Western loses 2 benefactors

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U E S D AY,
NOVEMBER 18, 2003
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M I S S O U R I W E S T E R N S TATE C O L L E G E
News Editor
The department of housing and residential life at Missouri Western is currently in
the process of searching for a new residence
hall director for Juda, Logan and Beshears
Halls.
Jason Kilmer, the previous holder of the
position who started working on July 1, is
not working at the college any longer. His
last day of work occurred on Sept. 24 of this
fall semester. It is not the policy of the school
to release the reason, or reasons, why staff
at Missouri Western are no longer
employed.
“We are not at liberty to discuss [this matter] due to this being a personnel issue,” said
Sally Sanders, director of human resources.
Twelve days prior to Kilmer’s last day of
work he was involved in an incident in
which a resident of Vaselakos was injured.
Sophomore Erin Wilson said she and her
roommates were locked out of their second
floor Vaselakos apartment on the night of
Sept. 12 between 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
They called the housing office for assistance
and Kilmer met Wilson and her roommates
at the locked door. The keycard for the door
would not work, so Kilmer tried to fix the
battery on the door. That method did not
work so the housing office was called again,
Wilson said.
Upon calling the housing office for the second time, it was suggested that Wilson and
See Search for new RHD page 6
Student
allegedly
raped
Danny Stooksbury
News Writer
File Photo
Vaselakos Hall where a student fell on Sept. 12 between 10:30 and
11:00 p.m while doing a “trust fall.” On Sept. 24, RHD Jason
Kilmer worked his last day at Western. Kilmer was present during
the fall, which resulted in a female straining her back and going to
the emergency room.
Western loses 2 benefactors
‘Father of MWSC’
passes away at 86
Bob Poirier
Copy Editor
John Downs
1917-2003
Senator John E. Downs, known by
many as the father of Missouri Western
State College, died Sunday, Nov. 9,
2003. He was 86.
On Friday, Nov. 14, a memorial service officiated by Rev. Neil Blair, a friend
of Downs, was held in the Bebe &
Crosby Kemper Theater in the Leah
Spratt MC Building. Blair said Down’s
passing made him think of Jimmy
Stewart’s character George Bailey in
the movie It’s a Wonderful Life.
“We would not be here today, for
MWSC would not be here today, if not
for John Downs,” Blair said.
Former United States Senator
Thomas Eagleton offered the eulogy at
the service.
“His proudest moment was as the
creator of Missouri Western State
College,” Eagleton said. “He believed
that the greatest gift he could leave to
the citizens of St. Joseph was an academic institution which could train
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Mourners pay their respects to John Downs during a memorial service held in the Leah Spratt Building on Friday Nov. 14.
Rev. Neil Blair officiated the service and former Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton (at the podium) delivered the eulogy.
Downs Drive is named for the late Downs.
Approximately 12:30 p.m. on Oct.
22, the Missouri Western security
office received a statement from a
female student who reported being
forcibly raped on Friday Oct. 3,
between 7-8 p.m.
The alleged assault took place in
the Beshears Hall Housing Complex
on the east end of campus after the
alleged victim was forced into one of
the structure’s bedrooms.
The
assailant was reported to be an
African American male residing on
campus and was known by the
accuser prior to the alleged assault.
According to Western Security
Director Jonathan Kelley the two
parties involved were the only two
in the room and no weapon was
believed to have been used.
As last reported on Friday, Nov.
14, the victim had not requested
that her case be turned over to the
St. Joseph Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office to pursue additional legal
action. The Western security office
has turned over the case to the
Dean of Student Development Bob
Klostermeyer.
Further action may be pursued by
the college which may choose to
submit the assailant to be reviewed
by the campus judicial system.
At that time a judicial board or
hearing officer would hear the case
and determine what college policies
have been broken and the appropriate actions to be taken. During the
hearing both the accuser and the
accused would have the option to
present any evidence or witnesses
deemed relevant.
If the accused is found guilty of
violating Western’s assault policy,
possible sanctions might include
warning, probation, loss of privileges, restitution, residence hall
suspension, residence hall expulsion, college suspension and/or
expulsion from classes.
The Campus Safety Report and
Consumer Information booklet published in October of this year states,
“Missouri Western State College
See Alleged rape page 4
Namesake of Logan Hall, Sheridan Logan, passes away at the age of 102
Bob Poirier
Copy Editor
Sheridan Logan
1900-2003
Sheridan Ashton Logan, St. Joseph historian,
author and MWSC benefactor, died Thursday,
Nov. 7. He was 102.
Logan was a significant contributor to students
at Western. Sheridan and his brother, Col.
Thomas Ashton Logan, established the John
Sublett Logan Business Fellowship Program in
1959 in memory of their father.
Funded through the Logan Trust, the program
assists business students going on to graduate
school. An extension of the
program, Aspirations Inc., is
a student organization that
assists students to prepare
for graduate study and is
open to all MWSC undergraduate students committed to pursuing graduate
study in business, law,
accounting, or economics.
Logan also provided fund-Sheridan Logan
Western Benefactor ing for the Small Business
Institute in the department
of business and significant support for the
Fulkerson Center, which will be completed next
year. Logan Hall is named in honor of the John
Both candidates for VP drop out
Rikki Cason
News Writer
In early January, MWSC will review a new batch
of applicants for an assistant vice president of academic and student affairs.
Two candidates were selected as finalists for the
position and began campaigning in late October.
However both candidates dropped out unexpectedly, leaving the committee to find other applicants.
Candidate Peter Longo dropped out of the running first, right before he was scheduled to speak
at the campus on Oct. 27. Robin Bowen spoke at
the campus on Oct. 28 with a speech called How to
Use Assessment to Promote Education.
The committee met with Bowen and decided
they needed to find another candidate to run
against her and pursue a different course of action.
However Bowen recently dropped out, leaving the
committee looking for two new qualified candidates.
The committee received about 60 applications
after advertising for this position and is looking for
an applicant with many different qualities. This
position will take affect next year and a decision on
which candidate receives the position will hopefully take place this July.
“We are looking for a candidate with higher education experience and assessment experience, which is a relatively new area,” David
Arnold, vice president of academic and student
affairs said. “ There are a large number with faculty experience, a lower number with assessment
experience, and a limited number that have both.”
Starting in January the committee will start
See New VP being delayed page 6
Sublett Logan family.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
James Roever said Logan will be remembered by
many as a man who paid the tuition of college students who drove him to lunch at the Benton Club.
Some of these students later returned the favor
when his eyesight was failing by reading to him.
“We are reminded of his proud attendance at the
Intern and Aspirations Dinner of the department
of business where he modestly received thanks for
his contributions,” Roever said. “We are reminded
of a stately gentleman who returned to St. Joseph
in his retirement and who represents the generous residents of St. Joseph who have continuously supported Missouri Western State College.”
See Sheridan Logan page 5
Correction
The graphic on the front
page of The Griffon News
dated Nov. 4, 2003, was
incorrect. The numbers given
were not intended to be accurate, and that was a mistake.
The actual cost for 15 hours
of in-state tuition is $1,485
plus fees. The cost for 15
hours of out-of-state tuition
is $3,165 plus fees.
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tuesday, november 18, 2003 •page 2
STAFF EDITORIAL
Veteran’s Day still not
honored appropriately
How did you celebrate Veteran’s Day this
year? If you are a student at Missouri Western
you probably didn’t because you were in class.
Last Tuesday the nation was supposed to
spend some time that day to show their support for the men and women who have risked
their lives in battle to preserve our freedom.
While the doors at banks, post offices and
libraries were all locked, the doors at Missouri
Western State College continued to swing as if
it were any other day.
At the most recent national census taken in
2000, there were more than 26 million veterans in America. Since then thousands more
have been sent overseas to serve in the war on
terror and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Some Western students spent Nov. 11
remembering rolling out of bed a couple of
hours late on Columbus Day and began to
question if Missouri Western has got it’s priorities in order.
Missouri Western student and current Staff
Sargent in the Missouri Air National Guard
Matt Martindell emphatically voiced his opinion on what he believes to be a nonexistent
acknowledgement of Veteran’s Day.
“It is a slap in the face that our school recog-
nizes the mistaken discovery of our continent,
but we do not formerly recognize the achievements of our military members and the sacrifices that they have made and are currently
making,” Martindell said.
Another Western student, who asked to
remain anonymous, offered a similar response
to the subject.
“It is ridiculous that we are relieved from
classes to celebrate the life of a man that
stands in history as a greedy merchant who
sailed to the new world only because he wanted to get rich, instead of taking an opportunity
to show thanks to the men and women who are
fighting for our freedom today,” the student
said.
“I think we should show the people who have
risked their lives for us that we appreciate
what they have done while they are still alive.
When you walk around campus it is hard to
tell if the people here even care about
Veteran’s Day at all,” the student continued.
“That is unless the invitation of an untalented
semi-celebrity, who has shown abusive tendencies when inebriated in some way offers
thanks to the many who have risked their lives
for the American way of life.”
Wade Williamson
- Cartoon Liason
COMMENTARY
I won’t mizz ‘The Miz’
Did you go see Mike
“the Miz” Mizanin of
The Real World?
Tracy Muff
Freshman
“I didn’t know that Mike Mizanin was
going to be here.”
Cory Crockett
Senior
Speaking about sex, drugs and… oh I don’t
know, maybe rock and roll, Mike “the Miz”
Mizanin of Real World pseudo-fame came to
Missouri Western this last week.
Brought in by C.A.B, “the Miz” imparted
his vast wealth of knowledge to a willing
crowd. While the themes of his speech were
certainly relevant to college life, and the
speech itself was almost entertaining, I was
left wondering about his credentials.
How was this guy qualified to speak above
any other Joe Schmoe, and for that matter,
what did this little event cost the student
body?
After a frightening glimpse into the mecentric world of “the Miz” via his website,
themizareyouready.com, I haven’t been able
to turn up anything indicating this man to be
an expert in any field, other than the rather
in-depth study of himself.
The site offers its visitors premium priced
Miz-wear, a Miz fan chat room, the Miz’s
favorite quotes and wrestling aspirations,
along with a host of head shots. Each photo
depicts another side of this clearly profound
individual. There’s a shy Mike, a sexy Mike,
an angry Mike and I suppose Happy, Sleepy,
Grumpy and Doc were posted somewhere on
the site also. I couldn’t say for sure. I got
caught up in the eye-candy of his flex shots.
andieschmitt
One of his mock inspirational quotes listed
on his site sounded more like the beginning
of a bad pick up line.
“Everybody has a little ‘Miz’ in them.”
To which, I’d have to reply, ”no thanks.”
Not bad abs, I must say. However, I still
had not found any definite proof that said
this guy was qualified to give advice or shape
our opinions.
It occurred to me that he may have just
been here for a little star-spotting and a few
laughs. At that rate, why didn’t we just hold
out and get Chris Rock again?
If it was a qualified speaker we were shooting for, with relevant topics and a background to back it all up, then I know we
could have done better. This campus has welcomed the likes of Bill Bradley and Colin
Powell before. If it was a star-studded
COMMENTARY
What Western means to me, as a transfer
I grew up in St. Joseph and on this campus. Both my parents went here. In high
school, I watched, as virtually my entire
class signed on to be Griffons. I was shocked
that only 10 students out of 242 in my class
went anywhere else.
By the end of last year, three of the 10 had
already returned. All for the same reason,
home sickness. I had a hard time realizing I
needed to be in St. Joe for the same reason.
I always talked about how as soon as I graduated I was going to leave this crappy town,
and never return. Then I strangely missed it
and wanted to come home.
My first few weeks here were hard after I
transferred back from NWMSU. Every
where I went I saw students that I’d went to
school with since seventh grade, people I
rikkicason
went to elementary school with, some people
I hoped to never see again, and others that I
was glad to see.
I missed my friends from NW and I guess
I was afraid to move on. Up there, I was
walking to class with everyone waving at me.
Here, everyone looked in fifty different
“I really didn’t know when and where the
guy was going to be.”
Ross Martin
Editor-in-Chief
Andrew Gerdes
Junior
“I didn’t go. I saw the signs but I decided
not to attend.”
comedic act, then I know we’ve done better
in that department as well.
I find the choice of “the Miz” especially
disturbing after just last spring I gladly cast
my vote in favor of the SGA fee increase, as
I presume that money was to have funded
the event.
For the record, I’m not just a Western, no
pleasing me, misanthrope. I’ve actually
been very pleased with certain expenditures, like the college readership program
for example. And I continue to support the
SGAas they work up plans to make our food
court more like a spot where students could
comfortably congregate, instead of just
another cold cafeteria.
But Mike “the Miz” Mizanin? You lost me
there. Come on guys, I think we could have
done better.
As of yet, I don’t know what the cost of this
little shindig was. An email was sent to
C.A.B. requesting that info, but as of the
publication of this paper, the question was
still unanswered.
Maybe that figure will be waiting in my
inbox on Tuesday and I’ll find myself pleasantly surprised to find he came here for free,
and Adam Sandler is on the schedule for the
spring.
Hey, stranger things have happened.
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directions, and you don’t see many people
saying hi. I would wear my Northwest
clothes constantly. I wanted to show that
Western was the last place I supported.
My negativity changed for this school all of
a sudden. The realization occurred when I
went back to Northwest. I expected this warm
welcome. When I got there, I got nothing.
I have learned some things I thought I
never would. I learned that I do like it here.
I am even thinking about buying my first
Western hoodie.
I saw that while people don’t walk around
waving at everyone they see, the people that
I have met, are genuine with their friendship, and most are very proud of this institution.
They aren’t fake.
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tuesday, november 18, 2003 • page 3
Web job searches cause problems
Twelve
non-trads
receive grants
Missouri Western State
College Ambassadors made
some tough decisions and sifted through the stacks of
applicants. In the end, they
awarded scholarships to 12
non-traditional students. The
lucky 12 students are: senior
Brenda Baker, senior Penny
Robinson, junior Melanie
Beebe, junior Wendy Sleeth,
sophomore Heather Bish,
junior Laureen Catron, senior
Diana Deatherage, junior
Amy Grant, junior Lanell
Hopkins, junior Margaret
Pella, sophomore Robin Rose
and
senior
Karen
Steltenpohl.
The scholarships were
awarded out of the W.
Fairleigh Enright Charitable
Trust fund. The awards disbursed in this round totaled
$13,500, with the average
award being $1,000.
Over
the
years,
the
Ambassadors have awarded
over $120,000 to degree-seeking, nontraditional students
since 1989.
The Haskell
Dancers return
to campus
The Haskell Dance will perform in celebration of Native
American Month. The performers are returning to
Missouri
Western
State
College after a previous showing this time, last year. They
are set to perform at 7 p.m. on
Nov. 19 in the Leah Spratt
Multipurpose
Classroom
Building Kemper Recital
Hall. The event will be sponsored by the Center for
Multicultural
Education
(CME) which will be free and
open to the community.
This year’s dancers, Daryl
and Willow Jack, are national
pow wow champions. The
Jacks will include a question
and answer session and a
friendship dance where the
audience can participate.
The Haskell Dancers are
students at Haskell Indian
Nations
University
in
Lawrence, Kan.
Faculty and staff
achievements
announced
R.E. Moore was selected to
receive one of six AddisonWesley Scholarships. The
national awards are going to
be given at the 16th Annual
International Conference on
Technology in Collegiate
Mathematics in Chicago, Ill.
Moore is the director of developmental mathematics.
Jane Frick has been elected
to a three year term on the
Board of Directors for the
Missouri Center for the Book.
She is a professor of English
at MWSC. She was appointed
to the Missouri Association of
the Teachers of English Board
of Directors. On the board she
is serving as the National
Writing
Project/Missouri
Writing Project Network liason to Missouri’s state affliate
of the National Council of
Teachers of English.
John Rushin and Cary
Chevalier
attended
the
Missouri Academy of Science
(MAS) Executive board meeting. Rushin is a professor of
biology and Chevalier is an
associate professor of biology.
Chevalier is the vice president of MAS. He received
approval to organize a special
program to be held at the
April annual meeting of MAS.
--Staff Reports
Students with online
resumes are prey to
identity theft and spam
Ashley Dinges
U-Wire
Students and job seekers who post
their resumes on Internet databases
may want to think twice before they
do it again, according to a study
released Tuesday.
The study, conducted by the World
Privacy Forum, states that professional job search websites are not the
only ones violating privacy laws -even some internship and scholarship
websites may be breaking the rules in
their collection of personal information.
The study raises questions regarding possible privacy violations -- such
as distribution of information to third
parties -- and specifically cites Web
sites FastWeb.com and Eliyon.com.
Pam Dixon, principle investigator
in the study, originally worked for the
Privacy Foundation of the University
of Denver but left to create her own
organization, the World Privacy
Forum. The forum was launched
Tuesday with the release of the study,
which commenced in 2001.
"I posted 25 resumes online, and I
found that they were being shared. I
would receive e-mails from sites
thanking me for the submission of my
resume, when I hadn't submitted it in
the first place," Dixon said.
One of the main concerns of the
study is whether these resume services violate Title VII of the U.S. Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which makes it
unlawful for an employer to offer
employment or fire an employee
based on race, color, religion, sex or
national origin.
But sites such as the scholarship
search engine FastWeb.com ask students questions about their sexual
orientation and whether they are HIV
positive. These questions fall into the
category of Equal Employment
Opportunity information, which is
covered in Title VII.
Because sites such as FastWeb do
not directly deal with employers, they
technically do not fall under the jurisdiction of Title VII. Yet according to
the study, if students opt for it, the
services will forward their information to potential employers. The study
also raises questions because
FastWeb is a division of Monster.com
Inc., an employment service.
"Even though FastWeb is owned by
Monster.com, our database of student
profiles is not shared with Monster.
FastWeb has its own privacy policy,"
said Baird Johnson, vice president
and general manager of FastWeb.
In response to the privacy of questions asked in the student profiles,
Baird said that it is necessary
because some scholarships are based
on aspects such as sexual orientation.
"We have to ask those questions so
we can make sure students of that
orientation have the opportunity to
receive certain scholarships. We
never release that information to
employers," Baird said.
The study also claimed that if
strictly followed, the privacy policy
FastWeb could conceivably allow the
company to share students' personal
information with anyone.
In addition, Baird said the forum
never contacted FastWeb to verify
that the company truly practiced any
of the techniques the study implied.
The study is "implying things that
aren't true. A responsible organization would contact us and give us the
chance to answer their questions,"
Baird said.
Baird also said "thousands" of
University of Michigan students use
the service, such as LSA junior Rich
Everson.
"The only scholarships it found me
were completely general and would
have been available to almost anyone," Everson said.
Some students were not concerned
about third parties contacting them
because of the detail of information
they sent.
"I wasn't too concerned because I
avoided revealing really personal
information such as my Social
Security number," LSA sophomore
Frances Deering said.
Another site targeted by the study,
Talentblast.com, uses spidering software to collect information from personal homepages. According to the
site, employers can search over
250,000 resumes and then "find rare,
passive candidates" even though the
resumes were not directly submitted
to the site.
The main concern of Dixon and the
researchers was that technology is
increasing more rapidly than the government can control.
"One of our goals is to have the government look more closely at this
issue," Dixon said.
Job prospects improving for ’04 grads
Daniel J. Hemel
U-Wire
As Brown University seniors prepare for life beyond College Hill, some
question whether they will have
opportunities to land the jobs they
want. Others remain optimistic in
light of the recent economic upturn.
But a struggling economy and heightened unemployment have limited job
prospects.
It has been a "very good year" for
the fields of investment banking and
consulting, two areas that have performed poorly in the past few years,
according to Associate Director of
Career Services Barbara Peoples.
However, these industries are far
from operating at peak levels, said
Peter Howitt, a professor of economics with expertise in macroeconomics
and economic growth.
"I think that they will never be as
popular as they were throughout the
1990s," Howitt said.
But after several years of decline
and stagnation, Career Services
reports an increase in recruiting
activity that is likely due to the 7.2
percent third-quarter economic
growth rate, Peoples said.
Bain and Co., a consulting firm centered in Boston, increased recruiting
by 30 percent in 2003 and expects an
even bigger increase in 2004, Public
Relations Coordinator Sandra Canela
wrote in an e-mail.
"We're starting to see that, for
many employers, their hiring is up
compared to last year," said Manager
of
Employer
Relations
Scott
Lachapelle. "They're finally starting
to react to what it seems the rest of
the economy has done."
"Things are starting to improve,
and jobs seem to be picking up,"
Howitt said.
But Howitt acknowledged the
"tough times" of the current national
economic situation, adding that the
economy continues to struggle in comparison with performance in the midto late-1990s.
Scott Strand '04, who recently
received a job offer from Bain, said he
believes the economic downturn now
only affects certain fields, while others are able to grow and develop.
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"Some job markets are pretty stable, or even hiring more. Any group
that calls for small groups of dedicated specialists tends to still be hiring,"
Strand wrote in an e-mail to The
Herald. "That seems to be where the
jobs are right now ... it's all about
finding a niche."
Many seniors participate in a competitive recruiting process through
Career Services, in which companies
search the campus for future employees. A corporation will either post job
openings through Brown or will actually visit the campus and conduct
interviews through Career Services, a
practice which is becoming more common. Companies that have visited
Brown this year include Goldman
Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan
Stanley. These corporations often
recruit strictly at "top-tier" universities or at schools with deep alumni
connections, Lachapelle said.
"I think with a lot of these firms,
having an Ivy League degree helps
immensely because they only recruit
at their target schools," said Herald
account manager Eugene Cha '04,
who also received a job offer from
Bain and Co. this year.
"Brown's probably worse off than a
school like Harvard or Princeton, but
it's definitely better off than a majority of the schools that are out there."
Alumni connections have also led to
increased recruiter activity. Both
Strand and Cha said these connections were crucial in receiving interviews with corporations on campus.
"We have a real strong alumni network and we are very grateful for
everything that the alumni do with
us," Lachapelle said.
But not everyone is finding success
as the economy improves.
Klara Chan '04 said she believes
Career Services over-emphasizes certain career paths.
"I think they are very geared
toward Fortune 500 companies and
financial services companies," she
said, adding that because she has not
yet limited her options she finds it difficult to plan for the future.
"Right now, I'm not so happy," Chan
said when asked about her prospects.
"I wish I had specified what I wanted
to do and focused on it throughout my
Brown career."
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Western employees and students.
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Friday , November 21
Tuesday, November 18
• Mock Interviews will
begin at 8:15 a.m. in the
Warren
E.
Hearnes
Learning Resource Center,
room 150.
Wednesday, November 19
• Planetarium Show. 7:308:30 p.m. Evan R. Agenstein
Science and Math
building, room 105. Lewis &
Clark. Cost is $3 per person.
For tickets, call
271-4370.
•Coffee and Conversation is
back. The program starts at
9 a.m. and continues until
noon. It is being held in the
Fred Eder Student Services
and Classrooms Building,
room 202. Non traditional
students are welcome to
attend.
• Mock Interviews will continue today. Again beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the
Warren E. Hearnes
Learning Resource Center,
room 150.
•Lion in Winter production
begins at 8 p.m. in the
Black Box Theatre (FA 206).
General admission tickets
100 ft.
• Women’s Basketball will
play Ferris State at 5 p.m.
Saturday , November 22
• Lion in Winter production
• Women’s Basketball is
still TBA.
Sunday , November 23
starts at 2 p.m. for the
matinee and 8 p.m. for the
regular showtime in the
Thursday , November 20
•Western Orchestra will
perform at 3 p.m. in the
Thompson E. Potter Fine
Arts Theatre. The concert is
free.
•Jazz Ensemble will also
have a concert at 7:30 p.m.
in the Thompson E. Potter
Fine Arts Theatre. This
event is free as well.
• Men’s Basketball is away
at Park. The game starts at
7 p.m.
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1.
Larceny
November 3, 2003, Juda Hall
A female reported to the Safety Department that some jewelry was stolen from her room. She said that three
rings and a necklace were gone. Those items had a total value of $504. A male told the victim that he had the
rings and had pawned two of them. A statement was obtained by the victim along with a receipt and pictures of
the rings.
2.
Traffic Accident
November 4, 2003, MWSC Parking Lot K
A female student reported that she had been in an accident. Both vehicles were checked and the officer
observed only minor damage to both vehicles. There were no injuries to the drivers. The first driver stated
that she was backing out of a parking space and collided with the other driver. The second driver stated she
was driving along when vehicle one backed into her vehicle.
3.
Possession of Controlled Substance
November 6, 2003, Beshears Hall
The Safety Department received a call that the Housing office had gotten a complaint about drug sales being
conducted in a room at Beshears Hall. Upon checking the room a female said that there was a controlled substance on her side of the room. After checking the room 11 packages of a leafy substance had been found. The
substance was checked and the test revealed the bags contained marijuana.
4.
Drug Paraphernalia
November 2, 2003 , Vaselakos Hall
An officer was contacted by Housing to respond to a found item. Some R.A.’s stated that, while making their
usual rounds, they saw a plastic bag in the middle of the hallway. The bag contained a green, leafy substance.
A test revealed that the substance was marijuana. The bag and contents were booked into evidence. There
were no current suspects at the time.
Mayor Jones declares French Week in St. Joe
delivered by one of his aides. The message conveyed the importance of learning about different cultures and how that knowledge will help
different people to understand one another.
Associate French professor Susan Hennessy
felt the same way about experiencing different
cultures.
“It is nice to have an awareness about differNick Draper
News Editor
ent cultures,” Hennessy said.
In addition to the cheese tasting, three stuA sample of the French way of life comes to dents talked about their experiences studying
Missouri Western in the form of French week. in Angers, France, last June. The informationThe highlight of French week was the tast- al program was geared to students thinking
ing of 10 cheeses that are common in France. about participating in the study abroad proMore than 30 students attended the cheese gram.
Lindsey Fuller said she was
tasting.
amazed
at how well she was
Claudine Evans, associate
able
to
communicate with
professor of French and
the people in France.
native of France, commented
“I was surprised at how
on the differences between
easy
I could get around with
the way French people and
knowing
only a little of the
American
people
view
Some students think of language,” Fuller said. “I
French cheese.
never felt like it was work
“Some students think of
(French
cheese)
as
while
I was over there.”
[French cheese] as stinky,”
Those
who were at the
Evans said. “Well, it is, but
stinky. Well, it is, but presentation
got a lot out of
when you are raised on it you
don’t think of it as stinky.”
when you are raised on the meeting.
“The meeting was benefiThe students that were
cial
because they [the preit
you
don’t
think
of
it
as
present thought the cheese
senters] gave adequate infortasting was a good experistinky.
mation,” said junior Nicole
ence but still had some
Carroll.
“The people who
doubts about some of the
CLAUDINE EVANS went last year seemed to
cheeses.
FRENCH TEACHER AND NATIVE OF have gained a better perspec“It was a good taste of culFRANCE tive of French life.”
ture,” said junior Julie
French week began with
Hendren. “I didn’t choose
the
film Madame Bovary
anything that looked moldy
Wednesday night. Three
though.”
events will conclude the 2003
The cheeses were sampled
French
week.
French
games are going to be
with authentic French bread and juice.
held
in
SSC
211
on
Monday,
Nov. 17. Tuesday,
Normally, French cheeses are served with various types of wine, but because Missouri Nov. 18 will have two events including a presWestern is a dry campus, wine could not be entation about using French in various careers
and an authentic French dinner held at the
served, Evans said.
A message from Mayor David J. Jones was restaurant Luna in downtown St. Joseph.
French students participate
in many activities promoting
cultural awareness at MWSC
“
”
Jeremy Weikel/Staff Photographer
Students participate in a French cheese tasting on Friday, Nov. 14, in the SS/C Building as part of French
Week. Pictured front right is Spanish professor David Young, back right Mark Murray, and center back
Julie Hendren.
continued from front:
Alleged rape
will not tolerate sexual assault and
will apply severe sanctions to any student found guilty to have committed
such an offense.”
Klostermeyer stated that even if the
accused is found guilty to have violated Missouri Western’s assault policy,
he would not be required to register as
a sex offender in accordance with the
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.
The act (section 1601 of Public Law
106-386) is a federal law that as of Oct.
28, 2000, tracks convicted, registered
sex offenders who are enrolled as students or who work or volunteer at any
institution of higher education.
According to the Cleary Report on
Campus Crime Procedures and
Statistics, the Western public safety
department has received seven
reports of forcible sexual assault since
2001. Five of the seven reported incidents took place in the residential
facilities.
According to a 2000 National Crime
Victimization survey, approximately
two out of three rape victims know their
assailant and nearly half are considered a friend or acquaintance.
The departments of student activities, housing & residential life, and
public safety all provide sexual
assault awareness and prevention
programs.
The programs offer survivor advocacy services in addition to providing
safety tips for prevention and awareness initiatives for potential offenders.
To help prevent similar occurrences
from happening, Kelley issued the following statement:
“Be responsible when dating and
drinking; make sure you are with a
group when you go out to new places
and report crimes involving violence
as soon as possible, even if you do not
wish to prosecute.”
Director of Public Safety Jon Kelley also encourages students to visit the following list of websites
for additional prevention, victim and survivor
information:
www.rainn.org
www.fvsai.org
www.ndvh.org
www.4woman.gov/faq/sexualassault.htm
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‘The Miz’ comes to Western
Former Real Worlder
participant speaks to
Western students about
safe sex and drugs
Lindsay Tremayne
News Writer
On Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Leah
Spratt Multipurpose Classroom
Building Mike the Miz from The
Real World 10: Back to New York
spoke to 150 Missouri Western
Students.
He covered issues like alcohol,
school, charities, and of course his
experience on The Real World.
Campus Activities Board (CAB)
sponsored the lecture. CAB president, Valerie Lee, was a little disappointed with the number of students
who turned out for the event.
“I was hoping it would be packed,
but it wasn’t,” Lee said.
DeWonda Weeks thought that bringing in someone from The Real World
would have drawn in a bigger crowd.
“We really don’t have lectures,”
Weeks said. “I know, as college students, it’s not really a cool thing to go
to. There still wasn’t that many people here, even with [Mike] being a
semi-famous person.”
One of the deciding factors to bring
Mike to MW was his low price. His
visit totaled to almost $3,000.
CAB member, Abby Houseworth,
thought it was a good idea to bring
Mike to campus, because everyone
knows who he is.
“We thought he would relate to college students, because everybody
watches The Real World,” Houseworth
said. “[We thought] he would relate
and give us some advice about life.
We’re trying to reach everybody.”
Western
sophomore,
Ashley
Eastman, did not think the event
was worth the money.
“He had his little speech for a
while, and then everyone just asked
personal questions the whole time
about The Real World, and I didn’t
ever watch it,” Eastman said.
Audience member Jeremy Wilder
received a free Mike the Miz hat during the question/answer session following Mike’s speech.
“It was fun,” Wilder said. “I like
the question/answer. I don’t really
watch The Real World.”
Mike said that there were some
quality questions asked.
“A lot of people had some really good
questions to ask,” Mike said. “Usually I
just get the boxer/brief stuff, but a lot of
people had some interesting stuff about
gay life and diversity—it was great.”
Mike has traveled to many colleges
to speak since his first season on The
Real World. He has visited states
like Minn., Tenn., Ohio and Texas, to
name a few.
In addition to being on a variety of
MTV reality shows, Mike attended
George Bush’s Points of Light speakers training course at Sonoma State
Contributed Photo
Mike “The Miz” Mizanin poses trying to fly during his stay in The Real World 10 in New York. The Miz was on campus for a speech
on Thursday, Nov. 13, where he spoke about safe sex and staying away from drugs.
University.
He also participates in many charities such as Elizabeth Glasier
Pediatric Aids Foundation, and Junior
Achievement. He has hopes of becoming a professional wrestler some day.
“Follow your dreams,” Mike said.
“A lot of times kids do what their
parents want them to do, but I
always say ‘Do what you want to do,’
because it’s what’s going to make you
happy in the end.”
Sheridan Logan
After graduating from St. Joseph’s Central
High School in 1918 Logan attended Phillips
Academy at Andover, Mass., in 1919 and graduated from Harvard University in 1923.
After graduation, he worked at the First
National Bank of New York for 43 years. He
became the executive secretary for the George
F. Baker Trust, whose scholarship service sent
thousands of young men to college.
After retiring, Logan returned to St. Joseph,
and became known as “St. Joseph’s favorite
historian.” He wrote two books, Old St. Jo.
Gateway to the West 1799-1932 and George
Baker and his Bank 1984-1955. He was a
Missouri Library Literary Award recipient.
Logan was a member of First Presbyterian
Church; St. Joseph Historical Society; Pony
Express Historical Association; Riverfront
Park Committee; National Trials Committee;
Missouri State Historical Society, of which he
was a board member and former VicePresident; and the Harvard Clubs of New York
City and Boston, Mass.
“Mr. Logan was a great citizen of our community, whose generosity supports many good
causes, including scholarships for Western
students,” said Western President James
Scanlon.
Logan also served as a board member for the
MWSC Foundation. A line from the
Foundation’s mission statement seems to mirror the ideals of Logan’s life regarding education: “To inspire a lifelong passion for learning
and to empower a diverse population of students to succeed as citizens in a changing
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Advisory board
helps freshmen
Alec Jennings
News Writer
The Freshmen Advisory
Bonanza (F.A.B.) night was
held in the Student Union
lounge Nov. 11 to help
improve the first semester
experience for Western freshmen, yet it received very little
attendance.
F.A.B. night was sponsored by the Freshman
Leadership Council whose
goal was to help new students choose classes based
on their experience to make
the first semester transition
go more smoothly.
According to Adrienne
Pierce, member of the
Freshman
Leadership
Council, success in the first
year of college is important for
your academic performance
throughout college.
“The first year of college is
important,” Pierce said. “It
lets you see if this is what you
really want.”
The Freshman Leadership
Council also hopes that by
improving the first year experience, freshman retention
rates will improve.
“[Freshman
Leadership
Council’s] to bring freshmen
closer together. We want to
bring them together and let
them know not to leave next
semester.”
According to LaShaundra
Randolph, leadership intern,
improving the
freshman
retention rate was one of the
primary reasons for initiating
F.A.B. night.
“From last year’s retention
rate of the freshmen class, we
learned that we have to do
something.”
F.A.B. night also helps students choose organizations
that might fit their particular
interests.
“A school is what you make
of it,” Randolph said. “The
theory is: the more involved a
student becomes in his or her
institution, the more enjoyable the college experience
will be.”
Ebony Babbs, Freshman
Leadership Council member,
says that simply dealing with
new found freedom can be a
distraction for first time college students.
“For some people freedom
is not a good thing,” Babbs
said. “They’re not able to
handle it that well.”
The
Freshman
Leadership Council hopes
to guide new students
through this transition and
help them choose classes
that best suit this change.
“You have to be responsible
for yourself; there is no bell
to tell you when to go to
class.”
LAY DOWN AND RELAX
A Western student receives a massage from the Physical Therapy Association of Missouri Western. The physical therapy
students gave $6 massages to students during an event in the JGM on Friday, Nov. 14.
“I heard about it, and it sounded fun,” said Stefanie Lyle, a senior English education major. “They did an excellent job.
They should do this all the time.”
(Photo by Jess Foster/Assistant News Editor)
New VP being delayed
Search for new RHD
her roommates try using a ladder to tial life department won’t settle for anyclimb to the window of their room in one that applies.
order to get inside. A ladder, which was
“We’re doing a national search and
between four and six feet tall, was then are hoping to get a good candidate
given to Wilson and her roommates. pool,” said John Comerford, director of
Wilson climbed the ladder and on the housing and residential life. “We won’t
shoulders of one of her
rush the process just
roommates to reach
to get someone hired’
the ledge where the
better to make sure
window was.
we’re going to be able
She could not get
to get someone good.”
the window open and
Because the position
didn’t have a way to
has
not yet been filled,
We’re doing a national Kristi
get back down to the
Schulte, assisground. Someone who search and are hoping to tant director of housing
was at the scene sugand residential life, has
gested that she do a
taken over as interim
get a good candidate
trust fall, a fall where
director for Juda,
poll. We won’t rush the Logan and Beshears
someone would catch
her. While doing the
Halls and Sara Lloyd,
process just to get
trust fall she ended
residential hall direcup straining her back
tor for Vaselakos and
someone hired.
and had to go to the
Leaverton Halls, has
emergency
room.
JOHN COMERFORD assumed some of the
Kilmer was present
DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND responsibilities as well.
throughout the entire
“I
have
been
RESIDENTIAL LIFE assigned the responsiincident, Wilson said.
Kilmer was not availbility of staff superviable for comment.
sion and working with
At present the colstudents on individual
lege is reviewing more
issues such as roomthan 40 applications that have been mate conflicts, academic concerns, etc,”
submitted for the opening, Sanders Schulte said.
said. Ideally, housing hopes the position
Not having a director for the suites
will be filled by the end of the fall has allowed the housing staff to be even
semester, but the housing and residen- more involved that they already were.
“
”
“I have gotten the chance to know
many people in the suites a lot better,
and to interact with all students on
campus-not just the ones that live in my
area,” Lloyd said.
A point was made by the housing staff
to continue giving the residential students all the same services even though
there was no longer a residence hall
director for the suites.
“It was our goal to make sure students wouldn’t feel any negative affects
of having one RHD gone,” Comerford
said. “The rest of our professional staff
has picked up a lot of the duties to make
sure students get the service they need
and deserve.”
A residential hall director is very
important to the students who live on
campus.
“Resident hall directors are great
resources for students on campus,”
Schulte said. “They [students] spend
time working with the staff to provide
academic programming as well as follow up for students who may be having
trouble with classes.”
The overall job of a residential hall
director is managing the operations of
their respective buildings. This typically includes supervising student staff
members, facilitating programming
efforts, assisting with conflict mediation, serving as a judicial hearing officer and managing administrative
processes within their area.
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taking new applications and review them and the other applications they have already received. They will also have more
interviews and decide on two that will make the best assistant
vice presidents of academic and student affairs.
According to an ad run by the college in the Chronicle of
Higher Education: “Candidates must have a minimum of seven
years experience in higher education, outstanding communication and quantitative
reasoning skills, substantial experience
with assessment/ accreditation and instructional development, and a commitment to
public higher education. The ideal candidate will have experience as a faculty member and as an administrator with responsibility for continuously improving an educational program (i.e., teaching and learning).
All applicants should be committed to: (1)
-J. David Arnold the teaching-scholar model, (2) reflective
Vice President for –practice, (3) qualitative and quantitative
Academic and Student assessment, and (4) a comprehensive model
Affairs of student development.”
The successful candidate for the assistant
vice president of academic and student affairs position will
work with academic departments and students. They will also
help the vice president of academic and student affairs and act
as a member of the council of deans. The job will include
measuring the success of programs. The assistant vice president of academic and student affairs is also there to help and
serve students in a better way and do what is needed for them.
This position is also there to help the college improve in any
ways that are needed.
“As a college we improve if its needed and brag if its good,
we always want to improve,” Arnold said “Its like the Kansas
City Chiefs, their 9 and 0 but after each game their still
working to improve and get better. Were good but we want to
get better.”
John Downs
young men and women into productive pursuits and good citizenship.”
Eagleton said Downs was unlike
contemporary politicians who make
policy based on polls and spin the
results into 30 second TV commercials.
“John did not give a damn about
what was popular or unpopular,”
Eagleton said. “He said what he
believed and believed what he said.
If you don’t offend someone in public
life, you don’t have much to say.”
Eagleton said Harry Truman was a
politician Downs hugely admired.
“There was much of Harry Truman
in John: frank, candid, straightforward, no phoniness, no dirty tricks,”
Eagleton said. “Theodore Roosevelt
once said, ‘The most practical kind of
politics is the politics of decency.’
That word “decency” is the word that
goes to the very essence of John
Downs.”
Downs received an associate’s arts
degree in 1937 from St. Joseph
Junior College and a bachelor of law
degree from the University of
Missouri in 1940. He was also
awarded an honorary doctorate in
science at Missouri Western State
College in 2002.
In 1942 Downs entered the United
States Marine Corps Reserve and
graduated from the U.S. Naval Air
Station in Jacksonville, Fla., and
became a fighter pilot. He served as
a member of the famous “Dawn
Patrol” Marine Corps. flying unit
during World War II.
He was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross in 1943. On Oct. 27,
1952, Downs was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Downs served as a Missouri State
Representative from 1957-1958 and
as a Missouri State Senator from
1960-1970.
Downs had also previously
served two terms as prosecuting
attorney of Buchanan County. For
20 years, Downs was affiliated
with the Downs-Pierce Law Firm,
later retiring as an attorney with
the Pope, Nichols and Hicks Law
Firm.
Downs was a member of the
Democrats Club, Downtown Lions
Club and Phi Delta Phi Fraternity.
Western President James Scanlon,
who also spoke at the service, said
Downs was a driving force in the creation of Missouri Western State
College more than thirty years ago.
“With a sense of vision and substantial political and personal
courage, he worked tirelessly and
effectively to establish Western as a
four-year college and to build it on
its present site;” Scanlon said, “a
site that has enabled Western to
grow in its service to students and
the region and a site that will sustain this service many decades into
the future.”
Scanlon said students could learn
the importance of vision and courage
from the example set by a man like
John Downs.
Scanlon said it was fitting that
Western’s mascot is the Griffon
because it has been considered a
symbol of vision, imagination and
courage since the Middle Ages.
“John Downs is a true Griffon,”
Scanlon said.
Bob Poirier/Copy Editor
Pictures and awards from John Downs military career were displayed in the Leah
Spratt MC Building lobby after the memorial service. Downs was a member of the
United States Marine Corps Reserves during World War II
Software upgrade of $3.1 million underway
specific needs of each department on cam-
Some delays in service pos - pus in regards to the software changeover.
Next is the planning phase, which includes
sible during the software setting a preliminary time frame and designating team leaders and project particisystem changeover
pants.
Bob Poirier
Copy Editor
Planning for the $3.1 million administrative
software project approved by the
Board of Regents on Sept. 25 is
underway and implementation is
set to begin in early 2004.
The contract with Systems and
Computer Technology Corporation
(SCT) was signed on Sept. 29, and
co-project managers, Computer
Center Director Mark Mabe and
Registrar Gene Eulinger, were named. The
project will take approximately 33 months to
complete.
The new software will affect virtually every
office, department, staff member and student
on campus. Students will be able to access
transcripts, financial aid, class registration
and billing information from one central location. The unified aspect of the software will
eliminate multiple logins and will have a consistent user interface.
The software project will be completed
using a detailed four-phase procedure set up
by SCT. The definition phase identifies the
The implementation phase is when the software installation, testing and training occur.
The closeout phase finalizes the project and
the operational ownership of the software is
turned over to campus staff.
The definition phase is nearing
completion, the planning phase is
well under way and team leaders
have been chosen. The five software modules and their team
leaders are: Finance—Associate
Vice President for Financial
Planning and Administration Rick
Gilmore; Financial Aid—Director
of Financial Aid Angie Beam; Human
Resources—Director of Human Resources
Sally Sanders; Luminis—Director of the
Instructional Media Center Max Schlesinger
and Public Relations/Marketing Director
Kristy Hill; and Students—Registrar Gene
Eulinger.
The Luminis module is the portal to the
entire system. Similar to a website homepage,
the portal will provide access to every part of
the software that staff and students will need
to access.
Mabe said significant planning is required
for the project to replace the existing software
solutions on campus. Each software module is accurate as well as continuing to do their
has its own specific requirements.
regular workload on the current system,”
The student module requires a special Eulinger said.
conversion software application to deal with
Eulinger said the student module would be
the “significant volume of information” that implemented over the next 18 months.
will need to be imported into the new sys“Students can expect to register for their
tem.
summer and fall 2005 class“As the project moves fores on the new system beginward, we will put more and
ning
in
April
2005,”
more information out for stuEulinger said.
dents and staff,” Mabe said.
Even though the scope of
Hill said the integrated
the project is great, project
SCT software system will
members are excited about
While an area is in the the
improve productivity and
improvements the softmake working with data easmiddle of implementa - ware will offer to Western.
ier.
“SCT will be a single datation, there maybe some base. This will mean less
“It will provide faculty,
staff and students with “real
duplicate entry and should
reduction or changes in increase accuracy of infortime” information they need
to make decisions,” Hill
mation,” Eulinger said. “It
the way services are
said.
will also give departments
Hill said implementing a
access to more information
delivered.
new software system is a
easier than is currently poscomplex and comprehensive
KRISTY HILL sible.”
process.
Hill is excited about the
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
“While an area is in the
AND MARKETING changes that will be occurmiddle of implementation,
ing
there may be some reduction
“This is a very exciting
or changes in the way servicproject,” Hill said. “By
es are delivered,” Hill said.
implementing the SCT
Eulinger said the biggest
solution, students will have
obstacle in the process is that the staff will be up-to-date information and ability to
learning an entirely new software package.
access that information from campus or the
“(They will be) verifying that data converted w e b . ”
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ladies between the ages of 17 and 24, must live and go to school or work in the state of Missouri, and must never been married.
The competition will be just like Miss America, complete with interview, talent, evening wear, and swim wear competetions.
Winners will receive $500 from the pageant board and a $500 fee waiver if they are students enrolled at Missouri Western State
College or Northwest Missouri State University.
The Pageant will be January 10, 2004 at Maryville, Missouri. Application deadline is December 30, 2003.
Interested candidates can contact MWSC Alumni
Kendell Misemer at kgmise@grm.net or by phone at
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The tickets will be sold from Nov. 17-21 in the
Student Union.Tickets are just $1 each or buy two,
get one free. The drawing will beheld on Nov. 21.
Over $500 in prizes are going to be given away.
The prizes will include a DVD / MP3
player, a CD shelf system, assorted
DVD’s and coupons, car speakers.
tuesday, novmeber 18, 2003 • page 8
Dan Letterman
Presents:
His Top 10
List
ODM enjoys her Last Ride
ODM’s
coup d ’etat
Morgan Perry
Quotes we love.
So you should too.
1. If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
-Yogi Berra
2. What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or
not to have a mind is being very wasteful.
How true that is.
-Dan Quayle
3. I hate television. I hate it as much as
peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts.
-Orson Welles
4. Nothing travels faster than the speed of
light with the possible exception of bad
news, which obeys its own special laws.
-“Mostly Harmless” by Douglas Adams
5. If it weren’t for electricity we’d all be
watching television by candlelight.
-George Gobel
6. I must confess, I was born at a very
early age.
-Groucho Marx
7. Change is inevitable, except from a
vending machine.
- Seen on a bumper sticker
8. One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one
word is ‘to be prepared.’
-Dan Quayle
9. If we do not succeed, then we run the
risk of failure.
-Dan Quayle
10. Dang dude, they make trashcans.
-Nick Draper
Lifestyles Assistant Editor
ODM’S LAST RIDE
Ode to the friends
ODM Mission Statement – To bring good
things to light. No wait, that’s GM. ODM is
here to give a slice of life and pay homage to
the reality of college students through the eyes
of a girl that won’t play by everyone else’s
rules. We seek to foster an environment of
truth and reflection. If people are amused,
that is great. If people are thinking, that is
even better.
To anyone that has given up on the male
species ODM gives you the male friend in
action.
Wednesday 11:30 p.m.
Welcome Back!
Ah, the smell of keg beer and body spray.
Wahooie! The Muny has been reopened and
ODM is certain to be on the scene after the call
she received last week.
Flashback to last Friday night.
The cell phone rings. ODM answers.
“Where are you?” a familiar voice says on
the phone.
“Uh, in Dallas.”
ODM knows this voice. It’s Titleist.
“Where are you?” ODM inquires of her obviously intoxicated friend
“At the Muny! Get here now!”
Silly Titleist. That’s physically impossible.
“Dude, I can’t, I’m in Dallas.”
Silly Titleist has already forgotten the earlier part of the conversation.
“So.”
Click. At least she knows someone is looking
out for her well being.
Back to the topic at hand.
Titleist is one of those people you’d expect to
find on the video for “I Love This Bar.” He considers it his responsibility to encourage merriment in its various forms wherever he might
roam. On his list of dream jobs, social coordinator for Carnival Cruise lines would rank
number one.
ODM walks into the bar met by the signature polo shirt and hat, waving his beer about
as if to say, “Where’s yours?”
The best bar in the world would be worthless
without good buddies. The charm of Titleist is
hour-long conversations about absolutely
nothing that leaves you feeling nothing but
amused and loved.
Graphic by Tim Canton
Saturday night 1:00 a.m.
Somewhere, ODM isn’t exactly sure where
but she does know that somehow she got voted
the best candidate to take care of drunken
girls. Not being the earth mother by nature
she is forced to catch up on the maternal
instinct.
ODM is gathering coats and whatnot together when she is pulled out of the corner.
“You are not dancing!”
ODM is confused. Bartles, of Chode and
Bartles fame, is deeply concerned that she is
not dancing.
“I danced a lot earlier. I have to…”
With one fell swoop Bartles has swept ODM
out onto the dance floor.
“Dance, damn you,” Bartles says. “You will
have a good time.”
ODM tries to comply by attempting to
gyrate in time to the music but she is terminally white and not even “Country Grammar”
can help that.
Hoping that moving her arms around would
help, she is repeating to herself, ”Pretend
you’re having sex standing up. Pretend you’re
having sex standing up.”
“No, with a boy, stupid. I’ll go get you one,”
she exclaims scurrying off in an unknown
direction.
Uh oh. Alert. ODM is instantly transported
back to high school awkwardness. The fact
that boys don’t usually flock to dance with
her has left her a bit behind in the skill of
dancing.
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She is alone in the middle of a dance floor
and Bartles is dragging a guy she doesn’t
know in her direction.
“This is Kevin.” Bartles throws ODM at a
scared looking twentysomething. “He’s from a
different school. Now dance.”
“Hi, I’m sorry. He is just trying to help me
have a good time.” ODM is trying to appear
not quite as amazonish. But one must put
their back into it.
Outside waiting for a ride.
2:00 a.m.
Where did ODM go wrong? Somehow the
drunken girls became puking girls and ODM
is standing in between them holding back hair
and whispering, “Nobody’s going to hate you,
its ok.”
Being mocked by people is no new thing so
the pointing and laughing didn’t really bother
her but it took its toll on the girls. ODM considers this moment to be perfect for a documentary about drinking.
It would be called Girls Gone Stupid and
instead of being hosted by Snoop Dog, Janeane
Garofalo would walk around with a microphone mocking sequin-clad coeds heaving in
parking lots next to their boyfriends’ Trans
Ams.
That Bartles. He is a smart one. That extra
dancing, with a boy no less, was exactly what
ODM needed to get her through this. Time to
drag the girls again.
“I’m getting too old for this.”
tuesday, novmeber 18, 2003 • page 9
Let’s talk about turkey ... problems
Morgan Perry and Melissa Waddell
Lifestyles Assistant Editor and Editor
Next Wednesday, November 26, the bad man
goes down in flames and can’t hurt you any
more, or at least for 4 to 5 days. As of 4:30 in
the afternoon everybody gets to go home for
the fun filled days of family bonding.
Hold the phone! Family and fun don’t always
mix. Especially when you have been living the
well-fed, bohemian college life.
Problem 1:
Your mom thinks you should come home
directly after your class ends but Pete down
the hall says,” Let’s get sloshed and play
Outlaw Golf!”
The student-parent relationship conundrum is
one that plagues many people. It is best to handle it proactively by speaking with the parents
the week before vacation. The ahead of time talk
can be used to inform the parents of previous
engagements and get a schedule of family events.
If all else fails… lie! You have an extra credit assignment. You have to work. You need to
beat the crap out of your caddy! You have to
play Outlaw Golf!!!
in his rear end as we speak.
Your significant other wants to meet your
family and thinks Thanksgiving Day is the
perfect opportunity.
Balls. Although their tattoos are cool at the
bar and the nose piercing is sexy in that dirty
way you tend to like so much, your Aunt Urma
might be a tad bit unnerved by the stream of
obscenities that come out of her mouth on a
regular basis.
Now this is a tricky beast. Such situations
need a sensitive touch. Set up a time to have
dinner with your significant other and explain
that you really want to get to know them better before you subject them to Aunt Urma’s
facial hair and fruitcake.
Your old, bitty aunts have once again cornered you with the love life questions that
plague every holiday. The dear old things are
still stuck in the raging ’20s and feel that you
have hit the “marriage and family expiration
date” or are dangerously close.
This is where you hit the danger zone. One
wrong word and grandma will join in on the
conversation. If that should happen it is best to
just curl into the fetal position and silently
pray for death. Or, even better, the distraction
of the deep voice of the announcer for whatever bowl happens to come on the tube first,
making time for you to shovel the last of your
pumpkin pie and get the hell out of there.
This is just a small portion of the issues that
can occur over our “break.” But, all in all, there
really is nothing better than stuffing your face
full of turkey and stuffing, topped off with
pumpkin pie then laying on the couch, hand in
pants and watch a good game of football. So, sit
back, relax and enjoy!!
Problem 4:
Problem 2:
Problem 3:
No matter how hard you try to portray some
sort of interest in your father’s Nam story, this
holiday, you might kill him.
Miss Manners would instruct you to tactfully explain to your father that he has already
told that story and suggest an alternate topic
for discussion.
Of course, you do realize that bringing up the
Graphic by Tim Canton
fact that these stories have been regurgitated
at the table for the past 7 years may lead to the
shock of coming home next time to find that
your bedroom closely resembles a new office.
So being the trooper you are you try to maintain eye contact without going glazed doughnut, plaster the false smile on and nod through
the horrendously detailed account of the covert
operation that resulted in the shrapnel lodged
Happy Thanksgiving!!
The Lion in Winter
Remeasured
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about
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Photos by Jeremy Weikel
Crystal Hickey
Guest Writer
When you see the title The
Lion in Winter, you think of the
king of the jungle frolicking in
the snow. But this Lion is Henry
the Second, King of England frolicking in the conspiracy.
“The Lion in Winter mainly
deals with family life and
issues,” said Don Lillie the
show’s director. “But it just happens to be the family of the King
of England.”
This is the 20th anniversary of
the play at Western. 20 years ago
this play closed on Nov. 20 on the
mainstage and Lillie chose to
bring it back to Western.
James Goldman wrote The
Lion in Winter in 1968 and Lillie
has wanted to do the play ever
since.
It is set in 1183 at Christmas
time. The young King of France
has just arrived to demand the
marriage of his sister to the heir
to Henry’s provinces. The problem being Henry won’t name an
heir.
Although all the characters
are historical this play has
surprising little politics. The
main conflict is between the
head of the household and his
dysfunctional, but loving famil y.
The play boasts characters of
continental history like Prince
John and Richard the Lionheart.
“I like wit and clever dialogue,
most witty plays have good solid
humor, not a lot of filth, and they
are clever and crafty,” said Lillie.
Kellen Perry, who plays Philip,
King of France, said, “The script
is incredibly witty, Goldman’s
use of language is so economical.
It is a very lean play, there’s not
a syllable wasted.”
Lillie chose a cast with an
even mix of new and old faces.
The play features Western veteran actors Kellen Perry,
Nathan Schmoe and graduating
seniors Josh Hall and Morgan
Perry.
The roles are fairly challenging. In just one speech the
actor may have to go through a
full range of emotions. The
director said it was like a
large-scale chess match, with
strategic movements and references to both military and family.
“There is a lot of spin,” Lillie
said, “This play will have the
same impact on audiences now
and forever because it deals with
people and family.”
The late Katherine Hepburn
starred with Peter O’To o l e ,
Anthony
Hopkins,
and
Timothy
Dalton
in
the
Academy Award winning film
version. Since the play has
been done so many times by so
many other casts and directors, Lillie said it is hard not to
just think that was good, and
just copy what the other directors have done.
By putting little twists and
other original things into the
play, he has made it his own.
The cast and crew have been
having rehearsals for about five
weeks now, five nights a week,
and about three hours every
night. The pressure of the show,
and its difficulty has built camaraderie between the actors and
has built their support for one
another.
Lauren Spencer, who plays
Alais, a rather promiscuous
princess, says she is not really
like her character at all, but she
loves to play her.
Nathan Schmoe, who plays
Richard “The Lionheart,” said
“There are parts of me that are
a lot like the character I play,
but Richard is not so much like
me.”
Schmoe also commented on the
play as a whole and on working
with the director.
“There are parts about it
[The Lion in Wi n t e r] that
almost anyone can relate to. I
have worked with Don before
and I enjoy working with him
most of the time, he is very
playful and flexible which
makes for an enjoyable working environment for the entire
cast.”
“I love working on it. I’ve
never stage managed before. It’s
an awesome opportunity, I just
took it and ran,” said Candice
Schrader, the stage manager for
The Lion in Winter.
She is in charge of all that
goes on behind the curtains and
has a general oversight of the
actors.
There are several people
behind the scenes that help keep
the play running, such as set
designers and builders, lights,
technicians, costumes, and many
others. “The costumes are very
slick, and very historically accurate,” said Lillie.
The play will be performed in
the Black Box Theatre, which
the director likes because the
audience is so close to the performers they have to “rely on the
embodiment of the character.”
The actors must be a truthful
representation of the character
they are playing. They have to be
their character totally.
Lillie also said that if done
right this play could be performed anywhere, including a
kitchen and would still be fabulous.
A movie version of the play will
be coming out in the next year or
so based on this play. The Lion in
Winter movie will be starring
Patrick Stewart, from Star Trek,
and Glen Close. There is no
release date set on this project
yet.
The Lion in Winter will be performed in the Black Box Theatre
starting Nov. 20 and going
through Nov. 23.
All shows will be at 8 p.m.
plus a 2 p.m. matinee on
Sunday. Come out and support
the performing arts. Call 2714443 for tickets, seating is limited.
“Meow.”
Chickstina Cluckulara
Nursing, Junior
“I think it’s a little bit DIRTY, a little bit
NAUGHTY! It’s about time for my
arrival.”
Wynonna Judd
D.W.I recipient, fresh-meat
“Wow. I think I just threw up in my
mouth a little.”
tuesday, novmeber 18 2003 • page 10
Andie Schmitt
Assistant Editor
After four days at a journalism
conference in Dallas, Fatty isn’t
sure where to begin…
Fatty at Fadi’s
Fatty’s tummy was growling. It was time to
pick a spot for dinner (round one). The first
day of journalism conferences left Fatty near
emaciated. Ok, maybe not, but pretty darn
hungry anyways. Flipping through the Dallas
Observer, Fatty is overjoyed to come across
Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill. Fatty has found
the promised land
“Alright,” says Fatty, “with a name like that,
I can’t go wrong.”
Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill is a Texas installment with four locations, split between Dallas
and Houston.
Fadi’s is locally owned by the Fadi family.
This Fatty wants to be a part of that family.
Fatty can picture the overflowing bowls of
hummus under the Christmas tree at that
family gathering, and maybe even pita in the
stockings. Darn lucky Fadi kids.
“I digress.” says Fatty.
The Grill food is served cafeteria style.
Various salads, hummus and lamb are heaped
onto Fadi’s sampler. It goes without saying
Fatty had a little bit of everything. And for
that little bit of everything Fatty only spent
$9. Not to shabby.
Each vegetarian selection, full of tomato-y
goodness sent Fatty’s taste buds straight to
heaven. In true Mediterranean style, there
was a good blend of the sweet and the sour
with the occasional burst of curry to liven
things up. One caution friends. Fatty had some
red snapper that tasted an awful lot like fish.
“Isn’t that the idea?” says Skinny.
“No,” says Fatty, “it’s supposed to taste like
chicken.
All in all, Fadi’s was reasonably priced and
gave more than enough grub to keep any
appetite in check, no matter how big. It gets
two pudgy thumbs up.
Fatty at Gator ’s Croc n’ Rock
In between conferences Fatty realizes that
the continental whatever at the hotel this
morning just isn’t cutting the mustard.
“Mmmm mustard,” thinks Fatty.
Fatty gets back to the pages of the Dallas
Observer to find a Fatty-friendly lunch spot.
Gator’s Croc n’ Rock jumped right off the
page, boasting Cajun style pub grub. Fatty
would be lying if she said it was a one entrée
afternoon. Torn between the bizarre combination of the avocado and pineapple cheeseburger, and the lure of the Cajun catfish, Fatty
finally just says, “Aw heck, bring me all your
food.”
Eyeing the waiter, Fatty decides to whip a
tried and true icebreaker.
“I think I know you from somewhere,” says
Fatty.
The waiter asked where Fatty was from.
When Fatty replied coyly KC, the uber-tatooed
waiter said, “Oh yea, I got arrested there.”
Gee whiz, if you don’t dig a fatty, just say so.
No need to be scary.
Back to the grub.
The spicy catfish was coupled with real
southern red beans and rice, and that crazy
burger was actually a scrumptious treat. The
unusual combination led to a wholly unexplored taste territory. For Fatty, the moment
was almost religious.
It’s a good thing Fatty had that Bloody Mary
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to wash it all down with. Countless calories
later, Fatty declared this lunch a triumph,
while the waiter declared Fatty a record setting pub-grub heavyweight.
The price was on par with similar locations.
Fatty’s two-meal, meal set the wallet back $26.
“Don’t forget the Bloody Mary,” says Fatty,
”and make it spicy.”
Gator’s was well worth it.
Fatty circa 1540
Donning a paper tiara and bejeweled taffeta
cape, Fatty begins to wonder if this was a big
mistake.
Medieval Times was a life-long dream, but
the butt-puckering price of $50 a head for dinner and a show combined with $12 a round for
daiquiris made Fatty a little nervous about the
decision.
It was all put to rest once Fatty was ushered
to her kingdom and introduced to the serving
wench. “That’s what it’s all about,” says Fatty,
“it’s time to get into character and live it up.”
The serving wench brought around the soup
which smelled good enough to eat with your
bare hands. Looking around perplexed, Fatty
found no spoon. It wasn’t long before Fatty
realized there were no utensils, period. That
was all part of the medieval experience.
Fatty can play along. Picking up the bowl
Fatty gulps down the soup, before proceeding
to eat a baked potato like a candy bar, and
eviscerating a half chicken and a spare rib,
leaving only a bowl full of carcass.
“Wow,” thinks Fatty, “if I had a nickel every
time I was left with nothing but a bowl full of
carcass…”
Fatty had become acutely aware of the chicken juice and whatnot clinging to her jowls, but
just assumed everyone else was in the same
boat. Sadly, when the lights came up just
before desert, Fatty found herself being
gawked at as though she was a ravenous
hyena. Darn proper patrons. They just didn’t
have the spirit of the place.
The show’s intensity built and Fatty was
caught in the moment. When the Knight from
Fatty’s Kingdom of uh, blue was up for the
joust, Fatty found herself screaming with the
crowd. Although, Fatty may have still been
harboring some misplaced animosity for the
price because she yelled, “Cut his F’n head off.
You’re my boy blue!”
Where did that come from?
The Grande finale was an apple popover and
hot cup of Joe.
Price notwithstanding, the festivities of the
show and the shear VOLUME of food rendered
Medieval Times a worthwhile experience, and
one definitely worth repeating.
Fortunately for Fatty, it won’t even be necessary to go back to Dallas. They have six locations in the continental U.S and a restaurant
in Toronto, as well.
Fatty says in closing, “Ye need to get your
butts to St. Joseph. You’ve got one resident
who promises to be a perma-patron.”
With the previous night’s choles terol coursing through Fatty’s
already clogged veins, the last few
conferences on how to be a better
food critic seem more bearable.
“Mmmm,” says Fatty thinking all
the while, “this brand of journal ism tastes like chicken, or maybe
that’s just what’s left in my teeth.”
Dallas will hold a special place in
Fatty’s memory.
Disappointing ending
MIAA football playoff
picture materializes
Missouri Western’s football team, having
played better than preseason expectations,
is still included in this year’s playoff picture, kind of. The Griffons are in a five-way
tie for first place in the MIAA, thanks to the
Bearcats of Northwest Missouri State beating Central Missouri State on Saturday 2019.
Even though Missouri Western is tied for
first place in the MIAA, their 8-3 record will
most likely prevent them from going to the
playoffs because three teams have better
records than the Griffons. Pittsburg State,
Emporia State and Central Missouri State
all have records of 9-2.
Only two of the five teams will make the
playoffs because North Dakota and Winona
State have gotten playoff berths. North
Dakota is the North Central Conference
champ and Winona State is the Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference winner. The
top four teams from Division II’s four
regions qualify for the playoffs.
A regional committee will recommend
who gets to go to the playoffs. There will be
six members on the committee, including
two members from the three Midwest conferences. The committee’s recommendation
will be sent to the NCAA championships
committee for a final vote.
Truman State athletic director Jerry
Wollmering and Northwest Missouri State
athletic director Bob Boerigter will be representing the MIAA.
One team that is not selected to go to the
playoffs will most likely go to the Mineral
Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Mo. The
highest-ranked non-playoff team from the
MIAA conference plays against its counterpart from the Northern Sun conference.
Thomas receives
MIAA Player of the
Week for third time
Pierre Thomas was named MIAA
Defensive Player of the Week for the second
time this season. Thomas has been named
player of the week three times this season,
receiving the honor once for special teams.
Thomas had three interceptions for the
third time this season setting a NCAA
Division II record for most interception
return yards in a single season. Thomas
returned 12 interceptions for 330 yards this
season. Thomas can break a 45-year-old
MIAA record for picks in a season if he has
one more interception.
Thomas was surprised by how many
interceptions he had on the season and
excited by getting the player of the week
honor.
"I read the paper this morning and I was
like, ‘Man, I do have a lot of picks,’" Thomas
said. "And getting player of the week again,
that’s exciting."
Western’s women’s
basketball team signs a
new recruit for ’04-’05
Coach Dave Slifer has a new recruit
signed to a letter of intent. Jill Johnson
signed her letter last Friday.
The five-foot-11 post player will join the
Griffon squad for the 2004-2005 season.
She is from Rockwell City, Iowa and was an
All-Iowa selection her junior season. She
averaged 19 points and eight rebounds for
28-2 Rockwell City. Her team was the Iowa
class 1A state championship runner-up her
junior year.
Two former Griffons
play against Western
Nicole Lindsey and Aubrey Euler played
on the St. Louis Goldstar exhibition team
that played against the women’s basketball
Saturday night.
Lindsey thought that the Griffons played
well on the defensive end of the floor, but
found herself encouraging the Griffon players. She said she caught herself saying
things like “good job” and “nice cut” while
playing against her former team.
Lindsey is going to be a student coach for
the Griffons this season.
Lindsey finished the game with what she
called a sub-par performance. She had 13
points and seven rebounds on the night.
After a hot start, Western fades down the
stretch to finish in 7th in MIAA play
Carliss Holland
Sports Writer
The Missouri Western volleyball team finished their season 15-13
overall and 6-10 in MIAA play after losing to Rockhurst on Nov. 5 in
three games.
Western finished in a disappointing seventh place in conference
play after finishing in fourth place the year before with an overall
record of 19-9 and 8-8 in conference; the best finish the Griffons have
had since 2000.
“We knew the 2003 season would be a good year or a rebuilding
year, after losing seniors Lindsay Palaia, Mary Picket, and Katie
Ham,” Coach Cindy Brauck said. “They were huge factors in the season’s success and accounted for 75 percent of our offence and
defense.”
The Griffons felt the loss of their three top seniors as they struggled throughout the year in these two areas.
“Last year’s team was older and more experienced than this year’s
team,” senior Cathy Mahoney said.
The Griffons beat some tough nationally-ranked teams this season
but struggled in a couple of close games against Emporia State and
Southern, falling in three games.
“We just lost our heart and intensity somewhere along the way,”
Shelly
Chiles said.
Western finished forth in the league in hitting percentage with .232
but struggled in team kills with 14.63 per game, 13.13 assists per
game, and 18.23 digs per game.
“We knew the potential we had as a team and none of us really feel
like we accomplished what we should have,” Therese Hand said. “We
set out to be great but we settled for good.”
Junior outside hitter Shelly Chiles led the Griffons in attacks this
season with 300 kills and 373 digs. Senior middle hitter Lindsay
Fuller added 271 kills and 98 blocks for the Griffons, while junior
middle hitter Becky Brosnahan finished the season with 262 kills.
Setter Therese Hand led her team in assists with 1,075 while
Mahoney added a season high 40 aces.
“In a certain way I feel like we had a better team this year than
last year,” Brauck said. “But you can have a better team and still
lose, when the teams around you get better as well. It’s been a
competitive year and a tough schedule but I am proud of this
team.”
Warren Ingram/Photo Editor
Western senior Lindsay Fuller reacts to a spike during Western’s match
with Southwest Baptist on Oct. 4. Fuller and the Griffons finished in seventh place in the MIAA. The Griffons finished fourth in 2002.
Western men have bad Dream
getting nine new guys to play together and
learn about each other. We took it to the basket a couple of times and the ball rolled in
and out.”
In the first half, the Griffons shot 28 percent from the charity stripe but found themselves down by only a point heading into the
locker room after junior Vernon Buckle
drained
a desperation three from half court
Jason Keough
as time expired to make the score 37-36.
Sports Writer
The Griffons came out of the locker room
with a lot of determination and went on an
In the exhibition game held Friday night at 11-5 run which put MWSC up 47-42.
the MWSC Fieldhouse, the Griffon’s men’s
Later the Griffons found themselves down
basketball team dug themselves into a big
55-51 and proceeded to regain the
hole by allowing Livin’the Dream
lead with a 9-2 run which made
(LTD) to jump out to a 18-9 lead
the score 60-57 with about seven
LTD
in the first half.
minutes to play.
75
Even though the Griffons had
The Griffons hung around the
nothing going their way all
rest
of the way and LTD didn’t
71
night they battled back but
pull away until Pat Khoury
WESTERN
eventually fell 75-71 in dramatnailed two free throws with three
ic fashion.
seconds to play.
“I think we have a long ways to go,” coach
“I thought we moved the ball pretty well, I
Tom Smith said. “We have to work on it and thought we played together OK,” Smith said.
Griffons drop exhibition
opener to Livin’ the
Dream in late collapse
Fred Battles, who recorded 20 points,
four rebound and three steals, led MWSC.
Justin Collins came off the bench to tally
18 points, five rebounds, and five steals.
Dan Stanley, who recorded 10 points,
paced LT D .
With an all-time record of 604-395, the
Griffons will be playing the team’s milestone 1,000 regular season contest on
Monday night at the Fieldhouse against
Central Christian College of the Bible, a
team that has won the Christian National
Championship two of the past three
years.
“People forget that these kids are walking out here for the first time,” Smith
said. “They have nothing to do with those
ten banners that have been up there for
N C A A appearances so they have to come
out here and prove themselves all over
again.
“They’re not at Kankakee junior college,
they’re not at Brookhaven junior college.
They’re at Missouri Western now.”
Women’s opener is overtime loss
Freshman misses
two free throws late
in regulation with
chance to win it
Jason Keough
Sports Writer
With three seconds left in the
game and the score tied at 69-69,
Western freshman Alisa Blasdel
was standing at the charity
stripe with two chances to end
the game.
But Blasdel missed both of her
free throws, and the Lady
Griffons had to go into overtime.
In overtime MWSC’s opposition,
St. Louis Goldstar, outscored good job of covering that up,”
MWSC 12-10 to take an exciting Slifer said. “We didn’t make
81-79 decision at the MWSC many threes or take many
Fieldhouse.
threes.”
“(Blasdel’s) going to make
St. Louis came out of the locker
some huge plays this year and room with intensity and pushed
throughout her career,” coach their lead to 39-29 with 17 minDave Slifer said. “So
utes to play.
she’s just got to forget
MWSC fought back
that. This game does- STL GOLDSTAR and tied the game
n’t mean one single
when freshman Tera
81
thing.”
Peterson
knocked
During the first
down a jumper to
79
half
the
Lady
make the score 43-43
WESTERN
Griffons, with poor
with 12 minutes and
free throw shooting
40 seconds to play.
and
several
MWSC got the lead
turnovers, found themselves for the first time in the game
down only 29-23 heading into the after junior Angelica Munoz
locker room.
dished the ball to Peterson for an
“Our rotations are so poor right easy layup to make the score 47now plus they shot the ball 46.
extremely well and we didn’t do a
The game went back and forth
Look for full coverage of Western at the Mineral
Water Bowl in our Dec. 9 issue. The Griffon
News will not be published for the next two
weeks due to the holidays.
the rest of the way. Even with the
missed opportunity that happened at the end of regulation,
the Griffons had another chance
to win the game at the end in
overtime but failed.
“We had a chance to win and
unfortunately it didn’t go our
way,” Slifer said.
Junior Eldra Paixao paced the
Griffons with 25 points and
snared 8 rebounds while senior
Danielle Mckinley chipped in
with 13 points.
Yen Quach led St. Louis with
21 points and Nicole Lindsey
contributed 13.
MWSC opens up the regular
season next Friday when they
play host to Ferris State.
“Anytime you have a chance to
win a game with a team this
young,” Slifer said. “I’ll take it.”
All eyes on Excelsior
We s t e rn accepts bid to
play in D e c. 6
Mi n e ral Water Bowl
Ross Martin
Editor-in-Chief
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. – Missouri
Western football is celebrating its first
ever MIAA conference title – on they split
five ways – by making its third career trip
to the Mineral Water Bowl.
Western (8-3) was chosen to represent the
MIAA against Concordia-St. Paul (8-2) of
the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference
over
Central
Missouri State and Northwest
Missouri State after both
Pittsburg
State
and
Emporia State were
selected to go to the
NCAA Division II
N a t i o n a l
Playoffs with a
chance to do
something the
Griffons have
never done –
win nine games
in a season.
“I think one
of the things
that coach
(Jerry)
Partridge
will
be
stressing is
that we have a chance to be 9-2,” offensive coordinator Doug Smith said. “And
that is winning more games than they
ever have in school history. I think the
idea of going out and doing that will be a
main goal.”
The Griffons got the nod over Central
and Northwest based on head-to-head competition. Western defeated both Central
VS
and Northwest during the regular season;
the Griffons two conference losses were to
playoff bound Pitt State and Emporia.
“If Emporia and Pitt hadn’t made the
playoffs, we would have had a real mess,”
said Roger Siegel, Mineral Water Bowl
director. “But after those two were selected it came down to who did it on the field,
and that was the Griffons.”
The Mineral Water Bowl could have taken
Northwest or Central, who typically draw
better travelling crowds, but the committee
stuck with the Griffons, and they are hoping
the two teams will still draw a crowd.
“Missouri Western was 2-0, and we
thought we better do the right thing and
take the team with the best record,”
Siegel said. “Concordia has never been
any place before, and they’re in a big
metropolitan area up there
so hopefully they can
bring some fans.”
Western
was
almost completely
out of the postseason picture after
losing
27-7
to
Pittsburg State two
weeks ago, but after
the Gorillas fell to
Northwest at Arrowhead
Stadium on Saturday
and
Emporia
was
downed by Central.
The MIAA became a
free-for-all.
“Everybody knew
it was a situation
that could occur,”
said Smith, who will be
coaching in the postseason with head coach
Jerry Partridge for the second time in seven
seasons. “If we took care of business and we
were able to beat Missouri-Rollla.”
The players and coaches were huddled
around a cell phone in Rolla, Mo., after
Saturday’s 32-20 win over the Miners
when they heard they had a share of the
title. Even then, Western didn’t think
Final M I AA Football Stanings
MIAA
1 . Cen tr al Missour i St....... 7
2. Em por ia State*............. 7
3. Pittsbur g State*............. 7
4. Missour i We s t e rn & . . . . . . .7.
5. NW Missour i St.............. 7
6. Tr um an State................. 4
7. Wa s h b u rn ..................... 3
8. South west Baptist.......... 2
9. South west Baptist.......... 1
10. Missour i-Rolla............. . 0
Overall
2
2
2
2
2
5
6
7
8
9
9 2
9 2
9 2
8 3
9 2
4 7
5 6
3 8
1 10
0 11
* -- Received berth in National Playof f s
& -- Received berth in Mineral Water Bowl
Western wins finale at Rolla
That’s a great thing."
During the game, Western’s running
game was shut down by a Rolla defense
that had struggled defending the run
ROLLA, Mo. -- It definitely wasn’t all year long.
the best game coach Jerry Partridge
Meanwhile, Rolla quarterback Evan
had seen his team play, but in the end, Gray was setting MIAA records by
it didn’t matter.
throwing 76 passes, completing
Western held off a fiesty
47 and gaining 473 yards.
Missouri-Rolla team that hasAll of those are impressive
n’t won a conference game in
numbers, but it didn’t help
five years 32-20, but the
Rolla get the win.
biggest news came after
Western was forced to
the game.
abandon the running
game after struggling
The Griffons found out
early, but Western freshthat Emporia State lost to
WESTERN
man quarterback Kyle
Central Missouri State,
Westerberg tossed five
and Northwest Missouri
32
touchdown passes -- three to
State held off Pittsburg
freshman Erick Fields -- to
State
at
Arrowhead
help overcome the running
Stadium. These results
20
woes.
created a five-way tie for
ROLLA
Pierre Thomas grabbed
first place in the MIAA,
two more interceptions in
including Western, giving
the game to bring his total to 14,
the Griffons a share of their
which leads the nation. He
first-ever MIAA football
gained 32 yards, adding to his
title.
MIAA record, bringing the
"We had felt pretty bad
total to 362.
winning the way we did,"
His 32 yards also gave
Partridge said. "Then, all
of a sudden, you’re conhim a national Division II
ference champs. I don’t care
record for return yards in a
if it split four of five ways, it’s the first career with 528, breaking the record of
time Missouri Western football has 504 held by Virginia Union’s Anthony
ever been a part of something like that. Leonard since 1976.
Staff Report
they were going to make the postseason.
“We had no idea as a football staff,”
Smith said. “It sounds crazy, but we were
just thinking about beating Rolla.”
For the fourth consecutive year in the
Mineral Water Bowl, Western against
Concordia-St. Paul will be a battle of
MIAA and NSIC teams, after the bowl
adopted that format in 2000. For the first
time in the four years of MIAA against
NSIC play, the game will feature two conference champions, but Western doesn’t
know much about the Golden Bears.
“We’re excited to play again,” offensive
line coach Les Boyum said. “We don’t
know much about Concordia. We know
they’re a good team.”
Concordia finished in a tie with Winona
State with equal 7-1 records, but Winona
State was selected to compete in the
national playoffs despite losing to
Concordia 23-20 in overtime during the
regular season. Winona State beat Western
46-3 on Aug. 30, but the coaching staff isn’t
placing any extra emphasis on the game.
“I think we’re just excited to be able to
play in a game no matter who the opponent
is,” Smith said. “We’re going to go into every
game trying to beat that opponent.”
Western owns a 1-1 career mark in
Mineral Water Bowl play. The Griffons
shellacked Graceland University 44-0 in
1975, but lost 43-41 in triple overtime to
Winona State in 2000. Western is excited
about the chance to put on another show
– especially the seniors.
“It’s an opportunity to play another
game for our seniors – a good group of
young men,” Smith said. “The big important thing too is just a conference championship game; it’s never happened. Even
tied five-ways we’ve never had a conference championship in football in 30-some
years. That’s a big hurdle to cross.”
The game will be held at 1 p.m. at
Roosevelt Field in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
It will be the final game held at Roosevelt
Field before they move to a brand new
facility in Excelsior Springs next year.
Senior running back Derrick Pitts eyes the hole during Western’s 3410 win over Washburn on Saturday Nov. 8. Pitts was injured during
the game, but he returned to help Western defeat Missouri-Rolla on
Saturday to help Western capture a share of its first-ever MIAA title,
and a berth in the Dec. 6 Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Western stays undefeated at home
Allen Conway
Sports Writer
Needing a victory to keep their marginal bowl hopes
alive, Missouri Western pulled out a 30-14 victory
against the Washburn Ichabods at Spratt Stadium.
For the third time this year Pierre Thomas intercepted three passes and in the process set the national record for interception return yards.
“I just try to read the quarterback’s eyes and see
where he is looking,” defensive
back Pierre Thomas said. “I try
to break to it and get the
interception for the team.”
Missouri Western got
things rolling early and
often, when Kevin Young
darted to the end zone on
a 12-yard touchdown run.
“Man, I was so stiff,”
WESTERN
running
back
Kevin
30
Young said. “It was my
first play in, we ran zone
and I waited for the hole
to open up and went into
14
the end zone.”
WASHBURN
Western took a 7-0 lead
into the second quarter
when they would bust the
game wide open and crush
any hopes of a Ichabod
upset. A couple of touchdown passes by Michael
Cooper
and
Kyle
Westerberg gave the
Griffons a 23-7 halftime
lead. More importantly, Coach Jerry Partridge was
pleased with the offensive production.
“We played great in the first half,” Partridge said.
“We run the ball extremely well all day long. Kevin
Young did a great job with Derrick Pitts, and Michael
Cooper.”
Kevin Young added to his totals with another 5yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. That
run would give him two touchdowns on the day with
129 yards rushing, and sealed the deal for a Griffon
victory. This win also wrapped up an undefeated sea son at home.
“Our mindset this week was to be undefeated at
home,” Young said. “Just win out, that’s all we want
to do. Get a nine win season and hope for the Mineral
Water Bowl.”
In order to do that, the Griffon defense will have to
step up. The Ichabods rang up 448 yards in total
offense. Quarterback Tyler Schuerman had an effective day, when he wasn’t throwing passes to Pierre
Thomas.
“We didn’t play very well,” said Partridge.
“Washburn had a great day offensively, and moved
the ball effectively. I don’t think we played to our
capabilities today on defense.”
Despite the plethora of yards the Ichabod offense
ran up, they only crossed the goal line twice.
“It’s that bend but don’t break,” said Thomas. “We
gave up 14 points; they caught a couple passes early
Chris Cummings (7) runs down the field on kick coverage
against Washburn on Saturday Nov. 8. Western defeated
the Ichabods 30-14 to remain undefeated at home for the
first time in history.
and ran the ball more than we thought they would.
They came out ready to play, and probably the best 45 team I’ve ever played.”
With this victory, the Griffons have set themselves
up for a critical game against Missouri-Rolla. A victory and some help could give the Griffons a share of
the conference title and put them in line to receive a
Mineral Water Bowl bid.
“I would think we are the front runner,” Partridge
said. “We have a chance at a conference championship. We just have to play better than we did
today.”
Game Notes: The Griffons rushed for 227 yards on
42 carries… Erick Fields snatched up 5 catches for 62
yards and one touchdown… Kyle Westerberg took
over for Michael Cooper after he injured his ankle in
the second quarter… Washburn receivers Sam
Sissom and Cason Lehman combined for 15 catches
for 175 yards and one touchdown…The Griffon
defense combined for 6 sacks on the day…Jon
Schoonover had 2 receptions for 27 yards and one
touchdown… Coach Partridge is now 6-1 lifetime
against the Ichabods… Missouri Western leads the
all-time series 18-12-2…Washburn’s’ record slides to
4-6 overall and 2-6 in the MIAA… Missouri Western
is now 7-3 and 6-2 in the MIAA.

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