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M I S S O U R I S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y

Goodbye, Dean Jungers

Dean of Students Mike Jungers is retiring from Missouri Statethis year after working at the university for 39 years. “I’m 65 years old, and I want to retire while I’m healthy so my

wife and I can have a lot of fun,” he said. Jungers has worked in residence life, with fraternities and

sororities, in the student conduct office and as the dean of stu-dents. “I loved working with Mike because you could always tell

how much he cared about our students,” University President ClifSmart said. “He was good at helping solve their problems andtruly cared about them and the experience they had here.”As the dean of students, Jungers helped students who might

have been struggling and needed help. “It’s really rewarding to be able to work with students who are

at a critical time in their lives,” Jungers said. “They can explorenew things and develop not just academically, but in leadership andself-confidence that will make a difference in their community.”

After retirement, Jungers plans to stay in the area and still con-tinue to work part time for the university. “My primary role will be what I love to do the most and work

with individual students who need help,” he said. On top of that, Jungers will be traveling, fishing and spending

time with his wife, who is a traveling writer and photographer. Jungers said he does not have one favorite memory of his time

at Missouri State. “I don’t have one favorite memory, but I have favorite times of

the year, which are the new student convocation, the new studentfestivals and graduation,” he said. He has also served as the adviser for the Student Government

Association. “It’s a wonderful part of my job. It’s just fun,” Jungers said. “I

love that the administration really looks for feedback, and the stu-dents help bring attention to problems.” Jungers has worked with many students closely over the years. “I wish I had been the leader that some of the students are

when I was in college,” he said. “I really look up to them for allthey do and accomplish.”Student Body President Jordan McGee has worked with

Jungers during his time at Missouri State. “Dean Jungers is one of the most genuine, caring and student-

centered people on campus,” McGee said. “He has been a greatmentor and an even better friend. I will miss him dearly but stillhope to stay in touch as I move on from Missouri State.” Jungers has worked closely with Associate Provost Christo-

pher Craig. “Mike Jungers is a close friend and defines commitment to

MSU in ways I cannot begin to enumerate,” Craig said. “He is Mr.Cool when it comes to working with students; he is the best, andI’m not going to let him slip away that easy.” Another faculty member that has worked with Jungers is Vice

President for Student Affairs Dee Siscoe. “Dean Mike Jungers has devoted his career to helping students

be successful in their academic progress, development of leader-ship skills and in their understanding of themselves,” Siscoe said.“Dean Jungers has made a positive difference in the lives of manyBears, and he will most certainly be missed.”Students are welcome to attend Jungers’ retirement party on

May 8, 3-5 p.m., in the Plaster Student Union Ballroom West.

By Callie DunawayThe Standard

@Callie_Dunaway

Ryan Welch/THE STANDARD

Dean of Students Mike Jungers is retiring after serving Missouri State for 39 years. His retirement party will be May 8, 3-5 p.m., in the PSU Ballroom West.

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Goodbye, Dean Jungers

With the school year screeching to a halt, it’simportant to slow down, take a breath and lookback at this year’s biggest events.

Snow DaysWith the academic year racking up more

snow days than expected, students kept their earstuned for that early-morning call announcingclasses were canceled. With the city of Spring-field using upwards of 4,500 tons of salt, it’s safeto say winter this year came in full-force. With

the first snow day on Feb. 17 — bringing 2 inch-es of snow in just one hour — students rejoicedwith the canceling of classes, especially becausethe day before was already canceled due to Pres-ident’s Day. The celebration continued whenclasses were canceled for the next day as well,bringing the days-without-school tally to a fullacademic week.

Robin Williams’ DeathOn Aug. 11, 2014, America’s hearts shattered

as word spread of the tragic death of RobinWilliams, just 63. Hearts began to ache evenmore after the official report came out; he com-mitted suicide. Williams was a comedic icon,

and the news shook pop culture to its core. Withthe stigma against depression and suicide, hisuntimely death led to a very important discus-sion on the battle against mental illness.“His death shed light on a topic that really

needs attention,” Carson Bush, a freshman polit-ical science major, said. “He had everything. Themoney, the fame, the power, the fans; for him totake his own life despite all of the material thingshe had really says something.” The passing of a man known for his charisma

and humor prompted people to look more close-ly into mental illnesses, but also learn signs ofdepression and ways to help others struggling.There have been too many lives taken from a

sadness that can be stopped, and half of it isknowing what to look for and knowing thatreaching out can truly save someone.

Social MovementsFrom the shooting of Michael Brown in early

August to the early April killing of Walter Scottas he ran away from law enforcement, the pasteight months have been full of tension betweenthe races and also professions. With social mediabeing more accessible than ever, word is boundto spread like wildfire. As more killings of civil-ians by police officers are caught on camera and

A look back: The Standard’s Year in ReviewBy Rebecca Biundo & Taylor BalleauThe Standard

@rebeccabiundo @tballeauu

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Tuesday, May 5Cinco de Mayo, all day, campuswide

Not Alone: Students Against Stig-ma, 7-9 a.m., Temple Hall Room 3

Civility Conversation, 6:45-9 p.m.,Temple Hall Room 2

All-Faculty Recognition Reception,3-5 p.m., Plaster Student UnionBallroom West

Wednesday, May 6May Day: Army ROTC RappelTower Open, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Madi-son Street marching band field

May Day 2015, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., NorthMall

Dean of Students Mike Jungersreflects on “What I have Learnedfrom Students,” 12:15-1:15 p.m.,Plaster Student Union 313

Lynda Plymate Retirement Party,12:30-2 p.m., Cheek Hall Library

Thursday, May 7Last day of classes

Military Science Army ROTC SpringAwards Day, 3:30-5 p.m., Craig HallCoger Theatre

Friday, May 8Study Day, no classes, offices open

A.L.I.C.E. Training, 1-4 p.m., GlassHall Room 101

Tom Plymate Retirement Recep-tion, 2-4:30 p.m., Temple Hall Room326

Saturday, May 9Final Exam Period, all day

Beartones Spring Concert: Shut Up& Dance With Me, 7 p.m., PlasterStudent Union Theater

Sunday, May 10Asian Pacific American HeritageMonth

Jewish American History Month

Monday, May 11Electronic Arts Student Showcase,6:30-10 p.m., Plaster Student UnionTheater

Missouri State Improv: Free ImprovShow, 9-10:15 p.m., Carrington HallRoom 208

Tuesday, May 12Media, Journalism & Film StudentShowcase, 6:30-10 p.m., PlasterStudent Union Theater

Calendar

Several projects on Missouri State University’scampus will either start or finish this summer.

Hammons Parkway TransitwayIn order to make the campus more connected,

the Office of Planning, Design and Constructionwill create a walking path that goes across SouthJohn Q. Hammons Parkway between MeyerLibrary and Glass Hall. Right now, students step down into the road in

order to get to Glass or Strong Hall from MeyerLibrary and vice versa. The transitway will raisepart of the street so students will not have to stepdown into the street. There will also be a dedicatedbikeway and pedestrian sidewalks.The street section between Madison Street and

the entrance to Lot 19 will also be narrowed downto a one-lane street. Only the Bear Line will beallowed to use this transitway.“Basically, this is going to make this less of a

dividing road that kind of cuts campus in half,”James McTavish — a project manager and profes-sional engineer for the Office of Planning, Designand Construction — said. “We’re going to try tobring the campus back together.”The section of Hammons Parkway that will

become the new transitway will be closed perma-nently starting May 18. Students will still be able todrive up until Madison Street and to the entrance ofLot 19 during the summer and school year, though.

Renovations to Blair-Shannon dining hallThe Blair-Shannon dining hall will be getting a

makeover this summer. The walls leading up to theentrance will be replaced by floor-to-ceiling glasswalls. Doug Sampson — the director of Planning,

Design and Construction — wants to decongest themain serving lines in the front by bringing thecheck-in point closer to the entrance and getting ridof the wall that separates the two.The salad bar will also be located at the front of

the dining hall instead of in the back. The big wallseparating the east side from the main part of thedining hall will be taken down, giving the diningcenter a more open look.“Visibility should be better for the (Blair-Shan-

non) workers there because they can see what’sgoing on versus being in an alcove over behindsomething,” Sampson said. “The students can eas-ily see what line is longer if they want to makechoices that way. There’ll also be more room towalk around a line if there’s one there for one of thefood stations.”

New science labs in Temple HallThe Office of Planning, Design and Construc-

tion will be upgrading and creating several labs inTemple Hall in order to support the growing healthsciences program, according to McTavish. Therewill be about five new labs: an organic chemistrylab, a biology lab, an earth sciences lab, a generalchemistry lab and a biochemisty lab.There will be a couple of lecture classrooms

that will be used for some of the new labs, but mostof the classrooms in Temple Hall should remain thesame, he said.

By Nicole RobertsThe Standard

@NReneeRoberts

Summer under constructionSeveral projects are in progress to transform campus over break

Courtesy of MSU Planning, Design and Construction

This design shows part of the HammonsParkway Transitway, set to open next fall.

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Thomas Lane will be theassociate vice president forstudent life and dean of stu-dents starting in the fall of2015. You may have seen himin and around the Plaster Stu-dent Union or on campusbefore. He will be taking cur-rent Dean of Students MikeJungers’ job, and Jungers willbecome a part-time employeeworking as a case managerworking with students in dis-tress and providing support. Lane’s 20 years in higher

education include working atother universities. Prior tocoming to Missouri State,Lane worked at MinnesotaState University Moorhead asthe assistant director for oper-ations. Prior to that, he

worked at Illinois State Uni-versity as the coordinator ofvisitor and informations serv-ices after serving for twoyears as a graduate assistantfor student life and programsat Illinois State. Lane moved to Spring-

field in the summer of 2005and worked as the assistantdean of students and directorof Plaster Student Union forSouthwest Missouri Stateuntil August 2008, when theuniversity was renamed Mis-souri State University. Hethen worked as the assistant tothe vice president for studentaffairs and director of thePSU until October 2011. Lane has seen several

changes at Missouri Stateover his past 10 years here,including the building of JQHArena, the recreational andathletic field changes from the

B.E.A.R. Fee, Foster Recre-ational Center, the acquisitionof the Monroe Apartments,renovations of the PSUincluding the third-floor,corridor and hallway and theadditions of retail and foodvendor outlets– and the PSU313 renovations that will becoming this summer. He said the biggest change

he’s seen within student lifeover the last 10 years at Mis-souri State has been theimpact and explosion ofsocial media. “It wasn’t long ago when

we didn’t have Snapchat,Twitter or Instagram,” Lanesaid. The mass usage of socialmedia helps him to get a goodunderstanding of whatstudents are talking about. Lane is most looking

forward to helping studentssucceed in their personal and

academic goals. “Our mission is to serve as

champions of studentsuccess,” Lane said. He plansto play a critical role in mov-ing the vision forward. He said he has been

blessed to have worked withEarle Doman, former dean ofstudents, Jungers, and DeeSiscoe, who served as dean ofstudents at a different univer-sity. “I feel fortunate to have

worked with public affairsprofessionals,” Lane said.

By Sofia CaitoThe Standard

@SofiaCaito

Current PSU director will be new dean of students

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Thomas Lane will becomethe dean of students inthe fall.

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STANDARD OPINION // 3Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | the-standard.org

By Keenan AndreaColumnist

@iKeenandrea

Hello kindly reader. It’s been a wild and stressfulsemester hasn’t it? Have no fear, I’m here to justifythat stress. Sort of. But I’m also here to motivate. This week’s special edition of The Standard con-

tains a section known as the “grad tab.” The main ideaof this section is to help prepare people graduating forreal life beyond college. I’ve got some unfortunate news, though. If you’re

just now doing some of the things in that section,you’re already behind. To the seniors/soon-to-be grad-uates reading this: It’s not too late. You may have toput in extra work and maybe even some late nights atthe computer, but you can do it. For those that haven’t reached the edge of the

proverbial education cliff yet, you have time, but youneed to start working now. Graduation may seem faroff in the distance, but it’s considerably closer than youmay think. Sometimes it still feels like freshman year

to me — but then I realize I’m projected to graduatein about a year.Like, what? That’s so little time. This is why it’s absolutely imperative that you get

off your hindquarters and do something with your col-lege career — because your college career is waning. In a recurring Cracked article titled “6 Truths That

Will Make You a Better Person,” the author, DavidWong, makes some observations about life that havethe potential to improve your habits as a human. Thereis some truth to each of his examples, but his article isfar too extensive to emulate here and covers far toomuch to be discussed in detail. So I’ll stick to one pointfrom his article. The world only cares about what it can get from

you.That statement may seem a bit harsh, but in many

cases, it’s true. What do you submit when you applyfor a job? Your resume detailing your experience, acover letter, references, permission for a backgroundcheck and maybe even the information necessary fora credit score check. What do these things all have in common? They

are all things that can be used to determine what youbring to the table in applying for that job. They allpoint to what you’ve accomplished that makes you ofvalue to your potential future employer. Because at the

end of the day, if you’re “a nice person,” “dedicated”and “hardworking,” that doesn’t really mean much ifyou don’t get results. It’s a terrible, unfortunate andsad truth about our world — because I really wouldlove for everyone to have a job and to be nice to eachother and love each other unconditionally — but that’sjust how the world works. To everyone not graduating, especially juniors, you

need to build yourself up over the next year or nextfew years to be an asset to your future employer.Whether that employer is a Fortune 500 company, thePeace Corps or even a campus ministry, you need toget involved in some sort of preparation for that futureright now. The summer months of 2015 are a greattime to do this.There are a number of ways to do it. You could read

up on your field of study, participate in a paid or un-paid internship, take summer classes, work on a startupproject, use your skills to be active in your community,watch “Glengarry Glen Ross” and get motivated —whatever you have to do, do it. Because in many in-stances, you only get one shot at this. One opportunity.To seize everything you ever wanted. Now. Will you do everything it takes during this

summer and the next year to capture it? Or will youjust let it slip?Have a great summer, and see you in the fall.

By Spencer MartinColumnist

@Spencer_XC

“Follow your passion, find your place,” is Missouri State University’s well-known mantra, and it’s pretty self-explanatory.My first semester of my freshman year, I decided to go out, all ambitious and

such, to find my passion, which would lead me to that perfect place, right? I ex-perimented with different activities, learning that I was not as wild about sweatyhouse parties and vomit-stained clothes as your average freshman. I couldn’t find a club or organization that suited me, probably because I spent

first semester in my bed. I don’t know how many people are willing to say this, but that first semester

away from home is hard. I was all aboard the “college is awesome, I love every-one” ship, only to realize that I get seasick very easily. I didn’t rush a sorority based on my awful experiences with large groups of

girls, and that made things tough. I spent my time alone, either at the library orin the gym, and spent more time talking to myself in the comfort of my dormroom. After a while, I felt like I was just another speck here, just another one of the

thousands of people trying to find their place, and I began to think this wasn’twhere I was supposed to be. But just because you don’t find your niche in a fewshort weeks doesn’t mean your home isn’t right around the corner. I came back second semester determined to break out of my hermit-like shell

and live a little; and that I did. From the first day I walked into The Standard’s office, I knew this is where

my home was. The smell of ink firmly pressed on paper mixed with the buzzingof fast-paced current events banter was a recipe I had been searching for. I met new people, I got more involved and I am now doing something that

could make me happy for the remainder of my days here. That daily dose ofhappy I get from being a part of this newspaper has ignited my passion for thisschool as a whole. I go outside, guys. I look up at the sky instead of staring at my feet, and I have

mastered the awkward side shuffle when you and someone else are walking downa hallway and don’t know which lane to take. I play soccer with people I’ve never met, and so what if I sit by the fountain

and jam out while people stare at my off-beat rapping? I’m happy, and that is allthat should matter. College is easier for some people than it is for others, but that doesn’t mean

that it’s not worth it. Opportunities and friendships don’t present themselves atyour front door, and binge-watching Netflix won’t make you happy like true re-lationships do. Missouri State is such a fantastic place to spend four years of your life, and it

is a disservice to yourself and others if you spend it inside your room. So if youaren’t happy being here, go out and change that. I did, and I can say for the first time in a very long time that I am happy for

no reason, and isn’t that the best reason?

By Taylor BalleauColumnist

@tballeauu

Back in middle school, I was a genuine rapscallion. In those days, themain goal wasn’t academia or learning but rather seeing how much myteachers could handle before they broke apart.Some things were worse than others. On the milder side, I used to balance

far back on the hind legs of my chair in the middle of class and deliberatelytopple backward against the hard linoleum flooring. The act made my class-mates split apart at the sides and made me a crowd-pleaser; back in middleschool, where the sharks and the jackals roamed the halls in ill-willed pla-toons, a crowd-pleaser could warrant security from torment that little elsecould.One night during dinner, my mom interrogated me about my little stunts.

When I finally broke, I couldn’t help asking how she got word of my mis-chief, and, with a strange pride for her son being the class clown, she toldme.“I overheard two kids talking in the hall while I was at your school today.

One of them said to the other, ‘Did you hear what Keenan did in class today?’And I thought to myself, ‘My Keenan?’”I guess that initially opened me up to the possibility that people were in

fact talking about me when I wasn’t in the room and not just the bad stuffeither. The good stuff. I’d never before considered anybody cared for meenough to make my actions a topic of discussion. It was exhilarating.It’s a truly powerful thing to think of — having a miniature impact on

the lives of others for doing next to nothing. Just imagine how celebritiesfeel. Not major celebrities, who earn the fame, but those with a housewivesof Beverly Hills status. Those photoshopped divas must be having a fieldday. Naturally.Even so, one must still be careful of how one impacts the lives of others.

The tiniest gram of a word or ounce of an action can ruin a life for good. So I encourage you to wedge yourself into the lives of others. It’s healthy.

Just remember to be leery. It’s a strange world out there, and what you sayor do can so easily be misconstrued. You are likely to express your deepestthoughts blunderingly, stumbling over what you meant to say and landingyourself in a place you hadn’t imagined being. Your words are irrevocablybehind you and all that’s left to do is trudge onward through the brambles tohigher ground, toward a fresh start already beckoning you further away froman irredeemable past.

Has this year gone by reallyquickly for anyone else, or is it justus here at The Standard?This issue is packed with good-

byes, from our article on the retire-ment of Dean of Students MikeJungers to the farewells from ourgraduating editors in our grad tab,and they all seem like they’re com-ing a little too fast.But there’s a couple thousand

students who are getting ready tosay hello to Missouri State Univer-sity for the very first time in just acouple of months.

So, current freshmen, sopho-mores and juniors — rememberhow you felt your first days on cam-pus. Probably a little nervous,maybe lonely? We all were.When you get here next year,

work to make that first week greatfor any freshmen you know. Letthem know how great a place MSUcan be.We’ll be here for you, too, no

matter how long you’ve been here.Thanks for reading, and see you

next semester.

4 // LIFETuesday, May 5, 2015 | the-standard.org

Family mattersAt first glance, Ashlee Rightnowar and her brother Mar-

shall seem like your typical brother-sister duo. From normalsibling squabbles to Snapchat sessions, these two are as closeas they come. Born and raised in Rolla, Missouri, the Rightnowars have

always been family-minded. Every summer, the family offour travels across the U.S. and camps with their extendedfamily.Ashlee, a 22-year-old senior public relations major, is a

member of Alpha Sigma Alpha and participates in intramuralsports as an athlete and referee. Marshall, 19, graduated fromhigh school last year.In 2010, Marshall was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, a

form of kidney disease that damages the filtering process,making it impossible for the body to get rid of toxins andwaste. The doctors originally told the Rightnowars that Ashlee

could donate later in their lives.“He got diagnosed when he was 14, and so in high school,

they were talking about getting a cadaver kidney first and itlasting a long time, and then for me to do it 20 years later afterI already had kids,” Ashlee said. Three months later, the cadaver kidney caught a virus, and

Marshall needed another transplant.

“The doctors were talking to us one day. They were like,‘You really need to get tested to see if you’re a match for yourson/brother; your kidneys are more likely to live longer in hisbody than anyone else,’” Ashlee said. “My parents unfortu-nately couldn’t get tested because of health reasons. So I wasthe only one.”Ashlee said she knew she was going to do what she could

as soon as he got diagnosed, but didn’t expect it would hap-pen so soon.“I’m not really nervous,” Ashlee said. “One of my best

friends — her brother was born without a kidney and the onlything he can’t do is play physical sports, and I won’t be play-ing any more physical sports because it’s my senior year.”The transplant will not happen for a while because Mar-

shall has to be on dialysis, but the family set up a GoFundMepage to raise money for Ashlee’s and Marshall’s medicalcosts.With help from an article on Total Sorority Move’s web-

site, the page is more than halfway to its $15,000 goal.“At first, it was awesome to see all my friends supporting

me on there, and when the girl from TSM sent the articlearound, I almost cried,” Ashlee said. “We were in Kansas Cityfor a bachelorette party for my best friend/roommate, andsomeone sent me the article and told me to read this.”Ashlee said she cannot believe the support the campaign

has gotten.“It’s amazing that it blew up when it did — all the support

from all the other sorority and fraternity life chapters,” Ash-lee said. “I never thought it would become what it has. It’s

really cool.”Through everything, the pair has stuck together. Ashlee

frequently visits home during the year with her dog, Beau, tosee her family and Marshall.“Marshall loves my dog,” Ashlee said. “Sometimes I think

he likes him more than me, but that’s ok ‘cause he’s prettycute.” Currently, Marshall is stuck at home because he cannot do

any physical activity, but Ashlee Snapchats and texts himconstantly to help him stay positive. “Depression is one of the main things that comes with his

medication and dialysis, so I’m one of his biggest support-ers,” Ashlee said. “I’m pretty close to Marshall. There’s onlythree years’ difference between us, so (we’ve) always beentypical siblings fighting because one of us gets something theother doesn’t. He’s just a total goof sometimes.”Even though Ashlee has accomplished many things in her

life, she said one of her favorites will always be when shefound out she could help Marshall. “I went up for my last test, and they were explaining med-

ical terminology I couldn't understand,” Ashlee said. “Shewas saying that my body was healthy, and there were no prob-lems with my kidneys. I was so ecstatic, and I called familyand friends saying I could donate to my brother. It was one ofthe happiest days of my life.”For more information on the Rightnowar family or how to

donate to Marshall’s kidney transplant fund, visitgofundme.com/nq7e38.

Courtesy of Ashlee Rightnowar

Ashlee Rightnowar plans to donate one of her kidneys to her brother, Marshall. Since the age of 14, he has suffered from IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease.

Missouri State student to donate kidney to brother

By Rebecca BiundoThe Standard

@rebeccabiundo

Inclusion on campus — evenwhen it comes to eating Campus is our community. It’s where we

study, where we socialize and where we live —which means we eat here too. Even if you don’t live on campus, chances are,

you eat on campus at least occasionally. However,for some students, eating on campus isn’t as easyas deciding between the daily special or fries withBear sauce.For Muslim students, halal meat is the only

lawful type of meat they can consume, which canmake eating on campus difficult. Halal refers to the type of meat, as well as the

slaughtering process, explained junior informa-tion technology service management majorMohammed Alsubaie. Muslims believe that an animal should be

killed without torture and in the name of theIslamic God, Allah. When animals are slaughteredby more conventional methods, they are deemedharam, which means “prohibited.”

“Islam religion required (it) to be (done) thisway,” Alsubaie said. Although the religious ramifications are

important, some students, like 2013 graduateSalma Hussain, also believe that halal is thehealthier choice. “I think ethical and healthy meat sources are

important,” Hussain said. “From a health perspec-tive, I like that halal meat ensures there is noremaining blood in the meat.”Currently, on-campus dining centers do not

offer halal meat, which leaves students choosingother options. “I just ate vegetables and other stuff,” Hussain

said. “Lots of pasta and omelettes.”Alsubaie chose other options when possible.“I prefer to eat at home — better and healthi-

er,” Alsubaie said. When he does eat on campus, he said he is a

little lenient, except when it comes to pork. Porkis a forbidden meat under Islamic law. “Prophet Mohammed said, ‘Necessities is a

permit for doing what’s illegal,’” Alsubaie

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Tuesday, May 5Cinco de Mayo, all day

Campus Conflict Workshop:Managing Conflict in the Work-place, noon-1 p.m., Plaster Stu-dent Union 315

Not Alone: Students Against Stig-ma, 7-9 p.m., Temple Hall 003

SAC Presents: Spoken Word PoetTheresa Davis, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Carrington Hall 208

Wednesday, May 6May Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PlasterStudent Union North Mall

Chaco Canyon: Mystery, Enigmaor Conundrum?, 7-8:30 p.m., War-ren Center for ArchaeologicalResearch

Thursday, May 7Last day of classes

SAC After Hours Presents:“Splash Bash,” 9 p.m.-midnight,Plaster Student Union North Mall

Friday, May 8Study day, all day, no classes,offices open

Saturday, May 9Final exams begin, all day

Sunday, May 10Keep studying!

Monday, May 11 Final exam period, all day

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May!’Student Activities Council is

celebrating the start of May withits annual celebration.The student-run organization

invites all students, faculty andstaff to this end-of-the-year bashon Wednesday, May 6.The free event will have sev-

eral activities to participate in,including a petting zoo, inflata-bles, free food and giveaways.For more information on May

Day, contact Jamie Kutz, theSAC cultural affairs chair [email protected] or at 417-836-4626.

When “The Avengers” came out in 2012, I wasa week away from graduating high school and inthe process of helping my older brother move intoa house. What a time to be alive.With all these great things going on, this movie,

being the first of its kind for my generation, cameout. And by first of its kind, I mean the first timemultiple heroes would be on one screen at once.Needless to say, that was a huge deal, and the moviewas a smashing success.Now, three years later and after multiple side

storyline sequels, we get to the second Avengersmovie, “Age of Ultron.” Whether or not theextracurricular things going on in my life affect myjudgment, I did not see “Age of Ultron” as up to thelevel of “The Avengers.”Oh yeah, it was a cool movie, and oh yeah, I

love the Marvel cinematic universe. But I have tothink more critically on this one. The first point tonote is the witty banter. It was so well done in thefirst movie, being both refreshing and enjoyable.“Age of Ultron” brought it back, but it was nolonger new and exciting.Don’t get me wrong, it was good and it was

funny, but all too often in the movie industry we seesequels flop because the writers force the issue withwhat tickled fans in round one. That certainly did-n’t happen with this Joss Whedon spectacular, butthe banter did have times where it was just too

much.The action. Oh, there was so much of it! At one

point, a boy behind me said he wanted more, whichconfused me because if it’s one thing this moviecertainly doesn’t lack, it’s action. Fighting here,fighting there, fighting everywhere.Once again, I pause to write that I liked this

movie.Back to being critical; I’ll address the storylines.

What a job the writers and directors have. When thefirst “Avengers” came out, all they had to do wasbring the stories together. Now, each character hashad a new movie since they parted, plus there’s the“Agents of SHIELD” television show that has itsown plot, so now the writers have to make sure totie it all back together.In “Iron Man 3” especially, I was wondering

where in the world everyone else was when TonyStark was held captive and taking on those terror-ists. My biggest question over the past three yearsof movies and TV shows, however, has been aboutAgent Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye. “Age ofUltron” explained his whereabouts, and it workedvery well.In fact, this movie seemed like a Hawkeye

movie, which, when looking at it that way, makes itimpressive. Hawkeye was totally the main charac-ter. Well, more the main character than all the othermain characters.Besides the good explanation on Hawkeye, the

rest is unclear. We know SHIELD, as an entity, hasfallen, but there is no exposition on how eachAvenger ends up together. That’s nerve-racking tome because it leaves too much to question, such as:“Who called them together?”, “How'd they getahold of Thor up in Asgard?” and "When/why/howdid Agent Natasha Romanov start crushing onBruce Banner?”Moving forward, the Marvel universe has to be

careful with so many stories to keep track of. That’s

my one fear about this most epic film undertaking,mainly because “The Avengers” series has so muchto offer. If that can happen and there are no plotholes, then Marvel will take the cake for best filmcollection ever. Yet if plot holes pop up and theaudience is left with too many questions, then we’lljust be left with really cool action movies that don’tnecessarily make a whole lot of sense.To wrap the review of “Age of Ultron” up, I’ll

say that I was really disappointed Loki was not inthe movie, I loved James Spader being the voice ofUltron and I liked the foreshadowing to a civil war.

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Fraternity awarded as Volunteer Organization of the Year

One of the public affairs’ pillars, community engage-ment, is emphasized a lot at Missouri State University. Onefraternity in particular won an award for being engaged inthe community through volunteer work.Sigma Phi Epsilon was awarded the 2015 Volunteer

Organization of the Year Award from Community Partner-ship in the Ozarks, a nonprofit Springfield organization. Themembers in SigEp did over 350 hours of community serv-ice with CPO within the last year.Dan Altmann, president of SigEp and a junior marketing

management major, said winning the award was a hugeaccomplishment and honor for SigEp.“It’s inspiring because we’ve put in a lot of hard work,”

he said. “Just knowing that (CPO) is out there and the factthat we’re building upon that relationship month aftermonth is awesome.”

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Sigma Phi Epsilon is a fraternity on campus that volunteers in the community.

Robinson’s RoundupIt’s the end of another year, and this time

around, I covered the football Bears as well asthe men’s soccer Bears in the fall — both werea blast. The Lady Bears went on a great seasonrun and the baseball Bears appear to be boundfor the NCAA playoffs. So basically, if youwant to have success next year MSU teams,three out of four teams I covered this year hadgreat years, so keep that in mindWhat started as a different feeling, football

season quickly turned back into good ol’ medi-ocrity near the end, but it doesn’t take awaywith how fun the home opener was for footballin 2014.

A giant crowd, an exciting atmosphere anda big win feel like what Missouri State couldbecome in the future under head coach DaveSteckel, and I couldn’t be more excited ifSteckel can turn this program around.I also enjoyed covering the men’s soccer

team, but the highlight had to be when theywon the regular season championship. A 1-2punch with a thrilling overtime win and greatatmosphere made the pitch as fun a place to beas any this year.The Lady Bears had plenty of great games

down the stretch but none better than anabsolute dismantling of Drake when they won86-57. I have never seen a team play as per-fectly as the Lady Bears did that game, andthey only graduated one player, NiJay Gaines.Keep an eye on the Lady Bears for next year.You won’t want to miss them.As for baseball, did you see their last game

against Mizzou? I bet they’re still playingBlake Graham’s catch on SportsCenter.Thank you to everyone who read my, and

the rest of the staff’s, stuff this year. I hope youall have a great summer. Just remember to beexcellent to each other and party on dudes.

Mike’s MomentsThe 2014-2015 academic year…

where do I even begin? The past yearsaw changes around the MissouriState campus. Plaster Stadiumreceived a much needed facelift. Wehave three new structures: AllisonSouth, Allison North and the AllisonSand Volleyball complex. This was also a year of change for

me. I accepted the role as sports edi-tor at The Standard at the conclusionof the previous year. I’ve had thechance to develop working relation-ships and personal friendships with

some of the best journalists I’ve hadthe pleasure of knowing. However,I’m moving into my final year atMSU knowing that even morechange is just over the horizon.Looking back on my favorite

sports moments, the top moment forme was the home opener at PlasterStadium. That Thursday night fea-tured a sold out crowd –– that wasthe most enthusiastic that I have everseen MSU students act at a sportingevent. Just walking through Bear Vil-lage, I had to do something I’venever had to do before during mytime here –– fight my way through acrowd. The best part is that the Bearsblew out North Dakota 38-0. With a new coaching staff on

board and the changes in the sportsculture that they want to put in placehere, I’m looking forward to nextseason. Is there anything better thanfall weather and college football?

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Track and field setrecord night atArkansas TwilightThe Missouri State track and

field Bears turned in record-settingperfomances at the Arkansas Twi-light on May 1.MSU had three top-five finishers

in the 100m dash. SophomoreMarissa Kurtimah (11.67) won theevent, while junior Shavonne Hus-bands (11.85) and senior ChelseyBorders (12.06) finished fourth andfifth, respectively.Husbands (24.18) posted a sec-

ond-place finish in the 200m. Kur-timah finished third in the event forher second top-five finish on theevening, coming in at 24.55MSU continued to post top-five

finishes, this time in the 400m, assophomore Shani Adams (55.39)and sophomore Rosalie Pringle(56.65) finished third and fifth,respectively.Sophomore Melanie Raterman

(49.03m) won the hammer throw,with four more Bears finishingbehind her to round out the top-fivein the event.Raterman (39.77m) placed sec-

ond in the discus throw, and alsoplaced second (40.52m) in thejavelin.Junior Robiann Broomfield post-

ed two top-five finishes, placingsecond in the triple jump (12.13m)and fourth in the long jump (5.63m).

Baseball (34-10, 12-3)Tuesday, April 28Missouri State 432 100 210 - 13Missouri 000 500 030 - 8

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Softball (29-24, 17-9)Wednesday, April 28Missouri State 101 000 0 - 2Tulsa 045 000 0 - 9

Saturday, May 2Missouri State 200 110 0 - 4Southern Illinois 104 000 0 - 5

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Sunday, May 3Missouri State 100 002 1 - 4Southern Illinois 000 100 0 - 1

Tuesday, May 5Baseball: 6 p.m. vs. Saint Louis atSt. Louis, Missouri

Friday, May 8Softball: 2:34 p.m. vs. TBD atWichita, Kansas

Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Southern Illi-nois at Carbondale, Illinois

Saturday, May 9Softball: 1:04 p.m. vs. TBD atWichita, Kansas

Baseball: 2 p.m. vs. Southern Illinoisat Carbondale, Illinois

Sunday, May 10Baseball: 1 p.m. vs. Southern Illinoisat Carbondale, Illinois

Thursday, May 14Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Bradley athome

Friday, May 15Baseball: 6:35 p.m. vs. Bradley athome

Saturday, May 16Baseball: 2:05 p.m. vs. Bradley athome

The Standard sports staff looks back at theirfavorite moments from the academic year

Eli’s ExtrasAhh to be in October again when the

Kansas City Royals were steamrollingthrough the American League play-offs… but nay, ‘tis over and the dawn ofa new season is upon us. Yet we lookback to our favorite moments becausewe cherish them. And so for my topmoment in sports, aside from the Kauff-man magic, I have to discuss my activi-ties this fall.

I got to challenge several athletes tolittle competitions, featuring me playingthem in their respective sport or position— all of which are on YouTube and arehighly recommended. So, to MarceloBonani, Ryan Hogland, Bobby Brown,Molly Huber, Addison Watson, LaurenBoone, Andrea Beaty, Elise Munroe andAustin Ruder, I say thank you.Other big moments for me: Cover-

ing Missouri State football at Boone T.Picken Stadium in Stillwater, Oklaho-ma; watching Illinois State take downWichita State at Arch Madness; andcovering the newly reinstated women’stennis team on campus.And finally, I got to cover my

favorite sport at my favorite level —college basketball. Although the seasondid not show a lot of wins for the Bears,I embraced my role and enjoyed it somuch.

STANDARD SpoRTS ‘14-‘15HIGHLIGHTSBart’s BonusesI was a late addition to the already

stunning group of sports reporters at TheStandard. Jumping on board in January, Iwas able to cover golf, track and field,swimming and diving, softball and even alittle basketball before the year wrappedup.The biggest stage I stepped on was in

St. Louis for Arch Madness, but it wassome of the smaller moments that capti-vated me and made me proud to cover themaroon and white.First, I would like to thank Robiann

Broomfield for sharing some of her per-

sonal accounts with me as I wrote myfirst profile article about her journey toMSU. Second, I would like to thank soft-ball and swimming for breaking somerecords for me to write about.The swimming and diving team quali-

fied Garrett Nevels, Paul Le and UvisKalnins for the Men’s Division I Champi-onships in Iowa City, Iowa. Three Bearscompeting in the championships is aschool record.Also, three softball Bears took turns

smacking home runs this year. RebeccaMcPherson hit 12 homers to break theprevious record of 10, while Erin Duewelcollected 10 and Chelsea Thomas hadnine. MSU has never seen a power-hittingtrio quite like these.With a semester under my belt, I am

looking forward to covering the Bears allnext year. I’ve made some great friendsand had some great times. Now, I’mexcited to see how many more recordswill be broken and milestones replaced.

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Finishing above expectationsSoftball Bears finish second in Valley despite seventh-placeprediction, earn double-bye in conference tournament

After taking two of three games from Northern Iowa lastweekend, the Bears primed themselves for a shot at the regu-lar season Missouri Valley Conference Championship as theyembarked on a four-game road swing, their last of the season.Before the Bears traveled to Carbondale, Illinois, for their

weekend series with the Salukis, they stopped by Tulsa, Okla-homa, on April 29 for one game against the Golden Hurri-cane.On the MSU side of things, the game was highlighted by

senior pitcher Chelsea Jones’ first homer of the season. Butthe Bears were unable to rally from two triples and four runspieced together by the Hurricane in the second inning and fellby a score of 9-2.Even with the loss to Tulsa on Wednesday, Missouri State

still stood a half-game behind the first place Drake Bulldogsin The Valley with a spot already locked up in the conferencetourney. With the way Drake played its final weekend series, the

Bears had a slim chance to steal the regular season title. TheBears needed to win out in Carbondale for their three-gameseries May 2-3, a place they’ve lost the last seven straighttimes against the Salukis.Needless to say, the Bears struggled in their doubleheader

on Saturday. MSU got out to an early 2-0 lead in the first, and, in the

fourth, senior outfielder Rebecca McPherson smacked her

12th home run of the season to add to her single-seasonrecord. But the Bears left runners on the bags in the seventhand fell to the Salukis 5-4.Game 2 was no better for the Bears. MSU got into a big

hole early and lost the game in five innings 10-2.But, not all was lost in the weekend. In the last game of

the series and regular season, the Bears left it all on the field.Sophomore pitcher Erin Struemph did to the Salukis what

she has been doing to opposing teams all year; she tied acareer-high with 10 strikeouts and stood on the mound theentire game for the eighth time this season.Junior shortstop Erin Duewel hit her 10th homer, which

would’ve tied the single-season record any other year, to pushthe Bears past the Salukis 4-1.“Once we started hitting the long-ball this year, it became

contagious,” associate head coach Sue Frederick said. “Weknew as a coaching staff the only way to be successful in TheValley is to hit the ball with power.”The Bears locked up the second seed in the MVC Tourna-

ment on May 7-9 in Wichita, Kansas. With a 29-24, 17-9record, MSU snags its highest seed in the tournament since itwon it all as the second seed in 2006. “This team has been resilient all year by battling adversi-

ty,” Frederick said. “Starting with Allie (Alvstad)’s diagnosisin the fall, a couple of key injuries and now Holly (Hesse)’sillness, our team just fights and gets things done when theyneed to.”The Bears’ opponent will be determined by the opening

and quarterfinal rounds of the tournament. They only needtwo wins to win it all and move on to a TBA regional loca-tion.

By Bart AndersThe Standard@bartanders42

Bears keep rolling with sweep of MizzouMSU improves to 34-10 after winning 23 of last

26 games; still first in MVC going into final week

If you were looking for a word to describe the secondmeeting between Missouri State and Mizzou baseball thisseason, this word would probably pop into your mind: big.There was a big crowd of 6,497; the third largest in the

history of Missouri State baseball.There were big hits — five home runs between the two

teams.But the biggest moment of all came in one catch; it was a

dive so spectacular, it brought the near-capacity crowd to itsfeet, and sophomore right fielder Blake Graham couldn’teven explain how it happened.

“My brain kind of went blank,” Graham said. “I remem-ber (Tate Matheny) saying, ‘You got room, go for it,’ and Ilaid out, and luckily it went in.” Graham’s mind wasn’t the only thing at Hammons Field

which went off for a second during the catch. An electricalproblem threw the lights out and play was halted for about 14minutes, giving Graham the opportunity for a curtain callwith fans. But it also gave the Tigers a chance to regroup.Mizzou entered the power outage trailing 9-0. Their

offense was held in check by junior pitcher Andy Cheray,who had a no-hitter going into the break. When play resumed,the Tigers rallied with five consecutive hits to bring MSU’slead down to just four runs, and Cheray left the game after 3.1

innings.It’s a problem junior pitcher Sam Perez compares to stop-

ping a moving train — one which has picked up downhillmomentum — and the Bears put Perez in after Cheray to dojust that.“When (the Tigers) get into a rhythm, they are really hard

to stop,” Perez said. “I’m just glad I could come in, unlike lastweek, and shut it down.”In the last game against Mizzou, Perez gave up five hits,

two runs and the lead before the Bears were able to fightback. This time out, Perez held the Tigers off the scoreboarduntil the eighth when Perez gave up a three-run home run.But the damage had already been done by Missouri State’s

offense; nine extra base hits and three home runs is the typeof offense head coach Keith Guttin likes to see.“We hadn’t done that in a while, and it’s a piece which has

been missing the past few games,” Guttin said. “We wereable to get some clutch hits all night.”Guttin also attributed some of the power to the crowd, say-

ing they brought an energy unlike anything the Bears hadseen this season, and the team was able to feed off of the ener-gy.It was the energy which seems to have the almost uncan-

ny ability to draw out those big moments. And though Gra-ham didn’t know what was happening at the moment, he hadplenty of chances to relive it all night long, as his catch wasthe top play on SportsCenter. It was a highlight in one ofMSU’s best baseball seasons in years as the Bears headtoward the finish line with dreams of a postseason run.

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Sophomore right fielder Blake Graham lays out tomake a diving catch during a game against Mizzou.



The Betty and Bobby Allison Sand Volleyball court is one of the new facilities available to studentsfor recreational use. The newer facilities were made possible by the B.E.A.R. fee, passed in 2013.

Do you even rec, bro?When Missouri State students passed the Bear

Experience and Recreation Fee in November of 2014,the student section of Plaster Stadium was renovated,and we got three new fields: A soccer and track facili-ty, a field hockey and lacrosse facility and a sand vol-leyball court. It was all in an effort to “enhance the stu-dent experience,” according to a press release on Mis-souri State’s website regarding the passing of the fee.All three fields are open to student use when there

are no scheduled athletic events for a university team.Groups can also make reservations.But how often are Missouri State students using the

$20 million worth of fields? According to Melissa Blankenship, the assistant

director at Hammons Student Center — whererequests for field reservations are processed — thefirst year was slow, but it started to pick up when stu-dents got used to the process.“Looking at reservations — and not counting ath-

letic teams, or club sports, or people who just use thefields when they are open — we had 40 reservationsfor the three fields this school year,” Blankenship said.“It was very slow the first semester. There were a lotof questions, but by second semester, that wasn’t as

much of an issue.”Students used the soccer facility the most, while the

field hockey and sand volleyball facilities were rarelyreserved by students.Tyler Schiller, a sophomore sports administration

major, agrees. Schiller, who also serves as the intra-mural chair for the fraternity Delta Chi, said out of thethree fields, his fraternity only used the soccer facility,and even then, the fields near the Taco Bell on campuswere usually their first choice.“We practice and play a lot on the new soccer field,

especially since there are lights,” Schiller said. “Wehaven’t used (the field hockey field) or (volleyballcourts) at all.”When asked why they never used the other facili-

ties, Schiller said there were more convenient places toplay. He said he and his fraternity would be more like-ly to use the facilities if there were more organizedactivities and other events on the new fields.Blankenship said those sort of events are definitely

in play for next year, as she and other MSU officialswill be discussing what could make the new fieldsmore attractive to students, and they are more thanwilling to take suggestions.“We are always open to feedback from students,

(and those) who want to email the department should-n’t hesitate to do so,” Blankenship said.Reach out to the staff by searching for Hammons

Student Center at Missouri State’s webpage.

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Golf teams fall short ofgoals at season’s end

The season is over for bothMissouri State golf teams astheir respective Missouri StateConference Championshipswrapped up in April. The women were projected

to take home first place, butcouldn’t overcome a strongstart from Wichita State. Themen handed in a disappointingsixth-place finish after beingprojected to bring home secondplace.The women’s golf team fin-

ished in second place out of 10schools at the MVC Champi-onship in Burlington, Iowa, onApril 19-21. The ladies shot a73-over-par after the three-daytournament, as their 310 in thefirst round put them in a nine-stroke hole early. “We were disappointed; we

felt like we had the best teamgoing in,” head coach KevinKane said. “The positive andgood part is, (at) the beginningof the year, if you would havesaid we were going to even bein that position, I don’t think Iwould of believed you.” The ladies got their sixth

top-five finish of the seasonout of nine events and endedthe spring semester with threestraight top-five finishes. They found themselves in

fifth place after the first round,but they moved to second placeafter Day 2, where they had aconsistent three-round per-formance of 310, 313 and 314on the par-288 course. The ladies were paced by

senior Chiara Citterio, who fin-ished fourth place with a 16-over-par. The fourth-place fin-ish was out of 50 women at theevent. Freshman VerenaGimmy finished in a tie for10th, giving MSU two ladies inthe top 10; She shot 20-over-par. Junior Megan Furnish andfreshman Stine Pettersen fin-ished in a tie for 12th aftershooting 21-over-par. SeniorMegan Thompson finished29th with 29-over-par.

The event was controlledfrom start-to-finish by WichitaState, who shot 60-over-parand won the event by 13strokes. The Shockers’ Alejan-dra Arellano led the way by sixstrokes for individuals afterfinishing at 6-over-par. The women look to build on

their momentum next season asthey swing back into routine atthe Hawkeye Invitational inIowa City, Iowa, in September.“I expect us, right out of the

shoot, to be a good team –– bea formidable team,” Kane said. The men’s golf team fin-

ished in sixth place out of nineschools in the MVC Champi-onship in Sunrise Beach, Mis-souri, on April 27 and 28. Themen finished 16 strokes off thelead after shooting a 53-over-par. “We led the field, or maybe

we were second in overall pars,but we were last in the field inbirdies made,” head coachNeal Stafford said. “I felt likethat was tough to overcome.” The men were led by junior

Joey Johnson after finishing at8-over-par and taking 12thplace out of 45 players. Fellowjunior Mitch Mather finishedwith a share of 22nd at 13-over-par while freshman BradCarpenter finished with a shareof 24th after shooting 14-over-par. Senior Mark Karlsen fin-ished his MSU career in a tiefor 32nd at 20-over-par, andjunior Brik Brauburger fin-ished in 39th at 26-over-par. Wichita State dominated the

tournament as it finished at aneven-par 864 and finished 37strokes ahead of the second-place teams. Wichita State’sLouis Cohen-Boyer led theway for individuals after shoot-ing 5-under-par. “This one is going to sting

for a while,” Stafford said. “Ithink it will serve as a bigmotivator (next year).” The men will be returning

the majority of their team nextyear, and they open the seasonat Illinois State in the fall.

By Eric KnifongFor The Standard


Year in review: 2014 volleyball Bearsenjoy season filled with milestones

The Missouri State volleyball team fin-ished its season with a 20-12 overall record,and 12-6 in the Missouri Valley Conferenceregular season. This was the 15th 20-win sea-son for the Bears in the last 16 years.After sweeping Southern Illinois in the

first round of the MVC tournament held inCedar Falls, Iowa, the Bears ended their tour-nament run with a 3-2 loss to Illinois State inthe semifinal round. The Redbirds went on towin the tournament.Head coach Melissa Stokes earned her

400th MSU career win early in the seasonwhen the Bears beat Miami (Florida) in theHotelRED Invitational in Madison, Wiscon-sin, on Sept. 13. The Bears graduated four seniors ––

Andrea Beaty, Olivia Brand, Maddy Hoganand MaryJo Kolze –– and several Bearsearned spots in the MSU record book for sea-son and career achievements.

Brand recorded 1,158 kills through hercollege career, which ranks 12th all-time atMSU. She averaged 3.22 kills per set for theseason. Hogan finished her career with 1,039digs, ranked 18th for MSU career digs, andher 547 digs for the season ranked sixth. Sheaveraged 4.41 digs this season, rankingninth.

Freshman Lynsey Wright’s 246 kills rankher 12th all-time among MSU freshmen.Junior Kinsey McCarter’s 1,363 careerassists rank seventh in MSU school history.

Freshman Lily Johnson had an outstand-ing first season with the Bears, recording 495kills and averaging 3.99 kills per set, whichbroke both MSU freshman records, andranked her sixth and seventh, respectively, onsingle-season lists. She led the team in kills,points and aces and received honors of MVCFreshman of the Year and a spot on the All-American Honorable Mention team voted onby the American Volleyball Coaches Associ-ation. She is only the sixth volleyball Bear inprogram history to be named an All-Ameri-can.

By Kelsey KaneFor The Standard

Women’s soccer end spring withscoreless draw against rival Drury

The Missouri State women’s soccer teamfaced town rival Drury in a friendly springscrimmage match on Wednesday night thatended in a draw.

Despite not scoring, the Bears kept theball near Drury’s goal for most of the gameand held possession for nearly 15 minutes ata time. It was a shutout for the goalkeepers— sophomore Evan Stamp, junior LauraKetzer, freshman Sarah Sabo and junior Jes-sica Perry — who, combined, had at leasteight saves throughout the game.

Head coach Rob Brewer said the scrim-mage was a good opportunity to implementwhat his team has been working on in prac-tice.

“I thought that at certain times we con-nected really well and moved the ball,”Brewer said. “That’s something that we’vereally tried to focus on in the spring, keepinga little possession and moving the ball.

“I thought we did an ok job, but it seemedto be 10 or 12 minutes at a time, and thenwe’d let it get away from us. And I thinkthat’s just a matter of having the discipline tostay with what we’re trying to do.”

Brewer said every scrimmage is anopportunity is a learning opportunity.

“(Drury) always plays hard against us,and they’re a quality team, so it’s just a mat-ter of us working on what we try to work ina game situation — what we’ve been trainingon during the week,” Brewer said.

In the second half of the game, sopho-more defender Ashley Tallerine was hit in theface with the ball and fell to the ground for afew minutes but eventually got back up andkept playing.

Freshman midfielder Mary Disidore,freshman defender Brooke Zimmerman and

junior midfielder and defender Alix Opfer allfound themselves in scoring positionsthroughout the game, but Brewer said unfor-tunately that’s how the game goes some-times.

“You got to put the ball in the net, andthat’s the hardest thing about the game, andwe had chances. Mary (Disidore) had one,and Brooke Zimmerman had one right infront of the goal. We just couldn’t get it inthere,” Brewer said.

Opfer created a few scoring opportunitiesin the second half. She said her team movedthe ball well, and she could already tellthere’s been improvement in their strategysince last week.

“Our spacing was a lot better this weekthan it was last week,” Opfer said. “We’vebeen working a lot with patterns during prac-tice, and I thought we implemented that inthe game a lot better. I think we just need toexecute in the final third.

“I think we panicked a little bit, but over-all I think we worked hard,” Opfer said.“Drury’s a good team, so I think we playedwell.”

Opfer will be entering her senior seasonin the fall and has high expectations for her-self and her team.

“Win a conference championship,” adetermined Opfer said, “and get into the tour-nament. We want it really bad, and we’regoing to have a really good group. We havesome good freshmen coming in, and we havea solid group right now, so it’ll be a goodyear for us.”

Missouri State is set to bring in sevenfreshmen for the 2015 season from Missouri,Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. The Bearsended their 2014 season 9-10-2 and made itthrough to the semifinal round of the Mis-souri Valley Conference Tournament, wherethey lost to Illinois State 6-2.

By Kelsey KaneFor The Standard


Sophomore defender Ashley Tallerine (7) attempts a tackle against freshmanmidfielder Rachel Krueger (5) of Drury in front of the Missouri State goal.

Inaugural tennis seasoncomes to a quick closeat postseason tourneyResurrected tennis program ends first seasonwith 4-0 loss to Drake in MVC Tournament

The Missouri Statewomen’s tennis team con-cluded its first season backsince 2006 with a 4-0 loss tothe Drake Bulldogs on Fri-day, April 24, at the MissouriValley Conference Tourna-ment.Head coach Mallory

Weber was able to get a teamtogether to come in and com-pete for the Bears, who hadto start all over when the pro-gram was reinstated. Shecoached MSU to a 4-17

record, entering the confer-ence tournament ranked sev-enth of eight total teams.For the second time in six

days, MSU got set to faceDrake, who won 7-0 in DesMoines at the end of the reg-ular season.The Bears were prepared,

but despite junior EmaTurudija’s 7-5 win in No. 1singles, the Bulldogs edgedout 6-4 wins in the No. 2-4spots to take the match.Drake faced Wichita State

in the final round, where theShockers turned the tables onthe Bulldogs to win 4-0. TheShockers have won everyregular season title and con-

ference tournament titlesince 2009.WSU will play Georgia

Tech, their first opponent forthe NCAA tournament onSaturday, May 9. If theyadvance, they will play thewinner of Florida andBethune-Cookman.For the Missouri State

Bears, all nine players on theroster will return. Weber saidit is typical for collegiate ten-nis teams to have 10 players,and she intentionally left onespot open this season so shecould recruit a newcomer forthis next class.

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and then blasted throughout the socialmedia-sphere, more social movementsbegan to erupt nationwide. Incidents rang-ing from the death of Eric Garner to themore recent killing of Freddie Graycaused unrest, and the public took to thestreets of St. Louis to Baltimore. With thewave of body cameras and Twitter hash-tags begging for the policing of police,society has seen a change in how lawenforcement is viewed. “The way police are viewed has defi-

nitely changed within the past year,” ChrisWatson, an undecided freshman, said. “With Ferguson being somewhat close

to home, it really raises awareness, whichis good. I just think simply people talkingabout it and raising awareness is impor-tant. Really, I didn’t look at police vio-lence as an issue until I came here andbegan talking with other people, learningabout their stories and their views. It’schanged by awareness on a very importantissue.”

SOGI RepealThis past spring election, Springfield

voted to repeal the protection of LGBTQrights in the community. The vote wasclose but caused protests of those who didnot favor the winning vote. On Friday,April 10, many Springfieldians, includingMSU students, protested the repeal on thePark Central Square.

The Naked ManThe man, the myth or the creepy leg-

end? A nude man, aptly named “TheNaked Man,” plagued Hammons Housefrom February to March with 8 reportedincidents. The unknown male would enterunlocked female dorm rooms and wake upresidents with his nakedness, sometimesgoing as far as touching the sleepingwoman. A campaign urging residents tolock their doors was put into place but didnot seem to curb the presence of TheNaked Man. He stopped striking mid-March, as police were put in study loungesfrom midnight to 7 a.m. for a little overtwo weeks. The Naked Man has yet to becaptured, and female residents are holdingtheir breath that he will not strike again —at least this school year.

Yik YakThe new app generated a whole new

level of Bear Confessions when the 2014-2015 school year began. Yik Yak is asmartphone app where users can anony-mously post anything they want to theaudience of Missouri State. Users canupvote, downvote and comment on posts.The app has proven to be a bit controver-sial but also helpful to others in need.

Ashley and Alissa 2015Ashley Crisafulli and Alissa Biermaier

were voted as the first all-female studentbody president and vice president for the2015-2016 school year. “Being president is important to me

because I have a passion for Mo State andadvocating for students,” Crisafulli said.“I really want to help and make it ourMissouri State. I want to help withconcerns students have and makesomething from them.”

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O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences CenterThe O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences

Center has been under construction sincelast summer. It will have classrooms andlabs for the Departments of OccupationalTherapy, Nursing, Physician AssistantStudies and Biomedical Sciences. It willalso have a health clinic, according toMcTavish. The center is located at the cor-ner of Cherry Street and Holland Avenue.

Welcome CenterConstruction on the Welcome Center

began early last year and will be finishedby August 2015. All future campus tourswill start here. The building will have aconference room, offices and a 100-seatauditorium, Sampson said.

Pummill HallThe Pummill Hall interior renovations

have been going on all school year.According to Sampson, the third andfourth floors will have classrooms andkitchens for the Hospitality and RestaurantAdministration Department. The secondfloor will be used for general classrooms,and the first floor will house the School ofSocial Work.All of these projects should be com-

pleted by the fall semester.

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Students at this university have proba-bly noticed any of the numerousconstruction projects going on. But haveyou noticed the Boomer signs?“We’ve created the Boomer signs to

help notify campus constituents ofongoing construction activity,” DougSampson, the university architect anddirector of the Office of Planning, Designand Construction, said. “When a sidewalkis blocked, we hope to have signs direct-ing people how to get around theconstruction. The first use of the sign is atthe tunnel work along the transitway tothe east of Blair-Shannon House.” More signs will be appearing around

campus as more summer projects getstarted toward the end of the springsemester. Robroy Viau, the assistant project

manager in the Office of Planning,Design and Construction, said there are10 more Boomers in production.“Boomer is being fabricated for our

department by Bass Print Solutions andRegal Plastic,” Viau said.

Boomer directs you around campus

Fiscal year 2015 preventative parking lot maintenance15 lots will be repaired and/or sealed and striped thissummer, starting May 18

Fiscal year 2015 American with Disabilities Actimprovements Work will continue to ensure campus will meet standards

Renovations in Kemper Hall and Temple Hall Scheduled to start May 18

Six upgraded teaching labs, two new research labs andassociated support spacesConstruction planned for the summer 2015, completed byfall

Summer Projects with Boomer Signs

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Boomer encourages students to use thealternate sidewalk.

Boomer signs give campus visitors helpfulinformation about ongoing construction

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explained. Even though there are students affected

by halal not being offered on campus, Direc-tor of Dining Services Tony Hein said therehasn’t been a demand for it.“I have had one person mention it about

three years ago,” Hein said. “He indicatedthat he had a friend who might want halalmeat. I asked him to have his friend contactme, but I never heard from the friend.”Hein said Dining Services does its best to

accommodate students needs. For example,the dining centers offer gluten-free and lac-tose-free options for those with allergies. When it comes to the possibility of halal

being offered on campus, the problem isn’t

sourcing the meat, it’s students requesting it. “We have specialty vendors that we can

certainly purchase halal products from forthe dining centers,” Hein said. Hussain and Alsubaie have never

approached Dining Services to inform themof their religious needs. “We think if we ask, they won’t do it,”

Alsubaie said. Although, when it comes to eating on

campus, asking for a specialty item might bethe best thing to do.“We have had the most success when we

have an opportunity to sit down with the stu-dent and really understand their need,” Heinsaid. “So we can direct them to products thatmay fit their need or we can even customizea menu, if necessary.”

SigEp volunteered for several events, par-ticularly CPO’s miniature golf tournament.The fraternity members helped build sevennew greens for the golf course. They alsotransported the greens to the tournament.Along with volunteering for the mini golf

tournament, several of the brothers servedmeals to the homeless during CPO’s HopeConnection event. They also cleaned upneighborhoods during some weekends.“It’s great to volunteer here on campus,

but I think going to the next level and reach-ing out to the Springfield community is defi-nitely something we can do to reach that nextstep in community engagement,” Altmann

said.Community engagement is something

many fraternities and sororities do. RyanMcFarland, vice president of membershipdevelopment for SigEp and a junior enter-tainment management major, said he hopesthe award will motivate other fraternities andsororities to volunteer more.“People who are affiliated with Greek life

should do community service because itshows that you are more than just a socialorganization,” he said. “It shows that we areactually around for causes that benefit thecampus and community.”The Volunteer Organization of the Year

Award was created this year, according toWill Carter, CPO director of communication.He said CPO hopes to continue this award inthe future.

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There’s no time like the summer to see a concert ortwo. No matter your musical tastes, chances are there’s anupcoming performance you wouldn’t mind seeing. Here’sa quick guide to some of the biggest shows coming to theSpringfield area between May 15 and Aug.16. Ticket and venue information can be found online.

FestivalsUnfortunately, most of the major summer festivals

don’t make it to the Midwest. However, there are still afew local options for those who prefer their music out-doors and in bulk. On May 23, at the Hollywood CasinoAmphitheatre in St. Louis, you can catch alternative actssuch as Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Chevelle, and TheUsed as they play at Pointfest. A week later, on May 30,Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial will host a one-day festi-val called Rockfest with headliners including Rob Zom-bie, Volbeat, Papa Roach, Tech N9ne and Halestorm. Finally, Vans Warped Tour will be in Kansas City on

July 30, at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheater. Dozens ofbands, comedians and Youtubers will take the stage(s),among them Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides,Motion City Soundtrack and Pierce The Veil.

Classic RockLooking for a concert you can take your dad to? This

summer promises a ripe selection. Among the standoutsare heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest (May 19, St. Louis),

rock ‘n’ roll elders The Rolling Stones (June 27, KansasCity), Canadian progressive rock trio Rush (July 9,Kansas City), and hair band icons Van Halen (July 22,Kansas City) and Def Leppard (Aug. 11, Kansas City).

CountryOne genre never lacking in Missouri is country. Unsur-

prisingly, the coming months will offer plenty of opportu-nities to put on your dancing boots and get a little twangy.Willie Nelson will be performing with Beck (May 15,Kansas City), followed by the Zac Brown Band (May 21,St. Louis), Rascal Flatts (May 29, St. Louis), The AvettBrothers and Old Crow Medicine Show (June 4, KansasCity), Dierks Bentley (June 18, St. Louis), Luke Bryan(July 17, Kansas City), Tim McGraw (July 24, KansasCity), Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean (Aug. 1, KansasCity) and Shania Twain (Aug. 7, Kansas City).

IndieIf the other options are a bit too mainstream for your

tastes, check out one of the several indie concerts comingour way this summer. From the electronic stylings of St.Vincent (May 27, St. Louis), to the whimsical pop of Belleand Sebastian (June 18, Kansas City) to the homespunfolk of The Decemberists (May 30, St. Louis) or EdwardSharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (July 6, Kansas City), tothe mellow rock of Tame Impala (May 31 and June 1,Kansas City and St. Louis) and Wilco (July 15, KansasCity), there are plenty of options to choose from.

PopThe more popular the artist, the more extravagant the

concert. If you feel like sharing a special night with a cou-ple thousand of your closest friends, look no further thanthese shows by Imagine Dragons (June 12, St. Louis)Meghan Trainor (July 14, St. Louis), Fall Out Boy andWiz Khalifa (July 21, Kansas City), One Direction (July28, Kansas City), Sam Smith (July 30, St. Louis) or Char-li XCX and Bleachers (Aug. 8 and 9, Kansas City and St.

Louis).

RapThere aren’t too many rappers making stops in Mis-

souri this summer, but you still have a couple of choices ifhip-hop is your particular bent. In addition to the WizKhalifa/Fall Out Boy concert mentioned before, there willbe chances to see Big Sean (May 21, Kansas City) Tyler,the Creator (June 20, 21, and 23, St. Louis, Columbia, andKansas City) and a J. Cole/Big Sean double feature (July24, St. Louis) before school is back in session.

RockIf you prefer rock that was written within your lifetime,

there will be a steady stream of more contemporary rock-ers visiting Missouri this summer as well. Along with theBeck/Willie Nelson show mentioned previously, there areupcoming concerts by They Might be Giants (May 16, St.Louis), Alabama Shakes (May 28 and 29, St. Louis andKansas City), Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish (June 2and 26, Springfield and Columbia), Flogging Molly (June9, Kansas City), Smashing Pumpkins (June 22 and 23,Kansas City and St. Louis), the Dave Matthews Band(July 14, Kansas City) and Awolnation with Panic! At TheDisco and Cold War Kids (July 18, St. Louis).

Still Looking?This list is only a sampling and there are many upcom-

ing concerts that weren’t included. Just because you don’tsee anything you like here doesn’t mean there’s not ashow for you somewhere. Even if you don’t have the timeor resources to see a major act, Springfield has plenty oflocal musicians looking for an audience. Check some ofthem out.

Make your summer musical @ZachSFletcher

ZacharyFletcherMusic

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More than coworkers — best friends say goodbye

Rose,

I still can’t believe this will be our last issue of TheStandard together.

You’ve been the best news editor I could possiblyhope for (although I've probably fired you at least 100times) and it's hard to imagine how I’ll survive jour-nalism without you to put me on the right track everynow and then.

I’ve learned a lot from working with you over thepast year — I can be too nice sometimes, and I’m notalways going to have you there to do the things thatneed to be done. I don’t have the raising-my-voice partdown yet, but I'll get there.

You have been an invaluable part of this newspa-per’s success, and it’s really been great to be able togrow and learn along with you as we've made our waythrough four years of college.

And now we've both got real-life adult jobs — doingthings we actually like! None of this is anything I wouldhave imagined while sitting in Craig 316 two-and-a-half years ago.

Seriously, though — I wouldn't be where I am todayif it wasn’t for you.

You’ve helped me make some of the most importantdecisions I've had to make, even if your name doesn’tend up in the byline or on the award certificate thatcomes from it.

You’ve been there for me at times when it’s beenhard to move forward and next to me when things havebeen great, and I appreciate it every single time.

I’m so excited to see where both of us go in the nextchapters of our lives, and I'm so glad we'll still be ableto head to Early Bird for mimosas when needed.

Thanks for everything, Rose.

<3,

Trevor

To Trevor Mitchell, the person who’salways the loudest in the room; the onewho obsesses over Taylor Swift and pump-kin spice lattes; the one who takes thebrunt of my verbal abuse; the one whoadds a new fear to his list every day; theone who listens to my rants first and cen-sors them for everyone else; the one whoentertains our fellow editors by “fightingwith me like a married couple”; the onewho challenges my beliefs and makes merethink why I have an opinion on some-thing; the one who has perfected his“Rose” impression as a disappointed sigh;the one I’ve spent every Monday with overthe last nine months; the one who pushesme to be a better leader; the one who’s notafraid to confront big stories; the one whoholds discussions for hours to make surewe’re doing the right thing; the one wholistens to every good, bad and crazy idea

his staff has; the one who lets me eat allthe pineapple out of his sweet fire chicken;the one who lets me annoy him all day andwill still take me to a bar to talk about life;the one who gives me a hug and says,“Wanna go eat mozzy sticks and gettrashed?” when it’s exactly what I want tohear:

Thank you. You’re the only one I couldhave wanted for my editor-in-chief. I can’twait to watch you continue to grow intoone of the best journalists I know. Alwaysknow that I have immense respect for you,and you’re one of my best friends.

Love, Rose, the one who will always bring

your ego down for you

After meeting in ajournalism class two-and-a-half years ago, Trevor and

Rose have done college, lifeand The Standard together

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