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Briefs Legacy game brings third-largest crowd in men’s soccer history

Missouri State University’s Living OUR Legacy game on Oct. 30 drew the third-largest crowd for men’s soccer in MSU history. The game, staged by an MSU Entertainment Management class and student organization, featured a student march into the stadium, a funzone for families and children and a pregame ceremonial salute honoring law enforcement, firefighters, EMT/rescuers and medical personnel. The game brought in 1,498 people and $488 for Springfield’s new Code 3 Sertoma Club, which aids the families of service workers killed or injured in the line of duty.

St. Louis E. coli outbreak still under investigation

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has a team of local, federal and state public health experts investigating the cause the the E.coli outbreak that has hit the St. Louis region. The investigation involves laboratory analysis, environmental sampling and interviews of reported cases.

DHSS has confirmed 28 cases of E. coli connected to the investigation.

Currently there has been 55 food samples tested and none have been confirmed to have E. coli.

Town hall meeting in Springfield about health care reform

A town hall meeting about health care reform will be held at Missouri State University on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Citizens will be able to ask questions about the Affordable Care Act and voice any concerns they have. Missouri Foundation for Health will facilitate the meeting.

Attendees are asked to reserve their space, as seats are limited. To RSVP, email rsvp@cushmanamberg.com or call 314-725-6400. Parking is free and refreshments are provided.

Calendar November 8 to November 14

Tuesday

Gerontology Club meeting 6:50 to 7:50 p.m. Professional Building room 227 A Muslim Student Panel: Understanding Islam 7 to 8 p.m.

PSU room 314 Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in about an Hour, 7 to 9 p.m. PSU Theater

Wednesday

Human Subjects in Research: What Do You Need To Know?

3 to 4 p.m. PSU room 315 AB

Thursday

Last Day to Drop Second Block Classes at 25 percent credit, all day Liszt Bicentennial Festival: Recital II 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ellis Hall 217 B

Friday

Last day to drop or withdraw, declare pass/not pass, and change to or from audit for full semester classes, all day Grammar Fridays at the Writing Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meyer Library Bear CLAW Biology Seminar-Boa Constrictor 4 to 5 p.m. Temple Hall 001

The six stages of drunkenness Euphoria, Excitement, Confusion, Stupor, Coma, Death Source: Casa Palmera Rehabilitation Center and BloodAlcoholContent.org Graphic by Megan Gates and Michael Gulledge

Drunkorexia causes concern Students practice dangerous method of binge drinking

By Alexis Reid The Standard

Kyleigh Kriener, a junior biomedical engineering major at the University of Iowa, began drinking to get drunk when she was 15. She engages in drunkorexia, the practice of avoiding food to save calories and become intoxicated faster a few times a month, she said.

“When I was in high school it was much worse. There were times when I wouldn’t eat all day, then run so I could get drunk faster at the parties we went to that night,” she said.

“During high school it was probably about three to four times a week that

I did that. The latest that I have done this was Friday night, Nov. 4.

“I feel much better than I would had I eaten all day and then gotten Tindle drunk that night,” she said. “I feel so fat when I combine the two. It’s much easier to give up food.”

Kriener said she is sometimes worried about her safety when practicing drunkorexia.

“This Saturday I knew my blood sugar was really low because I hadn’t eaten for about 30 hours and combined that with drinking from the night before,” she said. “It’s kind of pathetic, but I guess I’m putting not gaining weight over my health.”

Kriener is not alone in her practice of drunkorexia, according to a

recent study done by the University of Missouri. More a social phenomenon than an actual disorder, drunkorexia is mostly found among collegeBoyd aged females.

Although a study conducted in Texas reported as many as one-fifth of students have practiced drunkorexia, many people, including Alpha Delta Pi Executive Vice President Laura Green, said they haven’t actually seen people they know engaging in it.

“I cannot imagine the girls I know doing that,” Green said. “Normally people I know will eat more before drinking to prevent being sick and hung over. I do see how this could be a problem, I just don’t

know of it being a problem for people in my life.”

Tammy Tindle, a mental health clinician from the Missouri State Counseling and Testing Center, said although the term “drunkorexia” was recently created, the practice itself was not.

“I’ve seen this behavior for several years, it’s just never been formally recognized as a concern,” Tindle said. “I think the more formal way of looking at it has come about in the past year or so, but this behavior’s been going on for a while.”

Carmen Boyd, program director for dietetics at MSU, said she agreed with Tindle, and the number of students actually engaging in the behavior might indeed be going up.

“It’s nothing new, although I think there’s probably more people See DRINK page 2

Honors College director brings motivation

Board of Governors approves raises for faculty and staff

By Benjamin Peters The Standard

After two and a half years without a pay raise despite ballooning inflation in an unstable economy, many faculty and staff said they were happy to hear Interim President Clif Smart’s salary proposal was approved unanimously by the Board of Governors on Oct. 28.

The concept for the salary increase was generated with help from members of the Administrative Council and the plan was further developed by the Executive Budget Committee.

Mark Paxton, a professor in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film since 1995, was quite enthusiastic about the pay increases.

“It’s nice to get a raise,” he said. “We haven’t had one in three years. We’re falling further and further behind the rate of inflation. Things cost more, but our salary hasn’t changed. So the raise— while it’s not huge—it’s something.”

Smart’s successful proposal is a mid-year salary

The Honors College is preparing for its 25th anniversary in 2012 with the appointment of a new director.

Missouri State announced John F. Chuchiak as the new director of the Honors College on Oct. 1. The position opened after former director Art Spisak stepped down earlier this fall to take over the position of Honors College director for the University of Iowa.

Chuchiak graduated from Tulane University with a Ph.D. in Latin American History and Latin American Studies, after which he held several academic positions before eventually applying for and accepting a job in 2002 at MSU, which he said he felt was the right one.

“I grew up in the Midwest,” Chuchiak said. “I had a really good vibe about Missouri State. The department was growing; they had a graduate program and had excellent students and professors.”

By Dayle Duggins The Standard

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Chuchiak is the Honors College director.

Chuchiak began his career at Missouri State as an assistant professor of history. In 2006, he was tenured as an associate professor and became a full professor in the history department See CHUCHIAK page 2

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One-credit filler courses provide a break from the stress of school

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

Sometimes a one-credit course at Missouri State University can be the crucial filler to fill out a college schedule. Or, that one-credit caper may provide a little needed respite and relaxation in an otherwise hectic academic schedule. Just ask Luke Rohowetz.

Rohowetz, a senior agricultural management major at MSU, said he

chose to take PED 118 Bowling during his junior year to take a break from some of his more difficult classes. He found some fun learning how to knock down pins and knock down a credit—and the bowling class gave him time to spare for his tougher courses.

“Honestly, it was probably the most fun class I’ve taken at MSU,” Rohowetz said. “It was an easy participation class, and it balanced out my schedule with some of the hard-

er, upper-level classes I was taking.”

Rohowetz conceded that the academic requirements of PED 118 were less than rigorous, but he did rack up plenty of challenging credits in subjects closer to his heart— as well as to his major—while relieving some stress at the bowling alley.

“All you really had to do was show up and bowl,” Rohowetz said.

“Oh yeah, and with a few quizzes

sprinkled in along the way.”

Academic adviser Amymarie Aufdembrink said she notices several trends when students select filler classes. Students are looking for a way to get a break in an otherwise tight schedule or are looking for credits to get to that magic graduation quota.

“PED courses get a lot of attention and because the department See FILLER page 8

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in 2010. He has been the holder of the Rich and Doris Young Honors College endowed professorship since 2007, and the director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Hispanic Studies program at MSU. He currently is teaching two honors courses and two history courses while stepping into his new role as director.

Chuchiak’s research specialties are in Colonial Latin American history with a focus on the history and culture of the colonial Yucatec Mayas and a

field of expertise on the study of the Spanish Inquisition in Spain and the New World.

With more than 18 years of archival and field experience in studying the history of the Yucatan Peninsula and Maya ethnohistory, Chuchiak is fluent in Spanish and has learned the language of the Yucatec Mayas.

Chuchiak said he applied for the position of director because he felt he had something to offer. He has worked in the honors program since he came to MSU in 2002 and said he feels a real connection to the students.

David Gutzke is a professor of history at MSU and has been

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a friend and co-worker of Chuchiak’s for a long time. He said he feels that Chuchiak was a natural for the position of director and deserves it.

“Professor Chuchiak has been a very successful and very popular teacher,” Gutzke said.

“Students love his courses. He is known for his energy in the classroom and he’s a dynamic speaker, one of the best I have ever seen. I expect him to be very active and that he will work hard to see the program flourish.”

The role of the director is to be the public face of the Honors College, to handle its direction, undergraduate research and manage the day-to-day duties involving the development of the Honors College curriculum and the managing of its budget and resources. The director also heads several committees, works as a liaison between students and faculty and helps to recruit the best professors at MSU to teach honors students.

Chuchiak said he hopes to

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doing it,” Boyd said. “That’s my personal opinion, and I don’t have any statistics to back that. But I worked in substance abuse for many years with alcohol and addiction, and we know that one of the things that we were seeing was that binge drinking was on the rise, and it was especially binge drinking with women on the rise.”

Binge drinking is dangerous for women who have more fat and less water in their bodies than men, she said.

“With less water in the body, women become intoxicated faster, they have worse

create a pilot program for research-based courses next fall that will allow for peer mentoring, getting upperclassmen involved with the younger students. He said he believes that a good honors professor can see the connection between research and teaching and is able to motivate their students to do the same.

“My goal for the Honors College is to motivate the students through collaboration,” Chuchiak said. “I hope to reinstill a passion for research in the Honors College, to give students a chance to do undergraduate research as early as possible. Research is the best way for them to meet their potential.”

Another of Chuchiak’s goals is to further the study away program, in which students travel abroad to learn, he said.

“I want to improve the program, to make it a requirement for honors students,” Chuchiak said. “It’s a great opportunity

hangovers, they have more nausea, they have dehydration, they have all that goes with less water,” Boyd said.

“Their bodies are just not meant to handle that much alcohol.”

Coupled with binge drinking, drunkorexia has many other harmful effects, according to associate psychology professor Brooke Whisenhunt, who specializes in eating disorders. Although it is often practiced to help maintain or lose weight, restricting food may harm students in the long run.

“Any time you restrict your food intake for a long period of time, you put yourself at risk for overeating later,” Whisenhunt said. “So chances are what they are consuming—that one meal a

and something every student should try.”

Chuchiak will continue teaching while handling the role of director. He said that his new role is to be both an administrator and an educator, to divide the jobs evenly and teach half of the time.

“I will teach one history course a semester and I negotiated to do one intersession course on a Latin American topic,” Chuchiak said. “That course will hopefully be my History of Piracy course, which always fills up. Students really seem to enjoy it.”

Chuchiak has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and has received many awards for his teaching, service and research. He is also very accomplished in the research and writing field, as he has written numerous academic papers and books. He has authored three books, coauthored several more and still intends to keep researching and writing.

day—might be more calories than you might have taken in during the rest of the day. And then you end up with definite energy spikes, mood spikes, things like that, because of not eating at regular intervals.”

“Drunkorexia” is not an official medical term but it brings up important issues about eating disorders and substance abuse.

“I think many of them start off with making a simple decision and I think many of them end up with a real issue,” Boyd said. “There are some I’m sure who start out with an issue and end up with a disorder.”

Although students like Green say they haven’t seen drunkorexia as a problem among people they know, Boyd said it may in fact be an issue here.

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Chuchiak will also be hosting a conference at MSU for the American Society of Ethnohistory over the Native American peoples in the fall of 2012.

He will work with other professors across campus to organize the event, which usually consists of anywhere from 300 to 500 professors and graduate students presenting their research.

He will follow it up by hosting in 2013 another international research conference, the Second International Conference on Inquisition Studies on the Impact of the Spanish Inquisition. This will be the second time that MSU has hosted this conference, as its first meeting was hosted here in February 2008. More than 100 scholars and students attended this conference from all over the world.

“The program is getting a dedicated director who will bring innovation and energy,” Gutzke said. “It’s a very demanding job, but he is the ideal person to do it.”

“I have absolutely no doubt it occurs a lot on this campus,” Boyd said. “I worked in substance abuse for 20 years, and we did see (this behavior) on a regular basis.”

Kriener said because she has become so busy with her studies she gets drunk less often but still engages in drunkorexia and other practices to become intoxicated faster.

“My friends and I have recently made a pact to work out before we drink on Saturdays,” she said.

Students struggling with either eating disorders, drinking problems or a combination of the two can contact the Counseling and Testing Center, located in Carrington Hall 311, or at 417-836-5116.

Additional reporting by Megan Gates.

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Nov. 8, 2011

Missouri State is doing its share when it comes to informing public about politics

With the 2012 Presidential campaign just around the corner, nationwide hatred of politicians and the media will hit its peak.

The way the two entities work together is often criticized—for good reason—and it generally leaves the rest of the country frustrated.

This problem certainly isn’t about to be solved, but Missouri State’s new Press-Politics Certificate Program is a good example of the kind of program more universities should be developing to prepare students.

It’s not only something political science and media students should understand, but something all students should have a better feel for, given their responsibilities to be engaged citizens.

With every election, more information is delivered to voters, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it makes the information clearer.

In an attempt to put information in context, report on the status of races, and give opinions on candidates, voters are presented with much more to consider when they make their choices on election day.

Additionally, misinformation is tossed around to the point that it’s difficult for even dedicated followers to tell the difference between good information and complete garbage.

However, more information can be good, and the university can help make that a reality by preparing students in every aspect of the process. We can teach students the best way to deliver information and the best way to receive it.

The latter is likely much more difficult, but it’s the role most of us play in the process.

How seriously should I take

What is the PressPolitics Certificate Program?

Stephen Herzog Columnist

polling information and does it actually matter? Should I pay attention to fringe candidates?

Who decides who is and isn’t a fringe candidate? Whose information should I trust?

Every voter will not have the same answers to these questions, but it’s important that the graduates Missouri State produces are prepared to digest an election and make an informed decision.

The Press-Politics Certificate Program is not the only way students can develop those skills. There are several student organizations and courses in various departments that play a role in the development of well-informed students.

Students can learn about government through SGA or political science and history classes, and media through any of the several organizations on campus or communications and media classes.

In the interest of defining the university’s mission, these are the kind of things we can point to as clear examples of public affairs.

A greater understanding of the relationship between politics and the media fits all the criteria: community engagement, cultural competence and ethical leadership.

There is a significant amount of work to be done in informing the public about the political process, but Missouri State appears to be doing its share.

The Press-Politics Certificate Program is a joint collaboration between the Political Science, Communication and Media, Journalism and Film departments.

Students will be required to complete 15 credit hours in: •Political Science •Media Production •Journalism •Communication The certificate will be offered beginning in fall 2012.

For more information about the certificate, contact Brian Calfano, associate professor of political science, at briancalfano@missouristate.edu.

Political and Media Organizations The following are some of the political and media focused organizations available to Missouri State students on campus. For a list of meeting times, visit their profiles on CampusLINK or on the Missouri State website.

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College Democrats of Missouri State University College Republicans Film Society KSMU Ozarks News Journal The Standard Student Government Association World Affairs Council

Source: Information gathered from Missouri State Universityʼs website News Releases page and from Missouri State University CampusLINKʼs website.

If you booze without food, then you’ll lose

College students drink. Some of them drink a lot. And there’s nothing wrong with going out and having a good time, but you need to be responsible and safe about it.

Drunkorexia, a phenomenon that’s recently been brought to The Standard’s attention, is a practice that completely violates these principles. Starving your body during the day so you can consume calories through alcohol and get drunk faster in the evening is not a good life decision, for women especially.

According to the Mayo Clinic, women are more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol than men to begin with because they produce less of an enzyme that slows the release of alcohol into the stomach.

Women also have less water in their body, making them more susceptible to alcohol, allowing them to get drunker faster, have worse hangovers and experience more nausea than men, said Carmen Boyd, program of dietetics director at MSU. Pair these factors with not eating all day and you’re on the fast track to alcohol poisoning, which claims approximately 79,000 lives each year in the U.S. alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Furthermore, every year almost one in 20 college women are sexually assaulted.

Research suggests that the risk of rape or sexual assault is increased when both the attacker and victim have been drinking, according to the CDC. College is a time to go out, have fun and enjoy yourself. But that doesn’t mean putting yourself at risk and possibly harming your body for the rest of your life. Make good life choices and don’t replace food with alcohol for calories.

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Center provides valuable resource for students

For many college students, conflict and interpersonal tension can yield academic distress. There are several organizations and programs on Missouri State’s campus that exist to offer assistance with personal dilemmas. These organizations offer services such as education, training, programs and research.

One group that encompasses all of these services is the Center for Dispute Resolution located in the Department of Communication.

The Center for Dispute Resolution provides various services and

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dispute resolution programs that help people gain control of their lives.

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Tuesday

Nov. 8, 2011

Calendar

‘Legendary’ band to perform Wednesday

November 8 to November 14

By Lauren Healey The Standard

Tuesday

Quantum Groove 8 p.m. at Lindberg’s, free Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time) Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at the Outland, free Jazz Studies Concert 7:30 p.m. at Juanita K. Hammons Hall, free Tuesday’s Stew 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, free for ladies 18+ and gents 21+

Wednesday

Dug & the SOULar Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free Rags to Rich’s 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free The Legendary Shack Shakers, Cropdusters and St. Dallas & The Sinners 8 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $8 in advance and $10 at the door Evil Bumble Bees 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge

Thursday

The Detectives Rock ‘n’ Soul 10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Think ‘n’ Drink Trivia 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free Third Day 7 p.m. at JQH Arena, $20-$75 Cole Porter Band 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Anthem for Asaph and Black Bonnet Ballyhoo 9 p.m. at Lindberg’s, cover charge

Friday

American Royalty 10 p.m. at the Outland, cover charge E. Freeman Johnston Band 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge Club Ecstasy: Black Light Body Art Fashion Show 8 p.m. at American Legion Brookline, $7 for 21+ and $10 for 18+ and free for all ladies before 9 p.m.

Saturday

Trans-Siberian Orchestra 8 p.m. at JQH Arena, $29-$58.50 Murder Mystery Dinner 7 to 9 p.m. at Kentwood Hall Crystal Room, free (donations accepted), 1940s clothing encouraged Murder by Death and Red City Radio 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $12 in advance and $13 at the door Bella Donna 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge

Sunday

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbet’s Field Downtown, free

Monday

Open Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free

Briefs Matisyahu performs

Matisyahu Unplugged will be at the Gillioz Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. The concert will feature the internationallyacclaimed singer, rocker and hiphop artist in a unique up-closeand-personal acoustic performance. From the passion of Jewish/Chassidic to the soul of reggae/hip-hop to the rhythm of rock/alternative, his blending of diverse musical styles fills concert seats with fans of all genres. His 2009 song "King Without a Crown" was a Top 40 hit.

The show will display a personally reflective, communicative and revealing side to the artist.

Tickets are $24 or $29 and can be purchased at http://gillioz.ticketforce.com/ or by calling 417863-9491.

Black light fashion show and concert

The Club Ecstasy: Black Light Body Art Fashion Show will be Friday, Nov. 11 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. at American Legion Brookline (5484 W. Sunshine St., Brookline, Mo.).

The night will start with Springfield’s hottest hip-hop acts and a black light lingerie fashion show on a 20-foot runway. The show will feature fog, lasers and go-go girls that will be perched above the crowd.

Tickets are $7 for those 21 and older and $10 for those 18 to 20.

Tickets will be free for all ladies before 9 p.m.

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Boom Chick is a Brooklyn-based band whose sound is often compared to The White Stripes.

The Boom Chick blues

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

The Brooklyn-based band Boom Chick rocked the Outland Saturday night playing songs from their debut album, “Show Pony,” as well as a few new numbers that rang true to ‘50s rock ‘n’ rollers like Link Wray and American blues musicians like Bo Diddley.

The duo—Frank Hoier on guitar and vocals, and the lovely Moselle Spiller on drums—have been playing together for just a little over three years. Spiller was only recently introduced to the drums after visiting Frank’s father.

“So I’m dating this gorgeous girl who’s the girl of my dreams and I’m like, ‘Have you ever sat at a drum kit?’ because we live in Brooklyn where we don’t have any space so having a drum kit is a luxury,” Hoier said.

Hoier insisted that, though he’s tried teaching others to play drums, Spiller picked it up instantly.

“Frank was playing a gig that night, and we were just goofing around and I sat down at his dad’s drum kit and he said just to think of how it sounds—‘boom chick boom

chick’—and that’s kind of how I think of it,” Spiller said.

The band took their name from the “Boom Chick” sound of the drums. Spiller and Hoier began playing loft shows almost immediately after getting together and made the decision to begin touring soon after that.

“Someone caught wind that Moselle had started playing the drums like three months later and they said come play this loft party and she was so intuitive that by then she could play a whole set of music,” Hoier said. “It was the most fun I had ever had as a musician because we were just playing straight rock ‘n’ roll.”

Hoier said he was so pleased with the sound and the way the band was coming together as well as Spiller’s budding drumming abilities. They booked a nationwide tour, squeezing all of their equipment into the trunk of Hoier’s Honda Civic.

“I couldn’t put my seat back because I couldn’t move my kick drum, so it was up straight for, like, the entire country,” Spiller said.

This time around their tour has brought them all the way to Mis-

souri, a first for the band who played their first Missouri show in Kansas City two weeks ago. Their gritty, bluesy sound seems right at home here in the Midwest and songs like “Ghost of Bo Diddley” and “Crown of Wild Flowers” were a perfect fit for Springfield.

The band has been compared to The White Stripes, and the comparison is evident through Hoier’s twangy guitar and Spiller’s energetic drumming. But it’s that energy and obvious infatuation with what they’re doing that sets them apart.

White Stripes fans remember hearing their debut album and follow up, “De Stijl” and the sensation of listening to something that made you feel a little naughty, like you were racing down a dirt road at top speed somewhere in the Wild West.

“Well, it’s like fuzzy, bluesy guitar and we have a girl with bangs playing the drums,” Hoier said.

“Jack White and I love all the same music, literally. Everything he loves, I love, and so it’s bound to be kind of similar because it’s all rooted in old American songs.”

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The Legendary Shack Shakers will rage the stage Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Outland Ballroom.

J.D. Wilkes, front man, said he also is a singer/songwriter and plays harmonica in the band.

“Our music is very much blues-based hillbilly rock ‘n’ roll,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of country, blues and hard-driving American music.”

Mark Robertson said he plays the upright bass, drives the van, and produces or co-produces all of the band’s recordings.

“I’m going on 12 years with the band,” he said. “J.D. had another band with the same name before I joined. They called it quits and he couldn’t think of a name he liked better, so we just stuck with the old name, even though it’s been a very different kind of band since ‘Cockadoodledon’t.’”

The band’s name has many stories behind it, Robertson said.

“There’s an old time radio show from way back called Shake The Shack,” he said. “There’s also an old Sid King and the Five Strings song with a similar name.

I think J.D. was just (going) off of that. Another band owned the name The Shack Shakers, so we were legally bound to come up with a workaround. Originally, J.D. changed it to Those Legendary Shack Shakers, but record stores weren’t sure what letter to file us under, so it became ‘Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers.’ Then on the last record, ‘Agridustrial,’ it got shortened to ‘Legendary Shack Shakers’ for some reason.”

Wilkes said the band blends different genres in a unique way.

“We take blues, country, bluegrass, rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll and put it all in a pot and stir it up for an unsuspecting audience,” he said. “We put on a great live show—very bombastic, wild and loud.”

Robertson said the first national ad the band was featured in was a commercial for Geico.

“The song was ‘CB Song,’ and believe it or not, we got a lot of See SHAKERS page 8

‘The Sims 3: Pets’ delivers endless possibilities

If you’ve ever considered yourself a Sims junkie, you know it’s entirely too easy to get sucked into your Sims’ world, only surfacing for munchies and bathroom breaks.

After so long, however, your interest might start to dwindle and that’s probably why the Sims saga has been rife with expansion packs.

“The Sims 3: Pets” for PC (also available for Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS) is the latest installment in the series, and it delivers exactly what exasperated Sims fans need every six months or so—hours of entertainment with endless possibilities.

In this game, you can play as a Sim or a pet and you can alternate between them. Dogs, cats and horses are available for you to play as, but you can also have pets, like hamsters and birds, that stay in their cage and only require feeding and a bit of attention. Pets cannot have a lifetime wish, meaning there’s no way to gain lots of lifetime happiness points all at once, which is rather disappointing.

Pets you can play as function sort of like children—you can play as them, but they can’t perform as

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many actions as adult Sims. Pets can be a lot of work, as you’ll have to feed them, give them attention and train them.

Pets can be quite useful, however. Horses can make you lots of money if you train and race them.

Dogs can hunt out valuables like gems and rocks if your Sim trains them in hunting. More than one pet can be somewhat difficult to keep up with, however, if you’re playing the game without using any cheat codes.

When it comes to designing how your pets look in coat color/advanced mode, the possibilities are truly endless. There are

dozens of breeds for each of the pets you can be, but customizing your pets’ appearance is where the magic really happens. There are various kinds of markings that you can customize the size, shape, color and placement on your pet. You can add as many markings as you like, but each new marking will require you to create a new layer on the pet.

Once you are playing the game with a household, the only way to add a pet is to adopt one from a shelter (use your cell phone in your inventory to do this). You can always change the way your pet looks if you’ve enabled testing cheats.

The expansion pack comes with Appaloosa Plains, a Midwestinspired town with extra-large lots to house your pets. The brightlycolored red and orange trees throughout the town inspire images of fall.

There are also quite a few new objects and outfits in the game such as two-story barn doors, cowboyinspired plaid clothes, and, of course, tons of pet accessories.

Haystacks provide a new place for

Sims to WooHoo! But, honestly, are there ever enough new objects for your Sims? Not really, so don’t forget to check out The Exchange on http://thesims3.com –a place where Sim fans from around the world upload their creations for other players to use. You’ll find everything from fancy hairstyles to new staircases on The Exchange, and the best part is that it’s all free!

Commercial Street, Park Central Square celebrate unity

Students from Drury, artists and other people who were interested in unifying the street and downtown pushed the nest from Commercial Street to the Park Central Square.

“This is a time that we can all join together,” Beatriz Juan, a sophomore architecture major from Drury, said.

Whether you attend the Saturday Farmer’s Market, listen to the live music near the Jefferson Footbridge or gaze at the rustic buildings along the road, historic Commercial Street offers a wide variety of eclectic activities to whet any buyer’s vintage tastes. Also, if you are looking for a charming place to dine, a classic store to shop or a hair boutique to fix your lovely locks, Commercial Street has your everyday wants and needs. Listed here are just a few of the places that are on the historic street.

First Friday Art Walk features symbol of unification between C-Street and downtown

By Dylan Becker The Standard

Students and faculty from Drury University constructed a structure that was rolled down Commercial Street to Park Central Square as a symbol of unification during the First Friday Art Walk on Nov. 4.

The black ball, nicknamed “The Nest,” was created from polyethylene tubing used for irrigation. The group built a frame out of two-by-fours and wrapped the tubing over and over; zip ties were used to tie the tubes together. The project, which took more than seven hours, was co-designed by Brooklyn artist and Drury alumni Doug Johnston.

Johnston described the event and what it meant to him and the students from Drury.

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‘Tower Heist’ makes light of heavy subject

“Stick it to the man!” This is probably the idea the filmmakers had rolling around their heads when they made the new film, “Tower Heist.”

The plot is something all too familiar: a group of hardworking everyday Joes become victims of a wealthy investor’s Ponzi scheme. Not wanting to let Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) get away with ripping him and his buddies off, Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller), enlists the help of Slide (Eddie Murphy), a petty thief, and a few other close friends to rob Shaw’s high-rise for $20 million.

For such a heavy subject, they seem to make light of it. Not that they are poking fun of the situation in any way, it just won’t make your head explode like so many heist movies. It also doesn’t make you walk out of the theater feeling like you don’t want to live in this world anymore because there are so many scummy people with all the money.

If you take away the whole “everyone has just lost their pension because of one greedy investor,” the situation is quite comical. This is a group of absolute misfits who, as they say, have

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been casing the joint for years but they just didn’t know it. Now they are trying to steal $20 million. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

Needless to say, this film is a comedy. Not really a laugh-out-loud comedy, more of a simple ensemble comedy. The combination of Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Michael Peña and Gabourey Sidibe with Stiller and Murphy is really where the comedy gets rounded out.

The biggest hitch with this otherwise enjoyable film is that it is completely predictable. There are no subtle details

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thrown in it, no moments where you have to figure out what’s going on— none of that. They say or show something, and you’ll immediately know when, where and how it’s going to come into play later. No surprises here.

The characters were pretty onedimensional as well, but in a way it fit the story and the kind of film “Tower Heist” was trying to be. They all fit a niche, too. Everyone had their part and they played it well. However, the key was the casting, and I think they got it.

We’ve definitely seen better from the main players, but “Tower Heist” is what it is.

It was certainly enjoyable, despite its flaws. It was easy to watch, easy to follow and it was definitely easy to root for these guys. That doesn’t mean you’re going to be thinking about it when you leave the theater, either.

The biggest thing going for “Tower Heist” is that it is relevant for our time and for what’s going on with our economy. It’s taking a very serious issue and making a movie that people can watch without hurting. It’s a fun, easy movie with a serious message. Simple as that.

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Illinois State erases Bears’ title hopes in championship

Men’s Basketball Saturday, Nov. 5 MSSU 21 27 – 48 Missouri State 46 38 – 84 Women’s Basketball Thursday, Nov. 3 Northeastern State 21 18 – 39 Missouri State 36 35 – 71 Saturday, Nov. 5 MSSU 21 37 - 58 Missouri State 44 47 – 91 Women’s Soccer Friday, Nov. 4 UNI 1 0 0–1 Missouri State 1 0 1–2 Sunday, Nov. 5 Illinois State 1 4–5 Missouri State 0 0–0 Men’s Soccer Saturday, Nov. 5 Drake 0 1 0 0–1 Missouri State 1 0 0 1–2 Volleyball Friday, Nov. 4 Drake 20 27 26 19 – 1 Missouri State 25 29 24 25 – 3 Saturday, Nov. 5 Creighton 21 20 25 17 – 1 Missouri State 25 25 21 25 – 3 Swimming and Diving Friday, Nov. 4 Lindenwood M-88 W-80 Missouri State M-138 W-128 Saturday, Nov. 5 Truman State M-102 W-83 Missouri State M-117 W-134 Field Hockey Thursday, Nov. 3 Central Michigan 0 3–3 Missouri State 0 1–1 Women’s Golf Tuesday, Nov. 1 Alamo Invit.

11 of 14 Ice Hockey Friday, Nov. 4 Illinois State 2 0 2-4 Missouri State 1 0 0-1 Saturday, Nov. 5 Illinois State 1 3 1 0 0-5 Missouri State 2 2 1 0 1-6

By Adam Hammons The Standard

With mixed feelings of pride and devastation, the women’s soccer team walked off the field for the last time this season, losing to Illinois State 5-0 on Sunday in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship.

The tournament started out for the Bears on Friday against the University of Northern Iowa at Cooper Sports Complex in Springfield. With a 1-1 tie going into overtime sophomore midfielder Tiffany Laughlin scored her second goal of the match to win the game.

With a cross coming in she dipped her head low and flicked the ball over her head and over the goalie to send her team to the tournament championship.

“It felt amazing to get that last goal in,” Laughlin said. “It was just a little flick. You have to do everything you can in overtime.

You have to scrap for it to get any goal.”

Then it was on to the title game on Sunday to face Illinois State University. The Red Birds jumped out to a 1-0 lead when tournament MVP Kyla Cross got past the defense on the right side of the field and chipped it over senior goalkeeper Jes-

sica Teahan. The Bears had chances but ended the first half in a 1-0 hole.

“I thought the first half we played pretty well but they got in behind us that one time,” head coach Rob Brewer said. “I did feel like we created a couple opportunities, and maybe with a little bit different luck we could have been level with them.”

Going into the second half, the Bears knew they needed to catch up. So they pushed up and took some chances; however, it was the Illinois State offense that was the first one to score, doubling their lead just six minutes into the sec-

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The Bears finished their season 12-5-2.

ond half. our players did push up and “It’s a win-or-go-home that creates more situation. You can’t sit See SOCCER page 7 back,” Brewer said. “I think

Calendar November 8 to November 14

Wednesday Men’s Soccer, TBA away at MVC Championships

Thursday

Swimming and Diving, 4 p.m. at home vs. Missouri

Friday

Men’s Basketball, 9 p.m. away at Nevada Women’s Basketball, 7 p.m. away at Louisiana Tech Volleyball, 7 p.m. at home vs. Evansville Men’s Soccer, TBA away at MVC Championships Ice Hockey, 7:30 p.m. away at Lindenwood

Saturday

Football, 1 p.m. at home vs. Indiana State Volleyball, 7 p.m. at home vs. Southern Illinois Cross Country, 11 a.m. away at NCAA Midwest Regionals Ice Hockey, 4 p.m. away at Lindenwood

Sunday

Women’s Basketball, 2:05 p.m. at home vs. Louisville Men’s Soccer, TBA away at MVC Championships

Briefs Soccer teams earn academic honors

Two seniors from the Missouri State men’s soccer team were named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District VI First Team last week.

Seniors Heath Melugin and Thomas Vania earned the award.

Melugin holds a GPA of 3.97 while Vania has a 3.73 GPA. This season marks the third straight season that Melugin has been named to this award.

Four Missouri State women’s soccer players were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VI second team on Friday. Senior Jessica Teahan, Jennifer Hamlin, Nia Williams and Michelle Sommer all received the honors. Teahan holds a 3.84 GPA, Hamlin has a 3.91 GPA, Williams a 3.73 GPA and Sommer with a 3.89 GPA.

Photos by Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD

Left, Kyle Weems scores 2 of his 23 points against Missouri Southern on Saturday in Joplin. Right, MSU interim President Clif Smart and Athletics Director Kyle Moats receive a plaque from MSSU officials in honor of Missouri State’s tornado relief efforts.

Hoops provides hope

for the Bears.

Prior to the game, the MSU team buses drove through some of the areas hit hardest by the tornado, and Weems said you could hear a pin drop as the players observed the damage.

“It was just an extremely humbling experience, I know for myself and for the rest of the guys seeBy Harrison Keegan ing some of those businesses and homes and things The Standard that have been blown away,” Weems said. “We Some basketball games are not about who wins tend to take stuff for granted, but tomorrow is defand who loses. The back-to-back exhibition games initely not promised. But like I said, it’s a win-win between the Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears situation and we’re glad we were able to give back and the Missouri Southern State Lions and Lady just a little bit.”

Bears head coach Paul Lusk spent three seasons Lions in the I-44 Hoops Showdown on Saturday night in Joplin were those kinds of games. The as an assistant at Missouri Southern and he said he teams hoped that the games would be a step toward and his wife Melanie still have ties to the Joplin normalcy for those affected by the devastating May community. He said that since he last visited this summer, a lot of 22 tornado, and all proprogress has been ceeds from the games went made in terms of toward the MSSU Tornado rebuilding.

Relief Fund.

“I think it’s been “This is what athletics an unbelievable truly means,” said rally by everyone in Maryann Mitts, MSSU the community and women’s head coach. everyone in the “This is how athletics country,” Lusk said. should fit into our society. I “Hopefully this was think sometimes we get a great event.” wrapped up in the wins Lusk said that and losses so much, but it —Bears head coach Paul Lusk when he and Lions takes nights like tonight to coach Robert Corn really define what athletics discussed the idea truly stands for, that’s all of the intangible things that athletics teaches these of holding the game, the Bears athletic department did everything possible to make it happen. They young people and teaches me every day.”

In the early game, the Lady Bears won 91-58 petitioned the NCAA for a third exhibition game on and the Bears looked strong in the 7 p.m. game, the road and juggled the scheduling by moving the winning 84-48. Each MSU team erased any drama date of the Bears’ game with William Jewell.

Lady Bears coach Nyla Milleson said it was a early on as they came out hot and ran up leads of more than 20 points by halftime. The star players no-brainer when Mitts proposed the game to her.

“You take a chance at coming in here and getpaced both teams as Casey Garrison led the Lady Bears with 22 points and Kyle Weems poured in 23 ting beat by a very good team, but it wasn’t about

‘I-44 Showdown’ helps to bring reprieve from disaster in Joplin

I think it’s been an unbelievable rally by everyone in the community and everyone in the country

winning and losing today,” Milleson said. “It’s about helping a community in need and we didn’t hesitate, we jumped on the opportunity.”

The day’s events also included a service project

by MSU students in the morning and a visit to a Joplin hospital by the MSU spirit squads. Saturday night, the crowd was an even mix of MSU maroon and Missouri Southern green—just another way the Bears showed that as the Joplin community rebuilds, they are not alone.

Swimming and diving maintains mastery at home

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard

Two Bears receive player of the week

Heath Melugin took home the MVC Offensive Player of the Week award while goalkeeper Trevor Spangenberg takes home the MVC Defensive Player of the Week award for the Bears.

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The Bears and Lady Bears each were given a third exhibition game to travel to Joplin.

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The team won its fourth meet.

Missouri State battled to defend their undefeated record as they swam against Lindenwood University and Truman State University over the weekend. The Bears dominated both dual meets to advance to 4-0 on the season.

The women’s team defeated Lindenwood 128-80 and the men followed suit, winning 138-88.

The men continued to sweep the competition, winning every event except the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard backstroke. The women racked up nine individual first-place finishes and won two relays.

Sophomore Anna Ahlin was honored as the MVC Swimmer of the Week. Ahlin was the only Bear

to finish first in two individual events against Lindenwood, winning the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.

“When you know somebody’s been working hard, it’s fun to cheer them on and help them go as fast as they can,” freshman Isaac McKnight said.

The swimming program has added a few new faces to their roster, and so far the freshmen have proven they belong on the team.

“We’re extremely pleased,” coach Jack Steck said. “This is a gifted freshmen class we’ve brought in. They’re not only good athletes, but they’re good people and they work hard.”

At the Lindenwood meet, the Bears had four different freshmen place first. Caleb Schuermann won the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time

of 16:26.48. Vitalii Baryshok finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:40.29. Isaac McKnight won the 50-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 21.75.

Matthew Wilson out-swam the competition in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in 4:43.82.

“Our freshmen class, we do have a lot of talent but another thing we do really well is we work really hard together,” freshman Chris Carpenter said.

The winning tradition continued on Saturday as the Bears beat Truman State University, with the men’s team coming out on top, 117102. The women won 134-83.

Steck said the teams have worked really hard since the Drury meet.

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International style raises level of play for Rivatto

By John Cook The Standard

Looking in at the volleyball Bears from the stands you may see 5-foot-9-inch outside hitter Karen Rivatto and think she might be the Bears’ weakness. But soon after, you’d see a scrappy Brazilian with tremendous leaping ability and power—the woman who leads MSU in kills with 248.

Rivatto started playing volleyball when she was 12 years old. A native of Porto Alegre, Brazil, Rivatto quickly realized she was pretty good. A few years later, playing in a land where the top two sports are soccer and volleyball, she had to decide whether to try and pursue volleyball professionally or go on into her profession.

“I had to choose between being a professional in volleyball, or to just forget it,” Rivatto said. “At first I didn’t want to come because it was so far away. But one of my friends convinced me, and I got a scholarship, so I decided to give it a shot.”

From there Rivatto went on to play her first two seasons at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. She turned heads there, earning region player of the year as a sophomore, and freshman of the year just a

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The women took first in nine different events and the men finished first in eight events.

“It’s such a great group of guys; it’s such a great team,”

McKnight said. “We all have the same goals so it’s easy to stay focused and have fun at the same time.”

Senior Brianna Willoughby broke the pool record for the 400-yard individual medley relay, finishing first with a time of 4:32.63.

The Bears controlled the relays, with the men and

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season earlier.

MSU head coach Melissa Stokes said they were checking stat sheets of junior colleges and Rivatto’s name stuck out.

“We noticed she was top in kills and hitting percentage among the junior colleges,” Stokes said. “She came in early and impressed us right away. Ashley (Mason) normally wins in sprints and all of a sudden here comes Karen beating her.”

Rivatto meshed with the team and earned a starting role with the other two outside hitters, freshman Olivia Brand and sophomore Christine McCartney.

“I thought Missouri State was the closest team comparable to how competitive it is in Brazil,” Rivatto said. “Coach Stokes and the environment here remind me of home.”

Before coming to America just three years ago, Rivatto had no background in the English language. Now she speaks it as if she had grown up here.

“I didn’t know any English before I got here,” Rivatto said. “It was pretty scary. I had a friend who helped me, but mostly I just learned from going to class and picking it up as I went.”

The junior transfer leads the team in kills, but is a well-rounded player, and has com-

opportunities for them which is a risk you have to take when you have to chase the game.”

After that goal, the floodgates opened.

The Bears were up against the wall focusing mainly on offense, and the ISU forwards took advantage. The score was 5-0, 13 minutes into the second half.

“No matter how many goals they scored that’s the thing about our team,” Laughlin said.

“We keep our heads up and we keep fighting until the very end. It was obvious everyone was working their hardest and busting their butts until the very last second so those goals don’t matter. We fight until the end.”

The Bears kept playing hard throughout the second half, but never came up with a goal. They had 16 shots and six of those were on goal. The Bears played ISU earlier in the season and came up with a different result, shutting out their offense and ending with a 10 final score. However, the Red Birds never lost after that and seemed to find a rhythm with their offense.

“I think that tonight it was a different

women winning both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle.

“We’ve bonded a lot,” Carpenter said. “We’ve kind of learned to feed off each other, just have learned to have a lot of fun with swimming. I think it’s really transferred into the pool.”

The diving team was also

piled over 210 digs.

“It doesn’t surprise me that she leads the team in kills,” Stokes said. “We have a lot of terminators, and any one of them can get it done on any given night. But since she comes from a place where volleyball is a premier sport, she’s learned great ball handling skills.

“In Brazil they play more of the international game, where you only get six subs and a libero. Here we have 12 subs. Because of that, you have to be able to play each position effectively. That’s what helps Karen stand apart; she has such great fundamentals and instincts.”

Sophomore Amber Doolittle, who lives with Rivatto, said it’s been a culturing experience having her around.

“She’ll fix us new dishes or try and teach us Portuguese,” Doolittle said. “She’s such a positive person, and that rubs off on everyone else.”

Rivatto said she has enjoyed the ride so far at MSU and loves her teammates.

“Of course they make fun of my accent and stuff like that, but that’s just part of life,” Rivatto said. “I’m just going to keep on tryFile Photo by Michael Gulledge/THE STANDARD ing my best and hopefully we can make it to Rivatto leads the Bears with 248 kills. the NCAA Tournament.”

successful. Sophomore Lindsey Conway won both the one-meter and three-meter dives. The men’s team was led by a trio of freshmen, Garrett Nevels, Zachary Wheeler and Elijah Swaim,

who placed first, second and third respectively in both events.

Up next, the Bears will host the University of Missouri Tigers. Steck referred to the meet as the biggest dual

meet in the history of Hammons Student Center Pool, and said he hopes the community will support them.

The meet will kick off at 4 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 10 at Hammons Student Center.

game, a different feeling,” Teahan said.

“Everyone’s a little scared, everyone’s a little nervous and things happen, and that’s OK. I think that when we first saw there was a little less pressure we did the right things, and unfortunately they took advantage of the weaknesses we had today.”

When the final whistle blew, the Bears had to watch as ISU ran on the field in celebration, but the players kept their heads high.

They had a long season and were just one win away from the championship.

“I’m a bit devastated but proud of how we played,” Teahan said. “I know that I’m happy with how our season went and confident in our girls for next year. I’m just really happy with our team and proud, just very proud.”

Three MSU players made the All-Tournament Team including Christine Cross, Grace Cross, and Tiffany Laughlin. Six seniors also played their final match for MSU: Tara Bailes, Logan Bisbee, Christine Cross, Jennifer Hamlin, Jeslynne McGrath, and Jessica Teahan.

While the women’s season is over, the men’s soccer season continues. The Bears go into their MVC Tournament with a number one seed and play this Friday at Omaha, Neb. against the winner of the Drake and Central Arkansas matchup.

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fans from that,” he said.

“Stephen King listed that song as one of his top five favorite songs of all time, and he first heard it on the Geico

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offers several one-hour courses, these PED courses are easy to find, but the agriculture department and several other departments also offer several one-credit courses that, depending on your major, may fit requirements or be fun courses to fill the 125 minimum credit hours needed for graduation from the university,” Aufdembrink said.

MSU senior special education major Richie Shockley was faced with a difficult decision when designing his 2011 fall semester schedule last spring: how to customize a schedule that would get him to full-time status so that he would not lose ground on the way to his diploma.

“I needed one more hour in order to have 12 credits so I could be considered a fulltime student,” Shockley said.

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Boom Chick has reproduced the sensation of gritty rock ‘n’ roll that never gets old and made it OK to appre-

commercial.

The song ‘Swampblood’ was featured in the HBO series, ‘True Blood.’ The same song was in a Julia Roberts movie called ‘Duplicity.’ That same year, ‘Born Again, Again’ was in a Showtime series called ‘The United States of Tara.’ And just last week, our song ‘God

After looking through the MSU Class Schedule Search, Shockley discovered PED 113, a one-credit Beginning Racquetball course that fit perfectly into his schedule.

“It’s been a great experience and I’ve learned a lot,” Shockley said.

PED 113 instructor, Kirsten Hatz said that her racquetball class fills up quickly.

“I always have waiting lists,” Hatz said. “People will send me emails at the beginning of the semester about not getting in, but we only have a certain amount of courts that are available so we have to limit our number of people so we don’t have too many students sitting during the class since it’s about participation.”

Racquetball is not the only popular filler class that reaches capacity almost instantaneously.

“I really had my hopes set on taking Wine Appreciation for Consumers,” Scott Baker, a sports and entertainment

ciate a band for its simplicity again, even if what they’re doing isn’t all a completely original idea.

They are the first to admit that they take inspiration from the greats like Link Wray, and their song “Nailgun” is a throwback to his “Batman Theme Song” from

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Fearing People’ was in a new series called ‘Hart Of Dixie.’”

People should come to this show if they want to have a good time, drink a lot of beer and hear a band throw down, Wilkes said.

“We’re not the just-standing-there-staring-at-your-

management major, said. “I was eligible to register for classes on Friday, which I thought was early but unfortunately all 75 spots for the class were already taken.”

Baker said that he is still deciding on a different filler class to take and said Beginning Handball, SCUBA, Bowling and Beginning Fly Fishing were all possible options.

Aufdembrink said that it is crucial that students choose classes that they will enjoy.

“One of the most important things about college is finding your passion and studying it,” Aufdembrink said. “Regardless of your courses you should be learning the big skills of critical thinking and effective problem solving, writing well and speaking well, and working well with others. You can develop those essential skills in any course if you are applying yourself fully, even if it is AGS 162, Intro to Riding.”

the early ‘60s.

Spiller’s performance was impressive, to say the least. For someone who has been drumming for such a short time, her energy and the way she threw her whole body into the sound was remarkable. The two seem as though they would be com-

sandals kind of band,” he said. “We’re a very interactive experience.”

Robertson said Springfield is a great place to perform because it’s the heartland, more or less.

“We don’t get to play there too often, for whatever reason, but we’ve had a ball

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salary package, equivalent to a 2 percent raise across the board. The first salary increase, costing $1,181,449.50, will go into effect on Jan. 1 for staff and Feb. 1 for faculty.

“Instead of giving everyone 2 percent no matter what their salary was, we gave everyone a 1.2 percent raise plus $400,” Smart said. “So that benefits—at least by percentage rates—the people making less. So for example, someone making $30,000 ends up getting almost a 2.5 percent raise, and someone making $100,000 gets a 1.6 percent raise.”

Those with a base salary of $150,000 or more annually will not be included in the raise, as Smart said those working on the proposal wanted to move more of the money to the lower-earning sector.

pletely satisfied if they had no one to play to but each other for the rest of their musical careers.

Slow songs like “Sweaty Dress” show off their silly brand of romance and capture the invincibility their band seems to embrace. It’s hard not to love determined

whenever we do.”

Opening for The Legendary Shack Shakers will be local favorites the Cropdusters and St. Dallas & The Sinners.

St. Dallas & The Sinners will play from 9 to 9:30 p.m.

The Cropdusters will play from 9:45 to 10:25 p.m. The

Smart said students as a whole—and especially student fees—will be unaffected by the salary proposal.

“For the first six months, we will pay for the raise centrally from reserves,” Smart said. “Beginning next academic year, July 1, the cost centers have to figure out a way to reallocate to pay for the salary increase in their area. But they’ve known that for four months and they’ve begun planning how they will move money around, eliminate certain expenses, or not fill empty positions to be able to reallocate that money.”

More specifically, each college represents a cost center. So for example, any pay raises in the College of Business Administration after July 1 will be coming directly from COBA’s budget.

The College and University Professional Association measures faculty salaries at institutions similar to Missouri State. With a salary of

musicians who remind you of your favorites. So with that, they’re taking their well-deserved success on the road.

The band moves further south after leaving Missouri, heading to Alabama, Louisiana and then to Florida before traveling back up

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 Legendary Shack Shakers will take the stage at 10:40 p.m.

This will be an all-ages show. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door.

You can buy advance tickets at Kaleidoscope (1430 E. Sunshine St.) and Stick It In Your Ear (300 E. Walnut St.).

100 percent being average, Missouri State falls a bit below average in the 90-94 percent range.

“I think it will be good for employee morale,” Smart said. “I think it will help us retain employees that might otherwise think about leaving, and I think it will help us create other employees.

But these things are only true if we continue to make progress. So we’ll need to try and do it again in July and the following year. So this is the first of what needs to be a series of steps to get our salaries up to the average, at least.”

While he wishes Missouri State could have provided more of a pay boost, Paxton remains confident.

“No one is upset about a raise,” he said.

Missouri State’s salary is evaluated on an annual basis, and it is the current interim president’s decision to stick with the base pay from the past year or to make changes.

the East coast.

Boom Chick has another album coming out soon, and their 2009 release is available on their website, http://boomchickboomchick.com as well as tapes and a soon to be released, seven-inch recording of their new single.