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$1,163,237Briefs

MSU Public AffairsConference to beginnext week

The Public Affairs Conferencewill be held April 9-12 and isthemed “Inclusive Excellence.”

Some panel discussionsinclude, “Inclusiveness: Is thatwhat made Apple great?,” “It’smore than what women want: It’swhat society needs” and “Whydoes queer = fear?”

The conference is open to thepublic and free parking will beavailable in Lot 13 at NationalAvenue and Monroe Street.

A complete program is avail-able at www.publicaffairs.mis-souristate.edu/conference.

CorrectionIn The Standard’s article

“Which bathroom is ‘right’?,”published on March 25, a trans-gender child named Coy wasidentified as the son of a coupleinstead of their daughter.

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Tuesday, April 2Fall 2013 early registration —sequenced, all dayLast day to submit an instructordrop for second block classes, alldayRefund Deadline — Second blockclasses at 50 percentcredit/refund, all daySummer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all dayMaster of Health AdministrationInformation Session, 3:30-4:30p.m., Glass Hall 350Horticulture Club generalmeeting, 3:30-5 p.m., Karls Hall230Student Activities Councilmeeting, 4-5 p.m., PSU 313

Wednesday, April 3Fall 2013 early registration —sequenced, all daySummer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all dayAmerican Red Cross SpringBlood Drive, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., PSUBallroomEntertainment ManagementAssociation meeting, 5-6 p.m.,Glass Hall 350Phi Eta Sigma general assemblymeeting, 9-9:45 p.m., PSU 313

Thursday, April 4Fall 2013 early registration —sequenced, all daySummer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all dayAmerican Red Cross SpringBlood Drive, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., PSUBallroomStudents for a Sustainable Futuregeneral meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m.,Temple Hall 105

Friday, April 5Fall 2013 early registration —sequenced, all daySummer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all day

Saturday, April 6Summer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all day

Sunday, April 7Summer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all day

Monday, April 8Fall 2013 early registration —sequenced, all daySummer 2013 early registration —sequenced, all dayFaculty and staff portrait day, 9a.m.-4 p.m., PSU 312Asian American Pacific IslanderOrganization meeting, 6:30-7:30p.m., PSU 312

By Megan GatesThe Standard

Former Missouri State University bookstoredirector Mark Brixey pleaded guilty on Tuesday,March 26, to embezzling more than $1.16 millionfrom the university over 10 years.

Brixey, 48, of Ozark, Mo., was charged in U.S.District Court on Tuesday morning and pleadedguilty to charges of theft, money laundering and fil-ing a false income tax return. He waived his right toa trial and now awaits sentencing.

Following the plea and announcement, MSUreleased the 2012 internal audit of the UniversityBookstore which led to the discovery of the missingfunds.

The investigation beginsOn Aug. 20, President Clif Smart called a press

conference to announce that through the course of aroutine audit, Tami Reed, MSU senior internal audi-tor, had discovered $400,000 missing from thebookstore and $81,000 in cash in Brixey’s desk.

The audit of the bookstore’s physical inventory,

which began Aug. 2 according to Reed, was a rou-tine measure conducted each year and somethingshe had been doing since she started working at theuniversity in 1993.

Reed was conducting her work as usual, whenshe noticed something odd. A specific inventorymarkdown that referenced a check from an outsidevendor should have been received and accountedfor by the university, but it hadn’t.

Reed said she contacted Brixey, who was onvacation at an unknown location, and asked himwhere the check was.

“He said it was in his desk drawer,” she said,adding that she decided to go into his office toretrieve the check because MSU has a policy that acheck to the university must be deposited withinone day of it being received.

When Reed opened Brixey’s desk, however, shefound $81,669.10 in cash and $548.65 in coins, butnot the check she was looking for.

After Reed’s discovery, Brixey was placed onadministrative leave by his supervisor, Vice Presi-dent for Student Affairs Earle Doman, and later

u See BRIXEY page 15

By Amber DuranThe Standard

Missouri State University’sMeyer Library became part of ashared regional system with the Uni-versity of Missouri’s Ellis Library inJune of last year due to lack of spacein Mizzou’s library.

According to Tammy Stewart,library assistant professor at Missouri

State, being part of this sharedregional system means that MissouriState will share in the housing of fed-eral government documents.

Missouri State will specificallyhouse documents from the StateDepartment, International Relationsand federal hearings, according toStewart.

“With our public affairs missionand strong programs in history, polit-

ical science and especially interna-tional relations, these collections willbe of great benefit to our universitycommunity,” Stewart said.

Mizzou holds this partnershipwith two other university libraries inaddition to Missouri State, Stewartsaid — Washington University in St.Louis and the University of Central

By Nicolette MartinThe Standard

Missouri State students willhave the opportunity to vote onsix issues in this year’s StudentGovernment Elections from April3 to April 5.

Riana Sears, SGA’s chief com-munications officer, said viaemail that the issues include thoseof student body president and vicepresident, senior class president,Wyrick proposals, a bus stop shel-ter and amendments to the SGAConstitution.

David Schneider, a seniornursing major, and Brittany Don-nellan, a sophomore general busi-ness major, will be running forstudent body president and stu-dent body vice president. Studentswill have the option to vote forthem, vote no confidence orabstain from voting on the issue.

For senior class president, stu-dents will have the option to votefor Ryan Graham, a senior com-munications major, or SuzanneFeakes, a senior administrativemanagement major. Students can

SGA electionsto be heldApril 3-5

u See SGA page 10

MSU, Mizzou libraries partnerMeyer Library will house federal government

documents in shared regional system

u See LIBRARY page 2

Photo courtesy of Missouri State Photo ServicesThe Brixey embezzlement saga began Aug.2, when an audit revealed a missing check.

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State’s Meyer Library became part of a shared regional system in June 2012.

Former bookstore director Mark Brixey admits to stealing from Missouri State for 10 years

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Debate students compete in national tournamentBy Briana SimmonsThe Standard

Four members of the MissouriState Forensics Team qualified tocompete in the 67th National DebateTournament held March 29 throughApril 1. The tournament took place atWeber University in Ogden, Utah.

The four debate team members areeach paired up with a partner. JaceGilmore, senior political sciencemajor, is partnered with SamanthaNichols, sophomore religious studiesmajor, and Jeff Bess, junior socio-political communication major, ispaired up with Weston Rumbaugh,senior political science major.

The Missouri State Debate Teamhas had quite the success in the pastfew years, with seven consecutiveappearances in the elimination roundsof the National Debate Tournamentfrom 2006-2012.

“We have a long tradition ofnational success at the NDT and othermajor invitationals during the year,including a seven-year streak ofappearances in the NDT eliminationrounds,” Bess said.

Bess and Rumbaugh qualified forthis year’s NDT at a district tourna-ment in February.

“This year there were six rounds atdistricts and Wes and I won five of oursix rounds,” Bess said.

Bess and Rumbaugh used manytechniques to prepare for the tourna-ment.

“In order to succeed at a tourna-ment like the NDT, you have to logcountless hours in the squad roomdoing research and planning out

strategies,” Bess said. “We try to gritand grind every single day and focuson the process; if you do that, successwill take care of itself.”

This year’s debate topic is aboutincreasing energy production, but nomatter what the topic, there’s always

hard work that goes into preparing fora tournament.

The debaters have the help of ateam of coaches to help them preparefor tournaments.

Eric Morris, communicationsassistant professor and debate team

coach, says the biggest thing thedebaters do to prepare for a tourna-ment is research.

“The process of reading articles,extracting quotes and organizing thosequotes into arguments that you canbuild ideas on is the research process,”

Morris said. “Our top debaters putabout 20 to 30 hours into thatprocess.”

Among some of the schools com-peting in the NDT this year includeHarvard, Cornell, Michigan State andKansas State.

“You have an occasional regionalor community college, but a vastmajority of the competition are frompublic or private universities,” Morrissaid.

No matter the competition ordebate topic the debaters attempted toremain encouraged.

“We’re just trying to keep ourheads clear and our eyes on the prize,”Bess said.

If nothing else, Bess is grateful to afew people for his experiences on thedebate team.

“I’ve really got to give it up to Godfor putting me in the position to com-pete on this team and for the nationalchampionship, and I really want togive a shout out to my mentor andMissouri State alum John Patten whohas been instrumental in facilitatingour success over the course of thisyear,” Bess said.

“This isn’t the strongest or weakestseason of the last several, but (of thetwo teams) we’re really hoping thatwe get one of those,” Morris said.“We’ve got our work cut out for us.”

Neither of the two teams fromMSU made it to the eliminationrounds. According to Morris, oneplaced in the 30s, and the other teamranked in the low 40s.

The NDT was the season-endingtournament, and members will begindiscussing next year’s topics.

Photo courtesy of Missouri State Forensics TeamMissouri State students (from left) Jace Gilmore, Samantha Nichols, Jeff Bess and Weston Rumbaughcompeted in the 67th National Debate Tournament held March 29 in Ogden, Utah.

Former ELI student held without bond

By Taylor BurnsThe Standard

A former Missouri StateEnglish Language Institutestudent is being held with-out bond after allegedlyattacking another interna-tional student.

Fahad H. Maashi wascharged with first and sec-ond degree domesticassault, armed criminalaction and feloniousrestraint after he allegedlyheld a girl at knifepoint inher apartment bathroom on

March 14.Maashi is

from SaudiArabia andthought tobe a flightrisk, accord-ing to thebond rec-ommendation filed March15 by Greene County Assis-tant Prosecuting AttorneyStephanie Wan.

During a hearing on Fri-day, March 22, the state’sprosecution presented amotion for an expedited

preliminary hearing andsubmitted an application topreserve testimony of thevictim in the case.

An expedited hearingwould move the case to thesoonest possible date. Theapplication to preserve tes-timony would allow theprosecution to submit arecorded testimony fromthe victim in place of an in-person testimony.

The prosecution’srequests argue that the vic-tim, who is in the UnitedStates on a student visa,may be planning to returnto Taiwan to live with herparents, according to courtdocuments.

Nancy Price, Maashi’sdefense attorney, filedoppositions to both motionson March 28. According to

the opposition letters, thestate has only given allega-tions and has not given anyevidence suggesting use ofrecorded testimony is nec-essary.

Price’s opposition to themotion for an expeditedpreliminary hearinginvolved preparation foranother, unrelated case,according to the writtensuggestion she submitted tothe court.

Price declined to com-ment on the status of herclient but said a futurecourt date should be setonce a judge decides onboth motions.

According to a probablecause statement by OfficerAaron Cassity of the

Fahad H. Maashi charged with first-and second-degree domesticassault, armed criminal action, felonious restraint

u See MAASHI page 12

Maashi

Missouri in Warrensburg. Marie Concannon, gov-

ernment document and dataservices librarian at Mizzou,said that this partnership givesMissouri State students avaluable on-campus tool.

“MSU will have its ownlocal collection right on cam-pus,” Concannon said. “Quickand easy to get to and it willbolster the mission of MSU’slibrary.”

Concannon said that spaceat Mizzou’s library was themain reason for reaching outto other Missouri universities.

“Instead of a single libraryhaving the responsibility ofmaintaining of all documentsissued by the U.S. Govern-ment, various selective depos-itory libraries have agreed to

take documents,” she said.Mizzou’s library serves as

regional federal depositorylibrary for the state of Mis-souri, according to the U.S.government printing office.Concannon says that to savespace, they are sharing thisresponsibility with MissouriState.

Concannon said thatanother benefit of this partner-ship is the interlibrary loanservice, which allows studentsto have online access to mate-rials otherwise not available atMissouri State.

“We don’t all have to havecopies of the same materials,”Concannon said.

Stewart says that she isexcited about the opportunitythis partnership brings to Mis-souri State’s students.

“This will make morespace and everything moreeasily accessible as a library,”Stewart said.

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The home stretch. The long haul.Whatever you want to call it, it’s aboutthat time of year.

Spring break is over, spring holidaywasn’t far behind, and we now have towait out the next month and a half ofstraight classes without any breaks.

First world problems.I find that this is the hardest time of

the year to feel motivated to continuegetting my work done early.

The days are longer and the weath-er is nicer, and I’d much rather trade inschoolwork for being outside andtrade in learning to watch cat videos orlook at pictures of pancakes that looklike hamburgers.

Just me? For anyone who hasn’t come to

enjoy the same Internet habits I haveacquired throughout the years, let meintroduce you to the best ways to putoff all your homework just a little bitlonger.

Although, I take no responsibilityfor the frenzy that occurs an hourbefore your assignment is due; youhave been warned.

1. Buzzfeed Perhaps my favorite way to kill

time, when I’d rather look at quicklists in lieu of reading a few chaptersof a book, is Buzzfeed.

For those who aren’t familiar withBuzzfeed, it’s a website that describesitself as “the leading social newsorganization, intensely focused ondelivering high-quality original report-ing, insight and viral content across arapidly expanding array of subjectareas.”

If that sounds just a little bit tooscholastic for you, don’t be fooled.While some of Buzzfeed’s articles areuseful and a lot focus on issues facingour generation, some of the more pro-crastinator-friendly titles include: “36Illustrated Truths About Cats,” “Con-

firmed: William Shatner Is A Ninja,”“The Importance Of Font Choice -Work Shirt Edition” and “12 Hot MenAnd Their Feline Counterparts.”

Basically, if you enjoy seeing theuncanny resemblance betweenBradley Cooper and a sloth, and enjoythe best goat video remixes, Buzzfeedwill become your new best friend.

Sorry in advance to all the formerbest friends out there.

P.S. There’s even a BuzzfeedRewind which has lists on lists on listsof things about the ‘90s and yourchildhood for those who will be forev-er stuck in the wrong decade.

2. Thought CatalogBeing a 21-year-old female college

student, I sometimes enjoy the state ofmelancholy that comes with thinkingabout the past, thinking about thefuture and wondering why I’m perpet-ually single.

If you spend time drinking wine,taking bubble baths and constantlythinking about how “Girls” is prettymuch the story of your entire life,Thought Catalog is probably the bestplace for you to delve into to feel likethe people of the Internet really, reallyunderstand you.

Thought Catalog posts includetitles like “I Like Being Sad,” “AnOpen Letter To Digital GrammarNazis With The Grammar Corrected,”“15 Things I Don’t Understand AboutMyself” and “How To Be A Cool,

Trendy, Popular Person And Stuff.”It’s basically the best place for a

20-something who’s really into thefact that they’re a 20-something to goand discuss all the things the 20-some-things are writing about over brunch… without feeling as pretentious asthat sounds.

3. TEDMy favorite way to procrastinate,

and still feel like I’m kind of con-tributing to society in a weird way, isto watch TED Talks.

I’d like to thank Colby Jennings inthe Media, Journalism and FilmDepartment for introducing me toTED Talks in a class.

It’s the best way to kill time whilestill actually kind of learning some-thing (but it’s not the something youwere supposed to be learning, so it stillcounts as procrastinating).

I go to TED when I want to watchsomething different that makes methink. I once watched a presentationabout “Distant time and the hint of amultiverse” (because I’m weirdly fas-cinated by things like that), and avideo about the dance of the dung bee-tle.

They’re very useful in building upa wealth of knowledge that you willprobably never need to use except in agame of Trivial Pursuit, but a lot ofthem are very insightful, create con-versation and touch on issues thataffect everyone.

School is important and everything— and don’t let your professors catchyou on these sites while you’re sup-posed to be learning about real things— but if you find yourself in yourdorm room or apartment wanting toput off your homework just a little bitlonger, just take my advice to go intothe abyss of the Internet.

I can’t promise you’ll want to comeback out.

If you want to know how to steal money froman institution and increase your odds of notgetting caught, we suggest you take a look at theinternal audit of the University Bookstore thatwas released last Tuesday.Inside, it has a list of almost everythingsomeone in upper management of a businesscould do to take advantage of their employer.And, if you’ve been living under a rock or leftreally early for spring holiday, that list is exactlywhat Mark Brixey did to steal $1.16 millionfrom Missouri State over the course of 10 years.Which begs the question, why wasn’t hecaught earlier? Why was Brixey allowed hisown personal policy of being able to cash checksat MSU’s Bursar’s Office that were made out toMSU? Why wasn’t someone keeping track ofhow many times he cashed checks, or doublechecking that internal financial controls were inplace at the bookstore to prevent Brixey fromtaking advantage of the system? Why wasMissouri State so naive?These are all questions that we would like toknow the answer to. And, to most people,including Tami Reed, the answer is “I don’tknow.” And that is disappointing.Yes, we live in the Midwest and people arenice here. We like to think the best of people andlook out for our fellow man, giving him thebenefit of the doubt. But being kind and polite doesn’t mean weneed to be naive, especially when it comes tomoney, because the temptation is too great. MSU has taken steps to help ensure that a theftof this nature will never occur again at thebookstore and we commend the efforts that havebeen made. However, we hope that MSU willcontinue to be vigilant with keeping financialcontrols in place. This is the 21st century and wedon’t have the luxury of being naive whenmillions of dollars are at stake.

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Agony, ecstasy of being a fanCartoon by Rachel Brown

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I’m proud to declare that Iam a Kansas Jayhawks fan.Now, some of you may beasking yourselves why I’ddare choose to admit thisright now, what with KU’sloss to Michigan in the SweetSixteen round of the NCAATournament Friday?

You may be saying toyourself that this is a strangemoment for me to admit myloyalty to the crimson andblue in light of the team giv-ing up a 14-point lead withless than seven minutes leftin the game before eventuallylosing in overtime. I, howev-er, am not a fair-weather fan.

Yes, KU’s loss wascringe-inducingly hard towatch. But being a faninvolves not only the highmoments — the Jayhawk’s2008 National Championshipwin against Memphis, madepossible by Chalmers’ “theshot,” nine straight Big 12Championships — but alsothe lows — the loss to Michi-gan, early exits from the tour-nament by teams includingBelmont and the MissouriValley Conference’s very

own Northern Iowa, thisyear’s disappointing three-game losing streak (TCU,really?!).

Being a fan of a teammeans not only revelling intheir best moments, but alsoaccepting them when theyare at their worst. Yes, it’shard to be a fan when yourteam goes 11-22 in a season,as the MSU men’s basketballteam did this season. #fan-problems, anyone?

However, when things arelooking bleak and the futuredoesn’t look that bright, justtake a moment to reflect backon the moments that madeyou fall in love with yourteam, and look forward totheir futures.

I vividly remember theyear I started caring about

the Jayhawks. It was the2002-2003 season. RoyWilliams was in what wouldsoon become his final yearas the head coach beforedeparting to take the posi-tion at the University ofNorth Carolina. The Jay-hawks were led by Kirk Hin-rich and Nick Collison whilea promising sophomorenamed Wayne Simien wasstarting to make his presenceknown in the college basket-ball landscape. The seasonended with a loss to Syra-cuse in the national titlegame which was playedthree days before I turned12.

The championship lossand subsequent departure ofWilliams, who will foreverbe branded a traitor by mostKU fans — I prefer to thinkof him as he-who-must-not-be-named — broke my heart.But, in that moment, Ibecame a Jayhawk fan forlife as a new era under cur-rent head coach Bill Selfbegan. I’ve followed theteam ever since, and my lovefor them only grew as my sis-

ter started her collegiatecareer at the University ofKansas in 2007.

Now, as I sit with a bro-ken heart once more after aroller coaster of a season,I’ve realized that, no matterwhat heartbreaks you have toendure, there truly is nothingbetter than being a fan. Inaddition to experiencing thehighest of highs when yourteam excels, being a fanmakes you a part of a com-munity filled with people tocelebrate with and people tosupport you after a toughloss.

As my favorite time of theyear, March Madness, windsdown to a close, baseball sea-son is just beginning. A newsport brings about newchances to cheer on anotherone of your teams, revel intheir glory and undoubtedly,as I’ve come to discover, suf-fer through another disap-pointing season.

On that note, let’s go Roy-als! Now, please give us fanssomething to be excitedabout. I can’t take anymoreheartbreak this year.

LindseyHowardManagingEditor

Sheryl Crow toperform at DrurySheryl Crow, a breast cancer

survivor, will be returning toSpringfield on Wednesday, April3, with a concert to raise funds forSpringfieldian Drew Lewis andhis fight against colorectal cancer.The concert is scheduled to be

held at the O’Reilly Family EventCenter with all proceeds to bene-fit Lewis who is a 45-year old realestate sales professional.A live auction will also be held

during the show with big ticketitems available.Tickets start at $49 and are

available at the O’Reilly Centerbox office or by calling 417-873-6389. Tickets can also be pur-chased online at http://www.drurytickets.com.

Poetry slam withteen performersscheduled for AprilTeens and members of the

Missouri Poetry Slam Springfieldare scheduled to perform poemsfrom recent workshops at the ParkCentral Branch Library on Thurs-day, April 11.Performances will begin at

6:30 p.m. and teens will meet withthe group at 6 p.m.This event is free of charge.

Briefs


CalendarWednesday, April 3“Les Misérables” the film, 9 p.m.,PSU Theater, freeSheryl Crow, 7-10 p.m., O’ReillyFamily Event Center, starting at $49Open dancing, 8:30-10 p.m.,Savoy Ballroom, free

Thursday, April 4Moon City Jam, 7-9 p.m., BigMomma’s Coffee and Espresso Bar,free“A Chorus Line,” 7:30-10 p.m.,Springfield Little Theatre, seewebsite for costPublic Affairs Jazz Concert, 7:30-9 p.m., Ellis Recital Hall, free“Pajama Game” the musical,7:30-10 p.m., Craig Hall CogerTheatre, $16 advance purchasewith MSU ID, $22, $24SAC Cultural Affairs Presents: StLTaiko Drums, 9 p.m., PSUBallroom, free

Friday, April 5The Good Body, 2:30-5 p.m.,Canvas Art Gallery, $10-$18Big Read Iron Chef Cook-Off, 6-9p.m., Park Central Branch Library,freeFTBD: Real Encounters BMXShow, 6-10 p.m., First BaptistChurch, freeCourageous Love GalleryOpening, 6-8 p.m., FreedomPhotography Studio, freeFirst Friday Art Walk, 6-10 p.m.,various downtown venues, freeEdible Books Festival, 7-9 p.m.,Park Central Branch Library, free“A Chorus Line,” 7:30-10 p.m.,Springfield Little Theatre, seewebsite for cost“Pajama Game” the musical,7:30-10 p.m., Craig Hall CogerTheatre, $16 advance purchasewith MSU ID, $22, $24SAC Presents: Rock ‘N Bowl,7:30-10:30 p.m., Plaster StudentUnion Level One Game Center, free2013 Shrine Circus, 7:30-10:30p.m., JQH Arena, $12-$37“The Addams Family,” 8-10 p.m.,Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-$52Skinny Improv Mainstage, 8-10p.m., 306 South Ave., $10-$12

Saturday, April 6Ozarks Paracon, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.,Shrine Mosque, $35“The Addams Family,” 2-4 p.m.,Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-$52SAC Comedy Presents: JenKober, 7-9 p.m., PSU BallroomWest, free“Pajama Game” the musical,7:30-10 p.m., Craig Hall CogerTheatre, $16 advance purchasewith MSU ID, $22, $24“The Addams Family,” 8-10 p.m.,Juanita K. Hammons Hall, $15-$52

Sunday, April 72013 Shrine Circus, all day, JQHArena, $12-$37Springfield Urban WarriorChallenge, 7-10 a.m., PlasterSports Complex, open to the public“Pajama Game” the musical,2:30-5 p.m., Craig Hall Coger The-atre, $16 advance purchase withMSU ID, $22, $24Princess Tea & Fashion Show-Gone Mad!, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.,Creamery Arts Center, free

“G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” TheJoes are back, but mercifullywith mostly new Joes.The Joes are a celebrated,

elite branch of the military andthe evil organization Cobra isintent on bringing them down.After Cobra infiltrates the U.S.Government, it sets up the Joesas traitors and exterminatesthem with extreme prejudice.Only a few Joes remain. Led byRoadblock (Dwayne Johnson)and Snake Eyes (Ray Park),along with the original GeneralJoe Colton (Bruce Willis), theymust fight to save the world.Blah, blah, blah. None of that

By Peyson ShieldsThe StandardThroughout the month of

April, Taylor Health andWellness Center is puttingon a challenge that is opento any Missouri State stu-dent: Can you walk morethan Dr. Doman?Earle Doman, university

vice president for studentaffairs, is the one to beat inApril’s challenge. The chal-lenge is judged by a littledevicecalled apedome-ter.Clippedon thewaist ofyourpants, thepedome-ter countseach step you take. Then,each of the participatingwalkers will turn in theirsteps on a quest to beatDoman.Participants of the chal-

lenge must have registeredby March 28 and officiallystarts Monday, April 1. Thechallenge will last untilApril 28 and the top 8 par-ticipants to beat Doman willreceive a gift card to theMissouri State Bookstore,varying in amounts.Jerilyn Reed is a well-

ness educator at TaylorHealth and Wellness Centerand the one coordinatingApril’s challenge.“As of right now, I have

63 peo-plesignedup forthe stu-dentwalkingchal-lenge,”she said,adding

that this is the third timethey’ve done the competi-tion where Doman was themain competitor. The firstchallenge was in April 2012and the second was this past

fall in October.“The first challenge stu-

dents walked far enough toget from our campus inSpringfield, Mo., to ourcampus in Dalian, China(the last challenge beat thattotal). The October chal-lenge had 95 participants,”Doman said.The question of the hour

might be, “How far do Ineed to walk each day tobeat Dr. D?” Reed has the answer, “It

all depends on how muchand how busy Dr. Doman ison a specific day. Somedays he walks three miles,others it’s over five.”Doman said that this

challenge’s purpose will

“encourage people to bemore active, have fun and toengage in a little healthycompetition.” Since he is a university

vice president, he’s hopingthat it will show people thatMissouri State does careabout their students and

By Nicholas SimpsonThe StandardTalk of economic col-

lapse and the constructionof a new Walmart areenough to daunt the smallbusiness owner intodespair, but with the sign-ing of the Jumpstart OurBusiness Startup Act byPresident Barack Obamaon April 5, 2012, stridesare being made to help theyoung entrepreneur of

21st century America.Jason Graf is one of

many taking this conceptby the horns and curiousto see what the little manhas to say in such a capi-talist nation. His littleproject, known asCrowdit.com, has takenhim from anonymousSpringfieldian to nationalrecognition.“I’ve been an entrepre-

neurial spirit my wholelife,” Graf said. “When I

was 15, I was buyingthose get rich quickschemes off TV and that’show hungry I was, butcapital always got in theway. I always had thisdream, probably since myearly 20s, of creating acompany that helpedother people start busi-nesses and capital not be aproblem.”Crowdit’s concept is

simple enough, if youhave a business plan — or“dream” — you make itknown. In a step-by-stepprocess small businessowners, independent film-

makers, musicians andmore can lay out theirbusiness plan and offerincentives in exchange formonetary contributions totheir plan.“We’re seeing that

people want to beinvolved in more waysthan just giving money,”Graf said. “They want tofeel like they’re a part ofit, and you can see themthrough both the types ofincentives that work —meaning for a creativework like a movie offer-

Can you beat Dr. D?Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARD

Vice President for Student Affairs Earle Doman walks at Foster Recreation Center. He is the man to beat in this month’s challenge.

Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARDDoman, an avid walker, hopes to inspire students to be more active starting withhis walking challenge that began April 1.

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Local dreams come to lifeNew business gives youngentrepreneurs opportunities

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Vice president challengesstudents to walk more

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARDYoung entrepreneurs at Missouri State University have the option to make their dreams a reality withCrowdit.

The first challengestudents walked farenough to get from ourcampus in Springfield,Mo., to our campus inDalian, China.

Earle DomanVice President for Student Affairs

Newest ‘G.I. Joe’installment is waste oftheater timeFamiliar franchise features new faces

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By Kelsie Nalley The Standard

The Queen City Beard andMoustache Federation,QCBMF, will be hosting itsfourth Annual Beard and Mous-tache Competition this monthto give facial hair growers achance at glory.

The Queen City Beard andMoustache Federation gotstarted when local beardsmanDevin Cara met Curtis andChristy Claybaker in the springof 2010. Before meeting theClaybakers, Cara had beencompeting internationally inGermany and Alaska with littleto no local support.

After meeting, Cara and theClaybakers orchestrated a localcompetition. Fourteen contest-ants participated and there wasmore than $300 in cash prizesawarded. The competitionraised more than $600 with thehelp of local businesses andvolunteers.

Now, with the help of sever-al of the contestants from thelocal competition, QCBMFraises money for a local charityevery year with its local beardand moustache competitions.

This year’s competition will

be held on Saturday, April 20,from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at PattonAlley Pub, located at 313 S.Patton Ave.

All proceeds from the com-petition will go to benefit theWounded Warrior Project andthe Haven of the Ozarks No-Kill Animal Shelter. They willbe donating $1,600 to Haven ofthe Ozarks to help build a newcovered pen for their shelter.The rest of the proceeds will bedonated to the local chapter of

Bring your game face,beard and all

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Paranormalconventionto meet Springfield is in foran unearthly surpriseBy Nicolette MartinThe Standard

When there’s something strange inyour neighborhood, you can either callGhostbusters, or you can attend the firstOzarks Paranormal Convention.

Ozarks Paracon is a one-day paranor-mal conference from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,Saturday, April 6, that is being held atthe Shrine Mosque, according toAnnette Munnich — the conference’spublicity specialist and graphics artistwho also hosts “Python Radio,” a para-normal radio show Wednesday nights at8 p.m. on GCR Internet Radio.

According to Munnich, it took sixmonths to put the event together. It wasplanned and organized by the OzarksParanormal Society and Infinity Para-normal members Dave Harkins and BudSteed — both of whom appeared on“Legends of the Ozarks” on the TravelChannel, Munnich said in an email.

“This area (the Ozarks) is very richin paranormal activity,” she said. “Notjust ghosts and apparitions, but alsoUFO sightings and cryptozoologicalcreatures like Momo. We thought itwould be cool to have a big event here,as there wasn’t anything like this eventin the area that we knew of.”

According to a St. Louis Post-Dis-patch article from 2001, the Momo is alarge, hairy creature with a nasty stenchthat some believe roamed Star Hill,about 80 miles north of St. Louis.

The event will include guest speak-ers, a raffle, vendors and an after-hoursinvestigation of the Shrine Mosque.

SpeakersThe conference will include many

speakers from the paranormal communi-ty.

“The guest speakers are predomi-nantly Missouri people at this confer-ence, so it has a distinct, local flavorand appeals to people in this area,”Munnich said.

Keith Age hosts the “Booth Broth-ers” horror documentaries on the SYFY

Local bearded men andwhiskerinas to compete

u See PARANORMAL page 14

Sarah Hiatt/THE STANDARDChristy Claybaker, one of the individuals who orchestrated The Queen City Beard & Moustache Federation, poses with her fakemoustache. The federation does local charity work each month and has grown to 30 members since the spring of 2010.

By Mike UrseryThe Standard

Sophomore Paul Le made histo-ry by becoming the first swimmerat Missouri State to finish in the top16 in an event at the NCAA Cham-pionships and earn NCAA All-American honorable mention hon-ors Saturday.

“I neverthought I wouldreach this point. Itfeels really good,”Le said. “This isawesome.”

Le placed 15thoverall (1:42.57)out of 42 competitors in the 200-yard backstroke on March 30 at theIndiana University Natatorium inIndianapolis. Le set the stage forhis history-making performance byplacing 12th (1:41.69) in the 200-yard backstroke preliminaries earli-er in the day.

Le’s participation in the conso-lation finals was also the first timein MSU history that a Bear scoredpoints at the NCAA Champi-onships. Missouri State finished in39th place out of 53 teams with twopoints.

“I’ve always been a realisticperson,” Le said. “I never thoughtthat I would make it this far.”

Le alsocompeted intwo otherevents prior tothe 200-yardbackstroke. Heswam in the200-yard Indi-vidual Medley

on March 28. Le placed 45th(1:46.64) and his time was just .88seconds off of the school record heset at the MAC Championships.

On March 29, Le competed inthe 100-yard backstroke and fin-


Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State swimmer Paul Le made history over the weekend by being the first Bear to ever compete at the men’s swimming NCAAChampionships. Le placed 15th in the 200-yard backstroke, and also competed in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yardbackstroke.

Making historyMissouri State swimmercompetes in three eventsat NCAA Championships

1:42.57Le’s 200-yard backstroke time

15thLe’s place at the NCAA Championships

in the 200-yard backstroke

u See LE page 7

Bears takeSycamoresin seriesBy Mike UrseryThe Standard

The Missouri State Bears opened MVC playwith a three-game sweep against the Indiana StateSycamores at Hammons Field on March 29-31.

Junior Nick Petree gave up just two hits in acomplete game shutout in the first game, and theMissouri State Bears opened MVC-play with a 3-0victory over the Indiana State Sycamores on March29 at Hammons Field.

The game was expected to be a pitcher’s duelbetween Petree and Indiana State starting pitcherSean Manaea, and that was exactly how it playedout.

“I don’t think anyone was disappointed. It wasprobably as good as you can get,” head coachKeith Guttin said. “We knew it was going to bevery close.”

Petree threw a season-high 10 strikeouts whileonly giving up two walks to out-duel the opposingpitcher Manaea, who is in the running to be theno.1 overall pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft.Petree threw 127 pitches while going the distanceand brought his season ERA down to 0.84.

“I figured out the way they were going and fig-ured what they had on me,” Petree said. “After thefirst three innings, I tried to gauge their hitters bywhat they tried doing in their first at-bat and gofrom there.”Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

Missouri State junior pitcher Nick Petree started the series against Indiana State for theBears. Petree gave up two hits in the first game on Friday, March 29. u See BBALL page 9

ScoreboxBaseball (18-6, 3-0 MVC)Wednesday, March 27SEMO 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4Missouri State 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 x - 11

Friday, March 29Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 3

Saturday, March 30Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 Missouri State 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 x - 5

Sunday, March 31Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 - 7 Missouri State 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 - 8

Softball (14-16, 5-3 MVC)Friday, March 29Drake 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 Missouri State 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3

Drake 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 Missouri State 2 3 1 0 0 0 x - 6

Saturday, March 30Drake 0 1 0 6 1 5 - 13 Indiana State 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 5

Men’s swimming & divingThursday, March 28NCAA Championships Le, 45th of 61

200-yard IMFriday, March 29NCAA Championships Le, 33rd of 42

100-yard backSaturday, March 30NCAA Championships Le, 15th of 42

200-yard back

Women’s golfTuesday, March 26UALR Classic (tie) 7th of 15

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CalendarTuesday, April 2Men’s Golf, 8:30 a.m., ASU RedWolves Classic in Jonesboro, Ark. Baseball, 6:30 p.m. at Oral RobertsWednesday, April 3Softball, 5 p.m. vs. MissouriSoftball, 7 p.m. vs. MissouriFriday, April 5Women’s golf, TBA, SMU/DallasAthletic Club Invitational in Dallas,TexasLacrosse, 2 p.m. vs. MissouriBaptist in St. Louis, Mo. Baseball, 6 p.m. at Illinois StateSaturday, April 6Men’s soccer, TBA vs. TBA Women’s golf, TBA, SMU/DallasAthletics Club Invitational in Dallas,TexasWomen’s soccer, noon vs. Tulsa atDrury Softball, noon at Illinois StateBaseball, 2 p.m. at Illinois StateSoftball, 2 p.m. at Illinois StateSunday, April 7Women’s golf, TBA,SMU/DallasAthletics Club Invitational in Dallas,TexasSoftball, noon at Illinois StateBaseball, 1 p.m. at Illinois State

Monday, April 8Men’s golf, 8:30 a.m., ULM/WallaceJones Invitational in Monroe, La.

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Briefs

Former MSU baseballplayer, legendary highschool coach dies

Howard Bell, 48, a formerMSU shortstop under currentBears head coach Keith Guttin inthe ‘80s, died Friday after a battlewith Lou Gehrig’s disease, whichhe. was diagnosed with in Decem-ber 2011.

In October, the MSU andDrury baseball teams honoredBell in a historic first-ever meet-ing. The proceeds from the game,dubbed the “Battle for Bell,” wentto the Help Coach Bell Strike OutALS Fund.

In addition to playing forMSU, Bell became head coach ofthe Glendale High School base-ball program in 2006, winningfour conference titles in sevenseasons.

Services were held yesterday.

39thMSU’s place at the NCAA Championships

I’ve always been arealistic person. I neverthought that I would makeit this far.

Paul LeMissouri State swimmer

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDHoward Bell at “Battle for Bell.”

ished in 33rd place (47.57).This time around, the time heset in the 100-yard back-stroke was just .50 secondsoff of another school recordthat he set at the MACChampionships.“I was a little disappoint-

ed with those two races. Iwish I would have gonefaster,” Le said. “But I wasreally happy with my time in

the 200-yard backstroke.”Head coach Dave Collins

was pleased with what Lewas able to accomplish at theNCAA Championships, andalso thinks that it is a hugestep for the men’s swimmingprogram at MSU. He alsogave credit to all of the ele-ments that had a hand inassisting the team this sea-son.“This was as much about

an individual accomplish-ment as it was about a wholeteam and staff accomplish-ment,” Collins said. “A lot of

people’s hard work went into(Le’s) performance thisweekend, and he has reallyput our program at anotherlevel.”The NCAA Champi-

onships mark the official endof the 2012-2013 NCAAmen’s swimming season, butthere are more competitionsscheduled for the Le thissummer. “We have a national

championship in the summerfor USA Swimming, andthen we have some otherchampionship-style meets

that we will be getting pre-pared for,” Collins said.Le will have a little bit of

time off to catch up onschool work that he missedlast week, as well as sometime to rest before preparingfor the summer events.“The first thing I’m going

to do is chow down on somuch food,” Le said. “That isdefinitely a priority for me.”Le hopes to return to the

NCAA Championships nextseason and also hopes thathis teammates can be there tocompete alongside him.

Women’s golf ties for 7thThe StandardTuesday, April 2, 2013 the-standard.org | 7

By John RobinsonThe StandardWhile the students at Missouri State Univer-

sity trudged through the late snowfall last week,the MSU women’s golf team took to the greenfor tournament play.The team took a trip down to Hot Springs,

Ark., to compete in the UALR Classic, anddespite a strong seven-shot lead that put theminto second place, the Bears fell into the roughthe following day finishing in a tie for seventh.It’s that sort of inconsistency that has

plagued the team all season with several high-place finishes standing alongside several finish-es lower than what most of the team would like.Despite the seventh place finish, plenty of

Bears had great days on the green. Senior Emma Clegg finished in fifth place,

and sophomore Megan Thompson tied for 18th,chief among them. Clegg also picked up Missouri Valley Con-

ference “Golfer of the Week” honors for thesecond time in her career.“We would like to keep it (Golfer of the

Week) with us,” joked Clegg as she inheritedthe award from teammate Megan Thompson,who won the award at the Rio Verde Invitation-al the previous week.Clegg is one of two seniors on this young

Bears team, as well as the team’s top player, fin-ishing in the team’s top two all five tournamentsthat the team has appeared in.

When asked about how the season had gonethus far, Clegg wasn’t surprised at the team’sinconsistency. “It’s a transitional season,” Clegg said, citing

the fact that freshman and sophomores make upseven out of nine on the roster.Clegg praised her teammates’ transitions into

college golf saying, “We’re all contributing; wehave a lot of depth.”Thompson is one of the scrappier golfers on

the team, fighting back from a wrist injury thatsidelined her for a little while in the fall, but shehas come back to rank eighth overall in the Mis-souri Valley Conference as well as the third bestgolfer on the team.“I’ve been pretty happy,” Thompson said

regarding her recent achievements. “The weath-er’s been really weird.”Thompson also had comments on the chem-

istry the team has built.“We get along great and we spend a lot of

time together,” she said.The Bears hope to use that chemistry and

depth to finish out the season strong. With the SMU/Dallas Athletic Club Invita-

tional being the last competition before the Val-ley tournament, and despite the inconsistentseason, Thomson is predicting a strong finish. “We won it (the Valley tournament) last year,

so I think we have a good shot at repeating,” shesaid. With a good finish in Dallas the Bears could

come in hot to take out No. 1 seed SIU.

File photo/THE STANDARDMissouri State women’s golf sophomore Chiara Citterio tied for 47th at theUALR Classic in Hot Springs, Ark., on Tuesday, March 26.

Team starts with 7-stroke leadbut falls to a seventh-place tie atthe UALR Classic in Hot Springs

LeContinued from page 6

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDPaul Le practices before the NCAA Championships.


Last Week’s Sudoku Answers

By Tim GodfreyThe Standard

This past season, CarsonMacInnis has been putting ona Missouri State ice hockeysweater before every game,knowing full well what hisresponsibility was: to serveand protect. One day, MacIn-nis hopes to be able to put onthe uniform of a St. LouisCounty Police Officer andcarry out the same responsi-bility he had as an Ice Beardefenseman: to serve and

protect.Since he was young,

MacInnis has always wantedto do two things: play hockeyand become a police officer.Although he has been play-ing ice hockey for most ofhis life, MacInnis says thatbecoming a police officerone day has been the overallgoal.

“For me, it was somethingI have always wanted to do. Iwanted to be able to help meand make things a lot saferfor the people I live around,”

MacInnis said.When MacInnis was a

senior in high school, hebegan internships with the St.Louis County Police Depart-ment. Throughout the fouryears since then, MacInnishas been taking ride-alongswith police officers and doingvolunteer work with thedepartment.

Although the job of apolice officer is one thatinvolves danger on a dailybasis, MacInnis said that hisparents were supportive oftheir child’s dream of becom-ing a police officer.

“Obviously it’s a prettydangerous career. They werepretty willing with it, and

they know that it’s somethingthat I’ve always wanted todo,” MacInnis said.

But becoming a policeofficer is no easy task. BeforeMacInnis can serve and pro-tect the citizens of St. LouisCounty, he must first applyfor admission into the St.Louis Police Academy;which is no easy task, either.

Those applying to the St.Louis Police Academy musttake demanding written andphysical exams. The writtenexam will test an applicant’spersonality along with theirreading and comprehensionskills. In order to pass thephysical exam, applicantsmust perform a required

amount of pushups and sit-ups and run a timed 1.5 mile.

MacInnis took his examsin February, before the Mid-American Collegiate HockeyAssociation playoffs, andpassed them both. He is cur-rently waiting to hear if he isallowed to take the third stepof the application process: aninterview with a departmentofficial.

If MacInnis ends up beingaccepted into the PoliceAcademy, then he said hewill forgo his senior year atMissouri State to attend theacademy, which means hewill no longer be able to playfor the team, which headcoach Bob Bucher said

would “be good for him andbad for us.”

If MacInnis leaves, the IceBears would be losing a sea-soned veteran who recordedeight goals and 17 assists thispast season, which was hisbest season at Missouri State,according to MacInnis.

“You don’t want to loseCarson,” Bucher said.

But MacInnis said that hiscoaches and teammates havebeen nothing but supportiveof his dream to become apolice officer.

“They have always knownthat I’ve wanted to be an offi-cer and they (have been) pret-ty supportive,” MacInnissaid.

Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMissouri State Ice Bears defenseman Carson MacInnis lays on the locker room floor before a game during the 2012-13 season. MacInnis has applied to attend the St.Louis Police Academy in hopes of one day being a St. Louis County police officer.

MSU hockey player to serve and protectCarson MacInnis applies toSt. Louis Police Academy


Missouri pro baseball unpredictable

After winning the WorldSeries in 2011 and making itto Game 7 of the NLCS lastyear, the St. Louis Cardinalshave endured a stretch ofsuccess that every clubdreams about. Expectationsare high once again in theGateway to the West, andanything less than a trip tothe World Series would beconsidered a disappointment.The team has once again

lost key players heading intothis season. Kyle Lohse, theteam’s best pitcher for thelast two seasons, has packedhis bags and will now becompeting for the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers.Shortstop Rafael Furcal hadto undergo a ligamentreplacement surgery for hisright elbow and will miss the2013 season. Staff and emo-tional leader Chris Carpenterwill also miss the 2013 sea-son due to ongoing issueswith his neck, shoulder andarm.Pete Kozma, who shined

during the stretch run of lastseason and the playoffs, will

step in for Furcal at short.Pitcher Jaime Garcia’s shoul-der issues seem to be in thepast, so he’ll be back in therotation, along with 22-year-old top pitching prospectShelby Miller.Closer Jason Motte and

third baseman David Freesewill also begin the season onthe disabled list due to elbowand back issues, respectively.Young-guns Trevor

Rosenthal and Joe Kelly willprovide power arms in thebullpen to alleviate the lossof Motte while 2012 set-upman Mitchell Boggs willstep up and be the interimcloser.Matt Carpenter, who was

being groomed to be a sec-ond baseman this spring, willslide over to the hot corner inplace of Freese while DanielDescalso handles the dutiesat the keystone.With all the injuries and

departures the Cardinalshave endured, they keepchugging along. They’re ableto do this because of theirimmense depth and ability to

deal withadversity. Andif more injuries happen,they’ve set themselves up toplug in a new guy and keeprolling along.If an injury happens in the

outfield, expect top prospectand 20-year-old phenomOscar Taveras to step in andhit immediately. MichaelWacha, 2012 first round draftchoice, is waiting in thewings at AAA-Memphis ifan injury happens in thestarting rotation. And ifsomething happens to AllenCraig at first base, then slug-ger Matt Adams will assumehis duties.General Manager John

Mozeliak has built a well-oiled machine in St. Louis.The organization has set thebar in drafting, player devel-opment and most important-ly, winning at every level.And they’re not afraid ofchange or mixing things up;all they care about is breed-ing a champion.Expect another fun sum-

mer of baseball in St. Louis.

Everyteam is full ofhope at thebeginning ofeach season.

They’re all feeling goodabout their offseason transac-tions, and they all feel liketheir young players are readyfor the grind of a 162-gameMLB season. The KansasCity Royals are no different.Actually, they’ve sort of setthe standard for hyping theirteam up and then failing tomeet expectations. But is thisthe year that the Royals makethe playoffs for the first timesince 1985?There are plenty of rea-

sons to be optimistic aboutthis team. First, the startingrotation is as good as it’sbeen in years. By trading offan impressive package ofprospects, including sluggingtop prospect Wil Myers, tothe Tampa Bay Rays, theRoyals have finally netted abonafide staff ace in JamesShields. They also got WadeDavis in the trade, who willslide nicely into the rotation.The Royals also acquiredErvin Santana from theAngels and resigned Jeremy

Guthrie, who are both solidpitchers. Luis Mendoza nailsdown the fifth spot and willbe a mediocre innings-eaterat best.The de facto “ace” for the

last three seasons, leftyBruce Chen, will slide intothe bullpen along with for-mer top prospect and bustLuke Hochevar.The offense is young, tal-

ented and now has a sizeableamount of experience. AlexGordon has turned aroundfrom his early-career strug-gles and is now one of themost productive leadoff hit-ters in baseball. He has alsowon the Gold Glove Awardfor the past two seasons dueto his stellar work in leftfield.Billy Butler continues to

mash as the cleanup hitterand DH, while Mike Mous-takas, Eric Hosmer and Sal-vador Perez all offer tremen-dous upside both from anoffensive and defensivestandpoint.Alcides Escobar has

always been a reliable optiondefensively at shortstop, buthe’s now turned himself intoa respectable hitter after bat-

ting .293 in 155 games lastseason.Escobar’s double-play

partner will be Chris Getzthis season. Getz won’t everturn any heads with hisamazing play, but he shouldbe a dependable player.Lorenzo Cain will be

roaming center field this sea-son at The K. No one ques-tions his talent, but stayinghealthy has always been astruggle for him.To the dismay of many

fans, Jeff Francoeur willonce again be the starter inright field. He won’t hit for agood average, but he still hassome pop in his bat andshould provide some veteranleadership.Even though the Ameri-

can League ChampionDetroit Tigers, along with thealways dangerous ChicagoWhite Sox, are in the samedivision as the Royals, theystill have the luxury of play-ing in the weakest division inthe AL. Add in the fact thatthere are two wild cards onceagain, and we have the mak-ing of a very intriguing sea-son ahead of us in KansasCity.

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Expect another funsummer of baseball fromthe St. Louis Cardinals

Almost anything couldhappen with the Royals

The game remained score-less until the fifth inning whenfreshman outfielder Tate Math-eny broke the tie with an infieldsingle that allowed seniorinfielder Travis McComack toscore. The single gave Mathe-ny his 16th RBI on the season.MSU added two more runs

in the eighth inning. The firsttwo hitters got on base as senioroutfielder Keenan Maddoxlead off with a double and sen-ior catcher Luke Voit followedwith a walk. Maddox thenscored on an RBI single by sen-ior outfielder Koby Peebles,

and Voit advanced to third.“(Indiana State) threw me a

changeup first, and my firstcouple of swings were a littleoff,” Peebles said. “The lastpitch was down the middle andI was able to get a good swingon it.”Freshman outfielder Matt

Dezort entered the game in theeighth inning as a pinch-hitter,and bunted home Voit on a sui-cide squeeze.Even though two relievers

were warming up in thebullpen, Guttin allowed Petreeto go back on the mound in theninth inning despite his highpitch count. Petree retired theSycamores 1-2-3 to finish thegame.“Usually there is a point

where we’re going to take himout (of the game), but he’s pret-ty good about telling us whenit’s time,” Guttin said. “He feltlike he could give us a goodninth inning, so we left him in.”MSU freshmen shined in

the second game. FreshmanJonathan Harris pitched a gem,giving up just one run on fourhits while striking out five overeight innings of work. Mathe-ny and Voit each had twoRBI’s, and the Bears were vic-torious, 5-1. Matheny began the scoring

in the third inning by belting anRBI-single in the third inningto make the score 1-0. Thescore would remain the sameuntil the sixth inning when theSycamores tied the game at 1-

1. In the bottom-half of the

sixth inning, Matheny brokethe tie by hitting a bases loadedsingle that scored two runs.Two batters later, Voit bounceda single up the middle thatscored two more. SophomoreTyler Burgess relieved Harrisin the ninth inning and retiredthe Sycamores in order to closeout the game.Late-game drama was the

story of the series finale. Afterthe Sycamores scored six runsin the top of the ninth inning,MSU tied the game 7-7 in thebottom of the ninth to forceextra innings. McComack hit awalk-off double in the bottomof the 11th inning to secure thesweep for the Bears.

Senior Cody Schumacherhadn’t made a start sinceMarch 5, but showed no signsof rust as he held Indiana scoresover eight innings while givingup only two hits. MSU seemed to be on their

way to shutting out IndianaState for the second time inthree games, but theSycamores’ bats woke up in theninth. Sophomore TylerBurgess came into the game toclose out the game, but he gaveup two run-scoring doubles thatmade the score 4-2. SeniorGrant Gordon then came intothe game and gave up two runson a single that tied the game.Indiana State added a three-runhomerun to go ahead 7-4.MSU battled back in the

bottom-half of the ninth inning.Peebles led off the inning witha walk, followed by back-to-back doubles by Maddox andjunior Conor Smith brought theBears within one run. Maddoxlater scored to tie the game on abalk by the Indiana State pitch-er.Sophomore Joey Hawkins

led off the bottom of the 11thinning with a single for hisfourth hit of the game. He lateradvanced to second on a buntsingle by Cheray. Hawkinsthen scored the winning run onMcComack’s double.MSU will play road games

at Oral Roberts and IllinoisState before returning home onApril 9 to face Missouri atHammons Field.

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I. Campus Improvements: addressing parkingissues/educating about available parking, repairingsidewalks (i.e. in front of Temple Hall), blue lights onElm Street, improved lighting on Elm Street

II. Residence Life and Dining Services: improvingefficiency of dorms, extending dining hall hours,improved communication with RHA, single apartment-style living

III. Diversity: work with groups such as AIS, Spec-trum and NPHC, improving the integration of interna-tional students on campus

IV. Student Government Association: websiteimprovements, more transparency/visibility, studentorganization representation, student demographicrepresentation, visiting student organizations, townhall meetings

V. Athletics: new stadium, student athletic fee,improving Bear Fest Village

VI. Sustainability: hydration stations, cleanenergy/Beyond Coal Campaign, raise awareness ofcampus gardens, water reservoir, continue toincrease recycling, LED lighting, campus farmersmarket

VII. Technology: collaboration stations in library,Bear Line tracking app, syllabi database, text alertsystem, Bear Prints for student organizations, TaylorHealth and Wellness alert/scheduling online, optingout of phone/address availability online, SGA widgeton My Missouri State homepage to make info moreavailable

VIII. Academics: plus/minus system section stan-dardization, book exchange program, extendinglibrary hours, mid-semester ongoing evaluations,online petitions for student issues

IX. Springfield/city/national relations: student citycouncilman, provide opportunities for students toadvocate at the capitol, alumni mentorship programs

X. Student Affairs: Improve the Boomer meal plan,bookstore discounts for SOAR students, promotingschool spirit

Schneider and Donnellan’s Platform

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also abstain from voting onthe issue.

There are two Wyrickproposals on the ballot aswell.

The Wyrick StudentProject Fund was initiatedin 1983 by students ofSouthwest Missouri State,and is named in honor ofThomas J. Wyrick, “whosededication and hard workinspired Missouri StateUniversity students to par-ticipate in the improve-ment of their university

through innovative pro-grams and effective stu-dent government,” accord-ing to Missouri State’s pol-icy library.

The Wyrick Fund is sup-ported by a fee collectedfrom each student enrolledat the Springfield campus atthe rate of $3 per semesterfor the fall, spring and sum-mer semesters.

According to Sears, thefund currently has$350,960.60.

The first Wyrick propos-al on the ballot will be abus stop shelter, similar tothe shelter in front of GarstDining Center. Accordingto Sears, the shelter will be

on Madison Street, near theROTC practice field, andwill have a solar panel ontop, “in line with SGA andMissouri State’s dedicationto sustainability.”

The total cost, whichincludes construction, con-tractor installation labor,project administration, con-tingency and signage wouldbe $62,785.

The second Wyrick pro-posal is an additional sandvolleyball court locatedsouth of the eastern soccerfield on the Betty andBobby Allison Fields. Searssaid it will be identical tothe two existing courts andwill provide room for over-

flow when the other courtsare occupied.

Sears said a proposal torenovate the sand volley-ball courts was on the ballotapproximately two yearsago, but this new proposalwill add an additional sandvolleyball court.

The total cost is estimat-ed at $55,000.

Finally, students canvote on proposed changesto amend the SGA Consti-tution to make it a more up-to-date document.

The ballot can be foundat http://www.elections.missouristate.edu frommidnight on April 3 to 5p.m. on April 5.

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really matters though because the onlyreason we’re going to see a G.I. Joemovie is for the pretty people, round-house kicks and ninjas.

I will be honest with you and saythat I thought the first movie, “G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” was one ofthe worst movies I have ever seen. Iwish I could get those 118 minutesback. Going into “Retaliation,” I fig-ured it couldn’t be any worse than thefirst one.

I was pleasantly correct. Not onlydid they kill everything that was wrongwith the first movie, except maybeChanning Tatum, they added DwayneJohnson, who I am convinced is a fran-chise saver.

(Yes, ladies, *Spoiler Alert,* Chan-ning doesn’t make it very far, sorry.But we still have The Rock and a few

others to oogle. )The action in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”

is quite good. There are some goodold-fashioned fistfights, some well-choreographed shootouts, and ofcourse, a dangling cliffside battle withninjas. What more could you wantactionwise?

Storywise, who cares, right? Theytried to add little emotional beats inthere, but you could see it coming amile away. A few funny gags broke upthe action nicely, but the best banterwas killed off early. Perhaps a little tooearly.

The attempt at emotion wasn’t theonly predictable aspect. Nothing wassurprising or shocking. No double ortriple crosses, no “we’re all going todie” moments or nail-biting sequences.

In all actuality, “G.I. Joe: Retalia-tion” wasn’t a bad movie, it just isn’t agreat movie either. What this movie isgood for is a big bucket of popcorn, agiant soda and a few hours of completemindless entertainment.

Just be prepared for “G.I. Joe:insert title.”

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the Wounded Warrior Project.Thanks to local business spon-

sors, QCBMF has alreadyraised$2,250 for their local charities.

Some of the many sponsors forthe competition include Mother’sBrewing Company, Patton AlleyPub, Copper Run Distillery andAura Face + Body.

Curtis Claybaker, 39, ofSpringfield was first place winnerof the “full beard styled” categoryin last year’s competition.

He said he had a friend air-brush him red, had a pair of hornsstuck to his forehead and styledhis beard into a five point pattern.

Some tips Curtis said he wouldgive first time competitors are“try to be original with your out-fit, dressing up to the nines isalways a good idea and using hairoils will enhance the shine andlook of your facial hair.”

Men aren’t the only ones whocan be a part of QCBMF. TheWhiskerinas are the women whoare involved with the federation.

“I take pride and believe Ispeak for all of us ladies who loveour men with facial hair when Isay we EARN our title ofWhiskerinas by our ability towork around the facial hair,”

Christy Claybaker said. “Therereally is a special way to kissthem, feed them and keep thebathrooms cleaned up afterthem.”

Several women are active inthe federation’s events and “weartheir fake fur” to them, Christysaid.

Women can also compete inthe upcoming Beard and Mous-tache Competition by construct-ing a fake beard or moustache towear.

If any ladies are wonderingwhat items they should use tomake their fake facial hair out of,Christy said the most commonitems women use during the com-petition are food, plastic greenery,money and even their own hair.

“The most interesting beardI’ve seen so far would be the oneGrace Rybarczyk made last yearout of donated money,” Christysaid. “At the end of the competi-tion, she donated the beard to thecharity we supported last year —the Ozarks Food Harvest Back-pack Program.”

Her tip for first time womencompetitors is to “be creative, andif you can dream it, you can buildit.”

“Hobby Lobby is great for thenecessary wire, glue, yarn, fabric,greenery or any other necessarysupplies,” she said.

The cost to register for thecompetition is $15. You canreceive a free t-shirt by pre-regis-tering for the event. You can pre-

register until April 13 onQCBMF’s website www.queenci-tybeards.com. You can also regis-ter for the event from 2:30 to 5p.m. the day of the competition.

If you just want to come andwatch the competition there willbe a $5 cover at the door.

You can bring a ball glove andget in free. The gloves will go tohelp a nonprofit organizationrefurbish old baseball gloves tosend to the service men andwomen stationed overseas.

Christian from Just for Him,Liza from His Image Haircuts andlocal moustache icon, Tom Trtan,will be on the judges’ panel forthis event.

The federation volunteers eachmonth for nonprofit organizationssuch as the Haven of the OzarkAnimal Sanctuary, Ozark FoodHarvest and the Bass Pro OutdoorFitness Festival benefiting BigBrothers Big Sisters.

“QCBMF has gone from hav-ing three to five people at themonthly meetings to about 30people strong every month. It’sreally cool to see this group grow,which is what we all love to do:grow hair,” Curtis said.

QCBMF has raised more than$10,000 for local and nationalorganizations over the last threeyears.

“We are hoping to raise at least$8,000 this year and increase ourvolunteer pool for the charitablework we do each month,” Christysaid.

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ical health. Each day there will be some newworkout and weight-loss regimen. Some work-outs consist of high intensity activity and flippingtires, others have you bending yourself intoshapes you never knew possible. These workoutsmay just be a spike in popularity, but walking hasbeen around since the cavemen and can be anappropriate and successful workout withoutbecoming a pretzel.

According to The Mayo Clinic, walking can“trim your waistline” and improve your health. Italso can help you get into shape for higher inten-sity workouts or substitute as general exercise.

The website continues with a list of benefitsdue to walking. They include, “lower low-densi-ty lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the “bad” cho-lesterol), raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL)cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol), lower yourblood pressure, reduce your risk of or manageType 2 diabetes, manage your weight, improveyour mood and stay strong and fit.”

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By Trevor MitchellThe Standard

The attempt to reversethe Springfield City Coun-cil’s decision to allow anew Walmart Neighbor-hood Market to be built inthe city has come one stepcloser to success.

A referendum petitionwith more than 2,000 signa-tures was presented to theCity Clerk’s office on Mon-day, March 25, according toa statement released by sev-eral groups opposed to thestore’s construction, includ-ing Stand Up To Walmartand Stop the NeighborhoodMarket Project.

At least 1,787 of the sig-natures must be valid forthe petition to be accepted.The signature verificationprocess must be completed

within 20 days of the peti-tion’s submission, accord-ing to the city charter.

Scott Youngkin, creatorof Stand Up To Walmart,said in the statement that hewas “confident that the CityClerk will find that thispetition, which was pre-pared by legal counsel, hasbeen handled properly andthat we have done our duediligence to ensure signa-tures are from qualified reg-istered voters living withinthe city.”

Should the petition besufficient, the council willhave 30 days to reconsiderthe zoning ordinance,which allows for a newWalmart NeighborhoodMarket, and decide whetheror not to repeal it, accord-ing to the city charter. If thevote does not end in a

repeal, the same questionwill be put to a vote of thepeople in a special election.

The timing of this peti-tion means that the votewill likely take place aftertoday’s election, in whichtwo council seats are cer-tain to be passed to newmembers, and a third is upfor election. This meansthat the 5-4 decisionreached by the council lastmonth could tip the otherway.

Scott Bailes, who votedagainst the bill, is not run-ning for re-election in theZone 4 seat. Attempting toclaim it are local business-man Craig Fishel, HRdirector Steve Makoski andBlue Bell salesman RodneyGeurin.

Fishel said in an inter-view that the matter was “a

zoning issue, not a Walmartissue,” and stated that hisnumber one concern wasthe issue of traffic. He sug-gested that instead of a traf-fic study done by Walmart,the city should have beenpaid by Walmart to performits own independent trafficstudy.

Fishel said he wouldhave voted for the rezoningthe first time the bill waspresented, but that he wouldhave to look over the peti-tion before making a deci-sion on whether or not tosupport the repeal.

When asked for his opin-ion on the issue, Geurinsaid, “I believe if the peopleof Springfield are going tobe so split on the issue, itshould go to a vote.”

Makoski did not respondto questions by The Stan-dard’s press time.

Jan Fisk is runningagainst substitute teacherand Army veteran ArthurHodge Sr. for seat A on thegeneral council. Fisk, whowas appointed to replacethe seat left open when BobStephens became mayor,voted yes on the bill.

When asked what he

thought about the rezoning,Hodge said that he thoughtSpringfield had enoughWalmarts, and that the area“needs to stay free of anynew businesses such asWalmart or any other largestore chain.”

John Rush is vacatingseat B on the general coun-cil, and lawyer Craig Hos-mer is running for the seatunopposed. When asked forhis opinion on the issue,Hosmer said he hadn’tmade up his mind, and that“it’ll take a little time forme to get up to speed once Iam on council.”

Springfield elections arebeing held today and resultsof the election will be avail-able this evening.

Across the country, simi-lar efforts have had mixedresults. Bella Vista, Ark.,was successful last Novem-ber in getting Walmart tovoluntarily back down from

plans to rezone land for astore, merely a day beforean election with a vote onthe matter brought about bya referendum, according toan article from Arkansasnews station 5NEWSOn-line.

But, in 2011 in Wester-ville, Ohio, a referendumfailed to pass certificationby a mere 36 signatures,according to an article inThe Columbus Dispatch.Signatures from outside theallowed area and othertechnicalities plagued theefforts, and the movementwas unsuccessful.

If the Springfield refer-endum fails to reach theminimum number of validsignatures, the proposedWalmart near Campbell andGrand would be Spring-field’s fifth NeighborhoodMarket, and its 10th Wal-mart overall.

Group submits referendum petition to City Council withmore than 2,000 signatures

Springfield Police Depart-ment, between 6:30 and7:40 p.m. on March 14,SPD was sent to the vic-tim’s apartment after a wit-ness, who lived in theapartment below the girl,heard a female screaming.

When the officerknocked on the victim’sdoor, the victim answered,topless, covered in bloodand holding an extendedpocket knife, according topolice reports.

Maashi was in the bath-room washing his handswhen police entered theapartment. He had bloodspots on his face and arms,according to the report.

The victim told policethat Maashi had put on apair of gray gloves, dis-played the pocket knife andheld the knife to her necksaying, “I want to knowsomething,” the report said.

According to the state-ment, Maashi forced thevictim into the bathroomand held her down in thebathtub with the knife toher neck.

The girl reportedlykicked and punched Maashiseveral times and was ableto escape to answer thedoor when the policeknocked.

After Maashi was takeninto custody, the victim wastaken by ambulance toMercy hospital. Severallacerations and abrasionson the victim’s body weredocumented as injuries

received from the attack.Medical staff said one

laceration on the victim’supper left arm would needstitches or staples, accord-ing to the police report.

The victim’s name andaddress are not disclosedbecause the state protectsidentities and locations ofdomestic assault case vic-tims.

In the police reports,bond recommendation andfelony complaints, the vic-tim is identified by the ini-tials Y.H., but in the prose-cution’s motions and thedefense’s oppositions, she’scalled Y.F.

Court documents say thevictim is from China andmay return home to livewith her parents. Accordingto Price’s opposition letter,the prosecutor announced

at the March 22 hearingthat the victim is actuallyfrom Taiwan.

Maashi was enrolled atMSU from spring 2011through fall 2012, saidMSU Dean of StudentsMike Jungers.

Jungers said criminalcharges do not generallyaffect students’ eligibilityto attend classes.

“As in our court system,students are innocent untilproven guilty,” Jungerssaid. “We would have toconsider (a student) a seri-ous threat to the communitybefore there would be anyrestrictions.”

Jane Robison, executivedirector of internationalenrollment management atthe English Language Insti-tute, did not respond torequests for comment.

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and Chiller channels, Munnich said.Steven LaChance, who was also insome

of the “Booth Brothers” horror docu-mentaries, is an author and had his per-sonal story featured on the DiscoveryChannel’s “A Haunting” television show.Edwin Becker’s story was an episode

of Paranormal Witness last season, andhe is the author of “True Haunting,” hisfull story.Rob Garcia from Elite Paranormal

Kansas City and Lisa Livingston-Martinfrom Paranormal Science Lab from theJoplin area have both had episodes on

“My Ghost Story Caught on Camera.”Michael Lynch is a researcher and

paranormal equipment developer whohosts Paranormal Talk in St. Louis, andJanice Tremeear is a Springfield authorof four books concerning the supernatu-ral in this area.

Shrine Mosque investigationAt 11 p.m. following the conference,

the Shrine Mosque has granted InfinityParanormal Research access to performan overnight investigation of the proper-ty.According to the Ozarks Paracon

website, the Shrine Mosque has had itsshare of ghostly sightings and activityreported by employees and members ofthe public, including disembodied voic-es, objects moving on their own, appari-tions and a stickman shadow person whois often seen moving about in one of thebleacher areas.

The 90-year-old Shrine Mosque wasbuilt in 1923 and the investigation willinclude many areas of the Shrine that arenot accessible to the public.A limited number of tickets are avail-

able for the investigation, and can bepurchased in tandem with a generaladmission ticket to the conference for$70. Attendees at Ozarks Paracon will

receive a free copy of Sean Belekurov’sbook, “The Paranormal Cookbook,”while supplies last. The book doesn’tfeature recipes, but instead, a collectionof all varieties of paranormal and super-natural occurrences in the area. Guests are also asked to bring food

donations to benefit Ozarks Food Har-vest.For more information about the con-

ference, guest speakers or ShrineMosque investigation, visithttp://ozarksparacon. com.

ParanormalContinued from page 5

ing a larger contribution,you might get to be an extrain the film, or you might getcredits.“That just shows that

people really want to beinvolved in a much moreorganic way than givingmoney,” Graf continued.“So we’re hoping the crowdwill get involved throughpeer review, networking,through collaboration,through creating teams andthrough experts being on oursite to be able to offer theiradvice as well.”Graf said part of

Crowdit’s function is also toassist in getting the up-and-coming small business own-ers up on their feet.“We’re going to be offer-

ing guidance as they’re fill-ing out their project,” Grafsaid. “Currently, if we seesomething that could usesome work, we’re going tobe reaching out personallyto assist them with that.

Eventually, as the site isfully launched in June, all ofthe projects will go before apeer review, so the users ofthe site will actually pickwhich projects are eligibleto make the site.”Graf said Crowdit is cur-

rently hosting a promotionfor newcomers to their sitein that the project that earnsthe most monetary contribu-tions before June 1, a 75 daycampaign, will receive anadditional $10,000 contribu-

tion from Crowdit them-selves. Graf said also that a cou-

ple local-oriented businesseshave already taken flight ontheir site, such as Drury stu-dent Jerrod Harmon, ownerof EDJy Skate Apparel.“He’s gotten to a place

where he’s growing so fastthat in order to stock thelevel of merchandise that heneeds, he needs some capitalto grow,” Graf said. “Wealso have a company out of

Nixa called the QRPro.They have a digital businesscard called the One Card,and in order to kick off theircompany on a national andon a global level, they aredoing a project with us aswell.“I like highlighting those

two because it shows thatentrepreneurship and tech-nology are alive and wellhere in middle-America,good ole’ Springfield, Mo.”Graf said one of the

things he loves most aboutthe philosophy of Crowdit isthe discourse it is able tocreate among its users.“A guy that’s starting a

band and needs to cut analbum may not have thebusiness savvy,” Graf said.“He’s creative and he knowsmusic, but I will be able togive him pointers to makesure he has a business struc-ture for this band. “On the flip side of that,

a business guy like myselfmight own a tech company,”he continued. “He may havean invention that he mayneed help on the creativeside. So everyone can helpeveryone and lend theirexpertise, and we see thathappening. They’ll pledge adollar just to say they sup-port you.”Graf’s little business is

located in a newly renovatedMissouri State property —future home of the engineer-ing department — at 405 N.Jefferson Ave. He said that he is most

thankful to be working insuch close proximity to thestudent body.“We want to be in front

of students,” he said.

“Those are thought-promot-ers, first thinkers. It’s stu-dents that are going to havethe next big ideas, and that’swhat we want on our site.Any way we can work withMSU, whether it be offeringtalks to students aboutcrowdfunding and how youcan utilize it, whether it betalking to departments, wewant to help in any way wecan.”Graf said the most

rewarding aspect of thewhole experience is whatCrowdit can potentially giveback to our battered econo-my.“That was probably the

coolest thing,” he said. “Iscreating this communitywhere we’re just going tohelp so many people, we’regoing to help the economy,we’re going to create jobsand of course, this has justbeen a wild and fun ridewith all the press locally andnationally. “Brick and mortar here

has been what I’ve done mywhole career, and reachingout on a national stage isreally exciting, challengingand nerve-racking at thesame time.”

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resigned from the university after he failed toinform MSU of the whereabouts of the missingcheck.The university turned the case over to the

authorities — including the Internal RevenueService, the Secret Service and the SpringfieldPolice Department — and Reed began a thor-ough audit of the bookstore, discovering morethan $1 million worth of transactions that wereoff the books and going into Brixey’s pocketthrough a textbook buyback scheme.

The schemeMark Brixey graduated from MSU in 1989

and during his time as a student, he worked at theuniversity bookstore. After graduating, hebecame a bookstore accounting clerk in 1991and was promoted to bookstore supervisor in1993. He served in that position for seven yearsbefore becoming the bookstore director in 2000.Between 1998 and 2012, the bookstore oper-

ated a student book buyback program with Fol-lett Educational Services, a subsidiary of FollettCorporation based in River Grove, Ill., that buysand sells used textbooks purchased from collegestudents and universities, according to court doc-uments.Follett contracted with MSU to operate 10

buyback book stations on the Springfield cam-pus at the end of each semester. Follett then paida commission to MSU for allowing Follett toconduct the buyback operation on its campusand sent a check made out to the university forpayment. Follett only paid by check up until2011. These checks were collected by Brixey,according to court documents. After 2011, Brixey asked Follett to pay him

in cash and the company agreed to do so, as longas Brixey signed a receipt for the cash.While Follett was greatly involved with the

bookstore, other textbook companies also didbusiness with the bookstore at this time, includ-ing MBS Textbook Exchange and the NebraskaBook Company. Brixey took steps to “ensurethat he personally obtained checks that werereceived” from these companies, according tothe 2012 bookstore audit.After he had received checks made out to the

university, Brixey would take these checks to theMSU Bursar’s Office and cash them, tellingworkers that he needed the cash for student text-book buybacks, according to court documents.Brixey’s freedom to do this was an unwritten

policy that does not exist for any other office oncampus, Reed said.“There was an exception made years ago that

we didn’t know about, and that the new admin-istration was not aware of,” she said. Instead of using the cash for student textbook

buybacks, however, Brixey started keeping themoney in 2003 and depositing it “little by little toavoid detection” into his personal credit unionaccount at Educational Community CreditUnion, said U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson.Brixey stole $28,946 in December of 2003,

escalating the amount each year to a high of$194,520.79 in 2010. His last theft from the uni-

versity, $20,580.96, was taken just before hisresignation in August 2012, according to courtdocuments.“He repeatedly abused his position and

exploited the weaknesses of the university’saccounting system in stealing $1.1 million,”Dickinson said.The internal audit conducted by Reed shows

how Brixey went to great lengths to ensure thathe was the sole person responsible for handlingchecks from textbook companies to the universi-ty, including a specific example from 2011.On March 2, 2011, Brixey was out of the

office and a prior bookstore bookkeeper emailedhim saying that the bookstore had received acheck from Follett for reimbursement, and askedhim if she should send it to Financial Services.“His response: ‘How much is the check?’ Her

response: ‘$1,977.98,’” according to the audit.Brixey then went on to tell the employee that hewould take care of it when he was back.Brixey also took other measures into his own

hands to limit the amount of supervision of hiswork at the bookstore. Originally, Brixey had been the manager of

the bookstore before being promoted to director.When he took over as director, he left the man-ager position unfilled and simply took on theresponsibilities of both positions, allowing forlittle supervision.Also, Doman, who was Brixey’s direct

supervisor, lacked a budget officer position inthe Office for Student Affairs.The Office for Student Affairs did not have a

budget officer overseeing all of the auxiliaryareas when Doman took the vice president’sposition in 2002, he said.“It’s never been that way,” Doman said,

adding that he is looking into all of the proce-dures outlined in the audit and that the universi-ty is exploring creating a budget officer positionin his office.

Reform measuresAfter Brixey resigned in August 2012, the

bookstore was left in the hands of AssistantVice President of Student Life Thomas Laneand Special Assistant to the President KentThomas, a decision that Brixey’s former super-visor Doman wholeheartedly approved of.“I think that decision was made for full

transparency,” Doman said. “They wantedsomeone who was not associated with thestructure of the bookstore, and I was in fullagreement for that.”Lane and Thomas assumed interim man-

agement responsibilities of the bookstore inAugust and Lane was unsettled by the man-agement practices he inherited, he said.After assuming responsibility, Lane and

Thomas analyzed the management structure ofthe bookstore and they immediately set out toimprove internal controls — measures thathelp to ensure that money that belongs to theuniversity stays in the university’s hands.Through their process, Lane and Thomas

improved segregation of duties in upper man-agement by hiring a new course materialsmanager; strengthening inventory control pro-cedures; hiring a convenience store manager;reviewing book buyback procedures, ensuringthat there was “a clear delineation of cash andcheck handling for book buybacks; and for-malizing a donation request process for mer-chandise and gift card donations,” Lane said.According to the audit, 744 activated gift

cards were found in Brixey’s office amountingto $13,695.15. Brixey also confirmed that giftcards were not documented and that the giftcards were given to students, organizations andthe administration.“When asked why the University Gift Poli-

cy was not followed (in terms of who receiveda gift, in what amount and business purpose),the former director stated that he did not agreewith the university policy,” the audit said.The bookstore has since implemented a

new policy that tracks gift card requests andissuances, and all merchandise donations arealso being tracked by an inventory number,

according to the audit.In addition to management changes, Lane

also said they made an effort to be supportiveof the bookstore staff and to regularly check —in the form of weekly meetings — on how staffmembers were doing.

Moving forwardAfter a transition team had moved in to cover

day-to-day responsibilities of the bookstore, thesearch began, headed by Doman, for a newbookstore director that came from a specificbackground, he said.“I wanted an effective leader that had a track

record of running a good operation, whichincluded, of course, controls (financial) in place,and I think we found someone who had that andis doing a great job,” Doman said.That someone is 28-year bookstore veteran

Sonda Reinartz, former bookstore manager ofAugustana College in Rock Island, Ill., whobegan the most intensive interview process ofher life in October, she said.“I knew that there was an investigation of the

bookstore going on, and I knew there would bechallenges,” she said. “And I knew that theywould make sure that they did their due dili-gence in hiring a new bookstore director.”As part of her interview process in October,

Reinartz met with the search committee, thebookstore staff, the Administrative Council,Smart, Doman, and participated in a studentforum and a faculty forum, she said.Reinartz began her duties on Jan. 14, the first

day of the spring semester.“I just stood around and watched a group of

very organized people help students on a verybusy day — the first day of spring semester,” shesaid.When Reinartz joined the staff, the bookstore

had already adopted all of the policies that wererecommended by internal auditors, and the staffis doing its best to fulfill those policies, she said.“I really can’t speak to the policies that were

in place before I got here,” she said. “But the rec-ommendations by the auditors were implement-ed by Kent Thomas and Thomas Lane and thestaff are doing them. They are doing all ofthem.”The staff is made up of 16 full-time employ-

ees including herself, several part-time positions,part-time temporary staff for busy times at thebookstore and more than 100 students, Reinartzsaid.“Many wonder if it (Brixey’s arrest) would

ever happen,” she said. “A lot of the informationwas kept confidential during the investigation,so they were glad to have some information sothey can move forward.”As part of his plea agreement, Brixey will not

be charged with any additional charges and nei-ther will his wife, also an employee at the uni-versity, according to court documents.Brixey could face up to 43 years in federal

prison without parole, plus a fine and an order ofrestitution. He also must forfeit to the govern-ment $1,163,237 — the total proceeds of thewire fraud scheme.Brixey is currently out on bond and is await-

ing sentencing. A hearing will be scheduled afterthe U.S. Probation Office completes an investi-gation.

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Steph Anderson/THE STANDARDMitchell Smith, sophomore middle school math education major, looks at apparel atthe University Bookstore on Monday, April 1.

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