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Regents approve bookstore outsourcingKYLE THIES ARROW REPORTER

The Southeast Missouri State Univer-sity Board of Regents approved outsourcing the functions of the bookstore to the vendor Follett Higher Education Group and declared that the operations of textbook rental program will remain with the university during an open session meeting held Wednesday morning in Glenn Auditorium.

Students will not be paying more for textbook rentals in the coming semester. This decision by the Board of Regents will keep the institution’s current textbook rental program the way it is now.

“Follett was able to offer a [similar program in terms of] the services and the way it was set to our traditional textbook program where students pay per course for the course that they have with a textbook,” Kathy Mangels, vice president for finance and administra-tion at Southeast, said. “Currently we’re at $25.94 per course. It is not per credit hour, but per course. ... The best offer that Follett as a company could offer was a phased-in approach that started at $34 per course.

“That’s about $40 for a full-time student more per semester than they’re currently paying and so, from our

perspective first and foremost, that was not an acceptable program for our students.”

The university administration previously considered two options from this Follett: outsourcing the operations of both the bookstore and the textbook rental program or outsourcing the operations of the bookstore with the university maintai-ning the operations of textbook rental, according to the Board of Regents’ motion consideration form.

These same conditions were presented to the other potential bookstore vendor, Barnes & Noble College.

Both vendors were invited to campus for a chance to describe their goals for the institution at open forums held on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Barnes & Noble did not offer textbook rental options, but Follett provided many pricing options that seemed to come close to the current rental program. However, the prices were still higher than university officials were hoping to see.

“Looking at the textbook rental, I think that we are correct in assuming that it wouldn’t be beneficial to students. I don’t think that the advantages of Follett outweigh the extra cost of students right now,” student representative Kevin Magnan

said.By outsourcing the operations of the

bookstore, the university has the opportunity to partner with a leader in higher education in the textbook industry, according to the motion consideration form. This means that the university now has a method to pilot new technologies and keep up with the trends of the industry.

The university will receive annual commissions based on the percentage of sales at the bookstore as well as contribution in other areas of revenue, such as budget. Follett also has plans to finance improvements to the bookstore.

“They have proposed that they would put in [$490,000] to renovate the bookstore in addition to installing a new [point of sales] system that is their company format,” Mangels said.

Mangels also said that the university will end up with more revenue than if it was managing the renovation themsel-ves. If the university funded the same project over the next five years, it would end up with $10,000 less in revenue.

The university has set up a one-year contract with four optional renewal periods. The administration intends to put the contract in effect by July 1, but there is a lot of transition that has to happen, according to Mangels.

The Board of Regents approved outsourcing the bookstore at its meeting April 10. Photo by Drew Yount

BRIEFSBlog

Voters repeal city’s bow-hunting ordinance Cape Girardeau voters on April 9 repealed an ordinance that would have allowed bow hunting for deer within the city limits. The controversial ordinance created a stir.

Keep Cape Safe, an organization that developed in opposition to the ordinance, gathered about 4,000 signatures from registered voters when only 2,446 were needed to get the issue on the ballot.

Read the full blog post by staff writer Hannah Parent at southeastArrow.com.

Funding

RPDC receives federal funds to create a program to enhance learningThe Southeast Missouri State University Regional Professio-nal Development Center received $195,455.44 from the Missouri Department of Education. The funds are for a project called “Making Mathematicians: Learning to Think and Apply.”

The members of the RPDC received the funds for the first time this year, with options to continue to receive funds for a second and third year as long as federal funding continues to be provided.

The funds will be used to enhance mathematics, and, through the project, the students in the program will learn to apply problem solving and writing to real-world models.

Greeks

Greek Week will take place April 13-20Southeast’s Greek Week is April 13-20, with an award event on April 21. The theme this year is “The Best Greek Week Ever.”

The events include a service project at 4:30 p.m. April 16 at the riverfront, and Dine Out with Southeast, which involves members of each Greek chapter having the option to go to three different restaurants at certain times to earn points for their chapter.

A mystery event will be at 5 p.m. at Parker Field. The mystery event is an event that is planned that week, and no one besides the people planning knows what it will be.

There will be a Greek sing event at 6 p.m. April 20 in the Show Me Center. The Greek Awards will take place at 2 p.m. April 21 in the Show Me Center.

STUDENT DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO BROTHER JED’S VISITS. PAGE 9 +

QUARTERBACK BATTLE. PAGE 2 +


THE REDHAWKS FINISHED WITH A RECORD OF 4-11 AND 1-9 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE

TENNIS team’s season ends


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Players vying for starting QB spotBRAD CONWAY STAFF WRITER

Eight months ago, Southeast Missouri State University quarterback Kyle Snyder suffered a season-ending injury during preseason camp that required surgery. The opportu-nity was then given to quarterbacks Scott Lathrop and Blake Jackson to share the starting role.

Southeast football coach Tony Samuel said he has been impressed by Snyder and his overall play on the field.

“I’m feeling really good,” Snyder said after participating in a spring practice. “I’m just getting out here and easing my way into it, and I’m progressing each day.”

Snyder transferred to Southeast from Ohio University in 2012. He threw 5-of-8 passes for 38 yards and rushed 13 times for 80 yards in five games during the Bobcat’s 2011 season.

“They’re taking it easy on me, putting me in team situa-tions out there with the guys, so that’s good,” Snyder said. “They didn’t think I’d be as far along as I am right now, which is good.”

But the battle of the quarterbacks will not be easy in spring camp since the big question revolves around that position and who will get more repetitions.

“Right now, it’s an open battle,” Lathrop said.Lathrop performed well for the Redhawks, finishing with

1,025 yards passing, five interceptions and seven touch-downs last season.

“All I’m worried about is coming out doing the best that I can do — control what I can control,” Lathrop said. “So I’m just going to come out here and be the best I can and whoever starts, starts.”

Lathrop also was named Ohio Valley Conference Fresh-man of the Year. He was among 20 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, which honors the freshman of the year in the Divi-sion I Football Championship Subdivision.

“I just want whatever is best for this team,” Lathrop said. “I care enough for these guys that I’m not selfish to where I’d rather start. I feel like that if I work hard and take care of things I need to, then I should be able to run the offense just as well as anyone on the team.”

Jackson shared some time on the field as a true fresh-man, playing eight games and completing 4-of-9 passes for 36 yards and one touchdown. He also had 119 yards rushing and a touchdown on 30 carries last year.

“We haven’t done that much,” Samuel said about the quarterback’s practices. “It’s still early.”

During spring camp, the quarterbacks have played a limi-ted role, working on throwing mechanics while the other players have been learning the fundamentals and concen-trating on safety measures. For now, it is just a light practice until fall camp begins.

But while the quarterbacks are in competition together, they all share the same goal, to win the OVC championship.

“Be the top offense in the OVC, that’s our goal, the offen-sive unit and basically go from there,” Snyder said. “If you win the OVC then you’re in the playoffs. Hopefully we could keep it going from there.”

The Redhawks finished last season with an overall record of 3-8 and 2-6 in the OVC.

“I want to have a winning season, all these guys are tired of losing the game,” Lathrop said. “We want to get more res-pect around this campus and make people around here excited about Southeast sports, football.”

Southeast will open its season against Southeastern Loui-siana on August 29 in Hammond, La.

Teams that will be added to the Redhawks’ nonconfe-rence schedule next season include Urbana University, Southeastern Louisiana and the University of Mississippi from the Southeastern Conference on Sept. 7.

“Going to Ole Miss, that’s going to be pretty fun,” Lathrop said. “That will be an experience, I’m looking forward to it.”

Southeast will also face regional-rival SIU Carbondale in the first-ever football played at Busch Stadium.

“Nothing’s really changed since the past year,” Snyder said. “The coaches will always make the best decisions, so you just leave it up to them. Everything will fall into place.”

Southeast tennis player Sarah Uptmor practices at the Redhawks Tennis Complex. Photo by Karlee Lursen

Southeast soccer player helps out tennis teamKARLEE LURSEN ARROW REPORTER

The Southeast Missouri State Univer-sity tennis team has been plagued with injuries and is down to four members for the rest of the season. The fourth and newest addition to the team is for-mer Southeast soccer player Sarah Uptmor.

“We simply needed more numbers to fill out the roster, in case anyone got pulled, due to injuries,” Southeast coach Josh Moore said. “I was looking for someone that I thought was athle-tic and could pick things up quickly and tried out a couple of senior soccer players, and invited Sarah to join the team.”

A typical college tennis roster has six to eight members and competes in six singles and three doubles matches at each meet. Since the team is down to four competitors it had to forfeit two matches before meets even began. Moore started at Southeast in Septem-ber of 2012 and ended up with a short roster because the former coach had not recruited any players.

“We had one girl [Melissa Martin] with a shoulder injury at the start of the year,” Moore said. “She tried playing through it for awhile, serving under-hand, but was unable to continue.”

“One girl has such severe shin splints that she had to wrap them every game,” Uptmor said. “We had an indoor game against Austin Peay and it really did her in and she was in such severe pain

she couldn’t even finish the match and compete the next day. She went to the doctor and they think she might have bone fractures in her shin, so she is done.”

Moore also had to release one of the original members of the team, Eliza-beth Nyenwe, the No. 1 singles on the roster, due to some undisclosed beha-vioral issues.

“Moore had asked some of the female athletic coaches if anyone had players on their team that had pla-yed before,” Uptmor said. “Since it was the middle of the season they needed somebody that was already cleared by the NCAA to play. [Assistant soccer coach] Coach Pickering sent out a mass text to all the girls asking if anyone had played tennis before and I thought it was going to be like a fundraiser or something. She gave Moore a couple of our numbers and we set up a tryout and that’s how it all started.”

Uptmor, along with former soccer player Ali Bauer, set up a tryout with

Moore.“Moore just had us warm up and hit

forehands and backhands,” Uptmor said. “We worked on volleys and serves for a little bit, also. At the end we played out a few points but nothing extremely intense. The next day coach called me and we set up a meeting in which he offered me a spot on the team.”

Uptmor had played high school ten-nis for one year and besides that just played for fun.

“I like playing sports and didn’t see a reason not to, and anytime I can help out a fellow Redhawk team, why not?” Uptmor said.

The team has been accepting and patient with Uptmor.

“They always encourage me to keep trying even when I have terrible mat-ches or practices,” Uptmor said. “They also have had to remind and teach me tennis etiquette, like not cheering during point play.”

“We are really blessed that she was able to join us, and her enthusiasm, work ethic and dedication to improving have really shown and made a diffe-rence on the team,” Moore said. “She was just voted ‘Most Inspirational’ by her teammates.”

Uptmor did not win any matches but won individual games and sets within matches.

Southeast won its first Ohio Valley Conference meet against Tennessee State on Saturday and lost its final meet to Belmont on Sunday. The Redhawks finished 4-11 and 1-9 in the OVC.

“I like playing sports and didn’t see a reason not to, and anytime I can help out a fellow Redhawk team, why not?” Sarah Uptmor


RECREATION SERVICES TRIES OUT NEW INTRAMURAL SPORT THIS SEMESTER

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Â 3 ARROW • week of April 17 - 23, 2013FOOTBALL AT BUSCH STADIUMThe Southeast Missouri State University football team will face SIU Carbondale in the first-ever football game at Busch Stadium. Read more on southeastArrow.com/sports.+

Family and friends of Meg Herndon sell tickets to a St. Louis Cardinals game at the sixth annual Walk for Women on Saturday. Photo by Colby Powell

New intramural sport described as combination of tennis and ping pongKELLY LU HOLDER STAFF WRITER

Regardless of the skill level, Southeast Mis-souri State University provides students with a wide variety of intramural sports to partici-pate in from indoor soccer to flag football and even extreme dodgeball.

This semester Recreation Services deci-ded to change things up and throw a new sport into the mix with an intramural pickle-ball league.

According to the International Federa-tion of Pickleball’s Official Tournament Han-dbook, pickleball is played on a 20-by-44 foot court, which is about the same size as a bad-minton court. The objective of the game is to use a wooden paddle to hit a small, perfora-ted ball across a 3-foot high tennis-type net to score points against the opponent. The game can be played in singles matches or doubles. The first team to reach a score of 11 points and lead by 2 points wins.

“The best way I can describe it is a mix

between tennis and ping pong,” pickleball coordinator Richard Foote said.

Foote is pursuing a sports management degree and is an intern for the Recreation Services intramural department. He started his internship at the beginning of the spring semester.

Foote said that the intramural sports already were chosen for the semester when he began his internship, but a student poll sparked the idea to add pickleball to the lineup.

This is the first time Southeast has had a pickleball league.

“I had never heard of it [pickleball],” Foote said. “But apparently people have. Some of the people that do the work for intramurals, I’ll talk to them about it and they’ll be like ‘Oh my God, you have pickleball? I’m so exci-ted!’ and I was like, ‘How do you know what that is?’”

When it came to choosing a sport to coor-dinate at the beginning of the semester, Foote said that he partially got to decide what sport he wanted to coordinate but Recreation Ser-vices tries to pair coordinators with a sport that best matches their background.

“Like I played baseball and soccer in high school,” Foote said. “So I’m not going to coor-dinate flag football because I didn’t play football because otherwise I’d probably have a harder time running that and knowing the rules of it all.”

Foote said pickleball is more of a neutral sport like ping pong, where the rules are sim-ple and anyone can play, and pretty much anyone can coordinate the sport.

Recreation Services accepted sign-ups for

co-ed, men’s and women’s pickleball teams. At least two players are needed to make a team, no more than three, and the fee was $10 a team. The original end date for registration was April 2, but it was pushed back to April 9 to allow more teams to sign up.

Currently there are around 13 or 14 men’s teams and two co-ed teams.

“I am pretty familiar with pickleball because I played it in one of my classes last year,” Southeast student Tyler Michelson said. “I am excited to see that a new intramural like pickleball is being offered.”

Michelson also said that he played bad-minton in a recreational class as well, which he enjoyed, so that is something he’d possibly like to see from intramurals in the future.

“Some of the sports will be here forever,” Foote said. “Indoor soccer — we’ll always have that. We’ll always have softball, flag football because they’re here so long. Pickle-ball is going to be one of those that we’ll try this semester, I don’t know if we’re going to just do it in the spring or go all year, but we’ll keep trying it for a couple years probably.

“If the numbers are low we might get rid of it, or if the numbers increase or at least stay steady we’ll continue to have it.”

Foote said for anyone who just casually wants to try intramural sports, pickleball is a great one to play.

“Play it. Give it a shot,” Foote said. “It’s more of a laidback fun, too. This isn’t indoor soc-cer where you have a wall you can get pushed into, accidentally or on purpose. It’s a much more laidback, fun sport. It’s not so much a high-competitive, destroy your opponent type of sport. It’s more fun.”Family works to endow scholarship

KELLY LU HOLDER STAFF WRITER

Southeast Missouri State University was shaken after the death of soccer player Meg Herndon in September 2012, but now with the help of Southeast soccer coach Heather Nelson, her family has decided to honor her by creating an endowed scholarship in her name.

After discussing the decision to create an endowed scholarship with her team and the athletic department, Nelson met with Cindi and Ian Herndon to share the idea and to begin working toward their ultimate goal.

“As a team, we agreed that establishing an endowed scholarship was the most appro-priate and important way to honor Meg,” Nel-son said. “Creating a memorial scholarship in her name is a clear priority for every mem-ber of our program. As a group, we believe it is the most fitting way to recognize Meg for her outstanding character, academic achie-vement in the College of Nursing and athletic excellence at the NCAA Division I level.”

According to the Southeast website, “Endowed scholarships are long-term, per-petual funds that generate annual income, a portion of which is awarded each year by the foundation to deserving students.”

The minimum amount to create an endowed scholarship is $10,000 and every year 5 percent is awarded to a student. Addi-tional funds are added to the initial amount to help continue the growth of the scholarship.

“The biggest thing I know, between myself and coach Nelson, is we want somebody who is similar to Meghan in her beliefs and what she stood for,” Cindi Herndon said, referring to who receives the scholarship.

It is also hoped that the scholarship goes to

a female who is currently playing soccer with Southeast or intends to do so in the future.

“We know that her name every year is going to be brought up again,” Cindi Herndon said. “They’re going to remember her. The person getting the scholarship is going to learn about Meg, what she did and what she stood for and her sacrifice she ultimately made. Hopefu-lly getting people to value and think about the choices they make. If they’re given the oppor-tunity to do something good to think what they can give back.”

Meg Herndon was hospitalized with a severe brain injury after she was involved in a motor vehicle accident on September 9. After her death, her kidneys, liver and B negative blood were donated and received by three people in St. Louis.

Meg Herndon’s family will sell St. Louis Car-dinals baseball tickets to help raise money for the scholarship fund. They have committed to buying at least 500 tickets, and the tickets will be sold for $20 apiece.

If the family sells all 500 tickets the first pitch of the game will be thrown in Meg Herndon’s honor.

The game is scheduled for July 23, which is also Meg Herndon’s birthday. The Cardinals are playing the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium. Anyone wishing to buy tickets can email [email protected].

“Endowing Meg’s scholarship means everything to our coaching staff and Meg’s teammates,” Nelson said. “Meg touched our hearts and souls, as she did with so many people. Losing her from our soccer family was a life-changing experience. We carry Meg and her memory with us every day, and I can honestly tell you that she has earned this legacy and we are passionate about achieving this honor on her behalf.”


ROBERT RAY IS COMING TO WORK WITH CHOIR STUDENTS AND DIRECT THEM IN PERFORMING HIS “GOSPEL MASS”

GUEST composer to work with students


CREATESOMETHING BLUEThe Chamber Choir will perform a concert with a theme of something old, new, borrowed and blue on April 18. Read a full story at southeastArrow.com.+

Top: The University Choir. Bottom: The Chamber Choir. Submitted photos

Choirs to perform “Gospel Mass”ELLEN FIKE ARROW REPORTER

Robert Ray’s “Gospel Mass” has a more personal tone for Peter Durow, Southeast Missouri State University’s director of choral activities. Ray’s Mass, written in 1978 while Ray was teaching at the University of Illinois, is his inter-pretation of traditional choral music combined with more contemporary music. While Durow was in college he studied the Mass with a favorite profes-sor of his who studied under Ray.

Durow has held the “Gospel Mass” close to his heart ever since. One day while browsing Kent Library, he noti-ced that there were about 20 copies of the piece. After doing a little research, Durow found out the piece had been performed at the university before but had not been done in many years. The wheels began turning in his head, and, after realizing that Ray had been wor-king for the University of Missouri-St. Louis recently, Durow got into contact with the composer. The men had lunch, and Durow asked Ray to come to the university and work with the students since they would be working on Ray’s piece. Ray happily agreed.

“I’m most excited about the students getting to work with [Ray],” Durow said. “I want them to be perfect. It’s not every day that a composer can come in and work with the students.”

Ray will lead a two-day residency to work with the University Choir students to prepare for the show.

The 41 students in the University Choir have worked on this piece since the beginning of the semester. The Uni-veristy Choir is composed of students who have auditioned to be a part of it.

“We spent a lot of time working hard on getting notes, chasing rhythms and just making the music come alive,” said Joseph Moore, one of the students parti-cipating in the event.

Moore will perform “coveted solo pie-ces,” according to him and also will con-duct one of the patriotic pieces toward the end of the show.

“I had to really work on the piece I’m conducting in the concert and basica-lly be a mini-conductor and teacher,” Moore said. “I had to do things like score studies, analysis and figure out what sounds best for the piece.”

Ray will conduct the University Choir during the first half of the show, which will feature the “Gospel Mass.” The Cho-ral Union, Southeast’s largest choir fea-turing students and members of the community, will add about 100 voices to the show when they join during the second half to perform patriotic pieces.

These pieces will also be performed at the 2013 National Memorial Day Cho-ral Festival in Washington, D.C. The Uni-versity Choir and Choral Union were both invited to be a part of the Choral Festival.

“Gospel Mass” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. April 23 at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall. Tickets are $10.

“I’m most excited about the students getting to work with [Ray]. I want them to be perfect. It’s not every day that a composer can come in and work with the students.” Peter Durow

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PITTERS CAFE AND LOUNGE HAS MUSICIANS OF ALL KINDS COME TO PERFORM

LOCAL venue hosts any genre of music


ENTERTAINBLUER THAN BLUEThe Southest Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Lab Band and Southeast Jazz Combo will close their concert season with a performance on April 25. Read a full story at southeastArrow.com.+

Pitters Cafe and Lounge is located at 811 Broadway. Photo by Calandra Jones

Pitters Cafe to host Muck StickyCALANDRA JONES ARROW REPORTER

Pitters Cafe and Lounge is known for its live music and also is known as a nightly hangout spot for college students and members of the Cape Girardeau community.

Before it was Pitters, it was known as The Mud House, which was an establishment in Cape Girardeau for 10 years. Owner and pro-moter JJ Seabaugh came up with the idea of Pitters from a prior music venue located on the upper level of Pitters.

“We officially became Pitters July 2010,” Seabaugh said. “I had a music venue upstairs called The Enchanted Forest, so that’s been an operation. We’ve been a music venue here off and on through the Mississippi Mud house, another name, probably about 10 years.”

Since its establishment, the owner has made sure that all types of music are welcomed.

“We don’t limit ourselves to genres,” Sea-baugh said. “We do reggae, jam bands, we do a lot of metal, rock and DJs. Everything from dubstep to bounce, just a little bit of everything.”

One of the most well-known performers at Pitters was Afro Man. Afro Man performed at Pitters on March 28, and his most popular song is “Because I Got High.”

“We have a mixture,” Seabaugh said. “Afro Man was here two weeks ago. He’s been here twice now. Tons of national touring bands, I’d say we have more touring bands, proba-bly because we have local support on those. I’d say every week we have five bands coming through touring throughout the U.S.”

According to Seabaugh, performers are chosen based on the size of fan base a musi-cian or band may have. Because of his expe-rience with bands, Seabaugh has developed an ear for what he likes and what others will enjoy as well.

Mikey Gordon is working with Muck Sticky and is the promoter of the upcoming concert at Pitters. Gordon calls himself the ringmaster of the promotion company Gonzo Circus.

“Well, Cape Girardeau is a great place to do business — JJ, Pitters, the whole family down there — they’re great to work with,” Gordon said. “It’s close here to my hometown in St. Louis. It’s far enough away, and it’s also a college town. So we’re bringing all sorts of events to Cape Girardeau.

“It just makes sense to me. We’ve [Gonzo Circus] brought Afroman there a couple of times, we’re also bringing pro wrestler Sabu there May 9. So we’ll bring a strong campaign and a good marketing platform because Cape Girardeau needs a strong music venue, and Pitters is the spot.”

Muck Sticky’s Facebook page describes him as the king of fun. According to Pitters Cafe and Lounge’s Facebook page, Sticky has an international fan base that is known as “the tribe.” His music is described as being a feel-good style with a message to “be yourself.”

“He’s [Sticky] a little eccentric, something you’re not going to see everyday,” Gordon said. “He caters to all types of audiences. He put out a kid’s album, for instance. He caters to the counterculture, the undergrounds.

“Counterculture can be anything associa-ted with the underground, it’s something kind of off the grid a little bit. Something you’re not going to hear, you know, on MTV.”

Seabaugh feels that Sticky’s character will entertain the audience at the concert.

“He [Sticky] looks like a party guy. I have a feeling he’s going to have a lot of energy,” Sea-baugh said. “I’m sure he’s going to be very entertaining. It’s his personality and overall character that he’s pulling off.”

Pitters currently is taking steps to turn the business from a nightly hangout spot to a place where college students and the com-munity can also come during the day to enjoy games and food.

“We’re sort of working on that,” Seabaugh said. “We’re turning this into an arcade, so

we’ll be Pitters Arcade. So we’ll open this up during the day and cater pizza and different foods. We’re going to try to push this on cam-pus and offer Wi-Fi and a place where they can come and hang out during the day, bet-ween classes.”

The Muck Sticky concert takes place Friday at Pitters, which is located at 811 Broadway. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. It is for mature audiences ages 18 and up.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Hempies located at 111 N. Main St. For more informa-tion call Hempies at 573-335-0006.

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There’s more to college than the classroom. Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins

Day in the life of President Dobbinsr. Kenneth W. Dobbins is the 16th president of Southeast Missouri State University. His prefe-rred office is the board room in the president’s office in Dempster Hall. While on campus, he

attends meetings and speaks at events. He also travels on business.

“It’s me, yes, but it’s really my whole office,” Dobbins said, referring to managing his day-to-day operations.

Diane Sides, the assistant to the president and assis-tant secretary to the Board of Regents, manages Dobbins’ calendar. She arranges his schedule, makes appointments and drafts each speech he has to give.

Sides said their two busiest months this academic year were April and October. Dobbins has 18 events to speak at in April, and he spoke at 19 events in October.

“I don’t know how he does it. ... He’s like the Energizer Bunny,” Sides said.

One thing about Dobbins that Sides thinks is amazing is how he can remember numbers, facts and speeches.

She has been working in the president of the university’s office for 23 years.

“He’s the ninth president I’ve worked for, and he’s the best president I’ve worked for,” Sides said. “He’s the best.”

His weekly calendar is color-coordinated and includes notes on reminders about events. His calendar on April 10 included 11 color-coordinated entries and five notes, and was the busiest day of his week.

DDobbins arrived at the Convocation Center at the River

Campus for the KRCU membership drive breakfast at 8 a.m. for his first, but not his last, speech of the day. Dob-bins receives requests for speaking events daily when he’s on campus, and sometimes speaks at multiple events in a day. He even speaks at events that happen on the weekends.

He took a short call at 8:10 a.m. from the president of the Board of Regents.

After that, he ate egg and ham casserole, fried pota-toes with ketchup, French toast sticks and drank orange juice while sitting at the table with keynote speaker Joe Palca, a science reporter for National Public Radio. They

chatted about weather patterns and storms, and Palca asked the table if anyone remembered the other hurri-cane that happened in 2005 besides Hurricane Katrina. Everyone thought for a moment before he said the answer was Hurricane Rita. Palca then told a story about interviewing a pilot of the plane while he was in in the eye of a hurricane. At 8:25 a.m., Dobbins introduced Palca.

After the breakfast, at 9:02 a.m., Dobbins returned to his office in Dempster, where he grabbed a Pepsi One and met with Kathy Mangels, the vice president for finance and administration at Southeast, to prepare for a Board of Regents meeting.

8 - 10 a.m.

At 10 a.m., Dobbins took a seat at the head of the table at the right hand of Doyle Privett, the president of the Board of Regents, in Glenn Auditorium, opened another can of Pepsi One and chatted for a moment with Privett before Privett called the meeting to order.

Privett handled the formalities of the meeting while Dobbins summoned presenters and answered questions that board members asked. One example of this was when the board members asked about the difference between Follett and Barnes and Noble College’s proposals about taking over the operation of the Southeast bookstore, and he replied that there was a $4,000 difference. The board approved turning the operation of the Southeast book-store over to Follett, with Southeast retaining management of the textbook rental system.

Dobbins also said he asked for the meeting to be in April so that if the board approved turning the operation of the bookstore over to Follett, Follett could begin renovating

the bookstore over the summer. There was a proposal to change the bank on campus, located on the first floor of the University Center, with Commerce Bank and US Bank offe-ring bids. US Bank had offered the best bid.

The board discussed whether or not to approve the change.

“This seems minor, but it really is not,” Privett said.Dobbins told the board that the university must allow

bids from banking systems every four years, per state law. Four years ago, Commerce Bank offered the best bid, but when the bids came in this year, Dobbins told the board that US Bank had the best bid.

“It’s a half a million dollar difference,” Dobbins said.The board approved turning the banking system at

Southeast over to US Bank. The Board of Regents appro-ved all the consent items listed on the agenda. At 11:22 a.m., Dobbins got another can of Pepsi One and he and the board went into a closed session.

10 a.m. - noon

Dobbins grabbed a Pepsi One and popped it open. He went into his office and shifted some papers on the large conference table, which takes up the majority of his office. He straightened the papers on his desk before Bill Eddle-man, vice provost and dean of the School of Graduate Stu-dies, Diana Rogers-Adkinson the dean of the College of Education and Connie Herbert, the director of the Autism Center, walked in together a moment later. He welco-med them and sat on the right side of the table, clasping his hands together while the others settled in chairs across from him.

Herbert was lobbying to the president for additio-nal funding for the Autism Center, which she said was

expanding. Eddleman said he and Rogers-Adkinson both were

there because the Autism Center was transitioning to be under the umbrella of the College of Education.

After an almost half-hour long closed meeting, the three walked out of his office in a group and immediately left. After the meeting, which Dobbins did not announce the results of, he said he had to revise seven drafts of spee-ches and send them back to Sides. He was able to remain in his office from 3-5 p.m. to complete this task because his next scheduled meeting had been changed. Dobbins said the draft speeches had been waiting for him to have a free moment.

2 - 5 p.m.

At 12:10 p.m., Dobbins settled down at the head of the table in Dempster 102 for the 2013 Strategic Planning meeting.

Dobbins serves on multiple committees and facili-tates discussions on how to improve the university and enhance “the student experience,” as he called it during the meeting.

“Isn’t this a nice room?” he asked the group, and ever-yone nodded and started to eat the provided lunch.

He sat next to Privett, and the two chatted for a few minutes. Then Dobbins left the room to take a call while everyone else ate.

He came back in the room and took a drink of his tea before joking, “Well, no lunch is ever free.” Everyone chuc-kled and then he started the meeting with everyone intro-ducing themselves.

Dobbins led the discussion and asked the attendees questions about their perspectives on the university and what areas could be improved upon. At first others were pretty quiet, but he continued to ask questions and they began to express their opinions, especially about keeping smaller class sizes.

“There’s more to college than the classroom,” Dobbins said about class sizes getting larger.

“I do believe the student experience is one we can improve,” Dobbins said.

The members of the planning committee re-examined priorities from 2008 at this year’s meeting and established

seven: academics, the student experience, faculty and staff, communication, funding, technology and infras-tructure. The members meet to ensure that the university is meeting the expectations of the university’s mission sta-tement and policies by establishing priorities, which are areas of focus.

“No one mentioned infrastructure. I don’t know if I was surprised or pleased,” Dobbins said to the group as he was wrapping up the meeting.

He asked if everyone was fine with infrastructure being a priority, although no one loudly supported or negated it. Later, Dobbins offhandedly mentioned that funding and infrastructure may merge into one priority. He then told them that each subcommittee should meet at least once before the end of the year and dismissed the meeting.

On the way back to his office after the meeting ended, Dobbins said he hadn’t gotten to eat and he would eat his lunch in his office.

In the hallway, he stopped and chatted with a couple of students, one of whom was holding an infant.

“How old is she?” he asked.“Four months,” the student said. “She’s not mine. I’m

just watching her.”He then told them he had grandchildren and the

good thing about grandchildren is that grandparents “get to spoil their children and then send them home.” The students laughed and then Dobbins headed off to his office.

Noon - 2 p.m. Dobbins power walked into the Show Me Center and headed to the meeting room, where he smiled and gree-ted students as they entered, shaking their hands. Chairs were lined up in rows with a table set up for Jeff Corwin, the last speaker in the Speaker Series. Dobbins settled into the second row and crossed his legs.

Corwin sat on the table in front of the students so they could ask questions. At 6 p.m., Dobbins asked a ques-tion about dead zones caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Corwin replied that the dead zones are like deserts under the sea now and will never return.

Dobbins then met with Corwin and Patrick Vining, the outgoing president of Student Government Association, in a room labeled the President’s Office at the Show Me Center. The room where he sat was square-shaped, and it led into a locker room and bathroom area. It had carpet, a side table with water and Pepsi One, three couches and a coffee table with a fruit tray and posters signed by Corwin.

Dobbins took a Pepsi One, opened it and settled onto the couch next to Vining, across from Corwin. Dobbins and Corwin talked about about winter weather and snow storms, with Dobbins describing all the cities that had bad weather, especially Columbia, Mo. Corwin, a former Army medic, mentioned he’d been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Corwin asked why it was called Cape Girardeau, and Dobbins said it was because Cape Girar-deau was the only inland cape on the Mississippi River.

At 7:40 p.m., Dobbins walked onto the stage at the Show Me Center and told the audience that 100 percent of the profits from paid tickets go to benefit merit scho-larships at the university. He also said that two of the speakers for next year had been decided: Nicholas Sparks, a romance writer, and Blake Mycoskie, the CEO of TOMS. He then introduced Vining as the outgoing SGA president.

He sat at the end of the front row while Vining introdu-ced Corwin, and then Corwin came on the stage. Dobbins concluded the speaker’s presentation by saying thank you to the attendees for coming and to the speaker.

“It’s very important to get outside voices speaking to our students — outside Cape Girardeau, outside their experience,” Dobbins said.

After the presentation, Dobbins shook hands with several people and talked to students about their view of the presentation and just in general about being students.

He later made his way to the crowded meet and greet session with Corwin. He shook hands and chatted with people he knew and attendees and students. He posed for a picture with Corwin, and then continued to greet people as he made his way to the exit. Then, almost 13 hours after his day officially started, at 9:29 p.m., he left the room. His day on April 11 would begin in less than 12 hours at 9 a.m. with a meeting with the provost.

“Life’s not always this busy,” Dobbins said as he step-ped out of the Show Me Center and into the pouring rain outside to return home.

5 - 9:30 p.m.

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Far left: Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins speaks at a KRCU membership drive breakfast.Left: Dobbins attends a 2013 Strategic Planning meeting. Photos by Drew Yount

Left: Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins greets students before a Q&A with Jeff Corwin. Right: Dobbins during a Board of Regents meeting. Photos by Drew Yount

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ASKDR. KENNETH STILSON’S PLAY ‘MURPHY’S LAW’ WON AWARDS AT COMPETITIONS IN ST. LOUIS AND IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS

PROFESSOR’S play wins awards


Theatre department to present professor’s playJ.C. REEVES STAFF WRITER

Department of Theatre and Dance professor Dr. Kenneth Stilson has once again written an award-winning play. “Murphy’s Law” has won two awards so far and has been entered in many other competitions. “Murphy’s Law” will be performed at the River Campus near the end of April and in St. Louis this summer.

Q: What is “Mur-phy’s Law?”A: Essentially it’s a story of these two made men. It’s set in a suburb of St. Louis, and it’s about these two guys who grew up together. They quite literally were in the crib together. They’re not brothers, but their mothers babysat each other. They have grown up together, through elementary school, high school and they joined organized crime together at age 19. Now they’re 29 years old, and they’ve both become made men. The basic story is that one of the guys, named Tony, has ratted out, either by accident or by choice, his associates for racketeering and theft. So, Murphy, the leading character whose name is actually Murfone, but they call him Murphy, has been ordered to “whack” his best friend.

The play is a comedy that’s very similar to a Quentin Tarantino movie in which it’s vio-lent. There’s lots of physical action in there, and it sounds like it can be a tragedy because it’s about one brother having to kill another brother. Yet, it’s a dark comedy very similar to a “Pulp Fiction.”

Q: What was the inspi-ration behind “Mur-phy’s Law?” Are there any personal reflec-tions in the play?A: Tons. Everybody who writes anything, you write from what you know. There’s a whole lot of me in these characters, and the people that I have known and grown up in. Although I certainly am far from Italian, and far from growing up in the Hill, but there’s a lot of myself that you’ll find in these characters.

They’re two hitmen, and yet they’re movie buffs and they like musical theatre, which sounds like the opposite. They talk about women’s clothing and how to manage and take care of your hair. Yet, they’re hitmen. I love the irony of these two tough guys talking about going to see something at the Fox Thea-tre. So you get that sort of playfulness, that banter that happens between these tough guys talking about very un-tough guy things. So there’s the irony there. That’s kind of me because I love sports. I was on the high school

football team. I was in a fraternity and what not, and yet I’m in theatre and I direct a lot of musicals and I am obsessed with my hair.

So that’s the kind of stuff that’s me, but I’m also a huge fan of a lot of the Italian mafia-type films, so I was heavily influenced by “The Sopranos.” I was influenced by Goodfellows and any of the Tarantino films. Also, “The Godfather” for that matter, so I’ve always had a fascination with the Italian culture and particularly the mafia, but I love the idea of mixing what would be this violent underbe-lly of society with comedy. That was sort of the basis of that, and I wanted to set it in the Midwest. Since we’re close to St. Louis, and I know St. Louis very well, I thought it would be fun. There’s a very heavy mafia influence historically, and even currently in St. Louis, that most people don’t really think about. So I thought it would be unique to set it in the Midwest as opposed to always setting it in New Jersey or New York or Chicago.

Q: Did you have an influence on who was chosen for the roles of the characters in “Murphy’s Law?”A: Yeah, I was there, but ultimately it comes down to the director. In theatre the pla-ywright is there, but it is also being done in St. Louis this summer at First Run Theatre. I can be there for the auditions, which are in two weeks, but I won’t have final say in who is cast or not any more than a writer of a movie has final say on who is cast in the movie or any theatre production. The playwright pro-vides the script, but I was there when the cas-ting was done. Kyle Morr is playing the role of Francesco Murfone, Michael Burrell is pla-ying the character of Tony Santucci and Nata-lie Damron is playing the role of Sophia Mur-fone. His name is Francesco Murfone, but they call him “Murphy.” So, it’s Francesco Murfone, Tony Santucci and Sophia Mur-fone. Those are the three characters. It’s a little ambiguous as to where it’s set, but it’s in the home of the Murfones, and I’ve always, in my head, pictured it being around something like Kirkwood or something like that, but it can be any of the suburbs of St. Louis.

Q: To be able to take three characters and have a two-hour play is impressive. Is that some-thing that is common?A: It’s not that uncommon to do that. I’ve had a lot of fun with this, and I’m still having lots and lots of fun with this. Also, for this particu-lar production, we have a guest director that

we’re bringing in and is working now with us. His name is Dave Starwalt. Dave is a vete-ran of Hollywood, Los Angeles. He’s lived out there for the better part of 30 years. He has done a lot of TV/film, so we hired Dave, who is also a very talented screenwriter, a very talen-ted director and he’s an acting coach as well. We’ve hired him to come in and direct this piece. We’re excited about that, and he’s going to bring his own real special touch to this thing. He’s very good at the idea behind this violent comedy. He’s very good at that style, so I’m really excited about that.

Another thing about this particular play is that we are entering it in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. It’s called the KCACTF. We’re going to have adjudicators coming in from Texas, and I think the other one is from Louisiana or something. Anyway, we have two different adjudicators coming in to respond to this work and it will be conside-red to be seen in other places as well.

We’re really excited about the possibility of the play going on somewhere else as well as here. I wrote it specifically for the college stu-dents. I wanted to write something that the college students would absolutely love, so we’re hoping with this piece that the students on main campus, when they hear about the type of piece this is, which believe it or not it is still classified as a romantic comedy, but yet it’s tough guys and violence, but yet comedy. There’s even a little romanticism in there with Sophia. I think it’s really going to appeal to the college audience, so we’re hoping that a lot of students from the main campus, who don’t necessarily come over and see a lot of our shows, that this is going to be something that will turn them on. I think it’s going to be very exciting for them.

Q: This play has won some awards, correct? Can you specify what awards it has won?A: Sure. It won first place in the Southwest Pla-ywriting Competition, which is in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s for playwrights who currently live or have lived in a six- or seven-state region. It won that competition. It’s a pretty big compe-tition, it’s an Equity Theatre company, Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth. So it was a real coup to win that. Then, it won a playwriting competition in St. Louis at the First Run Thea-tre. They have an annual playwriting compe-tition for writers in the St. Louis area. Cape Girardeau is still considered the St. Louis area, like Columbia is and even western Illi-nois. It is being produced at First Run Thea-tre this summer, and is being considered for production at Dallas-Fort Worth next fall. My next step is to start working on turning it

into a screenplay. Hopefully we will be able to develop this thing into an independent film as well.

Q: When did you start writing this play, and how long did it take you?A: I’ve been working on this script, now, for about two years. It’s still in progress. As a mat-ter of fact I’m working on it right now, today. Right now it’s fine tuning. I’m not really going through and totally rewriting scenes, but it’s words, little sequences that I’m still working on, and I’ll be working on it until this parti-cular show, this particular production opens. Then, after this production opens, I’ll be wor-king on it until the one in St. Louis opens. At some point I will move on to the next project. In the case of this right here, my next project in terms of fiction is going to be turning this into a screenplay. A screenplay is a really diffe-rent animal than the stage play because this takes place in one location, but as a screen-play it will have more characters and more locations to it. So it will be significantly larger than this, and the scope of it will be different. Although, the basic story will be the same.

Q: When does the show begin?A: April 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. That’s in the Wendy Kurka Rust Flexi-ble Theatre.

Dr. Kenneth Stilson on stage in the Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre. Photo by Drew Yount

What do you think of the university bookstore changes?

Nicole Bailey I like that they’ll be able to help keep us up to date with technology.

Cory Brock It sounds like a good idea, as long as they can keep prices good.

Zach Moyers It seems a little lazy to me. I think they should just hire the right people to handle it themselves, and the costs seem unneeded.

Haley Sturguess I think it’s good. I feel like our bookstore doesn’t really sell things that people want to buy, especially in terms of clothing and stuff, and I feel like they don’t get new stuff in either.

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SOUTHEAST STUDENT ERIC RALFS PLANS TO SHARE A DIFFERENT VIEW ON THE DAY BROTHER JED VISITS

STUDENT opposes Brother Jed’s viewsDISCUSS

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Opening up discussionCOLBY POWELL ARROW REPORTER

Brother Jed, whose real name is George Edward Smock, rolls into town at least once a year, and Southeast students can har-dly miss him. He’s loud, occasio-nally obnoxious and undenia-bly controversial with his extreme religious rhetoric. But whene-ver Brother Jed shows up, another man comes forth.

Anyone watching Brother Jed has probably seen him, standing there quietly with his signs, a stark contrast to Brother Jed. He does nothing more than go through his 52 signs, each with a quote from men such as Gandhi or Carl Sagan. His name is Eric Ralfs, and he is not simply a protester.

Ralfs is a student at Southeast, and for the past two years, he has been out there holding his signs. He is a self-confessed atheist. In fact, he’s the president of the Secular Stu-dent Association. Ralfs said he does does not dislike Brother Jed, he sim-ply disagrees with him.

“Jed has a very narrow view of the world. There’s one path to being right. If you go anywhere off of that, you’re totally and completely wrong,” Ralfs said. “I’m hoping to show people that there is more than one view.”

To that end, Ralfs holds his signs.

The quotes on them range from excessively long to exceptiona-lly short, some being as simple as “Sometimes silence says more.” He says they’re less of a protest, and more of a discussion tool.

“A lot of people see him come here, and they hate his guts,” Ralfs said. “He really makes them stop and think: why do I disagree so strongly? Why am I so angry right now that I’m practically shaking from what this man says?”

As most students know, Brother Jed will berate nearly anything in his sight as a sign of people going to hell. Whether it be pierced ears, necklaces or perhaps even socks with sandals, he will use it as a point to expound upon his ideals.

Ralfs said that Brother Jed attracts people from many diffe-rent ideologies, and that creates a unique atmosphere, one ripe for discussion.

With that in mind, Ralfs has a new idea for Brother Jed. He intends to sit near Brother Jed and invite people to join him in a discus-sion about God. This is not a novel

experience for him. He makes an effort to be involved with every reli-gious organization he can, simply to broaden his horizons.

“They know that I don’t agree with them on a lot of things,” Ralfs said. “But they still welcome me with open arms. I want to encou-rage that behavior.”

John McLain, Southeast student and president of Campus Catholic Ministries, agreed.

“No matter their views, they’re always welcome,” McLain said. “No matter what somebody’s views, that doesn’t demean them as a person.”

McLain said he doesn’t know Ralfs very well, but he has spoken to him.

“We’ve talked briefly, and he’s always curious,” McLain said. “He’s always willing to have a conversa-tion. He’s very open and curious. He usually asks more questions than anything. He asks questions about Catholicism, and I try to steer him in the right direction.”

Ralfs also brings that attitude to all of his conversations, and with Brother Jed as a catalyst, he hopes to find an atmosphere of open-min-ded discussion.

“People start talking to each other,” Ralfs said. “Suddenly you see the Islamic girl that you had a num-ber of classes with that you never thought to talk to before. And it pro-ves this is an opportunity to express

your religious beliefs, and have her express hers.There’s very few opportunities on campus where that actually comes about.”

In this sort of environment, Ralfs hopes to achieve an open and honest discussion of religion and politics.

“Southeast is kind of a bubble, in a sense,” Ralfs said. “It’s a bubble in the middle of the Bible Belt. The values of the university are still lar-gely conservative, but it’s one of the few places in this area where people can be openly gay and not terribly persecuted, for example. It’s a place where people can announce they’re atheist and not worry about losing their jobs.”

“I’m hoping to show people that there is more than one view.” Eric Ralfs

Southeast student Eric Ralfs holds a sign during one of Brother Jed’s speaking events. Submitted photo


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Post Boston Marathon thoughtsBY BILLY SCHMITZ A-TEAM MEMBER

Posted Monday, April 15, 2013, at 4:24 PMI was going to write about something much

happier today. Then the finish line of the Bos-ton Marathon was rocked by two bombs around 2:45 p.m.

Boston time. As of this writing, two people are confirmed dead and at least 22 are inju-red. Many of those injuries are missing lower limbs as a result of the explosions. From rea-ding the news, it sounds like police found two additional bombs and disarmed them.

September 11, 2001, changed everything in law enforcement. In America especially, we were thought to be invincible from most any attack, save a handful in our history, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Then Al-Qaeda struck in New York and Washing-ton, D.C., and would have struck another tar-get if not for the heroics of passengers aboard Flight 93 that crash landed in Pennsylvania. Also in the past 15 years or so, we have seen a rise in mass shootings such as the ones at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, the Aurora movie theater, and the freshest, most tragic one at Sandy Hook Elementary.

On a personal level, I will be getting my

bachelor’s degree in criminal justice soon and after graduate school will be working in the field. One of my many reasons for wan-ting to get into the profession is to stop things like this from happening. But to be real, we are never going to be able to stop everything. I think coming to this realization is vital for those of us who will be charged with protec-ting others.

Ordinary citizens should also rid themsel-ves of this misconception as well. Try as we may to be able to be everywhere, it is simply not possible with the budget and manpower they possess for law enforcement to be everywhere. Citizens should learn to defend themselves, their families and their homes. Further, people should educate themselves on things to look for in those they encoun-ter in everyday life ‹ the warning signs of someone who could do something terrible. Most every criminal that has done significant damage has had them.

With modern technology and knowledge of things such as bomb making, weapons tra-ining, use of explosives, aviation equipment and similar things only growing, terrorism is a threat that will remain. The best way to com-bat it is the same as most any crime: gathe-ring intelligence and cooperation among law enforcement and the public.

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The Cycle of PretendingBY JEN GRADL A-TEAM MEMBER

Posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 12:23 PM

Since the school year is starting to wind down, I took the opportunity to tell a guy that I had been causally seeing that I had feelings for him. Let’s just say that I’m still single, so I’ll spare the details of what happened.

As I ate my body weight in chocolate that night, my roommates tried to console me by telling me that I would be OK. They were right, of course. I’ve gone through my fair share of breakups and disappointments before, but the initial blow is never an easy one.

I think the worst part of ending things with someone is how you are forced to act like you don’t care. You have to smile when you see them and make causal small talk, all while trying to ignore how uncomfortable you feel. Because sometimes when you lose

a significant other, you lose your friend, too. Pretending like you don’t care is exhausting and quite frankly, it sucks.

But after a dozen chocolate bars and a few pounds, I came to a realize something.

Here’s the thing about pretending ‹ after so many times you say “I’m over them,” “I’m fine,” “I don’t care,” bit by bit, you actually start to believe it yourself. And before you know it, the smiles become more genuine, the painful memories faint, the statements more true, and the shattered pieces slowly start to glue themselves back together.

So I’ll continue on with the next few weeks of school and teach myself not to care about my dating mishaps, just as I’ve done many times before. Part of me hopes that when he sees me “not caring” it will make him cringe and wish things didn’t turn out the way they did. But I know him. Even if does bother him, nothing will change. He will smile and pretend like it doesn’t matter and pretend to forget about me.

Pretending; it’s a vicious cycle.

Remembering a leaderBY BENNY DORRIS A-TEAM MEMBER

Posted Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 1:24 PMAs I’m sure many of us know, yesterday

marks a significant event in world history. Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain, passed away at the age of 87. Not only did Thatcher achieve some major historical milestones, but she was also a testament of moral courage and an impeccable leader.

Several of Thatcher’s attainments and accomplishments include: being the only female Prime Minister of Great Britain and the first woman in the western world to lead a democracy, restructuring Great Britain’s

failing economy (although she admitte-dly encountered some bumps and bruises along the way), taking swift action to save the Falkland Islands and she is often credi-ted in helping end the Cold War.

She was both loved and loathed in office, but regardless of political philoso-phy, she deserves to be revered as a lea-der with immense moral courage and deci-sive tact when resolving global and national concerns.

Thatcher lived her life by the immutable principles prescribed by St. Francis of Assisi, which say, “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.”


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Student-run PR firm lands deal with Sikeston to rebrand cityMARISSA FAWCETT STAFF WRITER

Riverfront PR, the student-operated public relations agency at Southeast Missouri State University, landed its highest-profile client since the organization started up again almost three years ago. The city of Sikeston hired Riverfront PR to rebrand the entire city with a budget of up to $20,000.

Riverfront PR went into the initial mee-ting with Sikeston a few months ago with the intention of having a light discussion about what Sikeston officials were looking for but ended up unexpectedly presenting its pitch on the spot.

“So we go down and, instead of a light con-versation, we find people in a big meeting room and they’re like, ‘OK, you’re up first. You have 30 minutes and the other two firms are right behind you and we’re like ‘What?,’” Riverfront PR adviser and public relations ins-tructor Michael Simmons said. “So we weren’t as well prepared for that exact situation, but life goes like that a lot.”

Sikeston gave Riverfront PR a call about two weeks after the pitch to inform the firm that it had chosen been to rebrand the city.

“They had chosen us over two other profes-sionals,” Riverfront PR firm director Andrea Gils said. “They liked us because we weren’t afraid to try new things.”

A local firm and a firm from Memphis com-peted against Riverfront PR to get Sikeston as a client.

Gils said that because the firm has young members, Sikeston was drawn to it since 55

percent of the city’s population is 39 years old or younger.

Once the firm found out it got the job, Sikeston gave it six weeks to come up with a marketing plan. This plan includes ideas for events, website, logo and other various pro-motional materials. Riverfront PR is now pre-paring to present its marketing plan and show Sikeston how it will implement its ideas, Gils said.

“We’re taking three different ideas — one conservative, one modern and another one,” Gils said in regards to their logo designs.

This is just the beginning of a long rebran-ding process for Sikeston.

“They want to change the perspectives of people that are living there,” Gils said. “The second step is to attract more people. There are a lot of commuters that work there. It’s rebranding from the inside to the outside.”

The process could take a couple years but will be carried on each year until the job is done.

Simmons said he believes this project will prove to have several challenges.

“Well, this project is extra challenging because the fact that we don’t have one client,” Simmons said. “We have many, many clients — many different stakeholders all with different interests, whether it’s industrial development or real estate development or education or business or quality of life. There are all these invested interests in here and this job comes to us in a very large committee of about 20 to 25 people. That means we have to sell 25 people, not just sell one person.”

An exact budget amount has not been determined, but in the initial meeting with

Riverfront PR, Gils said Sikeston would not blink at spending $10,000 to $20,000 on rebranding.

The $10,000 to $20,000 the firm will receive will go toward covering expenses for rebran-ding and any profit will be used for funding Riverfront PR events, fees for members to attend conferences and travel expenses. The members will not actually get paid for their hours of work in rebranding Sikeston.

“It takes a huge commitment for all the members of the firm to say ‘I’m going to meet this deadline even if I don’t get to sleep at night,’” Gils said.

Not only will this deal help Sikeston con-vey a new image, it will benefit the Riverfront PR members.

“I was really excited for the students

because it, again, is a very high-profile job,” Simmons said. “It looks great on their resume. It looks great in their portfolio. It’s starting from the ground up. It’s challenging because you have to try to take all of this information about the city and what it means to the peo-ple and what they want it to represent. It’s a very complex, creative project.”

Simmons said this year’s Riverfront PR members excel in several areas: graphic design, conceptualizing vague suggestions of the client and strategically thinking.

“I think that the most important thing is that students got this client over two profes-sional businesses,” Gils said. “Eighteen- or 19-year-old students got this client that a 40 year old couldn’t, and that shows that we have a lot of talent in the firm.”

Tyler Graef, a member of the Riverfront PR group, works on a logo for the city of Sikeston. Photo by Kristina Lautenbacher

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