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BriefsSGA will supportcivility projectThe Student Government Asso-

ciation of Missouri State Universityrecently moved to support TheCommunity Foundation of theOzarks’ Good Community Commit-tee by adopting a resolution that pro-motes the Foundation’s CivilityProject on campus. The project is founded on 10

tenets of civility, which focus onissues such as attentiveness, inclu-siveness, respect, compassion andaccountability. The Springfield-Greene County

Civility Project was launched onApril 13, 2011 and aims to increasecivic engagement and foster a wel-coming and respectful environmentfor all opinions.On September 27, 2011 Student

Government Association passed GBFall 2011-03, which supports theSpringfield-Greene County CivilityProject and the inclusion of its 10tenets across campus.

SGA seeks studentcommissionersMSU’s Election Commission

is seeking student commissionersinterested in working with elec-tions on campus. The commissionspends fall semester reviewing theElections Manual and determin-ing a timeline for elections. Dur-ing the spring semester the com-mission reviews petitions for can-didacy and validates electionresults. Student commissionerscannot be a part of SGA or serv-ing as the president or vice presi-dent of any student organization.For more details, contact TaraHammer, Chief Elections Com-missioner at Ham-mer636@live.missouristate.edubefore Oct. 7.

Police receive grantto hire new officersThe Springfield Police Depart-

ment was awarded the 2011COPS Hiring Program (CHP)grant from the U.S. Department ofJustice Office of Community Ori-ented Policing. Springfield willreceive $739,235 in funding fromthe grant to hire and pay the basesalaries for five new uniformedofficers. CHP grants cover all the costs

of the five entry-level salaries andbenefits for over three years.

CalendarOctober 4 to October 10

TuesdayTransgender 101, noon to 1 p.m.at Plaster Student Union 317

Student Government Associa-tion Meeting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.at PSU 313

Up ‘til Dawn Dinner and aMovement, 6 to 7:30 p.m. atPSU Club

WednesdayExplore PSU, 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. at Plaster Student UnionFood Court

Disney College Program InfoSession, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at GlassHall

MSU Symphony OrchestraConcert, 7:30 p.m. at HammonsHall, free

ThursdayNational Depression ScreeningDay, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at PSU312

Drug-Related Violence and theFuture of Mexico, 6:30 to 8 p.m.at PSU 313

Douglas Rushkoff Speaking onthe “Impact of Technology andDigital Media on Society,” 7p.m. at PSU Theater

FridayGrammar Fridays at the WritingCenter, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. atMeyer Library Bear CLAW

Biology Seminar-Salamander, 4to 5 p.m. at Temple 001

By Brandon CorriganThe Standard

Missouri State University offi-cials are downplaying a slightdecrease in enrollment for thisacademic year, but have admittedthat any decline in student num-bers is a situation that bearswatching. “The drop is very slight and I

don’t think it’s something that weneed to panic over, but it’s some-thing that we don’t want to con-tinue on into the future,” MSUInterim President Clif Smart said.Fall enrollment at MSU has

decreased for the first time since2005. A total of 22,866 studentsare enrolled this fall in the Mis-souri State University system,which includes the SpringfieldCampus, West Plains Campus andinternational education programs.This compares to 23,092 studentsenrolled last fall. The Springfield MSU campus

saw an enrollment of 20,802 stu-dents this year, a loss of 147 stu-dents compared to the beginning

of the 2010-2011 year. OfficialMSU system enrollment hadincreased 14 out of 15 years from1995 to 2010.Smart said that if this fall’s

decrease holds throughout theyear, the loss in tuition and feeswould amount to about $1.2 mil-lion. This is at odds with the orig-inal numbers budgeted to meetthe university’s needs in the 2011-2012 academic year. Even with the enrollment

downturn, MSU remains the sec-ond largest university in the state.The largest, University of Mis-souri-Columbia, set a record intotal student enrollment with33,318 students on the first day ofclasses, a 4.1 percent increasefrom last year. MU’s freshmanretention rate stands at 84.4 per-cent compared with MSU’s 73.48percent. Don Simpson, associate vice

president for enrollment manage-ment, said that a number of fac-tors contributed to MSU’sdecrease in enrollment. “When we record enrollment,

we record it for all the studentstaking courses through theSpringfield campus, even if theyare not here. For example, theChina campus, we count those inour enrollment because they takecourses through us in China,”Simpson said. “The China cam-pus is down 70 students, so that’shalf the decrease right there.“We also have an executive

MBA program in China. Typical-ly we have about 40 more stu-dents in that program than we donow, so there’s another 40 stu-dents.”Graduate student losses have

also hurt the enrollment rate.“We are down in graduate stu-

dents even though we are up 11percent in new graduate stu-dents,” Simpson said. “The rea-son we are down overall is large-ly because we had a whole bunchgraduate last year. We had 160more students graduate with mas-ter’s degrees or higher this pastyear than the year before.”

By Damien DiPlacidoThe Standard

Interim President Clif Smart deliv-ered his State of the UniversityAddress Sept. 28, highlighting theuniversity’s overall progress and thereality of the school’s budget.“I encourage all of us to remember

that we’re in this together for our stu-dents,” Smart said. “It’s not about anyof us, and it’s certainly not about me.All of us in this room believe in high-er education. We want more studentsto have degrees. Philosophically thathas to be, and is, at our core.”Smart said enrollment at Missouri

State University is down this semesterwith 226 fewer students on theSpringfield and West Plains campusescombined.“If this fall’s decrease holds

throughout the yearthe loss in tuitionand fees comparedto the amount bud-geted amounts to$1.2 million,”Smart said. “Theonly real way toincrease revenue isthrough enrollment growth.”On a positive note, Missouri

State’s enrollment has increased in 14of the last 15 years, Smart said. MSUis still the second largest university inthe state and it remains attractive tostudents because of its outstandingprograms and services.“There were some bright spots in

this fall’s enrollment,” Smart said.“We’re up in domestic transfer stu-dents, we had an increase in first-timedegree seeking graduate students and

the number of online and eveningcourse students is up.”The university has reconstituted its

Enrollment Management Committeein order to examine the numbers andhelp guide the school towardimprovement, Smart said. It is up toMissouri State to do a better jobrecruiting high school students, adapt-ing to the increasing number of trans-fer students and to build stronger rela-tionships with community colleges.“This is a call to action for all of

us,” Smart said. “We can’t complainabout budget cuts and low salary andinadequate funding for our prioritieson the one hand and refuse to takeresponsibility for enrollment decreas-es on the other.”Interim Provost Frank Einhellig

continued the address, citing the uni-versity’s long-range plan and its revi-

sion of the general education program.MSU aims to increase retention of

first-time, full-time freshmen andincrease the 6-year, undergraduategraduation rate which currently standsat 55 percent, Einhellig said. Studentlearning outcomes will also beimproved by applying creative designand delivery across the curriculum.Shane Franklin, a Student Gov-

ernment Association senator, was inattendance for the president’s address.He talked about the importance of stu-dents’ awareness of what is going onwith the university.“I’m a student, so it’s obviously

important for me to be here to repre-sent the students at large,” Franklinsaid. “If you’re a member of the stu-dent community, it’s definitely impor-tant to hear what our leader has tosay.”

Smart delivers State of the University Address

Enrollment drops Syntheticdrugs becomeillegal due topublic safetyBy Dayle DugginsThe Standard

Missouri deemed all forms ofsynthetic marijuana and syntheticcocaine illegal on Aug. 28. Thesesynthetic drugs, better known as K2and “bath salts” respectively, can nolonger be sold, distributed or pos-sessed. Rep. Ward Franz, the sponsor of

the bill, said the legislation wasenacted due to the synthetic drugsbeing a public safety issue.“I was frustrated at these business

owners that were putting people’slives in danger, in my opinion, byselling these drugs to make a quickbuck,” Franz said. “I had numerousreports of individuals going to theemergency room for elevated heartrate and concern that they weredying.”Many problems in Missouri

stemmed from the absence of an agerequirement to purchase the synthet-ic drugs because there was no law toregulate the substances. A recent example was when a

young man from Greene County, notold enough to purchase cigarettes oralcohol, bit off his own tongue aftersmoking K2 he purchased at a gasstation, said Rep. Eric Burlison, co-sponsor of the bill.“There’s no consistency with the

products. They’re not FDAapproved, so the behaviors seen inour emergency rooms were com-pletely erratic,” Burlison said.Stephanie Hale, a freshman math-

ematics major, said she would rathersee marijuana legalized instead ofsynthetic versions that contain anumber of unlisted chemicals. “I honestly don’t think marijuana

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Habitat for Humanity grabs students’ attention at Bear PawBy Jon PoormanThe Standard

Sophomore Alie Kowel-man was walking back homefrom class Friday afternoonwhen she noticed somethingunusual happening on theBear Paw — the walls of ahouse were being built.The construction imme-

diately struck her interest, soshe stopped and decided tofind out what was going on.Kowelman quickly found

out the purpose of the projectwas to promote the MissouriState chapter of Habitat forHumanity and the housethey will begin building inNovember. After finding outabout the cause, Kowelmandecided to join in.“We live here, so we

might as well give back,”she said. “There are peoplethat are a lot less fortunate.”The chapter is building a

house for Springfield resi-dent Angie Pippin and hergrandson, Jordan.Tyler Hendrix, the presi-

dent of the chapter, said the

construction of the walls onthe Bear Paw was a way toget more students involvedin Habitat for Humanity.“In the past we’ve built

houses for families, butwe’ve had a hard time gain-ing student support and stu-dent attention,” Hendrixsaid. “We were thinking ofnew ideas to get the campusinvolved, and what betterway than to build walls righton the Bear Paw.”Hendrix said the strategy

worked and that many stu-dents were donating theirtime and learning moreabout Habitat for Humanity.“We’ve had about four or

five student organizationsdonate some money to helpwith the event,” he said. “Inour own organization, I’dsay we’ve had about 60 or 70people throughout the dayhere.”Hendrix said the chapter

needs $20,000 to build thehouse. He said they are cur-rently at about $12,000 andthat the Bear Paw eventraised well over $1,000.

“We’re going to claw ourway there,” Hendrix said.Sophomore Alissa Eagen

was one of the students thatcame out to help with theproject. She also plans tohelp with the construction ofthe house in November.“I’ve always seen good

things that Habitat forHumanity has done, and Ithought it would be some-thing I would want to getinvolved with,” Eagen said.“They definitely help a lot offamilies and do a lot of goodthings for the community.”Also in attendance was

MSU Interim President ClifSmart. Smart spoke brieflyto the participants andthanked them for their serv-ice to the community. Heeven got involved with theproject, pounding a ceremo-nial nail into one of thewooden beams.“I think it’s a great idea,”

he said. “There’s nothingbetter than seeing a hands-onproject on campus. (Stu-dents) see what’s going on,and they wanted to get

involved. I think it’s a fabu-lous thing.”Smart said it is important

for students to becomeinvolved in helping othersbecause it represents the uni-versity’s public affairs mis-sion.“One of the core princi-

ples of that is communityengagement,” he said. “Andto me, community engage-ment means making a differ-

ence in your community pri-marily through volun-teerism.”To find out more about

the MSU chapter of Habitatfor Humanity, go tohttp://studentorganizations.missouristate.edu/habitat/.Also, to find out more

about Springfield Habitat forHumanity visithttp://www.habitatspring-fieldmo.org/.

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Students help construct walls at the Bear Paw.

Graphic by Megan Gates

Community col-leges, such asOzarks TechnicalCommunity Col-lege, have steadilygained more stu-dents while four-year colleges likeMSU have becomestagnant.

is much worse for you thanother things that are alreadylegal, like alcohol and ciga-

rettes,” Hale said. “But I thinkmaybe if they legalize mari-juana and stop making all ofthese products that are worsefor you medically, they couldtax marijuana and make aprofit.“I do think it was impor-

tant to make the syntheticdrugs illegal because maybe itwill discourage other formsthat are more dangerous.”While medical marijuana

bills have been introduced inMissouri, legislation has yetto be passed. A number of

other states are currently con-sidering similar bans on thesesynthetic drugs to ensure pub-lic safety.Missouri House Bill 1472

was passed in 2010, changingthe laws regarding the desig-nation of controlled sub-

stances. Producers of synthet-ic marijuana found it easy toskirt around this law bychanging one molecule in thechemical compounds.To keep up with the fre-

quent changes in the prod-uct’s makeup, a definition of

synthetic marijuana was putin the statute.Businesses selling the

products, such as gas stationsand smoke shops, were givennotification before the billpassed to make sure of properadherence to the new law.

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MSU also experienced adrop in freshman enroll-ment.“We are down about 80

freshmen this year, which isabout a 3 percent drop,”Simpson said.Simpson explained that

there are a number of factorsin play for the decline infreshmen. There has been athree-year decline in Mis-souri high school graduates,with 3 percent fewer highschool graduates in Missouriin 2011 than in 2010.Another contributing fac-

tor in the freshman decreaseis probably due to alterationsMSU made to its scholarshipprogram, Simpson said.“We moved the deadlines

earlier for our premier schol-arship program, the Gover-nor’s Scholarship,” he said.“We reduced the value ofthat scholarship from $6,200

to $5,000 so we have a bit ofthe dip in the numbers ofnew students that came onscholarships.“We felt like we had to

make some changes on thescholarship program to con-trol an ever-growing schol-arship budget and also to putus more in line with whatsome of the other schoolsare doing. It does not affectthe students that already arehere. Their scholarships willbe grandfathered but thenew students are getting thenew scholarship with thenew criteria.”The sluggish economy

has also played a role in thedecrease. Tight family budg-ets mean parents and stu-dents are looking at the lessexpensive community col-lege option rather than afour-year school with ahigher price tag.“Another big factor on

professional level is theeconomy and the fact thatthere are some forces driv-ing more students towardcommunity colleges,” Simp-

son said.The Ozarks Technical

Community College (OTC)system has the most studentsenrolled in its history. With a9.1 percent increase from thefall of 2010, OTC has15,179 students enrolled thissemester.Former MSU student

Brett Erickson transferred toOTC last spring to savemoney.“Missouri State was too

expensive for me,” Ericksonsaid. “The only thing I reallyhave to pay for at OTC is mybooks because of the A+Program. I plan to finish allmy general educationrequirements at OTC andthen return to MSU.”The A+ program allows

students the opportunity toearn a scholarship to coverthe tuition and fees at anypublic two-year communitycollege or technical schoolin the state. Students mustperform 50 hours of tutoringor mentoring service andmeet academic achievement,conduct and attendance

requirements to be eligible.Another former MSU

student, Austin Killian,found expenses holding himback from returning toMSU.“My Missouri State expe-

rience didn’t work out theway I had planned,” Killiansaid. “I was able to affordschool at Meramec Commu-nity College in St. Louisbecause of a Federal PellGrant. FAFSA (Free Appli-cation for Federal StudentAid) paid for most of mytuition due to my parents’low financial status.“I applied for FAFSA at

MSU and received nothing,”Killian said. “I was told totake out a loan but I couldn’tget a co-signer because ofmy parents’ bad credit. I wasforced to pay out of pocketfor my tuition.”Killian was able to make

payments for his fall tuitionin 2010 but struggled in thespring of 2011.“I couldn’t keep up with

the bills,” Killian said. “Iunderestimated living

expenses. I have to workfulltime this fall in order topay off my debts from thespring. I hope someday toeventually return to MSU.”Smart said that renewing

MSU’s commitment toincreasing enrollment andrefining its approach torecruiting and retention willbe one of the school’s toppriorities this year.“It begins by setting tar-

gets and goals broken downby groups,” Smart said.“Figuring out where we cangrow, why we didn’t growthis year and then attackingthe problem as 20 little prob-lems or projects — ratherthan one big problem — isthe way we will approachthis. The Enrollment Man-agement Committee isessentially going to be over-seeing this whole project.”Simpson, chairman of the

committee, said that he isworking hard to ensure thatMSU sees future increasesin enrollment.“A big part of enrollment

management is deciding

what programs to offer,when and where to offerthem and how much theyshould cost,” he said. “Oneof the big areas of focusright now at MSU is to adaptwith growing demands forcourses or programs that canbe completed online orthrough what we call alter-native pathways.“We have a new associate

provost, Joye Norris, whowill be working with thedean and departments to tryand build a provost programto especially appeal to a non-traditional adult market.”Simpson said he is also

ready to face challenges thatmay arise in accomplishingthe goal of modest growth inenrollment.“We are working harder

with recruitment and reten-tion,” he said. “We are goingto be dealing with — overthe next two years — thecontinued decline in highschool gradates, so we areworking hard on the fresh-men recruitment to makethat up.”

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New requirements for certain scholarships ask students to volunteer moreBy Benjamin PetersThe Standard

Every student knows theeffort and time required whenapplying for scholarships, butsome scholarships come witha catch.Students who receive the

Presidential, Board of Gover-nors or Multicultural Leader-ship scholarships get moneyapplied to their schooling, butare also required to donatetheir time and volunteer atMissouri State as part of thepublic affairs mission.These students are

required to document atten-dance or participation in atleast two activities as part ofthe public affairs mission.According to MissouriState’s website, students canexpect to spend five to 10hours per year at events to

fulfill this requirement.Students are also expected

to volunteer 120 hours ofservice to either the campusor the community duringtheir first three years. This isa new requirement that wentinto effect as of August 2011.This requirement only affectsincoming freshmen andfuture recipients, while cur-rent recipients need to onlymeet the previous require-ments.In the spring of their jun-

ior year the student must sub-mit a reflection of their serv-ice and the effect it has hadon them. This requirementmust be met by the set time orthe recipient will lose theirscholarship.Students may use the Vol-

unteer Program located in theOffice of Student Engage-ment in Plaster Student

Union to help fulfill theserequirements. Patrick Grayshaw is the

assistant director of StudentEngagement for the Volun-teer Program and works withthe students and organiza-tions that want to participatein service.“I work with the co-cur-

ricular service programs thatoccur here on campus andserve as a resource for thosestudents and student organi-zations that want to partici-pate in service activities ontheir own,” Grayshaw said. “Iadvise Bear Blitz, a studentorganization that coordinatesmonthly service opportuni-ties; work with Into theStreets, an annual large serv-ice day; help coordinate serv-ice trips to Joplin; plan andimplement fall and springalternative break trips and

any other service opportunitythat may arise.”The service requirement is

administered by the Office ofStudent Engagement and stu-dents use CampusLINK, anonline tool, to record theirinvolvement. Each fall theoffice hosts orientation ses-sions to review the require-ments, which recipients arerequired to attend.“Basically a student needs

to volunteer with anapproved agency, which theycan check with volun-teer@missouristate.edu tosee if an agency is approved,”Grayshaw said. “There arealso some limitations on theamount of hours that can beconducted on campus andhours done within service-learning and study awaycourses.”Up to 60 hours of the total

requirement may be donethrough on-campus service,but students are not allowedto receive any compensationand their service cannot ben-efit an organization in whichthey are a part of.Student organizations also

contribute to the volunteereffort around Springfield.One such organization isGamma Alpha Lambda soror-ity on campus. They focustheir efforts on both the cam-pus and the surrounding com-munity, volunteering theirtime. Hannah Wilson, a senior

elementary education major,is the webmaster of theorganization.“We do a lot of volunteer-

ing within our communitybecause as Christians wewant to live a life of service,”Wilson said. “We do require

the girls to attend at least oneservice event per semester,but many of the girls chooseto do more.”They have volunteered in

the past at various organiza-tions including The Kitchen,Ozarks Food Harvest, Har-mony House, Isabel’s House,Pregnancy Care Center, sen-ior citizen homes and nursinghomes, Wilson said. Theyalso are involved by givingblood, working concessionstands at events, cleaning upthe street their organizationhas adopted and are nowplanning a trip to Joplin tohelp with the cleanup efforts.All of this is done to fur-

ther Missouri State’s publicaffairs mission, but accordingto Missouri State’s publicscorecard on MSU’s website,

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Three of our stories in this week’s issue dealwith Missouri State students donating theirtime to help the Springfield community.Track athletes Kimsue Grant and Jeláni

Kelly have been helping out at a soup kitchenand a women’s shelter. The MSU chapter ofHabitat for Humanity held an event last weekto raise awareness about a house they arebuilding for a less fortunate Springfield fami-ly.These are just two examples of the charity

work that MSU students are constantly gettinginvolved in. As Interim President Clif Smartpointed out in our story, “Habitat for Humani-ty grabs student attention at the Bear Paw” oneof the pillars of our public affairs mission iscommunity engagement. It is important forMSU students to be actively involved in rep-resenting our school in the community.All of us are residents of Springfield while

we are here for school, and many of us willend up permanently living here after we grad-uate. So it’s important for us to give back asmuch as possible. There’s really no excuse fornot being involved in this cause, as there arenumerous student organizations that can helpyou find a way to give back.If you don’t want to go through a student

organization, there are plenty of off-campusorganizations you can get involved with suchas Convoy of Hope and the Ozarks Red Cross.Both organizations are actively involved in theSpringfield community as well as providingaid to other areas of the country and the world.Convoy of Hope even partnered with MSU

to create fundraising ventures for the earth-quake in Haiti, the earthquake in Japan and thetornado that ripped through Joplin earlier thisyear.To find out more about Convoy of Hope,

visit their website at http://www.convoy-ofhope.org or follow them on Twitter at@ConvoyofHope.For more on the Ozarks Red Cross, visit

http://www.redcross-ozarks.org or followthem on Twitter at @OzarksRedCross.Both organizations also have Facebook

pages: https://www.facebook.com/convoy-ofhope and https://www.facebook.com/Ozark-sRedCross.To find out some information about volun-

teering in the Springfield community, visithttp://www.missouristate.edu/volunteer/.

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Creativity is essential in solvingMissouri State’s currentenrollment, revenue problems

Interim President ClifSmart’s State of the Univer-sity Address on Wednesdayhighlighted many of theissues the school is facing.

Among those, the prob-lem of decreased enroll-ment and correspondingrevenue loss was the mostsignificant.

Because state appropria-tions have decreased, it’smore important than everthat we increase enrollment.Based on this year’s num-bers, that drop can be linkedto a decrease in first-yearstudents.

The recruitment of grad-uating seniors sometimesinvolves attracting studentsthat would otherwise notattend college, but mostlyit’s about competing withother universities for stu-dents who plan to seek high-er education.

Especially for a schoollike Missouri State, the pri-mary focus should be in-state students. To simplifythe criteria most prospectivestudents are considering, wecan include comfort, costand prestige.

Comfort might includehow much a student enjoysa trip to campus, the prox-imity to his or her family,the size of classes, etc. Pres-tige would include both thequality of education and theperceived quality of educa-tion in the community. Costis a very simple variable.

All of these componentsare weighed against eachother, but because of thecurrent state of our econo-my, cost is likely carryingmuch more weight than itwould have in previousyears. Typically, cost con-sideration is something thatshould favor MissouriState. In comparison to pri-vate universities and thestate’s other large publicuniversities – the Universi-ty of Missouri system, Cen-tral Missouri and SoutheastMissouri – Missouri Stateranks among the mostaffordable.

However, both economicdecline and the concern thatthe recession might last sev-eral years are likely causingfamilies to lean more heavi-

ly on community colleges.Ozarks Technical Commu-nity College, for example,saw an increase in enroll-ment again this year.

If this is the case, it’svery possible we’ll see aspike in transfer studentstwo and three years fromnow, and the school’senrollment figures will beback on track.

However, there are rev-enue concerns right now,which Smart pointed out,such as employee salariesand capital improvements.So addressing the enroll-ment issue right now is crit-ical.

There will likely be afocus on improving tradi-tional marketing strategies,and that is important. Butthere should also be seriousconsideration given todeveloping innovativerecruiting techniques andidentifying alternative rev-enue sources.

There are several currentexamples of this, becausestudent recruitment is a seri-ous issue across the countryright now, but there weretwo good examples in thenews just this week.

In an effort to recruithigh-performing students,Seton Hall University isreducing in-state tuition bytwo-thirds for students whoscore high on standardizedtests and place in the top 10percent of their graduatingclasses.

And in an attempt toraise revenue in anotherway, Louisiana State Uni-versity will begin collectingroyalties from the sales of aschool-specific beer createdat a local brewery.

These specific solutionswon’t fit for everyone, andmight not fit for MissouriState, but there might beversions that do work.

Instead of a two-thirdsreduction, maybe a new

kind of performance schol-arship would work. And ifthere’s not an opportunityfor “Bear Beer,” maybeincluding alcohol sales inconcessions at sportingevents is the answer.

But even if there’s nochance for these particularideas, the point is that this isthe time to explore possibil-

ities. Yes, we can tweak ourexisting marketing andrecruitment efforts, butSEMO, Southwest Baptistand others will all be doingthe same.

If Missouri State plans tocombat the current enroll-ment and revenue problems,creativity in solving theseproblems is essential.

What does acredit hour cost?

Students should taketime to volunteer andgive back to Springfield

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Missouri Public Universities• Missouri State University $194.00• University of Missouri $261.60• University of Central Missouri $251.30• Northwest Missouri State University $234.89• Missouri Southern State University $143.00• Missouri University of Science & Tech. $261.60• Missouri Western State University $182.43• Southeast Missouri State University $187.80• Truman State University $269.00

Missouri Community Colleges• Ozarks Technical Community College $121.50• Crowder College $100.00• St. Charles Community College $128.00• St. Louis Community College $123.00• Missouri State University-West Plains $107.00• East Central Community College $94.00

Missouri Private Universities• Evangel University $235.00• Drury University $214.00

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TuesdayOct. 4, 2011

CalendarOctober 4 toOctober 11

TuesdayQuantum Groove 8 p.m. atLindberg’s, free

Let's #@%! 9 p.m. at Jekyll &Hyde’s, free for 21+ and $5 for18+ (only 100 minors allowed at atime)

Open Mic Night 10 p.m. at theOutland, free

WednesdayDug & the SOULar Panels 7 to10 p.m. at Patton Alley Pub, free

St. Dallas & The Sinners 10:30p.m. at the Outland, $3

Wobble Wednesdays 9 p.m. atClub Fresh, $1 before 11 p.m.and $3 after for 21+, $2 before 11p.m. and $5 after for 18+

ThursdayThe Detectives Rock ‘n’ Soul10:30 p.m. at the Outland, $5 for21+ and $7 for 18+

Trivia Night 7 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, free

The DJs of LemonDrop withSome Young Animal 10 p.m. atthe Highlife, cover charge

Shelly Fraley 10 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, $5

Honky Suckle with Cletus GotShot 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $5 for 21+ and $7 for18+

FridayFirst Friday Artwalk 6 to 10 p.m.at downtown venues, free

Q102 Homegrown Show withSovereign, Nocturnal Nation,and Frought With Peril 10 p.m.at the Highlife, cover charge

Boombox 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $15 athttp://firstacttickets.com/view_event.aspx?event_id=409

SaturdayLemonDrop Block Party 1 p.m.to 11 p.m. on Commercial Streetin front of LemonDrop, free

SundayBryan Adams 8 p.m. at theGillioz Theatre, sold out

Members of Speakeasy 8 p.m.at Ebbet’s Field Downtown, free

SAC Weekly Film: The Kids areAll Right 9 p.m. at the PSURobert W. Theatre, free

MondayThe Koffin Kats with St. Dallas& The Sinners 7 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, $5 for 21+ and$7 for 18+

Open Mic Night 7 to 11 p.m. atHarlow’s, free

Miranda LambertCountry star Miranda Lambert

will perform at JQHArena on Fri-day, Oct. 21 with special guestsJustin Moore and the RandyRogers Band.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.and the show will start at 7:30p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at theChevy Tickets Pickup Window atJQH Arena, by phone at 417-836-7678 or 1-888-476-7849 or onlineat http://missouristatetix.com.

Ticket prices are $44.75,$36.75 and $26.75 plus handlingfees.

Free C-Street showLemonDrop is hosting a free

outdoor block party in front ofLemonDrop at 416 W. Commer-cial St. from 1 to 11 p.m. on Sat-urday, Oct. 8.

The event will feature art andbands such as Ghost Dance, Sin-cerely Yours, DJ Nick Fury, TheBootheel, Inge's Wünderband,Elliot’s Jazz Crew, Some YoungAnimal and The Spacetones.

All ages are welcome toattend.

Garage SaleThe Creamery Arts Center is

hosting a garage sale Saturday,Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in thenorth parking lot at 411 N. Sher-man Pkwy. Hidden treasures suchas furs, costumes, clothing piecesand furniture will be available forpurchase.

All proceeds will benefit SROLyric Theatre Guild, SpringfieldBallet Guild and Springfield LittleTheatre. For more informationcall Mary Christiano at 417-887-6235 or Stephanie Judkins at 417-862-2787 ext. 36.

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Event-goers sampled food and drinks from more than 26 unique Springfield restaurants and bars.

Taste of Springfield samples local dishesBy Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

Last Saturday’s fifth annualTaste of Springfield event was ahuge success with numbersexceeding last year’s crowd ofmore than 5,000 people and morethan 26 booths providing foodand dessert samples from theirmenus.

Making its debut this year,Oktoberfest partnered with theevent filling Park Central Eastwith beer, music and girls inDutch maid costumes.

Springfield’s finest localrestaurants and bars are choseneach year to participate in thebiggest party of the fall season.Those in attendance can purchasetickets, which can then be used tobuy samples of the restaurant’ssignature dishes.

Community Event Coordina-tor Sarah Hough works hard with

the rest of the Urban DistrictsAlliance to make sure that theTaste of Springfield runs smooth-ly each year.

Our guidelines are that wewant everyone to be local uniquerestaurants and we send invita-tions and take applications and gofrom there,” she said. “We have26 restaurants around the square.We could probably squeeze a fewmore in but once the square opensI hope that we can accommodate45 to 50.”

Fan favorites like FarmersGastropub, Mille’s Café,Nonna’s, Big Whiskeys and Bam-bino’s Café had booths set upwith a variety of choices. Hungryevent-goers could trade ticketsfor comfort food like BigWhiskey’s Bacon-Chicken RanchAlfredo to Farmers Gastropub’sMissouri Peachy Pork, a localdish featuring food from farmsjust outside Springfield.

“Missouri Peachy Pork is ourpork casserole with Missouripeaches and local pork from theMiddleton family farms. It’s quitepopular,” Gastropub owner BillGriffiths said. “We’ve beenabsolutely slam busy all day longand sold out three times.”

Bambino’s Café on East Del-mar suffered a similar fate, sell-ing out of their baked ziti shortlyafter 3 p.m.

Local desserts were alsooffered. Frozen yogurt bars havebeen popping up all over Spring-field and are a trend that I coulddefinitely get used to. There are,of course, the larger hotspots likethe trippy Battlefield locationFruity Land and the trendy hang-out Orange Leaf on East RepublicRoad, but my favorite place to eatexcessive amounts of fro-yo isFria.

Cancer sucks. Big time.We’ve allbeen affected by it in one way oranother. “50/50” is a movie aboutcancer. But unlike cancer, “50/50” isfantastic.

When Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is diagnosed with a rare formof cancer at age 27, he’s given a 50percent chance of survival. Now hehas to fight this thing, but he’s notalone. He has his best friend, Kyle(Seth Rogen), his mother Diane(Anjelica Huston), and a nervouspsychiatrist in training, Katie (AnnaKendrick), to help him through thistough time.

“50/50” has been described as afeel-good comedy and it really is. Itwill make you laugh and it will makeyou cry. It will make your heartbreak and then make you smile untilyour face hurts. It is a very funny

and, in a way, a light movie, but inno way does it make light of such aserious situation.

What I liked most about it wasthat it felt incredibly real. The situa-tions were mostly awkward as werethe characters, just like real life.Everything was believable, especial-ly people’s reaction to the news. Butthat’s not to say it was predictable.

Events didn’t play out how I thoughtthey would.

Now, the acting. All I have to sayis, “Wow.” I thought the acting wasamazing. Gordon-Levitt capturedthe pain and anger and sadness anddesperation and everything of ayoung man who was so careful butgot incredibly sick anyway. So care-ful he didn’t even drive because eventhat was too dangerous.

Huston, an incredible actressanyway, totally embodied the moth-er who only wants to take care of herson but can’t. Kendrick was, asusual, fantastic as a very nervousnew psychiatrist with some prob-lems of her own. She is definitelyone to keep our eyes on.

The one that kind of surprised mewas Seth Rogen’s character, Kyle.Kyle is the horny, loud-mouthed best

friend of someone who got cancerand he doesn’t know how to handleit. So naturally, he keeps trying to getAdam laid or at least use the cancerto his own advantage. However, he’snot as shallow as he may seem.

I think what “50/50” does so wellis show a broader spectrum of cancerand those it affects. It doesn’t justshow us what cancer does to thebody or focus only on the personwho is sick; the focus is on the peo-ple — all of the people.

It tells the story of people affect-ed by cancer, not cancer itself.

It’s painful and it’s heartbreaking,but it’s also uplifting. You will laughand cry and smile. Some may saythat it’s not taking this very serioussituation serious enough. I say“50/50” captures the essence of thebeast beautifully.

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New Wilco album returnsto form, gets groove back

OK now everyone, perk up yourears. Jeff Tweedy is recording anoth-er album. Get excited, I suppose. It’sweird how differently a new Wilcorelease feels now. I guess I canequate it to how I felt about “Codesand Keys” (Death Cab for Cutie)earlier this year. Of course I washoping for a change of scenery froman icon of my adolescence but myfears of disappointment far over-shadowed my hope.

Not to say that 2009’s “Wilco(The Album)” was a terrible recordby any means, but for anyone whohas tracked the 15-year-old alterna-tive rock band’s saga, the twists andturns in their catalogue can’t haveended up where it did...can it?

For me, Wilco will always soundlike their 2002 masterpiece “YankeeHotel Foxtrot.” A problem child ifever there was one, the recordalmost never came to be (its originalrelease date was Sept. 11, 2001, andnever came to be until the band wasdropped from their Warner Bros-owned label Reprise Records). But itdisplayed front man Jeff Tweedy’stenaciousness, as well as just howeasy it is to fall through cracks in themusic industry.

In 2004 the band won their firstset of Grammies for Best AlternativeMusic Album and Best RecordingPackage for their release “A Ghost isBorn.” The record was praised bynumerous publications for its sonicleaps and bounds, and its “purpose-fulness,” yet panned by several oth-ers for being overly self-indulgentand basking in pretenses (it was the

first and only Wilco record to featureTweedy on both lead guitar and leadvocals).

Tweedy essentially drew a line inthe sand and turned his back whilehe waited for his fans to make achoice. It by no means alienated thecrowd, and perhaps even bolsteredhis true fan base (just a little). Butanything done to this effect wasdiminished by 2007’s “Sky BlueSky,” a simple, straightforwardheavily classic rock influencedrecord. It was a creative step backfor a band that promised freedomfrom genre boundaries and a nakedglimpse at fantasies that were onlyhinted at before.

This brings us back to “Wilco(The Album),” an easily recogniza-ble piece of music that showed thatTweedy (finally with a completeband lineup) was no longer graspingfor his sound, but rather squeezingthe life out of it. And, as I saidbefore, it was not the artistic failurethat it could have been, but as withevery release since “Yankee Hotel,”

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Mother’s BrewingCo. Oktoberfest toprovide fall breakentertainment

By Lauren HealeyThe Standard

Mother’s Brewing Co. is host-ing its own version of Oktoberfestnext Saturday, Oct. 15 in the lotbehind the brewery.

The backyard party is from 1to 7 p.m. and will feature musicon two stages, food and, ofcourse, locally brewed beer.

Kelly Spencer, breweryadministrator, said a lot of cus-tomers have asked when Mother’snext big event would be so thiswas a prime opportunity foranother.

“We have a big beer garden inthe back and had our grand open-ing back there and it was a bigsuccess,” she said. “We also did anew beer called Old School Okto-berfest using an old school brew-ing technique, so we thought webetter throw a good old Germanparty to go with it. All of our staffwill be in lederhosen and all thegirls will be in barmaid outfits togo along with the theme.”

The Detectives, a Springfield-based rock ‘n’ soul band, willheadline the event at 5:30 p.m.This ‘50s and ‘60s cover bandwill have you singing along in notime as there’s nearly a 100 per-cent chance you’ll know at least asong or two they perform, if notthe whole set list.

Bambi Von Cleave, vocalistfor The Detectives, said Mother’sOktoberfest in the Ozarks will bethe first time the band has playedoutdoors downtown.

“There’s something aboutexperiencing live music outdoorsthat is incredible,” she said. “It’llbe a great show with fantasticdancing.”

Speakeasy, a progressive rockband from Springfield, will playat 3:30 p.m. The band plays awide variety of groove-oriente-

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Nearly 160 students used clue cards to solve the murder mystery.

Murder Mystery Dinnerentertains ‘Clue’ styleBy Dylan BeckerThe Standard

A missing CEO, multiple sus-pects each with a hidden agendaand a fictitious corporate scandalensued Tuesday night at MissouriState.

Student Activities Council pre-sented its second annual MurderMystery Dinner. This year’s mys-tery centered on a corporationthrust into chaos after the apparentdisappearance of Eric Wilde, theCEO of Worldwide Prestige, Inc.

Now why would someone wantto kidnap Eric Wilde? Was itbecause of greed? Was someoneenvious of Mr. Wilde? Or didsomeone have a grudge against theCEO?

Almost 160 students gathered tofigure out why he went missing.Donning their new personas andpoker faces, friends teamed up tosolve the impeding mystery.

The mystery was separated intothree main rounds. During the din-ner each group received an enve-lope that contained the clues neces-sary for each character for thatround. These clues were the key tounlocking the mystery. As eachround progressed, students soughtout and found more information.Periodically new elements sur-faced, inching the mystery for-ward.

With each clue card characterswere allowed to reveal only tiny

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bar is across from the busstation on Park CentralWest and set up their Tasteof Springfield booth not farfrom there, offering a selec-tion of their delicious

crepes from a bananas Fos-ter crepe to a GimmeS’more Crepe. They willsoon offer savory crepes aswell to compliment theirsweeter varieties.

Other local favoritesincluded Springfield’s pre-mier cupcake bakery, TheCup, offering samples oftheir Pumpkin Cakewich, acreamy cinnamon vanillabuttercream middle sand-wiched between two piecesof their moist pumpkinspice cake.

This year’s most impor-tant addition to Taste ofSpringfield was the deci-sion to partner with Okto-berfest Village.

A city ordinance waspassed to coincide with theevent, allowing the crowdto walk through the streetscarrying beer purchasedfrom different vendors.

“They’ve always had astand-alone event and thislast year we thought itwould make a lot of senseto combine those,” Houghsaid. “So we worked withthem to bring OktoberfestVillage to Park CentralEast.”

People were able to pur-chase beer tokens at theOktoberfest entrance andthen could trade them fordrinks from different ven-dors placed throughout thestreet.

“Normally you wouldhave been confined to abeer garden in private prop-

erty so today only you cancarry that beer with you inthe city streets which is abig step for Springfield,”Hough said.

The Oktoberfest sidefeatured booths from thedifferent surrounding barslike the Blue Bull Bar andGrill and Fedora SocialHouse as well as booths forupcoming businesses.

Local business ownerTravis Dibben said he plansto open a new comedy clubNine of Clubs this Decem-ber. The comedy lounge andgrille will feature comedyacts five nights a week withcomedians from ComedyCentral, the Tonight Show,Last Comic Standing andmore.

Taste of Springfieldgives local businesses andrestaurants a chance toreach out to the people ofSpringfield. The event isreally the perfect time topimp your new entrée,establishment or event andTona Rowett did just thatwith a booth to promotelocal, sustainable andhealthy food.

A new annual holiday isin the works called FoodDay. It’s a national move-ment with an annual eventto begin this Oct. 24 that

will educate people abouthealthy and affordable foodproduced in a sustainableand humane way.

Rowett and her partner,Winston Riley, have organ-ized Springfield’s Food Dayevent to take place on Oct.22. The event will featurecooking demonstrations,live music, sampling oppor-tunities, a beer garden andkid friendly activities.Admission is $2 and theevent will take place from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Wil-hoit Plaza Parking Lot atJefferson Avenue and ElmStreet. Visit http://food-daycelebration.com formore information on how toget involved.

Taste of Springfield’sbooths were voted on bythose who purchased ticketsto attend the event. Prizeswere awarded for the bestappetizer, best entrée, bestdessert and best booth.Fedora’s Peppadews, mini

sweet red peppers stuffedwith cream cheese andwrapped in bacon won bestappetizer. Dublin’s Passtook home the best entréefor their cottage pie as wellas the best booth prize. Bestdessert went to The Cup fortheir pumpkin harvest cup-cake.

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By Tyler TinninThe Standard

If you’re a gamer on a budget,there are trying times ahead. Videogame publishers are notorious forstacking their AAA-releases as closeto the holiday season as possible.Here is my comprehensive guide tohelp you stretch your wallet duringthe hectic days ahead. Included foreach release will be a hype ratingand when you can expect it to hitshelves.Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

Hype: 3/5 — Release date: Nov.15

“Assassin’s Creed: Revelations”is the fourth game in Ubisoft’s“Assassins” series and the last gamethat will be set in the Renaissanceera. This game will feature all threeof the series’ main protagonists sofar: Altair, Ezio and Desmond. Onenotable addition to the gameplayformula is the “hookblade,” whichallows your assassin to zip-line andpull enemies in for quick kills. Thereis also talk of craft-able bombs,underground cities and a return ofthe multiplayer that was debuted in

“Brotherhood.” Last Word: Looks to have a lot ofpotential, but will be outshined bymajor releases like Skyrim.Batman: Arkham City

Hype: 5/5 — Release date: Oct.18

Rocksteady Studios surprisedeveryone in 2009 with the release of“Batman: Arkham Asylum.” Thegame went on to earn many acco-lades, including several “Game ofthe Year” awards and even a Guin-ness World Record (Most CriticallyAcclaimed Superhero Game Ever).As such, it is no surprise that its suc-cessor has been eagerly anticipated.“Arkham City” has been confirmedto feature appearances from villainssuch as The Joker, Harley Quinn,Mr. Freeze, Hugo Strange and TheRiddler. Arkham inmates have optedfor a bigger sandbox this go-around,so prepare to become the night.

Last Word: A must-buy for anycomic book fan, as there is no bettersuperhero-simulator on the market.Battlefield 3

Hype: 5/5 — Release date: Oct.25

The “Call of Duty: Modern War-fare” series is all about reaction timeand reflexes. A second’s hesitation isoften the difference between life anddeath, so there often isn’t much timeto drink in the surrounding chaos.Battlefield’s tone and presence isoften the opposite. “Battlefield 3”keeps the maximalist approach it hasused over the years, now addingfull-fledged jet combat into the mixand supporting 64-player matcheson PC. “Battlefield moments” havebecome gaming vernacular in theyears since the release of “Battle-field 2.” One such example: A heli-copter pilot could bail out at the lastsecond, using his aircraft as a mis-sile to bring down an enemy sniperstronghold, then pull his parachuteand plant C4 on a nearby tank fromabove, destroying it before he eventouches the ground. That’s just ageneric example — it’s your duty tocreate your own!

Last Word: The Frostbite 2engine brings the most realistic“Battlefield” experience to life. Getsome!The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Hype: 5/5 — Release Date: Nov.

11If it were possible for me to give

this game a 6/5 in hype, I wouldhave. “The Elder Scrolls IV: Obliv-ion” was the biggest and mostgroundbreaking title for the Xbox360 at launch, and the only game totruly showcase the graphical capa-bilities of the platform at that time.“Skyrim” looks to reinvent thewheel again with an upgradedengine, improved weather effects,roaming dragons (which serve asindependent bosses and mini-boss-es) and as always the most immer-sive RPG experience money canbuy.

Last Word: If you have any pas-sion for RPGs at all, you’ve proba-bly already pre-ordered it.Rage

Hype: 4/5 — Release Date: Oct.4

ID Software is colloquiallyknown by gamers as the granddaddyof the FPS. John Carmack recentlydebuted iD Tech 5, the new propri-etary engine of iD software, which“Rage” has been developed for.“Rage” is a post-apocalyptic shooterwith role-playing elements that aims

to create a more story-driven experi-ence in the FPS genre. With cus-tomizable and craft-able weapons,varied characters and environments,solid-voice acting, and even vehicu-lar combat, “Rage” plans to createan experience that you won’t soonforget.

Last Word: While it offers themost novelty of any release thisfall, it is also an unproven fran-chise.

These are just a sampling of theAAA-titles coming out this fall. Beon the lookout for games such as“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,”“FIFA 12,” “Halo: Combat EvolvedAnniversary Edition,” “The Legendof Zelda: Skyward Sword,” “MetalGear Solid: HD Collection,” “NBA2K12,” “Star Wars: The OldRepublic” and “Uncharted 3:Drake’s Deception.”

With so much AAA-qualitycoming to consoles within a fewmonths, you can’t help but thinkthat maybe the industry is shootingitself in the foot. Where were thesetitles during the summer when themarket was dead? In any case, itlooks like this fall will be hard onthe hardcore gamer’s wallet.

Stretch your wallet for hectic game release season

By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

A fashion-conscious personknows that to achieve a unique lookone does not always have to spend alot of money. The right piece canmake or break an outfit and a littlegoes a long way. Expensive bou-tiques carry enviable items butsometimes it’s hard to come up withthe cash.

Downtown Clothing Exchangeopened last week on the corner ofPark Central Square next to the ParkCentral Library.

Offering a welcome alternativeto high priced cookie-cutter itemscomes a store that puts one-of-a-kind clothing back on the streetsand in the hands of those with a lit-tle money to spend, not a fortune.

The business offers fashionablethrift and vintage items, as well asgently used clothing at a fair price

and with the added bonus of know-ing that it’s unlikely someone willbe able to put their hands on two ofthe same item. This means that eachoutfit is unique, and with the largevariety of clothing offered, you canmix and match to get the perfectlook.

Store owner Janina Hargin hadalways wanted to be her own boss,but after graduating from MissouriState University didn’t know howshe wanted to utilize her fashiondesign degree. A suggestion from afriend turned her on to the idea ofclothing exchange.

“I talked about wanting to openup a vintage store but there’salready tons of vintage stores,” Har-gin said.

After gaining inspiration fromsimilar stores like Arizona TradingCompany in Lawrence, Kan., Har-gin started working on a businessplan. After finding the space, an old

building that was once a T-shirtshop, the Downtown ClothingExchange was on its way.

Assistant Manager CourtneyTucker and Hargin have been col-lecting vintage clothing for years,either for personal use or to sell onthe popular website, Etsy.

They both started collectingclothing for the store a little overfour months ago, and with such alarge inventory already in theworks, it was easier to fill the shop.

The walls inside the store arepainted bright blue, accented byedgy black and white curtains andthoughtful placement of clothingthroughout the store. Almost all ofthe stands and mannequins arereused as well, something the ladiesbelieve adds to the value of theirbusiness.

“A lot of our fixtures are recy-cled,” Tucker said. “We try to get asmuch used stuff as possible, not

only to save money but our aim is toreduce the impact of consumerismand reuse what is already avail-able.”

The store buys, sells and tradesgently used clothing that coincideswith current fashion trends as wellas vintage clothing, accessories andhome décor.

As an added bonus, the ladiesplay local music. So while you’reshopping you might hear musicfrom bands like Falcon Punch,Golden Giant or Southern Panthers.They sell the bands’ CDs as well soif you like what you hear ask themabout it and you may be able to buythe music.

The Downtown ClothingExchange also carries handmadeitems from local designers madefrom recycled materials. To speakwith Hargin about selling yourhandmade recycled items to thestore, email her at

jnhargin@gmail.comFirst Friday Artwalk takes place

this week and with it comes theanticipated grand opening of theDowntown Clothing Exchange.

The store is partnering with AValerie Boss Salon on Friday tostyle live models who will be wear-ing fall’s latest trends.

The event will also feature art-work by local artist Kat Philbin,along with music, refreshments anda drawing. For any purchase madethat day, the shopper is entered towin $50 in store credit.

Store hours are Tuesday throughThursday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. andFriday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to7:30 p.m. The store will stay openuntil 9:30 p.m. this Friday for theirgrand opening celebration. Be thefirst to show off something youpicked up at the Downtown Cloth-ing Exchange and head there forOctober’s First Friday Artwalk.

Downtown Clothing Exchange brings breath of fresh air to shopping on the square

By John CookThe Standard

The Great Wall of China is a series of stones,rammed earth and brick placed along the northernpart of China, originally used to protect the Chineseempire from fifth century B.C. through the 16thcentury. The wall was a great defensive asset, help-ing guard the world’s greatest power at the time.Centuries later, the Missouri State volleyball

Bears have resurrected history, providing a defen-sive duo unlike anything ever seen before at Ham-mons Student Center — seniors Calli Norman andKelley Michnowicz.Known to head coach Melissa Stokes as “The

Great Wall of China,” or to fans as “The Twin Tow-ers,” Norman and Michnowicz have been main-stays for the Bears ever since arriving here in 2008.Fifteen matches in to their final season Mich-

nowicz said they still have unfinished business.“Our first year here we were picked fourth in the

Missouri Valley Conference,” Michnowicz said.“We went on to win the MVC that year. Now herewe are again our senior season being picked to fin-ish fourth in the conference. I think it’s fate that wewin it again this year.”Calli and Kelley, or as they would call each other

— Callpants and Kellpants — have known eachother since they were 15 years old.“We went to high school at two different places,”

Norman said. “It just so happened that we bothcame here for a volleyball camp at the same time.

Ever since then we have been drawn to each other.”Norman, who has been first team All-MVC three

years in a row, said she wants to be an All-Ameri-can this year.“I made All-Regional my sophomore year,” Nor-

man said. “I’ve been really close a few times, but I

TuesdayOct. 4, 2011

TuesdayBaseball, 3 p.m. at homevs. Ontario Blue Jays

Women’s Golf, 8:30 a.m. away atJohnie Imes Invit.

ThursdayBaseball, 3 p.m. at homevs. TBD, Fall World Series Game1

FridayBaseball, 3 p.m. at homevs. TBD, Fall World Series Game2

Women’s Soccer, 7 p.m. athome vs. Drake

Volleyball, 7 p.m. at homevs. Creighton

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at homevs. Northern Illinois

SaturdayFootball, 2 p.m. at homevs. Illinois State

Volleyball, 7 p.m. at homevs. Drake

Field Hockey, Noon away atMiami (Ohio)

Swimming & Diving, 10 a.m.away at Show-Me Showdown

Softball, 1 p.m. away atCentral Arkansas

Softball, 3 p.m. away atTulsa

Men’s Soccer, 7 p.m. at homevs. Central Arkansas

Ice Hockey, 7 p.m. at homevs. Northern Illinois

SundayField Hockey, Noon away atBall State

Women’s Soccer, 1 p.m. away atSIU-E

FootballSaturday, Oct. 1Northern Iowa 7 14 14 7 - 42Missouri State 0 7 0 0 - 7Men’s SoccerTuesday, Sept. 27Oral Roberts 0 1 – 1Missouri State 2 4 – 6Saturday, Oct. 1Northwestern 2 0 – 2Missouri State 0 0 – 0Women’s SoccerFriday, Sept. 30Illinois State 0 0 – 0Missouri State 1 0 – 1VolleyballFriday, Sept. 30Bradley 21 27 18 15 – 1Missouri State 25 25 25 25 – 3Saturday, Oct. 1Northern Iowa 25 25 25 - 3Missouri State 21 20 17 - 1SoftballSaturday, Oct. 1Saint Louis 2Missouri State 1SEMO 1Missouri State 6Field HockeySaturday, Oct. 1Central Michigan 2 2 – 4Missouri State 0 0 – 0Sunday, Oct. 2Central Michigan 1 4 - 5Missouri State 0 1 - 1Cross CountrySaturday, Oct. 1Greater Louisville Cross CountryClassic 1st of 32 (Blue Race)Women’s GolfTuesday, Sept. 27Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invit. 3rdof 12Ice HockeyFriday, Sept. 30Illinois 0 1 1 - 2Missouri State 2 1 0 - 3

Saturday, Oct. 1Illinois 2 1 2 1 - 6Missouri State 2 2 1 0 - 5

Scorebox

CalendarOctober 4 toOctober 10

BriefsTwilight Tip-Off setto introduce BearsOn Oct. 16 the Lady Bears and

Bears basketball teams will intro-duce their 2011-12 teams to thepublic. The event includes scrim-mages and a dunk contest, as wellas a three-point contest.Tickets go on sale Oct. 11 and

can be purchased over the phoneor through http://missouris-tatetix.com.

Williams to missupcoming seasonFreshman guard Dorrian

Williams will miss the entire2011-12 basketball season aftertearing his labrum.Williams will undergo surgery

this Friday and will be redshirtedfor this season.

Panthers punish Bears

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

Missed opportunities in the first half hauntedthe Missouri State Bears football team in their42-7 loss against the Northern Iowa PanthersSaturday at Plaster Sports Complex.The Bears’ six-game home winning streak

dating back to 2009 was snapped as they turnedthe ball over three times in front of 14,827 fansduring their home opener.“We had our chances,” Bears head coach

Terry Allen said. “We squandered a couple ofopportunities in the first half. We had the ballinside the five-yard line twice and didn’t comeaway with any scores. We can’t do that against agood team.”After sophomore quarterback Trevor Wood-

en’s interception was returned for a touchdownand freshman wide receiver Robert Fields fum-bled the ball inside the Northern Iowa five-yardline, the Bears (0-5) were still only down 21-7when they began their final drive of the first halffrom their own 11-yard line.The offense marched 85 yards, converting a

fourth-and-one inside the UNI 30-yard line, toset up first-and-goal on the four with 15 secondsleft.With a chance to make it a one-possession

game before the break, Wooden was sacked onfirst down. With no timeouts remaining, theBears scrambled back to the line and spiked theball with one second on the clock. But a Bears’false start resulted in a 10 second runoff and thehalf ended with the score still 21-7.“It should build momentum a little bit,” Bears

senior running back Stephen Johnston said. “If

we would have scored of course we would havehad a lot of momentum going into halftime, butto drive it all the way down there, we shouldhave been amped up for the second half.”The offense was unable to recover, however,

and by the time the Bears got back into UNI ter-ritory on a two-yard Cadarrius Dotson receptionearly in the fourth quarter, they were alreadydown 35-7. It would be the only time the Bearsoffense crossed the 50-yard line in the secondhalf.Allen said that the big halftime deficit

allowed the Panthers to sit back in a two-deepsecondary and let their lineman and linebackerscreate havoc up front, shutting down the Bears’

offense.“We played into their hands by letting them

be up by 14 at the half,” Allen said. “But it’s avery sound, very good, very athletic, senior-dominated defense.”Offensively, the Panthers (3-1) were bal-

anced, rushing for 187 yards and throwing for255. UNI established a tough inside runninggame early on with redshirt freshman DavidJohnson (18 rushes, 114 yards). This drew thesafeties inside and exposed the Bears to quickwide receiver screens in the flats.“In essence, it was an option to throw it to the

Photos by Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

The Bears gained a total of 262 yards on 59 offensive plays and gave up a total of 442 yards to Northern Iowa in the home opener.

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

The Bears fumbled the ball twice and Northern Iowa had two interceptions as well.

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Track andfield tandemreach out

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Norman and Michnowicz are both seniors.

By Kyle BoazThe Standard

Through rigorous practice andendless school hours and study-ing, two Missouri State athletesare able to find time to lend ahelping hand to the community. Sophomore jumper Kimsue

Grant and junior thrower JelániKelly of the track team began par-ticipating in charity work in theSpringfield area, and they weren’tlooking for recognition. The coaches were unaware

their players were contributing totheir community on their own.“I think it was through Face-

book pictures I found out and I’mlike, ‘What are you guys doing?’”assistant coach Brent Hobbs said.“I see them doing a bunch of yardwork and in the soup kitchen.They told me what it was and Iwas like, ‘Wow, that’s great.’” On their two trips for volun-

teer work so far, the women wentto the Christian Campus House

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Bears drop homeopener, fall to 0-5this season

flat,” Allen said. “Pretty nicescheme — they get the safe-ty’s eyes inside and then theyput the corners out there on anisland where you’ve got oneguy out there catching and theother guy blocking.”

The scheme helped UNIsenior quarterback TirrellRennie complete 13 of his 16pass attempts and UNI juniorwide receiver Terrell Sinkfieldcatch five passes for 94 yards.

“We just tried to get theshort yards and have every-body hold their blocks andhave our receivers makeplays,” Sinkfield said. “Ourreceivers are pretty fast.When we get in the open fieldwe can make plays.”

The Bears offense took ahit when redshirt freshmanwide receiver Julian Burton— arguably the team’s mostexplosive player — injuredhis ankle on a second quarterpunt return. Wooden was stillable to complete 18 of his 21

pass attempts, and senior run-ning back Chris Douglasgashed the UNI defense for53 yards on nine carries (5.9yards a carry).

Special teams gave theBears a boost as well. SeniorDan Reichert’s blocked puntset up the Bears’ only touch-down, a five-yard run byWooden in the second quar-ter. Also, long snapper KalebMueller recovered a fumbleon the team’s first punt, butthe Bears were unable to turnthe extra possession intopoints.

Bears defensive end MikelRuder said that it was nice tofinally play a home game anddespite the 0-5 start, no one ispanicking.

“I have faith in our coach-es,” Ruder said. “I have evenmore faith in our players thatwe’re going to keep on thegrind and we’re going to getgoing and begin to have asuccessful season.”

Next up for the Bears willbe their second home game at2 p.m. on Saturday at PlasterSports Complex against Illi-nois State.

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Tables begin to turn for men’s soccerBy Adam HammonsThe Standard

When the Missouri State men’s soccerteam lost by three goals to go 0-4 on the sea-son, things didn’t look good. But they kepttheir confidence and started to make progress,going 2-1-2 in their last five games.

In the first four games of the season theopposing teams outscored the Bears 8-2 andthey had yet to win a home game.

It was a frustrating time for the Bearsbecause they were losing, but it was also theway they were losing.

“We weren’t panicking; we were certainlydisappointed,” senior midfielder Heath Melu-gin said. “We really thought we put ourselvesin positions to win every one of those games,but we didn’t get it done.”

The Bears outshot their opponents 50-35in those four games. They just couldn’t putthe ball in the back of the net.

Melugin, the leading scorer for the teamlast year struggled as he had zero goals afterthe first four games.

“It’s about finding your form,” Meluginsaid. “Just like in basketball your shot maynot be falling for you.”

It was after the Bears lost to Cal StateNorthridge in New Mexico that games startedto change. The next five games the Bearsoutscored opponents 8-4.

“It was out at Albuquerque that we tookthat tough 3-0 loss with Northridge,” headcoach Jon Leamy said. “I think the team, theplayers, made a pledge that we were reallygoing to get back on form.”

Not only did the offense get back on form,but the defense started to step up as well. TheBears’ back line only gave up four goals andhad two shutouts in those five games.

“It takes a while for people to get to knoweach other,” freshman defender James Fawkesaid. “This team just knitted really nicelytogether the last couple matches and that’swhy we started to win, I feel.”

Fawke said it’s important on defense totrust your teammates and to know whereplayers are, even if they are behind you.

Just because both the defense and offense

started to play well doesn’t mean the Bearsmade a big change to their play. The goalsjust started to fall.

As a veteran coach with 198 wins, Leamyknows that sometimes shots won’t find thenet. Some games you get the win and some-times you get the win in the shot column.

“Creating the chances and putting our-selves in good scoring opportunities is themost important thing,” Leamy said. “So if wedo that, we know the goals will come.”

Players also say their mentality has basi-cally stayed the same all season. Their confi-dence in themselves and their team has neverfaltered.

“We always stayed positive. We alwaysknew we could do it because of the talent wehave here on the team,” Fawke said. “Wewere just unfortunate in the first couple ofgames, and now it’s starting to show what wecan do as a team. I think we’re going to showpeople what we’re really about.”

The Bears kick off conference play at 7p.m. Friday at Plaster Sports Complex againstCentral Arkansas.

haven’t been able to makeit to that top level. Thisyear I hope to change that.”

This year Norman leadsthe Bears in hitting per-centage (.342) and blocks(66), and is second on theteam with 139 kills.

Michnowicz became thefourth All-American inMSU volleyball history lastyear. She also hit .367 in2010 which put her secondall-time at MSU and eighthall-time in the MVC.

So far in 2011Michnow-icz is second in hitting per-centage (.305) and blocks(46).

Stokes said it will beweird looking out on thecourt next year and not see-ing the duo there.

“It was just the otherday that me and coach Jeni(Jones) were talking aboutthis,” Stokes said. “We

both looked on the court,and neither Norman orMichnowicz were outthere. It was a scary feelingseeing that. It’s going to bea huge void without them.”

Michnowicz said thetwo make a great teambecause they balance eachother out.

“I’m more of a jokesterand she’s more of a calm,cool leader,” Michnowiczsaid. “If I have too muchenergy, she brings me backdown to the right level. Ifshe doesn’t have enoughenergy, I pump her up.”

But Norman went on tosay that they still get oneach other’s nerves everynow and then.

“We both have littlethings that get to us,” Nor-

man said. “She’s a neat-freak, which gets on mynerves. That’s why we’venever lived together. We’rea lot alike, but so differentat the same time.”

Both women said theyhope to leave a lastingimpression at MSU. Stokessaid they certainly have.

“No one should ever geta ball past The Great Wallof China,” Stokes said.“Whenever they’re not atpractice, or at a game orjust around in general, it’snot the same. Without theirpresence the freshmen willhave to step up big timenext year.”

The Bears (11-5, 4-1)return home on Friday toplay Creighton at 7 p.m. atHammons Student Center.

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After starting 0-4 the Bears are 2-5-2.

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and the Victory Mission,Kelly said.

The Christian CampusHouse is a ministry at MSUthat helps out at soupkitchens for those less fortu-nate. The Victory Mission isa women’s shelter.

The idea came from aflier from a teammate’smailbox and grew fromthere, Kelly said. The abilityto connect with another per-son is the highlight of thework.

“My favorite part is inter-acting with the people andgetting to know about themand hear their life stories,”Grant said. “We get a lot oflife experience. You gain awhole lot of wisdom and lifelessons.”

The idea to do the charitywork had no contributingfactors, Kelly said.

“[It’s] basically knowing

that you can help someoneelse out; that you can touchanother life,” Kelly said.

The decision was basedpurely on what the athleteswanted to do for themselves,Grant said.

“Nothing really motivat-ed us to do it or no one elsedid, we decided that it’salways good to give back toyour community,” Grantsaid. “After the first time wewent, we saw that theyweren’t the only ones whowere benefiting from this.”

The team’s religiousbackground helped makethe decision easier, Hobbssaid.

“We have a pretty strongChristian foundation withthe girls on the team,” Hobbssaid. “I think they think it ispart of their obligation asChristians to do that.”

The two athletes said theyplan on continuing theircharity work throughout theyear. The coaches are proudof their athletes’ off-the-fieldactivities.

“That’s what impressesme the most, that it’s notsomething that’s forced onthem by our coaches or any-one else,” Hobbs said.“They’re going to betterthemselves as individuals.”

The work the athleteshave done hasn’t beencounting towards the BearCup, a competition betweenMissouri State athletic teamsin different areas such ascommunity service andachievement, Grant said.

The women offeredencouraging words to any-one on the fence thinkingabout participating in volun-teer work.

“It doesn’t just affect you,it affects others,” Kelly said.“It might not seem that sig-nificant to you but you neverknow how that affectedsomeone else’s life. It’s defi-nitely a learning experience.You learn a lot about your-self.”

Grant added, “If you’rewilling to take a chance, youcould fall in love with it.”

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by rules such as “You can hidethe truth, but do not lie or makeup clues.”By the end of the first round

themystery was altered when aransom note was founddemanding $50,000 for thereturn of Eric Wilde.At the end of the second

round, Misty Rainbow, the

prime suspect in the kidnap-ping, was found dead, her headbludgeoned with a stapler.Fingerprints were lifted and

Stoney Oxadoddy, StormWormward, Quince Frost andBasil Maples were all key sus-pects.With the mystery nearly

solved, each character wasgiven the chance to pick whothey thought was the killer. Themajority voted for JasmineAurora, a domineering interimCEO; however, her motives

would later prove her notguilty.By the end of the night

Storm Wormward, a cynicalsmooth talker, was dramatical-ly revealed to be the killer ofMisty Rainbow and the kid-napper of Eric Wilde.Rebecca Robinson, SAC’s

After Hours graduate assistant,said she and others in thegroup put a lot of time andeffort into the Murder MysteryDinner.“Events like these take a lot

of prior planning,” she said.“Normally we plan a semesterahead.”

Robinson said that thenumber of participants for theevent almost doubled.“This one just came up ran-

dom last spring,” Robinsonsaid. “About 80 people showedup last time; tonight we had160.”SAC’s goal is to address

those underrepresented groupsof people, including theatrestudents and artists. A way to

remedy this is by havingevents that are capable ofbringing in different crowds.Because of the theatrical aspectthis event had, it brought in adiverse group of people,Robinson said.“We saw characters coming

out that weren’t planned at all,”Robinson said. “They werepeople who were themselvesand had a great time. I person-ally liked this event a lot.”Samuel Holder, a freshman

art history major at MSU, said

he attended the event as RaineHuckleberry, a calm man whomight have a secret side tohim.“I enjoyed it because I was

made to talk to people who Inormally would’ve nevertalked to,” Holder said. “Thedinner also made me think theentire time.”According to Robinson, the

Murder Mystery Dinner isplanned to be a traditionalevent held one time eachsemester.

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rock with amazing guitar solos inevery song (to be fair, you’ll sure-ly get amazing solos from eachband).“Mother’s Brewing Co. is such

an exciting presence in downtownSpringfield and these events are ariot,” guitarist Shawn Eckels said.“People can bring their families,

hear great local bands and drinkgreat local beer all out in Mother’sbackyard. I can’t wait.”The Ben Miller Band, a Joplin-

based bluegrass band, will play at1:30 p.m. The band creates a dis-tinctively Ozarkian sound with theiruse of a slide guitar, washboard andwashtub bass.“There’s a lot of different influ-

ences and tones that we take,”Miller said in an article published inThe Standard Sept. 20. “Tonesmeaning like a string band sound or

a Dixie sound, bluegrass or blues,but there is some direction throughall of it. I’m not exactly sure what itis but I feel it has something to dowith the region we’re from. I thinkthat what we do really sounds likeour area.”Between main stage sets, tradi-

tional German polka music will beplayed by the Garbonzos at the sec-ond stage.Local food will include

bratwurst, sauerkraut, schnitzel,goulash, big pretzels, burgers and

more.Mother’s Brewing Co. is down-

town at 215 S. Grant Ave. Entry is$5 for adults (not including food ordrinks). Entry for children 15 andunder is free. Your first beer will be$5 in a souvenir plastic beer steinwith the Mother’s logo on it. If yourefill that cup, every beer after thefirst is $4. There will also be T-shirts for sale, Spencer said.Rain or shine, it will be fine,

event posters boast. “We’ll have two separate tents,

one long and skinny for the Germanfood and that’ll be a sitting/eatingarea and we’ll have another one forthe field for over the bands andstuff,” Spencer said. If you still have energy after the

daylong event, there’s anotherchance to see Speakeasy at theHighlife Martini Lounge. The coveris only $2 with your Mother’s Okto-berfest wristband and $7 withoutthe wristband. Only those 21 andolder will be allowed in the afterparty. Doors open at 8 p.m.

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could always have been so muchmore.So now as 2011 begins to wind

down, Tweedy prepares for therelease of his eighth studio album“The Whole Love” on Sept. 27 viahis brand new self-financed recordcompany dBpm. Even for many oftheir truest fans it was not a datemarked in many calendars. This isnot to say that it’s an album thatwon’t reach a great many ears, but alot of us are just plain tired.In the coming weeks you will

most likely hear phrases like “returnto form” and “got their groove back,”or even “this is the best Wilco releasein nearly a decade.” All of this isprobably true, but not for reasons Iwould have liked. It’s not a curve ballby any means, but it’s still going to

make you swing.The album unfurls with one of its

strongest tracks “The Art of Almost;”the closest outstretched arm to theschizophrenic guitar compositionTweedy was dabbling with in 2004’s“A Ghost is Born,” at a time whenthey were often referenced as ‘theAmerican Radiohead.’ The track starts as nothing more

than a few electronic blips and aloose beat, but slowly finds itself run-ning into a wall of orchestration leav-ing in its wake a much tighter beat, afirst taste of some of the finest bassplaying of John Stirratt’s lengthycareer with Wilco. There’s nothing altogether lyrical-

ly significant going on here, but thesong speaks for itself as the mightyjam out closing the track may well beone of the finest moments of guitarwork thus far of 2011. It certainlyreads and sounds like a promise of amore avant garde approach for thealbum, akin to the sessions pre-”Sky

Blue Sky,” but from the first few sec-onds of the first single “I Might,” it’simmediately apparent this isn’t thecase. The track is a clever little guitar-

oriented pop song certainly reminis-cent of Tom Petty. The sunny atmos-phere is a stark contrast to the play-fully ominous tone in Tweedy’swords, (“And that’s right/you won’tset the kids on fire/Oh but I might”).Dark stuff that doesn’t really feel thatway, but I suppose that’s always beenthe appeal of Wilco.The structures and attitude of

“Sunloathe” and “Dawned on Me”might call to mind images from“Magical Mystery Tour,” foundheavily in the drumming of GlennKotche and the perceived simplicityof truly complex pop songs. Whetherit is a whistle from Tweedy here orthere, or a momentary sonic explo-sion to end a bridge, there is nearlyalways something new to discover onrepeat listen.

And this seems to ring true for theentirety of the work, which sounds ofa band no longer afraid to embrace asound that has never served themwrong. However, it’s hard to take thisat face value from a band that has lefta fan base waiting for the last sevenyears for new ground, and certainlycontradictory coming from a musi-cian who never used to have a carewho he chose to alienate. But for those who find themselves

sticking around with “The WholeLove” for a little while, patience willpay off. Album closer “One SundayMorning (Song for Jane Smiley’sBoyfriend)” is a clear example, asTweedy leads us on a 12-minute nar-rative journey settled upon a simplefolk guitar motif.Tweedy tells a story of a father

and a son and their disagreements onreligion. When the father one daydies he realizes his son was right butonly after it is far too late, leaving theson to ruminate on what exactly he

lost.(“Ring ‘em cold for my father./

Frozen underground/Jesus I wouldn’tbother/he belongs to me now.”)It is certainly some of Tweedy’s

finest songwriting, but will be lost toone without patience, as for meTweedy’s true craftsmanship wasalways to be found in his word, andhis ability to tell a story. For this, Iwould be surprised if the Wilcodiehards are unshaken by “TheWhole Love,” a record that willnever define Tweedy’s career by anymeans, but also certainly won’t tar-nish it.So buy it, listen to it, shelf it. You

probably should, at least to say youdid. Who knows, you may find some-thing worth revisiting. This definitelyappears to be the feel of the work. Itnever tries to be the greatest Wilcoalbum, but never gives clues that theaging musicians might be runninglow on ideas either. And yeah, I guessit probably is a “return to form,” too.

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Office of Student Engage-ment has gone down inrecent years. The scorecardcan be found athttp://www.missouristate.edu/publicscorecard/Stu-dentsinCommunitySer-

vice.htm.The scorecard shows that

from 2005, just less than 60percent of volunteering wasdone through the CampusVolunteer Center. In 2009-2010, that numbereddecreased to roughly 42percent, a 15 percent dropfrom the previous year.According to the public

scorecard, this does not nec-

essarily mean volunteeringhas dropped but rather thatstudents are using differentways to do their service.While the numbers for theCampus Volunteer Centermay have dropped, otherareas increased their num-bers such as Citizenship andService Learning, whichincreased its numbers to 49percent, the highest it has

been according to the five-year chart.“I don’t imagine there is

a decline in students volun-teering,” Grayshaw said.“We have had over 2,000hours of community servicelogged this semester andover 20 groups have madeservice trips to Joplin.”“Our Into the Streets

program to serve the

Springfield community hadalmost 200 volunteers inattendance. This fall breakwe will have 15 studentsparticipating in service herein Springfield for an alter-native fall break and wehave plans for the opportu-nity for students to becomeengaged in the communityduring their spring break aswell.”

Students looking for vol-unteer opportunities cancontact volunteer@mis-souristate.edu for moreinformation. Informationon which services can beused to fill the servicerequirements can be foundat: http://www.missouris-tate.edu/studentengage-ment/ScholarshipService/default.asp.

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