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Furniture hacks to complete your decor How to shop smart in Columbia and decorate your space to make it feel like home without breaking the bank. RASHI SHRIVASTAVA Reporter Home is where the heart is, but more importantly, home is where your stuff is. Stepping into a new room can be scary, especially for college students who bid goodbye to their precious rooms and the memories associated with them. The cobwebs, the reek and the dirt can make you scrunch up your nose and distort your first impression of your new home. In the midst of sweaty, backbreaking move-in days, it is not uncommon for new tenants to pray for a fairy godmother to wave her wand and make the tables move on their own. In the hunt for furniture, there are certain booby traps to be aware of. Don’t get swayed by the leather scent of a new recliner or the sophisticated decor sets that sparkle within glass windows. Save yourself from those “50 percent off ” signs that dangle like bait in front of thrifty customers. There are several other means by which you can save both time and money while embellishing your new home. A fairy godmother has come to your rescue, so fret not as we give you a list of viable resources to make moving in easy. Free and For Sale “Free and For Sale” is an open Facebook group that serves as a vital connection between buyers and sellers within the

MU community. The page is convenient, time-efficient and user-friendly. From lampposts to closets, basic furniture necessities within affordable price ranges are put up for sale. This network is also very safe and does not disclose your personal Facebook information to the person on the other side of the deal. You can get a preview of the object beforehand, negotiate the price and arrange for pick up with the seller through Messenger. You’ve tried online shopping, so why not try social shopping? Craigslist Although it commonly gets a bad rap for its creepy discussion forums and sketchy vendors, Craigslist may be the one-stop shop for all your furniture needs. The search offers a ton of filters including condition, price and distance from Columbia to help you sift through the thousands of items for sale and find exactly what you want. Items are typically secondhand or gently used, but you can score a unique piece for a respectable right here in Columbia. Varagesale Varagesale is a community friendly, online platform for buyers and sellers to barter their things. Their vibrantly designed website offers tons of great deals, ways to make and save money, and a productive use of joining a community. The site also features useful

Craigslist is one of many ways to find furniture made for any and every different space. MADDIE DAVIS | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

blog posts explaining how to save money. This initiative to provide resources on their blog shows the involvement and enthusiasm that the founder brings to the site. And you can earn $10 by inviting your friend to join the community. The District’s Holiday Shop Hop Are you tired of pushing a cart through dominoes of stocked shelves? Described as shopping with a twist of entertainment and a ton of exciting deals, the Holiday Shop Hop is a therapeutic form of

furniture shopping where you can enjoy yourself while getting work done. The District is a lively neighborhood located in downtown Columbia that will engulf you with a fresh dose of fun (yes, cheap shopping can also be fun) and fashion. Look out for the upcoming Holiday Shop Hop, which will take place all day Nov. 7. Nonprofit organizations Various religious and other nonprofit organizations spread awareness of their missions by giving away free household items. Your apartment building

may host such an organization, so keep an eye out for these benevolent angels. Setting up your house can be painstaking, but it doesn’t have to be. Instead, moving in can be one of the most relaxing, enjoyable and memorable experiences of college life. A new beginning with new (or new-to-you) furniture can set your routine on track. Just remember: Shop with your heart and shop smart. Edited by Jeremiah Wooten jwooten@themaneater.com

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Students struggle to find affordable and convenient housing options near campus Rent for student apartments in Columbia can run anywhere from $300 to $1,800 per month, depending on number of bedrooms and proximity to campus. JAKE CHIARELLI Associate Editor “Affordable housing” and “college town” seem synonymous on paper. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Rent for student apartments in Columbia can run anywhere from $300 to $1800 per month, depending on whether it’s based on number of residents and bedrooms or a flat fee for the whole unit. Columbia’s student housing price range is also influenced by the building’s proximity to campus. According to Numbeo, a usersubmitted database of city living expenses, the cost of a one-bedroom apartment in Columbia is around $158 cheaper than a similar apartment around the University of Kansas campus. A one-bedroom apartment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, off the University of Arkansas’ campus, is around $45 more expensive per month than one in Columbia. “It’s definitely a hard process, and it’s all-around too expensive,” said sophomore Kelly Buer, who lives at Orr Street Lofts. “I wanted to live somewhere where I didn’t have to be shuttled to campus, and that’s very limiting, and it’s expensive to be that close to campus.

9th, which will open downtown in fall 2017, rents anywhere from around $679 to $1,559 per month. In May, Columbia City Council froze new permits for housing developments downtown until Dec. 1. The housing freeze came after several new housing complexes were constructed and planned for downtown Columbia at the expense of some local businesses and storefronts. There aren’t many housing complexes immediately off-campus, but recently there has been an influx of new developments downtown. One of the newer complexes is the Lofts at 308, which has units for around $900 per month. The most recently completed downtown development is Brookside’s location above Shakespeare’s Pizza. The third through sixth floors include roughly 50 apartments. One resource available to MU students is the Off-Campus Student Services office, located in the lower level of the Student Center. “We take the time to find out what [students] are looking for, what have they tried in the past, their expectations for housing, and then work with them to find other options,” said Nicole Logue, Off-Campus Student Services interim coordinator. “This is not a simple five-

“IT’S DEFINITELY A HARD PROCESS, AND IT’S ALL-AROUND TOO EXPENSIVE. I WANTED TO LIVE SOMEONE WHERE I DIDN’T HAVE TO BE SHUTTLED TO CAMPUS, AND THAT’S VERY LIMITING, AND IT’S EXPENSIVE TO BE THAT CLOSE TO CAMPUS. WE’RE IN A SMALLER SPACE WITH MORE PEOPLE THAN THERE SHOULD BE, AND IT’S STILL NOT THAT CHEAP.” — SOPHOMORE KELLY BUER, ORR STREET LOFTS RESIDENT We’re in a smaller space with more people than there should be, and it’s still not that cheap.” Brookside’s Downtown and Midtown locations and University Place Apartments are options just off campus. UPA, on the lower end of the price spectrum, runs for around $490 a month for a two-bedroom apartment. Rise on

minute process; looking for housing takes time and research to find the best fit for each student.” Students at other campuses in Midwest towns reported having similar issues to those faced by some students at MU. Iowa State sophomore Jessica Allison had similar experiences finding housing in Iowa City.

JULIA HANSEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “It’s extremely expensive to live just off campus in Iowa City, and I think that is a bit of a problem. I’d also like to see more parking opportunities in our town; a lot of the complexes are charging people to park your car on the side of the street because there isn’t a lot of room.” KU junior Dan Stewart said prices are typically higher the closer you get to campus. With fewer bedrooms and roommates, the price for each individual goes up drastically. “Last year, I stayed in an on-campus apartment that was facilitated by the university but without many of the restrictions they place on freshmanoriented housing,” Stewart said. “It was a nice transition from there to my own apartment now. There were a few wellknown places around Lawrence, and I decided if I was going to move to a place, I would go for a more recognizable name.” That name sometimes comes with a much higher cost. Brookside is one of the larger and more popular housing companies with multiple properties around Columbia, and it has similar

rent costs to the other major downtown developments. A downtown Brookside location unit starts around $850. High rent prices and costly utilities are often compounded in some downtown locations with an additional fee for parking. Residents at UPA could pay $225 per semester for parking, which is almost half a month’s rent for a two-bedroom unit. “When I started looking for housing last year, I didn’t get any help from the university; it was mainly my roommates and I working through it ourselves,” Buer said. “The university may not be advertising that they help find housing as much as they should be, and I think they could definitely help more since most of Mizzou’s students don’t live on campus.” Edited by Kyra Haas khaas@themaneater.com

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Recovery-focused housing to continue despite vacancies None of the rooms offered in Discovery Hall were filled. KRISHNA RAVINTHIREN

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MU students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction will still have the option to reside on campus in recoveryfocused housing next semester despite the designated rooms sitting vacant this semester. The initiative started following conversations with students in recovery who wanted a place where they could feel supported by others in similar situations, Wellness Resource Center Director Kim Dude said. Dude said the reason the available rooms in Discovery Hall are empty is because students either chose not to come to MU or to live somewhere else, not because of insufficient accommodations. “We have been given no indication that they felt that their needs were not being met,” Dude said. “My understanding is that most decided not to come to Mizzou.” MU spokesman Christian Basi said these spaces will continue to be held throughout the academic year. “The Wellness Resource Center is going to work closely with Residential Life, Admissions, Off-Campus Student Services and the transfer office to attempt to get the word out to students about this opportunity,” Dude said. Dude said the Department of Residential Life has been very supportive of the initiative. The Missouri Assessment of College Health Behaviors Survey noted that 4-7 percent of college

Results from the study showed that there are a variety of popular treatment types for students who identified as sober and in recovery. Thirty percent indicated moderation management, 28 percent indicated 12 Step approaches, and 13 percent selected treatment based. The other 29 percent said they utilized religion or religious-based treatments for their recovery process. The

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continues to educate the community about excessive alcohol consumption and provide counseling. The “Alcohol Prevention Strategic Plan” is an attempt by the center to reduce binge drinking, increase the number of students who make responsible decisions involving alcohol and restrict the access and availability of excessive amounts of alcohol to students. Dude said she is hopeful the initiative will be a success in the future. She also said that across the nation, campuses that have recovery housing have said it takes a couple of years to get it off the ground. Edited by Claire Mitzel cmitzel@themaneater.com

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Task force tackles downtown parking Task force staff representative Leah Christian: “There are a lot of conflicts on the task force, I think, a lot of divergent perspectives and not a lot of agreement on where we want to go.” AYESHA VISHNANI Reporter With the housing freeze set to end this December and parking still a major concern in downtown Columbia, Second Ward councilman and co-chair of the city’s parking task force Michael Trapp said the Parking and Management Task Force aims to provide recommendations on improving parking infrastructure. The freeze includes land within a mile radius of an area bounded on the north by Elm Street, the west by Providence Road, the south by Stadium Drive and the east by Hitt Street. The task force was created in July in response to a parking audit that took place in fall 2015. Task force staff representative Leah Christian said the purpose of the group is to analyze current issues with parking problems. Christian said changes as a result of the recommendations will not go into effect until spring 2017. The 15-member task force includes business representatives, citizens and students. She said this variety has led to much of the delay in action. “There are a lot of conflicts on the task force,” Christian said. “A lot of divergent perspectives and not a lot of agreement on where we want to go.” Two MSA representatives were also selected to help with the process. One of them, junior Amy Wasowicz, was hit by a car crossing the street at the intersection of College Avenue and Rollins Street during her freshman year. Since then, she has been an active MSA senator and was selected to be a part of the task force. She said she wants to represent students’ points of view. “I would love to get more input from students to know that I am accurately representing their interests,” Wasowicz said. Currently, the main focus of the task force is the adequacy of downtown parking. Trapp said that the group has started making recommendations to the planning and zoning commission. One such recommendation would affect the minimum parking requirements for new housing projects. Originally, developers were not required to have a certain number of parking spaces, but the council passed an interim rule which included a reduced parking requirement of one parking space per

four bedrooms. The task force recommended that this rule be continued but that new developers should not be allowed to meet parking minimums by contracting with a publicly funded parking garage. The task force also requested a minor adjustment: that the required parking spaces be located within a quarter mile of the building. “Someone from the disabilities commission pointed out that’s not going to be helpful for someone who has a wheelchair,” Trapp said. “So we are recommending that for every accessible unit.” Christian said centralized parking would be a good way to deal with the problem. She said developers can pay into it, and it reduces drivers on the road. “C e n t ra l i z e d public parking is much better than individualized public parking downtown. It’s really good for the pedestrian environment,” Christian said. “People can park one time and walk anywhere they want to walk.” Trapp also said there needs to be a separation between the costs of parking and housing. “What I think we need to do is separate out parking from housing,” Trapp said. “You shouldn’t have to buy them as a set.” Trapp said centralized public parking is a more efficient use of space because it is able to accommodate businesses in the daytime and residences in the evening. “If each person has to build their own parking, that’s just wasteful and doesn’t make sense with our most valuable land in the community,” Trapp said. Currently, the developer Catalyst Design Works is blocking Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets without being required to pay a fee to the city. A fee for developers that block streets was proposed for the first time in a June session. Trapp said the council is currently halting any development until a policy is put into place. He said the council has not figured out an amount for the fee or what would be done with the money from a potential fee. Trapp also said in order to make that recommendation, the task force needs to conduct more research on parking infrastructure downtown. He added that they need to conduct an audit to figure out what kind of developments are needed and would benefit the downtown area. The process will last about six months. Christian said the group plans to survey citizens and look into a license plate recognition

Homes on ice: A housing freeze implemented by the Columbia City Council aims to alleviate parking strain downtown. JESSI DODGE | PHOTO EDITOR

system to understand and resolve the issues with parking and parking enforcement. Trapp said it is important that citizens understand the importance of student housing.

“If we don’t accommodate it, if there’s no designated student housing then students are going to rent out of the regular market,” Trapp said. “It’s going to hurt housing affordability.”

Christian said although the task force is set to end in December, it will most likely be extended. Edited by Kyra Haas khaas@themaneater.com

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Residential Life

New labor law alters ResLife operations Hall coordinators are now required to follow strict hour limits, changing the way they interact with students. OLIVIA GARRETT Reporter An update to the Fair Labor Standards Act is changing how employees are paid overtime,

and residence hall coordinators are now facing restrictions on how and when they can do their job. Hall coordinators are professional Department of Residential Life staff members who live in the residence halls, handle conduct and supervise student staff. They often work outside of a typical 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. workday. The nature of the job means they often meet with student staff and residents at

all hours of the day to address concerns, have meetings and resolve emergency situations. Because of the federal labor law change, hall coordinators’ job status has transitioned from exempt to nonexempt, which means they can no longer work outside of a set number of hours a week without being paid overtime. Hall coordinators are now being paid hourly. Only hall coordinators on duty after hours can respond

to emergencies during those times. Campus is divided into two districts, and only one hall coordinator per district is on duty every night. When hall coordinators are not on duty, time spent on tasks like checking emails after their workday is completed counts toward their total hours for the week. According to an internal information sheet on the change, overtime requests must

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be put in a week ahead of time. In an email sent to ResLife employees, Kristen Temple, the associate director of Residential Academic Programs, wrote that ResLife will no longer allow hall coordinators the flexibility of assisting students and student staffers even when not working because “it will be likely to result in overtime.” Temple said in the email that this is

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Football

INSIDE THE LEGENDS OF JESSE HALL Vice Provost Jim Spain: “This building, it speaks to the legacy and the history of who we are.”

Scherer tears both ACL and MCL in Homecoming game The senior linebacker Michael Scherer has registered 266 total tackles in his Mizzou career. NICK KELLY AND PETER BAUGH of The Maneater Staff

The interior of Jesse Hall on Oct. 25. ALESSANDRO COMAI | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

LIBBY STANFORD Reporter The history-filled Jesse Hall dome holds secrets even the oldest graduates are unaware of. Its arching form is visible from almost any point on campus, and Jesse Hall itself is MU’s most recognizable building. Jesse’s building coordinator and self-professed “keeper of the dome,” John Murray, has monitored the

hall and the dome for many years. While one of MU’s seven unofficial traditions is to climb to the top of Jesse, Murray said he has never heard of anyone actually doing it. He has seen evidence of people making their way up there, however. “There is, on the north side of the dome right at the base — it’s been a year or more since I’ve been up there — but there used to be several pennies glued to the dome with years

on them,” Murray said. “My take was that someone, the same someone or groups of someone … would glue the penny to the dome representing the year that they were up there.” As of late, the inside of the dome has been closed to the public and only those who do repairs are allowed to go in. “I always found when I took

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Linebacker Michael Scherer likely played his last snap as a Missouri Tiger on Saturday. Early in the first quarter against Middle Tennessee State, Scherer suffered an injury later confirmed as a torn right ACL and MCL, a source close to the senior linebacker said Monday night. Coach Barry Odom did not have news on Scherer’s injury at his press conference Monday afternoon, but he said he would receive more information that evening. Scherer, a redshirt senior, started on the Tigers’ defense for three consecutive seasons. He registered 266 total tackles and 17 tackles for loss in his time at Missouri. Without Scherer on Saturday, Missouri gave up 584 yards in a 51-45 loss to Middle Tennessee State, the most points the Tigers have given up in a nonconference home game since 1932. “It was tough on us,” linebacker Cale Garrett said after the game. “He is a vocal leader and is the quarterback on our defense.” When Scherer returned to the field later in the game donning street clothes with a crutch under each armpit, the reaction of his teammates signified the injury’s severity. Teammate after teammate came to console a visibly distraught Scherer. Many hugged him and offered him words of encouragement. “He’s the motor behind our defense,” defensive end Charles Harris said. When Scherer exited the game, Brandon Lee replaced him. Another player who might fill his spot in the lineup is Joey Burkett, who has started at points in 2016. “[Scherer] has been a hell of a player and a tremendous leader,” Odom said after the game on Saturday. “He is an unbelievable kid.” Edited by Nancy Coleman ncoleman@themaneater.com

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MSA Elections

New committee aims to recruit students for academic college senator seats Nearly half of the seats in MSA Senate represented by students from their respective academic colleges remain vacant. FIONA MURPHY Staff Writer The Missouri Students Association is creating a committee to contest the underrepresentation of academic colleges in Senate. This fall’s MSA Senate academic college has 20 seats open. There are a total of 70 seats in Senate, not counting the speaker’s. Fifty of those seats are elected by academic college and 20 through at-large elections. Those 50 academic college seats are allotted based on enrollment data of each college from the previous school year. Academic college elections allow students to elect senators to represent

their specific college. Members of Senate also elect the at-large senators in elections that take place at the discretion of the speaker. Academic college elections take place once a semester, on the first Tuesday of November and March. The Sinclair School of Nursing, College of Education and College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources currently have no senators. Arts and Science, Business and Engineering academic colleges currently have the most representation. “Most cases, I would get emails from students who were looking to vote and no one would be on the ballot for their school because nobody was running,” Legislative Chief of Staff Bridget Everson said.

“Then, they would be like, ‘This is really messed up.’ And it’s true because nobody is representing their voices. It’s easy for MSA to become very homogenous.” To combat underrepresentation, Everson is creating a committee for recruitment and retainment. This committee will be made up of people from all branches of MSA, such as the Department of Student Activities, DSC and Executive Cabinet, and it will meet biweekly. “I think what I’m looking for is more long-term, almost culture changes, we can make in MSA that are going to improve our reputation on campus,” Everson said. Current senators will table at Speakers

Circle with applications to run for senator during Food Truck Fridays in the coming weeks. MSA has also been in communication with academic college student councils to increase interest and recruitment. “Having that connection between MSA and these individual college student councils who already have representatives seating there is going to help that collusion that connects colleges to the student government,” Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel said. Everson has not set a date for the first meeting of the committee. Edited by Emily Gallion egallion@themaneater.com

Campus Dining

MSA plans to educate students on the cost of the Tiger Plan Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel: “I think we can all agree that the advertising on the Tiger Plan is misleading at best.” FIONA MURPHY AND EMILY GALLION of The Maneater Staff After Campus Dining Services’ new Tiger Plan was met with criticism from students, MSA has decided to discuss these concerns with CDS and educate students about the real cost of the off-

campus dining plan. The MSA Campus and Community Relations and Student Affairs committees held a joint meeting Tuesday to discuss the association’s response to complaints about the plan, including an editorial published by The Maneater last week. Students with the Tiger Plan can

shop at all Campus Dining locations, including Mizzou Markets and Student Center restaurants. The department’s website advertises that students receive a discount of “up to 63 percent off the cash price” at all locations, but students do not earn the full discount if the base cost, which they must pay to receive the discount, is taken into consideration.

With the base cost factored in, students earn a discount of about 15 percent at all-you-care-to-eat locations and actually spend more than they would by paying in cash at all other locations. “I think we can all agree that the advertising on the Tiger Plan is

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why hall coordinators on duty are to be contacted in case of emergencies. Temple said despite the changes to hall coordinators’ schedules, this will have little impact on student staffers and residents. “I don’t anticipate that students are going to see to much change or impact because their hall coordinator is still going to be there for hall council meetings, they’re still going to have office hours and be in their office, and their hall coordinator is still going to meet with the student staff,” Temple said. But in an email, a former student staffer who wishes to remain anonymous said they believe this change might not be good for residents, student staff and hall coordinators. “I think this could have a negative impact as it does not allow much time for the HCs to interact freely with residents and their staff in the way that they would have before,” the former staffer said. “Similarly, I think that by limiting the number of hours it could result in some aspects of the job being pushed aside, not out of the HC’s willingness to complete them, but out of necessity because there are simply not enough hours in the 40 hour

work week.” Jobs from across the UM System that no longer meet exemption requirements have been reclassified as nonexempt to comply with federal law, as of Oct. 23. This change affects approximately 700 MU employees, according to MU spokesman Christian Basi. In accordance with the law, employees are paid an overtime amount of 1.5 times their hourly wage for each hour over 40 hours a week that they work, Basi said. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, any employee with a salary less than $47,892 must be classified as nonexempt and has to be paid overtime. Previously, the standard salary level was $23,660 a year. “Our hall coordinator position had a base salary that was well above that [$23,660], but nowhere near that [$47,892],” Temple said. Temple said ResLife, in conjunction with the human resources department, had to decide if hall coordinators fell into the category of exempt employees whose salaries needed an increase to be above the minimum $47,892 or if there were a way to restructure the position to meet the nonexempt requirements. ResLife chose to reclassify the 16 residence hall coordinators as nonexempt. “I would say we really started in earnest, other than general

conversations, [working to reclassify the position] in early June or late May,” Temple said. “We were thinking about and talking about what are the elements of the hall coordinator job and how does that relate to timekeeping.” Temple and the area coordinators began by brainstorming ways that the various tasks of the hall coordinator position could be done more efficiently without having a large impact on the student experience. Next, they had the hall coordinators themselves do the same thing independently. “We didn’t show them what we had come up with because we didn’t want to bias them,” Temple said. “Then, the area coordinators and myself brought together the information that we had brainstormed and the information that the hall coordinators had brainstormed and actually they were surprisingly close.” The salaries of employees transitioning to nonexempt status will not change, but they will be changed into an hourly wage instead of a monthly wage, according to the UM System Human Resources website. “The way that the Residential Life department at Mizzou works is that they really wanted their hall coordinators to be a presence within their hall during the daytime and during the night hours,” a former hall

coordinator who wishes to remain anonymous said. “If you were around in the evenings and something came up, it was very much expected that you would be there as a hall coordinator to help address the situation.” Now, if a student approaches a hall coordinator when the hall coordinator isn’t working, they are expected to either ask the student to come back during office hours or call the on-duty coordinator, as opposed to taking care of the situation themselves, Temple said. On-duty coordinators respond to questions and emergencies after hours. “ You will still get a professional staff member if you need a professional staff member,” Temple said. “The hall coordinators are just going to have to be a little more structured about their days.” The former student staffer said in the email that they believe this change will reduce the time hall coordinators have available to talk with staff and residents. Many residents, the staffer said, talk with hall coordinators about a variety of subjects and the hall coordinator can act as a mentor. “In my time as a hall coordinator, I can think of maybe two Saturdays in the the entire semester that I did not work, and a lot of that was not my own doing, but a lot of times I would go about

my own business after hours and I would come across a situation and which you can’t just avoid or ignore living in the residence halls,” the former hall coordinator said. One reason this change might have an especially hard impact on hall coordinators and student staff is that it is coming in the middle of the semester, the former hall coordinator said. The changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act are meant to ensure overtime protections for workers, according to the Guidance for Higher Education Institutions on Paying Overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a document provided by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor. “I think in the long run, it will have a positive effect because the nature of the job is to work long hours, and when you are working and living in the same environment, that takes a toll on your body,” the former hall coordinator said. “I think that the fact that this change, this regulation, is trying to prevent that will be helpful. But I think in the short term, for this next year or the next two years, it’s going to be very hard on the current hall coordinators and the current staff as well.” Edited by Claire Mitzel cmitzel@themaneater.com

“It’s very unfinished. The inside looks like the ugly duckling version of the outside. The inside doesn’t look at all as majestic as the outside, but that in and of itself creates a really unique and sort of mysterious perspective.” One of the hall’s most legendary traditions is its involvement with MU’s secret societies. “[The secret societies] would have a ceremony up in the dome,” Murray said. “It would involve painting their initials inside. There are a hundred of years of initials painted or even scraped in with a pocket knife

into the wood.” Jesse Hall has history with QEBH, in particular. “[They] have, since the beginning, associated with Jesse Hall,” Spain said. “As part of their induction ceremony, [they] would access the dome. They’ve had a historical relationship, not just with the dome, but with Jesse Hall more broadly.” Looking at the very top of the dome, one may notice a sphere. The sphere itself is a replacement of a winged sphere that was once torn off. “If you go back in history, the story is that a very patriotic

student climbed to the top of Jesse Hall and tied an American flag on one of the wings,” Spain said. “It was pulled off because of the weight of the flag in the wind, and as a result of that, they decided not to replace it with the winged sphere, but just the sphere. That’s what we have up there now.” The winged sphere is not lost in MU’s history. A replica of it sits in Jesse Hall today. Spain said members of QEBH worked together to raise $35,000 in order to restore the sphere. “QEBH adopted the winged sphere as its emblem,” Spain said. “It being in Jesse Hall

is significant because it represents Jesse Hall and the original design and the original architecture.” For Spain, Jesse Hall means something more to him than just an old building. It represents MU as a whole. “When [students] arrived at the University of Missouri, they arrived at Jesse Hall,” Spain said. “This is where they came; they would pull right up here. The street came right up to us. This building, it speaks to the legacy and the history of who we are.” Edited by Claire Mitzel cmitzel@themaneater.com

At the joint meeting, senators came to a consensus on two main courses of action. The first was to meet with CDS to talk about problems senators saw in the plan, which includes the way it is presented to students. CCRC Chairman Hunter Windholz said he had already scheduled a meeting with CDS Director Julaine Kiehn next Friday. “We are going to come to [Kiehn] with the perspective of concerned student, an average concerned student, the student who wasn’t able to go and do all

this inner math that would’ve been needed to be done to determine the actual miniscule benefits within this Tiger Plan,” Windholz said. During the meeting , McDaniel and other Senate leaders emphasized the importance of building relationships with administrators such as Kiehn. MSA collaborates with CDS on other projects as well, such as CCRC’s Food Truck Friday. The second part of the plan is to prepare educational materials about the cost of

the Tiger Plan to distribute through advertisements on KCOU and MUTV as well as social media. These materials would help students who had already purchased the plan to understand the most effective places to use it. MSA also hopes to obtain information from surveys CDS has issued students to evaluate the plan, which is in its first semester and pilot stage. The cost structure of the plan could change based on the way students use it. Until the information from

the surveys becomes available, it is unclear whether students who have the Tiger Plan use it primarily at all-you-care-to-eat locations, which CDS has said is how the plan is intended to be used, or at other locations where they receive less product for the cost. “That’s why the surveys are so important,” McDaniel said. “The short-term plan is getting students aware of what’s going on.” Edited by Claire Mitzel cmitzel@themaneater.com

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people into the dome they were always very disappointed,” Murray said. “It’s not pretty. It’s just raw wood, and nothing is painted. … The other thing is that all of the windows are frosted, so you don’t even have a view.” Jim Spain, the vice provost for undergraduate studies and sponsor of the secret honor society QEBH, has had a similar experience with the dome. “It is very rustic,” he said.

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misleading at best and deceptive at worst,” Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel said during the meeting. Both MSA and RHA presidents were given marketing materials for the plan before it was released. Both told The Maneater they raised concerns about the high base cost but said the plan was already fully developed by that point.

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Eat, drink and be scary: How to host a spook-tacular Halloween party Follow these guidelines and creep it real to have a perfect Halloween party. CASSIE ALLEN Staff Writer

aving your own space for Halloween this year means you and your roommates can be creative with what you want to do for a Halloween party. Instead of going out, learn how to host your own party with these eight tips. Display your Halloween pride Have at least one great decorative piece. For Halloween, this can be a creatively carved pumpkin or fake spiderwebs from Target. Either way, make sure everyone can see them, no matter where in your space they are. If your Halloween decor is hidden away, your party loses the spooky feel. Drinks It’s important to serve at least two types of drinks. If you want to go the alcoholic route, make sure you have an equally yummy but nonalcoholic alternative. Check out MOVE’s Pinterest board for drinks you can serve your guests. And as always, make sure you have ice in the freezer. A cold drink or hot cider are great ways to make your friends feel at home. Eating is key When inviting over friends for a long time, having food is a must. For this party, I suggest having three types of food: — The quick food you snack on all night (like these perfect pumpkin seeds or these ghostly pretzels). — A first-come, first-serve food that makes your friends ask for your recipe (like these filled jalapeno mummies). — A food that can be kept warm for every guest, late or early (like this chicken boo-dle soup). If you want more ideas, check out this Pinterest board of eight Halloween recipes. Avoid boredom You can invite as many guests as you want, but having at least four things planned for the number of people you expect over is important. You can have a party that’s an intimate gatheringwith two movies, a popcorn bar and pumpkincarving, or you can host a big gathering

with three different playlists, a costume contest and a Halloween version of flip cup. Keeping people occupied and happy without forcing structure allows for a fun way to keep your guests entertained. It’s the little things Make sure your guests feel welcome by including the Wi-Fi password and where the bathroom is for anyone who hasn’t been to your place. Also, to avoid stress, be sure to give your guests ample notice of when your party will be. Around five days would work. No one has to make decisions early, but giving your friends options make it easier for them to plan out their festivities on Halloween. More is best Depending on the scale of your party, allow for enough plastic cups or glasses, plates and silverware. If you’re not serving plated food, make sure you have plenty of napkins and that the trash can is visible. This makes cleanup the next day much faster. Don’t forget, it’s unlikely your friends will only use one cup. Make sure there are extras, especially for a big party, so no one searches the cabinets to get those nice cups you only use when your parents come visit. Seating Always be sure to have places for your guests to sit. The worst thing about crowded parties is that no matter how long you’re there, you feel uncomfortable standing around while everyone else is sitting. Make sure that if you’re having a relatively small party, every guest will be able to sit somewhere, either on a couch, at a table or on a bench you drag from your room. The more area you have to relax, the less likely someone is to spill drinks in the kitchen. Don’t forget yourself Lastly, make sure you have fun. It’s important to make sure everyone feels welcome at your place, but if you’re not also having fun, the party is a bust. Have fun, invite people you actually like, and be sure to keep it spooky. Edited by Katie Rosso krosso@themaneater.com

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Stephens sorority preps for annual Haunted Tour Some locations on the Stephens College campus are rumored to be haunted. KATHERINE WHITE Deputy MOVE Editor

very time Halloween season rolls around, haunted houses open their doors for fear-seekers to explore their elaborately scary environments. But here in Columbia, fans of ghost stories can visit locations that are actually rumored to be haunted. The Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority at Stephens College hosts their Haunted Tour every October, taking anyone willing to face their fears to spots on campus where hauntings supposedly occurred. The college is one of the oldest places in Columbia, and its history includes a psychiatric ward and interactions with Civil War soldiers, so there is a strong foundation for spooky stories. The event is on Oct. 26. This is the tour’s 11th year, and Stephens junior Alexa Ochoa has been a tour guide for all three years she’s attended the school. There are about nine other tour guides who work in groups of two to lead small groups of people, as well as sorority members who get in costume and play roles to add to the fear factor of the tour. “Even having to go through it for two years, I still get scared,” Ochoa said. “It’s

still scary, I still jump. So it’s definitely worth going to. We actually had last year a couple people who were almost in tears and we had to walk them back to the beginning.” The stories are based on real ghost stories passed down by people who have attended or worked at Stephens. “There’s some professors that have been there for quite a while that will say ‘I’ve heard things, I’ve seen things,’ and every year we try to add our own touch,” Ochoa said. “Like stories that we’ve heard we’ll tell throughout the tour, that are not really set in stone, but we do like to make it personal. So, as many stories as we get, we tell.” Ochoa’s had her own experiences with the eerie on campus. “My freshman year, I was on the fourth floor [of my residence hall], and there were five floors in the hall that I was at, but the fifth floor wasn’t open,” she said. “And me and my roommate would constantly hear like, not necessarily walking, but noises upstairs that would kind of scare us, but I never thought anything of it.” Later, she said she heard more from one of her professors. He worked in the basement of one of the buildings on campus, and found that doors that he

had closed earlier that night were mysteriously open. “He’s like, ‘I don’t believe in Paranormal Activity type stuff,’ but he was like, ‘That had me scared,’” Ochoa said. “And he’s said he’s heard doors slam before down there, and he knows he’s the only one down there because it’s only him and another professor that had their offices down there, so that’s scary. It’s just kind of like that weird, creepy vibe that you get. Especially late at night, which is why we try to do it at night … It definitely gets really eerie.” After her experiences at Stephens, Ochoa believes there’s some truth to the rumors of haunting. “I have heard things, and I mean, if you’re there at night, you get the feeling that it’s very eerie and haunted-feeling,” Ochoa said. “But I don’t know, I’d say yes, [Stephens is haunted]. Just because all the stories I’ve heard, and I’ve heard little things here and there myself, but I’ve never seen a ghost or anything like that.” Preparation for the tour began last year, with early efforts including asking businesses for donations and booking locations on campus for the event. Tour guides receive their stories to practice about a week in advance. The day of, Tri

Sigma members begin prep three hours before the tour begins. The Haunted Tour is the sorority’s philanthropy event, so all proceeds raised go to Tri Sigma’s two philanthropies, the Robbie Paige Memorial Fund and March of Dimes. “I like it because it’s so unique,” Ochoa said. “I know a lot of sorority philanthropies are midnight dinners, midnight breakfasts and kindergarten dinners. But ours is very homey to us, because it’s something that not a lot of other campuses can do, just because our school comes with so much history it’s easy to kind of build off of that, and it’s a fun time for us. It’s just really fun, it’s really close to Halloween, and just to get dressed up and scare people with a bunch of your closest friends is super fun.” The Tri Sigma 11th annual Haunted Tour starts in the basement of Roblee Hall and goes all around the Stephens campus. Tickets can be bought in advance on the Stephens campus, from a member of Tri Sigma for $5 or at the door for $7. Edited by Katie Rosso krosso@themaneater.com

RECIPE OF THE WEEK:

Hauntingly delicious puff pastry mummies Ingredients: 1 sheet puff pastry 6 sugar cones 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature 4 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream 1 cup white chocolate chips, white candy melts or white candy bark 12 candy eyes

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Wrap sugar cones in aluminum foil and lightly spray with cooking oil. 3. Cut thawed sheet of puff pastry lengthwise into six strips. 4. Wrap one strip of puff pastry around sugar cone and lay on cookie sheet (seal side down).

5. Repeat this step with all six sugar cones.

6. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. 7. Cream butter for two minutes, then add in powdered sugar one cup at a time.

mies with filling.

10. Melt white candy coating in microwave-safe container until melted. 11. Fill in piping bag (or sandwich bag) and snip corner.

8. Add milk and vanilla extract and beat for two minutes.

12. Zig-zag the coating across the mummies.

9. Fill filling in piping bag (fluted tip optional) and pipe cooled puff pastry mum-

13. Finish your puff pastry mummies off with candy eyes.

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Battle of the Decades Dance-Off

Wit and satire with David Sedaris

Rock your best ’90s or ’80s costume at The Blue Note’s Halloween costume ball at 8 p.m. on Oct. 29. DJs Reuiem and Jen Ha will play the best of the two decades, and a themed costume contest will take place at midnight with two categories: ’80s/’90s TV or movie character and ’80s/’90s music icon. Other costumes, decade-themed or not, are welcome.

On Oct. 29, renowned comedy writer David Sedaris will speak at the Missouri Theatre from at 7 p.m. Sedaris’ sharp wit provides a hilarious and scathing look at society. He has penned popular books like Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Tickets are $40 at the Missouri Theatre Box Office.

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Move recommends Horrific Halloween makeup Perfect your face-painting technique with a Halloween makeup lesson, hosted by the Craft Studio in N12 Memorial Union on Oct. 27 from 3-5 p.m. A makeup artist will show you the basics and help you achieve your desired effect. Supplies will not be provided, so bring your own makeup kit. Tickets are $10 for students and $20 for others.

#PastPresentFuture with Marcia Chatelain MU graduate Marcia Chatelain has been featured on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, and will speak at Leadership Auditorium on Oct. 28. Her interactive presentation #PastPresentFuture delves into how current events on campus and in the nation can help us better understand issues of race, inequality and social justice. Chatelain’s presentation is from 3:30-5 p.m.

The Infiltrator On Oct. 26, MSA/GPC Department of Student Activities will host a free showing of The Infiltrator, which is based on the true story of a U.S. customs official uncovering the moneylaundering schemes of drug lord Pablo Escobar in 1985. DSA shows movies every Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Jesse Wrench Auditorium in Memorial Union South, so catch a movie next week if you can’t make it to this one.

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Our resident campaign manager guides you down the path of housing victory GEORGE ROBERSON

walked into my new apartment with visions of what my new place was going to be, what my life was going to be in this new home. Everyone has those illusions. What I didn’t know was that I should’ve prepared myself for 50 flea bites and the smell of cat shit, which I didn’t realize was cat shit until five days of breathing it in. That will snap you right out of any illusion. Now, you can see right through my countertop. You can see literally right under the bottom of the surface. I don’t know what happened there — probably

termites. The windows are misty, and the tub has been dripping, which is not ideal because I’m a very sensitive sleeper. What I’m trying to say is that the shitbox you get is the shitbox you get. And it’ll stay that way. Unless you literally have cat shit, fleas and a couch that sinks when you sit on it, in which case yes, it has to get better. Let me be your housing campaign manager. I’ll Kellyanne Conway your housing experience. First, use a spreadsheet, create fields, and check off what each apartment has. Separate them by price and proximity. Don’t just choose the first place you come across. You like it? Sure, of course you’re going to like anything, because you live in a matchbox in McDavid Hall that you

picked based on a FIG or a small photo online. That wasn’t a real choice. But now you get to make one. You don’t go to a car dealership and just buy a car. (If you do, we need to rectify that.) When you walk in a car dealership, they want to get you to buy a car that day. Do not let them use their psychology training to convince you that you only have one option. You don’t have to sign an apartment lease the same day of your tour. Don’t let them treat you like Nissan of Lewisville. One year in an apartment is a long time, and it’s a Joe-Biden-level big deal. You know what you’re getting. No matter what, it’s going to be shitty. If you go for cheap on East Campus, it’s going to be shitty. If you pay a ton of money for a side of Brook, it’s going to

be shitty. You don’t need luxury, but maybe it’s right for you. Some of the luxury complexes aren’t as expensive as you’d think. The difference in price between The Domain and Rise on 9th is in the ballpark of $300. What you’re paying for downtown is just more convenient — and, I suppose, safer — shitfaced-ness when you go out, but that’s a whole lot of money to pay when there’s an offcampus shuttle you can ride. Devote full weekends to figuring out where you’re going to live. It’s going to be your home, so don’t take it lightly. And once you’re there, remember one thing: You won’t get anything if you don’t make a scene. You’ll just have to spend tons more money on anti-flea spray.

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The Fifth Lap

New hall coordinator hours Don’t pass up inhibit helping students the present by

All members of The Maneater Editorial Board who are employed as student staff members by the Department of Residential Life recused themselves from discussing and voting on this editorial. Every residence hall at MU has its own hall coordinator, an adult staff member who lives in the hall and supervises its student staff. In the past, hall coordinators have acted as resources who could be reached 24/7. But that has now changed. Federal rules that define which employees are exempt from receiving overtime pay have changed. Employees whose salaries fall below the $47,000 mark are considered nonexempt, which means they have to clock in and receive payment if they work overtime. Those over the mark are considered exempt, which means they would not need to track overtime. Hall coordinators were previously exempt, but under the new federal standards, coordinators now fall under nonexempt status, which imposes more rigid limits on their schedules. In practice, being a hall coordinator is not a 40-hour-aweek job. Hall coordinators now face large restrictions on what they can and can’t do outside of these strict, regular hours. Helping with a situation in the hall, answering a call from a student staff member or even responding to a workrelated text or email is considered overtime when it is done outside of a hall coordinator’s designated hours without having been given permission at least a week in advance. Now, all after-hours concerns are routed to the hall coordinators “on-duty.” The campus is divided into two districts, and one hall coordinator is on duty every night for a week in each district. Because building-specific hall coordinators are no longer available all the time, student staff members might have to rely more heavily on the hall coordinator on duty instead of their own. But there are flaws in this program. Staff members

often text or call their building’s hall coordinator for in-themoment guidance on policies or problems. A misstep in policy could be a fireable offense for a student staff member. The same kind of specific, personal response is not possible from an on-duty hall coordinator from a different hall. If the on-duty hall coordinator is needed for multiple incidents on campus at once, they obviously cannot be in several places at the same time. It is difficult for hall coordinators to divide attention between multiple emergencies that each require them to be present in a different hall. On-duty hall coordinators may also not be able to deal with ongoing situations with the familiarity that the specific hall’s coordinator would be able to. The MU Police Department, which also can be called for late-night emergencies, lacks building-specific knowledge as well. If a resident has had consistent problems or incidents, the building’s hall coordinator will know their history and what might need to be done in a specific instance. That knowledge might vary from coordinator to coordinator, and an on-duty hall coordinator from another hall might not have the same knowledge. It is not MU’s fault this federal law was changed. However, the Department of Residential Life did have a choice. Instead of keeping hall coordinator salaries the same and making them nonexempt employees, ResLife should have raised hall coordinator salaries and made them exempt. They should have done what they could to keep hall coordinators available to their own halls. By not doing this, ResLife is putting students at risk to save money. The safety of students is not something that should be a trade-off with a monetary value. Students’ well-being should be the top priority of ResLife and of the university.

The Tenacious Typist

Instability from college debt limits American progress, mental health JESSIE STALEY

Jessie Staley is a freshman studying political science at MU. She is an opinion columnist that writes about student life for The Maneater. College is difficult, if you do it right. It challenges your intellect and time management. It forces you to prioritize your job, finances, friends and schoolwork. Finals week is full of late nights at the library and about 20 gallons of coffee. One of the main stressors for today’s college students is the debt hanging over their heads. When you’re little, your biggest fear is the green monster under your bed or in your closet. When you’re in college, your biggest fear is the imaginary monster eating away the money in your future bank account and your parents’ bank accounts. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. It causes people to feel and do crazy things. People have panic attacks and get depressed. People challenge cars to hit them on the crosswalk or on campus so their tuition will be paid for. Some people donate plasma twice a week for pocket money. It’s insane. It’s inhumane. Most importantly, it’s unnecessary. The cost of higher education is one of the most debated subjects in the past several years. The presidential candidates have used that to get votes. It is on a lot of people’s minds. Some people never get out of debt because of the high cost

for their degrees. My father, a rare specimen with five degrees, is in his late 50s and is still in debt. He hasn’t even been in school since the 1990s. It is unacceptable to demand so much out of students who should be more focused on graduating college than just paying for it. It is wrong, and, as most people do not realize, it infringes on our civil rights. One of our rights as American citizens is accessible, quality education. The Free Appropriate Public Education Act was created to enforce fair and equal treatment and accommodations for the disabled in public schools. However, it also enforces the right of every American to public education. Most laws have evolved with the times. Recently, gun control and the way the Second Amendment applies to modern times has been up for debate. It is reasonable to expect that with the modern necessity for college degrees, the right to FAPE would also evolve to include public higher education, whether it is technical schools or public universities. Education is a need, not a want. Limiting people’s opportunities to excel and progress is limiting the nation’s opportunity to excel and progress. Threatening people’s mental health and prompting rash decisions in order to make up for the debt is harsh and not any way to treat the future of the nation’s workforce. The U.S. is a superpower because it is full of hardworking, innovative descendants of gritty, freedom-seeking revolutionaries and immigrants. The cost of higher education cripples us. It cripples the nation.

worrying about the future Take time to appreciate what’s happening right now instead of concentrating on the future. KURTIS DUNLAP Kurtis Dunlap is a fifth-year senior at MU. He is an English major. He writes about student life as an opinion columnist for The Maneater. Living in today’s society, we tend to want to rush everything we do. At the start of every semester, we count down the days until winter or summer break. We wake up on Monday morning and immediately can’t wait for it to be Friday. We need to begin to slow things down and appreciate the present. The present only happens once, and if we are continuously looking to the future, we are going to miss the awesome things right in front of our face. This weekend was, hopefully, my last Homecoming. Looking back at all my previous years at MU, I realized I missed out on a lot. I was too focused on the future, or it was too easy to say I would do something “next year.” I can remember not going to events freshman year because I thought they were lame or I was too “cool” for them. The Midnight BBQ or Flick on Faurot are just some of the things I missed out on, along with countless Homecoming events.

YOU HAVE HEARD IT A MILLION TIMES, AND YOU WILL HEAR IT ONE MORE: YOUR TIME HERE AT MU GOES BY FASTER THAN YOU THINK. I have gone to MU for almost five years now and haven’t been to a single Homecoming parade. I’ve never donated blood during Homecoming week, and I’ve never even gone to the Homecoming football game. I didn’t take advantage of the opportunities that were available to me because I never paid enough attention to the present. For all intents and purposes, I haven’t participated in any Homecoming events, and that is something I will never get back and will regret. You have heard it a million times, and you will hear it one more: Your time here at MU goes by faster than you think. Sometimes it goes so fast that it just becomes a blur. The one way you can slow down time is to just appreciate the present. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment,” is a quote from Buddha that I think should be plastered on every dorm wall. The next time you think about complaining about how you want it to be Friday, or you look at a calendar to count down the days until winter or summer break, do yourself a favor and don’t. Instead, concentrate on what you can do in that exact moment to make it the very best it can be. You may find those are the moments that you will remember when your short time here at MU is over.

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Missouri linebacker Cale Garrett, 47, jumps with fellow defenders in an attempt to block a kick during the Homecoming game. ALEXZANDRIA CHURCHILL | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

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All hail Cale: Garrett brings heft to defense Senior linebacker Michael Scherer: “He’s a lead-head, and he works hard. He likes running into stuff, which works out good when you’re a linebacker.” TYLER KRAFT Assistant Sports Editor The first time Greg Jones saw Cale Garrett was in 2011. Jones, the coach at Kearney High School in Kearney, Missouri, was trying to peer into his football program’s future when he noticed the young linebacker dishing out punishment to his opposition. “I knew Cale was special when I watched him in seventh and eighth grade,” Jones said. “He was a man among boys.”

The man Jones saw on those youth league fields earned his spot as a starter for the Kearney Bulldogs in his first season with the team. His impact was immediate, as he finished with 96 tackles on the season in 10 games. “He started for us as a freshman and was all over the field,” Jones said. “Every senior on our team knew he was special.” Garrett continued to be a tackling machine throughout his high school career. He recorded 125 tackles his sophomore year, 157 his junior season and 160 tackles as a senior. Despite his impressive numbers and

being named the Missouri 4A Player of the Year in 2015, Garrett did not attract interest from any Power Five schools besides Missouri. Rivals.com ranked him as just a three-star recruit. Garrett decided to make an early impression with the Mizzou coaching staff, just the way he did with Jones four years prior. He enrolled early at Missouri, coming to campus last January to participate in winter conditioning and spring camp. “I just had the mentality coming in here that I was going to work hard every day, show up and give my all and see

what happens from there and do what the coaches ask of me,” Garrett said. His effort immediately caught the eye of his older teammates, just like it had when Garrett first took the field for Kearney. “The kid works hard,” senior linebacker Michael Scherer said. “He’s a lead-head, and he works hard. He likes running into stuff, which works out good when you’re a linebacker. He puts the time and effort in that is really necessary to learn and do things on

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Volleyball coaches bring family atmosphere from home to court Wayne Kreklow: “No matter how tired and exhausting it was, we worked really hard at being there for our kids. As a coach, I never wanted to look back and regret not being there.” ANNE ROGERS Staff Writer Wayne and Susan Kreklow don’t call going to work “a job.” They don’t even call it an obligation, or something they necessarily have to do. Being Missouri volleyball coaches is just their life. “It’s just something we’ve always done,” said Wayne, the head coach. “It’s become so intertwined with who we are

and who our family is. You get to a point where you don’t even know anything else. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Both Wayne and Susan grew up with volleyball. Wayne played basketball and volleyball in high school in Wisconsin and then went on to play basketball for Drake University in Iowa. In the offseason, he played on a club volleyball team and continued playing club when he graduated.

Susan played volleyball in high school in Missouri, and she played at the collegiate level at Central Missouri before transferring to Missouri State. She also played on club teams when she graduated, and the Kreklows met through mutual friends and volleyball tournaments. Wayne and Susan both began their coaching careers for high school teams. Wayne coached for Central Decatur

High School in Iowa, and Susan coached for St. Clair High School in Missouri. In 1989, Wayne came to Columbia to earn his master’s degree at MU, and he was a graduate assistant coach under former Tigers volleyball coach Craig Sherman. A year later, Susan began her collegiate coaching career as a head coach for Columbia College. The two

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Sensation Euan Walker dazzles on the course The senior men’s golfer was raised in Scotland, where the game he loves was born. GARRETT JONES Staff Writer It’s fair to say senior golfer Euan Walker is a steady player. His strategy is simple: Hit the ball straight, and hit it well. His game is a matter of consistency. “I don’t measure my success in wins and losses, necessarily,” Walker said. “For my entire Mizzou career, it’s been about improvement. If I can improve on the course through each tournament, that’s what I’m going for.” Walker has found plenty of success in his career and has accumulated many accolades over his years at Mizzou. He’s won tournaments, played pivotal roles in team wins and earned Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team honors. Walker will try to secure another team win at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational in Kauai, Hawaii, on Sunday in the last tournament of the semester. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Walker was raised in golf ’s birthplace, and he has grown up around the sport’s culture. He went to high school in Troon, home to Royal Troon, one of golf ’s most storied courses and the host of the 2016 British Open. Walker began his career as a Tiger in

2013. Coach Mark Leroux said Walker came to Mizzou as a quiet young man but has developed into a rock-solid leader. “Euan is unflappable, steady and consistent,” Leroux said. “He’s Euan Walker just who you want COURTESY OF MIZZOU ATHLETICS out on the course for you in tough situations. It’s very rewarding as a coach to know that you’ve got a guy like that on your side.” It’s not just Walker’s coach who has an appreciation for his leadership style, though. Teammate junior Hayden Buckley expressed his appreciation for what Walker does for the team. “Euan’s a calming presence on the course,” Buckley said. “A lot goes on on the golf course, and when you’re struggling or in an eventful tournament, Euan is always calm, and that transfers over to us.” Walker hopes to play professionally after graduation. This Mizzou season, he’s impressed with his play and has made that goal a little closer to reality,

accumulating three top-10 finishes and a No. 24 national ranking, according to Bushnell Golf. Walker also won the East of Scotland Open over the summer, thanks to his consistency on the course. Against top Scottish and English amateur competitors, he shot six strokes better than the second-place finisher. The season is far from over, though, and Walker knows he and his teammates will have to give a strong effort if the team wants to have postseason success this spring. “We’ve come a long way, and this is a more-than-ideal start,” Walker said. “But we’ve got a long way to go in the season and lots of tournaments to play. It’s going to be on me and some of the older guys to lead the charge and grind out great finishes the rest of the way.” If he does play professionally, it's safe to say that Walker will keep the same style he had at Mizzou: rock-solid, steady and straight. “I’ve really loved my time here at Mizzou,” Walker said. “It’s been a great place to grow up, and I love the opportunity to make something special happen in my last season.” Edited by Peter Baugh pbaugh@themaneater.com

By the Numbers Euan Walker’s average strokes per round throughout his career

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73.4 2016-17 (so far)

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ROTC’s Cannon Crew is a booming gameday success Member Kimberly Woods: “It’s kind of a privilege that we get to be on the field with the team.”

PETER BAUGH Sports Editor The tryout starts at 5:40 a.m. with a 1.5mile sprint to the top level of Tiger Avenue Parking Structure. Then, Army ROTC members gunning for a spot in Missouri Cannon Crew run laps, and workout leaders select individuals for exercise sets. They do burpees, flutter kicks and two-minute wall sits before running back to Stankowski Field to do pullups. “They smoke you and see who is willing to put forth the extra effort and go the extra mile,” sophomore member Christian Elliott said. After every Missouri touchdown or field goal, the crew fires a deafening cannon, and four members run into the endzone and do one pushup for every Missouri point. The tryout for Cannon Crew is no easy task. Of roughly 25 ROTC members who tried out this fall, only about half — including Elliott — made the cut. “The people that perform the best or don’t give up are the ones that get to do Cannon Crew,” sophomore member Kimberly Woods said. The cannon was first used after an 1895 win over Nebraska and has been a consistent gameday staple since the mid1990s. “I’m from Columbia, and I’ve grown up

watching the cannon go off,” Elliott said. Tigers fans have a love-hate relationship with Faurot Field’s loudest tradition. It signifies a Missouri score, but it’s also quite startling. Sophomore Coulton Becker comes to every home game and looks forward to hearing the cannon. “It’s exhilarating, especially when freshmen come here and they don’t know about it,” he said. “I’ll watch out sometimes and they just jump.” Cannon Crew members keep earbuds in their pockets to deal with the shots’ noise. Members of the crew arrive around two hours before the game. After carrying parts from Crowder Hall to the field, they assemble and clean the cannon. Making Cannon Crew goes beyond a preseason tryout. ROTC members must remain in good standing both physically and academically. “This is kind of the cream of the crop of our program,” instructor Michael Vance said. “So there’s a tryout, you have to have a certain GPA, you have to be able to score a certain score on your physical fitness tests.” For Woods, Cannon Crew beats tailgating or any other pregame activities. “It’s kind of a privilege that we get to be on the field with the team,” she said. Edited by Nancy Coleman ncoleman@themaneater.com

Army ROTC members Kimberly Woods and Christian Elliott pose for a picture before a game on Oct. 22 in Columbia. PETER BAUGH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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(L) Junior setter Courtney Eckenrode, 4, looks for a set during Mizzou’s Homecoming game facing Kentucky. (C) Junior outside hitter Sydney Deeken, 14, goes for a hit during game two against Kentucky on Oct. 23. (R) A young Mizzou fan holds up a “Point Mizzou!” sign during the Mizzou volleyball Homecoming game.

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Continued from page 16 Saturday.” The news of his effort did not come as a surprise to his old coach. Garrett’s consistent work ethic was something Jones relied on during Garrett’s four years at Kearney. “He has always been a player that I counted on to get his job done at a high level,” Jones said. “At practice there was no half speed for him.” Even with the extra work he put in during the offseason, Garrett was listed behind Scherer at the middle linebacker position to start the season. Starring in special teams helped Garrett earn

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finally found themselves in the same town, and after marrying in 1992, they have been in Columbia ever since. “This is the way it has unfolded for us,” Susan said. “One thing happened after another, and we both ended up in Columbia and have never left.” Wayne ended up taking a position as a co-coach beside Susan at Columbia College in 1994. There, the pair took the women’s team to the NAIA national tournament six times and won consecutive national titles in 1998 and 1999. In both seasons, the Cougars went undefeated. The two also started a men’s volleyball program in 1997. The Kreklows’ success at Columbia College was too great for Missouri not to take interest. In 2000, Susan was offered the Missouri volleyball head coaching job, and Wayne took

THE MANEATER | SPORTS | OCT. 26, 2016 a starting role like the one he had at Kearney. In his backup and special teams role, Garrett made 12 tackles in five games, once again catching the eye of his coaches. Heading into the Florida game, Missouri’s defense was in shambles. The Tigers had just surrendered 42 points to a struggling Louisiana State offense while allowing the Tigers down south to run for 418 total yards. Something needed to change for Missouri to get back on track. Enter Cale Garrett. “[He gives] a little bit more thump in there,” defensive coordinator DeMontie Cross said. “We thought against all the running teams we would need a more physical presence, and honestly, Cale is

a little bit more physical.” Garrett took the field for the first time as a starter against Florida, when Scherer was moved to the weak side position. Despite playing in a hostile environment, the freshman made his presence known by making eight tackles and helping hold Florida to 287 rushing yards. His performance impressed the coaches even more. When asked about his play, Cross beamed and called it “tremendous.” “The man has been consistently waiting his turn, being patient,” Cross said. “For him to go in and play against an 18th-ranked team and hold his own out there, he wasn’t perfect by any stretch, but he did enough things that our guys felt his presence on the field.”

Now, Garrett has another tough task ahead of him. The freshman will need to make up for Scherer’s absence, whose season end after he tore his ACL and MCL in the game against Middle Tennessee. Garrett’s high school coach believes the freshman is up to the challenge. He knows Garrett will bring the same attitude Jones first experienced when watching an eighth-grade football game. “Cale is a player that will not be satisfied,” Jones said. “He is always pushing and working to get better. As he progresses through the program and gets older and earns the respect of his coaches and teammates, they will see how strong of a leader Cale is.” Edited by Peter Baugh pbaugh@themaneater.com

the assistant coach position. The pair worked that way for five years until they switched positions to allow for more family flexibility. “The family commitment at the time made it really difficult to be a head coach and have three small kids, so we asked if we could flip flop,” Susan said. “We were just having trouble with everything that goes along with having a family and being there for our kids, so it was a comfortable thing to have him as the head coach and give me more flexibility to be at home.” The family atmosphere is something the Kreklows have stressed both in their home and in their volleyball program. Wayne and Susan have three children: Rick, Ryan and Ali. All went on to play collegiate sports, with Ali staying close to home and becoming a Tigers volleyball player three years ago. Wayne and Susan made a promise to stay in their children’s lives while they were in high school, even if it meant having a busy schedule all year due to their children’s club sports. Working at the same place made it a little easier, and both of them said they would

not have it any other way. “I mean, there were times we were going 100 mph, seven days a week doing the job and taking our kids to all their different activities,” Wayne said. “I’m going to St. Louis

volleyball at the front door when they walk home at night, but they also know when they need to be talking about it, too. Both said the advantages of working with their spouse far outweighs the disadvantages.

I MEAN, THERE WERE TIMES WE WERE GOING 100 MPH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK DOING THE JOB AND TAKING OUR KIDS TO ALL THEIR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. — WAYNE KREKLOW with one, Susan is going to Kansas City with another, it got crazy. No matter how tired and exhausting it was, we worked really hard at being there for our kids. As a coach, I never wanted to look back and regret not being there.” It was never hard for the pair to balance their home and volleyball lives — both said they have learned to handle the balance well. They said sometimes they have to leave

“As a coach, you have to have someone to really talk to about everything,” he said. “You have to have someone you can bounce stuff off of at all times that you wouldn’t tell anyone else. And that’s one big advantage of Susan and I working together; the person I’m talking to gets it. She understands me and I understand her.” Edited by Peter Baugh pbaugh@themaneater.com

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Claws and effect: How your pet can affect your housing decision Make sure there is space in your new home for you and your pet before signing the lease. HANNAH SIMON Reporter Leases are being signed left and right for the 2017-18 school year. It’s crunch time for students to figure out living arrangements for next year. For students living in residence halls, the inability to come home to your favorite furry friends after an arduous school day can be tough. This puts many up to the task of finding petfriendly, off-campus housing. Pet-friendly housing can be very limited. According to the Humane Society, the reasons many landlords are fearful of allowing pets in their buildings is due to “people who allow their pets to damage property, disturb neighbors, and generally give pet-owning renters a bad name.” Though many landlords are fearful of pets, there are a good many that are not. Below is a guide to a few plausible apartments that are willing to take in your pets. The Den The Den allows all pets, excluding any exotic animals or aggressive breeds. Having a pet in your apartment requires a onetime fee of $300 and a pet rent fee of $25 a month. This is on top of a lease that, at its lowest, is in the $500 price range. The Arch The Arch allows pets under 50 pounds, excluding any dogs that are pit bulls or Rottweilers. The one-time fee for bringing a furry friend to live with you is $250 with a monthly fee of $30. Copper Beech Copper Beech just changed its policy from having a select number of units be pet-friendly to opening all properties to pets. Copper Beech only allows cats and dogs, with restrictions on aggressive breeds. There is a one-time, nonrefundable pet fee of $300 in addition to a monthly pet rent of $30 per animal. “We feel that providing the ability for residents to keep their furry friends during their collegiate tenure is a large value addition to their experience,” said Steve Furst, regional supervisor of Asset Campus Housing, the management for Copper Beech, in an email. Brookside The pet policies at each of Brookside’s three locations differ. There are no pets allowed at Brookside Downtown; however, with proper documentation, emotional support pets are allowed. At Brookside Midtown, pets are only allowed on the first floor. Brookside Townhomes is pet-friendly. For the locations that allow pets, there is a one-time, nonrefundable fee of $500. The only requirement is that the pet cannot be an aggressive breed. *** Courtney, a senior who asked to be referred to by her first name, lives in an apartment on East Campus with her 17-year-old cat, Binky. “I kind of consider [Binky] a stress reliever when I get home ‘cause he’s just there waiting on my bed,” Courtney said. “If I’m having a rough week in school, it’s nice to have him to cuddle with.” Although having a pet to come home to is a major stress relief, taking care of a pet comes with responsibility. “Make sure that you’re 100 percent sure about bringing [a pet to school],” Courtney said. “It’s definitely different with a cat because they don’t require too much attention, but if you’re considering bringing your dog, you have to make sure you’re willing to give it the time and attention it deserves. Nothing is worse than a dog being home all day by itself.” Though it is common to see pets around campus, it is also common to see emotional support animals. College is stressful, and for many people, emotional support animals soothe depression, anxiety or other mental illness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires under the Fair Housing Act “that housing providers, including condominium and homeowners associations, grant reasonable accommodations to rules, policies, or practices when such accommodations are necessary to afford a person with disabilities an equal opportunity to use and enjoy housing.” This is a key piece of information to know for those looking to live in apartments that are not pet-friendly or if an apartment has limits to the types of pets allowed in the building. The law further states that “This includes waiving “no pet” rules to allow emotional support animals.” Edited by Katie Rosso krosso@themaneater.com

Pet friendly housing for pets like Amy the cat can be a challenge to find. However, there are several off-campus options for Mizzou students. COURTESY OF CAMELIA MAIER

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Crumbling ceilings, overflowing sewage and broken contracts JENNIFER CAMPBELL, ADREA CECIL, SHANNON PRATHER AND JOHN ROBY of The Maneater Staff Editor’s note: This feature appeared in The Maneater on Dec. 6, 1996. Although nearly 20 years have passed since its publication, the issues it raises are still applicable today. Even falling through the floors. When Matt Averett visited his friends at 1605 Wilson Ave., he didn't expect to fall through the floor. Jennifer Johnson and her roommates, who rent the property, invited Averett and other friends over to the house last February. Johnson remembers Averett walked behind the living room couch and suddenly vanished. Johnson said the students checked behind the couch to discover Averett had accidentally broken through the floor and had caught himself on his armpits before disappearing completely into the hole. Averett thought he had broken the floor. However, Johnson said a vent had occupied that spot. It was removed and covered with a piece of wood by former owner Fred Cooper. Averett had broken through the wood. Cooper refused to comment, saying the time he owned the property was ancient history. He sold the property to Bassam Freiha on July 30, 1996. Student tenants often are plagued by more problems than falling through the floor. Other maintenance problems make living difficult. During the winter semester 1996, Student Legal Services handled 243 total cases, and 80 of those concerned off-campus housing, said Maureen Gerrity Wheeler, SLS attorney. Wheeler said she has dealt with cases including sewage backup, ceilings falling in, recurrent flooding, smoking porch lights, plumbing leaking through the floors and lack of heating. Of those 80 landlord cases, 14 concerned constructive eviction — substantial code violations related to danger and a lack of sanitation. Wheeler said the number of complaints this year about landlords has increased. But not all landlords can be labeled as slum

lords, HUD inspector Scott Melton said. "There are a lot of good landlords, too," Melton said. "They don't really appreciate getting tainted either." Wheeler said East Campus, the neighborhood east of College Avenue, has the worst landlords. The Maneater's investigation of landlords found more complaints in the East Campus neighborhood than in any other area.

Landlords vs. Tenants Students harbor many complaints against their landlords, and some are justified. On the other

hand, landlords also often have complaints about their student tenants. The entire situation creates a landlords versus tenants conflict. For example, Johnson said when she asked Freiha to paint her room, which was moldy due to a leaky roof, he wanted the tenants to pay for the paint and drop cloths. "He didn't bring supplies," Johnson said. "He sent one of my roommates to buy drop cloths." But Freiha said Johnson exaggerated the incident.

"I went and paid for everything and painted her room. She had to pay for plastic covering to cover the stuff in her room," Freiha said. "I mean, this is petty stuff." While Johnson said Freiha fixed the leaky roof by stacking plywood on top of the damaged areas of the roof, Freiha said he hired a professional to do the necessary repairs. When Frieha fixed everything, he left a huge mess, Johnson said. When Johnson and Greg Douros called Columbia Public Works, complaining about the repairs Freiha repeatedly ignored, their landlord threatened to throw them out of the house. "Anytime we call anyone, he threatens us," Douros said. Johnson added, "He said 'I give you a place to live, and you're not grateful.'" Freiha said Johnson repeatedly threatened him. He also said Johnson and her roommates are not honoring their lease because tenants in their apartment change every two to three months without his written permission. "They need written permission to sublease as per contract," Freiha said. "They never ask for it." He also said the city of Columbia sent him a letter to complete repairs the tenants had complained about, and he has fixed everything they asked him to fix. Another student tenant, who asked to remain anonymous, said Real Estate Management Inc. did not honor several agreements made when her lease was signed. The tenant said the bathroom floor was about to cave in. She also said when she inspected the house before signing the lease, the walls had holes and cracks, there were mouse droppings in the closet and wasps in the furnace. She said the REMI representative made an oral agreement to fix these things before she moved in. "I asked a couple of times to put it on the lease," the tenant said. "[The representative] said she'd rather not." According to the tenant, the bathroom floor was fixed when she moved in, but the holes, droppings, wasps and cracks were still there. Mark Stevenson, owner and president of REMI, doubted the tenant's story. He said while REMI

THE MANEATER HOUSING GUIDE — OCT. 26, 2016 cannot guarantee the tenants will experience no problems, every house and apartment the company owns is safe. "To say there are large holes behind the sink is ridiculous," he said. "We have over 500 renters. We try to please all reasonable people, but occasionally we are unable to do so." Stevenson said oral agreements like the tenant's with the REMI representative are binding contracts, but he questioned what was actually agreed to. He said REMI's policy is to put any lease agreement in writing to avoid future disputes. Jack Kottwitz also had trouble getting repairs when he moved into a house managed by REMI, but he said the company has not given him problems since. Kottwitz said when he moved into the house on Wilson Avenue, there was a hole in the bathroom floor and one in the bedroom wall. On advice from Wheeler, Kottwitz and his roommates wrote a letter to REMI. Within two weeks, the major problems were fixed. "They're just slow to respond, but I haven't had any problems with them responding," Kottwitz said. "They're a typical landlord in Columbia, but they're much better than our old landlord." All property owned by REMI, and any other real estate company in Columbia, is routinely inspected by the city. REMI also operates a 24-hour hotline to deal with burst pipes, broken heaters and other emergencies on their property. "We've had very few complaints," Stevenson said. "Our percentage of satisfied customers is very high." Phoebe and Alexis Kempe were dissatisfied with a house they rented from Rob Alongi. Upon moving into the house at 606A N. Seventh St. in August, the Kempes said they found garbage, dirty carpets, unsafe wiring and roaches. "When we moved in, he said the whole place would be clean and painted, but their were roaches running around, urine on the blinds and the furnace was unsafe," Alexis said. He said when Alongi dragged his feet on the repairs, they called protective inspection, who inspected the property in August. They cited problems such as a broken furnace, cracked walls and a plugged fireplace flue. The Kempes got out of their lease and got their $650 deposit back, but they lost a month's rent. The Kempes attempted to sue Alongi but had difficulty finding legal counsel. "We had tried to find an attorney in Columbia, but most of the attorneys own property and rent it out. A lot of them said it was a conflict of interest," Alexis said. But a conflict of interest might not be the only reason attorneys do not take student-landlord cases. Mitch Moore, a Columbia attorney, said money plays a large role in cases of that nature. "It's not the kind of situation you want to get an attorney for," Moore said. "[Attorneys] are not likely to get involved for less than $500." Moore pointed out that by the time all the legal fees were paid, even if the tenants won the case they would still lose money. Alongi said the Kempes were the fussiest tenants he has ever dealt with. He said the house was

cleaned prior to the move-in date, but because the tenants didn't have the utilities turned on, cleaning was difficult. He said work crews were at the house everyday trying to meet the Kempes’ demands. "You are talking to one of the best landlords in Columbia, and I'll stand by that statement," Alongi said. "My properties are better than most privatelyowned houses." When Alongi moved to Columbia as an MU

“I KNOW SOME LANDLORDS, I WON’T NAME ANY, WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING PROBABLY ON STUDENTS’ DEPOSITS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY NEVER HAVE TO PAY THEM BACK. IT WILL COST MORE TO DO THE FIGHT FOR THE DEPOSIT [IN COURT] THAN THE DEPOSIT ITSELF, AND THEY REALIZE THIS.” — HUD INSPECTOR SCOTT MELTON student, he had his own landlord horror story. He sued his landlord in small claims court for his rent deposit and won. As a property manager, Alongi said he works to improve the neighborhood. His current projects include a park and recreation area for his family and tenants. "I take the worst houses in the neighborhood and try to make them the nicest in the neighborhood," Alongi said. "I love what I do. I can express my creativity and deal with more intellectual people." George Agrinakis, another of Alongi's tenants, said he has no real complaints about Alongi.

Securing Your Deposit Miscommunication often occurs between landlords and tenants. Another student tenant headache is getting security deposits back at the lease's end. Some tenants complain that even though there is no reason for landlords to withhold money,

21 landlords still do not return the entire deposit. Some students don't get back their deposits at all. "I know some landlords, I won't name any, who make their living probably on students' deposits because they know they never have to pay them back," Melton said. "It will cost more to do the fight for the deposit [in court] than the deposit itself, and they realize this." For example, Eric Rapp said his landlord, Ray Braudis, returned only half of his $800 deposit last August even though he and his roommates cleaned the apartment before moving out. Rapp said he got an invoice from Braudis for cleaning fees. Rapp also said Braudis billed him for cleaning up trash, which was there before the students moved in, from under the porch. But he was resigned to losing the money. "I really didn't care," Rapp said. "I knew he was going to rip us off." Braudis did not return phone calls to his home. Rapp is not the only student to experience security deposit problems. Wheeler said 11 of 80 landlord-tenant SLS cases during winter semester 1996 concerned deposits. Julie Alexander, director of the University YMCA, said the tenant is not responsible for normal wear and tear, but "that's a real gray area." The Boone County Tenants Association publishes a handbook listing steps tenants may take to protect their security deposits. According to that handbook, examining the apartment with the landlord and documenting any damages before signing the lease might prevent future problems with getting the deposit back.

Reading the Fine Print Student tenants have several horror stories to relate, but preventing most problems is not difficult with foresight. Organizations such as the Boone County Tenants Association help and advise tenants on how to avoid getting victimized. For most students, moving into an apartment is exciting, but several important points are overlooked, especially concerning leases. Oftentimes, terms in the lease take tenants by surprise later on. Alexander said keeping a copy of the lease will help tenants if problems arise. "You need to demand a copy of your lease," she said. "If a landlord will not give you a lease, the red flag should go up. This is the first step in problems with a landlord — if they won't give you a copy of the lease." Besides keeping a copy of the lease, tenants should read the lease thoroughly and make all agreements with the landlord in writing. Wheeler said some students don't realize non-written, oral promises are not binding. When dealing with landlords in Columbia, the Tenants Association said preventing problems, rather than trying to fix them, is the key to success. "Some students are willing to put up with substandard housing," Alexander said. "They're in a very transient lifestyle. They're only in Columbia for a short while, and they feel they can put up with anything."

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From the archives: International students run into problems looking for housing School break schedules, socialization and affordability are all major considerations. DUN LI Staff Writer Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Maneater Housing Guide from Feb. 4, 2015. Over the last few years, MU has seen a steady increase in the number of international students, according to an annual report published by the Institute of International Education. Data collected from MU shows that as of fall 2014, there were 2,879 international students enrolled at that time. Finding housing is one of the issues they have to face as they start living in a foreign country, which can be quite challenging. Rui Huang, a freshman from China, expressed his frustration in the process of selecting a residence. “I couldn’t be there in person to look at the dorms,” Huang said. “All I had was a website and email inquiry. I’m glad I landed a great place to start my college life with.” Availability is one of the major concerns for any incoming international student. Only a handful of residence halls remain open during breaks, according to the Department of Residential

Life website. Students who reside in other halls will have to come up with a solution as the buildings close down. “I know some others are probably going to travel to other places, which can be expensive,” Huang said. “I think I will have to stay with a friend in Chicago. It’s either that or Motel 6 for me.” Break schedules can be a major deciding factor for some students, and there may be drawbacks. “I chose to live in DefoeGraham largely because of that,” said Yifan Qin, a freshman from China currently living in a hall that stays open during breaks. “The buildings that do remain open during breaks didn’t have the learning communities I wanted. I had to take classes I didn’t like very much.” Socialization is a problem for many international students as well. Even with programs like Language Partners that MU provides in an attempt to help with the integration and transition to life in America, the language barrier and other cultural differences still pose a big challenge. Those barriers often lead international students to remain

in relatively narrow social circles of fellow international students. “I barely talk to (domestic students),” Huang said. “I tend to hang out with friends from the same cultural background as mine, because I’m still not very fluent in English thus I cannot communicate very well.” Qin said that is a problem. “Getting to know and befriending Americans can be hard for me,” Qin said. When asked about future plans for housing in the upcoming semesters, Huang and Qin both said they decided to live off-campus with friends who are also from China. “As long as the price is within my budget and the location is comparatively close to campus, I don’t have that much of a high standard for housing selection as long as I live with my friends,” Huang said. “I feel much more comfortable that way.”

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Seniors reflect on living in residence halls throughout all four years Mia Johnson and Mariya Chukas have both lived in College Avenue Hall since their freshman year and have held jobs within the Department of Residential Life. MADI MCVAN

To help offset their cost of living, both Johnson and Chukas decided to work for the Department of Residential Life. Johnson was a peer adviser her sophomore and junior years, and Chukas worked as a desk supervisor. As a PA, Johnson, a magazine journalism major, facilitated a journalism and communication Freshman Interest Group and mentored residents on her floor. PAs are compensated with a single room and a meal plan, according to the ResLife website. Johnson said that heavily influenced her decision to remain in College Avenue through her junior year. Now, both Chukas and Johnson are residents in the hall. “It was a lot of work and it causes a lot of stress, but in a weird way it’s rewarding,” Johnson said. “I think a lot of [the reward] is just interacting with students, just being able to facilitate their transition to Mizzou, get them hooked on to journalism or maybe guide them if journalism is just not what they want to do.”

Reporter Although the faces of the front desk attendants and floor staff at College Avenue Hall vary by semester, seniors Mia Johnson and Mariya Chukas have remained as constants for the past four years. Johnson and Chukas are part of the small percentage of students who live in residence halls for all of their undergraduate years. They are exceptions to a nearly complete turnover in staff and residents of the hall. For them, the benefits of living on campus outweigh the costs of residence halls. “I’m really involved on campus, and just having a lot of late meetings and stuff, I knew that being on campus would probably be the most reasonable and accessible,” Chukas said. “I knew I wouldn’t have a car at all any of these four years. It was just the most reasonable option.”

While Chukas’ job as a desk supervisor helped reduce the cost of living her sophomore year, her primary motivation for staying in the residence hall is the location. “I did plan on living off campus this year, but because I don’t have a car my mom was like, ‘Nope, you’re staying on campus,’” Chukas said. “Some of the bus shuttles are really unreliable, and when weather changes, I don’t want to be stranded off campus or not have access to anything. So at least on campus I have class right here, dining halls, et cetera.” Because the majority of students who live in residence halls are freshmen, Chukas serves as an informal advisor to the younger residents, who come to her to ask questions about things like restaurant recommendations and study tips. “It’s fun to see how fresh-faced [my suitemates] are,” Chukas said. “I’m glad to be a resource to them, and that’s how I feel that I’ve gained a kind of mentor position when it comes to the

underclassmen I have met. I’ve never had an issue with them. They’re all really good people.” While their living situations differ from those of the majority of their peers, Johnson and Chukas said they don’t experience much judgement from their fellow seniors. Sometimes their classmates even react with jealousy, Johnson said. “Some people will actually be like, ‘Oh, I miss being able to walk to class,’ or not having to wake up super early to catch the bus and risk being late for class,” Johnson said. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, I can just roll out of bed and walk to whatever class I want. I can take a nap when I want. If I lived off campus, I probably would not be able to take a nap in the middle of the day.’” Edited by Claire Mitzel cmitzel@themaneater.com

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