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NCAA bid

Springfield high school joins mental health program

Alumnus challenges stereotypes with brand Young Black Genius

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(From left) Abby Hipp, Emily Gartner and Jasmine Franklin celebrate the Lady Bears’ NCAA bid.

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Lady Bears head to NCAA Tournament DEREK SHORE Sports Reporter @D_Shore23 The Missouri State Lady Bears are dancing once again.

Missouri State defeated top-seeded and nationally-ranked Drake 94-79 to secure their 11th Missouri Valley tournament title on Sunday in Moline, Illinois, earning the conference’s automatic bid to the women’s NCAA Tournament.

“Obviously, we are thrilled,” head coach Kellie Harper said. “It was an emotional game, and it was an emotional weekend. Today was our moment, and our players stepped up and did what they had to do. We had a lot of different people step up and make plays in different

areas. I’m just so proud and happy for them.”

The two schools split the regular season with each winning on the opponent’s home court.

After losing to the Bulldogs 70-61 on March 3, the Lady Bears got their redemption in dominant fashion with junior Alexa Willard posting a career-high 30 points to lead the way.

Freshman Sydney Manning matched her career-best with 14 points.

Missouri State never trailed after scoring the first six points of the second quarter for a 27-22 lead, jumping out to a 42-35 lead at halftime over Drake. Then, the hot-shooting Lady Bears controlled the game, outscoring the Bulldogs 26-12 in the third quarter.

Missouri State held off Drake late in the fourth quarter and are headed back to the big

dance for the first time since 2016 and 15th time in program history.

“I’m just so excited,” senior Danielle Gitzen said. “Everyone played so well. I’m so proud of everyone. I’m so excited for all my teammates who haven’t been able to experience this feeling. I’m so excited for everyone. So proud.”

To get to the championship game, the Lady Bears started off the conference tournament with a quarterfinal matchup against Loyola. It was Missouri State that landed the last blow to earn a 59-50 victory against seven-seeded Loyola on Friday to advance to the semifinal round.

The Lady Bears led 8-0 after the first six minutes of the game, only to see Loyola score u See CHAMPS, page 8

Lone runner Abdillahi Dirie announced his candidacy for student body president for the 2019-20 school year.

Dirie, a junior health communication major, is currently the director of administrative services for the Student Government Association.

He announced his candidacy March 9 from his campaign’s Twitter account @elevatemostate and shared the post from his personal account.

The ticket also includes junior accounting major Ethan Schroeder, who is running for vice president. Schroeder is currently the director of information services for SGA. Tara Orr, junior marketing major and current chief communications officer for SGA, is the campaign manager for Elevate Mo State.

If Dirie and Schroeder win, she will serve as chief of staff.

According to a post by the Elevate Mo State Twitter account, Dirie is running for president “because he wants to better the student experience for all students & help them achieve their goals.”

Another post by the account said Schroeder is running for vice president “because he wants to help the students’ voice be heard at Missouri State as the university continues to grow and improve.”

SGA Chief Elections Commissioner Allison Garrett said the Elevate Mo State ticket is the only one for the election. Last year, current Student Body President Isaiah Villarreal was opposed by one other candidate — Jimmy Moore.

There are currently no tickets for senior class president.

Jake West, junior socio-political communications major, was running for the position but he withdrew his candidacy. Garrett said SGA would reopen the ballot for potential tickets.

In Oct. 2017, SGA changed their election code to allow any member of the student body to run for executive positions. Previously, only current SGA members could run.

The student government election poll opens April 8 and closes April 12.

Lessening stigma, rising awareness Counseling Center sees increasing number of students EMILY COLE | GRETA CROSS News Editor | Staff Reporter During the fall 2018 semester, two out of five college students said they felt so depressed it was difficult to function. Three out of five college students said they felt overwhelming anxiety, according to the American College Health Association.

The Missouri State University Counseling Center provided over 3,000 counseling sessions to students during the 2017-18 school year — almost three times the number of sessions in 2010, according to their annual report.

The center provided 3,727 individual counseling sessions to 1,304 students between June 2017 and May 2018. In the 20092010 school year, they provided counseling to just 364 students.

In the fall of 2018 alone, the Counseling Center provided 2,154 counseling sessions to 780 students.

The demand was so high that semester the Counseling

Center struggled to keep up, said director Rhonda Lesley.

“We had, at one time, 130 students on a waiting list,” Lesley said. “We prefer not to do that, but that was what we had to do given the demand and the limited amount of staff availability.

Everyone was booked solid, and we couldn’t hire a brand new staff person.”

However, the increasing demand for mental health services has created lasting changes to the Counseling Center over the last four years, Lesley said, including the addition of staff.

In the four years since Lesley became director, the Counseling Center has added three staff members — one new therapist two years ago, Victim Services and Advocacy Specialist Jane Henke and another new therapist just this semester.

Lesley also said the center has occasionally brought in parttime therapists during times of very high demand, like fall 2018.

Another step taken by the Counseling Center is the use of the solution-focused brief therapy model, which they changed to in 2015, Lesley said.

“Typically with brief solution focus, you are really looking at trying to help students as quickly as you possibly can, to find solutions for their problems in a time sensitive way,” said Shaun Fossett, one of the center’s mental health clinicians.

In the old model, the Counseling Center allowed students to access unlimited appointments and offered more walk-in u See COUNSELING, page 12

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Library receives grant for building renovations TINSLEY MERRIMAN Staff Reporter @MerrimanTinsley Thanks to a recent grant from the Sunderland Foundation, Meyer Library will improve an older classroom. The money will go toward improving seating and electricity in the room, Library Dean Tom Peters said.

According to its website, the Sunderland Foundation started as a building materials company in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1945, it officially started helping facilities renovate via grants.

“Grants for planning, design, building construction, renovation, repairs and restoration of facilities are considered,” the Sunderland Foundation mission states. “Areas of interest include higher education, youth serving agencies, health facilities, community buildings, museums, civic projects and energy efficient affordable housing projects sponsored by qualified tax-exempt organizations.”

Constructed in the late 1970s and named after Missouri State University's sixth president Duane G. Meyer, the library has provided a helping hand for students across the campus. Students such as cell and molecular biology juniors Allie Carder and Nash Thompson enjoy the library as it gives them a place to study.

“The library helps me study because it gives me an atmosphere to learn efficiently,” Carder said.

Thompson agreed, saying the library gave him the ability to meet with others to study together.

“It gives a good and central place for study groups to come together and learn as a unit,” said Thompson.

The library also houses the Bear Center for Learning and Writing, a student-staffed center, to help students with classwork.

According to its records, the library is the only United Nations depository library in Missouri and houses exclusive southwest Missouri special collections. Many additions came to the Meyer Library in the summer of 2002 thanks to a 115,631 square-foot doubling of size. This included classroom 101.

More recently the MSU Planning, Design and Construction board expanded Meyer Library classroom 114 by 1,400 square feet. The new areas included a reception, storage, a multipurpose room and four new offices.

The project was managed by project manager-architect Adam Shuler in the winter of the 2018-2019 school year.

Since classroom 101 is now 17 years old, Peters said it is in need of some renovation for modern day students. Peters talked about how the “substantial grant” from the Sunderland Foundation will go towards helping renovate classroom 101 on the first floor of the library — mainly fixing lighting, electricity and providing newly modeled seating for the classroom.

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Meyer Library received a grant which will be used to renovate a classroom. mented on over the years is it’s dark going in there, so we’re gonna add more lighting into the entryway,” Peters said. “And then, the other thing we’re gonna do is now there’s just electricity on the outer walls so we are gonna bring electricity into the main seating area.

‘To me that’s the big win; it’s electricity

to where people need it.”

Peters said that the old tables and chairs in the room will be removed and replaced by a new type of chair. Each brand new model has an adjustable desk attached, as well as a cup holder. u Read the full story at the-standard.org

Outdoor amphitheater coming Springfield high school one of first to MSU West Plains campus in new mental health program AFTON HARPER Staff Reporter @affie888 The Missouri State Board of Governors approved construction for an outdoor amphitheater on the West Plains campus during a meeting on Feb. 22.

Construction costs are estimated at $585,000, according to the Feb. 22 Board of Governors agenda.

Scott Schneider, director of business and support services for the West Plains campus, said the idea for the amphitheater initially came through campus efforts when updating the MSU Visioning Guide for the future “look and feel” for the campus.

The MSU Planning, Design and Construction Visioning Guide helps the Missouri State Master Planning Committee make decisions on improving Missouri State campuses, according to the MSU website.

Schneider said discussions for the project started in 2008 but funding was just recently secured through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Land and Conservation grant.

The amphitheater will be considered part of the national park system due to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ funding, project manager-architect for MSU Adam Shuler said.

This means any changes to the amphitheater would need to be approved through the national parks system. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources approved the university’s plans for construction on Feb. 25, Shuler said.

Schneider said the amphitheater can be used for outdoor learning, concerts, rallies, films, theatrical performances or other outdoor activities.

He said use of the facility will be open to anyone, but those from outside the university will need to reserve the space as they would u See PLAINS, page 12

KAYLA CURRY Staff Reporter @kaylacurry A Springfield high school was selected as one of eight pilot schools to participate in a new, nationwide mental health training program for high school students. The program, called Mental Health First Aid, aims to inform students on mental health issues and provide them ways in which to respond to their friends in a mental health crisis.

Lady Gaga founded the Born This Way Foundation with her mother seven years ago to advocate for mental health awareness through two main goals: “empowering youth” and “inspiring bravery.”

This year, her foundation partnered with the National Council for Behavioral Health to introduce teen Mental Health First Aid programs across the country. President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health, Linda Rosenberg, explained the purpose of the

program in a press release.

“Mental Health First Aid is a simple training that everyone can take to learn more about mental illness and addiction, what treatments are available, and what they can do to support someone who may be in distress,” Rosenberg said. “We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation to spread the Mental Health First Aid movement to even more people.”

Kickapoo High School counselors Amy Moran and Mavie Busboom wanted their school to participate as a pilot program, so they applied in hopes of getting involved.

“We had to apply and give a proposal about our population, why why we want to do it, why we think it’s important (and) how many teachers are trained to teach it,” Moran said.

Once their application was selected, the two counselors traveled to Washington, D.C. where they trained with the only two people u See MHFA, page 12

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Empathy is something desperately lacking — and desperately needed — in this country Society must become more empathetic JORDAN PHILLIPS Columnist @jrdnphillips There was an article written back in June of 2017 on the Huffington Post titled, “I Don’t Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People,” something that was written in the early days of Donald Trump’s presidency. It emphasized how tiring it is to argue with someone who will not listen. While things were not good back then, it seems to get worse by the minute.

Empathy, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is defined as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” For years, there has been an attitude in this country that could be described as being selfish; the idea that if one person had what they wanted, that would be all they cared about.

However, with the advent of social media in the last 15 years, this lack of empathy for others has become more visible to the public eye. And in the age of Trump, people are more forward about it than they ever have been.

To see this kind of behavior being glorified by the politicians in Washington, D.C. and the president himself is horrifying. At what point have we, as a nation, become so self-involved that we cannot imagine putting ourselves in other people’s shoes?

There are people in this country who would rather make immigrants suffer than help them, because they are not white. This attitude has been around since the 19th century, when many Americans considered the Irish to not be white, according to the website “How Stuff Works.”

There are politicians in state and federal governments who would rather see people die in mass shootings than stand up to the National Rifle Association because it puts more money in their pockets. Take the example of the Florida state legislature who, according to USA Today, declared that pornography was a public health risk only minutes after rejecting gun control measures that were demanded by the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It happened only a week after.

Do not get me wrong, there are people in our country who are sweet, empathetic and helpful to others in need. What I am saying is that there is a dangerous behavior growing, and it causes some people to be spiteful and hateful towards people who need our help the most.

Those who make fun of and spit on people

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We should all learn to respect each other, love each other and have empathy for those who are struggling. who are already hurting are bullies. This is a non-negotiable statement; I will never change it.

Those who claim to be Christians, yet support the hateful rhetoric that hurts marginalized groups, are even worse. They can get away

with supporting people like our president and then pretend they do it because the Bible tells them to. They pretend they have empathy when they really do not, which is worse than being forthright about it.

I do not prescribe to any particular denom-

ination of Christianity, but one thing that I was taught in my childhood was that God loved all of us. Chapter four, verses seven and eight of the Book of John stated, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

Even if you are not Christian, or not religious at all, I think most of us could agree that this is something that we should all live by. The ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes is desperately needed right now. We should all learn to respect each other, love each other and have empathy for those who are struggling.

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Sending a message beyond design

King said he wants to get the most out of all his time: He sleeps for six hours, dedicates eight hours to work and then uses the remaining 10 hours as best as he can.

“Before him, I had passions but never really pursued them,” Hatten said. “I never knew how to go about it. Watching him do it, it really motivates me.”

In addition to being the owner of Young Black Genius, King is also the head chef at Whiskey Tango, a bar and lounge, and has spent time volunteering with kids’ basketball.

“I want to do too much,” King said. “I feel like I can do everything. I can cook for the kids, I can fundraise a tournament — I just want to do it all. People are getting famous for not having any skills. At least let me have some skills so when all the glitter and glamour go away, at least I can do something.”

King said a big reason for his brand growth was not just in marketing research he had done, but in the team he had around him.

King said he had people reaching out to him wanting to help build the Young Black Genius brand, and eventually, he hired several on as brand ambassadors.

Charles King started Young Black Genius with impact in mind CONNOR WILSON Staff Reporter @Connor4Wilson What began as just a way to make some extra spending money has grown into a brand with over 29,000 followers and buyers around the country.

Young Black Genius — it’s the name of a clothing brand created by Missouri State University alumnus Charles King. He created the brand in 2013 while still in college.

One year, while on spring break with nothing to do, King said he sat down on his computer and researched screen printing and making his own t-shirts.

“I thought I’d make four or five t-shirts, make a couple hundred dollars and be done with it,” King said. “It’s going into my sixth year of doing this, and the last six months have been the most profitable and the most impactful so far.”

For the first five days of March 2019, King said he made $250.

“It takes care of some of my bills, so I’m not going to complain about that,” King said.

King said that he wants the Young Black Genius brand to leave an impact, and said he cares more about resonating with people and sending a good message than making money.

King said that he’s always wanted to learn more about black history than he learned in school and wanted to reflect black history with his shirts.

“Being in middle school and high school, we’d talk about history in class, and Africa would be like a 30-page section,” King said.

King said that he used researching for the brand as an excuse to look into African history, and eventually used what he learned about black Egyptian kings and queens in his clothing designs.

Beyond messages about black history, King said he also wants to spread positivity, with messages like one t-shirt that reads: “To all the little black kids, it’s cool to be smart.

Cool af.” Another shirt reads: “Black women

Charles King’s clothing sends a curated message, such as this hat adorned with the Malcolm X quote “By Any Means.” Malcolm X, a black American Muslim civil rights activist, was assassinated in 1965.

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are everything” — 13 times.

King donated half of the proceeds from the sales of one of his shirts to help fund the Trayvon Martin’s funeral. King said he didn’t want to see other people’s plight and just profit off of them.

“What you see on TV and in the media is rap culture, drugs, money and women,” King said. “I was like, ‘We all don’t do that. Some

of us go to school.’ Let me do something more positive.”

King graduated from MSU with a degree in hospitality and restaurant administration, but he’s made the shirt designs himself with help from his fiancée, Tyler Hatten.

Hatten said King works long hours. She’ll go to sleep at a regular time, and by the time she wakes up, King will still be on the computer.

Young Black Genius has grown in social media presence since its conception. Hatten said King first used his personal Instagram account for advertising the brand. When he first brought up separating the two, Hatten was worried the brand’s account might not gain the same amount of followers.

The brand’s Instagram account, @youngblackgenius.co, was created in September 2018 and currently has over 29,000 followers.

King said creating a new Instagram was one part of many rebrands to Young Black

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Telling HERstory, multicultural There’s more to center hosts womxn in film event interior design

than meets the eye

ZOE BROWN Staff Reporter @zoe_zoebrown

Of the top 100 films in 2018, women made up 35 percent of speaking roles, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.

Claudia Sanchez, senior marketing and advertising major, organized and facilitated an event called Womxn in Film at the Mary Jean Price Walls Multicultural Resource Center Annex on Wednesday, March 6.

Last semester, the committee for Womxn’s History Month began planning events for the month. This dialogue is part of a series of events for Womxn’s History month at Missouri State University.

The event addressed the lack of representation of women on and off screen, the archetypal roles women often play on screen and the lack of diversity among women cast in movies.

Sanchez said it’s important that women are accurately represented in film.

“That’s people’s first view of women — it’s very impressionable,” Sanchez said. “Especially young women, they see women on screen and they want to be that person.”

Maura Butler, senior agriculture education major, attended the event.

“The more powerful you see women in film or just in general, the more you’re going to realize if you’re a woman that you can do anything, and if you’re a man, that women are just as powerful,” Butler said.

Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, executive director of Multicultural Services, oversaw the event. She said “women in film” encompasses more than just women on screen — it includes women behind the scenes.

“They’re the ones telling the stories,” Garcia-Pusateri said. “You see the leads, the actors and the actresses, but these are the women that are putting together the film.”

Sanchez said the film industry can improve representation by having more women working behind the scenes.

The Academy Awards have been held since 1929. Since then, only five women have been nominated for Best Director. Only one woman has won. Kathryn Bigelow won the award for “The Hurt Locker” in 2010.

“Most women don’t make it past the

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Christina Gardner, a graduate assistant, discusses the history of women in film at the Womxn in Film event. The event was held in the Mary Jean Price Walls Multicultural Resource Center Annex on March 6. independent stage,” Sanchez said.

In 2018, women made up 8 percent of directors. This is down three percentage points from 11 percent in 2017, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.

Sanchez said women working behind the scenes allows for the female perspective to be seen on screen.

“Men obviously have perspective, but they don’t have the entire perspective of what women go through,” Sanchez said. “It allows for different voices to be heard.”

Beyond the film industry, Garcia-Pusateri said feminism as a whole has evolved over time to include more women voices within the community to be heard.

“Women of color, queer and trans women are pushing the agenda especially against white feminism that has mostly focused on white women’s rights rather than other women of difference,” Garcia-Pusateri said.

Garcia-Pusateri said it’s important to celebrate Womxn’s History month to highlight the contributions women have made to society and evaluate the change that needs to happen.

“Women across the world are still not equal to men,” Garcia-Pusateri said.

“Even here in the States, there is still the wage gap and even inequities between women. White women make more money than black women and Latinx women.”

For the sake of inclusivity, the “E” in women was replaced with an “X” by the Womxn’s History Month coordinators.

“The ‘X’ also incorporates women of color, queer and trans women and all women that don’t subscribe to traditional gender norms,” Garcia-Pusateri said.

Similarly, organizers have advertised the month as Womxn’s HERstory Month.

“It emphasizes that every woman has a story to tell,” Sanchez said.

Misconceptions and confused reactions are what sophomore interior design major Grecia Williams Burela said she often receives when she tells people what her major is.

“They think it’s just buying furniture,” Williams Burela said. “It’s not just that. There’s more to it.”

Interior design enabled Missouri State University senior interior design instructor Marciann Patton to fill a variety of roles throughout her career.

After graduating with a degree in interior design from MSU, Patton became an independent interior designer.

Designing kids’ rooms led her to designing her own products for kids, mostly toys. After clients began gaining interest in her products, Patton started her own business selling them. The business became so popular, she said, that her products were available in luxury department store company Neiman Marcus catalogs.

After twelve years of running the business, she went back to college to get a teaching degree at Drury University, which led to her current teaching position at MSU. It also led her to write a book on interior design with colleague Nancy Asay.

It wasn’t just the endless variety of possible careers in the field that made her choose interior design, though. Improving people’s lives, she said, is what drives designers.

Everyone is starting to notice the impact design can make — not just interior design instructors, like Patton.

“The research is really starting to stack up,” Patton said.

For example, she said studies show people get well quicker in hospitals with natural lighting and nature views.

Roger Ulrich, professor of Architecture at the Center for Healthcare Building Research at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, conducted one of these studies. He found that patients with “tree views,” rather than “wall views,” recovered more quickly from surgery.

Sophomore interior design major Emma Swenson said interior design is important because of the impact the environment can have on us. Houses can affect everything — from the way people feel and dress to their personalities.

“You’ll feel better if your house is nice, and (you) present yourself well,” Swenson said.

In Mount Vernon, a small Missouri town where Patton lives, she worked as a designer for several elderly widows.

She would help them with jobs around the house they couldn’t get done on their own.

At the end of the day, Patton said she felt her work was valid.

“This was important,” Patton said. “This made their day easier.”

Patton said her in-depth education, which goes beyond knowing which sofa would look the best, enabled her to help the elderly widows she worked with. Her practical skills and knowledge of how buildings function was what set her apart.

“I think the education really makes a big difference in what you’re capable of doing,” Patton said.

The field is changing — Patton said designers now need

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‘I am ready to help’ Sikh, Hindu students often struggle with time for religion, but remain dedicated in heart, mind LAYNE STRACENER Senior Reporter @LayneStracener In India, he woke up at 6 a.m. to put on his turban and pray for an hour. He also attended a temple every week. Now that he’s in Springfield, it’s harder to be as dedicated.

Graduate student and marketing and management major Harshneet Singh, an international student from India, was born into Sikhism – a religion that 1.72 percent of the Indian population practices. About 90 percent of Sikhs live in India, according to World Atlas.

One belief of Sikhism is that everybody should be treated equally, and if somebody needs help, you should help them no matter what.

“This is something I would believe in even if the religion didn’t teach me,” Singh said. “This is why I will never move on from Sikhism.”

The Sikh Temple of the Ozarks is the only Sikh temple in Springfield. There are services every Sunday where attendees sit on the floor, sing hymns and eat a meal. Sikhs are not strict about attending temples regularly.

In India, Singh attended a local temple every Sunday. Since he moved to Springfield in 2017, he attends once or twice a month because he is busy with school, work and numerous campus committees and organizations.

While Sikhism is common in India, most people do not know about it or practice it in the United States — especially not in Springfield. There are three or four families that also attend the Sikh Temple of the Ozarks, according to Singh.

Because of the fast-paced, busy lifestyle in the United States, the members of the Sikh Temple of the Ozarks are more focused on their jobs and less focused on religion and culture than Sikhs in India, Singh said.

In Springfield, Singh said he is usually mislabeled as Muslim because of his beard and turban. He is sometimes judged because of it due to the misconception that all Muslims are terrorists or bad people.

“Because of my upbringing, I don’t

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my mind, but I am not able to follow it strictly right now,” Singh said.

In Sikhism, there are five k’s: kara, kesh, kanga, kirpan and kachera. A kara is a steel bracelet that serves as a constant reminder to not do anything wrong. Kesh means hair, and Sikhs do not cut their hair or beards. Singh said he believes hair are the roots that connect him to God. Kanga is a wooden comb for hair. A kirpan is a steel sword that serves as protection of yourself and others. Kacheras are shorts that have a spot to carry the sword. Singh has a kara, kesh and kanga.

Sikhs are to wear turbans all the time.

It represents pride to be a Sikh — Sikhs often refer to it as a crown. The turban also ensures others will see who will help them if they are in need.

Singh doesn’t wear his turban every day because it takes about 10-15 minutes to tie, so he wears hats to cover his hair instead. He only wears his turban when he is at the temple or during special occasions.

Like myself, those crazy enough to wrangle a film-related degree in the cavernous halls of Missouri State University will have no doubt had the pleasure of partaking in one of Timothy White’s film courses.

After an informative lecture on the day’s topics, the lights are dimmed and an isolated beam of colored, flickering light strikes a white screen on the far wall. Ranging from materials in the French New Wave, avant-garde cinema and documentary film, students must ready themselves for what is to come.

What glitters on the screen could be a silent film starring the great comedic actor Buster Keaton as he navigates across Civil War America via locomotive with an aim to rescue a damsel in distress. Or, it could be an experimental French film rendered into an impenetrable labyrinth of memory-analysis as guests at an alienated château attempt to gather the pieces of an amnesic past.

Yet, as much as these two previously alluded films — “The General” and “Last Year at Marienbad,” respectively — have made their mark on my canon of great films, I thought I would study another film White often screens as part of his opening exhibition in film studies. It so happens, as a welcoming revelation, that the film up for dissection today is one of my favorites — director Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction masterpiece, “Alien.”

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Harshneet Singh a graduate student at Missouri State University, practices Sikhism. His steel bracelet serves a constant reminder to “not do anything wrong.” concern myself with what people think,” Singh said. “You can’t go into their mind and change their views. If someone needs my help, I am ready to help no matter what you think about me, whether it is good or bad.”

Singh recites two 10-minute prayers daily, compared to an hour of prayer in India. The prayers are a form of meditation and have themes of cleansing yourself from the inside and finding motivation in yourself.

In India, it is common for immediate and extended family to live together.

Singh lived with his whole family — 18 people.

Singh’s whole family, except he and his brother, went through the Amrit Ceremony of Initiation and became baptized Sikhs who practice the religion more strictly.

Singh is not baptized but has considered getting baptised in five to 10 years.

He said the hardest part of becoming more devoted would be going vegetarian.

“I follow Sikhism in my heart and

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Junior season comeback Jack Duffy returns to right field after summer ACL tear CLAIRE NIEBRUGGE Senior Sports Reporter @claireniebrugge During a mid-July game, the Missouri State right fielder was sprinting down the baseline trying to beat out a ground ball when he lunged for first base and hyperextended his leg. He was able to walk off the field on his own, but he could tell something wasn’t right.

Junior Jack Duffy tore his ACL last summer while playing in a game for the Wilson Tobs of Wilson, North Carolina.

“I could tell something was wrong as soon as I hit the bag,” Jack said. “I kept trying to run, but I physically couldn’t. It wasn’t something I could just shake off.”

Jack returned to Springfield to get an MRI to confirm the tear in his knee and had surgery on Aug. 1.

“I had nothing but support from all directions,” Jack said. “Even my coaches from my summer league texted me after I left and asked me how things were going. My coaches at Missouri State made sure I was doing OK and made sure I was taking it easy, not putting too much pressure on my knee.”

Missouri State head coach Keith Guttin said he was disappointed for Jack, but he knew that Jack’s mental strength would get him ready for opening day in the spring.

Guttin said seeing where Jack was in November and December he had a good feeling Jack would be good to go for spring ball, barring any setbacks.

“I never had any doubts he wouldn’t be ready,” Guttin said. “He did everything he could within his limits at 100 percent.”

Jack said he was really bummed at the time of the injury, but it ultimately gave him a different perspective on the game. He said he has a much better appreciation for being able to play baseball.

While most athletes would say it’s hard to sit idly by in the dugout watching your teammates play the game you love, Jack said that was what kept him motivated during his fivemonth recovery.

During his recovery in the fall, Jack worked out on his own and did physical therapy off to the side while the team practiced next to him.

Jack said it was easy to keep himself on track because his desire to be back on the field with his team was so great.

Jack said while he was optimistic and hopeful during his recovery, he had to overcome a mental block.

“The days when Jim would push me, I would be a little hesitant, thinking to myself ‘I hope my knee can make it,’” Jack said. “But after getting past that, it was easier. But honestly, that took some time.”

While you never want to see an athlete get injured and have to sit out, there might be a silver lining to the situation. When Jack tore his ACL, he was playing for a summer league team and spent the offseason recovering.

“Obviously, you never want it to happen,” Jack said. “But that was the best time it could’ve

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(Left) Jack Duffy slides safely into home. In 2018, Duffy recorded 30 RBIs with a .271 average.

happened. It allowed me to recover and heal without missing a spring season.”

Jack began practicing with limitations one month out from the Bears’ season opener. He still wasn’t allowed to run the bases or dive in the outfield. One week from their first game, he was fully cleared to play.

Neither Jack nor Guttin had any doubts that Jack would be ready to go by opening day.

Jack said he kept getting better, kept progressing, never had any setbacks and always maintained a positive perspective.

“I knew his determination would have him ready,” Guttin said. “And luckily, we had a window where he could recover.”

When Hunter Steinmetz, the Bears’ starting center fielder, graduated after last year’s season, Guttin had planned on sliding Jack over to play center field. Guttin knew it would be an easy transition for Jack since that was the position he played in high school, where he ranked as the top outfielder for the state of Missouri in 2016.

Those plans changed when the team lost Jack for the entire fall season. Junior transfer

Collin Clayton filled Steinmetz’s shoes in the fall. Guttin said Clayton did well in the offseason and Jack and Clayton have the athletic capabilities of playing any of the three outfield positions.

Guttin said as the season progresses, he might switch it up, but for now, Jack will remain in right field with Clayton in center.

“I’m going to play wherever he puts me and just do the best that I can,” Jack said.

Jack said he still isn’t physically capable of running his top speed he was at last season, but there’s no hesitation on his part. He said after a weekend series, his knee will be sore, but after ice and rest, it feels better.

Guttin said Jack grew as a person and player from his freshman to sophomore year and he expects no different for this season.

“With his work ethic, toughness and skill, he’ll continue to work and get better,” Guttin said.

Jack said he has his own personal goals for himself this season.

“I want to play to the best of my abilities and show everyone that I am capable,” Jack said. “Hopefully by doing that, I can help the team out.”

Archery continues to grow nationwide Missouri State club team hopes the sport catches on at the university DEREK SHORE Sports Reporter @D_Shore23 Archery is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States.

A 2015 survey conducted by the Archery Trade Association showed that 21.6 million Americans participate in archery. Archery is not only growing across the country, but in Missouri especially.

At last year’s Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program State Tournament held in Branson, a record-setting 3,132 students competed in the state tournament.

“To put the size of the state tournament in perspective if you laid every arrow end-to-end that was shot at the tournament, they would stretch 111 miles,” Missouri Department of Conservation Education Outreach Coordinator Eric Edwards said in a press release last year.

Missouri State has its very own archery team. The club sport has 10 members who enjoy archery for recreation and competition.

“I joined the archery club because competition archery has been a passion of mine for many, many years,” club president Stewart McCollum said. “I knew the club would be a great way for me to meet people with common interest and make new friends. I wanted to become president to help the club grow as well grow my leadership skills.”

Junior Shelby Winslow, who is the club’s other lead officer with a major in nursing, said it’s a great thing that archery is growing rapidly, especially on a state and national level.

“It goes to show the addictive nature of the sport,” Winslow said.

McCollum said the club started at Missouri State eight years ago. The club members try to meet once a week at the Springfield Archery Complex to practice. The day of week varies each semester depending on when most members are available. McCollum a senior natural resources and forestry major, doesn’t feel the club has seen any effects from the national increased interest in archery yet because the club is still young.

Winslow said it has slightly impacted the archery team at Missouri State with more in-

quiries about the program.

McCollum said students may not be aware there is an archery club on campus that practices on a regular basis and travels to competitions.

“I feel like archery is growing in most places, though,” McCollum said. “More people are picking up archery for hunting.”

And the biggest indoor archery shoot in the U.S. was at a record high this year. McCollum attributed that to the National Archery in the Schools Program helping the sport grow.

However, McCollum said the archery industry has a ways to go with closing the gap around the college age in Missouri.

“Most people I compete with are older than me,” McCollum said.

MSU archery club coach Amy Francka said some issues with archery in college is time and money, attributing part of that to the age gap at the collegiate level.

Archery can be an expensive sport due to the equipment and travel costs, according to Francka. She said a relatively new program nationwide is seeing growth in Missouri.

That is the Scholastic 3D Archery program, a scholastic program to bridge the gap from NASP to collegiate archery. Springfield recently implemented a S3DA program.

“I think the future for archery looks good,” McCollum said. “The NASP program is getting more young archers interested at younger ages.

Those younger people are the future of this sport. There is no exception to this in the state of Missouri.”

The MoNASP program is hosting this year’s state tournament in Branson on March 22-23.

Francka said there will be over 2,500 students participating in grades 4-12 shooting for state championships.

To help increase team archery numbers at Missouri State, Francka said the Community Sports Development Program and MSU archery club is hosting a booth at the state tournament in Branson.

“Archery is becoming more mainstream,” Francka said. “Students, parents and the general public are being exposed to archery at school through parks and in retail shops. It is also being

seen more in recent movies and TV shows.”

Francka said USA Archery is also promoting Collegiate Archery. Media groups Competitive Archery Media and BowJunky Media have also helped promote archery across the country.

“I think archery will only continue to grow,” Francka said. “There is hope that archery will find its way onto sports networks in the future.”

MSU club standouts Of the 10 members on the archery team, Missouri State has five archers that earned top individual honors in tournaments this year, including McCollum.

McCollum won the Kansas City Shootout and Missouri Archery Association Tournament, finishing second in the Midwest Open in Peoria, Illinois, and the Missouri Bowhunters Association State Tournament Championship Flight.

Winslow won the Missouri Archery Association State Tournament on the women’s side.

Emma Childers finished third and second in the Kansas City Shootout and Missouri Bowhunters Association State Tournament, respectively. Casey Watkins placed second in the Missouri Archery Association State Tournament while Scott Pratt won the Missouri Bowhunters Association State Tournament second flight.

“This season has been great,” McCollum said. “We were able to get shooters to travel to competitions that they probably wouldn’t have traveled to without the team. A few members have been successful and placed very well in the divisions that they competed in.

“The team primarily travels to indoor competitions, so our season is coming to an end. However, the few members that continue to travel and shoot outdoors, I expect them to do very well.”

Winslow said their goal going forward is to travel to more tournaments to continue to keep making a name for themselves.

Understanding archery and the attraction

Like many sports, the person or team with the most points wins.

Different organizations have different targets which have different scoring systems. McCollum said the most common would be the typical colorful target with a yellow center.

On that target, the yellow consists of the X ring, a 10 ring and nine ring. The red ring is scored as an eight or seven which goes down as one point. Other target rounds are the same, but with different color rings with the max score being five, not 10.

McCollum described the 3D scoring process as confusing to most.

“The scoring rings are based off of the animals vitals,” McCollum said. “The best score would be a 12, followed by 10, then eight, five for out of vitals and then a miss. For all of these, anytime an arrow touches the outside of the scoring line, it counts as the higher value.

“The targets that have an X ring in the center are used to break ties.”

For those who are interested in archery, McCollum said archery is an attractive sport because you don’t have to be in great physical shape to be competitive. There are different styles of archery to fit people’s wants.

He shoots a competition style compound bow with many accessories to improve his shooting. Other people may prefer a wooden tradition style bow without accessories.

“But once the fundamentals and everything is learned, archery is very much a mental sport,” McCollum said. “Archery can be enjoyable for all ages.”

Winslow added that archery is a sport that has grown so fast because it is one of the few sports where success is directly related to time put into practice.

“People practice hard and they get good results with better form and tighter groups, and they naturally want to push themselves to the next level to see just how good they can get,” Winslow said. “Archery is also a great way to meet new people and socialize while all doing something they love.

“I have met some of the greatest people in my life through archery. I know many others have too. It teaches discipline, focus and hard work which then carries over to everyday life.”

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The men’s swimming and diving team placed second at the Mid-American Conference Championships, falling to Miami (Ohio).

Missouri State brought home eight individual golds and two relay first-place finishes.

Day one of the meet ended in two second-place finishes in both the 200-yard medley and 800-yard freestyle relays. Freshmen Mohamed Abdelbaky and Pawel Krawczyk and seniors Artur Osvath and Kevin Douglas broke their season-best time in the 800-freestyle relay with a time of 6:34.60.

The Bears saw a win-streak on the second day of the MAC Championships beginning with Krawczyk’s first-place 500 freestyle swim with a time of 4:20.67. Junior Antonio Thomas touched just behind Krawczyk at 4:21.99.

Osvath earned another win for Missouri State in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:45.91. Junior Thomas Heye also saw podium time with his fourth-place finish.

Junior Lucas Paloschi claimed another Bears’ victory in the 50-yard freestyle clocking in at 20.02, just touching out second place by a millisecond.

Missouri State found its way to the top of the podium once more on day two with a 1:19.58 win in the 200-freestyle relay.

Krawczyk found himself on the top of the podium once again in the 200 free with a time of 1:36.73.

Sophomore Michael Claunch placed third in the one-meter diving with a score of 282.60 points.

Freshman John David Spence also made it on the podium with a score of 234.95 points for eighth place.

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time of 52.86 seconds in the 100 breaststroke, claiming the fifth individual gold of the week for Missouri State on day three of the championships.

The Bears — junior Conner Ripp, Bish, Osvath and Paloschi — outswam Miami (Ohio) in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:10.71.

Three Bears placed in the top six of the 400 IM. Thomas, senior Minki Kang and senior Bryce Blattner placed third, fourth and sixth respectively.

Osvath swam a 46.8,8 earning him a second-place finish in the 100-butterfly while teammates junior Jacob Schultz and Ripp finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Ripp, Schultz and Heye all made the podium in the 100 backstroke placing second, sixth and seventh, respectively.

While a lot of the student body was away on luxurious spring break trips, the Missouri State softball team spent its break with trips to Carbondale, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Then, the Bears finished off spring break with a three-game series against Loyola at Killian Stadium from March 16-17.

Missouri State earned a dramatic 5-3 win in its Missouri Valley Conference opener against Southern Illinois on March 12 before dropping the second game of the doubleheader, 11-2.

“Game one was really a gut-check performance by Steffany (Dickerson) in the circle and excellent focus by our batters late in a close ball game,” head coach Holly Hesse said in a press release. “We had a rough first inning in the second game which put us in a hole that we weren’t able to recover from.

“The thing I liked is we never stopped competing, and our young players really got a full dose of Missouri Valley Conference softball.”

The game-one victory by the Bears extended their win streak to six games at the time, the club’s longest streak since 2015.

Missouri State stepped out of the Valley on March 14 for a single game at Southeast Missouri State.

A three-run first inning by SEMO put the Bears in an early hole they were unable to overcome in a 5-2 loss on Thursday.

“We dug ourselves a hole which was the difference in the game,” Hesse said. “We certainly had some positives as well. We had some players who had been struggling really perform well. I think (it) made us better, which will help as we get back into Valley play.”

Against Loyola, Missouri State rode the arms of starting pitchers Erin Griesbauer and Dickerson to earn a pair of Valley wins, 2-1 and 1-0.

Dickerson went the distance in game one, striking out six with no walks and no earned runs.

Griesbauer tossed her second complete-game of the year, keeping the Ramblers in check on three hits and three strikeouts.

The Bears also received some clutch hitting in both games as well.

In game one, sophomore Daphne Plummer collected a walk-off single to secure the win.

Dickerson laid down a squeeze bunt to score senior Kyana Mason for the game-winning run

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Dana Ford led the Bears to a .500 record in his first season as head coach.

He brought in new faces like Tulio Da Silva and Keandre Cook as juniors in order to shape them and prepare them for their senior seasons at Missouri State.

He also brought on Josh Webster as a graduate player as a strong leader at the top of the court.

His biggest success — and the thing fans will miss the most — was keeping the seniors on the roster.

While Obediah Church left the team halfway through the season, Ryan Kreklow and Jarred Dixon stayed and bought in to Ford’s system and process.

Ford continuously praised Dixon and Kreklow through the Missouri Valley Conference season.

He said he liked their work ethic and leadership.

Solidifying the senior roles for Da Silva and Cook was key with both of them earning conference honors at the end of the regular season.

Freshman Szymon Wojcik, who injured his foot early in the conference season, will return and be able to help the Bears and Da Silva in his role down low.

The Bears are also bringing in freshmen who can help fill in new roles that have been left empty.

The past tells a lot of what the future holds for the Bears, though.

Even with the seniors leaving, the team knows what they are capable of. The veterans know what to expect from Ford and his coaching staff.

This season’s team proved they can handle changes and adjustments under Ford.

Ford proved to the fanbase that he knows what he is doing and that he is right for the job.

His future is bright with the Bears.

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11 in a row for an 11-8 lead. Sophomore Brice Calip was fouled on a half court heave with one second left, and hit all three free throws to the end the first period at a 13-all tie.

Missouri State led for only 14 seconds in the second quarter on the way to a 31-27 halftime deficit. The Lady Bears spent the first 3:38 of the second half going on a 16-0 run to lead 43-31 before the Ramblers responded with a 12-0 spurt to even the score with 1:12 left in the third.

Missouri State countered with the final run with 13 consecutive points to secure the win against Loyola en route to the semifinal game against Northern Iowa on Saturday.

Against UNI, the Lady Bears hit a season-high 11 3-pointers, including four apiece from sophomore Elle Ruffridge and Gitzen. Both players posted career-high scoring efforts to help the Missouri State topple UNI 89-64.

“We kept feeding off each other offensively and defensively,” Ruffridge said on Saturday. “We knew we had to get tough stops and couldn’t let up at any point in the game because UNI is a phenomenal team. They are going to play tough the entire game.”

Gitzen scored 22 points with four assists, while Ruffridge chipped in 14. The Lady Bears lit up the scoreboard despite only scoring only 10 points in the first quarter.

However, it was the second quarter that Missouri State opened the floodgates, shooting 71 percent from the field while hitting five threes and setting a school and MVC tournament record with 35 points in a quarter.

The Lady Bears didn’t look back, outscoring UNI 44-34 the rest of the way to force a rematch in the championship game against Drake.

Missouri State seeded 11th to play No. 6 DePaul on March 23 in Ames, Iowa.

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On Monday, a bracket for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was accidentally released on ESPNU. It spread on social media, and the selection show was moved from 6 p.m. to 4 p.m., according to a tweet from the NCAA. The Lady Bears earned a No. 11 seed to play DePaul on March 23 in Ames, Iowa.

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They will have a two week break to train and get ready for their next match against University of Northern Iowa. Out in San Marcos, Texas, the Bears played Texas State, where the Bobcats narrowly won 4-3.

The Bobcats took the doubles point after they won the first two flights.

In singles play, the Bears’ comeback failed, as they and TSU both won three flights.

Senior Phoebe Boeschen gave the Bears their first point in the match.

“It was one of the closest matches we’ve played this season,” head coach Mallory Weber said. “It was also only the second match the Bears have played outside.”

Going down south, the Bears played the University of Texas at San Antonio, where they fell hard.

“UTSA was a very strong team with two of the stronger girls we’ve seen in the season,” Weber said.

UTSA took the doubles point with wins in the second and third flights.

In singles play, MSU lost five of six flights, with sophomore Ellie Burger winning the sixth flight.

“Again it was another outdoor match,” Weber said. “ We were dealing with winds that were gusting into the 30s.”

Freshman Anna Alons and Burger are in their first season as double partners.

“It’s been very impressive,” Weber said.

“You never know what you’re going to get when you pair a freshman with a sophomore, but they’ve really stepped up and gelled very well together.”

To prepare for the coming Missouri Valley Conference play, Weber said the team will be raising their practice hours and doing more conditioning.

“These next two weeks are really heavy training for us,” Weber said. “I look forward to how we’re going to do against those conference schools.”

The Bears will play their first conference match at the Northern Iowa on April 6. MSU is 3-6 in away matches and UNI is 2-0 in home matches.

When the Bears played UNI in 2018, they won with 5-2 at home.

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in game two.

“Every time we play Loyola, it’s going to be a low-scoring game,” Hesse said. “We needed a good defensive performance and we got it.”

In Sunday’s matchup, Dickerson stepped up once again, fanning nine batters to lift Missouri State to a sweep over Loyola.

The 5-3 win for the Bears gives them a 17-9 overall record for the season and they improved to 4-1 in conference play.

“We really did a nice job up and down the lineup of battling at the plate and moving runners over in key situations,” Hesse said. “I can’t say enough about Steff. She really competed out there. She had one rough inning, but that only made her stronger.”

The Bears resume play with another non-conFile Photo by BILL SIOHOLM/THE STANDARD ference game on March 20. This time around, Junior Erin Griesbauer pitches the Missouri State will play host to Saint Louis ball against Indiana State on April University before continuing Valley conference 30, 2018. The Missouri State softplay next weekend from March 23-24 against Northern Iowa. ball team swept Indiana State.

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The Twins Oaks Intercollegiate was cut short after storms created unplayable conditions.

The Missouri State men’s team was on the 12th hole of the third round of the match when the tournament officials blew the horn to stop play due to lightning. Teams were never able to get back on the course because of the rain, so all third-round scores were eliminated.

Only rounds one and two from Monday, March 11, counted towards the final standings.

Missouri State placed third, +5 with a score of 573. SIU Edwardsville and Drake tied at -3 and a score of 565 for first place.

Senior Brad Carpenter was tied for third and shot one stroke under after day one’s 36 holes.

“I was a little disappointed,” Carpenter said.

“But I birdied the last two holes and chipped in the last hole. That gave me some confidence going into Tuesday’s round.”

Carpenter said he felt as though the course was very scorable, but he and his teammates

didn’t take advantage as they should have.

Tuesday’s round came with much tougher conditions: more rain, more wind and lower temperatures.

Round three was off to a good start for the Bears. They knew they had some ground to cover in order to catch SIU Edwardsville and Drake.

Carpenter was -4 thru 11 on Tuesday and was very frustrated when the match ended abruptly, and the scores didn’t count.

“Honestly, I was slightly disappointed with the first day and even more disappointed that we didn’t have the chance to turn it around on day two,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter said it all boils down the conference tournament and the disappointment from the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate will fuel their motivation to play well in the matches to come.

Carpenter said he has no doubts about this year’s team.

“We’ve got a veteran squad who has proven that we can win and shoot low scores,” Carpenter said. “Our expectations are pretty high for this season.”

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On the final day of the MAC Championships, Missouri State went 1-2-3-4 in the 1,650yard freestyle. Krawczyk earned his third individual gold of the meet, clocking in at 15:07.57. Thomas, Kang and freshman Sebastian Odent all followed suit.

Ripp won his first gold of the championships in the 200-backstroke title with a time of 1:46.65.

Paloschi won the final individual title of the week for the Bears with a time of 44.28 in the 100 freestyle.

Other notable final day finishes were Bish placed second in the 200-breaststroke, Osvath placed second in the 200 butterfly, and Paloschi, Senn, Schultz and Ripp took home silver in the 400-freestyle relay.

Krawczyk, Osvath, Paloschi, Bish, Ripp, Thomas and Kang made the All-MAC First Team.

Osvath, decorated with one gold and two silver, won the Most Outstanding Senior award.

Krawczyk, who collected more individual golds than any other swimmer at the meet, was honored with the Freshman Swimmer of the Year award. “(I’m) proud of how our group of guys represented our program this week,” head coach Dave Collins said in a tweet on Friday,

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The Missouri State swimming and diving team hosted Drury on Oct. 19, winning 259-219.

March 8. “We didn’t reach our goal of winning a team championship, but we battled all the way to the end. Lots of great performances to be proud of. Special thanks to a great group of seniors for making this program better!”

Bish and Osvath each punched their ticket to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The two seniors will represent Missouri State in Austin, Texas, on March 27-30.

Bish will be competing in the 100-yard breaststroke while Osvath will be swimming the 200-yard breaststroke, each a top-25 seed in their event.

“In 2016, I met Osvath in the locker room at Georgia Tech, and I think that it is fitting that we get to end this ride together,” Bish said. “It’ll be nice to have a teammate there for support throughout the meet.”

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“You’ve got to take a chance on yourself and believe in yourself.”

Genius. With each rebrand, he wanted to make sure it was for something meaningful.

Hatten and King have been discussing buying a screen printer to lower the cost of making shirts, but King is worried the quality of the print would lower.

Hatten suggested that it would look the same as other people’s shirts.

“I’m not other people though,” King said.

King said he thinks anyone has the poten-

tial to follow their goals in life.

“You’ve got to take a chance on yourself and believe in yourself,” King said.

Some people, King said, are too afraid of failure to try, or will try to do it all themselves without reaching out to other people.

“If you actually try, people will give you a chance,” King said. “If you think you can do it, show me you can do it better than anybody else.”

Charles King wears one of his Young Black Genius shirts with the message “Culture not for sale.” Another one of his shirt designs, sold on his website, reads “My positive black role model shirt.”

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credibility in order to be successful.

Patton’s sister was a successful interior decorator with no degree, but the distinction between interior decorators and interior designers is becoming more apparent. While her sister could choose the perfect furniture or draperies for a room, Patton said she was missing the big concepts of interior design.

Concepts taught to interior design students like universal design, sustainability, space planning and how buildings are put together typically require formal education to learn.

Gabriella Murray, MSU alumna and interior designer at Dwayne Bergmann Interiors in Fort Myers, Florida, said interior design is an industry that is constantly changing.

It’s not just good design that goes into a successful career as a designer.

“It is strategic planning, scheduling, coordinating and effective communication with your clients, vendors, builders and project managers,” Murray said.

Murray was able to land a job as an interior designer right after graduation.

It’s no surprise, as Patton said there is a very high employment rate after graduation for MSU interior design majors.

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“Anybody wanting a full-time job has been able to get one,” Patton said.

According to Technology and Construction Management department head Richard Callahan, 80 percent of all interior design graduates from the previous school year landed full-time jobs upon graduation. He said the graduates from the program have been doing well, but it’s not a 100 percent employment rate because not all graduates seek employment immediately.

Swenson said she isn’t worried about the job market after graduation since the field is becoming so popular, and there is currently a demand for it.

Williams Burela, however, expressed a little worry. She said people have mentioned having difficulty getting a job in the field, so she can’t be sure until she actually starts looking for a job.

Murray recommended getting an internship at the job you would like to eventually have full time. Her internship at Dwayne Bergmann Interiors opened the door for her current position as a junior designer.

Patton said she just followed opportunities as they came in her career — and plenty of them came.

“I think that’s kind of why I’ve always loved it, because there’s always something,” Patton said. “If you don’t like one phase, there’s always another phase — a different application of the same knowledge.”

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Hozier returns from hiatus with long-awaited album HANNAH HAWORTH Reviewer After five years of silence, the long-awaited return of Hozier is upon us. Since his debut album “Hozier” and its success, specifically “Take Me to Church,” he has only released an EP in 2018 with songs that reappear on his latest album “Wasteland, Baby!”

I have been a fan of Hozier for the past two years after I rediscovered his debut album.

The overall sound of his music is melodic and folksy, while some songs are haunting and powerful. After waiting for the release of new music for too long, Hozier finally dropped “Wasteland, Baby!” on March 1.

My first impression of the album after a tentative listen was that he used similar sounds and vibes as his previous album, and I am both happy and disappointed that I did not hear any experimentation. However, that was only after listening to his album on shuffle for 15 minutes.

After listening to the entire album, I am pleased with his second album.

The first song “Nina Cried Power” was on his EP from 2018, but I hadn’t listened to it.

The song is a great opening anthem with a powerful chorus that makes me want to run through the woods, which I find a common theme with Hozier’s work since he is so connected to nature throughout many songs.

“Almost (Sweet Music)” follows this strong opening anthem, but the backbeat seems similar to “From Eden” from “Hozier,” although it’s not

identical. The song has a sweet melody, and I really enjoy the overlapping vocals near the end which add a dynamic effect to this otherwise nearly repeated work.

Many of my favorite songs by Hozier use haunting tones and low, soft singing, which is what “Movement” does. I can already tell that I am going to know every lyric to this song soon. The rhythm makes me bounce my head, and the beat utilizes clapping, which adds an almost staccato juxtaposition to the soft singing until the song erupts a third of the way through to a climax. I thoroughly adore this song.

Following this haunting work is “No Plan” which sounds like it has a jazz influence with a strong core melody. The song is five minutes long and switches from jazz to rock to folk to keep listeners interested. It is a successful experimentation by Hozier.

From the beginning of this next song, I loved the tone. “Nobody” sounds like it belongs in the background of a summer beach film because of the upbeat rhythm and backup instrumentals.

Hozier’s voice melds with the music to form a beautiful love song.

“To Noise Making (Sing)” may be one of my favorite songs on this album. I can tell Hozier experimented with typical pop sounds in the background of a tambourine and a rising and falling melody. The chorus adds an emotional element that makes me want to get up and sing with him.

To contrast with the incredibly upbeat pop

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On March 1, Irish musician Hozier released his second studio album “Wasteland, Baby!” sound of the previous song, “As It Was” goes back to Hozier’s typical sound — an evocative and low melody that leads into a graceful ending. The juxtaposition from these two songs showcases Hozier’s musical genius and versatility.

“Shrike” is another song released on his EP. I had listened to this song last year and didn’t like it. However, after forcing myself to listen to this song because of my strong will to like

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Sikhism is originally derived from Hinduism, and the two religions share many concepts and beliefs. Singh’s friend Jay Trivedi, a graduate student and educational technology major from India, is Hindu.

Like Singh, Trivedi moved to Springfield and has not had much of a chance to practice his religion since. He said he is often preoccupied, plus there is not a Hindu temple in the area.

It’s also harder to be as motivated to practice it as strictly without his parents.

“My parents continuously motivate me, and there is a definitive guiding (in India), but here it is missing,” Trivedi said.

Trivedi practices Hinduism in Springfield through meditation and mantras, but he does not do so at a specific time. He created a small temple inside his bedroom that has photos and statues related to his religion.

While Sikhs and Hindus have different practices, they do have similar beliefs. Like Singh, Trivedi focuses on helping others and treating everyone equally instead of following strict practices.

“It’s more of a connection than a set of rituals or practices,” Trivedi said. “For me, it’s about being compassionate and accepting of others. We represent humanity.”

suspended animation with a new mission: an investigation of a distress signal in deep space. Following a landing on an unidentified planet where the source of the signal originates, the crew have inadvertently invited on board a terrifying organism with one mode of operation: hunt and kill.

With “Alien,” Scott employs what would later become known as the slasher film and embeds it into a classic science fiction framework, effectively creating a perfected brew of horror and science fiction aesthetics. At its most elemental, the film is about the things that lurk in the dark. At any moment, with the characters in isolation, the creature could lunge out from the darkness and, with its dagger-like mouth, penetrate their bodies.

There is a purpose in my use of the word penetrate, for there is no mistaking the film’s themes in sexual molestation.

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Hozier, it has actually grown on me. The melody is similar to his previous work, and it is not my favorite on the album, but I do enjoy it as a relaxing and soothing song.

Hozier really experimented on “Talk” with western undertones and a deep acoustic leading the song. I can also immediately tell Hozier is telling a story with this work, and I love how Hozier interweaves storylines into his album like “In a Week” on “Hozier.” This song is unique from other songs on “Wasteland, Baby!”

Another song with heavy experimentation is “Be” with an electric guitar opening the song and leading into a rock-influenced beat. The chorus is incredibly beautiful and switches the tone to an operatic section that weaves into the rock melody.

“Dinner & Diatribes” follows this influence in rock, and Hozier’s strong singing, combined with spiritual background vocals, produces an impactful song. My only stipulation is the song is repetitive.

Hozier then returns to his folksy style of music with “Would That I.” The combination of lyrical singing and deep drums frames a relaxing and mystical song. Once again, Hozier incorporates the feeling of nature and mystic into lyric, and this song is a primary example of his talent in doing so. I feel like I should be listening to this song around a bonfire and singing with him — that’s the power Hozier has over the listener’s mood.

Giger, is designed in the image of the phallus. Its primary weapon projects quickly from the mouth and invades the flesh. The origin of the beast is formed from another creature’s violation of its host’s throat, and the alien newborn is itself shaped in the phallic image.

Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon wanted to “attack the audience” in this way. It’s not enough to have a simple story of a killer and its victims. This added layer of psychosexual anxiety, nested in the methods of the alien’s predatory function, invites a new system of horror dynamics, one that will endure in the audience’s mind long after a screening.

However, if not for the wonderful cast of players in the film — including an early performance by Sigourney Weaver, alongside such talents as John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, and Ian Holm — Scott’s orchestration of horror would not have endured.

Additionally, Scott’s inclination to keep the film’s pace slow strengthens the unfurling tension. It revels in elongated silences — that is until the final

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sequence furnishes the darkened halls with cacophonous sirens and strobing lights — making those sudden spikes in ferocity all the more gratifying. One such spike, of seismic distinction in the filmic landscape, occurs at the halfway mark where it essentially bisects the film by means of a single, explosive act of “childbearing” carnage. Dinner tables, like showers in “Psycho” or beaches in “Jaws,” have been refurbished into playgrounds of fear.

The film bleeds atmosphere, the metallurgic sounds and architecture of the ship augmenting the cosmic-bound desolation of its inhabitants. Like the slime secreted from the creature, “Alien” is a film that pastes itself in your mind like an unwanted parasite. “Alien” is a consummate masterpiece, a vital document of body horror and fiction, and one that will persist as one of cinema’s greatest accomplishments, regardless of the bastille of genre.

If you’ve yet to see this film, grab a copy, take refuge in a cold, dark room and prepare yourself for instruction in pure terror and cinematic mastery. 9.8/10

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services, including intake, or first-time, appointments. Due to high demand, they changed to scheduled intakes and a limit of eight sessions per semester.

The center has also hosted more group sessions in an effort to assist a larger number of students with similar concerns, but Lesley said they haven’t had high attendance.

While the solution-focused counseling makes seeing and treating more students easier for the Counseling Center, it doesn’t satisfy every student who attends.

Darci Musser, senior biology major, went to the Counseling Center twice during the summer of 2018 before an unrelated negative experience at Magers Health and Wellness caused her to seek counseling elsewhere.

“Compared to places that I’ve been since then, I didn’t think it was that helpful,” Musser said. “They listened, but there wasn’t as much feedback as I wanted. There was pretty much no feedback as far as things I could use to help me.”

Musser said counselors at other centers gave her more practical advice for what to do when she was struggling with anxiety to help ground her, which was something she lacked at the Counseling Center.

“It was good for someone to listen to me, but as far as helping myself whenever I’m out doing things, I definitely wish (the Counseling Center) had different tools or suggestions,” Musser said.

However, according to the 2017-18 annual report, 77 percent of students who used the counseling center said they were satisfied with their experiences at the center.

“My whole life has changed and my self worth is through the roof,” said Caitlynn Ervin, a junior middle school English education major. “From where it was, it is so much better.”

Ervin has been using the Counseling Center’s services since the fall 2017 semester. She has participated in individual counseling, group counseling and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. EMDR therapy is used for the treatment of trauma.

EMDR therapy can cost over $100 at an outside clinic, but it’s free to students through the Counseling Center on campus. Ervin said she has seen positive results.

“I have seen significant improvement, and I’ve only done it one time,” Ervin said.

“When I look back on it now, the memory that used to bring me down … now it’s a lot lighter, and it feels like I can conquer it.”

Missouri State’s Counseling Center isn’t the only one to have seen a large increase in college students struggling with mental health disorders and seeking help.

Thirty-five percent of students reported symptoms consistent with at least one mental health disorder, according to an examination of the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health International College Student Initiative, which included around 14,000 stu-

dents from 19 universities in eight countries.

The top two mental health disorders reported in that study were major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety.

Lesley said those same disorders are the most common reasons students seek counseling at MSU. Several clinicians at the Counseling Center agree that a reduction of stigma around mental health may be a factor motivating

“Once you start seeing that other people have that problem, then you’re more willing to speak up about whatever you’re going through.” college students to seek professional guidance. Social media seems to be one of the main outlets for the reduction.

“You’ll see mental health talked about on social media,” said mental health clinician Tammy Dixon. “That didn’t happen several years ago.”

Lesley also attributed the rise in mental health treatment to a decrease in stigma and an increase in awareness.

“People are more willing to come in to receive mental health because there’s less shame — there’s less negative stigma related to that,” Lesley said. “I think we’re doing a better job at getting the information out that we’re here.”

Musser agrees that social media plays a role in creating awareness of mental health.

“Since there are so many people that are affected by different mental health problems … once you start seeing that other people have that problem, then you’re more willing to speak up about whatever you’re going through,” Musser said.

Others believe that social media may be part of the original problem causing mental health disorders. Fossett said he believes social media has a negative effect on students.

“Personally speaking, I think social media and technology, in general, can attribute to anxiety in particular but also depression,” Fossett said.

Regardless of the reason for the increase, Lesley said the Counseling Center will continue to make necessary changes to accommodate more students.

Outside of hiring additional staff, which Lesley said the Counseling Center will always advocate for when funds are available, the center has increased its outreach and awareness programs.

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any other space on campus through their facility reservation system.

MSU plans to contract DeWitt and Associates, Inc. for around $370,000, according to the Feb. 22 BOG agenda.

DeWitt and Associates Inc. has worked on previous projects on the MSU campus including the Glass Hall expansion that was completed in 2017.

Great Rivers Engineering is the design consultant that came up with the layout and drawings.

They plan to stay in contact with the university during construction.

The new outdoor amphitheater will seat approximately 800 people and will be located west of the Smith-London Bell Tower.

Shirley Lawler, chancellor for the West Plains campus, said they plan to start the project by mid-March.

Lawler said that despite their campus not having degree programs centered around the performing arts, students participate in extracurriculars such as plays and musicals — some hosted by the

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The new amphitheater will be located on the West Plains campus near the Smith-London Bell Tower.

university and some sponsored by those in the community.

“I believe our students, employees and community members are all looking forward to having an outdoor venue to host various programs and performances,” Lawler said.

MSU has applied for an additional $47,863 grant form the Missouri Department of Natural Resources that would lower university contributions to the project.

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qualified to train teachers for MHFA before returning to teach their own sessions to their sophomores.

According to their website, MHFA aims to teach students in grades 10 through 12 about topics such as depression and addiction and how to deal with it both personally and in regards to their friends who may deal with the same issues.

Springfield Public Schools and the Community Partnership of the Ozarks will partner to pilot the program, and Moran said she believes this program takes mental health education a step further than what students learn in class.

“I’ve been a counselor for 15 years, and we go in and do little bits of mental health training, but not like this,” Moran said. “It’s really like CPR but for mental health. I was so excited when I went to training and saw the curriculum.”

The program is described as “CPR but for mental health” because it focuses on five steps much like the steps used in CPR training. This program goes beyond what students are taught about mental health in textbooks. According to the CPO website, the program uses role playing and simulations to help students assess a mental health crisis.

“It’s highly intensive training, so we are doing it all in one day in three 75 minute sessions,” Moran said. “It’s very specific on how to help a friend that’s struggling either with a mental health problem or mental health crisis, and it gives very specific action steps of what they need to do to help them.”

On Wednesday March 5, Moran, Busboom and three other community partners worked with

35 sophomores on the first MHFA training session. Because it is a pilot program, its success will be measured and could lead to bringing MHFA to other schools in the community.

The program is measured for its effectiveness as part of a research program conducted by John Hopkins University.

“It wasn’t just honors kids,” Moran said. “It was all random, so it was the first 35 kids in sophomore class by alphabet. There were kids in there that get in trouble all the time, kids that aren’t the most popular and keep to themselves, and the real popular kids, and they all responded great to it.”

The research group will conduct surveys on the students in the program, along with conducting follow-up surveys throughout their time in high school on how it helps them deal with mental health crises.

According to Moran, the school and its partners have proposed a soft launch of the same program to involve more schools in MHFA. This would require trainers in the area to travel to other schools in the community and train them in MHFA. They said they hope to later enact a full launch in Springfield and plan to stay active in training other schools so all sophomores in Springfield get an opportunity to train.

Julia Baird, a sophomore who participated in the MHFA training, said the information she learned was almost entirely new to her, and she could use what she learned to help a friend in crisis or dealing with mental health problems.

She said she thinks all students should be trained in the program.