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While the Springfield commu-nity celebrated Osama binLaden’s death with the rest of thecountry, one resident was worriedabout the well-being of her hus-band, an Army staff sergeant sta-tioned in Afghanistan.“I have a fear, and my husband

has a small fear, that there mightbe some retaliation due what hap-pened to bin Laden,” Kelly Mash-burn said. “There might be a lot ofanger. You don’t really knowwhat’s going to happen next.”Mashburn’s husband, Shawn

Mashburn, works as a master driv-er and helps train Afghani sol-diers.Late Sunday night, President

Barack Obama announced fromthe White House that al-Qaidaleader bin Laden was killed byU.S. troops in Pakistan.“A small team of Americans

carried out the operation,” Obamasaid. “After a firefight, they killedOsama bin Laden and took cus-tody of his body.”

During the announcement,Obama acknowledged all of thepeople who lost their lives in the9/11 attacks that were carried outby al-Qaida.“The images of 9/11 are seared

into our national memory,” hesaid. “Hijacked planes cuttingthrough a cloudless Septembersky, the Twin Towers collapsing tothe ground, black smoke billow-

ing up from the Pentagon. Thewreckage of Flight 93 inShanksville, Penn. where theactions of heroic citizens savedeven more heartbreak and destruc-tion.”The president said, by killing

bin Laden, “Justice has beendone.”However, the fact that the

leader of the terrorist organizationhas been slain does not mean thewar against al-Qaida is over, saidDavid Romano, an assistant pro-fessor in the Political ScienceDepartment atMSU and anexpert in MiddleEastern politics.Romano said

the killing of binLaden isn’t asbig of a victoryas some mightthink.“We’re still

going to have jihadists, still goingto have terrorism,” he said. “Justbecause the leader is dead doesn’tmean the organization won’t con-tinue.”Mashburn said her husband has

always been weary about terror-ists possibly posing as Afghanisoldiers to carry out attacksagainst the U.S. military.“He told me once before that

he’s always had that fear in theback of his head that an Afghan isgoing to come in that’s an actual(member of) al-Qaida, and itcould be a terrorist,” she said.“They’ve been warned aboutthis.”She said the soldiers are glad

bin Laden is now dead but skepti-cal that it will bring majorchanges.“They’re happy that (bin

Laden) was caught, and they were

By Rachel BonarThe Standard

It has been almost a full year since JamesCofer took office as president of MissouriState University. In that seemingly short peri-od of time, Cofer has experienced MissouriState through the students and through work-ing hard to embetter our school.“I thought as a first year, this was a good

first year,” Cofer said. “I got to meet a lot offolks. We got to do some planning for the nextfew years. Every year you get your ups anddowns, but I thought it was a good yearbecause I got to learn a lot about the institu-tion.”According to Cofer, listening was one of

his best strengths throughout the year.“I think I listen pretty good,” said Cofer. “I

think that is one of the most important thingsyou could do. I also think that I can readbetween the lines. I can see where the issuesare a little clearer than someone who hasn’tdone something like this before. I think thatmy ability to listen and my ability to under-stand what people are saying, and then myability to see the big picture, are mystrengths.”In agreement with Cofer, Board of Gover-

nors Chairwoman Elizabeth Bradbury said hehas shown strengths as the leader of the uni-versity.

“Let me cite a couple of strengths (Cofer)has brought to Missouri State that have madethis such a good first year,” Bradbury said.“First, his leadership style is extremely inclu-

sive. When he arrived last August, MSU hadbegun work on a strategic plan for the nextfive years, and he needed to get involved in

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BriefsCFO Hayes plans toretire; MSU hiring Missouri State University is

searching for a new chief finan-cial officer due to the retirementof Nila Hayes on Aug. 1.Hayes declined requests for an

interview.A university

search commit-tee is in place,said KenMcClure, vicepresident ofAdministrativeand InformationServices. Ahigher educa-tion consultingfirm in Dallas, R. William Funk &Associates, is helping the univer-sity look for CFO candidates.These candidates have to submittheir résumés and applicablematerials to the firm by May 31.“Our goal is to have Nila’s

successor in place as close to Aug.1 as we can,” McClure said.The new title will be vice pres-

ident and CFO to reflect the rankof the filled position, he said.Hayes understood complicated

financial systems and where MSUwas in the budget process, saidGordon Elliot, vice chairman of theuniversity’s Board of Governors.“Nila did a fine job, and she

knew every bit of the university,”Elliot said. “We are sorry to seeher go.”

CalendarMay 2 to May 9

TuesdayUnderstanding FinancialStatements seminar9 a.m. to noon, Glass Hall (west entrance)

Studio Art Senior exhibitions1 to 6 p.m., Brick City 101 & 110

Design Students ProfessionalDesign Practicum FinalProjects Exhibition1 to 5 p.m., Student Exhibition Center

Student Chamber EnsembleConcert 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 317B

WednesdayMay Daynoon to 10:30 p.m., North Mall

Interfraternity Council generalmeeting5:15 to 6 p.m., PSU 313

Panhellenic Council generalmeeting6 to 7 p.m., PSU 313

SAC and the MSU BookstorePresents: Student Film Festival6 to 8 p.m., PSU Theater

ThursdayLast Day of ClassesAll day

School of Agriculture Plant Sale9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,Karls Hall 301

Staff Senate meeting11 a.m. to noon, PSU 313

Students for a SustainableFuture meeting 4 to 5 p.m., Temple Hall Pit

SAC After Hours: Back toKindergarten9 p.m. to midnight,PSU Food Court

FridayDDeeaadd DDaayy -- nnoo ccllaasssseessAll day

School of Agriculture Plant Sale9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,Karls Hall room 301

Reception: Professional Designpracticum 6 to 10 p.m.,Student Exhibition Center

MondayFinal Exam periodAll day

Long Range Plan open forum(First Draft of Narrative)3 to 4:30 p.m., Meyer LibraryDuane G. Auditorium

Electronic Arts Studentshowcase6:30 to 9:30 p.m., PSU Theater

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A crowd builds in front of the White House on Sunday night to cheer the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed. President BarackObama addressed the nation from the White House to announce the news.

U.S. celebrates, but what’s next?

Cofer impresses MSU during first year

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Cofer completes his first full year as MSU President this May.

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Theyʼre happy bin Ladenwas caught ... but at thesame time it reallydoesnʼt change anything.

Kelly Mashburn, wife of soldier in Afghanistan

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able to take him out, but at the same time, itreally doesn’t change anything,” Mashburnsaid.Romano said he would have liked to see

the U.S. capture bin Laden alive instead ofexecuting a “kill mission.”“It would’ve been better to capture him,”

he said. “It would’ve shown the U.S. to be acountry of rule of law to all of the world,even if he ended up with a death sentence atthe end of the day.”Andy Cline, associate professor of jour-

nalism at MSU, said social media alertedhim to one of the most notable events in

recent U.S. history.“I had Facebook and Mashable open

when I saw a post saying Osama bin Ladenwas dead,” he said. “Just because it was onthere didn’t mean that I was going to believeit, so I went to the New York Times to makesure what I read was true.”Once the announcement was made, social

media allowed people to quickly expresstheir opinions and share information withone another about bin Laden’s death, Clinesaid.“Any time we have a cathartic experi-

ence, people want to interact with oneanother,” he said. “Twenty years ago theywould have called their friends on the phoneor run over to the neighbors’ to talk, butbecause people online could immediatelyshare what they were thinking, they took

advantage of social media.”Cline said without social media, he might

not have been aware of what happened.“If I hadn’t been using social media, I

might have gone to bed last night and notknown what happened,” he said. “I’d ratherknow about big news immediately, andsocial media allowed that to happen. (It)alerted me to the news, and then I verified itwith a news source I trust.”As demonstrated by the amount of pub-

licity both in social media and the main-stream news outlets, bin Laden’s death is animportant event in the U.S.’s attempts tofight terror, Romano said.“It won’t be earth-shattering, but it’s a

definite victory,” he said.Reporting by Damien M. DiPlacido,

Megan Gates and David Hunton.

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A total of 2,242 Missouri State freshmen were requiredto read a book now being investigated on the grounds thatparts were made up.On April 17, “60 Minutes” claimed that author and phi-

lanthropist Greg Mortenson fabricated parts of his best-selling book, “Three Cups of Tea,” and misused funds ofhis charity.Mortenson visited Missouri State last September as a

guest lecturer because “Three Cups of Tea” was chosen asthe common reader for all GEP 101 classes.Mortenson charged a $30,000 speaking fee for his visit.

SAC paid $20,000 and the Office of Student Engagementcontributed the last $10,000, which they acquired fromvarious sources, said Courtney Current, lecture chair-woman for Student Activities Council.“We were told that part of that speaking fee goes to the

Central Asia Institute, so that was kind of the justificationfor the price being so costly,” she said. “Three Cups of Tea” is a nonfiction work about

Mortenson’s travels in northern Pakistan and how he wasinspired to create a charity to educate the children he metthere.Mortenson co-founded the non-profit organization

Central Asia Institute (CAI) in 1996 after he attempted toclimb the world’s second highest mountain, K2, in Pak-istan in 1993. Upon his decent, he was separated from hisgroup and rescued by the people of Korphe, a small vil-lage in northern Pakistan. To show them his appreciation,Mortenson promised to return and build them a school,according to “Three Cups of Tea.”Since then, Mortenson and the CAI have built 145

schools “to promote and support community-based educa-tion, especially for girls, in remote regions of northernPakistan and Afghanistan,” according to their website.“60 Minutes” began investigating the CAI last fall, and

on April 17, they claimed Mortenson had fabricated hisstory of his rescue by the people of Korphe and exagger-ated many other aspects of his book. They alleged thatmany of the schools the CAI claims to have established donot exist, were taken over by other charities or have notreceived financial support from the CAI in years. Theyalso accused him of misusing the charity’s funds.Mortenson declined to comment on the “60 Minutes”

story. He has been recovering from open-heart surgery and

is under doctor’s orders to not be interviewed about theallegations until his health has improved, according to hiswebsite.The Common Reader Committee is in charge of pick-

ing the book and consists of 13 representatives, includingone student representative. John Turner, chairman of thecommittee, said when he first heard the allegations againstMortenson, he felt let down.“When I first found out about it ... but hadn’t really

read much about it, my gut reaction was I was disappoint-ed because I want to believe in something. We’ve had a lotof scandals lately with public figures, with society andyou just think, ‘Can I trust anybody?’” he said. “But whenI read about it, my sense is that I don’t know that it’s beensettled yet. There have been accusations, but I don’t knowthat the truth has come out.”Turner said Mortenson’s book was chosen because of

how well it fit within the theme of this past year’s PublicAffairs Conference.“For us, what stood out about Mortenson’s book was it

fit very nicely with the theme ‘Leadership in a GlobalSociety,’” he said. “We have Mortenson, who has assumeda leadership role, doing something in Afghanistan andcentral Asia to build these schools. (He) started out withno resources and managed to build this sort of charitableempire to do that. We were looking at it from a leadershipelement, and he was clearly providing leadership.”“Three Cups of Tea” was also chosen because of how it

fit with the university’s overall public affairs mission,Turner said.“We also thought it was a lot about the public affairs

mission’s aspect of cultural competence because it had alot about the people of Afghanistan, the Muslim faith,things about the political scene there, the cultural scenethere; that sort of gave us an insight into a culture we’renot too familiar with,” he said. Throughout the semester he received lots of positive

feedback about this book, Turner said.“Faculty members told me they really liked the text.

And in my own class, my students had positive things tosay about the book,” he said. “A number of them indicat-ed to me that they hadn’t read very many books in theirlives, and they really liked that one.”Despite the allegations, Turner said he hopes that stu-

dents who read the book will still appreciate the story ofone man trying to change the world. “I think, in some ways, it’s a shame that this had to

come out, and I hope it doesn’t disillusion too many peo-ple,” he said. “I don’t want it to diminish (the fact) that alot of students had a positive experience with the textbecause it’s still the story of an individual who set out tochange the world and in many ways shows inspirationallyhow one person can make a difference.”Courtney Current was one of the students who helped

organize Mortenson’s visit to campus last fall.“The director of Student Engagement, Jeremy Schenk,

first approached me with the idea as lecture chair for SAC.He said they wanted to start something with bringing thecommon reader author every year,” she said. “All thefreshmen would read the story, and then go and hear theauthor speak about why they wrote it and the history of thebook. We were able to do that with Greg Mortenson.”Members of SAC had dinner with Mortenson when he

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Greg Mortenson speaks at Juanita K. Hammons Hall inSeptember 2010.

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Fact check the news you getfrom social media outletsAround 10:45 p.m. Sunday night, mainstream news reported

confirmation that Osama bin Laden was killed. Social mediaimmediately lit up with posts cheering bin Laden’s death andObama’s 2012 presidential campaign and calling for theremoval of soldiers from Afghanistan.In Columbia, Mo., Mizzou students actually stormed Rich-

mond Avenue in celebration of bin Laden’s death.There is no doubt that bin Laden’s death is a pivotal moment

in world history, but should people in Missouri really be cele-brating the killing of a foreign figure in such a dramatic physi-cal, fashion?Though bin Laden was a key figure behind one of the great-

est crimes against our country, what does it say about our coun-try if we are championing another human being’s killing?People, young people especially, often rely on social media

as a news outlet. These celebrations of his death and the manysocial media postings bring to the forefront the problem withrelying on social media for news.While Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and other social media

sites are great resources for breaking news, that is all you’regetting — a taste of what is actually going on.For example, if you were only following coverage on Twit-

ter, you know that Osama bin Laden was killed. Did you knowthe mainstream news is releasing conflicting reports aboutwhether the goal of the operation was to capture or kill? Areyou aware that bin Laden’s body was buried at sea? Or that aninnocent woman was killed in the course of the operation?The Facebook and Twitter postings crying for the end of the

war in Afghanistan and the removal of our troops are particu-larly frustrating.Bin Laden’s death will only turn him into a martyr, and rest

assured, as Obama said last night in his address to the country,“his death does not mark the end of our effort. There’s no doubtthat al-Qaida will continue to pursue acts against us.”Bin Laden’s dead now, but his death will produce a new al-

Qaida leader who will be more powerful and violent than binLaden himself.In fact, the mainstream news is already releasing statements

from al-Qaida members. One unnamed member is quoted in anAP story as saying that “the battle between us and internation-al tyranny is long and will not be stopped by the martyrdom ofour beloved one, the lion of Islam.”Social media is a useful tool for both media professionals

and consumers, but it’s only one tool that desperately needs tobe fact checked. As consumers, we’re short handing ourselvesby relying on it as a sole source for news.

University wastes paper onteacher evaluations, exit examIt’s the end of the

semester, and that meansa never-ending influx ofpaperwork. With Maycomes a barrage of pro-fessor evaluations, sur-veys and an exit assess-ment for seniors to deter-mine how much they havelearned and retained whileat Missouri State.Yes, at the end of

every semester at Mis-souri State, a universitydedicated to the missionof being sustainable andgreen, seems to let theirprinters run rampant.Even though all these

surveys, assessments andevaluations serve animportant purpose, Mis-souri State should stillfind better ways to distrib-ute them.So please don’t misun-

derstand my concerns.After speaking lastDecember with a handfulof department headsabout professor evalua-tions, I understand thesesurveys and evaluationsdo not just get tossedaside.Department heads and

professors actually dotake students’ opinionsand suggestions on evalu-ations into considerationwhen it comes to thingslike gauging teachingeffectiveness and deter-mining if a professor iseligible for tenure.Even though the senior

assessment or “exit exam”doesn’t seem to affectgraduating seniors in anyway, shape or form, it isprobably also a worth-

while endeavor.It goes without ques-

tion that the universityshould find a better wayto make students actuallycare about their assess-ment scores, but that’s adifferent argument.Regardless of it being

the students’ “duty” tocomplete the examinationto gauge how much theylearned at Missouri Stateand allow the universityto see how they stack upagainst comparableschools, students don’thave a whole lot of incen-tive to actually take theexam seriously and striveto achieve a top score.Most seniors probably

have a lot more to stressabout than a test they arerequired to take that does-n’t actually impact theirGPA or ability to gradu-ate.With all of that said,

the simple change that Iam advocating for the uni-versity to consider is mak-ing these countless sur-veys and assessmentsavailable online.People may have argu-

ments as to why this is notplausible, but makingevaluations digital reallyshouldn’t be that hard.The evaluations for onlinecourses are obviouslyalready available online.

In fact, on top of sav-ing a small forest, havingall of the aforementionedprintouts available onlinewould have a number ofbenefits.When professors have

to hand out those dreadedScantron forms for stu-dents to fill out, they haveto disrupt their class.Heck, professors are noteven supposed to be in thesame room as studentswhen they are filling outthese evaluations.After students finally

finish filling out theforms, professors are onlythen allowed to comeback in their own class-room and beg students tomake the long trek to givethe Scantrons to the prop-er officials.Making all of these

assessments availableonline would make theprocess easier for every-one. Professors couldallow students to leave afew minutes early at theend of class to fill out theexam one day, or theycould even give studentspart of their allocated“finals time” to completethe assessment.This would be much

more convenient. Andalso, filling out the formsonline would make theresults instantly available,as opposed to how Scant-rons work.The benefits associat-

ed with allowing studentsto take the exit examsonline would also begreat.In addition to not wast-

ing an outrageous amountof paper on a test studentsdon’t even have to careabout, the universitycould find some magicalway to make the testavailable online. In thelong run, this would savethe university somemuch-needed money andalso potentially raise testscores.If the exit exam was

available to studentsonline any time after theyhit 90 credit-hours, theycould actually take it intheir own time when theywere in a test-takingmood. Regardless of itsnoble intentions, the exitexam really just serves asa nuisance to studentswhen they are lookingforward to graduating.If students could take

the exam in the comfort oftheir own home, or evenin a computer lab, and nothave to set aside over anhour of their life on aspecified day at a speci-fied time, scores wouldprobably go up.I’m usually not the

biggest advocate of goinggreen and acting in a sus-tainable manner. I’m notopposed to saving theenvironment, but it usual-ly isn’t my top fight.However, I am a logicalthinker. And, as a logicalthinker, it is easy to seethat finding ways to put astop to the paper paradeand make more assess-ments, evaluations andsurveys available onlinewould be better for every-one in the long run.

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Republicans, consider Ron Paul in 2012Fifteen-term Congress-

man Ron Paul declared theformation of a presidentialexploratory committee lastTuesday in Iowa. If youdon’t know what you arehearing, those are thecheers of the economicconservative youth as aserious candidate arrives onthe 2012 Republican scene.As Trump thumps

around the nation demand-ing birth certificates andSarah Palin continues herpublic romancing of the TeaParty, it is important to takea moment to remember thelast true American stalwartconservative of the BarryGoldwater line.Though he is a Republi-

can, as of late, Paul hasbecome a favorite fringepolitician of mine. Heenjoys the support of bothlibertarians and economicconservatives. Hisapproach to politics is, as hewould say, constitutional.He has, for the most

part, in the past not beentaken seriously. Though thepolitical scenery haschanged from 1988, theyear of his first presidentialrun, and even from 2008,when he showed that hewas a legitimate candidateby raising competitiveamounts of money. Paul has one of the most

consistent voting records ofAmerican politicians inrecent history. He is knownas “Dr. No” in the House,where he votes against near-ly every item that increasesthe federal budget.He voted against the

war in Iraq and against mil-

itary involvement inAfghanistan. He wouldhave voted against the“kinetic military operation”in Libya, had he been giventhe chance.He voted to remove the

prisoners from and shutdown Guantanamo Bay in2007, citing some “obscure”constitutional right that theprisoners enjoy “dueprocess” of the law.Not only has Paul voted

against U.S. foreigninvolvement in wars offreedom and terror, twowars that are becomingincreasingly difficult to tellthe difference between, buthe has also voted againstthe war on drugs.On hot button issues of

social importance, Pauldoes not pander to the reli-gious right or fold to thegodless left like many of hisRepublican and Democratpeers but maintains hissteady constitutionalapproach in devolvingthese regulatory capacitiesto the states. He envisionsstate legislatures as the oftquoted Justice Brandeissaw them: “laboratories ofdemocracy.” Of course I would be

remiss not to mentionPaul’s favorite talkingpoint, the abolishment ofthe Federal Reserve. Paul isa rare bird who advocates

Austrian economics, aschool of economic philos-ophy largely abandoned bythe arrival of John MaynardKeynes.Simply put, Paul’s eco-

nomic philosophy is “Don’tspend more than you takein.” At surface level, theAustrian economic policyseems reasonable, especial-ly compared with whatseems to be Keynesian per-mission to spend as muchas necessary and worryabout the debt later.A person doesn’t have to

look far to find evidencethat there may be some cre-dence to what Paul andother Austrian economistsare suggesting.According to the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics,the Consumer Price Index(CPI) for the Midwestregion, factoring in urbanconsumers, is at nearly 213,indicating that since 1984the average price of a gro-cery shopping bill has risen113 percent. Eleven years ago, before

W. took office, a dollarwould have had 30 percentmore buying power than itdoes now. A dollar wouldhave had 115 percent morebuying power in 1984 than itdoes now. In 1913, the yearthe Federal Reserve wasestablished, the dollar wouldhave 2,157 percent morebuying power than today.This would all be well

for the consumer, thoughstill a disheartening com-mentary on the devaluationof our currency if employ-ment costs had correlativelyrisen. Data indicates that,

since December 2005, theEmployment Cost Index(ECI) for total compensa-tion for civilian works hasonly risen 14 percent,where the CPI has risennearly 27 percent in thesame period.Paul faults the Federal

Reserve for such an irre-sponsible increase in infla-tion. He argues the Fed’slicense to freely print asmuch money as it sees nec-essary will lead to thedestruction of our monetarysystem, which will lead to asignificant decrease in theAmerican quality of life.I don’t know if I agree

with Paul completely onthis issue, primarilybecause of my unfamiliari-ty with the intricacies ofKeynesian economics, buthe does seem to bring somecommon sense to the tablein terms of responsiblespending.Paul separates himself

from the rest in the field ofRepublicans because herefuses to genuflect to theReagan idol like every neo-conservative in the racealready does. He is activelynon-establishment, whichmeans he probably doesn’thave a chance, but whoreally does against theincumbent Obama?In an age where Donald

Trump mocks our politicalprocesses with his mockingof our president and SarahPalin insults our intelli-gence, Paul remains apolitician who deservesyour respect and maybe, ifyou are a Republican, yourvote.

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CalendarMay 3 toMay 9

TuesdayStudent Chamber Ensembleconcert7:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217b

WednesdayMay Day noon to 10:30 p.m.,North Mall

Student Film Festival6 to 8 p.m., PSU theater

Broadway Cabaret MusicalRevue8 p.m., Wilhoit Theatre

ThursdaySAC presents: Back toKindergarten9 p.m. to midnight, PSU foodcourt

Play: “Amadeus”7:30 p.m., Vandivort Centre

Hula Hoop instruction class5 p.m., Jordan Valley Park

Cinco de Mayo fire spinninggathering8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Jordan ValleyPark

The Spacetones mix taperelease party10 p.m., The Highlife MartiniLounge

Friday“No Rules, No Boundaries”art exhibit6 p.m., Creamery Arts Center

SAC presents: Movie night9 p.m. to midnightPSU food court

Aaron Lewis concert8 p.m., Gillioz Theatre

Play: “The Foreigner”7:30 p.m., Springfield LittleTheatre

Better Luck Next Time: animprovised game show10:15 p.m., Skinny ImprovTheatre

Glass Bottom Boat Ridealbum release party10 p.m., Outland Ballroom

SaturdayBFA Acting and MusicalTheatre PerformanceShowcase7:30 p.m., Craig Hall CogerTheatre

MondayPower Yoga CampusRecreation Fitness andWellness noon to 5 p.m.,B.O.W.S. 331 South Ave.,basement of Staxx, $35 perperson

Electronic Arts StudentShowcase6:30 to 9:30 p.m., PSU Theater

Beartones celebrate10 years of tunes

The Beartones will celebratetheir 10-year anniversary at Mis-souri State at their annual springconcert from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturdayat the PSUTheater. The concert willinclude alumni members KennyFoster and John Hull and featuresome of the group’s most popularrenditions from the past decade.Admission is $5 for students and$10 for the general public. Ticketsmay be purchased at the door.

Art festival returnsArtsFest, the annual fine arts fes-

tival on Walnut Street, will kick offits 31st year at 10 a.m. Saturday. Thefestival, which includes 140 artistsfrom across the country, hands-onactivities, performances and samplefoods from local restaurants, willcontinue through Sunday, withshow hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased inadvance for $3 at local McDonald’srestaurants. Tickets purchased at thegate are $5. Children 5 and underare free.

Media students toshowcase work

TheMedia, Journalism and FilmStudent showcase, featuring workcreated by media and journalismstudents, will take place from 6:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m.May 10 in the PSUTheater. The event is free and opento the public.

Comedy Central starto visit Springfield

Comedian Brian Regan will per-form at the Gillioz Theatre at 7:30p.m. on May 12. Regan has starredin two Comedy Central specials,performed on The Late Show withDavid Letterman and has sold over150,000 copies of his 1997 comedyalbum “Brian Regan Live.” Ticketsare $42.50.

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The farmers market on Commercial Street may soon be joined by a farmersmarket that will be fueled by the new campus garden. The new garden andfarmers market could provide fresh produce to the local community andstudents.

New campus garden engagesstudents, city going ‘green’By Abby WebsterThe Standard

Due to the implementation of a new campusgarden, members of the Student GovernmentAsso-ciation for sustainability have begun developingideas for aMissouri State farmersmarket. TheMis-souri State campus garden received official verifi-cation of funding last Friday.

Taking care of the new campus garden is engi-neering major Jacob Berger. Berger discussed howthe idea of creating a campus garden came about.

“There have been many idealistic studentsexcited about the implementation of a garden onMissouri State’s campus, but Tricia Scanlon wasthe student who had the initiative to take on thecumbersome task of gaining approval. Tricia’sdesire was driven by experiences she had gainedworking on organic, community-oriented veg-etable farms both near and far from Springfield,”Berger said.

Berger talked about why eating locally is impor-tant.

“It is important for people to know their farmerand where their food comes from. Universities areeducational institutions — this garden is an oppor-tunity for the open-minded men and women whoshape our future to learn the value of the healthyfoods that are safe for us and our planet.”

Berger elaborated on the specific tasks the peo-ple working on the garden are planning to accom-plish, including their wish to keep the benefits ofthe garden close and relevant to Missouri State’scampus.

“In order for economic sustainability of the gar-den, we plan to sell produce to the campus foodservice, Chartwells; the student-operated restau-rant, Carrie’s Cafe; and the local produce store atCherry Street and Pickwick Avenue, ‘HomegrownFoods.’ And the possibility of a campus farmersmarket has also recently entered the discussion.”

The garden has been coming along really well.“The garden has been going better than we’d

ever hoped. Community support has been excellent— this includes university support. Volunteers havebeen great; we can accomplish so much more witheach additional set of hands.”

The garden has recently become officially fund-

ed by the Sustainability Fund.“The Sustainability Fund has provided funding

for all of the seeds, fertilizer (and) compost to thispoint.And while it has been all volunteer labor andvolunteers’ tools for the past five weeks, fundingfrom a proposal submitted by Benjamin Wenseland myself was approved this Friday to provide thegarden with the necessary tools and equipment tobe sustained without volunteers’ equipment. It alsoincluded funding for a part-time garden managerposition,” Berger said.

Many ideas have arisen from the creation of thenew campus garden, including the development ofa farmers market. Lanae Flatness, a member of theSGA Sustainability Committee, explained whyhaving a farmers market will help students getaccess to local, healthy food from the campus gar-den and how it will help build amuch-needed senseof community for Missouri State’s campus.

“The demand for local food has increased in thecommunity and on the Missouri State campus. Thefarmers market is a fast and easy way for faculty,staff and students to buy and eat locally grown,fresh produce. Hopefully, various departments oncampus will be involved in this project and shareand combine their ideas to help the market flourishand make our campus more sustainable,” Flatnesssaid.

Flatness explained why the creation of a marketis relevant to university students.

“The campus garden andmarket upholds all pil-lars of the public affairs mission at Missouri StateUniversity. We are promoting locally grown foods,healthy eating, community engagement and sus-tainable living,” Flatness said.

Flatness talked about how the market will ben-efit Missouri State as a whole.

“The farmers market and campus garden areprojects that show Missouri State is trying to besustainable. They add to what Missouri State offersstudents and show how involved students are oncampus. Students will be working together to growand sell produce (as well as) communicating withlocal farmers and other businesses interested in par-ticipating in the market. The market involves manypeople, and, as it grows, it will hopefully have agrounded place on campus and in the community.”

The market is looking to provide entertainment,

activities and other types of products aside fromsimply produce.

“(In addition to) fresh produce, we are lookinginto having freshly baked goods and handcraftedgoods. We also would like to see entertainmentsuch as local bands, students from the art depart-ment as vendors, theater department performances,crafts for kids, and anything else that will get morepeople in the community, students and faculty toparticipate.”

One goal of the farmers market will be toinclude other departments and organizations in theproject. The market will seek to provide an experi-ence for students and the rest of the community.Flatness discussed how the university could bedirectly affected.

“Several classes and departments have theopportunity to get involved in the garden. Businessclasses can help out on the business side of themar-ket. The advertising department could have a classproject to design a campaign promoting the gardenand market. Horticulture and agriculture classescould incorporate curriculum into the campus gar-den as well as the market. These are only a few ofthe ideas from our committee.”

Flatness stressed that all faculty, staff and stu-dents are welcome to help with the garden andfarmers market.

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By Lauren HealeyThe Standard

The Sophisticated Boom Boom 60s GirlGroup Revue shimmied onstage and awedthe jam-packed audience at Lindberg’s Fri-day night.Autumn Whitaker, lead singer, kicked her

heels off halfway through the show.“I hit a point where it was time to get

down to business, I guess,” she said. “Theheels were a distraction I couldn’t afford, soI let them go. It felt great.”Whitaker declared herself the ringleader

of this circus.About two years ago, Whitaker said she

stumbled into the boxed set “One Kiss Leadsto Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost andFound.”“It’s all I listened to for a whole sum-

mer,” she said. “I fell in love with these oldsongs I’d never heard before, not just asgreat songs, but as high-drama heartachewith a wink and smile.”Like the girl-group hits of the 60s that she

remembered, these songs were very femi-nine and classic, Whitaker said.“But a lot of these lost-and-forgotten

tracks had a surprising edge,” she said.“They had strength and power just below thesugar-sweet surface, not to mention a musi-cal richness.”Whitaker said she knew for a long time

that she wanted to share these songs, but shewasn’t ready to take on the challenge untilthis year.“I’m so thankful for good timing,

because I really feel like I struck gold on thisone,” she said. “Not only do I have mydream team of a band behind me who isevery bit as excited about this show as I am,but I think Springfield is ready to hear it.”Jackie Marcink said she works with some

of the band members at Mama Jean’s Natu-ral Market.“I grew up on these fantastic, nostalgic

songs,” she said. “Nostalgic in that theyremind me of my mom’s childhood.”Whitaker said the show has been in the

works for four months and has evolved a lot

in that span of time.“We ended up with our version of 60s-

girl-group songs, and that’s exactly what Iwanted,” she said.“This show is going to be unique. I may

be most excited about the female presenceon stage. Out of the 14 people in this band,eight of them are women. And that’s notsomething Springfield gets to see everyweekend.”Jason East, who stayed right by the stage

for the show’s entirety, said 60s-girl-groupmusic is not his favorite.“I do enjoy some Motown and soul,

which this technically is, but I’m mostlyhere to support my wife, the drummer,” hesaid. “I’m in a band with her, but I’ve neverseen my wife play from the audience’s pointof view, so that was cool.”Jessica Gray, who played cello in the

show, said everyone should love this kind ofmusic because it’s “effing awesome.”“We were supposed to have some violins,

too, but the cello is all we could get,” shesaid. “It was amazing, even without the vio-

lins.”Whitaker said groups like The Ronettes

and The Shangri-Las, who stood out as the“bad girl” girl groups, still played by girl-group rules musically.

“For a genre classified by matchingdresses, cute names and songs about boys,boys, boys, there is a surprising amount oflongevity to the songs themselves,” she said.“But after all the heartbreak and tears overthe bad boys, the bad boys themselvesstepped in, drawing inspiration from thatsound.”Knowing the influence that these ladies

have had over the punk-rock heroes of thenext generation adds another dimension tothis music, Whitaker said.“It’s sweet and sassy, but it’s rock ‘n’

roll,” she said.There are no plans for a repeat perform-

ance as of now, Whitaker said.“I would love to consider it, but it would

depend on several factors, and I can’t worryabout any of that until this week is over,” shesaid. “Stay tuned.”

By Kaycie SurrellThe Standard

A medley of rock and blues performers took the stage atNathan P. Murphy’s last weekend in a combined effort to helpthe bar raise enough money to evade possible foreclosure.Murphy’s was opened 30 years ago by Bob Martin, who

has since come to be known as Dr. Bob. The club was found-ed as a blues and jazz venue and has hosted nationally touringacts such as Buddy Rich, The Fabulous Thunderbirds andJohn Mayall, to name a few.The bar has also been home to many up-and-coming local

musicians. Dr. Bob’s fiancé and bar manager, Wanda Plumb,recalls taking care of the bands who have taken the Murphy’sstage.“We live above the bar and always have a place for the

bands to stay,” Plumb said. “ I always cook a meal for themwhile they’re here.”Local jazz-fusion band SPiNRaD plays the Murphy’s

stage every First Friday Artwalk and can attest to the gen-erosity of the bar as well as their dedication to blues and jazz.“Bob gave us our first stage in Springfield,” said bass gui-

tarist Sean King. “That’s the beauty of Nathan P. Murphy’s.Those guys have given so many artists their first stage inSpringfield. Bob whole-heartedly loves music, and it radiatesoff him.”Unfortunately for this local blues bar, times have been

tough. Dr. Bob was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pul-monary Disease (COPD) five years ago, prompting a decisionto make the bar smoke free.Though the owner’s health has improved, his business is

faced with possible foreclosure at the hands of an economythat can be harsh on local arts and entertainment industries.The event advertised a goal of $62,000 to help save Nathan P.

Murphy’s.The two-day event also advertised a slew of performers.

Blues musician Justin Cauble kicked off the first night, fol-lowed by Steve Call and Stella Blue. The night rounded outwith blues-and-gospel band Bert Smith and the Walk.The second day of the event boasted an even larger list of

performers. I caught a local band, Sovereign, who started outplaying shows on the Murphy’s stage. The band donated pro-ceeds from their album sales to the bar.I was also pleasantly surprised by an act from Kansas-

natives the Terry Quiett Band. The band was recently signedto High Tone Music Group out of Chicago. Lead guitarist andvocalist Terry Quiett said the band drove to Springfield earlySaturday morning from Oklahoma to play the benefit concert.Those who attended the event could purchase raffle tickets

and win some pretty cool memorabilia while helping the barmake extra cash. Signed photos of blues musicians MaynardFerguson and Tommy Castro were possible prizes, along witha silent auction for an Ibanez guitar signed by “nearly every-one who’s played the stage.”Not only does Dr. Bob own the bar and live above it, but

he also hosts Dr. Bob’s Blue Show from his Blues Clinic, alsoabove the club. Should the foreclosure become final, the gooddoctor and his fiancé would lose their home and their liveli-hood. In spite of this, Plumb remains optimistic.“I’ve been the bar manager for 17 years. We aren’t going

to lose this place; we’ve worked too hard for too long.”Though the venue has managed to keep its doors open for

now, the only way to really ensure that those doors will stayopen is for people to keep supporting Nathan P. Murphy’s andits live music.You can support Nathan P. Murphy’s and local band SPiN-

RaD at 9 p.m. this Friday following Artwalk. The cover is $5for 21 and up and $10 for everyone else.

Nathan P. Murphy’s benefit concert beats the blues

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Nathan P. Murphy’s held a benefit concert to avoidpossible foreclosure after 30 years of business.

‘Sophisticated’ singers celebrate sixties

By Harrison KeeganThe Standard

Austin Kendrick knew what thedoctor was going to say before hesaid it, but that didn’t make it mucheasier to hear.

Kendrick was getting ready forhis freshman year of college, play-ing American Legion summer base-ball and dreaming about baseballglory. Then he noticed that some-thing wasn’t right.

When his doctor confirmed hissuspicion and told him that he hadtesticular cancer, Austin Kendrickdidn’t have time to sulk. He had to

get better.“I was the one who found it and

kind of already knew,” Kendricksaid. “So when the doctor told me,it wasn’t much of a surprise. It wasmore like I’m just ready to getthings going and get this in mypast.”

Six years later, the cancer is inKendrick’s past. Needless to say,the cancer had a big impact on hispresent and future.

Kendrick has a .483 battingaverage for the Missouri State clubbaseball team. He will graduate inDecember with a physical educa-tion degree, and he coaches fresh-man baseball at his alma mater,Parkview High School.

Life is good, but if he hadn’theard the doctor say those wordsback in 2004, Kendrick’s lifewould be a lot different. He had ascholarship to play baseball for

Fort Scott Community College, andhe hoped to follow in the footstepsof another Fort Scott first baseman:Adam LaRoche of the WashingtonNationals.

“I took eight weeks of strongchemo, and it kind of knocked meout,” Kendrick said.

By John CookThe Standard

From his high school days oflifting the Lee’s Summit NorthHigh School Broncos to the Class 5quarterfinals to draining crunchtime 3-pointers for the Bears,Leonard says there’s nothing morerewarding than seeing kidsimprove.

Senior Missouri State men’s bas-ketball guard Adam Leonard hasbeen playing basketball since hewas a little kid. Now, after his col-legiate career is over, Leonard ispassing his knowledge on to kidswho hope to one day follow in hisfootsteps.

“It’s really touching to see thesekids out here having fun and gettingto be a part of that process,”

Leonard says. “Seeing them growand become better basketball play-ers really gives you a special feel-ing.”

Leonard grew up in Lee’s Sum-mit, Mo., as a smaller shootingguard. For his position, he reallywanted to be a couple inches taller.He didn’t have the top notch athleti-cism that others had, but he didhave something they didn’t: heart.

“You know, I didn’t have all thetools that I would have liked,”Leonard says. “I wasn’t the biggestand I wasn’t the fastest, but that’ssomething I can really relate tothese kids. With hard work andmental toughness, you can do any-thing.”

The Bears’ 2010 Player of theYear helps coach kids in the secondgrade all the way to high school

players.From second, fourth, fifth, all

the way up to ninth grade,Leonard’s time has been occupied

by teaching the fundamentals ofbasketball. Leonard says once the

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TuesdayBaseballat home vs. Missouri, 6:30 p.m.

ThursdaySoftballat home vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m.

FridayBaseballaway at Illinois State, 4:30 p.m.

Track and Fieldaway at Arkansas Twilight, 9 a.m.

SaturdayBaseballaway at Illinois State, 2 p.m.

Softballat home vs. Evansville, noon

SundayBaseballaway at Illinois State, 1 p.m.

Softballat home vs. Evansville, noon

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BriefsKirby signs withEdmontonEskimos of CFL

Former Missouri State foot-ball quarterback Cody Kirbysigned a free agent contract withthe Edmonton Eskimos of theCanadian Football League.

The Eskimos announced thesigning of Kirby on Friday,April 29.

Kirby ranks third all-time atMissouri State with 8,183 passingyards from 2007-2010 underthe snap. Kirby also threw formore than 2,000 yards passing forthree straight seasons for theBears.

By signing with the Eskimos,Kirby became the 12th MissouriState football Bear to sign with aCanadian football team.

Missouri Statesigns new springrecruits

With the spring signing endingon May 18, Missouri State teamsare expanding on previous sign-ing periods.

In the spring signing period,Missouri State baseball has addedfour recruits: Tyler Burgess, LHP(Webb City, Mo); MarkMcClelland, RHP (JeffersonCollege); Conner Wilson, 1B/OF(Strafford High); and ZachMerciez, RHP (Bartlesville High).

Volleyball, men’s andwomen’s golf and women’sswimming and diving have eachadded two recruits during thespring signing period.

Men’s swimming and divinghas added three to their roster fornext year.

Men’s golffinishes third inconference

The Missouri State men’s golfteam finished in third place at theState Farm MVC Championship.

Junior Will Hogan was namedMVC Player of the Year by theleague's coaches, while sopho-more Daily Young was votedNewcomer of the Year and juniorJordan McLaurin joined them inearning all-conference honors.

Cowboys select Arkin in fourth round of NFL DraftBy Harrison KeeganThe Standard

“Great time to pick up a new casefor my phone,” David Arkin thoughtto himself as the fourth round of the2011 NFLDraft got underway Satur-day morning. Arkin, a former MSUoffensive lineman, was projected tobe drafted sometime between thefourth and sixth rounds, and he justcouldn’t watch.

“This morning when I woke up, Istarted feeling it a little bit,” Arkinsaid. “Then 11 a.m. rolls around andthe draft started, and I couldn’t real-ly sit still so I had to get out and dosomething.”

Just as Arkin was walking into

the BattlefieldMall, his phonerang and DallasCowboys ownerJerry Jonesinformed him thatthe team had takenhim with the 13thpick of the fourthround, 110th over-all.

“I talked to Jerry Jones for a cou-ple of minutes,” Arkin said. “He justsaid, ‘How does it feel to be a Cow-boy?’ And I just said, ‘It feels prettyawesome.’”

Arkin grew up in Wichita, Kan.,and said he wasn’t much of a Cow-boys fan, but he likes the idea of

playing for one of the most historicfranchises in professional sports.

“It’s America’s team; it’s one ofthe biggest teams in the NFL,” hesaid. “I’m so excited to be there. Icouldn’t ask for anything better.”

Dallas is also close enough thatArkin’s parents, who attended all ofhis Missouri State games, will beable to make the seven hours downInterstate 35 for the Cowboys’ homegames.

“Everything has been a whirl-wind since he got drafted,” saidKevin Arkin, David’s father. “He’snow a Cowboy, and we’re reallyexcited for him.”

This is the second year in a rowthat the Bears have had a player

drafted in the fourth round, afterClay Harbor was taken by the Eagleslast year.

Harbor and Arkin have beenworking out together at MissouriState, but next year they will be onopposite sidelines when the Cow-boys and Eagles play. Arkin said hegot a text from his old teammate say-ing they are rivals now.

Arkin said he wasn’t expecting toget a call from the Cowboys.

“I’d really only talked to them atthe combine, and after that, I hadn’thad a lot of contact with them,” hesaid. “So it’s kind of surprising that Iended up there, but that’s how these

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Matt Frevert pitched for the Bears from 2006 to 2008.File photo by Chris Cox/THE STANDARD

Buddy Baumann pitched for MSU from 2007 to 2009.

Former Bears make the climb

By Benjamen LoewnauThe Standard

After being teammates on theMissouri State baseball team from2007 to 2008, pitchers Buddy Bau-mann and Matthew Frevert findthemselves in the farm systems ofrival franchises.

Baumann was picked by theKansas City Royals in the seventhround of the 2009 first-year playerdraft, while Frevert was picked inthe 28th round of the 2008 draft bythe Saint Louis Cardinals.

Now, as members of the DoubleA affiliates for each team, Bau-mann returned to Springfield forthe first time as a member of theNorthwest Arkansas Naturals toplay Matthew Frevert and theSpringfield Cardinals.

“It feels like I’m at home,”Baumann said. “It’s nice. I’ve beenwaiting to get here for a while, soit’s kind of a surreal moment.”

For Frevert, the feeling is simi-lar, and playing in Springfieldbrings him back to his roots inMissouri.

“It’s a great experience for mejust kind of getting back here, kindof where it all started in college,”Frevert said. “It’s great for myfamily, too, to be able to comedown here and be a lot closer tohome.”

Being close to home is some-thing that both Baumann and Fre-

vert share since both are from Mis-souri.

What they also share as Mis-souri natives is knowledge of theCardinals-Royals rivalry, some-thing that was a topic throughoutcollege as well, Frevert said.

“There’s always going to bekind of that friendly rivalry,” hesaid. “It’s a good thing to havebetween these teams and betweenfriends, too, to kind of alwayshave that extra push goingbetween us.”

Since Baumann and Frevertwere drafted, they have been push-ing their way through each organi-zation’s farm system.

Frevert is now with his fourthminor league affiliate of the Cardi-nals while making stops in John-son City (rookie league), QuadCities (Single A), Palm Beach(advanced Single A) and now

Springfield (Double A).For Baumann, the climb up the

farm system has been similar.He has made stops at Burling-

ton (rookie league), Wilmington(advanced Single A) and nowNorthwest Arkansas (Double A).

“You learn how to live in themoment, like where you’re at andknowing that you’re there and thatyou deserve to be there; you’rewanting to get further,” Baumannsaid.

On their way through the farmsystem, each player has kept aneye on each other and followedwhat everyone is doing, Baumannand Frevert said.

“We all keep in touch with eachother all the time; all the formerplayers keep in touch,” Frevertsaid.

Leonard uses his basketballknow-how to coach youth

MSU starsmake it toDouble A

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Adam Leonard talks with his team at their game Thursday.

Survivor finds silver lining after winning bout with cancer

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Austin Kendrick overcame can-cer and now plays club baseball.

Kendrick moveson with the help ofclub baseball

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things usually work out withteams maybe disguisingintent.”

Arkin played tackle last sea-son, but most pundits see himswitching to guard in Dallas.

“I’ll play whatever theywant me to play,” he said.

Arkin is one of the mostcelebrated players in MSU his-tory. During his senior year, hewas selected first team All-American by every majorselection agency. He graduatedin December with a degree inconstruction management anda 3.72 GPA.

“It’s been awild ride,”Arkinsaid, “from high school andthen down here. I’m so happy Icame to Missouri State andspent my time here. It’s workedout really great for me.”

To hear Arkin’s phone con-versation with Jerry Jones,visit www.dallascowboys.comand click on the multimediatab.

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Playing against eachother is competitive, butwatching the other suc-ceed is enjoyable, Frevertsaid.

“It’s definitely a coolexperience just to kind ofsee a friend and a formerteammate like that suc-ceed and get to this leveltoo,” he said. “It’s a goodexperience just to watchguys who you know andplayed with and liked incollege and to see them

have success too.”For Baumann, the feel-

ing is similar, and he saidhe would like to see Fre-vert progress through hisfarm system as well.

“I hope (Frevert) doesgood, so I can see him upthere with me one day,” hesaid.

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Shelby Strang serves to Arkansas.

Volleyball gears up for fall as spring games wind downBy Adam Hammons The Standard

With summer just around thecorner, the MSU volleyball team islooking back on the spring seasonas they wait for the fall to come.

The volleyball team finished offits spring season on Thursday, April28, playing against Arkansas athome. Although the Bears lost thematch 4-1, they did win one andforced another game high in to the20s for a tight back-and-forth end-ing.

Head coach Melissa Stokes saidshe saw some good things in theArkansas match and the wholespring went well.

“The things I think we wanted toget better at, we’ve accomplished

that,” Stokes said. “Overall, Ithought we were pretty successful.”

Late in the season, the team hadthree injured players and even hadto bring in some alumni to play in afew games. However, Stokes saidthe spring isn’t about winning orlosing. It’s about getting better.

“It’s more about individualimprovement,” she said. “The play-ers and combinations we see outhere are not the team that we’regoing to see in the fall.”

The players also notice the dif-ference between spring and fall. Asspring is more for practice, playerssay they work more on personal fit-ness or even some different posi-tions.

“You can focus and get yourselfbetter,” junior Calli Norman said.

“Maybe train in a different positionor just be a lot more specific andjust get better. It’s all for buildingfor the next year around.”

Even though the players focusedmore on individual skills, therewere still games to play.

However, freshman CarlyThomas said spring games are a lit-tle different from games in the fall.

“Spring is a lot more laid back;it’s definitely a lot of fun,” Thomassaid. “It’s good competition still,but it’s just playing volleyball. Wealways have fun doing that.”

Players still look forward to theaction in the fall. Norman is espe-cially excited because next yearwill be her senior year and last sea-son as a Bear.

“I can’t wait. It’s weird that it’s

my last year, but I’m very excitedabout it,” Norman said. “I knowwe’re getting a lot of very talentedplayers in, so I’m looking forwardto seeing how all that turns out.”

In the 2010 season, the Bearshad a good regular season (21-9)and earned an at-large bid in theNCAA Tournament. However, theseason had a disappointing endingas the Bears lost early in both theMVC and NCAA tournaments. Theteam is looking forward to doingbetter next time.

“We had a great regular season,and in the end of the season we kindof started slacking,” Thomas said.“We just want to redeem ourselves,so I’m very excited to start and bevery competitive and finish outthroughout the whole year.”

Meet-and-greet with MSU’s Paul LuskNew coachtalks withBears fans

MSU’s new basketball coach,Paul Lusk, talked to a smallcrowd of fans at his meet-and-greet event Monday evening atHammons Student Center.

Lusk was introduced as Mis-souri State’s coach on April 2and since then has been busymaintaining incoming recruitsand securing new ones.

Lusk spent seven years as anassistant coach at Purdue beforecoming to MSU.

Lusk replaced Cuonzo Mar-tin, who left for Tennessee afterleading the Bears to the first con-ference title in school history.

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Last Weekʼs Puzzle Answers

By Amanda HessThe Standard

Finals week is looming over campus, and many studentsmight feel the urge to hide themselves away with textbooksand energy drinks until the crisis is over.

While many may think the right way to cram for testsinclude eating junk food and never seeing the light of day,there are healthier ways to live through finals week.

Here are just a few ideas to use when studying for yourtests next week.Think smart

Bogdan Kostic, a research, statistical training, analysis andtechnical support instructor and memory expert, said there area number of tricks to help you study better.

“One important thing to do is to think of things meaning-fully,” Kostic said. “Most students read their notes over andover or recopy their notes to study.”

“The best idea is to relate the information to your life,”Kostic recommends. “It’s called the self-reference effect.Medical and psychology students do it when they hear aboutsymptoms of something and they say, ‘Oh man, I have that.’They probably don’t have the illness, but it helps themremember more about it when it comes time for the test.”

Making the information important to you is good, but so isusing flashcards and testing yourself, he said.

“It’s called the testing effect,” Kostic said. “Testing your-self is great; it helps solidify the information into your mem-ory. So instead of reading something over and over, use flash-cards. Flashcards work. Repeated testing is better than repeat-

ed study. Several studies have shown that testing yourselfmultiple times can be better than studying multiple times.”Rejuvenate your brain

“Frequent breaks and task-switching helps too,” Kosticsaid. “Say you have two different tests to study for: 1) Studyone test for two hours. Then, when you get tired of studying,you take a long break. After the long break, you study for thesecond test for two hours. 2) Study for a test for an hour andthen switch to the other test and study it. It can rejuvenate youto the same extent as taking the long break.”

More than anything, Kostic recommends avoiding doingthings that make you think you know more about the subjectthan you actually do.

“For example, if a student reads a problem and then flipsto the back of the book to read the answer. They say, ‘Yeah Iknew that.’” Kostic said, “They didn’t really know that. Theyjust recognized the answer. If you can recall information, it isalways better than familiarity with the answer.”Don’t drink too much caffeine

Many students may feel the need to gulp down as manyenergy drinks as they can while finishing off a bag of chipsduring studying.

However, Natalie B. Allen, a biomedical science instructorand dietetics expert, said that might not be the best for yourbody.

“Blood sugar levels can fluctuate drastically, which cancause issues with concentration and the ability to focus,”Allen said. “Large amounts of caffeine can cause the body tolose water and lead to dehydration. Also, in extreme cases,

issues with heart rhythms can occur.”For students who feel a need to cram, there are ways to

maximize caffeine intake with lower risks.“In addition to the obvious way to stay energized — sleep

— caffeine is also an option,” Allen said. “Timing is impor-tant with caffeine intake, as there will be ‘highs and lows’ inenergy levels. Remember that energy levels from caffeinatedbeverages peak pretty quickly after consumption. Coffee is agood source of caffeine. Tea and soda may have caffeine aswell but in smaller amounts.”

While certain amounts of caffeine are OK, try to stay awayfrom large amounts of caffeine in a short period of time, Allensaid.

“I would not recommend energy drinks,” she said. “Theycan have additives such as herbs like ginseng, and these prod-ucts are not regulated by the FDA. With coffee, you knowwhat you are getting. Energy drinks typically contain higheramounts of caffeine, and when consumed in excess, (they)can cause health concerns such as heart palpitations.”

So instead of drinking energy drinks like Red Bull or Mon-ster, drink coffee tea or soda, she said. While you drink thatcoffee or tea, try to eat a meal or snack with more substance.Eat well

There are a few foods students should consider, to stayenergized for finals week, Allen said.

“Staying hydrated and eating ‘crunchy’ foods like apples,may help with energy,” she said. “Also, take breaks fromstudying to exercise. Being active — taking a walk or playing

Tips and tricks to an active mind and healthy body for finals week

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By Rachel BonarThe Standard

The Student Government Association is encouraging thestudent body to participate in its poll regarding the length ofthe academic semester. Results of this poll will be included indiscussions on possible changes to next year’s academic cal-endar.“We are currently trying to understand how students feel

about the length of the semester,” said Jacob Swett, studentbody president. “The current semester is 16 weeks. We arecurrently trying to understand if students like that: if theywant something longer or if they would want something

shorter.”If the student body opinion shows that a change in semes-

ter length is in favor, many flexible opportunities are avail-able. Breaks could be moved around to benefit students,instruction time for the semester could be shortened or every-thing could remain exactly as it is, according to Swett.Changing the semester length could also provide an upper

hand to graduating students, Swett said.“Sometimes, if our semester length is longer than the

schools around us, when our students graduate lots of jobs arealready taken,” he said.If polls show students favor change, tuition will not be

altered, he said.

“Essentially, you will still pay the same but may have less(classtime),” Swett said. “Some people may view that as, ‘Weare paying the same amount for less.’ But others will view itas, ‘I think we could get as much instruction in 15 weeks andthen get a week off’.”The poll will be available until May 6 on the SGAwebsite,

and Swett encourages the student body to participate.“I encourage students to just go through the poll and give

us their honest answers,” he said. “Take some time to do it.Some of the questions have some room for writing to putsome thoughtful insight into that area. The more input we getfrom students, the better recommendation we can make over-all and the better we can serve all students.”

SGA polls students on semester length change

Administration stays preparedfor wild weather, wet terrain

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After the four days of rain over Springfield last week, much of the city as well as theMissouri State campus flooded.

By Damien M. DiPlacidoThe Standard

Devastating weather during thisyear’s tornado season has accounted forthe deaths of more than 300 people inthe United States, mostly in the South.Though nowhere near as bad as thehavoc unleashed on Alabama, Spring-field has recently seen some wickedweather of its own.Last week alone, Missouri State’s

campus was drenched with nearly fourdays of continuous storms and rainfall.Bob Eckels, director of the FacilitiesManagement, runs a crew that he says isalways prepared for the worst.“Our most immediate concern, of

course, is the safety of all the people oncampus,” Eckels said. “We’re alwaysthinking about catastrophic things thatcould happen and how we wouldrespond to them. We can’t always hit themark on what could occur, but wealways want to be prepared.”Missouri State’s Facilities Manage-

ment works in conjunction with theSafety and Transportation Departmentto undergo training and conduct severeweather tests, Eckels said.“We perform tornado drills coordi-

nated with the state exercises,” Eckelssaid. “We also have emergency opera-

tion centers so we know where wewould bring key people to address suchthings, like if we had something asawful as what recently hit Alabama.”Aside from possible tornadoes, Eck-

els and Facility Management, have theirhands full, dealing with flooding andbuilding leak protection. Rooftopinspections of all the buildings on cam-pus are standard for the maintenancecrew, he said.“Over the years, we’ve looked at

roofs and said, ‘Well, that needs to bereplaced,’” Eckels said. “Technologyhas advanced to where we have madeuse of flyovers with helicopters that doinfrared testing of roofs. We can find outwhere there’s moisture and if theintegrity of the roof has been compro-mised.”In regards to an overabundance of

surface water, Missouri State’s under-ground tunnel system is lined with draintile that collects water and diverts it tosump pumps. The pumps then send thewater into the city’s sewer system, Eck-els said.“We’re going to tie some storm sew-

ers into the area that goes past the foun-tain,” he said. “That will improve thewhole area; drying it out and keepingthe water going where it should.”To most students, walking around

with wet clothes, shoes and a soakedbook bag is just a minor inconvenience.Shiloh Peters, a senior English major,tried to take the good with the bad dur-ing last week’s downpour.“I was walking out of the parking lot

by Cheek Hall and sank my boot into agiant mud puddle,” Peters said. “I justkept going across the street and rinsedmy boot off in another deep puddle thatwas pretty unavoidable. Sometimesthat’s all you can do.”

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a quick pick-up basketballgame — can do wondersfor the mind.”Try to eat foods with

value to them, Allen said.“Another way to stay

energized is to eat foodsthat will help you feelfull,” she said. “Examplesinclude a peanut butterand jelly sandwich orcheese and crackers. Theideal snack (combines)both carbohydrates andprotein. The carbs andproteins in these foodswill keep your sugar lev-els steady. Avoid high-sugar snacks.”

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While you wait for the veggies in the campus garden togrow and the Missouri State farmers market to take off,don’t forget about Springfield farmers markets this summer.

C-Street MarketMay 14 through Oct. 1, Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.321 E. Commercial St. at the Jefferson Avenue bridge. Find it at theintersection Jefferson Avenue and Commercial Street.

Eastland Farmers MarketOpen year round,Wednesdays through Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.1835 E. St. Louis St. This market is slightly east of Glenstone Avenue.

Friday Night Farmers MarketMay - October, Fridays 6 to 9 p.m.Park Central Square downtown.

Greater Springfield Farmers MarketApril 11 - Oct. 31,Tuesdays and Thursdays, Saturdays 8:30 a.m.The parking lot of Battlefield Mall at the intersection of Sunset Street andGlenstone Avenue.

Southwest Farmers MarketWednesdays 3 - 7 p.m. and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Glenstone Avenue, shortly before reaching Chestnut Expressway in theGreat Southern Bank Operations Center parking lot.

munity group is welcome to join in theplanning, development and implementationof the market. We would also like to workwith the Greater Springfield Farmers Mar-ket, which is slated to move downtown thisfall,” Flatness said.Flatness stressed the importance of eat-

ing locally.“I believe that it is important to support

local producers and businesses because weare helping our local economy and givingback to the community. It also cuts fuelcosts and usage and promotes healthy eat-ing.”In addition to promoting healthy eating

and helping local economies, Flatnessstressed the importance of community andwhy students at Missouri State should careabout the market and the things it has to

offer.“Community is so important. Commu-

nities support schools and students bydonating time and money to give students abetter education, more opportunities andresources to help us in the future. As stu-dents, we are also a part of the communityand should work together to make our com-munity a place we value and want to live.”Flatness explained that the existence of

the market would not cost students anymoney unless they purchase items from thevendors.Flatness added that it is the hope of the

SGA sustainability members that the mar-ket be opened by the fall, but that there area lot of various approvals that must begained before the market can become offi-cial.

Fortunately, the campus garden hasrecently become officially funded.

If you want to get involved in the cre-ation of the market, contact Lanae Flatnessat lanae5@live.missouristate.edu

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Fast cars, pretty people andThe Rock. Summer movie sea-son has officially begun, and Imust say, it’s starting off on agreat foot.

In “Fast Five,” BrianO’Conner (Paul Walker) andMia Toretto (Jordana Brew-ster) have broken DominiqueToretto (Vin Diesel) out ofprison and are on the run inBrazil. Soon, the biggest job oftheir lives falls into their laps and they assemble the best teampossible. The biggest threat standing in their way is Hobbs(Dwayne Johnson), a special agent hot on their trail.

As you may imagine, “Fast Five” is going to be exactly

what you expect it to be. But it’s so much fun, and this is com-ing from someone who was disappointed in the last one.

I didn’t expect much going into this film, but I was pleas-antly surprised. I found myself relaxing and just lettingmyself go for the ride. I enjoyed the cars, the people and evensome of the lame jokes.

The plot was comprehensible a bit predictable, but it wasable to surprise me a couple of times. It was also believable.The actions seemed justified, and you could believe the moti-vations of the characters.

In a film all about how fast and awesome these cars are, itwas actually kind of nice to have a story. Yes, it really is allabout the cars, but “Fast Five” wasn’t full of nonsensical dragraces in the back alleys. The uses of the cars fit well into thestory line.

The cars were nice. They looked nice and sounded nice. It

wasn’t full of ridiculous, NOS-filled, tool-driven cars either.Car snobs will not be disappointed.

For a movie that is the fifth in the franchise, “Fast Five”did a fantastic job of revitalizing the vibe of the films. It wasthe same old fast and furious film, but it pulled everythingtogether to create a good movie.

OK, so it’s not going to win any awards or go down in thehistory books as great cinema, but it’s not supposed to. “FastFive” is everything it should be. It’s a car movie full of pret-ty people driving really fast cars and stealing bad people’smoney. It’s kind of like a modern, petroleum-fueled RobinHood.

All in all, it’s fun. Go in expecting a joy ride and you’ll getone. Besides, who doesn’t want to see Vin Diesel and DwayneJohnson (The Rock, in case you’re behind on the times) dukeit out?

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Professor fights illnesses, finds support in classroom, communityBy Nick SimpsonThe Standard

As often as you pass through a classroom each semester,it’s easy to forget each instructor has a story to tell. For some,that story can be quite compelling, as with English Depart-ment veteran Tita Baumlin.

Baumlin has taught literature at Missouri State for more

than 20 years and has instilled in her students her love of lan-guage — a love that has affected her life almost entirely.

“I believe I was in about fifth grade,” she said. “My broth-er, who was older than I, was in middle school reading JuliusCaesar and was coming home and talking about Shakespeare.I was very interested and decided I was going to read Shake-speare on my own. I got a book, and the first thing I openedto was ‘Titus Andronicus,’ and I read that. I didn’t understand

any of the terrible violence in it, of course, but I read it nev-ertheless. I would say that was really my first major attach-ment to the written word.”

Baumlin received her bachelor’s degree from Texas Chris-tian University in Fort Worth, her master’s degree fromSouthern Methodist University in Dallas and her doctorate’s

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quickly. Soon after, we begandeveloping a budget for the com-ing fiscal year. In both cases,strategic plan and budget, Coferused a process that involved manypeople from across the university.”

According to Bradbury, involv-ing a lot of people in thoseprocesses can be complicated, butit increases the quality of the out-come.

Another strength Cofer hasshown this year is the commitmentto the students, Bradbury said.“Here’s a second area of tremen-dous strength for both Dr. and Mrs.Cofer: their commitment to ourstudents,” Bradbury said. “Theyare both extremely accessible andcommitted to student success. Yousee them frequently in the dininghalls, and of course, they lived inSunvilla (Tower) until March.They attend and support all kindsof athletic events, academicevents, cultural events — they doit all. Dr. and Mrs. Cofer make stu-dent success the central focus of

their work. I believe we are veryfortunate to have them.”

Students who work with Coferfeel that he has shown dedicationand commitment to the school.

“I think that his first year wentwell,” said Jacob Swett, studentbody president. “Coming into aninstitution this size, there is a lot tolearn. There is learning the feel tothis institution; there is (learning)how all the different constituen-cies respond, whether it be faculty,staff, students or administration.He has done a lot to do what’s bestfor all the constituencies, includ-ing the students.”

Swett said the only thing thatput Cofer at a disadvantage wasthe fact that he was new.

“I think the one weakness,which was inherent with being anew president, and that was justnot knowing as much,” he said. “Ithink he did as much as he could intrying to overcome that. In beingthe president, you need to knowthe alumni. You have to know theadministrators. You have to learnhow all the processes work. Youhave to cultivate relationships withthe board members. You have tohave a relationship with the stateand the governor and all the stuff

like that.”Along with the slight disadvan-

tage of being new to campus,impatience was also a weakness,Cofer said.

“You always have to have someweaknesses,” Cofer said. “I tend toget impatient. I think that I amready to do things before otherpeople are ready to do them. I pullback from time to time. I am avery goal-oriented and action-ori-ented person. I am looking severalyears ahead, trying to get there,and I really do need to pull thatback.”

Despite the taboo of being anew president on campus andsome bouts of impatience, Coferhas followed through with hismentality of “students first,”saidScott Turk, student body presi-dent-elect.

“Dr. Cofer definitely showedhis passion for students throughhis work during his first year atMSU,” Turk said. “During a veryeconomically challenging timewhen budget cuts were inevitable,Dr. Cofer assured (he would not)merely throw the cost onto the stu-dents. He instead looked to reach acompromise of raising tuition andhaving university departments

make budget cuts as well. Dr.Cofer has also shown his interestin the students by attending multi-ple athletic events, speaking atorganizational meetings, and eat-ing dinner with his wife, Deborah,in the dining centers. Having Dr.Cofer’s mentality of ‘studentsfirst’ is something that I very muchappreciate.”

Within the next school year,Cofer said he plans to continue tolisten to what people want and tokeep students in mind.

“We are still going to do the lis-tening,” Cofer said. “(In the nextyear) I want to meet some morefaculty. I want to make sure that Iknow what they are doing and thatthey understand what I’m doing.From an academic standpoint, wewill continue to look at the corecurriculum. We will continue tolook at the budget and maybe evenmodify the budget system to takethe best parts of what we have nowand the best parts of other systemsso that we have a good budget sys-tem. I think if we look at the corecurriculum and the budget system,and we get to know the culture andpeople a little bit better, I thinkthat’s what we are looking at nextyear.”

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visited MSU, and Current saidhe was extremely pleasantthroughout the evening.

“I got to have dinner withhim and sat fairly closely to himduring the evening. He was avery, very nice man,” she said.“I sat and talked to him abouthis son and his family. So it’skind of weird now to think thatthis man could possibly beembezzling all this money andusing it incorrectly.”

To find out more informationabout the Central Asia Instituteand Mortenson’s involvementwith the organization, visit theirwebsite at https://www.ikat.org.To watch the “60 Minutes”interview in full, visithttp://www.cbsnews.com.

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2010-2011 season ended, hisphone started blowing up.

“I was mostly coachingteams, but then parents start-ing calling me about givingtheir kids one-on-one work-outs,” he says. “Now it seemslike I get at least a call a dayfrom someone wanting me tohelp coach a team or givetheir son a workout.”

Thursday night, Leonardcoached his second gradeteam, also known as theBears, at The Courts E-Zoneoff of Kearney Street. Attor-ney Brett Roubal was there towatch his son Quinn play.

“(Quinn) loves Adam,”Roubal says. “He was hisfavorite player to watchwhen the Bears played. Ithink the best thing abouthaving Adam as a coach isthat the kids actually listen to

him. They actually knowwho he is, so they respecthim.”

Leonard says he tries toteach the kids how basketballcan help them, even off thecourt.

“My primary goal is toshow these kids how the stuffthey learn here can help themthroughout life,” Leonardsays. “It’s not just aboutteaching these kids basket-ball. If they’re not listeningor paying attention, I’ll makethem run. It teaches themfocus and how you have towork hard to get where youwant to be.”

Tim O’Reilly, who wasalso at the game and coachedthe second grade team duringthe winter season, says he’sknown Leonard for a whileand really admires whatAdam is doing.

“Having the kids get toplay and be coached by a starright out of college likeAdam is incredible,” O’Reil-

ly says. “The kids got to seehim light it up on the court atMSU. Now they get to takein all that experience andinspiration he brings to thecourt.”

Leonard says he sees him-self in some of these players.

“Luke Thomas, a kid I’mworking with who plays atKickapoo in ninth grade,really reminds me of how Iwas when I was his age,”Leonard says. “He’s got goodball skills, and I’m workingon his 3-point shot. It’s coolto help a kid out like that.”

Coaching wasn’t onLeonard’s off-season check-list, but now that he’s gottenfully involved with it, he saysit’s something he plans ondoing for a long time.

“I like coaching kids,”Leonard says. “I’ve got aniece and nephew who I’vebeen working with lately aswell. I think I have just aboutas much fun coaching themas they do playing.”

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After he had recov-ered, Kendrick wanted toget back into baseball.Fort Scott pulled hisscholarship, so he movedon. Drury was interested,but they went a differentroute.

Eventually Kendrickwent to Ozarks TechnicalCommunity College to gethis core classes out of theway before enrolling atMSU.

“I worked out, hopingthat I could come overhere and try out,”Kendrick said. “Then Ifound out about the clubbaseball team and startedplaying for them.”

His teammates are gladhe made that choice.

“If he’s not the bestplayer on our team, he’s

definitely one of the toptwo or three,” said ScottButler, president of theclub baseball team. “He’san excellent defender.He’s a team leader, and hedoes everything you askof him.”

In addition to his stel-lar play, Kendrick alsobrings a different perspec-tive to the team.

“He’s been to the low-est of the lows,” Butlersaid. “So now he knowsthat there are more impor-tant things in life thanmaybe losing a baseballgame or making an error.”

That’s easy to saywhen, like Kendrick, youhaven’t committed anerror all season. But thebiggest error thatKendrick could havemade would have beennot telling his doctor whathe found back in 2004,and he is making sure thatother people do the same.

He speaks toParkview’s athletic teamsand the boy’s chorus classevery year and has spokenat their Relay for Liferally. In addition, he saidhe has spoken with count-less students one-on-oneabout his struggles andhow he overcame them.

“He obviously foughtit hard and never gaveup,” said Mike Runnels, ajunior at Missouri Statewho played baseball withKendrick at Parkview andhas heard him speak.“He’s the type of personwho never gets down onlife. He always sees thepositives in things.”

Kendrick said he tellsthe people he talks to notto be ashamed to tell theirparents what they find.Kendrick found his cancerearly, and that saved hislife. Now he is busy mak-ing sure he gets the mostout of that life he saved.

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degree back at Texas Christian University.Baumlin said although she had a love for the theater in

college, she found her true calling in the English languageand has stood behind it ever since.

“I took creative writing classes a lot, and a lot of liter-ature classes, and loved them,” she said. “And then Ibecame an English major and used my theater credits tocomplete a theater minor. When I took my bachelor’sdegree, I just loved school so much that I couldn’t imag-ine not being there. So after I took my degree, it was justa natural thing just to go on to graduate school.”

She said teaching was something she never expected tocare for until she had to do it for the first time.

“I realized literature was an equally fascinating area forme,” she said. “It’s only recently that I’ve gone back intowriting fiction. After my master’s degree, I still wanted tostay in school, so I went into doctoral study. At that level,they put me in the classroom to teach. I never realized Iwould want to be a teacher until I had to do it, and I real-ly loved it.”

Baumlin came to teach at SMSU, as it was then calledin the fall of 1989, with her husband James Baumlin aftera long search for tenure tracks at various schools in Texas.

“It seems like yesterday to me,” she said. “In retro-spect, I’m glad it didn’t happen that way because itbrought us here. And this has been just wonderful. I lovethe Ozarks. There’s something about the land here that I’mreally tied to. I’ve a lot of friends in Texas. My parentshave passed away, but Texas is not my home anymore: It’sSpringfield.”

She said although she teaches and has taught manycourses over the years here at MSU, it is difficult for herto single out one in particular as being her favorite.

“At this stage in my career, I finally discovered some

years ago that I don’t teach subjects, I don’t teach litera-ture. I teach students, and every class I teach is full of peo-ple who delight me, and so I don’t have favorites any-more,” she said. “People ask me what my favorite Shake-speare play is, and it’s usually whichever one I’m teachingat the moment. It’s the same with my classes. Whicheverone I’m teaching at the moment is my favorite. The mate-rial will yield itself if you open it up with that intent togive of the depth and joy and wonder of literature.”

But along with her success as a teacher and writer,Baumlin has been met with some unusual health condi-tions that have very nearly cost her her life and career.

“In 2003, I began to develop conditions that were con-nected to immune system malfunctions,” she said. “I wasbeing tested for digestive problems when, in the processof getting the blood test done, I was exposed to chickenpox. I knew I’d never had chicken pox, but the doctorswould never give me the vaccine because they said thatsurely I had already had it.

“It was then found that I had Celiac disease, a disorderof the small intestine,” she said. “It has to do with anautoimmune response within the small intestine to certaingrains — wheat and other glutens. So I went on a gluten-free diet and some other things to get straightened out inthe beginning, but it frightened me.”

But Baumlin said the trouble didn’t stop there. In fact,her health was just beginning its deterioration.

“Several other things started happening at that timethat were very unusual in my health, and it seemed like Ijust crashed,” she said. “Jim was experiencing somehealth problems but not quite as drastic as mine. And wewere both going to the same doctor, who happened to bereading a book about black mold. And while he was read-ing this book, he said he suddenly saw our faces come outof the book at him and was sure that, between the two ofus, we had all of these symptoms listed for mold toxicity.”

She said that, although measures were taken to rid theirhabitat of black mold, new problems were just beginningto surface. Baumlin contracted Lyme disease and, unlike

in most cases, her immune system wasn’t strong enough toreject it.

“I’d had the Lyme disease probably as long as I’d hadthe mold reactions,” she said. “It was too late to really doany good with antibiotics in the conventional sense, and atthat time they really didn’t know what to do for me.“

Since then, Baumlin has developed fibromyalgia andnearly died from three blood clots in her left lung, whichwas caused by the mold.

But in her time of turmoil, Baumlin said she has foundseveral things in her life that give her the hope andstrength to carry on with her life.

“There’s a book called ‘How to Be Sick’ by Toni Bern-hard,” she said. “It’s an uplifting book about how to learnto deal with illness and have a life anyway. She has a blog,and I’ve gotten to know several people through that. Sothat and prayer and trying to be grateful for what I do havein my life have helped. I’m grateful for the love andpatience of my students who have been so kind to me.Without that, I couldn’t continue teaching because I amnot anywhere near the teacher I used to be as far as thepractical elements go.”

She said the campus community has also been a greathelp in ensuring her health problems won’t get in the wayof the work she must do.

“The administrative help in our department office hasbeen very kind in getting me in one room for all of myassignments and helping me in that way with getting mymovements to a minimum,” she said. “I remember onesemester when I was having to go between buildingsbetween classes and thought I would die. I literally satdown and cried.”

But Baumlin said, above all else, her love for her stu-dents has kept her spirits the brightest.

“I love the students,” she said. “Some come from fam-ilies where they are the first person in the family to go tocollege. People come here with a respect for educationand an eagerness to learn, and I love that. I love the stu-dents here, and I have for 20 years.”

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