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Gordon Elliott named 2013 Springfieldian

Former Missouri State Board of Governors Chairman Gordon Elliott was named the 2013 Springfieldian by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce.

Elliott is the CEO of Elliott Lodging and Oak Ridge Properties, and serves on Missouri State’s Board of Governors.

“Every month there are critical decisions that you want people you trust to weigh in on,” Missouri State University President Clif Smart said in a Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce news release, “and Gordon is one of those people I call.”

Play Therapy Institute receives designation MSU program part of Center City Counseling for Springfield

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

A little girl who is part of a family going through a divorce comes into the playroom, goes to the dollhouse, takes everything out and painstakingly rearranges it,

trying to fix things, to make it better.

A boy comes in for the first time and spits in the therapist’s face. He tells the therapist what kind of toys she should have in the playroom, because plastic swords hurt.

These are situations that

play out in play therapy — a type of therapy used to work with children — according to Kristi Perryman, a registered play therapy supervisor and director of the recently designated Play Therapy Institute at Missouri State.

The MSU Institute for Play Therapy — which Perryman and Tamara Arthaud, department head of Counseling, Leadership and Special

Education, both said they are very excited about — is “an educational facility designed to promote and provide training in play therapy,” Arthaud said. “Our mission includes initial and advanced coursework designed to lead to licensure, research in the area of play therapy and direct services to clients as part of our educational training programming.”

The institute is part of the Center City Counseling Clinic at Missouri State, which has three state-of-the-art playrooms as well as three adult rooms.

The clinic — which gave the Springfield community between $88,512 to $165,960 in counseling services from July 2011 to July 2012, u See PLAY page 2

One month left to apply for foundation scholarships

The application deadline for the General and Departmental Scholarship Application is March 1, 2013.

According to the Missouri State Office of Student Financial Aid, general and departmental scholarships are privately donated and given to Missouri State students each year, and to be considered for all of the privately donated funds, you have to complete the application. There is only one application for all of the general and departmental scholarships.

The application can be accessed through My Missouri State, and you will only be contacted if selected.

Professor, graduate student have research published

Assistant professor of psychology Erin Buchanan and psychology graduate student Kathrene Valentine had their research published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology.

The research focused on observation oriented modeling to judgments of associative memory, according to a news release issued Jan. 29.

According to the news release, ten experiments on judgments of memory were analyzed with a technique that focused on individual data scores instead of average group scores.

Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 29

Alpha Phi Omega Information Table, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., PSU

MSU CBCO Blood Drive, 11 a.m.6 p.m., PSU Ballroom Student Activities Council Meeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

Phi Sigma Pi Info Night, 7-8:30 p.m., Glass Hall 101

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Alpha Phi Omega Information Table, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., PSU

MSU CBCO Blood Drive, 11 a.m.6 p.m., PSU Ballroom CASL/CLV Ribbon Cutting and Reception, 3-5:30 p.m., PSU 131 Facility Management Club Meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Kemper Hall 102

Ask a Tax Preparer, COB Professor Sandra Byrd Live on KY3, 5-6:30 p.m., Televised News Broadcast Alpha Phi Omega Rush Event Mini Golf and Dinner, 6-10 p.m., Fun Acres Mini Golf

Thursday, Jan. 31

Short-Term Faculty Led Study Away Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., PSU Atrium

MSU CBCO Blood Drive, 11 a.m.6 p.m., PSU Ballroom

Students for a Sustainable Future General Meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Temple Hall 105

Enactus New Member Meeting, 67 p.m., Glass Hall 005 Phi Sigma Pi Info Night, 7-8:30 p.m., Glass Hall 101

Monday, Feb. 4

Service-Learning Advisement, all day, PSU 131 Peer Leader Info Session, 12-1 p.m., PSU 317

Asian American Pacific Islander Organization Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., PSU 312

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A construction worker from Wickman's Garden Co. lays new bricks on Friday, Sept. 7, at the end of Kings Street on the Missouri State campus. Part of the bear head was removed in January to repair a leak in the chilled water loop.

Bear head under repair

Brick logo torn up to fix chilled water loop

By Katie Lamb The Standard

Part of the brick bear head that was installed in fall 2012 near the Plaster Sports Complex on Missouri State’s campus is under construction again.

A section of the bear head was removed to fix a leak in the chilled water loop, according to Doug Sampson, director of planning, design

and construction.

The university incurred no costs on the repair, which was covered by a warranty on all campus construction projects, Sampson said.

According to Sampson, the warranty covers everything but vandalism.

The brick bear head was part of a $1.4 million larger project, which included all of the landscaping around the Kings

Street corridor and the Foster Recreation Center.

The old Kings Street was removed and the brick was stored, cleaned, brought back and put down the center of the new plaza to bring a historic aspect back to the project, Sampson said.

However, due to the leak in the chilled water loop, this project is back in progress.

“As part of this project, there was an extension of the underground chilled water loop that helps make the university much

What’s the chilled water loop?

The chilled water loop is used to transfer cool water to buildings to help keep them cool during summer.

more energy efficient during the summer,” Sampson said. “The piping was installed, backfilled and paved over with the concrete and the brick pavers you see at this plaza.”

The only way to fix the piping was to dig it up, expose the piping, make the repairs and then reinstall all of the finished materials, Sampson said.

The contractor that

installed the piping originally is responsible for all repairs to the piping and surface materials, including the brick and concrete.

Project Manager Terry Rowland said the 500-foot-long piping that runs beneath the stadium stands to Meyer Library was tested and approved before it was paved over.

“It is unfortunate

Nixon wants $34M more for higher ed

Event kicks off Queen City Relay For Life

Springfield rally celebrates cancer survivors, remembers those who have been lost to the disease

By Katie Lamb The Standard

By Kelsey Berry The Standard

Oct. 14, 2011, was the day Missouri State graduate Robbie Prine heard the words no one ever wants to hear after a visit to the doctor — “I have bad news for you.”

After heading to the clinic with an unrelated ear issue, an MRI uncovered something horrific that would change Prine’s life forever.

The MRI scans showed a slow-growing brain tumor approximately the size of a tennis ball, and that same day Prine was diagnosed with inoperable stage 2 cancer.

“It was very hard on my family and friends,” she said. “We really didn’t know how to deal with it

the leak happened,” Sampson said. “It was especially unfortunate that the leak occurred partially under the new brick bear head plaza, causing it to be disturbed.”

Rowland said the construction should be completed within a week, weather permitting.

“While it is an inconvenience and unsightly now, all damaged areas will be repaired to match the existing surrounding plaza,” Sampson said.

“When it’s done, you should not know all this went on.”

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Steve Fritts, Jo Fritts and Jean Stoops participated in the kickoff event. because it was something that we weren’t prepared for. It wasn’t the on-path we had set up for our perfect little life.”

Unwilling to accept such a finite diagnosis, Prine sought out a second opinion at Duke University Medical Center where she was given the option of surgery — and life.

“There are things that happen in life that you can grow stronger from or you

can let them beat you down,” she said. “This is one that we all grew stronger from.”

Prine is what the American Cancer Society calls a Hero of Hope. She spends her time as a Relay For Life spokesperson, sharing her story of courage and hope with cancer patients, survivors and caregivers.

She spoke at Parkview High School on Tuesday,

Jan. 22, for Springfield’s Relay For Life Kickoff where about 250 individuals celebrated the cancer survivors among them and the lives of those who have passed.

The kickoff was an array of tables and chairs full of Springfield citizens mingling and eating, while event organizers and participants offered

u See RELAY page 8

A year after proposing drastic cuts in higher education funding, Gov. Jay Nixon slated a $34 million increase for state universities.

In his State of the State speech Monday night, Nixon said he will increase the budget for education by $150 million, with an increase of $17 million for early education – which will more than double funding for the Missouri Preschool Program – and a $100 million increase for K-12 classrooms.

“The cost of college is still too out of reach for too many Missouri families,” Nixon said. “Too many (students) graduate with crushing debt.”

The A+ Program has expanded to 150 more schools, Nixon said, but some are not part of it.

The A+ Program is a program that provides scholarships to students who have graduated from A+ designated u See NIXON page 8

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Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013

Winter Week events attract more than 2,000 students Student Activities Council hosts events to welcome students back to campus

By Amber Duran The Standard

Missouri State hosted “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips last week to kick off Student Activities Council’s Winter Week.

The Phillip Phillips concert had students lined up in front of the Plaster Student Union Theater all the way to the streets Jan. 22, not just for a few minutes but for hours, Svetlana Avellan, senior management major and Student Activities Council’s officer for concerts, said.

Phillips, season 11 American Idol champion, kicked off Winter Week with a sold out show, filling every seat in the house for the free concert.

This year was the second year the Student Activities Council (SAC) organized Winter Week events and Kaley Esbeck, senior hospitality and restaurant administration major, said Winter Week is worth it.

“It gets students back into

the mood of being on campus and gives them something to enjoy while going back to school after a long break,” she said.

According to Nick Elliot, senior psychology major and SAC president, Winter Week is actually funded partially by the students.

The Phillip Phillips concert was directly funded by SAC, although the rest of Winter Week activities had additional donors such as the Plaster Student Union, the Office of Student Engagement, the Resident Hall Association and the Center for Leadership and Volunteerism, according to Elliot.

The total expenses for this year’s event was around $15,000, Elliot said, making the cost roughly $7.50 per student.

Elliot said this is only the second year of holding Winter Week and that last year’s events combined had a turnout of about 1,000. This year, total attendance was just

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over 2,000, according to Elliot, with 580 in attendance for the Phillips Phillips concert alone.

However, Esbeck said SAC needs to do a better job of letting students know about these events, saying she only knew because she, “heard it through the grapevine.”

“They need to make these events more widely known if they want every event a full house,” she said.

Elliot said the SAC tried to use multiple outlets for letting students know about these events, including social media and email blasts to students and faculty. However, he said that getting the word out continues to be a struggle because it occurs so quickly after students return from break.

“Getting fliers out for events the first or second week back is difficult for us seeing that our programming board was on break as well with all the other students,” Elliot said.

Esbeck said that she did not attend another Winter Week event.

The rest of Winter Week consisted of a movie roast by Skinny Improv of “Batman and Robin,” an after-hours

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In play therapy, the playroom is filled with toys that children can play with to express their emotions.

according to its year-in-review report — sees children, adolescents, couples and families, and offers real-life experience for students working toward their registered play therapist certification at the only institute in Missouri affiliated with a university.

“Everywhere else in the state, you take your coursework, your theories, you role play. Then they send you out to do an internship, which is pretty scary,” Perryman said. “Our folks, before they even get out there, have loads of experience with dealing with real-life people with real-life problems.”

Perryman graduated from the Play Therapy Program at MSU in 1997, when she said Shirley Hendricks ignited her love for play therapy. She then became involved in play therapy after being a special education teacher and gaining an awareness of how

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skate night at Mediacom Ice Park and a Disney Winter Wonderland themed bowling event.

All of these events were free for students and SAC provided a shuttle for those without transportation to and from Mediacom Ice Rink.

Elliot said that he and the SAC are excited to keep Win-

home difficulties could affect students’ learning, sometimes more so than a learning disorder.

“I felt like I could help them more by being a play therapist than I could trying to make them get their math done,” Perryman said.

“Play is their language and toys are their words,” Perryman said. “For an adult, when they have some — whether it’s grief or anxiety or whatever is going on — and they go to their therapist, they talk about it, they talk about it, they talk about it. So a child comes to the playroom and they play about it, play about it, play about it.”

Perryman, who sat on the national committee to help develop the criteria to create institutes, said the designation as a play therapy institute is based on having a certain number of wellequipped playrooms, producing play therapy research, the number of classes and workshops in play therapy that are offered, and the number of presentations Perryman, who is the only current professor of play therapy at MSU,

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ter Week an annual event.

“SAC couldn’t be more proud of this week and we hope that next year is an even bigger success.”

During the Phillip Phillips concert, SAC also took the opportunity to reveal the bands for this year’s spring concert.

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attends.

“This designation is a wonderful acknowledgement of the work and accomplishments of our counseling program,” Arthaud said.

“It provides added incentive for counselors to seek training opportunities here at Missouri State University, and it provides a level of pride and distinction to graduates with a degree from Missouri State University.”

The point of play therapy is to avoid a lot of regulation that children may have at home or at school, and to encourage them to learn self control and know what to do for themselves when an adult isn’t around, according to Perryman.

“The play therapist believes that the child has within them — just like all of us do — that we come into the world wanting to do better and be better, and that if we give them a safe place to do that — meaning set limits as needed — and give them unconditional positive regard, that they’ll do what they need to do,” Perryman said.

“And they do.”

Lewis and 3OH!3 will be coheadlining for the first time ever at JQH Arena on April 18.

Tickets will be on sale for the concert for students Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. and are $25. Nonstudents can purchase tickets Feb. 1 for $37 at http://missouristatetix.com and at all Missouri State ticket locations.

Perryman said she has seen some “marvelous things” happen for kids over the years with play therapy.

“He was one that I thought, ‘I don’t know. Maybe he needs something else, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do this,’” Perryman said of the boy who once spit in her face. “But that same little boy that I would have told you was going to end up diagnosed antisocial and in jail for murder or something some years later; one day in the playroom I got hurt, accidentally, and he ran and got a BandAid. He put it on my finger and said, ‘Are you OK, Miss Kristi?’ You wouldn’t have seen that from him before.”

For more information about play therapy at Missouri State, visit the Counseling, Leadership and Special Education department website at http://www.education.edu/CLSE. For more information on the Center City Counseling Clinic, visit http://www.education.missouristate.e du/CCCC or call the clinic at 417836-3215.

Tuesday

Jan. 29, 2013

Let’s give peace a chance

“What’s wrong with the world, Mama? People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas.”

The Black Eyed Peas were so profound in 2003.

But, really. What is wrong with the world, mama?

I woke up Saturday morning to news that an Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death over riots that broke out during a football (soccer) game in Port Said Stadium last year. The reaction? More riots that killed more people.

Following the tragedies in Aurora, Colo., after the premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises,” and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., just before the holiday season, my Facebook news feed and Twitter timeline were filled with political sentiments often suggesting that the solution to mass shootings and violence is to give more people more guns.

Responding to violence with violence seems like the way it has always been.

Oh, you said something mean about me behind my back? Prepare for me to bash your face in after second period.

You think that a different form of gov-

Nicolette Martin Columnist ernment might actually be more effective? War. You believe in a different god than I do? I’m going to kill you.

Yes, there are certain things that people need to stand up for such as social injustice and political tyranny, but often the first tactic that is used is force because no one else can think of a better solution than just to overpower the other until the winner’s way of thinking prevails.

Does no one ever learn anything from history?

Fights don’t do anything except leave every contributing party bruised and bloody. Wars never accomplish anything except making the loser so mad that they eventually want revenge. Religious disputes never make anyone magically believe in a different god. And more guns

never make shootings disappear.

Unfortunately, so often the human way is to believe that, individually, we are the ones who have the answers. We are the ones who have it figured out. You don’t just believe something different than I do; you are wrong. I am right. And I have to fight you to prove that.

Why can’t we just talk out our problems? Why can’t we all just live in harmony with each other? Why does it always have to be a constant struggle to prove how much better our way of thinking is than someone else’s? Why can’t we just foster a society in which everyone is equal and no one has to fight to prove so?

Although this girl “doesn’t even go here,” she has a point. And I completely agree.

The answer to violence is never more violence, as so many often seem to wrongly think it is.

The answer to violence, instead, is just being nice to each other. The answer is respecting each other and, as archaic as it may seem, treating others how you would want to be treated.

Peace and love, people. Peace and love.

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Help save lives through Relay

The number of cancer related deaths in the United States has decreased since 1975 to 2009, according to a report by the National Cancer Institute. But that doesn’t mean that cancer is less prevalent in our lives today.

Each and every one of us knows someone - or many someones - who has battled cancer during his or her lifetime. From melanoma to prostate to breast to lung cancer, it’s a disease that is capable of attacking every part of the human body invisibly. And that’s just scary.

Which is why taking part in Relay For Life in Springfield and at Missouri State is so important.

It gives all of us a chance to create a community of support for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and the loved ones of anyone who’s ever been diagnosed with those horrible diseases.

It also creates an opportunity to donate money to help a great cause. We understand, just as well as you do, that college students are poor and can’t afford to shell out the big bucks on anything. But with funding research for a disease like cancer, a little bit goes a long way.

Just think, if every MSU student donated $1 to MSU’s Relay For Life. That would be roughly $23,000 from just students that could go towards local efforts to help prevent, treat and support cancer victims.

Each year MSU comes out strong to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and recently men’s cancer awareness with the Movember movement. Let’s continue those efforts with doing our part to support cancer research this spring.

Check out Kelsey Berry’s article “Event kicks off Queen City Relay For Life” on page 1 to find a way that you, your friends, your family and your favorite campus organization can get involved to help fight cancer. Because one death from cancer is one too many.

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Media errors harmed innocents

On Dec. 14, 2012, Ryan Lanza went to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he was recognized and buzzed in by the principal. He then went to his mother’s kindergarten classroom and killed her before opening fire on students. … Wait a minute, that’s not right.

Though this is how the media initially reported the story, it turns out they were wrong, getting several facts, including the shooter’s name, wrong. Instead of Ryan Lanza committing the mass tragedy, which resulted in the slaughter of 26 people including 20 children between the ages of six and seven, it was actually Lanza’s younger brother, Adam, who was responsible. Ryan was at work in Manhattan at the time of the shooting, posting on his Facebook that it wasn’t him when he learned he was being accused.

CNN appears to have been the first to misidentify the shooter in a live blog of the event, which they continually updated as more details became available. The update, written at 2:11 p.m. eastern time, said “CNN’s Susan Candiotti has just reported that a law enforcement official tells her the suspect is named Ryan Lanza and he is in his 20s.”

To this day, the post remains. CNN opted not to remove it, and instead posted later that Adam was the actual suspect and stating they weren’t sure what caused confusion among investigators.

In addition to CNN, Fox News, CBS News, NBC News and other prominent media outlets also misreported important details about the shooting. It was initially reported that the shooter’s mom, Nancy Lanza, was a kindergarten teacher at the school, when in fact, she didn’t work there at all. Other inaccuracies include the weapons Lanza used (it was a rifle, not two handguns) and how he got into the school (he broke in by shooting out a window, he wasn’t buzzed in).

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This is not the first time media have reported serious inaccuracies. Many news outlets reported the death of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who was forced out of his position amid the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal, a day before he had actually passed.

After the Centennial Park bombing during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the media lauded Richard Jewell, the man who discovered a pipe bomb on the park grounds, as a hero in initial reports before doing a complete about-face, reporting that he was being considered a suspect by the FBI. Jewell was eventually exonerated during an investigation by the FBI and went on to sue several media outlets for libel.

In the age where everyone wants to be first, spreading misinformation is becoming a serious problem, particularly for media outlets. This should concern everybody, from those who are producing these reports that turn out to be inaccurate to those who are consuming them.

How do we know what to believe anymore?

Ryan Lanza was identified as a terrorist, a slaughterer of children. His name, information and photos from Facebook were splattered across television. By reporting such drastic inaccuracies, the media has the potential to completely tarnish someone’s reputation and ruin their life. As a journalist who strongly believes in the freedom of the press, even I believe that Ryan should sue these media outlets for libel.

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Media inaccuracies of Sandy Hook On Dec. 17, Buzzfeed posted a list entitled “9 things the media got wrong about the Sandy Hook shooting.” Here are some of those inaccuracies: 1. The shooter’s mother, Nancy Lanza, worked at the school.

2. Adam Lanza used handguns in the shooting. He did use a handgun to commit suicide, but used a rifle to shoot others.

3. Lanza was buzzed into the school.

4. Lanza had an altercation with staff members at the school the day before the shooting.

5. Officers had a possible second gunman in custody. It is now known that Lanza was acting alone.

6. The shooter was Ryan Lanza.

Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/9-things-the-media-got-wrong-aboutthe-sandy-hook

The media needs to stop this race to be the first to report on major events if what they are reporting is going to be wrong. Instead of scrambling to beat out the competition, news outlets need to verify their information, for it is better for CNN to be beat out by Fox News than to be first but wrong.

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Tuesday

Jan. 29, 2013

Calendar The college journey comes to an end Tuesday, Jan. 29

Tuesdays with Warren open mic night, 9 p.m., The Outland, cover

Wednesday, Jan. 30

SAC Presents: MTV “MADE” episode viewing and special appearance by Chinesa Rusch, 78:30 p.m., PSU Theater, free Open dancing, 8:30-10 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

SAC Weekly Film Series presents: “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” 9 p.m., PSU Theater, free

Thursday, Jan. 31

Tunnel of Oppression, 6-9 p.m., Wells House Grand Lounge, free

Downtown Book Club discusses Tony Danza’s “I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I’ve Ever Had,” 7-8:30 p.m., free Gigantic, 8 p.m., The Outland Ballroom, cover

SAC After Hours Presents: Throwback Thursday, 9 p.m., Foster Recreation Center, free

Friday, Feb. 1

Tunnel of Oppression, 6-9 p.m., Wells House Grand Lounge, free

Flavor & Flair, 6-9 p.m., University Plaza Hotel, $30-35 First Friday Art Talk, 6-6:45 p.m., Park Central Branch Library, free First Friday Live: The Bootheel and Jake Bush, 7-10 p.m., The Gillioz, free or $3 for minors

SAC Presents: Rock ‘N Bowl, 7:30 p.m., PSU level one game center, free “West Side Story (Broadway),” 8 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-52 Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave, $10-12

Innuendo, 8 p.m., Three 20’s Club, cover Black Box Revue, 9 p.m., The Outland, cover

Saturday, Feb. 2

“West Side Story (Broadway),” 8 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-52

Saturday Live Jazz, 6-9 p.m., Springfield Brewing Company, free

Sunday, Feb. 3

Argentine Tango, 6:30-7 p.m., Savoy Ballroom, free

Think ‘N Drink Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Patton Alley Pub, free

SAC Weekly Film Series presents: “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” 9 p.m., PSU Theater, free

Monday, Feb. 4

MSU Music Department presents: The Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Ellis 217b, free Team Trivia hosted by the Double B Twins, 10 p.m., The Outland, free

Briefs Registration open for local Color Run

Springfield’s Color Run is back. Sponsored by the Equi-Librium Therapy Center, this is a 5k event where runners, walkers and joggers of all ages are welcome to participate.

Each participant is instructed to wear white and given a color packet to save for the finish line where a colorful celebration will follow completion of the 5k.

Solo runner or walker registration costs $40 for early registration, $45 starting Feb. 15 and $50 starting March 15.

Four or more team runners and walker registration is $35 per person for early registration, $40 per person starting Feb. 15, $45 per person starting March 15.

For more information visit http://thecolorrun.com/springfield-missouri/.

Chili Cook-Off set for February 16

The 32nd annual Sertoma Chili Cook-Off is scheduled to be held Saturday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Expo Center, located at 635 E. St. Louis St. Nine bands will be performing on two different stages. Performers will include The Detectives, Cole Porter, The Mudhounds and more.

Attendees will all receive a sampling cup and spoon, and food and drink vendors will be present in addition to a silent auction.

All proceeds benefit the Springfield Boys and Girls Club.

General admission tickets are $12 per person in advance and $15 per person the day of the event.

For more information, visit www.sertomachilicookoff.com.

With graduation approaching, these next few months are a great time to check things off your to-do list

Dear (almost) college graduate, Graduation: a time for endings and a time for new beginnings. In the midst of all the excitement of your last semester, don’t forget that there are a few necessary actions you must take to ensure that you can, in fact, get that diploma when May rolls around.

1. Decide what it is you want to do Maybe you have known

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what you want to do for a long time or maybe you just aren’t sure yet. Well, now is probably a good time to figure that out. If you have a degree in one area of study but you

aren’t really sure that you want a job in that field, go to the Career Center, Carrington 309 or Glass 103, open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and talk to one of the career counselors. The counselors are there to help you figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are, and what will make you happy.

2. Start applying now Even though graduation isn’t until May, it’s not too early to start applying for jobs. Depending on the employer, some may be looking to hire well before the actual job starts. If you don’t know where to start, check

out Job Tracks online through the Career Center’s website.

Job Tracks is an online program that simplifies your job search by allowing you to filter full-time, part-time and internship positions and apply to those that fit whatever type of job you are looking for. Job Tracks also allows you to upload your résumé and participate in on-campus interviews.

In addition to using online resources like Job Tracks, http://www.monster.com, or http://careerbuilder.com, it is also a good idea to talk to your friends and family who have already graduated. Ask

them if they know of any job openings, especially if they are working in the field you want to work in.

Use your last semester to continue networking. Maintaining and growing your professional relationships is a great way to find a job.

3. Be realistic According to Director of the Career Center, Jack Hunter, “Rejection is not you — it’s the process.”

When you go to apply for jobs, there is a good chance that you will be rejected a few times. But don’t let it get you

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Dancing her way into life

MTV’s “Made” series helped Rusch find her confidence after a youth full of teasing

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By Nicholas Simpson The Standard

issouri State student Chinesa “China” Rusch didn’t tell anyone she was auditioning for the popular MTV show “Made,” thinking no one would even know if she was rejected.

“I used to watch ‘Made’ all the time when I was in high school,” she said. “When the MTV lineup changed I stopped watching. I’d assumed it was done and I randomly saw on Facebook one day that SAC was holding auditions. But I thought ‘Why, they’re never going to pick you.’”

But Rusch wasn’t rejected in the show’s audition process, and the episode showing her journey aired on MTV at the beginning of January.

“Made,” currently in its 13th season, is a TV show that gives teens and young adults struggling with self-confidence issues the resources they need to better their lives, turning them into the people they strive to be.

The series set its sights on the region of southwest Missouri when they held auditions for the reality show through Student Activities Council at MSU in April.

Rusch said she wanted to be “made” into a dancer, something totally out of her element that could shock her out of apathy and into the social world.

“That’s something I’ve always wanted to do since I was a kid,” she said. “I always wanted to take dancing lessons and the more I thought about it the more I realized it would give me the push I needed to really come out of my shell.

“I’m 22, I’m almost an adult and I felt like I never really had anything that jolted me out of who I was and into who I should be. I figured I might as well do something incredibly drastic.”

Rusch said her issues with selfconfidence and discovering who she Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD was as a person were the main moti- Chinesa Rusch, a senior secondary English education major at Missouri State, strikes her “sexy vating factors in finding her place on antler” pose on Friday, Jan. 25, in the Foster Recreation Center. Rusch was featured on MTV’s realu See MADE page 5 ity show “Made,” where she learned to salsa dance and build her personal confidence.

The garage sale of all garage sales Citywide, annual garage sale returns to Ozark Fairgrounds

By Briana Simmons The Standard

The 20th annual Greater Springfield Garage sale was held this past weekend, inviting thousands of thrifty shoppers to come out and join vendors in saving on garage sale items.

The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds at 3001 N. Grant Ave., right off of Interstate 44, hosted the event, anticipating 15,000-17,000 visitors over the weekend.

In recent years, thrift store shopping has become a popular trend by college students hoping to find good bargains on clothing items.

“Thrifting” is simply visiting area thrift stores to find cute clothes and mixing and matching those with clothes found in retail stores.

Springfield has several thrift stores, but every year the city hosts a huge and very thrifty garage sale.

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Thousands of visitors paruse the annual garage sale at The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds on Saturday, Jan. 26.

Ron Carlson, participant manager, said that this event has been very successful since its earlier years. The success seems to lie in the neighborhood tradition of garage sales.

“People like to do this in their own time,” Carlson said. “Our event is like a garage sale on steroids.”

He’s not exaggerating — the garage sale is huge.

At the event you can find

clothes, clothing accessories like scarves, furniture and antiques.

“Sometimes you might find weird stuff, but you can find just about anything,” said Carlson.

With so many vendors, shoppers and other facilitators present for the garage sale, officials said the building was filled to capacity and those wishing to enter had to wait for some people to leave.

“We were actually sold out this year,” Carlson said. “It hasn’t been

like that in a few years.”

Becky Duwe, business owner of Absolute Essentials, was one of the many vendors selling goods to the Springfield community. She sells homemade body products like soap, shampoos and conditioners.

“I developed recipes for my products about 20 years ago and I’ve been selling them for 18 years,” Duwe said.

Many business owners travel from around the country to sell their goods at the sale, including Deb Ledford who has been traveling with her company, My Charming Locket, for four years.

Ledford sells jewelry, with everything from rings and earrings to custom charm necklaces and bracelets.

Garage sales have all types of random things, but once you sort through all the rummage you may find what you were looking for.

Janell Schultz, 25-year-old local shopper, found a few interesting things while shopping around the garage sale.

“It’s a little packed, but it was fun and I even found some cool leggings,” Schultz said, adding that college students “could definitely find some good things.”

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Classic tale ‘Hansel & Gretel’ is freshly revamped and retold

If you think you already know the truth to this tale, you may be in for a shocking surprise

This is not the fairy tale you grew up with.

“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” spins a fun, new twist on the dusty old story.

All grown up, fabled orphans Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) travel around the world as bounty hunters who track and kill any witch they find. Soon, the siblings come face to face with their greatest challenge yet, one that may hold the key to the secret of their past.

“Hansel & Gretel” is the perfect example of taking a classic fairy tale and making a modernized retelling that will be fun and entertaining for the audience — especially after some of the other unsuccessful attempts over the past few years …

It’s bloody, brutal and they swear a

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lot. They pull well-timed one liners and they get the daylights kicked out of them — a lot. The action is fast and fun, and did I mention bloody? Someone literally gets squished underfoot by a troll and they don’t shy away from any of it.

Personally, I think the casting choices were perfect. Arterton is one of my favorites and I totally bought her as this badass who would head-butt someone just for calling her an unkind name. I was pleasantly surprised with Renner. It seems we haven’t really been able to see him shine lately and it was nice to see him having fun with a role.

Story wise, it’s pretty predictable,

but one can’t really expect much else from a movie like “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” and would you even want it? I knew what was going to happen, but I didn’t really mind because I was too busy grinning at everything else.

The fights were fast, the witches were scary, the outfits and weapons were cool and the jokes were funny.

What more can you ask for?

Basically, it comes down to this: did you watch the trailer and think, “Wow, this looks awesome!”? If so, you’ll probably really enjoy it. If you watched the trailer and thought, “What the hell is this supposed to be?” then you’ll probably find it not so enjoyable.

“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” isn’t meant to have a groundbreaking story or leave you examining your life or every fairy tale you’ve ever read. It’s a bit of fun for those people who enjoy high-adventure fantasy films.

So if you enjoy some good old-fashioned witch hunting and fistfights, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” may be the film for you.

Important dates for graduating seniors

• January 25: Begin ordering announcements and cap/gown online at http://www.herffjones.com/college/missouristate.

• March 20-21: Graduation Celebration at MSU Bookstore (10 a.m.-6 p.m.)

• March 29: 5 p.m. deadline to submit Intent to Graduate or Application for Graduation for printed Commencement Program • April 1: Midnight deadline to order cap and gown online for delivery to bookstore during Commencement week

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Continued from page 4 down. Keep your chin up and maintain a realistic attitude.

Landing your dream job straight out of college would be great but it’s much more likely that you will find a job that could potentially lead to your dream job. Don’t feel like you’re settling for something you’ll be stuck with forever. Embrace it as an opportunity to climb the steps of success and

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the show.

“I’m biased but I thought it was an amazing episode,” she said.

“When I auditioned I said that I wanted to be a dancer but also that I was also really shy, I was bullied a lot as a kid, I didn’t have a lot of friends, and I had real self-confidence issues, in that I had none.

•April 15: Midnight deadline to order cap and gown online for home delivery for additional charge.

• May 13-16: Purchase cap and gown at bookstore • May 17: Commencement Ceremonies at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

• May 21: Grade reports available on “My Missouri State” system • June 7: Transcripts available • July 12: Diplomas begin being mailed by Office of Registrar to permanent address

work your way up to your dream job.

4. Practice interviewing So you got a job interview. Now you’re probably scared out of your mind, right? It’s okay to be terrified at the thought of sitting down with a potential employer to discuss your qualifications.

The Career Center provides a service that allows you to attend mock interviews to help prepare you for the big day. All you have to do is pick a date and time for your appointment.

Not to mention it’s free.

You can also visit the Career Center’s website for information about

events like a mock interview day, an etiquette dinner and a speed networking event. All of these options are great opportunities for you to practice.

And you know what they say … practice makes perfect.

5. Now for the boring stuff • Pay your parking tickets.

Yes you. Pay them. Now. If you want to graduate it’s important to pay off any remaining balance you owe to the university.

• Take your Exit Exam.

Even though it may be a huge pain, definitely take it. It will be worth the short amount of time it takes you to

finish it.

• Set aside a time to take a look at your degree audit with your adviser.

Don’t be caught by surprise four weeks before graduation when you find out you still have two credit hours to fulfill. That’s probably every senior’s nightmare. So make an effort to avoid it.

• Order your announcements, cap and gown at the bookstore.

Ordering these early is a good idea because, according to the University Bookstore website, students should allow 10-15 days for announcement production and delivery time. If you

have family from another state and want to get your announcements out

by March or April, you might consider ordering them sometime in February.

Most importantly, don’t forget to be excited. You are coming to the end of a four (or five, or six) year journey throughout which you have worked hard to further your education, so be proud of your accomplishment and celebrate it.

“So a big part of it was trying to build me up into the person I could be,” she continued. “Helping me overcome my shyness, helping me to really open up and try things incredibly different, and to really be able to see myself in a different light so that I would actually like myself.”

Rusch said the episode saw her visiting a number of local eateries, clothing stores, salons and dance studios, showcasing Springfield and allowing Rusch to familiarize her-

self with what is immediately available to her.

“We went and ate at Bambinos and we ate at Nonna’s. We had coffee at Mudhouse,” she said. “We went to a salon called W3 and we went shopping at Staxx on Republic Road, and we went to a local dance studio called Take the Lead. They really wanted to make it more about me and my surroundings.”

Rusch said the show has been a complete life-changing experience for her, helping her realize her

potential as well as her value as a member of society.

“The problem I had was people always told me I was stupid and I was ugly and I was worthless and no one would ever like me,” she said. “They helped me realize that I gave authority to all the wrong people. It’s not about if someone else thinks you’re beautiful, it’s if you feel beautiful or whether you think that you have value.

“If you feel like you aren’t worth something, prove yourself wrong by

going out and doing something completely insane,” she continued.

“I think doing that, taking myself out of my comfort zone, showed me a world that I was so afraid of before that I never gave a chance, and it’s completely changed me.”

SAC is hosting a showing of Rusch’s episode of “Made” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the Plaster Student Union Theater. The showing is free and open to the public, and Rusch will be in attendance.

Sincerely, Your fellow (almost) college graduate

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Scorebox Men’s basketball (6-15, 4-5 MVC) Wednesday, Jan. 23 Missouri St. 21 31 - 52 Wichita St. 25 37 - 62

Sunday, Jan. 27 Missouri State 29 49 - 78 Drake 28 44 - 72 Women’s basketball (10-9, 2-5 MVC) Friday, Jan. 25 Missouri St. 29 24 - 53 Evansville 44 33 - 77

Lady Bears beat Salukis to enter home stretch Majority of team’s last games to be played in Springfield

By Sam Holzer The Standard

The Missouri State Lady Bears snagged a 79-72 win at Southern Illinois this past Sunday, as they look to turn the page from their recent conference play struggles.

Junior guard Karly Buer led the assault with a seasonhigh 25 points, while seniors Whitney Edie and Christiana

Shorter chipped in doubledoubles of their own.

This was a much needed victory for the Lady Bears, who are currently in the stretch run of their schedule with the last 15 games being conference matches. For a team currently 2-5 in conference play and 10-9 overall, this may seem daunting.

But add in the fact that 9 out of the last 15 games are at

home, and the outlook for the team changes.

They still have the confidence that they Milleson can play with anyone and that they can finish out the schedule on a high-note.

“Obviously we like to play at home,” head coach Nyla Milleson said. “We just have to stay positive and con-

tinue to work hard, and good things will happen.”

Redshirt freshman guard Kenzie Williams also said she feels like the team holds plenty of potential.

“It’s still up for anyone,” Williams said. “We haven’t done the greatest so far in conference. But it’s definitely not the end of the road for us.”

But for things to turn around, changes have to be made. The team cannot afford to have another meltdown like they did on Jan. 21

when Creighton clubbed them to a tune of 73-53 and on Jan. 25 when Evansville bashed them 77-53. For Buer, it all starts on defense.

“We’ve been working on a lot of defensive areas of our game, and I think we still need to keep working on that,” Buer said. “So we just need to stick with the defensive end and be more patient on offense.”

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Sunday, Jan. 27 Missouri State 31 48 - 79 Southern Illinois 30 42 - 77 Ice hockey (23-4-2, 12-2-1 MACHA Gold) Thursday, Jan. 24 Missouri St. 4 4 4 - 12 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2 1 0 - 3 Friday, Jan. 25 Missouri St. 0 2 1- 3 Missouri 0 1 1- 2

Saturday, Jan. 26 Missouri State 1 2 4- 7 Missouri 0 1 1- 2 Swimming and diving Wednesday, Jan. 23 (Men) Missouri State 134 Drury 109 (Women) Missouri State 94 Drury 149

Friday, Jan. 25 (Men) Missouri State Missouri S&T

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Calendar

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Men’s basketball, 7 p.m. at Creighton

Friday, Feb. 1

Women’s track & field, 10:30 a.m., Varsity Apartments Invitational at Wichita, Kan. Men’s swimming & diving, 5 p.m.

Northwestern University Duals at Evanston, Ill. Ice hockey, 7 p.m. at home vs.

Loyola University

Women’s basketball, 7:05 p.m. at home vs. Indiana State

Saturday, Feb. 2

Men’s swimming & diving, 10 a.m., Northwestern University Duals at Evanston, Ill. Women’s track & field, 11 a.m., Varsity Apartments Invitational at Wichita, Kan. Men’s basketball, 2:05 p.m. at home vs. Evansville

Ice hockey, 7 p.m. at home vs.

Loyola University

Sunday, Feb. 3

Women’s basketball, 2:05 p.m. at home vs. Illinois State

Briefs

MSU long jumper sets personal best at Kentucky meet

Kimsue Grant took home first place with a personal-best performance in the long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet on Friday in Lexington, Ky. Grant, a senior accounting major, won the long jump competition with a distance of 6.21 meters, breaking her previous best record of 6.07 meters set on Feb. 25, 2012.

Junior Gemma Smith also competed, placing 16th with a distance of 5.53 meters, along with freshman Holly Pattie Belleli who recorded a jump of 5.03 meters.

Hall of Fame to gain eight new members

Missouri State will induct eight individuals into the university’s Hall of Fame as part of Hall of Fame Weekend, Feb. 1-3.

Matt Caution, Suzy Fortune, Cheasa Gibson, Jason Hart, Kari Koch, Mike McCarty, Tracy Partain and Jimmy Wright will become the newest additions to MSU’s Hall of Fame this weekend in a ceremony at the Plaster Student Union West Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m.

Tickets are required for the event, and are available by calling 417836-4143.

The weekend will also feature a retirement ceremony of basketball coach Cheryl Burnett’s jersey Sunday during halftime of the woman’s game. Burnett led the program to 319 wins.

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Missouri State’s Justin Kim tries to get his stick on a loose puck near Mizzou’s goal on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Mediacom Ice Park.

Bears sweep Tigers MSU beats Mizzou in two-game series

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

Mediacom Ice Park was deafening on the weekend of Jan. 25-26 with the roaring thunder of fans chanting, “MS-U, M-S-U”, the rhythmic booms from the student section pounding on the glass and plastic horns being blown as though they were the battle hymn of the Missouri State Ice Bears.

They might as well have been, because when MSU played host to the University of Missouri Tigers, they didn’t play a two-game series — they fought a two-battle war.

In the first game of the series, MSU and Mizzou

were neck and neck for the entire first period.

The two teams traded shots to Bucher the net, as well as shots to the body, and neither team gave their opponent an opportunity to score.

But in the second period, junior forward Blake Ryan took a pass from senior defenseman Ryan Armstrong and smacked the puck into the back of the net, giving the Ice Bears a 1-0 lead.

Two minutes later, junior defenseman Carson MacInnis

fed senior forward John Lucas a pass across the offensive zone and Lucas ripped it past Mizzou’s goaltender to make the score 2-0.

Mizzou would come back to tie up the game 2-2 with about 13 minutes left in the third period.

Then, with less than four minutes left in the game, sophomore forward Adam Otten made a backwards pass between his legs to fellow sophomore forward Matt Townsend, who made the backhand shot through the Mizzou goaltender’s 5-hole, giving the Ice Bears’ eventual 3-2 win.

In the first game, the Ice Bears did not have a power play goal in four opportunities with the man-advantage.

“They got big players on their team and they got sticks in our (passing) lanes. We didn’t have too much momen-

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Missouri State’s Jack Ryan muscles off a Mizzou defender on Saturday, Jan. 26.

tum on the power play,” Ryan said.

While the Ice Bears’ power play suffered, their penalty kill thrived. They blocked shots, shut down

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Bears rally for conference win

MSU improves to 4-5 record in MVC play

By Mike Ursery The Standard

Missouri State (6-15, 4-5 MVC) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to notch a 78-72 victory against the Drake Bulldogs Sunday night at JQH Arena.

Senior guard Anthony Downing matched a career high by scoring 26 points, and junior guard Keith Pickens also had a career high by scoring 19 points against the Bulldogs.

“It was a very hard fought game by both teams,” head coach Paul Lusk said. “I’m proud of our guys.”

The Bears pounced on Drake early. Missouri State Steph Anderson/THE STANDARD hit nine of their first 11 shots, Missouri State’s Keith Pickens puts up a shot past including three of three from outside the arc, and built a Drake’s Chris Hines on Sunday, Jan. 27.

22-12 lead at 11:23 of the first half.

However, the Bears’ hot shooting streak turned cold as they missed 10 of their next 11 shots. Their inability to score enabled Drake to go on a 13-2 run, giving them the lead 25-24. Missouri State was able to regroup, and went ahead 29-28 just before halftime.

The second half began the same way the first half ended.

Missouri State struggled to find the basket, and Drake was able to build a 42-32 lead. Freshman guard Marcus Marshall scored a layup followed by a free throw after being fouled to make the score 42-35.

From that point, the Bears’ comeback was on.

Downing scored 18 of his 26 points in the second half, and Missouri State shot 71 percent as a team in the second half to put away the Bulldogs.

“We just kept fighting as a

team,” Pickens said. “We took a few punches, but we were able to stand back up and collectively come together.”

Junior guard Nathan Scheer made two clutch three pointers at moments when the Bears really needed them.

The first one came in the closing minutes of the first half that ended the scoring drought and allowed the Bears to regain their lead.

The second came within the final two minutes of the game. With Drake trailing by only five, Scheer knocked down the shot to make the score 73-65 and put any hope of a comeback by the Bulldogs out of reach. “(Scheer) stays positive.

Last game, he didn’t play as much,” Pickens said.

“Today, he came out ready and hit big shots when we needed him too. It was big for our team.” u See DRAKE page 7

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Drury hosts pool duel

By Mike Ursery The Standard

The Missouri State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed in the “Duel in the Pool” on Jan. 23 at Drury University.

The men’s team defeated Drury by a score of 134-109, snapping a streak of five consecutive losses at Breech Pool.

The women’s team finished on the losing end with a score of 149-94.

The men’s team set the tone early as sophomores Vitali Baryshok, Paul Le and Matthew Wilson combined with freshman Isaac Springer won the 200-meter medley relay. Their finishing time (1:30.86) set a new record at Breech Pool for that event. Le also recorded victories in the 50-meter free (20.71) and set a personal record at Breech Pool in the 100-meter backstroke (48.69).

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stay on the grind.

fidence right before conference,” Le said.

Two more pool records were broken as Baryshok won the 200-meter freestyle and Springer won the 100-meter breast stroke (55.94). Sophomore Chris Carpenter also won the 200-meter individual medley (1:52.67) to round out the men’s victories.

“I felt a really good spirit in our team tonight,” Baryshok said. “We were ready to win this race, and we did. It feels awesome.”

Head coach Dave Collins was proud of the way the men’s team competed throughout the entire meet.

“We knew coming in that this would be a meet with a lot of tight races, but I think the men have responded very well,” he said. “Frankly, they were tired of coming over here and getting beat.”

The women’s team was involved in some tight races during the first half of their meet against Drury. Freshman

Dora Kiss finished second in the 200-meter freestyle (1:24.03), finishing just .01 seconds behind the winner.

Junior Anna Ahlin also placed second in the 100-meter backstroke (57.96), losing by a margin of .05 seconds.

In the second half, the women’s team managed to find a way to win. Kiss took first place in the 500-meter freestyle (5:00.82), finishing more than four seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

Junior Renata Sander won the 100-meter breast stroke (1:03.90) and finished three seconds ahead of the nearest opponent.

“The most important thing here is to race in every event and try to get the best spot,” Sander said.

Collins was pleased with how the women’s team responded in the second half of the meet.

“I thought a couple of races early didn’t go our way, and that kind of sets the tone for

the meet,” he said. “I thought we did a nice job in the second half and fighting for points.”

In diving action, junior Lindsey Conway (263.84) and sophomore Garrett Nevels (346.35) each won the 1-meter

event. Conway’s score fell just short of the NCAA Zone “D” qualifying mark of 265 points.

Nevels also took first place in the 3-meter event (324.82).

The men’s team will compete next at the Northwestern

University Duals in Evanston, Ill. on Feb. 1. The women’s team will not compete again until the Missouri Valley Conference Championship on Feb. 14-16 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill.

“We just need to stay together. We’re not getting the wins that we want,” Williams said. “But we still have to keep working hard in practice and get better every day.”

Although some of these past games have given an acerbic feel to Milleson, she still believes that the team could finish strong if their mental approach changes.

“We’ve got to get better in some areas. Some of it is just flat focus, in general,” Milleson said. “We’ve got to have a little better focus and attention to detail. And if we do those things, we’re more than capa-

ble of winning ball games.”

Milleson said she feels that she’s asking nothing of the team that they can’t handle.

But with the team not responding in the way she would like, she’s trying different methods, just trying to light a match in the heart of the players.

One of the things that she’s doing is something she’s experimented with teams in the past — requiring the players to

wear knee pads during the games.

“I’ve made teams in the past wear them, and we’ve kinda just gotten away from it,” she said. “We’re trying to maybe take a little apprehension away of getting on the floor and maybe going a little harder.”

While the Lady Bears still hold plenty of hope, there is definitely a growing sense of

urgency with every game.

And the most crucial part of this stretch run starts this weekend. The next four games will be at home, spanning over the next two weekends.

The Lady Bears will first play Friday night, Feb. 1, at 7:05 p.m. vs. Indiana State at JQH Arena.

They then will play Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2:05 p.m. at JQH Arena against Illinois State.

Drake

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Colin Hill competes in the breast stroke at Drury University’s “Duel in the Pool” on Wednesday, Jan. 23. MSU’s men’s team won the meet, 134-109.

losing streak and also gives the team confidence moving into the second half of conference play.

Continued from page 6 “They should feel very The win ended a four-game good about their effort. They

lost four in a row, but their effort has been outstanding,” Lusk said. “We had a tough break at Bradley. We also battled again Wichita State, but they just wore us down.”

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The Bears will begin the second half of their conference schedule at Creighton on January 30. Their next home game is at 2:05 p.m., Feb. 2, at JQH Arena against Evansville.

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educational, fundraising and survivor booths to browse.

Tina Kile, one of the three event chairs, said Relay For Life supports those whose lives have been touched by cancer in many different ways.

“My nephew died from cancer when he was 20,” she said. “It hurt when he died and after that I just felt like I

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“The penalty kill is an art form. The key to the penalty kill is about sacrifice and what you will do for your teammates,” head coach Bob Bucher said.

With two minutes left to play in the first period of game two, Ryan passed the puck to MacInnis, who took a slap shot from the blue line that whizzed

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These schools typically include public community colleges and vocational/technical schools, according to the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

“This is the year we’ll expand our A+ Program to every high school in the state,” Nixon said.

Students who enroll in the A+ Program are required to

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needed to do something. A lot of people here are like me; they’ve lost someone to cancer or someone that they know has cancer and they just want to do something to help.”

The annual relay takes place in countries all across the world and raises money to fight cancer, fund research and fill the needs of survivors by supporting programs like the Look Good Feel Better program which is dedicated to improving the self-esteem of people under-

going treatment for cancer.

The Springfield Relay For Life is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, May 31, and will conclude at 6 a.m., Saturday, June 1. Teams will be walking Parkview High School’s track all night long with ongoing fundraising onsite.

To sign up, visit http://www.relayforlife.org/s pringfieldmo.

Missouri State University will also be participating in this annual event with a kickoff scheduled for Thurs-

day, Jan. 31, at The Boogie Cafe, Bubbles and Zan the Club. The doors will open at 8 p.m. and all are welcome to come celebrate.

Anna Bergamini is the president and event chair of MSU’s Relay For Life, and she encourages students to participate in the relay.

“This is a fantastic way to get involved in the community,” she said. “Most people these days are affected by cancer so this is a great way to give back and remember.”

The MSU Relay For Life

event is scheduled for 7 p.m., Friday, April 19, to 7 a.m., Saturday, April 20, at Plaster Sports Complex.

Bergamini said all of the money raised at the MSU relay stays in Springfield and goes to aid those currently undergoing treatment.

Students interested in signing up for the MSU Relay For Life can visit http://www.relayforlife.org and search “Missouri State University” to create a team.

For detailed instructions, visit the Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/ missouristaterelay.

By participating in the Relay For Life, anyone can provide support for those who have been touched by cancer in some way.

“I think the one thing I’ve learned from all this is that people are amazing,” Prine said. “Everyone came forward and supported me and helped me … I realized that I had a lot of support and people that loved me so it was a very enlightening experience.”

keep their grades up, to have excellent attendance and to maintain a responsible lifestyle.

“Nothing will have a greater impact on our children’s future than the commitment we make now to their education,” Nixon said. “Education is the best economic development tool there is.”

With the increase in funding comes increases in expectations and accountability, Nixon said, including higher test scores, graduation rates and an increase in the number of students earning college degrees.

“In the past four years, our schools have made steady gains,” Nixon said. “Our high school graduation rate is now

the seventh highest in the nation.”

Nixon said he wants to tie new funding to specific performance goals, including increased retention and higher graduation rates.

“There are 750,000 Missourians who started college, but never completed their degrees,” Nixon said. “They left school, got jobs, started families and some may feel going back to college is too expensive.”

Nixon said he wants to help students get the degrees they started, get better jobs and fulfill their potential.

“With today’s technology, we can make it easier than ever

for people to finish their degrees without disrupting their lives,” Nixon said.

He said $100 million in new funding will be used to train more teachers, modernize equipment and lengthen the school year.

Right now, Missouri has the fourth shortest school year, Nixon said, and he believes adding six days to the school year will give teachers more time to educate their students.

Nixon also said he wants to help veterans who are returning and are in search of jobs. He wants employers to recruit veterans first for job openings.

“It’s not enough to honor and support them abroad,”

Nixon said. “We must honor and support them at home.”

Nixon also addressed controversial health care issues.

“The biggest economic decision facing our state is how to move forward on health care,” Nixon said. “I have my problems with it, but it is the law of the land.”

Several chambers – including Springfield’s – have endorsed the Medicaid expansion.

“It’s not a political decision,” Nixon said. “It’s an economic one.”

The University of Missouri estimated Medicaid expansion will generate 24,000 jobs in 2014, Nixon said, including an

increase in jobs for nurses, doctors, pharmacists, therapists and medical technicians.

A stronger Medicaid system will help 300,000 people who work but cannot afford health care coverage, Nixon said.

Nixon’s budget also includes $10 million to help mentally ill people get timely, effective treatment.

Nixon concluded with the notion that while Republicans and Democrats don’t always agree on everything, his “faith in the people of Missouri has never faltered;” that the words inscribed on the Seal of Missouri should be our call to action: “Let the Good of the People Be the Supreme Law.”

past the Mizzou goaltender’s glove to give the Ice Bears the 1-0 lead.

After the first intermission, Blake Ryan wasted no time feeding the puck to senior defenseman Jacob Guthrie, whose wrist shot made it past Mizzou’s goaltender to make it 2-0. Then, 16 minutes later, senior defenseman Eric Aldag took a pass from sophomore forward Jack Ryan and scored a goal to make the game 3-0.

Mizzou would answer back with two goals to cut MSU’s

lead by one; but that’s when MSU’s offense was just getting started. The Ice Bears saw third period goals from Jack Ryan, senior forward Andy Draper and two goals from Blake Ryan.

The Ice Bears scored more goals in the third period (4) than they scored in the first two periods combined (3) and went on to win the game 7-2.

The Ice Bears were 3-for-9 on the power play and 5-for-7 on the penalty kill.

“Special teams is some-

thing we take pride in. We strive to keep the puck out of our zone and everyone was blocking shots. It was a team effort the entire time,” Blake Ryan said.

While spirits were high in the stands, tempers were higher on the ice. After almost every whistle, Mizzou and MSU players were pushing, shoving and barking at one another as they were being separated by the referees.

Draper said that when push came to shove, he and his fel-

low Ice Bears stood up for one another and would not allow any of their teammates to get pushed around.

“Tempers were flaring throughout the game,” Draper said. “We got fed up with the stick slashing and the whole thing; we are not going to take that, especially when it was a 52 game. We got to stand up for each other.”

After each of the two games, the Ice Bears stood in the middle of the ice and held their sticks up as a salute to

their fans. Bucher said that the fans were so influential to helping the team, they were like an extra player, a “Sixth Man.” “The crowd here was absolutely incredible. It was amazing and quite honestly, (the team) feeds off of it. What they get from the fan base is unbelievable. It truly is that extra guy,” Bucher said.

The Ice Bears’ last two games of the seasons are against Loyola UniversityChicago on Feb.1-2 at Mediacom Ice Park at 7 p.m.