and Testing Center presents long-distance relationship workshop

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course, has required students to buythese LabPaqs through the compa-ny’s website as they are not availableat the Missouri State Bookstore.

As a result, students are not able todefer them to their student accounts.Instead, students must come up withthe $200 upfront and then apply forreimbursement through the FinancialAid Department.Justin Hinojosa, a senior major-

ing in theatre, said that he doesn’tmind the $200 fee in exchange for

the freedom of the LabPaqs.“I really like it,” Hinojosa said.

“It’s really convenient to be able todo your lab work at home rather thangoing into Temple. Sure it’s $200,but we’re adults, right? And the labsthis year with the kit have more prac-tical applications in everyday life. Soyeah, I really like it.”

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came naturally to me.”Steele said he didn’t

own a drum set until hewas 16 or 17.“But I was in bands

before that,” he said. “Imostly did the air-drum-ming thing along to theradio and pretty much fig-ured it out that way. Thefirst time I ever actuallyplayed on a real drum setwas an audition. I got the

gig at that audition.”Kinsley said when peo-

ple do see (St. Dallas &The Sinners) they’ll wantto see them again.“We’re always a good

show,” he said. “Whetherthere are two people in thecrowd or 200, we’re goingto do the same show.”The cover for Sinners’

shows is $3 for those over21. The show usually startsaround 11:30 p.m. but therewill be other bands playingstarting around 9 p.m.Some fans suggest

cover-free pre-gamingwith Boomers’ Wednes-

day special, $2 LongIslands (7 p.m. to barclose), and checking out

Dug & The Soular Panelsat Patton Alley Pub from 7to 10 p.m.

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with. Letting other peopleplay with clay is a lot of funfor me.”Jones said she feels excite-

ment about the entirety of theevent, but what she alwayslooks forward to most is see-ing the turnout for Fridaynight’s “Concert Under theStars.”Located at the Strong Hall

Amphitheater this year, theconcert featured the Blackber-ry Winter Band, a bluegrassband known primarily fortheir performance in the Acad-emy Award nominated film“Winter’s Bone.” Also per-forming was Beyond Reach, aband featuring two of the orig-inal Ozarks Mountain Dare-devils. The headliner of theconcert was the bluegrassband Big Smith. “The kickoff concert is a

lot of fun,” Jones said. “Butout here on the grounds beforeCarrington Hall, the kids areais just amazing. There are allkinds of things going on overthere. We’ve really built thatup so parents can bring theirkids because this really is afamily event. They can let

them have a good time whilethey shop for arts and crafts.”Jones said they even have

a performance area for localmusicians and strangers tobring their instruments andjust jam. Oftentimes you willfind musicians finding an areaand playing all day.“I can’t put my finger on

one certain thing I love most,”she said. “This event is thesingle biggest event this uni-versity does. It draws about15,000 people to the campus.It’s getting so big, and reallyshowing a positive side of theuniversity.”“We really have a rich,

wonderful culture here in theOzarks. I’ve lived here mostof my life, and was born here.I’ve traveled a great deal hereand abroad, but I’m alwayshappy to come home. Thepeople are so friendly —everyone says hello. I reallylove this area. I love the feelof it.”Jones said she began work

planning next year’s festivalin July, and because it will bethe 15th anniversary of theevent, they have many excit-ing things in store for thecommunity.Alyssa Sample, a sopho-

more creative writing major,spent the weekend collectingdonations. She said she knew

Jones before she came to Mis-souri State and has been vol-unteering for the festival fortwo years, helping Jones be intwo places at once.“We want to keep this up,

but it costs a bunch ofmoney,” Sample said. “So thisyear we started collectingdonations. We take volun-teers, and it’s a lot of fun. Youget a cool T-shirt, free icecream — what’s not to like? Ireally love the people. Every-body here is so sweet and sonice, and they all really wantto be here. I’m here all week-end. I’ll probably be here till I

graduate.”Meredith Stewart is a grad-

uate student of physical thera-py at Missouri State. She saidthe primary reason she cameout was to see Big Smith forfree.“I think it’s awesome

because bluegrass music isvery Ozarks,” she said. “Idon’t think they really do any-thing else like this here. I’mseeing light-up hula-hoopsand hippie people so that’scool, and a lot of older peoplein chairs and tiny childrendancing. So it’s fun for allgenerations.”

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The band Big Smith performed at the OzarksCelebration Festival on the MSU campus.

State to defend a thesis, Garland-said.“He was one of the rare people

you find that have a high level ofacademic training but also astrong experience background inthe field,” he said. “Those twocombined made him a unique kindof teacher.”Melanie Terneus, a graduate

administrative studies major, wasa student in the first class Ivietaught at Missouri State.“Don was a very engaging

instructor,” Terneus said. “His stu-dents enjoyed attending his class-es and absences were rare. He wasvery dedicated, and made himselfavailable to his students eventhough it was his second job.”During his first semester teach-

ing at Missouri State, Ivie was in amotorcycle accident that tore skinfrom his face, Terneus said.

“Being a dedicated individual,he showed up to class two daysafter the accident and told studentsto ignore his face because theyhad material to cover,” she said.“Don was always encouragingand he pushed people to reach formore.”When students and faculty

found out about Ivie’s tragic death,there was a spontaneous outpourof emotion, Hemmons said.“There was a candlelight vigil

held outside Strong Hall a night ortwo after his passing,” he said.“Everyone I talked to — students,colleagues, professors — said hewas one of those people that madea powerful, positive impact oneveryone he met.”Ivie was scheduled to teach a

class this semester, and Garlandhas taken over the responsibilitiesof that class, Hemmons said.“It’s a lot of work on top of the

classes he’s already teaching,”Hemmons said. “He’s doing thatout of respect for Don Ivie. I thinkthat shows the high esteem Gar-land held him in.”

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A Big Smith fiddler plays for the crowd.

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St. Dallas & The Sinners keep crowds dancing.