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OPINION | 3
Martin: U.S. should
intervene in Middle
East conflicts
LIFE | 4
Pedalers and pedes-
trians battle for the
sidewalk
SPORTS | 6
Field hockey perfect
in opening home
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Photos from Ozarks
Celebration Festival’s
visit to campus
Missouri State University’s Student Gov-ernment Association launched Zipcar, a uni-versity car-sharing program, on Friday, Aug.29.“(Zipcar) is a way to have a car on campus,
without the hassle of having a car on campus,”said SGA chief sustainability commissionerand junior entrepreneurship major, Max Wag-ner.Zipcar, now acquired by Avis Car Rental, is
the world’s leading car-sharing network andspans over 350 American universities, accord-ing to Wagner. The affordable rates and 18-year-old reservation age makes Zipcar a viableoption for college students with or without acar.“The Zipcars are parked in reserved spots
in lot 21 behind Hutchens house,” said Wagn-er. “All you have to do is scan your zipcard (amembership card, similar to a BearPass ID,provided by Zipcar) on top of the vehicle tounlock the car and start your reservation.”
Missouri State currently has two Zipcars,Solesbee and Torbett, that are new FordFocuses. Each reservation with either Soles-bee or Torbett will get you 180 miles, gas andinsurance coverage. After the 24-hour mark,however, you get 20 extra miles for each addi-tional hour of your reservation. Zipcars can bereserved anywhere from one hour to four daysand reservations can be made online, on theZipcar mobile app or via text.Reservation prices for Zipcar are depend-
ent on the day. Monday through Thursdayreservations cost $69 per day or $7.50 perhour. On weekends, Friday through Sunday,Zipcars can be reserved for $77 per day or$8.50 per hour. The idea for a car-sharing program at Mis-
souri State came about when Wagner waslooking for projects that could improve stu-dent life. “I started researching car-sharing programs
in May of 2013, and Zipcar just launched, sothe whole process took about a year,” saidWagner.In that year, Wagner received support from
various university organizations, learned what
Zipcar was all about and created a proposal toshow how beneficial a car-sharing programwould be. “This whole process of getting Zipcar to
Missouri State was completely student driv-en,” said David Vaughan, director of environ-mental management. “Max was the heart ofbringing Zipcar to campus.”The Aug. 29 Zipcar launch went very well,
according to Wagner, and is just one of themany marketing events SGA will host for Zip-car. “Zipcar takes care of everything from
cleaning to maintenance, so it is our job tospread the word around campus,” Wagnersaid.“I keep saying this, but this (Zipcar) is such
a smart idea,” said junior middle school edu-cation major Gracie Harrison after hearingabout Zipcar for the first time at the launchevent. “This is the first year that I have had acar on campus, and I have always had to usepublic transportation to get to work.” Commuting on Springfield buses took Har-
By Peyson ShieldsThe Standard
@peysonrose
New program provides cars for students to rent
Erin Snider/THE STANDARD
SGA’s Chief Sustainability Comissioner Max Wagner and Director of Sustainability Timmy Hogenkamp tell students about the newZipcar program during the launch event on Friday, Aug. 29.
u See ZIPCAR, page 2
The Missouri legislatureapproved a 2014 budget with a $7.8million increase for Missouri StateUniversity.The budget assumed an amount
of revenue the state would receivethis year.A week after the budget was
passed, the Missouri legislature alsopassed 10 sales tax cuts whichwould reduce the amount of rev-enue the state brings in.Each of the bills is a sales tax
exemption. For example, HouseBill 1865 would exempt sales taxesof the cost of utilities used byrestaurants, grocery stores, conven-
ience stores, fast food restaurantsand other places of food prepara-tion. On June 11, Gov. Jay Nixon
vetoed all 10 bills. The session onSept. 10 will determine if the legis-lature will override the vetoes. If the legislature overrides the
vetoes and the bills are passed,Nixon said the sales tax cuts willreduce revenue by $425 million tospend throughout the state.“Rushed through with little
debate in the final hours of the leg-islative session, these special breaksand exemptions for a handful ofspecial interests are the result of adeeply flawed process and a funda-mentally misguided approach to taxpolicy,” Nixon said in a pressrelease.Therefore, anything state funded
like schools, mental health facili-ties, prisons and the $7.8 millionpromised to Missouri State Univer-sity has been withheld pending the
legislative session.The problem is the promise of
the money to the university, Presi-dent Clif Smart said. Missouri Statehas already allocated many funds todifferent spaces around campus.MSU has spent $1.3 million for
new health programs, hired foursalaried faculty members, hirednew faculty at West Plains andbegan construction of building proj-ects around campus.“So if, ultimately, we don’t get
that money, we have to find anothersource of money to replace it,”Smart said.Here’s why students should care:Although Smart said this is
unlikely to happen, there is a possi-bility for a tuition increase to coverthe cost.“If we don’t get any of that
money, we’d be down $5.3 million… so if it’s ultimately not releasedfrom the governor I think one of thethings our board will evaluate is thepotential for a mid-year tuitionincrease in January,” Smart said.Last year, Nixon and Smart
made an agreement to freeze tuitionif the budget was increased by 5percent.“The 5 percent is the $7.8 mil-
lion, but if that money doesn’t comethrough, the university is releasedfrom its agreement to hold tuitionflat with Gov. Nixon,” Smart said.Missouri State is not alone.
Every public university and com-munity college in the state of Mis-souri will be affected by this deci-sion.
By Briana SimmonsThe Standard
@SimmonsReports
So you’ve heard about the Title IXpolicy at Missouri State University, oryou read the article about it in lastweek’s paper. You’re intrigued, and youwant to know more about it.Student Body President Jordan
McGee invites you to learn more aboutthe new policy on sexual assault, stalk-ing and other forms of sexual miscon-duct with the Title IX focus group.McGee says this group is not only
for prevention. “We’re trying to come at it at every
direction: prevention, in the momentdeal and after the fact. Trying to coverall of our bases in hopes that studentslearn more about this terrible situationthat’s really plaguing universities allacross the country,” McGee said.The overall goal for the Title IX
focus group is to raise awareness andcreate a comfortable support group forthose affected by acts that the policycovers. “Hey we’re here for you if you want
to reach out to us,” McGee said. “We’llset up resources for you. We just want tohelp you as best as we can.”He hopes that the focus group will
create programs that students can useeither during the moment or after thefact. McGee said Title IX focus group’s
first meeting was a success. The groupbrainstormed different avenues forwhen someone is in the moment.McGee found an app he finds helpfuland is sharing it with students. “There’s an app called Circle of Six.
You can add six friends or family mem-bers,” McGee said. “Click one buttonand you can contact all of them to callfor a ride, phone them or even sendthem a message.”The focus group currently has about
15 members, but they’re encouragingthose interested to reach out. Althoughthey want all of those interested to join,they want to ensure that this focus groupis a comfortable and non-judgementalenvironment for all. To learn more about the Title IX
focus group, you can contact JordanMcGee at [email protected].
University could lose $7 million in promised funds
SGA drives sustainability with Zipcar
By Callie RaineyThe Standard
@KidCallie
Students formfocus groupto raiseawareness onTitle IX issues
Nixon u See BUDGET, page 2
President Smart believes state legislature will override vetoes; money will reach intended projects
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Tuesday, Sept. 9Allison Sand VolleyballComplex dedication, 7-8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10Study Away Fair, 11 a.m.-2p.m., Plaster Student Union
Accounting Career Fair, noon-3 p.m., University Plaza Conven-tion Center
Thursday, Sept. 11EXIST Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m.,Plaster Student Union 315
Plaster Stadium dedicationand pep rally, 8- 10 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12Ask the Experts BlackboardOpen Session, 1:30-4:30 p.m.,Meyer Library 205
Saturday, Sept. 13Legacy Family Ice CreamSocial, 1-3 p.m., Meyer Library
Sunday, Sept. 14Carillon Summer ConcertSeries, 7- 8:30 p.m., MeyerCarillon
Monday, Sept. 15Schedule Change Deadline, 50percent Refund, all day
Calendar
Correction forSept. 2 article‘Universityoutlinesemergencyprocedures’
In the Sept. 2 issue of TheStandard, the story “Universityoutlines emergency proce-dures” said that John Elmore isthe Emergency ManagementSpecialist for the CommunityEmergency Response Team forGreene County. His job title isactually the Emergency Man-agement Specialist-Planningfor the Springfield-GreeneCounty Office of EmergencyManagement. Elmore says hefocuses on emergency responseplanning as one phase in theEmergency Management Pro-gram process.
-rison over an hour to get to and fromwork each day.
“I did just get my license,” said Har-rison, “but hypothetically speaking, Iwould have taken advantage of a car-sharing program like this my first twoyears of college.”
Each Ford Focus meets the EPA’semission standards, which makes Mis-souri State’s sustainability coordinator,Jordan Schanda, very happy.
“This car-sharing program can havegreat environmental benefits by reduc-ing short/pollution heavy trips,” saidSchanda. “I’m excited for us (MissouriState) to have something that is a newand innovative approach.”
“Zipcar gives students the option ofnot bringing a car to campus becausethey have the ability of renting onewhenever they need to,” said Vaughan.
Vaughan believes that Zipcar bene-fits are endless, from being more eco-nomical to having a positive effect onthe whole parking situation.
“It eases the pressure of having tohave a car on campus,” said Vaughan.
In order to use Zipcar, you must bean approved member, which is fairlyeasy to do, according to Wagner.
“The cool thing about Zipcar is that itis open to domestic and internationalstudents,” said Wagner. “If you have avalid Missouri State email, a driver’slicense and a clean driving record, youhave pretty much met the eligibilityrequirements.”
Memberships for the first year are$25 due to the subsidies that Ford givesout to college students. Each year afterthat, dues increase to $35. However,university ambassadors, SOAR leaders,resident assistants and SGA cabinetmembers receive free Zipcar member-ships.
Wagner is very excited to see howthis program will grow considering thatthe amount of Zipcars depends on thedemand from the students.
“I’m looking forward to seeing Zip-cars on the road, I truly believe that thisis going to be a great program to use,”Wagner said.
Contact Max Wagner with any ques-tions concerning Zipcar at [email protected]. To applyfor a Zipcar membership, go tozipcar.com/missouristate.
ZipcarContinued from page 1
Sept. 15The Hunger Banquet, 5 p.m.,PSU Ballroom
Sept. 16MSUtalks, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.,PSU Theater
MSUtalks Keynote Speaker,Ms. Nancy Allen, 7 p.m., PSUTheater
Sept. 17Civic Engagement Conference,8 a.m.- 5 p.m., PSU Ballroom
Carillion Bells Patriotic Recital,noon
Lecture by Mike Dilbeck,“RESPONSE ABILITY: The Rev-olution for Courageous Leader-ship,” 6 p.m., PSU Theater
SAC Films: “The Invisible War,”9 p.m., PSU Theater
Sept. 18“Who Cares About Kelsey? Dis-abiling Segregation” Video andPanel discussion, 4 p.m.,Meyer Library 101
All weekVoter Registration DrivePSU, Meyer Library, FosterRecreation Center
PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK EVENTS
Public Affairs Week is a series ofevents for Missouri State Universi-ty’s Public Affairs theme for the year:The Ethical Citizen: Can you make adifference?
Stacey Trewatha-Bach, coordina-tor at Public Affairs Support, saidpart of what makes this year’s PublicAffairs Week different than otheryears is the greater involvement ofthe Student Activities Council.
SAC President Grace Chang saidSAC wanted their work to have astronger connection to public affairs.
“This year we’re really trying totie ourselves back to the publicaffairs mission,” Chang said.
SAC is working on the Mike Dil-beck lecture, trivia night, “The Invis-ible War” film showing and MSUtalks.
Trewatha-Bach said PublicAffairs Week is unique from othercampus events because of studentinvolvement.
“Public Affairs Week is designedby and for students,” Trewatha-Bachsaid.
The Student Government Associ-ation sponsors the Voter RegistrationDrive, where students can use a com-puter on the spot to sign up for TurboVote, a voting website.
Trewatha-Bach said different Fra-ternity and Sorority Life organiza-tions and student volunteers also helpwith the drive.
The student-run advertisingorganization Opal Agency is workingon the advertising for the HungerBanquet and will be handing out freetrade coffee at the event.
GEP courses also use PublicAffairs Week as a chance to intro-duce freshmen to MSU’s PublicAffairs Mission.
Trewatha-Bach said the PublicAffairs Support office is there tomake sure everything goes smoothlywhile the student leaders take respon-sibility in organizing and overseeingevents.
Chang said she hopes studentsattending will learn more about pub-lic affairs, which will help students intheir endeavors after they leave col-lege.
“It prepares you for any careeryou might have in the future,” Changsaid.
By Sadie WelhoffThe Standard
@sadie1359
Raise a paw to Public Affairs Week
Check publicaffairs.missouristate.edu for changes and updates.All events are free and open to the public. Contact Trewatha-Bach
for volunteering opportunities at 417-836-8832 or at [email protected].
Smart said two schools — Mis-souri Western State Universityand Southeast Missouri StateUniversity — have alreadyraised their tuition even thoughthey agreed not to. MissouriWestern raised its tuition for thefall, and SEMO put a tuition
increase on the books pendingon a decision.
“I’ve tried to get them to lookat the big picture as opposed toyes, we’d like to reduce taxes,but when you reduce particularlysales tax, that means some serv-ice is going to be unfunded. Itdoesn’t become less expensiveto run a university, and so whatthat means is that you’re passingthat over to our students,” Smartsaid.
BudgetContinued from page 1
Photo courtesy of City Utilities
Read next week’s issue tofind out when MSU might
be getting solar power
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STANDARDMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY OPINION // 3
It’s rare that I have a chance tooffer support and compliment toSen. Claire McCaskill, but herrecent proposal to refuse federalfunds to police stations that don’tuse police cameras is somethingthat should be getting more cov-erage than it is.
From the death of Eric Garnerdue to an extreme chokehold — aNew York man whose only appar-ent crime was illegally selling cig-arettes — to the growing numberof accusations of police brutality,to the current police responsestoward protestors in Ferguson, tothe numerous other concerningpolice actions popping up acrossthe United States, the increasingaggression and militarized policeforce is something that we haveunfortunately become accus-tomed to. Police cameras offer away to protect the average Amer-ican citizen.
These cameras also protectthe police from false accusations,
as Sen. McCaskill pointed out.The police want any incident tobe fully recorded, instead of onlyrecording parts that appear out ofcontext or appear completelyunjustified.
Such cameras would help toreduce significantly both theactual and perceived incidents ofpolice brutality, and take a steptoward restoring the necessaryimage of American police forces.
For those that might be skepti-cal of the effectiveness of suchcameras and wonder if the costswould be warranted, a studydone with the Rialto PoliceDepartment in California foundthat officers with cameras werehalf as likely to use force thanofficers without cameras. Cam-eras work.
-Zachary Griffith, senior polit-ical science major
Letters to the editor
Go to home openergame against UND
By The Standard Editorial Board
OUR VIEWWar. War never changes.And seemingly enough, the
combatants and locations seemto remain the same as well.
It’s been almost three yearssince the last United Statescombat troops left Iraq. Accord-ing to the Department ofDefense Casualty Status web-site, Operation Iraqi Freedomaccrued 4,412 deaths and tensof thousands more wounded inaction. These brave men andwomen fought and died tosecure Iraqi freedom and todefend the United States as apart of the global war on terror.
Now the direct safety of Iraq,Syria and arguably the directsafety of the United States isunder threat by ISIS — theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria.
ISIS has been dominant inlarge swaths of land in northernIraq and northeastern Syria,including the city of Mosul,home to the fourth largest damin the Middle East based onreserve capacity.
This group now threatens thestatus of Iraq and Syria as sta-ble, functioning governments.The United States has providedlimited intervention through theuse of drone strikes and similaroperations, but we may be near-ing the time to provide moredirect intervention in this region.I’m not particularly sure whatthis would mean in terms of U.S.involvement, but the situation isquickly reaching a point wheredirect intervention is necessary.
I’m not saying we needboots-on-ground intervention,but however the U.S. is involvingitself right now, it needs a bit ofamplification.
Now, let’s turn our attentionto Ukraine, another battlegroundthat stands to ratchet up interna-tional tension.
Since February of this year,fighting and unrest has beenrampant in the eastern region ofUkraine. In a timeline too long to
recount in this column, Ukraineand the area to the south —known as Crimea — have beenenduring constant protests bypro-Russian separatists anddirect combat in the region ofeastern Ukraine.
The most ominous event inmy mind however, is the annexa-tion of Crimea by Russia.
This may seem like old newsto some, but this is definitely onesituation to be watched closely.
Here’s the simplest explana-tion I can offer:
Over a period of time in earlyMarch, troops with no insigniason their uniforms funneled intoCrimea and began supportingthe pro-Russian separatistmovements within Crimea. Vot-ing would then replace the previ-ous government with a pro-Russian government. This wouldbe followed by Russia declaringCrimea under its control viaannexation. The troops with noinsignias would later be con-firmed by the Russian govern-ment to be Russian soldiers.
When you put together thepieces, things start to seem rem-iniscent of historical events thatresulted in horrific conflicts. Inthe past, aggressors haveentered neighboring countrieson allegedly peaceful intentions— keeping the peace, protectingtheir people within that country,ensuring fair elections, etc.
I’m not saying that this situa-tion will result in war, but thisdeveloping conflict should bemore directly monitored by anddirectly involve the United Statesand NATO.
Both of these situations havethe potential to spiral into hugethreats, and without carefulmonitoring and direct interven-tion from the U.S., it may proveeasier to reach this potential.
If you’d like to have furtherdiscussion on this issue, find meon Twitter.
US needs toamp up
involvement inworld conflicts
By Spencer MartinColumnist
@Spencer_XC
Your college experience dependsgreatly on how involved you chooseto be on campus with your fellow stu-dents.
You can be the person who staysin on a Saturday night working aheadon your homework, or you can be theperson who realizes homework canwait until Sunday in favor of a majoropportunity for Missouri State bond-ing time.
In the spirit of making sure youactually enjoy your college experienceand take away some of your bestmemories here, we encourage you tonot just attend the home opener foot-ball game this Saturday, but we wantyou to really get into it.
Get decked out in the proper gear.It’s a blackout game, which means
Bears fans are wearing black. So,wear black. Be a part of the studentbody team.
Get together with your fellowBears from 3 to 6 p.m. at BearFest Vil-lage to get the party started at theStudent Activity Council sponsoredtailgating event.
The game itself begins at 6 p.m. atthe all new Plaster Stadium with thenew and vastly improved student sec-tion that you should be planted in.
We realize that the football teamdoes not always win. So what?
It doesn’t matter if the footballteam wins or loses, though a winwould be ideal. It’s all about being aBear, getting to know your fellowBears and having a good time withsaid Bears.
If for nothing else, you can put thatB.E.A.R. Fee to good use and be apart of this once a year event.
The bottom line is this: you shouldbe at the game.
Bring your friends, your little broth-er or sister, your parents, bring yourlandlord for Pete’s sake. Just be thereor be square.
We’ll see you at the game.Go Bears!
In the latest issue ofThe Standard, volume108, issue 3, The Stan-dard Editorial Boardposes the question: "Didyou vote for the B.E.A.R.Fee? Did you even vote atall?"
Here is my response: Iwanted to vote and voteagainst it.
I spent a considerableamount of time reading upon the proposal.
I know of several peo-ple who also stronglyopposed it, but I amunsure if they were able tovote as well.
The reason why I didnot vote, and why I pre-sume so many others alsodid not, is because therewas very little advertisingthat there would be avote, or if there was, howto do it.
By the time I found outabout the vote, it took mesome time to find the vot-ing web page, but by thenthe vote had alreadyclosed.
I think that studentswho voted for the propo-sition did not fully under-stand it.
Had more time beenallowed for the vote orhad more awareness beenbrought forward, I gen-uinely think the votewould not have passed.
A decision made by 15percent of the universitypopulation can hardly becalled a consensus.
-Kyle Falconer, seniorcomputer science major
Spinningout ofcontrol
It’s easy to feel free when riding a bike. Theconstant breeze. The openness of the road. Thechanging of the gears. Having the ability to jetdown a side street if traffic looks congested. But as most things go, with freedom comes
responsibility, which some may say college stu-dents lack when it comes to biking on campus. Year after year the same problem remains: stu-
dents walk in the bike paths and bicyclists ridewherever they choose. Andy Cline, associate professor in the Media,
Journalism and Film Department, is a certifiedbicycle safety instructor with CyclingSavvy andthe secretary and board member of the AmericanBicycle Education Association. Cline explained the situation as being a two-
way street, where pedestrians just walk whereverthey want and bicyclists aren’t always payingattention to the bike lanes. “To the extent that you ignore a problem is the
extent to which you have conflict,” Cline said.“With the combination of pedestrians and cyclistswalking or riding wherever there’s pavement, youget a constant negotiation out there that could bemitigated if people did a better job at following therules.”In terms of what is happening on campus, Cline
said some of the rules act more as problematicinstead of helpful. According to the bicycle regulations laid out by
the Department of Safety and Transportation, bicy-clists must get off their bike when coming to anintersection with a sidewalk.Cline said if the system were working perfect-
ly, bicyclists would stick to the bike lane andpedestrians would stay on their sidewalk, and atintersections of the two, bicyclists would yield to
pedestrians.“Right of way isn’t something you have, right
of way is something you yield,” Cline said.“Everyone is so concerned with their own conven-ience and their own use of the transportation sys-tem that they can’t be bothered with watching outfor their fellow man.”He isn’t the only one who thinks so.Erin Hargis, a former MSU student, has wit-
nessed a couple of bike accidents on campus andwas even hit once while riding her own. She claimed that each time the drivers of the
cars had no idea what was going on.“I was walking home from class last spring and
watched a student get nailed by a girl driving hercar,” Hargis said. “The girl’s bike was thrown into
the middle of National and was pretty much total-ly wrecked. The girl driving got out of her car andadmitted that she didn’t see the biker.”Hargis explained she doesn’t think people in
Springfield are looking out for bike riders and thatthey are impatient and distracted when followingbehind them.Some students think that pedestrians are just as
clueless as drivers.“People love to walk on the bike paths on cam-
pus,” said Mike Boschert, junior public relationsmajor. “I bike to and on campus everyday, and it’sjust a nightmare trying to not hit people on thepaths. I usually end up going a bit off-road into the
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By Annie GoochThe Standard
@annie_gooch
Bikers, walkersaim to coexist onMissouri Statecampus
Erin Snider/THE STANDARD
Missouri State students commute to class on foot as well as on two wheels.
Friday night can be a good time to hang out withyour family and friends. You may want to go todowntown, but why not make a stop at a place oncampus? Enjoying student artwork at the Student Exhibi-
tion Center can be an awesome decision to fill yourFriday evening plans. The Student Exhibition Center is under the
umbrella of programs guided by the professors whowork for the College of Arts and Letters. They run afree art show that includes student sculptures, draw-ings and paintings from Sept. 2 to Sept. 20.Sarah Williams is an assistant professor in the
Department of Art and Design who teaches PaintingIII. “There are 40 students involved with five classes
represented,” Williams said. “Painting I, Painting III,Sculpture I, Sculpture II and Drawing III.”
She said four professors’ works are also in theshow.The show gives the students a chance to show
their work and encourages them to work harder intheir future career.“Generally this show is specially carried by the
faculty,” Williams said.She said the professors put the student’s work in
the show if they think it’s really good.Jenica Hawkins, a junior literature major, works
for the Student Exhibition Center. She said there areprobably around 40-50 works of art in the show.“I’m not sure what year they (the artists) will be,
but some of them this like their first painting classand some of them are from the upper level classes.It’s across the board,” Hawkins said.She said her favorite works in the show are two
oil paintings.“I just really like the blend of colors,” Hawkins
said.Rachel Ramsey is a senior art and design major
student and also has a piece from her sculpture classin the show.
“It’s a self portrait of me,” Ramsey said.She put the portrait on the wall and the rest of the
piece in the front using colored string to connect thetwo parts. The strings are going back and forth, whichrepresent her struggles with the world.“I can still find the peace of my God,” Ramsey
said.She uses blue and mint green, cool colors, to rep-
resent her feelings.Katherine Westervelt, a senior computer anima-
tion major, likes Ramsey’s work, but she also has herwork in this show. Her work is called “The MaskMaker,” and she spent three months finishing thepiece.Brooke Villa is also a senior art and design major.
She has two sculptures in the show: one is called“Shattered” and the other one is called “Fine Dining.” She said her favorite piece is “Fine Dining,” but
“Shattered” means a lot to her, “because I learnedhow to do a new skill, and I learned how to weld,”Villa said.Dulcy Stewart is a retired elementary school
teacher and who now does fiber art. She said she likescolors and paintings. That’s why she likes some col-orful paintings in the show.The Student Exhibition Center is located at 838 E.
Walnut St. For more information, call Maria Michal-czyk, the director of the center, at 417-837-2346.
Student work featured at Art Walk
By Phoenix JiangThe Standard
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Tuesday, Sept. 9Shawn Colvin and Steve Earleconcert, 8-11 p.m., Gilloiz The-atre, $35-95
Informational session for MSU inFlorence, summer 2015, 5-6 p.m.,Brick City 211, free
Wednesday, Sept. 10Study Away Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,PSU, free
Young Life College, 8-9 p.m.,1147 E. Walnut St., free
Thursday, Sept. 1113th anniversary of 9/11
SAC after hours presents: ulti-mate frisbee, 9 p.m.-midnight,Glass fields, free
Friday, Sept. 12Family weekend, all day, entirecampus, free
Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m.,Level 1 Game Center, free
Japanese fall festival, 5-10 p.m.,2400 S. Scenic Ave., $7
Saturday, Sept. 13Family weekend, all day, entirecampus, free
Legacy family ice cream social,1-3 p.m., Meyer Library, free
Home opener tailgate, 3-6 p.m.,BearFest Village, free
Fourth Oktoberfest in theOzarks, 2-8 p.m., 235 S. GrantAve., $5
Japanese fall festival, 11 a.m.-10p.m., 2400 S. Scenic Ave., $7
Sunday, Sept. 14Family weekend, all day, entirecampus, free
Boston Brass in concert, 2-3:15p.m., Hammons Hall for the Per-forming Arts
Japanese fall festival, 11 a.m.-6p.m., 2400 S. Scenic Ave., $7
Azalea half-marathon, 8 a.m.,441 S. Truman Blvd., Nixa, $20-45
Monday, Sept. 15Public Affairs Week: HungerBanquet, 5-6:30 p.m., PSU Ball-room, free
Center forCommunityEngagement opensSept. 17The grand opening of Missouri
State’s Center for CommunityEngagement will take place duringthe Inaugural Conference on CivicEngagement on Sept. 17 in thePlaster Student Union.“The center’s mission is to sup-
port and advance Missouri State’spublic affairs mission by increas-ing the university’s involvement inlocal, regional and statewideefforts at community engage-ment,” according to a press release.The conference will focus on
Missouri State’s involvement inpartnership-based solutions, high-lighting current collaborationsbetween area organizations.Panel discussions will be a
large part of the conference withpanels like MSU’s Civic Footprintand Its Impact in the Community,Social Capital, Citizen Alum andCivic Engagement, Springfield’sRed Flag Issues being addressedthrough Research, Programs andInitiatives, and The WalkableNeighborhood Project’s Impact onSpringfield.Contact the office of public
affairs at 417-836-8832 or [email protected] for more information andto register for the conference.
Looking for BigBrothersBig Brothers Big Sisters of the
Ozarks is recruiting for big brothersthroughout the month of September. There are more than 50 young
boys awaiting mentors in theSpringfield area. Due to this highneed, BBBS is hosting an eventthroughout this month called “Milesfor Mentors.”The idea of “Miles for Mentors”
is to recruit 30 men and run 30miles around Springfield. For eachmale volunteer that completes aninterview in September, the BBBSstaff will relay 1 mile. The relay will take place at 5:30
p.m. at 2400 S. Scenic Ave. on Oct.3 with a free 5k immediately fol-lowing. Participants must registerby Sept. 19 and the first 100 to reg-ister will receive a free shirt, freeentrance into Hy-Vee’s Oktoberfest(21+) and a free meal. For more information on volun-
teering, registering or becoming abig brother, contact Big BrothersBig Sisters of the Ozarks at 417-899-9136.
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Self portrait sculpture by senior art and design major Rachel Ramsey in the Student Exhibition Center.
MSU’s Student Exhibition Centeris part of monthly downtown event
So picture this: I’m sitting inmy living room hanging out withmy cat and scrolling throughNetflix when I see a new ani-mated series. As far as originalTV shows go, Netflix has yet todisappoint me; “House ofCards” and “Orange is the NewBlack” have generated their owncult following of binge-watch-ers, and for good reason.“BoJack Horseman” is a new
animated sitcom set in a worldwhere anthropomorphic animals
and humans live side-by-side. The title character, BoJack, is
a washed-up actor who was thestar of a ‘90s sitcom (completewith laugh track and Bill Cosbysweater) who has since filled hisday-to-day life with debaucheryand drugs.The series follows BoJack as
he tries to make his last shot atfame with his memoir who is
being ghost written for him by ahuman, Diane (Allison Brie). BoJack is immediately smit-
ten with her but is devastatedwhen he finds out her boyfriendis Mr. Peanutbutter, a golden
retriever who also had a popularsitcom in the ‘90s but still has aflourishing acting career —unlike BoJack. While BoJack is a sarcastic,
depressed alcoholic, Mr. Peanut-butter is constantly enthusiasticand embodies the stereotypicalHollywood celebrity with a sur-face-deep personality.The show’s intro is reminis-
cent of the intro from “MadMen,” giving you the sensationof a man drifting through hisown life as an outsider lookingin rather than an active partici-pant. BoJack is perpetually liv-
ing in the past, spending his freetime watching reruns of his oldsitcom “Horsin’ Around.”BoJack is voiced by Will
Arnett, a personal favorite. Youmay remember him from hisrole as G.O.B. on “ArrestedDevelopment” or more recentlyas Batman in “Lego Movie.”Arnett does a great job withBoJack, making a rude, self-cen-tered has-been into a very funnyand likable character.The show makes no apolo-
gies for itself, and it doesn’tbother explaining why all theseanimals are walking around andacting like people. The script in “BoJack Horse-
man” doesn’t skip a beat. If youlike dry humor and are a fan ofshows like “Bob’s Burgers” or“Archer,” you should definitelygive this one a try.
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The Ozarks Celebration Festivallaunched its 17th year at MissouriState this year. It is an annual festi-val celebrating the Ozarks heritageand culture.The festival was a weekend long
event, spanning Sept. 5-7, and ittook place on Missouri State’s cam-pus. OCF brings craftspeople andartists from all over the area to cele-brate the Ozarks.Musicians from all over the
Ozarks came to Springfield thisweekend to perform and share in thecelebration. There were booths setup with vendors selling all types ofcrafts and exhibits.Courtney Sands, a sophomore
nursing major, volunteered at thefestival for Ozarks Food Harvest.“The Ozark Festival is a large
gathering of Springfield locals who
bring their talents and works of artto Missouri State’s campus,” Sandssaid. “They have everything fromentertainment, like storytelling andfolk music, to homemade food andcrafts. It’s really cool to see the com-munity come together for a traditionthat has gone on for years.”One of the main events of the
weekend was the performance byThe Acoustic Essays. They are alocal band from Springfield whoperformed on Saturday night. Theyare a traditional bluegrass countryband. The Acoustic Essays haveplayed in many large venues,including Silver Dollar City.Pat’s Clogging Studios and
Celtic Fire Irish Dance Companyteamed up on Sunday during the fes-tival and took the stage with theirclogging performance.Rhegan Adams, a local, attended
the event this weekend.“Being from Springfield, this
was my first time attending theOzarks Celebration Festival,”Adams said. “It was interesting see-
ing the local artists and craftspeo-ple.” Some of the vendors that partici-
pated in the festival included MSUFolklore Society, Ozark MountainGem & Mineral Society, Patchwork& Paper Mache and Wooden TentSoap Works.There were over 70 booths set up
for the festival this weekend.
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grass to avoid people. I just don’tthink non-bikers get it.”Jay Huff, assistant director of
safety and transportation, said thatbikers may be prone to realize wherepaths are, because they’re used towatching out for them.“We do get complaints from both
sides,” Huff said. “We’re trying tokeep pedestrians on the sidewalkand bikes on the bike paths. It’s dif-ficult to enforce and we ask that peo-ple treat one another with respect tohelp manage the situation as best wecan.”But the struggle between cyclists
and the road doesn’t end on campus,and some claim that the road itselfcauses the most problems.“I think Springfield is one of the
most bike unfriendly towns in thestate,” said Matt Murdock, seniorbusiness major. “On streets like Ben-nett, we have dedicated bike laneson either side, but people hog thelanes in order to pass someone turn-ing left. Bikers are forced to becomean annoyance to stay halfway safe.”
However, according to Cline,bicycle lanes do not equal bicyclefriendly cities, and there is nothingbicycle unfriendly about this town,just big differences in certain areas.“Technically the League of
American Bicyclists have designat-ed Springfield a ‘bronze level’ bicy-cle community,” Cline said. “Theurban core is the best place to ride abicycle. The streets are narrow, thespeed limits are low and motoristsare used to putting up with variousthings getting in their way.”Cline said he rides conflict-free
99.9 percent of the time, but he saidthat’s because he knows what he’sdoing.“Part of the matter is lack of
knowledge,” Cline said. “Bicyclistscan do things that put them into dan-ger, which can startle motorists orpedestrians. There are a lot of bikersout there doing things that are down-right scary.”His advice to those people is to
stop riding like children.“What we really need is bicycle
education,” Cline said. “I wouldlove to get a regular program goingfor students involving group instruc-tion, and CyclingSavvy has a greatprogram that teaches bicycle safetyin traffic.”
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Local craftsmen feature theirwork at the 17th annual festival.
Tuesday, Sept. 9Men’s Golf: 8 a.m. vs. DerekDolenc Invitational at Edwardsville,Illinois
Women’s Golf: 9 a.m. vs. Chip-N-Club Invitational at Lincoln, Nebras-ka
Softball: 4 p.m. vs. Neosho Countyat home
Softball: 6 p.m. vs. Neosho Countyat home
Friday, Sept. 12Women’s Volleyball: 4 p.m. vs. BallState at Madison, Wisconsin
Women’s Soccer: 7 p.m. vs Cen-tral Arkansas at home
Men’s Soccer: 7:30 p.m. vs SMUat Dallas, Texas
Saturday, Sept. 13Volleyball: 12 p.m. vs. Wisconsin atMadison, WIsconsin
Softball: 1 p.m. vs Maroon andWhite at home
Volleyball: 5 p.m. vs. Miami atMadison, Wisconsin
Football: 6 p.m. vs. North Dakotaat home
Tennis: All day vs. Drury Invitationalat Drury
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ScoreboxVolleyball (2-2)Thursday, Sept. 4Missouri State 25 25 24 25 3Oral Roberts 20 23 26 21 1
Field Hockey (1-3)Thursday, Sept. 4Missouri State 2 2 1 5UC Davis 2 2 0 4
Volleyball (2-3)Friday, Sept. 5Missouri State 18 14 18 0Western Kentucky 25 25 25 3
Football (1-1)Saturday, Sept. 6Missouri State 6 0 7 10 23Oklahoma State 10 17 10 3 40
IVolleyball (4-3)Saturday, Sept. 6Missouri State 25 25 25 3Inczrnate Word 20 10 20 0
Missouri State 25 25 25 3Milwaukee 19 15 23 0
Men’s Soccer (1-1-1Saturday, Sept. 6Missouri State 2 0 0 0 2UMKC 2 0 0 0 2
)Women’s Soccer (2-2-1)Sunday, Sept. 7Missouri State 1 2 3Arkansas State 0 0 0
Field Hockey (2-3)Sunday, Sept. 7Missouri State 2 2 4St. Louis 1 0 1
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Lady Bears to holdopen tryoutThe Missouri State Lady Bears
will hold an open basketball try-out on Sept. 16 from 6-7 p.m. Thetryout is open to full-time femalestudents. The tryouts will be heldat the East Gym of Hammons Stu-dent Center.In addition, the Lady Bears are
also seeking six to 10 male prac-tice players to practice with andagainst the Lady Bears. The play-ers must also be full-time studentsand available to practice everyday.
Lady Bears finalize2014-2015 scheduleThe Missouri State Lady Bears
finalized their schedule on Sept.4. The Lady Bears will open theirseason at Memphis on Nov. 14and will open at home on Dec. 6against SIU-Edwardsville.The Lady Bears will open con-
ference play on Jan. 2 againstEvansville and will close the sea-son at home on March 1 againstDrake.
Bears hang tough against Big 12 power, butspecial teams woes prove to be the differencein a 40-23 loss against Oklahoma State
Forget that it’s an FBS teamfrom a power five conference. For-get that there was a lot of noise onsocial media about a painted foun-tain. Forget that it’s a five-touch-down spread in favor of your oppo-nent.Just play football.That is exactly what the Mis-
souri State Bears did last Saturdayin Stillwater, Oklahoma against theOklahoma State Cowboys. TheBears kept their playbook simple,using what worked in last week’swin.Although what would eventual-
ly become a 40-23 loss for MSU,the Bears were able to fire on thecylinders that will get them winsagainst FCS opponents.In last week’s game against
Northwestern State University, sen-ior wide receiver Julian Burton had140 receiving yards and a touch-down. Senior quarterback KierraHarris threw for 195 yards andthree touchdowns in that game, aswell as getting a rushing touch-down. This dynamic duo continued
their season with another great out-ing against the Cowboys.Harris went 14-21 for 206 yards
and two scores. And who did histwo touchdowns go to? None otherthan his main target, Burton. Bur-ton caught six passes for 86 yardsand the two touchdowns.After only two games, it is
apparent that these two are morethan just starting quarterback andstarting wide receiver. A lot of thecredit goes to their chemistry asteammates and friends, says Bur-ton.“We stayed out all spring and all
summer, mixed with doing allkinds of things to be better,” saidBurton. “Kierra’s got a lot of poiseand a lot of confidence, and he’sleading this team to great offensivedrives.”Although Missouri State has
developed this passing threat, itisn’t perfect. In the first quarter, theBears had a chance to take the leadon the Cowboys when Harrisheaved it 45 yards to the end zonewith Burton as his target. The passfell incomplete although Burtonhad a nice chance at it, diving overthe goal-line.OSU’s speed seemed to be the
hardest part for the Bears to handle,
but the most shocking stats comefrom the special team’s play.In the first quarter, the Cowboys
were able to block the Bears’ extrapoint try. Then, an orange walloverpowered the blocking schemeof the Bears to block junior ChrisSullens’ punt.Immediately entering the sec-
ond quarter, the Bears were set topunt again when the snap went pastSullens. In an incredible feat of ath-leticism, Sullens chased the balldown, sidestepped some chargingCowboys and punted it off his non-kicking foot.Unfortunately, that was not it
for the Bears. MSU junior kickerMarcelo Bonani lined up for a 39-yard field goal to make it a one-possession game. However, thatorange wall got in the backfieldand was able to block the kick.These three blocks, plus a
roughing-the-kicker call against theBears, really crippled their abilityto get in a rhythm.Defensively, the Bears were
able to come through with a lot ofstops, forcing OSU to attempt aschool record-tying six field goals.OSU only made four of those,blocking one for themselves.The keys to the Bears’ defense
were senior inside linebackerAndrew Beisel and sophomore out-side linebacker Dylan Cole. Beiselled the team with 10 tackles, whileCole made six of his tackles behindthe line of scrimmage, includingtwo big-time goal-line stops.“Flying around is nothing new
to me,” said Cole. “If you flyaround, you’re going to makeplays.”Overall, the team fel good
about the game, feeling it was atough challenge that they didn’tshy away from.“I was really proud of our foot-
ball team,” head coach Terry Allensaid. “We had some adversity andwe made some special teams mis-takes that really cost us, but I didn’tfeel on either side of the ball thatwe were totally overmatched.”This week the Bears get to play
on the new turf at Plaster Stadium.They play North Dakota, who lostweek one to San Jose State 42-10and beat Robert Morris last week16-13. North Dakota has not beenefficient on offense as of yet, and ifthe Bears continue their defensiveintensity, MSU should be able tostart things off right in the newlyrenovated stadium.
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The Missouri State Bears played in front of a large crowd during their game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Still water, Okla-homa. Despite the crowd and the team they played, the Bears played tough and kept the game closer than expected.
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Last year, head coach Bob Bucher’s MissouriState Ice Bears program went to historic newheights. The Bears finished the season with a 25-8-4-1 record, won the 2014 Mid-American Col-legiate Hockey Association cup and the centralregional tournament in order to make it to the D-II National Tournament. The Ice Bears won theirfirst two games in pool play, but they wereunable to make pool play after losing to the PennState Nittany Lions. The Bears finished the sea-son being voted the sixth best D-II team in thenation.When the Ice Bears returned to campus for
the fall semester, their trip to nationals was notfar behind in the rearview mirror. With a strongcore of returning skaters and a new group ofplayers brought in to help up the ante, the IceBears knew what exactly they wanted out of theupcoming season.“There’s definitely an added hunger to these
guys,” Bucher said in a phone interview. “Every-one has been focused on getting back, and thishunger is spreading to the new guys. We knowhow close we were last year.”“Once you get a taste of nationals, you want
to be a part of it again and again. It just makesyou even hungrier to win it,” sophomore for-ward Ryan Hogland added. “This year it is defi-nitely nationals or bust.”
Returning skaters
The Ice Bears lost a strong senior class afterthe conclusion of the 2013-2014 season, but arenot lacking in leftover firepower. Returning toMissouri State this year is senior forward JackRyan — Offensive Player of the Year Runner-Upin MACHA — senior defender Eric Aldag —MACHA Defensive Player of the Year — andjunior goalie Justin Davis — MACHA Goal-tender of the Year.
Also returning to the Ice Bears from lastyear’s squad are senior forwards Miguel Franco— who was granted another year of eligibilityby MACHA — Kyle Brown, Matt Townsendand Adam Otten. Senior defenders returninginclude Nick Sadorf, Adam Thrower and JustinBuchheit. Justin Lombardo is returning betweenthe pipes as arguably one of the best goalietandems in MACHA along with junior goalieJustin Davis. Also returning are junior fowards Brian
Leslie and Alex Nanna; junior defender CalHeimos; and sophomore forwards P.J. Adams,Hogland, and Brendan McClew. Adams. Hog-land, and McClew were part of one the bestfreshman classes in Ice Bears history, but theywill be down one of their own. Chase Doblersigned a professional contract to play in Switzer-land for 2014-2015.MSU returns a good amount of offensive
firepower, led by senior forward Ryan. In addi-tion, the Bears return Townsend, Sadorf, Nannaand Leslie, who scored 10 or more goals. The IceBears will also look forward to having Hoglandfor a full season, who missed last time last yeardue to a concussion. Hogland is looking forwardto being able to spend more time on the ice.“I took two weeks off (after the season), but I
got back to skating and I have been lifting, so Iwill be coming back stronger,” Hogland said ina preseason interview. “I’m coming into 2014heavier, but in a good way,” he added with alaugh.While the Bears lost a good amount of defen-
sive players from last year’s graduating class,the team will look to a lot of newcomers to makea difference.“Every year guys leave and new guys come
in, so it’s something we get used to. We had agreat senior class, but we feel good about thenew faces to fill these spots,” Ryan said inregard to the team’s new additions to this year’steam.
New Skaters
As if returning a core from the sixth bestteam in the country wasn’t good enough forBucher, he will now have a new, exciting set ofweapons at his disposal for the 2014-2015 sea-son.Highlighting the list of Ice Bears newcomers
relates to Greatness. Yes, capital-G, Greatness.Joining this year’s team will be Bobby Brown,who happens to be nephew to Wayne Gretzky.“It’s just through marriage,” Brown said with
a smile in his first interview with the Standard.“But he was the guy that got me into hockey andinfluenced me.” Brown will join the Ice Bears after playing in
the NAHL with the Port Huron Fighting Falconsand will join as a true freshman. Brown’s bigsix-foot-six frame and hard slap-shot from theblue line will most certainly serve as a potentweapon for the Ice Bears.In addition to Brown, forwards Tyler
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Ice Bears sharpening their skates for a return to nationals
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Since the reinstatement of the women’s tennis program atMissouri State University, it has gone from a Title IX com-pliance to a program ready to compete at the level that it didpreviously. All that credit goes to the hard work of head coachMallory Weber.
Building a program is not easy, but it presents a greatopportunity for a coach to build something special the way heor she wants to.
“It was exciting more than anything because I think a lotof coaches would love to have that opportunity to createsomething from scratch,” Weber said. “But at the same timeit was overwhelming to have completely nothing and in amatter of a summer getting a whole team here.”
The excitement of a new program was the focus in gettingrecruits to come here.
“That’s how I got most of my transfers,” Weber said.“They were excited to be a part of something new.”
And transfers the women’s tennis program got. There arecurrently seven players on the roster, four of which trans-ferred from another university.
The oldest players on the team are juniors Miranda Poileand Ema Turudija. Poile transferred from the University ofTexas-San Antonio, which is where Weber was last an assis-tant tennis coach.
Turudija transferred from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, where she became ranked No. 75 in the singles cat-egory.
The two sophomore transfers are Ekaterina Donetskovaand Mackenzie Rozell. Donetskova is transferring fromSoutheast Missouri State University, where she led the teamin doubles wins. She was looking for a better academic situ-ation, and MSU fit what she was looking for.
Rozell is returning to her hometown here in Springfieldafter playing her freshman season at Montana University. Shetransferred to MSU in the spring 2014 semester in prepara-tion for joining the team.
One question that many people would have is how gettinga transfer works, and that can be very tricky.
“There’s a lot of NCAA rules and you have to be prettycareful with that,” Weber said. “Unless they have a release[from their current school] you can’t talk to them.”
Also joining the program are three freshmen: AbbeyBelote, Rebecca McIsaac and Ledis Molina. Belote is fromParkview High right here in Springfield, while McIsaac isfrom Belleville, Illinois — the same hometown as Weber.Molina is from El Salvador and has a lot of experience trav-
elling far distances to compete in tournaments.The university awards eight scholarships for the tennis
program. Weber reserved one this season because none of thecurrent players will be graduating. She did this to ensurefuture recruitment.
“Being here now and actually getting to talk to kids andsee kids play this summer definitely makes it easier to recruitfor next season,” Weber said.
The program’s first matches come in the Drury Fall Tour-nament on Sept. 13 and 14. The team will play in severaltournaments during the fall, and will play its first match athome on Feb. 21 against South Dakota State.
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The Missouri State Men’sSoccer team (1-1-1) openedup the parking lot to a swimteam sponsored tailgate asthe Bears played a very atyp-ical Missouri State game to adouble overtime drawagainst the University ofMissouri-Kansas City (0-1-1).
“We kind of strayed awayfrom Missouri State soccer,”said redshirt junior right mid-fielder Emmerich Hoegg,who scored the first of twoMissouri State goals in the10th minute on an absoluterocket, from the far north-west end of the field, bend-ing the shot past the UMKCkeeper.
The Roos would answerback quickly when seniorforward Jordan Rideout beata Bear defender one-on-one,and snuck the ball past fresh-man goalkeeper Liam Priest-ley.
The Bears responded inturn when redshirt sopho-more midfielder Mikey
Lightbourne fed a pass tojunior midfielder BrandenBarbero, who gave the Bearsa 2-1 lead.
Though the Roos wouldhave the final say whenfreshman forward Wes Whitesailed a corner kick that bare-ly found its way into the backof the net, tying the game upat 2-2. It would be the lasttime either team scored in thecontest, which went to a dou-ble overtime period.
“They were some oddergoals we gave up; it lookedlike (Priestley) just lost theball in the sun on the secondone,” said senior defenderBrandon Besong. “It’s notsomething we can do though,it’s nice to get a point and itwasn’t a loss, but you alwayswant to come away withthree points at home.”
This game was not thecleanest for the Bears, whoracked up three offsidepenalties and multiple crosspasses which did not find areceiver.
“I’ll say this, we had abetter first half than secondhalf,” said head coach Jon
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DeVooght, Alex Turin, andAndrew Kovacich will alsobe joining the Ice Bears astrue freshmen. Turin andKovacich both come to Mis-souri State after playing forthe St. Louis Jr. Blues andcould serve as key compo-nents to the Ice Bears’offense.
“Turin plays fast, but heplays smart. He’s definitely agood energy guy. Kovacich isslick with the puck, too. I’m
expecting big numbers,”Ryan Hogland said of his newteammates.
In addition to the freshmanclass, the Ice Bears will alsobe adding a former rival. BradKeenan, formerly of the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars, willjoin Missouri State for oneseason as a graduate student-athlete.
“It’s funny, what actuallybrought me to Missouri Statewas the physical therapy pro-gram,” Kennan said. “it wasan honor just to be acceptedinto the program, but I hadrespect for this program andplaying in Springfield in frontof these crowds. I’m excited
that I get to play and that Iget to be part of this pro-gram.”
The Ice Bears will alsoadd three transfer students indefenders Kellen Patrick,Jusso Halmeenäki (who isstudying abroad from Fin-land) and goalie Mitch Fer-snler. Patrick and Jusso willlook to add physicality on thedefensive end, while Fersnlerwill look to compete withJustin Davis and Steve Lom-bardo for playing time.
The Ice Bears final addi-tion will be junior forwardRichard Westcott, who will bemaking the jump from D-IIIto D-II.
Hard-hitter Adams waslooking forward to the addedphysicality that will comefrom Brown, Patrick, andJusso.
“We believe this D-corewill live up to expectation.We’re looking forward to thisadded physicality,” Adamssaid.
With the team’s returningand in-coming talent, the IceBears will make another pushfor the D-II National Tourna-ment. The team will also begetting the chance to showthey belong in the D-I ranksbefore making the jump nextyear, with the Ice Bears get-ting four D-I games against
Central Oklahoma University.“We’re excited for the
opportunity,” Jack Ryan saidof the D-I games. “We knowit will be intense. We know itwill be at a fast pace. Weknow it is going to be rough,but we are looking forward tothat kind of competition. Noone is mad about it.”
“We got four chances at aD-I team, we will hopefullybe showing that we belong,”P.J. Adams added.
“We know these games areimportant,” Bucher said. “Butthis is where we are heading.This is the right time for us todo this scheduling-wise. Wehave the atmosphere. We
have created a fast, physicalgame, and we like to scoregoals. We will belong.”
The Ice Bears will starttheir season this upcomingFriday as they take on EasternIllinois. The Ice Bears playhome games at Mediacom IcePark, which will become astop on the BearLine on Fri-day and Saturday game days.In addition to getting rides onthe BearLIne, students willalso be able to purchase gen-eral admission tickets at twofor the price of one with twovalid Missouri State IDs.
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Leamy. “We had a couple services we could’ve done betteron, but we gotta stay on it.”
This was also the second game in a row in which the Bears
played into double overtime and, while some players see thetie as a loss, Leamy prefers a glass half-full, taking a pointfrom a talented UMKC squad.
The Bears next stop is in Dallas, Texas, where the Bears
take part in the SMU tournament They will play two games intwo days against SMU and Memphis, respectively, on Sept. 12and 14 before opening conference play at Central Arkansas onSept. 19.
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Field hockey Bears christen Allison North with sweep of opening homestand
As the Missouri State field hockey Bearstook to their new field for the first at the newBetty and Bobby Allison North Field, theywere able to receive their first standing ova-tion in their new home.
“It really showed that we were home. Wehave waited so long for this moment. It wasawesome,” junior Holly Scherer on the open-ing of the new field and the crowd reception.“After that, we knew what we had to do.”
After starting the season with three straightlosses, the team was able to collect two winsin their first two games in their brand newfacility with a 5-4 win in overtime against UCDavis on Sept. 4 and a 4-1 victory againstSaint Louis University on Sept. 7.
In Thursday’s match, the Bears foundthemselves behind 1-0 in the early going, asthey were unable to be the first to strike intheir new home. However, the Bears wouldfind a way to tie a little more than 20 minutesinto the first half as freshman DaelynnDeMello found the back of the goal off a passfrom freshman midfielderAndrea Soler Codi-na.
After scoring the first MSU goal at Bettyand Bobby Allison North, DeMello wouldthen earn an assist on a junior midfielder Syd-ney Richelieu goal late in the first half as theBears would take a 2-1 lead into the half.
The Bears lead would not last for long,though, as the Aggies tied it in the openingminute of the second half and then take a 3-2minutes later on a Jamie Garcia goal. But fromthere, the game turned into the Holly Scherershow.Scherer would tie the game less thanthree minutes later on an unassisted goal.
After the Aggies reclaimed the lead, Scher-er would tie it up once again on a beautifullyexecuted 2-on-1 as she found the net off aDeMello pass.
As the game went into overtime, Scherermissed a couple chances at the goal, beforefinally getting a golden opportunity off anoth-er DeMello pass.
“Daelynn came down the line and she hada good window and I knew I had a chance at aone-timer and took it.”
Scherer scored the game-winning goal, herthird of the game, with five-and-a-half min-utes left in overtime to seal the victory for theBears, their first in their new home.
After the thrilling conclusion on Sept. 4,the Bears returned Sept. 7 to officially dedi-cate Betty and Bobby Allison North with ahalftime event that featured MSU AthlethicDirector Kyle Moats, Missouri State PresidentClif Smart, student body president JordanMcGee, and Missouri State Student GovernorCaleb Doyle.
With a packed house that featured not onlyschool officials but representatives from the
1979 field hockey National Title team andmembers of Missouri State’s lacrosse, men’ssoccer, and softball teams, the Bears were ableto cruise to a 4-1 victory against the Billikens.
The Bears dictated the pace for most of thegame and opened the scoring less than 10minutes into the game as Andrea Soler Codi-na would use a series of slick maneuvers onthe baseline to create a scoring opportunity onher own and put the Bears up 1-0. The Bearscontinued to put the pressure on the SLUdefense, but were unable to pad the lead untilthe two-minute mark when junior forwardKimberleigh Eng was able to score on a LeahReitmayer pass to make it 2-0 before the endof the half.
The Billikens would score their lone goalof the day early in the first half, but the Bearsregained their composure and continued toassert their will as Reitmayer scored a goal ofher later if half off a junior forward SydneyRichelieu assist, which was followed by a jun-ior midfielder Charlie Redhead goal comingoff of a penalty corner to put the game out ofreach for SLU.
“I got the ball out of the corner and had anopening up the middle,” Redhead said “I tookthe chance and it paid off.”
Redhead was also nearly overwhelmed bythe over-capacity crowd at the field Sunday.
“It is so nice to have this kind of crowd and to be encouraged by fellow student ath-letes and students,” Redhead said.
After struggles on the road, head coachGabby Gomez-Sosa was happy to returnhome after having to miss Thursday’s gameand was happy to see a large home crowd,
more goals, and a restored confidence.“Having four different players score is
always a good sign. We looked confident andwe really kept control of the ball and had goodpossessions. We definitely were feeling theenergy from the crowd,” Gomez-Sosasaid.The Bears (2-3) will next travel to Vir-ginia to take on Longwood University andJames Madison on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19,respectively. The Bears will return home onOctober 3 to take on Kent State University.
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MSU celebrates after scoring a goalagainst Saint Louis on Sept. 7.
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