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Michael Scuse, the undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, spoke to the Darr School of Agriculture about the current and future status of the Farm Bill of 2014.

Michael Scuse discusses the future of farming and foreign agriculture in first visit to Darr School of Agriculture

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The William Darr School of Agriculture welcomed Michael Scuse, the undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, on Tuesday as he spoke to several agricultural leaders and students about the Farm Bill of 2014 and international agricultural trade.

Scuse discussed the current and future status of the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill of 2014, while speaking with Missouri State staff, faculty, students and alumni during the Tuesday luncheon. The Farm Bill was passed by Congress, and it funds United States Department of Agriculture programs that support agricultural and nutrition programs from 2014 to 2018.

Scuse said the USDA is looking at different ways to improve future farming in order to

“support young farmers.”

One way the USDA is helping farmers is by lending up to $50,000 to beginning and family farmers through the Microloan Program. The loan was increased from $35,000 after the Farm Bill was passed, according to the USDA’s website. The bill helps with the cost of initial startup, expenses, tools and other items required for a farm.

According to Scuse, 2015 will be a year for change and improvements in agriculture. He said the USDA is working on its biggest negotiation in history, along with trying to improve international trade.

“Agriculture is the most international of all things that we do, so it’s important to understand the international nature of agriculture, (including) what’s taking place in other countries, environmental impact and all the different issues that are out there,” Jim Baker, MSU vice president for research and economic

development and international programs, said.

There are two significant international trade negotiations taking place in 2015: the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

TPP is a free-trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Scuse hopes the partnership will expand the demand for American agriculture.

“It’s important we break down international barriers and bring TPP home,” Scuse said.

T-TIP involves negotiations between the U.S. and the European Union. However, he said negotiations with the EU will be difficult because they are against biotechnology.

“The EU called biotech food ‘frankenfood,’” Scuse said. “Hopefully we can convince the EU that the way we do things is the right way.” u See USDA, page 8

MSU hosts National History Day regional competition for area high schoolers

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Parkview High School students, Noah Ward and Marisa Mayo, present The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: Mao Zedong and the Rise of the Communist Party.

While Missouri State students were wrapping up the shortest school week in recent memory, local middle and high schoolers were hard at work in the PSU Grand Ballroom. Nearly 200 history students from throughout the Springfield area gathered on Friday, Feb. 20, to take part in the regional round of National History Day, a countrywide academic competition that draws in more than half a million contestants annually.

This year’s theme was Leadership and Legacy in History. Participants researched a historical leader, put together a project in the medium of their choosing — an essay, website, documentary, exhibit or performance — and presented their work to a panel of judges. Finalists will continue to the state level in Columbia and finally to the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest at the University of Maryland. Prizes at higher levels include monetary rewards and scholarships.

“I think they learn more from this one thing than they do for the rest of the year,” Kelly

Matney, a Nixa High School teacher whose students began the research process last August, said. “They’ve picked it, they’ve dug into it, they’ve redone it, they’ve changed it, they’ve added things to it, they’re defending it against college professors — so it’s really, really strong.”

One of Matney’s students was a top-10 finalist on the national level last year, earning him a week-long, all-expenses-paid visit to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. He got to create an exhibit for the museum, and this was the catalyst for a trip to Normandy, France, that Matney’s class will be taking this summer.

Junior high and high school students weren’t the only ones affected by the event.

MSU’s history faculty were called upon to judge. Other help came from graduate assistants and volunteers from the community.

In the teachers’ minds, History Day has a lasting impact for students.

“They get to work on something they’re interested in,” Nancy Piston, a Hillcrest High School teacher, said. “They get to be creative in a way that typically might not happen for a class.”

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SGA to add touchscreens in PSU for student polling

Eating disorder screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington Hall 311

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Tuesday, Feb. 24

COM Week: The COM Degree in Action, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom East Career Expo 2015, 1-5 p.m., JQH Arena Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Civil War Percursor?, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Meyer Library Auditorium 101

Wednesday, Feb. 25 Shattering the Silences Series: “A Dialogue,” 5:30-8:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union Theater Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, 7-9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall Faculty & Guest Artist Recital — Violin and Piano, 7:30-9 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B

Thursday, Feb. 26

Ayyam-i-ha or Intercalary Days, all day Simple Strategies for a Digital World, 2-3 p.m., Plaster Student Union 313 Ferguson: Dignity—Faith— Poverty, 7-8:30 p.m., Carrington Hall 208

Friday, Feb. 27

Cultural Corner, 4:45-6:15 p.m., Jim D. Morris Center The Recital of Flesh: Transcending Time and Transmutation, 5-7 p.m., Student Exhibition Center

Saturday, Feb. 28

Missouri State University Jazz Festival, all day

Sunday, March 1

Irish American Heritage Month, all day National Development Disabilities Awareness Month, all day National Women’s Month, all day 2015 MSU Composition Festival Concert, 3-4:30 p.m. and 7:308:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B

Monday, March 2 Missouri State Improv: Free Improv Show, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington 208

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MSU entertainment management students volunteer at Super Bowl XLIX

A group of 15 entertainment management students visited the University of Phoenix stadium for football’s biggest game on Feb. 1. The students worked all weekend in the Super Bowl Central area, where they greeted visitors and provided information by working with the NFL Fan Experience and the Arizona Host Committee. While there, students saw many professional athletes and team owners arrive for the NFL awards show. The students also went inside the stadium on game day and saw some behindthe-scenes preparation for the halftime show.

Enoch’s BBQ & Southern Classics closes Tuesday

The restaurant, located near campus at 307 S. National Ave., must stop operation due to financial losses, according to its owners.

By the end of spring semester, there should be a better way to answer survey questions about Missouri State than the polling emails that are currently sent out.

Oh — did you not know that you occasionally get emails with survey questions in them? That’s probably because only 6 percent of the student body responds to them, according to Robert Temple, director of public affairs for SGA. But Temple has a way to address this problem that he thinks can further engage the student body — a project he’s called, Project Big iPad. In the plan, large touchscreens, 3-4 feet tall and 2 feet wide, would be installed at various places in the Plaster Student Union. Questions would be displayed on these screens, and all students would have to do is swipe their BearPass card and answer the questions.

Temple estimates the difference in how many students could voice their opinions could be significant.

“What we found out is roughly — well, a large chunk of students go through the PSU every week,” Temple said, “and what we think we can get is somewhere between 15 to 25 percent of the students surveyed in a period of about three days.”

The software was developed

by Illinois State University — the project cost them $500,000 to develop and implement throughout the school.

“But right now,” Temple said, “because Illinois State is giving us the software very graciously, we’re looking at about $5,000 to get it all set up and all the software ready. Which is pretty amazing, when you think about it.”

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“Project Big iPad” •The touchscreens will be 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide •Responses are estimated to increase from 6 percent to 15-25 percent of the student body •The project will cost about $5,000 It’s not yet clear where that money would come from, although Temple and others involved in the project are searching for ways to fund it that don’t involve using money from the SGA projects fund.

Temple said there were many questions that the board could pose to the student body — one example was the recent debate over whether we should look into adopting a new, “fiercer” mascot in addition to Boomer and Growl.

“If SAC wants to do something, they could throw it up there — for example, for their Spring Concerts, they send out the email poll,” Temple said.

“They can continue to do that, but they could also have it in here.”

So keep answering those email polls — but know that soon, there might be a better way.

“With the generosity of Illinois State mixed with the low cost aspect, I think by the end of spring semester, we’ll have something ready to go,” Temple said. “And I don’t think it’ll be a rough copy either. I think it’ll be as it’s going to sit for as long as we utilize the program.”

The Career Center shares tips and tricks to land your dream job

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•Men should wear clean, pressed •Bear Pass ID business suits with conservative •Two pens shirts and ties and matching shoes •Pad folio or professional folder •Business card holder or some- and belt. thing to store cards you collect from How to prepare employers •Practice your “30-second com•Copies of your resume on profesmercial” that includes your name, sional paper •Questions that you want to ask level in school, what you’re looking for, skills you bring to the table, and employers why you’re interested in the company.

Some questions to ask •Do your research ahead of time •“What kind of entry-level positions exist within your organiza- to avoid asking questions that waste the representative’s time. tion?”

•“What does your organization consider the five most important What not to do •Do not cling to your friends. qualities in an employee?”

Show confidence on your own.

•Do not go looking for any job.

What to wear •Women should wear conserva- Have a purpose and a plan.

•Do not go trick-or-treating for tive business suits that aren’t too tight or revealing with minimal free stuff.

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Human trafficking hits close to home

By Brittany McIntyre For The Standard

As we sit in our comfy dorms or apartments, we often don’t think about the lives of others in Springfield.

We are unaware that the vulnerable are taken advantage of every day in our community. They are beaten, starved and put in situations that are physically and sexually degrading.

Yet, these situations occur every day through human trafficking, leaving the voiceless alone and unable to fight.

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of people through acts of prostitution or forced physical labor for exploitation or commercial gain. This is a modern-day form of slavery that is often hidden because victims rarely come forward to get help.

However, anti-slavery organizations and increased police training are casting a light on this dark issue.

One major organization that fights slavery is the End It Movement, which partners with major organizations in the world. The goal of this organization is to bring awareness, prevention, rescue and restoration to those who are trapped in slavery.

According to the End It Movement website, there are “27 million people trapped in slavery around the world today.”

This organization strives to provide funds for those in trouble and raise awareness by providing information about the different types of slavery. It even designates a day to raise awareness, called Shine a Light on Slavery Day, which is on Feb. 27.

On this day, they encourage everyone to draw a red X on their hand to signify those who are trapped in slavery.

On a more local scale, human trafficking is an

issue in southwest Missouri.

Bernard McCarthy, a criminology professor at MSU, has worked in the community and has seen the effects of trafficking. McCarthy first started working at Rare Breed, an organization in Springfield that provides shelter, food and other amenities to the homeless.

However, Rare Breed is not open at nights, which leads to the exploitation of young girls and sometimes boys.

“The youth were looking for couches or beds to stay on, and I assumed that it was an exchange relationship,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy’s involvement in the community has

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Shine a Light on Slavery Day is Friday, Feb. 27 allowed him to see the ways trafficking is hidden in Springfield. In southwest Missouri, there are trafficking rings made up with illegal immigrants that are brought over under false pretenses. They are then forced to work in factories with treatment similar to that of indentured servants.

This is also an issue with some foreign exchange college students who are told they will come to the United States to study, but instead they are forced to work in poor, closed conditions.

“I had a student do a master thesis on human trafficking, and we looked at the issues of trafficking in and around this area,” McCarthy said. “What you see is it’s primarily an exploitation of vulnera-

ble populations. It could be illegal migrants or it could be children who are cast out and unwanted, and they’re on the street and when I put one and one together, I got two.”

There are other local organizations that offer recovery services for victims of human trafficking, such as the Victim Center. This nonprofit organization helps victims of family violence, rape violence and human trafficking by providing many services including free trauma-focused counseling and court advocacy.

The Victim Center learns of labor and sex trafficking incidents in Springfield through many sources, such as referrals from family, friends and law enforcement.

Lauryl Wagoner is the domestic violence victims advocate and human trafficking victim case manager for the Victim Center.

“I specifically work with victims of intimate partner violence, family violence and trafficking,” Wagoner said.

Wagoner said there are many ways for the community to get involved and fight trafficking. People can be more aware of the language and terms they use when talking about prostitution; put business cards with the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline in hotels, rest stops and truck stops; and just be observant of the situations that surround them.

“If they see what they think are minors soliciting sex, they’re probably not doing it on their own,” Wagoner said.

The Shine a Light on Slavery Day, held on Feb. 27, aims to raise awareness in the community and start a conversation about human trafficking.

“It’s an issue that exists,” McCarthy said. “We need to be sensitive to the problem, but we need to use disruptive strategies to break up the market.”

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By Spencer Martin Columnist @Spencer_XC “We should be dreaming,” Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 Team USA ice hockey team, said. “We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we’re too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams.”

This past Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of the legendary “Miracle on Ice,” the 1980 Olympic hockey game between the United States and Russia, then called the Soviet Union, that was a defining moment in sports history, as well as the Cold War. At game time, the USA and USSR were already more than 30 years deep into the Cold War, a stalemate between the two countries that constantly threatened mutually assured destruction via nuclear missiles and all-out war. This meant that the 60 minutes during which the two teams would face off would be 60 of the most im-

By Keenan Andrea Columnist @iKeenandrea

When I was a little kid, I used to play a game called kick-the-can with my brother and the neighborhood kids. The game was mainly hide-andseek. It was played after sundown.

Two or three seekers counted to 100, while any number of hiders fanned out among the designated hiding zone to hold a position where they wouldn’t get caught.

Back then, the designated hiding zone was kept within the property of three consecutive houses that were situated around the cul-de-sac at the end of the street. One house was owned by a friend. The other two, on the left and right, were owned by an unmarried shut-in and an old man who drove a different color Corvette every other month.

Of course, these boundaries were enlarged later to include three or four more houses. But in the heyday, that’s how we ran it.

One night, as we were starting a new round, I decided to bend the rules and hide just outside the boundary underneath a house that stood some 30 yards from my friends’.

Where I hid was something like a

narrow crawlspace, and it was floored with mud. I think it was used as a leveling or a foundation. The ceiling was low and the light was scarce. I’d been hiding there 15 minutes when the owners stepped onto the deck above.

They were a man and a woman.

Arguing. Getting louder and louder.

Until all of a sudden he was booming at her, and she was squawking likewise, and a dog was ripping off barks and a handful of curse words and threats were shot in all directions.

Then I think I heard a dull thump, a thwack sounding like bare flesh against flesh. And the door reeled shut.

All was silent for a moment. Soon after, I heard light shoes padding down the side stairs and crossing through the grass beside me. A moonlit silhouette hurried past.

After the figure had gone, I crept toward the opening of the crawlspace and stopped at its mouth. I gathered myself, darted out, raised up and began to run.

As I cornered the house to the road, I thought I heard a lady shriek.

So I ran even faster. And although I saw myself moving ahead and saw everything else going in an opposite direction, the notice of a stony dread — of grabbing fingers tearing out rigid and clutching — felt like it was trailing close behind and inching ever closer.

By Peyson Shields Columnist @peysonrose I am one of 30 million individuals that has suffered from an eating disorder. I am one of 30 million that has sought acceptance for the way my body looked. One of 30 million that couldn’t control anything in my life except what I put into my mouth.

One of 30 million that let society tell me how I should look.

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portant and defining minutes in sports history.

The USSR was projected to absolutely wipe the floor with any of the hockey teams that year. Leading up to the matchup, the Soviet national team was 27-1-1 against international opposition from the combined four previous Olympics.

Olympic sports anchor Jim McKay likened the win against the Soviets to Canadian college football players beating the Pittsburgh Steelers — who were unbelievably dominant in the years leading up to the game, more so than today’s Patriots.

Here’s another example: Harlem Globetrotters vs.

Washington Generals.

Does that work? No? What about this — the incredible University of Houston 1982-83 Phi Slama Jama dream team against my former recreational basketball team from high school.

Still nothing?

How about if you matched up against Hank Aaron — the true home run king — in a home run derby?

Sigh.

What about the struggle of waking up for an 8 a.m. class on Monday with no Starbucks?

If you didn’t identify with that last example, I’m sorry,

If you watched the Oscars last night — or even if you didn't — you probably know about all the big moments of the night.

John Travolta reunited with Idina Menzel, and then touched her face for some reason. Common and John Legend brought down the house with their performance of "Glory."

There were also a few acceptance speeches widely regarded as excellent, including Patricia Arquette's, in which she called for wage equality between men and women.

The speech drew applause and cheers — Meryl Streep actually jumped out of her seat and pumped her fist into the air.

But what you might not know is that backstage, Arquette said something that took a lot of the luster away from her earlier comments.

"It is time for us," Arquette said.

"It is time for women … It’s time for all the women in America, and the men who love women, and all the gay people and people of color we’ve all fought for to fight for us now."

So wait just a second. So the gay people and the people of color

This week, Feb. 22-28, is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. This week is to draw attention to the fact that eating disorders are a huge problem.

From bulimia to anorexia to binge eating, disordered eating and negative body image affect women and men of all ages.

At 1,4 I was in the prime of my awkward stage — Spongebob teeth, baby fat and ill-fitting Hollister clothing. I didn’t feel good about myself. I wasn’t happy with several situations in my life so I reacted by not eating.

I started to grow out of my awkwardness, but not out of my negative body image habits.

A year and a half later I was sickly thin — 5’ 3” and 95 pounds. After fainting from malnutrition, my parents knew I needed help. That’s when I got on track with the help of a nutritionist. She helped me realize that food is there to fuel your body and I shouldn’t be afraid of it. She also instilled in me that beauty is based on the person, not on the hottest model in the magazine.

Turning my food addiction from negative to positive, I now have the motto that “healthy food equals wholesome people.”

My belief that you don’t have to be skinny or muscular, you can just be healthy.

Being in college, I would definitely say

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but I’ve run out of comparable situations.

At any rate, the 1980 Team USA hockey team went against all odds, and with an average team age of 21 and no players having played in the NHL, they won the game.

Team USA won not only a hockey game that day, they won a victory for freedom and triumphed for the free world. The 1980 “Miracle on Ice” was politics played out on the rink alongside athletic competition.

At a time when America and the free world needed a win against communism and tyranny, Brooks and his young men came through. They were a team of hard workers and dreamers above all else.

America, and the world for that matter, could really use some dreamers right now — people who want to make the world a better place.

With ISIS on the warpath, Iran potentially funding terrorism, Russia encroaching on everyone’s territory, Israel fighting for its existence, polarizing forces in Congress, a snow-filled Missouri State tundra and, worst of all, missing out on morning Starbucks, the world could use a little hope.

Here’s to the dreamers.

It was their moment. They were meant to be there.

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have had their turn, and now it's time for straight white women to finally get their fair shake?

Make no mistake — the wage gap is a real, serious problem. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, white women are paid 78 percent of what men make — but black women are paid 64 percent of that, and Hispanic women even less at 54 percent, to say nothing about the exclusionary treatment they, along with queer women, must face every day.

What Arquette ignored was intersectionality — how systems of discrimination interact. Arquette isn't wrong about the wage gap, but her comments distance herself from queer women, women of color and other oppressed groups.

Now it's possible that Arquette just worded her statement poorly in her excitement — and I hope she did. But either way, her comments are emblematic of a stumbling block many feminists have found themselves struggling with.

Even when people are taking steps toward progress, it's important to critique them when they make mistakes — that's how we move forward.

that body image is a common insecurity.

We are surrounded by people our age and compare ourselves to others, but the truth is we can only be the best versions of ourselves.

Suffering from an eating disorder isn’t something to be ashamed of. Missouri State is offering free eating disorder screenings Feb. 23-27 in Carrington 311.

If you or someone you know may suffer from an eating disorde,r I would recommend getting screened and getting help.

Having an eating disorder doesn’t define you — you define you.

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SAC rings in the new year

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2015: It’s the year of the sheep and Missouri State University students celebrated Chinese New Year on Thursday, Feb. 19.

The Student Activities Council After Hours invited students to learn about the traditional Chinese holiday with various activities and an authentic Chinese dinner.

SAC After Hours chair and senior entertainment management major Victoria Smith wanted to plan an event that was diverse and fun, yet educational for MSU students.

“We know that we have a large Asian population here at Missouri State, and at SAC we strive to plan events where everyone can

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feel welcome no matter what their background is,” Smith said. “We saw an opportunity to bring a different cultural event, so we wanted to take it.”

Smith said that this is the first time SAC After Hours has incorporated Chinese New Year into its events and that is because of the day it fell on.

“When we were first planning, we saw that Chinese New Year happened to fall on a Thursday, and as After Hours, we always have events on Thursdays,” said Smith. “So why not

plan a Chinese New Year event?”

There was a lot of planning that went into the Chinese New Year celebration. With authentic Chinese food catered in, students received a free Chinese dinner that consisted of noodles, dumplings and egg rolls. There was also a traditional lion dance and kung fu demonstration from Fu Hok Studio, a kung fu school in Springfield.

“We met with the Chinese Student Association so we wouldn’t do anything offensive culturally, so we started with that. We have brought in catered Chinese food, and we had a lion line dance and kung fu demonstrations,” Smith said. “Also, we have a craft (station) for people to symbolize what they want to see in the Chinese New Year.”

According to the audience’s reaction, the lion dance was the highlight of the event. Two students from Fu Hok, Emma Bowen and Clark Summers, came together to dress up and dance as the traditional Chinese lion. The duo interacted with members of the audience.

“My favorite part will be the lion dance because I’ve only seen it on TV. I’m really excited to see it,” Smith said before the dance was performed.

Anna Priddle, a sophomore biology major at Ozarks Technical Community College, was selected from the audience to be a part of the dance.

“I felt like it was fun getting to be a part of the show. I’ve seen a lot recently about Chinese New Year on the Internet, and it was exciting to be able to take a part in that,” Priddle said.

The lion, which resembles a dragon, is a traditional Chinese symbol for good fortune, according to Nick Givens, headmaster of Fu Hok. “The lion brings good luck if he comes to you and shakes his beard over you. That’s a good thing,” Givens said.

Smith wanted to give students the opportunity to find out more about Chinese New Year and believes the event did just that.

“Well, we wanted to open people’s eyes to how people in China or other places celebrate Chinese New Year,” Smith said. “We wanted to let people know that it is a holiday and there are places to go for it.”

The best of: cashew chicken

By Sofia Caito The Standard @SofiaCaito

If you’ve ever been hungry for Chinese food and saw cashew chicken on the menu, you might have ordered it without thinking much about its history.

Unless you’re from Springfield, you probably didn’t know that cashew chicken was created here and has a rich history. If you’re from Springfield, you probably know that Leong’s Asian Diner is the “home of the original Springfield style cashew chicken,” according to its website.

The dish was invented by David Leong, who came to the United States from Guangdong, China, and became an American citizen at the age of 19. Leong fought in World War II and would often cook in the middle of combat. His friends told him that he needed to start his own restaurant, so he teamed up with a doctor in Springfield, who helped him open the Lotus Garden, which was the first Asian restaurant in town. After a fall out, Leong opened up Leong’s Tea House in 1963 off Sunshine Street across from KY3’s station. The restaurant, now called Leong’s Asian Diner, is now located off Republic Road.

Wing Yee Leong is the son of David Leong and the executive chef and owner of Leong’s. If you go into Leong’s today, you can see him cooking up his father’s original cashew chicken recipe.

Wing Yee said his father came up with the recipe when a friend came into the restaurant one day asking for something new.

“Back then, there was no boneless chicken,” Wing Yee said. “He boned the chicken and took the authentic Asian dish of stir fry chicken and battered and fried it to adapt to the Ozark lifestyle. He came up with Asian sauce, like an oyster sauce, and threw cashews and green onions on it. The guy loved it.”

Wing Yee said once word started spreading about the new dish, the restaurant was constantly busy with customers dying to try it.

Since the 1970s, several restaurants have adopted this recipe into

their menus.

“It has caught on so much. Now, there is cashew chicken all over the nation. You’ll see signs outside restaurants that say, ‘We feature Springfield style cashew chicken,’” Wing Yee said.

I asked some Missouri State students where to get the best cashew chicken in Springfield.

Callee-Mae Bertram, a sophomore professional writing major, said she first tried Leong’s about a year ago. She ate cashew chicken in her hometown of Lebanon, Missouri, before coming to Springfield, but after trying Leong’s, she fell in love with the restaurant and claimed it as her favorite.

“The quality is really good. Plus you get enough for two meals so that’s nice,” Bertram said.

Trev Burnham, a senior business major from southeast Missouri, said he ate cashew chicken before coming to school in Springfield and thought it was offered everywhere.

“I thought it was a casual dish,” Burnham said. “I didn’t realize it had such a rich culture and story behind it.”

He first had it at Hong Kong Inn, and it’s been his favorite ever since.

“I’ve tried a few places since then, but I just prefer the Hong Kong Inn because it has good taste and is pretty cheap too.”

Spencer Trower, a senior logistics and supply chain management major, claimed Triple Eights has the best cashew chicken.

“You can get the cashew chicken, rice and a side for like five bucks,” Trower said. “I go there at least twice a week.”

I also talked to some area natives, who love and rave about their regional favorite. Some even bragged about how it was created here.

Derek Pon, a graduate student in business administration, has lived in

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Hong Kong Inn is one of the several places in Springfield that serves cashew chicken.

Photo courtesty of Peng Zhang

Students participate in the traditional Chinese fashion show.

Chinese New Year celebration week

By Peyson Shields The Standard @peysonrose Even though it’s nearly March, not all cultures have rung in the new year.

Missouri State University China Programs and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages kicked off the start of the Chinese New Year with a week of celebrations, Feb. 17-21.

Last Thursday, Feb. 19, marked the first day of the Chinese New Year.

“Traditional celebrations start on the eve of the new year and last for 15 days,” Weirong Schaefer, the Asian arts and letters coordinator, said. The lantern festival is the last of the new year celebrations, held on the last of the 15 days.

Although not a full 15 days, the MSU celebration hosted a variety of events during the past week. Though crummy weather canceled the first two days, some events were rescheduled to later on in the week, and others will be surprises for next year, according to Peng Zhang, a China operations specialist.

“The week of celebration was able to connect Chinese students with traditions that they would get back home,” Zhang said.

“The most important part of Chinese New Year celebration is the family reunion.” Although the students may not have been around blood relatives, they were

able to at least somewhat celebrate as if they were back at home.

Dumplings — which are very important to the Chinese New Year celebration, according to Zhang — were served this past week. A dumpling workshop was even taught as one of the events.

Other programs for the week included a martial arts demonstration, fashion show, dance performance and much more.

“My favorite event is the traditional Chinese instrument performance,” Zhang said. “It not only showcased the traditional Chinese music, but also it successfully interacted with the domestic students and community through the universal language — music. This event particularly reflects two goals we have for the Chinese New Year celebration week: help Chinese students to gain the feeling (of home) and sense of belonging at Missouri State through celebrations and showcases of Chinese culture (and to) help MSU students to develop cultural competence and make the community culture richer.”

Chinese students came to the events to celebrate and get a little taste of home — but non-Chinese students also participated in the week.

“The turnout was extremely better than we expected,” Schaefer said. She also mentioned that there was a good mix of both types of students throughout the week.

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Calendar

Tuesday, Feb. 24 Lent, all day

Eating disorder screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington 311 COM Week: The COM degree in action, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom East

Wednesday, Feb. 25 Lent, all day

Eating disorder screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington 311 COM Week: Alumni stories of professional success, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom East Explore PSU: Events and meeting services, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Plaster Student Union

Thursday, Feb. 26 Lent, all day

Eating disorder screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington 311 COM Week: Alumni stories of professional success, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom East SAC After Hours Presents: Masquerade ball, 9 p.m.-midnight, Plaster Student Union Ballroom

Friday, Feb. 27 Lent, all day

Eating disorder screenings, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington 311 COM Week: Executive leadership and community engagement, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Plaster Student Union Ballroom East Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Level 1 Game Center

Saturday, Feb. 28 Lent, all day

Missouri State University Jazz Festival 2015, all day, Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

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MSU student by day, mermaid by... later that day

By Rebecca Biundo The Standard @rebeccabiundo

It’s just another day at the Foster Recreation Complex; workout machines are running, people are climbing the rock wall, weights are being lifted and there’s a mermaid in the pool.

Olivia Hammock, also known as “the Missouri State mermaid,” puts on a suit and tail five to six times a week and can be seen swimming around at the FRC. Hammock, a junior hospitality and restaurant administration major, was born in Springfield and attended Waynesville High School before moving back to Springfield to attend Missouri State University.

Hammock became interested in dressing up like a mermaid when she was little.

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You can’t be a mermaid and not be a Type-A person, because people are going to come up to you with questions and talk to you.

— Olivia Hammock

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Sunday, March 1 Lent, all day

The Recital of Flesh: Transcending Time and Transmutation, 5-7 p.m., Student Exhibition Center Composition festival concert I, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ellis 217b

Monday, March 2 Lent, all day

Missouri State Improv, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington Hall 208

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Movie Reviewer

@DicNeckard “Seventh Son” is a fantasy/adventure film based on “The Last Apprentice” series by Joseph Delaney, which is titled titled “The Wardstone Chronicles” in the U.K. The film boasts stars Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore but that’s about all it can boast.

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“I first heard about it when I was 10,” Hammock said. “I read American Girl magazine and there was this mermaid camp called Weeki Wache in Florida, and I was like, ‘I have to do that.’”

Hammock has three different spandex suits with matching tails, costing $200 per set.

Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) is swept away from his family’s farm and into the apprenticeship of Master Gregory (Bridges). Gregory is a Spook — a professional monster hunter from an ancient order. Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son.

These seventh sons are said to be born physically stronger and imbued with special abilities. Only the seventh son of a seventh son can become a Spook.

Master Gregory has little time to train young Tom because there is an especially powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Moore), who has recently escaped and threatens all the land.

I just got finished reading “The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the

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Hammock poses in the Foster Recreation Center pool with her mermaid tail.

“I just ordered one that is silicone that is custom fit to my body,” Hammock said. “It is around the ballpark of $1,000 because it is custom made. I’m really excited to get that because some of my friends have them and they are u Sea MERMAID page 8

‘Seventh Son’ not so lucky

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Witch,” the first book of the series and the one “Seventh Son” is adapted from. If you have read this series and you’re a fan, brace yourself.

They sort of pulled a “Percy Jackson” on us: the only thing that the filmmakers kept the same were the names. The rest of the film is formulaic and leaves much to be desired. It’s as if the screenwriter was behind on a deadline, skimmed a Wikipedia article then copy/pasted it into a template.

For what it’s worth, the film wasn’t impossible to watch. There are actually some really funny bits.

Kit Harington (John Snow in “Game of Thrones”) makes a cameo appearance in the first act

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Calendar

Tuesday, Feb. 24

Baseball: 3 p.m. vs. Oral Roberts at Tulsa, Oklahoma

Wednesday, Feb. 25 Baseball: 4 p.m. vs. Oklahoma State at Stillwater, Oklahoma

Men’s basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs.

Bradley at home

Friday, Feb. 27

Baseball: 3:05 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas at home Tennis: 6 p.m. vs. Creighton at Omaha, Nebraska Women’s basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs.

Northern Iowa at home

Saturday, Feb. 28 Tennis: 8 a.m. vs. NebraskaOmaha at Omaha, Nebraska

Softball: 2 p.m. vs. Saint Louis at home Baseball: 2:05 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas at home Men’s basketball: 3 p.m. vs. Loyola at Chicago, Illinois Softball: 4 p.m. vs. SEMO at home

Sunday, March 1

Softball: 10 a.m. vs. UMKC at home Baseball: 1:05 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas at home

Redshirt junior guard Dorrian Williams drives the lane against Indiana State University on Feb. 18. MSU won the game 60-56.

Career game for Kendrix

20 points, lastminute free throw leads Bears to win

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

Indiana State entered Wednesday night’s game ranked third in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores (14-14, 10-6) could not handle Missouri State as the Bears (10-18, 4-12) fought their way to a 60-56 victory.

MSU came out swinging, with freshman forward Chris Kendrix knocking down a 3-pointer to open the game. Kendrix’s fast start was a key moment for the Bears, who allowed the Sycamores to go up 12-0 when the teams met in Terre Haute, Indiana, earlier this season.

Redshirt junior guard Dorrian Williams then led the Bears to a 17-9 lead with 9:26 left in the first half, scoring six points and throwing an assist to junior forward Gavin Thurman.

ISU charged back to tie the game at 17, but Kendrix hit a 3-pointer and Williams hit two, including one right before the buzzer announced halftime.

With a small 28-27 lead,

the teams left the court, and for the first time in a long time, the fans hailing the maroon and white were feeling very good about things.

Prior to the game, Williams was visibly and vocally taking charge, getting his teammates excited and pumped up. His pregame intensity flowed throughout the game, especially the first half, scoring 12 of his 16 points before halftime.

“Coach talked to me about being a better leader,” said Williams. “I really took that as a challenge to be more vocal and letting these guys know that we are together as one.

Great team effort.”

Team effort was right.

Despite six ties and 12 lead changes in the second half, the Bears did something they have not done in a long time: they kept fighting.

Indiana State’s head coach Greg Lansing said after the game the Bears were like “a rabid dog in a cage.”

“Disappointing loss for us,” Lansing said. “But I

Eli’s extras

•Playing against ISU was the best instance of team basketball we have seen all season from the Missouri State Bears.

In fact, I will go as far to say that this was the best win for the Bears this season.

They finally established a well-balanced attack and Williams proved he could be the big man on campus.

•Sophomore center Tyler McCullough played just two minutes against the Sycamores. A few weeks ago, McCullough had to sit out a game because of an ankle injury, but he has played a lot since then. Although McCullough has been powering through, a healthy Kirk may take the pressure off. McCullough said he will have to take some time off in the off-season to let it heal.

•Boone said after the ISU game that he didn’t play that well. I disagree. He is a hard worker every game, but this game he was not alone, which was the differ-

honestly didn’t think we played that poorly.”

Lansing pointed out that offensive rebounds were the difference in this game.

That would be thanks to the effort of Kendrix and junior forwards Camyn Boone and Loomis Gerring, who grabbed 12 of the team’s 14 offensive rebounds.

Kendrix forced his way to a career night, scoring 20 points and getting eight rebounds. Despite hitting two 3-pointers and many tough jumpers, his ability to get to the free-throw line in the second half is what

ence. Six points and five rebounds are pretty solid from a six-and-a-half foot power forward who played only 22 minutes.

•This cannot go unnoticed: teams shoot the daylights out of the ball from 3point range against the Bears. ISU dropped in nine 3-pointers on 21 attempts, and then Drake converted 13, also on 21 attempts. MVC opponents are shooting 41 percent from behind the 3point arc against the Bears and is a large part of why MSU keeps finding itself on the wrong end of a lopsided game.

•Final thought: after the Bears beat ISU, there was hope. Now, with a 35point loss to Drake, hope is gone. I don’t know what went so wrong in Des Moines, Iowa, but that was completely unacceptable and a true ‘knife to the heart’ moment.

finished the game off. His free-throw with 0:03 left on the clock put MSU up by two possessions, virtually locking the game up.

Senior forward Christian Kirk, recently limited by health issues, played 21 minutes, scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds and had two blocks.

“Coach said in the locker room ‘you’re one win away from some confidence’...and that’s definitely what we needed,” Kirk said.

The Bears went down,

however, with a major 7843 loss at Drake (9-19, 610), locking them into Thursday play at the MVC Tournament known as Arch Madness.

MSU still has a great opportunity to go on a run to close the season. Its final two games include hosting Bradley (8-21, 3-13) for Senior Night on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and concluding the season at Loyola (16-12, 6-10) on Saturday, Feb. 28.

Four is the magic number

Women’s basketball: 2:05 p.m. vs.

Drake at home

Lady Bears continue winning streak against SIU, Illinois State

Briefs

By John Robinson The Standard @SaxmanJohn

Ice Bears to host travel fundraiser

The Missouri State Ice Bears have earned an automatic bid to the 2015 ACHA Division II National Championshiop Tournament, which will be held March 20-24 in Salt Lake City Utah.

The team will host a fundraiser Feb. 27-28 at Mediacom Ice Park as part of an effort to raise money for travel.

On Feb. 27, MSU will host the Arkansas Razorbacks in an exhibition game. All money made from ticket sales will go towards the Ice Bears’ travel fund. Puck drop is 7 p.m.

On Feb. 28, MSU will host a Fan Appreciation Night, in which the public is invited to watch an assortment of events, which includes a skills challenge, open ice skating, an auction and prizes.

The number four is the magic number for the Missouri State Lady Bears.

They’re on a four-game winning streak for starters — a streak which has them sitting at fourth place in the conference with four games to go until the MVC Tournament.

Redshirt junior guard Kenzie Williams is playing pretty great, too. You have four guesses to which number she wears.

First up for the Lady Bears (12-13, 9-5 MVC) was the Friday game against the Southern Illinois Salukis.

The Lady Bears snapped the Salukis’ six-game winning streak with their performance in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis coincidentally lost by four when they last played the Lady Bears in Springfield.

As a team, MSU shot for .475

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percent from the field and had a 44-38 advantage in rebounds against the top rebounding team in the conference.

Three Lady Bears scored in

Salukis 57

double figures: Williams led the Freshman guard Kori Farmer team with 18 points, followed by managed to get her first career junior guard Tyonna Snow with points with a late 3-pointer.

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Bears love tennis

Women’s tennis serves up South Dakota State 4-3

By Eli Wohlenhaus The Standard @eliwohlenhaus

Despite a 6-1 loss in a rescheduled meet with Arkansas State on Friday, Feb. 20, the Missouri State Bears tennis team rallied on Saturday, Feb. 21, to defeat South Dakota State 4-3.

With doubles matches that ended swiftly and mostly in favor of the Jackrabbits, the Bears rallied in the singles matches, slowly marching to victory.

Junior Ema Turudija got the night rolling for MSU with a 2-0 set sweep, quickly followed by a 2-0 set sweep by freshman Anelisse Torrico Moreno and sophomore Ekaterina Donetskova.

The 0-2 losses for freshman Abbey Belote and junior Miranda Poile momentarily set the Bears back, and although freshman Rebecca McIsaac came up with a 2-0 win shortly thereafter, the real action was still brewing on court three.

MSU sophomore Mackenzie Rozell faced South Dakota State’s Florencia Magni — a match that went all three sets and spanned three hours.

Rozell jumped out and snagged the first set, but in Set 2 she started to have some muscle issues in her right shoulder stemming from surgery she had in high school. She called time to rest, but Magni took advantage of the sore Rozell to win the second set.

By this time, the two girls had been competing for over three hours, due to the fact that both were on the doubles teams that faced one another prior to the singles contest. It was obvious they had seen enough of each other as call after call was disputed and aggression increased.

The rivalry began in the doubles match when Rozell felt like Magni was being unfair to her teammate, McIsaac.

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Anelisse Torrico Moreno waits for a serve from her opponent during a singles match.

“I wasnt going to let her bully my teammates around,” said Rozell. “If something happens to me it kind of upsets me, but if you pick on my teammates, I go ‘mama bear.’”

Set 3 began just before 6 p.m. with Rozell picking up her game through better ball placement. Magni tried attacking with power and speed, but Rozell’s confidence and calm demeanor on the court agitated Magni.

As they began the tiebreaker, Rozell was in a groove, and cruised to take the set, giving her the match victory and the Bears the team win.

Bears’ head coach Mallory Weber was both impressed and proud of her team’s effort, especially Rozell’s down the

stretch.

“People might not realize how difficult it really is to win a third set, yet alone in a tiebreaker,” Weber said. “That was a really gutsy performance by her.”

MSU is now 2-5 on the season, and the Bears’ next matches come against Creighton and University of Nebraska Omaha this weekend, Feb. 27 and 28. The Bears do not return to Springfield until March 9 when they host Indiana UniversityPurdue University-Fort Wayne at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

Can you say ‘dynasty?’

Women’s swimming and diving team wins eighth straight conference championship

By Bart Anders The Standard @bartanders48

Last Week’s Sudoku Answers

It’s official. There is an active dynasty among us at Missouri State.

Starting Wednesday and wrapping up on Saturday, the MSU women’s swimming and diving team took its seventh straight conference championships to the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium in Carbondale, Illinois, only to add one more to its impressive legacy.

The eighth conference championship in a row, and 12 of the last 13, is a school record and tied nationally with the University of Virginia for the longest active streak in NCAA women’s swimming and diving. But, if you ask MSU head coach Dave Collins, there is no reason to think they’re done yet.

“We want to keep the ball rolling as long as we can,” Collins said. “We never take these championships for granted. We just try our best to take it one year at a time.”

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Next up in the tour of Illinois was the Sunday game against the Illinois State Redbirds, who recently managed to pick up their first win of the season since their last meeting with the Lady Bears.

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MSU got off to a positive start on Wednesday by winning the first race: the 200 medley relay. Then, the 800 free relay team took second to give the Bears the first day lead over close competitors Southern Illinois and Illinois State.

“It was really fun to win that first race,” Megan Holthoff, a senior and 200 medley relay swimmer, said. “It showed that we were in the fight from the beginning and hopefully intimidated everyone from the start.”

The Bears held on to that lead through Thursday, thanks to a junior Dora Kiss win in the 500 free and a sophomore Lauren Pavel win in the 200 IM. This was the first of three individual wins for Pavel as she swam her way to a MVC Swimmer of the Year award, the first of her career.

The last race of Thursday night was the 200 free relay, which would’ve given MSU a wide lead, but a second place finish by less than one second kept things tight moving into Friday.

Things got off to a good start again on Friday as junior Rebecca Amparano

The Lady Bears made half of the shots they took, finishing with a seasonbest .500 shooting percentage. They out-rebounded the competition 37-33.

The same trio of guards led the team in scoring.

Williams notched 25 points while passing her aunt, Cindy Castillon, on the all-time scoring list for MSU. Williams now sits at number 21. Next was Freundt, who collected 21

Announcing

won the 400 IM by more than four seconds for the first race of the day. The Bears kept things going as Pavel took first in the 100 breaststroke. With the final day approaching, MSU still had a slight lead.

The Bears entered Saturday with momentum, the lead and three seniors ready to take home their fourth straight MVC championship.

Led by Holthoff, the Bears got off to another fast start by capturing first in the 400 medley relay. After freshman Sydney Zupan won in the 200 backstroke and Pavel won in the 200 breaststroke, Kiss put on a display in the 200 butterfly by setting a pool, school and MVC record with a time of 1:59.13 in the finals.

The MSU women ended up finishing first, second, third and fifth in the 200 butterfly to give the Bears 815 points and a 95-point lead over second place Southern Illinois.

Seniors Holthoff, Shannon Myer and Alyssa Powers never had to taste

points — a career high for her. Finally, Snow had 19 points while also collecting six steals on the day, which moves her up to the seventh all-time leading stealer for MSU. Coming up for the Lady Bears is one of their biggest challenges on the season. On Friday, Feb. 27, they face the University of Northern Iowa, who currently sits at No. 3 in the conference.

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On Sunday, March 1, the Lady Bears battle Drake. The last time the teams met, MSU lost in spectacular fashion in overtime. The Bulldogs were able to pull off the victory thanks, in part, to sophomore Lizzy Wendell, who had 43 points that game.

For the Lady Bears, it all comes down to these last four games as the postseason draws closer.

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“Most of us grew up on and are excited about the fact cashew chicken originated here — our bragging rights if you will,” Pon said.

He said his favorite place used to be called Yen’s, but because it closed, he gives Peking House the people’s choice for the best cashew chicken.

“That’s where most everyone in the east side high schools would go,” Pon said.

“Because once you get combo C, you’ll see.”

Emily Burwell, a senior elementary education major, has lived in Springfield her whole life as well. She also prefers to go to Peking House because the portion sizes are so big.

“The (cashew chicken) sauce is unlike any other and it is always fresh,” Burwell said. “It’s right next to my high school so we would always go there before games. It’s even where I always want to go for my birthday.”

Sam Boone, a senior exercise and movement science major, has lived in Springfield for almost 22 years. He said he realized cashew chicken was a Springfield specialty in kindergarten when they served it for lunch

one day in the cafeteria.

“People around town started chirpin’ about this place called Lucy’s, and my family, after hearing how much I liked it at school, took me there one day and I fell in love,” Boone said.

He said he tried several other Chinese restaurants after his first trip to Lucy’s, but he didn’t seem to find anything better and has been a Lucy’s fan for years now.

“I would always come back to Lucy’s, like a cashew chicken boomerang of love,” Boone said.

Lucy’s won 417 Magazine’s “Best of 417” award for best cashew chicken in 2006 and has won first runner up in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Ashlyn Baker, a junior early childhood education major, prefers Bao Bao for her cashew chicken. Prior to discovering Bao Bao, she thought that the Chinese buffet in her hometown of Ava was the best Chinese she had ever tasted.

“It took me two years to find a place up here that I like as much or more than the place in Ava,” Baker said.

She said she tried six or seven places before she found Bao Bao, and they have the best cashew chicken in Springfield. Bao Bao has dine in or carry out; great prices and lunch portions are available all day.

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In order to help convince the EU that biotechnology is good for agriculture, Scuse said American agriculture needs to change the way it speaks about biotechnology.

“We need to talk about how it helps the environment and human health,” Scuse said. “We don’t need to be fighting among ourselves.

shadowed by the mediocre script.

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the bitter sensation of losing in their four years at MSU. By being yet another MSU group of seniors to sweep the MVC Championships, all three of them were nothing but smiles on Saturday night.

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There is a bigger battle to fight.”

MSU President Clif Smart said he hoped students learned from Scuse’s speech.

“It’s good for our students to interact with decision-makers and government and to learn about farm policies for our nation and our role globally in the world,” Smart said.

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able Scuse made the speech and with his willingness to answer questions from students, faculty and agriculture leaders.

Scuse said he enjoyed visiting Missouri and speaking with MSU students and faculty.

“I have made several visits out here to Missouri, and I love the state,” Scuse said.

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Hammock found mutual mermaid friends through Facebook and by searching for mermaids in Missouri on Google.

“I ran into (one) at Hot Topic. We were both looking at “Little Mermaid” stuff and it just came up. They’re actually quite a big community. They have a convention in Janu“We really wanted to keep the tradition ary called North Carolina Merfest which my going and go out with a fourth win,” said friends and I hope to go to,” said Hammock.

Powers. “The closeness of the meet made it “It looks like a lot of fun.” exciting the whole time because we knew Hammock attributes her passion to travelthere was a lot at stake.” ing with her close-knit family when she was Next up for the women is the NCAA younger.

Championships in Greensboro, North Caroli“My family liked to go to Florida. We na, March 19-21. The MSU men’s swimming went on a Caribbean cruise, but we also went and diving team travel to Geneva, Ohio, on to big cities like New York. But I always had March 4-7 for their MAC Championship. a taste for the tropical places when I was younger,” Hammock said. “I spent 90 percent of our vacations at Disney, including a

Missouri State University, since I have not seen it before and to meet some of the students and faculty.”

According to Samantha Warner, an agricultural communication instructor and a communication coordinator for the Darr School of Agriculture, Scuse is the highest ranking USDA official to visit MSU.

Disney Cruise.”

She also said that it’s important to have people skills when playing the part as a mermaid.

“I’m a very out-going person. You can’t be a mermaid and not be a Type-A person because people are going to come up to you with questions and talk to you, so you have to be a people person,” Hammock said. “My personality suits me well.”

When she is not swimming in the pool, Hammock enjoys crafting, sewing and making things. Hammock has also been in several productions at the Springfield Little Theatre.

With her love of mermaids, Hammock hopes to pursue a career in hospitality at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

“I want to be working in Florida and the nice part about that is the ocean is right there, and it’s always nice out. I plan to take my tail(s) with me to Florida. It’s always fun to do,” Hammock said. “Plus, you never know when Disney wants to hire a mermaid.”