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Jess Foster
On Sunday, Sept. 21, the Zeta Tau chapter of
Sigma Sigma Sigma were surprised at the
arrival of the national president, Mary K.
Barbee. The Zeta Tau chapter was presented
with outstanding recognition awards in the following areas: New Member Orientation
Program and Recruitment.
“For such a young chapter, Zeta Tau should
not be receiving these awards,” Barbee said.
“They have really grown and improved since
1995. We have seen amazing things happen in
this chapter.”
The chapter’s New Member Orientation
Program, which was led by former Vi c e President Rachel Siron, lasts eight weeks and
is a time for the new members of Tri Sigma to
learn about the sorority and its history while
getting to know their sorority sisters.
The program consists of new member meetings, fact sheets, study sessions and sisterhood
events.
“It is an amazing accomplishment for Zeta
Tau to receive this award,” Siron said. “As for
the New Member Orientation Program, we
See Tri-Sigma page 4
Western
starting
Strategic
Plan Forum
Danny Stooksbury
News Writer
Submitted Photo
Members of Tri-Sigma pose with two awards presented to
them by the National Headquarters. Pictured from left to right
are Becky Jackson, Angela Miller, Liz Beeson, Mary K. Barbee
(National President), Reagan Cunningham, Jessica Snyder
and Rachel Siron.
Photo Illustration by Tim KC Canton
Graphics Designer
Nick Draper
News Editor
Missouri Western is currently in the process of
enhancing and expanding the existing emergency
plan.
The new document is called the Emergency
Operations plan. It will provide procedures that
will give detailed information in the event of a
major disaster. It will state who needs to talk to
the press, who needs to call the appropriate
authorities and specific information on what to do
with the students.
“The new document is a step beyond the REACT
plan,” said Tim Kissock, risk manager for the
campus. “It is the first time that we have had
something this sophisticated.”
The current plan, called the Rapid Emergency
Action Checklist (REACT), gives telephone num-
bers and procedures in case of any type of emergency. Each office and every department on campus has a copy of the REACT document. The
REACT plan covers every emergency that might
occur, from bomb threats to fires and hazardous
material spills.
As part of the documentation process for the
Emergency Operations plan, tests are being conducted in each department to see if the current
procedures run smoothly in the event of an emergency. The amount of faculty in each department
will be noted to ensure the efficiency of emergency
procedures. Maps may also be put in each building telling students and faculty what to do and
where to go in case of an emergency.
In addition to the tests in each department,
drills will be conducted on campus. This will be
the first time that drills will be conducted on campus.
TKE probation comes
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“Nobody seems to be able to remember much in the
way of drills,” said Dennis Johnson, emergency management coordinator. “We have been a little weak on
this campus in regards to drills. We recognize that
and are working on improving that situation.”
The drills will either consist of evacuating the
campus or sheltering in the buildings. The plan
calls for an evacuation drill in the fall and a sheltering drill in the spring of next year.
The process of creating the Emergency
Operations plan has been ongoing for a long time.
“I have been working on this for about 18-20
months,” Johnson said.
“The administration felt like the campus needed a little more devotion and a little more direction in regards to preparedness.”
The Emergency Operations plan is something
See Disaster page 6
As part of the five-year strategic
plan outlined by Missouri Western
State College, Administration hopes
to improve the quality of the average student.
They hope to accomplish this
through
a
program
called
Enrollment Management.
Within this program, one of many
desired improvements recognizes a
need to recruit more students from
each of the following populations:
•International students
•Non-traditional students
•Minority students
•Honors students
Students with the high school core
classes, with above-average ACT
scores, and with rankings in the upper
50 percent of their high school classes.
At this time no specific plan has
been set in motion toward these
enrollment acquisitions. An open
forum is being held on Oct. 21,
giving students, faculty and members of the community an opportunity to voice their opinions and
recommendations toward how
some of these students might be
attracted.
Although the plan as a whole has
not been set in stone yet, Missouri
Western has begun to work on some
various programs which they feel
may have an impact on the quality
of some students which will be
enrolling in the future.
Given Westerns commitment to
remain an institution of open enrollment, raising the quality of students
cannot simply focus on attracting
students with a more advanced academic history.
Efforts must be made to give all
students who plan on attending any
college better preparation during
their high school careers. ReadySet-Go, a program developed by
Howard McCauley, is designed to
give high school guidance counselors more information about what
a four year institution such as
Western will expect from incoming
freshmen. It will then be up to the
See Strategic Plan Forum page 6
STUNG AGAIN
Rikki Cason
News Writer
Giving bids to new pledges, Tau
Kappa Epsilon is off probation and is
stronger than ever.
An incident last fall put the TKE’s
on probation for the rest of the
school year.
Each year pledges are allowed to
do one activity. Last year the pledges
chose to do a scavenger hunt on
Halloween. The scavenger hunt was
cleared with security, but not the
part where the pledges chose to do
the hunt in their boxer shorts. This
broke several rules and violated the
Greek laws against hazing.
“What took place was against the
rules,” TKE President John Fabsits
said. “The sanctions received were a
bit of an overkill.”
After security was contacted, the
incident was documented. It was
concluded that the TKE’s violated
eight rules. These violations led to
the one-year probation time.
“I felt that the guidelines given to
us were a bit harsh when combined
with what our nationals had given to
us,” TKE educator Ryan Richardson
said. “I understood that the campus
reasoning was to act as a deterrent
to any other organization who may
do anything questionable, but I didn’t feel that we should have been
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that example for what we did.
Compared to other organizations
that have been accused of wrongdoing and what their punishment was
I don’t feel that our incident warranted what was given to us.
However, we complied and dealt
with it and we are now a stronger
organization because of it.”
Though this incident restricted the
fraternity from participating or hosting any social events, Tau Kappa
Epsilon spent the time becoming
closer and stronger as a chapter.
“The spring semester was concentrated on philanthropy, scholarship,
brotherhood and organization,” TKE
Brandon Paxton said. “This experience has brought us closer as a
See TKE Probation page 7
Tuesday 9/30
High: 63, Low: 38
Showers
Wednesday 10/1
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Thursday 10/2
High: 62, Low: 43
Friday 10/3
High: 69, Low: 52
Saturday 10/4
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Senior Pierre Thomas runs with the ball after intercepting Emporia State
quarterback Tad Hatfield on Saturday in Emporia, Kan. The Griffons lost
the Hornets for the second straight year in a nail biter. See the full story on
Page 10.
(Photo by Warren Ingram -- Photo Editor)
tuesday, september 30, 2003 •page 2
Reader wants more local music
Being a fan of music and a (shudder)
lifelong resident of the Midland Empire,
I couldn’t help but respond to the recent
letter written in about the,“local music
scene.”
I personally believe that what is hurting it most of all is a lack of promotion
and originality. If I wanna hear a bunch
of kids whine about their problems I’ll
watch the W.B., what the local music
scene needs is more innovators and less
emulators.
I hear enough crappy music at my job
(local corporate music store). After a
long day of Dashboard Confessionals
crying themselves to sleep at night or
Bonecrusher screaming about not being
scared I want to hear something fresh and
new.
I challenge the musicians of St. Joseph
to wow me and if you’re in a cool and
original band get the word out. Let me
and everyone else know. Assume I do
live in a cave and plaster the hell out of
this ton with flyers. Throw a brick
through my window with a note tied to it
I don’t care, entertain me! I don’t want
people in argyle crying over a cup of coffee or the black T-shirt crowd screaming
because their parents didn’t buy them some with a picture menu.
Misfits lunch box in 8th grade.
I don’t get out much musicians let me
I’m not just complaining about St. Joe,
know
what you have to offer, I’m tired of
I’m complaining about music period. It’s
boring
tripe.
all very stagnant, I want someone to
come along and make waves. Variety is
the spice of life people and I could use
Brent Corey
Wade Williamson - Cartoon Liason
Non-trad student wants everyone to get along
I am a non-traditional student and have
been going to Missouri Western for a little
over two years now. So far my college experience has been quite enjoyable. However, a
new trend is starting to concern me.
I have noticed a tension growing between
the traditional students and the non-trads.
This tension is now giving birth to stereotyping. Among the traditional students,
Non-trads are being depicted as deformed,
advanced elderly individuals who complain
about everything and would like nothing
more than to "bag" a young undergrad.
Non-trads are quick to categorize their traditional counterparts as a bunch of bingedrinking, air-headed rugrats that should
have daddy’s credit card taken away from
them.
This is supposed to be an institution of
higher learning. We should be smarter than
this. Most non-trad students are young
adults who have been out in the "real world"
and now realize how important an education
is to succeeding out there. Due to different
circumstances, they now have the opportunity to continue their education and are taking
advantage of it. Moreover, most of the nontrads I have talked with are married and
could care less about acquiring a younger
adult. They seem to be more concerned with
their busy schedules than dating.
Most traditional students are very knowledgeable and are trying their best to just get
little sleep between working, studying, and
attending classes. The "party animals" usually do not last long in college and the airheads are usually unable to make the grades
needed to stay. Furthermore, most of the traditional students are working their way
through college because their parents are
not rich enough to pay their way.
It is beyond me why these two hard working groups are degrading themselves by participating in a mud-slinging contest. We
should not stoop to this level. If you have a
problem with an individual, you should
attach that individual’s behavior to that
individual and not to a group of people that
physically match that individual’s description. Even though this inappropriate behavior is now finding its way into our paper, I
can only hope that these activities are only
being practiced by a small group of individuals. In which case, the rest of us should think
twice before we let a small group of narrowminded people take control of our perception
of others.
Fred Cline
Local disc jockey feels music scene was slighted
I am writing this letter in regards to the
Lifestyles article written by Morgan Perry.
First, an introduction: My name is Garner
Cowdrey. I am a disc jockey at KFEQ 680
here in Saint Joseph. I formerly worked for
KKJO, where, for over a year, I hosted a
local music show called New Music Weekly,
featuring local acts from Saint Joseph and
the surrounding areas. I have played in several local bands since I was 14 and from
2000 to early 2002, I single-handedly ran
www.joetownrock.com (which Ms. Perry
incorrectly identified at "stjoerocks.com" in
her article). In other words, I have been
involved with the local scene for a very, very
long time.
My main reason in writing is to say that I
couldn’t disagree more with Ms. Perry’s article about The Bone and the Saint Joe scene
in general. The Bone DOES NOT support
local music. They mostly invite KC bands
only to play at their venue. Last year, The
Bone cancelled all of their local music shows
completely, citing there was no profit to be
made. Would you call this support of the
local scene? Hardly.
Andie Schmitt
Nick Draper
Jess Foster
Melissa Waddell
Ross Martin
Wade Williamson
Bob Poirier
Warren Ingram
Bob Bergland
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viva la revolucion!! viva la left field!!
about the St. Joseph
music scene? ”
I would also like to say Mr. Corey Wood is
an avid supporter of the local scene. He now
runs joetownrock.com and has done an excellent job of it, far exceeding the goals and limits that I had originally set out to do with the
website. He is at just about every local show,
and supports all genres of local music. I feel
that Ms. Perry’s criticism of him was out
line, uneducated and extremely unprofessional, as was the entire article.
Garner Cowdrey
Morgan gets another angry letter
Ross Martin
Editor-in-Chief
“ What do you think
This letter is a reply to the recent article Ms. Perry wrote regarding the local
music scene in St. Joseph. Based on her
comments, I think that she failed to do
research into this. The Bone doesn't book
local acts. How do I know this? Because I
am a part of our local scene (just as a sidenote, I play in a band that has played in
both the Twin Cities area and
Indianapolis in this month alone). The
Bone might be a nice place to go to, but
they aren't helping the local scene at all.
Corey Wood mentioned a venue called
High Jinks. This is a venue located in
Stewartsville, Missouri that definitely
supports local music. Speaking of Mr.
Wood, I have also seen him at local shows
supporting music. He also maintains the
website for the St. Joseph area bands
which is http://www.joetownrock.com, not
http://www.stjoerocks.com like Ms. Perry
mistakenly advertised. Why haven't we
seen Ms. Perry at shows? Maybe she does
attend and I just don't know who she is. I
do not wish to assume in a case like this
(after all, look at what Ms. Perry's
assumptions have caused now). Also, her
paragraph about drinking was both irrelevant and unprofessional. She proceeded
to get off the topic, which doesn't reflect
very well on her as a writer or Missouri
Western for that matter. Where does
social drinking fit in an article regarding
local bands? Nowhere. Absolutely
nowhere. I also enjoyed her response to
the letter Mr. Wood sent her. He just
pointed out to her that a few things
weren't correct, and she proceeded to criticize him, not to mention miss the point
entirely of what Mr. Wood was trying to
say. I think the reason why
Mr. Wood feels the way he does about
The Bone is because he knows the facts
about what they book, and Ms. Perry
seems to not know the facts. I myself didn't like those kinds of comments, and they
sounded like cheapshots to me.
I would think that Ms. Perry wouldn't
like cheapshots thrown at her after she
offered factual information in response to
an article that was mostly of an opinionated origin. Opinions are fine, but presenting them as fact is unprofessional,
irresponsible, and (dare I say it) downright immature. This is exactly what Ms.
Perry has done.
P.S. I wonder if you will edit this, or
leave it this way. I at least hope that Ms.
Perry sees this unedited should it be
chopped up later.
Melissa Scearce
Junior
“The music scene in St. Joseph is quite
pathetic. There is not much to it. I’ve been
to Omaha and there’s lots of bands there.”
Gabby Johnson
Junior
“I have never really heard any bands play
around St. Joe, so I don’t know.”
Travis Kirschner, Bassist/vocalist of the
local band Deviator
Music performance major complains
Hello,
My name is Josh Huffman and I’m a
music performance major at Missouri
Western, as well as a local musician in
St. Joe for about 5 years. After reading
Morgan Perry’s article on the local music
scene I was appalled by the inaccuracy of
her report. For one she completely got
the website address wrong for the local
music scene, its www.joetownrock.com
NOT stjoerocks.com (which isn’t even a
site at all). Secondly she mentions the
Bone as a great place for local bands to
play; when in all actuality the bone doesn’t book many local acts. And last but
not least, half of her article was spent on
telling how much she likes to drink, literally one whole paragraph was wasted.
That completely took away from the professionalism of the article, and just wasn’t a very good thing to mix in with the
article at all in my opinion. So in conclusion I think when one is going to do a
report on something they are not very
familiar with, they should do at least a
LITTLE research, and not assume that
they know everything about something
in which they know nothing.
-Josh Huffman (guitarist for Dotage,
Poppa Fearsome, and Timid Muse)
Editor’s Note: All letters to the editor were printed verbatim. They
were not edited for style or content. After this week, no more letters will
be printed concerning the local music scene or lack thereof.
Chris Beard
Sophomore
“I guess the local music scene is all right. I
don’t know a lot about it.”
tuesday, september 30, 2003 • page 3
Law school coalition files lawsuit
Computer
science, math
and physics
department
awarded grant
As the recent recipient of
$294,200, the largest grant
award in the college’s history,
the Western computer science, math and physics
department is looking forward to achieving the grant’s
objective.
That objective being to
increase the number of underrepresented
minority,
women’s and non-traditional
groups in the computer science and math fields by disbursing scholarships to qualifying students.
The
National
Science
Foundation’s Division of
Undergraduate
Education
Computer
Science,
Engineering and
Mathematics Scholarships
program was the purveyor of
the grant.
Twenty scholarships of
$3,125 per year will be
awarded over the next four
years.
Qualified students will
have declared a major of computer science or mathematics
and will have a minimum
grade point average of 3.0,
and will also meet the financial aid requirements.
The scholarship can be
renewed for as many as eight
semesters in a row.
The stock market comes to
MWSC
The department of economics and professor of economics, Dr. Reza Hamzaee, is presenting "The Stock Market:
The Current Economy and
Some Portfolio Management
Models," on Sept. 24, 2003, in
the Leah Spratt Multipurpose
Classroom Building in room
203. The event is free.
The discussion will include
the topic of the U.S. economy,
at present, as well as the
stock market link to global
conditions and the economy
in general.
Federal suit hoping
to bring light to
questionable tactics
Elise Craig
U-Wire
WASHINGTON - A coalition of law
schools, professors and students filed
a lawsuit against the Department of
Defense last Friday alleging that the
Solomon Amendment, which allows
the U.S. military to recruit on college
campuses, is unconstitutional. The
Forum for Academic and Institutional
Rights filed the lawsuit in federal district court in New Jersey.
FAIR has declined to name the
members of the lawsuit, but the
group's board includes professors
from Georgetown, Yale, Stanford and
New York Universities and the
University of Southern California.
FAIR is not releasing the names of
member schools because the group
believes that anonymity is needed to
protect participating law schools from
retribution, the Boston Globe reported last Saturday.
Georgetown University Law Center
Dean Judith Areen would not comment on whether or not Georgetown
was involved in the suit.
Law professor Michael Seidman,
however, speculated that Georgetown
University was not a plaintiff.
"To the best of my knowledge,
Georgetown is not involved with the
suit," he said.
Co-plaintiffs on the suit include the
Society of American Law Teachers
and student groups at Boston College
Law School and Rutgers University
School of Law.
"I would really hope that this institution, which has tried to make up for
a wrong in the past, would live up to
its obligation. If the cost is looking
anti-military, it doesn't matter,
because they wouldn't let the military
on campus for 10 years anyway,"
Michael Boucai said.
Law schools across the country
have forbidden the outfits within the
Department of Defense to recruit
with school resources because the
military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy
is in violation of the Association of
American Law School's bylaw 6-4.
The bylaw "added sexual orientation
to the list of protected categories
under its non-discrimination provisions," according to the SALT Web
site. Protests challenging on-campus
military recruitment occurred at
Harvard, Boston College, Boston
University,
Columbia
and
Georgetown last fall.
"We all expect Georgetown to [join
FAIR], but I don't expect them to let
us know if they have. But we do plan
to educate about the suit, and pressure the university if it hasn't already
joined," Maryana Zubok said.
Ryan Harrington, however, doesn't
share this concern.
"I think that if Georgetown hasn't
signed on, it doesn't mean that they
won't in the future," he said.
At Georgetown, recruiters are
allowed on campus and can communicate directly with students, post flyers and use on-campus mailboxes but
they are not provided with facilities
from which to recruit. In addition,
they may not work through career
services or any other services that
students pay for, Harrington said.
"Virtually none of the law schools in
the nation have barred military
access from campus," he said. "What
many did, however, was to develop
devices to adhere to their non-discrimination policies even while ensuring full military access to students."
However, with the passage of the
Solomon Act in 1995, many law
schools across the country had to
change their policies. The act
required that law schools that receive
federal funding allow military
recruiting on campus.
Schools that failed to comply would
have their federal financial aid withheld from them. The amendment cuts
off "three types of financial aid funds,
mainly loans, to students at all law
schools that do not provide the military with reasonable access to campus, to students and to certain information about students," according to
the Georgia State University Web
site.
Thus, law schools across the nation,
including Georgetown, had to allow
military recruiters on campus to keep
their funding and to ensure financial
aid for their students.
Now, the new lawsuit is challenging
the constitutionality of the Solomon
Act.
According to the complaint, "This
case is about the freedom of educational institutions, specifically law
schools to shape their own pedagogical environments and to teach, by
word and deed, the values they
choose, free from government intrusion. It is about whether the government may compel law schools to lend
their resources, personnel and facilities to propagate a message they
abhor -- a message of discrimination
that violates the core values they
inculcate in their students and faculty."
Seidman said he wants Georgetown
to stick by its anti-discriminatory
policies.
"I was very proud of this university
when it decided to enforce a policy
against discrimination. It is something that is in the tradition of
Georgetown," he said. "I understand
the tremendous pressure involved,
but we ought to do everything in our
power to re-assert our position on
civil rights."
Seidman is not alone. A faculty petition reaffirming a commitment to the
anti-discrimination policy was signed
by 77 law center professors last year.
Additionally, according to Zubok,
the law center faculty voted to keep
recruiting off-campus in 1991 because
it was in direct conflict with the antidiscrimination policy.
Zubok, Harrington and Boucai have
helped to organize a protest of both
on-campus recruiting and the
Solomon Act for next Tuesday from
8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Washington
Court Hotel. The protest will be followed by a walk to the Capitol.
"We expect a fairly large turnout.
Last year [at a similar protest] we
had about 100 people, maybe more,"
Zubok said. "The idea is not to target
students interviewing for JAG; we're
not trying to make things harder for
them. We want to protest because we
have been threatened by Solomon.
The issue is whether or not it's legitimate to force us to compromise our
values in this way, and it's not."
Seidman and fellow law professor
Chai Feldblum will lead a teach-in at
10 a.m. on rights under the Solomon
Act and how Lawrence vs. Texas -- a
case on which the Supreme Court
ruled 6 to 3 this summer that sodomy
laws are unconstitutional -- relates to
military policy.
Though both Boucai and Zubok
expect it to be generally law students
and professors, they encourage others
to attend as well.
Seidman said he hopes that the university will also make a commitment
to defending the civil rights of gay
and lesbian students.
"Half a century ago there were
institutions that stood up for the civil
rights of African-Americans and are
now proud of how they conducted
themselves," he said. "I hope a half
century from now we can be proud
about how we conducted ourselves
today."
Binghamton student falls from library tower, badly hurt
Nicole Sia
U-Wire
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A black male student in
his early 20s fell from the 15th floor South Side of
the Bartle Library Tower, landing on the roof of
Library North extension at about 1 p.m. Thursday,
according to a press release and campus-wide
voicemail issued by the Binghamton University
Office of Communications and Marketing.
The student, who officials confirmed survived the
fall, was transported to Wilson Regional Medical
Center in Johnson City, N.Y. Officials at the hospital
are unable to release information concerning his
condition until the family members are notified.
Officials identified the male after finding his dri-
“Grease” to be
performed at
Western
The department of communication studies and theatre
will be performing the play
“Grease” from Oct. 2-5. All
performances will be held at 8
p.m. in the Thompson E.
Potter Fine Arts Center,
except on Oct. 5 when the performance begins at 5 p.m. The
cost for tickets is $6 for adults
and $3 seniors and Western
students.
--Staff reports
ver's license. Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the student's fall.
Sociology professor Frederic Deyo, whose office
on the fourth floor of the Library Tower overlooks
the top of Library North, was taken aback when
he noticed the young male lying on the roof only
a few feet from his window around 12:50 p.m.
Deyo immediately sought out the department's
secretary, who then called 911. Deyo said he saw
a lot of blood and that the male's leg was wounded and moving. Officer Sammy Davis of the
University police said the call was received at
1:05 p.m.
"I didn't hear or see anything other than the
body," Deyo said. "You don't expect to see a body
laying there, bleeding."
Greek Corner
The Sigma Tau chapter of Phi Sigma
Kappa was recognized as The Chapter
of the Nation by the Grand Chapter of
Phi Sigma Kappa.
The Zeta Tau chapter of Sigma Sigma
Sigma was recognized for their outstanding recruitment program and
outstanding new member program.
Alpha Gamma Delta will have events
for potential members on Tuesday and
Thursday. See posters for details.
calendar of events
Ricardo Laremont, professor of sociology also of
the Library Tower's fourth floor watched as the
University's emergency response team worked in
conjunction with University, local and state police,
Harpur's Ferry, and the Vestal fire department to
get the student off of the roof.
"It took an inordinately long amount of time to
get him down," Laremont said. The students
clothes were left in a pile on the roof even after he
was removed, as workers could be seen pouring
bleach over areas covered in blood.
"The students I'm hearing are really sort of
curious, it's not like anybody saw it, but somebody
must know the person... it's still traumatic," said
Elizabeth Droz, director of the University
Counseling Center.
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Vandalism
September 24, 2003, Logan Hall
Wednesday, October 1
Friday, October 3
A female resident reported between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. that someone had vandalized her suite and some
of her personal belongings. She stated that someone had put superglue on two of the doors in her suite and
also on three of her pictures locating on one of the bedroom. No one in the suite heard anything outside the
doors.
• Yearbook pictures from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Student Union, room 208. Seniors HAVE to sign
up for a time at the yearbook office (SSC 220).
• Final elections for homecoming queen and
king.
2.
• Western volleyball @ Missouri Southern at 7
p.m.
• 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Career Development/Greater
KC Employer Fair
Thursday, October 2
• Last day for yearbook pictures, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. in the Student Union, room 208. Seniors
HAVE to sign up for a time at the yearbook
office (SSC 220).
• Final elections for homecoming queen and
king.
• Grease: A Rock and Roll Musical 8 p.m. in
Potter Fine Arts Theatre
• Western volleyball vs. Pittsburg State at 7
p.m.
• Grease: A Rock and Roll Musical 8 p.m. in
Potter Fine Arts Theatre
Saturday, October 4
• Western volleyball vs. Southwest Baptist at
4:30 p.m.
• Western football vs. Missouri Southern 1 p.m.
• Grease: A Rock and Roll Musical 8 p.m. Potter
Fine Arts Theatre
Sunday, October 5
• Grease: A Rock and Roll Musical 5 p.m. Potter
Fine Arts Theatre
Burglary
September 25, 2003, Logan Hall
An officer reported to a call from Logan Hall that a Playstation 2 was missing from a suite. The male student
whose Playstation 2 was stolen said that is was taken from the common area of the suite between 6:30 p.m. and
6:45 p.m. The student wrote out a statement and gave the name of a possible suspect.
3.
Assault
September 20, 2003, Leaverton Hall
At 11:43 p.m. a memeber of Residential Housing staff called Public Safety to report an assult. A female student
stated that a male student came into her room and got into an argument with her. The male then pushed the
female’s head into a pillow. Other observers stated that both did a lot of yelling and the the male had tried to
hold the female down. There were no physical marks on the victim.
4.
Burglary
September 25, 2003, Beshears Hall
An officer was dispatched to Beshears Hall between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to respond to the report of a
theft. A female student reported that three things had been stolen from her bedroom. She listed the items as
being $20. She filed a written statement and gave the name of a possible suspect. The officer then filed a formal report.
One Western Student Recalls Summer in Seville, Spain
Andie Schmitt
"Confidence is a big factor,"
Stehle said. "It really takes
As part of an ongoing series, you a while to go out on a limb
The Griffon News will contin - and get past the potential
ue to highlight travel studies embarrassment that would
programs.
come if you said something
This week, one Western stu- stupid or incorrect. On the
dent Lauren Stehle talks other side of the coin, messing
about her experiences in up keeps you humble when
Seville, Spain, and how they your head starts to get too
continue to shape her future.
big."
Stehle went with 30 other
The trip this summer had
students in June of this year. too many pluses for Stehle to
This was the largest group in pick just one favorite.
Western’s travel studies histo"My favorite part? That is so
ry.
tough. I guess it was all the
The trip was actually her beauty I saw, in everything.
third voyage to Europe.
The Andalusian landscape,
"I also went with Missouri the flamenco, the tapestries,
Western in 2001, and I partic- the murals, the architecture
ipated in a program arranged and the Moorish influences, "
by my high school,”Stehle Stehle said. "Literally everysaid. “In my high school pro- thing, right down to the gengram we went to
uine conSpain and France
cern my
for 10 days."
host mom
It was that inih a d
tial trip with her
a b o u t
high school which
ther
I was happy to add worh enot
helped Stehle to
I
lose her inhibitions
slang to my reper - was eatabout learning the
i n g
toire. I’m talking
language.
enough."
"As a result, my
Stehle
speaking
skills about words your pro - l e a r n e d
improved and I
m o r e
became more com- fessor would get fired than just
fortable with the for if he or she taught t h e
language," Stehle
Spanish
said.
language.
them to you.
With that new"Other
found confidence in
LAUREN STEHLE than just
place, Stehle set
SPANISH MAJOR the lanher
ambitions
guage or
high. She is curthe culrently
working
ture
of
towards being triSpain, I
lingual,
taking
w a s
classes in both Spanish and happy to add slang to my
French and planning her repertoire,” Stehle said. “I’m
majors accordingly.
talking about words your proWith the knowledge she fessor would get fired for if he
gained and the fears she lost, or she taught them to you."
Stehle felt a calling to encourOn the topic of host families,
age others to pursue the same Stehle is a big supporter. It’s
experiences.
true that many students
"I talked my little sister and worry about living with
several of my good friends into strangers, but like the trip
going this summer," Stehle itself, a leap of faith is necessaid.
sary.
Although she is now quite
"I had stayed with a host
proficient in Spanish, she family on the previous trip,
admits to mistakes every now and they were great people,"
and then. Stehle says fears Stehle said. "So I knew what I
about ones language abilities was in for on this trip."
shouldn’t be a reason to stay
Stehle reassured fellow stuhome. Everyone makes mis- dents, and associate professor
takes. The trip is about learn- of Spanish, David Young gave
ing.
them a contingency plan.
Assistant Editor
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”
"Everyone understood that
if they were unhappy with
their living arrangements
that new ones could be made,"
Young said. "In the many
years I’ve been doing this trip,
we’ve only had to do that once
or twice."
To that Stehle said, "I was
surprised how close my host
mother and I got to be in such
a short time. She cried when I
left. I can’t imagine not getting
along with such good people."
Although Stehle is now a
seasoned
traveler
and
Spanish speaker, she always
sees room for improvement
and she is looking forward to
next summer for her return to
Spain.
"Well, I think I can always
improve,” Stehle said. “But
really, complete submersion in
the language is very helpful.
It makes you really happy
when you find out that you
can successfully complete
daily activities in Spanish. I
was pretty proud when I
ordered a Tele-pizza."
In conclusion, Stehle said,
"In my opinion, an experience
like this is literally priceless.
The benefits that you can reap
from this in your scholarly
and
personal
life
are
immense."
There will be another trip to
Spain in June. Details will follow in the spring. Western
also has semester abroad programs. Applications for the
spring semester are due by
October 15. Applications for
the fall of 2004 semester are
due by Feb. 15. For more
information contact David
Young.
Submitted Photos
Above: Western junior Laurne
Stehle poses for a photo with her
host family for the summer trip to
Spain. Right: The town square in
Seville. Below: All 30 Western
students that travelled to Seville
over the summer for three weeks.
The group was the largest to ever
travel to Spain as a part of the
Study Abrod Program. The Study
Abroad Program will return to
Seville in June.
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Foundations of Excellence comes to MWSC
Program designed to help
freshman experience to start
soon on campus
Alec Jennings
News Writer
Chosen from a list of 123 colleges, MWSC
was recently selected to be one of 12 institutions to participate in the Foundations of
Excellence program, which is sponsored by
the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities (AASCU).
According to Bob Klostermeyer, dean of
Student Development, the Foundations program examines ways that the institution can
improve the quality of first-year student’s
learning, and to help students become more
engaged with the college community.
The philosophy of the Foundations program
is strong foundation will lead to a more successful college experience. By evaluating the
institution’s successes and shortcomings in
handling the affairs of its new students,
Western hopes to achieve an example of excellence that can be studied by other colleges
across the nation.
Klostermeyer serves as the chairman on
Western’s Foundations advisory board. “It
truly is an honor to be selected for this
[Foundations of Excellence],” Klostermeyer
said. “To be honored by being placed in this
program is indicative of the quality of administration, staff and faculty and of the students
who decide to come here. It’s a reflection of the
Western Advantage.”
The ultimate goal of this project is to
improve student learning and retention. “If I
am a student, it would be very important to me
to know what kind of a commitment the institution is willing to make to me as a student,”
Judy Grimes, dean of student services, said.
“There is ongoing discussion taking place to
find out how to consistently improve my experience as a student. Part of this dimensions
program will be an assessment of student satisfaction. By being able to measure that [student satisfaction], the institution as a whole
can improve.”
Students are still generally unfamiliar with
the project. Kelly Epperson, third semester
student, recalled her experience as a new student on campus. Epperson felt that higher
involvement outside of class would not be a
particular advantage. “For a student to be successful,” Epperson said, “that student has to be
motivated to succeed.”
Epperson did, however, feel that Western
was very accommodating in helping her in
her transition into the college atmosphere.
Epperson said that the admissions office,
advisors and English 100 helped her the
most in becoming a serious college student.
Student
retention,
according
to
Klostermeyer, is often a goal when working
with students, but this program is designed
specifically to make a student’s college experi-
Visitation hours being
challenged by the SGA
Morgan Perry
Lifestyles Writer
Ladies and gentleman, break out your
best footie pajamas; residents might get
another chance to change the visitation
rules in the residence halls.
Last Monday the senate brought up the
issue of 24-hour visitation that had
remained unchallenged since the spring
semester of 2002.
You all may remember the trial semester
involved residents being allowed to have
over night guests of the opposite sex in
their rooms, provided they signed them in
at the Housing Office and they did not sleep
over.
Over the course of the semester, the trials
were run once a month. On those weekends
the rate of incidents reported went down.
Despite the decline in the number of
violations, the next fall the trials were
not continued and the policy was not
changed.
Senate vice president John Fabsits said,
“The Residence Council and Senate leadership of the Fall of 2002 let the issue die.”
Annette Hunthrop, a senior, said, “The
process for changing the visitation policy
is; students bring up a complaint to residence Council, then Residence Council
forms a committee. They write up a proposal and then present the proposal to
Residence Council.
“Residence Council then votes, the policy then goes to SGA. Once in front of SGA
they decide to approve it or not approve it.
The SGA then goes up to the Dean and he
handles it from there.”
There are many students with strong
opinions on the current visitation rules.
One such opinion comes from senior
Denise Johnson, a resident of Vaselakos
Hall, who believes that people in college are
sent to learn how to be adults and that right
is taken away from them if they can’t even
have a member of the opposite sex stay the
night.
However, not all students are against the
visitation policy.
“I agree with it to an extent. For some
people it’s their first time away from home
and they might need a little guidance.”
Junior Michael Forte said. “I do think the
rules should change, it is a little strong.
On the weekends people come up. Most
larger schools I’ve been to, they don’t have
visitation rules and they get along just
fine.”
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Grimes agrees, but also says that when a
good learning environment is provided, higher
student retention is a likely bi-product.
According to Grimes, the Foundations program studies the non-traditional students and
commuters alike and is working to help them
become more engaged on campus.
With the primary focus of this program on
new students, Western administrators are
still working to maintain the same attention
on its mid-range students.
“It certainly doesn’t mean that you can put
all your resources into the first year and not
worry about your students in the middle,”
Grimes said. “You still have to look at ‘what’s
your graduation rate.’ Ultimately that’s your
goal – to graduate students who are academically prepared for the community. The biggest
drop off, as far as retention, is in the first and
second year.”
Nine dimensions have been established by
Western and 11 other institutions chosen to
participate, to measure and define success on
the college level. By studying these dimensions, colleges can learn how to help students
profit more from their time in college.
Information about the dimensions and the
other colleges involved can be found at:
http://www.brevard.edu/fyfoundations/aascu/.
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2. Organization
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4. Faculty
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Western hosts professional
writing event on campus
Lindsay Tremayne
News Writer
Students, teachers and the public have an
opportunity to hear the writings of Missouri
Western professors and local high school
English teachers.
The second-annual When Writing Teachers
Write event will be held Oct. 1, 2003 from 6:308:30 p.m. in the Learning Resource Center,
room 102.
This gathering, sponsored by the Prairie
Lands Writing Project, gives writing teachers
a chance to share their work.
Stephen Kibler, a teacher and coach at
Maryville high school, will host this year’s
event.
“I see it as a means for teachers to share
some of what they’ve been working on, which
is something we don’t often get—or, more
likely, can’t find the time to look for,” Kibler
said.
Thomas Pankiewicz, assistant English professor, sees the importance of this event for
writing teachers.
“ Writing
teachers
should
write,”
Pankiewicz said. “It would be difficult if you
had an art teacher who didn’t produce art, or
a science teacher who didn’t produce science.
Writing teachers are writers, and maybe they
should share their writings publicly with
their students. Here’s an opportunity to do
that.”
Pankiewicz added that this event not only
benefits the readers, but also the students.
“I think they’ll probably be entertained by
what’s being read,” Pankiewicz said.
Dawn Terrick, English instructor and director of developmental writing, thinks that it is
important for students to come and listen to
their teachers’ writings.
“They only see one part of us in the classroom,” Terrick said. “They see the part that
grades their papers, and the part that does the
teaching. They never get to see the part of us
that writes. We go through the same grueling
process that you all go through when you have
to write your papers.”
Terrick thinks that she would have enjoyed
something like this event when she was a student.
“I would have loved to have heard what
my teachers had written,” Terrick said.
“ You get a glimpse into their personal
lives.”
English professor Elizabeth Sawin remembers reading a poem about salmon last year.
She said that the idea came to her while she
was sitting at Red Lobster waiting for her
salmon dinner. She wrote about the incredible
journey salmon make and how vital they are to
the environment.
Sawin said that last year a teacher shared
an emotional poem about the shooting at
Conception Abbey that took place June 11,
2002.
“It takes courage and teachers are just as
nervous as students about reading their mate rials,” Sawin said.
Sawin thinks that students might be surprised by what they hear from their teachers.
“This isn’t going to be stuffy stuff. Come and
have some fun, and see your teachers in a new
light,” Sawin said.
The following English teachers will be reading: Aasha Blakely and Tina Janc from
Benton high school; Rebecca Dierking from
Maryville high school; Amy Grier from
Robidoux, Spring Garden and Truman middle
schools; Vickey Meyer, Laura Nelson and Jan
Reeder from Central high school; and Roger
Kirschbaum, Thomas Pankiewicz, Elizabeth
Latosi-Sawin and Dawn Terrick all from
Missouri Western.
This event is free, and refreshments will be
served after the readings.
Banned book reading goes off without a hitch
Lindsay Tremayne
News Writer
Forty-five people attended
the Seventh-Annual Reading
of Challenged and Banned
Books on Sept. 25, 2003 at 7
p.m. in the Leah Spratt
Multipurpose
Classroom
building.
This event gave students
and teachers alike the opportunity to read from books that
have been challenged or
banned.
Missouri Western Library
Director Julia Schneider
began the event by stating
that the purpose of the readings was “not to judge or
debate the value of the
book,” but to make people
aware that books continue
to
be
challenged
and
banned.
One by one, selected teachers and students came to the
podium to read a selection
from a book they had chosen
that had been challenged or
banned.
Before each selection was
read, the participant listed
the names of the places where
the book had been challenged
or banned.
The first
reader was
Marilyn Hunt, chairperson
and associate professor of
communication. She chose to
read a passage from Always
Running: La Vida Loca: Gang
Days in L.A. by Luis J.
Rodriques.
“I picked it because I had
been moved by it when I read
it three years ago, when we
had it for the incoming freshmen Honors students,” Hunt
said. “I went to school at Cal.
State L.A. in East L.A., which
is where the book takes
place.”
When Hunt first read the
book she was unaware that it
had been challenged and
banned in some places.
Missouri Western student
Rhonda Murphy does not
think that any of the books
read at the event should be
banned.
“I think that any of these
books are valid reading materials,” Murphy said. “They
open up the world to people
who read them, and the world
may be perceived in different
ways by different people. So
therefore, I don’t see why
someone should be denied
self-knowledge through books
while other people are just
merely uncomfortable with
it.”
Murphy especially liked The
Chosen by Chaim Potok,
which was read by Missouri
Western student Rebekah
Allen.
Allen said that she read The
Chosen because it had a lot of
“personal meaning” to her.
“I picked The Chosen
because it meant a lot to me
when I was in high school,”
Allen said, “It had been
challenged at my other college.”
Joyce Stohr, English teacher
at Robidoux Middle School,
said that she was happy with
the turnout at the event.
“Anyone who comes-it’s a
good crowd,” Stohr said, “and
continued from front:
Tri-Sigma
have always strived to educate, inform,
teach and initiate the new members and
future leaders of Tri Sigma.
“Zeta Tau has always been outstanding
in our initiation and retention. I believe
it is because of the way we look after our
new members and show them what
Sigma is all about.”
Not only did Tri Sigma receive an
award for New Member Orientation, but
they
also
received
honors
for
Outstanding Recruitment.
Formal
Recruitment, led by former Membership
Recruitment Director Molly Basinger,
has always been a strong point in Zeta
Tau’s history, as they have traditionally
made quota and maintained campus
totals.
Steig. She thinks that the
event is important for awareness.
“It gives people a chance to
talk about different books
and gives you exposure to
other books,” Maley said,
“but also to remember the
freedom that we really do
have to read anything that
we want to read.”
Maley’s daughter, Anna
Maley, student at Avenue City
school, read a selection from
Are you there God? It’s Me,
Margaret by Judy Blume. She
thinks that even people her
age should be aware of their
freedom to read.
“I think it’s important to
know they have choices,” Miss
Maley said, “But I think they
should choose the book for the
right reasons.”
Strategic Plan Forum
Sigma maintains its recruitment success, as it is one of the largest sororities
on campus.
“Recruitment is always a highlight in
our year,” Basinger said. “It is always
exciting to be able to recruit and speak to
girls about our sorority and what it has
done for us.”
The awards were presented on behalf
of the National Headquarters of Sigma
Sigma Sigma.
Zeta Tau sent in award nomination
forms and chapter reports to receive eligibility for the awards.
Tri-Sigma was founded on April 1, 1995
when the local sorority Sigma Delta Xi
became a national chapter. It was the
first national sorority at MWSC.
Disaster
that will benefit the campus in many
ways.
“I think that this [the emergency operations plan] is really good planning on
behalf of the campus,” said Ron Olinger,
director of financial planning and administration.
“Our primary responsibility is the safety of our students,” Kissock said. “This
plan reflects that.”
The Emergency Operations plan is
there were an excellent number of people here. It’s really
important to see young people
too.”
Stohr read from B r a v e
New World by Aldous Huxley.
She believes that reading
these kinds of books is important.
“I think it’s from the clash
of opinions and from the
thinking process that people
determine what beliefs they
have,” Stohr said. “So, I
think it’s important for people to read things that are
really challenging in order
for them to know what they
believe.”
Diane Maley, student at
Missouri Western, chose to
read from a children’s book
called Sylvester and the
Magic Pebble by William
still in the process of being developed. A
draft has yet to be approved by the
College Governance Advisory Council.
The Emergency Operations plan is not
going to replace the REACT plan, but
rather be a formal document that gives,
in detail, every procedure for every
emergency. The primary document for
most people will be the REACT chart,
Olinger said.
“Once the plan is adopted, it will not
be the end of the process. The plan will
never be finished, as it is constantly
under evaluation,” Johnson said.
“The cost of testing and documenting
the Emergency Operations plan is going
to be minimal. The maps that will be displayed in each building will cost the
most, but the printing can be done on
campus so that won’t be very expensive,”
Olinger said.
area schools to assist students
in taking the courses that will
best prepare them for a successful collegiate career.
Another more well known
program is the early enrollment program. With this program incoming freshmen are
assigned to freshman level
math and English courses
prior to enrollment.
Vice President of Academic
and Student Affairs David
Arnold said that by initiating
the
pre-enrollment
plan
Western has finally been able
to map the number of available math and English courses with incoming freshmen.
This also prevents many
freshmen from taking sophomore level courses which they
would be far more likely to
succeed in had they waited
just one year.
He also explained that the
initial hope of initiating
enrollment quality management is to assist current and
future students in gaining the
tools necessary to have success in their career at Western
from start to finish.
“Something that is overlooked far too often is the
already outstanding quality of
the students we have here at
Missouri Western,” Arnold
said. “Part of what we want to
do is communicate to the
region just how good our students outcomes are.
It’s
important that they don’t just
think of us a place that is easy
to get into. We’re not just a
place that is easy to get into.
We’re a place where great students do great things.”
Some of the other goals outlined by the Academic Affairs
and Enrollment Management
portion of the five-year plan
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•Develop and implement a
comprehensive enrollment
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•Strengthen existing and
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taken our time and have done some housekeeping to make everything run smoother.”
Now that the fraternity is off probation,
they were allowed to participate in rush, and
will be able to join in with homecoming and
Greek week, along with many other social
events.
“We still have the same principles as we did
in the spring, only now we can add social and
campus involvement,” Paxton said. “We are
more educated as a whole and can participate
in the activities every Greek organization
enjoys doing.”
One of the main things the fraternity
changed was how the new member education
process worked. The fraternity was given
many new rules to follow.
This year their new educator has a lot of
experience and is excited with the changes.
“Working from my past experience, as a
candidate education director for my previous chapter at Truman State and my experiences here as a pledge, I wrote the
Education
Program
from
scratch,”
Richardson said. “I based a lot of my ideas
off of our national guidelines and then I
incorporated my own experiences. This created a completely new experience that will
be enjoyable for the candidates and the
active organization alike. We laid the
groundwork for our fraternity last semester
to make this year special for everyone
involved. I am completely excited to be able
to lead a new class of candidates into our
f r a t e r n i t y. We (the executive council)
worked hard for this moment and it is an
opportunity that we are going to take.”
Though the pledges from last fall went
under review with the national board and
their initiation was delayed, the TKE’s looked
at this as a sort of opportunity. It gave the
executive board a chance to educate the entire
fraternity on what they can and can’t do in the
future.
“A scavenger hunt, as previously seen, will
NOT be done. We will be having events that
work in accordance to our national guidelines
on how to work with the candidates during
the candidate period. These events promise to
be fun and will work towards our goal of
building a stronger brotherhood within the
fraternity and our new
members,”
Richardson said.
Though the TKE’s faced several challenges
over the school year, they didn’t let it stop
them from succeeding.
For the past two school years, the TKE’s
have won best overall fraternity. They also
received an award for excellence in philanthropy, and were as active in homecoming as they
were allowed to be.
Fabsits also received the Greek Man of the
Year award, and Matt Silvius became the Top
TKE Scholar in the nation. Along with the
other awards and busy lives of a Greek, the
fraternity also received the Highest GPA
award for all campus Greeks in 01-02.
“I feel the incident has passed, and there
isn’t much else to be said,” Richardson said.
“We are moving past this incident and I hope
the rest of the campus does too. The TKE’s of
Missouri Western hope to continue their legacy of excellence here on campus as we have in
the past.”
“
I feel the incident has passed, and
there isn’t much else to be said.
We are moving past the incident,
and I hope the rest of the campus
does too. The TKE’s of Missouri
Western hope to continue their
legacy of excellence here on cam pus as we have in the past.
Corrections
”
RYAN RICHARDSON
TKE EDUCATOR
• It was erroneously reported inthe September 16 issue of The Griffon News that the banned
book reading was held on September 2. The reading was actually held on September 25.
• In the same issue, it was reported that Dustin Holcumbrink is a sophomore. He is actually a junior.
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ODM, Mustard and a Movie
Melissa Waddell
Morgan Perry
Lifestyles Editor
Lifestyles Ass. Editor
Thursday
Act I
ODM, the lone yonic symbol, is standing on
the fringe of a group of manly men in the full
bloom of their manhood.
Responding to a summons from the Dirty
Neighbor we all know and love, she makes her
way to the corner of the room and squeezes to
the center of a large group of testosterone.
Dirty Neighbor and friends have a large pile
of various bills collected on the table. It
appears that the Dirty Neighbor and friends
have got a bet going that the focal point of the
group, we will call him Feesh, can chug a bottle of mustard for 40 dollars. That being something that ODM cannot pass up seeing, she
forks over the two bucks she can spare and
joins the cries of “Chug it, chug it.”
She stops to fight the urge to pipe up with
“don’t forget to cup the balls,” then smiles to
herself and wonders how many viewings of
Supertroopers is too many. Coming back from
the brief mental holiday and removing the
drool that has accumulated on the side of her
mouth she finds that the man called Feesh has
removed the bottle from his mouth. Looking a
bit squeemish but not having gotten the job
done on the first round, takes the remaining
mustard left in the bottom of the bottle like a
champ.
ODM cannot help but feel a bit impressed
and joins in on the applause and shouts celebrating his performance.
Friday
Scene One, Act Deux
ODM is picked up and shoved in the back of
“Paseo Pete,” possibly one of the smallest
Toyotas ever made. For normal people this
would be no great feat. But for ODM, being the
fabulous brick house that she is squeezes in
with her knees up to her ears (thank you
pilates), and crams the forty ounce bottle of
mothers milk between her thighs.
Feeling very phallic ODM tries to maneuver
herself into a position where she can breathe
and talk at the same time, no small task. New
friend Lari introduces ODM to the driver of
the two-door death trap, who we will call
Paseo.
Turning her head at a forty-degree angle,
ODM manages to utter to the girls she is up
for anything but after a half-an-hour of deadends she is just left wondering if her body will
go back to an upright position.
Finally, Lari gets a call and a destination
has been chosen. The ladies are off to a house
that led down a circle of twists and turns that
left ODM confused and wishing the forty wasn’t so fortyish. She might’ve thrown up in her
mouth a little on the last curve, but not being
entirely sure about that she decides not to
comment.
Lari and the new girl hop right out of the
small automobile leaving ODM to recreate the
miracle of life sans the slap on the booty.
The girls then enter the house and ODM
finds herself intruding on the elusive world of
the guys’ night in.
In awe of her presence at such a rare occasion, ODM decides to adopt the more girlish
demeanor of not drawing attention to her obvious out of placeness. Between smiles and giggles she tries to appear like all the other girls
but fails miserably.
On the verge of a personality crisis, who
should appear? Chode! ODM wipes a sad
clown tear from her smiling face and lets out a
sigh of relief.
ODM and Chode delve into the discussion of
what will be the greatest movie know to man
(being that the nature of the movie is top
secret the details cannot be revealed).
The conversation eventually fizzles out and
Graphic by Tim KC Canton
after hours of boobs on TV and drinking
games, ODM is ready to either exit the party
or question her sexuality. The first being perferred she doesn’t argue when the short bald
man tells her that the party is over.
But where are the girls? Zut alors! The worst
possible fate to befall any girl has happened.
ODM has been ditched. Poor ODM stands on
a small concrete porch with an angry short
bald man on one side (tall girls are never popular with this particular type) and a long walk
home on the other.
While contemplating her best course of
action, ODM is suddenly swept across the
porch and pressed against a male form with
the intoxicating scent of eucalyptus and
spearmint.
ODM makes the quick decision to remain
very still, further proving her point that
women can be lead anywhere by the small of
the back mixed with a good cologne.
She soon realizes she knows this man. It’s
the crazy bartender. But wait, crazy bartender
serves her drinks, he doesn’t nuzzle her neck.
Fight or flight kicks in and ODM freaks out,
but manages to finagle a ride home from bartender.
Come Take a Trip Through the Underworld
Josh Peays
Lifestyles Writer
“Beneath the city streets, feuding Vampire
and Lycan clans battle for supremacy over the
Underworld.”
Their war has raged for centuries, unseen by
human eyes, until now.
Vampires and
Werewolves, the movie refers to them as
Lycan, seek domination and prosperity for
their kind.
Underworld is director Len Wiseman’s feature film debut. Wiseman got his start in the
industry as a prop designer. He is known for
his work on movies such as Independence Day
and Stargate. He is also known for his work in
the music video industry. His resume includes
directing music videos for groups such as En
Vogue and Megadeth.
This film was shot primarily in Budapest
and centers around a female vampire or
“Death Dealer” named Selene, played by Kate
Beckinsdale.
Selenes profession is to locate and kill members of the Lycan clan. One night, while on the
hunt, Selene follows the werewolf rivals into a
crowded underground railway system, where
all hell breaks loose.
The Death Dealers and Lycan each brandish
weapons with specially designed ammunition
meant to destroy the other and open fire. Both
sides suffer considerable losses, each leaving
with only their party leaders still alive.
In an attempt to understand what possessed
the Lycan to leave their dwellings and so callously enter an area predominantly human,
Selene discovers that the werewolves were after
a human by the name of Michael Corvin, played
by Scott Speedman.
Typically action films
hit lulls, leaving large gaps between action
sequences with over-developed story line, but
that is not the case with Underworld.
The film sets a pace by which all action
movies should follow. Any necessary dialogue
either takes place during the action sequences
or in the brief spaces between them.
The cinematography was wonderfully done,
although at times it seems almost too quick for
the eye. However, it does carry with it a sense
of realism seldom seen in other feature films.
Kate Beckinsale herself has described the movie
as a mix between The Crow and The Matrix.
But don’t sell yourself short, this movie is
definitely superior. Don’t get me wrong, those
other movies were notable, but their sequels
came up short, despite the hype.
Let’s hope that the Underworld sequel doesn’t succumb to the same fate. The sequel is
rumored to be released in 2005, but it is still
unknown whether Beckinsale or Speedman
will continue in their roles.
I highly recommend Underworld. It is entertaining, inventive, and well worth the money
and time spent.
Fatty Food Review
Morgan Perry
Lifestyles Ass.Editor
Melissa Waddell
Lifestyles Editor
This week Fatty’s looking for a classy
place to dine. Fatty misses the Muny, so
what is Fatty to do?
The only possible alternative is the
Rear View located on the East side of
Frederick.
If you are in the mood for good old fashioned blue collar eating and you are a fan
of sports, this is the place to be.
Keeping with the outdoor theme of
grills and sports is their decor.
Along with multiple tv’s, including a
big screen, they also provide a bit of on
the field action with astro-turf like carpet. Fatty feels like a linebacker. Fatty
looks like a linebacker.
Fatty always starts with an appetizer
and at this fine establishment Fatty’s
favorite appetizer is the fried macaroni
and cheese, delicious deep fried golden
nuggets that will make your arteries
squeal with delight.
Also worth mentioning are their
jalapeno poppers, which were brought
out at just the right temperature.
As far as sandwiches are concerned,
the Fatty favorite is the Philly
Cheesesteak.
For those that love the Philly but not
the steak they also offer the philly chicken. Served on a warm white roll, and
we’re not talkin about the one peekin out
beneath Fatty’s shirt.
Also included is a side of fries, but you
can substitute the fries with a salad.
Fatty of course turns up the nose at the
rabbit food and says, “give me my potatoes, yum, yum.”
They also provide different types of hot
and cold sandwiches and entrees.Their
entrees include shrimp, a variety of beef
cuts and chicken.
The Rear View offers the best of both
worlds providing a family atmosphere in
the daylight hours and a chance to enjoy
a frosty beverage with your beef cut.
Some say that it could even become the
new 19th hole. By providing a place for
those finishing up a round of golf a place
to relax and reflect on their game. Fatty
is going to be honest with you, Fatty is
not the world’s best golfer. But, at the
Rear View, Fatty is a master golfer on the
fantastic game of Golden Tee.
Like every other fine dining establishment, the Rear View has it’s own nighttime look. This comes in the form of
screaming sports fans and drunken
Golden Tee. Fatty might need to call
ODM.
Fatty Says...
Food: Outstanding
Atmosphere: Touchdown!
Drinks: Fatty makes the pass for
the conversion... and it’s good!
Illustration by Naomi Dunning
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gotta get down here.” Trifan took his advice
and spent the final 3-1/2 years of his music
career playing in the house orchestra at the
Tahoe Sahara.
For every professor who took the fast track to
Even though his 10 years in the music busia doctorate, there is another who walked a path ness were an experience that he will always
less traveled.
treasure, he was not sorry he left when he did.
From rock star and belly dancer to rancher
“It is very taxing … the road is a young man’s
and steel mill worker, the roads that our facul - game,” Trifan said. “It had moments of glamty has taken to Missouri Western are filled with our, but there are the hours of waiting in airinteresting stories.
ports and the constant grind that people never
think about.”
In 1981, they started to lay off the house
bands in Tahoe and Trifan had a decision to
make. Going back to life on the road did not
sound very appealing, especially since he had
just gotten married, and his wife was not to hot
on that idea.
Trifan opted for a new career and went back
to New Jersey in the spring 1982 to study history, then went straight through to a PhD, and
ended up at MWSC in August of 1988.
“Even during my road years I was always
dragging history books around,” Trifan said.
Having performed onstage in front of 5,000
That’s right boys and girls, we have a bona people helps him today when standing in front
fide former rock star right here on the Missouri of students. “I have a performing background,”
Western campus.
Trifan said. “In a way teaching is a form of perStarting in 1971, Daniel Trifan, professor of forming.”
history, spent ten years as a professional musiAnyone who has
cian playing both electric and upright bass guitaken a European
tar.
history class of
For Trifan, the years 1971 to 1977 were a
Trifan’s and heard
whirlwind of road tours with rock bands such
him describe the
as Blood, Sweat and Tears, Buzzy Linhart
French Revolution
and Tom Waits, as well as with jazz bands
in animated detail
The Manhattan Transfer and fusion jazz guican attest to that.
tarist Larry Coryell. He also worked on 10
different studio albums between 1972 and
1977, including two with Blood, Sweat and
Tears and five with Larry Coryell’s Eleventh
House.
Trifan began playing music gigs on weekends
during college. His first stab at college lasted
for less than two years and “was academically
undistinguished.” He called this his Animal
House period. He majored in partying, and
finally dropped out to be a full-time musician.
As you might expect, a musician in the
1970’s has a lot of stories. Trifan shared a few
PG-rated ones from his road days. The crazy
stories you hear “generally were the effect of
too little sleep and too much partying,” Trifan
said.
Crashing hotel pools in the middle of the
night after concerts and getting thrown out by
security and fire extinguisher fights in hotel
rooms began to seem like normal behavior
after 18-19 consecutive nights of shows and
lack of sleep.
Department of Biology Chair John Rushin
“LAwas particularly notorious for this sort of knew in high school that he wanted to teach
behavior,” Trifan said. “Parties at the biology. He did not know he would have to
Continental Hyatt
House
on Sunset crawl through a steel mill blast furnace to get
Boulevard,” known in rock folklore as “The there.
Riot House,” (see the movie Almost Famous)
Rushin was raised in a blue-collar family
were nightly occurrences.”
on the east side of Chicago. Neither of his
After month four of a six-month tour, nerv- parents had the opportunity to graduate
ous exhaustion starts to set in. That’s where from high school because they came from big
the famous stories of rock and roll legend come families and they “had to go to work right
from, like when throwing TV’s out of upper
away” to help support the family. His father
floor hotel rooms on passing police cars starts
worked on the railroad and as a general foreto look like a good idea.
man at the Youngstown steel mill. During
“I can remember hanging out with Led
high school, Rushin worked at the mill partZeppelin, in LA and hooking up with other
bands after concerts, Trifan said. Many of the time and then full-time the summer after
bands would get together after shows and go graduation.
New employees got all the dirty jobs in the
out for drinks at the local clubs. “We were all in
the same business and shared a common expe- mill, like re-bricking blast furnaces or on the
track gang redoing track in the mill. After
rience.”
As the bands crisscrossed the country, they working there for a while he took stock of his
would invariable meet in different towns and work environment and decided it was not
even at the airports they frequented. Trifan worth the pay. Rushin’s decision to leave the
remembers walking through the airport and mill was crystallized one night driving home
seeing one guy that looked vaguely familiar. from work. For five or six miles he could see
He remembers almost literally bumping into the red cast sky filled with particulates from
Mick Jagger at Kennedy Airport. Sure enough, the blast furnace chimneys.
“Even though the mill paid pretty good
there were the rest of the Rolling Stones waitmoney, I knew that this was not where I wanting to catch a plane.
Musically, the highlight of his career was ed spend my life working,” Rushin said.
He was encouraged by his parents and his
working with Larry Coryell. He studied
Coryell’s 1970 album Spaces and learned high school mentor to go to college.
“When you grow up in a working-class situaevery note on it. Trifan wanted to work with
Coryell because of that album. It was a mas- tion,” Rushin said, “your parents look upon
education as your way out.” School was, to
terpiece.
At the end of 1977, Trifan was pretty burned- them, “something very, very special. A special
out with life on the road, when a friend from opportunity.”
While earning his undergraduate degree,
Blood, Sweat and Tears called from his new
house band gig in Lake Tahoe and said, “You Rushin continued to work in the mill.
Warning! This article might cause you to
see that mild-mannered professor in an
entirely new light.
“Hanging out with
Led Zeppelin” and
“bumping into Mick
Jagger at Kennedy
Airport.”
- Daniel Trifan -
“Something very, very
special. A special
opportunity.”
- John Rushin -
After graduating from college he had an offer
from the mill for a better job with higher pay,
but he decided to go into teaching biology fulltime for less money.
All of this was happening during the civilrights movement of the early ‘60s. The steel
mill taught him hard lessons about racism and
how people of diverse nationalities were treated differently.
“Most of the real working people at the mill
were immigrants and that’s how they made it
(in this country),” Rushin said. Most of the
foremen in the mill were white and American.
His father hired the first two black foremans at
the mill.
He also remembers distinctly a big German
man who worked at the mill. One day the man
told him, “Your father and I were in the same
war, but we fought on different sides.”
Even though the mill taught him much about
diversity, it did not prepare him for his first
teaching job at an all-black, inner-city high
school on Chicago’s east side.
“There was de facto segregation at that time.
I learned a lot about racism,” Rushin said.
“Whenever you get into a new situation you
discover that you don’t know as much as you
thought you knew.”
Rushin got through graduate school with the
help of a Carnegie grant and by continuing to
teach biology.
His high school mentor later went on to be a
professor of biology at Ball State. Rushin had
the chance to talk to him at many biology conferences as he advanced through his graduate
work. The head of his doctorate committee also
attended one of these conferences. All three
men met for dinner.
“Here’s my high school mentor and here’s my
college mentor,” Rushin said. “That was quite a
memorable night for me.”
“The fall of 1983 I took
English 104 and here
I am 20 years later.”
- Bill Church You might say English instructor Bill
Church’s many past jobs make him a jack-ofall-trades, but in the back of his mind he has
always wanted to master the skill of writing.
“When I was in high school I played around
with writing song lyrics and short stories and
had teachers who encouraged me,” Church
said. “So seldom does an English teacher finds
someone who wants to write, God knows they
encouraged me.”
From age 18 till 28, Church tried many jobs.
He grew up always wanting to work with horses and would take in colts and work them for
other people for money.
“I’ve always had cattle and horses,” Church
said, “I competed in several jackpots, or local
rodeos, paid an entry fee and competed. There
was no bull-riding, just the timed events such
as barrel racing, calf-roping and team roping.”
“I also did a lot of construction running
heavy equipment,“ Church said. “I had a
small construction company, built ponds,
took out fencerows and graded land for tennis
courts.
“It is rewarding work in a lot of ways, but the
financial pressures are very high, the cost of
equipment and from hiring employees, the
costs are very high.”
During this time, Church still thought about
writing.
“A lot of times I would try to sit down and
write the great American novel, and realizing
the level of talent that wasn’t there, I wisely
threw that stuff away,” Church said.
Finally, a high school friend who worked at
Western said, “It’s time you shut up about saying you are going to write and just do it.”
“In the fall of 1983 I took English 104 and
here I am 20 years later,” Church said.
While at Western working on his bachelor’s
degree, Church wrote features and commentaries for The Griffon News. For one of his features, he went skydiving, and wrote about it.
“That was great fun,” Church said. “It was
an exciting thing to get to do the experience
and then to get to write about it.”
After getting his master’s degree, Church
took a position at Western in the center for academic support hiring and training the writing
tutors, and teaching part-time.
“Along the way I had a few people tell me
that I might be good as a teacher,” Church
said. “My first semester I was pretty green,
but after this many years I know what
works.”
When asked if he still wanted to write that
great American novel, Church said, “written
and published are two different words.”
“I have written a couple of very American
novels and am getting pretty close (to publishing). Agents are starting to pay attention,”
Church said. “I am convinced they will get published.
“I seriously doubt that anyone is going to
herald them as great, but I think they might be
worthy reads.”
Look for more stories next week
File Photo
English instructor Bill Church is all decked out to rope cattle in this 1987 photo. Church has used his ranching
experiences in writing novels. Church has worked as a heavy equipment operater, cattle rancher and rodeo calf
roper during his years before coming to Western.
Going the other way
Volleyball squad drops
conference opener
The Missouri Western volleyball team
dropped Northwest Missouri State in three
straight games, 30-19, 30-21, 30-19, to pick
up its first win in the conference.
Freshmen Alyssa Berg led the Griffons
with 13 kills, along with two blocks and five
digs. Becky Brosnahan added 11 kills in 23
attempts.
The win in Maryville was the first in four
matches for the Griffons. The win effectively ended the Griffons 3-match losing streak.
Men’s golf team ties
for first place
The men’s golf team finished in a tie for
first place at the Winona State Invitational
with Truman State. Western overcame a
nine-shot first round deficit to tie for first.
Twelve teams were in the tournament at
Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Randy Hughes placed second overall with
a total score of 145. Hughes was one shot
back of the leader. His second round score of
70 was the lowest round of the tournament.
Scott Crose tied for sixth place individually,
while Brice Garnett and
Dustin
Holcumbrink were in the top 25. They shot
total scores of 153 and 154 respectively.
Freshmen Mitch Grirres just missed making the top 25 with a score of 156.
The team shot a second round total of
287, which is one under par. That is the best
score a men’s golf team has fired in three
years.
The next tournament for the men’s golf
team will be at the Missouri Southern
Invitational. The tournament will be held
at Peoria Ridge Golf Course in Miami, Ok.
The event is set to take place October 6-7.
Women’s golf team
places 10th at tourney
Missouri Western’s women’s golf team
placed tenth out of 13 teams in the
Northeastern State University Women’s
Golf Classic at Cobblestone Creek Golf Club
in Oklahoma. The team shot 361 in the first
round and improved in the second with a
score of 354, for a total of 715.
Senior Taira Roth broke the top 25 with a
total score of 167. She shot 84 in her first
round and 83 in her second round at the par
72, 5926 yard course. She tied for 19th in
the tournament. Freshmen Lisa Cross was
second best on the team with a total score
181. She finished in a tie for 50th place.
Amy Silcott tied for 53rd place with a total
score of 182. Kari Harder placed 57th with
a score of 185 and Whitney Vessar received
69th place with a total score of 216.
St. Mary’s University won the tournament with a score of 632, while the host
team came in second with a score of 637.
The next tournament for the women’s golf
team will be held here in town at Fairview
Golf Course. It will be on October 6-7.
Western’s Thomas
wins MIAA player of
the week
Senior Pierre Thomas was named the
MIAA special teams player of the week.
Thomas scored one of the two special teams
touchdowns as Missouri Western beat
Southwest Baptist University 39-7 at
Spratt Stadium last Saturday.
Thomas returned a 63-yard punt for a
touchdown in the second quarter of the
game. This was after the Griffons blocked
and returned an attempted SBU punt for a
touchdown on the previous drive. Thomas’s
punt return put the Griffons up 21-0.
During the game, Thomas averaged 23.7
yards per return on three punt returns and
also returned a kickoff for 18 yards.
Thomas was also involved in kickoff coverage. The Griffons only allowed an 8 yard
average on returns in the game. He had
seven tackles on defense and special teams
to go along with his punt return for a touchdown. Three of those tackles were solo.
Thomas is a graduate of Lee’s Summit
North High School.
Jason Brown, punter for Central Missouri
State University, and Mike Servis, punter
for Emporia State University were also
nominated for the award.
Late interception leads to
Griffons downfall at
Emporia in 27-24 loss
Allen Conway
Sports Writer
Emporia, Kan.-- Missouri Western battled
for four quarters against No. 17 Emporia
State, but in the end they couldn’t hang on for
the win. The Griffons fell in heartbreaking
style, 27-24 in Welch Stadium. The loss moved
the Griffons to 2-2, and left the team in a state
of shock.
“I think it’s hard to say anything after the
game,” Coach Partridge said. “Emotions are
still involved. “I think we just try to stay as
well as we can.”
With less than three minutes in the game,
Michael Cooper threw a screen pass that was
intercepted by Emporia’s Brad Johnson and
returned 32 yards for the touchdown. The
touchdown put the Hornets up 27-24 with little time remaining. On the first play of the
final drive, the Griffons were called for holding, making their starting field position the
10-yard line. Cooper drove the team down the
field to the Hornet 39-yard line, but the drive
stalled. On third down, Cooper threw a deep
pass intended for Erick Fields into the end
zone, but was knocked away at the last second. That left a bad taste in Fields’ mouth, as
the game would end on the next play.
“We have to put things away whenever we
get the opportunity,” Griffon receiver Erick
Fields said.
The Griffons struck early in the first quarter when Pierre Thomas intercepted a pass
and was brought down on the Hornet 33-yard
line. Moments later, Derrick Pitts waltzed
into the end-zone and put the Griffons up 7-0
minutes into the game. Pitts had a stellar day
rushing the ball with 60 yards on 17 carries.
Still, a good day rushing didn’t leave him
feeling happy after the game.
“We didn’t win, it wasn’t good enough,” Pitts
said. “We have to finish, Coach Partridge said
all week that we have to finish plays.”
The biggest play of the game happened midway through the third quarter when the
Griffons decided to fake a punt. The ball was
directly snapped to Travis Hodge, and he
went rumbling down the middle of the field
for 60-yards. A 21-yard field goal by Tristian
Blagg capped off the drive and pulled
Missouri Western even at 17-17 with 8:19 in
the third quarter.
“There are times when momentum is slipping away and the punt fake is something you
Warren Ingram III/Photo Editor
Above: Griffon defensive lineman Scorpio Horn tries to track down Emporia State quarterback Tad Hatfield
during Western’s 27-24 loss to the Hornets on Saturday in Emporia, Kan. Horn recorded 1 1/2 tackles on the
day, including an assist on a tackle for loss. Below: Head coach Jerry Partridge yells at the refs while Leon
Douglas (28) watches on.
need to do,” Partridge said. “I gave a quick signal to Hodge, a lapse in intelligence from me
for one second, and it worked.”
Early in the second quarter the Griffons
went up 14-7 when a Westerberg pass connected for 31 yards. Moments later the
Hornets would tie the game again when a 6
yard pass from Hatfield to Day found daylight. Westerberg, 3-16 for 52 yards, was
starting his first game this season, but soon
gave way to Michael Cooper. In the end it
wasn’t enough as the Griffons fell, giving
them a 1-1 conference record. Though with
the loss, wide receiver Erick Fields says the
team will come out with a chip on their shoulders.
“We just have to come out and play as hard
as we can, whatever the outcome is it will be,”
said Fields. “If we play hard, I think we’ll win.”
Game Notes: The Griffons rushed for 212
yards on 39 carries. Hornet’s running back
Tyler Paul rushed for 112 yards on 30 carries.
Wide receiver Andre Day had 7 catches for 65
yards and one touchdown. Erick Fields had 5
catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns.
Dane Brodie did not play for the second week
in a row. Coach Partridge is now 3-4 lifetime
against the Hornets. Missouri Western still
leads the all-time series 16-10. Next up for
the Griffons is Missouri Southern at home.
COMMENTARY
Where’s the love for Griffon sports, huh?
Ever been to a baseball game, tennis
match or golf tournament?
Not too many students can say they have.
For these teams, this is their biggest complaint: the lack of student support here at
Missouri Western. Or if students come to
the sporting events they leave early. Where
are the true diehard fans at? I know we’re a
Division II school, but let’s see some Division
I pride for our teams.
“About 99 percent of the time our fans are
just our parents. We might get less than five
percent other people that show up,” said junior golfer Dustin Holcumbrink.
Is the reason for lack of support because
of the team or the location? In my opinion
these teams don’t receive as much support
as the other teams, because they play away
more than they do at home. I mean there
has to be some fans of these sports that
want to see them play, but for one reason or
another they don’t make it out to the games.
The baseball team is a good example of
this. Their home field is actually off campus,
and about 10 minutes from school. This not
only makes it hard for the players but also
for the baseball fans. This might be the
biggest reason why students don’t attend
baseball games.
Senior Alan Cartwright said, “a lot of students don’t know where the field is or they
don’t want to drive, so it limits the number
of people that come and see us play. It would
be nice to have students besides our parents
and girlfriends there.”
I think if the field was located on campus
more people would come out to support
them. They might not stay the whole game
but at least more would come out.
carlissholland
Baseball isn’t the only team with a location problem. The golf teams also have a
location problem as well as a scheduling
problem. The golf teams play off campus at
Fairview golf course but they only play there
once a year. They spend most their time
playing at other tournaments located in
Kansas, Nebraska or Oklahoma. So if someone wanted to see these teams play they
would have to do a little traveling as well.
I think the volleyball team’s scheduling
has to be the worst of them all.
Coach Cindy Brauck said, “the nine volleyball coaches came up with a tri-ad schedule
for this year. Each year it changes and
everyone has to agree on it. It might be beneficial to one team more than another but
we try to make it as even as possible.”
Well, this way of scheduling obviously didn’t work out for us. The tri-ad schedule
groups three of the nine teams together and
they play another three teams in the league.
The third set of three then play the first set
of three. Because of this grouping and rotation the coaches came up with the women’s
volleyball team plays 16 games away and
only 12 at home. And to top that off the volleyball team won’t even see their home court
at all in November. So now Senior Night is
moved to October. That sucks for the seniors.
How do new fans support a team they
hardly ever see? “I can see this being a problem now, but at the time us coaches weren’t
thinking about that,” Brauk said.
I hope now coaches as well as athletic
departments start to look at all these factors
and why they cause problems. Hopefully for
these teams they come up with better solutions to get more people out to the games.
One of the most exciting things about college athletics is the fan support. There is
something about looking up and seeing the
stands packed with people waiting to see you
play. This alone can get an athlete or team
pumped up. Seeing all the faces, hearing the
yells and screams, people singing school
cheers, posters and t-shirts made especially
for the game. And those diehard fans that
stand and talk trash about the other team
through the whole game just bring so much
more excitement to the game.
This is what I like to see and be a part of.
It’s fun, exciting and shows team and school
pride. Even if the team isn’t that good, it
shows support. But some of our teams can’t
say that they have or feel this support from
the students.
Maybe all the students need is for the
school to take some action and use some of
that money they have to build a baseball
field, fix the tennis courts, make better seating at tennis and softball games and make
available a shuttle that goes to away games.
Hey, just a thought.

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