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Class big hit with students Population day brings awareness BRANDA MITCHELL Daily Egyptian

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Jessica Reed, a senior studying aviation from Schaumburg, hits a pitch thrown by Julia Valley, an assistant professor in the Kinesiology department, during a kinesiology softball class Wednesday. The class meets twice a week and learns aspects of the game, from basic skills to offense and defense of softball. “This is the first day the students have gone straight into playing without any drills,” Valley said.

Derby girls never say die MARISSA NOVEL Daily Egyptian What do the Dread Pirate Robyn, Lethal Objection, Splatter and A-K forty Devon all have in common? Two words: roller derby. The Southern Illinois Roller Girls will be hosting a scrimmage with their sister and brother leagues, instead of the Northeast Missouri Viqueens, at 6 p.m. Saturday at The Pavilion in Marion. The proceeds will be donated to various community charities. The group was originally supposed to compete against the team from Missouri, but due to a cancellation, they will be competing against skaters from their sister league, the Cape Girardeau Roller Girls, and their brother league, the Brigade of Handsome Gentlemen. The groups will be split into two teams and will be competing in two 45-minute halves. Elizabeth Cook, also known as “Dread Pirate Robyn”, said she and some friends founded the team in June 2009. She said the team is in its best competitive season, winning their first five games, or “bouts”, in a row. Cook said the team played one of the most competitive bouts of the season against the Chicago Outfit’s B Team, Shakedown, about two weeks ago. She said according to the roller derby statistics site flattracks.com, the team had an 8 percent chance of winning the game. “We stuck behind them roughly eight points down the entire game and as far as 25 points down at one point,” she said. “We came back in the very last round and it the was only time we had lead the entire game and we won the game by one point.” Cook did not skate at the game, as she was still recovering from what she calls a “nine-month injury” also known as pregnancy. She currently

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works with the team coaching new members of the team, also known as “fresh meat”. She said a few different charities will benefit from this season’s proceeds, one of which will most likely be the Women’s Center. Cook said they collect donations all season to ensure the profits of each bout will be evenly distributed amongst the charities. Cook said the proceeds from the annual December bout always benefits the Southern Illinois AIDS Holiday Project. Wally Paynter, the chair for the project and the Southern Illinois AIDs Walk, said the girls have been supportive of his fundraising events for several years. Paynter said the girls add fun to the AIDs walk every year by leading on roller skates. He said they work with him by setting up informationbooths and silent auctions at the derby events.

“It’s been a great experience and I think the roller girls are very supportive and I appreciate how they give back to the community,” Paynter said. Amanda Nelson, also known as “Splatter”, will be refereeing Saturday. This will be her first game as refereeing instead of skating. She said she got involved in roller derby after a friend invited her while they trained for mixed martial arts and boxing. She currently trains the “veterans”, or the longtime team members. Tickets for Saturday’s event are $8 in advance and $10 at the door and can be purchased at Dayshift, Long Branch, Hair Brains, Bomber Tattoo Crew and Castle Perilous in Carbondale. In Marion, they can be purchased at The Pavilion, John Brown’s, Clique Hair Design, Unique Ink and Iron Anchor Tattoos. Kids 12 under are free.

July 11 is annual World Population Day, and this year’s focus is to bring attention to the correlation between population, resources and the affects it has on the planet. To create national attention for the issue, the Center for Biological Diversity is distributing 40,000 condoms for all 50 states with assistance from local volunteers. The condoms feature six endangered species and information about how human population growth impacts the species. In addition to the condom campaign, the center promotes universal access to birth control and family planning. “This project was the brainchild of a staff who sat around a conference table trying to think, ‘How could we get people to talk about such a critical problem?’” Taralynn Reynolds, Population and Sustainability Organizer for the Center said. “Someone suggested, ‘Why not use condoms?’” Human population growth has increased species extinctions by more than 1000 times the natural rate, according to a study published by the Center for Biological Diversity. “The findings of this study are alarming to say the least,” Noah Greenwald, endangered species director with the Center for Biological Diversity said in his press release. “But it also shows we can make a difference if we choose to and should be a clarion call to take action to protect more habitat for species besides our own and to check our own population growth and consumption.” The purpose of the day of awareness is to bring attention to the problems that come along with increasing population. In the local area, the day emphasizes the family planning resources residents have and how human actions affect other species. The closest distributor to Carbondale working with the center is in Vienna. The condom campaign brings to light the issues of reproductive health and access to resources in the area. A representative from Planned Parenthood said the closest resource they have to Carbondale is in Belleville, more than 70 miles away. Local resources include hospitals and regular physicians, with few places specializing in reproductive health. Pregnancy Matters, an organization opened in Carbondale in 1980, provides free pregnancy testing, ultrasounds and other services to assist women. Since opening, the organization has expanded to other towns in southern Illinois. The organizations Carbondale location is one of the only providers of these types of services in the community. For low-income women and teens in the area that are not able to afford reproductive health care, the Illinois Department of Human Services offers Title X Family Planning, a resource for free or low cost options. Pregnancy Matters and the SIU Health Center did not return calls at the time of publication. Branda Mitchell can be reached at bmitchell@dailyegyptian.com

SOURCE: CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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Child center hosts fundraiser STOREY MAYER Daily Egyptian Since 2002, the non-profit PerryJackson Child Advocacy Center has been helping local physically and sexually abused children. Their services assist hundreds of children each year. The mission of the PerryJackson Child Advocacy Center in Pinckneyville is to coordinate a timely, comprehensive and multidisciplinary response to child sexual abuse and serious physical abuse allegations in a safe, agency neutral, child-focused setting. Although the center does receive some funding through the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and various forms of governmental support, the cost to stay open is always rising. With the increasing bills and diminishing funds, the workers at the center said they need every penny to ensure it remains open. “We have been extremely fortunate to have the support and donations from companies,” Betti Mucha, director of the Perry-Jackson

Child Advocacy Center, said. “Many of those companies are non-existent anymore, though.” The advocacy center is holding a fundraiser 6 p.m. July 12 at Campbell Hill Community Center in Campbell Hill to ensure they have enough financial resources to remain open. There will be trivia, a 50/50 drawing, a silent auction, a cash bar and prizes awarded to the best dressed. All of the proceeds will go to the Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center. This year’s theme is ‘90s. Participants are welcome to wear ‘90s attire and to decorate their team table. The fundraiser’s main purpose is to make sure the center is able to pay the bills. Mucha believes the only way any child advocacy center can survive is by having some sort of a reserve. “We are just trying to generate a little more revenue to keep the doors open,” she said. “We are trying to make sure that if the state tries to cut funding we will be set to go.” Jean Alstat, a board member at Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center, said no one wants to hear

about bad or sad things happening to children. She said she urges people to grasp that it truly does happen. “They just see it in the newspaper, but it is real,” Alstat said. “Those children come here to get the legal, therapeutic and emotional support they need.” Chairman of the board at the Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center Tyson Tanner said the center is the voice on behalf of a child whose voice would not be heard otherwise. “The Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center is a house converted to a friendly center for children to feel safe,” Carrie Gilliam, secretary of the board, said. “It is so necessary because the children have already been hurt enough when they come.” To sign up for the fundraiser, place a donation, get involved with the Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center or find more information about the fundraiser visit www.perryjacksoncac. org or call 618-357-2990. Storey Mayer can be reached at smayer@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 254

Making the grade Four years out of college, 85 percent of graduates have found full-time jobs with an average salary of $52,200.

Salary of primary job Male Female

$57,800 47,400

White Black Hispanic Asian Other

52,400 48,800 47,300 62,500 49,400

STEM* major Non-STEM major Public 4-year Private 4-year For-profit 4-year

65,000 49,500 50,700 53,700 62,900

*Science, technology, engineering, mathematics Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Unemployment rates among majors Health care

2.2 percent

Engineering

4.3 percent Education

5.0 percent Business

6.6 percent Social science

9.6 percent

Graphic: Melina Yingling

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Emmys 2014: ‘Breaking Bad’ for the win again? GLENN WHIPP Los Angeles Times “Breaking Bad” finally won the Emmy for drama series last year. At the time, everyone assumed Bryan Cranston & Co. would be taking a well-deserved victory lap this year for the last half of its satisfying final season, which concluded shortly after the Emmys were handed out in September. But in the ensuing months, “True Detective” punctured the pop culture psychosphere, and “Game of Thrones” ratcheted up the terror and the body count, as did “The Good Wife” in its own way. Throw in competition from such up-and-comers as “The Americans,” “House of Cards” and “Masters of Sex” and perennial favorites like “Mad Men” and “Downton Abbey” and you have a category, like our DVR queues, cluttered with too much good television. It’s no surprise then that the TV academy decided this year to expand both the drama and comedy series categories to up to seven nominees, provided the sixth and seventh votegetters are within 2 percent of each other’s vote count. And even with seven nominees, look for plenty of anguished “snubbed” cries when Emmy nominations are announced Thursday at 8:40 a.m. EDT. What else should we expect? A look at a few of the most intriguing races: Drama series: For those late to the party: Yes, HBO submitted “True Detective” for drama, not miniseries, even though its next season won’t have anything in common with its first, outside of creator Nic Pizzolatto’s involvement. That placement adds to a logjam that, given voters’ predilection to stay the course, could shut out worthy series looking for their first nominations. We’re well past the point where rubber-stamping past favorites should ever be considered, much less tolerated. If the diminished “Downton Abbey” returns over the rejuvenated “Good Wife,” “Masters of Sex” or “The Americans,” we’re going to show Lady Mary what moping is all about. Lead actor, drama: At the risk

of getting ahead of ourselves: Is there room left on Matthew McConaughey’s mantel after winning the Oscar and a host of other awards for “Dallas Buyers Club”? In “True Detective,” the contrast between the 1995 and 2012 versions of McConaughey’s haunted, philosophical lawman, Rust Cohle, provided the show much of its dramatic tension and took the actor’s career hot streak to new heights. Oh ... and McConaughey’s “True Detective” partner, Woody Harrelson, was pretty great too. At least a couple of members of last year’s class — likely Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”), Damian Lewis (“Homeland”) or Jeff Daniels (“The Newsroom”) — will have to step aside for these good ol’ boys, perhaps all three of them if voters order a double portion of ham (“The Blacklist’s” James Spader and “House of Cards’” Kevin Spacey) with their Emmy nominations meal. Lead actress, drama: Torches and pitchforks will be brandished Thursday if critics’ fave Tatiana Maslany isn’t nominated for all those delightful doppelgangers she brings to life on “Orphan Black.” But did enough voters find the second-year sci-fi series on BBC America to put Maslany in a group that will likely include repeat winner Claire Danes (“Homeland”) and past nominees Robin Wright (“House of Cards”), Kerry Washington (“Scandal”), Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”) and Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”)? Possibly not, especially when you consider that the contenders also include Lizzy Caplan (“Masters of Sex”), Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”) and Keri Russell (“The Americans”). This is the deepest of all the Emmy acting categories. More than one woman will have the right to feel disappointed. Miniseries: After three years in which TV movies and miniseries were lumped together in one ungainly group, the television academy believes there’s enough programming to again warrant a separation. That’s great news for FX, which, between the fantastic “Fargo” and a rejuvenated, layered “American

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Horror Story” should finally win for its programming after losing the last two years to HBO movies “Game Change” and “Behind the Candelabra.” (And, yes, HBO will win the now separate movie category again with “The Normal Heart.”) Comedy series: “Modern Family” has dominated this category during its four-year Emmys run. This year, it will face a new, formidable challenger for comedy series in “Orange Is the

New Black.” Netflix’s women’s prison saga boasts a sprawling, racially diverse ensemble of fabulously talented women (and a handful of men) and, unlike HBO’s more niche offerings (“Girls,” “Veep”), it has scored well with both critics and (from all appearances) audiences. (Netflix doesn’t release viewership data.) Its biggest obstacle may be convincing voters that it’s a deserving choice in the comedy category when

much of its power comes from the moving way it presents its characters’ back stories in flashbacks. Still, any series sporting Natasha Lyonne and an episode about the hunt for a mysterious, elusive chicken (line of the year, courtesy of Kate Mulgrew’s Red: “All I wanted was to eat the chicken that is smarter than other chickens and to absorb its power”) shouldn’t need much help in proving its comic credentials.

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Kids academy scores with loca JAMIE EADER Daily Egyptian Most kids do not get the chance to learn about football from Division I players, but for one day, 35 local area grade school students got the chance. The football clinic was part of the Saluki Kids Academy, a literacy camp for striving readers in the area. The academy is free to all children and the camp lasted three weeks. Literacy tutoring takes place in the morning with a host of other activities in the afternoon. The kids went swimming, hiking, and fishing, as well as taking part in sports clinics with the football and track and field teams. Former Saluki linebacker Juan Avila led the football clinic. Avila is in charge of community events for the athletic department, and said he jumped at the opportunity to run the clinic. “We had so much fun with the kids, and I know that the rest of the freshman football players did as well,” Avila said. Freshman wide receiver Jimmy Jones gave the kids a tutorial on how to do a touchdown dance. Jones was happy to be out on the field and said he believes that mentorship is important. “It always feels good to be able to give back and teach what I have been taught,” Jones said. The camp is run entirely by volunteers and donations of time and money from local businesses and schools. Meteicha Green, a special education teacher at General John A. Logan Elementary School in Murphysboro, has volunteered at the camp for two years. “We have a very tight budget, we get

by on donations of people’s time. Small businesses give a little here, and a little there,” Green said. “Everyone brings in what they have at home. We have a lot of teachers that bring in materials from their classrooms.” Crystal Shelby-Caffey, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, has been the director of Saluki Kids Academy since 2013. With 35 children participating in the camp this year, Caffey said it was not easy to gather the resources she needed to make the camp possible. When Caffey took on her new role in spring 2013, she found that the camps funding was almost completely depleted. Caffey said she worked to pull together all the resources she could and has made the camp work successfully for the past two summers. “The camp gives me an opportunity to stay connected with local kids and teachers. I couldn’t ask for a better group of volunteers. I couldn’t do it without them,” she said. Certified teachers that are becoming reading specialists do the morning literacy tutoring. Graduate and undergraduate students of the College of Education also get the opportunity to work with the children and teachers. “It is great for our undergrads who are aspiring to be teachers. It gives them an opportunity to have hands on experience with the kids and to make professional connections with teachers who are already in the classroom,” Caffey said. She said the camp is an important learning tool for education students and a valuable asset for local grade school students who are striving readers. Caffey also said she will continue to do whatever she can to make the camp a success.

Kourtland Bidinger, a student at P a victory dance with freshman rece Academy camp last week.

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al students Binge watching can

also be good medicine MARY MCNAMARA Los Angeles Times

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Parrish School in Carbondale, shares eiver Jimmy Jones at the Saluki Kids

Just as Scout Finch once realized that she never loved reading until she feared she would lose it, I didn’t understand the importance of television until my child was too ill to watch it. The continual complaint about television’s negative impact on our health recently erupted into full blown clamor when a study published in the Journal of American Medicine seemed to indicate that too much television could shorten a person’s life. But there are times when binge watching is not just excusable, it’s restorative. Last year, when my 15-year-old son learned he would spend his summer recovering from spinal surgery, the first thing we did was surrender to his request for a big screen in his room. As soon as he was out of anesthesia, he said, he planned to watch “Game of Thrones” again, from start to finish. It was almost as big a payoff as a straight back. How often does a kid get to watch as much television as he wants? Danny got his straight back, but he spent almost a week in the hospital, either in debilitating pain or drugged up to his eyeballs. Even after we brought him home, days went by without a sign of my

lighthearted, joke-cracking son. He slept a lot and only spoke when he needed something — to be turned over, to use the bathroom, to fix the pillows against his back. He didn’t want to eat, had to be forced to drink, was not happy about having to stand and sit, and had no interest in seeing any of the friends and relatives who wanted to visit. The flat screen just sat there, black and vacant, while we tried not to panic, to believe the doctor when he said it was all normal, Danny was doing fine, it would just take time. Then one day, about three weeks in, Danny opened his eyes and asked: “So when are we going to start watching ‘Game of Thrones’?” I have written often and long on the glories of modern television, but never have I been so appreciative of them as I was last summer. On a schedule dictated more by pain and medication than the traditional daily rhythms, Danny watched television round the clock. “Game of Thrones,” “Falling Skies,” “Ripper Street,” “Breaking Bad,” “Burn Notice” — series after series kept him company and gave him something to think about during those long days when too much conversation tired him, when he couldn’t hold a book or sit comfortably enough to play a video game.

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Only two games remain in World Cup TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian The biggest tournament in the world will end this weekend with one team holding the World Cup trophy along with bragging rights for the next four years. Argentina and Germany will meet in the final Sunday with the Netherlands and host Brazil meeting in the third-place game Saturday. The Bavarians completely dismantled Brazil in front of its home fans beating them 7-1. Brazil was without Neymar and Thiago Silva, but that shouldn’t matter. Argentina took the Orange to penalty kicks and was able to continue its journey. The championship match is always a tough one to pick and this year’s won’t be any different. Germany has firepower and history on its side. They have been one of the most dominant teams in the last 12 years. This year’s final is Germany’s ninth final appearance and they have won three championships. Argentina has always been solid, but hasn’t reached a World Cup final since 1990. They won the 1978 and 1986 finals. Two players stand above the rest when discussing the final two teams. Argentina’s Lionel Messi is one of the best, if not the best players in the world. When he has the ball, all 11 players on the other team have eyes on him, but he may not be the best scorer in the tournament. German Thomas Muller is a wunderkind. He has scored five goals in the last two World Cups and is already a threat to break teammate Miroslav Klose’s record of career World Cup goals with 16. There are several other players that could be deciding factors in the finale. Germany’s squad is basically a list of the best players in the world at every position. It had five players score in its last game alone. Along with Muller and Klose, they have Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Ozil and several others in the midfield. Mats Hummels leads the defense

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and Manuel Neuer is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Argentina doesn’t have the firepower the Germans have but they still have great players. Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain join Messi up front while Javier Mascherano mans the midfield. My pick for this game is split. Who I want and whom I think will win are two different questions. I will wear my Messi jersey proudly Sunday, but the Germans will win 3-1. The third-place game will also be close, but the

Dutch will come away with the victory. Neymar’s injury is a huge blow to the striking ability of Brazil, but they will still be able to grab a goal from either Oscar or one of its defenders. The Netherlands has several players who could reel off several goals. Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Robin Van Persie can score from any on the pitch. After Sunday the World Cup will be over for four years. It’s always when another tournament ends but it doesn’t take long for talk about the next one.

Team USA had a respectable World Cup. They made it out of the Group of Death and came very close to beating Belgium. The current roster is young and will be better in 2018. Julian Green made a surprise appearance at the end of the Belgium match and did not disappoint with his skills. Goalkeeper Tim Howard could be back between the posts but it is still up in the air. Jurgen Klinsmann has gotten a lot of heat since being named manager but he is finally putting us in the right direction.

Mizzou’s Ivey finds answers beyond weight room DAVE MATTER Associated Press C O LU M B I A , Mo. — The 2007 Big 12 football championship game had just ended in San Antonio, Texas. Confetti fell on the victorious Oklahoma Sooners. On the Missouri sideline, senior defensive tackle Lorenzo Williams sat on the bench, flooding his face with tears. Pat Ivey, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, approached the co-captain. “He’s looking up at me,” Ivey said, “and he’s like, ‘Coach, what’s wrong? We did everything right. No one works harder than us. We’re in shape. We’re tough. We’re physical. We’re strong. Nobody’s stronger than us. What’s wrong? What’s missing?’ “And I didn’t have an answer for him. I was like, ‘I have no idea. I don’t know what more we can do.’ But I said I would find some answers.” It took him six years, but Ivey believes he’s equipped for that question now more than ever. In December, Ivey earned his Ph. D. in sports psychology. One of the most revered figures in Gary Pinkel’s football program is now, officially, Dr. Ivey. But Ivey’s value around Mizzou football transcends titles. With a mix of innovative training, technology and

thinking, Ivey has become perhaps the most indispensable member of Pinkel’s staff, especially during the summer when football coaches are prohibited from working directly with players during offseason workouts. Like every year, the Tigers turn to Ivey May through July, as the 41-yearold shapes their bodies and minds before another season kicks off. “I don’t think there’s a better guy you’d want your kids to be with during their college career,” former Missouri offensive lineman Elvis Fisher said. A.J. Ofodile, one of Ivey’s closest friends since their days of little league football in Detroit, takes the praise a step further. Ivey’s meticulous work with Mizzou athletes — Ofodile calls it “science with barbarism” — creates a self-fulfilling prophecy, Ofodile said. “Someone believes in you and then you believe in yourself,” said Ofodile, the head football coach at Columbia’s Rock Bridge High School and Ivey’s high school and Mizzou teammate. “It’s not coincidental and it’s not purely physical that all of these unheralded guys (at Missouri) end up being NFL players. ... It’s happened over and over and it speaks volumes to developing players physically and mentally, too.” At MU, Ivey uses cutting edge means to help players on the field.

For example: For several years, his staff has used a vision training board to develop the ocular muscles that surround the eye. —Players undergo urinalysis tests during workouts and practices to monitor their hydration levels. After LeBron James had to leave an NBA Finals game last month because of cramping, Ivey noted MU athletes rarely — if ever — experience similar issues. —Players wear heart rate monitors to help Ivey’s staff detect when their bodies have recovered from a workout or practice. The trainers can script the next day’s workload accordingly. —During preseason camp this year, MU players will wear GPS devices to track their every movement on the field and measure the stress each workout puts on their bodies. —MU works closely with physical therapists from the Missouri Orthopedic Institute and its DARI (Dynamic Athletics Research Institute) motion lab. Using infrared cameras, the lab measures an athlete’s body movements and can help project potential injuries. All of which means Ivey’s job has changed drastically since he took over the position at his alma mater a decade ago. “We don’t even call it strength and

conditioning coaches,” he said. “We call it athletic performance now. We do yoga. We do pilates. We’re doing sports science.” None of that was going on at Mizzou when Ivey lettered as a defensive end from 1993-95, after which he bounced around some NFL rosters. In 2001, he returned to MU as the team’s assistant director of strength and conditioning, then spent two years at Tulsa as the football program’s strength coach. He returned to Mizzou in 2004 as director of strength and conditioning. In 2007, he was promoted to assistant athletic director for athletic performance. Along the way, Ivey sought knowledge beyond barbells and wind sprints. He enrolled in MU’s sports psychology doctoral program and worked closely with former MU track coach Rick McGuire, who heads MU’s sports psychology wing in the athletics department. As a professor in the program, McGuire builds his teachings around what he calls Positive Coaching, a philosophy based on building relationships. While earning his master’s degree in the program, Fisher took McGuire’s classes alongside Ivey. Around the team, he could already sense McGuire’s teachings taking root. “I could personally see a difference between the teams in 2007 and 2008

to where we were at (in 2012),” Fisher said. “And not only the players’ mindset but the coaches’ mindset.” Those changes are felt elsewhere around MU athletics. The department has hired Debbie Wright, an MU clinical psychologist, to work with athletes about anger, depression and other mental health topics. “Forty percent of all our incoming students on campus have had some sort of mental health experience in their past before they got to Mizzou,” Ivey said. “Student-athletes are more at risk because they’re risk-takers. That’s something that we’re working on right now.” Ivey serves on MU’s Men for Men committee, made up of male employees in athletics and other campus departments to serve as role models for athletes. They discuss tolerance, diversity, bullying and other issues affecting players. Ivey credits those discussions for the environment which greeted defensive end Michael Sam last year when he told the team he’s gay. “We had already laid the foundation,” Ivey said. Within the fabric of that foundation, Ivey believes he’s closer to tackling the unanswered question Williams asked him in 2007. “Bottom line is to get better, you’ve got to change,” he said “You have to grow.”