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Upcoming Smoke-free campus policy sparks debate

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

Students provide free income tax services

Students from the School of Accountancy will be available to assist people with free tax preparation, E-filing and questions about other tax issues as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Low Income Tax Clinic (LITC) programs.

Assistance is available through April 15 at scheduled times in Glass Hall and at various locations around Springfield. The program is open to taxpayers with household incomes under $50,000 per year, older adults and taxpayers who speak English as a second language.

For a list of scheduled times and locations,go to www.missouristate.edu/soa/TaxClinic.htm or call 1800-427-4626.

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The trial safe ride shuttle will serve downtown Springfield and areas of campus until spring break.

Trial BearLine promotes safety New pink route provides students with late-night transportation

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

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Herba Thea provides various kinds of teas and snacks.

New shop serves up herbal tea downtown

Herba Thea, a new tea house downtown, opened Dec. 8. Herba Thea means “herbal tea” in Latin and boasts creations like Nutella banana sandwiches and bubble tea.

Hot teas are served in mismatched teapots and teacups are recycled from flea markets. Friday and Saturday nights the shop hosts acoustic folk bands and classical pianists.

Herba Thea is located at 220 S. Campbell Ave. and is open Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday and Saturdays 10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Calendar

January 31 to February 6

Tuesday

Student Government Association meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at PSU 313 GMAT Preparation Course, 6 to 9 p.m. at Morris Center 407 Public Lecture: “Televising Testimony: Kathryn Kuhlman and Your Faith and Mine,” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Meyer Library 101

Wednesday African American History Month, all month

11th Annual Community Volunteer Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at PSU first and second floors

Thursday

Students for a Sustainable Future general meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Temple Hall Pit Springfield E-verify Ballot Initiative Education Forum, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Meyer Library Auditorium

Friday

Chinese New Year Banquet, 5:30 to 9 p.m. at PSU 300E, $10

Sunday

Faculty Recital: David Hays, violin, 3 to 4 p.m. at Ellis Hall 217b

Missouri State has expanded its BearLine shuttle service by adding a new route that will take students to and from the downtown area from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

The safe ride shuttle route is a pilot program that began two Fridays ago and will continue to run on a trial basis through March 17.

Kayse Melone, Student Government Association’s director of administrative and information services, spearheaded the route extension project that is geared toward giv-

ing students a safe alternative to driving or walking to the downtown area on weekend evenings.

“I think there has been some sort of safe transportation on the weekends, especially because MSU is so close to downtown,” Melone said.

“People can walk, but when it’s cold and people are going alone, it definitely needed to be put in place.”

Missouri State’s Administrative and Information Services Committee has been looking into implementing some form of the safe ride program for several years, Melone said.

“One of the ideas that

had been worked on in the past by SGA was to defer payment for the Yellow Cab company with a ZipCard,” Melone said. “But because of the future of ZipCards and the fact that technology wasn’t available, there were a lot of obstacles.”

The safe ride shuttle, which will be referred to as the pink route, will serve downtown Springfield and specific areas of campus until spring break. The route begins at Plaster Student Union and will continue with stops at Florence and Cherry, Greek Row, Kentwood Hall, Park Central Square, Hammons Student Center and then back to the Plaster Student Union.

“One of the underlying goals was to hit the residence halls and create the transportation downtown and back,” Melone said. “It’s a shorter route

BearLine pink route hours of operation Friday and Saturday 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

than the regular night route.”

At the end of the nineweek trial run, the university will decide on whether or not to make the route permanent.

“It’s basically a use-itor-lose-it situation,” Melone said. “Administration wants to make sure that the money would be spent effectively. It’s about the number of students per weekend and the overall smoothness of the program.”

Shuttle operator Jim Woodward has been driving a BearLine route for See SAFE page 7

New student housing near campus to be built by August 2012 Creators of The Monroe to build two complexes for students

By Anna Thomas The Standard Miller O’Reilly Real Estate Developers announced the new Deep Elm and The Jefferson apartments that will be built and opened by August 2012 through the launch of their website on Jan. 24.

Both apartments are close to campus, fully furnished and cover all utilities including cable, Internet, Wi-Fi and onsite recycling. Matt Miller, co-developer, said he sees the apartments as a great opportunity for students.

“With my apartments downtown, I realized that I was leasing a lot of apartments to students,” Miller said. “And with my daughter going to college, I saw the conditions of the living options and thought of getting into student housing. We started The Monroe apartments and were really happy with it.”

Deep Elm and The Jefferson are similar to The Monroe apartments but, as Miller describes, are trying to hit a different market with its price. The Jefferson will have rooms starting at $350, all inclusive, and Deep Elm will have rooms starting at $550. Also, the apartments have a by-the-bed lease, meaning that each student is responsible for their own lease.

Karolina Kosinska, a sophomore biology major, said she thinks the lease and price are beneficial.

“Having one bill for everything is perfect. It’s easy to keep track of in my busy student life,” Kosinska said.

The apartments have more to offer than just the price. Deep Elm will be located on 701 E. Elm St. across from Bear Park North.

Each room includes a private bedroom, a private full bath, a full kitchen, washer and dryer in each unit, and will be fully furnished.

Deep Elm will also include a courtyard in the center of the apartment buildings to not only add to the architectural design, but also to bring a sense of community.

“The courtyard can be used for a variety of

Photos provided by Miller O’Riley Real Estate Developers

Deep Elm (top) and The Jefferson will provide housing for Missouri State students in fall 2012. activities, but it also helps to make good neighbors,” Miller said.

The Jefferson, which will be located on 835 S. Jefferson across from Jarrett Middle School, has all of the same amenities.

It too will be fully furnished, have a full kitchen and washer and dryer in each unit.

These features are a big seller for junior speech and language pathology major Paige Lewis.

“I think they’ll have great quality and it’s nice to offer fully-furnished apartments,” Lewis said.

“Plus, it’s nice to have a

washer and dryer in the unit.”

The websites for the apartments display floor plans, prices and contact information. Students can visit http://www.deepelmleasing.com for the Deep Elm apartments or http://www.thejeffersonleasing.com for The Jefferson apartments. Leasing has already begun in preparation for the fall 2012 semester.

“One thing we’ve learned from downtown and The Monroe is community, and we want our apartments and lifestyle to be built around that,” Miller said.

After a tough day of classes, Matt Bertarelli can be found at the Glass Hall designated smoking area, one of 26 on campus.

The senior sports and entertainment management major will have his cigarette in tow—the Bertarelli way of winding down from the daily grind.

Come next semester, Bertarelli will be forced to alter his nicotine routine. Missouri State University plans to become a completely smoke-free campus by Aug. 15.

Employee Health and Wellness Coordinator Sheila Bowen said that MSU will begin to familiarize students with the new policy in April. That will give Bertarelli and other smokers time to adjust to that policy.

“We will see a lot of signage being ramped up, particularly at the designated smoking areas, and a lot of marketing to that effect,” Bowen said. “All of our new information that’s going out to incoming freshmen will have that we will be tobacco-free in August 2012.”

Bowen said she believes that students will accept the policy.

An actual enforcement policy with penalties has yet to be put in place.

“We won’t have real strong enforcement; our goal is that people will embrace it,” Bowen said. “If they don’t, we’ll deal with it. We will be coming up with polices for enforcement if it comes to that. Most universities don’t have enforcement in place because people kind of realize it’s a policy and go along with it through the course of awareness and education.”

Bowen said that a student who repeatedly violates the new policy would likely be encouraged to visit with the dean of students.

Completely tobacco-free campuses have become an accelerating trend in Missouri and throughout the U.S. The University of Missouri-Columbia plans to become smoke-free on Jan. 1, 2014.

If MSU students want to see the first smoke-free college in the U.S., they would only have to take a short trip down National Avenue to Ozarks Technical Community College.

Ty Patterson, former vice president of student affairs at OTC, helped implement the ban on tobacco at the campus in 2003.

“When OTC established the policy we didn’t have any penalty phase for at least a year,” Patterson said. “The tobacco policy went into effect in August 2003 and we didn’t start issuing any type of penalties to people who violated the policy until October 2004.”

According to OTC’s TobaccoFree Policy, students who are discovered using tobacco products on campus receive a citation and will be required to meet with the director of safety and security. In addition, they will be required to either pay a fine of $15 or spend two hours cleaning up tobacco refuse around campus.

Patterson, now executive director of the National Center for Tobacco Policy, has helped develop smoke-free policies for universities and community colleges across the nation, including the City University of New York, University of Oregon, University of Arkansas, Washington University in St. Louis and Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. In an effort to help people kick the habit of smoking, MSU has offered students and faculty their smoking cessation program and free nicotine replacement therapy. Bowen said that more than 20 people have come in for the nicotine replacement See SMOKING page 10

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News

Springfield voters to decide E-Verify proposal

By Dayle Duggins The Standard

With Missouri’s primary inching closer and closer, many voters may be unaware that candidate’s names aren’t the only item they will be seeing on the ballot as an E-Verify proposal’s fate will be determined as well.

George Connor, the head of the Political Science Department at Missouri State, emphasized the importance of voting, despite the primary being more of a beauty contest now.

“Voters in Missouri should know that it’s still important because the outcome of the Republican nomination can be influenced by their participation in the primary regardless of what happens in March,” Connor said.

Republican poll-goers may also be unaware that their votes are more of a non-binding census than a selection of a preferred presidential candidate.

Rather than stick with a traditional primary on Feb. 7, the Missouri Republican State Committee has instead chosen

to hold county caucuses on March 17.

“The Missouri Republican Party recently voted to move our caucus system for the purpose of binding Missouri’s delegates to the national convention,” the Missouri Republican Party’s website says. “This change was prompted by new rules from the Republican National Committee & Democratic National Committee requiring states to move their contests to March 2012 or later.”

Had Missouri not changed its primary date, half of the state’s representatives would not be present at the national convention.

Major candidates that will be on the Feb. 7 ballot include Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Altogether, 10 Republicans will appear on the ballot.

While Barack Obama is considered to be a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination, Randall Terry of West Virginia,

Darcy Richardson of Florida and John Wolfe of Tennessee will appear on the Democratic ticket. James Ogle III will represent the Libertarian Party unopposed.

Voters will also run into the E-Verify ordinance, an online program that confirms the eligibility of workers in the United States.

Jerry Wilson, director of communications for the local group Ozarks Minutemen, helped to place the initiative on the Feb. 7 ballot.

“The purpose of the ordinance is to prevent unauthorized workers in the city,” Wilson said. “It basically will eliminate the job magnet that drives illegal aliens to the Ozarks.”

Businesses in Springfield would be required to use the free program, which would discourage illegal aliens seeking work.

With around 700,000 illegal aliens crossing the U.S. border each year, Wilson

described the proposal as the most humane and efficient way of solving what he considers an immigration issue.

Indira Ondetti, a professor in the Political Science Department, offered her perspective on the issue, stating while the approach is a way to tackle immigration seriously, the proposal does have its flaws.

“I think that it is liable to lawsuits due to the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, also because it’s so broadly worded,” Ondetti said. “I think that it would also create a kind of unfunded mandate for the city because somebody needs to supervise this. At a time that we’re worried about money, this is imposing a mandate on the city to do things and probably will increase costs in terms of defending the city against lawsuits.”

Downfalls in the program include possible administrative costs for businesses, hefty fines for those who violate the ordinance and easy-to-

Candidates in Missouri presidential primary Democrat • Barack Obama • Randall Terry • Darcy Richardson • John Wolfe Republican • Gary Johnson • Herman Cain • Mitt Romney • Michael Meehan • Rick Perry • Keith Drummond • Jon Huntsman • Michelle Bachmann • Rick Santorum • Ron Paul Libertarian • James Orland Ogle III

convince employers, Wilson said.

To find out more about the upcoming election, or to get signed up for future voting, visit http://www.mo.gov/mygovernment/elections/.

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Jan. 31, 2012

Renewed hope for Elm Street Kandice McKee Columnist item, considering my budget). So I stopped using the pantry. But then there were the baby roaches that would scatter on the countertops when I flicked on the light switch.

Essentially, I had to stop grocery shopping. Only refrigerated calories.

I called the health department, but without other resident complaints, nothing could be done.

Needless to say, I moved out after a brief five-month stay.

That rodent and roach-infested, deathly hollow kitchen is now a blighted area and will, after demolition and new construction, hopefully be a place for students to thrive.

After reading today’s story “New student housing near campus to be built by August,” to say that I’m jealous of the future Deep Elm apartments at 701 E. Elm St., as well as The Jefferson apartments at 835 S. Jefferson Ave., is a dramatic understatement.

Fostering good-neighbor environments with a courtyard is great—maybe even a community vegetable garden in the space could help cushion grocery budgets and encourage interaction. And a washer and dryer in every apartment

are luxury items I never even imagined a few years ago.

And the price…If I weren’t toting a toddler and mortgage these days, I’d consider moving back to Elm Street.

I paid $485, in addition to cable and Internet, for that dinky, dirty, one-bedroom place that didn’t even have central air conditioning or washer-dryer hookups. And if I wanted more than one window AC unit, the price went up.

Considering that logic, maybe I should have been given a discount when the one stopped working.

Though I’m sure the new apartment building will be much more sanitary and student-friendly, I’m nostalgic about it all.

Even though the houses are currently in quite a despairing and disgusting state, I have a love for Victorian-style homes. The houses’ walls, crown molding, windows—everything—is rich with history. My enormous closet (another point that persuaded me to move in) had a small window above the door, pointing to a past use that ran rampant my imagination.

I’ve lived in a handful of places throughout Springfield, and none of them are quite as memorable as that quaint four-room, one-bedroom apartment.

Who knows—maybe future residents will have their lives shaped by their stay at 701 E. Elm St. like I did. Whatever the future holds, I just hope they have a longer, and more sanitary stay than I had.

Cartoon by Rachel Brown

A man was shot and killed by the police in what was once my kitchen/dining room.

And my former neighbor, well, she stabbed herself in the abdomen—with a pocket knife, if my memory correctly serves me. She had claimed a man stabbed her and tried to break into her apartment, and the police knocked on my door to ask questions while I was getting ready for class one morning.

Come to find out, she was just plain crazy.

When looking at the cozy one-bedroom apartment in January 2009, I was told the kitchen had been freshly painted. I cringed when I thought about what might have been splattered under that “fresh” paint.

Nonetheless, I moved in. I wasn’t too concerned with the idea of a dead man once lying in the kitchen.

Instead, I was sold on its location.

Located directly across from the university’s Safety and Transportation Office, I could see The Standard’s office—essentially my second home at the time— from my living room. And I could walk to class during the week and downtown on the weekends.

Convenience over casualty, I say.

I wouldn’t have been at all surprised if one day a ghost emerged in my apartment. Instead, my dog and I found ourselves grappling with other unwelcome creatures—rodent and roach roommates.

A squirrel found its way in my pantry to my coveted Ramen noodles, peanut butter, bread and paper towels (a luxury

Tom Brady and Pats will prevail

For most sports fans in America, one of the most celebrated days of the year is Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s be realistic, football is America’s favorite sport and the NFL is the premier league that allows us football fans to indulge in the game at its highest level week in and week out from August to the beginning of February.

So naturally, the culmination of it all—the Super Bowl—is one of the most popular and widely-watched sporting events in the world year after year.

Here’s my take on this year’s game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants and who I think has the advantage.

Quarterback:

This is an easy one. While Eli Manning has proven in recent years that he can be a great franchise quarterback, I do not consider him to be “elite.” Honestly, Manning shouldn’t have even made the Pro Bowl this year (See Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions). Tom Brady on the other hand has been an elite QB for many years now and has the MVPs and Super Bowl rings to prove it.

Advantage: Patriots

Running back:

Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs make up a pretty formidable tandem at running back for the Giants.

The Patriots on the other hand use a stable of guys including Ben Jarvus Green-Ellis, Danny Woodhead, Stevan Ridley, Kevin Faulk, Shane Vereen and Lousaka Polite. They even gave tight

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for New England cause so many match-up problems and are very hard to stop, especially Gronkowski, who I consider to be the best tight end in the league.

Advantage: Patriots

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Defense:

Jon Poorman’s Super Bowl prediction: Patriots 31, Giants 28 MVP: Tom Brady end Aaron Hernandez some carries in their divisional playoff win over the Broncos. But the Patriots are so heavily dependant on Brady’s arm, their running game is somewhat of an afterthought.

Advantage: Giants

The Patriots and Giants both ranked near the bottom of the league in total yards given up this year. However, the Giants boast something that sets them apart: a stable of fierce pass rushers that have the ability to dominate games. With Jason Pierre-Paul, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck, the Giants will need to get a lot of pressure on Brady and force him to make mistakes.

Advantage: Giants

Coaching:

Wide receiver/tight end:

Tom Coughlin probably would have been fired if the Giants wouldn’t have snuck into the playoffs this year, and it’s hard to bet against a coach who already has three rings and the best QB in the game. Plus, Belichick has the legendary cut-off hoodie.

Advantage: Patriots

This is a hard one. Let’s take a closer look. The Giants have two 1,100+ yard receivers on their roster in Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks. Receiver Mario Manningham and tight end Jake Ballard are also legitimate threats. As far as the Patriots are concerned, they have the best tight end tandem in the NFL with Hernandez and the recordsetting Rob Gronkowski. Not to mention slot receiver Wes Welker, who tallied over 1,500 yards this season. The determining factor is that the tight ends

Both of these teams have been in this position before. In fact, they faced each other in Super Bowl XLII back in 2008 when late heroics by Eli Manning, David Tyree and Plaxico Burress clinched the game in the waning minutes. However, this time the Patriots will prevail and capture their fourth Super Bowl title of the Brady/Belichick era.

Final score: Patriots 31, Giants 28. Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady.

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New amenities will benefit MSU students

In this issue of The Standard, we included three stories in particular that will have a great deal of impact on the students of Missouri State University.

For starters, in our story “New student housing near campus to be built by August” you will find information about the new student housing being built close to our campus—the Deep Elm and The Jefferson apartment complexes. These complexes will add to the student experience because of the quality of the housing that they are expected to bring. Deep Elm and The Jefferson—along with Beacon Commons (constructed in 2011) and the new Bear Village complex—show that things are moving in the right direction when it comes to providing Missouri State students with housing that is more suitable.

Another story we wrote this week — “Trial BearLine promotes safety”— addresses the new safe ride route on the BearLine. This new route is still on a trial basis; however, we as a staff hope that it will become a permanent fixture as a BearLine option because of the convenience that it provides for students and the safety problems that it eliminates. Because of this route, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the number of students drinking and driving go down considerably.

And finally, there is our story “Upcoming smoke-free campus policy sparks debate,” which addresses our soon-to-be-implemented campus-wide smoking ban—set to begin in the fall. This is a ban that will impact a large amount of students on our campus. Some say it is an infringement on individual rights, while others complain that they are tired of having secondhand smoke drift into their paths while walking to class.

As you may know, our smoking policy now is that you must be in one of 26 designated smoking areas located throughout campus. There are many issues at hand with the ban—most prominently the issue of actually enforcing the ban and what actions will be taken against the violators.

We at The Standard do not believe there is any real way to crack down on the smokers who decide to dabble on the wrong side of this ordinance.

What the university is counting on is that people will respect the rule and refrain from smoking on campus. While this may somewhat reduce the number of people smoking on campus, there will always be violators and we see no real legitimate way to stop the people who need to have their heading-to-class cigarette. Handing out citations would be a very inexact way to go about it. It’s not like handing out parking tickets where the university might have your information and put your account on hold if you don’t pony up.

All-in-all, these three issues are things that students need to know about because of the wideranging impact they will have across our student population. If you are looking for legitimate student housing, there is hope. If you need a ride to campus from downtown late on a weekend night, you are now in luck. If you are a smoker, watch out. You may be in some trouble.

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Calendar January 31 to February 6

Tuesday

Quantum Groove 9 p.m. at Lindbergs, free Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+ Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time)

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free St. Dallas & The Sinners 11 p.m. at the Outland, $3 SAC Weekly Film: “Tower Heist” 9 to 11 p.m. in the PSU Robert W. Theater, free

Thursday

Think ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free Big Smith Family and Friends Benefit for Bill Thomas 6 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, $10 suggested donation Sally Switchblade, Black Bonnet Ballyhoo, and LBJ3 10 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge Video Vamp and Nocturnal Nation 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, cover charge

Friday

Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3 Rags to Rich’s 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Addicted to Love featuring VibeSquaD: In Memory of Nat Cowen 8 p.m. at Remmington’s Downtown, $10-$13 presale (CD Warehouse, Cosmic Fish, Kaleidoscope, Stick It In Your Ear), $15 at door Troy E.P. Release Show with Ghost In The Machine and Ambrister 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $10 for 21+ and $12 for younger than 21

Saturday

Adam Lee & The Dead Horse Sound Company, Blue Boot Heelers, and St. Dallas & The Sinners 9 p.m. at Lindbergs, cover charge LuciD CD Release Show featuring Machina 8 p.m. at Outland Ballroom, $10 for 21+ and $12 for minors Khrome 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge The Quiet Type, Soma and The Captain's Son 10 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge

Sunday

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

Monday

Open Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free Mascara Metal Monday 10 p.m. at the Outland, free

Briefs Lydia Loveless set to perform in town

Country music star Lydia Loveless will perform at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Lindbergs Bar. Loveless recently released “Indestructible Machine,” her Bloodshot Records debut album, to rave reviews. The album was listed fourth on SPIN’s Top 20 Country/Americana Albums of the Year.

The show will be for ages 21 and older and the cover will be $8.

Lindbergs is at 318 W. Commercial St.

Avett Brothers to play in Springfield

The Avett Brothers will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at The O’Reilly Family Event Center.

The Avett Brothers’ big-label debut, “I and Love and You,” delivers 13 songs in an eclectic rootsy mixture of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop with a bit of punk-style dynamics.

Tickets range from $29.75 to $39.75 with applicable fees and can be purchased at The O’Reilly Family Event Center Box Office, http://drurytickets.com or by phone at 417-873-6389.

For more information on the brothers, visit http://theavettbrothers.com.

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Elle’s Pâtisserie, located at the corner of Pickwick Avenue and Cherry Street, has offered a variety of treats since Feb. 14, 2011.

Parisian pâtisserie perfected French-style bakery swoons sweet tooth

By Kelsey Berry The Standard The French word “pâtisserie” is defined as “a type of French bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets.” If pastries and sweets are your cup of tea, you are in luck, because there is one such place much closer than France.

Elle’s Pâtisserie is neatly tucked away on the corner of Pickwick Avenue and Cherry Street no more than a few minutes from Mis-

souri State’s campus.

Owner and operator Elle Feldman opened her shop on Feb. 14, 2011, and has had been successful in selling her handcrafted truffles, pastries and ice cream.

The small, yet cozy, shop is decorated with an “everything France” theme; the colors and decor inspired by a trip to France that Feldman took two years ago.

Feldman has been baking since childhood with the women of her family and she and her husband Jon do

all the baking themselves ry chocolate meringues and with the help of their 5- rocky road bars. To accent year-old son, Oliver. these sweet treats, Elle’s “My also sells husband and coffee that Elleʼs Pâtisserie I are selfis Frenchtaught.

I pressed by 1454 E. Cherry St. make the hand or, for 417-832-2171 truffles and non-coffee he does the drinkers, Tuesday-Friday pastries and either salt7a.m. to 2 p.m. ice cream,” ed or spicy Feldman hot cocoa Saturday said. “We served with 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. really make homemade what we marshmallike to eat lows. Oh, but then, of and how course, also what sells best.” could one forget the everElle’s Pâtisserie offers a so-popular chocolate-covvariety of specialty edibles ered bacon. Is your mouth including almond crois- watering yet? sants, sweet and creamy “Everything is handlavender ice cream, raspber- made in small batches.

There are no preservatives and nothing is processed,” Feldman said. “We don’t always have everything at all times because it will expire. It’s kind of like ‘what we’ve got is what we’ve got’ but it’s really, really fresh. So if you’re going to eat the calories and the treats, make sure it’s not processed and preserved.”

Springfield resident Jessica Idleman has been a regular customer since Elle’s opened back in February. She commented on the uniquely crafted edibles that Elle’s offers.

“The quality of the pastries is remarkable for Springfield and the artistry that goes behind the making See SWEET page 5

Tuesday’s Stew brews up midweek entertainment

By Nick Simpson The Standard Tuesday night is not always the night the weary college student picks to drop their cares and wander into the Springfield nightlife. Fortunately, you wouldn’t be able to tell this to a number of local DJs and other music artists in Springfield.

There are many clubs, venues and bars that cater to the tireless youth, offering drinks and entertainment for next to nothing, and one such up-and-coming production is Tuesday’s Stew at the Outland Ballroom (324 South Ave.) every Tuesday night starting at 9 p.m. Ladies 18 and up are offered free entry, as are men 21 and up. Guys 18-20 must pay a $5 cover fee.

In the door you’re likely to come across DJ producers you might not have ever heard of or seen before, such as last week’s performances by DJ Hipposcottamus and TJ Aether, and this is one pride the developers of this project have had from the get-go.

The Stew is the brainchild of DJ producer and artist Gary Bedell,

Tuesdayʼs Stew 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom 324 South Ave.

Free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+ $5 for gents 18 to 20

though he has worked and been acquainted with the minds involved: girlfriend Stacy Fisher and MC Jason ‘JB1’ Toliver for quite some time.

“We all used to be in a collab project called The Legion of Groove like four or five years ago,” Bedell said. “And people were like, ‘Oh, we want you to play here, or play here, or play here again.’ We were only supposed to do it one or two times and that was it, but it’s been pretty cool in the end.”

Bedell said he has found a unique home as a producer in a city such as Springfield, where the networks are smaller and artists are more apt to work with one another

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TJ Aether performed electronic tunes at Tuesday’s Stew last week. . for creative outlet. everyone has their own little groups, “I think being and hanging out in and no one wants to work together some of the scenes in other cities, unless there’s a lot of money Springfield is actually a lot more involved. It gets super terrible after unified,” he said. “In bigger cities, See STEW page 9

‘Man on a Ledge’ worth the watch Twenty-five years in prison. If you were faced with that, convicted of a crime you didn’t commit, what would you do to set things straight? Would you become a “Man on a Ledge?”

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington), an ex-cop, has only one hope of redemption: escape and orchestrate a daring heist to clear his name. Distracting the hungry eyes of NYC, Nick teeters on the edge of a hotel while Detective Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. What she doesn’t know is that across the street Nick’s brother Joey (Jamie Bell) is pulling the heist of a lifetime.

When you peel away all the theatrical layers, “Man on a Ledge” is really just another statement on corporate greed and how the rich guys don’t go to prison. It’s definitely a relevant subject on everyone’s

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mind, but this film managed to slip it in there without being too in your face about it. They took a hot subject and produced a well-made film.

The plot isn’t exactly original, but in a film vault full of crime thrillers, police procedures and serial killer capers, it is somewhat difficult to come up with an original concept.

At this point in time, everything has

been done before so now it’s, “Who can do it better than the original?”

That being said, I think the best way to describe “Man on a Ledge” is that it’s more interesting than good. In no way does that mean it was bad, it was just more of a leisurely watch than the high-octane thriller I feel they were going for.

A lot of this comes from too much being given away in the trailers. In the beginning of the film, you see Nick and Joey fighting, but the audience already knows from the trailers that he helps him later.

Also, the “big question” is of Nick’s innocence, but if in the trailers you see the guy Nick supposedly stole the diamond from, doesn’t that already answer the question?

There were a couple nice little twists tucked in an otherwise predictable plot line, though. What was

nice was that they weren’t complete experts at being jewel thieves. They were almost too good, but they threw in a few hiccups so that I could buy that maybe they just did a lot of planning.

The writing was fairly clever as well. A lot of times in movies like this, there’s always some element that’s off. Usually something simple such as, “How did they get away with that? That’s not possible.”

Those little tidbits tend to pull me out of the story but in “Man on a Ledge” they dropped those simple lines in there that explain it. Not always the best way to do things, but it satisfied the curiosity.

Overall, “Man on a Ledge” is worth a watch. It tackles the corporate corruption better than say, “Tower Heist,” but it’s not going to put you on the edge of your seat.

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Skinny Improv’s Sunset Comedy Club celebrates debut Comedians come together for an adult-oriented comedy night

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every month at 9 p.m. and, for $5, the audience can enjoy seasoned comedians as well as newcomers The Skinny Improv has been just trying out their jokes on stage bringing stand up and improvisa- for the first time.

Their opening night offered a tional comedy to Springfield since 2002. They provide family friendly little bit of both. Missouri State entertainment, improv classes and freshman biology major Ty Lewis have received critical acclaim for has been doing stand up comedy their main stage shows including for about five months and has per“best belly laugh” by 417 Maga- formed at the Skinny quite a few times. His quick-witted breed of zine.

Recent relocation led the come- comedy can best be compared dians and those looking for a good with comedians such as Daniel laugh to the space above Nonna’s Tosh or Donald Glover and he Italian Restaurant at 306 South brought that snarky appeal to the Ave. The Sunset Comedy Club, an Sunset’s debut at the new locaR-rated comedy night created by tion.

“Most of my material comes the Skinny Improv’s house manager, Angel Salvador, celebrated its from stupid thoughts I have, or from watching TV or talking to debut last Wednesday.

The Sunset Comedy Club came friends,” Lewis said. “I think I’ve done a good job together as a of keeping up night for I’ve learned it’s with my stupid comedians to thoughts do stand up all about getting because I’m not that’s a little the crowd to all that funny more on the laugh early and off stage. I realraw and keeping the ly have to rely raunchy side laughs going. on writing a lot than what -Steven and every joke Skinny Improv Ramirez, local has to be perfans have comedian fect.” come to expect While most from a Skinny of the comedishow. ans seemed to “The Skinny does family friendly shows— rely on personal quirks or selfPG-13 is the limit,” Salvador said. deprecating humor, it’s a lot hard“The best way I like to look at this er than it looks. Comedians were is like a first amendment night, free given five minutes of performance time before a bright blue light speech, anything goes.”

The club will put on a monthly flashed them off the stage folcomedy night the last Wednesday of lowed by music that gradually got

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of the truffles is something that is very foreign to Springfield,” she said.

Elle’s Pâtisserie was featured in 417 Magazine as runner-up for “Best Sweets Shop” and participated in the Ozark Public Television Wine and Food Celebration “Sugar Rush.” Elle’s was also a part of Springfield’s “Art and Romance of Chocolate” to help raise

money for The Springfield Art Museum.

You can get more information about Elle’s Pâtisserie online at http://ellespatisserie.com or you can like them on Facebook.

All advertising for Elle’s is by word-of-mouth and press coverage, but Feldman said the small size of her shop makes it unique and it seems to keep customers coming back for more, whether it be for a special event or just to indulge in a small treat.

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Sunset Comedy Club, which features local R-rated comedy by comedians such as Dr. Gary, made its debut last Wednesday above Nonna’s Italian Restuarant in downtown Springfield. louder until the mic went silent.

Some comedians took the stage, did their set and left with the crowd doubled over in a laughter. Others felt the awkward silence following a punch line that didn’t hit quite hard enough.

Topics ranged from being overweight to being too thin.

Comedians weren’t afraid to tell jokes that walked the thin line between funny and offensive.

Nothing was sacred when it came to jokes about awkward hetero-

By Kris Collins The Standard After graduation, students go on to do a number of things. Some get jobs, others may travel, and some pursue careers in professional poker and compete for the love of a southern belle on network television reality shows.

Former Missouri State diver Ryan Borup was one of 22 contestants who competed for the love of the southern belle, Paige Duke, on the third season of “Sweet Home Alabama.”

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ing the laughs going, I used to do a lot of one-liners and play on words but now I’m trying to get into story telling.”

The Sunset Comedy Club is a place where comedians can do the jokes they’ve been working up to performing in front of an audience as well as sets they’ve perfected over time.

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Student featured on ‘Sweet Home Alabama’

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sexuality, awkward homosexuality, stories about cats that had to be walked on leashes or being caught by one’s mother while masturbating.

Local comedian Steven Ramirez has been performing for just over a year and isn’t afraid to embrace adult comedy.

“I’ll do sets with a variety of material from doing my laundry to shaving my genitals,” Ramirez said.

“I’ve learned it’s all about getting the crowd to laugh early and keep-

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Structured similarly to ABC’s “The Bachelor,” CMT’s “Sweet Home Alabama” is a dating show with a southern twist. Half of the contestants have country backgrounds while the other half are pulled from big cities across the nation.

The cowboys, of course, want to keep Duke in the south and prevent the city boys from winning her heart in their territory.

“Being from the city, I knew I would be the center of ridicule since the majority of the following are girls from the south that love their country boys,”

Borup said.

Although he now resides in Las Vegas, his time spent in Alaska and Missouri gave him some common ground with all of the contestants.

“Growing up in Alaska and spending the last three years in Missouri makes me more country than city, but I had fun playing up the stereotype of a poker player from Vegas,” Borup said.

Borup grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska, where he was a six-sport athlete for See CMT page 9

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Scorebox

Seniors say goodbye before conference

Men’s Basketball Wednesday, Jan. 25 Illinois State Missouri State Saturday, Jan. 28 Northern Iowa Missouri State Women’s Basketball Friday, Jan. 27 Indiana State Missouri State Sunday, Jan. 29 Illinois State Missouri State Ice Hockey Friday, Jan. 27 Missouri Missouri State Saturday, Jan. 28 Missouri Missouri State Swimming and Diving Friday, Jan. 27 Evansville Missouri State

Swimming and diving prepares for postseason

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In its final dual meet of the season, the Missouri State swimming and diving squad honored the careers of 11 seniors. The Bears went on to win the meet against Evansville 149-94 on the women’s side and 138-97 on the men’s side.

The women were victorious in the 200-yard medley relay, as well as the

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200-yard freestyle relay.

Sophomore Janke Engelbrecht anchored the 200yard freestyle relay as she out-touched the Purple Aces by 0.07 seconds.

The women continued the winning tradition with 1-2-3 finishes in the 200yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle and the 1,000-yard freestyle.

On the men’s side, the Bears improved to 15-0 against Evansville—placing first in all nine individual events.

The relay team of Paul Le, Matthew Wilson, Aaron Dennis and Jeff Bentz dominated the 200yard medley relay, beating

the field by more than seven seconds.

The 11 graduating seniors were honored Collins during the first break of the meet.

Brynne Buell, Liz Chollet, Dimitra Drakopoulou, Katie Lindeman, Laura Peterson, Dawn Richerson, Ali Stauffer, Brianna Willoughby, Jeff Bentz, Bryson Cramer and Tyler Saltzberry participated in their last meet at the Hammons Student Center pool.

Peterson described the night as bittersweet as she

reflected on her past four years as a Bear.

“There’s always those moments when (coach Jack) Steck tells you good job after practice and those always makes you feel really good,” Peterson said.

“There’s no one swim, just being at practice and being with the team and getting those ‘good jobs’ when you know you’ve worked really hard.”

The men’s team has three senior men left after having issues with five swimmers last season.

“We are proud of the guys for sticking with it— the three of us,” Bentz said.

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Calendar Wednesday Men’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. at home vs. Wichita State

Thursday

Women’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. away at Drake

Friday

Track and Field, All Day at Shocker Quad (Wichita, Kan.)

Saturday

Men’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m. away at Drake Women’s Basketball, 4:05 p.m. away at Creighton Track and Field, All Day at Shocker Quad (Wichita, Kan.)

Briefs

Over the weekend, seven new members were added to the Missouri State University Athletics Hall of Fame as a part of the 2012 induction class.

The inductees were former softball player Heather Anderson (1994-1998), basketball player Kevin Ault (1996-2000), baseball players Larry Goessling (19771978) and Steve Hacker (19931995), basketball player Jenni Lingor (2001-2005), track and cross country runner Casey Owens (2001-2005), and former swimming and diving head coach Jack Steck.

After the induction of this year’s class, the hall of fame now sits at 339 members since it was established.

BracketBuster pins Bears against ODU

Missouri State will be playing Old Dominion University at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18 at JQH Arena as a part of the 2012 SEARS BracketBusters series.

The game will be broadcasted on ESPNU and is one of 13 games selected to be on ESPN. Last season the Bears were placed up against Valparaiso and lost 80-67 on the road.

Missouri State up for atmosphere award

MSU is nominated for having one of the best under-the-radar college basketball atmospheres.

Fans can vote on the facebook page by liking the page then voting for MSU. The winner of this year’s award will be announced on March 25 .

Downing receives newcomer award

Junior guard Anthony Downing was named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week yesterday, his third time receiving the award during his first season at Missouri State after transferring.

Downing is third on the team in scoring despite only starting seven of the 23 games he has played this season. He has averaged 11 points per game in 28.7 minutes played this season and has 252 points.

During Saturday’s game at home against Northern Iowa, Downing got the start and was the second leading scorer with 16 points while shooting 5-for-11 from the field.

Bears hand double-digit loss to UNI

By John Cook The Standard

January 31 to February 6

Seven inducted to athletic hall of fame

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Kyle Weems had 20 points.

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The Lady Bears won over the weekend with the help of 25 points from Karly Buer (left) on Sunday.

Sophomores strike Second year players give the Lady Bears a spark in weekend Valley sweep

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

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he Missouri State Lady Bears got an unexpected boost from three sophomores and found their groove offensively in two conference wins this weekend at JQH Arena.

In Friday’s 84-70 win over the Indiana State Sycamores, sophomore guards Karly Buer, Desiree Phillips and forward Bry Snow all drew the start and scored 13, nine and nine points, respectively.

“It was great,” senior forward Christiana Shorter said. “It just shows how much depth we have on the bench, even though they started this game. It shows that it’s going to be hard for teams to guard us because we have players that come in and can score.”

Shorter scored 18 points Friday, and the Lady Bears also got an efficient 12 points from senior guard Casey Garrison.

In back-to-back losses last week however, the Lady Bears struggled to find a reliable third scorer.

That wasn’t an issue Friday as senior guard Jaleshia Roberson came off the bench to lead the team with 19 points including four 3-pointers.

On Sunday, the offense looked even sharper as the Lady Bears cruised to an 83-68 win over Illinois State to improve to 13-6

had to make some minor adjustments and I felt like we did that tonight.”

Part of the adjustments for the Lady Bears meant stepping up their intensity defensively and generating some easy buckets on the other end. They pressed full court and had 26 steals over the weekend, including 12 from Shorter.

“We were able to get some pressure and able to get some steals and they weren’t always necessari-

It just shows how much depth we have on the bench, even though they started this game. It shows that it’s going to be hard for teams to guard us because we have players that come in and can score.

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and 6-3 in conference.

Buer broke out against the Redbirds, scoring a career-high 25 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.

Roberson said that the offense hadn’t completely abandoned the Lady Bears in their losses last week, but it certainly felt good to see some more shots going in.

“I never felt like we fell completely off,” Roberson said. “We just

ly in a full court,” Lady Bears head coach Nyla Milleson said Friday. “I thought we limited their shot clock a little more in the second half and Bry (Snow) got a couple of big tips on the other end. I know we gave up 70 points, but we also ran.”

Milleson said that Snow was a major factor in Shorter’s success on both ends of the floor. By effectively guarding in the post, Snow allowed

Shorter to roam the perimeter looking for steals, and Snow’s ability to score forced teams to guard Shorter one-on-one.

Phillips’ big night came as even more of a surprise since it was just the second time since coming to MSU that she had seen significant minutes. Milleson said that Phillips has been working hard in practice and she couldn’t keep her off the floor any longer.

“Desiree Philips has sat that bench night in and night out but she continues to be the first one in and the last one out most days and she’s done a great job with her conditioning,” Milleson said.

“She’s really bought into the detail things that she needs to do and she’s taken full advantage of her opportunity.”

Roberson, who has been hot and cold offensively, also responded to her new role. So the early returns were all positive on Milleson’s lineup adjustments, something she said was dependent on the maturity of her players, especially Roberson’s willingness to let Phillips’ name be called out after the intro video instead of her own.

The Lady Bears’ next game will be at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa against Drake.

Coming into Saturday night’s game, the last four times Missouri State had played Northern Iowa the game had been decided by one point. Amongst a rowdy MSU crowd on ESPNU, the Bears made sure this time the game wasn’t so close, blowing out UNI 63-51.

Senior forward Kyle Weems looked to score early and often, putting up nine points in the first seven minutes, and led all players with 20 points on 7-of18 shooting.

“We were very hungry to get a win,” Weems said. “Since I had been here, we hadn’t beaten Northern Iowa at home in this building.”

With senior center Caleb Patterson—the Bears second leading scorer—out with an ankle injury, Weems knew he had to help carry the load.

The 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year added 10 rebounds, giving him a double-double. He now ranks fourth on the Bears all-time scoring list with 1,737 points.

“It’s nice being able to dribble out the clock for once,” Weems said.

Northern Iowa (14-9, 4-7) struggled shooting from beyond the arc, hitting just 5-of-19 for 26.3 percent, while the Bears (13-10, 6-5) capitalized on timely threes, hitting 7-of-16 for 43.8 percent.

Junior Anthony Downing exploded in the second half with 14 points, helping build a double-digit lead for Lusk the Bears that they maintained nearly the entire game.

A sequence at the 4:51 mark near the end of the game told the story. With the shot clock winding down, a loose ball pulled Downing into the backcourt. The 6-foot guard rushed up the court and launched a deep three from the top of the key. The shot went in just as the buzzer went off.

“We haven’t been finishing games,” Downing said. “It’s been a focus in practice to finish games, to box out and get all loose balls.”

Just two weeks prior, the Bears lost to UNI in a controversial 61-60 decision. MSU coach Paul Lusk said that before the game he made the team watch the first four minutes of the second half, showing them that it was their own fault they had lost that game, not the referees.

“I wanted to make sure that our guys knew that that didn’t beat us, the officials had nothing to do with it; we beat ourselves,” Lusk said. “We should have never been in that position.”

With the Bears needing a post presence, 6-foot-10 senior Isaiah Rhine was thrust into the lineup. Rhine capitalized on just 10 minutes of playing time, giving MSU six points and three See BASKETBALL page 7

Mizzou sweeps Ice Bears before conference

By Kyle Boaz The Standard The Ice Bears dropped back-toback games against Missouri this weekend, putting their shot at a playoff position in danger.

Both games started off with even scores through the first period, but the Tigers were able to control the final two periods to seal the victories with scores of 7-4 and 7-5, respectively.

Nick Webb netted four goals in the

second game for Missouri.

"We kind of ignore standings and rankings when we play Mizzou," coach Tony Dunseith said. "Typically it's a very respectable game with two tough teams."

Both games were sell-outs with 1,100 fans in attendance over the weekend.

The second bout over the weekend started off with a 1-1 draw through one period, then tragedy struck for the Bears.

Starting goaltender Elliot Schmidt went down midway through the second period with an injury that changed the flow of the game.

"Over the summer he had hip surgery so he was out for several months all summer long doing rehab work," Dunseith said. "We're not sure if it's a scar tissue issue or if he tore something but he's going to have to get checked up."

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Bentz said the three guys have a special bond; they are great friends and all live together this year.

“It’s a special group of guys that have been through a lot,” interim head coach Dave Collins said. “They’re a real key reason why our team is on the up-and-up. It’s not about the freshmen class, necessarily. It’s the leadership that we have out of those three seniors. I’m extremely proud of them and what they’ve been able to accomplish—just a real special group.”

Collins said the women’s squad is also a

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very special group of student-athletes.

“They all bring something to the team and that’s important—a great work ethic and a great attitude towards both the academics and the swimming side,” he said.

The eight senior women are looking to complete their season with a victory at the conference championships. A conference title would be their fourth in four years.

“For them to be able to accomplish what they’ve been able to accomplish— they’ve won three conference championships up to this point and we’re looking for our fourth for them,” Collins said.

The women’s team has won the Missouri Valley Conference five straight

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Missouri State swimming and diving at conference meets Men: March 1-3 in Oxford, Ohio Women: Feb. 16-18 in Carbondale, Ill. times and nine times overall. The MVC Championship will take place Feb. 16-18 in Carbondale, Ill. “I’m really excited about my class,” Peterson said. “There’s a group of five of us who went through all four years

together, so hopefully we can win for our fourth year and go 4-for-4.”

The men’s team will head to the Mid-American Conference Championships March 1-3 in Oxford, Ohio.

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The Ice Bears have two home games left this year.

Safe ride

Schmidt was on crutches after the game. The ripple effect from the injury crept into the minds of the players.

"It took our mind off of the game for a second," junior forward Cory Lafaver said. "It seemed like everyone was focused but that's the story of the year. We get down and it gets away from us."

The later game was filled

issues at stake.

“We’re not supposed to stop at Bear Park North or Bear Park South on account of people being drunk Continued from page 1 and possibly going to their cars,” the past 12 years. He is one of the Woodward said. “My boss said the drivers of the new pink route and student body decided it. I think it’s knows firsthand about the safety a good idea as long as people

rebounds.

Junior forward Jarmar Gulley also extended a helping hand, gathering in 10 rebounds and was just one point away from a double-double.

The Bears seemed to feed off the 9,376 fans in attendance for the nationally televised Maroon Out game.

“We love for our fans to come out and support us,” Lusk said. “I thought it was terrific today and I hope it’ll be terrific on Wednesday.”

Lusk said the Bears must have one of their best performances of the season on Wednesday against Wichita State, a team that along with Creighton has separated itself from the rest of the MVC.

with tension as the refs were busy separating players after whistles were blown.

"It was a rough, physical game and it's a big rivalry," freshman forward Dylan Clark said. "The fans were getting into it and everyone kind of gets in the mood even if they're friends or not. It's a different world."

A recent problem for the Ice Bears has been giving up goals early in periods.

"You never want to be down early on," junior forward Andy Draper said. "It's an uphill battle from there. It got in our heads

behave themselves when they ride the bus.”

Things can have a tendency to get rowdy on the late night shuttle routes, Woodward said. But in his 12 years as a driver, he’s never had to expel any riders from his shuttle.

“One time a guy that was pretty

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tonight. It shouldn't but it did and that's really what cost us the game."

The issue with early goals could be due to slow adjustment.

"It takes them awhile to get settled in," Dunseith said.

"Sometimes it's tough to understand why or how but once they settle in they seem to play together better."

The Ice Bears outshot the Tigers 90-56 in both games combined but didn't register the same total of goals.

The goal for the rest of the season is clear for the Bears.

drunk was about to get on my bus.

It turns out he got out of a cab and didn’t pay,” Woodward said. “I told him he better go settle it. The next time I came around, the police had him in cuffs.”

Freshman construction management major Toby Brown is an occa-

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"To win," Draper said. "We have to win every game and make it to the playoffs. We'd love to see this team again in the playoffs. We're taking it one game at a time, one period, one shift at a time."

The team's record stands at 15-15-1 with two home games and two road games remaining.

Missouri State has four games left against two opponents—Robert Morris and SLU. The Ice Bears look to work on their goal at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 at home against Robert Morris.

sional patron of the BearLine shuttle service. He said he likes the idea of a shuttle that runs until 2 a.m.

“I’m usually up at that time of night anyway and I park away from campus,” Brown said. “The bus goes right by my parking spot so I like it.”

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Improv Continued from page 5 over time.

If you’re that person who is always being told how hilarious you are and have been trying to work up the guts to tell a few of those comedy gems in front of a willing audience, the new comedy club above Nonna’s might just be your big break.

Skinny Improv student Ellen Ames is no stranger to improv comedy but hopes to work up to stand up soon.

“I come here because I can totally be myself and there’s a bunch of people who are totally themselves. We have fun with what we do and we’re like a big family,” Ames said.

Comedians will be given the chance to showcase and be paid for their performance in February.

To find out how to become a featured paid showcased performer, email Angel Salvador at angel@theskinnyimprov.com.

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The Sunset Comedy Club performs on Wednesday nights and is an event where “anything goes,” featuring acts about R-related humor. The club’s next performance will be at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29 above Nonna’s Italian Restuarant on South Avenue in downtown Springfield.

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a wide array of people come out to Tuesday’s Stew, oftentimes following a favorite DJ into the venue.

Continued from page 4 “Every DJ kind of brings their own crowd with them a while.

“But here a lot of people since they’re all so different like to work with each other and diverse, so there’s usualand they’re constantly shoot- ly two different crowds every ing ideas back and forth,” he Tuesday since there’s two continued. “There’s so many acts,” Fisher said. “But we’ve that go back and forth that all seen more and more recogof us don’t have time to do all nizable faces that come every of them. But I’d rather have a Tuesday.”

Toliver said the Stew is ton of ideas than not have any open to all forms of DJ at all.”

Stacy Fisher, a guitar artistry, and that they do not player (do not expect to see try to respond or gravitate the her perform at a Tuesday’s style of their production Stew) has been crucial from toward any one genre of the start for the Stew, manag- DJing.

“One night we might have ing public relations and helping to book pristine acts. She house, you might get hip said they face some stiff com- hop—even within the same petition from other events on night,” he said. “Part of the Tuesday nights such as DJ night you might get dubstep, Platinum at the HighLife, an part of the night you might open mic night at the Out- get dubstep mixed with land, and MAKE OUT! at rock.”

Bedell further expressed Jekyll and Hyde’s.

Fisher said they have this idea.

“One night you might booked acts from around the have some state of guy that Missouri, I’d rather have a shows up but that ton of ideas and does a most of than not have dirty crate their DJs set with a are any at all. bunch of Springrecords you field-Gary Bedell, DJ may not grown. producer and artist have ever “The heard majority before,” he of our DJs are local,” she said. “We have had one from said. “We treat DJs as perSt. Louis, and we’re having formers—no one can go on one coming in March from stage, no one can bug them.”

Fisher said it is staying Hollister. What’s weird is when people out of town con- true to the artists’ original tact us and they actually intent for their work that will make the drive and do it. We always be a major factor in also record every show on a their production.

“We encourage people to podcast.”

Fisher said they have seen just be as creative as you pos-

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Ketchikan High. “I was a diver for 13 years,” Borup said. “I lived for sports. All through high school and college, my life revolved around my athletic career.”

Since graduation, Borup has made a living from playing professional poker. He said that he didn’t watch

either of the first two seasons of the show and was unaware of its existence.

“When the show contacted me to be on this season of ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ I had no idea what they were talking about,” Borup said. “I was apprehensive to be on a dating show, but this one seemed to be produced with more taste.”

Borup’s participation on the show also attracted the viewership of his former Mis-

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DJ Hipposcottamus was among those who performed in the first ever Tuesday Stew at the Outland Ballroom last week. The event will feature many Springfield-grown DJs in the weeks to come along with other Missouri acts. sibly want to be,” she said.

“We won’t tell you what to play or what not to play; you don’t have to keep a certain beat to keep the crowd dancing. We just want to hear whatever it is that you love.”

Bedell said he himself has not yet held a personal performance at a Tuesday’s Stew, but he is looking forward to spinning his own tracks on Feb. 14. He said it’s watching two DJs meet and network for the first time that makes it all worthwhile.

“I like bringing a bunch of

DJs and producers together, when a lot of them haven’t met before,” he said. “And watching them network with each other, and seeing those guys go off and do other things and we start crossing over with other DJ nights like Fresh Mode, and Bryan Johnson and those guys at Wobble Wednesday, they want to do stuff with us and we show support for them. It kind of turns all these DJs into one big family or one big network.”

Stacy Fisher agreed with this thought and extended

upon it.

“It’s not odd at all for the first person playing a Stew night to not have met the second DJ, but once they’ve heard each other they’re making projects by the end of the night,” she said.

As of now, the Tuesday’s Stew has no plans of slowing down their rate of success, and encourage all those with a passion for live electronic music to come give them a try.

“It’s been kind of a wordof-mouth thing anyways,” Bedell said. “No matter how

much plugging we do, it always comes down to wordof-mouth around here.”

Toliver said Springfield will always have a special place in their hearts, and they want to extend every bit of their success out to the local artists who deserve it.

“We’re trying to make this bigger, keep the local scene into it, out-of-towners,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll get some bigger names in it but right now it’s local; it’s always going to stay local.

The ones who need the chance are the locals.”

souri State swimming and diving teammate, Torrie Villasenor.

“I’d never seen the show until this season,” Villasenor said. “Although, once Ryan told me he was going to be on it, I definitely set my DVR.” Villasenor said she believed that Borup would have been a good contestant on a dating show without the country versus city dichotomy because of his likability.

“If someone would have

told me a year ago that Ryan would be on CMT, I probably would have laughed,” Villasenor said. “It’s definitely strange seeing someone that I actually know on TV.” Coincidentally, Borup wasn’t the only Missouri State graduate to be involved with the show. On the other side of the camera, keeping things running smoothly were Alex Brayman, Alex Garcia and Troy Schreiber.

Garcia and Schreiber worked on the first season and Brayman has been with the show since the beginning.

“I enjoyed working on the show and getting to work different positions over the past three seasons,” Brayman said. “It was a fun job because every day was different and I never knew what to expect.”

“The experience of the show was something that I would never trade,” Borup

said. “I made some lifelong friends and had the time of my life. Paige is amazing and very beautiful, and I am more than glad that I had the opportunity for her to come into my life. Whether she is my girlfriend or just a friend, you’ll have to tune in to find out.”

The first episode of “Sweet Home Alabama” season three aired on Jan. 13 and new episodes air on Friday nights at 9 p.m. on CMT.

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their lives—both on and off the court or field.

Since their creation — social media like Facebook and Twitter, the two most predominantly used networks — have been linked to sports in a way that allows athletes of any stature to communicate with the adoring fans that want to follow their every move.

Weems is no different. As of Monday, Weems had 1,509 followers on Twitter, a group of people that includes fans, friends, sports writers, broadcasters and many others.

Weems is averaging nearly 16 tweets per day since he joined the network on Dec. 28, 2009. He said he likes using Twitter as a way to interact with all kinds of people that are involved in his life, including

the fans that show their support for him online.

“I just think it’s fun,” he said. “I think it’s good for the fans to kind of know what we’re doing. It’s kind of fun to know what Mike Bizoukas is doing, whether he’s getting shots up or just going to a movie. It’s something I enjoy and like to give back to the fans a little bit.”

Mendenhall. The 24-year-old football player stirred up quite a national controversy when he tweeted about the killing of Osama bin Laden last May. Mendenhall sent out the following tweet: “What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side...”

According to freedom of speech, there was nothing wrong with Mendenhall expressing his views of the situation. Many people took to Twitter to give the world a piece of their mind about the issue.

However, because of Mendenhall’s status as a wellknown NFL player, the tweet enraged many people around the nation once it was broadcast on ESPN’s SportsCenter and other TV programs.

The tweet received so much press that Steelers President Art Rooney II felt compelled to release a public statement addressing the situation.

Mendenhall is certainly entitled to his own personal opinions, but this situation just goes to show how much power a single athlete’s tweet can have. Like it or not, athletes— especially prominent ones— have to be careful about what things they put on social media and what things they just keep to themselves. If not, they can catch a lot of backlash, such as in Mendenhall’s case.

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Weems said that he is very careful about what he says through Twitter. After all, once the “send” button is pushed, it cannot be taken back. And although Weems is cautious about his Twitter use, other athletes are not quite as reserved.

Take for example Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard

At Missouri State and other schools around the Missouri Valley Conference, studentathletes go through special training about the appropriate use of social media. However, the conference does not have any control over the use of social media by coaches or student-athletes, said Derrick

be just as dangerous as smoking and it’s my choice not to smoke, so I’d rather not be around it at all,” Johnson said.

Others, like Bertarelli, aren’t convinced that the policy will work.

“I think it’s kind of a violation of individual rights,” Bertarelli said.

“I’m not sure people will even follow it. Not everyone uses the designated

locations now when they smoke on campus.”

Patterson knows that those who oppose smoking bans consider them to be an infringement on their personal rights, but he counters that tobacco users should look at the rights of nonsmokers.

“What about the rights of people who don’t use tobacco?” Patterson asked.

“What about the rights of

the people who feel like that some of the people who use tobacco are disrespectful of others, smoke around them, cause them to be exposed to secondhand smoke and throw their butts on the ground?”

Bowen is confident that when all the smoke clears, Missouri State University will be a more environmentally friendly, beautiful campus. There will be less

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Every morning when Missouri State basketball player Kyle Weems wakes up, he greets the world with two simple tweets: “Morning tweeps,” followed shortly by “Thankin’ the man above for another day! #Blessed.”

“I feel like it’s something I always need to do,” Weems said. “Just kind of say hello to the people that follow and pay attention to what I have to say ... It’s just something I try to do each and every day.”

Weems is just one of many Missouri State student-athletes that are a part of the world of social media. Many of them send out several tweets per day, 140-character blurbs about

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program in the past two weeks.

Mollie Johnson, a senior elementary education major, is thrilled with MSU’s tobacco-free policy for implementation later this year.

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way of handling things, said Rick Kindhart, assistant athletics director for communications at MSU. “We go through a media training in the fall with all our student-athletes,” he said. “We make sure they understand the social media and understand the implications of what they’re posting, what they’re tweeting, and the implications that negative things can have, not just on the department or on the team, but also long range.”

Kindhart said the athletics department has a social media policy and that any student-athlete that violates it is subject to certain consequences depending on the situation.

Coaches also play a key role in making sure their studentathletes are using social media appropriately. MSU men’s basketball coach Paul Lusk said that he and his staff keep a close watch over what their players are saying online.

“I think it’s fun for them, but it’s also very dangerous,” he said. “Kids could react emotionally, especially after a game and just say things they don’t need to say. It’s all fun and games, and you think all of these people want to follow what you have to say, but then once something negative comes from it or you slip up and say something wrong, you’re persecuted. You have to be so careful.”

Weems said that before he sends anything out through Twitter, he considers one thing in particular.

“Could you say that in front of your mom?” he said. “That’s kind of how I look at it. I try to stay away from the provocative language, cussing, any of that stuff. You never know how one little word or one little phrase Back at home could affect a life. I like to take At Missouri State, the ath- time with Twitter and think letics program has a similar before I say something.”

Docket, MVC director of new media and technology.

“At this time, we don’t have any restrictions or limitations or special sessions on social media,” Docket said. “That is left up to the discretion of the individual Valley schools. Of course, social media is everevolving so this could change.

But at the current moment in time, there isn’t anything in place.”

Many schools in the MVC and around the nation take the initiative to warn or train students about their use of social media. Illinois State University in Normal, Ill.—an MVC member—is one of those schools, said Marianne Riddell, ISU’s assistant athletics director.

“Our student-athletes receive a variety of instruction and tips from me, our athletics communications office, our academic study center staff and other various administrators and areas on our campus,” Riddell said.

The University of Northern Iowa—another Valley school—also warns their student-athletes about the dangers of using social media, said Colin McDonough, UNI’s assistant athletics director.

“Each year prior to school getting underway, as a part of a large group of folks that address the student-athletes, I address the proper use of social media and the pitfalls that can occur,” McDonough said. “I just try and remind the group that anything they say or post will be seen by anyone—which would include the media. You just try and caution them to use their best judgment and hope they realize that what they say or post cannot be taken back.”

blue haze in the air and fewer crushed butts on the ground, she said.

“I just want to remind people that there’s absolutely not one positive thing about smoking as far as health goes,” Bowen said.

Bowen encourages students to contact her to get involved with the smoking ban.

“They can email me, Wellness Educator Jerilyn

Reed or Student Affairs Coordinator Earl Doman and we will help them get plugged in,” Bowen said.

“We work with the student government and all those folks, so we’ve have all kinds of things coming up.

“Beginning in April we’re going to be doing a lot of educational awareness building in the community and at MSU.”