How often do you see a grown man in atwo-piece leotard performing a ribbon dance onstage to “A Voice Within” by Christina Aguilera?

You would have seen that and much (maybe toomuch) more at the packed 7th annual AlphaGamma Delta Mr. MWSC contest last week. Ofthe nine contenders, Charles Bruscato sponsoredby Sigma Sigma Sigma won the title, and Mr.MWSC 2003 Tyson Shank passed his crown on.

Each contestant was judged on their perform-ance in four categories: swimwear, costume, tal-ent and formal wear. Bruscato won the costumeportion by impersonating Tom Cruise. He saidthat the idea came to him right before he went tosee the movie, “The Passion of the Christ.”

Bruscato said that Nick Orlando should havebeen runner up in the contest. Orlando was spon-sored by Phi Sigma Kappa, and is also the oneresponsible for the interpretive dance to “A Voice

Within.” He said that his performance wasintended to be entertaining.

“It was just something to lighten the mood, andsomething that could be enjoyed by everyone,”Orlando said.

The winner of the talent portion and formalwear was Zach Cochran who was sponsored byPhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He performed a black-light drum solo for his talent.

“It was a lot of fun,” Cochran said. “I got a lot of

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Women’s coach boltsfor rival CMSU

The Missouri Western StateCollege athletic department wasbrought to a halt last week when itwas made public that women’shead basketball coach Dave Sliferwas trading in his Griffon sweat-shirt for one that says “Jennies”across the front of it.

Slifer will be replacing ScottBallard, who retired earlier thisyear, as the Central Missouri Statew o m e n ’s head basketball coach.Although Central reported receiv-ing more than a hundred applica-tions for the vacancy, they soughtSlifer because of his history of win-ning and attracting players to the

MIAA.“During the hiring process

Central was looking for a coachwho was highly successful,” saidShaw Jones, CMSU assistantathletics director, during a confer-ence to announce the Slifer’shiring. “We were also looking forsomeone who has a history ofrecruiting in the Midwest.”

Slifer has had at least 21 wins in14 of his 15 seasons at thecollegiate level. He has led theGriffons to eight consecutiveappearances in the NCAA tourna-ment, and is the winningestwomen’s coach in Western’s history.Slifer has also been selected as theM I A A coach-of-the-year threetimes including this past seasonwhen he helped a Griffon squadwith just one returning senior posta mark of 21-9 overall.

S l i f e rPilfered

A crowd of 50 gathered in the NelleBlum Student Union loungeThursday for the Student Govern-ment Association (SGA) presidentialdebate between Residence Councilpresident Luke Gorham and SGAdirector of internal affairs ElijahHaahr.

The forum began with short intro-ductions by both candidates.Gorham and Haahr were then askeda series of questions that had beencollected from the campus. Those inattendance were also given theopportunity to ask the candidatesquestions.

Gorham said that the debate start-ed rough, but improved by the end.

“It was a little rocky start, but Ithought I came on strong at theend, because I was talking aboutissues that were relevant to thestudent population,”Gorham said.

One topic Gorham deemedrelevant was diversity.

“Diversity is so important in SGAand in life,” Gorham said. “You haveto be able to go with diversity and go

with changes, and that’s the onlyway you’re going to survive and besuccessful in life.”

Haahr singled out two things thathe thinks would make him a suc-cessful SGA president.

“First of all, bringing Western tothe rest of the campus,” Haahr said.“I really want to get that across.That’s the big thing I want to workon. The second thing is, when I makea promise I do my best to keep that

promise, and I’d rather lose than ayear from now [have] have people[saying], ‘Man, you said all this goodstuff and you didn’t do it.’ T h a twould be worse than if I lost therace.”

Gorham mentioned that he wouldlike to help nontraditional studentsat Western receive more fundingthrough the SGA. Haahr thinks thatto make “promises” like this isunwise.

“I feel like sometimes [Luke] hasmade promises that maybe he hasgood intentions, but I’m not surethat he necessarily can keep,” Haahrsaid.

Gorham said that in the debate hetried not to talk about himself per-sonally.

“I kind of shied away from talkingabout myself too much,” Gorhamsaid. “I’ve always been the type ofperson to not do that. I focus on thepeople so much that [if] somebodyask[ed] me what is my best trait, Ic o u l d n ’t honestly answer thatbecause I don’t think about myself. Ithink about what the people want.”

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Gorham, Haahr debate issues publicly

April in many ways is a month ofchange, not just in nature but in pol-itics as well. Change is coming tothe Student GovernmentAssociation this week as electionlooms this Wednesday andThursday.

The decision falls into the hands ofthe students this week as to whogets votedinto whichoffices. Bynow every-one prettym u c hknows whois runningfor the cov-eted execu-tive offices but the equally impor-tant legislative seats are up forgrabs as well.

The deadline to toss your hatinto the senatorial ring was lastM o n d a y. Those running are asfollows: Adam King, DonLawrence, Drew Solomon, A s h l e eKolieboi, Rebecca Monning,Robert Mitchell, Jeff Knapp,Crystal Trexal, Joshua Baker,Thomas Thompson, JesseHolcomb, Kamita Shelby,Anthony Widhalm, Jeremy Funk,Rebekah Needham, LoganCompton, Vern Wheeler and NickK e n n e d y. Also up are incumbentsBarbara Black, Matt A n d e r s o n ,Jason Chen, Andy Ewing andWade Speelman who are allhoping to return for another ofyear of student service.

All students wishing to run for anSGA office are required to maintaina 3.0 grade point average andfull-time student status. Vo t i n gtakes place online April 7-8 forpresident, vice president and up tofive senators. To cast your vote, logon to https://webreg.mwsc.edu/s t u d e n t i n f o / S t a r t U p S t u d e n t E l e c t i on.asp

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Western coach Dave Slifer chats with assistant coach Tammy Slifer, while assistantcoach Josh Keister looks on. Slifer left his position last Monday to take over thecoaching duties at Central Missouri State University. Keister is considered a top can-didate to supplant Slifer.

In honor of Women’s History Month, a discussionon feminism was led by Western’s newest coun-selor, Vincenza Marash, on April 1 in the StudentUnion food court.

A group of 14 students, professors and staff gath-ered around the table to discuss the question, “IsFeminism Dead?”

“Feminism is about embracing more than justwomen,” Marash said. She credits Bell Hooks, anAfrican-American scholar and poet, with thethough that everyone should be treated as equaland be able to advance equally.

Marash believes that Hooks, a professor at CityUniversity of New York, was brilliant and admiredher dedication in using her life to making a differ-ence by working for social support and the empow-erment of those around her. Marash felt Hookswould define feminism as “something broader than

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Luke Gorham (left) and Elijah Haahr stand in front of a crowd in the Student Unionlast Thursday night to debate the issues for the upcoming SGA presidential elec-tion. The election will be held on Wednesday and Thursday

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Contestants in the Mr. MWSC pageant dance to “It’sRaining Men” during the opening act of the contestlast Tuesday. Contestants are from left to right: PhilSanders, Ryan Bennett, Anthony Widhalm, ZachCochran, Tim Lawrence and Nick Orlando.

Fo u rteen join infeminism talkson campus

Steffi HarveyNews Writer

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See Slifer Leaves page 12

Dear Editor,Over the last few years, Missouri Western

has been plagued by state budget cuts. Theend result has been fewer teachers, fewerservices and larger class sizes.Unfortunately, the St. Joseph School Districthas faced similar cuts, resulting in the sameproblems: fewer teachers, fewer services andlarger class sizes.

Tuition increases at Missouri We s t e r n ,painful as they have been to our workingstudents and the families supporting them,have prevented draconian layoffs and asignificant erosion of the quality of educa-tion. The school district cannot raise tuition,of course; it can only raise the tax levy, andwithout that increase, it will need to makecuts which will severely impact the educa-tion of every child in the system. But whyshould we at Missouri Western care?

The ripple effects of those cuts will be felt

by the students, faculty and staff of MissouriWestern. For one, many of us here atWestern have siblings, children, grandchil-dren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friendswho are students or employees of thedistrict. In addition, many of our futurestudents will continue to come from the dis-trict, and a lower quality of education for St.Joseph School District students means many

of these future students will be less preparedfor college—a situation which runs directlycounter to Missouri Western’s strategicplan, which calls for an increase in the num-ber of above-average students.

Finally, all of us who live in St. Joseph andwho are registered voters should take thetime to vote TODAY because we are peoplewho believe in education. Our missionincludes the sentence, “Western is commit-ted to the educational, economic, culturaland social development of the people and theregion that it serves.” As believers in thatmission, we should vote “Yes,” and encouragethe people we know to also vote “Yes.”

-Dr. Robert BerglandAssociate Professor of English and Journalism

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Community issues have a way of sliding tothe backs of our minds. As a generation, andcertainly as a local student communitycompletely preoccupied with mid-terms andyearbook photos, we tend to get on board withthat type of thinking. After all, we are as mucha part of it as our fellow students.

Every once in while, something comes to ourattention that supercedes other self-servinggoals.

Today, Tuesday, April 2, is an election daywith some very relevant questions.

Before you look away and profess yourself tobe a commuter, a non-resident of St. Joseph,know that I am talking to you as well.

The pertinent city issues stretch from the64507 zip code to Kansas City. Part of ourrenewed commitment to our readership here atThe Griffon News is looking beyond our ownbubble.

Beginning with the issue at hand here in St.Joseph, the proposed 63-cent levy increase,students need to give serious consideration toall the possible repercussions before decidingto stay at home or to cast their vote against it.

If defeated, this bill would lead to catastro-phe within the local high school athletics pro-grams, among other things.

The outcome could mean the removalof much-needed funding, or the complete elim-ination of many high school programs.

Serious high school athletes would be forced

to delay their game play, move to one of ourprivate schools, or waste precious skill-build-ing opportunities as they wait for summerprograms to begin.

Many students do not come from back-grounds that will accommodate the additionalcosts of summer programs, private schooltuition or, at best case scenario, drastically-raised public school system fees. The finaloutcome would only be available to the majorsports, such as football. Minor sports wouldundoubtedly suffer.

If you think that doesn’t affect Western, waituntil the incoming crop of athletes has beenwaiting a few years just to get the chance toplay. Wait for the rants about the novices.

For our commuter culture, Kansas City hasthree questions on the ballot as well. Question#1 deals with roads and maintenance, apopular gripe for anyone who has traveled ourroadways.

Question #2 is for a $30 million bondallocation for the Kansas City Zoo.

Finally, Question #3 is for improvements tothe Liberty Memorial Museum.

We love to bitch and moan about our athleticteams, our streets and our attractions.

But we really earn our right to complainwhen we make mature choices and get outthere and vote.

Doing so gives you a stake in your communi-ties, and like us, your very own soapbox.

Important decisions to be made

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Are you going to the

MTV campus invasion?

Joshua "G-Low" Goodlow Sophomore

"Yes. Just to have something to do.”

Pam Downs Junior

"I probably won’t go, because I don’t knowany of the bands."

Natalie Bailey Sophomore

"Yes, I think it will be a lot of fun."

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MADISON, Wis. -- Apparently,Congress did not even have toestablish the 9/11 Commission todetermine how the terroristattacks could have beencircumvented.

Fortunately, someone with allof the answers has emerged.

We need look no further thanRichard Clarke, who has direct-ed all of the blame onto thecurrent president of the UnitedStates. Finally, America can restin peace.

A subtle inference emerges--simply don't vote for Bush in theupcoming election and all futureattacks will be prevented.

By John Kerry, defense expert,of course.

RIIIIIIGHT. Except that, likeany smart American, we onlyhave to examine Mr. Clarke'sethos to debunk his claims.

Sure, Mr. Clarke seems to havean impressive career, workingwith security issues sincePresident Carter, to indicatesome sort of credibility.

H o w e v e r, how can thiscredibility actually be takenseriously after investigating thesituation surrounding Mr.Clarke and his possible motives?

What motivated Richard

Clarke? It's too coincidental andunfortunate that his book,"Against All Enemies: InsideAmerica's War on Terror," hasbeen released simultaneouslywith the convention of the 9/11Commission.

In fact, it has made a down-right mockery and circus of theCommission and nullified itstrue purpose.

According to its official Website, the 9/11 Commission is “anindependent, bipartisan commis-sion created by congressionallegislation and the signature ofPresident George W. Bush in late2002...[It] is chartered to preparea full and complete account ofthe circumstances surroundingthe September 11, 2001, terroristattacks, including preparednessfor and the immediate responseto the attacks.”

The Commission is also man-dated to provide recommenda-tions designed to guard againstfuture attacks."

Mr. Clarke's comments havesquashed the true purpose of theCommission because, insteadof allowing for the sifting andwinnowing of ideas, thecomments have put everyone onthe defense.

All this, simply to advertise forhis new book?

The free advertisement hasworked.

According to Reuters, one weekafter Mr. Clarke's book hit theshops, it was already in its sixthprinting with 550,000 of thepresses and it stood atop theAmazon.com bestsellers list.

M r. Clarke sold out for asell-out.

How does Mr. Clarke describehis purposes? Mr. Clarke, ofcourse, in his interview on “Meetthe Press,” argues his motivationd i f f e r e n t l y, that he wrote thebook “to get it off [his] chest. [He]had to tell the families of the vic-tims. [He] had to tell lots of peo-ple who have been asking [him],‘What went wrong?’”

But if he really felt this way,why is he coming out with thisinformation now, instead of rightafter 9/11?

Why, if he sincerely has thebest interests of Americans atheart, did he not exposeClinton's lackadaisical efforts infighting terrorism (incidentally,Clinton had three opportunitiesto either capture or kill Osamabin Laden)?

M r. Clarke told the

Commission that he is emergingwith this information nowbecause he doesn't have to “spin”anymore for anybody.

Then why not last Februarywhen he left the administration?It could be just as CharlesKrauthammer of The Wall StreetJ o u r n a l puts it: “How do weknow Mr. Clarke isn't still spin-ning, except now for himself?”

And let us not forget that hecould have a very good reason forspinning.

The Bush A d m i n i s t r a t i o ndidn't give him the position thathe wanted. Condaleezza Riceand Tom Ridge demoted him.

Of course, Mr. Clarkevehemently denies and “spins”these facts.

Yet the presence of this infor-mation should make us questionif Mr. Clarke's actions really arejust a manifestation of his bitter-ness toward President Bush andhis administration.

Which, in that case, Mr.Clarke's credibility is destroyedonce again.

Two strikes, one left to go. Andthe third strike will come thisThursday, in front of the 9/11Commission, when CondaleezzaRice steps in as the pitcher.

Some elections, like the onebeing held today, ask the

tough questions, but at leastyou have a choice

New York Times photos raise eye b r o w s

and controversy

AMES, Iowa -- On a normal morn-ing, newspaper readers don't expectto be shocked by front-page images.But Thursday, readers of major news-papers such as the New York Timeswere awakened by photographs ofcharred bodies hanging from an ironbridge.

The images were from the Iraqi cityof Fallujah, where four American con-tractors were brutally killedWe d n e s d a y. The photographs fromthe attack showed images varyingfrom a car on fire to onlookers cheer-ing as the bodies were draggedthrough the streets.

It's very graphic," said MaraSpooner, sophomore in political sci-ence. "I don't think that a personopening up the [New York] Times inthe morning expected to see twocharred bodies hanging from a

bridge." Dick Haws, associate professor of

journalism and communication, saidthe purpose of the photographs was toshow the American public the brutal-ity in Iraq.

"The media canso sanitize eventsthat the publicdoesn't under-stand the grue-someness of whathappened. Thatdidn't happen inthis case," saidHaws, who teach-es a class onmedia ethics.

G e n e r a l l y, theWestern mediadoes not runimages of bodies ifvictims are identi-fiable, he said.

"In regard tothis case of deathand desecration inIraq, from themedia coverage I've seen ... I don'tthink any of these people were identi-fiable," Haws said. "They were so bru-

talized they were not identifiable." Steffen Schmidt, university profes-

sor of political science, said the "dis-turbing" images show how deadly theIraq conflict is. During the VietnamWar, images were a turning point, he

said. Haws said he

thinks the grue-some images couldbe a definingmoment of theconflict in Iraqbecause of publicreaction to thepictures.

H o w e v e r ,Schmidt said hedisagrees. Seeingimages of bodiesfrom Israeli bomb-ings has changedthe public, he said.

"I wonder if wehaven't gottenhardened, or, in asense, grown up,"Schmidt said.

He said he questions whether thenews has crossed a new boundary byrunning the images, which he finds

inappropriate. The images could beconsidered sensationalistic, he said.

The way different newspaperschose to run the photographs alsoreflects the concern of whether theimages are appropriate to publish,Schmidt said.

The New York Times ran the hang-ing bodies on the front page, but USAToday ran an image of rioters beatingthe charred bodies with their shoes.The photograph in USA Today wascropped to hide most of the charredbody, while the same image ran insidethe New York Times with the bodyeasily visible.

The Des Moines Register ran thebridge photograph on an inside pagein black and white. The Iowa StateDaily, which ran an Associated Pressstory on the attack, ran no photo-graphs of the bodies.

The Register ran the bridge imageat a "modest size," said RichardTapscott, a managing editor for theRegister.

"[The photograph] is detailedenough that you can see the bodieshanging from the bridge and thatthey are charred," he said.

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Alumnus tospeak onHo l o c a u s t

D r. Joseph Friedman, a1939 graduate of St. JosephJunior College, will presenta lecture at 7 p.m. April 7in the Frank PopplewellAdministration and Class-room Building, room 304.

Friedman will speak aboutthe Holocaust and share hispersonal experiences as amember of military personnelduring World War II.

Friedman received a certifi-cate from the U.S. HolocaustMemorial Council for valiantservice during the liberationby allied forces of Naziconcentration camps.

His activities were recordedand became part of the oralhistory archives of theHolocaust Memorial Museumin Washington, D.C.

Friedman served in theU.S. Army from 1942-1946,and during that time, volun-teered to remain in Germanyfor one year to care for thosein the displaced personscamps who were victims offorced labor in Germany. Forthis he received an A r m yCommendation medal.

He has been interviewedfor several documentaries,including one for StevenSpielberg, as well as acting intelevision, film and Broadwayproductions.

Faculty and staffAchievements

Geo Sipp, assistant profes-sor of art, had a print selectedfor inclusion in the 17thParkside National SmallPrint Exhibition at theUniversity of Wisconsin.

Dr. Bill Eickhorst, professorof art, exhibited a mixed-media print in "Print Types"exhibition at the DickensonState University inDickenson, N.D.

James Estes, professor ofart, had a ceramic sculpturetitled "Mellow Skies" accept-ed into the "To p e k aCompetition 26" exhibition, aseven-state regional competi-tion.

Jeannie Harmon-Miller,associate professor of art, hadher photograph "Hope" select-ed for the exhibition"Photography Midwest" atthe University of Wisconsin-Madison. The show will runthrough March 2004.

Pre-registration runs fromApril 5-23

Tuesday , April 6• Kappa Mu EpsilonNational MathematicsHonor Society will have itsbook sale in the EvanR. Agenstein Science andMath Building on the firstfloor lobby.• The baseball team playsat home vs. Emporia Stateat 3 p.m.

Wednesday , April 7• Photo Editing startstonight at 6 p.m. It is onlyone session. There is no com-puter experience necessary.• The 25th Annual CriminalJustice Day begins at8:30 a.m. and runs till1:30 p.m. in the Nelle BlumStudent Union, room 218.The speaker will give a pres-entation at 2 p.m. in theLeah Spratt MultipurposeClassroom Building, in theKemper Recital Hall.• A Computer Science,Math and PhysicsColloquium will be held3:30-4:20 p.m. in the EvanR. Agenstein Science andMath Building, room 109.Please bring two different-colored writing utensils toparticipate in math tourna-ment. For more information,call (816) 271-4377.• A conservation lecture isbeing given at 4 p.m. in theMissouri Department ofConservation Building con-ference room. John Flemingwill speak on the role of

applied forest managementin wildlife conservation. Formore information, contactthe Western biology depart-ment at (816) 271-4379.• The softball team playsaway at Emporia State at3 p.m.• The Education CareerFair runs from 1-4 p.m.in the M.O. Looney Health,Physical Education andRecreation Arena.

Thursday , April 8

• The GED Test starts at8 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m.in the Fred Eder StudentServices Classroom Build-ing, room 208.

Friday , April 9

• Softball plays away at theUNO Invitational. Thetimes are still to beannounced.• The tennis team plays athome vs. Truman at 3 p.m.

Saturday , April 10

• The baseball team plays athome vs. Missouri Southernat 6 p.m.

Monday , April 12

• A Senior Art Exhibitbegins today in theThompson E. Potter FineArts Center in the mixedmedia gallery and foyerg a l l e r y. The exhibit closesApril 26. A reception willkick off the event at 7 p.m.

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1. Unwelcome GuestMarch 25, 2004 , Juda Hall

An officer was dispatched to the residence halls in response to a female student who had caused a disturbance.She had been advised in the past that if she returned to the room where she had previously been barred, sherisked jail. The student argued her right to be there, but eventually left.

2. Counterfeit CurrencyMarch 25, 2004 , Nelle Blum Student Union Cafeteria

Aramark contacted Public Safety to report a $5 bill that had been received during the lunch hour. The bill wasdetected later, and failed the counterfeit pen check. It was mailed to the U.S. Treasury Department.

3. Possible Dangerous StudentMarch 25, 2004 , MWSC Campus

An officer was alerted to a student on campus who may pose a danger to students and faculty by anotheremployee. A written report was made and the case was turned over to Dean Klostermeyer for further review.

4. Possible AssaultMarch 28, 2004 , Residence Halls

A female student called in her concerns about a possible attack on her person. The student had been at a partyprior to returning to her room, and at some point in the evening she awoke to find her underwear missing. Onlythe top portion of her body was covered and her room was disheveled. An officer verified that her locks had notbeen tampered with. The victim completed a report.

5. Medical Assist March 29, 2004, Vaselakos Hall

A female student was taken by ambulance to the hospital with severe shortness of breath and pain. At this time,no further information is available.

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Plans are being finalized for the new look forthe Barnes and Noble Bookstore on the cam-pus of Missouri Western State College. Thechanges include a different entrance, a readingnook and replacement of the current decor.

The carpeting will be accented more to theschool colors, including gold tones. New tileswill brighten up the place, along with changesin the lighting, although employees aren’t sureif the ceiling will be modified. The walls are tobe painted a shade of tan. The columns willalso be redone. Many of the areas will remainthe same, as Barnes and Noble bases floorspace allocated for each section by the level ofsales that are made in that area. This alsodetermines the number of fixtures to be used.

As far as store manager Greg Nikes can see,500 square feet will be donated back toWestern which is currently the space used forWestern apparel sales. The area from the textand reference section to the back of the store,and into the store to the nearest supportcolumns will be remodeled into office spacefor bookstore personnel to replace the currentinsufficient space used for that purpose.

The reference section will be moved inwardand will include a seating area with chairs anda coffee table.

“This will be more of a cozy feeling.” saidRegan Chavez, one of the employees of thebookstore.

Nick McKay, assistant manager of the book-store, is very enthusiastic about the renova-tions and is looking forward to the remodeling.

“I’m very excited,” McKay said. “It’ll be a

great look for the campus. ”Nikes generously came in during his vaca-

tion to do payroll and took time to comment onthe changes, observing that the Student Unionseemed to be the place visitors congregate in.

“Visitors are important,” he said. “It will be areal nice focal point and have more of an ‘open’feel.” The ambiance that the planners are look-ing for is described as a ‘mall’ feel. Therenovations are planned to be done over thesummer and the bookstore plans to be open

during the remodeling. “We’re shooting for two to three weeks,”

Nikes said. “It (the remodeling) will be done instages. We’re hoping for it to be finished byfall.”

Plans were drawn up with input from thestudent coordinator and Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) and current students.

However, there are a few snags common toany remodeling endeavor. The entrance to thestore is intended to be a double-door entry and

exit to be placed near the area where the cashregisters are now, and to move the registersover into the marketplace area.

It was then noticed that the traffic flowmight be impeded, so there are investigationsgoing on to discover if the current displaywindow area across from the Food Court isstructurally able to support modification intoan entrance. Planners hope to obtain the finalarchitect’s drawings and an artist’s renderingof the completed project in the near future.

If the entryway does change, then the floorplans will have to change, as well as theprojected completion date. At this time, onlythe basic floor plan and samples of carpeting,tiles, and other interior design materials areavailable.

“I think it will look classier, not so ‘cold,’ saidCamie Binder, another bookstore employee. “Itwill be a bit like the Barnes and NobleBookstore in Kansas City, and that is verywarm and welcoming. People can come in andrelax. I think there’ll be a lot more people inthe store because it will be more welcoming.”

“It’s going to be a brand new look,” McKaysaid.

Bob Klostermeyer, acting dean of studentdevelopment, was in Philadelphia on businessand was unavailable for comment on thechanges.

Ron Olinger, vice president for financialplanning and administration, holds the plansfor the bookstore’s renovations in hispossession according to Nikes. Olinger was outof the office and also unavailable for comment.

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Noble changes could be madeJean Easter

News Writer

JEAN EASTER/News Wr i t e r

A student looks to make a purchase at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in the Student Union. Plans arebeing finalized to renovate the facility in the near future.

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I think about what thepeople want.”

Current SGA vice presi-dent John Fabsits said thatthe debate went well but wasfree from any major contro-v e r s y.

“There’s nothing controver-sial about this one,” Fabsitssaid “There was nothing realdeep or earth shatteringwhere they both disagree on

these huge topics. They bothhave their visions and goals ofwhat they want to do. Therewas no real difference on bigissues.”

Student senator NickThyfault said that in orderfor an election to be suc-cessful voters must bei n f o r m e d .

“[T]here are a lot morepeople that go to We s t e r n

than the 50 that were here,”Thyfault said. “To have anelection run [well] you’vegot to have everybodyknowing about it, and haveeveryone going to thingsfinding out what thecandidates are about.Without that, you’ve got abunch of people who areu n i n f o r m e d . ”

G o r h a m ’s running mate,

Tolu Aregbe, and Haahr’srunning mate, BenHultquist, answered ques-tions from the audiencebefore the presidentialcandidates gave theirclosing remarks.

This event was sponsoredby the Griffon News .S G A elections will be heldApril 7-8 through electronicballots.

T h e re ’s nothing controversial about this one.T h e re was nothing controversial or earth shattering

JOHN FABSITS

CURRENT SGA VICE-PRESIDENT

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Movies through theyears tend to show

inaccuracies in portrayal of warsBy Brent corey

News Writer

War--unh--good God, ya’ll, what is itgood for? Absolutely nothin’…exceptin Hollywood where it’s a license toprint money--sadly, and most often, atthe cost of historical accuracy. Filmsabout war have always been popular.They’re exciting, dramatic, they cap-ture human beings at their best andworst, and since there have been a lotof them, there’s almost limitlesssource material.

But do these movies showcase ahigh degree of truth or do they sim-ply glorify war and paint the UnitedStates in a stylized positive light?Motion pictures are a powerfulpropaganda tool and with a fewexceptions most movies aboutAmerica at war usually give theU.S. the white hat and everyoneelse the black hat. But isn’t that theway it is?

Not all things are black and white,especially war. There is a vast marginof gray that is usually painted over topresent a heavy-handed take on his-tory by Hollywood.

War movies hit a big boom in thelate 1940s and ‘50s, America and herallies had just saved the world fromtyrannical dictators and the children ofthose veterans were fascinated by allthings war. America was fighting theSoviet Union in the early days of theCold Wa r, which was heating up inKorea.

A war that, largely ignored today,was not a particular success forAmerica. It ended in stalemate, noone decisively won and A m e r i c aalways comes out on top. It wasmuch easier to swallow John Wa y n estorming the beaches with theAmerican flag and saving the daywithout taking a high percentage ofcasualties.

Early war movies, due in part tothe time period, were not spectacu-larly violent. Instead they showedus all that A) John Wayne was invin-cible and B) America always winsand is always right. In some waysthe movies from this period aboutWorld War II were a distraction fromthe fears of living under the shadowof a nuclear showdown with theUSSR and the war in Korea. T h i swasn’t questioned then because atthe time this was how people felt. It

was a showing of patriotism at atime when people feared the redmenace of communism at everyturn.

Turning the microscope on this timeperiod certainly shows that thesemovies weren’t exactly an accurateportrayal of the facts, but that’s notwhat people wanted out of thesemovies. They wanted something tofeel good about, which is exactly whatpropaganda is for: telling people aone-sided view of events that portraysthem as being correct and everythingelse as being wrong.

During the 1960s and ‘70s, warmovies further lost touch with histori-cal fact as Americans were assaultedwith images from the conflict inVietnam on their television screensevery night. Knowing that no onewanted reminders of the brutality ofwar Hollywood released a slew offilms that generally played up theUnited States. From SteveM c Q u e e n ’s exciting motorcycling in“The Great Escape,” to a ragtaggroup of renegades fighting for them-selves and their nation in “The DirtyDozen,” movies from this periodranged from promoting U.S. victoriesin war to the wacky shenanigans of“ K e l l y ’s Hero’s.” which in case youdon’t know, follows the adventures ofClint Eastwood and his wacky com-rades going behind German lines tosteal Nazi gold. Sound crazy?

Try selling “Hogan’s Hero’s.” Onlyone movie about Vietnam wasreleased during the time of the conflict,starring (you guessed it) our old friendThe Duke. John Wayne, a staunchsupporter of the U.S. intervening inVietnam, set out to create a film thatshowed the up side of America fightingthere.

In “The Green Berets,” John Wa y n eplays, well, a Green Beret helping outin Vietnam and showing that A m e r i c ais there to promote goodwill, fight offthe terrors of communism and keepthe world safe. Unfortunately the truthwas far from that simple and themovie was not a success. So themotion picture industry played it safeand made feel-good movies aboutwar to distract people from its actualh o r r o r s .

But at this time you see the emer-gence of the exception to the “mightmakes right” rule of America at war, ,although films like Robert A l t m a n ’s“M*A*S*H,” which was set during theKorean War era, serve as an anti-war film during such tumultuoustimes. Some edgier directors, suchas Francis Ford Coppola, beganshowing the sheer brutality of waron screen like in “Apocalypse Now, ”a gritty portrayal of war and its futili-t y.

From the 1980s to today, there isa kind of medium between striking thebalance between war ’s brutality, partlybecause by today’s standards its moreaccepted in film, and blatantly ignor-ing historical facts…”Pearl Harbor, ”I’m looking in your direction. FranklinD. Roosevelt must be rolling over inhis grave over the tripe that JohnVoight spews out in that movie. Fromthe commercialized flashy “Top Gun”to the duality of man in “Platoon,” waron film in the ‘80s gave people whatthey wanted…young Hollywood hunksfighting communism.

When the Cold War ended in theearly 1990s, the majority of UnitedStates war films went back to tellingstories from World War II and cap-turing more recent conflicts on film.Whether it be “Saving Private Ryan” or“Black Hawk Down,” these films arevery patriotic in their themes and givepeople something to feel good aboutand rally behind in today’s world of sur-prise terrorist attacks these films givepeople The Hollywood war propagan-da machine steam rolls on. But canthis phenomenon be fully blamed onthe makers of movies? The vast major-ity of Americans watch what they want,and what they want are entertainingmovies that make them feel good.

And at the end of the dayHollywood just wants to make abuck. Unfortunately, the real victimsaren’t us being force-fed propagan-da, but those whose true stories aresullied by the historical inaccuraciesof film.

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By John GroganLifestyles Writer

All is fair in music and war, or so itseems. As one would probablyexpect, celebrities such as musiciansand actors have the power to influencea generation of young people andmore importantly young voters.

It seems logical that musicianswould present their beliefs in the formof lyrics. If the artist only speaks abouthis or her beliefs at concerts, benefitevents and rallies, they reach only afew thousand people. If they explicitlyexpress themselves in a song or analbum, they can reach millions.

For many years, musicians haveused their music to help push theirpolitical and social beliefs to the fore-front. Music has almost always been away to communicate to people on avery large scale.

Nineteenth century composerRichard Wagner’s compositions aresaid to contain anti-Semitic elements,and his music was favored by AdolfHitler in Germany when the Nazi partywas in power. Wagner’s music wasoften viewed as a symbol of Germannationalism, and hasn’t been publiclyperformed in Israel in many decades.

Protest music moved over toAmerica during the time of slavery in aform of music called a spiritual.Spirituals were sung by the slaves andoften spoke of their distaste for the piti-ful living conditions they were given.The songs also express a yearning forfreedom and the opportunities it held.

The spirituals were used as worksongs to help keep spirits up amongthe group. The songs also sent a mes-sage to the slave owners.

Over the years this form of musicwas transformed and gave rise to amusical movement that became verypopular–the blues.

Early blues music addressed many ofthe same topics as spirituals. The blueseventually became popular with many dif-ferent audiences in America and acrossthe world. These songs addressed topicsabout civil rights that helped increase con-sciousness in America.

Artists like Leadbelly and MuddyWaters revived interest in roots music,which eventually helped political folkmusic become popular as well.

The original folk movement gainedrecognition in the 1940s, when WoodyGuthrie began making a name for him-

self by writing political protest songs.Guthrie often wrote about hard timesin the Great Depression. He evenwrote a song interpreting JohnS t e i n b e c k ’s novel The Grapes ofWrath entitled “Tom Joad”.

Guthrie was also one of the firstartists to speak out againstcensorship. On a Web siteabout Guthrie(w w w. w o o d y g u t h r i e . o r g)there was a passageGuthrie wrote abouthis experienceswith the New Yo r ke n t e r t a i n m e n ti n d u s t r y.

“I got dis-gusted withthe wholesissified andn e r v o u srules of cen-sorship on allmy songsand ballads,and drove offdown the roadacross thes o u t h e r nstates again,”Guthrie wrote.

G u t h r i e ’s workinspired ag e n e r a t i o nof singer-s o n g w r i t -ers thatbrought onrevival of polit-ical folk music inthe 1960s.

The political folk revivaltouched on a large variety of subjectsranging from the presidency to envi-ronmental issues to the Vietnam War.

The leader of the folk revival move-ment was undoubtedly Bob Dylan.Dylan, like many others of the time,was inspired by the lyrical protests ofWoody Guthrie. Dylan’s songs remainpopular to this day. Dylan is stillacclaimed as one of the greatestlyricists of all time.

In “Masters of Wa r,” Dylan paints agrim picture of leadership in times of war.

“ You fasten the triggers for theothers to fire. Then you set back and

watch, when the death count getshigher. You hide in your mansion asyoung people’s blood flows out of theirbodies and is buried in the mud,”Dylan wrote.

In the beginning of the 1970s, thepopularity of folk music started todecline and protest music becameless common. In 1977, politicalprotest music came from one ofthe most unlikely places imaginable:punks. With a minimal amount ofmusical training, punk rockersfocused on lyrical content rather than

instrumental virtuosity.That year The Clash and The

Sex Pistols each released their firstalbums. The Sex Pistols called for acomplete deconstruction of a tired,stagnant government in their classicpunk anthem, “Anarchy in the U.K.”

Their peers took a much less radicalstance on change.

Allmusic.com writer Stephen T h o m a sErlewine wrote, “The Clash were fieryand idealistic, charged with righteous-ness and a leftist political ideology. ”

With the help of moderately popularbands like The Clash, political activismwas brought back to popular music.

“Though The Clash never becamethe superstars they always threatenedto become, they restored passion andprotest to rock and roll,” Erlewinewrote.

The introduction of reggae toAmerica also helped reestablish politi-cal sentiment in popular music. WhenBob Marley immigrated to this countryhe brought a piece of the Caribbeanculture with him. Marley’s songs influ-enced people to try to overcome chal-lenges and rise above when faced with

adversity.Marley urged his listeners to,

“Get Up! Stand Up! Stand up foryour rights. Get Up! Stand Up!Don’t give up the fight!”

In the 1980s, musicalactivism came from anotherunexpected place: straight

outta Compton. In the late1980s, two rap groups becamevery involved in lyrical activism,Los Angeles group, N . W. A . ,and New York’s Public Enemy.

Instead of focusing on worldpolitical issues, these groupswere outraged about the things

they saw in their own neigh-borhoods. Both groups wereangry about injustices theysaw around them, so theydecided to make a diff e r e n c ewith their music. Public Enemy ’s songs like

“911 Is a Joke” sent a messageabout the less-than-perfect percep-

tion of law enforcers at the time.N.W.A. only reinforced that notion bytaking it a step farther and sent anangry message to the Los AngelesPolice Department in one of their mostpopular songs.

Since then there hasn’t been a largescale movement in America. Mostgenres like folk, punk, and hip hophave steered away from the politicalspectrum.

Until very recently there was little orno political music in mainstreammusic. It seems like very few artistswith a political agenda were popular inthe 1990s.

After 2001, it looks as though apolitical music movement has been onthe incline. With our country in warand an upcoming presidential electioncoming up it seems like everyone hasan opinion about the state of ournation. Only time will tell if this will bethe next political protest movement inmusic.

By John GroganLifestyles Writer

With bands like NOFX releasing albums with apolitical agenda like their latest recording, “TheWar on Errorism,” it might be safe to say thatpolitical protest in music is coming back.

It appears that a new movement of protest musicis arriving right on schedule. Historically, aboutevery 10 years the spirit of protest is revived inartists across the world. In times of war, politicalsentiment is often revitalized as well. Combine thiswith a volatile presidential election, and you willprobably start to see a reaction in pop culture.

Not all artists will take a political standpoint in theirmusic, but it seems as though many bands with anon-political past have begun toshow a new side of their music.

Popular hard rock band I n c u b u sis now using radio and music tele-vision as a forum to express theirpolitical views. The video for theirsong “Megalomaniac” showedtheir negative viewpoint aboutPresident George W. Bush.

In the last presidential election,millions of 18-25 year olds did notvote. At that particular time, musicdid not contain much lyrical content concerned withpolitics and societal issues. Musicians also seemedto be indifferent about anything except money. Surelya lack of political interest can’t be blamed totally onentertainment, but it quite possibly could have beenone of the contributing factors. It seems like interestin politics is at its highest point in young people whenit is a prevalent theme in pop culture entertainment.

The last time interest was this high on issueslike these is when musicians banded together tocombat censorship in the late 1980s. It is possi-ble musicians were reluctant to be politicalbecause in the 1990s very few groups experi-enced commercial success.

Forerunners like rap-rock pioneers R a g eAgainst the Machine and hard rock band Systemof a Down have helped light the way for a newgeneration of political musicians.

Rage Against the Machine have been viewedas radical because of their lyrical content. Songslike “Killing In the Name” and “Know Yo u r

Enemy” have expressed distrust in Americansociety and leadership. The cover of their self-titled debut was the Vietnam-era photograph of amonk lighting himself on fire to protest the war.

Musicians are attempting to get their viewpointacross, but more than anything they are trying toget people involved and educated about issuesthat concern us. Many artists like Rage Againstthe Machine place links on their Web site toorganizations they support.

Programs put on by organizations and compa-nies may help artists feel more confident inexpressing their standpoint.

MTV’s Rock the Vote has also attempted to getyoung voters involved in the election processand politics. One of their primary functions is

registering young people tovote in upcoming elections.

Being vocal about beliefs canbe healthy for society because ithelps to achieve a smaller amountof one-sidedness, and a little con-flict is good as well. The problemwith this generation is that itseems to often need a littleprompting. Musicians takingstances may assist in getting theproverbial ball rolling.

One such musician is NOFX bassist/singerMike Burkett. Burkett is working on a number ofprojects to express his views and spark politicalinterest in this generation.

N O F X’s last album was wittily but not subtlytitled, “The War on Errorism.” He is also puttingtogether bands for a compilation album that willfeature political bands such as NOFX andPennywise with more popular bands like Sum 41,Green Day and Good Charlotte. The tentative titleof the compilation is “Rock Against Bush.”

With these record titles he makes his politicalopinions clear, and he wants others to make theirvoices heard by voting in the upcoming election.In doing so, he launched a program calledPunkvoter. Punkvoter encourages voter registra-tion and will have a booth at annual summerpunk rock festival, Vans Warped Tour.

Burkett told Jonah Bayer of Alternative Press t h a t ,“this year, we’re doing Warped Tour to get our politi-cal message out. We have a Punkvoter booth and

we’re gonna be at the booth everyday talking to kids.”On the other end of the spectrum is country

music star Toby Keith. Keith’s music is filled withpatriotic elements that have made his musicextremely successful. After the attacks on theWorld Trade Center, an angered Keith releasedhis hit single “Courtesy of the Red, White andBlue (The Angry American),” and inspired manyother country artists to follow suit.

Keith, a supporter of President Bush, publicly

reprimanded the Dixie Chicks for their highly pub-licized statements about President Bush and thewar in Iraq. The Dixie Chicks fired back bywearing shirts with “FUTK” written on them.

It is unlikely that this movement will be on theforefront of popular music, but it is still an attempt toget young people involved in issues that aff e c tthem. It is highly improbable that Britney Spears willbe replaced in popularity by musicians with politicaland social themes, but it’s a nice thought.

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The common threadstill exists today

Graphic by DANE A U LT/Graphics Editor

Graphics by DANE A U LT/Graphics Editor

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crowd feedback, and that gave me the adren-aline to do my best.”

Other highlights of the show includedRyan Bennett, who chose to lip sync toMichael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” for his tal-ent; Dane Broady, who played a violinsolo for his talent; Tim Lawrence dress-ing up as the famous baseball announcerHarry Carey for the costume portion; PhilSanders being transformed into a giantpink crayon for his costume; DustinWheeler getting dressed in cowboy attirefor his costume; and Anthony Wi d h a l m ’scostume that was modeled after the char-acter Stewart from MADTV.

Missouri Western senior and A l p h aGamma Delta member Denise Johnsonsaid that this was her third timeattending the Mr. MWSC contest. Shesaid that in the past there has beenstanding room only.

Alpha Gamma Delta philanthropyadvisor Patrice Perry said that thesorority did a good job organizing thee v e n t .

“This year they’ve really organized, and Iwas very proud of how well they were able todo it,” Perry said.

Emcees for Mr. MWSC were seniorsMorgan Perry and former Mr. MWSC RyanWear.

Alpha Gamma Delta donates all ticketproceeds and donations to the A l p h aGamma Delta Foundation, which supportsthe Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. A nestimated $700 was generated from thisyear’s contest.

Alpha Gamma Delta freshman CathieLucast said that the contest was not only

entertaining, but also gave attendees achance to get to know everyone involved.

“It was a good way for me to get to knowall of them,” Lucast said.

Lucast said that she enjoyed Orlando’stalent performance, but did not have a win-ner in mind.

“I didn’t actually have a certain person inmind that I wanted to win or that I hopedwon.”

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women’s issues.”One website, w w w. f e m i n i s t . c o m, notes that

men are beautiful. After that statement, it goeson to ask, “Why do we teach them [men] to beanything else?”

Many issues surrounding feminism werer a i s e d . Feminism, in the sense of womenfighting for their rights, is provoked by thestatistic that women makean average of 74 cents toevery dollar a man makes.

Discrimination againstwomen is believed to stillexist not only in salaries, butalso in credit and insuranceissues as well.

D r. Victoria “Y” Wa c e k ,assistant professor ofeducation, pointed out thatfeminism deals not withgender alone, but age aswell. Even though a personover 50 may be healthierthan a 20 year old, she stillpays higher insurancebecause of her age. M a n yat the discussion deter-mined that this is driven bystatistics, although a goodbusiness tactic, is still dis-c r i m i n a t o r y.

Eventually the conversa-tion turned to the age-oldtopic of the breasts: whydo men love them and why do women wantthem?

Responding to the comment that biggerbreasts are helpful for looking good in certain

outfits, student Ashlee Koliboi said, “Isn’t awoman dressing the way she wants supportingfeminism?”

The discussion then turned to education.Wacek said that part of feminism is helpingwomen realize that they are not beneath menin their opportunities and ability to becomeeducated.

“I think feminism isbeing able to know that youare not inferior to men,”Wacek said. “The proof is inthe pudding that thepopulation of students ishigher in women now. ”

Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) PresidentSylvester Brandon raised thequestion of women growingup in the city versus ruralwomen and how educationaffected them.

Sandy Rogers, StudentDevelopment ProgramCoordinator responded.“In the [rural] environmentI’ve been in, boys and girlsare very conscious of thefact that you need to leavethat area and get an educa-t i o n . ”

Although the overall con-sensus of the discussionwas that feminism is still

alive, Dr. Wacek said, “The impact offeminism has already been accomplished.Gloria Steinem (and others) are pioneers off e m i n i s m . I think they’re happy. ”

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I think feminism isbeing able to know thatyou are not inferior to

men. The proof is in thepudding that the popula -

tion of students ishigher in women now.

DR. VICTORIA “Y” WACEK

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION

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On April 1, Western held its annualForeign Language Day on campus begin-ning in the Nelle Blum Student Union.

The event was intended to bringtogether both college and high schoolstudents for many activities and a chanceto learn about many different culturesand course offerings here at We s t e r n .

“ We look at having a ForeignLanguage Day as a chance to havesome fun and show the lighter side offoreign language studies, with compe-titions, food, dance, and other culturalaspects of language.” said SusanH e n n e s s y, associate professor ofF r e n c h .

The main reason for holding theevent is to provide high school stu-dents a chance to take the placementtest, allowing them to test out ofsome college foreign languageclasses. The placement test is consid-erably cheaper than paying for thefull semester, and students risk noth-ing if they do not pass.

“This year, over 100 area highschool students came to our campus,”Hennessy said. “We think it helpsrecruit students in foreign languages,but it’s also an opportunity for

students to get together outside of theclassroom.”

The day’s events started at 10 a.m.and ended after 8 p.m.

The events included a Germanlanguage spelling bee, a campus-widemulti-lingual scavenger hunt, a dessertcontest, ethnic dancing demonstration,a German poetry recitation and theviewing of student commercials.

Awards were given for the differentevents and included trophies, ribbons,video and restaurant gift certificates,books, dictionaries and software.

The judges were foreign languagefaculty and Western students.

The evening concluded with a Eurotrivia bowl and German film, M a n n e r.

“A number of these events werenew this year, as was the idea to focuson German culture,” Hennessy said.“Thus the German spelling bee, poet-ry recitation ad film allowed studentsto learn a bit about German and seeGerman students in action.”

The event drew a surge of foot traf-fic, and based on its continued popu-larity, will easily be slated again fornext spring.

The next foreign language eventwill be the showing of Les VisiteursApril 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the LRC.

Rikki CasonNews Writer

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Western hosted a career fair forstudents on March 31.

Company recruiters from 52employers set up their boothsWednesday at the Nelle BlumStudent Union, room 218. Out of the52 employers represented there, 48of the employers were repeat atten-dees. Dale O’Connell of ExcelCommunications, said that this washis second attendance to the careerfair and that he enjoyed meeting withthe students.

According to Linda Garlinger,director of career development andhost of the career fair, approximately300 students showed up for thisyear’s fair. Garlinger feels that it isan important opportunity for the stu-dents to come and talk to prospectiveemployers.

“Students have the opportunity totalk informally with companyrecruiters about career positions,part-time or summer jobs and intern-ships,” Garlinger said.

Jeff Wilson, coordinator of studentemployment, feels that it was a goodturnout for the employers, however,

he would like to have seen moreinvolvement from students.

“Students ought to attend careerfairs each semester so that they areinformed about the various possibili-ties available to them, not just whenthey graduate, but also for intern-ships,” Wilson said.

According to Wilson, with manyapplications being done online thesedays, the career fair gives thestudents a chance to see face to facewhat some businesses are about.

“I know that most employers andstudents who utilize career fairs dofind it to be a great recruiting asset,”Wilson said.

Garlinger has been hosting theWestern career fair for about 15 yearsand enjoys seeing the alumni returnas recruiters as well. At thiss e m e s t e r ’s career fair there wereapproximately 12 representativesthat were Western graduates.

According to Garlinger, We s t e r nholds a career fair every semesterand encourages all students toattend.

“This gives both the students andthe employers a great opportunity tomake a personal connection andincrease the chances of a successfulcareer match,” Wilson said.

Ca reer Fa i rbrings in over50 employe rs

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Corrections

• In last week’s staff editorial entitled “Can we get a little stability?” ErnieStufflebean was incorrectly identified as being a former Dean of StudentAffairs. In fact, he worked as the associate dean of student affairs.

• The article also identified Bob Klostermeyer as working as the acting deanof student affairs. His official title is actually the acting dean of studentdevelopment.

As always, The Griffon News recognizes these mistakes and apologizes forany misrepresentations these mistakes may have created.

When it came down torewarding success, CentralMissouri State was far morewilling to open up its wallet forS l i f e r, waving a temptingincrease to his former salaryfrom Western of $49,000 underhis nose. Slifer will receive a 35percent increase in salary nextseason when he goes on to earnan estimated $66,000. In fact,with this increase, Slifer willnow be the highest paidw o m e n ’s basketball coach inthe MIAA, making as much asany member of the MissouriWestern Athletics Department,including Director of A t h l e t i c sMark Linder.

Linder said that he was disap-pointed to see Slifer leave, butthat he understood the circum-stances for his departure.

He also said that the depart-ment will move swiftly to finda new women’s coach, but thatenough time will be taken tofind the right person for theposition.

Although he was unable tocomment on the number ofapplications that have beenreceived, Linder did say thatthe department has alreadybeen contacted by a number ofpeople interested in theposition.

The most widely talkedabout candidate for theposition has been JoshK i e s t e r, who has servedas Slifer’s top assistant forthe past five seasons, andpreviously spent three yearsas a graduate assistant forthe team. He has been heavilyinvolved in recruiting andalready has a standingrelationship with the currentmembers of the team.

“Josh certainly is a solidcandidate that we will have to

c o n s i d e r,” Linder said in thedays following Slifer’s resigna-tion. “However, it is our policyto establish an applicant pool ofboth inside and outside sources.While Josh will certainly begiven fair consideration, hisapplication alone doesn’tconstitute a pool.”

If he does get the job, We s t e r nwill be left with another vacanthead coaching position. Kiesteris currently acting as the headw o m e n ’s tennis coach in

addition to his duties with thebasketball program.

Despite who the new coachwill be, expectations for contin-ued wins will be high from thevery beginning

Although Western will be los-ing a Division II Bulletin A l l -American in Danielle McKinley,a trio of underclassmen who allsaw an extended amount ofplaying time in the past seasonwill be returning. The Griffonswill also be get back a pair of

juniors who served as leaderson the team in the pastcampaign in the MIAADefensive Player of the Ye a r,Eldra Paixao and one of thehardest workers in the league,Carly Lee.

All players on the women’sbasketball team have given theathletic department everyreason to believe that they willbe continuing their careers atWestern regardless of who isnamed as the their next coach.

BASEBALLTues 6 Vs. Emporia St. 3 p.m.

Fri 9 Vs. Mo. Southern 6 p.m.

Sat 10 Vs. Mo. Southern 1 p.m.

SOFTBALLMon 5 Vs. Park University 4 p.m.

Wed 7 At Emporia St. 11 a.m.

Fri 9-10 At UNO Invitational TBA

TENNIS Fri 9 Vs. Truman St. 3 p.m.

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We s t e rn men’s golf team isgetting prepared to host it’s

only home match of the ye a r

Missouri Western and the men’s golf teamhope to have a good showing in their onlyhome match of the season when they hostthe Missouri Western Invitational onApril 5-6.

It doesn’t yet seem asthough the Griffons haveplayed to their potentialas a team this season.They will be looking tobuild off the fourth placefinish they received at theHeart of America Classichosted by CentralMissouri State last weekin Warrensburg, Mo.

Sophomore Brice Gar-nett will need to continueto perform well forWestern to stay in

contention. Last week he paced all We s t e r ngolfers on his way to receiving a fourthplace overall individual finish.

In the event prior to that, he turned in atwo-day total good enough for a second

place overall finish. Garnett is averagingabout three strokes over par per round, butshould be expected to come in under thatwhen he gets a chance to play on his homec o u r s e s .

The event will be held at the St. JosephCountry Club and Fairview MunicipalGolf Course, both in St. Joseph. Each play-er will get the chance to play one round onboth courses during the two-day tourna-m e n t .

C u r r e n t l y, Missouri Western finds itselfsitting in fourth place with nine points in theM I A A golf standings heading into this week’sevent. Right now the usual suspects areMissouri Southern and Central MissouriState, both sitting one and two atop theMIAA.

Head coach Jim Perry, who is in his thirdseason at Missouri Western, will additional-ly have to look for consistent play byWe s t e r n ’s only seniors Randy Hughes andScott Crose to help Garnett set a low scoringpace for the Griffons once the first balls havebeen struck.

Dustin Holcumbrink, Cass Milsap, MitchGirres and Scottie Burnham could also seetime on the No. 1 team during thetournament.

The pair of veterans have struggled attimes this season, but have managed tokeep their mean scores within thecompetitive range. Both players areaveraging about 77 strokes per round andhave each managed to turn in a score that

placed them among the top 20 golfers justtwice out of their first six events thiss e a s o n .

Last year in the Western Invitational,Garnett led the Griffons with a third placeoverall individual finish. He turned in atotal that was just three shots from thel e a d e r. Together as a team, the Griffonsmanaged just a seventh place finish, withUniversity Nebraska-Kearney takinghome first place.

This year the Griffons have everyreason to believe they should be ableto turn in a total good enough to putthem in the hunt to win their own tour-n a m e n t .

The tournament willalso provide anotheropportunity for theGriffon golfers to workout their final kinksbefore they get ready toplay when it counts. A f t e rthe Western Invitational,the Griffons will competein the Division II CentralInvitational and wrap upthe season at theconference tournament.

This year, the MIAAtournament won’t be too far from home.The Griffons are just a short bus rideaway from the Alamar Country Club inLawrence, Kan., where this year’stournament will be held.

S o f t b a ll squad tops MIAA’s best

Golf team ready for MWSC IInvitational

We s te rn football te a mreleases 2004 schedule

The Missouri Western football teamwill head into their next season hopingto avoid a bad omen after the athleticd e p a rtment released their upco m i n gschedule on April Fools Day.

In 2003, the Griffons were theco-champions of the MIAA. Theyfinished with a 9-3 overall record, givingthem the most wins throughout thecourse of a season in school history.

In 2004, We s te rn will begin theseason with a pair of Thursday nightgames. The first will be the annualseason opener against Winona State,which will be held at Spratt MemorialStadium on Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m.

Another key game on the schedulewill be when the Griffons travel to playtheir biggest rivals, Northwest MissouriState, on Oct. 16.

B a s e b a ll team is p roving it deserves itsnational atte n t i o n

Th Missouri Western baseball teamcontinues to prove that they hav eearned their national recognition.

The men swept a doubleheaderagainst Lincoln University last we e kfollowed by taking two out of threegames from Southwest Baptist over theweekend.

The Griffons are currently ranke d18th in Collegiate Baseball Division IITo p - 2 5, and 14th in the NCBWADivision II Poll.

Western is 2nd in the MIAA with ar e cord of 8-3. They trail CentralMissouri State by just half a game.CMSU currently holds the top rankingin both national Division II polls.

Men’s golf finishes 4that Heart of America

The Missouri We s te rn golf te a mturned in a 909 total after three days atthe He a rt of America To u rn a m e n thosted by Central Missouri State lastTuesday.

The Griffons were once again led bysophomore Brice Garnett. He finishedthe tournament with a total score of 217,which was good enough to earn him 4thplace individually.

The Griffons will get their onlychance to play at home when they hostthe Western Invitational April 5-6 atFairview Golf Course in St. Joseph.

GREG WOODS/ S t a ff PhotographerFormer women’s head basketball coach Dave Slifer calls in a play during the Griffons' home game against EmporiaState, while then assistant ,and possible replacement, Josh Kiester looks on. Slifer relinquished his role as the men-tor to the Western squad, opting to take the same position with a Central Missouri State University last week.

Allen ConwayAssistant Sports Editor

We s t e r n ’s softball team hosted theSouthwest Baptist Bearcats Friday after-noon. Recently coming off a loss from CentralMissouri State, Western was looking for thewin to rebound back.

Western’s team wasn’t given much of achance heading into the Saturday double-header against the MIAA first place team,the Lady Miners of Missouri-Rolla.

To that point, Rolla had not lost in any oftheir four conference games this year.

But by the close of the day, the Griffons hadchanged that after taking both games from theLady Miners and improving their own confer-ence record to 4-3, 16-10 overall this season.

The Griffons only scored one run in thefirst game, but that was good enough to comeaway with a victory.

In the second game, the Griffons had towait to see some offense, but still outlastedthe Lady Miners 7-4.

There were pitcher’s duels in both gamesas Western’s Lindsey Predovich won bothoutings for the Griffons. Predovich pitched acomplete game 2-hit shutout in Game 1.Western scored its only run in the 1st inning,scoring catcher Tommie Mitts from 2nd baseon an RBI from Predovich.

After the run, Predovich went to work onthe mound. She gave up just two hits whilestriking out nine in picking up the win.

The late game started out much like thefirst one with little offense being provided byeither team throughout the first six inningsof play. Western scored the winning run withone out in the bottom of the 7th inning on afielding error by the Lady Miners thatprevented extra innings. Western got eighthits in the night game, but could not scoreany runs until the final at bat.

Predovich relieved Griffon starter DanaWertz in the 5th inning and pitched the finaltwo innings to pick up the win and move herrecord to 8-5 overall.

Danny StooksburySports Editor

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-Brice GarnettWestern’s leading

scorer the past 2 years

-Jim PerryMen’s golf coach