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By Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

Missouri State hasexpanded its BearLineshuttle service by addinga new route that will takestudents to and from thedowntown area from 6p.m. until 2 a.m. on Fri-day and Saturday nights.The safe ride shuttle

route is a pilot programthat began two Fridaysago and will continue torun on a trial basisthrough March 17.Kayse Melone, Stu-

dent Government Associ-ation’s director of admin-istrative and informationservices, spearheaded theroute extension projectthat is geared toward giv-

ing students a safe alter-native to driving or walk-ing to the downtown areaon weekend evenings.“I think there has been

some sort of safe trans-portation on the week-ends, especially becauseMSU is so close to down-town,” Melone said.“People can walk, butwhen it’s cold and peopleare going alone, it defi-nitely needed to be put inplace.”Missouri State’s

Administrative and Infor-mation Services Commit-tee has been looking intoimplementing some formof the safe ride programfor several years, Melonesaid.“One of the ideas that

had been worked on inthe past by SGA was todefer payment for theYellow Cab companywith a ZipCard,” Melonesaid. “But because of thefuture of ZipCards andthe fact that technologywasn’t available, therewere a lot of obstacles.”The safe ride shuttle,

which will be referred toas the pink route, willserve downtown Spring-field and specific areas ofcampus until springbreak. The route beginsat Plaster Student Unionand will continue withstops at Florence andCherry, Greek Row,Kentwood Hall, ParkCentral Square, Ham-mons Student Center andthen back to the PlasterStudent Union.“One of the underly-

ing goals was to hit theresidence halls and createthe transportation down-town and back,” Melonesaid. “It’s a shorter route

than the regular nightroute.”At the end of the nine-

week trial run, the uni-versity will decide onwhether or not to makethe route permanent.“It’s basically a use-it-

or-lose-it situation,” Mel-one said. “Administrationwants to make sure thatthe money would bespent effectively. It’sabout the number of stu-dents per weekend andthe overall smoothness ofthe program.”Shuttle operator Jim

Woodward has been driv-ing a BearLine route for

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Students provide freeincome tax servicesStudents from the School of

Accountancy will be available toassist people with free tax prepara-tion, E-filing and questions aboutother tax issues as part of the Volun-teer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)and Low Income Tax Clinic (LITC)programs. Assistance is available through

April 15 at scheduled times in GlassHall and at various locations aroundSpringfield. The program is open totaxpayers with household incomesunder $50,000 per year, older adultsand taxpayers who speak English asa second language. For a list of scheduled times and

locations,go to www.missouris-tate.edu/soa/TaxClinic.htm or call 1-800-427-4626.

CalendarJanuary 31 to

February 6

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

GMAT Preparation Course, 6 to9 p.m. at Morris Center 407

Public Lecture: “Televising Tes-timony: Kathryn Kuhlman andYour Faith and Mine,” 7 to 8:30p.m. Meyer Library 101

WednesdayAfrican American HistoryMonth, all month

11th Annual Community Volun-teer Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. atPSU first and second floors

ThursdayStudents for a SustainableFuture general meeting, 5:30 to6:30 p.m. at Temple Hall Pit

Springfield E-verify Ballot Initia-tive Education Forum, 6:30 to8:30 p.m. at Meyer Library Audi-torium

FridayChinese New Year Banquet,5:30 to 9 p.m. at PSU 300E, $10

SundayFaculty Recital: David Hays,violin, 3 to 4 p.m. at Ellis Hall217b

Trial BearLine promotes safety

UpcomingSmoke-freecampus policysparks debateBy Brandon CorriganThe Standard

After a tough day of classes,Matt Bertarelli can be found atthe Glass Hall designated smok-ing area, one of 26 on campus.The senior sports and entertain-ment management major willhave his cigarette in tow—theBertarelli way of winding downfrom the daily grind.Come next semester, Bertarel-

li will be forced to alter his nico-tine routine. Missouri State Uni-versity plans to become a com-pletely smoke-free campus byAug. 15.Employee Health and Well-

ness Coordinator Sheila Bowensaid that MSU will begin tofamiliarize students with the newpolicy in April. That will giveBertarelli and other smokers timeto adjust to that policy.“We will see a lot of signage

being ramped up, particularly atthe designated smoking areas,and a lot of marketing to thateffect,” Bowen said. “All of ournew information that’s going outto incoming freshmen will havethat we will be tobacco-free inAugust 2012.”Bowen said she believes that

students will accept the policy.An actual enforcement policywith penalties has yet to be put inplace.“We won’t have real strong

enforcement; our goal is thatpeople will embrace it,” Bowensaid. “If they don’t, we’ll dealwith it. We will be coming upwith polices for enforcement if itcomes to that. Most universitiesdon’t have enforcement in placebecause people kind of realizeit’s a policy and go along with itthrough the course of awarenessand education.”Bowen said that a student who

repeatedly violates the new poli-cy would likely be encouraged tovisit with the dean of students.Completely tobacco-free cam-

puses have become an accelerat-ing trend in Missouri andthroughout the U.S. The Univer-sity of Missouri-Columbia plansto become smoke-free on Jan. 1,2014.If MSU students want to see

the first smoke-free college in theU.S., they would only have totake a short trip down NationalAvenue to Ozarks TechnicalCommunity College.Ty Patterson, former vice

president of student affairs atOTC, helped implement the banon tobacco at the campus in2003.“When OTC established the

policy we didn’t have any penal-ty phase for at least a year,” Pat-terson said. “The tobacco policywent into effect in August 2003and we didn’t start issuing anytype of penalties to people whoviolated the policy until October2004.”According to OTC’s Tobacco-

Free Policy, students who are dis-covered using tobacco productson campus receive a citation andwill be required to meet with thedirector of safety and security. Inaddition, they will be required toeither pay a fine of $15 or spendtwo hours cleaning up tobaccorefuse around campus.Patterson, now executive

director of the National Centerfor Tobacco Policy, has helpeddevelop smoke-free policies foruniversities and community col-leges across the nation, includingthe City University of New York,University of Oregon, Universityof Arkansas, Washington Univer-sity in St. Louis and WestminsterCollege in Fulton, Mo.In an effort to help people

kick the habit of smoking, MSUhas offered students and facultytheir smoking cessation pro-gram and free nicotine replace-ment therapy. Bowen said thatmore than 20 people have comein for the nicotine replacement

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Herba Thea provides variouskinds of teas and snacks.

By Anna ThomasThe Standard

Miller O’Reilly RealEstate Developersannounced the new DeepElm and The Jeffersonapartments that will bebuilt and opened byAugust 2012 through thelaunch of their website onJan. 24. Both apartments are

close to campus, fullyfurnished and cover allutilities including cable,Internet, Wi-Fi and on-site recycling. MattMiller, co-developer, saidhe sees the apartments asa great opportunity forstudents.“With my apartments

downtown, I realized thatI was leasing a lot ofapartments to students,”Miller said. “And withmy daughter going to col-lege, I saw the conditionsof the living options andthought of getting intostudent housing. We start-ed The Monroe apart-ments and were reallyhappy with it.”

Deep Elm and The Jef-ferson are similar to TheMonroe apartments but,as Miller describes, aretrying to hit a differentmarket with its price. TheJefferson will have roomsstarting at $350, all inclu-sive, and Deep Elm willhave rooms starting at$550. Also, the apart-ments have a by-the-bedlease, meaning that eachstudent is responsible fortheir own lease.Karolina Kosinska, a

sophomore biologymajor, said she thinks thelease and price are benefi-cial.“Having one bill for

everything is perfect. It’seasy to keep track of inmy busy student life,”Kosinska said. The apartments have

more to offer than just theprice. Deep Elm will belocated on 701 E. Elm St.across from Bear ParkNorth. Each roomincludes a private bed-room, a private full bath,a full kitchen, washer anddryer in each unit, andwill be fully furnished.Deep Elm will also

include a courtyard in thecenter of the apartmentbuildings to not only addto the architecturaldesign, but also to bring asense of community. “The courtyard can be

used for a variety of

activities, but it also helpsto make good neighbors,”Miller said.The Jefferson, which

will be located on 835 S.Jefferson across from Jar-rett Middle School, hasall of the same amenities.It too will be fully fur-nished, have a fullkitchen and washer anddryer in each unit. These features are a

big seller for juniorspeech and languagepathology major PaigeLewis.“I think they’ll have

great quality and it’s niceto offer fully-furnishedapartments,” Lewis said.“Plus, it’s nice to have a

washer and dryer in theunit.”The websites for the

apartments display floorplans, prices and contactinformation. Students canvisit http://www.deep-elmleasing.com for theDeep Elm apartments orhttp://www.thejefferson-leasing.com for The Jef-ferson apartments. Leas-ing has already begun inpreparation for the fall2012 semester.“One thing we’ve

learned from downtownand The Monroe is com-munity, and we want ourapartments and lifestyleto be built around that,”Miller said.

New student housingnear campus to bebuilt by August 2012

Photos provided by Miller O’Riley Real Estate Developers

Deep Elm (top) and The Jefferson will providehousing for Missouri State students in fall 2012.

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The trial safe ride shuttle will serve downtown Springfield and areas of campus until spring break.

BearLine pinkroute hours of

operation

Friday and Saturday6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Creators ofThe Monroeto build twocomplexesfor students

New shop serves upherbal tea downtownHerba Thea, a new tea house

downtown, opened Dec. 8. HerbaThea means “herbal tea” in Latinand boasts creations like Nutellabanana sandwiches and bubble tea. Hot teas are served in mis-

matched teapots and teacups arerecycled from flea markets. Fridayand Saturday nights the shop hostsacoustic folk bands and classicalpianists.Herba Thea is located at 220 S.

Campbell Ave. and is open Mondaythrough Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 11p.m. and Friday and Saturdays10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.

New pink route provides students withlate-night transportation

By Dayle DugginsThe Standard

With Missouri’s primaryinching closer and closer,many voters may be unawarethat candidate’s names aren’tthe only item they will be see-ing on the ballot as an E-Verifyproposal’s fate will be deter-mined as well.George Connor, the head of

the Political Science Depart-ment atMissouri State, empha-sized the importance of voting,despite the primary being moreof a beauty contest now.

“Voters in Missouri shouldknow that it’s still importantbecause the outcome of theRepublican nomination can beinfluenced by their participa-tion in the primary regardlessof what happens in March,”Connor said.Republican poll-goers may

also be unaware that their votesare more of a non-binding cen-sus than a selection of a pre-ferred presidential candidate.Rather than stick with a tra-

ditional primary on Feb. 7, theMissouri Republican StateCommittee has instead chosen

to hold county caucuses onMarch 17.“The Missouri Republican

Party recently voted to moveour caucus system for the pur-pose of bindingMissouri’s del-egates to the national conven-tion,” the Missouri RepublicanParty’s website says. “Thischange was prompted by newrules from the RepublicanNational Committee & Demo-cratic National Committeerequiring states to move theircontests to March 2012 orlater.”Had Missouri not changed

its primary date, half of thestate’s representatives wouldnot be present at the nationalconvention.Major candidates that will

be on the Feb. 7 ballot includeMitt Romney, Rick Santorumand Ron Paul. Altogether, 10Republicans will appear on theballot.While Barack Obama is

considered to be a shoe-in forthe Democratic nomination,Randall Terry ofWest Virginia,

Darcy Richardson of Floridaand John Wolfe of Tennesseewill appear on the Democraticticket. James Ogle III will rep-resent the Libertarian Partyunopposed.Voters will also run into the

E-Verify ordinance, an onlineprogram that confirms the eli-gibility of workers in the Unit-ed States.Jerry Wilson, director of

communications for the localgroup Ozarks Minutemen,helped to place the initiative onthe Feb. 7 ballot.“The purpose of the ordi-

nance is to prevent unautho-rized workers in the city,” Wil-son said. “It basically willeliminate the job magnet thatdrives illegal aliens to theOzarks.”Businesses in Springfield

would be required to use thefree program, which woulddiscourage illegal aliens seek-ing work.With around 700,000 ille-

gal aliens crossing the U.S.border each year, Wilson

described the proposal as themost humane and efficient wayof solving what he considersan immigration issue.Indira Ondetti, a professor

in the Political Science Depart-ment, offered her perspectiveon the issue, stating while theapproach is a way to tackleimmigration seriously, the pro-posal does have its flaws.“I think that it is liable to

lawsuits due to the jurispru-dence of the Supreme Court,also because it’s so broadlyworded,” Ondetti said. “I thinkthat it would also create a kindof unfunded mandate for thecity because somebody needsto supervise this. At a time thatwe’re worried about money,this is imposing a mandate onthe city to do things and prob-ably will increase costs interms of defending the cityagainst lawsuits.”Downfalls in the program

include possible administrativecosts for businesses, heftyfines for those who violate theordinance and easy-to-

convince employers, Wilsonsaid.To find out more about the

upcoming election, or to getsigned up for future voting,visit http://www.mo.gov/my-government/elections/.

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Springfield voters to decide E-Verify proposal Candidates in Missouripresidential primary

Democrat• Barack Obama• Randall Terry• Darcy Richardson• John WolfeRepublican• Gary Johnson• Herman Cain• Mitt Romney• Michael Meehan• Rick Perry• Keith Drummond• Jon Huntsman• Michelle Bachmann• Rick Santorum• Ron PaulLibertarian• James Orland Ogle III

For most sports fans in America,one of the most celebrated days of theyear is Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s berealistic, football is America’s favoritesport and the NFL is the premierleague that allows us football fans toindulge in the game at its highest levelweek in and week out from August tothe beginning of February.So naturally, the culmination of it

all—the Super Bowl—is one of themost popular and widely-watchedsporting events in the world year afteryear.Here’s my take on this year’s game

between the New England Patriots andthe New York Giants and who I thinkhas the advantage.

Quarterback:This is an easy one. While Eli Man-

ning has proven in recent years that hecan be a great franchise quarterback, Ido not consider him to be “elite.” Hon-estly, Manning shouldn’t have evenmade the Pro Bowl this year (SeeMatthew Stafford, Detroit Lions). TomBrady on the other hand has been anelite QB for many years now and hasthe MVPs and Super Bowl rings toprove it.

Advantage: Patriots

Running back:Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon

Jacobs make up a pretty formidabletandem at running back for the Giants.The Patriots on the other hand use astable of guys including Ben JarvusGreen-Ellis, Danny Woodhead, StevanRidley, Kevin Faulk, Shane Vereen andLousaka Polite. They even gave tight

end Aaron Hernandez some carries intheir divisional playoff win over theBroncos. But the Patriots are so heavi-ly dependant on Brady’s arm, their run-ning game is somewhat of an after-thought.

Advantage: Giants

Wide receiver/tight end:This is a hard one. Let’s take a clos-

er look. The Giants have two 1,100+yard receivers on their roster in VictorCruz and Hakeem Nicks. ReceiverMario Manningham and tight end JakeBallard are also legitimate threats. Asfar as the Patriots are concerned, theyhave the best tight end tandem in theNFL with Hernandez and the record-setting Rob Gronkowski. Not to men-tion slot receiver Wes Welker, who tal-lied over 1,500 yards this season. Thedetermining factor is that the tight ends

for New England cause so manymatch-up problems and are very hardto stop, especially Gronkowski, who Iconsider to be the best tight end in theleague.

Advantage: Patriots

Defense:The Patriots and Giants both ranked

near the bottom of the league in totalyards given up this year. However, theGiants boast something that sets themapart: a stable of fierce pass rushersthat have the ability to dominategames. With Jason Pierre-Paul, OsiUmenyiora and Justin Tuck, the Giantswill need to get a lot of pressure onBrady and force him to make mistakes.

Advantage: Giants

Coaching:Tom Coughlin probably would have

been fired if the Giants wouldn’t havesnuck into the playoffs this year, andit’s hard to bet against a coach whoalready has three rings and the best QBin the game. Plus, Belichick has thelegendary cut-off hoodie.

Advantage: Patriots

Both of these teams have been inthis position before. In fact, they facedeach other in Super Bowl XLII back in2008 when late heroics by Eli Man-ning, David Tyree and Plaxico Burressclinched the game in the waning min-utes. However, this time the Patriotswill prevail and capture their fourthSuper Bowl title of theBrady/Belichick era.

Final score: Patriots 31, Giants28. Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady.

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Patriots 31, Giants 28MVP: Tom Brady

New amenities willbenefit MSU studentsIn this issue of The Standard, we includedthree stories in particular that will have a greatdeal of impact on the students of Missouri StateUniversity.For starters, in our story “New student housingnear campus to be built byAugust” you will findinformation about the new student housing beingbuilt close to our campus—the Deep Elm andThe Jefferson apartment complexes. These com-plexes will add to the student experience becauseof the quality of the housing that they are expect-ed to bring. Deep Elm and The Jefferson—alongwith Beacon Commons (constructed in 2011)and the new Bear Village complex—show thatthings are moving in the right direction when itcomes to providing Missouri State students withhousing that is more suitable.Another story we wrote this week — “TrialBearLine promotes safety”— addresses the newsafe ride route on the BearLine. This new routeis still on a trial basis; however, we as a staffhope that it will become a permanent fixture as aBearLine option because of the convenience thatit provides for students and the safety problemsthat it eliminates. Because of this route, it would-n’t be surprising to see the number of studentsdrinking and driving go down considerably.And finally, there is our story “Upcomingsmoke-free campus policy sparks debate,”which addresses our soon-to-be-implementedcampus-wide smoking ban—set to begin in thefall. This is a ban that will impact a large amountof students on our campus. Some say it is aninfringement on individual rights, while otherscomplain that they are tired of having second-hand smoke drift into their paths while walkingto class.As you may know, our smoking policy now isthat you must be in one of 26 designated smok-ing areas located throughout campus. There aremany issues at hand with the ban—most promi-nently the issue of actually enforcing the ban andwhat actions will be taken against the violators.We at The Standard do not believe there is anyreal way to crack down on the smokers whodecide to dabble on the wrong side of this ordi-nance.What the university is counting on is that peo-ple will respect the rule and refrain from smok-ing on campus.While this may somewhat reducethe number of people smoking on campus, therewill always be violators and we see no real legit-imate way to stop the people who need to havetheir heading-to-class cigarette. Handing outcitations would be a very inexact way to goabout it. It’s not like handing out parking ticketswhere the university might have your informa-tion and put your account on hold if you don’tpony up.All-in-all, these three issues are things that stu-dents need to know about because of the wide-ranging impact they will have across our studentpopulation. If you are looking for legitimate stu-dent housing, there is hope. If you need a ride tocampus from downtown late on a weekendnight, you are now in luck. If you are a smoker,watch out. You may be in some trouble.

A man was shot and killed by thepolice in what was once my kitchen/din-ing room.And my former neighbor, well, she

stabbed herself in the abdomen—with apocket knife, if my memory correctlyserves me. She had claimed a manstabbed her and tried to break into herapartment, and the police knocked onmy door to ask questions while I wasgetting ready for class one morning.Come to find out, she was just plaincrazy.When looking at the cozy one-bed-

room apartment in January 2009, I wastold the kitchen had been freshly paint-ed. I cringed when I thought about whatmight have been splattered under that“fresh” paint.Nonetheless, I moved in. I wasn’t too

concerned with the idea of a dead manonce lying in the kitchen.Instead, I was sold on its location.

Located directly across from the univer-sity’s Safety and Transportation Office, Icould see The Standard’s office—essen-tially my second home at the time—from my living room. And I could walkto class during the week and downtownon the weekends.Convenience over casualty, I say.I wouldn’t have been at all surprised

if one day a ghost emerged in my apart-ment. Instead, my dog and I found our-selves grappling with other unwelcomecreatures—rodent and roach roommates.A squirrel found its way in my pantry

to my coveted Ramen noodles, peanutbutter, bread and paper towels (a luxury

item, considering my budget). So Istopped using the pantry. But then therewere the baby roaches that would scatteron the countertops when I flicked on thelight switch.Essentially, I had to stop grocery

shopping. Only refrigerated calories.I called the health department, but

without other resident complaints, noth-ing could be done.Needless to say, I moved out after a

brief five-month stay.That rodent and roach-infested,

deathly hollow kitchen is now a blightedarea and will, after demolition and newconstruction, hopefully be a place forstudents to thrive.After reading today’s story “New stu-

dent housing near campus to be built byAugust,” to say that I’m jealous of thefuture Deep Elm apartments at 701 E.Elm St., as well as The Jefferson apart-ments at 835 S. Jefferson Ave., is a dra-matic understatement.Fostering good-neighbor environ-

ments with a courtyard is great—maybeeven a community vegetable garden inthe space could help cushion grocerybudgets and encourage interaction. Anda washer and dryer in every apartment

are luxury items I never even imagined afew years ago.And the price…If I weren’t toting a

toddler and mortgage these days, I’dconsider moving back to Elm Street.I paid $485, in addition to cable and

Internet, for that dinky, dirty, one-bed-room place that didn’t even have centralair conditioning or washer-dryerhookups. And if I wanted more than onewindow AC unit, the price went up.Considering that logic, maybe I shouldhave been given a discount when the onestopped working.Though I’m sure the new apartment

building will be much more sanitary andstudent-friendly, I’m nostalgic about itall.Even though the houses are currently

in quite a despairing and disgustingstate, I have a love for Victorian-stylehomes. The houses’ walls, crown mold-ing, windows—everything—is rich withhistory. My enormous closet (anotherpoint that persuaded me to move in) hada small window above the door, pointingto a past use that ran rampant my imagi-nation.I’ve lived in a handful of places

throughout Springfield, and none ofthem are quite as memorable as thatquaint four-room, one-bedroom apart-ment.Who knows—maybe future residents

will have their lives shaped by their stayat 701 E. Elm St. like I did.Whatever thefuture holds, I just hope they have alonger, and more sanitary stay than Ihad.

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By Nick SimpsonThe Standard

Tuesday night is not always thenight the weary college studentpicks to drop their cares and wanderinto the Springfield nightlife. Fortu-nately, you wouldn’t be able to tellthis to a number of local DJs andother music artists in Springfield.

There are many clubs, venuesand bars that cater to the tirelessyouth, offering drinks and entertain-ment for next to nothing, and onesuch up-and-coming production isTuesday’s Stew at the Outland Ball-room (324 South Ave.) every Tues-day night starting at 9 p.m. Ladies18 and up are offered free entry, asare men 21 and up. Guys 18-20must pay a $5 cover fee.

In the door you’re likely to comeacross DJ producers you might nothave ever heard of or seen before,such as last week’s performances byDJ Hipposcottamus and TJ Aether,and this is one pride the developersof this project have had from theget-go.

The Stew is the brainchild of DJproducer and artist Gary Bedell,

though he has worked and beenacquainted with the mindsinvolved: girlfriend Stacy Fisherand MC Jason ‘JB1’ Toliver forquite some time.

“We all used to be in a collabproject called The Legion ofGroove like four or five years ago,”Bedell said. “And people were like,‘Oh, we want you to play here, orplay here, or play here again.’ Wewere only supposed to do it one ortwo times and that was it, but it’sbeen pretty cool in the end.”

Bedell said he has found aunique home as a producer in a citysuch as Springfield, where the net-works are smaller and artists aremore apt to work with one another

for creative outlet.“I think being and hanging out in

some of the scenes in other cities,Springfield is actually a lot moreunified,” he said. “In bigger cities,

everyone has their own little groups,and no one wants to work togetherunless there’s a lot of moneyinvolved. It gets super terrible after


CalendarJanuary 31 toFebruary 6

TuesdayQuantum Groove 9 p.m. atLindbergs, free

Tuesday’s Stew 10 p.m. at theOutland Ballroom, free for ladies18+ and gents 21+

Open Mic Night 9 p.m. at theOutland, free

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

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

St. Dallas & The Sinners 11 p.m.at the Outland, $3

SAC Weekly Film: “Tower Heist”9 to 11 p.m. in the PSU RobertW. Theater, free

ThursdayThink ‘n’ Trivia 7 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, free

Big Smith Family and FriendsBenefit for Bill Thomas 6 p.m. atPatton Alley Pub, $10 suggesteddonation

Sally Switchblade, BlackBonnet Ballyhoo, and LBJ3 10p.m. at the Outland, cover charge

Video Vamp and NocturnalNation 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, cover charge

FridayJazz Trio 8 to 10 p.m. at theOutland, $3

Rags to Rich’s 9 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, cover charge

Addicted to Love featuringVibeSquaD: In Memory of NatCowen 8 p.m. at Remmington’sDowntown, $10-$13 presale (CDWarehouse, Cosmic Fish, Kalei-doscope, Stick It In Your Ear),$15 at door

Troy E.P. Release Show withGhost In The Machine andAmbrister 9 p.m. at the OutlandBallroom, $10 for 21+ and $12 foryounger than 21

SaturdayAdam Lee & The Dead HorseSound Company, Blue BootHeelers, and St. Dallas & TheSinners 9 p.m. at Lindbergs,cover charge

LuciD CD Release Showfeaturing Machina 8 p.m. atOutland Ballroom, $10 for 21+and $12 for minors

Khrome 9 p.m. at Patton AlleyPub, cover charge

The Quiet Type, Soma and TheCaptain's Son 10 p.m. at theOutland, cover charge

SundayMembers of Speakeasy 8 p.m.at Ebbets Field Downtown, free

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

Mascara Metal Monday 10 p.m.at the Outland, free

Lydia Loveless setto perform in town

Country music star LydiaLoveless will perform at 8 p.m. onTuesday, Feb. 21 at LindbergsBar.

Loveless recently released“Indestructible Machine,” herBloodshot Records debut album,to rave reviews. The album waslisted fourth on SPIN’s Top 20Country/Americana Albums ofthe Year.

The show will be for ages 21and older and the cover will be $8.Lindbergs is at 318 W. Commer-cial St.

Avett Brothers toplay in Springfield

The Avett Brothers will per-form at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March10 at The O’Reilly Family EventCenter.

The Avett Brothers’ big-labeldebut, “I and Love and You,”delivers 13 songs in an eclecticrootsy mixture of folk, country,bluegrass, rock and pop with a bitof punk-style dynamics.

Tickets range from $29.75 to$39.75 with applicable fees andcan be purchased at The O’ReillyFamily Event Center Box Office,http://drurytickets.com or byphone at 417-873-6389.

For more information on thebrothers, visit http://theavet-tbrothers.com.

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Parisian pâtisserie perfected

By Kelsey BerryThe Standard

The French word “pâtis-serie” is defined as “a typeof French bakery that spe-cializes in pastries andsweets.” If pastries andsweets are your cup of tea,you are in luck, becausethere is one such placemuch closer than France.

Elle’s Pâtisserie is neatlytucked away on the cornerof Pickwick Avenue andCherry Street no more thana few minutes from Mis-

souri State’s campus.Owner and operator ElleFeldman opened her shopon Feb. 14, 2011, and hashad been successful in sell-ing her handcrafted truffles,pastries and ice cream.

The small, yet cozy, shopis decorated with an “every-thing France” theme; thecolors and decor inspired bya trip to France that Feld-man took two years ago.

Feldman has been bak-ing since childhood with thewomen of her family andshe and her husband Jon do

all the baking themselveswith the help of their 5-year-old son, Oliver.

“Myhusband andI are self-taught. Imake thetruffles andhe does thepastries andice cream,”Feldmansaid. “Wereally makewhat welike to eatbut then, ofcourse, also what sells best.”

Elle’s Pâtisserie offers avariety of specialty ediblesincluding almond crois-sants, sweet and creamylavender ice cream, raspber-

ry chocolate meringues androcky road bars. To accentthese sweet treats, Elle’s

also sellscoffee thatis French-pressed byhand or, fornon-coffeedrinkers,either salt-ed or spicyhot cocoaserved withhomemademarshmal-lows. Oh,and how

could one forget the ever-so-popular chocolate-cov-ered bacon. Is your mouthwatering yet?

“Everything is hand-made in small batches.

There are no preservativesand nothing is processed,”Feldman said. “We don’talways have everything atall times because it willexpire. It’s kind of like‘what we’ve got is whatwe’ve got’ but it’s really,really fresh. So if you’regoing to eat the calories andthe treats, make sure it’s notprocessed and preserved.”

Springfield resident Jessi-ca Idleman has been a regularcustomer since Elle’s openedback in February. She com-mented on the uniquely craft-ed edibles that Elle’s offers.

“The quality of the pas-tries is remarkable forSpringfield and the artistrythat goes behind the making

Tuesday’s Stew brews upmidweek entertainment

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TJ Aether performed electronic tunes at Tuesday’s Stew last week..

Twenty-five years in prison. If youwere faced with that, convicted of acrime you didn’t commit, what wouldyou do to set things straight? Wouldyou become a “Man on a Ledge?”

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthing-ton), an ex-cop, has only one hopeof redemption: escape and orches-trate a daring heist to clear hisname. Distracting the hungry eyesof NYC, Nick teeters on the edge ofa hotel while Detective Lydia Mer-cer (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talkhim down. What she doesn’t knowis that across the street Nick’sbrother Joey (Jamie Bell) is pullingthe heist of a lifetime.

When you peel away all the the-atrical layers, “Man on a Ledge” isreally just another statement on cor-porate greed and how the rich guysdon’t go to prison. It’s definitely arelevant subject on everyone’s

mind, but this film managed to slipit in there without being too in yourface about it. They took a hot sub-ject and produced a well-made film.

The plot isn’t exactly original,but in a film vault full of crimethrillers, police procedures and serialkiller capers, it is somewhat difficultto come up with an original concept.At this point in time, everything has

been done before so now it’s, “Whocan do it better than the original?”

That being said, I think the bestway to describe “Man on a Ledge”is that it’s more interesting thangood. In no way does that mean itwas bad, it was just more of aleisurely watch than the high-octanethriller I feel they were going for.

A lot of this comes from toomuch being given away in the trail-ers. In the beginning of the film,you see Nick and Joey fighting, butthe audience already knows fromthe trailers that he helps him later.Also, the “big question” is of Nick’sinnocence, but if in the trailers yousee the guy Nick supposedly stolethe diamond from, doesn’t thatalready answer the question?

There were a couple nice littletwists tucked in an otherwise pre-dictable plot line, though. What was

nice was that they weren’t completeexperts at being jewel thieves. Theywere almost too good, but theythrew in a few hiccups so that Icould buy that maybe they just did alot of planning.

The writing was fairly clever aswell. A lot of times in movies likethis, there’s always some elementthat’s off. Usually something simplesuch as, “How did they get awaywith that? That’s not possible.”Those little tidbits tend to pull meout of the story but in “Man on aLedge” they dropped those simplelines in there that explain it. Notalways the best way to do things,but it satisfied the curiosity.

Overall, “Man on a Ledge” isworth a watch. It tackles the corpo-rate corruption better than say,“Tower Heist,” but it’s not going toput you on the edge of your seat.

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Elle’s Pâtisserie, located at the corner of Pickwick Avenue and Cherry Street, has offered a variety of treats since Feb. 14, 2011.

Tuesdayʼs Stew9 p.m. at the

Outland Ballroom324 South Ave.

Free for ladies 18+ andgents 21+

$5 for gents 18 to 20

Elleʼs Pâtisserie1454 E. Cherry St.417-832-2171

Tuesday-Friday7a.m. to 2 p.m.

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By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

The Skinny Improv has beenbringing stand up and improvisa-tional comedy to Springfield since2002. They provide family friendlyentertainment, improv classes andhave received critical acclaim fortheir main stage shows including“best belly laugh” by 417 Maga-zine.Recent relocation led the come-

dians and those looking for a goodlaugh to the space above Nonna’sItalian Restaurant at 306 SouthAve. The Sunset Comedy Club, anR-rated comedy night created bythe Skinny Improv’s house manag-er, Angel Salvador, celebrated itsdebut last Wednesday.The Sunset Comedy Club came

together as anight forcomedians todo stand upthat’s a littlemore on theraw andraunchy sidethan whatSkinny Improvfans havecome to expectfrom a Skinnyshow.“The Skin-

ny does family friendly shows—PG-13 is the limit,” Salvador said.“The best way I like to look at thisis like a first amendment night, freespeech, anything goes.”The club will put on a monthly

comedy night the last Wednesday of

every month at 9 p.m. and, for $5,the audience can enjoy seasonedcomedians as well as newcomersjust trying out their jokes on stagefor the first time.Their opening night offered a

little bit of both. Missouri Statefreshman biology major Ty Lewishas been doing stand up comedyfor about five months and has per-formed at the Skinny quite a fewtimes. His quick-witted breed ofcomedy can best be comparedwith comedians such as DanielTosh or Donald Glover and hebrought that snarky appeal to theSunset’s debut at the new loca-tion.“Most of my material comes

from stupid thoughts I have, orfrom watching TV or talking tofriends,” Lewis said. “I think I’ve

done a good jobof keeping upwith my stupidthoughtsbecause I’m notall that funnyoff stage. I real-ly have to relyon writing a lotand every jokehas to be per-fect.”While most

of the comedi-ans seemed to

rely on personal quirks or self-deprecating humor, it’s a lot hard-er than it looks. Comedians weregiven five minutes of performancetime before a bright blue lightflashed them off the stage fol-lowed by music that gradually got

louder until the mic went silent.Some comedians took the stage,

did their set and left with the crowddoubled over in a laughter. Othersfelt the awkward silence following apunch line that didn’t hit quite hardenough.Topics ranged from being

overweight to being too thin.Comedians weren’t afraid to telljokes that walked the thin linebetween funny and offensive.Nothing was sacred when it cameto jokes about awkward hetero-

sexuality, awkward homosexuali-ty, stories about cats that had to bewalked on leashes or being caughtby one’s mother while masturbat-ing.Local comedian Steven Ramirez

has been performing for just over ayear and isn’t afraid to embraceadult comedy.“I’ll do sets with a variety of

material from doing my laundry toshaving my genitals,” Ramirez said.“I’ve learned it’s all about gettingthe crowd to laugh early and keep-

ing the laughs going, I used to do alot of one-liners and play on wordsbut now I’m trying to get into storytelling.”The Sunset Comedy Club is a

place where comedians can do thejokes they’ve been working up toperforming in front of an audienceas well as sets they’ve perfectedover time.If you’re that person who is

always being told how hilarious you

Skinny Improv’s Sunset Comedy Club celebrates debut


Sunset Comedy Club, which features local R-rated comedy by comedians such as Dr. Gary, made itsdebut last Wednesday above Nonna’s Italian Restuarant in downtown Springfield.

Comedians come together for anadult-oriented comedy night

By Kris CollinsThe Standard

After graduation, students go on todo a number of things. Some get jobs,others may travel, and some pursuecareers in professional poker and com-pete for the love of a southern belle onnetwork television reality shows.Former Missouri State diver Ryan

Borup was one of 22 contestants whocompeted for the love of the southernbelle, Paige Duke, on the third season of“Sweet Home Alabama.”

Structured similarly to ABC’s “TheBachelor,” CMT’s “Sweet Home Ala-bama” is a dating show with a southerntwist. Half of the contestants have coun-try backgrounds while the other half arepulled from big cities across the nation.The cowboys, of course, want to

keep Duke in the south and prevent thecity boys from winning her heart in theirterritory.“Being from the city, I knew I would

be the center of ridicule since the major-ity of the following are girls from thesouth that love their country boys,”

Borup said.Although he now resides in Las

Vegas, his time spent in Alaska andMissouri gave him some commonground with all of the contestants.“Growing up in Alaska and spending

the last three years in Missouri makesme more country than city, but I had funplaying up the stereotype of a pokerplayer from Vegas,” Borup said.Borup grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska,

where he was a six-sport athlete for

of the truffles is somethingthat is very foreign toSpringfield,” she said.Elle’s Pâtisserie was fea-

tured in 417 Magazine asrunner-up for “Best SweetsShop” and participated in theOzark Public TelevisionWine and Food Celebration“Sugar Rush.” Elle’s wasalso a part of Springfield’s“Art and Romance ofChocolate” to help raise

money for The SpringfieldArt Museum.You can get more infor-

mation about Elle’s Pâtis-serie online athttp://ellespatisserie.com oryou can like them on Face-book.All advertising for Elle’s

is by word-of-mouth andpress coverage, but Feldmansaid the small size of hershop makes it unique and itseems to keep customerscoming back for more,whether it be for a specialevent or just to indulge in asmall treat.

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I’ve learned it’sall about gettingthe crowd tolaugh early andkeeping thelaughs going.

-StevenRamirez, local

comedian


WednesdayMen’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m.at home vs. Wichita State

ThursdayWomen’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m.away at Drake

FridayTrack and Field, All Dayat Shocker Quad (Wichita, Kan.)

SaturdayMen’s Basketball, 7:05 p.m.away at Drake

Women’s Basketball, 4:05 p.m.away at Creighton

Track and Field, All Dayat Shocker Quad (Wichita, Kan.)

Men’s BasketballWednesday, Jan. 25Illinois State 25 40 11 - 76Missouri State 34 31 4 - 69Saturday, Jan. 28Northern Iowa 24 27 - 51Missouri State 34 29 - 63Women’s BasketballFriday, Jan. 27Indiana State 41 29 - 70Missouri State 45 39 - 84Sunday, Jan. 29Illinois State 35 33 - 68Missouri State 27 56 - 83Ice HockeyFriday, Jan. 27Missouri 3 4 0 - 7Missouri State 3 0 1 - 4Saturday, Jan. 28Missouri 1 3 3 - 7Missouri State 1 1 3 - 5Swimming and DivingFriday, Jan. 27Evansville M- 97 W- 94Missouri State M-138 W-149

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CalendarJanuary 31 toFebruary 6

BriefsSeven inducted toathletic hall of fame

Over the weekend, seven newmembers were added to the Mis-souri State University AthleticsHall of Fame as a part of the 2012induction class.

The inductees were formersoftball player Heather Anderson(1994-1998), basketball playerKevin Ault (1996-2000), baseballplayers Larry Goessling (1977-1978) and Steve Hacker (1993-1995), basketball player JenniLingor (2001-2005), track andcross country runner CaseyOwens (2001-2005), and formerswimming and diving head coachJack Steck.

After the induction of thisyear’s class, the hall of fame nowsits at 339 members since it wasestablished.

BracketBuster pinsBears against ODU

Missouri State will be playingOld Dominion University at 4 p.m.on Saturday, Feb. 18 at JQH Arenaas a part of the 2012 SEARSBracketBusters series.

The game will be broadcastedon ESPNU and is one of 13 gamesselected to be on ESPN.

Last season the Bears wereplaced up against Valparaiso andlost 80-67 on the road.

Missouri State up foratmosphere award

MSU is nominated for havingone of the best under-the-radarcollege basketball atmospheres.Fans can vote on the facebookpage by liking the page then vot-ing for MSU.

The winner of this year’saward will be announced onMarch 25 .

Downing receivesnewcomer award

Junior guard Anthony Down-ing was named the Missouri Val-ley Conference Newcomer of theWeek yesterday, his third timereceiving the award during hisfirst season at Missouri State aftertransferring.

Downing is third on the teamin scoring despite only startingseven of the 23 games he hasplayed this season. He has aver-aged 11 points per game in 28.7minutes played this season andhas 252 points.

During Saturday’s game athome against Northern Iowa,Downing got the start and was thesecond leading scorer with 16points while shooting 5-for-11from the field.

By John CookThe Standard

Coming into Saturday night’sgame, the last four times Mis-souri State had played NorthernIowa the game had been decidedby one point. Amongst a rowdyMSU crowd on ESPNU, theBears made sure this time thegame wasn’t so close, blowingout UNI 63-51.

Senior forward Kyle Weemslooked to score early and often,putting up nine points in thefirst seven minutes, and led allplayers with 20 points on 7-of-18 shooting.

“We were very hungry to geta win,” Weems said. “Since Ihad been here, we hadn’t beatenNorthern Iowa at home in thisbuilding.”

With senior center Caleb Pat-terson—the Bears second lead-ing scorer—out with an ankleinjury, Weems knew he had tohelp carry the load.

The 2011 Missouri ValleyConference Player of the Yearadded 10 rebounds, giving hima double-double. He now ranksfourth on the Bears all-timescoring list with 1,737 points.

“It’s nice being able to drib-ble out the clock for once,”Weems said.

Northern Iowa (14-9, 4-7)struggled shooting from beyondthe arc, hitting just 5-of-19 for26.3 percent, while the Bears(13-10, 6-5) capitalized ontimely threes,hitting 7-of-16for 43.8 percent.

Junior Antho-ny Downingexploded in thesecond half with14 points, help-ing build a dou-ble-digit lead forthe Bears thatthey maintained nearly theentire game.

A sequence at the 4:51 marknear the end of the game toldthe story. With the shot clockwinding down, a loose ballpulled Downing into the back-court. The 6-foot guard rushedup the court and launched adeep three from the top of thekey. The shot went in just as thebuzzer went off.

“We haven’t been finishinggames,” Downing said. “It’sbeen a focus in practice to finishgames, to box out and get allloose balls.”

Just two weeks prior, theBears lost to UNI in a contro-versial 61-60 decision. MSUcoach Paul Lusk said that beforethe game he made the teamwatch the first four minutes ofthe second half, showing themthat it was their own fault theyhad lost that game, not the refer-ees.

“I wanted to make sure thatour guys knew that that didn’tbeat us, the officials had noth-ing to do with it; we beat our-selves,” Lusk said. “We shouldhave never been in that posi-tion.”

With the Bears needing apost presence, 6-foot-10 seniorIsaiah Rhine was thrust into thelineup. Rhine capitalized on just10 minutes of playing time, giv-ing MSU six points and three


Kyle Weems had 20 points.

Bears handdouble-digitloss to UNI

Lusk

By Colleen HamiltonThe Standard

In its final dual meet ofthe season, the MissouriState swimming and divingsquad honored the careersof 11 seniors. The Bearswent on to win the meetagainst Evansville 149-94on the women’s side and138-97 on the men’s side.

The women were victo-rious in the 200-yard med-ley relay, as well as the

200-yard freestyle relay.Sophomore Janke Engel-brecht anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay as sheout-touched the PurpleAces by 0.07 seconds.

The women continuedthe winning tradition with1-2-3 finishes in the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yardfreestyle, 50-yard freestyleand the 1,000-yardfreestyle.

On the men’s side, theBears improved to 15-0against Evansville—plac-ing first in all nine individ-ual events.

The relay team of PaulLe, Matthew Wilson,Aaron Dennis and JeffBentz dominated the 200-yard medley relay, beating

the fieldby morethan sevenseconds.

The 11graduat-ing sen-iors werehonoredduring thefirst break of the meet.Brynne Buell, Liz Chollet,Dimitra Drakopoulou,Katie Lindeman, LauraPeterson, Dawn Richerson,Ali Stauffer, BriannaWilloughby, Jeff Bentz,Bryson Cramer and TylerSaltzberry participated intheir last meet at the Ham-mons Student Center pool.

Peterson described thenight as bittersweet as she

reflected on her past fouryears as a Bear.

“There’s always thosemoments when (coachJack) Steck tells you goodjob after practice and thosealwaysmakes you feel real-ly good,” Peterson said.“There’s no one swim, justbeing at practice and beingwith the team and gettingthose ‘good jobs’when youknow you’ve worked reallyhard.”

The men’s team hasthree senior men left afterhaving issues with fiveswimmers last season.

“We are proud of theguys for sticking with it—the three of us,” Bentz said.

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The Lady Bears won over the weekend with the help of 25 points from Karly Buer (left) on Sunday.

Sophomores strike

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

The Missouri StateLady Bears gotan unexpectedboost from three

sophomores and foundtheir groove offensivelyin two conference winsthis weekend at JQHArena.

In Friday’s 84-70 winover the Indiana StateSycamores, sophomoreguards Karly Buer,Desiree Phillips and for-ward Bry Snow all drewthe start and scored 13,nine and nine points,respectively.

“It was great,” seniorforward Christiana Short-er said. “It just shows howmuch depth we have onthe bench, even thoughthey started this game. Itshows that it’s going to behard for teams to guard usbecause we have playersthat come in and canscore.”

Shorter scored 18points Friday, and theLady Bears also got anefficient 12 points fromsenior guard Casey Garri-son.

In back-to-back losseslast week however, theLady Bears struggled tofind a reliable third scorer.

That wasn’t an issue Fri-day as senior guardJaleshia Roberson cameoff the bench to lead theteam with 19 pointsincluding four 3-pointers.

On Sunday, the offenselooked even sharper as theLady Bears cruised to an83-68 win over IllinoisState to improve to 13-6

and 6-3 in conference.Buer broke out against theRedbirds, scoring acareer-high 25 points togo along with sevenrebounds and five assists.

Roberson said that theoffense hadn’t completelyabandoned the LadyBears in their losses lastweek, but it certainly feltgood to see some moreshots going in.

“I never felt like wefell completely off,”Roberson said. “We just

had to make some minoradjustments and I felt likewe did that tonight.”

Part of the adjustmentsfor the Lady Bears meantstepping up their intensitydefensively and generat-ing some easy buckets onthe other end. Theypressed full court and had26 steals over the week-end, including 12 fromShorter.

“We were able to getsome pressure and able toget some steals and theyweren’t always necessari-

ly in a full court,” LadyBears head coach NylaMilleson said Friday. “Ithought we limited theirshot clock a little more inthe second half and Bry(Snow) got a couple ofbig tips on the other end. Iknow we gave up 70points, but we also ran.”

Milleson said thatSnow was a major factorin Shorter’s success onboth ends of the floor. Byeffectively guarding in thepost, Snow allowed

Shorter to roam theperimeter looking forsteals, and Snow’s abilityto score forced teams toguard Shorter one-on-one.

Phillips’ big nightcame as even more of asurprise since it was justthe second time sincecoming to MSU that shehad seen significant min-utes. Milleson said thatPhillips has been workinghard in practice and shecouldn’t keep her off thefloor any longer.

“Desiree Philips hassat that bench night in andnight out but she contin-ues to be the first one inand the last one out mostdays and she’s done agreat job with her condi-tioning,” Milleson said.“She’s really bought intothe detail things that sheneeds to do and she’staken full advantage ofher opportunity.”

Roberson, who hasbeen hot and cold offen-sively, also responded toher new role. So the earlyreturns were all positiveon Milleson’s lineupadjustments, somethingshe said was dependent onthe maturity of her play-ers, especially Roberson’swillingness to let Phillips’name be called out afterthe intro video instead ofher own.

The Lady Bears’ nextgame will be at 7:05 p.m.on Thursday in DesMoines, Iowa againstDrake.

It just shows how muchdepth we have on thebench, even though theystarted this game. It showsthat it’s going to be hard forteams to guard us becausewe have players that comein and can score.

-Christiana Shorter

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Swimmingand divingprepares forpostseason

Second year players givethe Lady Bears a spark in weekend Valley sweep

Mizzou sweeps Ice Bears before conferenceBy Kyle BoazThe Standard

The Ice Bears dropped back-to-back games against Missouri thisweekend, putting their shot at a play-off position in danger.

Both games started off with evenscores through the first period, but theTigers were able to control the finaltwo periods to seal the victories withscores of 7-4 and 7-5, respectively.Nick Webb netted four goals in the

second game for Missouri."We kind of ignore standings and

rankings when we play Mizzou,"coach Tony Dunseith said. "Typicallyit's a very respectable game with twotough teams."

Both games were sell-outs with1,100 fans in attendance over theweekend.

The second bout over the weekendstarted off with a 1-1 draw throughone period, then tragedy struck for theBears.

Starting goaltender Elliot Schmidtwent down midway through the sec-ond period with an injury that changedthe flow of the game.

"Over the summer he had hip sur-gery so he was out for several monthsall summer long doing rehab work,"Dunseith said. "We're not sure if it's ascar tissue issue or if he tore some-thing but he's going to have to getchecked up."

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The Ice Bears lost twice toMizzou over the weekend.

the past 12 years. He is one of thedrivers of the new pink route andknows firsthand about the safety

issues at stake.“We’re not supposed to stop at

Bear Park North or Bear Park Southon account of people being drunkand possibly going to their cars,”Woodward said. “My boss said thestudent body decided it. I think it’sa good idea as long as people

behave themselves when they ridethe bus.”Things can have a tendency to

get rowdy on the late night shuttleroutes, Woodward said. But in his12 years as a driver, he’s never hadto expel any riders from his shuttle.“One time a guy that was pretty

drunk was about to get on my bus.It turns out he got out of a cab anddidn’t pay,” Woodward said. “I toldhim he better go settle it. The nexttime I came around, the police hadhim in cuffs.”Freshman construction manage-

ment major Toby Brown is an occa-

sional patron of the BearLine shut-tle service. He said he likes the ideaof a shuttle that runs until 2 a.m.“I’m usually up at that time of

night anyway and I park away fromcampus,” Brown said. “The busgoes right by my parking spot so Ilike it.”

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Bentz said the threeguys have a special bond;they are great friends andall live together this year.“It’s a special group of

guys that have beenthrough a lot,” interimhead coach Dave Collinssaid. “They’re a real keyreason why our team is onthe up-and-up. It’s notabout the freshmen class,necessarily. It’s the leader-ship that we have out ofthose three seniors. I’mextremely proud of themand what they’ve beenable to accomplish—just areal special group.”Collins said the

women’s squad is also a

very special group of stu-dent-athletes.“They all bring some-

thing to the team and that’simportant—a great workethic and a great attitudetowards both the academ-ics and the swimmingside,” he said.The eight senior

women are looking tocomplete their season witha victory at the conferencechampionships. A confer-ence title would be theirfourth in four years.“For them to be able to

accomplish what they’vebeen able to accomplish—they’ve won three confer-ence championships up tothis point and we’re look-ing for our fourth forthem,” Collins said.The women’s team has

won the Missouri ValleyConference five straight

times and nine times over-all. The MVC Champi-onship will take place Feb.16-18 in Carbondale, Ill.“I’m really excited

about my class,” Petersonsaid. “There’s a group offive of us who wentthrough all four years

together, so hopefully wecan win for our fourth yearand go 4-for-4.”The men’s team will

head to the Mid-AmericanConference Champi-onships March 1-3 inOxford, Ohio.

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rebounds. Junior forward Jarmar Gulley

also extended a helping hand,gathering in 10 rebounds and wasjust one point away from a dou-ble-double. The Bears seemed to feed off

the 9,376 fans in attendance forthe nationally televised MaroonOut game.“We love for our fans to come

out and support us,” Lusk said. “Ithought it was terrific today and Ihope it’ll be terrific on Wednes-day.” Lusk said the Bears must have

one of their best performances ofthe season on Wednesday againstWichita State, a team that alongwith Creighton has separateditself from the rest of the MVC.

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Missouri State vs.Wichita State

7:05 p.m. Wednesdayat JQH Arena

Missouri Stateswimming and divingat conference meetsMen: March 1-3 in Oxford, Ohio Women: Feb. 16-18 in Carbondale, Ill.

Conference Standings

Creighton 10-1Wichita State 9-2Illinois State 6-5Drake 6-5Missouri State 6-5Evansville 5-6Northern Iowa 4-7Indiana State 4-7Southern Illinois 4-7Bradley 1-10

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Schmidt was on crutchesafter the game. The ripple effectfrom the injury crept into theminds of the players."It took our mind off of the

game for a second," junior for-ward Cory Lafaver said. "Itseemed like everyone wasfocused but that's the story of theyear. We get down and it getsaway from us."The later game was filled

with tension as the refs werebusy separating players afterwhistles were blown."It was a rough, physical

game and it's a big rivalry,"freshman forward Dylan Clarksaid. "The fans were getting intoit and everyone kind of gets inthe mood even if they're friendsor not. It's a different world."A recent problem for the Ice

Bears has been giving up goalsearly in periods."You never want to be down

early on," junior forward AndyDraper said. "It's an uphill battlefrom there. It got in our heads

tonight. It shouldn't but it didand that's really what cost us thegame."The issue with early goals

could be due to slow adjustment."It takes them awhile to get

settled in," Dunseith said."Sometimes it's tough to under-stand why or how but once theysettle in they seem to playtogether better."The Ice Bears outshot the

Tigers 90-56 in both gamescombined but didn't register thesame total of goals. The goal for the rest of the

season is clear for the Bears.

"To win," Draper said. "Wehave to win every game andmake it to the playoffs. We'dlove to see this team again in theplayoffs. We're taking it onegame at a time, one period, oneshift at a time."The team's record stands at

15-15-1 with two home gamesand two road games remaining.Missouri State has four

games left against two oppo-nents—Robert Morris and SLU.The Ice Bears look to work

on their goal at 7 p.m. on Satur-day, Feb. 3 at home againstRobert Morris.

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over time.If you’re that person who is

always being told how hilari-ous you are and have been try-ing to work up the guts to tell afew of those comedy gems infront of a willing audience, thenew comedy club aboveNonna’s might just be your bigbreak.

Skinny Improv student EllenAmes is no stranger to improvcomedy but hopes to work upto stand up soon.

“I come here because I cantotally be myself and there’s abunch of people who are totallythemselves. We have fun withwhat we do and we’re like a bigfamily,” Ames said.

Comedians will be given thechance to showcase and be paidfor their performance in Febru-ary.

To find out how to become afeatured paid showcased per-former, email Angel [email protected].

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The Sunset Comedy Club performs on Wednesday nights and is an event where “anything goes,” featur-ing acts about R-related humor. The club’s next performance will be at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29 aboveNonna’s Italian Restuarant on South Avenue in downtown Springfield.

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a while.“But here a lot of people

like to work with each otherand they’re constantly shoot-ing ideas back and forth,” hecontinued. “There’s so manythat go back and forth that allof us don’t have time to do allof them. But I’d rather have aton of ideas than not have anyat all.”Stacy Fisher, a guitar

player (do not expect to seeher perform at a Tuesday’sStew) has been crucial fromthe start for the Stew, manag-ing public relations and help-ing to book pristine acts. Shesaid they face some stiff com-petition from other events onTuesday nights such as DJPlatinum at the HighLife, anopen mic night at the Out-land, and MAKE OUT! atJekyll and Hyde’s.Fisher said they have

booked acts from around thestate ofMissouri,but thatmost oftheir DJsareSpring-field-grown.“The

majorityof our DJs are local,” shesaid. “We have had one fromSt. Louis, and we’re havingone coming in March fromHollister. What’s weird iswhen people out of town con-tact us and they actuallymake the drive and do it. Wealso record every show on apodcast.”Fisher said they have seen

a wide array of people comeout to Tuesday’s Stew, often-times following a favorite DJinto the venue.“Every DJ kind of brings

their own crowd with themsince they’re all so differentand diverse, so there’s usual-ly two different crowds everyTuesday since there’s twoacts,” Fisher said. “But we’veseen more and more recog-nizable faces that come everyTuesday.”Toliver said the Stew is

open to all forms of DJartistry, and that they do nottry to respond or gravitate thestyle of their productiontoward any one genre ofDJing.“One night we might have

house, you might get hiphop—even within the samenight,” he said. “Part of thenight you might get dubstep,part of the night you mightget dubstep mixed withrock.”Bedell further expressed

this idea.“One night you might

have someguy thatshows upand does adirty crateset with abunch ofrecords youmay nothave everheardbefore,” he

said. “We treat DJs as per-formers—no one can go onstage, no one can bug them.”Fisher said it is staying

true to the artists’ originalintent for their work that willalways be a major factor intheir production.“We encourage people to

just be as creative as you pos-

sibly want to be,” she said.“We won’t tell you what toplay or what not to play; youdon’t have to keep a certainbeat to keep the crowd danc-ing. We just want to hearwhatever it is that you love.”Bedell said he himself

has not yet held a personalperformance at a Tuesday’sStew, but he is looking for-ward to spinning his owntracks on Feb. 14. He saidit’s watching two DJs meetand network for the firsttime that makes it all worth-while.“I like bringing a bunch of

DJs and producers together,when a lot of them haven’tmet before,” he said. “Andwatching them network witheach other, and seeing thoseguys go off and do otherthings and we start crossingover with other DJ nights likeFresh Mode, and Bryan John-son and those guys at WobbleWednesday, they want to dostuff with us and we showsupport for them. It kind ofturns all these DJs into onebig family or one big net-work.”Stacy Fisher agreed with

this thought and extended

upon it.“It’s not odd at all for the

first person playing a Stewnight to not have met the sec-ond DJ, but once they’veheard each other they’re mak-ing projects by the end of thenight,” she said.As of now, the Tuesday’s

Stew has no plans of slowingdown their rate of success,and encourage all those witha passion for live electronicmusic to come give them atry.“It’s been kind of a word-

of-mouth thing anyways,”Bedell said. “No matter how

much plugging we do, italways comes down to word-of-mouth around here.”Toliver said Springfield

will always have a specialplace in their hearts, and theywant to extend every bit oftheir success out to the localartists who deserve it.“We’re trying to make this

bigger, keep the local sceneinto it, out-of-towners,” hesaid. “Hopefully we’ll getsome bigger names in it butright now it’s local; it’salways going to stay local.The ones who need thechance are the locals.”

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DJ Hipposcottamus was among those who performed in the first ever Tuesday Stew at the Outland Ballroom lastweek. The event will feature many Springfield-grown DJs in the weeks to come along with other Missouri acts.

Ketchikan High. “I was adiver for 13 years,” Borupsaid. “I lived for sports. Allthrough high school and col-lege, my life revolved aroundmy athletic career.” Since graduation, Borup

has made a living from play-ing professional poker. Hesaid that he didn’t watch

either of the first two seasonsof the show and was unawareof its existence. “When the show contact-

ed me to be on this season of‘Sweet Home Alabama’ I hadno idea what they were talk-ing about,” Borup said. “Iwas apprehensive to be on adating show, but this oneseemed to be produced withmore taste.” Borup’s participation on

the show also attracted theviewership of his former Mis-

souri State swimming anddiving teammate, Torrie Vil-lasenor. “I’d never seen the show

until this season,” Villasenorsaid. “Although, once Ryantold me he was going to be onit, I definitely set my DVR.” Villasenor said she

believed that Borup wouldhave been a good contestanton a dating show without thecountry versus city dichoto-my because of his likability. “If someone would have

told me a year ago that Ryanwould be on CMT, I proba-bly would have laughed,”Villasenor said. “It’s defi-nitely strange seeing some-one that I actually know onTV.” Coincidentally, Borup

wasn’t the only MissouriState graduate to be involvedwith the show. On the otherside of the camera, keepingthings running smoothlywere Alex Brayman, AlexGarcia and Troy Schreiber.

Garcia and Schreiber workedon the first season and Bray-man has been with the showsince the beginning. “I enjoyed working on the

show and getting to work dif-ferent positions over the pastthree seasons,” Braymansaid. “It was a fun jobbecause every day was differ-ent and I never knew what toexpect.” “The experience of the

show was something that Iwould never trade,” Borup

said. “I made some lifelongfriends and had the time ofmy life. Paige is amazing andvery beautiful, and I am morethan glad that I had theopportunity for her to comeinto my life. Whether she ismy girlfriend or just a friend,you’ll have to tune in to findout.” The first episode of

“Sweet Home Alabama” sea-son three aired on Jan. 13 andnew episodes air on Fridaynights at 9 p.m. on CMT.

I’d rather have aton of ideasthan not haveany at all.

-Gary Bedell, DJproducer and artist

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Every morning when Mis-souri State basketball playerKyle Weems wakes up, hegreets the world with two sim-ple tweets: “Morning tweeps,”followed shortly by “Thankin’the man above for another day!#Blessed.”

“I feel like it’s something Ialways need to do,” Weemssaid. “Just kind of say hello tothe people that follow and payattention to what I have to say... It’s just something I try to doeach and every day.”Weems is just one of many

Missouri State student-athletesthat are a part of the world ofsocial media. Many of themsend out several tweets per day,140-character blurbs about

their lives—both on and off thecourt or field.Since their creation —

social media like Facebook andTwitter, the two most predomi-nantly used networks — havebeen linked to sports in a waythat allows athletes of anystature to communicate withthe adoring fans that want tofollow their every move.Weems is no different.As of

Monday,Weems had 1,509 fol-lowers on Twitter, a group ofpeople that includes fans,friends, sports writers, broad-casters and many others.Weems is averaging nearly

16 tweets per day since hejoined the network on Dec. 28,2009. He said he likes usingTwitter as away to interact withall kinds of people that areinvolved in his life, including

the fans that show their supportfor him online.“I just think it’s fun,” he

said. “I think it’s good for thefans to kind of know whatwe’re doing. It’s kind of fun toknow what Mike Bizoukas isdoing, whether he’s gettingshots up or just going to amovie. It’s something I enjoyand like to give back to the fansa little bit.”

A lesson from RashardWeems said that he is very

careful about what he saysthrough Twitter. After all, oncethe “send” button is pushed, itcannot be taken back. Andalthough Weems is cautiousabout his Twitter use, other ath-letes are not quite as reserved.Take for example Pittsburgh

Steelers running back Rashard

Mendenhall. The 24-year-oldfootball player stirred up quite anational controversy when hetweeted about the killing ofOsama bin Laden last May.Mendenhall sent out the fol-

lowing tweet: “What kind ofperson celebrates death? It’samazing how people canHATE a man they have nevereven heard speak. We’ve onlyheard one side...”According to freedom of

speech, there was nothingwrong with Mendenhallexpressing his views of the sit-uation. Many people took toTwitter to give the world apiece of their mind about theissue.However, because of

Mendenhall’s status as a well-known NFL player, the tweetenraged many people aroundthe nation once it was broadcaston ESPN’s SportsCenter andother TV programs.The tweet received so much

press that Steelers PresidentArtRooney II felt compelled torelease a public statementaddressing the situation.Mendenhall is certainly

entitled to his own personalopinions, but this situation justgoes to show how much powera single athlete’s tweet canhave. Like it or not, athletes—especially prominent ones—have to be careful about whatthings they put on social mediaand what things they just keepto themselves. If not, they cancatch a lot of backlash, such asin Mendenhall’s case.

In the ValleyAt Missouri State and other

schools around the MissouriValley Conference, student-athletes go through specialtraining about the appropriateuse of social media. However,the conference does not haveany control over the use ofsocial media by coaches or stu-dent-athletes, said Derrick

Docket, MVC director of newmedia and technology.“At this time, we don’t have

any restrictions or limitationsor special sessions on socialmedia,” Docket said. “That isleft up to the discretion of theindividual Valley schools. Ofcourse, social media is ever-evolving so this could change.But at the current moment intime, there isn’t anything inplace.”Many schools in the MVC

and around the nation take theinitiative to warn or train stu-dents about their use of socialmedia. Illinois State Universityin Normal, Ill.—an MVCmember—is one of thoseschools, saidMarianne Riddell,ISU’s assistant athletics direc-tor.“Our student-athletes

receive a variety of instructionand tips from me, our athleticscommunications office, ouracademic study center staff andother various administratorsand areas on our campus,” Rid-dell said.The University of Northern

Iowa—another Valleyschool—also warns their stu-dent-athletes about the dangersof using social media, saidColin McDonough, UNI’sassistant athletics director.“Each year prior to school

getting underway, as a part of alarge group of folks thataddress the student-athletes, Iaddress the proper use of socialmedia and the pitfalls that canoccur,” McDonough said. “Ijust try and remind the groupthat anything they say or postwill be seen by anyone—whichwould include the media. Youjust try and caution them to usetheir best judgment and hopethey realize that what they sayor post cannot be taken back.”

Back at homeAt Missouri State, the ath-

letics program has a similar

way of handling things, saidRick Kindhart, assistant athlet-ics director for communica-tions at MSU.“We go through a media

training in the fall with all ourstudent-athletes,” he said. “Wemake sure they understand thesocial media and understandthe implications ofwhat they’reposting, what they’re tweeting,and the implications that nega-tive things can have, not just onthe department or on the team,but also long range.”Kindhart said the athletics

department has a social mediapolicy and that any student-ath-lete that violates it is subject tocertain consequences depend-ing on the situation.Coaches also play a key role

in making sure their student-athletes are using social mediaappropriately. MSUmen’s bas-ketball coach Paul Lusk saidthat he and his staff keep aclose watch over what theirplayers are saying online.“I think it’s fun for them,

but it’s also very dangerous,”he said. “Kids could react emo-tionally, especially after a gameand just say things they don’tneed to say. It’s all fun andgames, and you think all ofthese people want to followwhat you have to say, but thenonce something negativecomes from it or you slip upand say something wrong,you’re persecuted. You have tobe so careful.”Weems said that before he

sends anything out throughTwitter, he considers one thingin particular.“Could you say that in front

of your mom?” he said. “That’skind of how I look at it. I try tostay away from the provocativelanguage, cussing, any of thatstuff. You never know how onelittle word or one little phrasecould affect a life. I like to taketime with Twitter and thinkbefore I say something.”

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program in the past twoweeks.Mollie Johnson, a senior

elementary educationmajor, is thrilled withMSU’s tobacco-free policyfor implementation laterthis year.“Secondhand smoke can

be just as dangerous assmoking and it’s my choicenot to smoke, so I’d rathernot be around it at all,”Johnson said.Others, like Bertarelli,

aren’t convinced that thepolicy will work.“I think it’s kind of a

violation of individualrights,” Bertarelli said.“I’m not sure people willeven follow it. Not every-one uses the designated

locations now when theysmoke on campus.”Patterson knows that

those who oppose smokingbans consider them to be aninfringement on their per-sonal rights, but he countersthat tobacco users shouldlook at the rights of non-smokers.“What about the rights

of people who don’t usetobacco?” Patterson asked.“What about the rights of

the people who feel likethat some of the people whouse tobacco are disrespect-ful of others, smoke aroundthem, cause them to beexposed to secondhandsmoke and throw their buttson the ground?”Bowen is confident that

when all the smoke clears,Missouri State Universitywill be a more environmen-tally friendly, beautifulcampus. There will be less

blue haze in the air andfewer crushed butts on theground, she said.“I just want to remind

people that there’s absolute-ly not one positive thingabout smoking as far ashealth goes,” Bowen said.Bowen encourages stu-

dents to contact her to getinvolved with the smokingban.“They can email me,

Wellness Educator Jerilyn

Reed or Student AffairsCoordinator Earl Domanand we will help them getplugged in,” Bowen said.“We work with the studentgovernment and all thosefolks, so we’ve have allkinds of things coming up.“Beginning in April

we’re going to be doing alot of educational aware-ness building in the com-munity and at MSU.”

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