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Hitting the rink

The Ice Bears played their fifirrst h o m e g a me s o v e r the weekend

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Tuesday • Sept. 27, 2011 • Vol. 105 Issue 6

Briefs

Green Bike Program uses ditched bikes as rentals

SGA passes resolution to place printer in PSU

The Student Government Association passed a resolution to ask Computer Services to relocate a printer and place it in Plaster Student Union for student use.

The printer would be placed on the first floor of the PSU and allow students to print from computers on the first floor.

The cost for the printer would come from the Student Organization Funding Allocation Council and would cost $150 at first with $5 a month for operating expenses. Printing will operate at the same rate as it does in computer labs on campus.

Viticulturists exhibit on display in October

Two traveling exhibits on George Husmann and Herman Jaeger, immigrant viticulturists in Missouri, will display at the Student Exhibition Center Oct. 4 to Oct. 28.

In the late 19th century, Husmann of Hermann, Mo. and Jaeger of Neosho, Mo. worked together to improve the quality of native grapes and fight the plant diseases black rot and phylloxera.

The Husmann Jaeger exhibit’s opening reception is Oct. 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the center and free to the public.

The Student Exhibition Center is at 838 E. Walnut St. and is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 417-836-6999.

Creamery Arts Center will host garage sale Oct. 8

SRO Lyric Theatre Guild, Springfield Ballet Guild and Springfield Little Theatre will host a garage sale Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the north parking lot at the Creamery Arts Center, 411 N. Sherman Parkway.

Furs, costumes, clothing pieces and furniture will be available to buy. All proceeds will benefit each arts organization. Cash donations accepted.

Calendar

September 27 to October 3

Tuesday

Majors Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Plaster Student Union Ballroom Student Government Association Meeting 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Plaster Student Union 313 GMAT Preparation Course 6 to 9 p.m. at the Morris Center 407

Wednesday

State of the University Address noon to 1:30 p.m. at Plaster Student Union Theater “So you owe taxes — Now what???” 7 to 9 p.m. at the Library Center, 4563 S. Campbell Ave., free

Thursday

“Taiji – Relax the body and focus the mind!” noon to 1 p.m. at Taylor Health and Wellness Center Conference Room, free

Friday

Grammar Fridays at The Writing Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Meyer Library Bear CLAW

Monday

Study 101 3 to 4 p.m. at Plaster Student Union room 309

By Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

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Students were allowed to text and drive a simulator to see the effects of texting while driving.

Check it and wreck it Students test ability to text while driving in simulations Damien M. DiPlacido The Standard

Vehicular manslaughter, collision, speeding and swerving are just several of the infractions you could be charged with if you’re involved in an accident where texting while driving was the culprit.

The Springfield Police Department partnered with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Central Bible College to host the “Arrive Alive Tour,” a national tour stopping in cities throughout the U.S. to demonstrate the adverse effects of texting while driving.

“There’s no text message in the

world worth getting into a horrible accident over,” said Storn Olson, driving awareness instructor for the Arrive Alive Tour.

“Studies have shown that it’s at least as dangerous as drunk driving. If you wouldn’t consider drinking and driving, you shouldn’t be texting either.”

Students and visitors to CBC’s main campus were allowed to drive an automobile simulator and text at the same time Wednesday so they could see how distractions, like texting while driving, can effect coordination and reaction time.

Tony Burrough, CBC’s Director of Security, presented the idea of the “Arrive Alive Tour” to the chief of police and the sheriff’s department.

“We really just want to make people think,” Burrough said.

“It’s not just students and young people; it’s people my age. I’m guilty of it. I’ve known other people my age that are guilty of it as

well. You could easily kill somebody.”

Hosting the tour was part of CBC’s safety week, Burrough said. In the U.S., texting and driving results in over 5,000 deaths per year and more accidents than drivers who are intoxicated, according to a Springfield Police Department press release.

The simulator consisted of an actual car, a set of virtual realitystyle goggles worn by the test subject and a cell phone. The Arrive Alive instructors monitored the driver’s progress as they drove while attempting to respond to a text message.

Joshua Manley, a CBC sophomore double majoring in preaching and Bible and theology, was one of CBC’s students on the scene to test the driving simulator.

“It shows how easily you can get distracted,” Manley said.

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Dance Bear-A-Thon raises $18,000

By Alexis Reid The Standard

About 340 students gathered in the Hammons Student Center Friday prepared for 12 hours of dancing as part of the fifth annual Dance BearA-Thon.

Students paid a minimum donation of $10 to get into the event, which is designed to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network.

Through these donations and various fundraisers, Dance Bear-AThon raised over $18,000 for CMN. The money went directly to help children in the Springfield area, including 5-year-old Kadie Gosset, 7-year-old Megan White and 9-yearold Dustin Reaves, who arrived at the event to the sound of cheers and chants from the assembled crowd of students.

White suffered from a six-pound tumor that swallowed her kidney.

Reaves, diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of three, had to face painful injections every day until CMN was able to buy him an insulin pump.

Gosset was born without her esophagus attached, with a hole in her trachea and was later diagnosed with Scimitar Syndrome – a heart defect. She has been through 13 surgeries for her heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea and stomach.

“The best part of the whole event is definitely seeing the kids,” Codirector Kristen Marten said. “They go through so much and every time you’re like, ‘I don’t want to do this homework assignment,’ you’re like, ‘my life doesn’t really suck that bad, because I don’t have diabetes. I don’t have to get shots every day. I haven’t had 13 surgeries by the time I’m five, so it’s okay.’”

The Dance Bear-A-Thon executive board had been preparing for the event since January; planning, publicizing and recruiting dancers. They

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Dance Bear-A-Thon raised over $18,000 for Children’s Miracle Network this year. About 340 students attended the event. held multiple events to raise student just supposed to say it’s an event awareness of Dance Bear-A-Thon that’s coming up,” recruitment comon campus, including a flash mob, a mittee member Lynn Andreas said.

Krispy Kreme run in the spring and “We weren’t supposed to say who Pearl is; we weren’t supposed to say Teal Tuesdays in the fall.

A new publicity strategy was also anything. There were a lot of people added to the mix in August – the Ask that got really upset. They didn’t know why everything said ‘Ask Pearl campaign.

“We chalked campus every- Pearl’ and they really wanted to where,” recruitment committee know.”

Despite several flustered stumember Anna Bergamini said. “It took forever. There was a group of dents, the Ask Pearl campaign raised us, and everywhere we stepped we awareness of the event, something wrote ‘Ask Pearl.’ We made T-shirts executive team members had been the next day and we wore them and striving for.

“We’ve always had problems they said ‘I am Pearl.’ It was supposed to get people talking, which it getting students to come,” Marten did, and they came up and were like said. “It’s such a great event. You see other schools, they have like 600 ‘OK, what is Pearl?’”

Pearl Hollan, a 2-year-old girl, people there, and we usually get has bilateral kidney cancer and about 300. So it can be difficult just Dilated Cardiomyopathy – an getting people to find out about it.”

Despite difficulty gaining particienlarged heart – but with help from Dance Bear-A-Thon and CMN, pants, the executive team remained she’s been able to travel with her dedicated to their cause throughout family to and from St. Louis to get the year, spending anywhere from treatment. Pearl’s name was chosen 10 to 20 hours a week working to by the Dance Bear-A-Thon team for prepare for the event and during the what is known as an Ask Campaign.

“If someone asked us, we were See DANCE page 2

If you abandoned a bike on campus during one of the recent semesters there’s a chance you might see it again soon with someone else riding it. After several years of development, the Green Bike Program is finally underway at Missouri State.

Bike rentals for the program took place at the Bear Paw Sept.

15 and Sept. 16. Students were allowed to rent a bike for $10 to $15 per semester, Paige Oxendine, Student Government Association’s chief communication officer said.

“The bikes are donated through Safety and Transportation,” said Oxendine, a junior public relations and socio-political communication major. “They collect bikes at the end of each semester that have been left on campus.”

The Green Bike Program consists of 31 bikes and is currently only being offered to students living on campus, Oxendine said. program The hopes to have nearly 70 bikes next semester and go campus-wide in the spring semester of 2012. Oxendine “The price of the rental covers the majority of costs associated with refurbishments, paints, locks and miscellaneous costs of the program,” she said. “The price fluctuates due to the number of bikes requiring standard maintenance and repair.”

When a bike is abandoned on campus, a removable tag is attached to it by the Safety and Department.

Transportation These tags inform the student that if the bike is not removed within the allotted time period it will be considered abandoned and will be collected by the university, Oxendine said.

“Before these bikes go to auction, the university departments have the option to pick out bikes from these collections,” she said.

“Residence Life and Services will obtain usable bikes from this surplus for the Green Bike Program.”

The bikes may not be in working condition so they will be repaired before being added to the fleet. Aside from the occasional donation, the program is currently being funded entirely by the SGA’s Sustainability Commission, Oxendine said.

The program encourages students to reduce their carbon footprint by offering an environmentally friendly way to travel to local grocery stores or downtown attractions, she said. One of the goals of the Green Bike Program is to become entirely self-sufficient, using the funds of the rentals to cover maintenance and repair expenses.

Along with a rented bike comes student responsibility. The renter of the bike is liable for any damage sustained to the bike, aside from normal wear and tear.

“If the bike is lost or stolen the person who rents the bike is held liable,” Oxendine said. “In the event of this happening, the student will be charged the price of the bike.”

Mark Nichols, a global studies graduate student, said he likes the idea of the Green Bike Program coming to Missouri State.

“Rather than possibly spending $500 to $1,000 on a bike that might get stolen, it’s good that students can rent a bike for a tiny fraction of that cost,” Nichols said. “They have similar programs in Seattle where you can rent a bike for a day and return it when you’re done.”

For more additional information about the Green Bike Program, contact Paige Oxendine, at Oxendine100@live.missouristate.edu.

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Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011

Walmart opening markets

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

Traditional corner grocers in Springfield are about to face increased competition from an international giant that has changed the face of retail in Missouri and across the globe. Walmart has filed plans with the Springfield City Council for three Market” “Neighborhood stores in the city — and more could be on the way.

Neighborhood Market stores designed by Walmart are considerably different than the company’s Supercenters. They are smaller in scale and more like the old corner grocer, but with 24/7 hours of operation. They may be especially attractive to Missouri State students who are still active in the wee hours of the morning.

“Basically, Supercenters are general merchandise and Neighborhood Markets are grocery stores,” said Daniel Morales, Walmart director of communications and community relations.

Morales said that a typical Neighborhood Market store runs about 42,000 square feet, which is one-fourth the size of a Supercenter. Each store will be looking to employ about 90 associates.

The proposed Neighborhood Markets will be at these locations: 3150 W. Republic Road, valued at $1.68 million; 1320 S. Glenstone Ave., valued at $1.59 million; and 545 W. El Camino Alto Drive, valued at $1.61 million.

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all-night event.

“One year I ended up at the hospital because I got knocked off the stage,” Director of Operations Ethan Griffin said. “I got a huge scar on my shin. I was bleeding; I was cut down to the bone. I went to the hospital, got stitches, came back. I got like six or seven stitches. I came back and danced the rest of the night. I’d run up and change my bandage because I’d soak through it. And they said by

Morales did not say when the company plans to begin construction. City officials have been taking a close look at the proposals this summer.

MSU economics professor Thomas Wyrick said he does not believe that the Neighborhood Market influx

by Walmart will have a large effect on the Springfield economy.

“It won’t have a big effect on the overall economy,” he said. “Probably not much that you could even notice because basically what’s going to happen is people buy the same amount of food as they did before and so it will be a matter of where they spend their money.”

The Springfield economy may not see a major change, but local markets and traditional grocery outlets will likely feel the pinch from a tough competitor, Wyrick said.

“It doesn’t make a macroeconomic difference but in terms of the microeconomics — individual retailers — it will make a big difference,” Wyrick said.

Diana Hicks, co-owner of the local Mama Jean’s Natural Market stores located at 1727 S. Campbell Ave. and 1110 E. Republic Road, said she isn’t frightened by Walmart and welcomes the new markets.

“Competition is good for us because it puts us on our toes and makes us at our best,” Hicks said. “I don’t think they will be able to match the customer service or product mix that we the time it was seven o’clock in the morning I was really pale and they sent me home. I was going to stay and help pick up and everything. They always give me crap about it.

They’re like ‘Don’t hurt yourself this year.’”

Dancing their way through 12 hourly themes –ranging from circus hour to rave hour- students left at the end of the night having made a big impact on CMN and the families they serve.

“When Kadie was born, they took her away,” Gosset’s mother Jennifer Gosset said.

“She was about two hours old and they flew her away, so

swerved a lot. I definitely try not to do it when I’m actually driving on the road.”

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offer.”

Wyrick said that niche stores like Mama Jean’s don’t face the same economic threat as more conventional grocers.

“Smillie’s IGA, Price Cutter, Dillon’s — those are the types of stores that will lose some customers over this,” Wyrick said.

Kevin Kelsch, a senior finance major at MSU, said he is concerned that Walmart may be trying to overtake Springfield’s local businesses in an already saturated convenience store and grocery market. Small businesses are already taking a hit in a down economy, locally and nationally.

“I think it’s kind of ironic that they would build a store across from Smillie’s,” Kelsch said. “It seems that Walmart is always overpowering local businesses all over the country. There are so many places to go already.

I don’t understand why Springfield needs more grocery stores.”

At a July City Council meeting, Councilman Scott Bailes said Walmart planned to bring as many as six Neighborhood Markets to the city.

Wyrick said he believes the influx of Neighborhood Markets might not be the smartest move for Walmart.

“Walmart is getting into a situation where I think maybe, at a certain point, it is competing against itself,” he said. “What matters to con See WALMART page 9

my husband went to St. Louis to be with her. I sat in my room and cried for 24 hours straight. The hospital was going to have to move me but Children’s Miracle Network came in and said they could get me up to see my baby because I hadn’t really met Kadie yet. So they gave me a gift card for gas, and I caught a ride and thanks to Children’s Miracle Network I got to meet Kadie. Without them I wouldn’t have been able to meet my own kid until she was weeks old. I was all alone and Children’s Miracle Network came in and saved me.”

dance of accidents where texting was most likely involved, but often proof of the infraction is difficult to come by, said Matt Brown, Springfield Police Depart-

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The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new PSU food vendors took place on Sept. 20.

Public reacts to Chartwells New PSU food vendors attract more students

By Benjamin Peters The Standard

Missouri State celebrated the opening of the new food vendors in Plaster Student Union on Tuesday, Sept. 20, though the restaurants have been open since the semester began. So far, students seem to be pleased with Chartwells, the new food service provider.

After the 2011 spring semester, the Missouri State Board of Governors named Chartwells as the university’s food service provider, awarding them a 10-year contract and replacing the former provider, Sodexo.

While providing food to the campus dining halls, Chartwells also made some changes to Plaster Student Union, replacing Blimpie with Subway, Domino’s with Papa John’s and the additions of Chick-fil-A and Smashers Grill in place of Grill 155.

These changes have been met with excitement with students flocking to the student union every day for food.

Kelsey Wright, a junior social work major is one such student.

ment’s public affairs officer.

“We know they were probably texting,” Brown said. “But they would either have to admit they were texting or a witness would have

“I think it’s a lot better,” Wright said. “I was never interested in coming to the PSU to eat before, but I eat here at least twice a week now.”

Other students are worried about the health factors.

Blaire Peters, a junior majoring in exercise and movement science, wants to know how healthy the food really is and how students feel about the food’s health value.

“Students seem to have a general interest in eating healthier yet the school is tempting them with cheap, fatty foods,” Peters said. “As for me, I want to eat healthier so I’ll be opting for Subway everyday because the convenience is too great to not buy the food.”

The event began at 10:30 a.m. with speeches from Thomas Lane, the assistant to the vice president for student affairs and director of the PSU; Stuart Henning, the central regional vice president of Chartwells; and finally, the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon.

“The purpose of a college union is to build a sense of community, and this newly renovated food court does just that,” Lane said. “It brings people from all across campus together by providing a diversity of food choices from brands that MSU students have wanted on campus.”

The event also showcased tables from each of the new

to had seen them.”

Currently, Missouri’s law states that it is illegal for drivers under the age of 21 to text while driving.

Anyone wishing to get

vendors currently open in the student union. The tables offered games for the students and faculty members to try in order to receive a free sample or gift.

The process of renovations is not done yet though. Kaldi’s Coffee has been replaced with Starbucks, but students and faculty are still waiting for it to open. They may have a longer wait than originally expected.

“Given that Starbucks will be extending beyond what was formerly Kaldi’s, the redesign of the space has taken longer than I originally anticipated,” Lane said. “I’m optimistic that the design process is now coming to a close and we can expect to see construction occurring shortly. Though I don’t have a firm construction timeline to share that provides an opening date, I am very hopeful we will have the area open this November.”

After this school year, Wok & Roll and Freshens’ contracts will be done and will be replaced by Panda Express and Red Mango, a frozen yogurt concept.

Whatever the choices, it seems students will keep looking for different options other than the dining halls, and Chartwells offers a variety of food to fill that need.

For more information on Chartwells, visit their site at http://www.eatlearnlive.com.

involved with Arrive Alive on their next tour can call UNITE International at 888436-3394, or visit their website at http://ArriveAliveTour.com.

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Sept. 27, 2011

Scorecard shows decline, stagnation in university public affairs mission progress

Missouri State’s public affairs mission can be difficult to fully understand.

The general sense that it’s about improving the community around us is easy enough to grasp, but how we’re doing that isn’t always as clear.

What makes Missouri State a public affairs university?

As part of the university’s long-range plan, they intend to “integrate public affairs.” I know this because the long-range plan on the school’s website has a section called Public Affairs Integration.

There is plenty of information about the development of the public affairs mission, and some of it provides good examples like bringing in speakers for the Public Affairs Conference, holding blood drives and the establishment of the Campus Volunteer Center.

There are also several items that seem to just include the words public affairs: A Provost Fellow for Public Affairs was established, several scholarships include a public affairs component and the Citizenship and Service-Learning program was energized.

Pointing out the vagueness of many of these items isn’t to say the university isn’t progressing in its mission. It’s just to point out that evaluating public affairs can be difficult.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t try.

Luckily, we have a good starting point, and that’s the public scorecard available on Missouri State’s website.

If you’re not familiar with the public scorecard, it’s a collection of measurements that are intended to show how the university is improving (or not improving) in several areas. The idea is to get a sense of whether Missouri State is becoming a better university.

Included in the scorecard are several items we might be able to use to measure public affairs. In truth, almost any item could be used to highlight public affairs, but we should at least attempt to give the topic some definition.

Start with graduation rates. Based on a six-year window, Missouri State graduates a little over half its students – about 54 percent over the last five years. It’s about 2 percent worse than Missouri State’s bench-

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mark institutions — like Ball State, Illinois State and Wichita State — over the same period.

That’s not a huge difference, but what’s more interesting is the trend. In those five years, Missouri State’s percentages have been up and down: 52, 55, 53, 55 and 54.

At the benchmark institutions, they’ve risen steadily: 52, 55, 58 and 58, with the most recent year not yet available, according to the scorecard.

It’s a small window, so we can’t draw broad conclusions from it, but it’s certainly something worth keeping an eye on.

But apart from sending educated students out into the community, how are those students improving the community while they’re here?

There is one measure that looks at the percentage of students involved in community service. One of the ways that’s measured is by looking at the aforementioned Campus Volunteer Center.

And in that measure, there’s a very strange pattern. The total hours worked has mostly been increasing each year. It had grown from about 45,000 hours in 2004-05 to almost 75,000 hours in 2008-09. But then the next year, that number suddenly dropped back to 45,259.

While the totals for “Cooperative Education” and “Citizenship and Service Learning” stayed about the same, the volunteer center hours were the entire source of the significant drop off.

It’s difficult to say if these measures paint a picture of Missouri State’s public affairs effectiveness in as much as it’s difficult to define exactly what public affairs means to the university. But these numbers, along with subpar results on student learning measures, student satisfaction measures and fewer graduates giving back to the university, there appears to be a brief trend of either declination or stagnation.

• Ethical Leadership “Students will articulate their value systems, act ethically within the context of a democratic society, and demonstrate engaged and principled leadership.”

• Cultural Competence “Students will recognize and respect multiple perspectives and cultures.”

• Community Engagement “Students will recognize the importance of contributing their knowledge and experiences to their own community and the broader society. Students will recognize the importance of scientific pricinciples in the generation of sound public policy.”

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The university has several things to worry about right now, and most of them have to do with money, so it’s possible that a dip in these measures is just that – a brief dip. But if it’s a trend that continues for several years, Missouri State might need to start thinking about a new mission.

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Students should take advantage of Career Center opportunities

Here at Missouri State, students have many great opportunities to improve their résumés and prepare themselves to find a good job after graduation.

Resources like the Career Center and the Bear CLAW are valuable and cost-free to students. They’re also conveniently located on campus and allow students to stop by without making an appointment.

The Career Center is useful for students looking for help with résumé writing, cover letter writing and interviewing. They can also assist you in applying for internships, something most employers look for when they’re hiring as it gives students experience in their chosen career path before entering the work force.

The Bear CLAW specializes in refining students’ general writing skills using mainly student employees to help other students write papers from the beginning stages to the final draft.

The job market today is tough in many different industries, so it is more important than ever to have every advantage possible after graduation. If students are not involved in some kind of organization on campus, they should be. This allows students to make connections with those in the career field and gain valuable experiences that can make them more marketable to employers.

Career-oriented student organizations are also great résumé-builders and provide students with the experience they need to be competitive in the job market. There is a student organization for almost every major available at MSU, from professional fraternities to clubs focused on any area of interest. Students also have the option to create their own organization if they don’t find one to their liking.

If it comes down to deciding between a social fraternity or sorority and a career-oriented organization, students must think about which one will really benefit them the most in the long run. Most career-oriented organizations provide a résumé boost and valuable experience that social groups cannot.

The resources are here, but students must be proactive and take advantage of them.

Student organizations, internships and making connections are the main ways to ensure success directly after graduation.

Occupy Wall Street protest inspires living list of demands

Today marks the 11th day of the Wall Street Occupation protests in New York City. Last week I was glued to the live feed coming out of Liberty Square. The viewer count floated around 3,000 on Friday. By late Sunday night, the ninth day of the protests, the viewer count was over 5,500 and the chat room was blazing.

The Occupy Wall Street protests to take back government from the suffocating grip of corporate overlords have not only inspired growth in the online community over the weekend; protests have sprouted across the country and around the world.

The real news is the creation of an official list of demands. Not just any list of demands, this document is a living creation of the people supporting it. You can vote on what is included and lobby for items to be removed.

You can also submit ideas to be voted on for inclusion into the official list.

Demands are updated every day online and the list is supported by the alternative news broadcasting organization, Coup Media Group. The list is

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written by Occupy Wall Street according to the website http://Coup Media.org, where you can find the list of demands and vote. The official demands embody the views of The Sovereign People’s Movement.

The website says The Sovereign People’s Movement, represented nationally through the people occupying the various Liberty Square locations across this great country, have laid out, democratically submitted and are currently voting on the list of demands to be distilled into one Unified Common demand of the people.

On the demands ballot now are: Eliminating Corporate Rights as Persons: This would revise past Supreme Court decisions giving immortal, sleepless corporations the same rights as we, the not so omnipresent civilians.

Repeal the Patriot Act: There are several organizations that want the Patriot Act repealed. Most cite Congress’s complete lack of revision of the bill, passing it just 45 days after 9/11.

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Force an Acquisition of the Federal Reserve for $1 billion by the U.S. Congress: I hate the idea of “corporate personhood” but this issue is huge and a big reason why Ron Paul is consistently ignored by mainstream media.

The Constitution, a historic document printed on hemp paper and more recently smeared with doo-doo, states that Congress shall have the power to coin, print, regulate and value money.

In fact, the U.S. government has no power to issue or regulate cash money.

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control over our country’s money.

Actually, a breakdown of the Federal Reserve System shareholders show a large portion of the business is actually foreign owned! And they want to talk about national security issues.

Upon the central bank’s creation in 1913, investors loaned the U.S. $1 billion. The government can buy out of the system for $1 billion. President Kennedy had the idea and signed Executive Order 11110, giving the Treasury power to issue money backed by silver. President Reagan specifically revoked the amendment with E.O. 12608.

Restructure Political Campaign Finance: We’re talking about the Koch brothers, Americans for Prosperity, American Crossroads and other artfully disingenuous “non-profits” funneling corporate and foreign money into our political system.

Forgive Student Loan Debt and Reconstruct the Education System: Simple enough, fund education from the apparently endless war coffers. A

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separate initiative pushes for free education for Kindergarten through college.

Ending the War on Drugs: To quote the late Bill Hicks: “George Bush says ‘We are losing the war on drugs.’ You know what that implies?

There is a war going on, and people on drugs are winning it! What does that tell you about drugs? Some smart, creative motherf***ers on that side.”

There are other great proposals on the Occupy Wall Street Official List of demands and I encourage you to find the list and vote, and follow the people camping out in support of the 99 percent of us without stacks of cash to sleep on. Tell your friends about our friends taking to the streets in New York, Madison, Wis., L.A., Tokyo, Athens, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Stuttgart, Madrid and more.

Do you think: These protests could be the answer to the Tea Party, in form of an actual grassroots movement, not a prefabricated campaign to wrangle conservatives into a malleable voting block.

Editor-in-Chief Jon Poorman Jonathan121@Live.MissouriState.edu Managing Editor Megan Gates Megan9043@Live.MissouriState.edu News Editor Amanda Hess Amanda325@Live.MissouriState.edu Sports Editor Ben Loewnau Loewnau89@Live.MissouriState.edu Life Editor Lauren Healey Healey12368@Live.MissouriState.edu Photo Editor Michael Gulledge Gulledge502@live.missouristate.edu Advertising Manager Sandy King SandyKing@MissouriState.edu Faculty Adviser Jack Dimond JackDimond@MissouriState.edu

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Calendar September 27 to October 3

Tuesday

Bassnectar 8 p.m. at the Shrine Mosque, $31.75 Quantum Groove 8 p.m. at Lindberg’s, free Let’s #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll & Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for 18+ (only 100 minors allowed at a time)

Wednesday

Dug & the Soular Panels 7 to 10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free St. Dallas & The Sinners 10 p.m. at the Outland, $3

Thursday

The Detectives Rock ‘n’ Soul 10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Troy, Black Oxygen and Anthem for Asaph 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5 for 21+ and $7 for 18+ Trivia Night 7 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free SAC After Hours Presents: Murder Mystery Dinner 9 p.m. to midnight, at PSU, Robert W. Union Club 400

Friday

Byrdfest 3 all day at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark., $60 for weekend Jazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at the Outland, $5 Canto 17 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge

Saturday

Byrdfest 3 all day at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Ozark, Ark., $35 for the day Colbie Caillat 8 p.m. at the O'Reilly Family Event Center, $15-$29 The Wreckards 9 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, cover charge

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A group of MSU students flew by the seat of their pants to play an impromptu jazz show at The Coffee Ethic on Saturday evening.

Springfield Jazz Festival invades downtown

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Springfield’s second annual Jazz Festival kicked off Friday night with performances by local jazz band, SPiNRaD. The band played both days of the festival on the Bistro Market Pavilion behind the downtown grocer.

Jazz could be heard through nearly all the streets of downtown Friday evening. From 7 to 9 p.m. performances took place outside the

Park Central Square Library featuring the Adam Stokes Duo and the new restaurant sharing Trolley’s bar space, the Flying Tomato, featuring Will Fortney and Wes Deckard.

Local restaurants, Mille’s, Nonna’s Italian Cafe and the Springfield Brewing Company also played host to jazz music Friday night followed by performances at Canvas, The Coffee Ethic, Nathan P. Murphy’s and Trolley’s.

“There were so many different venues that anywhere you were

walking downtown you could hear jazz,” senior public relations student and intern for the Urban District Alliance Bethany Parry said. “Anywhere from a coffee shop to a library to dinner at Nonna’s, so you could pretty much hear jazz anywhere you were which was really neat.”

Saturday afternoon began with a performance at the Bistro Market Pavilion by local groove jazz band, Quantum Groove. They were followed by the John Strickler Trio, the Missouri State University Jazz

Vockah Redu & The Cru (New Orleans bounce music) with Black Box Revue 9 p.m. at the Outland Ballroom, $5

Sunday

By Kaycie Surrell The Standard

Street Machine Nationals 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, $10 in advance, $12 day of event Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m. at Ebbet’s Field Downtown, free

Monday

Open mic night 7 to 11 p.m. at Harlow’s, free

Briefs

The fifth annual Taste of Springfield will be held downtown on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Celebrating the culinary arts in Springfield, Taste of Springfield will feature 25 to 30 locally owned and operated restaurants serving sample size portions of their signature dishes. The event will also offer cooking demonstrations.

New this year, Taste of Springfield will feature OktoberFest Village, a beer sampling village offering tastes of over 60 beers from around the world. Live music in OktoberFest Village will be provided by Gas Pump Talent, 65 South and The Airwalks.

Taste of Springfield will be located at Park Central Square.

Admission to the event is free.

Food sampling tickets are $10 for a sheet of 10. Beer sampling tokens are $1 per token. There will be food sampling from noon to 4 p.m. and beer sampling from noon to 9 p.m.

‘The 39 Steps’

Auditions for Alfred Hitchcock's “The 39 Steps” will be held Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3 and 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Springfield Contemporary Theatre's rehearsal studio located at 214 W. Commercial St. Actors wishing to audition will be asked to do cold readings from the script those evenings. The cast is made up of three men and one woman. For more details regarding auditions, please visit http://vctheatre.com.

The play will run Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 18, 19, 25 and 26; Dec. 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, Nov. 20 and 27 and Dec. 4 and 11 at 2 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the Vandivort Center Theatre Box Office, 305 E. Walnut St., or by calling 417-831-8001.

See JAZZ, page 10

Annual Loft Walk shows off the culture of historic C-Street

Street Machine Nationals 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, $10 in advance, $12 day of event

Taste of Springfield

Symposium, New Hope International Ministries Jazz Ensemble, The Linda Sala Project and ended with a riveting jazz performance by SPiNRaD. Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts hosted the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition that rounded out Springfield’s second annual celebration of all things jazz on Saturday night.

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Missouri Comics not only serves all your comic needs—they also have vintage vinyl records.

Classic comic book collections

By Dylan Becker The Standard

With more than 40 years of experience and 9,000 comic books, Missouri Comics is a one-stop shop for your favorite classic comics.

“We handle all comics, comicrelated material, vintage stuff, as well as vintage records,” said Josh Cooper, owner of Missouri Comics. “They all have a similar pop culture.”

More than 20 vendors gathered to share their love for comics and vinyl records alike at the Lamplighter Inn on Sunday, Sept. 25.

Missouri Comics hosted the event.

“We have showcases all around Springfield every quarter,” said Diana Nelson, general manager of Missouri Comics. “We always see

a lot of the same faces mixed in with new ones.”

Cooper talked about how his business works and the slogan that goes with it.

“We buy many ways and we trade, then we turn around and sell it,” Cooper said. “It’s like our motto: ‘Buy, Sell, Trade, Enjoy.”’

Guest artist Gerry Kissell, the creator, penciler and colorist of the comic book “Code Word: Geronimo,” was present signing his latest graphic novel which is about the capture of Osama bin Laden.

Chris Parker, a freshman theatre major at MSU, said he attended the event to see the different comic collections.

“For me being into Marvel and D.C. having an event like this is really cool,” he said. “I didn’t know that so many people in the

Springfield area collected comics and had showcases like these. It’s good for me to see so many different collections.”

Parker said he appreciated the range of music available at the event as well.

“There was stuff that my parents grew up listening to, and it’s really great because it’s a part of what I love,” he said.

Missouri Comics is located in Mansfield, Mo., but is in the midst of moving to 1329 W. Maplewood St. in Springfield. They added the physical store as an outlet, which provides an alternate platform to buy, sell and trade comic books.

To find out more information about Missouri Comics visit their website at http://www.missouricomics.com, their Facebook page or call at 417-255-3863.

Springfield’s 14th annual Loft Walk on historic Commercial Street was held Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., with eight different lofts open to tour and entertainment at four music venues that showcased this year’s theme, “Traditional Music and Dance.”

Mary Collette, event organizer for the Commercial Club, is responsible for organizing each year’s Loft Walk and coming up with a relevant and coherent theme for the event.

She said she chose “Traditional Music and Dance” as a way to highlight the talent in and around the Ozarks.

“We’d like to do a traditional music festival maybe April 28 of next year,” Collette said. “That’s when the first trains came through here in 1870, which is what caused Commercial Street to happen.

We’re talking about maybe ‘Rhythm on the Rails’ so we’re trying to get some of this local talent, or not so local talent, and see how we might want to organize this.”

The entertainment started at Historic Firehouse No. 2 with the talented young Bakers Bluegrass Family, a group of four between the ages of 10 and 12 that played the upright bass, the fiddle and the mandolin.

Across from the firehouse is Collette’s firehouse loft—a 130year-old historic space offering 2,500 square feet, perfect for large wedding parties or family reunions.

The loft comfortably sleeps ten people and has a great view of the street See LOFT, page 10

Slapdash Science seeks ‘hodge-podge’ sound

By Nick Simpson The Standard

Music is a strange art form when you make note of the relationship between language and sound. Songwriters throughout history have often struggled to bring the two elements together to give life to something entirely new, but there must be something said for each separate piece to the puzzle, and how ably they stand on their own.

For some artists such as Springfield native instrumental progressive rock outfit Slapdash Science, this isn’t a worry. The quartet made up

of bassist Chad Coleman, percussionist Sean Curbow, guitarist Zac Swanson and guitarist Joe Sturgis have been working without words for just over two years at bringing a fresh sound to our city’s sometimes hollow music scene.

Slapdash Science just played a very well received set Thursday, Sept. 22. at the Highlife Martini Lounge along with Vasovagal (the synth-dance solo project of Springfield local Joe Nanez) and hip-hop trio The Spacetones.

While many influences seem to bounce off the stage

during a Slapdash show, it is still difficult to put a finger on their core sound. This is something Coleman said has been a part of their persona since day one.

“Our initial sound was pretty hodge-podgy,” he said.

“It’s like the meaning behind the name Slapdash Science.

The inspiration for the name was somewhat like the process we use to write music. Nothing’s ever set in stone—it’s very open. Slapdash is some old word that basically means ‘not scientific at all.’”

See SLAPDASH page 5

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Bassist Chad Coleman concentrates on the next chord.

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Swanson said they, like most musicians, bring their influences along with their pencils to the drawing board, but that they have never sought to work exclusively with a given sound.

“I think individually we all have our influences we come to the table with, growing up with and learning how to play from,” he said. “I would say we all have certain bands we’re attracted to. With new bands we might come into practice and say, ‘Hey, I want to play like this, or emulate this sound,’ but I wouldn’t say there’s a set band or couple of bands that we really idolize or anything.”

“We’ve heard all kinds of things that I think are wrong,” Coleman added. “Someone told me we sound like System of a Down—that’s wrong. Someone said we sounded like Incubus—that’s wrong. The influences are there but they come in flashes. I’m sure we pick up from everything, whether it’s At the Drive In, or Coheed [and Cambria], or Radiohead, or classic rock even.”

“We’re not a jam band,” Sturgis added also. “People say we are but we are not. It’s very well rehearsed.”

“At the core of it, it’s rock—it really is,” Coleman added. “It’s more progressive rock. It’s very technical. There’s time changes and part changes all over the place.”

“We’ll be describing it to someone’s dad or something and we’ll just be like, ‘I don’t know, it’s rock,’” Swanson added.

The group said the project was birthed by their already apparent friendship, as Coleman, Sturgis and Curbow had known each other for some time before actually picking up instruments together.

“Me and Sean were in a band with a guy named Jeremy and he moved out of town,” Sturgis said. “So we got Chad to replace him on bass and actually just completely restarted. But we’re awfully familiar. I’ve been friends with Chad for a long time.”

Coleman said Slapdash Science was his first actual band.

“The band I was in with Joe beforehand was a Coheed cover band,” Coleman said.

“We never played a show, but it was tight. I think the first time sitting down with Sean on drums, as far as the rhythm section goes, it was already on.”

Swanson spoke of his introduction to the band, and what it was like attempting to adapt to a brand new aesthetic.

“I’d seen them play a couple of times,” Swanson said. “Joe finally called me one day and asked me. I thought their sound was different, sounded like it would be challenging to play with, and fun, and it’s been that for sure.”

Sturgis said there’s a crystal clear reason See SLAPDASH page 10

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Springfield’s nifty thrifting Save money and express creativity with pre-owned stuff

By Megan Gates The Standard

Are you tired of paying an arm and a leg for furniture for your apartment? Are you in need of some new clothes, but low on funds?

The thrift stores and flea markets of Springfield may be just what you need.

With low prices and one-of-a-kind pieces, these outlets can offer a chance for you to save money and create a unique look for yourself or your home.

So grab a friend, or several, and take a few hours to check out some of Springfield’s best options!

2855 Kansas Expressway Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

There are three DAVs in Springfield, but Red Racks is the one to go to if you’re looking for clothing at really affordable prices, such as T-shirts for a dollar.

They also offer mattresses, pillows, toys,

Red Racks DAV

books, dishes and a small selection of furniture.

Jon Stubblefield, a Red Racks cashier, said that the best day to shop is Sunday.

“Sundays are definitely the best day to shop because it’s our 25-cent deal day,” he said. “Items that have a certain colored tag are 25 cents on Sundays and other items are 25 percent off. We also have Monday sale days for veterans and seniors over 55 where everything is 25 percent off.”

Red Racks inventory has a quick turnover rate with new items added every day, Stubblefield said.

“We go through a lot of stuff and our inventory is constantly changing so if you don’t find something you like, just come back next week,” he said.

Tip: Make sure to wear clothing you can try things on over while shopping and bring a friend to tell you how you look.

Ozarks Treasures Antique and Fleamarket

2510 S. Campbell Ave. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

If you’re looking for a classier flea market, Ozarks Treasures is the place for you. Their items are a little more expensive than other flea markets, but their inventory is in good shape and nicely displayed so it’s easy to look through.

Ozarks Treasures has a variety of furniture,

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S.T.D. East has more than 175 vendor booths of items for sale. including sofas and coffee tables, fresh produce, antique glassware, a “man cave” with sports memorabilia, collectible beer steins and a Coca-Cola booth.

However, if you plan on buying furniture, make sure to take a few friends along to help you load it because the employees don’t offer assistance.

Tip: Make sure to check out the very back of the flea market, as that’s where most of their tables, bookshelves and mattresses are kept.

Youth of the Ozarks Thrift Store & Bait Shop

2140 S. Campbell Ave. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

Driving down Campbell, this place can look a little sketchy, but if you make your way

See THRIFT page 12

‘Attack the Block’ excellent alien movie

Many of you have probably never heard of “Attack the Block,” not surprisingly as it has come to us all the way from Britain, but that doesn’t mean you should miss it. Currently playing at The Moxie, “Attack the Block” is well worth the ticket price.

When aliens land in South London, a gang of teenagers chases one of the creatures down and kills it, only to bring a whole horde of them down on their block.

Now they must fight to survive as more and more show up on their doorsteps.

In case you’re wondering what their “block” is, it isn’t a city block as we call it. It’s more like the housing projects you would find in New York City.

As fantastic as this movie is, this is where the problems are going to happen with Americans. There are just so many things that your typical American audience is going to have trouble with.

“Attack the Block” focuses so heavily on this ethos of a crime-ridden London that there are a lot of things an American audience just isn’t going to connect to from the situations, to the kids, even to the

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language. This whole crime-ridden South London thing isn’t made up for the story either. London is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but that’s a discussion for another time.

This movie is actually an excellent alien movie. It’s scary without being over the top and it’s fairly realistic. The creatures aren’t overly extravagant and people die gruesome deaths.

Realistically speaking, the aliens kind of have motives. They aren’t just indiscriminately chasing people down, which I thought was actually a really cool little

addition to the movie. You see so many alien movies where it seems the aliens just like eating people. It’s refreshing to see some different ones.

Humor wise, it’s quite subtle. There are some funny lines, but they are over so quick that you may miss them. On top of that, most Americans probably aren’t going to get the joke when one of the teens freaks out because he doesn’t have any credit left on his phone.

Another cool thing about the aliens: They aren’t computer generated. It’s a guy on all fours in a suit. More specifically, it’s Terry Notary, a parkour specialist. In fact, I’m not sure if there is much computer generation in the movie at all. How cool is that for a modern alien film?

Overall, this is a really good film. The action is tense, the aliens are scary and the stakes are high. There is even a little bit of a moral thrown in there, a little lesson on taking responsibility for your actions. As a new alien film, “Attack the Block” is both creative and entertaining.

You may not have heard about it before, but now you have no excuse.

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Quality résumés are essential for finding a job Students have resources for résumé writing

By Kris Collins The Standard

A résumé is an employer’s first impression of a job hunter. It can determine whether or not an applicant will get an interview, so knowing how to write a successful résumé is a necessity.

Although applying for a job can be daunting, there is good news — anyone can learn the skills necessary to write a résumé.

Writing a résumé can be confusing and complicated because of the many different ways it can take shape. Often a uniform structure is sought when, in fact, there isn’t any template that one should start with to write something as personal as a résumé.

There are things that should be uniform for all résumés such as font no smaller than 12point, a clean readable font and even the 24pound linen paper that should be used to print on.

“You have to tailor it for a particular employ-

er,” Jack Hunter, director of the Career Center at Missouri State said. “You have a whole body of work about what you’ve done and you have to pull out highlights for different employers. The way you create and format it depends on what the job description looks like.”

A subject that often adds confusion to writing a résumé is the optional cover letter. The cover letter is an opportunity to strengthen a résumé. It’s also a great way to expand upon and support ideas and create more space on the résumé.

“I’m a big fan of cover letters,” Hunter said.

“It shows you’re an effective communicator and allows you to compliment your résumé.”

Although a cover letter can strengthen a résumé, there are risks involved if it’s not done correctly.

“The likelihood there will be a misspelling or poor grammar is greater in the cover letter,” Hunter said. “I’ve seen people with extremely strong résumés and they can’t write and they’re dead. A cover letter is risky.”

When an employer is facing a stack of résumés, a cover letter can humanize your résumé and make it more memorable, Hunter said. If written clearly, simply and to the point, a cover letter can be a useful tool.

The Career Center is a useful resource for MSU students to take advantage of when writ-

ing a résumé. The Career Center offers a variety of informational packets online as well as oneon-one appointments to cater to the specific needs of a single résumé.

“I tell everybody about the Career Center because it’s so helpful,” Danielle Cole, a senior biology and Spanish major, said. “I didn’t know how to write a résumé. I’m 23 years old, and I never had that experience.”

“I never took an English class that teaches you how to write a résumé. I was applying for jobs, and I didn’t understand why I wasn’t getting interviews.”

The Career Center is always available for students to take advantage of, but there are more resources available to students that may get overlooked.

“If I were developing a résumé, I’d show it to my friends and I’d want to see theirs,” Hunter said. “They may have an idea that you want to use and vice-versa. I’d show it to my family, professional friends of the family, staff members, and faculty. The more opinions you can get, the more likely you’ll be prepared.”

Making your résumé stand out above the rest can be a difficult task, a task that can be challenged by the smallest mistake.

“When I’m looking at a stack of résumés, I’m looking for bad ones because I want to eliminate work,” Hunter said. “If it’s not read-

able or understandable, I’ll set it aside.”

Action verbs are another effective weapon in a job hunter’s arsenal. Such verbs can bring attention to accomplishments and add emphasis to what would otherwise be a weak sentence.

Building a résumé to emphasize education and work experience that accommodates to a specific position is something all employers are looking for. If a résumé effectively shows educational and work experiences in a way that could improve the company for which one is applying at, the chances for an interview are much greater.

Different employers are looking for different things. It’s clear that there is no cookie-cutter résumé that will guarantee an interview for any job. A strong résumé is one that highlights education and work experience and skills that are specific to the position sought.

“There’s no school solution to writing a résumé or cover letter,” Hunter said.

The résumé that shows an applicant’s potential to increase efficiency or profits is the one that will get an interview.

According to Richard Bolles, author of the best-selling job-hunting book, “What Color Is Your Parachute,” “If you send a résumé to a place where you’d like to work and it persuades the person who has the power to hire there to invite you in, it matters not what form it took.”

Career Center provides students with free services

By Brandon Corrigan The Standard

The Missouri State University Career Center is similar to an Oreo cookie. That’s how Director Jack Hunter sees it at least.

“The top wafer is what we do with students who are about to graduate,” Hunter said. “We help them plan where they’re going to work, go to graduate school and bring in career fairs. The bottom wafer is working with students who when they first get here may have not made a decision on selecting a major, so we have career counselors available.

“And the center of the Oreo is working with students to help them acquire internships because internships, relevant work experience and communication skills are the most important skills that an employer wants a student to have.”

The Career Center, located in Carrington Hall 309 and Glass Hall 101, is a resource that all students can utilize to take control of their career development.

“We offer services for students that are just starting out in college and those that are graduating, so all of our services are free for students,” career resource specialist Addye Buckley-Burnell said.

Buckley-Burnell said that the Career Center can assist with almost any careerrelated task.

“We can help with anything from career counseling, internships, job searches, résumé writing, cover letter writing, portfolios, mock interviews and graduate school,”

Career Center information

Locations: Carrington Hall 309, Glass Hall 101 Hours: 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

10 a.m. to noon on Fridays.

Buckley-Burnell said. “We also connect students with people in the community that work in the profession they are thinking about so they can get some real-world perspective on it.”

Buckley-Burnell said most meetings are by appointment, but walk-in hours are available at both locations from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to noon on Friday.

The Career Center recorded 8,871 student contacts during the 2010-11 school year, according to their annual report.

Hunter said he realizes that many students postpone using the Career Center’s services until their senior year.

“The earlier you start thinking about what you’re going to do when you leave Missouri State, the better off you are,” Hunter said.

“Those who wait usually don’t have the relevant work experience that graduate school and employers like students to have. The longer you wait to acquire that, the more likely it is that you will make a decision that is not based on a full work experience.”

Corey Nieman, a junior business management major, said he was grateful for the

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The Career Center at Missouri State helps students with almost any career-related task. It is located on campus in Carrington Hall 309 and Glass Hall 101.

assistance he received on his résumé from the Career Center.

“They really helped me,” Nieman said.

“They made sure the formatting was correct and fixed a few minor details. Honestly, I would have never gone to the Career Center had it not been required for a class. It’s an amazing resource that many students don’t recognize.”

Hunter said the Career Center is not the only resource students should use for help with their careers.

“The Career Center, family, friends, other professionals and their organizations — students shouldn’t just use one of those,” he said. “They should use all of those sources as information about what it is they should do with their careers.”

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Scorebox

Football Saturday, Sept. 24 Southern Illinois Missouri State Volleyball Friday, Sept. 23 Wichita State Missouri State Sunday, Sept. 25 Stephen F. Austin Missouri State Men’s Soccer Saturday, Sept. 24 Saint Louis Missouri State Women’s Soccer Friday, Sept. 23 Indiana State Missouri State Sunday, Sept. 25 Saint Louis Missouri State Softball Saturday, Sept. 24 Crowder College Missouri State Evangel Missouri State Field Hockey Friday, Sept. 23 Kent State Missouri State Sunday, Sept. 25 Ohio Missouri State Men’s Golf Tuesday, Sept. 20 Kansas Invit.

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Calendar September 26 to October 3

Tuesday

Men’s soccer, 7 p.m. at home vs. Oral Roberts

Women’s golf, 8:30 a.m. away at Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invit.

Friday

Women’s soccer, 7 p.m. at home vs. Illinois State

Volleyball, 7 p.m. away at Bradley

Saturday

Football, 1 p.m. at home vs. Northern Iowa Men’s soccer, 7 p.m. away at Northwestern Volleyball, 7 p.m. away at Northern Iowa Field Hockey, 11 a.m. away at Central Michigan Softball, 1:30 p.m. away at SEMO Softball, 3:30 p.m. away at Saint Louis Cross Country, 9 a.m. away at Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic Men’s Golf, all day away at D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate

Sunday

Field Hockey, 11 a.m. away at Central Michigan

Men’s Golf, 8:30 a.m. away at D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate

Monday

Women’s Golf, all day away at Johnie Imes Invit.

Softball, 7 p.m. at home vs. National Pro Fastpitch

Briefs MSU GameTracker mobile available

Missouri State GameTracker mobile is now available through missouristatebears.com.

The application includes updated scores, statistics, schedules and social media like Twitter are available as well through the application.

GameTracker Mobile for Missouri State is a free application.

‘Champions Collide’ main event finalized

On Oct. 15 at Drury University’s O’Reilly Family Events Center Willard native BJ Flores will face Paul Jennette as a part of ‘Champions Collide-A Fight for the Kids’ sponsored by Youngblood Auto.

Promoter Don King will be in attendance. Tickets for the fight are now available and can be purchased through the Drury University box office.

Ticket prices range from $119 for ringside seats to $15 for general admission bleacher seats.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and fights will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the BJ Flores fight being the main event on the fight card.

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Freshman Olivia Brand has a 2.44 kill/set ratio this season and has a total of 44 kills in 18 sets played.

The future is now Brand leads all freshmen in kills

By John Cook The Standard

After every volleyball match the Bears give out awards for team winner, team stud and team leader.

The winner never gives up, the stud is the play-maker and the leader is the person who puts the team on their back.

Freshman Olivia Brand won all three after her Sept.

16 performance against Illinois State.

Head coach Melissa Stokes said it was the first time she had ever given out all three awards to one player.

“She had everyone on their feet,” Stokes said. “In a way she made me look stupid. Here we have this stud just standing on the sidelines waiting in the wings.

Who knew that when she got her chance she’d go off like that.”

That night, the Bears trailed ISU 0-2 when Stokes decided to give Brand a shot.

“Once I put her in, I could tell something special was about to happen,” Stokes said.

Brand went in mid-way through the second set, providing six kills on seven attempts. Then in the third set, the Springfield native had 10 more kills on 17 attempts, catapulting the Bears to an 11-3 lead. From there, MSU never looked back, and neither did Brand.

Brand finished with a team season-high 22 kills and nine digs, helping her earn Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week.

Freshman Kaitlin Jaeger, Brand’s teammate and roommate, said that Brand handles the pressure as well as anyone.

“About the only time I see Brand stressed is when she’s having a bad hair day,” Jaeger said. “I’ve lived with her for a couple weeks now and I still haven’t seen a crack in her armor.”

Senior Kelley Michnowicz and a number of her teammates said Brand has a humble personality that is See BRAND, page 12

There was trouble on the home front this week for the field hockey team.

After winning their home opener against Saint Louis University, the Bears dropped the next two games on their home turf to Kent State and Ohio, 5-3 and 5-1 respectively. Missouri State fell to 3-6 on the year and 0-2 in the Mid-American Conference.

The team is playing on the same level as their competition, but is having trouble with consistency for the full 70 minutes.

“I think that we have our bursts where we can beat these teams," sophomore forward Catrina Schmidt said. "It’s a matter of playing the full 70 minutes hard and strong."

Being able to rebound from giving up goals is a big thing, sophomore forward Hillary Lawless said.

The Bears lost standout junior defender Reiann Stoute early in the contest Sunday against the Bobcats with a head injury. She did not return to action.

“I really don’t know [what happened]," Stoute said. "It happened so quickly. I know the ball hit me squarely. It was unfortunate."

Stoute notched her first goal of the season against Kent State on Friday.

“It was great," she said. "We practiced it many times, and that was my opportunity and I put it in."

Offensively, the team is able to work the ball into opponent territory, but is struggling to deliver the final blow to score.

“I think we’re just not executing, and we’re not finishing when we have opportunities to shoot," Lawless said. "We need to just work on execution."

Senior forward Casey Bayliss said the offense is clicking but not executing in some key situations.

“There have been a few passing combinations that have worked, but we haven’t always finished,” she said.

Lawless was able to add another goal and assist to her point total over the weekend. She’s second in See FIELD HOCKEY, page 9

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Field hockey is 3-6 this year.

Ice Bears minimize damage in opener

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

The Missouri State Ice Bears hockey team cut down on their penalties to salvage a 3-3 tie in the second game of their weekend series against the Ferris State Bulldogs at Mediacom Ice Park.

The Ice Bears couldn’t stay out of the box with 13 penalties in a 41 loss on Friday, but they were penalized only nine times and came from behind to tie the Bulldogs on Saturday night.

“We had a lot of talks about our penalties last night and put some things in place to help stop that, and it seemed like it worked,” Ice Bears head coach Tony Dunseith said Sat-

urday. “These guys worked a lot harder tonight.”

Dunseith said he told the team that their practices this week would involve a lot of conditioning if they didn’t cut back on their penalties.

In Saturday’s game, the Ice Bears jumped all over Ferris State early on. On a Bulldogs power play, freshman forward Jack Ryan intercepted a pass and took off down the ice. He crossed the puck to junior forward Andy Draper who buried the shot, giving the Ice Bears a 1-0 lead.

Twenty-five seconds later, Draper scored again to put Missouri State in control. The Bulldogs bat See HOCKEY, page 12

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Ferris State had 34 shots on goal against the Ice Bears each night.

Cross-country follows creative training regimen for workouts

By Colleen Hamilton The Standard

At some point every athlete runs as part of his or her training regimen. But imagine what it takes to train for cross-country. The team has to be able to run anywhere from two to six miles competitively.

“The most important thing is to stay healthy, that’s why today this long run is for them not to push themselves,” head coach Alick Musukuma said during practice.

The team had a hard workout the

previous day, and Musukuma staggers the harder workouts throughout the week so the runners have time to recover.

Many of the runners consider the meets as competitive training sessions to prepare for regional and conference competition.

“Meets like Tulsa and Louisville are important but are more like a hard training session," senior Terry Phillips said. "It’s like never stop with the hard training sessions in between meets. Essentially, that meet takes the place of another hard

workout — it’s still getting us fit.”

Freshman Emma Burditt has had to adjust to the collegiate training regimen but admits that she likes it better.

“We usually have one or two hard workouts at the beginning of the week and then kind of taper off to get ready for the meet,” Burditt said.

Musukuma has to use creativity when varying practice locations.

The team prefers to run on soft surfaces like the Missouri State University cross-country course.

“We do a lot of interval training at Phelps Grove," Phillips said. "He likes to go out to Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield — there is a ton of trails to run on."

The team also takes advantage of the facilities on campus, particularly the swimming pool.

“Whenever someone's feeling a little tired, their muscles are a little sore or something, we get in the pool and you can still get in a pretty good, hard workout without the See RUNNING, page 12

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Five-year winless drought ends with victory over Saint Louis

By Adam Hammons The Standard

Going into Sunday’s game, the last time the women’s soccer team scored a goal against Saint Louis University was in 2005, but now, more than 600 minutes of game time later, that streak is over after a 1-0 victory at home.

The Bears play SLU every year, but have been unable to score a goal against the Billikens since 2005 when they won 1-0. Neither of the teams had scored a goal since 2007. They’ve had three 0-0 draws in a row.

That made this game a little more interesting.

“It got the forwards kind of pumped up,” freshman forward Bethany Smith said. “It’s

like, 'It’s our job to do it. Let’s get out there and show them we deserve to beat them.'”

Smith scored the first goal for either team.

It was her third goal of the year, and it came just minutes after she nearly put in a header after it was cleared on the goal line by a Billiken defender.

“It was frustrating so I really wanted to get the next one,” Smith said.

Smith got the next one after junior midfielder Michelle Sommer passed it to sophomore forward Katelyn Frederickson who then beat a couple of defenders and passed it perfectly to Smith in front of the net.

“I took a lot of shots this game because I definitely wanted to win,” Sommer said. “On the goal I was like, ‘Well my shots haven’t

been falling.’ So I kicked it out wide to Katelyn and she found Bethany and it worked out perfectly.”

That goal was all they needed as the Bears settled down and moved the ball well, shutting out the Billikens for the fourth straight time. It was their fifth shutout of the season.

“It feels really good to actually beat them,” Sommer said.

The Bears played Sunday without junior defender Nia Williams who was out with an injury. Williams takes all the free kicks and corner kicks. That meant other players had to step up including goalkeeper Jessica Teahan who took a couple free kicks even when the ball was 70 yards away from her own goal.

“We tell her that she shouldn’t be watch-

ing the play,” head coach Rob Brewer said.

“Hit it and just get back.”

The Bears also played last Friday shutting out Indiana State at Indiana in their first conference game of the season. Sommer put in the winning goal late in the first half from a Williams corner kick.

“It was amazing,” Sommer said. “I just saw the ball coming in and in my head I was like, ‘I have to get this in — there’s no one on me.’ So I just headed it. I didn’t even see where the ball went after, and then someone gave me a hug and I knew it went in.”

The Bears are now 1-0 in conference and 7-3-1 overall. Their next game is at 7 p.m.

Friday at Plaster Sports Complex against conference rival Illinois State University.

Oregon, Arkansas lead to demise of Bears’ run defense early on

By Harrison Keegan The Standard

In the game of football, sometimes the numbers only tell part of the story. For the Missouri State defense, those numbers aren’t pretty. Through their first four games, the Bears were giving up an average of 38.8 points and 489 yards of total offense per game.

What those numbers won’t tell you is that the Bears lost seven starters from last year’s defense and two of those three games were against Oregon and Arkansas, teams that finished last season ranked fourth and 11th in the nation in total offense respectively.

“We played the best of the best,” said redshirt freshman linebacker Andrew Beisel.

“We’re going to still see some really good players but nothing compared to all of those guys put together.”

The Oregon backfield epitomizes that idea

of good players put together. The Ducks’ carries are split between junior Heisman Trophy candidate LaMichael James and freshman five-star recruit De’Anthony Thomas. The duo gashed the Bears defense for almost 10 yards per carry, but Beisel said Oregon’s success on the ground was more a product of their fast-paced, no huddle offense — known for snapping the ball about 12 seconds after the previous play has ended.

“A big part of Oregon’s offense was how fast their tempo was,” Beisel said. “That was the main thing that messed us up with the running. As long as we stay sound and everyone does their job, we should be fine.”

Senior linebacker David Ingram has 25 tackles on the year. He said that one thing the Bears will take away from a tough 0-4 start is that they were not out-muscled at the line of scrimmage.

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“I think communication is a big On the other side of the ball, Missouri State has been solid, but has had rough thing,” Lawless said. “We need to switch spurts that have doomed them. The Bears the ball more and spread the field out.”

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-sumers is how long it takes to get from point A to point B. And when you start adding up how many stores are within a 30minute radius, there’s going to be a lot of Walmart and Sam’s Club stores.

“There’s only so much grocery buying within that 30minute radius and there’s a point where it’s not profitable to open more stores. If you’re not getting incremental new business and it’s not paying for

itself, you lose money.”

Walmart Neighborhood Market outlets are not the only new grocery stores older competitors have to face on the Springfield grocery scene. An 84,000-square-foot, $17 million Hy-Vee store at the southeast corner of Kansas Expressway and Battlefield Road is slated to open in October.

Wyrick said he is pleased at the prospect of more growth for the city, although that growth may mean some tough times for traditional grocers.

“As an economist, I generally think this kind of thing is positive,” he said. “Even though it

offensive line, the Bears held their ground and limited the Razorbacks to three yards per carry.

“They didn’t really push us around or anything,” Ingram said. “So we’re just going to build on being physical and flying around to the football.”

Last year’s team gave up at least 38 points six times, but came together late and ended the season by shutting out North Dakota State. This year’s squad is trying to build on that performance, but it’s a tough thing to do when seven defensive starters have moved on. Beisel said the defense will mesh, but it’s going to take some time.

“If any team has to go through that switch, it’s going to be detrimental,” he said. “We’re working hard at it — we’re getting it right.”

It’s especially tough playing defense in front of 60,000

fans cheering for the offense. The Bears have now wrapped up their four game road trip to start the season, and head coach Terry Allen said the team is well prepared for any conference road test after trips to Arkansas and Oregon.

“As far as being able to handle an environment and those sorts of things, we’re definitely tested in that area,” Allen said.

As the Bears get ready to take on Northern Iowa in their home opener at 1 p.m. Saturday, Ingram said the defense will come out ready to play.

“We just have to bring a mentality, an attitude of physicality and aggression to the game,” he said.

Schmidt said she could see the progress the team is making.

“We’ve improved since Iowa,” she said. “We’ve been marking better. We’ve been talking more and it’s just a matter of making a few more tweaks.”

Missouri State looks to get back into the win column at 11 a.m. on Saturday against Central Michigan.

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‘Noah’s Art’ reminds audiences true importance of holidays The Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing the spirit of Christmas to campus earlier than normal in the form of “Noah’s Art,” their first student production of the fall.

Written by Nathan Tysen, with music by Ryan McCall and directed

by Michael Casey, “Noah’s Art” tells the story of Noah (Frankie Shin), a creative boy who instead of getting what he desperately wanted for Christmas receives a box of crayons and a notebook.

With his crayons and paper Shin draws the train set and the dog, Willy (Adam Williams), his sister (Carly Schneider), and he really wanted from Santa, one night, only to have them become real the next morning.

Shin and Schneider must then convince their parents (Elise Watson

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view below. Collette and her husband Paul rent the space for $500 a night or $800 for two nights.

Anne and Andy Walls, dance instructors at the Savoy Ballroom, were also a part of the loft walk this year. Their beautiful home is located above their ballroom space and features some impressive architecture, sleek design and carefully chosen accents.

They’re the duo responsible for last year’s successful Thriller on C-Street Halloween performance and will be holding dance classes again this year to teach new zombies how to move like Michael.

Thriller on C-Street: Epidemic II – They Rise Again will be held Saturday, Oct. 29. Classes are $10 per person per class or $50 for a lifetime membership to the C-Street Zombie Corps which includes all future classes as well. The next class will be held Sunday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m.

Not only were there beautiful lofts available to tour, there were beautiful lofts available to rent.

Located above the one of the best pizza places in Springfield, the Pizza House, the sixth loft on the tour at 312A E. Commercial St. was open to tour and tempt prospective renters.

The loft is available for $1,200 a month and features oiled bronze fixtures throughout the space, two large bedrooms and a large bathroom, custom cabinets and adjustable shelves, hardwood floors, an excellent view of artist Christina Schilling’s studio—The

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and Will Van Wig) that they didn’t steal any of their new possessions and should be allowed to keep them.

Something that becomes even more challenging is that a new cat, Princess (Laurel Gawlik), is added to the mix bringing the natural feud between cats and dogs front and center.

It’s difficult to portray a character

Urban Zoo—and most impressively, a large custom skylight above the living room and kitchen space.

Also up for grabs are some unfinished but promising spaces called the Artisan Lofts at 206 E. Commercial St. They are available through the Matt Miller Co., responsible for most of the lofts and condos located in downtown Springfield like the Founders Park lofts, the Wilhoit Plaza lofts and Eko Park Apartments.

The projected completion date for the Artisan Lofts is Dec. 1 and projected rent is $550 per month. Not bad for an excellent space that will always smell like freshly baked pizza thanks to your downstairs neighbors. Call Dan Johnson at 417-689-0390 for more information.

The loft walk and traditional music continued into the afternoon with performances at the Gallery Art Market by Cindy Wolf, Dallas Jones and Molly Healey and Friends as well as Stormy Weather and Contra Dance (an American folk dance) at the Savoy Ballroom.

“Every year we do something different added to the Loft Walk because that’s what life up here on C-Street is like,” Collette said. “There’s such variety so every year we add a different cultural component to try to express the character and personality of the district.”

There’s always something happening on C-Street worth checking out but an upcoming event you definitely don’t want to miss is LemonDrop’s Fall Block Party on C-Street on Oct. 8.

Bands you know and love like Sincerely Yours, Ghost Dance, Bootheel and New Monsters Collective will be playing at 416 W. Commercial St. from 1 to 11 p.m.

under the age of 10 as a college student, but Shin did a fantastic job of committing to the role. He used body language and speech patterns to make his character believable to the audience, such as singing that he wants a train set “with bridge and tunnel please!” in the opening scene.

Shin was also aided in making his character convincing by the fantastic interaction between he and Schneider. They behaved like brother and sister who both love — and love to torment — each other.

Their chemistry drew huge laughs from the audience, such as when Shin tells Schneider he’ll draw her dog if she promises “not to speak for the rest of the day,” allowing him to tease her to his heart’s content without her being able to call for their mother to intervene.

Watson in turn fully embraced her character as a mother struggling to provide for her children on Christmas with a limited budget, trying to find the balance between giving the kids what they want (a train set and a dog) and what they really need (new clothes and shoes).

She also showcased her singing ability with a rendition of “The Night Before Christmas” that completely silenced the audience. Watson inserted her own lyrics to the familiar tune, giving voice to her uncertainty about how they could survive the holidays while her husband is on the road working.

However, the bond between Watson and Wig was lacking, as they seemed stiff and distant in their interactions. Moments that were meant to be heartfelt between the two, such as

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why they are all still making music together.

“We’re all really original and we’re not scared to just write something that’s pretty different,” he said.

“But we have a little more freedom as an instrumental band. One thing that someone told me from the audience’s perspective is, ‘If you guys do whatever you want with the music and have fun doing it, I’ll be able to tell just watching you.’ I think that’s hitting the nail on the head personally.”

Sturgis said that their songwriting process has always been a collective effort and that there is not one musician in particular that writes the bulk of their material.

“It’s very much a group effort,” he said. “It usually starts from an idea and then once we present it to the other people in the band, then other stuff starts falling out. That’s definitely the cool part. When that starts hap-

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Grant Peters, an elected member of the board of directors of the international trumpet guild and music professor at MSU, submitted a proposal to the board to host the event at Missouri State.

“It seemed like a great opportunity to bring attention to our depart-

pening you’ve got a song all of a sudden.”

Swanson said their friends have been their biggest support system, and that while the band’s career had a slow start, word eventually spread of their exploits on stage.

“It took a little while whenever I joined,” he said. “We played a handful of shows and then we played at Lindberg’s one night and got a really good response. Ever since then I think now we can rely on a certain number of people to come out each night.”

“We have a solid core for sure,” Coleman said. “I know a lot of musicians that definitely appreciate it. I don’t know if it’s their bag, or if they come every time, but they can come and appreciate the work that goes into it.”

The group said that although they have yet to embark upon their first tour, plans for a future record release, as well as plans to get out on the road, have already been set in motion.

“We just got this van,” Swanson said. “We’re going to record an album here in November and then ment university, and our new Jazz Studies Program,” Peters said.

Finalists chosen from the recorded entries of 26 applicants from Germany, France, Finland, Canada and the United States competed for the $10,000 prize.

Finalists included Benny Benack from New York, Jonathan Challoner from Toronto, Canada, John Lake from Denver, Colo., Christopher Lawrence from Grand Rapids, Mich., and Magnus Schriefl from

when Wig tells Watson that he has to leave for work on Christmas Eve fell flat as they seemed to never truly connect with one another.

Overall, the ensemble put on a great production that’s suitable for all ages and brings into perspective how presents aren’t the most important thing at Christmas, but rather enjoying what you have, believing in yourself and having a family to share it with.

“Noah’s Art” will be showing at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 and at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 in the Balcony Theatre. Tickets are available at the box office in Craig Hall 10 a.m. to 5 p. m., Monday through Friday and noon to 8:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. You can also get tickets online at http://missouristatetix.com and by phone at 417836-7678.

the plan is to actually move around a little bit after that.”

“We’ll start off slow for sure,” Coleman said. “We’ll go out one weekend and take it city by city, maybe do a weekend tour and then eventually a week thing. Joe’s still got a semester of school left, so we’re waiting on that. And then if we just get our schedules together we can hit the road for a little bit at least.”

The group said while they would never stop secretly hoping for success in such a murky market such as the music industry, they are trying to remain as realistic as possible in their situation and have some fun in the process.

“I’d like to get close to that,” Coleman said. “I don’t expect it, but it would be amazing if it happened.

I’m not putting all my eggs in that basket just yet but I’m going to do everything I can to make it happen.”

“I personally just don’t want the stress of thinking whether I’ll make it or not,” Sturgis said. “For me, whatever comes is great and as long as we still enjoy just getting up there and playing I’m in.”

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Benny Benack took first place and a $5,000 second place prize went to Magnus Schriefl.

The Gala concert that marked the end of Springfield’s jazz fest featured performances by the Missouri Jazz Orchestra directed by Randy Hamm, Missouri State’s Jazz Studies director as well as performances by the five finalists and world-class artists like trumpeter Randy Brecker and saxophonist Dick Oatts.

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-tled back, however, with a goal in the second period and two in the third to go up 3-2.

With just under seven minutes remaining, Eric Aldag found fellow freshman Blake Ryan down low.

Ryan turned and fired a shot past Ferris State goalie Ruben Medrano to tie the game.

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pounding,” Burditt said.

Phillips said the practices at the pool come as needed. Musukuma uses the pool to keep the team away from the hard surfaces.

“It’s more like refreshment for the legs to recover from that pounding,” he said.

Another element the

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have a decent inventory and they donate their profits to charities in the area.

“The Youth of the Ozarks Thrift Store turns good, but no longer needed items into cash donations for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Boy Scouts Ozarks Trails Council and Girl Scouts Heartland Council on a rotating basis,” according to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield’s website, which is currently receiving profits from the thrift store.

Youth of the Ozarks offers a variety of items (clothing, books, dishes), but the best finds here are furniture with sofas and easy chairs for less than $50, depending on the piece.

The thrift store also has working TVs for around $65 and offers special discounts of 25, 50 and 75 percent off during the week for items with certain colored price tags.

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“I missed three goals earlier in that game so I knew one was coming,” Ryan said. “I just kept telling myself and the guys around me ‘I’m going to pop in the next one.’”

The teams were scoreless in overtime, thanks in part to the stellar play of Missouri State sophomore goalie Austin Hoglen.

“He was awesome,” Ryan said about Hoglen. “He was unbelievable this whole weekend.”

Junior Pete Cero said that the Ice Bears weren’t prepared for Ferris

team has to deal with is the weather. Rain and thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the Missouri Southern Stampede and left the Bears with almost a month off between competitions.

“Sometimes if you don’t compete you get rusty," Musukuma said. "So we’re hoping that by next week, when we go to Louisville, everybody will be healthy and be able to run."

Meets are beneficial for the runners to get a chance to run against new competition.

“Racing and training are

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S.T.D. East’s best finds are knick-knacks and dishes, with booths dedicated solely to clip-on earrings, animal figurines and antique glassware.

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State’s physicality Friday night, but they bounced back on Saturday.

“Tonight we came out a lot harder,” Cero said after Saturday’s game. “They’re a very physical team so tonight we came out and set the tone, we had pressure the whole game. Last night they got on us early and we were struggling to battle back.”

The Ice Bears didn’t match up with the Bulldogs in terms of size.

Ferris State had three players listed at 200 pounds or more and the Ice

two different worlds," Phillips said. "You have to know how to race, it takes something else. It’s good to get practice with racing.”

The Bears will get plenty of chances to compete and prepare for the conference championship in the next couple weeks.

Up next, the team will travel to Kentucky for the Greater Louisville CrossCountry Classic on Oct. 1.

Then the Bears will compete on a 6-kilometer course at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. you load it into your vehicle as they don’t offer assistance with moving furniture.

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Opened in April of 2009, Funtiques Market is the only venue in Springfield solely dedicated to items from the ‘40s through the ‘70s, Karen Chapmen, owner of Funtiques Market, said.

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Bears have only one (senior Curran Eigelberger). Dunseith said that his team used its speed to offset that size.

“We really are a deep team this year with skills and talent,” Dunseith said. "We’re fast, we’re talented.

If we stay out of penalty problems we can work around and through most teams.”

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-rare to see with someone as talented as she is.

“That’s something that draws people to Olivia,” Michnowicz said. “She has a very calm presence about her. You need someone that stays in the moment and doesn’t get rattled. She brings that to our team.”

As a first team all-state player her junior and senior year at Glendale High School, Brand always had MSU on her mind.

“I grew up coming to Missouri State volleyball games,” Brand said. “My dad was on the MSU track and field team when he went to school here, so it’s kind of

lamps, sofas, dishes and art.

Funtiques gets most of its items from larger cities, such as Kansas City, Milwaukee and Chicago, Chapman said.

“We shop every week for new things so we have new items for sale every week,” she said. “I have 16 vendors in the store, but everything else is mine and we have a lot of stuff.”

Chapman also said she’s particular about what she buys for Funtiques.

“I make sure that everything I buy is in good shape,” she said. “I always smell things to make sure they don’t have an odor or are water damaged, and I won’t buy anything if it’s stained, unless it’s a chair that I want to reupholster.”

Tip: Make sure to check out their clothing selection for men and women, with vintage men’s suits starting at $45 and

the Ice Bears beat Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas by a combined 174. Cero said that gave the team a lot of momentum coming into their series with Ferris State.

“It was a great confidence booster,” Cero said. “We played three solid games. We scored a lot of goals, our defense was solid and our goalie was great.”

The Ice Bears are on the road next weekend for two games against the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.

a family tradition.”

Brand also went to state in track and field by throwing the discus, something Stokes said helps bring another one of Brand’s best attributes to the team — power.

“We talk so much of her character that you almost forget about her athleticism and power,” Stokes said.

“She’s a very strong, physical athlete. As far as overall power on the team goes, she’s definitely up there.”

With only limited playing time before the ISU match, Stokes said Brand will be rotated in with the rest of the starters.

“She’s shown us that she can play a number of different positions and be effective,” Stokes said.

Brand said whether it’s

playing on the outside or playing in the middle like she did in high school, there’s nothing better than a solid block.

“Denying the right of someone to score a point is so much fun,” she said.

“Stuffing a kill in their face is also fun, but getting a block gets me pumped up.”

Brand said that for the rest of the season she is just going to give her best effort and let the rest take care of itself.

“I’m just going to work hard and everything else will fall into place,” she said.

“I’m not going to worry about any long-term goals.”

Brand will try and continue her hot streak at 7 p.m.

Friday when the Bears play Bradley in Peoria, Ill.

women’s coats between $25 said. “We just have a little bit and $40. of everything.”

Belaw said she loves working with the different Vendor’s Mart people who come into Ven1933 N. Glenstone Ave. dor’s Mart.

Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., “We have the regulars who Monday through Saturday, come in all the time and will and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on stay all day,” she said.

Sundays.

The true gem of Spring- “There’s also a lot of people field’s flea markets is Vendor’s who stop in from out of town Mart. With two stories and who are just driving down Iover 500 booths of items, you 44 and want to check us out.”

The busiest day at Vencan find just about anything your heart desires in this dor’s Mart is Saturday, but not venue, just be prepared to because they offer a sale on spend some time digging that day, Belaw said.

“Booths may do individual through the catacombs.

Carey Belaw, a cashier and sales, but we don’t do any student at Colorado Technical sales as an overall venue,” she University, has worked at said.

Tip: Make sure to go right Vendor’s Mart for 15 months and said what sets them apart past the main check-out from other flea markets is counter and through the glass doors when you enter to see their variety of items.

“We have new stuff in their furniture room with bedevery day and sell everything room sets, dining room tables, from new to old items,” she ping pong tables and chairs.