BriefsCollaborativeDiversity Conferenceto be April 18, 19The Collaborative Diversity

Conference, which seeks to bringpeople together and build a strongnetwork and community for thesupport of diversity, will featurepanels in the Plaster Student Unionon April 18 and 19.For a conference schedule, visit

http://diversity.missouristate.edu/conference/Overview.htm.

MSU signs firstinternational dualcredit agreementThe first international students

to take dual credit courses fromMissouri State University are eighthigh school students from TheAmerican School of Vietnam,according to an April 9 newsrelease.Steve Robinette, associate vice

president of international pro-grams, and Lee M. Yoder, head ofThe American School of Vietnam,worked to develop the partnership.

MSU Relay For Lifewill be April 19The Relay For Life of MSU-All

Collegiate (Missouri State, Drury,OTC and Evangel) will be held-from 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, to 7a.m. Saturday, April 20, at PlasterSports ComplexAccording to the event’s web-

site, 748 participants on 54 teamshave raised $27,855.71.

The Standard namesnext editor-in-chief Nicolette Martin, current news

editor of The Standard, has beennamed the paper’s editor-in-chieffor the 2013-2014 school year.Martin is a senior print and

Internet journalism major fromKansas City, Mo., and has been amember of The Standard staffsince April 2012. She will take over duties of the

EIC on May 18.

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FeverpitchMSU juniorbrings the heaton the diamondPage 6

Tuesday, April 16Refund Deadline — Second BlockClasses at 25 PercentCredit/Refund, all dayStudy Away 101 InformationSession, 3-4 p.m., PSU 315BHorticulture Club GeneralMeeting, 3:30-5 p.m., Karls Hall230Student Activities CouncilMeeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday, April 17Career Panel: How to PrepareStudents for the Workforce Whilein College (DAR School ofAgriculture), 9-9:50 a.m., PSU 313Career Panel: How to PrepareStudents for the Workforce Whilein College (College of Natural &Applied Sciences), 10:30-11:20a.m., PSU 313Societal Issues and CommunityServices Fair, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,Strong Hall AtriumCareer Panel: How to Stand Outin Your Job Search if You’re aBusiness Student, 12-12:50 p.m.,PSU 313Career Panel: Careers inKinesiology, 1:30-2:20 p.m., PSU313Career Panel: Liberal Arts — TheSkills, Not the Degree, 3-3:50p.m., PSU 313

Thursday, April 18Collaborative DiversityConference: Engaging 21stCentury Paradigms of Inclusion,TBA, PSUStudents for a Sustainable FutureGeneral Meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m.,Temple Hall 105

Friday, April 19Day of Silence, all dayCollaborative DiversityConference: Engaging 21stCentury Paradigms of Inclusion,TBA, PSU

Monday, April 22Greek Week, all dayAsian American Pacific IslanderOrganization Meeting, 6:30-7:30p.m., PSU 312

By Nicolette MartinThe StandardAdministrators of

recently popular Facebookpages could be held legallyresponsible for the pages’

anonymous submissions,according to a MissouriState media law professor.Missouri State Secret

Admirers is a Facebookpage that was created March31 and has gathered more

than 4,600 “likes” in itsshort Internet lifetime.A statement like “I don’t

know her name, but to thegirl that asked to borrow mypencil sharpener in the base-ment of Meyer earlier, youwere very cute and I wish Iwould have at least got yourname” may sound like amissed connections post on

Craigslist, but instead, itwas the first post on thepage.Tyler Briggs, a freshman

accounting major, said hecreated the page after hesaw similar pages fromother schools become popu-lar in a short amount oftime. “I actually saw one from

another school being madeand had been made a fewhours before I made oursand I saw that it had over ahundred likes,” Briggs said.“So I decided I’d make onefor Missouri State and itseemed to be quite the suc-cess at first.”

By Megan GatesThe StandardA Missouri State student’s

purse was almost snatched April 8by another woman while walkingnear Hammons House, accordingto a Department of Safety andTransportation crime alert issuedApril 9.The two suspects in the crime

are still at large as of The Stan-dard’s press time.Around 11 p.m., a woman, an

MSU student who was not namedin the alert, was walking with afriend near Hammons House onHarrison Street when they wereapproached by two women in awhite Pontiac G6, the alert said.A blonde woman in the pas-

senger seat of the car asked thevictim to make a phone call for

By Sam HolzerThe StandardThe decision to hire former North Carolina

State head coach Kellie Harper to coach theLady Bears is just the beginning of what’s instore for the program this year, according to Mis-souri State President Clif Smart.“A new ticket policy will be announced soon,

followed by a new marketing approach,” Smartsaid.Athletic Director Kyle Moats expanded on

the ticket policy, but he said he was unable to gointo great detail.

“We promised to review and re-invent theticket packages for the Lady Bears and we’redoing exactly that,” Moats said. “We should beable to roll out all the details within the nextweek and start taking orders soon thereafter. “I’ll whet your appetite by telling you this:

the vast majority of lower-level season ticketswill cost $120 without a seat assessment. Thesetickets were $259 last year.”Moats said that more information about the

change in ticket prices for JQH Arena will bereleased this week.Kellie Harper will be the seventh head coach

in the history of the Lady Bears basketball pro-

gram and has previous head coaching experiencewith North Carolina State and Western Carolina.She also played collegiately under Pat Summittat Tennessee.Missouri State has hired a coach with an

unquestioned winning pedigree. In 18 seasons asa head coach, assistant coach and player, Harperhas made it to the postseason 15 times. As aplayer, she was part of three consecutive NCAAchampionship teams.“I always thought we would be hiring an

excellent coach. I frankly never thought we

By Trevor MitchellThe StandardThe opposition to the

proposed Walmart Neigh-borhood Market nearCampbell Avenue andGrand Street may havefailed in its first referen-dum attempt, but accord-ing to the City Clerk’sOffice, Walmart’s opposi-tion has turned in a sec-ond petition with enoughnames to force action bythe Springfield CityCouncil.According to Stand Up

To Walmart’s Facebookpage, the group receivedmore than 250 additional

names — nearly 200 morethan the 43 signatures thepetition was originallylacking.The City Clerk’s

Office had five days to

look over the petition, butdeclared it certified withina few hours.The first petition, pre-

sented to the City Clerk’sOffice on March 25, had

2,390 signatures, accord-ing to a news release fromthe office. That numberwell exceeded the

Anonymous posts: Who’s responsible?Facebook administrators could beliable for page content

u See FACEBOOK page 14

New Lady Bears head coach ‘just the beginning’ of what’s in store for basketball program

u See HARPER page 9

Walmart opposition forces Council action

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARDStand Up To Walmart, a Walmart opposition group, resubmitted a petitionto city council with more than 250 additional signatures.

u See WALMART page 14

MSU studentnear victim ofpurse snatching

u See PURSE page 13

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDKellie Harper laughs with fans after she was announced Missouri State’s new women’s basketball coach on Wednesday, April 10.

Hello, Harper!

250 additionalsignaturesacquiredfor petition

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By Taylor BurnsThe Standard

Springfield City Council mem-bers are considering an ordinancethat will require a prescription forthe sale of any medicine containingpseudoephedrine this spring.

The legislation, sponsored byCouncilman Jeff Seifried, wasintroduced as an effort to stop themanufacturing of methampheta-mine in the city, according to anews release on the city’s website.

Though the ordinance has yet tobe reviewed by the full council, acommittee chaired by Council-woman Cindy Rushefsky has dis-cussed the language, and the major-ity were in support of the ordinanceat the April 2 meeting, according toRushefsky.

At the committee meeting,Councilman Doug Burlison was theonly opposing vote for the ordi-nance, according to Rushefsky. Shecalled Burlison’s vote “very in-character.”

“People can certainly change

their minds,” Rushefsky said. “Westill have to wait for the legaldepartment to draft the bill.”

Rushefsky predicted the nextcommittee meeting or public coun-cil hearing will be in mid-May.

Chief Paul Williams of theSpringfield Police Department saidhis department is in total support ofthe ordinance.

“Missouri has been the numberone state in meth lab busts for along time,” Williams said. “Spring-field-Greene County area hasalways been in the top two or threeareas in the state for methampheta-mine.”

Williams said that the mostessential ingredient in methamphet-amine is pseudoephedrine.

“If you don’t have pseu-doephedrine, you can’t makemethamphetamine,” Williams said.“My idea is to support this and itwould virtually eliminate the num-ber of labs.”

A reduction of meth productionwould also lead to reductions inhealth care costs associated with the

drug, according to Williams.Williams said though the restric-

tion would only apply within the

city limits, 70 other municipalities,or counties, in Missouri have passedsimilar restrictions and have seen

reduction in meth.

Pseudoephedrine could require prescriptionSpringfield City Council considersordinance aimed at making it harderto manufacture methamphetamine

Madeline Carter/THE STANDARDKrista Curtis, a sophomore entertainment management major, shops for allergy medicine. A Springfield ordinance could require a prescription for medicine containing pseudoephedrine.

u See ORDINANCE page 13

By Amber DuranThe Standard

With finicky spring temperatures playinghide and seek on us this month, various cam-pus buildings are experiencing extreme vari-ances in temperature.

Michael Borich, a per course faculty mem-ber for the Media, Journalism, and FilmDepartment, said that irregular classroomtemperatures hurt productivity in his classesthat are held in Craig Hall.

“It was so cold in our classroom, we had tomove to the class next door,” Borich said.“But that room was so freaking hot, my stu-dents were dropping like flies.”

Borich said that he wanders the halls inCraig just in search of a comfortable class-room.

“It messes everyone up when you can’t be

comfortable,” Borich said. “For all the money(students) pay, you would expect a comfort-able classroom.”

Bob Eckels, director of facilities manage-ment, said that he can only address issues thathe is aware of and that he was unaware ofthese irregularities in Craig.

“This time of year is always a contentioustime,” Eckels said “We rely on the deans, vicepresidents or administrators of each buildingto let us know when they need to start usingair conditioning.”

According to Eckels, the facilities man-agement department has, in the past, transi-tioned the buildings from the heating to cool-ing mode when the temperatures consistentlyreach highs of approximately 70 degrees.

“We have developed historical tempera-ture data which indicates these temperaturesare normally reached mid-to-late April,” hesaid, “but this year’s temperatures have beenatypical.”

“The extended weather forecast will beevaluated through the month of April; if thetemperatures are varying from the 5-year

• Ask your landlord to caulk and weather-strip around windows and door frames

• Install a programmable thermostat • Always turn off your lights when leaving a room• Make sure all vents are clear of any furniture or rugs to improve airflow • Use a power strip as a central turn off point for electronics, video games

and computers when not in use• Close shades and drapes to keep out the heat of the summer sun• Run the dishwasher with a full load and use the air-dry option if available• Look for Energy Star appliances• Repair leaky faucets• Take shorter showers — a 10 minute shower uses less water than a full

bath• Replace five most frequently used light fixtures or bulbs with energy

efficient ones• Print only what you need or don’t print at all• Wash your laundry with cold water and try to wash only full loads• Set your water heater thermostat to 120 degrees or lower

Easy ways to conserve energy

Source: Pilar Karlen, Missouri State energy manageru See AC page 13

Irregular classroom temperatures ‘hurt productivity’Energy-consciousMSU debates whento turn on AC

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“I worry about the future of ourcity,” Rev. Phil Snider said on Aug. 13,2012, at a hearing before the SpringfieldCity Council, addressing a nondiscrimi-nation ordinance. “Any accurate read-ing of the Bible should make it clearthat gay rights goes against the plaintruth of the word of God. As onepreacher warns, man — in oversteppingthe boundary lines that God has drawnin making special rights for gays andlesbians — has taken another step in thedirection of inviting the judgment ofGod upon our land.”

Approximately two minutes later,Snider stumbles over his words (inter-twining the words segregation with gayrights) and apologizes to the City Coun-cil for bringing the wrong notes withhim.

“I borrowed my argument from thewrong century,” he said as he was givena one-minute warning. “It turns outwhat I’ve been reading to you thiswhole time are direct quotes from whitepreachers from the 1950s and 1960s allin support of racial segregation. All Ihave done is simply take out the phrase‘racial integration’ and substituted itwith the phrase ‘gay rights’ ... I hopeyou will stand on the right side of histo-ry.”

Although this video is nearly eightmonths old, the arguments that Snidermade and the notion that people whodon’t support gay marriage or gay rightsare on the wrong side of history areextremely potent in a time when the

issue of gay rights is in the forefront ofpolitical discourse.

The fact that it has taken us this longto approach the subject of equality isdisappointing, and the amount of peoplewho use arguments from the Bible as areason why people with differentlifestyles shouldn’t be treated as equalunder the law is disheartening.

As people argue that gay marriagewould disrupt the sanctity of marriage, aword which we can’t simply redefine(even though the meanings of wordschange all the time as society progress-es), it becomes more and more evidentto me that religion plays too big a role inthe daily functions of government insociety.

The word “marriage,” as those whoconsider themselves religious define it,shouldn’t even be in the discourse ofgovernment, and the sacrament it repre-sents religiously shouldn’t be general-ized to everyone who chooses to make alifetime commitment to someone theylove.

Every couple’s (regardless of sex)lifetime commitment in the eyes of the

government should be recognized as acivil union, and every person shouldhave the right to commit themselves toanother person.

“Marriage,” as the only word thatapparently can’t change meaning in the2,000 years society has been evolving,should be used strictly for religious pur-poses for couples who so choose.

A shift in culture and the acceptanceof gay “marriage” is inevitable.

A Pew Research Center report pub-lished March 21 stated that the rise insupport for same-sex marriage over thepast decade is among the largestchanges in public opinion on any policyissue over this time period.

From 2001 to 2013, favor for allow-ing gays and lesbians to marry legallyhas increased from 35 percent to 49 per-cent. Likewise, opposition to allowinggays and lesbians to marry legally hasdecreased from 57 percent to 43 per-cent.

As much as people say it, people willlook back on this time the way (most ofus) look back on Civil Rights issues —completely dumbfounded that peoplecould ever believe that someone wasinferior because of the color of theirskin, or the people with whom they con-nect.

No one is inferior because of whothey love, and it’s about time for socie-ty to get over the notion that, likeAfrican Americans not so long ago,nobody is less of a person for simplybeing who they are.

Hello Missouri State student body,

I want you to know thatI am thrilled to be your newwomen's basketball coach.This is a privilege and Iwill work hard to put ateam on the floor that youwill want to watch and thatyou can be proud of. Toborrow a line from coach

Norman Dale in the movie"Hoosiers" when address-ing their student body,"THIS is your team." I hopethat you will take owner-ship and we will see you atThe Q this season.

We hit the ground run-ning last week, that's forsure. I was overwhelmedwith the amount of supportand smiling faces that

greeted my husband Jonand I. We've already had a

couple of workouts on thecourt. I'm hoping to finalizemy staff this week, and I'vehad several opportunities topromote our program onradio and TV.

I also look forward tobecoming part of this cam-pus community. I am out-going and enjoy life, and Ihope to meet many of youin the next few months.

Missouri State is considering implementing astudent athletic fee, and even though some of uson the Editorial Board aren’t huge sports fans,we support the idea.

According to Tim Godfrey’s article on page 6of this week’s issue, President Clif Smart hasmet with student to discuss the renovations toPlaster Sports Complex, including improvingthe student section, redoing the turf on the fieldand renovating the track.

And if you’ve ever spent time in the studentsection at Plaster, you know that these renova-tions are necessary to help improve the fanexperience at Missouri State, and safety of thestadium.

Yes, we know, the idea of paying more forcollege kind of sucks. But you know whatwould really suck? Watching the Pride Bandfall through the student section bleachers at the2013 season home opener, or some equallyembarrassing and harmful scenario play out inthe national media.

Even worse, the track at the stadium is nolonger considered up-to-par with NCAA stan-dards, hindering our women’s track team by notbeing able to compete at home.

Plaster Sports Complex has become a painfuleyesore that we can’t afford to ignore anylonger. It’s on the road to becoming unsafe forfans and it’s not up to snuff with NCAA regula-tions, something that is unacceptable for ourstudent athletes who deserve better.

Smart has said that the money to improvePlaster can’t be funded purely through privatedonations and university funds. We, the studentbody, are going to have to do our part.

We sincerely hope that as the administrationand the Student Government Associationexplore the idea of implementing a student ath-letic fee that you think about all of the pros andcons before voting it down during Homecom-ing Week of the 2013 fall semester.

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By Academic Advisement CouncilFor The Standard

While Missouri State's communityoften makes it feel like a small institu-tion, it is actually quite large. As withany university its size, there are numer-ous academic policies and procedures tofollow that many students find it diffi-cult to know them all, much less respondappropriately.

Your academic adviser serves as yournavigator in traversing various academicpolicies, which is why it is so importantto foster a good relationship with thisindividual. In addition, advisers can helpyou set personal and professional goals,think through big decisions, and guideyou toward graduation.

The Academic Advisement Council ,AAC, is a group of faculty and staffmembers that works to improve thequality, consistency and accessibility ofacademic advisement on campus. Whenthe members of the AAC asked our-selves how we could better inform stu-dents about academic advising, we

thought, "Why don't we ask students forquestions they want answered?” Thissimple idea led us to create this regularcolumn for answering your questionsabout policies, registration or any otheradvising topics.

Let's start with a few questions we'verecently received.

Q: I have a DG or DX hold on myaccount and can't register. Why?

A: The university places holds onstudents’ records if they do not declare amajor, or get admitted to a degree pro-gram/major by the time they have com-pleted a certain number of credits. TheDG hold indicates that a student hascompleted 75 credits and has not beenadmitted to a major/program, the DXhold indicates the completion of 90credits without being admitted to amajor/program. To lift these holds, makean appointment to see your advisor rightaway. There is paperwork that will needto be processed, which can delay regis-tration if not taken care of early!

Q: Should I see my adviser, even ifI don't need an adviser release to reg-ister?

A: Of course you should! Your advis-er might locate issues or obstacles inyour degree audit that you may havemissed. Your adviser can also shareinformation about internships and careeropportunities and serve as a reference,so it's important to maintain your rela-tionship with him or her.

Q: How do I update my records toshow my change of major?

A: Visit the Academic AdvisementCenter in University Hall 109. (It's thebuilding across from Wells House.) Staffmembers can officially change yourmajor on your student records.

Now it’s your turn. Send your advis-ing question to GailEmrie@missouristate.edu and we may answer it in afuture edition of Ask an Adviser!

Harper: ‘Thrilled to be your new basketball coach’

Academic Advisement Council here to help

KellieHarper

LadyBearsCoach

What food item would you stick in thecow’s fistula?

Tell us what you think.Vote in this week’s poll atwww.the-standard.org

Hamburgeror other beef

product22.2%

Fruits andveggies33.3%

Grains44.4%

BudweiserClydesdales to visitSpringfieldThe famous Budweiser

Clydesdales will be in Springfieldon April 18, from 8-10 p.m.pulling their red beer wagonthrough the downtown area.Photo opportunities will be

available as they stop at Bruno’s,Maria’s, Skinny Slims, PattonAlley Pub, Zan, Dice, BigWhiskey’s, Dublin’s Pass, theGillioz, Nonna’s, St. Michael’s,Finnegan’s Wake, Ernie Biggs,Highlife, Outland, Boogie and theBistro Market.The meet and greet is free for

all who attend the event.

MSU 12th annualspring fashion showMissouri State University’s

Fashion Design students willshowcase their own personal col-lections during their 12th AnnualSpring Fashion Show at theSpringfield Expo Center on April20 from 3-6 p.m.This year the show is themed

“Discover” and all of the garmetsin the show will be critiqued byseveral judges that have experi-ence in the professional fashionindustry.Tickets cost $10-$12. For

more information, contact KellyCaldwell at 419-557-4764.

Briefs

TuesdayApril 16, 2013

CalendarTuesday, April 16The Textulator Challenge, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., PSU, freeSigning party for student book onEdgar Allan Poe, 3:30-4:30 p.m.,Paw Prints Bookstore PSU, freeWorld Voice Day Vocal HealthSeminar, 4-5:30 p.m., Ellis RecitalHall, freeJazz Band Concert, 7:30-8:30p.m., Wehr Band Hall, freeNoé Iniu, violinist, 7:30-9 p.m.,Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $20(onstage seating)

Wednesday, April 17Craft Night, 7-9 p.m., Glass Hall262, freeSWITCH - the Film that'sChanging the Global EnergyConversation, 7-9 p.m., PSUTheater, free“Menopause the Musical,” 8-10p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $47.50-$67.50Open dancing, 8:30-9:30 p.m.,Savoy Ballroom, freeSAC Films Presents: “Bully,” 9-11p.m., PSU Theater, free

Thursday, April 18DIY Screenprinting, 7-9 p.m., ParkCentral Branch Library, freeSAC Concerts Presents:Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and3OH!3, 7-11 p.m., JQH Arena, $25for MSU students and $37 forpublicJazz Studies Spring Concert,7:30-8:30 p.m., Juanita K.Hammons Hall, freeOpen dancing, 8:30-9:30 p.m.,Savoy Ballroom, free“Menopause The Musical,” 8-10p.m., Gillioz Theatre, $47.50-$67.50

Friday, April 19Day of Silence, all day, entirecampus, freeFashion and Interior DesignDepartment Preview DayWorkshop, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., ParkCentral Office Building Room 300,$15Free Community Cooking Class:Eating Healthy on a Budget, 4-5:30 p.m., Jordan Valley CommunityHealth Center Classroom 1, freeMagic Flute Pre-performanceLecture, 6:30-7:15 p.m., EllisRecital Hall, freeOpen Mic Night, 7-9 p.m., ParkCentral Branch Library, freeMSU Opera Theater PresentsMozart's "The Magic Flute," 7:30-9 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B, freeScooby-Doo Live! MusicalMysteries, 7-9:30 p.m., Juanita K.Hammons Hall, $19SAC Presents: Rock 'N Bowl,7:30-10:30 p.m., PSU Level 1 GameCenter, freeSkinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-$12

Saturday, April 20Earth Day Celebration, 9 a.m.-6p.m., The Discovery Center, freeDiscover 2013, 3-6 p.m.,Springfield Expo Center, $10-$12Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-$12Weird Al Yankovic, 8-10:30 p.m.,Gillioz Theatre, $35

Sunday, April 21Operazzi, 5-7 p.m., Creamery ArtCenter, free

By Peyson ShieldsThe StandardWhen we come to col-

lege, we think of classes,parties and finding that per-fect someone. What wedon’t think of is thatinevitable, terrifying phrase“the freshman 15.” Life in college is differ-

ent; you’re busy, tired andworking to support your

beer budget. Eventually youfind yourself skimping onthe regular gym session andgrabbing whatever is fast toeat, especially here on cam-pus. The Plaster Student

Union offers seven differentrestaurants to students andfaculty to dine on during thebusy school week. Eachrestaurant offers a differentgenre of food, but is it

healthy? The answer is noteverything on the menuswould be consideredhealthy but you can still eatwhere you want, just with a

compromise.

Panda ExpressEat this: Panda Bowl

with mixed veggies andbroccoli beef.190 calories; 4.5g fat;

1,190mg sodiumNot this: Two-Entrée

meal with chow mein,orange chicken and sweetand sour chicken.1,290 calories; 60g fat;

2,000mg sodiumYou save: 1,100 calo-

ries; 55.5g fat; 810mg sodi-um

Red MangoEat this: Mixed Berry

Parfait.280 calories; 4.5g fat;

38g sugarNot this: Spoonable

By Briana SimmonsThe StandardThe only environmental organi-

zation at Missouri State, Studentsfor a Sustainable Future, hosted itsannual spring event, Ecopalooza,on Friday, April 12.Ecopalooza is an alternatively

powered, all-day event to raiseawareness of environmental issues.And despite thechilly weather,students gatheredat the North MallBear Paw foryoga, live music,cotton candy andgames. Evan Clark,

junior biologymajor and president of SSF, saidEcopalooza can best be describedas a big celebration of spring withgood music all day.Although SSF focuses on big

environmental issues such as cli-mate change, Ecopalooza giveseveryone a chance to make achange while having some fun.Kara Andres, junior wildlife

biology major and SSF secretary,said she got involved with SSF dur-ing her freshman year because itwas the only environmental groupon campus.As SSF is still the only environ-

mental organization on campus,they are attempting to make bigchanges here at the university.In fall 2011, an organizer of the

Sierra Club — anational environ-mental group — anda founder of SSFcollaborated withstudents and beganmaking plans tobegin their BeyondCoal campaign.Beyond Coal is a

campaign, created by the SierraClub, making efforts to eliminatecoal and convert to 100 percentclean energy. Many campuses, such as Mis-

souri University Science and Tech-nology in Rolla, have committed tothe Beyond Coal efforts. Missouri State’s SSF has been

working on their campaign sinceFebruary 2012 after meeting with

students at the University ofColumbia-Missouri to learn moreabout their Beyond Coal campaign.Clark says that SSF is something

The PSU offers a variety of food choices, but which is the healthiest option for you?

‘The GoodBody’ definestrue beauty

By Nicholas SimpsonThe StandardIt need not be said that western

culture places a strong emphasison image, with virtually everyform of entertainment telling youhow to dress, how to wear yourhair and how to obtain that perfectbody. The terrible reality of it all isthat this crushing definition ofbeauty falls most heavily uponwomen.Springfield Contemporary The-

atre is a nonprofit troupe dedicatedto bringing issues such as these tothe minds of local thinkers. Theirrecent production run at CanvasArt Gallery of “The Good Body,”written by Eve Ensler, author of“The Vagina Monologues,” placesits focus on how women aroundthe world view the body in whichthey live.The play — which finished its

run with its final production April14 — examined the character Eve,portrayed by Missouri State gradu-ate in theatre and dance ChelseaRussell. Eve has a problem, a bigone: her stomach. Her efforts to ridher life of it introduces her to anumber of different women with amyriad of different perspectiveson their bodies from the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazineto a lesbian piercing artist.“Everywhere I go, women

seem to hate one particular part oftheir body,” Eve says in the open-ing moments of the play. “Whetherit’s in Toran where women aresmashing and remodeling theirnoses to look less Iranian, or inBeijing where they are breakingtheir legs and adding bone to betaller, or in Dallas where they aresurgically whittling away at theirfeet so they can fit into theirManolo Blahniks and their JimmyChoos.”The cast of seven women spent

the entire hour and 20 minutes onthe stage, silently contributing toeach scene or taking the role of a

Production bringsimportant questionsabout women’s bodyimage to light

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDKolt Kendrick of Deep Fried Squirrel sings while Eric Mathewsonplays fiddle during Ecopalooza on Friday, April 12, at the North Malloutside the Plaster Student Union.

Students promote campuswide green efforts

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meet every Thursday at4:30 p.m. in Temple

105.

Annual SSF eventraises awareness

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Imagine yourself in adark, quiet theater. Thoseannoying commercials havejust finished playing and theanticipation builds. You areabout to watch DannyBoyle’s latest, “Trance.”An art auctioneer, Simon

(James McAvoy), becomesmixed up with a group ofcriminals led by Franck (Vin-cent Cassel) after an art heistgoes wrong. Due to a knockon the head, Simon can’tremember what he did withit. They enlist the help ofhypnotherapist, Elizabeth(Rosario Dawson) to find it,only there is more locked upin Simon’s memories than isgood for him to remember.If you’re looking for a

movie to watch and eat pop-corn and mellow out, then“Trance” really isn’t for you.If you’re looking for some-

thing intriguing and interest-ing that will make you con-stantly try to figure out whois playing whom, then thiscould be your film.While your brain will

have to be working through-out this film to keep thingsstraight, it’s not so strenuousthat you’re going to walk outof the theater with exhausted

‘Trance’ will takeyou to the unknown

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By Kelsey BerryThe StandardIf you see people walking around

campus barefoot today, it’s not justa fashion statement. It’s a verbalstatement saying, “I care about thesocial issues of my world today andI want to make a difference.” TOMS is hosting a global-wide

event today called One Day WithoutShoes. Participants walk around theentire day without shoes as a way tobring awareness to children’s healthand education. TOMS were created by Blake

Mycoskie in 2006 with a one-for-one business model: “With everypair you purchase, TOMS will givea pair of new shoes to a child inneed.” Every six months, TOMSgoes back and replaces worn-outshoes, ensuring that the child hasshoes for life.In 2011, TOMS began selling

eyewear with the same model. Forevery eyewear purchase, TOMSnow provides medical treatment,prescription glasses or sight-savingsurgery to those in need.On March 19, sophomore Katie

Jones started a new organization onMissouri State University’s campuscalled the TOMS Initiative Clubafter English professor Tracy Daltonsent out an email to the Office ofStudent Engagement proposing theidea. “I met with (Dalton), and it just

kind of exploded from there,” Jonessaid. “TOMS really matches up withour public affairs mission and it’sjust a great organization that Tracyand I felt like Missouri State neededto be a part of.”Jones said she plans to be bare-

foot everywhere on campus exceptthe dining halls all day today.“I hope it opens up opportunities

for me to be able to talk to peopleabout TOMS and tell them about the

common reader next year, all whilepromoting the TOMS InitiativeClub,” Jones said. The new club, according to

Jones, will be an opportunity forstudents to reach out to the commu-nity through service projects whileparticipating in TOMS shoe andeyewear initiative events duringboth the fall and spring semesters.“This year, I want to spread the

word about it since we just started,”Jones said. “I’m hoping it will justblossom in the fall and then, whennext spring comes around, this willjust be widespread all around cam-

pus.”Student Activities Council just

approved the creator of TOMS,Blake Mycoskie, to come speak oncampus this upcoming fall semesterand his book “Start Something ThatMatters” has been chosen as thefreshman reader. He spoke at thefall 2010 Public Affairs Convoca-tion Lecture on “The New Rules forTomorrow’s Business: A Student’sGuide to Making a Difference in theWorld.”This will be Mycoskie’s second

Madeline Carter/THE STANDARDKatie Jones (left), president of the TOMS Initiative Club, and CaseyRemspecher (right), treasurer, promote the One Day Without Shoesevent.

Going barefoot for a day,students share initiatives Sophomore KatieJones kicks offnew club with all-day event

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By Kelsie Nalley The Standard The 53rd Annual Greek

Week competition is nextweek, April 21-27. GreekWeek is a weeklong series ofevents for all fraternities andsororities on campus. “The purpose of Greek

Week is to supply a fun, com-petitive atmosphere that helpsraise money for good causesand raises good spirits for theGreek community,” sopho-

more business administrationmajor and Sigma Kappa mem-ber Lauren Starr said. “GreekWeek is a great way to unite allof these organizations and getthe whole campus excited forHomecoming in the fall.”Every year a theme is cho-

sen for the week of events.This year’s theme is GreekYearbook; covering all thetrends, moments and memoriesone would have growing up incollege.Each of the 27 Greek organ-

izations has been grouped intosix teams. These teams mustwork together to competeagainst one another to raisemoney for a specific charity.

Greek lifeunites

Students getready forGreek Week

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TuesdayApril 16, 2013

DominationBy John RobinsonThe Standard

The weather wasn’t the onlything that heated up Saturday as themen’s lacrosse team took on St.Louis University in what turned outto be a dominating 19-2 win for theBears.

The Bears got started dictatingthe tempo early, with senior DeanCervantes scoring the first goal twominutes into the game. The Bearsweren’t letting up there, scoringseven more goals in the first 15 min-utes, including a half field bombfrom senior Mike Queener in thefinal seconds to end the first quarter8-0 MSU.

Things only got better from therefor the Bears, who put up six moreruns in the second quarter whilekeeping SLU off the board withsome great defensive play.

At halftime the Bears took amoment to honor the seniors on theteam, Dan Funk, Queener, JamieJasper and Cervantes.

The scoring settled down quite abit in the second half, with MSUonly scoring five total goals, but theBears’ defense also gave up twogoals to SLU, who barely avoidedthe shutout.

All in all it was a great outing forthe Bears, who are now down totheir final two games of the season,and feel great coming off the win.

Though perhaps no one felt betterthan head coach Dustin Rich, whowatched his team dominate all 60minutes of the game and said theBears’ game play overall was “awe-some.”

“We had a lot of things that wegame planned for, and we executed

Lacrossebeats SLU athome 19-2

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State junior Nick Brueggeman communicates with teammates during Saturday’s gameagainst Saint Louis University. The Bears won 19-2.

PSC renovations move forwardBy Tim GodfreyThe Standard

“If you build it, theywill come.”

Like Ray Kinsella in themovie, “Field of Dreams,”Missouri State UniversityPresident Clif Smart ishoping that if the universi-ty can build better athleticfacilities, then school spir-it, talented student-athletesand success for the athletic

programs will surely come. Smart and the Universi-

ty Director of Planning,Doug Sampson, met withathletic administrators andmembers of the StudentGovernment Association inFebruary to proposeSmart’s plan to renovatethe Plaster Sports Complexand build two additionalathletic facilities.

Smart said that therewere four concerns that

needed to be addressed forMissouri State’s athleticprograms to succeed in thefuture —the firsttwo beingthe studentsectionand fieldturf in thePlasterSportsComplex.

“If youtalk aboutPlasterStadium as it currentlyexists, the student bleach-ers are not in good shape;

they’re unattractive,they’re uncomfortable andsometime in the next yearor two, they’ll need tocome down as a matter ofsafety,” Smart said.

The plan for the foot-ball stadium would be totear down and rebuild thestudent section, move itcloser to the field to build a“better spirit at home foot-ball games,” he said.

Smart talked aboutbuilding a patio that wouldbe able to host a studentorganization during homefootball games. The turffield would also be torn out

and replaced; Smart saidthe current field turf is “inits last year.”

The third concernwould be the track that cur-rently surrounds the foot-ball field. As for the track,not only is it worn out, itdoesn’t meet the NCAAstandards for competition,which yielded MissouriState’s ability to host trackand field meets. That’swhere the second athleticfacility would come in.

According to Smart, thesecond venue, which

Smart

Administrators meet withstudents to discuss plans

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By Mike UrseryThe Standard

They say that honestyis the best policy. Honestyis also the reason why red-shirt junior Nick Petreechose to play baseball atMissouri State.

“The coaches werehonest with me since dayone,” Petree said. “I’m anhonest guy and a respectguy, and that’s why I camehere.”

Today, Petree anchorsthe top starting pitchingrotation in the MissouriValley Conference. Indi-vidually, he is also the toppitcher in the Valley. Ineight appearances this sea-son, Petree has accumulat-ed five victories and a1.12 earned run average(ERA).

This is the kind of suc-cess that Petree hasenjoyed since he began

pitching at MSU as a red-shirt freshman. He sat outas a true freshman torecover from Tommy Johnsurgery. Tommy Johnsurgery is a very compli-cated medical procedure.It is required when theUlnar Collateral Ligament

(UCL), which is locatedinside of the elbow,becomes torn and isreplaced by a tendon thatis taken from anotherplace in the body.

“The summer before Icame here, I was throwingin a game and I was throw-

ing well. Then I threw apitch and I felt somethingpop,” Petree said. “I’mactually glad that it hap-pened, because I got to sitout for a year and watch.”

Once Petree beganpitching for the Bears, heimmediately made an

impact. In his first season,Petree made 11 starts,posting a 9-2 record with a2.81 ERA. He was alsonamed MVC Freshman ofthe Year.

In 2012, Petree wasnamed the LouisvilleSlugger National Player ofthe Year by CollegiateBaseball. He posted a 10-4record with 114 strikesand a 1.01 ERA, the low-est in the nation and sec-ond lowest in MSU histo-ry.

“If you had told me five

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State redshirt junior pitcher Nick Petree posted a 10-4 record with 114strikeouts and a 1.01 ERA, the lowest in the nation, in the 2012 season.

Junior pitcher is always looking to winNick Petreebrings theheat on andoff the field

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ScoreboxBaseball (21-10, 6-3 MVC)Tuesday, April 9Missouri 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5Missouri State 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4

Friday, April 12Missouri State 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 - 7Southern Illinois 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3

Saturday, April 13Missouri State 0 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 - 14Southern Illinois 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 6

Sunday, April 12Missouri State 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5Southern Illinois 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 x - 8

Softball (15-24, 6-8 MVC)Tuesday, April 9Central Arkansas 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Saturday, April 13Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 Southern Illinois 0 0 7 0 0 0 x - 7

Missouri State 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 Southern Illinois 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 - 7

Men’s soccerSaturday, April 13Missouri State 1Rockhurst 1

Missouri State 2MidAmerican Nazarene 1

Women’s soccerSunday, April 14Missouri State 5Central Missouri 1

LacrosseSaturday, April 6Missouri State 8 6 2 3 - 19St. Louis 0 0 1 1 - 2

Men’s golfTuesday, April 9ULM/Wallace Jones Invit. 5th of 14

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CalendarTuesday, April 16Baseball, 6:30 p.m. vs. OklahomaState

Wednesday, April 17Softball, 4 p.m. at Wichita StateBaseball, 6 p.m. at MissouriSoftball, 6 p.m. at Wichita StateWomen’s soccer, 7:30 p.m. atDrury

Thursday, April 18Lacrosse, 6 p.m. vs. Lindenwood-Belleville at Kickapoo High School

Friday, April 19Baseball, 6:30 p.m. vs. Bradley

Saturday, April 20Women’s track & field, 9 a.m., OleMiss Open in Oxford, Miss.Women’s soccer, 9:30 a.m. vs.Missouri S&TSoftball, noon vs. EvansvilleFootball, 1 p.m., Maroon and Whitegame Baseball, 2 p.m. vs. BradleySoftball, 2 p.m. vs. EvansvilleMen’s soccer, 2 p.m. at Tulsa

Sunday, April 21Women’s golf, TBA at MVCChampionships in Sunrise Beach,Mo.Softball, noon vs. EvansvilleEvansvilleBaseball, 1 p.m. vs. Bradley

BriefsFootball team’s annualMaroon and Whitegame Saturday

After weeks of spring practicesand scrimmages, the football teamwill cap off its offseason with theannual Maroon and White game.

The game begins at 1 p.m.Saturday, April 20, and is free andopen to the public.

157 student-athleteshonored at banquet

On Sunday, April 14, MSUhosted the third annual Maroonand White Honors Banquet andScholar-Athlete Awards ceremo-ny.

At the event, 157 student-ath-letes were recognized for havingan average minimum 3.25 cumu-lative GPA for all their semesters.

Emily Beaver, senior of thecross country and track teams, andMatt Swan, senior football player,received the Bank of AmericaScholar-Athlete Award.

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• 1.12 ERA• 7 earned runs• 5-1 win-loss record• 58 strikeouts• 8 appearances• Top pitcher in the

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would be built on thefields next to Glass Hall,would have a soccer fieldwith a surrounding trackthat would meet theNCAA standards andwould allow MSU to hosttrack and field meets.The fourth and final

concern that Smart saidneeded to be addressedwas where the field hock-ey team would compete.Smart said that the turfthat collegiate field hock-ey teams currently play onis different from the turfinside the PSC, which iswhere the Missouri Statefield hockey team current-ly plays.Smart said that the

third venue, which wouldbe built where the oldsoftball fields are, wouldbe built specifically forthe field hockey program.These four problems

currently facing the ath-letic programs are nothingnew to Smart, or the uni-versity, and have been onthe university’s to-do listfor some time, he said.“These are well-known

facts,” Smart said. “Thefield hockey issue hasalways existed, we knewhow long the turf waswarranted for, the trackcondition has been wellknown, the student sec-tion has been well known;all of these problems havebeen well known foryears.”Smart said that the uni-

versity plans to includeathletic administratorsand selected groups ofstudents in the designingprocess of the PSC con-cepts, which will be pre-sented to the student body“as soon as school starts”this fall, Smart said.But renovating the

PSC and building twonew sports venues is easi-er said than done.“It’s not free to

(improve) any of thesethings,” Smart said,adding that renovations tothe PSC and building twonew sports venues wouldcost around $20 million.As of right now, the

renovations to the PSCare priority number onefor Missouri State.According to Smart, fund-ing for the renovations tothe PSC will come fromprivate funds, which

would be donations fromMissouri State alumni anduniversity funds. ButSmart said that privatefunds and universityfunds might not beenough.“The reality is, to do a

major renovation to Plas-ter Stadium, there is goingto need to be a student(athletic) fee,” Smart said.“That’s how all of the uni-versities in (the MissouriValley Conference) havefunded renovations totheir stadiums and theirbasketball arenas.”How much the athletic

fee would cost is stillunknown. The StudentGovernment Associationmade an online survey tofind out if students wouldwant to pay an athletic feeand, if so, how much theywould want to pay. Stu-dents do not actually voteon the athletic fee untilHomecoming Week of the2013 fall semester,according to SGA Presi-dent Paige Oxendine.“There is always the

option to vote on a laterdate to increase a fee;maybe proposing a lowerfee initially in hopes thatit would be passed by thestudents and then revisit-

ing that issue three or fouryears from now and tak-ing the fee up a notchincrementally,” Oxendinesaid. “It might be a saferway, and it’s not as hardon the students.”According to Smart,

the new renovations to thePSC and the two newsports venues wouldattract talented student-athletes, which wouldmake the Missouri Stateathletic programs betterand would build betterschool spirit. Better ath-letic programs would also“fire up alumni to con-tribute to the academicprograms,” Smart said.Before the students

make a decision onwhether or not they wantto pay an athletic fee,Smart asks that students“keep an open mind andwait to see what the proj-ects are in the fall; see ifthe partnership betweenthe school and (the stu-dent body) makes sense.”“We want to have the

facilities that the studentsthink are important.”Athletics Director

Kyle Moats did notrespond to email requestsfor comment on this arti-cle.

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Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARDThe track at Plaster Sports Complex doesn’t meet NCAA standards for competition.

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDWichita State busted many brackets in this year’s NCAA Tour-nament by advancing all the way to the Final Four.

March Madness ruined mybracket, and yours tooOne of the most exciting times

on the sports calendar has comeand gone. The NCAA Tourna-ment, also known as March Mad-ness, concluded last Mondaynight with the Louisville Cardi-nals defeating the MichiganWolverines in the championshipgame. The NCAA Tournament is one

of my favorite events, because Iget to predict game-by-game howit is going to play out, and thensee just how well my predictionsturn out. I started doing this yearsago when I was young, as my dadand I would do a head-to-headchallenge, and it eventuallybecame an annual tradition. Thisyear, I joined a national challengeon espn.com, and we also had astaff bracket challenge here atThe Standard.I thought I had a solid field

this year. Of course, I think thesame thing every other year, butthis year I just had a really goodfeeling about my picks. I tookinto account all of the unpre-dictable surprises that happenevery year, so I made sure to picka sleeper that I thought had agood chance to make the FinalFour. My Final Four picks thisyear were Louisville, George-town, Miami and New Mexico. Now, before everyone

pounces on me for making such aboneheaded pick, let me explain

my case for picking the Lobos.Before the tournament, NewMexico finished the season 26-5(13-3). Their tournament résuméincluded quality wins againstDavidson, UConn, Cincinnati,UNLV (twice), San Diego State(twice), Colorado State (twice)and Boise State. Of their fivelosses, the only bad loss wasagainst Air Force. The other fourlosses were against teams thatmade the tournament. They alsowon the Mountain West Confer-ence Tournament and the MWCregular season title. It seemed asif one would have to present astrong case not to pick them.Well, New Mexico lost in the

first round to a Harvard team thatlost both of its co-captains due toan academic cheating scandal.After the first day, one-fourth ofmy Final Four was eliminated.Thanks a lot, guys. Things got worse after the

second day. Georgetown, the No.

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By Sam HolzerThe StandardHolly Hesse is currently

in her 25th season as headcoach for the Missouri Statesoftball Bears, and whileshe might be an old hand atcoaching softball, she’sembraced a new tool of thetrade: Twitter.“I love Twitter. And

that’s how I keep up with allthe other Valley games,”Hesse said. “I just think it’sa great way for our fans tostay connected and to stayup-to-date with what we’redoing, and I just think it’s away to get your fans to real-ly stay involved in whatyou’re doing, even whenyou’re on the road.”Tim Bohn, an assistant

director of athletics commu-nications, runs the account,which has 351 followers,during games.Tweets include play-by-

play of the game the softballBears are currently playingand information about thestarting lineup. All of which

is helpful for the team’sfans, according to sopho-more pitcher Chelsea Jones.“I know that my parents

appreciate it,” Jones said.“Because they get a chanceto follow us when they’renot here. So I think for peo-ple who are fans, it’s nice toget to see what’s going on inthe game without having tobe there for the game.”Hesse’s willingness to be

flexible and adapt with thetimes is something that hasbenefitted her as the win-ningest coach in MSU histo-ry and the second win-ningest coach in MVC his-tory with 639 career victo-ries.“There’s been a lot of

differences, starting withfacilities,” Hesse said.“Twenty-five years ago, wewere on an on-campus facil-ity, a much smaller field,and we had to take care ofthe maintenance of it byourselves. Now we have a$3 million stadium that weplay in.”But the change of venue

is just one of the manyadjustments that Hesse hashad to make.“There’s also been big

changes just in the gameitself,” Hesse said. “It usedto really be a pitcher’sgame. Twenty-five years

ago, pitchers dominated thegame. In this time, pitchershave moved back 3 feet togive the hitters more time toreact. The equipment hasalso changed, so there’s alot more hits and a lot moreruns scored in the games.”

According to junior sec-ond baseman Ashley Brentz,one of Hesse’s biggeststrengths is her tremendousability to prepare.“Every single day we

come to practice, she has aplan for us to make us better

in every way of the game,”Brentz said. “We visualizeand prepare with our mentalgame, then we go out and dodefense and hitting. And shealso prepares conditioningfor us. So in every aspect ofthe game, she prepares forus to get better.”There are not many

coaches in the history ofcollege softball that haveachieved as much as Hessehas. But through all of herprosperity, she’s stayedhumble and is always quickto give credit to thosearound her.“I have a great staff,” she

said. “Sue (Frederick) hasbeen with me for 23 years,and then Beth (Perine) hasbeen with us for 18 years.Really, both of them arehead coaches; they bothhave the experience andknowledge of a head coach.They really make being ahead coach easy for me.”The softball Bears next

play Wednesday at WichitaState. They return home thisweekend with a three-gameseries against Evansville.They play at noon and 2p.m. on Saturday and againat noon on Sunday. All threegames are at Killian Stadi-um.

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Josh Campbell/THE STANDARDMissouri State softball head coach Holly Hesse is in her 25th season at MSU and isthe winningest coach in the university’s history. To connect with fans, Hesse usesTwitter to provide play-by-play of games and starting lineups.

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2 seed in the South Region,had a first round gameagainst Florida Gulf Coast,a No. 15 seed and a teammaking their tournamentdebut. Surely, the team thatwon the regular season titlein the highly competitiveBig East Conference couldeasily handle a team fromthe Atlantic Sun Confer-ence, right? Wrong! FGCUdefeated Georgetown bydouble-digits. So, after the first two

days of games, half of myFinal Four were forced togo home. Louisville andMiami advanced, and myhopes were riding on their

success in the remainder ofthe tournament. Aside from New Mexico

and Georgetown, severalothers of my picks in thefirst two rounds alsotanked. I picked Gonzagato advance to the EliteEight; they lost to WichitaState. I picked Ole Miss toadvance to the Sweet Six-teen; they lost to La Salle. I also made the horrible

mistake of thinking thatMissouri could win a tour-nament game. I pickedthem to defeat ColoradoState and advance to thesecond round — they lost.This now makes 24 appear-ances without reaching theFinal Four; the second mostin NCAA history. All in all, March Mad-

ness definitely lived up to

its name this year. We sawseveral unexpected upsets.We saw a 15 seed win twogames for the first timeever, as Florida Gulf Coastrode the “Dunk Show” allthe way to the Sweet Six-teen. We also saw a team from

the Valley upset a Big Tenpower and advance to theFinal Four. I’m looking atyou, Wichita State. The odds of picking a

perfect bracket usually are1-in-128 billion. The oddsof accurately predicting the2013 NCAA Tournamentwere almost nonexistent. Wait, I never said who I

picked to win it all. Ipicked Louisville as mynational champion. Sowhile I was down early, Istill came out on top.

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or six years ago that all ofthis would happen, I wouldhave told you that you werejoking,” Petree said. “Iwould have told you thatwas a lie. I’m really sur-prised by everything thathas happened.”Even with all of his hon-

ors and awards, the mostimportant thing to Petree iswinning. He says that all ofthose things stay in theback of his mind, and aslong as the team wins, thenhe feels like he has donehis job.“I just want to win,”

Petree said. “I’m a big guyabout winning, and I just

let all of the accolades andindividual stuff take care ofthemselves.”One person who can

attest to Petree’s competi-tiveness is friend and team-mate senior Clay Murphy.Murphy is also a pitcher,and the two of them have abit of a friendly rivalry.“We’re very competitive

with each other in every-thing we do,” Murphy said.“He’s one of those guysthat pushes you to be better.That’s just Nick.”Their competition, how-

ever, isn’t confined to thediamond. Whether it’svideo games, cards or evenseeing who can throw arock the farthest, the two ofthem make a competitionout of it.Petree draws his inspira-

tion from former MajorLeague pitcher Greg Mad-dux, a 23-year veteran whoplayed for four differentteams. Petree follows the same

pitching philosophy thatMaddux used, beating hit-ters with location and skill,rather than with power andvelocity.“He never threw real

hard, and I don’t throw realhard,” Petree said. “I justtry to locate and throw mypitches where I want to.That’s who I want to belike.”Petree will enter this

year’s MLB First-YearPlayer Draft, which takesplace June 6-8 in Secaucus,N.J. If he is selected by ateam, he will not be back atMSU for his final season.

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pretty well today,” he said.“It was probably our

best defensive game of theyear. We played physical,disciplined D for 60 min-utes.

“There’s room forimprovement, always is,”Rich added. “But the endresult is just a testament towhat we were able toaccomplish and executetoday.”

Rich also had a fewwords on the seniors andwhat they have meant to theteam.

“The seniors have beenthe guys who have led us inthe right direction mentally,and their attitude in prac-tice and they really deservethe credit for this year,” hesaid.

It’s not just Rich whofeels this way; his youngerplayers look up to this sen-ior class as well. FreshmanTaylor Dzingle, who scoredhis first goal Saturday,says, “They bring a lot ofleadership, and they teachus a lot; everyone on theteam learns from them.”

Funk noted the changedatmosphere that the SeniorDay ceremonies brought.

“There was a lot ofexcitement, and we’velacked that the past couplegames, so it was nice to seethe change in attitude weneed that for the season,”he said.

He also shared hiscoach’s sentiment on thegame overall.

“That was the best teameffort we’ve had all season.Everyone contributed, allthree lines of our offenseand our defense finallyclicked,” Funk said.

Cervantes said he alsofelt the team came togetherwell.

“We worked really welltogether, we came togetheras a team,” he said.

Cervantes spoke to theheart and determination ofthe team, saying, “The finalscore doesn’t really showhow hard we reallyworked.”

Senior Day, for both of

them, was “bittersweet,”but they said their eyes areon the two games ahead,two games that both have tobe wins in order for MSU tomake the playoffs.

As for their chances ofwinning out, Funk said hefeels “like we can do it.”

The first of these lastgames is in Springfield at 6p.m., Thursday, April 16, atKickapoo High School.

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would be hiring someonewith both the athletic andacademic credentials ofthis coach,” Smart said.

Moats said he is alsoecstatic with the hire.

“I feel Kellie has every-thing we were looking forin a coach,” Moats said.“As you know, I am partialto pedigree. I always feltthat pedigree is an impor-tant tangible for success.She truly understands tra-dition and embraces it.”

Harper’s winning back-ground stuck out, Moatssaid.

“Kellie has won onevery level that she hasplayed and coached at,” hesaid. “She knows how towin and she knows what ittakes to win. Simply put,she’s a winner.”

Harper’s academicqualities and character alsostand out, Moats said.

“I also wanted someonewho makes academics apriority. As a student ath-lete, she was a three-timeacademic all-SEC honoree,so she understands what ittakes to be a successfulstudent-athlete,” Moatssaid. “I wanted someonewho had unquestionablecharacter and was impec-cable compliancewise.Kellie fits all these crite-ria.”

Harper said she isthrilled with her newopportunity at MissouriState.

“I can’t even begin totell you how excited I amabout being here. There arefew women’s basketballprograms that are support-ed as much as this programis,” she said. “The traditionis such a big part of thisprogram. Cheryl (Burnett)and Jackie (Stiles) and somany other people havebeen there and have laidthe foundation and a lega-cy. And that is a legacy thatwe will embrace.”

Harper also has a clearvision that she wants totake this team in, she said.

“We want to be a teamthat you love to watch, butas I told the young ladies

this morning, that ouropponents hate to play,”she said. “We want to betough and we want to havehigh energy no matter whatschemes we’re doingoffensively and defensive-ly.”

Guard Hannah Wilker-son said she thinks the newhead coach will be a goodfit for MSU.

“She just seems like areally competitive person,and you have to be compet-itive to compete on thiskind of level,” Wilkersonsaid. “I really like her atti-tude coming in here. Ithink she can be a reallygreat fit for us.”

Freshman guard MikalaMcGhee said she is glad tofinally have a coach againand is ready to get backinto the swing of things.

“I think we’re all justfinally excited to havesomebody in the position,”McGhee said. “It’s been awhile since we’ve had acoach and we’ve beenlooking for the right personand she seems really funand energetic. And sheseems to have a straightgoal in mind for us and Ithink that’s really going topropel us into the future.”

Missouri State softballhead coach Holly Hessewas on the committee thathelped choose Harper andsaid she felt the search forthe new Lady Bears coachwent well.

“I thought Kyle Moatsand Casey (Hunt) did agreat job of identifyingsome top candidates thatwere potential possibilitiesfor us,” Hesse said. “And Ithink ultimately we chose areally good coach.”

Harper is currentlyworking on putting togeth-er the rest of the coachingstaff. But she will bejoined by her husband, Jon,who also served as anassistant to her at WesternCarolina and NC State.

Her contract is a five-year agreement that has abase salary of $145,000. Italso includes $60,000 forradio and television shows,and she will also have theopportunity to earn per-formance incentives,according to a press releaseissued by the university.

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given character, and thoughthere was minimal use ofprops and virtually no setpieces, the seamless flowinto each segment was verywell done and immediatelythrew the audience into thedream, interrupted only byfits of laughter.

Ensler’s conversationalwriting seemingly makes theaudience a cast member andeach monologue is intenselypersonal, even when used forits comedic timing. One suchstory is that of Bernice,played by Springfield localBethany Ziskind, and herskinny-dipping experiencewith other heavy set girls ata spa, or in her own words “afat camp.”

“I gotta tell you, in themoonlight we were all roundand moundy,” Bernice said.“We looked beautiful. Ohlook, the skinny bitches areback for lunch huddledaround their spoonful ofnonfat yogurt and half a nut.I don’t know why I’m fat,Eve, I just am. I am fat, Ilove food, the taste, the wayit goes down. I eat for happi-ness.”

Eve’s obsession with herown image takes over herentire life, distracting herfrom the world around her,the work she should be doingand the joy she should befeeling, and ultimatelyleaves her wondering what alife of continued anxietywould entail.

“I would be sucking andspending,” Eve said. “Scrub-bing, shaving and pumping,pricking, piercing, perming,cutting, covering, lightening,tightening, ironing, lifting,hammering, flattening, flax-ing, literally starving andultimately vanishing. I needto stop. I need to breathe. Ineed to be right here becauseI don’t want to disappear.”

Eve has encounters withNina, played by Springfield

local Stephanie Judkins, whoat 15 had the seemingly per-fect body, though it spawns aterrifying affair with herstepfather, causing her toseek breast reduction sur-gery. She meets Carol,played by Missouri Stategraduate in theatre NicoleHarrell, who marries herplastic surgeon and wondersif he’ll still desire her if heruns out of things to fix.

Eve meets 74-year-oldLeah, again played by Har-rell, a Masai woman ofAfrica who spent her lifepreserving the lives of thewomen of her communitywhose perspective is particu-

larly powerful.“In Africa, we are desper-

ate for food,” Leah said.“We have so little and inAmerica, where you have allthe food, you either eat toomuch or not at all; your bod-ies are just pictures to you.Here we live in our bodies.They serve us, they do ourwork ... do I like my body? Ilove my body. God madethis body.”

“The Good Body”enjoyed a wonderful runwith SCT, and the only thingunfortunate about this pro-duction is that it couldn’tstick around longer. Its pon-derings on what is beautiful,

what is healthy and ultimate-ly what is truly important inlife takes the audience intothe mind of its author andaround the world withoutleaving the comforts ofSpringfield.

Production directorWhitney Ice recentlyreceived her master of artsin theatre at Missouri State,and she said working on“The Good Body” gave herthe initiative to help localgirls struggling with theirown body issues.

“[Ensler] interviewedwomen and she put theminto her play,” Ice said.“These are true stories by

real women. This is to bringlight to what’s going onaround the world; this is realstuff. I was inspired byEnsler and decided to do myown thing. I have chosen theorganization Girls on theRun.

“This group is dedicatedto girls in third to eighthgrade,” Ice continued.“They meet in the spring for10 weeks and in the fall for10 weeks, two days afterschool. The little girls havetwo goals: they physicallytrain and run a 5K at the endof the course so you canlearn to use your body as atool to help yourself rather

than against your body.They also learn about self-esteem and how to becomestrong women of the com-munity.”

SCT’s upcoming produc-tion of Yasmina Reza’s “Godof Carnage” opens May 2 atthe Springfield Art Museum(1111 Brookside Drive) andfeatures Missouri State pro-fessors of theatre and danceMaggie Marlin and Sarah J.Wiggin.

For more information, orto lend your support to localarts, visit SCT’s Facebookpage, Twitter feed, or visit itswebsite at www.springfield-contemporarytheatre.org.

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Dalton said students canbenefit from engaging peoplethat they’re not familiar with

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students should pay attention tobecause they are making a big impacton campus.

“We were the first student organiza-tion to present to the Board of Gover-nors, the governing body of the univer-sity, and since then more and more peo-ple from student government havewanted to be involved,” Clark said.

The meeting consisted of a propos-al to the university about SSF’s plans tobetter the environment here on campusduring the Board of Governors Decem-ber 2012 meeting.

“We’re asking the university tomove toward clean, renewable energysources and make a long-term realisticplan for the university,” Clark said.“We’ll be working on this campaignuntil there is a commitment from theuniversity, which is hopefully in thenear future.”

Andres said she strongly believes inthe importance of SSF and their aware-ness events like Ecopalooza.

“It’s important to be aware of issueslike global warming and be concernedabout air and water quality. Scientistshave declared changes occurred and ifwe don’t do something about it, wemay see the consequences in our life-time,” Andres said.

In the semesters to come, SSFhopes to continue to build on theBeyond Coal campaign.

If you’d like to get involved, SSFhosts open meetings Thursdays inTemple 105 at 4:30 p.m. More infor-mation about the organization can befound on its Facebook page Studentsfor a Sustainable Future.

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDChris Hopkins, a sophomore engineering major, attaches a pinwheel onto "future man" during Eco-palooza on Friday, April 12, at the North Mall outside the Plaster Student Union.

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“This year’s funds from Greek Week helpto benefit the Rare Breed organization intown. This organization is a shelter and safehaven for the homeless youth of Springfield,”Addison Reed, sophomore advertising majorand Sigma Kappa member, said.

Greek Week should be important to morethan just the students within the Greek com-munity, Starr said.

“Students at MSU should care aboutGreek Week because the Greek community israising money and volunteering for goodcauses, and they can do the same,” Starr said.

The week will kick off on Sunday, April21, with a House Decorations competition.This competition will involve decorating theentire front of one house within the team torepresent their theme. The top three teamswill receive points toward their final score.

The House Decorations competition willbe followed by a tug-of-war competition anda Greek Olympics event that will consist of apuzzle and physical challenges. Teams willreceive participation points as well as pointsfor first, second and third place to go towardtheir score.

On Tuesday, April 23, and Friday, April26, there will be a kickball tournament forfraternity and sorority members as well as thelocal children from Rare Breed who will havean opportunity to come out and participate.The money raised from the tournament willbe donated to Rare Breed.

Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. one personfrom each fraternity and sorority will com-pete in a pageant called Greek God and God-dess at Juanita K. Hammons Hall. The winnerwill be crowned at the end of the week basedon three rounds during the pageant, as well aspoints from activities they participate inthroughout the week.

Round one of the pageant is the talent por-tion of the show. Each candidate will preparea three-minute talent to perform. Round twois a series of trivia questions about Fraternity

and Sorority Life and Missouri State Univer-sity. Round three’s points will be based onthe candidates’ formal wear during the triviaround.

Throughout the week, God and Goddesscandidates can earn points by participating invarious events.

Each candidate will create a sash that willbe judged for points for their team. The sashshould be decorated with the candidate’s

name and the chapter they are representing. During the week there will be a canned

food drive where candidates must decorate abucket based on the theme of the team. Thebucket will be judged on the number ofcanned goods collected for the candidate. Allcanned goods will be donated to Rare Breed.

Winners of the Greek God and GoddessPageant will be given points to go towardtheir teams’ final score.

The final competition for the week will bea pep rally called Greek Jam, held on Satur-day, April 27, at the Hammons Student Cen-ter at 1 p.m. Each team will perform a routinethey created using props, costumes, stuntsand a dance routine.

At the end of the week’s competitions,overall points earned by each team will beadded up to declare a 2013 Greek Week win-ner.

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brain cells. Instead, “Trance”is one ofthose stories that gently guides youthrough the twists and turns. You’restill left guessing, but you’re notstruggling so much to keep up that itbecomes a chore.

You may be thinking that it soundsa little boring. We want our mindsblown! Well I can assure you, it’s notboring. You won’t be on the edge ofyour seat the whole time, but that’snot really what this movie is for.

It delves into the deep, dark placesof our psyches. Those thoughts thatwe’ve never told anyone about ormaybe don’t even remember aboutourselves.

If you could be hypnotized, would

you want to see what’s really lockedaway in there?

James McAvoy does, or at leastSimon does. Watching his characterunfold was almost a trance all initself.

Character-wise, “Trance” was cap-tivating. Trying to figure out every-one’s motives and alliances and actu-al natures was most of the fun.

Overall, if you’re a fan of DannyBoyle’s films (“Trainspotting,”“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Sunshine,”“127 Hours,” “28 Days Later”),chances are you’ll enjoy “Trance.”Same goes for if you’re a fan ofJames McAvoy. Personally, I’d onlyever really seen him in fairly straight-forward roles. It was fascinating tosee him such a dark and twisted light.

Even if you aren’t a big fan ofBoyle or McAvoy, or anyone else inthe film, “Trance” is still worth awatch. Chances are, it’ll leave youwondering what dark secrets you haveburied within your head.

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By Trevor MitchellThe StandardNorth Korea has always

been a confusing subject formost people, and in recentmonths things have only got-ten more complicated.

Does North Korea reallyhave nuclear weapons capa-ble of reaching the UnitedStates? Are Kim Jong-un’sthreats something thatshould worry the averagecitizen?Missouri State University

professor Dennis Hickeysaid North Korea’s “rampedup the rhetoric” from previ-ous years because of addi-tional government sanctionsfor the country after it per-formed a nuclear test in Feb-ruary.Hickey, who lists the

international relations of EastAsia among his researchinterests, has published a

book titled “The Armies ofEast Asia: China, Taiwan,Japan and the Koreas” and isconsidered MSU’s expert onthe subject.Kim took power after the

death of his father, KimJong-il, in December 2011,and since then, the interna-tional community haswarned the leader about con-tinuing North Korea’snuclear program.Press Secretary Jay Car-

ney said on Saturday that“North Korea has notdemonstrated the capabilityto deploy a nuclear-armedmissile,” and Secretary ofState John Kerry warnedKim against testing its Musu-dan missile during his trip toSouth Korea on Friday.However, North Korea’s

ballistic missile capabilitiesare not fully known, as manyare untested, and range andpayload estimates can vary

widely from source tosource.Hickey said it was possi-

ble that the recent threatsonly amount to “bluff andbluster,” meant to solidifyKim’s reputation as a leader,but that he thought the bestplan would be to “be pre-pared for the worst without

panicking.”When asked about other

incidents similar to this,Hickey mentioned the sink-ing of the ROKS Cheonan, aSouth Korean ship that wassunk by a North Korean tor-pedo, according to a multina-tional investigation includingSouth Korea and the United

States.North Korea denied any

involvement in the sinking,which resulted in the death of46 people.Another recent action by

North Korea, its closure of ajoint factory complex thatwas operated in cooperationwith South Korea, was

described by Hickey as “puz-zling.”He said that the factory

was a positive developmentfor them, and that its closuremay indicate that NorthKorea is willing to take afinancial loss in order toshow that they’re seriousabout their threats.Hickey said that even

China, historically an ally ofNorth Korea, has grownwary of the country in recenttimes. China opposed NorthKorea’s February nucleartest, but Hickey said thatwhile China may be a farmore powerful country, itdoes not in any way controlNorth Korea, and NorthKorea doesn’t care whatChina says.With a population of only

24 million, but the fourthlargest standing military inthe world, and nukes, mis-siles and other delivery sys-tems whose effectivenessanalysts can’t agree upon,Hickey describes NorthKorea as “a problem withoutan answer.”One thing is certain,

though: all eyes are on NorthKorea for the foreseeablefuture.

By Leena ShadidFor The Standard“A lot of us are stuck in

the 1964 ‘I Have a Dream’speech,” said Jamie Wash-ington, president of theWashington ConsultingGroup, at the Public AffairsConference “White Privi-lege” panel on Wednesday.“That was the work of

that time. Now that we’re inthe room together we have tofigure out how to be in the

room together,” he said aboutthe speech and our currentinterracial relationships.The panel consisted of

two other speakers in addi-tion to Washington. Eachspeaker was given 10 min-utes to speak about whiteprivilege and then answeredquestions. First was PatrickAshton, an associate profes-sor of sociology at IndianaUniversity – Purdue. Ashton self-identified as,

“I’m the white guy.” He

began his speech with twocommon misconceptionsmost people believe. First,white is not a race. Ashtonsaid that it is an element in asystem of honor and privi-lege. The second misconcep-

tion is that racism is a prob-lem of individual prefer-ences. Ashton said thatracism is in fact a system thatsystematically empowerswhite individuals.“White individuals get to

individually decide theyaren’t prejudice,” Ashtonsaid, arguing that an individ-ual may not be actively dis-criminating against anotherperson but is still participat-ing in a discriminatory sys-

tem.“We live in a culture

where we breathe the air ofwhiteness,” he said.Ashton’s advice for the

audience was to pay attentionto others and how they aretreated.Isabel Nunez is an associ-

ate professor at the Centerfor Policy Analysis at Con-cordia University – Chicago.She talked about being aminority who was temptedby the appeal of white nor-malcy.“White privilege is get-

ting to be regular, getting tobe normal and needing nocomment,” she said.Nunez told the story of

how she does a classroom

labeling activity where stu-dents choose five character-istics others might use todescribe them. She said thatnormative labels like whiteor male are never listedbecause they need no com-ment, which is a part of theprivilege.“Classrooms where white

privilege is addressed needsto be safe places,” Nunezsaid. “White people shouldbe allowed to feel safe inexpressing the perfectly nat-ural desire to preserve whiteprivilege.”Because she felt as

though she had acceptancefrom her classmates, Nunezdid not think she had actual-ly encountered racism until

10 years ago. “I heard a lot of ‘you’re

different, you’re not likethem, you’re like us,’” shesaid. “If someone had juststraight up called me a wet-back, I would have resistedthat. ‘You’re not like them,you’re like us’ is very hard toresist.”Overall, each speaker

suggested that education,awareness and the willing-ness to have a conversationare the best ways to over-come white privilege.“We are all both oppres-

sors and oppressed. We allhave privilege in our livesand we all fall short to otherpeople’s privilege,” Nunezsaid.

‘White Privilege’ panelexplores racism, normalcy at Public Affairs Conference

Speaker: ‘We breathe the air of whiteness’

MSU professor thinksNorth Korea has‘ramped up rhetoric’

North Korea

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her and while she was call-ing, the passenger got out ofthe car and tried to forciblytake the woman’s purse. The two women struggled

and the suspect got back intothe car without the purse, andthe driver took off, accordingto the alert.The two women in the car

are still at large and aredescribed as white femalesapproximately 20 years old.The passenger in the car hadblonde hair and the driver ofthe car was a brunette,according to the alert.The Standard requested a

copy of Missouri State’s andthe Springfield PoliceDepartment’s incidentreports, but has not receivedthem.A written request was sent

to Missouri State’s Depart-ment of Safety and Trans-portation for the report onApril 9, and it was receivedby Ashtyn Fisher, Safety andTransportation administra-tive assistant.Fisher received the

request and forwarded it toLisa Edmondson, Safety andTransportation administra-tive specialist, who said thatthe report has not been final-ized in an email sent April12.“The report approval

process takes several steps toreview and complete,” shesaid. “Once the report isfinalized by our department,it will go to Internal Auditwhere they will redact anypersonal information of the

person(s) involved and thensend to the requestor.”The Standard emailed

Edmondson Monday morn-ing for an update on thereport and was told that itwas not ready. The Standardthen filed a Sunshine LawRequest for the report withJune McHaney, custodian ofrecords for MSU, to obtainthe incident report on Mon-day afternoon. The Standard was notified

Monday evening byEdmundson that the reporthad been sent to InternalAudit.The Standard also sent an

incident report request toCora Scott, interim publicaffairs officer for the Spring-field Police Department, onApril 9. Scott forwarded therequest to Paige Rodgers,first shift records supervisorand terminal agency coordi-nator for SPD.Rodgers said in an email

that the report had not beencompleted by the officer whowas filing it on April 9, butthat she thought it would becompleted that evening.The Standard sent a fol-

low-up email on April 10 tocheck on the report’sprogress and Rodgers said itwas still pending.“I had another request for

it,” she said in an email.

“I’ve sent the officer anemail.”The Standard sent another

email to check on theprogress of the report onApril 12, again on Mondaymorning, and left a voicemailmessage for Rodgers, but didnot receive a reply by presstime.According to Missouri’s

Sunshine Law, each requestfor a public record must beacted on no later than the endof the third business day fol-lowing the date the request isreceived by the custodian ofrecords.If access to a public

record is denied, the custodi-an must explain, in writing,and “must include whyaccess is denied, includingthe statute that authorizes thedenial,” according to the law.The Standard has been

unable to confirm the nameof the victim in the casebecause it has not receivedincident reports from Safetyand Transportation, or fromSPD.The case is currently

under investigation by theSpringfield Police Depart-ment. If you have any infor-mation about the identity ofthe two suspects, call theSPD at 417-864-1810, or theMSU Safety/Substation at417-836-5509.

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“Branson and Joplin have a similarordinance in effect now,” Williams said.“Joplin has had it for a few years. Bransonjust passed it last year. They’re havinggreat effects in their communities.”According to an Oct. 2, 2012 news

release, Branson is the most recent Mis-souri community to install such an ordi-nance, and the Branson restriction only

requires prescriptions for pseudoephedrinein the tablet form, not the liquid or gel capform.Oregon and Mississippi have also

installed similar statewide restrictions andhave seen drastic reductions in meth pro-duction, according to Williams.“You could go to Republic, or Ozark, or

Nixa to get it,” Williams said, “but myhope would be that those communitieswould follow our lead.”Twenty-six states, including Missouri,

already enforce real-time stop-sale tech-nology on pseudoephedrine purchases. Thebuyer must present identification and thesale is recorded. If one person exceeds thelimit of pseudoephedrine purchases withina certain time, they are denied further pur-chases.Williams said the system has had no

effect on meth production in Springfield.“Criminals tend to find a way around

things,” Williams said. “If they’ve exceed-ed their maximum, they go to their friendand the friend buys some.”

Williams said opponents of the ideacomplain that it will mean a trip to the doc-tor for a simple decongestant, like Sudafedor Claritin, but many pharmacists and doc-tors support the restriction.“Most pharmacists are in favor because

it would reduce the criminal element in andaround their pharmacies,” Williams said.“Every doctor I’ve talked to has said thereare other products you can buy that do thesame thing.”John Horton leads “Don’t Meth with

Us,” an educational program that teachesmiddle and high school students the effectsof the drug.According to Horton, most kids who try

meth do so before age 15. As part of RotaryClub of Springfield Southeast, the presen-tation group speaks to children as young asfifth grade, hoping to stop kids’ curiosityin meth before it begins, Horton said.Horton’s fifth-grade presentation tells

kids about a simple meth-making tech-nique called “shake and bake.” With a fewingredients and a two-liter bottle, meth-makers can whip up a small batch in about30 minutes using “shake and bake.”Though “Don’t Meth with Us” current-

ly only gives presentations to Springfieldschools, Horton said other parts of Mis-souri have seen far more meth lab seizures.“It’s certainly worse up in some rural

parts, south of St. Louis,” Horton said.He’s right. According to the Missouri

State Highway Patrol’s website, in 2012,Greene County reported 94 meth lab orchemical equipment seizures, while Jeffer-son County, directly south of St. LouisCounty, led the state with 346.Three other counties, all surrounding

St. Louis, also beat out Greene County lastyear: Franklin County with 102, St. LouisCounty with 130, and St. Charles Countywith 156. “We’re not a leading county by any

means,” said Horton, “but I think we do agood job from a law enforcement stand-point.”Dr. Kyle John is a child and adolescent

psychiatrist at Mercy. He said he didn’tthink the ordinance, if passed, would causemuch change in the number of prescrip-tions.“People will just use an alternative

medicine,” John said. “There are other coldmedicines out there.”John said that Mercy has not taken a

stance on the ordinance, but understoodhow important it is to reduce meth produc-tion.“It’s a big deal,” John said. “Just recent-

ly, I was talking to a drug rep. She was sit-ting, waiting to talk to a pharmacist and injust 15 or 20 minutes, she saw three peoplecome in and get rejected, because, in thecomputer system, they had already reachedtheir maximum.”For more information on the ordinance,

contact Cora Scott, director of public infor-mation and civic engagement at 417-864-1009.

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trend, the switch can beaccelerated or delayedaccordingly,” Eckels said. “We are very energy-

conscious and promote sus-tainability,” Eckels said.“We do not want to wasteanything.”Eckels said that it is the

goal of Missouri State to

educate campus on its ener-gy and sustainabilityefforts. Pilar Karlen, industrial

engineer and MissouriState energy manager, is abig part of this effort. Karlen just joined the

Missouri State staff in thelast year and is the “facefor energy” for campus,according to Eckels. Karlen said the campus

community strives to con-serve its energy whenever

possible and that there areways for students to saveon their own utility billwhen the temperatures startto soar. “How can you save

money and stay green? Cutback on your use,” Karlensaid. To learn more about

Missouri State’s energyplans go tohttp://www.missouristate.edu/facilities/EnergyMgm-nt.htm.

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Although Briggs was the creator ofMissouri State Secret Admirers, he saidhe handed the page over to a differentadministrator on April 3 and that he nolonger posts on the page.Another Facebook user told The

Standard that he now runs the page, butThe Standard could not confirm theuser’s identity.Missouri State Secret Admirers is an

outlet where anyone can post anony-mously about the hottie they saw walk-ing in front of Strong Hall, or the cutiewho sits next to them in geology thatthey’re too shy to say hello to.“Got a campus crush or have a missed

connection?” the page’s “about” sectionasks. “Here you can let them know! Allposts are 100 percent anonymous. Fol-low the link below to submit.”The link sends the secret admirer to a

page powered by Google Drive that asksthe user, “What is your secret admira-tion?”Briggs said that Google Drive allows

you to make an anonymous submissionform where not even he would knowwho was answering the questions, like apoll. “Once I created the submission

forms, I was very surprised at how fastpeople actually started clicking on thelink and putting in their secret admira-tions,” Briggs said. “I was very, very sur-prised.”But what does “anonymous” mean in

the age of the Internet?“People should know there’s nothing

anonymous on the Web,” said MarkPaxton, a professor in the Missouri StateDepartment of Media, Journalism andFilm who teaches Media Law. “In lots ofcases there are people posting stuff theythought was anonymous and someonehas sued and gotten a court order toreveal the identity of the people whofiled the anonymous material, and that’snot anonymous anymore. Everythingyou do you can track on the Web.”Pages like Missouri State Secret

Admirers, Missouri State Confessions— a Facebook page that uses Survey

Monkey to allow students to “get some-thing off (their) chest about thingsaround campus, (their) personal life oranything else,” according to the page’sdescription — or Missouri StateHookups — a Facebook page that usesSurvey Monkey to give students helpasking their crush on a date or findingsomeone who shares similar interests— run the risk of legal problems suchas libel, a type of written defamation.Defamation is defined as “a false and

unprivileged statement of fact that isharmful to someone’s reputation, andpublished ‘with fault,’ meaning as aresult of negligence or malice,” accord-ing to the Legal Guide for Bloggers pro-vided by the Electronic Frontier Founda-tion, which has “championed the publicinterest in every critical battle affectingdigital rights,” according to its website. “You can sue for libel over anything,”

Paxton said. “Courtney Love got suedfor a tweet she did. And she had to pay.”The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s

FAQ on Online Defamation Law saidthat the elements that must be proved toestablish defamation are a plaintiff (the

person suing for libel) must prove thatthe false statement about him, or her, thatharmed his reputation was published(made available for others to read).And according to Paxton, because the

administrator of the Facebook page isactively reading submissions before theyare posted, he or she could be heldresponsible for the content that is beingposted.According to the Electronic Frontier

Foundation’s FAQ on Online Defama-tion Law, “generally, anyone whorepeats someone else’s statements is just

as responsible for their defamatory con-tent as the original speaker — if theyknew, or had reason to know, of thedefamation.”Paxton said because page administra-

tors read the submissions before they areposted, these people could be heldresponsible for the posts’ content.“The way it’s designed, when you put

something on Facebook, no one reads itbefore it goes out, you just post it andthen it’s gone,” Paxton said. “So Face-book itself is not reviewing this stuff, orlooking at it. But it’s like, if people arelooking at it first and reviewing the com-ments and then posting them, then theyare going to be held liable possibly forthe fact that they should’ve seen thisstuff and then stopped it before it wentoff.”Although there are no disclaimers on

Missouri State Secret Admirers page,both Missouri State Confessions andMissouri State Hookups have an exten-sive list of things they will not tolerate.“Hateful, violent or cruel language

will not be tolerated on this page,” Mis-souri State Confessions’ “about” sectionsays. “If you see a post that you thinkshould be taken down, feel free to mes-sage the page and I’ll consider it.”Missouri State Hookups lists in its

“about” section several categories ofposts that are not allowed, including hateor attacks against an individual or anykind of group.Briggs said, however, that when he

created Missouri State Secret Admirers,he intended it to be a professional pageand filtered out the submissions that“didn’t seem right to post.”“Being around campus, I know that

there aren’t the most mature kids out,” hesaid. “Being the person I am, I couldn’tpost those.”Still, Paxton advises those using the

pages to be mindful of what they’re post-ing.“Be careful,” he said. “It’s one thing

to say, ‘I think somebody’s hot’ or ‘Iwant to have a date with you.’ No one isgoing to complain about that kind ofstuff. But if you put ‘so-and-so’s askank,’ then you’re really going to beinto some trouble ... people think theycan say anything and not be held respon-sible for it.”

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It’s one thing to say, ‘I thinksomebody’s hot’ or ‘I want tohave a date with you.’ No one isgoing to complain about thatkind of stuff. But if you put ‘so-and-so’s a skank,’ then you’rereally going to be into sometrouble.

— Mark PaxtonMSU Media Law Professor

petition’s necessary 1,787signatures.However, City Clerk

Brenda Cirtin said that only1,744 of the signatures pre-sented to her office were valid.Some of the problems withinvalid signatures includedthose from unregistered vot-ers, or people who are notSpringfield residents.The opposition was then

given 10 more days to attemptto collect the remaining 43 sig-natures, making the deadlineyesterday, Monday, April 15,at 5 p.m., according to a newsrelease from the City Clerk’soffice.Dave Klotz, a member of

the Facebook group Stand UpTo Walmart, said “We havedoubled down on our qualitycontrol,” and that the successof the referendum effort was“in the bag.”Klotz said the petition

efforts have focused mainly ongathering signatures from peo-ple in the downtown area. Healso said they have been verystrict on the conduct of theircollectors to ensure that peopleare not signing under somesort of pressure.The amended petition must

be examined within five daysof its submission to the City

Clerk’s Office, according toSpringfield’s City Charter. Ifthere are still not enough sig-natures, the petition will havefailed.The City Charter states that

if the referendum effort is suc-cessful, the decision will gofirst to the city council, whowill have the option of repeal-ing the approval of the Wal-mart zoning plans. If the council doesn’t not

repeal it, the issue will be sentto the voters at an election. Anews release from the CityClerk’s Office said that, in thisevent, the issue would be puton the ballot in the municipalelection Aug. 6.The City Charter’s rules

for collecting signatures for apetition state that every personsigning must give their nameand place of residence.The circulator of the peti-

tion must then “make oathbefore an officer competent toadminister oaths that hebelieves each signatureappended to the petition to bethe genuine signature of theperson whose name it purportsto be, that he believes eachsuch signer to be a legal voter,and that all signatures wereaffixed in his presence, andshall designate his residenceby street and number.”The proposed Walmart at

Campbell Avenue and GrandStreet would be the 10th Wal-mart in Springfield.

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1. 2825 N Kansas Expressway2. 1320 S Glenstone Ave.3. 3536 W Mount Vernon St.4. 3520 W Sunshine St.5. 3315 S Campbell Ave.6. 1923 E Kearney St.7. 545 El Camino Alto Drive8. 2021 E Independence St.9. 3150 W Republic Road

Where are all the Walmarts in Springfield?

Walmart