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Briefs

MSU names permanent CFO

Missouri State’s former interim Chief Financial Officer Steve Foucart has been named permanent CFO, according to a March 20 news release.

The appointment was approved by the Board of Governors Executive Committee at its March 20 meeting and will be ratified by the Foucart full board on May 16.

Foucart received his bachelor of business administration degree from Texas A&M University in 1979 and his M.B.A. from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1983, according to the release.

Foucart’s permanent duties will begin April 1.

Search for COAL dean continues

The external search for the College of Arts and Letters dean was unsuccessful, according to a March 22 email from the Office of the Provost.

The position is now open as an internal search until March 31.

Athletic task force still evaluating how MSU can remain Title IX compliant

By Amber Duran The Standard

Missouri State University’s athletic task force has an April 30 deadline to provide President Clif Smart with a recommendation on how to remain Title IX compliant.

According to Kyle Moats, director of athletics and member of the athletic task force, Title IX is a federal law prohibiting gender discrimination in educational institutions, including athletics.

Along with being Title IX compliant, Moats said that Missouri State is a prong one school. This means that if 60 percent of the student body are female, then the number of female athletes needs to reflect the same percentage.

Often schools can compensate for unbalanced gender ratios in sports by adding more walk-on players — athletes who have not been invited or given a scholarship from a collegiate team — or trying to get a larger roster size, but that may not be an option for Missouri State anymore, he said.

“We are at a point where we are maxed out on that,” Moats said. “That is why we are looking at adding a (women’s) sport.”

Moats said that Missouri State has been trending more females by 2 to 3 percent in the past four years, and that a change must occur to remain Title IX compliant.

James Hutter, faculty athletic representative and chairman of Missouri State’s athletic task force, said there are several

options available to Missouri State to remain Title IX compliant, and that the task force is looking at all of these options.

“We are still in the evaluation stage,” Hutter said. “We could add a new sport, but we are also looking at what we can do with our existing sports.”

Although neither Moats nor Hutter could specifically mention which sports, if any, the athletic task force was leaning toward, they said that they are considering all NCAA-sanctioned sports.

Among the options of NCAA-sanctioned sports are tennis, fencing, gymnastics, rowing and numerous others.

Hutter said that this new sport could u See TITLE IX page 10

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Spring holiday to begin Thursday

Spring holiday is March 2831. There will be no classes Thursday, but university offices will be open. There are no classes Friday, and university offices will be closed.

Calendar Tuesday, March 26

Advisor Forum on “Academic Advice for Special Populations,” 12:30-1:30 p.m., PSU 313

Community Gardening and Urban Food Access, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Strong Hall 303 Student Activities Council Meeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

MBA Welcomes Claire Mead, 5-6 p.m., Glass Hall 342

Wednesday, March 27

Innovate…Impact: Changing Learning, Changing Communities, Changing Lives, all day, PSU Ballroom/Traywick Room Using Camtasia to Create Training Videos, 9-10:30 a.m., Meyer Library 205

Thursday, March 28 Spring Holiday — No Classes/Offices Open, all day

Advising Transfer Students: NACADA Webinar, 1-2 p.m., PSU 313

Friday, March 29

Spring Holiday — No Classes/Offices Closed, all day

I-O Psychology Club Hosts Speaker: Dr. Alber, the Test Administration and Assessment Coordinator from the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, AL, 12-1:30 p.m., Hill Hall 204

Saturday, March 30

Spring Holiday — No Classes/Offices Closed, all day

Sunday, March 31

Spring Holiday — No Classes/Offices Closed, all day

Monday, April 1

Fall 2013 Early RegistrationSequenced, all day

Summer 2013 Early RegistrationSequenced, all day

Graduate College presents: Study Break, 3-6 p.m., PSU 400 Beginning/Implementing a Focused Research Agenda, 3:305 p.m., Strong Hall 1

Faculty Development — Clinical Faculty: Preparing for Promotion, 3:30-5 p.m., Strong Hall 2 Preparing for Promotion to Senior Instructor, 3:30-5 p.m., Strong Hall 2 Asian American Pacific Islander Organization Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., PSU 312

Which bathroom is ‘right’?

Lawsuit, proposals spark debate on which sex should use which room

By Trevor Mitchell The Standard

April 2 is election day for Greene County, and several of Springfield’s council seats are up for vote, as well as both a bond and levy for Springfield Public Schools.

By Megan Gates The Standard

Just before singing the National Anthem and the Alma Mater at Missouri State’s fall graduation 2012, Amelia Lawson and a few other Concert Chorale women really had to use the bathroom.

There was just one problem — the only bathrooms available were a single stall women’s, and a single stall men’s. So she and her fellow chorale members did what any of us would do, and used both.

“While I was in there, someone knocked and asked if there was anyone occupying the space,” Lawson, a senior music major said. “The girls on the outside said yes, and he laughed and said something along the lines of, ‘Well, if you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.’”

Outside of the bathroom, the Board of Governors and President Clif Smart were lined up for the processional and when Lawson exited, they “all just kind of laughed,” she remembered, before running out to perform at the ceremony.

While using the oppo-

April 2 election: What’s on your ballot?

What is the difference between a bond and a levy?

A levy can only be used to pay operating expenses like teacher salaries or utilities.

A bond can only be used to pay for capital projects like building or renovating schools.

Source: https://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org

Photo illustration by Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARD

There is no policy at Missouri State and no law in the state of Missouri that prohibits a man from using a women’s restroom, or vice versa. site sex’s bathroom may become a legal issue as eviseem like no big deal, it can denced by a Colorado

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The “Classrooms For Kids” bond is a $71.65 million bond that will renovate several Springfield Public Schools and update technology capabilities, as well as construct a brand-new elementary school in southwest Springfield.

The new 450-student school would be built to take some of the stress off of Sherwood Elementary School and other overcrowded schools nearby, according to Springfield Public Schools’ website.

Classrooms will be added to Fremont Elementary School u See BALLOT page 2

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Congress reinstates tuition assistance Active-duty students will continue to receive up to $4,500 in financial aid

By Taylor Burns The Standard

Congress voted Thursday, March 21, to pass an amendment that restores tuition assistance to active-duty students in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

The amendment is part of the 2013 Continuing Resolution, a bill that funds federal agencies through Sept. 30.

After across-the-board federal budget cuts took effect March 1, the Department of Defense suspended the TA program, denying over 300,000 troops financial aid while taking college courses.

Federal tuition assistance for student soldiers covers up to $4,500.

Senators Jim Inhofe (ROK) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) sponsored the amendment and fought to keep the TA program alive.

In a March 12 letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Hagan argued to eliminate the

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and Hickory Hills K-8, and cafeteria renovations will take place at Kickapoo and Glendale High Schools. New computers and bandwidth upgrades are also included in the bill.

Approval of the bond would not result in an increase in the $0.51 debt service levy currently in place, but it would extend it for an additional four years.

The “Teachers For Kids” levy is a separate issue, which will institute a 20-cent increase in the current levy over the next two years — increasing by 10 cents each year. This would bring the total operating levy to $3.38 in 2014. The levy is specifically aimed at hiring more teachers to lower class

cut.

“I recognize that Congress’ inability to address our longterm fiscal challenges has forced the Department to make many difficult budget decisions,” Hagan wrote. “However, senior defense officials have continually discussed the dangers of creating a hollow force.

I agree that we should not hollow out our most critical asset — the brave men and women serving this nation.”

In response to the military cuts, a petition was started on the White House’s “We The People” website, calling for signatures in support of reinstating tuition assistance.

The Obama Administration was forced to take action within 30 days once the petition reached 100,000 signatures. It now has more than 116,000.

The Senate turned the amendment away on Monday, March 18, which caused another flood of response from the public. It was brought back to the Senate on Wednesday, sizes.

Both the bond and the levy add the costs for every $100 dollars of a residence’s assessed value.

Springfield Public Schools estimate that the increase in the operating levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $38 a year, and that the fully assessed levy would generate $6.4 million a year.

District spokeswoman Teresa Bledsoe said that it was important that both measures pass, saying that conservative estimates are that 115 new students will be added to the district each year for the next decade.

Bledsoe said that if neither measure passes, finding a way to make the necessary improvements would be “very difficult.”

In addition to the bond and levy issue, there are also sever-

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Cpl. Dustin Walker gives Austin Suddarth a tour of an up-armored Humvee on Nov. 5 as part of Veterans Week on campus.

March 20, and passed.

MSU’s Veteran Student Servic- unsure if TA would see another Jenifer Kautzman, assistant es, said she was relieved that cut after the end of this fiscal registrar and coordinator of the program was restored, but year.

“We’ve gotten no guidance

al opportunities for change in the makeup of Springfield’s City Council.

Local businessman Craig Fishel, HR director Steve Makoski and Blue Bell salesman Rodney Geurin are all on the ballot for the Zone 4 seat on the council. The seat is being vacated by Scott Bailes.

None have any previous government experience, but Fishel and Makoski focus primarily on their business experience, while Geurin is positioning himself as a man of the people, as opposed to a politician.

Springfield councilwoman Jan Fisk, appointed to fill the seat left open after Bob Stephens became mayor, is running for re-election against substitute teacher and Army veteran Arthur Hodge Sr. for seat A on the general council.

Stephens is running unop-

posed for re-election, as are councilman Jeff Seifried for Zone 1 and attorney Craig Hosmer for seat B on the general council, previously held by John Rush. Hosmer was the head of Missouri’s Democratic Party and a state representative.

Also on the ballot is an election for the Board of Education members for the Springfield School District, a vote on the continuation of a Springfield sales tax hike and a vote on the ability of the Greene County Public Water Supply District to sell bonds.

Voters must be registered in Greene County to vote in the election. Polling places will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A full ballot can be viewed at http://www.greenecountymo.org/file/elections/Apr_201 3/candidates%20&%20issues. pdf.

Quick facts about voting You must be registered in Greene County to vote in the Greene County April 2 election and polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The state of Missouri requires voters to show proper identification when voting: • Identification issued by the state of Missouri, an agency of the state or a local election authority of the state • Identification issued by the United States government or agency thereof • Identification issued by an institution of higher education, including a university, college, vocational and technical school, located within the state of Missouri • A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document that contains the name and address of the voter • Driver’s license or state identification card issued by another state

Source: https://www.greenecountymo.org

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Tuesday

March 26, 2013

Dear spring, where are you?

Dear spring,

Hey, it’s Nicolette. Do you remember me? I think we may have sat next to each other in sixth grade science class.

Anyways, it’s been a while and I really miss you. Can you please come back?

I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to feel the warm breeze while walking to class without a coat.

I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to roll my jeans up and wear t-shirts and drive with the windows down.

I know I always complain about the blisters my sandals give me, but I’m willing to deal with that if you’d just come back.

I know, I know. I couldn’t sound any more desperate. But it’s you that has made me this way.

You’re like a really great movie that I spend months waiting to be out in theaters, and two hours later it’s over and I have to spend the rest of the year watching mediocre movies until the next really great movie comes out.

You’re like that really expensive restaurant that I can only go to once a year. The one that I spend the entire day

Nicolette Martin Columnist not eating just so I can get my fix of fried chicken and mashed potatoes until the next year when I’ve saved up enough money (and calories) to go back.

You’re like a really great first date.

The one that I go home after and just sit and think about because it could really be the start of something amazing. But then you never call again, and I’m left bitter because the weatherman said you would call.

You’re like one of those “My parents went to Italy and all I got was this stupid t-shirt” t-shirts. The calendar went to the first day of spring and all I got was 6 inches of snow.

I know I’ve been really hard on you this year, but just tell me: What would convince you to come back?

I’ll apologize a million times for say-

ing that I like fall better than you. I was just confused and at a really weird time in my life and I didn’t know what I was saying.

I’ll actually get in shape by the time you’re here, if that’s what it takes. I know I say this every year, but if it means getting to spend more than a few days with you, I promise I’ll really do it this time.

I’ll stop saying how much I’m looking forward to summer and vacations and being tan again, because let’s face it, none of those things matter if it means I have to live without you.

So, if you could just come back, that’d be great. We’ll have lots of fun times and drink lemonade and listen to whatever terrible Justin Bieber song you want to listen to. Really, I’d do that for you.

Also, I saw on Facebook that you were in town a couple weeks ago. Why didn’t you call me? I just can’t accept the fact that we’re really over. I need to see you.

Longingly,

Nicolette

Don’t blame victims

The Standard

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Nyla Milleson, we feel for you, lady

We’d like to take a moment to say Nyla Milleson, we feel for you. Everyone knows you shouldn’t hit a girl when she’s down and out, and Missouri State really kicked you when you were down last week by firing you and your staff right after losing the play-in game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Yes, we know you and the Lady Bears had a really rough year this year. You were inconsistent throughout the season, but you were brutally honest in interviews with our beat writer about the problems the team was facing, and it was kind of expected after the loss of five starters, including powerhouse Casey Garrison.

The university has said that they gave you your pink slip because you weren’t a competitor in the conference, and that overall revenues were also taken into consideration. And that makes us pretty sad, because it seems to send the message that if you have one bad year in women’s sports, you’re going to get the boot because the university can’t make money.

Missouri State lost $442,244 in season ticket revenue from 2008 to 2013, according to Athletics Director Kyle Moats. In 2008, the university sold 3,514 season tickets for Lady Bears games, but only 1,480 for the 2013 season.

That’s a devastating 57.9 percent drop in sales for the university.

In contrast, minus this season, the Lady Bears’ winning percentage steadily increased during your tenure, Milleson, from .367 in 2007-2008 to .727 in 2011-2012. If you don’t believe us, check out our graph on page 6.

Rather than saddling you with the blame for low attendance and bad ticket sales over the last several years, the university should also have born the burden and put more effort into marketing women’s basketball, rather than kicking a girl when she’s down and out.

What do you think of the firing of Lady Bears coach Nyla Milleson?

Cartoon by Rachel Brown

Steubenville, Ohio, and Torrington, Conn., are two small all-American towns east of the Mississippi River. Separated by approximately 500 miles, the two towns don’t seem at first glance to have much in common.

Steubenville, a town of 18,659 as of the 2010 Census, lies along the Ohio River. Torrington, which has nearly double the population, lies in the Naugatuck River Valley.

Though the two towns seem unremarkable, both have recently captured national attention for similar reasons — controversial rape cases involving the high schools’ football teams.

On Sunday, March 17, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old classmate at a party in the summer of 2012. In the case, the victim was intoxicated and lacked the ability to consent to sexual activity.

Pictures of the victim being carried away by Mays and Richmond, as well as of her passed out naked with bodily fluids on her, were circulated among attendees of the party and classmates. Some who were present at the party admitted to seeing the assaults, but they did nothing to try to stop it.

Mays, the quarterback of Steubenville’s powerhouse

This is the opinion of The Standard’s Editorial Board

Lindsey Howard Managing Editor football team, was sentenced to at least two years in a juvenile detention facility; Richmond, a wide receiver, was given a lighter sentence of at least one year.

Less than a week after Mays and Richmond were found guilty, three teenagers in Torrington have been accused of rape. Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, both 18, have been charged with sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor and illegal contact with a child in a February incident.

The victims are two 13-yearold girls. In addition, an unnamed 17-year-old has been accused of assaulting one of the girls last fall.

Though the victims allegedly were voluntarily involved in the encounters, at 13, they are too young to give consent, according to the law.

What’s two more rape cases when rape has become such a common occurrence, some people may ask. Sadly, there is an average of 207,754 victims of sexual assault each year, which amounts to someLetters and Guest Columns Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words and should include the author’s name, telephone number, address and class standing or position with the university. Anonymous letters will not be published. Guest column submissions are also welcome. The Standard reserves the right to edit all submissions for punctuation, spelling, length and good taste. Letters should be mailed to The Stan-

one being assaulted every two minutes, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the country’s largest anti-sexual violence organization.

However, the two cases highlight the role that social media has begun to play in such incidents. In both cases, the victims have been taunted, bullied, threatened and attacked over various social media platforms.

The day after the Steubenville verdict was handed down, two teenage girls were charged with threatening the victim in the case. One, a 16-year-old, was charged with aggravated menacing for threatening the life of the victim on Twitter. The other, 15, is charged for threatening bodily harm on Facebook.

In the Connecticut case, one of the victims, whose family learned of the incident and reported it to police has been accused of “snitching” on Twitter. Other tweets read “I hope you got what you wanted,” and “What was a 13-yearold girl doing hanging around with 18-year-old guys?” Still other tweets called the victims derogatory names.

This begs the question, why are we focusing so much on the ramifications of the future of the alleged rapists rather than the victims? Why have we become a culture that dard, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 or e-mailed to Standard@Missouri State.edu.

Editor’s note The Standard does not usually name minors involved in criminal cases in its coverage. However, both Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond have been named by other media outlets, and by Steubenville’s city government.

teaches people not to get raped rather than teaching people not to rape?

If the Steubenville and Torrington cases have taught us anything, it should be to remember that victims of rape did not choose to be assaulted.

These victims have suffered through a tragic experience that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Raping someone, however, is a choice; a conscious decision that a person is making that affects not only their own life, but their victim’s as well.

If their own future is ruined, that’s a choice that they made.

Hopefully, incidences of rape will become less of a problem. In the meantime, we must remain sympathetic to victims and, if we ever witness something we suspect may result in an assault, do whatever it takes to stop it.

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Tuesday

March 26, 2013

Calendar Tuesday, March 26

Edge Mobile Class: Learn It! SelfPaced Tutorials, 10 a.m.-noon, The Library Center, call for price Edge Mobile Class: Learn It! SelfPaced Tutorials, 1-3 p.m., The Library Center, call for price Writing through the senses: Dinner, Demo and Discussion, 68:15 p.m., PSU 312, free for students who RSVP SAC Concerts Presents: Coffee Shop Sound, 7-9 p.m., PSU first floor south lounge, free

Discover Missouri Natural Areas, 7-8 p.m., 4601 S. Nature Center Way, free

Spring Concerts Bands, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, free Lee Fields and the Expressions in concert, 8-11 p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $15 in advance COAL Lecture/Master Filmmaker Series: Krister Linder, 7-10 p.m., PSU Theater, cancelled

Wednesday, March 27 Oil Painting Demonstration with Peter Longley, 10 a.m., 2400 S. Scenic Ave., $5

Downtown book club, 5:30-7 p.m., Mother’s Brewing Company, free Jim Gaffigan: The White Bread Tour, 7 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $39.75-$49.75 Open Dancing, 8:30-10 p.m., The Savoy Ballroom, free

Thursday, March 28 Spring Holiday, no classes/offices open Winter Jam, 7-11:30 p.m., JQH Arena, $10 at the door

Friday, March 29

Spring Holiday, no classes/offices closed

Code 3 Sertoma Trivia Night, 6-10 p.m., Springfield Firefighters Local 152 Union Hall, $10 in advance, $15 at the door Jazz at The Tower featuring Kristi Merideth, 6-9 p.m., Hammons Tower, free with dinner purchase Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-12 “This Is Spinal Tap,” 8-10 p.m., The Gillioz Theatre, $5

Saturday, March 30

Spring Holiday, no classes/offices closed Enrichment EGGstravaganza, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Dickerson Park Zoo, free Nooner @ O.O.V.D.A. Winery, noon-4 p.m., O.O.V.D.A. Winery, free Three Days: A Dramatic Easter Story, 6:30 p.m., Praise Assembly of God, free Awolnation, 8-10 p.m., The Gillioz Theatre, $25 Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10 p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-12

Sunday, March 31

Spring Holiday, no classes/offices open Three Days: A Dramatic Easter Story, 10:30 a.m., Praise Assembly of God, free Open Dancing, 6-8:30 p.m., The Savoy Ballroom, free

8th Annual Easter Sunrise Celebration, 6:45-8:00 a.m., 955 E. Trafficway, free

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Sarah Greenbaum of Missouri State’s dance troupe, the Inertia Dance Company, performs on Friday, March 22, at Mabee Performing Arts Center at Drury University.

Dazzling dancers

‘Peep Show’ held at Drury showcases student talent

By Kelsie Nalley The Standard

Missouri State’s Theatre and Dance troupe, the Inertia Dance Company, performed its 2013 spring concert titled “Peep Show” Friday night at Drury University.

As the lights came on last Friday night, the concert opened with a colorful, fun and goofy piece titled “Mental Congestion,” choreographed by senior dance and performance major Sarah Greenbaum.

Darryl Clark, assistant professor of dance and company director, said this piece is partially entertaining for him because any student, from the dance majors all the way down to someone taking one dance class for a fun elective, can be

involved. This same piece will later be performed in an informal concert.

During the recital, Clark also performed one of his own choreographed pieces titled “Cotton Candy on a Rainy Sunday.”

As the concert proceeded, each of the eight pieces came to life with its own genre of music, unique costumes, and broad ranges of various forms of dance and creative movement. Each piece brought a different energy and excitement to the stage, making it easy to become fixated with each of the 13 dancer’s moves.

Clark said the reason he thinks the Inertia Dance Company is unique is because it is comprised of students from various u See DANCE page 10

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Melissa Huebner, left, and Madalyn Foley performed as part of Missouri State’s dance troupe, the Inertia Dance Company, Friday night at the Mabee Performing Arts Center.

Sharing struggles with monologues Multi-talented speaker, performer promotes acceptance of others

Briefs

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Groundskeeper Adam Edwards trims knockout roses on Thursday, March 21, behind McDonald Arena.

MSU recognized for reforestation efforts

The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Missouri State University as a Tree Campus USA, a program created to honor universities and colleges for exceptional forest management and for engaging student in conservation goals.

MSU has more than 2,200 trees on campus and has upheld Tree Campus USA’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures toward trees, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning projects.

For more information about the Tree Campus USA program, visit http://www.arborday.org/ TreeCampusUSA or contact Bob Eckels by phone at 417-836-6865 or by email at bobeckels@missouristate.edu.

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Tekki Lomnicki spoke to students about the awareness of dwarfism and disabilities last Thursday at 7 p.m. in Carrington Hall Auditorium.

Despite the winter storm Thursday evening, Tekki Lomnicki performed for the fifth time at Missouri State to spread awareness about dwarfism and disabilities.

This month the Disability Resource Center, in observance of both Women’s History Month, as well as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, invited performer, educator, playwright and director Lomnicki back to MSU on March 21.

Lomnicki, who was born with dwarfism, performed a set of solo monologues in the Carrington Auditorium. She also led a panel discussion the following evening on building community through performance and acceptance of those with disabilities.

Lomnicki’s performance put the spotlight entirely on herself, her concepts of judgment and stereotyping, and the struggles that those with disabilities face. And through comedy, as well as a profound depth of emotion, she showed how the everyman views those seemingly different from oneself.

Her act “Projections,” which begins with Lomnicki singing the lyrics “Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me,” shows her casting her own fears upon an innocent Muslim man on a plane ride just one week after Sept. 11, 2001.

Her performance of “Paper Doll” also has her reacting to a number of the stereotypes we place upon “little people” and her struggles with being honest with society and herself in the face of her disability.

Lomnicki has developed some sense of humor regarding her condition, but she said it was very important in finding the person she is today.

“I was in group therapy and there was one woman in my group who was heavyset and she was complaining about being fat,” she said.

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Student members of Alpha Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon participated in the Fight for Fashion fundraiser event Wednesday in the Plaster Student Union Theater to support a local nonprofit organization, Harmony House, in aiding survivors of domestic violence.

Students strut their stuff with purpose

By Peyson Shields The Standard

Toe, heel, toe, heel. Back straight, head up. Strut. Strut. Strut.

It was model behavior at the “Fight for Fashion” show hosted by Alpha Chi Omega, Wednesday,

March 20, in the Plaster Student Union Theater.

The scarlet red and olive green sorority put on a dazzling show to benefit the local organization Harmony House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence.

Ciara Day is the outreach coordinator for Harmony House and praised the sorority for its efforts in helping the organization.

“Alpha Chi Omega is our number one sorority for logging community service hours and raising awareness,” Day said, adding that

Alpha Chi logged more than 250 community service hours this past year — more than some staff members. “Alpha Chi helps out financially, but more than that, they help raise awareness for the Harmony House and domestic violence. They do little fundraisers and events that

we don’t even know about. They are awesome.”

The fashion show highlighted clothing from local downtown boutiques during the first half of the show. The second half of the show

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By Sam Holzer The Standard

With the dismissal of Nyla Milleson and her staff last week, it’s a new era of Missouri State Lady Bears basketball, and MSU President Clif Smart didn’t hold back when speaking about the decision.

“Our fans expect the Lady Bears to compete for conference championships every year, play and win postseason games, and play harder and smarter than their opponents.

So do I,” Smart said at the press conference announcing that Milleson had been fired. “It is part of thinking bigger and bolder and never settling for mediocrity. To

achieve that standard in women’s But freshman Tristan Burger, basketball, changes are necessary. who is in Maroon Madness and is Sometimes that means making hard an avid MSU sports aficionado, decisions.” grew to understand the decision as The he thought more announcement about it.

I was surprised when I of the firings “I was surfirst heard it, but after caught a lot of prised when I first thinking about it for people by surheard it, but after prise. There was thinking about it awhile I guess I could initial shock for awhile I guess understand the logic and confusion, I could understand behind it. as Milleson the logic behind Tristan Burger orchestrated a it,” Burger said.

Maroon Madness member 105-87 record “And I have total in her tenure at faith in Kyle MSU and led the team to a 2012 Moats and the entire athletic direcMissouri Valley Conference regu- tor’s office and their decision maklar-season championship. ing and their thought process

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Women’s Golf, 8 a.m., UALR Classic in Hot Springs, Ark.

Baseball, 6:30 p.m. vs. Kansas CANCELLED

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Baseball, 6:30 p.m. vs. Indiana State

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Baseball, 1 p.m. vs. Indiana State

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Men’s golf, 8:30 a.m., ASU Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, Ark.

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Swimmer to compete at NCAA Championships

Sophomore swimmer Paul Le will compete this week at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis.

The championships will be held Thursday, March 28, to Saturday, March 30. Le will compete in the 200 individual medley, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.

He is only the sixth Bear to qualify for NCAAs and the first since 2005.

Track & field Bears earn personal bests in Mississippi

The track and field team competed at the Mississippi State Conference Challenge last weekend in Starkville, Miss. Eight Bears notched personal best times and distances.

Freshmen Holly Pattie-Belleli, Oarabile Babolayi, Betsy Borgsmiller and Robiann Broomfield; sophomores Shawnisha Damisch and Haley Scott; junior Gemma Smith; and senior Kimsue Grant all beat their previous records.

The track and field team hits the road Saturday, March 30, for Carbondale, Ill. It will compete in the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, which is set to begin at 9:30 a.m.

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behind it, and I really think they’re pointing us in the right direction.”

Burger recognizes that these decisions are tough but also realizes they’re sometimes needed.

“Even though I’m saddened by it, I did like Coach Milleson a lot and I did like her staff. I do understand how things work sometimes, and if we weren’t going in the right direction in their opinion, then they made that decision based on what they thought,” Burger said.

Lorene Tavernier is an avid basketball fan, and she and her husband have held season tickets to the Lady Bears for approximately 20

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Bears take Indiana State, fall to UMKC Team beats Sycamores but loses two games to UMKC Kangaroos

By Mike Ursery The Standard

The Missouri State Bears dropped both games of a doubleheader against the UMKC Kangaroos on March 19 at Killian Field.

MSU lost game one 2-1, and then lost game two by a 7-2 score.

The Bears were in both games due to great pitching from sophomore Chelsea Jones and freshman Jessie Van Es, but their inability to score runs and a couple of bad breaks were the deciding factors in both games.

“We were right there in both games,” head coach Holly Hesse said. “We had runners on in nearly every inning and even outhit UMKC in game two. We couldn’t come up with any clutch hits when we needed them.”

Jones went the distance in the first game. She gave up two runs and nine hits while striking out three UMKC batters.

MSU scored their lone run in the first inning when junior Heather Duckworth lined a pitch over the outfield wall for a solo home run. It

was her second one this season.

UMKC plated both of their runs in the third inning. The runs were scored on an infield single by UMKC third baseman Marlee Maples. Maples hit a soft grounder to Jones and beat the throw to senior first baseman Stevie Pierce.

MSU had chances to score in the bottom-half of the third inning, but they were not able to convert. Senior right fielder Caitlin Chapin led with a single, and junior second baseman Ashley Brentz followed with a walk. MSU would follow with a fielder’s choice and two popups to end the inning.

UMKC began the second game with three consecutive hits and scored a run. UMKC scored their second run in the fourth inning with a solo home run by Caitlin Christopher.

MSU had two runners on base with no outs in four different innings, but they were able to score only two runs. Both runs came in the fourth inning when senior leftfielder Lauren Eisenreich led off the

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Opting for the college experience Freshman drafted by St. Louis Cardinals but decides to attend MSU

By Sam Holzer The Standard

Bears outfielder Tate Matheny has received far more hype, pressure and attention than most incoming freshman. But so far, Matheny has maintained his level-headed approach and has played up to his lofty expectations.

After leading Westminster Christian Academy to consecutive Missouri Class 3 state titles, Matheny was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2012 MLB Draft. Tate’s father, Mike, is also the current manager for the St. Louis Cardinals and was a standout catcher in the Major Leagues for 13 years. The elder Matheny was considered one of the most well-regarded defensive catchers in his era, as he amassed four National League Gold Glove Awards over the span of his career.

But Tate put the opportunity to play professional baseball on the back-burner and opted for the college experience.

“This is something you can never get back. You skip out on the whole college thing and you don’t get it back,” Matheny said. “You don’t get another chance to play with a team like this and I love every one of these guys, and I’d do

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inning with a single. Sophomore catcher Rebecca McPherson followed with a walk, and both runners later scored on a double by freshman infielder Bethany Sullinger.

Disaster struck in the top-half of the seventh inning. UMKC scored four runs on three errors by MSU. The first run scored on a throwing error by Duckworth as she tried to throw to senior shortstop Kirsten Cutter who was standing on third base to tag a UMKC runner. The throw missed and the runner scored.

The second throwing error occurred as Cutter this time tried throwing to Duckworth, but the throw missed.

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Missouri State freshman outfielder Tate Matheny was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, but opted for the college experience and the chance to play for the Bears instead.

anything for them. And every day here makes me feel like I’ve made the right decision.”

And according to Matheny, his father has been huge in helping guide him, but it was ultimately his own decision to play college baseball.

“At the end of the day, it was up to me. He didn’t push me one way gle. The third error occurred as UMKC plated one more run on a fielding error by Brentz.

MSU currently leads the all-time series against UMKC 31-10 The Bears were scheduled to play a doubleheader against the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan. on March 21, but it was postponed due to inclement weather.

MSU returned to conference play with a three-game series against the Indiana State Sycamores in Terri Haute, Ind. on March 22 and March 23.

Pierce hit a three-run shot in the first game, and McPherson had a two-RBI single, but MSU lost the first game in a come-from-behind victory by Indiana State. The Sycamore scored seven runs in the sixth inning to put the game away.

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or the other, he just helped guide my decision,” Matheny said. “He didn’t make me do one thing, but he just helped me make the wise choice. And he’s just been a huge influence on my career so far and he will continue to be.”

Although Matheny has a bright future in baseball ahead of him, he didn’t always have aspirations of

the second game of the series.

Pierce hit an RBI single in the first inning, and Eisenreich drove the first pitch of her at-bat over the leftfield wall for her second home run of the season.

The Bears took the series with a 9-5 win in the third game. Freshman first baseman Mary Stephens and Eisenreich each had RBI-singles in the first inning, and Chapin followed with a two-out triple to rightcenter that scored two more.

Brentz hit an RBI double in the fourth inning, and freshman catcher Braxton Coil singled up the middle in the fifth to score two more runs.

The Bears will return home on March 29 through April 3 for a five-game homestand at Killian Field. MSU will play a three-game series against Drake on March 29 and March 30, including a double-

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“I played hockey in high school a bunch. That was what I thought I was going to do for a long time,” he said. “But in my junior and senior year I finally decided that this is where I’m supposed to be. This is where God is leading me to play.

And I think that he was the reason that I came here and the reason that

I play baseball. And I think that was the plan from the get go.”

Head coach Keith Guttin said he feels like Matheny has acclimated well to the college scene.

“He mixes well. He gets along well. You don’t really hear him talking about ‘my dad’s a manager’ and those types of things,” Guttin said. “He’s just one of the guys.”

So far this season, Matheny has flourished. Through March 25, he’s batting .383 with two home runs and 14 RBI. He also hasn’t made an error in 20 games played.

“I feel like I’ve been doing my job. I’ve been going out there and working my butt off and trying to do whatever I can for the team,” he said. “And hopefully the other guys think that I’ve been contributing in a way that makes the team better.”

Guttin said he’s also been pleased with Matheny’s approach and level of play.

“He’s got very good instincts for the game. And he kinda plays with a maturity beyond being a freshman,” Guttin said. “He got a little baptism the first game or two, but after that he’s been real solid.”

Senior pitcher Grant Gordon has also been impressed by Matheny.

“Tate’s really stepped it up.

He’s coming in and hitting the ball, and he’s done really what he’s needed to,” Gordon said. “He’s a good guy to have around the dugout and just a fun player. Good defensive guy too; I love having him out there.”

Matheny has the tools to get another shot at playing professional baseball. But for now, he’s just going to take it one game at a time while soaking in the college experience.

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Missouri State’s Blake Ryan celebrates his goal against Mizzou with his teammate Alex Nanna on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Mediacom Ice Park.

Hockey looks to recruiting Ice Bears focus on next season’s team

By Tim Godfrey The Standard

In 2012, the goal that head coach Bob Bucher had for the Missouri State Ice Bears was to make it to the Regional Tournament. That dream was accomplished and then some when the team came within one game of making it to the National Tournament — all while dominating opposing teams in the win-loss (24-4) and the goals for-goals against columns (221-73).

In 2013, the goal that Bucher has for the Ice Bears is simple: do it again, except this time, make it to the National Tournament.

But before the team can get started on their journey to Nationals, everyone needs to put in the hard work in the offseason, including Bucher.

While his current players are working hard to improve their skill-set, Bucher is working hard to improve the team

through recruiting.

Although the team had a major turnaround last year, Bucher’s recruiting trail, which he has been on for the past three weeks, will not be an easy one. Some recruits are looking for teams who can offer athletic scholarships to NCAA Division I collegiate teams.

“The recruiting process; I’m not going to Bucher say it’s easy because it’s not. We’re a club team at a state university and unable to compete with some of the private universities in terms of giving out (athletic scholarships),” Bucher said.

Since the Ice Bears hockey team is a club at Missouri State, they are not fully funded by the university, but are

allowed the maximum $5,000 amount provided by the Student Organization Funding Allocation Council.

“We are extremely grateful for the SOFAC funding,” Ice Bears General Manager Stan Melton said.

Melton, who oversees the finances of the team, said that normally, public university hockey teams in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, which is the governing body for teams not playing in the NCAA, are not fully funded and the teams are “primarily funded by members of the club and other funding sources,” like local business sponsorships, such as Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub, and revenue from ticket sales. Melton also said that, like regular students, the hockey players could apply for academic scholarships.

But Bucher is not just recruiting young men to play hockey, he is also recruiting students looking to receive a better education.

“There are kids that do see Missouri State as a better education (destination) than the other colleges they’re choosing from,” Bucher said.

Having a successful team last year doesn’t hurt when attracting recruits, either.

“The fact that we were at Regionals this year certainly helped us; more importantly, the fact that we got knocked out of Regionals by the eventual National Champions, and, oh by the way, we lost 4-2 and gave them a better game than the games they played at Nationals,” Bucher said.

But Missouri State is not the only place to find great academics and a successful hockey team. These tangibles are offered to young hockey recruits every day, so what do the Missouri State Ice Bears offer that’s different from the rest of the university hockey teams?

“The biggest things are the family atmosphere, the fan base we have and certainly, I would say, the increased school support,” Bucher said.

Although Bucher’s been on the recruiting trail for three weeks, he still has miles to go before the start of next season.

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This summer a Missouri State student will embark on a mission to discuss the realities of oppression and injustice inflicted upon refugees in Burma, while on a bicycle.

Sabrina Storms, a sophomore kinesiology major, is one of 15 cyclists who will travel from Seattle, Wash., to New York City, N.Y., a distance of up to 3,000 miles.

“I tell myself with God’s power he is going to strengthen me,” she said. “ I’m going to make it across America, and I’m going to change lives. I’m becoming a part of something so much bigger than myself.”

Starting June 9, Storms and the other cyclists will be stopping at local churches, schools and communities, spreading the gospel across 43 cities. They will lead devotions, have worship and raise awareness and funds for the Just Hope Mission.

“The Just Hope Mission is a mission to stop the injustices in Southeast Asia,” she said. “We rescue kids out of sex trade and slavery. Once we rescue them we put them in a safe home, feed them, clothe them and give them an education.”

To accomplish this mission, Storms has to raise money by reaching out to people and businesses to gain sponsorship.

“I have to raise $5,250. I go around to businesses, and they can sponsor me for however much they want,” she said. “When a business sponsors me, I put their website link on my website. For individuals, I list their names on my website, to give them credit.”

During the next three months Storms is on a strict training regimen to prepare

physically for her mission.

“I do Hot Yoga, because it’s really important to stay flexible, keep those muscles stretched out, so you can prevent injuries, and it’s just a great exercise all together,” she said. “Plus I’m cycling. I cycle about 30 miles a day, and other days depending; I will cycle up to 60 miles today. Then I lift weights 3-5 times a week.”

Not only does she have to train her body physically, Storms also needs to focus her mind for the mental challenge that comes with the mission.

“Mentally, I’m really handing it over to God. I have a lot of faith in him,” she said. “I’ve been praying about it, reading up on my Bible studies and just telling myself I can do it.”

Lawrence Tyson, a sophomore marketing, advertising and promotions major and friend of Storms, said he is excited for her to begin her journey across the U.S. “It’s so exciting that Sabrina is about to travel across America, because I know that she will spread the gospel and touch so many lives,” he said.

“It’s great to know that my friend is able to do something so spectacular and I know that God will work through her.”

As a cyclist for the Just Hope Mission, Storms is also required to keep and maintain a blog recording the events of her journey. Storms will blog about the people she meets, share the stories she comes across, and show her sponsors and friends the progress she is making.

Storms’ blog will be up when she embarks on her journey, but for now her website is https://www.sabrinajusthopemissiontour.com.

The expedition will begin in June and conclude sometime mid-August.

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Continued from page 6 years. But she has chosen to not purchase season tickets the last two years. The news of Milleson being fired didn’t really catch Tavernier off guard.

“I wasn’t real surprised,” Tavernier said. “I was real happy when they hired her — I thought it was a good hire. We had watched her when she was at Drury, and she did very well there. The last couple of years, to be honest, I just didn’t really like how she ran the team. You have to win.”

The Lady Bears went 14-17 this past season, while finishing up 2012 with a record of 24-9 and a regularseason MVC championship.

According to Athletics Director Kyle Moats, finances were a large factor in the change of leadership.

Moats said that the season ticket sales have been down.

MSU lost $442,244 in season ticket revenue from 2008 to 2013, and season ticket sales were down from 3,514 in 2008 to 1,480 for the 2013 season, Moats said in an email.

But for Tavernier, the team performance wasn’t the only reason that she stopped purchasing season tickets.

“After they moved over to The Q from the Hammons Student Center, the ticket prices got very, very high,” Tavernier said. “And in order to get decent seats in the building there were requirements to pay extra seat assessments, and I just wasn’t willing to do that at the time. And I’m still not.”

The price of season tickets range from $60 for bleacher seats if you’re MSU faculty or staff, to $259 for better seating if you’re an adult or child.

Some fans are clamoring for the likes of Cheryl Burnett or Jackie Stiles to become the new head coach.

Moats has already dismissed the Burnett rumors.

“We talked to Cheryl, and Cheryl is perfectly content and happy doing what she’s doing right now,” Moats said.

Burger said he feels like the team could benefit from a coach with expe-

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What’s next for the Lady Bears?

Former head coach Nyla Milleson and the entire assistant coaching staff were fired on Monday, March 18.

Casey Hunt, senior associate athletics director, will oversee day-to-day duties of the program until a new head coach is named.

Missouri State has started a national search for the new head coach and has a short list of candidates it’s interested in, according to Kyle Moats, director of athletics.

Moats said he will not speak publicly about the coaching position until a new coach has been named.

rience.

“I would like to see a coach with experience,” Burger said. “And a coach that really has the ability to connect with the young players and how they think and really motivate them in a way that sometimes is really difficult.”

For Tavernier, the ability to recruit well is a quality that the next coach should possess.

“We need for them to get somebody in that has run a top-notch program,” Tavernier said. “We may have to pay them more, but we need someone to come in that has a good record and a good background of winning and recruiting. I don’t think our recruiting for the last five or six years has been very good.”

There’s much shock, confusion and speculation swirling around the Lady Bears right now, but one thing is certain: it’s a new beginning, and things are changing.

Nyla Milleson could not be reached for comment on this story.

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Top: Lady Bears head coach Nyla Milleson leads the team in a cheer during a timeout against Northern Kentucky on Dec. 1 at JQH Arena. Bottom: Milleson yells at the Lady Bears during their game against Oklahoma State on Nov. 13 at JQH Arena. Milleson was fired on Monday, March 18, after the Lady Bears lost the play-in game of the MVC tournament.

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Elizabeth March of Missouri State’s dance troupe, Inertia, stretches before the troupe’s performance on Friday, March 22, at Mabee Performing Arts Center at Drury University.

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degrees within the Department of Theatre and Dance. They are not all strictly dance majors; some of the students are majoring in different areas, such as theatre studies, and then there are some students who are getting a minor in dance or theater.

“Having such a wide range of talents makes the concerts more exciting because everyone brings

something different and special to the performance,” Clark said.

These students get to take classes to learn how to choreograph large dances (a minimum of five dancers) and then get to apply those skills in real life when they get to choreograph pieces for performances for themselves and/or the other dancers in their company.

The company was founded in 1992 by MSU emeritus faculty member Rhythm McCarthy and emeritus staff member Ray Castrey. In the first nine years alone, Inertia worked with over 28,000

K-5 students. Recently, the students have expressed a desire to work with high school students and to do more public performances.

The rest of the 2013 season includes performances in Springfield, West Plains and Chicago.

The proceeds from the spring concert will go to help benefit the company’s travel funds for the year.

Next week, the company will be traveling to the (Central Region) American College Dance Festival, hosted at Southeast Missouri State. The region includes

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begin as soon as next fall, but could also be a year or

more down the road still.

Moats said that Smart has the final say on the matter and if their April 30 recommendation were to

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five states: Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana.

The conference will include three judged dance concerts with three nationally acclaimed dance artists, two informal concerts and a gala performance open to the public on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast’s River Campus.

Over the course of four days, approximately 400 students from 22 colleges and universities will take dozens of dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, contemporary, hip-hop and other styles with artist-scholars and have their

be accepted, then it would be possible the new sport could begin fall 2013.

Since this sport is for the students, Moats said student feedback is important in this decision as well.

According to Moats, a student survey will be sent out the first week of April asking students to give their two-cents on what the camp are what lay ahead for the second-year coach who has big goals for both the Division II and Division III Ice Bear teams.

“We want both our teams

choreography and performances judged by nationally recognized dance professionals in formal and informal concerts.

In May, the company will be holding a performance at the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago, Ill. Clark said he is looking forward to this concert because they will be right in the heart of where he began his career as a dancer.

Clark said the company doesn’t stop when the school year ends. It will be practicing for a performance held in September at the West Plains Campus.

school should do.

With the future of Missouri State’s sports program evolving, Moats said to also be on the lookout for other improvements in the area of athletics, although not in the near future.

As discussed at the March 7-8 Board of Governors retreat, Moats said to look for improvements in (D-2, D-3) shooting for a national championship,” Bucher said. “With the talent on both teams currently, and the talent that will be coming in, myself and the rest of the

athletic facilities — such as the football stadium and track and soccer facilities — and enhancements to current intramural and student recreation fields.

To learn more about what Missouri State’s athletic department has to offer, visit http://www.missouristatebears.com/ot/athleticscommunications.html.

coaching staff, we have to make sure we are putting everyone in the right places to make those teams as strong as possible to make those runs.”

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couple who has filed suit against their son’s public school district because he wasn’t allowed to use the women’s restroom at school, according to an article by The New York Times.

Their six-year-old son, Coy, was born a boy, but now identifies as a girl. Coy was allowed to use the women’s restroom at school, but was later told by administrators that she could only use a gender-neutral bathroom. Her parents are now suing the school for discrimination.

Just recently, Arizona lawmaker Rep. John Kavanagh introduced an amendment to a bill in the state’s legislature to prohibit people from using the bathroom that doesn’t match the sex on their birth certificates.

Penni Groves, MSU’s general counsel, said that she is not aware of a law in the state of Missouri that prohibits a man from using a women’s restroom, or vice versa. There is a statute, however, that does require places of public amusement to have an equal number of “water closets” for both sexes.

Missouri statute 701.450 states that “there shall be provided an equal number of water closets for women as there are the number of water closets and urinals provided for men, and there shall be provided an equal number of diaper changing stations for

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from the Defense Department or the National Guard,” Kautzman said. “But students are certainly happy to have the program reinstated.”

Staff Sgt. Charles A. Cloud, campus recruiter with the Missouri National Guard, said the loss of federal tuition assistance hit some students harder than others.

“In the National Guard, we take a little bit of a hit, but we still

men as there are the number provided for women.”

Groves said she was not aware this statute existed until MSU began planning to build JQH Arena a few years ago.

“We originally wanted to put in more women’s restrooms,” she said. “But because of the statute, we were forced to change that.”

Springfield City Attorney Dan Wichmer also said that there isn’t a state law preventing members of the opposite sex from using the same bathroom.

“If a person thought that the only reason the user was there (in the bathroom) was to be an exhibitionist, there could be an argument that there is an act of indecent exposure,” he said. “That would require that a person is there only to ‘flash’ people.”

The city doesn’t have any policies about what sex should use what bathroom, he said.

“The only prohibition we have in the city about actual usage of a bathroom, by anyone, is that you cannot have sex in a public restroom,” he said.

Missouri State also doesn’t have a direct policy about if men are prohibited from using the women’s restroom and vice versa, said Ken Coopwood, vice president for diversity and inclusion, in an email.

Because there isn’t a clear policy, it can create problems for transsexual and transgender students on campus, like Michael Scott, a junior music major.

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Scott was born a woman, but after coming out in high school, he began the femaleto-male transition, including therapy sessions, changing his legal information, hormone replacement therapy and physical surgeries.

“I’ve always felt a disconnect between my body and my brain,” he said. “I’ve always been a boy as far back as I can remember, even if my body never agreed with me.”

Scott has never been asked to use a separate bathroom at MSU, but he said he, and many other students who identify as transgender, have experienced shaming, insults and verbal harassment in the bathroom.

“Questions such as ‘Are you sure this is the right bathroom?’ or ‘Shouldn’t you be in the other bathroom?’ can and often do get thrown around by somebody offended by a transgender person’s presence in the bathroom,” he said. “Questions like that cut deep, and can make a transgender person too afraid to use any public bathroom at all.”

Scott personally uses the men’s restrooms, but if he has the opportunity, he said he prefers to use a gender-neutral or family bathroom. However, because many MSU buildings are older, they only offer men’s and women’s restrooms right now.

“Current building structures can’t be changed just to include a gender neutral bathroom,” he said. “Newer buildings, however, can and should include at least one gender-

What is tuition assistance?

Military Tuition Assistance is a benefit paid to eligible members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Cost Guard.

Congress has given each service the ability to pay up to 100 percent for the tuition expenses of its members.

Source: https://www.military.com

have state tuition assistance that we can offer,” Cloud said.

The National Guard is both state and federally employed.

Unlike other branches of mili-

tary, they receive financial aid at both levels.

State tuition assistance for active-duty National Guard students is $4,500 — equal to the

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Where can I find more information about transgender health, advocacy and human rights?

• Family Acceptance Project http://familyproject.sfsu.edu • FTMInternational www.ftmi.org

• Gender Education & Advocacy http://gender.org • Gender Spectrum www.genderspectrum.org • National Center for Transgender Equality http://transequality.org • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gay Transgender Network http://community.pflag.org • Transgender Law Center www.transgenderlawcenter.org/cms • TransYouth Family Allies http://imatyfa.org/aboutus/index.html • World Professional Association for Transgender Health www.wpath.org

Source: American Psychological Association

federal amount that was cut.

The National Guard is the only branch of military that responds to state and federal emergencies, Cloud said.

“Our main mission is Missouri,” he said. “The Joplin tornado, we got called up to help with that. The National Guard also helped with Katrina and Superstorm Sandy.”

Like many of the budget cuts, a major concern with TA was the uncertainty of how long the cuts would last.

“We had no idea when, or if, it was going to be passed that (students) could get it back,” Cloud

said.

Cloud said all National Guard students set up classes and receive tuition assistance through GoArmyEd, an online registration tool that also confirms eligibility for the TA program.

“Students put their class schedule in, the government looks at it and decides, yes, this is a legitimate student, and (the government) pays the school tuition assistance for those classes,” he said.

In addition to tuition assistance, military students can apply for all the same financial aid offered to non-military students.

neutral space to accommodate not only transgender and gender variant people, but also cisgendered (those whose gender and physical sex match up) people who aren’t comfortable using a multipurpose bathroom.

“While MSU has been taking active steps to make life easier for its transgender students, there is still a long way to go,” Scott said, adding that he’d like to see gender-neutral housing and transgenderthemed medical care at Taylor Health and Wellness in MSU’s future.

Currently there are no bathrooms on MSU’s Springfield campus that are labeled gender-neutral, but there are some restrooms that both sexes can use, said Terry Roland, a project manager in MSU’s Office of Planning, Design and Construction.

Restrooms that are labeled male and female are in some ResLife buildings, such as the single-stall public restrooms on the first floor of Freudenberger Hall, Roland said.

Coopwood said he anticipates MSU will “include considerations for gender-neutral facilities” in the future.

For a list of some of the gender-neutral bathrooms available in Missouri visit https://safe2pee.org, a public site where anyone can register a bathroom that is genderneutral and handicap accessible. For more information on the need for gender-neutral bathrooms, visit https://amplifyyourvoice.org/ youthresource and click on its Gender Neutral FAQs page.

“Students can fill out FAFSA, there are all kinds of scholarships,” Cloud said. “And the tuition assistance would be on top of anything else they qualify for.”

Federal TA for active duty students will be available at least through Sept. 30. If the federal cut is reapplied, National Guard students still have state tuition assistance available.

Military students needing help setting up financial aid can contact Veteran Student Services at 417-836-6199 or visit their office on the third floor of Carrington.

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Welcome center to be hub for campus visitors Students, administrators work together to help build idea, develop support

By Nicolette Martin The Standard

To complement the recently completed official Missouri State University vehicular entrance at the corner of National Avenue and Monroe Street, plans are in motion for another addition for those visiting campus.

A campus welcome center at the corner of National Avenue and Monroe Street — to which the general response is “universally in favor,” according to President Clif Smart — sits just beyond the horizon.

According to Smart, the initial study for the center has been done and the parameters have been set out.

The center will be a place where all visitors to camSmart pus would come, where campus tours would start and would include a 100-seat theater, reception area, large gathering space and some offices, Smart said.

“We will be hiring an architect to do the detailed drawings in the next 30-plus days,” Smart said.

“We are confident we can raise the money necessary for its construction.”

The center would potentially cost $4 million and would primarily be funded by private donations, according to Smart.

Doug Sampson, director of Planning, Design and Construction, said at this point in the design process — which is still very early — it looks like the center will be about a 12,000-squarefoot facility.

Sampson said, however, work on the “look” of the facility has not started yet, and that the goal is to put the project out for bid prior to the end of the calendar year with a 10-12 month construction period, hopefully starting no later than the beginning of 2014.

According to Smart, a large

group of people, including four students — Student Government Association President Paige Oxendine, Board of Governors Student Representative Paige Jenkins, SGA Director of Academic Affairs Brittany Donnellan and Graduate Assistant for Student Affairs Katelynn James — were involved with discussions about a welcome center, a building that stems from the need of a centrally-located, signature building where prospective students all initially come to the university.

James said that there have been welcome center committees developed in the past to “help build the idea, bring in voices from across the campus and Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARD develop support for the project,” The main vehicular entrance to Missouri State is at the corner of National Avenue and Monroe Street. but that this specific committee A campus welcome center will be constructed in the same area as a central gathering point for cam— which also includes President Smart, Vice President of Student pus visitors. “hard to locate and has no space Affairs Earle Doman, Sampson, to gather.”

Vice President of Administrative Following its completion, all Services Ken McClure, Associate visitors would gather and campus Vice President of Administrative tours would begin at the welcome Services Matthew Morris and center. A theater for campus preChief Financial Officer Steve sentations would be available to Foucart — has been meeting since the Office of Admissions in the January. center, so everything for campus “This committee has been put tours would be located in one area together to discuss the options of and not spanned across campus a welcome center and its location (the Office of Admissions curon our campus, and what funcrently gives presentations in the tions/departments would work out PSU). of this building,” James said.

The center will also have “Some of the main things in the options for expansion down the discussion are the location of the line that could include a large building, what that means for the banquet hall for on-campus and area we are looking to build the off-campus people to host events, building and what that will look according to James. like five to 10 years down the Those involved in the process line.” think the welcome center will be a The location — the corner of great addition to campus.

National Avenue and Monroe “I think having a welcome cenStreet — was selected since it’s ter for Missouri State University near the new vehicular entrance would be a wonderful addition for for the campus, according to our prospective students and famSampson. ilies,” James said. “There are “We want this to be an easy Source: President Smart many things that could be includbuilding for visitors to find and ed in the building, and I think this get into,” Sampson said. “Along National Avenue also provides the sity. It will be a building designed All visitors to campus current- is just a starting point for even opportunity to present a very to reflect the quality of MSU and ly come to the second floor of greater positive movement for our strong focal point for the univer- be identified with MSU.” Carrington, which Smart said is campus.”

What will the welcome center include?

• Start of campus tours • 100-seat theater • Reception area

• Large gathering space • Offices

Bears suit up for spring Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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17 starters return for 2013 season, compete for positions

By Mike Ursery The Standard

The Missouri State Bears football team began its spring drills on March 20 at Plaster Sports Complex with 17 starters returning from the 2012 season, but many of the starting positions are still wide open.

While MSU is graduating 13 seniors in May, 17 starters from the 2012 roster are returning for the 2013 season, including sophomore quarterback Kierra Harris and FCS All-American junior strong safety Caleb Schaffitzel.

“We’re fortunate this year because we have so many starters returning,” head coach Terry Allen said. “Since the number of starters has been established, hopefully we can do a little bit more with the offense and defense, scheme-wise.”

The Bears will conduct 15 practices over a span of 34 days this spring, including practice scrimmages on April 6 and April 13, and the annual Maroon and White Game on April 20.

The MSU coaching staff will use these practices to evaluate players on the roster and determine where to place them on the team depth chart.

“Ultimately, spring is an opportunity to evaluate and try to get your best 22 players on the field. That’s the number one goal of spring,” Allen said.

Even with so many starters returning, some of the positions have yet to be settled, including quarterback.

While Harris has been named the starter early on, junior Ashton Glaser will still compete for the position, Allen said.

“Kierra (Harris) at this point is our starter. He started the final four

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Missouri State football head coach Terry Allen takes questions from the media at the first spring practice for the Bears at Plaster Sports Complex. The team has 17 starters returning to play this season, but many positions, including quarterback, are still wide open. or five games for us last season, but Ashton (Glaser) is going to compete with him. Hopefully that makes each of them better because they are competing,” Allen said.

MSU is not returning any starting tight ends from a year ago. Last season, senior Matt Thayer was the starting tight end, but he now leaves the position up for grabs.

There are also only three offensive linemen returning in 2013.

Senior Kurt Kutter and juniors Zack Cooley and Richard Galbierz will return with the responsibility of protecting Harris while he is behind the line of scrimmage.

Senior Kyle Hahn, junior Jordan Rainey and redshirt freshman Riley Shantz are among the likely candidates to be starters, but Allen has noted that the competition is wide open at this point.

Competition is also wide open

for the outside linebacker position.

Junior Nick Canavan is the only starting outside linebacker from last season. This leaves an opportunity for sophomore Rufus Sullivan and redshirt freshmen Rique Bentley and Dylan Cole to stake a claim for the chance to start.

Spring drills will end on April 20 with the annual Maroon and White Game at Plaster Sports Complex.

This scrimmage is used to see how

the team has progressed throughout spring practice.

Allen has indicated that one thing the coaching staff is considering doing is splitting the players up into two different teams by way of a draft. This is one of the ways they are looking to make the game more competitive.

The Maroon and White Game and all spring practices are open to the public and admission is free.

MSU Bears football spring practice schedule Tuesday, March 26

3:10 p.m.

Practice #3 (shells)

Wednesday, April 10

3:10 p.m.

Practice #10

Tuesday, April 2

3:10 p.m.

Practice #5

Saturday, April 13

9:00 a.m.

Scrimmage #2

Friday, April 5

3:10 p.m.

Practice #7

Thursday, April 18

3:10 p.m.

Practice #14 (helmets)

Wednesday, March 27 Wednesday, April 3 Saturday, April 6 Tuesday, April 9

3:10 p.m.

3:10 p.m.

9:30 a.m.

3:10 p.m.

Practice #4 (partial scrimmage)

Practice #6

Scrimmage #1 Practice #9

Friday, April 12

Tuesday, April 16

Saturday, April 20

3:10 p.m.

3:10 p.m.

TBA

Practice #11

Practice #13

Maroon & White Game

* All practices and scrimmages will take place at Plaster Sports Complex Source: https://missouristatebears.com

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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ not your typical script

When the president is kidnapped and the White House is invaded, who you gonna call? Gerard Butler!

In “Olympus Has Fallen,” former presidential guard Mike Banning (Butler) finds himself as the last man standing between a terrorist organization bent on destroying the United States and the nation’s salvation. As the only eyes and ears for the acting president (Morgan Freeman), he will stop at nothing to rescue the president (Aaron Eckhart) and avert an international catastrophe.

It may sound like just another “an exspecial forces agent must save (insert important person) when (insert terrorist group) to stop (insert disaster),” and in all honesty, that is exactly the kind of film I expected “Olympus Has Fallen” to be. Yet, I was satisfyingly surprised.

The action was intense and unforgiving, the plot believable, the characters likable and surprisingly funny.

As far as I can tell — not being an expert — everything seemed pretty accurate, which I think is important for a movie like this one. There was no little detail that pulled me out of the story and made me question why something was happening or how that just happened.

Most of this probably comes down to the director, Antoine Fuqua. Fuqua, known for other movies such as “Training Day,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Shooter” and “Brooklyn’s Finest,” is notorious for going to great lengths to make sure he is technically accurate. It is his attention to detail, coupled with the strong scripts, that tend to make Fuqua’s movies so

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good.

The invasion sequence was one of the most intense parts of a movie I’ve seen in a while. Perhaps it’s the state of the world at the moment or perhaps it was just really well done, or maybe I just really enjoyed it, but watching a scenario in which our capital was devastated, was a little unnerving.

No matter what your view on this country is, the idea that this could happen is scary. Yes, I know “Olympus Has Fallen,” is just an action thriller starring Gerard Butler, but it made me feel a little more patriotic walking out of the theater.

Imagine it as “Team America: World Police” if it was made with real people and not by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

Patriotic, but not ‘Merica.

Bottom line is “Olympus Has Fallen” is a solid, action-packed thriller with enough one-liners to make the tension bearable. It has a fantastic script, a great director and talented actors. It’s well worth a trip to the theater.

MSU honors Women’s History Month with panel of scientists Bull Shoals Field Station, said.

“Then there’s a drop going to tenure track positions, and the drop is 20 percent going to the ultimate position in the academia which is full professor.”

As women move through the educational system, they often find themselves surrounded by fewer women and more men.

“I started noticing there weren’t as many other women in my classes,” Diann Thomas, senior instructor of chemistry at Missouri State University said. “But it was really when I got to graduate school that I started running up against some of the barriers that you hear women talk

about.”

Women also face an income disparity compared to men in the same careers.

“I get paid $20,000 less than men in my department at the same rank, right now, in 2013, at Drury University,” Wendy Anderson, professor of biology at Drury University said. “It might be happening in your college too. I don’t know. I hope you pay attention to it.”

Female scientists can also face sexual harassment, especially when working in male dominated fields.

“Sexual harassment is a real obstacle,” Anderson said. “All of these obstacles are real, but the best thing you can do is be aware of them so they don’t catch you unaware.”

The panelists encouraged students to pursue their passions despite the challenges that lay ahead.

“Let your experiences guide you,” Holly Neill, executive director at Missouri Stream Team Watershed

Coalition said. “Regardless of maybe what your family pushes you to do, or what they think you should do, or what direction society pushes you in. Even if it’s atypical, let those experiences that you have guide you.”

“Acknowledge the fact that you don’t have a straight road in front of you,” Anderson said. “You are going to leave college and you are going to go on some really interesting journeys, and just enjoy every step of the way, because every step is going to take you in some ways to places

you’re expecting, and in other ways, to places that are complete surprises.”

Neill reflected on a conversation with one of her board members.

“He was talking about how society is so cruel to women, because women want it all,” she said. “Society pulls you in all these directions of ‘you need to be a good mother’ and ‘you need to have a career’ and ‘you need to do all these things,’ which, from his perspective, is impossible.

But I’m here to tell you that it’s not.

You really can have it all.”

Rosary College of Arts and Sciences in River Forest, Ill., and works as a full-time copy editor for True Value Company based out of Chicago. She also teaches classes at various theaters and operates her company, Tellin’ Tales Theatre, through which she produces many shows each year.

“I usually have about six or seven people, and I start out by asking them each to tell me a story,” she said. “This one woman told a story about visiting a son in jail and she created a whole piece around it.”

Paris DePaepe is a professor here at Missouri State in counseling, leadership and special educa-

tion, a member of the President’s Council on Special Disability and a lifelong friend to Tekki. She has always been persistent in bringing Tekki and her work to MSU’s student body.

“One of the things we’re striving to do is to prepare teachers and other certified persons like counselors to work with kids from diverse backgrounds, and that’s a struggle here,” she said. “I think some of the students have limited experience with diversity and so they’re freaked out and they don’t know whether they should laugh.

“But this is real stuff, this is a diversity-challenged area,” she added. “She’s been well received

in the past, and the students shift out, but even the faculty who’ve seen her say they want to see her again.”

DePaepe said this is the fifth time they have brought Tekki to campus in the last sixteen years, and that all hopes of bringing the talented woman back in the future rest on their ability to raise funding to pull Lomnicki away from her busy life in Chicago.

Lomnicki said she felt the show was great — despite the brutal winter weather — and she hopes to return to Missouri State at the first open opportunity, but she still has big plans for Tellin’ Tales in the coming months.

“We’ll be working on a new show for the summer,” she said.

“I’ll get three other solo performers and do a piece on the same thing. Last year we did a show on bad trips, which were all bad vacations that we’d taken. And this year we’re not sure, but we’re thinking about doing a show on food, and my piece will be about being gluten-free.”

More information about Lomnicki, such as the various classes she teaches, can be found at her personal website at http://www.tekkilomnicki.com, and more can be found on her production company at http://www.tellintales.org.

Women working in the sciences speak about the challenges they face at work

By Linde Underwood For The Standard

A panel of women scientists spoke on the challenges of working in the sciences and offered words of advice to female science students on Wednesday, March 20, in the Plaster Student Union as part of Women’s History Month.

The panelists work in different disciplines across the science fields, but they all spoke on the obstacles women face, such as societal stigmas and income disparities.

“A little over 50 percent of the Ph.D.s are going to women,” Beth Bowles, a research specialist at the

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“And it all came up for me and I thought, ‘I can’t believe that you’re complaining about this, that’s something that you can change. I can’t change this.”

“I was accepting, and it didn’t matter if someone asked me a question or looked at me funny,” she continued. “Yeah, I’m a little person and I’m not hiding it anymore. That’s why I say I came out.

It was an amazing experience.”

Lomnicki graduated from the

Who was on the panel?

• Wendy Anderson, professor of biology at Drury University • Beth Bowles, research specialist at Bull Shoals Field Station • Holly Neill, executive director of the Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition

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Lions, tigers and bears head to JQH Arena Shrine Circus moves to JQH after more than 65 years at The Shrine Mosque downtown

By Tessa Peterson For The Standard

The Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Circus has moved their annual show from The Shrine Mosque to the JQH Arena this April due to USDA regulations, public safety and audience

comfortability.

The Shrine Mosque, located at the corner of St. Louis Street and Kimbrough Avenue, has been home to the Shrine Circus for over 65 years, according to the Shrine Mosque administrator Tom Morris.

Morris said the move is a result of a various reasons, with the United

States Department of Agriculture regulations being on the top.

“The closeness of the elephants to the public in the venue raises an issue, and also, due to the size of cages we have to store the tigers in, we couldn't get them in the building without bringing them on stage by crane,” said Morris.

If the tigers were brought on stage by crane — that means the only safe way to get them out is by crane also — creating another issue with the USDA, as well as emergency protocol.

Storage location of the circus elephants is also a priority, Morris states.

“We did not have a location the elephants could be housed outside, rather than in the Semi Truck Trailers they were transported in.”

At JQH, animal housing is not a

problem.

This is not a sudden urge decision.

The subject of moving the Shrine Circus to the JQH Arena has been in discussion for at least a couple years and will most likely not return, according to Morris.

“I don't like to say never, but as long as we have exotic animals in the Circus, probably never.”

With JQH having a maximum seating capacity of 11,000, versus The Shrine Mosque’s capacity of 3,289, (found on http://www.springfieldmo.org), it is no doubt that spectators should have shorter lines and no issues finding their seats.

Morris said, “Also, we believe the show will be much more spectacular in the larger arena. It will be easier for the public to get in and out, and they will also be more comfort-

able during the show.”

Loyal attendee of the Shrine Circus, Tanner Delmar said, “I do admit it will be a very different vibe and atmosphere for the first show, but I am glad they are looking out for the animals and safety regulations.”

According to a press release, the theme for this year’s Shrine Circus is Broadway, with international performers from over 15 countries, all new costumes and an act that has not been attempted in the U.S. A human cannonball is also in the mix for this year's acts at JQH. Performances will be held on April 5, 6 and 7. Advance ticket prices start at $18 for adults and $12 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the JQH Arena box office, by calling 417-836-7678 or online at www.missouristatetix.com.

Blair-Shannon to host head-shaving event for cancer research Students hope to raise $3,000 at an April 11 event that will benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation

By Dan Dowell For The Standard

The Blair-Shannon dormitory will be hosting a St. Baldrick’s Foundation head shave for the first time on campus on Thursday, April 11.

The foundation is a nonprofit organization that has been raising money to fund research for cancer since 2000 and has reached more than $100 million in grants since 2005.

“It’s a great organization,”

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was set to the popular hiphop song, “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore.

The models went on a mission to create an outfit from local thrift shops to compete in a fun and lighthearted competition.

junior Diana Dominguez, an English education major, said. “They provide funds for hospitals and researchers in order to provide assistance for children with cancer. While most organizations split their money between adults and children, all proceeds go to cancer research for children.”

St. Baldrick’s is also the second leading fundraiser for cancer research behind only the U.S. government.

“Originally the idea came from our Hammons Hall director

“I came out to support my favorite sorority Alpha Chi and the Harmony House,” Jordan Carter, a junior marketing major and a member of Theta Chi fraternity, said.

“I really liked the show. I just wished it lasted longer.”

Carter also said that his favorite portion of the show was the “Thrift Shop” theme, and judging by audience applause, it seems like everyone else thought so too.

Carrie Casper,” Dominguez said.

“A group of Hammon’s RAs were brainstorming about ways that we could incorporate the public affairs mission into one of our programs. Normally our programs are building wide, so this project has gone from a building program to a campuswide event.”

The event is open to not only students, but the general public as a whole, and participation can come in many ways, according to publicity member and MSU sophomore art and computer animation major Tyler Thrasher.

“People can volunteer to shave their heads in support for the patients or donate their hair to Locks of Love, he said. “They can also donate money to the cause by donating to certain profiles of the volunteers online. On

Day was also a judge for the “Thrift Shop” competition and said that it was a tough decision to pick a winner, but overall it was so fun.

The judges’ jobs were to pick one girl and one guy winner. They picked models Simon and Carrie as the winners.

“This whole event has been awesome, and it is so fun seeing the interaction with all of the students,” she

the actual day of the event, people can volunteer by cleaning and maintaining booths and helping with making decorations.”

To help donate money for the event, go to www.stbaldricks.org/ donate, search the event for Springfield, Mo., and select a team member and choose the amount of money to give.

“We have several people that have committed to shaving their heads and have almost met their personal [donation] goal,” Dominguez said. “Currently [as of March 23], we have raised $1,380. Our goal for MSU is $3,000.”

However even for the volunteer “shavees,” those getting their head shaved, it’s nerve racking to lose their hair.

“It is sort of scary, especially

said. “We picked Simon because he was just adorable and Carrie made it cool, something you could actually wear.”

The male winner, Simon Gale, is originally from Leeton, Australia. Gale is now a junior exercise science major and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Gale said that he had no clue what Harmony House was until he participated in this

because I am a girl who is choosing to shave her head,” Dominguez said. “Society has told women that hair is a sign of beauty, so I guess I am cutting off my ‘beauty.’ I think that society has lied to us though; beauty is much more than the physical appearance. It is sacrifice.”

All that matters for these individuals is that it is all for a good cause.

“This is the first time I will see my scalp,” Thrasher said.

“But I have to say I did all I could to help give back and spread the word.”

For more information and to get involved in the event, contact Diana Dominguez at dominguez16@live.missouri state.edu.

event.

When asked why he participated he answered simply, “I’m like (the guy) in ‘Yes, Man,’ I can’t say no, at least while I’m in America.”

Gale’s winning ensemble included a belly shirt, “Garfield” (the original fat cat) boxers and a fanny pack.

Alpha Chi’s “Fight for Fashion” show was a way to support Harmony House. If you were unable to attend

the show and want to help out or need community service hours to fill, Harmony House is always accepting volunteers and donations.

Contact Ciara Day at 417-837-7700 or send her an email at ciarad@myharmonyhouse.org.

If you or someone you know is affected by domestic violence, call the Harmony House hotline at 417-864SAFE.

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