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Slayton Boone, senior socio-polit-ical communication major, and TaylorMoody, senior entertainment manage-ment, were voted in as 2014 home-coming king and queen.The student body voted until Oct.

17, before the winners wereannounced at halftime during thehomecoming football game on Oct.18. All the candidates went through a

selective interview process with dif-ferent judges before campaigning andsponsoring homecoming events.Moody said she plans to use her

time as queen by giving back to theuniversity and promote school spiritall year.“With this title, I am excited to

start giving back to the university andcommunity by supporting philan-thropic efforts put on by studentorganizations, as well as giving mytime and efforts to different commu-nity service activities within Spring-field,” Moody said.Nii Kpakpo Abrahams and Allyson

Liefer won king and queen last year.Abrahams said, as king, he was

required to host STAR Awards andwas asked to host or emcee differentevents as well as continuing to beplugged into campus.“As king and queen, you don’t

really have spelled out duties,” Abra-hams said. “There’s a service compo-nent to it, but for Ally and I, since wewere already plugged into the com-munity, it wasn’t difficult.”Liefer said, while she did not get

much sleep while working duringhomecoming week, she did get tointeract with students on a more per-sonal level.“The best part of campaigning last

year was having the privilege of

meeting and participating in eventswith other outstanding student leadersand their organizations,” Liefer said.Both Abrahams and Liefer said

they took their titles seriously as itmade them representatives of MSU.“Influence is something that I per-

sonally value a lot and knowing that Ihad a platform to influence others andbe an example to students was awe-some,” Abrahams said.Francis Ahrens, senior public rela-

tions major, is the royalty chair on thehomecoming committee, a positionhe applied for last spring. Ahrensalso ran for homecoming king lastyear and said he wanted to be on theother side of homecoming planning.Some of his responsibilities

included getting sashes for the candi-dates, finding judges, making surecandidates followed all campaignrules and keeping track of the candi-date-sponsored events.Even though the nature of voting

for homecoming king and queen iscompetitive, Ahrens said he wants tomake sure the first priority for thecandidates and students is to keephomecoming fun.“I just wanted to make sure every-

one was having a good time and notgetting too competitive,” Ahrens said.Ahrens said he enjoyed seeing, not

only campus get involved in home-coming events, but the whole Spring-field community. Springfield MayorBob Stephens served as a judge, andseveral local businesses and charitiesvoiced their support for the Bears.Ahrens said all students can find a

way to be involved and enjoy home-coming week even if they are notaffiliated with a student organization.“Next year when you are looking

at homecoming, get involved, it’struly one of the best weeks MissouriState has to offer for students,”Ahrens said.

By Sadie WelhoffThe Standard

@sadie1359

Taking the crown

Guests rolled in for the invite-only soft opening of Carrie’s Cafelast week. Now, the student-ledcafe will continue to serve untilthe end of the semester. The cafe, located on the fourth

floor of the Professional Building,was named in remembrance ofCarrie Carmichael Hammack. Itwas created for senior hospitalityand restaurant administration stu-dents looking for more hands-onexperience in restaurant manage-ment.Carrie’s Cafe is run by the stu-

dents of HRA 435. It’s a three-credit hour course with a food andbeverage track. Once enrolled inthe class, students get the opportu-nity to see and work in everyaspect of a restaurant.Abigale Ehlers, senior instruc-

tor for hospitality and restaurantadministration, has been an HRAfaculty member since 1991. “It’s my baby,” Ehlers said.Ehlers said Carrie’s gives stu-

dents a safe and inviting learningexperience that they’re unlikely toget anywhere else.

By Briana SimmonsThe Standard

@SimmonsReports

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Seniors Taylor Moody and Slayton Boone were crowned 2014 homecoming king and queen.

Oct. 18 is now known as Grupo Lati-noamericano Day, according to SpringfieldMayor Bob Stephens.Although the mayor wasn’t present, he sent

a letter announcing the news at the Grupo Lati-noamericano’s 25th anniversary celebration onSaturday, Oct. 18, in the Plaster Student Union. The group, often called Grupo Latino, is a

not-for-profit organization that brings togetherSpanish, Latino and non-Hispanic cultures byhelping newcomers adjust to the area, said itspresident, Yolanda Lorge. There is no paid staff. All involved are vol-

unteers who come together and help in the com-munity.She said they meet with individuals and

families who are new to the area and may notspeak much English. The group holds work-shops, informational meetings and even offers10-week courses in Spanish and English.“We serve as a bridge to the community by

giving knowledge and advice to the area,”Lorge said. “People want to know who they areand how to incorporate themselves into thelocal society. And more English speakers wantto know more about Hispanics.”She explained that the group even accompa-

nies people to clinics and appointments, and she

Grupo Latinocelebrates 25years helpingSpringfieldBy Annie GoochThe Standard

@annie_gooch

Students serving up lunchCarrie’s Cafe opens for business, providinghands-on experience and hand-held delights

Briana Simmons/THE STANDARD

Hospitality and restaurant administration students create meals from scratch and learn allaspects of managing a restaurant by operating Carrie’s Cafe in Professional Building 426.

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Tuesday, Oct. 21Opportunity Fair, 10 a.m.-2p.m., Plaster Student Union WestBallroom

Become a SOAR Leader:SOAR Leader InformationSession, 6-7 p.m., Meyer Library101

Wednesday, Oct. 22Communication: How we con-nect and what to do about itwhen we don’t, 5-7 p.m., TaylorHealth and Wellness CenterConference Room

Thursday, Oct. 23City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Craig Hall Coger Theatre

Friday, Oct. 24Food Day, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.,Plaster Student Union 2nd FloorAtrium

Veterans Ball, 5:30-10 p.m.,Tower Club

Saturday, Oct. 25Final My Payment Plan Install-ment Due, all day

Pride Court Fall Fest, noon-5p.m., 518 E. Commercial St.

Sunday, Oct. 26#AllieStrong DodgeballTournament, 2-4 p.m., Ham-mons Student Center

Monday, Oct. 27Humans vs. Zombies: GothamCity, all day, campus wide

Calendar

BriefsBronze Bear awardgiven to FostersThe Foster family will

receive the 2014 Bronze BearAward in recogonition of theirsupport and involvement withMSU. The Board of Governor’svoted to present the award to theFoster family, who will acceptthe 45-pound, 18-inch statueduring Fall Commencement onDec. 12. Bill R. Foster served onthe Missouri State FoundationBoard of Trustees 1987-93. Histwo sons currently serve on theBoard of Trustees.

The owner of Springfield’s firstjazz lounge is using his business tonot only promote jazz, but to alsohelp local musicians.

The KimBrew, owned by ShawnElmore, opened on Oct 7. He origi-nally had the idea to create a jazzlounge in 1996, but he did not thinkSpringfield was ready.

“I had to wait for Springfield togrow in diversity and culture,”Elmore said. “This is the first yearthat I’ve seen that, so I went aheadand opened (The KimBrew).”

Elmore is helping MSU musi-cians by holding charity events at

The KimBrew once a month. All themoney will go directly to the MSUMusic Department.

“Nobody in the collegiate levelsof art gets funding. Nobody supportsmusic,” Elmore said. “It’s very sad,and it bothers me.”

MSU students and faculty canperform every Tuesday and Wednes-day night.

“It’s a great learning experiencefor students. (The jazz studies pro-gram) has been looking for a placeover the last couple of years to getthe students off campus and in a clubenvironment in order to get somereal-world experience of how to playin a club,” said Director of JazzStudies Randy Hamm. When MSU students and faculty

are not performing, a karaoke jazznight is held on Mondays, and any-body can perform their own style ofjazz. Local professionals can play onThursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The KimBrew, unlike otherlounges, does not provide a stage forthe musicians. The layout is basedon the good-time houses from the1900s, which did not have stages.

“Jazz is personal. Jazz is sup-posed to involve everyone, not justhave someone stand before a roomand let the crowd be in awe. That’snot how jazz was tailored or wasinvented,” Elmore said.

To advertise musicians and pro-mote different styles of jazz, Elmoreis adding a blackboard wall, whichwill list the various local performers,

what venues they will be performingat and on what dates.

Both students and faculty areexcited about Springfield’s first jazzlounge.

“Students who are exposed toany kind of art form become morehuman,” Marty Morrison, a jazzstudies professor at MSU, said.“There are some qualities in the artsthat help human beings becomemore compassionate and empathet-ic.”“I like that The KimBrew is a

place that you can grab a couple ofdrinks, and it’s really relaxinginstead of being super loud andobnoxious like the bars downtown,”

By Nicole RobertsThe Standard

@NReneeRoberts

Evan Henningsen/THE STANDARD

Jazz musician Jin J X-Shabazz performs at Kimbrew Jazz Lounge, which opened on Oct. 7 to bring jazz to the Springfield community.Missouri State students and faculty perform every Tuesday and Wednesday night, and local jazz musicians perform on the weekends.

Springfield’s first jazz lounge gives students experience

is able to serve as an interpreter in court if need be. Lorge has also donated traditional dress clothes to

the multicultural and diversity groups at MissouriState and has danced at the International Festival on

MSU’s campus.Maria Navas, a Grupo Latino volunteer, was

helping at the celebration and expressed her gratitudetoward the group for their support in the Latino com-munity. She has been a volunteer for eight years andstarted when the group was helping out at her church.“They do such a great job explaining and demon-

strating cultural differences between Spanish andEnglish speakers,” Navas said. “They do a lot for usand even help out at the Springfield public schools.”

Navas said she has helped others with immigra-tion information, obtaining health insurance, citizen-ship classes and the ESL programs in the publicschools.Although the event was held on campus, the audi-

ence was mostly made up of the community. Freshman Patrick Ruiz, who was there as part of

his multicultural scholarship, said events like this areimportant for enforcing identity and showing thecommunity different aspects of different cultures.

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STANDARDMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY OPINION // 3

Don’t let fear ruinother people’s fun

By The Standard EditorialBoard

OUR VIEW

Fear the dead. Fight the living. If you’re as big of a fan as I am, you

know that this is one of taglines for atelevision favorite, “The WalkingDead.”

Over the last four years, this showhas consumed my Sunday nights forsix to 10 weeks at a time, and I loveevery second of it.

For those that haven’t seen “TheWalking Dead” — which is a crime, bythe way — you may be quick toassume that the show is about zom-bies and that’s that. Case closed,nothing special let’s all go home andre-watch “Lost” because this show isjust zombies being dragged out andparaded around for effect just likeevery zombie movie we’ve ever seenever.

Wrong. Dead wrong, in fact — ha,ha … get it?

Though at first glance “The WalkingDead” may seem like gore and guts forthe fun of it, the show is so much morethan zombies, walkers and biters.

If you give the show a chance andwatch from the first season and atleast halfway through the second sea-son, you’ll hopefully put together theoverarching theme: the struggle tomaintain humanity in a world wherehumanity will get you killed or worse.

The episodes progress, the sea-sons move on and noticeable changestake place within what could generallybe called the “main group.”

At the beginning of the show, all the

characters are most definitely afraid ofanything that moves or makes asound. The group members are dirtybut somewhat well-kept. They try tomaintain aspects of normalcy, andthey have more fear for the walkersthan they do for people.

Time progresses, group memberscome and go, some people die, somepeople turn and some people losetheir minds. One thing becomes anapparent constant: the zombies arenot the main focus; the zombies areonly a catalyst.

As the fight to survive the walkersbecomes more disparaging, run-insbetween the main group and othergroups attempting survival show thateach human reacts very differently to aworld with seemingly no hope. Whilesome people seem unshakeable intheir hope for humanity, othersembrace their new environment andform it to their liking — and not alwaysa positive one.

At the same time, though, theseatrocities raise one of my favoriteaspects of the show. Are these actsstill just as evil even though society aswe know it is gone? Yes, the zombiesplay an important role in the show,forcing impossible decisions on thegroup with no clear ethical or safecourse of action. But the most fasci-nating aspect of the show is thehuman condition — we’re all brokenand have skeletons in our respectiveclosets, but can we move past thatbaggage to work together and survivea broken world with no hope and noescape to normalcy?

I say yes.If you haven’t started the show yet,

the first four seasons are available onNetflix. Otherwise, tune in on Sundaysat 9/8c on AMC to watch Rick and sur-viving company duke it out with the liv-ing, the not-living and themselves inthe fight to survive.

Next week at Missouri State University, the fall gameof Humans vs. Zombies will take place all across cam-pus.

Just as they have for the last several years, humanswill brave the zombie hordes invading MSU while theyattempt to fend them off using Nerf guns.

It’s always entertaining to see this battle play outacross campus. Just like the leaves changing colors andthe temperatures dropping, Live Action Society mem-bers sprinting down the sidewalks firing Nerf dartsbehind them lets you know that fall has arrived.

Let’s make sure there’s one thing that doesn’tbecome a fall tradition: an irrational fear of college stu-dents using toy guns.

Last fall, Humans vs. Zombies garnered controversywhen several people unaware that a game was beingplayed called the office of Safety and Transportation withconcerns. This included a teacher who locked theirclassroom down and called 911, thinking a shooting wastaking place.

A 10-minute open forum with Live Action Societymembers and Humans vs. Zombies players in a StudentGovernment Association meeting was extended to halfan hour, and students voiced their concerns.

Most of these concerns centered around the possi-bility that the presence of Humans vs. Zombies playerswould make it easier for an actual shooter to make itonto campus — which might be true, if Nerf gunsweren’t clearly painted with bright colors to avoid thatexact confusion.

All the scenarios put forth either paint Live ActionSociety as an incompetent organization unable to dealwith basic safety concerns, or as a group of miscreants,skulking around in black ski masks with modded Nerfguns.

These are both untrue assumptions. Live Action Soci-ety made considerable changes to make players morevisible with large armbands, and even halted nighttimeactivities. They also do not allow Nerf guns to be mod-ded or to look in any way like a real weapon.

School shootings are already an exceedingly rareoccurrence, and having a fear of them is bordering onirrational. To compound that with the fear that a gameinvolving Nerf guns will somehow increase the possibili-ty of one is downright preposterous.

The humans already have enough on their plate thisnext week trying to avoid being eaten. Don’t make theirlives any harder than they have to be. Be aware, beunderstanding and stay safe. And maybe join in — itseems like it might be pretty fun.

Spencer

Martin

Columnist

‘Walking Dead’ not just a zombie show

@Spencer_XC

@TheStandard_MSU

Words are oftenportrayed as weaponsor like daggers thatcut and wound thepeople they are direct-ed at.

The fact is, though,that words serve somany other purposes,and I like to focus onthe positive. So let’s

roll with that train of thought.Words play a profound role in my life as not only

part of my career as a journalist but they are what ledme to me where I am today — journalism, MissouriState — as well.

As a senior in high school, I had a friend. In fact, Ihad a number of friends. I know, shocking. But therewas one friend in particular who impressed on me acertain idea about myself that I scarce allowed myselfbefore. She told me I was better than I saw myself.

Let me paint a picture of my youth for you. I was raised, for the most part, by my single moth-

er. My parents were divorced when I was four. I got tosee my dad once a week on Wednesday nights to havedinner and build a father-daughter bond.

I grew up in a family that relied heavily on govern-ment assistance — housing, food stamps, Medicaid,the works. I remember always feeling guilty when wewent to the grocery store, because I  knew it wasn’t ourmoney. To this day, I still don’t like grocery shopping.

My mom worked a dead end job as a clerk at a drugstore. My wardrobe consisted of hand-me-down

clothing from older girls at my church and sometimesmy two older brothers. And so it went for my youth.

None of that is really a problem. In fact I loved mychildhood and never was in need for anything. But Igrew up with the idea that I was a certain class of per-son — the certain class of person that could not pos-sibly go to college.

No one in my family had ever gone to college, sothere was a lack of words on the subject — words Ireally needed to hear.

I always loved school and was good at it too. Fastforward to my senior year in high school, a time wheremost people had their college plans at the forefront oftheir minds and parents were filling out FAFSA formsand college apps, and you had me, a clueless 18 yearold with a family who was like, “What’s a FAFSA?” I,too, was not wise on this mysterious form.

Then there was my friend Anne, heading off to Min-nesota State University to become a child psycholo-gist. She had it all figured out.

She asked me what my future plans were. It was acommon question, and I spewed out the same spiel Igave everyone who asked me that question.

I had decided the best I could do was cosmetol-ogy. Now, I have nothing against that profession. Ithought it would be fun, but my thought was it waseasy enough for anyone to do, so they had to acceptme.

She told me this: “If that’s what you really want todo, cool, but just so you know, you are capable of somuch more, if you wanted to.”

Her words hit a part of my heart that made mewant to break through the stereotypes, to change my

stars, so to speak. She offered to help me with thatdreaded FAFSA  too.

While she could have just said, “cool,” and movedon, she didn’t. She took the time to express somemuch-needed positive reinforcement: that me and, intruth, everyone has more to offer than their own per-ceptions of themselves. I just needed someone else tosee it in me and to say those words.

See, the words we choose are so very important!In December, I will graduate with my bachelors in

print and Internet journalism. I will begin my first full-time reporting position at the Christian County Head-liner the Monday following graduation. I’m going tohave a job when I graduate!

I am in love with this line of work, and had it notbeen for the words of that friend and a few othersalong the way, I don’t know that I would have everactualized that love, that deep-seeded passion towrite and to inform.

It takes just a few seconds to impact another per-son’s life in a positive way and likewise toward thenegative.

I lost contact with Anne over the years, but I foundher on Facebook recently, because I felt the need toreturn the favor, to reinforce her efforts of paying it for-ward with words.

I thanked her for her words all those years ago. Sheremembered that conversation and told me she wasglad I followed my heart.

And while this column contains more than 600words, I hope that you cling mostly to these last few.Be the person who uses their words to be an aid toothers, rather than a hindrance.

Amber

Duran

Managing

Editor

@amberjeanduran

Use your words to build others up

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Calendar

Briefs

Tuesday, Oct. 21Become a SOAR Leader: Infor-mation session, 6-7 p.m., MeyerLibrary 101, free

Queen City Ukulele Club, 6:30-8p.m., Springfield Music, free

Wednesday, Oct. 22Communication: How we connectand what to do about it when wedon’t, 5-7 p.m., Taylor Health andWellness Center Conference Room,free

Thursday, Oct. 23Yoga at Farmers Market of theOzarks, 6 p.m., Farmers Park, $5

Diwali celebration, 6-8 p.m., Plas-ter Student Union Ballroom, free

City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 stu-dents or $12 in advance

Songs of the Spirit, 7:30-9:30p.m., Ellis Hall 217b, free

SAC After Hours presents: Ulti-mate frisbee, 9 p.m.-midnight,Foster Recreation Center, free

Friday, Oct. 24Food Day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., PlasterStudent Union second floor Atrium,free

Veterans Ball, 5:30-10 p.m., TowerClub, $35 for one or $65 per couple

SAC Comedy Club: Carlie andDoni, 7-8:30 p.m., Plaster StudentUnion, Union Club, free

Fourth Friday Funnies Stand-upComedy, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 308South Ave., $10

City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 stu-dents or $12 in advance

The Normal Heart Production,7:30-9:30 p.m., 431 S. JeffersonAve. suite #136, $20

Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 7:30-10:30 p.m.,Plaster Student Union Level 1Game Center, free

Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch StoleChristmas!” The Musical, 8-10p.m., Hammons Hall for the Per-forming Arts, $25-55

Saturday, Oct. 25Pride Court Fall Festival, noon-5p.m., 518 E. Commercial St., free

Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch StoleChristmas!” The Musical, 2-4 p.m.and 8-10 p.m., Hammons Hall forthe Performing Arts, $25-55

The Normal Heart Production,7:30-9:30 p.m., 431 S. JeffersonAve. suite #136, $20

City of Angels, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 stu-dents or $12 in advance

Sunday, Oct. 26#AllieStrong Dodgeball Tourna-ment, 2-4 p.m., Hammons StudentCenter, $5 per player

The Normal Heart Production, 2-4p.m., 431 S. Jefferson Ave. suite#136, $20

City of Angels, 2:30-4:30 p.m.,Craig Hall Coger Theatre, $16 stu-dents or $12 in advance

Kenny Broberg’s Guest ArtistRecital, 2:30-5 p.m., Ellis Hall217b, free

Monday, Oct. 27 Clothesline Project, all day, NorthMall, free

Third Annual Army ROTC BearBattalion Golf Tournament, 8a.m.-3 p.m., Silo Ridge Golf andCountry Club, $75 person or $280team

Informational session for MSU inFlorence Summer 2015, 7-8 p.m.,Brick City Building 1, 211, free

The Normal Heart Controversy –remembering 25 years ago, 7-9p.m., Springfield ContemporaryTheatre’s Center Stage, free

‘Food Day’ raisesawareness

The nationwide celebrationfocuses on healthy, affordable andsustainably produced food.

The Food Day initiative is toget a jump start for healthier dietsand lifestyle changes. “Food Dayis not just a day, it’s a year-longcatalyst,” according to a pressrelease.

Missouri State has partneredwith the Real Food Challenge andFood Day to celebrate on campus.Ozarks Public Health Institutionaims to celebrate real food onFood Day by setting up tables inthe Plaster Student Union on Oct.24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Donations will be accepted aswell as gently-used shoes for the“Stomp Out Food Hunger” cam-paign. There will also be localfood samples, activities, fooddemonstrations and free items.

For more information on FoodDay or the Ozarks Public HealthInstitute contact Samantha Bley atBley147@live.missouristate.eduor 417-836-3271.

Jessi Allen pulls at the sleeve of herbrown knit sweater on a sunny Sunday inSeptember — one of the first days it reallystarts to feel like fall.

She looks off in the distance, trying to putinto words what it is about running that keepsher running mile after mile, year after year.

Since donning Nike Shocks for her firstday of seventh grade cross-country practice,to being the freshman cell and molecularbiology student with the fastest times on theMissouri State cross-country team, Allensays her love for running didn’t happen in asprint. It was more like a hilly distance run,taking her up and down the good and the baddays that inevitably come with being a run-ner.

There are, of course, the nerves that comebefore every race. Allen says she hates those,yet she loves them all the same.

“I hate them, but they make me feel soalive,” she says. “I think it’s good to dothings that scare you. If I’m nervous aboutsomething, I try to force myself to do it. Iguess that’s how running translates to the restof life. It’s taught me how to be strong, toface pain, to push through things.”

Then there’s inspiration. For Allen, run-ning didn’t just come to her, and it wasn’t

easy getting out the gate. Allen says she owesher high school cross-country coach JeffRoberts thanks for pushing her to run and tobe better.

“If it weren’t for running, I don’t think Iwould be as strong a person as I am today,”she says.

Shaped inside and out by the sport, Allen

says from the dreaded blisters of her seventhgrade shoes to today, she can’t even begin toimagine life without running.

“I don’t think I could really call it life, if Ididn’t run.”

In the beginning:

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Freshman Jessi Allen can’t imagine her life without running... or baking delicious treats like Slutty Brownies.

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Allen set a new personal record of 18:20.63 at the UALR Invitational Oct. 18.

LIFEFrom varsity blues to 500 miles of summer, meetMissouri State cross-country star Jessi AllenBy Amber DuranThe Standard@amberjeanduran

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Missouri State Bears lived it up during thehomecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 18.

“I really liked how the sororities and frater-nities worked together on the floats,” fresh-man Morgan Brown said.

That’s exactly the spirit the homecomingcommittee was hoping to inspire this year.

“That was our goal this year as the home-coming committee to promote more campusunity,” said Kelsea Fink, a junior accountingmajor and the publicity chair for homecomingcommittee. “We wanted more student organi-zations; we want everyone involved. We wanteveryone coming to the event and being partof it.”

The homecoming committee has been hardat work since April to prepare for the biggestevent on campus.

“We tried to communicate with all the stu-dent organizations (by) speaking to some oftheir meetings,” Fink said. “We encouragedthem to come out and participate.”

Their effort was surely recognized, andthey achieved their goal.

“It was really fun,” freshman RebeccaMcIsaac said. “Especially as a freshman, thisis my first experience with homecoming. It’swonderful to see all the school spirit and allthe different student organizations representeddifferent floats.”

McIsaac also learned something new.“I’ve never heard of the Lutheran Student

Organization,” McIsaac said. “It seemed verycool.”

The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps fromSpringfield Central High School were thoughtvery highly of. Kilties is also an all-femalecorps, which was one of the reasons why itwas popular among students’ opinions.

Jessica Freeman, the sponsor of the Kilties,was proud of the turnout. “It is a 14-monthcommitment,” Freeman said. “We practicedthree to four hours per day during the summer,and one hour before class during school.”

Kilties also brought their tough spirit to theMSU campus. One of the Kilties girls finishedher performance with the help of an inhaler.When asked about that, Freeman had pridewritten all over her face.

“We have lots of girls who have asthma andother things,” Freeman said. “They build uptheir endurance, and they push themselves,because they want to participate.”

Michelle Diaz, an MSU alumna, is also aformer Kilties. She absolutely agrees withFreeman and Kilties spirit. Diaz still hassparkles in her eyes when she talks about Kil-ties.

“We went through hardships together,”Diaz said. “We got close with each other. Wedidn’t want to let anyone down. We wantedeveryone to look good during performances.”

Not only did the students have a good time,the faculty members roared, too.

The College of Education Department set

Pomp it like it’s hot

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The float of Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Chi rolls by at the homecomingparade Oct. 18. The trio won homecoming week by obtaining the most points.

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Comedian Brian Regan has been making people laugh formore than 30 years. This Sunday, Oct. 26, he will be perform-ing at the Gillioz Theatre at 7 p.m. The Standard spoke withhim over the phone about Twitter, being “clean” and big words.If we’ve got a college student who’s interested in getting

into standup comedy, how should they start?Well, it’s a whole different animal than when I started. It’s

harder for me to give advice because I’m so far away fromwhen I started. It’s different now. When I started, you would tryto find comedy clubs that had open mic nights, or auditionnights, and that’s when you would go and try to get on stage, orelse you’d try to get on wherever you could. Now, a lot of com-edy clubs don’t offer the open mic night thing. Some do, butsome don’t.

So it’s more challenging finding places to perform, and fromwhat I understand, now they have these things where a venuewill say, “Hey, if you bring 10 people in, then you can get a sloton stage.” I’m glad they didn’t have that when I started,because I didn’t have 10 friends. I’d just get a lonely guy livingunder a bridge somewhere.

So the bottom line is, the only way you’re really going to besuccessful at this is you truly have to be passionate about it tothe point where you’ll figure it out. If it’s one of those thingswhere you have to bring 10 friends, then you’ll figure out a wayto bring 10 friends, or you’ll use Google and find out the clos-est comedy club that has an audition night. You’ll borrow afriend’s car and get there and do it. If you don’t have the pas-sion, it’s probably not going to happen. But that’s true with any-thing. Unless you want to just be a lazy bum. If you want to bea lazy bum, you don’t need any passion.And you said it’s changed so much. You’re 57, does it ever

feel like you’re getting too old for this, or that so much haschanged that it doesn’t seem like it was when you started?

I’m not at a point yet where I want to stop doing it. I stillenjoy it. And I’ve gotten fortunate in that I’ve gotten to a placewhere people are coming out to see my show. They’re not justwalking into a building and saying, “Who’s this guy on stage?”And because of that, I have my foot in the door, so to speak.They’re sitting in the audience, and they’re holding a ticket thathas my name on it. They didn’t just happen in on the place.They already have a propensity to like the kind of stuff that I

do. And maybe they like the fact that I know big words like“propensity.” They’re just all out there hoping, “I hope hecomes out on stage and uses a word like ‘propensity.’” No, Ihave a dictionary open in front of me, so I thought I’d takeadvantage of it.

If I was getting started now, I don’t know how well I woulddo. But I’m fortunate that I have a little bit of a cushion under-neath me, that I have a following, etc.I noticed you don’t really use Twitter in the same way

that a lot of comedians do. It doesn’t seem like you work outa lot of jokes on there. Is that a conscious decision for you,or do you just not like Twitter?

The world is changing around me, and Twitter is part of theworld. It’s not how I like to do comedy. I don’t like to think upa funny thing and put it on my phone and hit “send.” I like todo comedy in front of an audience. That’s how I can tell ifsomething’s funny or not.

It’s weird to me to judge a joke on retweets. I want to hearlaughter. I don’t want to be looking at numbers and going, “Heylook, I got retweeted 943 times. Isn’t that wonderful?” And I’mnot belittling people who use it. That’s fine. It’s just never beenmy forte. That doesn’t mean if I see something that’s kind ofsilly or goofy I don’t take a picture of it and tweet it out, but it’snot something that I do on a daily basis.One of the big things you’re known for is being a “clean

comic.” Does it ever get tiring being asked about that? Doyou like having something that you’re known for, or does itfeel like you’re being pigeonholed?

It’s something that I’m always going to be asked, I guess. Idon’t let it bother me too much. But what’s interesting to me isthat it’s clearly much more important for other people than it isto me. I don’t sit down and try to come up with “clean come-dy.” I don’t think, “Man, I want to come up with some good,wholesome lily-white comedy.” I just think of things, and theyjust happen to be everyday things. They just don’t go in certaindirections. And some people in the audience might like the factthat it was clean, and that might be an important aspect of mycomedy, but I would like to think the fact that it was funny wasthe more important thing.

And this might sound a little jerky, but an empty stage for anhour is clean, but nobody’s buying tickets for that. You don’t gosit there and look at a freshly-mopped stage, sit there for anhour, walk out and go, “Man! I am so happy. What a cleanshow!” There’s got to be something more to it. So I, think thelaughter part hopefully trumps the clean part. But it s what it is,and I can’t avoid the question. And that’s okay with me.

So it’s Sunday night, you’re in Springfield, you’ve gottons of options. Why should people come see Brian Reganat the Gillioz Theatre?

Because I guarantee that I will give every audience membera crisp $10,000 bill. That’s an ironclad guarantee. No asterisk,no caveat, it’s a 100 percent guarantee that I’ll give everyone$10,000 in cash.Well I’ll definitely be there then.Now if my entertainment lawyer were here, he’d say, “You

have to say another sentence after that.” Well then it’s notfunny. But I’m going to put an asterisk on the thing I wasn’tgoing to put an asterisk on and say it might not be a full$10,000.

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LOL with Brian ReganBy Trevor MitchellThe Standard

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Editor-in-chief chats with comedianperforming at the Gillioz Theatre Oct. 26

Photo Courtesy of Brian Regan

up a tent in front of Meyer Library expect-ing more than 200 people to join them.

“We expect alumni, friends, currentstudents, returning students,” said

Michele Smith, an assistant professor inthe Counseling Leadership and SpecialEducation Department.

“Tailgating sometimes is for olderadults,” Smith said. “There are younger-children coming to tailgate too. So wehave students set up tables to facilitateactivities for young children, too.”

As Smith was talking, some children

were painting pumpkins in front of thetent.

Last but not least, the good timewouldn’t be so good without the help ofthe safety officers. Police Cpl. MattBrown has worked homecoming for threeyears.

“We want to monitor and make surethat everyone is (adhearing to) the univer-

sity policy,” Brown said. “We also want tomake sure no safety issues arise.”

The victory of the Bears brought thecurtain down on this year’s homecoming.However, students are already itching toplan the next homecoming.

“The bands were perfect! We hope tosee more bands next year,” Morgan Brownsaid.

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ScoreboxField hockey (3-12, 0-4)Friday, Oct. 17Missouri State 1 1 - 2Central Michigan 1 2 - 3

Volleyball (13-7, 6-2)Friday, Oct. 17Missouri State 25 25 25 - 3Evansville 20 22 19 - 0

Football (4-3, 1-2)Saturday, Oct. 18Missouri State 10 14 7 0 - 31South Dakota 3 0 9 0 - 12

Men’s soccer (6-4-3, 2-0-1)Saturday, Oct. 18Missouri State 0 0 0 0 - 0Loyola 0 0 0 0 - 0

Women’s soccer (5-8-2, 1-2-1)Saturday, Oct. 18Missouri State 0 0 - 0Drake 2 1 - 3

Volleyball (14-7, 7-2)Saturday, Oct. 18Missouri State 25 25 25 - 3Southern Illinois 19 23 19 - 0

Field hockey (3-13)Sunday, Oct. 19Missouri State 0 3 - 3La Salle 3 1 - 4

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BriefsMSU punter earnsValley honors

Junior punter Chris Sullenswas named the Missouri ValleyFootball Conference SpecialTeams Player of the Week on Oct.19 for his performance againstSouth Dakota on Oct. 18.

Sullens made seven punts inthe game, including a career-high74-yard punt. Six of his puntslanded inside of the 20-yard line.

Cross-countryBears showimprovement atUALR Invitational

The Missouri State crosscountry Bears finished in thirdplace out of 13 teams with anaverage time of 19:13 at theUALR Invitational in LittleRock, Arkansas on Oct. 18.

Freshman Jessi Allen finishedin sixth place and set a new per-sonal best with a time of18:20.63 to lead MSU. JuniorCindy Forde finished in 18thplace for the first top-20 finish ofher career.

Next for the Bears is theMVC Championship in Carbon-dale, Illinois on Nov. 1. MSUfinished in 10th place at the 2013MVC Championship.

Tuesday, Oct. 21Men’s golf: 8 a.m. vs. Jim RiversIntercollegiate at Choudrant,Louisiana

Women’s golf: 8:30 a.m. vs. BlueRaider Invitational at Murfreesboro,Tennessee

Friday, Oct. 24Field hockey: 4 p.m. vs. Miami(Ohio) at home

Swimming and diving: 5 p.m. vs.Kansas Double Dual at Lawrence,Kansas

Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Bradley athome

Saturday, Oct. 25Swimming and diving: Noon vs.Kansas Double Dual at Lawrence,Kansas

Women’s soccer: 1 p.m. vs. Loy-ola at home

Football: 6 p.m. vs. No. 9 IllinoisState at Normal, Illinois

Men’s soccer: 6 p.m. vs. Bradleyat home

Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Loyola-Chica-go at home

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Senior quarterback Kierra Harris runs for a huge gain against the South Dakota Coyotes at Plaster Stadium on Oct. 18. Harris rushedfor 90 yards and one touchdown while also throwing for 153 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-12 victory during homecoming.

It was a culture clash on the field at PlasterStadium: the old-school style of pound-the-rock-between-the-tackle running versus theflair of a playmaking quarterback as the Mis-souri State Bears (4-3, 1-2) ran the ball for aseason-high 288 yards in a win over SouthDakota (2-5, 0-3) behind a dominating perform-ance from the offensive line.

“Like I’ve said from the start, they’re thebest offensive line in the Valley.”

Those were the words of senior quarterbackKierra Harris, who threw for 143 yards andthree touchdowns. Harris also had a career highin single-game rushing yards with 90 on theday.

Coming into this contest the offense, espe-cially the running game, was a bit anemic.Against Youngstown they were averaging only3.7 yards per carry. Against South Dakota State,3.5.

MSU averaged 6.5 against South Dakota.“More than anything, we really wanted to

come out for our homecoming and send a mes-sage that you can really lean on us and poundthe rock,” said senior guard Richard Galbierz,one part of the offensive line who helped the

MSU running game break free for a season highof 218 yards.

All three of MSU’s premier running backs –– junior Ryan Heaston, sophomore PhoenixJohnson and redshirt freshman Calan Crowderran for over 50 yards on the day.

“(Having that performance) feels great,”said Crowder. “Running behind that offensiveline opening up those holes.”

Though MSU had great success on theground, it was the passing game which got themon the scoreboard, and it didn’t take them long.Early in the first quarter, Harris connected withfreshman wide receiver Malik Earl on a 52-yardpass and touchdown, the longest scoring play onthe year for the Bears.

“(The atmosphere) was like a powder kegready to explode and (Earl) ignited it.” saidhead coach Terry Allen, discussing the atmos-phere created by the 15,537 fans in attendance.

The defense also had a message to send thatday. After giving up a big first-half lead in theloss to South Dakota State, redshirt sophomorelinebacker Dylan Cole and the defense swore toprevent a repeat.

“That was the message at halftime,” Colesaid. “We’ve been in that position before andwe knew we had to come back out and finish thejob.”

It was a job made a little bit easier by thespecial teams play, as junior punter Chris Sul-

lens had a career game with six punts landinginside the 20-yard line of South Dakota, includ-ing a 74-yard bomb, the fourth longest punt inMSU history, and one yard short of the record.

“We work on the punt everyday. We pinthem as far away from where they can score.(Sullens) did a great job today,” Cole said.

Finally grabbing a win in the tough MissouriValley Football Conference leads to a feeling ofrelief for the Bears, who, after a strong start,found themselves 0-2 in conference play.

“This win was huge. As a coach, you hastento say any game is more important, but this wasa huge win for us today,” said Allen, and Gal-bierz agreed.

“We came into this season thinking playoffsand a loss today would have put us behind theeight ball. We get the momentum and get rightback on track with this win.”

Next up is a tough two-game road stretchwith two competitive conference opponents ––No. 9 Illinois State and Indiana State. But forplayers like Cole, the road ahead isn’t thatintimidating.

“I think we like playing on the road. I likepeople telling me I’m not very good. It moti-vates me,” Cole said. “We understand what weneed to do and we’ll get it done.”

The Bears kick off against the undefeatedRedbirds this Saturday, Oct. 25, in Normal, Illi-nois at 2 p.m.

By John RobinsonThe Standard@SaxmanJohn

Ice Bears go pink against Iowa

MSU uses powerful running game, explosive scoringplays to reel in homecoming victory over Coyotes

Bears blow past South Dakotafor first win in conference play

MSU completes weekend sweep of Iowa to continueits flawless dominance over Division-II competition

The Missouri State Ice Bears completed asweep of the Iowa Hawkeyes this homecomingweekend, which also served as the Ice Bears’fourth annual Pink in the Rink weekend.

Once again playing on the renowned pink iceand donning pink and maroon jerseys, the IceBears used the weekend to raise awareness forbreast cancer and raised money for the BreastCancer Foundation of the Ozarks.

In the opening game of the Pink in the Rinkweekend, the Ice Bears initially struggled to findthe back of the net due to a stifling Iowa defen-sive effort.

“It was definitely frustrating for us out thereto start out with,” senior forward Miguel Francosaid. “We wanted to come out strong after beingswept last year by them. We were getting a lot oftime in the zone, but they were getting out infront of the net to block shots. And we were hit-ting the post.”

Despite the initial struggles, Franco was ableto put the Ice Bears on the board in the first peri-od off a rebound from a shot from freshmanAndrew Kovacich. The Ice Bears took the 1-0lead into the second period after putting up 18shots on goal while holding the Hawkeyes tozero shots on goal.

“It was definitely hard for me to get into thegame after not seeing any shots in the first,” jun-ior goalie Justin Davis said. “I had to stayfocused and wait for the shots to come, and I hadto keep my legs moving to stay loose.”

The Hawkeye shots eventually came in a flur-ry, with the Hawkeyes striking on their third shotof the game to make it a tie game despite the IceBears registering 25 more shots.

The game remained tied going into the finalperiod, but the Ice Bears continued putting on thepressure in the offensive zone. Though they wereworking well in their systems, MSU would windup taking the lead after sophomore forwardBrendan McClew forced a turnover in the Iowadefensive zone to find Franco, who would netted

go-ahead goal on the backhand for his second ofthe game.

“(McClew) saw me over his shoulder and Iwas alone in the slot. Goalies have a hard timejudging where the backhand is going to and I justhappened to get it in,” Franco said.

Franco, who was uncertain if he would beable to return to the Ice Bears earlier this year,was happy taking in another moment in what isturning out to be a special year.

“Tonight really was special. We had a bunch

of chances, but mine just happened to go in andbe a game-winner,” Franco said.

The Ice Bears got insurance goal from juniorBrian Leslie on well executed 2-on-1 with seniordefenseman Justin Buchheit to take game one ofthe weekend by the score of 3-1.

After a relatively clean Game 1, Game 2would be marked for a lack of discipline with atotal of 30 penalties. While each team had 15

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Bears and Lady Bears conduct practicescrimmage on Homecoming weekend

The Missouri State basketball teams both debuted overhomecoming weekend, each in an intrasquad scrimmage.For the men’s team, it was about having a good time.

Defense was not in the vocabulary or gameplan as themaroon and white Bears lobbed each other alley-oops andtook turns taking three-point shots.“We just wanted to have fun,” said men’s basketball head-

coach Paul Lusk. “We wanted to have an all-star approach, soobviously there wasn’t a whole lot of defense, but it was a lotof fun and we still have to practice really hard.”For the Lady Bears, defense was a bit more of a focus.

Since the Lady Bears only have 11 scholarship players, theyfaced off versus male volunteer practice players and workedhard on both sides of the ball.“Part of the reason we wanted to get those guys out was

for numbers’ sake,” said women’s head coach Kellie Harper.“Also, typically these guys are going to be bigger, faster,stronger, and it’s going to be very competitive in practice.”For the fans, it is a fun tradition to observe the teams in a

laid-back setting where they can familiarize themselves withthe players and meet them afterwards.One such fan is Russ Winterberg, a Missouri State alum.

He has come to the maroon and white scrimmage ever sincehe was a student. Now he carries on the tradition with hiswife and two sons, who are just beginning to play basketball.“We both graduated in 2001, and basketball has always

been one of the things we love to watch as a family,” saidWinterberg.More than that, Winterberg likes how homecoming has

been transformed at his alma mater.“I think it is definitely more involved now. Seeing the

upgrades to the stadium and everything else with football,along with the tailgating parties, it has expanded a lot.”This year the scrimmages were held in McDonald Arena,

which is the old basketball gym that predates the HammonsStudent Center and John Q. Hammons Arena. That was whatstudents like Bob Eberling enjoyed about this year’s scrim-mages.“It is pretty cool to be in McDonald Arena,” said Eberling,

a senior public relations major at MSU. “A lot of it is used forclass now, so we’re really excited to see the Bears putting ona show. It’s really great to come back to where it all started.”Freshman guard Liza Fruendt made her first appearance in

a Lady Bear uniform during the scrimmages.

“It’s cool just being here in a place that is really historic tothe university,” said Fruendt.Basketball season seems to have come out of nowhere,

with the teams’ first exhibition games coming early inNovember. The Lady Bears host Central Methodist on Nov. 4at 7:05 p.m., and the Bears host Missouri Southern on Nov. 8at 7:35 p.m.The Standard’s annual basketball tab with in-depth pre-

views of both teams and their players comes out on Tuesday,Nov. 4.

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Sophomore forward Onye Osemenam goes up for abasket during the Lady Bears’ scrimmage on Oct. 18.

Bears show resilience againstDrury at annual Duel in the Pool

The Missouri State men’sand women’s swimming anddiving teams showedresilience and intensity inthe home installment of theannual Duel in the Poolagainst Drury on Oct. 16.MSU faces Drury twice

each season in a home-and-home style format, with onemeet taking place at Ham-mons Student Center and theother at Drury’s BreechPool.Both MSU swimming

and diving teams fell behindduring the first half of themeet, but they stormed backduring the second half.The men’s team pulled

ahead late and won theirmeet 131-112.“The men, being short-

handed, did a phenomenaljob of depth points, and onour top end, it was just acomplete effort,” head coachDave Collins said.The women’s team was

able to close the gap, butwere narrowly edged byDrury 121-120.“It was just awesome that

we are able to pull it so closeat the very end,” junior IbbySimcox said. “It kind ofstinks to lose by one point,but I think we did a good joboverall.”On the men’s side, senior

Paul Le set a new poolrecord with a time of 1:45.60in the 200-yard back event,beating the previous recordhe set just a year ago.Junior Uvis Kalnins

(45.24) won the 100-yardfreestyle. Junior MiguelDavila won two events, the500-yard and 1,000-yardfreestyles, to propel MSUpast Drury.“We knew they would

come in strong, and we justrealized that we would haveto take the momentum backwith our individual events.And that was our thoughtprocess going into themeet,” freshman Ethan Bre-sette said.Junior Dora Kiss led

MSU with three individualvictories, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.75),200-yard fly (2:07.33) and500-yard freestyle (5:04.20).Sophomore Lauren Pavelplaced first in the 200-yardbreaststroke (2:26.22).The men’s and women’s

swimming and diving teamswill next head to Lawrence,Kansas for the Kansas Dou-ble Dual. The women’sswimming and diving teamwill compete with KansasUniversity and the Universi-ty of Denver, while themen’s team has a head-to-head meet against Denver.“Kansas and Denver’s

women’s programs are verystrong,” Collins said. “It’sgoing to be really fun towatch them get up and racethere.”Following the Kansas

Double Dual, the MSUmen’s and women’s swim-ming and diving teams trav-el to Columbia for a head-to-head meet against Missourion Oct. 31. The Kansas Double Dual

kicks off at 5 p.m. on Oct. 24and at noon on Oct. 25.

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Three cheers for the maroon and white ashomecoming events, such as Yell Like Hell,captured Missouri State University pride allweek long. On Thursday, Oct. 16, Yell like Hellwas held at Hammons Student Center as one ofseveral events during homecoming week.

The annual pep rally showcases school spir-it between many of MSU’s fraternity and soror-ity members, student organizations and resi-dence halls with cheers.

Megan Craft, senior exercise and movementscience major, organized this year’s Yell LikeHell. Craft said that Yell Like Hell is anextremely important event to homecomingweek.

“Yell Like Hell is an event meant to allowthe teams to show their support to their organi-zation as well as their pride for Missouri StateUniversity,” Craft said. “Each team has beenasked to create a cheer to help express theirpride.

“Over the years, it has kind of turned into astomping competition. The goal is to be unique

enough to stand out to the judges, all whileunder two minutes,” Craft said.

This year’s pep rally brought the competi-tion and school spirit with 22 organizationscompeting for the top spot. Theta Chi placedfirst in the competition among FSL teams. Sis-ter Circle and Scholars House placed first intheir respective categories.

Craft said that the event ran smoothly due tovarious factors. Craft worked alongside sopho-more marketing major Megan Gaglio and saidthat they worked well together in making YellLike Hell a successful event.

“We started working on things at the end oflast semester,” Craft said, “We had all summerto gather judges, athletic teams for the peprally, get an emcee and make a timeline andscript for the event.”

Lucas Kill, senior entertainment manage-ment major and former Maroon Madness pres-ident, was the emcee for the homecomingevent. In addition, there was also a run-throughof the competition prior to the event, whichproved to be helpful for both the teams andorganizers.

“We had a dress rehearsal for the teams thisyear to prepare them for what to expect and to

eliminate any chances of them getting disqual-ified,” Craft said.

Runners up in Yell Like Hell included PiKappa Alpha, Alpha Chi Omega, Associationof Black Collegians, Dance Bear-a-thon andWells House.

“It was a lot of planning, but I think it allcame together nicely,” said Craft. “(Yell LikeHell) gives recognition to all the teams thatplay their hearts out for Missouri State.”

Taylor Miller, junior elementary education

major, participated in Yell Like Hell with hersorority, Xi Omicron Iota.

“My favorite part of Yell Like Hell was theexcitement and adrenaline rush I experiencedwith my sisters as we prepared to hear Xi Omi-cron Iota called to the floor,” Miller said.“Although we didn’t place, it was definitelyworth it. It is always upsetting when your chap-ter’s name isn’t called. But I believe the placeswere well deserved and everyone did theirbest.”

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Stomp, stomp, clapStudent organizations bring theheat in annual homecomingstomp competition, Yell Like Hell

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Students cheer on their organizations during the pep rally called Yell Like Hell.

By Rebecca BiundoFor The Standard

If you have been to Rockstar before, you may befamiliar with last year’s winner, junior Adam Grimes.His impressive voice helped his fraternity win Rockstaragain, which is a homecoming event.

Grimes is a senior musical theatre major and repre-sented Pi Kappa Phi during the competition.

This year, 22 students represented different organiza-tions on campus and performed at the event.

Philip Denner, of Phi Gamma Delta, is a junior com-munication major and one of the competitors. He pickedthe song “All of Me” by John Legend because it fit hisrange well.

“I am looking for something slower and somethingdefinitely for the girls,” he said.

In the first round, students can choose what they wantto sing and the judges will choose the top five singers. Inthe second round, each person prepares three songs andlets the judges decide which one they are going to sing.

“I’m really happy to have won Rockstar, but I didn’tcare about winning at all,” Grimes said.

He said he loved the opportunity to sing for his col-leagues and gave advice for future Rockstar participants.

“Just have fun with it, and try to do something differ-ent that people will enjoy,” Grimes said.

The first song he sang was “I Want It That Way” bythe Backstreet Boys.

“I picked this song because I knew it would be athrowback to all of the students in the audience,” he said.

Before Rockstar started, Pi Kappa Phi held auditionsfor all guys who love to sing and then attended their ownspecial event to decide who would represent their frater-nity. Grimes was the winner. After that, he went to theOffice of Student Engagement and attended the auditionfor Rockstar.

“I want to thank my fraternity for always having myback and for supporting me from the beginning, and ofcourse all of my friends in Greek Life who have alwayscheered me on,” Grimes said.

Melanie Taylor is freshman nursing major, so thiswas her first time to attend Rockstar.

“I don’t think it was fair because he won last year,too,” Taylor said.

She said her favorite song of the competition is “AllAbout That Bass.” Her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, pre-pared about two weeks for Rockstar. Paula Landry, ajunior musical theatre major who represented Alpha ChiOmega, got into the top five.

Taylor said they didn’t advertise a lot, because thejudges are the ones who decide the results, not students.

Gabrielle Bozik, a sophomore marketing major, justtransferred to MSU this year, so it’s her first time attend-ing Rockstar. She said she liked the winner this year.

“He is really good,” she said.Cassandra Loveland for The Standard

Adam Grimes, 2013 and 2014 Rockstar winner, with guitarist and2014 homecoming king candidate, Zane Clark.

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penalties, the game camedown to the Ice Bears capi-talizing on the power playand the Hawkeyes beingunable to capitalize.

The Ice Bears scoredtheir first goal of the gameon a power play withKovacich scoring on a back-hand goal off a pass fromsenior defenseman JuusoHalmeenmaki, who was pre-sented with his ACHADefenseman of the Monthaward prior to Game 1 of theseries.

Missouri State padded thelead in the waning secondsof the first period with soph-omore forward Ryan Hog-land sneaking one in on a 5-on-3 power play to make it a2-0 game after the first.

After Buchheit made it3-0 on a rebound from anAdam Otten miss, theHawkeyes got one back on apower play goal of theirown. The Ice Bears quicklygot the goal back, with sen-ior defenseman Eric Aldagscoring on a slap shot thatthe Hawkeye goalie wasonly able to get a piece of forthe Ice Bears’ third powerplay goal of the evening. TheIce Bears scored one more in

the second on the powerplay, with Franco scoring histhird goal of the weekend ona 2-on-1 with graduate for-ward Brad Keenan.

In the final period, Hog-land netted his second goaland the Ice Bears fifth powerplay goal to make it 6-1 inthe final game of the series.After the frustrations of notbeing able to get the puck inthe net in Game 1, Hoglandcited an enhanced focusbeing the key to success inGame 2.

“We hit six or seven posts(on Friday), so we wereworking on making the extrapass to get better looks. Iknow on my two goals I had

two great screens and thegoalie wasn’t able to see athing. We had just more ofan all-around team effort.”

Senior goalie Steve Lom-bardo earned the win on Sat-urday, with last year’s sweepstill fresh in his mind.

“Last year’s sweep was inthe back of my mind. Iremembered some of theguys from last year’s team,and they were trying to get inmy head. I was motivated toget the win.”

Unlike Davis in Game 1,Lombardo saw a lot morepressure due to the MSUpower play. Despite allow-ing one power play goal,Lombardo held the

Hawkeyes off on two differ-ent 5-on-3 power plays.

“They were trying to getin my face and put the pres-sure on, but our D kept themout of the way when theycould, and I was just tryingto do my job of being a walland limiting rebounds,”Lombardo said.

Following the conclusionof Saturday’s game, the IceBears auctioned off the com-memorative pink jerseys,raising $5,200 for the BreastCancer Foundation of theOzarks.

The Ice Bears (10-2)remain undefeated againsttheir fellow D-2 opponents.They will travel to

Edwardsville, Illinois to takethe SIU-EdwardsvilleCougars. The Ice Bears willreturn to Mediacom Ice Parkon Halloween weekend totake on the D-I University ofCentral Oklahoma Broncos.

Head Coach Bob Bucherannounced that the Ice Bearswill wear orange jerseys onHalloween weekend as partof the #AllieStrong move-ment for softball’s AllieAlvstad, who was recentlydiagnosed with acutemyeloid leukemia. Studentsare encouraged to wearorange to Mediacom IcePark during Halloweenweekend to help be a part ofthe #AllieStrong movement.

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Home struggles continue for field hockey Bears

The Missouri State field hockey Bearswere swept in a two-game homestand this lastweekend, with the Bears dropping games tothe Central Michigan Chippewas and the LaSalle Explorers.

In Game 1 on Friday afternoon, the Bearsappeared to be on their way with a well-pacedattack in the opening half. Freshman AndreaSoler Codina opened the scoring for the Bears,lofting one over the Central Michigan goalieafter a Holly Scherer pass to take a 1-0 lead.

The Bears lead was short-lived with theChippewas getting an equalizing goal just afew minutes later. The Bears saw a number ofchances of the first half off of penalty corners,but were unable to capitalize on a few shotsthat would go just wide of the net.

Despite the missed opportunities, the Bearsreclaimed the lead in the second half as Scher-er and Soler Codina came together again toput the Bears up 2-1 on Soler Codina’s sixthgoal of the year.

The Chippewas would again comeback,though, answering the MSU goal with a goaloff of a penalty corner to make it a 2-2 game.From there, the Chippewas again seizedmomentum, controlling the ball for most ofthe half to put pressure on the MSU defense.

The Chippewas eventually got to theBears, with Central Michigan’s Brynne Satrescoring the game-winning goal with less thanfive minutes to play off of another penalty cor-ner to make it a 3-2 victory for the Chippewas.

After losing the lead late in Game 1 on Fri-day, the Bears found themselves being theones to play catch up in Sunday’s match

against the La Salle Explorers. La Salle wouldstrike early, taking a 1-0 just 28 seconds in tothe game. The Explorers rode their momen-tum to net two more goals in the half and tooka 3-0 lead into the second.

The Bears wasted no time trying to getback into the game in the second, with Scher-er scoring three minutes into the second halfto make it a 3-1 game. Shortly after scoring,Scherer found the back of the net again after along pass from junior Charlie Redhead tomake it a 3-2 game.

The Explorers answered shortly afterScherer’s two goals, but the Bears broughtitback to a one goal game after junior defenderJackie Eskue rocketed one home for her firstcareer goal in a Bears uniform to make it a 4-3 game.

The Bears continued to put on the offen-sive pressure, but the Explorers were able tostop the Bears comeback to hold on for the 4-3 win. Despite dropping game two, the Bearsare using the second half of Sunday’s gamegoing forward.

“We knew we weren’t playing to ourpotential in the first half,” Scherer said afterthe game. “We were going to come out withheart in the second half and try to come back.We’ll have to work on putting a full gametogether.”

Eskue agreed, also admiring the Bears sec-ond half effort despite not being able to com-plete the comeback.

“We really came out with a lot of heart inthat second half. We know that we’ll have towork on playing like we did in that secondhalf whole 70 minutes together.”

The Bears (3-13) will return to action onFriday, October 24 for their final home gameof the 2014 season at Betty and Bobby AllisonNorth Stadium at 4 p.m. as they take onMiami (Ohio) University.

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Junior defender Patrice Ahl controls a ball during a game against Central Michiganon Oct. 17. Central Michigan defeated MSU 3-2.

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Though she maintains lofty goals for her running careernow — qualifying for nationals, becoming an All-American— Allen started out as a scared high school freshman joininga two-time state championship team at Kearney High School.

“We had such a good team — walking into that as a fresh-man, that’s sort of intimidating,” Roberts said. “So, she wasscared, but one thing Jessi is not afraid of is work and com-mitment.”

As Allen moved from middle school to high school, sheknew she was going to run, but she just wasn’t sure how far.

“I didn’t even want to make varsity,” Allen said. “I didn’twant all those nerves.”

“It took her two months to realize she could actually dosomething,” Roberts said. “We haven’t been able to stop hersince.”

Today, Allen runs for Missouri State cross-country, andshe runs as fast and hard as her body will allow.

“I can’t really not work my hardest. I just can’t do it,” shesaid.The good, the bad, the ugly:

The hills will always be there, forcing climbs and descentsand fostering the strength building necessary to be able to gofarther and to run faster, she said. As a self-proclaimed hard

worker, Allen has learned to love these hills of her runningcareer, taking both the bad and good days in stride.

There will be the good days, she said.“My senior year we were at state. I had had a few bad

races before this and had little expectations going into thisrace. So I just told myself this was the end, and I needed tojust see what I can do. I did and set a personal record of19:20,” Allen said.

And then there will be the bad days.“My first race of my sophomore year in high school was

in Jefferson City, the hardest course in the state. It was 100degrees outside, and we had no idea what we were gettinginto,” Allen said. “I don’t even remember finishing. I guess Ifinished, though, because my coach said I kept saying, ‘Whatwas my time? Tell me my time,’ and then I collapsed intosome mom’s arms — not my mom — just some mom in thecrowd. That was probably my worst race.”

She said that no matter the race, though, finishing is thebest feeling in the world.

“It’s like finishing a test that you’ve studied long and hardfor. When you’re done, it’s like a weight is lifted,” Allen said.“You get to see the fruit of all your efforts, see it all pay off.”

In the end:With the fruit of her labor in tow, Allen likes to unwind by

reading some of the classics and baking to her heart’s content.“I figure if I read all the classics, they have to make me

smarter,” she laughed. “I just finished ‘Kite Runner.’ I love‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ and I finished ‘Jane Eyre’ this sum-

mer. I’m a nerd about science, but I don’t, like, read sciencetextbooks for fun or anything.”

“She’s a pretty laid back girl,” her mom, Mary Allen, said.“She likes hanging out with friends and having fun likeeveryone else.”

When Jessi Allen hangs out, it’s usually with a mixingbowl and spoon in hand and a Pinterest page open to therecipe for Slutty Brownies or any number of her baked goodfavorites.

“I love to bake,” she said, “anything with a twist. Haveyou ever tried Slutty Brownies?” she asked. “You have to trythem!”

With one layer of cookie dough, a layer of Oreos and alayer of brownies, she said they can’t be beat.

She likes to listen to music, anything of the indie persua-sion, and she likes her alone time — a stark contrast to beinga fierce competitor at the collegiate level.

Though her passion for the sport keeps her running those500-mile summers and doing twice-a-day workouts, Allensaid in the end, she really just runs to achieve.

“I run for accomplishment,” she says.Allen also runs for others, though she may not know it.“She has inspired me to try and run,” Mary Allen said.

“Running doesn’t run in our family. I ran track in high school,and maybe ran a mile a few times, but not like Jessi. I’mthinking of doing that Couch to 5k thing, though. SometimesI will jog with Jessi at home. I can’t keep up with her, but shemakes me want to try.”

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“It gives them the opportunity to open anew cafe and to go through every single ele-ment… I think just giving them that bigoverview, giving them the opportunity formanagement practice and allowing them totake risks in a safe environment, which I thinkis invaluable,” Ehlers said.

The menu changes every semester as anew class of students enter the course, but onething remains the same: Carrie’s Moroccanrolls with spinach and three cheeses in phyllodough and served with a side of creamy dill

sauce. The students develop the rest of the menu

from scratch. It starts with creating recipesand testing them out in the first couple weeks.After a number of recipes are finalized, theymust be named and priced. Then quantitiesare determined for a grocery list to supply thekitchen. Lastly, the students market the cafeon and off campus.

Brooke Rohan, senior hospitality andrestaurant administration major, is taking therestaurant management course for a secondsemester.

“It teaches you everything you need toknow about how to run a restaurant,” Rohansaid.

This year’s menu includes the famousMoroccan rolls appetizer; three sandwiches

all served with your choice of salad or chips;three main entrees; and a dessert. Guests canalso enjoy coffee, tea, assorted hot teas orapple cider with their meal.

For $8 or less, guests can have lunch atCarrie’s Cafe.

The menu is typically created around theseason. For example, this year one option is asmoked turkey sandwich with fried shallots,bacon, lettuce, tomato and a rosemary mar-malade served on a toasted pretzel bun orwarmed up with a salmon chowder servedwith a house-made cheddar biscuit.

For dessert, students decided on bakedcinnamon triangles with cranberries, apples,pecans and caramel sauce with a scoop of cin-namon ice cream.

The class is divided into three groups:

prep, line and service staff. Each student willrotate through these groups to experience the“front of the house” where the host seatsguests and servers attend to guests, and the“back of the house” where the preparationarea and cooks are stationed.

Carrie’s Cafe is the first step in many ofthese students’ lives with big dreams of open-ing their own restaurants one day.

The cafe is open to the public, and eventhough it is recommended for guests toreserve a table, they’ll also accept walk-inguests.

Lots 35 and 37 are available for free park-ing during hours of operation.

Carrie’s Cafe opens Oct. 21 and is openfor lunch every Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., in Professional Building 426.

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Cole Schlesselman, a seniorinstrumental educationmajor, said.

Senior instrumental per-formance major Alex Alfarosaid, “It’s cool for people tohave this chance to hang outor play because a lot of per-formers don’t have theopportunity to play out inpublic. The only thing thatcould be problematic forThe KimBrew is this type of

environment is only con-ducive to certain people,and most of them either playan instrument or they justlove it. But hopefully otherpeople will becomeattached to this environ-ment.”Elmore said The Kim-

Brew is only serving drinks,both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, but hopes to getenough funding to start pro-viding food, too.

The KimBrew is locatedat 607 E. Madison St. Suite112, right next to TextBucks.

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Homecoming tailgate rocked BearFest Village

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The bronze bear was the 2013 senior class gift andpresented to MSU on Oct. 18.

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Students bled all things maroon and white at thehomecoming tailgate Oct. 18.