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The William Darr School of Agriculturewelcomed Michael Scuse, the undersecretaryfor farm and foreign agricultural services, onTuesday as he spoke to several agriculturalleaders and students about the Farm Bill of2014 and international agricultural trade.

Scuse discussed the current and future sta-tus of the Agricultural Act of 2014, also knownas the Farm Bill of 2014, while speaking withMissouri State staff, faculty, students andalumni during the Tuesday luncheon. TheFarm Bill was passed by Congress, and itfunds United States Department of Agricultureprograms that support agricultural and nutri-tion programs from 2014 to 2018.

Scuse said the USDA is looking at differentways to improve future farming in order to

support young farmers. One way the USDA is helping farmers is by

lending up to $50,000 to beginning and familyfarmers through the Microloan Program. Theloan was increased from $35,000 after theFarm Bill was passed, according to theUSDAs website. The bill helps with the costof initial startup, expenses, tools and otheritems required for a farm.

According to Scuse, 2015 will be a year forchange and improvements in agriculture. Hesaid the USDA is working on its biggest nego-tiation in history, along with trying to improveinternational trade.

Agriculture is the most international of allthings that we do, so its important to under-stand the international nature of agriculture,(including) whats taking place in other coun-tries, environmental impact and all the differ-ent issues that are out there, Jim Baker, MSUvice president for research and economic

development and international programs, said.There are two significant international

trade negotiations taking place in 2015: theTrans-Pacific Partnership and the TransatlanticTrade and Investment Partnership.

TPP is a free-trade agreement between theU.S. and 11 other countries in the Asia-Pacificregion. Scuse hopes the partnership willexpand the demand for American agriculture.

Its important we break down internation-al barriers and bring TPP home, Scuse said.

T-TIP involves negotiations between theU.S. and the European Union. However, hesaid negotiations with the EU will be difficultbecause they are against biotechnology.

The EU called biotech food franken-food, Scuse said. Hopefully we can con-vince the EU that the way we do things isthe right way.

By Nicole RobertsThe Standard@NReneeRoberts

Maddy Cushman/THE STANDARDMichael Scuse, the undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, spoke to the Darr School of Agriculture about the current and future status of the Farm Bill of 2014.

USDA undersecretary talks agriculture

Michael Scusediscusses thefuture of farm-ing and foreignagriculture infirst visit toDarr School ofAgriculture

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While Missouri State students were wrap-ping up the shortest school week in recent mem-ory, local middle and high schoolers were hard atwork in the PSU Grand Ballroom. Nearly 200history students from throughout the Springfieldarea gathered on Friday, Feb. 20, to take part inthe regional round of National History Day, acountrywide academic competition that draws inmore than half a million contestants annually.

This years theme was Leadership and Lega-cy in History. Participants researched a historicalleader, put together a project in the medium oftheir choosing an essay, website, documen-tary, exhibit or performance and presentedtheir work to a panel of judges. Finalists willcontinue to the state level in Columbia and final-ly to the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest atthe University of Maryland. Prizes at higher lev-els include monetary rewards and scholarships.

I think they learn more from this one thingthan they do for the rest of the year, Kelly

Matney, a Nixa High School teacher whose stu-dents began the research process last August,said. Theyve picked it, theyve dug into it,theyve redone it, theyve changed it, theyveadded things to it, theyre defending it againstcollege professors so its really, really strong.

One of Matneys students was a top-10 final-ist on the national level last year, earning him aweek-long, all-expenses-paid visit to the Nation-al World War II Museum in New Orleans. Hegot to create an exhibit for the museum, and thiswas the catalyst for a trip to Normandy, France,that Matneys class will be taking this summer.

Junior high and high school studentswerent the only ones affected by the event.MSUs history faculty were called upon tojudge. Other help came from graduate assis-tants and volunteers from the community.

In the teachers minds, History Day has alasting impact for students.

They get to work on something theyreinterested in, Nancy Piston, a HillcrestHigh School teacher, said. They get to becreative in a way that typically might nothappen for a class.

Zachary Fletcher/THE STANDARDParkview High School students, Noah Ward and Marisa Mayo, present The Road to Hellis Paved with Good Intentions: Mao Zedong and the Rise of the Communist Party.

MSU hosts National History Day regional competition for area high schoolers By Zachary FletcherThe Standard@ZachSFletcher

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Tuesday, Feb. 24Eating disorder screenings,10 a.m.-3 p.m., Carrington Hall311 COM Week: The COM Degree inAction, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., PlasterStudent Union Ballroom EastCareer Expo 2015, 1-5 p.m., JQHArena Harriet Beecher Stowes UncleToms Cabin: Civil WarPercursor?, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,Meyer Library Auditorium 101

Wednesday, Feb. 25Shattering the Silences Series:A Dialogue, 5:30-8:30 p.m.,Plaster Student Union TheaterPopovich Comedy Pet Theater,7-9 p.m., Juanita K. Hammons HallFaculty & Guest Artist Recital Violin and Piano, 7:30-9 p.m.,Ellis Hall 217B

Thursday, Feb. 26Ayyam-i-ha or Intercalary Days,all daySimple Strategies for a DigitalWorld, 2-3 p.m., Plaster StudentUnion 313Ferguson: DignityFaithPoverty, 7-8:30 p.m., CarringtonHall 208

Friday, Feb. 27Cultural Corner, 4:45-6:15 p.m.,Jim D. Morris CenterThe Recital of Flesh: Transcend-ing Time and Transmutation, 5-7p.m., Student Exhibition Center

Saturday, Feb. 28Missouri State University JazzFestival, all day

Sunday, March 1Irish American Heritage Month,all dayNational Development Disabili-ties Awareness Month, all dayNational Womens Month, all day2015 MSU Composition FestivalConcert, 3-4:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ellis Hall 217B

Monday, March 2 Missouri State Improv: FreeImprov Show, 9-10:15 p.m.,Carrington 208

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BriefsMSU entertainmentmanagementstudents volunteerat Super Bowl XLIX

A group of 15 entertainmentmanagement students visited theUniversity of Phoenix stadiumfor footballs biggest game onFeb. 1. The students worked allweekend in the Super BowlCentral area, where they greetedvisitors and provided informationby working with the NFL FanExperience and the Arizona HostCommittee. While there, studentssaw many professional athletesand team owners arrive for theNFL awards show. The studentsalso went inside the stadium ongame day and saw some behind-the-scenes preparation for thehalftime show.

Enochs BBQ &Southern Classicscloses Tuesday

The restaurant, located nearcampus at 307 S. National Ave.,must stop operation due to finan-cial losses, according to its owners.

By the end of spring semester,there should be a better way toanswer survey questions aboutMissouri State than the pollingemails that are currently sent out.

Oh did you not know thatyou occasionally get emails withsurvey questions in them? Thatsprobably because only 6 percentof the student body responds tothem, according to Robert Tem-ple, director of public affairs forSGA.

But Temple has a way toaddress this problem that hethinks can further engage the stu-dent body a project hescalled, Project Big iPad.

In the plan, large touch-screens, 3-4 feet tall and 2 feetwide, would be installed at vari-ous places in the Plaster StudentUnion. Questions would be dis-played on these screens, and allstudents would have to do isswipe their BearPass card andanswer the questions.

Temple estimates the differ-ence in how many students couldvoice their opinions could be sig-nificant.

What we found out is rough-ly well, a large chunk of stu-dents go through the PSU everyweek, Temple said, and whatwe think we can get is some-where between 15 to 25 percentof the students surveyed in a peri-od of about three days.

The software was developedby Illinois State University theproject cost them $500,000 todevelop and implement through-out the school.

But right now, Temple said,because Illinois State is givingus the software very graciously,were looking at about $5,000 toget it all set up and all the soft-ware ready. Which is prettyamazing, when you think aboutit.

Its not yet clear where thatmoney would come from,although Temple and othersinvolved in the project aresearching for ways to fund it thatdont involve using money fromthe SGA projects fund.

Temple said there were manyquestions that the board couldpose to the student body oneexample was the recent debateover whether we should look intoadopting a new, fiercer mascotin addition to Boomer and Growl.

If SAC wants to do some-thing, they could throw it upthere for example, for theirSpring Concerts, they send outthe email poll, Temple said.They can continue to do that,but they could also have it inhere.

So keep answering thoseemail polls but know thatsoon, there might be a better way.

With the generosity of Illi-nois State mixed with the lowcost aspect, I think by the end ofspring semester, well havesomething ready to go, Templesaid. And I dont think itll be arough copy either. I think itll beas its going to sit for as long aswe utilize the program.

By Trevor MitchellThe Standard

@TJM613

SGA to add touchscreens in PSU for student polling

As we sit in our comfy dorms or apartments, weoften dont think about the lives of others in Spring-field.

We are unaware that the vulnerable are takenadvantage of every day in our community. They arebeaten, starved and put in situations that are physi-cally and sexually degrading.

Yet, these situations occur every day throughhuman trafficking, leaving the voiceless alone andunable to fight.

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of peoplethrough acts of prostitution or forced physical laborfor exploitation or commercial gain. This is a mod-ern-day form of slavery that is often hidden becausevictims rarely come forward to get help.

However, anti-slavery organizations andincreased police training are casting a light on thisdark issue.

One major organization that fights slavery is theEnd It Movement, which partners with majororganizations in the world. The goal of this organi-zation is to bring awareness, prevention, rescue andrestoration to those who are trapped in slavery.According to the End It Movement website, thereare 27 million people trapped in slavery around theworld today.

This organization strives to provide funds forthose in trouble and raise awareness by providinginformation about the different types of slavery. Iteven designates a day to raise awareness, calledShine a Light on Slavery Day, which is on Feb. 27.On this day, they encourage everyone to draw a redX on their hand to signify those who are trapped inslavery.

On a more local scale, human trafficking is an

issue in southwest Missouri. Bernard McCarthy, a criminology professor at

MSU, has worked in the community and has seenthe effects of trafficking. McCarthy first startedworking at Rare Breed, an organization in Spring-field that provides shelter, food and other amenitiesto the homeless.

However, Rare Breed is not open at nights,which leads to the exploitation of young girls andsometimes boys.

The youth were looking for couches or beds tostay on, and I assumed that it was an exchange rela-tionship, McCarthy said.

McCarthys involvement in the community has

allowed him to see the ways trafficking is hidden inSpringfield. In southwest Missouri, there are traf-ficking rings made up with illegal immigrants thatare brought over under false pretenses. They arethen forced to work in factories with treatment sim-ilar to that of indentured servants.

This is also an issue with some foreign exchangecollege students who are told they will come to theUnited States to study, but instead they are forced towork in poor, closed conditions.

I had a student do a master thesis on humantrafficking, and we looked at the issues of traffick-ing in and around this area, McCarthy said. Whatyou see is its primarily an exploitation of vulnera-

ble populations. It could be illegal migrants or itcould be children who are cast out and unwanted,and theyre on the street and when I put one and onetogether, I got two.

There are other local organizations that offerrecovery services for victims of human trafficking,such as the Victim Center. This nonprofit organiza-tion helps victims of family violence, rape violenceand human trafficking by providing many servicesincluding free trauma-focused counseling and courtadvocacy.

The Victim Center learns of labor and sex traf-ficking incidents in Springfield through manysources, such as referrals from family, friends andlaw enforcement.

Lauryl Wagoner is the domestic violence vic-tims advocate and human trafficking victim casemanager for the Victim Center.

I specifically work with victims of intimatepartner violence, family violence and trafficking,Wagoner said.

Wagoner said there are many ways for the com-munity to get involved and fight trafficking. Peoplecan be more aware of the language and terms theyuse when talking about prostitution; put businesscards with the National Human TraffickingResource Center hotline in hotels, rest stops andtruck stops; and just be observant of the situationsthat surround them.

If they see what they think are minors solicitingsex, theyre probably not doing it on their own,Wagoner said.

The Shine a Light on Slavery Day, held on Feb.27, aims to raise awareness in the community andstart a conversation about human trafficking.

Its an issue that exists, McCarthy said. Weneed to be sensitive to the problem, but we need touse disruptive strategies to break up the market.

By Brittany McIntyreFor The Standard

Shine a Light on SlaveryDay is Friday, Feb. 27

Join the movement

Human trafficking hits close to home

The touchscreenswill be 3 to 4 feet talland 2 feet wide Responses areestimated to increasefrom 6 percent to15-25 percent of thestudent bodyThe project will costabout $5,000

Project Big iPad

Career Center holdsexpo today

The Career Center shares tipsand tricks to land your dream jobWhat to bring

Bear Pass IDTwo pensPad folio or professional folderBusiness card holder or some-

thing to store cards you collect fromemployers

Copies of your resume on profes-sional paper

Questions that you want to askemployers

Some questions to askWhat kind of entry-level posi-

tions exist within your organiza-tion?

What does your organizationconsider the five most importantqualities in an employee?

What to wearWomen should wear conserva-

tive business suits that arent tootight or revealing with minimal

jewelry. Men should wear clean, pressed

business suits with conservativeshirts and ties and matching shoesand belt.

How to preparePractice your 30-second com-

mercial that includes your name,level in school, what youre lookingfor, skills you bring to the table, andwhy youre interested in the compa-ny.

Do your research ahead of timeto avoid asking questions that wastethe representatives time.

What not to doDo not cling to your friends.

Show confidence on your own. Do not go looking for any job.

Have a purpose and a plan.Do not go trick-or-treating for

free stuff.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | the-standard.org

We should be dreaming, Herb Brooks, the coachof the 1980 Team USA ice hockey team, said. We grewup as kids having dreams, but now were too sophisti-cated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. Weshould always have dreams.

This past Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of thelegendary Miracle on Ice, the 1980 Olympic hockeygame between the United States and Russia, thencalled the Soviet Union, that was a defining moment insports history, as well as the Cold War.

At game time, the USA and USSR were already morethan 30 years deep into the Cold War, a stalemate be-tween the two countries that constantly threatened mu-tually assured destruction via nuclear missiles and all-outwar. This meant that the 60 minutes during which thetwo teams would face off would be 60 of the most im-

portant and defining minutes in sports history.The USSR was projected to absolutely wipe the floor

with any of the hockey teams that year. Leading up tothe matchup, the Soviet national team was 27-1-1against international opposition from the combined fourprevious Olympics.

Olympic sports anchor Jim McKay likened the winagainst the Soviets to Canadian college football playersbeating the Pittsburgh Steelers who were unbeliev-ably dominant in the years leading up to the game, moreso than todays Patriots.

Heres another example: Harlem Globetrotters vs.Washington Generals.

Does that work? No?What about this the incredible University of Hous-

ton 1982-83 Phi Slama Jama dream team against myformer recreational basketball team from high school.

Still nothing?How about if you matched up against Hank Aaron

the true home run king in a home run derby?Sigh. What about the struggle of waking up for an 8 a.m.

class on Monday with no Starbucks?If you didnt identify with that last example, Im sorry,

but Ive run out of comparable situations.At any rate, the 1980 Team USA hockey team went

against all odds, and with an average team age of 21and no players having played in the NHL, they won thegame.

Team USA won not only a hockey game that day,they won a victory for freedom and triumphed for the freeworld. The 1980 Miracle on Ice was politics played outon the rink alongside athletic competition.

At a time when America and the free world neededa win against communism and tyranny, Brooks and hisyoung men came through. They were a team of hardworkers and dreamers above all else.

America, and the world for that matter, could reallyuse some dreamers right now people who want tomake the world a better place.

With ISIS on the warpath, Iran potentially funding ter-rorism, Russia encroaching on everyones territory, Israelfighting for its existence, polarizing forces in Congress,a snow-filled Missouri State tundra and, worst of all,missing out on morning Starbucks, the world could usea little hope.

Heres to the dreamers.It was their moment. They were meant to be there.

I am one of 30 million individuals thathas suffered from an eating disorder. I amone of 30 million that has sought accept-ance for the way my body looked. Oneof 30 million that couldnt control anythingin my life except what I put into my mouth.One of 30 million that let society tell mehow I should look.

This week, Feb. 22-28, is NationalEating Disorders Awareness Week. Thisweek is to draw attention to the fact thateating disorders are a huge problem.

From bulimia to anorexia to binge eat-ing, disordered eating and negative bodyimage affect women and men of all ages.

At 1,4 I was in the prime of my awk-ward stage Spongebob teeth, babyfat and ill-fitting Hollister clothing. I didntfeel good about myself. I wasnt happywith several situations in my life so I re-acted by not eating.

I started to grow out of my awkward-ness, but not out of my negative bodyimage habits.

A year and a half later I was sickly thin 5 3 and 95 pounds. After faintingfrom malnutrition, my parents knew Ineeded help. Thats when I got on trackwith the help of a nutritionist. She helpedme realize that food is there to fuel yourbody and I shouldnt be afraid of it. Shealso instilled in me that beauty is basedon the person, not on the hottest modelin the magazine.

Turning my food addiction from nega-tive to positive, I now have the motto thathealthy food equals wholesome people.My belief that you dont have to be skinnyor muscular, you can just be healthy.

Being in college, I would definitely say

that body image is a common insecurity.We are surrounded by people our ageand compare ourselves to others, but thetruth is we can only be the best versionsof ourselves.

Suffering from an eating disorder isntsomething to be ashamed of. MissouriState is offering free eating disorderscreenings Feb. 23-27 in Carrington 311.

If you or someone you know may suf-fer from an eating disorde,r I would rec-ommend getting screened and gettinghelp.

Having an eating disorder doesnt de-fine you you define you.

By Spencer MartinColumnist@Spencer_XC

By Peyson ShieldsColumnist

@peysonrose

When I was a little kid, I used toplay a game called kick-the-can withmy brother and the neighborhoodkids. The game was mainly hide-and-seek. It was played after sundown.Two or three seekers counted to100, while any number of hidersfanned out among the designatedhiding zone to hold a position wherethey wouldnt get caught.

Back then, the designated hidingzone was kept within the property ofthree consecutive houses that weresituated around the cul-de-sac at theend of the street. One house wasowned by a friend. The other two, onthe left and right, were owned by anunmarried shut-in and an old manwho drove a different color Corvetteevery other month.

Of course, these boundaries wereenlarged later to include three or fourmore houses. But in the heyday,thats how we ran it.

One night, as we were starting anew round, I decided to bend therules and hide just outside the bound-ary underneath a house that stoodsome 30 yards from my friends.

Where I hid was something like a

narrow crawlspace, and it was flooredwith mud. I think it was used as a lev-eling or a foundation. The ceiling waslow and the light was scarce. Id beenhiding there 15 minutes when theowners stepped onto the deckabove.

They were a man and a woman.Arguing. Getting louder and louder.Until all of a sudden he was boomingat her, and she was squawking like-wise, and a dog was ripping off barksand a handful of curse words andthreats were shot in all directions.

Then I think I heard a dull thump, athwack sounding like bare fleshagainst flesh. And the door reeledshut.

All was silent for a moment. Soonafter, I heard light shoes paddingdown the side stairs and crossingthrough the grass beside me. Amoonlit silhouette hurried past.

After the figure had gone, I crepttoward the opening of the crawlspaceand stopped at its mouth. I gatheredmyself, darted out, raised up andbegan to run.

As I cornered the house to theroad, I thought I heard a lady shriek.So I ran even faster. And although Isaw myself moving ahead and saweverything else going in an oppositedirection, the notice of a stony dread of grabbing fingers tearing out rigidand clutching felt like it was trailingclose behind and inching ever closer.

By Keenan AndreaColumnist

@iKeenandrea If you watched the Oscars lastnight or even if you didn't youprobably know about all the bigmoments of the night.

John Travolta reunited with IdinaMenzel, and then touched her facefor some reason. Common andJohn Legend brought down thehouse with their performance of"Glory."

There were also a few accept-ance speeches widely regarded asexcellent, including Patricia Ar-quette's, in which she called forwage equality between men andwomen.

The speech drew applause andcheers Meryl Streep actuallyjumped out of her seat andpumped her fist into the air.

But what you might not know isthat backstage, Arquette saidsomething that took a lot of the lus-ter away from her earlier com-ments.

"It is time for us," Arquette said."It is time for women Its time forall the women in America, and themen who love women, and all thegay people and people of colorweve all fought for to fight for usnow."

So wait just a second. So thegay people and the people of color

have had their turn, and now it'stime for straight white women to fi-nally get their fair shake?

Make no mistake the wagegap is a real, serious problem. Ac-cording to the U.S. Census Bu-reau, white women are paid 78percent of what men make butblack women are paid 64 percentof that, and Hispanic women evenless at 54 percent, to say nothingabout the exclusionary treatmentthey, along with queer women,must face every day.

What Arquette ignored was in-tersectionality how systems ofdiscrimination interact. Arquetteisn't wrong about the wage gap,but her comments distance herselffrom queer women, women ofcolor and other oppressed groups.

Now it's possible that Arquettejust worded her statement poorly inher excitement and I hope shedid. But either way, her commentsare emblematic of a stumblingblock many feminists have foundthemselves struggling with.

Even when people are takingsteps toward progress, it's impor-tant to critique them when theymake mistakes that's how wemove forward.

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Cultural celebrations

If youve ever been hungry forChinese food and saw cashew chick-en on the menu, you might haveordered it without thinking muchabout its history.

Unless youre from Springfield,you probably didnt know thatcashew chicken was created here andhas a rich history. If youre fromSpringfield, you probably know thatLeongs Asian Diner is the home ofthe original Springfield style cashewchicken, according to its website.

The dish was invented by DavidLeong, who came to the UnitedStates from Guangdong, China, andbecame an American citizen at theage of 19. Leong fought in WorldWar II and would often cook in themiddle of combat. His friends toldhim that he needed to start his ownrestaurant, so he teamed up with adoctor in Springfield, who helpedhim open the Lotus Garden, whichwas the first Asian restaurant intown. After a fall out, Leong openedup Leongs Tea House in 1963 offSunshine Street across from KY3sstation. The restaurant, now calledLeongs Asian Diner, is now locatedoff Republic Road.

Wing Yee Leong is the son ofDavid Leong and the executive chefand owner of Leongs. If you go intoLeongs today, you can see himcooking up his fathers originalcashew chicken recipe.

Wing Yee said his father came upwith the recipe when a friend cameinto the restaurant one day asking forsomething new.

Back then, there was no bone-less chicken, Wing Yee said. Heboned the chicken and took theauthentic Asian dish of stir fry chick-en and battered and fried it to adaptto the Ozark lifestyle. He came upwith Asian sauce, like an oystersauce, and threw cashews and greenonions on it. The guy loved it.

Wing Yee said once word startedspreading about the new dish, therestaurant was constantly busy withcustomers dying to try it.

Since the 1970s, several restau-rants have adopted this recipe into

their menus. It has caught on so much. Now,

there is cashew chicken all over thenation. Youll see signs outsiderestaurants that say, We featureSpringfield style cashew chicken,Wing Yee said.

I asked some Missouri State stu-dents where to get the best cashewchicken in Springfield.

Callee-Mae Bertram, a sopho-more professional writing major,said she first tried Leongs about ayear ago. She ate cashew chicken inher hometown of Lebanon, Missouri,before coming to Springfield, butafter trying Leongs, she fell in lovewith the restaurant and claimed it asher favorite.

The quality is really good. Plusyou get enough for two meals sothats nice, Bertram said.

Trev Burnham, a senior businessmajor from southeast Missouri, saidhe ate cashew chicken before com-ing to school in Springfield andthought it was offered everywhere.

I thought it was a casual dish,Burnham said. I didnt realize it hadsuch a rich culture and story behindit.

He first had it at Hong Kong Inn,and its been his favorite ever since.

Ive tried a few places sincethen, but I just prefer the Hong KongInn because it has good taste and ispretty cheap too.

Spencer Trower, a senior logisticsand supply chain managementmajor, claimed Triple Eights has thebest cashew chicken.

You can get the cashew chicken,rice and a side for like five bucks,Trower said. I go there at leasttwice a week.

I also talked to some area natives,who love and rave about theirregional favorite. Some evenbragged about how it was createdhere.

Derek Pon, a graduate student inbusiness administration, has lived in

2015: Its the year of the sheep and Missouri StateUniversity students celebrated Chinese New Year onThursday, Feb. 19.

The Student Activities Council After Hours invitedstudents to learn about the traditional Chinese holidaywith various activities and an authentic Chinese dinner.

SAC After Hours chair and senior entertainmentmanagement major Victoria Smith wanted to plan anevent that was diverse and fun, yet educational forMSU students.

We know that we have a largeAsian population here atMissouri State, and atSAC we strive to planevents whereeveryonecan

feelwelcome

no matterwhat their back-ground is, Smith

said. We saw an oppor-tunity to bring a different cultural

event, so we wanted to take it.Smith said that this is the first time

SAC After Hours has incorporated Chi-nese New Year into its events and that isbecause of the day it fell on. When we were first planning, we saw

that Chinese New Year happened to fall on aThursday, and as After Hours, we always haveevents on Thursdays, said Smith. So why not

plan a Chinese New Year event?There was a lot of planning that went into the Chinese

New Year celebration. With authentic Chinese foodcatered in, students received a free Chinese dinner thatconsisted of noodles, dumplings and egg rolls. Therewas also a traditional lion dance and kung fu demonstra-tion from Fu Hok Studio, a kung fu school in Spring-field.

We met with the Chinese Student Association so wewouldnt do anything offensive culturally, so we startedwith that. We have brought in catered Chinese food, andwe had a lion line dance and kung fu demonstrations,Smith said. Also, we have a craft (station) for people tosymbolize what they want to see in the Chinese NewYear.

According to the audiences reaction, the lion dancewas the highlight of the event. Two students fromFu Hok, Emma Bowen and Clark Summers,

came together to dress up and dance as thetraditional Chinese lion. The duo interactedwith members of the audience.

My favorite part will be the lion dancebecause Ive only seen it on TV. Im real-ly excited to see it, Smith said beforethe dance was performed.

Anna Priddle, a sophomore biologymajor at Ozarks Technical CommunityCollege, was selected from the audi-ence to be a part of the dance.

I felt like it was fun getting to bea part of the show. Ive seen a lotrecently about Chinese New Year onthe Internet, and it was exciting to beable to take a part in that, Priddle

said. The lion, which resembles a dragon,

is a traditional Chinese symbol forgood fortune, according to NickGivens, headmaster of Fu Hok.

The lion brings good luck if hecomes to you and shakes his beardover you. Thats a good thing,Givens said.

Smith wanted to give studentsthe opportunity to find out more

about Chinese New Year and believesthe event did just that.

Well, we wanted to open peoples eyes to how peo-ple in China or other places celebrate Chinese NewYear, Smith said. We wanted to let people know that itis a holiday and there are places to go for it.

Even though its nearlyMarch, not all cultures have rungin the new year.

Missouri State UniversityChina Programs and the Depart-ment of Modern and ClassicalLanguages kicked off the start ofthe Chinese New Year with aweek of celebrations, Feb. 17-21.

Last Thursday, Feb. 19,marked the first day of the Chi-nese New Year.

Traditional celebrations starton the eve of the new year andlast for 15 days, Weirong Schae-fer, the Asian arts and letterscoordinator, said. The lanternfestival is the last of the new yearcelebrations, held on the last ofthe 15 days.

Although not a full 15 days,the MSU celebration hosted avariety of events during the pastweek. Though crummy weathercanceled the first two days, someevents were rescheduled to lateron in the week, and others will besurprises for next year, accordingto Peng Zhang, a China opera-tions specialist.

The week of celebration wasable to connect Chinese studentswith traditions that they wouldget back home, Zhang said.The most important part of Chi-nese New Year celebration is thefamily reunion. Although thestudents may not have beenaround blood relatives, they were

able to at least somewhat cele-brate as if they were back athome.

Dumplings which are veryimportant to the Chinese NewYear celebration, according toZhang were served this pastweek. A dumpling workshop waseven taught as one of the events.

Other programs for the weekincluded a martial arts demon-stration, fashion show, dance per-formance and much more.

My favorite event is the tra-ditional Chinese instrument per-formance, Zhang said. It notonly showcased the traditionalChinese music, but also it suc-cessfully interacted with thedomestic students and communi-ty through the universal language music. This event particularlyreflects two goals we have for theChinese New Year celebrationweek: help Chinese students togain the feeling (of home) andsense of belonging at MissouriState through celebrations andshowcases of Chinese culture(and to) help MSU students todevelop cultural competence andmake the community culturericher.

Chinese students came to theevents to celebrate and get a littletaste of home but non-Chi-nese students also participated inthe week.

The turnout was extremelybetter than we expected, Schae-fer said. She also mentioned thatthere was a good mix of bothtypes of students throughout theweek.

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Seventh Son is afantasy/adventure film based onThe Last Apprentice series byJoseph Delaney, which is titledtitled The Wardstone Chroniclesin the U.K. The film boasts starsJeff Bridges and Julianne Moorebut thats about all it can boast.

Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) isswept away from his familys farmand into the apprenticeship of Mas-ter Gregory (Bridges). Gregory is aSpook a professional monsterhunter from an ancient order. Wardis the seventh son of a seventh son.These seventh sons are said to beborn physically stronger andimbued with special abilities. Onlythe seventh son of a seventh soncan become a Spook.

Master Gregory has little time totrain young Tom because there is anespecially powerful witch, MotherMalkin (Moore), who has recentlyescaped and threatens all the land.

I just got finished reading TheLast Apprentice: Revenge of the

Witch, the first book of the seriesand the one Seventh Son is adapt-ed from. If you have read this seriesand youre a fan, brace yourself.They sort of pulled a Percy Jack-son on us: the only thing that thefilmmakers kept the same were thenames. The rest of the film is for-mulaic and leaves much to bedesired. Its as if the screenwriterwas behind on a deadline, skimmeda Wikipedia article then copy/past-ed it into a template.

For what its worth, the filmwasnt impossible to watch. Thereare actually some really funny bits.Kit Harington (John Snow inGame of Thrones) makes acameo appearance in the first act

that does a very good job of settingup the tone and atmosphere of thefilm. Although the Master Gregoryin Seventh Son is markedly dif-

Its just another day at the Foster RecreationComplex; workout machines are running, peopleare climbing the rock wall, weights are beinglifted and theres a mermaid in the pool.

Olivia Hammock, also known as the Mis-souri State mermaid, puts on a suit and tail fiveto six times a week and can be seen swimmingaround at the FRC.

Hammock, a junior hospitality and restaurantadministration major, was born in Springfieldand attended Waynesville High School beforemoving back to Springfield to attend MissouriState University.

Hammock became interested in dressing uplike a mermaid when she was little.

I first heard about it when I was 10, Ham-mock said. I read American Girl magazine andthere was this mermaid camp called WeekiWache in Florida, and I was like, I have to dothat.

Hammock has three different spandex suitswith matching tails, costing $200 per set.

I just ordered one that is silicone that is cus-tom fit to my body, Hammock said. It isaround the ballpark of $1,000 because it is cus-tom made. Im really excited to get that becausesome of my friends have them and they are

Just keep swimmingMSU student by day, mermaid by... later that day

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Indiana State enteredWednesday nights gameranked third in the MissouriValley Conference. TheSycamores (14-14, 10-6)could not handle MissouriState as the Bears (10-18,4-12) fought their way to a60-56 victory.

MSU came out swing-ing, with freshman forwardChris Kendrix knockingdown a 3-pointer to openthe game. Kendrixs faststart was a key moment forthe Bears, who allowed theSycamores to go up 12-0when the teams met inTerre Haute, Indiana, earli-er this season.

Redshirt junior guardDorrian Williams then ledthe Bears to a 17-9 leadwith 9:26 left in the firsthalf, scoring six points andthrowing an assist to juniorforward Gavin Thurman.ISU charged back to tie thegame at 17, but Kendrix hita 3-pointer and Williamshit two, including one rightbefore the buzzerannounced halftime.

With a small 28-27 lead,

the teams left the court, andfor the first time in a longtime, the fans hailing themaroon and white werefeeling very good aboutthings.

Prior to the game,Williams was visibly andvocally taking charge, get-ting his teammates excitedand pumped up. His pre-game intensity flowedthroughout the game, espe-cially the first half, scoring12 of his 16 points beforehalftime.

Coach talked to meabout being a betterleader, said Williams. Ireally took that as a chal-lenge to be more vocal andletting these guys knowthat we are together as one.Great team effort.

Team effort was right.Despite six ties and 12 leadchanges in the second half,the Bears did somethingthey have not done in along time: they kept fight-ing.

Indiana States headcoach Greg Lansing saidafter the game the Bearswere like a rabid dog in acage.

Disappointing loss forus, Lansing said. But I

honestly didnt think weplayed that poorly.

Lansing pointed out thatoffensive rebounds werethe difference in this game.That would be thanks to theeffort of Kendrix and juniorforwards Camyn Booneand Loomis Gerring, whograbbed 12 of the teams 14offensive rebounds.

Kendrix forced his wayto a career night, scoring 20points and getting eightrebounds. Despite hittingtwo 3-pointers and manytough jumpers, his abilityto get to the free-throw linein the second half is what

finished the game off. Hisfree-throw with 0:03 left onthe clock put MSU up bytwo possessions, virtuallylocking the game up.

Senior forward Chris-tian Kirk, recently limitedby health issues, played 21minutes, scored eightpoints, grabbed fourrebounds and had twoblocks.

Coach said in the lock-er room youre one winaway from some confi-dence...and thats definite-ly what we needed, Kirksaid.

The Bears went down,

however, with a major 78-43 loss at Drake (9-19, 6-10), locking them intoThursday play at the MVCTournament known asArch Madness.

MSU still has a greatopportunity to go on a runto close the season. Its finaltwo games include hostingBradley (8-21, 3-13) forSenior Night on Wednes-day, Feb. 25, and conclud-ing the season at Loyola(16-12, 6-10) on Saturday,Feb. 28.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 the-standard.org6 // SPORTSMens basketball (10-18, 4-12)Wednesday, Feb. 18Missouri State 28 32 - 60Indiana State 27 29 - 56Sunday, Feb. 22Missouri State 14 29 - 43Drake 35 43 - 78Womens basketball (12-13, 9-5)Friday, Feb. 20Missouri State 43 30 - 73Southern Illinois 28 29 - 57Sunday, Feb. 22Missouri State 39 51 - 90Illinois State 29 49 - 78Baseball (4-1)Saturday, Feb. 21Missouri State 210 100 100 - 5Iowa 100 004 001 - 6Sunday, Feb. 22Missouri State 000 005 615 - 17UALR 102 000 010 - 4Softball (8-7)Friday, Feb. 20Missouri State 000 101 0 - 2McNeese State 210 000 0 - 3Missouri State 000 100 0 - 1McNeese State 000 210 0 - 3Saturday, Feb. 21Missouri State 000 000 0 - 0UL-Lafayette 002 003 0 - 5Missouri State 100 001 01 - 3Iowa 000 020 00 - 2Sunday, Feb. 22Missouri State 021 021 0 - 6Iowa 010 100 0 - 2

Tuesday, Feb. 24Baseball: 3 p.m. vs. Oral Robertsat Tulsa, Oklahoma

Wednesday, Feb. 25Baseball: 4 p.m. vs. OklahomaState at Stillwater, OklahomaMens basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs.Bradley at home

Friday, Feb. 27Baseball: 3:05 p.m. vs. CentralArkansas at homeTennis: 6 p.m. vs. Creighton atOmaha, NebraskaWomens basketball: 7:05 p.m. vs.Northern Iowa at home

Saturday, Feb. 28Tennis: 8 a.m. vs. Nebraska-Omaha at Omaha, NebraskaSoftball: 2 p.m. vs. Saint Louis athomeBaseball: 2:05 p.m. vs. CentralArkansas at homeMens basketball: 3 p.m. vs. Loy-ola at Chicago, IllinoisSoftball: 4 p.m. vs. SEMO at home

Sunday, March 1Softball: 10 a.m. vs. UMKC athomeBaseball: 1:05 p.m. vs. CentralArkansas at homeWomens basketball: 2:05 p.m. vs.Drake at home

Ice Bears to hosttravel fundraiser

The Missouri State Ice Bearshave earned an automatic bid tothe 2015 ACHA Division IINational Championshiop Tourna-ment, which will be held March20-24 in Salt Lake City Utah.

The team will host a fundrais-er Feb. 27-28 at Mediacom IcePark as part of an effort to raisemoney for travel.

On Feb. 27, MSU will host theArkansas Razorbacks in an exhi-bition game. All money madefrom ticket sales will go towardsthe Ice Bears travel fund. Puckdrop is 7 p.m.

On Feb. 28, MSU will host aFan Appreciation Night, in whichthe public is invited to watch anassortment of events, whichincludes a skills challenge, openice skating, an auction and prizes.

The number four is the magicnumber for the Missouri StateLady Bears.

Theyre on a four-game win-ning streak for starters astreak which has them sitting atfourth place in the conferencewith four games to go until theMVC Tournament.

Redshirt junior guard KenzieWilliams is playing pretty great,too. You have four guesses towhich number she wears.

First up for the Lady Bears(12-13, 9-5 MVC) was the Fri-day game against the SouthernIllinois Salukis.

The Lady Bears snapped theSalukis six-game winningstreak with their performance inCarbondale, Illinois. The Salukiscoincidentally lost by four whenthey last played the Lady Bearsin Springfield.

As a team, MSU shot for .475

percent from the field and had a44-38 advantage in reboundsagainst the top rebounding teamin the conference.

Three Lady Bears scored in

double figures: Williams led theteam with 18 points, followed byjunior guard Tyonna Snow with11 points and freshman guardLiza Fruendt with 10 points.

Freshman guard Kori Farmermanaged to get her first careerpoints with a late 3-pointer.

Zachary Fletcher/THE STANDARDRedshirt junior guard Dorrian Williams drives the lane against Indiana State University on Feb. 18. MSU won the game 60-56.

Career game for Kendrix20 points, last-minute free throwleads Bears to win

Playing against ISU was the bestinstance of team basketball we have seenall season from the Missouri State Bears.In fact, I will go as far to say that this wasthe best win for the Bears this season.They finally established a well-balancedattack and Williams proved he could bethe big man on campus.

Sophomore center Tyler McCul-lough played just two minutes against theSycamores. A few weeks ago, McCul-lough had to sit out a game because of anankle injury, but he has played a lot sincethen. Although McCullough has beenpowering through, a healthy Kirk maytake the pressure off. McCullough saidhe will have to take some time off in theoff-season to let it heal.

Boone said after the ISU game thathe didnt play that well. I disagree. He isa hard worker every game, but this gamehe was not alone, which was the differ-

ence. Six points and five rebounds arepretty solid from a six-and-a-half footpower forward who played only 22 min-utes.

This cannot go unnoticed: teamsshoot the daylights out of the ball from 3-point range against the Bears. ISUdropped in nine 3-pointers on 21attempts, and then Drake converted 13,also on 21 attempts. MVC opponents areshooting 41 percent from behind the 3-point arc against the Bears and is a largepart of why MSU keeps finding itself onthe wrong end of a lopsided game.

Final thought: after the Bears beatISU, there was hope. Now, with a 35-point loss to Drake, hope is gone. I dontknow what went so wrong in DesMoines, Iowa, but that was completelyunacceptable and a true knife to theheart moment.

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Next up in the tour ofIllinois was the Sundaygame against the IllinoisState Redbirds, whorecently managed to pickup their first win of theseason since their lastmeeting with the LadyBears.

The Lady Bears madehalf of the shots they took,finishing with a season-best .500 shooting percent-age. They out-reboundedthe competition 37-33.The same trio of guards

led the team in scoring.Williams notched 25points while passing heraunt, Cindy Castillon, onthe all-time scoring list forMSU. Williams now sits atnumber 21. Next was Fre-undt, who collected 21

points a career high forher. Finally, Snow had 19points while also collect-ing six steals on the day,which moves her up to theseventh all-time leadingstealer for MSU.Coming up for the Lady

Bears is one of theirbiggest challenges on theseason. On Friday, Feb. 27,they face the University ofNorthern Iowa, who cur-rently sits at No. 3 in theconference.

On Sunday, March 1,the Lady Bears battleDrake. The last time theteams met, MSU lost inspectacular fashion inovertime. The Bulldogswere able to pull off thevictory thanks, in part, tosophomore Lizzy Wendell,who had 43 points thatgame.For the Lady Bears, it

all comes down to theselast four games as the post-season draws closer.

Despite a 6-1 loss in a rescheduled meet with ArkansasState on Friday, Feb. 20, the Missouri State Bears tennis teamrallied on Saturday, Feb. 21, to defeat South Dakota State 4-3.

With doubles matches that ended swiftly and mostly infavor of the Jackrabbits, the Bears rallied in the singles match-es, slowly marching to victory.

Junior Ema Turudija got the night rolling for MSU with a2-0 set sweep, quickly followed by a 2-0 set sweep by fresh-man Anelisse Torrico Moreno and sophomore EkaterinaDonetskova.

The 0-2 losses for freshman Abbey Belote and juniorMiranda Poile momentarily set the Bears back, and althoughfreshman Rebecca McIsaac came up with a 2-0 win shortlythereafter, the real action was still brewing on court three.

MSU sophomore Mackenzie Rozell faced South DakotaStates Florencia Magni a match that went all three sets andspanned three hours.

Rozell jumped out and snagged the first set, but in Set 2 shestarted to have some muscle issues in her right shoulder stem-ming from surgery she had in high school. She called time torest, but Magni took advantage of the sore Rozell to win thesecond set.

By this time, the two girls had been competing for overthree hours, due to the fact that both were on the doubles teamsthat faced one another prior to the singles contest. It was obvi-ous they had seen enough of each other as call after call wasdisputed and aggression increased.

The rivalry began in the doubles match when Rozell feltlike Magni was being unfair to her teammate, McIsaac.

I wasnt going to let her bully my teammates around, saidRozell. If something happens to me it kind of upsets me, butif you pick on my teammates, I go mama bear.

Set 3 began just before 6 p.m. with Rozell picking up hergame through better ball placement. Magni tried attackingwith power and speed, but Rozells confidence and calmdemeanor on the court agitated Magni.

As they began the tiebreaker, Rozell was in a groove, andcruised to take the set, giving her the match victory and theBears the team win.

Bears head coach Mallory Weber was both impressed andproud of her teams effort, especially Rozells down the

stretch.People might not realize how difficult it really is to win a

third set, yet alone in a tiebreaker, Weber said. That was areally gutsy performance by her.

MSU is now 2-5 on the season, and the Bears next match-es come against Creighton and University of Nebraska Omahathis weekend, Feb. 27 and 28. The Bears do not return toSpringfield until March 9 when they host Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

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Can you saydynasty?

Its official. There is an activedynasty among us at Missouri State.Starting Wednesday and wrapping upon Saturday, the MSU womens swim-ming and diving team took its seventhstraight conference championships tothe Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium inCarbondale, Illinois, only to add onemore to its impressive legacy.

The eighth conference champi-onship in a row, and 12 of the last 13, isa school record and tied nationally withthe University of Virginia for thelongest active streak in NCAAwomens swimming and diving. But, ifyou ask MSU head coach DaveCollins, there is no reason to thinktheyre done yet.

We want to keep the ball rolling aslong as we can, Collins said. Wenever take these championships forgranted. We just try our best to take itone year at a time.

MSU got off to a positive start onWednesday by winning the first race:the 200 medley relay. Then, the 800free relay team took second to give theBears the first day lead over close com-petitors Southern Illinois and IllinoisState.

It was really fun to win that firstrace, Megan Holthoff, a senior and200 medley relay swimmer, said. Itshowed that we were in the fight fromthe beginning and hopefully intimidat-ed everyone from the start.

The Bears held on to that leadthrough Thursday, thanks to a juniorDora Kiss win in the 500 free and asophomore Lauren Pavel win in the200 IM. This was the first of three indi-vidual wins for Pavel as she swam herway to a MVC Swimmer of the Yearaward, the first of her career.

The last race of Thursday night wasthe 200 free relay, which wouldvegiven MSU a wide lead, but a secondplace finish by less than one secondkept things tight moving into Friday.

Things got off to a good start againon Friday as junior Rebecca Amparano

won the 400 IM by more than four sec-onds for the first race of the day. TheBears kept things going as Pavel tookfirst in the 100 breaststroke. With thefinal day approaching, MSU still had aslight lead.

The Bears entered Saturday withmomentum, the lead and three seniorsready to take home their fourth straightMVC championship.

Led by Holthoff, the Bears got off toanother fast start by capturing first inthe 400 medley relay. After freshmanSydney Zupan won in the 200 back-stroke and Pavel won in the 200 breast-stroke, Kiss put on a display in the 200butterfly by setting a pool, school andMVC record with a time of 1:59.13 inthe finals.

The MSU women ended up finish-ing first, second, third and fifth in the200 butterfly to give the Bears 815points and a 95-point lead over secondplace Southern Illinois.

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Most of us grew up onand are excited about the factcashew chicken originatedhere our bragging rights ifyou will, Pon said. He said his favorite place

used to be called Yens, butbecause it closed, he givesPeking House the peopleschoice for the best cashewchicken. Thats where most every-

one in the east side highschools would go, Pon said.Because once you getcombo C, youll see. Emily Burwell, a senior

elementary education major,has lived in Springfield herwhole life as well. She alsoprefers to go to Peking Housebecause the portion sizes areso big. The (cashew chicken)

sauce is unlike any other andit is always fresh, Burwellsaid. Its right next to myhigh school so we wouldalways go there beforegames. Its even where Ialways want to go for mybirthday. Sam Boone, a senior exer-

cise and movement sciencemajor, has lived in Spring-field for almost 22 years. Hesaid he realized cashewchicken was a Springfieldspecialty in kindergartenwhen they served it for lunch

one day in the cafeteria. People around town

started chirpin about thisplace called Lucys, andmy family, after hearinghow much I liked it at

school, took me there oneday and I fell in love, Boonesaid.He said he tried several

other Chinese restaurantsafter his first trip to Lucys,but he didnt seem to findanything better and has beena Lucys fan for years now. I would always come

back to Lucys, like a cashewchicken boomerang of love,Boone said.Lucys won 417 Maga-

zines Best of 417 awardfor best cashew chicken in2006 and has won first runnerup in 2004, 2005, 2007,2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.Ashlyn Baker, a junior

early childhood educationmajor, prefers Bao Bao forher cashew chicken. Prior todiscovering Bao Bao, shethought that the Chinese buf-fet in her hometown of Avawas the best Chinese she hadever tasted. It took me two years to

find a place up here that I likeas much or more than theplace in Ava, Baker said. She said she tried six or

seven places before shefound Bao Bao, and theyhave the best cashew chickenin Springfield. Bao Bao hasdine in or carry out; greatprices and lunch portions areavailable all day.

Hammock found mutual mermaid friendsthrough Facebook and by searching for mer-maids in Missouri on Google.I ran into (one) at Hot Topic. We were

both looking at Little Mermaid stuff and itjust came up. Theyre actually quite a bigcommunity. They have a convention in Janu-ary called North Carolina Merfest which myfriends and I hope to go to, said Hammock.It looks like a lot of fun.Hammock attributes her passion to travel-

ing with her close-knit family when she wasyounger. My family liked to go to Florida. We

went on a Caribbean cruise, but we also wentto big cities like New York. But I always hada taste for the tropical places when I wasyounger, Hammock said. I spent 90 per-cent of our vacations at Disney, including a

Disney Cruise.She also said that its important to have

people skills when playing the part as a mer-maid. Im a very out-going person. You cant

be a mermaid and not be a Type-A personbecause people are going to come up to youwith questions and talk to you, so you haveto be a people person, Hammock said. Mypersonality suits me well.When she is not swimming in the pool,

Hammock enjoys crafting, sewing and mak-ing things. Hammock has also been in sever-al productions at the Springfield Little The-atre. With her love of mermaids, Hammock

hopes to pursue a career in hospitality at WaltDisney World in Orlando, Florida. I want to be working in Florida and the

nice part about that is the ocean is right there,and its always nice out. I plan to take mytail(s) with me to Florida. Its always fun todo, Hammock said. Plus, you never knowwhen Disney wants to hire a mermaid.

the Master Gregory in Seventh Son ismarkedly different from the one in the books,Bridges grumpy old drunk man carries thefilm along. Moore also takes a good crack atbeing an evil witch, but both actors are over-

shadowed by the mediocre script.Apart from its predictable, cookie-cutter

storyline, Seventh Son wasnt a pain towatch. Halfway through the movie, thingslike the goofy costumes, stunt-men and CGIget so ridiculous that you just have to laughyour way through it. Its just bad enough tobe funny. The only ones who wont be laugh-ing are the careers of Bridges and Moore.

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the bitter sensation of losing in their fouryears at MSU. By being yet another MSUgroup of seniors to sweep the MVC Champi-onships, all three of them were nothing butsmiles on Saturday night.

We really wanted to keep the traditiongoing and go out with a fourth win, saidPowers. The closeness of the meet made itexciting the whole time because we knewthere was a lot at stake. Next up for the women is the NCAA

Championships in Greensboro, North Caroli-na, March 19-21. The MSU mens swimmingand diving team travel to Geneva, Ohio, onMarch 4-7 for their MAC Championship.

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Now that youve done all yourresearch, its time to eat...

In order to help convincethe EU that biotechnology isgood for agriculture, Scusesaid American agricultureneeds to change the way itspeaks about biotechnology. We need to talk about

how it helps the environmentand human health, Scusesaid. We dont need to befighting among ourselves.

There is a bigger battle tofight. MSU President Clif

Smart said he hoped studentslearned from Scuses speech. Its good for our stu-

dents to interact with deci-sion-makers and governmentand to learn about farm poli-cies for our nation and ourrole globally in the world,Smart said. Alyssa Cassidy, a junior

agricultural communicationmajor, said she wasimpressed with how relat-

able Scuse made the speechand with his willingness toanswer questions from stu-dents, faculty and agricultureleaders. Scuse said he enjoyed

visiting Missouri and speak-ing with MSU students andfaculty. I have made several vis-

its out here to Missouri, andI love the state, Scuse said.I enjoy seeing the diverseagriculture this state has tooffer, and this was a greatopportunity for me to see

Missouri State University,since I have not seen itbefore and to meet some ofthe students and faculty.According to Samantha

Warner, an agricultural com-munication instructor and acommunication coordinatorfor the Darr School of Agri-culture, Scuse is the highestranking USDA official tovisit MSU.

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