Strategic Plan opens three positions

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Angela Pasley
News Editor
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Missouri Western is conducting a
national search for two vice president positions to be filled by July 1,
2002, in part to help reinforce the
goals outlined in the strategic planning process.
There are three positions that
need to be filled: vice president of
academic and student affairs; vice
president of budget and planning
and vice president of institutional
advancement.
President James Scanlon said the
national searches for vice president
of academic and student affairs and
vice president of budget and planning will begin by Dec. 1. They
expect to fill the positions by July 1,
2002. The vice president of institutional advancement will not be permanently filled until July 2004, but
there will be an acting vice president for two years, beginning July 1,
2002.
Part of the reason for the changes
is that two long-term vice presidents
retired recently. In July, Jim
McCarthy retired as executive vice
president, and in late-September,
Earl Milton announced his intention
to retire as vice president of administration in 2002.
At the time of McCarthy’s retirement in July, it was decided to focus
a vice presidential unit directly on
fundraising, development, public
relations and external relations. A
national search for a vice president
of institutional advancement began
in September, but the pool of applicants for the position shrunk dramatically after the Sept. 11 incidences. Scanlon said they decided to
create an acting vice president for a
two-year period, beginning July 1,
2002.
Jim Roever, vice president of academic affairs, will take over as the
acting vice president for institutional advancement on July 1. A national search for a permanent official
will begin in August 2003, and the
position will be filled by July 2004.
Roever has professional background
and experience appropriate to institutional advancement.
Roever said he feels there are several goals to work toward as interim
vice president for institutional
advancement.
“Some goals we can work on are
building on strengths that are
already there, significantly expanding alumni relations and working on
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Jim Roever, vice president of academic affairs, will serve as interim vice president for institutional
advancement in July. Two positions are left to be filled.
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Meningitis claims life
Northwest
student’s death
raises fear of
deadly desease
LaTonya Williams
Asst. Editor in Chief
[email protected]
The importance of meningitis testing hit home recently with the death
of a Northwest Missouri State
University freshman.
John Robert Davison, 18, died
Thanksgiving morning of meningococcemia, a bacterial infection of the
blood. Davison was a 2001 graduate
of Central High School.
According to the St. Joseph NewsPress, the meningococcemia infection is caused by a bacteria called
neisseria meningitidis, which can
attack the brain tissue and spinal
cord, causing meningitis. According
to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, meningococcemia is
the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in older children and young
adults.
Neisseria meningitidis occurs frequently in the respiratory tract with
no evidence of illness. Family members and those closely exposed to an
infected individual are at increased
risk. The estimated annual incidence
in the United States for neisseria
meningitidis is about one out of
100,000 people. The infection occurs
more frequently in winter and early
spring and is most common in children under five years old. It is transmitted from person to person by
sharing saliva, such as smoking the
same cigarette and eating with the
same utensil.
According to www.webmd.com,
most people think of meningococcemia and neisseria meningitidis as
meningitis. Jerry Wilmes, director of
student health at Northwest, told
the St. Joseph News-Press Gazette
that it’s the same bug that causes
both.
“It’s still potentially deadly and
dangerous,” Wilmes said. “They both
cause very serious infections.”
Meningitis is a bacterial infection
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Equity problems lead to $1.5 million adjustment
Western receives
$1,000 less per
student than
national average
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Parking is at a premium here at
Missouri Western, and as of the last
parking committee meeting, faculty
members on campus will continue to
receive protection from parking violation fines.
With the committee deadlocked 4-4
on whether or not to revoke faculty
parking protection, Lonnie Johnson,
committee
chair, cast the
tiebreaking
vote that will
continue the
60 day moratorium that will
protect factulFor editorial
ty from parkcommentary
ing fines for
on the parking
using student
situation
spaces.
see Page 7
Dean Willis
presented
a
proposal with
Olu Aregbe, Student Government
Association president, that would
remove some faculty spots from
around the Evan R. Agenstein
Science and Math Building and reassign them throughout campus.
In addition, several parking
changes would be made involving the
Nelle Blum Student Union that
would balance out the spots students
would lose around other buildings.
There was also an issue involving
the St. Joseph Fire Department and
its inability to effectively reach certain areas of the campus in emergency situations. A recent incident
involving a student experiencing a
seizure brought the fire department
to campus only to find that the entire
fire lane around the Fred Eder
Student
Services/Classroom
Building was filled with parked cars.
The responding officers had to
drive around campus, park outside
the Evan R. Agenstein Science and
Math Building and then move their
equipment all the way to the Janet
Gorman Murphy Academic Center to
reach the student. After speaking
with campus officials about the
dilemma, it was brought before the
committee that something needed to
be done.
“We want our students to get the
protections they need,” Johnson said.
The committee decided upon a proposal that would involve widening
the current sidewalks to a size that
would accommodate emergency vehicles, should they need to drive on
campus.
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protects
faculty from
parking fines
Joshua Hall
Western
students display
their patriotism in
many ways as is
evident by this
small flag affixed
to a student’s
car. People have
found many
ways to use their
vehicles to
express their
support for
America and
American troops
in Afghanistan.
Painted
windows, stick ers, flag shaped
air fresheners,
seat covers and
streamers are
just a few of the
choice items.
NEWS: Tau Kappa Epsilon and AllStar Wrestlers band together to
present midget tag team wrestling.
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Strategic Plan opens three positions
Administration
begins national
search to find
vice president
candidates
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After a semester of research and
meetings with the Coordinating Board
of Higher Education, Missouri
Western’s lack of base funding will be
on the list of Gov. Bob Holden’s agenda
at the State of the State address in
January.
President James Scanlon noticed a
problem in the school’s equity early in
the year and has been working to gain
more money for the future. As of now,
Missouri Western is $1,000 below the
national average per full-time student.
In other words, this school receives
$1,000 less per student than other like
institutions in the nation.
Depending on how the schools are
compared in Missouri, Western is also
at least $1,000 below the average
statewide.
“Why is a student at Missouri
Western worth $1,000 less than students at other institutions?” Scanlon
questioned.
Scanlon said this problem has been
going on for 20 years or more.
Originally, Scanlon asked for $4 million
from the CBHE to bring Western to the
average. However, the CBHE could
only recommend $1.5 million. This recommendation will be taken to Gov.
Holden and then to the Legislature in
January.
While $1.5 million isn’t adequate
according to Scanlon, he said at
least it is a start.
“They (CBHE) do now
acknowledge there is an
inequity,” Scanlon said. “Up until
now, we’ve had zero.
It’s a good start but it
cannot be the finish.”
Scanlon said he will
continue to press the
issue until Western
gets the equity it
needs. He hopes
to receive the $4
million over a
period of three to
five years, but now,
Western will see the $1.5 million over
two years.
Scanlon emphasized the fact that
Western’s lack of funding isn’t an evil
plot to hurt the school. In 1983, a
funding formula based on the
number of students was used
to create a
core equity
amount for
e a c h
school. From then on, there was only
an adjustment according to inflationary increases. However, there
was no accommodation of an
increase in students.
Jeannie Crain said the reason
for this was so that the
Legislature wouldn’t have to
look at the funding situation
every year.
In the meantime, institutions that had growing
or depleting enrollment
numbers didn’t see
much difference in
their funding.
“Institutions that grew
didn’t get any more money and those
who lost didn’t lose any,” Scanlon said.
Missouri Western and Missouri
Southern had the most growth and are
now having the most problems with
funding. On the other hand, Central
Missouri State University has seen a
drop in enrollment, which allows
more money per student.
Missouri Southern will also be
on the Governor’s list to adjust its
core funding. However, nothing is
being done about other institutions
whose equity is above the national or
state average.
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Holiday brunch to be
held for Junior
College alumni, faculty
The Missouri Western State College Alumni
Association and the St. Joseph Junior College
Committee will sponsor a Holiday Brunch for
St. Joseph Junior College alumni, faculty and
friends at noon on Dec. 2, in the Leah Spratt
Multipurpose Classroom Building, rooms 214216.
Brunch will be served at 12:15 p.m. Holiday
music will be provided by Jeremy Gregoire, a
pianist and Western music major.
Parking will be available in the Nelle Blum
Student Union lot near the Leah Spratt
Building. The brunch is $8.50 per person.
Reservations should be made by Nov. 29 by calling (816) 271-4254.
Western recognized at
regional conference
At the 2001 National Association for Campus
Activities (NACA) Heart of America Regional
Conference, Missouri Western State College
programs, students, and staff were recognized
on several fronts for their achievements. The
conference took place in Denver, Colo., on Nov.
1-4. Delegates from 60-plus colleges and universities from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado and Wyoming attended.
Western earned first place in the non-poster
publicity category of the graphics competition
with a Black History Month mug/tumbler produced by Unity Services. They also received
third place in the newspaper advertisement
category for their Uncle Sam Recruiting Ad created by the Campus Activities Board for the college newspaper, The Griffon News. Campus
Activities Board also took third place with an
information/exposition booth that was displayed on the last day of the conference. Ernie
Stufflebean, assistant dean of student affairs,
was awarded the Most Highly Evaluated Staff
Education Session Facilitator Award. He presented “Student Affairs Think Tank,” that
brought colleagues together to share programming and professional successes and struggles.
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N E W S
From Front
Administration brings new focus to old positions
relationships with the alumni group,”
Roever said. “Institutional advancement can
be seen as a long range plan for public relations and marketing.”
Scanlon said although these three vice
presidencies are not new positions, each one
has a new, sharper focus.
“There is a new focus for all three positions,” Scanlon said. “One brings academic
and student affairs together to work in the
best interest of student learning. The other
brings planning and budgeting or financial
resources together in a new focus to connect
budget with planning. The third area is
given a very specific focus to development
and fundraising.”
By bringing academic and student affairs
together, Scanlon hopes to build on the
strengths of the campus as a student-centered campus and hopes the two areas will
work jointly on student learning and student
outcomes, both academic and social or cul-
tural.
According to an e-mail sent out by Scanlon
on Oct. 29, this new administrative structure
“will enhance the college’s focus on the student as a learner. It will better enable faculty and staff to work together in the interest
of student learning. It will emphasize the
academic outcomes of the curriculum and
the support for these outcomes to be provided by activities beyond the classroom by the
co-curriculum. The main goal of the new
structure is to ensure the quality of student
learning.”
Roever said he feels we need to support our
strategic plan with our programs and activities.
“If we have a strategic plan, we want to
support projects and programs that affect
our students positively when we have the
funds,” Roever said.
The national search to replace Milton as
vice president of administration began this
From Front
Job Offerings
• Delivery for Flower Shop - Monday-Friday, 1-5
p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., will need to get chauffeur’s license but will be reimbursed, wage is $6 per
hour.
Meningitis takes life
that’s commonly contracted through
air droplets or direct contact with
someone infected, such as kissing or
drinking after one another, like
meningococcemia. According to an
earlier issue of The Griffon News,
meningitis is most commonly seen
in young adults ages 18 to 23. For
freshmen college students, 5.1 per
100,000 students contract the disease. Researchers say because of the
close living quarters, freshmen tend
to be exposed more frequently than
the college student living off campus. There are vaccines offered that
• Overnight Childcare- Must be a female and at
least 21 years old, 3-11p.m., one week work Tues-Fri,
the following week work Wed-Fri, wage is $8.50 per
hour.
prevent contracting the disease for
three to five years. Joyce Courter,
director of the Esry Health Center,
said Missouri Western has not had
any cases reported in the last 10
years.
“The vaccine is not something
being pushed right now, but I would
recommend it just to be safe,”
Courter said.
The symptoms for meningitis
might include nausea, headache,
fever and a rash. The Esry Health
Center offers the vaccine for $65.
• Various positions at Bowling Establishment Evening and weekend hours available, wage is negotiable.
• Billing Clerk - Must work 20-25 hours between the
times of 7a.m.-5p.m., Monday-Friday,wage is $6.25 per
hour or higher.
• Various Positions for Pizza Establishment Days and hours vary, looking for cooks, drivers, counter
help, wage discussed with employer.
• Inbound Customer Service - Full-time, MondayFriday, 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., will have part-time postions available after the first of the year, wage is $7-$8
per hour.
Western celebrates
national French week
Club Francais and the department of English,
foreign languages and journalism sponsored La
Semaine du Francais, National French Week,
from Nov. 7-13. Missouri Western students and
faculty participated in French-related activities
such as cooking demonstrations, films, poetry
reading and a career workshop.
• Delivery/Office Assistant - Monday-Friday, noon-5
p.m., all day on Saturday until April 15, wage is $6.50
per hour.
is on the
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001
• C-Base Workshop, 3-4 p.m., LRC 213.
• Coffee and Conversation, 9 a.m.-noon,
Non-Trad Lounge, SS/C 202. All are welcome!
• Board of Regents meeting, 5:30 p.m., SU
220.
Friday, Nov. 30, 2001
• VIP Visit Day, 9 a.m.-noon. Check in is
at 9:30 a.m. in the Leah Spratt
Multipurpose Classroom Building. These
visits are for prospective MWSC students.
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001
• C-Base, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., A 304.
• Last day of classes.
• Mailing of PIN number for 02/03
• Financial Aid renewal (Dec. 1-31).
• M/BB, home, Lincoln U., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001
• Band/Orchestra Concert, 3 p.m., FA
Theater.
• Library closes at midnight.
Monday, Dec. 3, 2001
• Final Exams through Dec. 8.
• Library closes at midnight through Dec.
6.
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001
• Considering College, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., JCR.
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001
• Noontime Series-Jerry Anderson, organ,
noon, First Presbyterian Church.
• ACT Residual, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., SS/C 208.
• M/BB, home, vs. Rockhurst U., 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
• Close-Senior Exhibits (Mixed Media), FA
Gallery 206.
• Residence halls close, 6 p.m. (except
December Grads)
• Nursery Attendant - Child care for church nursery
on Sunday mornings 9 a.m. to noon, wage is $5.15 per
hour.
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• Night Stockers - Full or part-time available, 9 p.m.
to 7a.m., wage is $7.50 per hour.
Campus Crime Report
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001
• GBA495 Exit Exam, 4-6:20 p.m., A 104.
month, with the expectations that his position will be filled by July 1, 2002, as well.
This position will focus more on budget
and planning, and the title will more than
likely be changed to vice president for budget and planning. This change is to better
strengthen the relationship between the
strategic directions of the campus and the
financial decisions of the college. It also
focuses on using the financial resources to
support the planned directions of the campus.
Scanlon said by July 1, 2002, he expects
the central administrative structure to be in
place that will serve us for many years to
come.
“I think our primary mission is our focus
on students,” Scanlon said. “It is to help students develop as learners and to prepare
them as learners for the career and the life
that they will have after graduation. This
campus is very good at that.”
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001
• St. Joseph Symphony-Celebrating the
Season, 7:30 p.m., Word of Life Church.
• W/BB, at Rockhurst U., 7 p.m.
West Campus
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5
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001
• Final grades due (1:30 p.m. deadline).
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3
2
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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001
• Winter Commencement, 7 p.m.,
Fieldhouse.
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001
• GED, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., SS/C 208.
• Graduates out of Residence halls, 12
p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001
• W/BB and M/BB, at MIAA Holiday
Festival Classic, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
TBA.
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001
• St. Joseph Community Choir Concert, 3
p.m., Cathedral of St. Joseph Church.
• W/BB and M/BB, at MIAA Holiday
Festival Classic, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
TBA.
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001
• W/BB, home, Cornell College, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002
• Noontime Series-Anthony Glise, guitar,
noon, First Presbyterian Church.
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002
• Residence halls open for new students
only, 8 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002
• Registration begins.
Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
• Residence halls open for returning students, 8 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 14, 2002
• Classes begin.
100 ft.
Clockwise from top center:
Spratt Stadium, Fitness Center.
Halls: Logan, Beshears, Juda,
Leaverton, Vaselakos.
Buildings: SU, MC, LRC,
SS/C, JGM, A, FA, PE, PS, S/M.
1. Found item
November 13, 2001, on campus
Officer Johnson was contacted by a female who said she had found a key and key fob on campus.
A report was filed about the incident.
2. Assault
November 13, 2001, Leaverton Hall
Officer Elam was contacted by a Missouri Western intern who told him a male student had been
hit with a paint ball. The victim confronted the alledged shooter, who denied aiming at him. A
report about the incident was filed.
3. Harassement and threats
November 14, 2001, residence halls
Cpl. Bidding responded to a call from a student who said two students had been harassing and
threatening her. A report was filed.
4. Medical Assist
November 14, 2001, JGM building
Cpl. Bidding responded to a call about a female who was unconscious. She had had a seizure and
was nonresponsive. An ambulance was called and she was taken to the hospital.
5. Medical Assist
November 15, 2001, Fine arts building
Cpl. Bidding responded to a call about a female who had a seizure. It turned out to be the same
female who had a seizure on Nov. 14. She was taken to the hospital.
6. Toilet paper fire
November 16, 2001, Logan Hall
Officer Simerly said he was called to Logan Hall about a fire. When he arrived, he caught a male
burning toilet paper. When asked why he was burning the toilet paper, he said he just wanted to
see it burn. Simerly told him to go to bed and he filed a report about the incident.
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Cloning crosses controversial, religious lines
Embryo cloning
raises concerns
Angela Pasley
News Editor
[email protected]
Many people are expressing concern over the
recent cloning of a human embryo and
whether the practice of cloning embryos, and
even humans should be outlawed.
According to a Nov. 25 article on
MSNBC.com, Michael West, president of the
company Advanced Cell Technology, will formally announce this week that his company
has cloned a human embryo.
Although the cloning is considered an
advance, it stirs up continuous scientific and
ethical controversy over the subject. Many people worry that cloning human beings is
inevitable.
President George W. Bush has backed pending legislation that outlaws the practice, and
the White House said it is opposed to the practice of cloning embryos.
West said the goal of his company’s research
is therapeutic cloning and not reproductive
Organization funding
structure to change
New policy has
more certainty,
guidelines
Eric Jarvis
News Writer
You’ve heard the line before – if it don’t
make dollars, it don’t make sense.
Starting at the beginning of the spring
semester, the Student Government
Association will be using this philosophy
to dole out student fees more effectively.
Imagine you are an organization asking for funding to attend a conference or
hold an event. In the past, you would
have gone to the conference or thrown
the event, bit your fingernails, filled out
the necessary paperwork and found out
how much of your organization’s event
would be funded by SGA after it all happened. There was even a possibility an
organization would not get reimbursed
for opening up their purse strings to
improve themselves.
However, with an enhanced funding
policy passed recently in a meeting of the
Student Senate, recognized organizations will have peace of mind over just
how much they can expect from their
student government before, during and
after they make plans to throw down
their own cash.
The newest segment of the policy will
give an organization pre-event approval,
allocating a ceiling amount the Senate
would give the organization for a reimbursement. This will give all recognized
organizations a gauge to analyze whether
or not they can afford to attend a conference or host an event.
It will also give organizations a chance
to do something they have previously
been discouraged from doing – petition
the Senate to fund more than just conference attendance.
SGA President Olu Aregbe said the
new policy definitely has its advantages.
“The advantage of this system is that it
may allow organizations to better plan
their events if they were relying on any
type of funding from the Senate,” Aregbe
said. “They will know up front what the
ceiling amount they may recover from
the Senate is.”
Up front, an organization needs to
obtain a student funds application form
from SU217, complete it and return their
request to the SGA treasurer one month
prior to the event in question. The treasurer is then charged with the responsibility of turning this information over to the
Financial Affairs Committee of the
Senate as soon as possible.
After the initial reading, the
Committee will hold a hearing to gather
information to determine the amount
that may be granted to the organization.
This hearing will be on an as needed
basis by the Committee. The president
and treasurer of the organization
requesting funding are required to
attend the Committee’s hearing, unless
other arrangements are made.
The Financial Affairs Committee will
then report its results to the Senate during the regularly scheduled meeting.
Upon approval and guarantee of a ceiling, an organization merely needs to hold
its event or attend its conference, and
upon returning, will have a check waiting
for them.
With all of its perceived benefits, however, there are a few concerns with the
new funding process. In addition to vesting a significant amount of power in the
Financial Affairs Committee, implementing the policy will be rocky at first.
“The new procedure will be confusing
to student groups originally, but the reason it is changing is to add more certainty to an already bureaucratic process,”
Aregbe said.
An organization will also run a minor
risk of not getting previously guaranteed
money back if they do not comply with
the event guidelines set for them by the
committee.
However, many senators believe the
benefit of using scrutiny and making
sense out of student dollars far outweighs
the red tape that an organization will
have to go through to draw from the SGA
funding pool.
Residence Council President Stan
Pearson III said his organization supports the new funding policy.
“Residence Council will do anything we
can to support anyone who supports the
campus,” Pearson said.
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cloning, which is used to create new babies. In
therapeutic cloning, scientists make embryos
that are identical to people in order to obtain
stem cells. These stem cells are unprogrammed master cells found in early-stage
embryos that can turn into nearly every cell
type in the body.
Advanced Technology wants to use stem cells
to create organs for organ transplantation.
Others in favor of the research say it could also
lead to treatments for diseases such as
leukemia, Parkinson’s and diabetes.
People have problems with the stem cell
research and embryo cloning, though, because
if the embryo was implanted in a womb, a
replica of the person who donated the cells
could be grown. Also, certain groups think that
cloning embryos to help sick people is comparable to killing human beings for organs.
Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for
Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
and a MSNBC.com Breaking Bioethics columnist, said scientists are farther behind than
people think. He said scientists have not successfully cloned any primate yet and are very
far from being able to clone a human. Cloning
dogs has not been successful, either.
For more information on the embryo cloning,
check out this week’s U.S. News & World
Report and Scientific American.
Lewis, Clark and Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, poet, adventurer and English instructor at Missouri Western, spent over two years fol lowing the Lewis and Clark Trail using their modes of transportation and time table. Hamilton read
some of his creative nonfiction inspired by his journey down the Ohio River at a Professional Growth
Seminar on Nov. 14.
Western Weekly back again?
together, the faculty and students, everybody feels a
loss now that Western Weekly is gone. We’re not letNews Writer
ting it sit.”
Some want to see it back on the air because of the
Many of us can remember watching Western experience it gave the students who participated.
Weekly on the air, however most of you may not. If One of these people is Marilyn Hunt, from the comyou are one of these people, let me fill you in on munication studies department. Hunt said Western
what Western Weekly was.
Weekly provided students with an experience that
It was a television production ran entirely by stu- the classroom cannot provide alone.
dents at Missouri Western.
“I
believe
that
The producers, directors,
Western Weekly has
reporters and anchors were all
the potential to prostudents. The show had to go
vide students with the
off the air because of lack of
kinds of hand-on expeinterest by the student body
rience not possible in a
and technical setbacks.
classroom,” Hunt said.
The students that worked on
“Working as a team
Western Weekly didn’t receive
developing a video
any academic credits
package is an experifor it and very little
ence difficult to duplimoney. Because of
cate. We have had
this, many students
many students report
were
preoccupied
offers of employment
with jobs to support
based upon experience
them
financially.
gained working on
Max
Schlesinger,
Western Weekly.”
director
of
Not only does Hunt
Instructional Media
feel this is a great
director of Instructional experience, so does
Center, said there
has been a technical
Tara
Minear, IMC
Media Center video
setback in the equipproducer/techniment.
cal director. Minear
“Two of the three
was on Western Weekly
cameras that we use
for two years where
to film Western Weekly are broken,” she held the positions of reporter, anchor, producer
Schlesinger said. “We have to purchase and director. Minear said Western Weekly was a
cameras in a set of three, which runs great experience, because it allowed you to practice
about $80,000.”
what you learn in the classroom.
Even though there have been a few set
“Western Weekly is a great experience, because
backs, there is still hope for Western you are taking what you learn in the classroom and
Weekly to get back on the air. Schlesinger actually doing it,” Minear said.
is one of those people who would like to
Minear also credits Western Weekly for her job
get it back on air.
offer from the local St. Joseph news station, KQ2.
“Western Weekly is very serious to us,” “I wouldn’t have gotten a job at KQ2 without
Schlesinger said. “We want to get it back Western Weekly,” Minear said.
Kara McKinny
“The faculty and
students, everybody
feels a loss now that
Western Weekly is
gone. We’re not
letting it sit.”
- Max Schlesinger
News
T H E
GR I F FO N
Supreme Court takes student’s case
Dartmouth student
argues drug testing of
non-athletic groups
unconstitutional
Karla Kingsley
U-Wire
HANOVER, N.H. — When Lindsay Earls was
pulled from her classroom to give a urine sample, she felt “humiliated.” So she decided to
sue her high school, charging that they had
infringed her rights to privacy. The case took
off from there — in March 2002, her complaint
will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In October of her sophomore year, Earls
received a routine drug test due to her participation in choir, show choir and the academic
team. Earls is suing her high school on the
basis that this testing was an invasion of her
privacy under the Fourth Amendment.
In an earlier ruling, (Vernonia vs. Board of
Education) the Supreme Court established
that athletic teams could be tested for drug
use because, according to Earls, “they were
leaders of the drug culture in that particular
school.” By the nature of athletic activity, they
had already surrendered some of their privacy
rights.
Although Earls agrees with this ruling, she
said that testing of non-athletic extracurricular teams is unconstitutional.
“Non-athletic teams are not already giving
up their privacy,” Earls said. “We didn’t have
to get dressed in front of each other or submit
to physical exams.”
Earls contacted the ACLU, and they agreed
to provide a lawyer, Graham Boyd, for the case
in March 1999. In August, the case was filed
in an Oklahoma district court, where the
judge quickly ruled in favor of the school.
Boyd and Earls would not surrender.
According to Boyd, the rule had serious implications.
“The school’s policy forces students to choose
between forfeiting their privacy and forfeiting
their chances of going to a good school such as
Dartmouth,” said Boyd. He explains that in
order to be accepted a student must not only
have outstanding grades, but extracurriculars
as well. In Earls’ school it was impossible to
participate in any extracurricular activity
without a drug test.
“The school is encouraging kids to hang out
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on street corners, instead of participating in tested negative in three different tests.”
extracurricular school activities,” said Boyd.
One of those supportive friends from
Earls appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Tecumseh was Robby Lewis — now a student
Appeals, and in the spring of 2000, the court at the New England Culinary Institute in
ruled in her favor. This time, Earls won in a 2- Montpelier, Vt.
1 decision, but her school appealed to the
“I totally agree with Lindsay,” Lewis said. “I
Supreme Court.
am glad someone from our school actually
Despite what is apparently a setback, Earls stood up and said something. I am really
is excited.
proud of her. I don’t think many people would
“I was signed into Blitz, as usual, and I got have the guts to do what she did.”
a Blitz from my lawyer, and I thought, ‘Oh
Earls expressed concern about how her sisgreat, what does he want now?’” Her attitude ter, Lacey — who is also named as a plaintiff
changed quickly when she opened the mes- in the case — was being treated.
sage. “My hands were shaking, and I ran down
“Some students were treating my sister
the hall to tell Matt Fitzgerald, my UGA badly, and I had to put my foot down about
[undergraduate advisor], and my hallmates. that,” Earls said. “That makes me angry. Don’t
Then I got on the phone with my lawyer and even mess with my little sister.”
called everyone at home. I must have made 15
Earls’ lawyer recently arranged a dinner for
calls.”
her to meet people
“I never expected it to go
who had worked on
this far,” she added.
the case, including
Boyd was more subdued.
a clerk to one of the
“There were a lot of
“My feelings are mixed,”
Supreme Court jusBoyd said. “Having won in
tices.
rumors about the
the court of appeals, any fur“I met some
ther review risks an overawesome people.
drugs I was
turn of the decision, but the
It’s really good to
supposedly on,
issue of drug testing in
have that support,”
schools is of national imporEarls said.
even though I
tance and is one that the
The case will
Supreme Court eventually
be heard sometime
tested negative in three
needs to resolve.”
in March 2002 in
Boyd emphasized that in
Washington, D.C.,
different
tests.”
this case, their concern is not
unless the school
only holding up constitutionasks for an extenal rights. It is also a “concern
sion.
for student health. The drugEarls will not
- Linday Earls
testing policy of Lindsay’s
testify, although
school is opposed by the
she was asked to
American
Academy
of
provide a deposiPediatrics. Drug testing is
tion.
counter-productive,” Boyd said. “The single
“I was questioned for two hours,” Earls said.
most proven method of preventing drug abuse “They tried to get anything out of me. I was
among teenagers is to engage in extra-curric- questioned about drug use, dating habits,
ular activities. The school is setting an obsta- everything. They knew I wasn’t very sketchy,
cle to these activities.”
so my deposition was actually the shortest
The Board of Education was tight-lipped on one. The school board president was so shakthe issue.
en after her deposition that she got in a car
One secretary at the Board offices said, accident on her way home.”
“Well, of course we are happy about it,” but the
What does Earls hope to gain from the lawchair of the Board, Tom Willsy, declined to suit?
comment.
“Win or lose, I want a definite stance on this
Word spread quickly in Tecumseh, Okla., issue from the Supreme Court, because at this
Earls’ hometown.
point, there isn’t one,” Earl said. “The ambi“The principal made an announcement in guity of the Vernonia ruling was what led to
school [about the case] — my friends were all other schools thinking they could test anyone.”
very supportive, but I know people talked
As to the ruling, Boyd “tries not to make prebehind my back when I first filed the case,” dictions.” The issue was not one that was
Earls said. “There were a lot of rumors about “split cleanly between liberals and conservathe drugs I was supposedly on, even though I tives,” he said.
TKE sponsors
midget wrestling
Tyrone Gethers Jr.
News Writer
The new unstoppable tag team of Tau Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity and All-Star Wrestling
came together to bring Missouri Western a
main event.
Recently, the ASW put on several matches
courtesy of the members of Tau Kappa
Epsilon.
The wrestler, who only wants to be known as
Krow, said the idea of All-Star and TKE getting together was a brainchild that he brought
to fraternity member Zach Ramsay.
“I knew Zach from another guy,” Krow said.
“I ran the idea for a fundraiser.”
The members in attendance were able to see
a chapter end in the rivalry between Krow and
Roland “Big Hoss” Banks. These two individuals, who have grievances in and out of the
ring, locked up in a mighty midget tag match
for the main event. Krow teamed with
Beautiful Bobby Dean and Big Hoss teamed
with Little Kato.
“I expect to break Krow in half,” Banks said.
“We had 12 matches and are six and six
against one another.”
Krow said he is not going to deny the
wrestling ability of Banks, who is the more
sizeable contestant in this match up.
“We fought each other from Kansas to
Arkansas,” Krow said. “This is winner take all
tonight.”
Krow and Beautiful Bobby Dean ended up
taking it all with a victory against Big Hoss.
“Size doesn’t matter,” Krow said.
Greg Gallup, chapter advisor to TKE, said it
is a great thing for Greek organizations to do
things with the community.
“I think it brings cultural events to the campus,” Gallup said.
All-Star originator and wrestling legend
Sonny Myers said his organization brings
forth the essence of wrestling that families can
sit and watch together, opposed to the sports
entertainment that is broadcasted on television.
“We don’t do a lot of that stuff they do on television,” Myers said. “It’s dangerous and
crazy.”
Matt Silvius, vice president of Tau Kappa
Epsilon, worked the door and handled the
intake of monies that came in.
“I think this is going to be a long-term benefit for us,” Silvius said.
Edwin Rivera, fundraising and philanthropy
chairman, was really excited about the whole
event. He wants to see the event be a little bigger in the future.
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Haskell students dance for tradition
keep it alive.”
The dancers performed traditional and contemNews Writer
porary pow wow dances, including the scalp dance,
shawl dance and the grass dance. The dancers
If you heard the native sounds of drums and feet explained what each dance meant and the imporin the Leah Spratt Multipurpose Building recently tance of the dance for their tribe. The performers
and didn’t stop to check it out, you missed out. taught audience members their dances, how to use
Native American Month has begun and Unity Indian sign language and answered questions
Services
sponsored
the
about their own tribes and
Haskell University’s Indian
cultures. Haskell students
dancers, who performed
said their goal is to try and
dances of their native tribe
educate as many people as
and educated students of
they can about their culture
their traditions and culture.
and the importance of their
“We were so glad to have
traditions. They hope by getthem come and teach us more
ting students involved, it
about themselves and their
will possibly interest them
culture,” Danielle Carter,
in learning about their own
director of Unity Services,
culture.
said.
“I have some Indian in me,
The dancers attend Haskell
a long ways back, but I
Indian
University
in
think it’s good to learn about
Lawrence, Kan. Haskell is
other people and their culdesigned to educate American
tures,” Stanico Church, a
Indians in native culture and
Missouri Western student,
technology fields.
said. “It gave me a better
The college educates Native
intake on the Native
American students while still
American spiritual gatherkeeping them grounded with
ing and how they interact.
Haskell student, dancer
their tribe. It is the oldest uniPlus, I’m always open to
versity of its kind in the counlearning new varieties of
try.
music and dance.”
“It is a school where we can receive a normal eduNative American Month continues with a numcation and still remember where we originated ber of events hosted by Unity Services including
from,” Chasing Bear, Haskell student and dancer, bus trips to the Native American Heritage
said. “We do these performances so that every- Museum, speaker Bob Nourie on Buffalo Culture
one can understand our culture better and we can and flute music by Rueben Kent.
Jenn Ehrhardt
“We do these
performances so that
everyone can
understand our
culture better and
we can keep it
alive.”
Chasing Bear, a
Haskell student,
performs a
traditional Native
American dance
for those in
attendance. This
event was
sponsored by
Unity Services to
celebrate Native
American Month.
Other events are
planned for later.
-Chasing Bear
Greeks share heritage, come together
First all-Greek
showcase allows
groups to learn
about each other
Kara McKinny
News Writer
Excitement filled the room as everyone
took their seats and waited to hear and
share the heritage of the Greek organizations at the first All-Greek Heritage
Showcase. The event was hosted by
Inter-Greek Council.
Kevin Calloway, president of IGC, said
the importance of this showcase is for
Greek organizations to learn about each
other.
“The purpose of the All-Greek Heritage
Showcase is for all Greeks to learn about
other greek’s history,” Calloway said.
Calloway also said the idea had been
brought up by Sylvester Brandon, and
Zach Ramsay wrote up the idea to get it
passed and make the show actually happen.
The showcase consisted of four sororities: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Sigma
Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu;
along with seven fraternities: Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi
Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Delta Theta,
Phi Mu Alpha Symphonia, Phi Sigma
Kappa and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Each fraternity or sorority did their
part in sharing their heritage through
speeches, skits, videos, dances or even
song.
Calloway said overall the attendance
was great and that it would become a
show put on yearly.
“There was a great turn-out,” Calloway
said. “We only asked for 30 percent of
each organization to come, and we had
more than that. Also, I think it will
become an annual show, because there is
always more people becoming Greek and
this is a way for them to learn about
every Greek organization.”
Calloway also said that the purpose of
the All-Greek Showcase is to not only
learn about other Greek’s heritage, but
also to bring all Greeks together.
“By having this showcase we are trying
to take a step towards unity and celebrate being Greek,” Calloway said.
Sally Ridder, member of Sigma Sigma
Sigma, said that the goal of bringing
everyone together was reached.
“At first, I didn’t know what to expect,
but I feel it unified all of us and served its
purpose,” Ridder said.
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Editorial
Please... Step away from the playground
It’s not supposed to be like this. We’re all supposed to be mature enough to handle a conversation, even when we disagree with who we’re talking. We’re supposed to be adult enough to listen to
them. Here at Missouri Western, though, that
may not be the case.
A recent parking committee meeting attended
by a reporter from The Griffon News has brought
this fact to our attention. At the meeting, which
had members of the student body present, The
Griffon News was unfortunate enough to witness
the type of behavior one would expect from a
third grade group project, not a college committee.
Students cut off faculty; faculty cut off students,
and on more than one occasion, a member of the
faculty openly mocked and put down members of
the student board in plain view of the public.
Everyone knows that behind closed doors hurtful things get said. And often, when people care
deeply about an issue, they resort to tactics that
they normally wouldn’t find in the professional
world. But those things happen behind closed
doors, not in front of the public.
The student/faculty parking dilemma is one
that doesn’t have an easy answer. And it’s an
issue that needs serious discussion and consideration from both sides of the issue, not overly dramatic hand gestures and cleverly worded putdowns. When everyday students see their mentors and teachers behaving like angry children, it
gives them the impression that that’s how business is done around here.
After all was said and done, nothing was
accomplished at this meeting. No new ideas were
explored, and to anyone that attended the meeting, it would be impossible to have a favorable
memory of it. If the students aren’t taken seriously and actually listened to, then why should
the faculty expect that type of treatment in
return? Issues like this one require serious discussion and serious people. If those people can’t
leave their tantrums on the playground, maybe
they shouldn’t come to school at all.
Maturity levels
reach an all
time low at the
recent parking
committee
meeting.
Hey administration, take a swig of this one
Good golly
Miss Molly
Molly Watts
Staff Writer
Three very long years ago, I began my educational endeavor at Missouri Western. Sadly,
that endeavor has come to a close. But I just
couldn’t leave without speaking my mind on a
particular issue.
I chose this school for many reasons. One
being the fact that I felt the administration
and faculty truly cared for their students.
Until recently, I believed that to be true.
However, the newly enforced alcohol policy has
changed this belief.
Now before all the "real" adults get their
papers in a wad, I just want to clear up my
point of view. There is a perfectly good reason
we have an alcohol policy - for the safety of the
students, right? I know there are logical and
ethical reasons for the policy being written in
the student handbook. The logical reason, I
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have been told by many administrators, is so
the school is not held liable for students’ mistakes. Is that the same thing as the safety of
the students? Just asking.
I do not dispute the alcohol policy. What I
dispute is the way it has been presented in the
past and will be enforced in the future. As an
example, the Panhellenic Association of
Missouri Western, an organization that presides over four social sororities on this campus,
planned an event four months prior to the fall
semester. This event was a ball to benefit
breast cancer awareness and research in
which we raised $1000.
It was initially to be held as an alcoholic
event with Ramada Inn of St. Joseph acting as
a third party vendor. But, two nights before
the event was to take place, I was called by an
administrator and told to get rid of the cash
bars. When the Greek system heard about this
incident, there was an uprising. This was not
because they couldn’t get smashed at the ball,
but because this is the first time the policy had
been enforced in the history of our campus.
All of a sudden, the administration was
enforcing a rule stating no Missouri Western
organization can hold alcoholic functions on or
off campus. I was upset, not because I couldn’t
engage in what would be legal activity for me,
but because I was told two days before an
event which had been in the works since
January. This event had been advertised as
one thing had to be presented as another.
I wondered if people would assume that the
alcohol policy had gone into recent effect due to
behavioral problems involving liquor at this
formal affair. Or would people know that every
organization on campus, not just Greek organizations, were to be held responsible for the
renewal of an unenforced rule. Many students
fumbled aimlessly through their handbook
only to come across the rule. Huh . . . there it
is! But why start enforcing the rule two days
before a Greek event? Sound fishy? Well, I’m
no Sherlock, but it would seem that the alcohol
policy was risen from the dead in order to
please the hierarchy.
I am not the only student who has recently
become very aware of administrative tactics.
All kinds of students, Greek and non-Greek,
are worried that the administration and faculty do not put their full trust and faith in their
students. But to the guys in the big offices, we
are not flipping out about the fact that there is
a rule. We are flipping out because of the way
it is being handled.
All too often it seems that we are told what
to do and not asked. Newsflash! - We are
adults too!
Putting two and two together is not hard,
Is temptation calling?
Is forbidden fruit within grasp?
Dear Tyrone,
especially when you are told one thing and
something entirely different happens. For
example, I asked if every organization would
take the same heat that the Greek organizations are taking, and I was told yes. I find that
amusing because a certain reunion was held
on Oct. 5 at the Ramada Inn for a certain
Missouri Western organization, and they were
not called by the administration and told to get
rid of the alcohol, as in Panhellenic’s case.
Alcohol was allowed at their function. The
same day Panhellenic’s function was almost
canceled because administration assumed the
worst, the non-Greek organization was getting
plenty of what was stolen from us.
I am sure any student is all for a rule that is
enacted to protect us. I understand that this
cause is a just one, and your hearts are in the
right place. But frankly, your mouths are not.
This is not a dictatorship. Students spend the
money to come to school here. Students spend
their time to get involved in fun activities and
organizations. Don’t we deserve to be trusted
until that trust is broken? Or did we graduate
high school to come to another one?
Students, I urge you to fight for what is
right, or wrong for that matter. Just make sure
you fight for something. It makes your college
years so much more enjoyable.
Uneducated population
ripe for extremism
Sana Syed
I am doing fairly good in college and
am beginning to have a fairly stable
relationship with a beautiful woman
that I truly admire and cherish.
However, I have had some forbidden
fruit come within my grasp recently,
and I am suffering serious temptation. She is beautiful and attractive
as well, has a brilliant head on her
shoulders and a bright outlook for
the future. Besides the obvious
Tyrone Gethers Jr.
breaking of contact with the woman
I am currently seeing, there is
News Writer and Advice Columnist
another major issue to contend with
on this matter: she is a married woman. I have been told that a
divorce is eminent, and as I haven't done anything yet, am not helping to accelerate that issue. However, she seems very attracted to me
and willing to disregard that point in favor of getting to know each
other a little better right now. Tyrone, brother, you got to help me get
my head straight with this seductress!
Sincerely,
Adam in the Garden
Dear Adam in the Garden,
You seem to have caught yourself in a real predicament. On one side
of the spectrum, you tell me that you have a very beautiful woman
in your life. On the other side, you have this other woman with a
brilliant head on her shoulders who is married. You pretty much
answered your own question in your letter. You have a woman in
your life. That married woman is in another man's life. When a man
and woman go through that sacred bond of marriage, they are seen
as one. If you were to mess with this married woman, not only will
you be fooling around with her, you will also be fooling around with
the husband as well. The best thing for you to do is leave the married woman alone. Let her handle her business at home while you
keep and maintain your relationship with your girlfriend. The grass
is not always greener on the other side. On a final note, do not disrespect that other man’s household by messing with his wife. You
could possibly ruin a good thing.
Do the right thing,
Ps. - You might want to watch eating that forbidden fruit. You do
know what happened to the original Adam, right?
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11. What Islam is, who its followers are and, perhaps most
important, why Americans
would be the target of heinous
acts by Muslims who kill in the
name of God. There will always
be people in this world who
claim to be pious and just, when
in truth they are the complete
opposite.
For example, the world knows
that Christianity does not stand
for the murder of anyone for any
reason, especially not because of
his or her race, nor does it allow
the burning of crosses. Yet the
Ku Klux Klan claims it practices
what Christianity preaches.
Islam does not justify the murder of any number of innocent
people in the name of God, yet
the “Islamic terrorists” see this
as their God-given duty. We, as
Americans, need to educate ourselves and understand that
every religion will be misinterpreted throughout time and that
not every Muslim in this world
represents Islam for what it
truly is.
“Islam” is the Arabic word for
“peace,” which is why it is so
ironic that it is made out to be
such a barbaric faith.
Islam does not impose anything upon anyone. One of the
reasons Muslims ruled for 800
years in Spain is because, following the teachings of Islam,
they were so tolerant of others.
There are, unfortunately, always
going to be Muslims who portray
Islam unjustly, and it is impor-
tant to understand exactly what
drives these people to behave
the way they do.
The Taliban are men that have
experienced a lot of pain in their
lives and have been taught to
convert that pain into violence.
They are another version of the
Ku Klux Klan in that they justify their actions by religion but in
truth are fueled by ignorance.
The fact that protests against
the United States and for
Osama bin Laden are happening
in places such as Pakistan is
very unnerving, but the protesters do not represent all
Pakistanis. In fact, there were
protests in favor of America in
Pakistan, Iran and many other
Middle Eastern countries.
The difference between these
two groups of protesters is education. The majority of Osama
bin Laden’s followers are illiterate and believe whatever they
are told. If someone tells them
America is the bad guy, that is
what they will believe.
Nothing will ever justify the
actions of terrorists who claim to
be Muslims. There is no just reason why someone would kill
thousands of innocent people to
make a statement. It is a shame
that there are people in this
world who use religion as an
excuse to hate others, no matter
what their race or creed.
There is no doubting that
Osama bin Laden and the
Taliban are terrorists. They are
not, however, Islamic terrorists.
Through their actions, these
people have made it clear that
the one religion they claim to
know so well, they really know
little about.
Page 8 • Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Joshua Hall
Entertainment Editor
The year’s winding down, and once again, it’s time for the
studios to clear their vaults of the family films and Oscar contenders they didn’t throw out this past summer. Which films
stand out? Which ones are worthy of the almighty dollar? Until
they come out, it’s hard to tell, but here’s what looks to be this
year’s cream of the crop.
Behind Enemy Lines, starring Gene Hackman and Owen
Wilson. Wilson plays a Navy pilot documenting acts of genocide
in a very Bosnia-like
country. Hackman
plays his superior
officer who has written the young man
off as a screw-up.
Everything changes
though when Wilson
is shot down, and
Hackman crosses the
chain of command to
bring one of his boys
home. Lots of graphic
explosions and urban
warfare are guaranteed from this film,
and
Wilson
has
shown before that he
can play the army
role in movies such as Saving Private Ryan. The film is slated
for a Nov. 30 release.
Will Smith packed on the muscle and immersed himself in a
lot of history to play the legendary boxer Cassius Clay in the
film Ali, scheduled to open Dec 7. The early buzz on this film is
that Smith may finally get the Oscar he so desperately desires,
and Ali may earn some additional redemption from a film said
to quite accurately mirror the events that unfolded around the
near mythic man and his career in the spotlight. Everything is
covered here from his refusal to enter the war to his legendary
comeback fights against Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
Oceans Eleven is Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, and it
boasts an all-star cast from top to bottom consisting of George
Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts. The film
follows Clooney’s character as he and his hand-picked den of
thieves attempt to pull off the greatest casino heist in the his-
Joshua Hall
Entertainment Editor
It’s not quite time for Christmas yet, but that doesn’t mean
it’s too soon to start dropping hints about what you want this
year. Booze, hookers, hookers and booze. It’s a tough call to
make, but if grandma won’t spring for another Vegas vixen this
year, here’s a few things that every good little college student
will want under their tree.
Games, games, games. It’s time for the new systems again
and this year Nintendo and newcomer Microsoft will each
throw a highly priced piece of plastic into the bloody arena of
computer-generated amusement.
Nintendo’s latest effort is the cutesy compact Gamecube.
Claiming to have learned from what they did wrong with the
N64, Nintendo has finally made the jump from cartridge to CD
format. The system once again features four controller ports for
an emphasis on multiplayer mayhem, and in an effort to keep
the system price down, they have chosen to leave out the DVD
player most other systems consider mandatory. Priced at
$199.99, and with a decent amount of games already available,
including remakes of favorites such as Wave Race and Super
Smash Brothers, as well as original works such as Luigi’s
Mansion, it should be a merry holiday season for any Nintendo
fan.
Microsoft, already a veteran of the PC gaming world, will
also introduce a new home
system this holiday season.
The X-Box, priced at $299.99
is a little pricier than
Nintendo’s system, though
that extra hundred is going
towards a pretty good DVD
player that is included in
the
system.
Unfortunately, you
have to buy a separate remote to
work it, and
the games
t a k e
about
a s
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T H E
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tory of Las Vegas. With that
many stars in one cast, it
can either rock or totally
suck. Either way, it’ll
probably be better than
Reindeer Games, as long
as Ben Affleck doesn’t
show up here, too. Look
for this film on Dec. 7.
What would the holidays be without a little
laughter, though? In the vein of Scary Movie comes the latest
film to bite the hand that feeds it, Not Another Teen Movie. Not
too many big names in this film set to premier on Dec. 14, but
everything from Varsity Blues to Never Been Kissed is taken on
in this movie. From the previews alone, it looks to be a riot, and
if you download the unedited trailer off the Internet, you’ll get
to see a few other good reasons to check this film out too.
For those who can’t wait until next
May to watch the second episode of
Star Wars, comes the film that
many people are
already saying
could be the trilo g y
k i l l e r,
Lord of
t h e
Rings,
The Fellowship
of the Ring.
Based
on
J . R . R .
To l k i e n s
timeless
series
of
novels, the
film is a
special
effects tour
de
force
that
is
supposed to have just as
much script and plot to back it up. Middle Earth has never
looked this good and Liv Tyler is in it to boot. Dec. 19 is the due
date for this film and advanced tickets are already being sold a
la Episode 1 at most theatre box offices.
The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey, is set to
open on Dec. 21. Set in the red scare era of 1930’s
Hollywood, Carrey plays a screenwriter who is blacklisted for supposedly being communist. After suffering
a case of memory loss, he stumbles into a small town
where he is mistaken for the local hero thought to have
died in the war. As he attempts to revive a local theatre, he also begins to regain his memory, all the while
the people who blacklisted him are hot on his trail.
This is a sensitive subject in Hollywood even today, the
red scare was a black eye on an industry that prides
itself on being open and accepting. Carrey has proven
he can act when he wants to. Here’s to hoping that he
hasn’t given up on it because of countless Oscar snubs.
Nickelodeon Films is releasing Jimmy Neutron Boy
Genius this December, and it follows the exploits of its
title character.
After
being
harassed
and
laughed at by
most everyone
because of his
screwball inventions, it’s left up
to Jimmy to save
the world after
aliens kidnap all
the adults. The
whole cartoon is
computer generated much like
Toy Story, so the
animation promises to be top notch. Hopefully the script will
hold up its end of the bargain as well.
Another all-star cast unites this Christmas season in The
Royal Tenenbaums starring Gene Hackman, Danny
Glover, Gwynthe Paltrow, Bill Murray and Ben
Stiller. The film chronicles the lives of the
Tenenbaums, a family of gifted geniuses
that have all drifted apart and failed in
various ways. Not as serious as you might
expect, this film promises to deliver the
smart laughs that younger audiences
crave, and Bill Murray doesn’t seem to
know how to disappoint an audience.
Christmas day is when this family will
come calling.
H.G. Wells’s timeless classic
The Time Machine will open Christmas
day as well. If you can’t guess what the
movie is about from the title, how
have you read this far to begin with?
And then the final film, which
comes on New Years Eve, is a slight
departure from the normal end of the
y e a r
f a r e .
Written and
directed by Goth
rock superstar Rob Zombie,
House of 1000 Corpses is a tribute and revival of the B-level
horror movies that Zombie has
often credited with influencing
his work. Anything from his
mind is at least interesting to
check out, and this is the only
scary movie out there by the
end of the year, so give Zombie
a try. He might grow on you.
There’s more to see, but these
are your best bets. If you want
to laugh, cry, scream or shout,
there’s something out there for
you. And what else are you
going to do with the $10 your
creepy cousin gives you?
long to load as a first year Playstation One game. Not to fear
though, if it’s an X-Box you’re wanting, Bill Gates and company hate to lose, and they’ll plug any holes in the console with
wads of cash until it succeeds. Snatch it up quickly though; you
don’t want to be like those people that waited too long to buy a
Playstation 2 last year and then had to explain to crying children why they suck as parents.
But what’s that you say? You can’t cuddle up with a game system beside the fire on a cold Christmas night. Well, hop into
the time machine kiddies, the ‘80s are coming back and their
name is the Popples! Come on, you remember the Popples.
They were those little furry animal things that you could stuff
inside of themselves to look like various types of balls.
Footballs, basketballs, baseballs, you get the picture. Well,
they’re back this Christmas season, and it looks like they’re
better than ever. Priced at $19.99 and blessed with the flexibility that most men would kill for, these cuddly little critters
are Toys R Us exclusive and sure to be a hit when balled up
inside a stocking this year.
Still not happy? Need something a bit sweeter? A bit chewier?
Maybe it’s time to finally make that big purchase and get yourself an Easy Bake Oven! That’s right, Popples aren’t the only
thing back to buy. The good ol’Easy Bake has returned, and for
a mere $20 you can pick up the best bakery this side of Country
Cookies and keep it in the comfort of your home. The Easy
Bake packs are $4.99 each, and all
the accessories come with the
oven. Nothin’ says lovin’ like
somethin’ from the oven!
You thought they
were just for little
kids;
you
thought
they’d
were THE t-shirt brief combination of
choice when the world was younger.
Spiderman, Batman, Superman,
Wonder Woman, every hero that
was any hero had their own set
of Underoos to market. Sadly,
they had to be left behind as
the years flew by. They just
didn’t fit those manly
buttocks or womanly
chests anymore. Now
though, our childhood is
back! For $9.99 you can
own a set of Superman
or Batman Underoos
and other heroes will
be on their way early
next year. Just don’t
let the colors go to
your head, the last
time I tried to
fight crime in my
underwear, all
I got was a
restraining
order from
P a m e l a
Anderson
and half the cast of Cheers out
for my blood.
So get those lists a churning and start working the guilt circuit, kids. It’s
Christmas
time
once again. Sure
you
might
think you
need
some
goofy
l i t t l e
DVD’s or
some hockey
watch, but all
anybody really
needs is a giant
bat on your buttocks, or at least
some chewy brownie goodness.
n e v e r
come back. You
that that Cameron
Diaz was a flirtatious
whore for wearing them in
Charlies Angels! Well you were right
about one of those three, because Underoos
are back and ready to grace your netheregions
again! For those that don’t remember, Underoos
Entertainment
T H E
Kathy McKnight
Features Writer
Move over Billy Idol, the
world of hardcore punk has a
new rebel, or rather seven of
them. Since they formed in
the summer of 1999, the
Boston-based River City
Rebels have been pouring
their punk rock hearts
and souls into their own
brand of music. The
original lineup consisted of two friends
from high school and
the meshing of exmembers of bands
they liked and want
ad applicants. The
lineup has since been
altered more than
once, members have
swapped positions,
and at points in time,
things were seemingly nothing but an
organized mess.
While some of the
faces have changed,
one
thing
will
undoubtedly stay the
same — the Rebels’ ability to
make exceptional music.
Unlike the network-friendly
bubble gum punks now
adored by the general public,
the Rebels are not trying to
make it to TRL. Instead, they
are making raw quality music
with themes deeper than
those of their adversaries.
“Punk
rock
with
horns.” That is how
punk aficionado Tom
Farrell, who runs
Theory X Fanzine
has described the
sound of The Rebels.
(You can find this
mag and other excellent counterculture
things on Tom’s website at www.gogmagodrecords.com.)
“[Some people] call
it Ska, I call it...
well, punk rock with
horns. Old style punk
rock with catchy sing
along
choruses
throughout,
melody
with a hard edge and
politically and socially
relevant lyrics. It just
goes to show you that
punk isn’t dead, it just
evolves.”
Punk rock is evolving on an
underground note, but on the
radio (or at least on the stations in our area) it is devolving, becoming trendy even,
which alarms some people in
the scene. Many of the newer,
more popular bands are on an
entirely different level than
their forefathers (bands
such as The Ramones,
The Dead Kennedys,
Rancid
and
The
Misfits, to name a
few), and have taken
punk to newer, poppier places.
Dan O’Day of The
River City Rebels
doesn’t like this trend
either. He describes a
lot of the younger
generation’s
attempts at punk
rock as “boring and
watered
down.”
Giving a bit of
credit to those
who deserve it,
O’Day isn’t
against
every single “punk”
band on the radio.
“I think 99 percent
of it is trash; it’s
not punk,” he said,
leaving room for the
small fraction of
bands with actual
punk rock talent.
The real fans, the
ones who know the
difference
between good
punk and bad,
have
no
doubt that
The Rebels
are capable of actually
taking music up a step,
while also keeping to
their roots. As a band
inspired by entrepreneurs like The Clash
and The Sex Pistols and
legends
like
Bruce
Springsteen, their music
still holds the rough edge
that at one time was
undeniable in rock music.
However, while they have
many old-school influences, they also have a
sound all their own, one
that fans soon noted and
fell in love with. The fans
Kathy McKnight
Features Writer
On Nov. 16, when Plaza 8 opened at two
o’clock (two hours early, just for this event),
there was already a line wrapping around the
building. Everyone in this line was waiting to
get tickets for the movie that was expected to
outsell (and very soon will outsell) Titanic.
Fans of J.K. Rowling’s books have waited an
extremely long time to see how the phenomenon that is Harry Potter would look on the big
screen. They finally had their
chance, with the releasing of
Harry
Potter
and
the
Sorcerer’s Stone, the first in
the series of her four
books.
The movie was practically three hours long,
but well worth every
minute. The cast all
did an excellent job in
their respective parts,
bringing the book
characters to life, and
changing the face of
this 11-year old wizard
that fans know and love
from one of a cartoon boy
to one portrayed by Daniel
Radcliffe.
Radcliffe, whose career
began with the 1999 TV
movie David Copperfield,
will probably be known as
Harry Potter for the rest of his
life. This is something he should
be extremely proud of, though, as his
performance was beyond superb. Costars Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson
(Hermione) added to the team, forming a
rather witchy mod-squad that tackled more
than their share of problems, using magic as
their main tool.
If you’ve read the book, then you already
know the plot, as it follows Rowling’s story
almost exactly. If you haven’t read the book,
G R I F F O N
weren’t the only ones to notice
this, though.
The Rebels, which then
consisted of singer Ward
Aimi, guitarists O’Day
and
Gabe
Rich,
bassist
Chris
Jukosky, drummer
Erik Schmidt, trombone player Brandon
Rainer and trumpet
player Dan McCool,
made their mark on
the east coast, where
their name soon
spread like wildfire.
After sending a twosong demo to Victory
Records, The River
City Rebels were
signed and soon
after released their
debut
album
Racism, Religion,
and War… in
2000. This album dealt mostly
with political and social
issues, as the title of the
record implies. It
starts off with the powerful anthem Hate
and ends just as
furtively 13 songs
later with Stars
and Stripes. Most
of these songs deal
with
anti-establishmentarianism,
the unfortunate corporateness
of
America and other
non-conformist
beliefs.
A year later,
McCool set aside
his horn to take
over
vocal
duties,
Drew
Paley came in to
replace Rich and Jake
Williams joined up, adding
the saxophone to the Rebels’
sound. The new and improved
band then recorded their second album, Playing To Live,
Living To Play, which was
released this past summer.
Before the release of this
album, though, The Rebels
tackled a fast-paced, rigorous
tour this past summer. The
tour, which went from coast to
coast, provided the guys a
break from their normal
“work, then play” lives at
home. According to O’Day, the
best part of the whole tour
however, chances are you’ll still enjoy the
movie, as it offers comedy, great effects, and a
twisting plot for you folks that don’t like figuring out all parts of a movie before they happen.
Also, for those who are worried you won’t
understand the movie without reading the
books, don’t; it explains itself well enough.
In case you didn’t know, this movie is about
a young boy named Harry Potter, who has
been basically living in a cupboard under the
stairs since he was a
baby. After the death
of his parents, he was
sent to live with his
only relatives, who
treat
him
badly
because of his parents’
magical ways. On his
11th birthday, Harry
gets rescued and taken to
Hogwarts School, for young
witches and wizards, where he
fits in perfectly because of his
natural magic. This is where
the movie starts getting really
good. At Hogwarts, Harry
makes friends and enemies,
battles trolls and three-headed
dogs, and becomes involved in
one of the school’s underground
schemes. And that’s only the beginning!
This really is a movie that
stretches across the barriers. Old
and young alike will enjoy this film,
for various reasons. I myself am a
fan of all things Harry Potter, and
the movie is just another bristle in the
broom, you might say. I’ve already seen it
three times, and I’m not anywhere near my
quota for this film.
Fans of the adorable boy wizard who stole
hearts across the world may be interested in
knowing that production for the second of the
Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets is already in progress. And
no need to fear, Radcliffe will be back to
resume his role in the second film as well.
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experience was not only
spending time hanging out
with his friends, but also
sleeping in every day,
which is something the
fellows don’t always get
the chance to do.
Playing To Live,
Living To Play deals
with a lot of topics
like this. With a new
singer, the sound of
the album is a bit different from the debut,
but just like the difference between Lars
Frederiksen and Tim
Armstrong, it is still
The Rebels’ sound
and is still just as
punk. The main difference between
the two River City
Rebels albums is
mainly content.
O’Day explains it better,
“The first album has a
raw feel, because it was
new to us all. The new
one, we had a clue on
what was happening.
The new one also
contains more personal songs about
our lives.”
He wasn’t kidding,
Playing To Live,
Living To Play is an
album which 99.9
percent of America
can relate to. The
song 6 A.M. is a
great example of
how we work jobs we
hate simply to pay
the bills, because it
seems there’s no way
out. Devil Under
Skin is another
great example, as it
deals with the heartbreaking
part of a relationship, which
we’ve all experienced at one
time or another. While these
lyrics were written with the
situations of specific Rebels in
mind, they are ones that we
could simply change a few
words here and there and
turn into our own biographical tunes.
One song in particular that
a lot of Missouri Western students can relate to is Small
Town Pride, which is actually
based on O’Day’s hometown of
White
River
Junction,
Vermont. Many students here
come from small towns near
St. Joseph and can relate on a
personal level with lyrics like,
“I start up my car and drive
around to realize there’s no
place to go.” While it can be
constricting to live in a
place where everyone
knows you, it can be
quite comforting at
times, as this song suggests.
There are definitely
pros and cons to both
sides of the small town
vs. big city debate. A lot
of great musicians
were bred in small
towns, and music started for them simply as a
release from boredom.
However,
everyone
knows that if you really
want to get your music
out to people, you need
to get to bigger
cities, as opposed
to places like White River
Junction, Vt., or St.
Joseph, Mo. Having
experienced
both
country and city life,
O’Day knows about
trying to have a normal life and be a rock
star at the same
time.
“I think coming from
a small town is hard
because you have no
friends from your
area that are in
bigger
bands
that can hook
you up with
advice and
touring,”
O’Day said.
However, as
he also pointed out,
being shielded from
the big, bad city until
you’re ready can be a
good thing. “Kids from
small towns relate well
and don’t get influenced by the norm in
the cities.”
For kids from a
town of about 2,500,
the River City Rebels
have done fine for
themselves. They are
friends with great
bands like The Scams and
Madcap and even got the
Molly Watts
Features Writer
You’re driving down the Belt Highway,
cruising to a little folk music. Folk music, you
say? Yes, folk music. And who better to lighten the mood than Jewel, a diamond
mixed in with the unoriginal rocks
of ridiculous pop stars. If you
couldn’t stand missing an
episode of Making the Band
you might want to steer clear
of this angel’s voice.
After three long years of
waiting for new material,
Jewel’s fans can finally
soak in a hot bubble bath
of beautiful songs. Since
her 1998 release Spirit,
Jewel has been touring
worldwide, spreading
the gospel that you
don’t necessarily have to
be angry to make good
music.
Her new CD, This Way,
will have you wondering
if folk music and acoustic
music have taken a turn
for the better. The recently
released single, Standing
Still, can get stuck in your
head as easily as gum can get
stuck in your hair. And faster
than you can say “Alaska” you’ll be
headed to Hastings to hear every track
instead of just the mainstream radio picks.
Combining her old-fashioned yodeling with
a dash of rock and roll, Jewel’s originally
written songs make you want to fall in love
with a rodeo cowboy. Her lyrics are sweet and
gentle, but her messages can cut you like ice.
Especially track #12, The New Wild West, in
which she writes, “So we write to our congressmen with bleeding pens of the sorrow
within, and in return, they just send tickets
to the latest Tom Hanks show.” There is nothing like truthful music to get your adrenaline
honor of joining various dates
of the Vans’ Warped Tour.
With all this under their
belts and nowhere to move
but forward, the River
City
Rebels
are
already working on
new material and
touring around New
England. The lineup
is again a bit different, but still just as
awesome.
O’Day
took on singing
responsibilities after
the departure of
McCool, which left a
guitar spot to be
filled
by
Adam
Meilleur. Meilleur
has been in other
great Vermont hardcore bands, including
The Hemlock Verdict,
which at one time was
also the home of fellow
guitarist Paley. With
the two of them really
knowing how to feed off one
another, I feel the next album
should hold a lot of incredible
guitar sound. For those of you
like myself who still love
vinyl, we’ll get a preview of
this soon. The band is getting
ready to record a split 7” with
Six Gun Radio (punk gurus
may remember them as Life of
Riley) as you are reading this.
Whatever we see from this
pack of punk pioneers,
chances are it will be different
from anything they’ve
done before. But instead
of following the trend of
changing their music
for the benefit of the
general public (I’ll
spare you the overused “selling out”
expression) their
music changes for
nobody but the
Rebels themselves.
As for the sound and
lyrical content of
their next album,
it’s
anyone’s
guess. I can tell
you only one thing
for certain: bands
like the River City
Rebels
have
renewed my faith
in punk rock.
flowing.
Even though Jewel has managed to fall in
love with the cowboy of her dreams, she never
forgets to cross the girlpower bridge. Jewel
has always believed that just being you is
hard enough. Following this belief, she is
sure to relay the message of a strong and
individualistic woman, she wrote,
Serve the Ego questioning the
difference between what is
beautiful and what is reality.
While in the title track, she
changes and totally succumbs to the powers of
love, wanting nothing
more than what she
has right now.
After Foolish Games
was released and
every girl started
claiming that the
song was written
about her insensitive
boyfriend, most of us
trusted that she
might just be the best
love
song
writer
around. I would agree,
not only has she written a lovely little ditty
(Break Me) in honor of
her man, but she let him
help her with another song
(Till We Run Out Of Road),
in which she claimed on her
recent TRL performance he contributed all the bad words.
As an avid Jewel fan, I’ve followed
her career, and I must say that This Way is
filled with both insight and knowledge, something all of us could use a little more of right
now. Instead of focusing on the bad, she uses
her passion positively and fights for what she
believes in. She isn’t a size one, she doesn’t
have perfect teeth, and yes, she sometimes
wears Wranglers. But come on, just because
she’s not Dave Matthews doesn’t mean you
can’t broaden your horizons.
Page 10 • Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Features
T H E
GR I F FO N
N E W S
Some students are proof that
you’re never too old for cartoons.
Kathy McKnight
News Writer
The world of animation is never-ending. It
stretches across the entire margin of
American culture, grasping everyone in its
reach in one way or another. There isn’t a
soul in this country who can claim to
absolutely hate watching animation in
one form or another. Put simply:
cartoons aren’t just for the kiddies.
“Cartoons are the little
30-minute vacations from
reality that we need
each day,” junior Adam
Kerns said. Graphic
arts major and an
animation connoisseur, Kerns knows
more than just a
thing or two about
cartoons.
“My
favorites
are
Aquateen
Hunger Force and
Sealab
2021,”
Kerns said.
Come again? For
those of you like
myself, who haven’t
heard of these, they
can be seen on Cartoon
Network’s late-night Adult
Swim program, along with
other mature-audience cartoons.
For the nostalgic, Cartoon Network
also provides great re-runs of the old
favorites. Growing up, if you were like me,
you never missed an episode of Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles or G.I. Joe. (For the
girls that weren’t tomboys, you can substitute those titles with ones such as My Little
Pony or Rainbow Brite.) Of course, there are
also the ones that almost everyone watched and
loved, ones that
can still be seen
thanks
to
these reruns.
“ Y o u
can’t beat
the oldies but
goodies, like
Tom
and
Jerry
or
Scooby-Doo,”
s e n i o r
J e s s i c a
Smith said. “I
probably enjoy those ones because they’re
what I grew up watching.”
So what are today’s kids (and adults)
being raised on? Nickelodeon, a network
that has always been a kid’s best friend, is
still making cartoons that the young and
young at heart cannot get enough of.
Rugrats, which has been running for many
years,
recently
blew up
b i g
enough to
inspire two motion pictures and a ton of merchandise. Doug, which
now has new episodes on the Disney channel, originated on Nick back in the good old
days, and is still shown on a regular basis.
The newer cartoons, such as The Wild
Thornberrys, Rocket Power and The
Fairly Oddparents are becoming
quick favorites as well. Their latest
addition, the computer-generated
Jimmy Neutron tidbits, will be seen
on the big screen this Christmas, in
a full-length animated film.
Back to Cartoon Network;
some of today’s most popular cartoons can be found there. Dexter’s
Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls,
Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Courage the
Cowardly Dog and Cow and
Chicken are all on the menu — and
that’s only a few of the wonderful
slices of animation this channel serves up
on a regular
basis.
These
newer cartoons
are
enjoyable
because they are
funny to children and
adults alike. They aren’t the
dark humor of cartoons for
older people such as
South Park, but they
aren’t strictly for children either. With characters that you can’t help
but love, and situations
that are severely insane,
these newer cartoons take you
for a roller coaster ride that we
haven’t seen, perhaps, since
Ren and Stimpy.
Of course, not all
of our cartoon memories are enjoyable.
I
can
remember
waking
up
extra early on
Saturday
mornings to
r e c o r d
episodes of the
New Kids on
the Block cartoon, only to be
ridiculed by the
other, older, cooler members of my
family. But I managed
to hang tough, and fortunately managed to
increase my taste in
good animation (not to
mention music!). I’m
not the only one who
has cartoons I’d rather
forget.
Sophomore
Kristan Reital also
recalls certain times
when she was forced to
watch cartoons she hated
because she was the youngest
child.
“My older brother used to
torture me with those
Japanimation
cartoons,”
Reital said. “I might actually
enjoy them now, but I can’t
bring myself to watch them,
because I sat through so many
when I was young. I think I was
permanently ruined from those
types of cartoons - I won’t even
watch Pokemon with my
nephew. I’d rather
watch re-runs
of the good,
funny cartoons
that they don’t
show
anymore.”
This
brings us
to the next
topic: cartoons that are
rarely (if ever)
re-run
but
should
be.
We’ve all got
a cartoon that
we wish we
could watch again.
Whether it’s something as trivial as the
ONE episode of Beavis and ButtHead that MTV wasn’t allowed to
ever show again, or episodes of
much-missed toons like Woody
Woodpecker, Thundercats, or
Strawberry Shortcake, some
cartoons just should not have
been left to rest in peace.
Perhaps Kerns put it best when
he said, “They’re still doing
excellent things with cartoons, but they just don’t
make them like they
used to!”
It’s
true,
they don’t make
them like they
used to, but
they do still
make quality entertainment,
as most of
us
will
attest to.
The good
thing about
cartoons is
that they will
never, ever go
out of style.
No matter
how much
t h e y
change, and
no
matter
how many of
our favorites they
get rid of, animators will always be
there with replacements to soothe
the inner child
in all of us.
Sports
Page 11 • Tuesday, November 27, 2001
T H E
G R I F F O N
N E W S
All-MIAA Honorees
Farewell reflects
good memories
The
Book of
Ruth
Jerris
Evans
Eric
Walker
Tyreece
Whyte
Eric
McDowell
Kasey
Waterman
Ruth Doornink
Sports Editor
[email protected]
Brett
Mingee
Jason
Chancellor
Mike
Best
Desmond
Polk
Adam
Ziesel
Issa
Banna
Lamaris
Young
James
Jack
Pierre
Thomas
Chad
Smith
Beth
Grady
Kasey Waterman
(1998-2001) Blue
Springs, Missouri Blue Springs South
H.S.
Western’s first 4-year
starter at quarterback in
school history,
Started every game but
one in his career (43)
Career numbers: (All are
MWSC and MIAA Career
Records)
Passing – 714-of-1,273 for
9,850 yards, 95 touchdowns
Total offense – 9,850
career total
Single Season records:
Passing completions –200
Passing attempts – 353
Passing yards – 2,808
Passing touchdowns – 29
Total offense – 2,783
Single game records at
Western:
Completions in a game –
25 (2 times)
TD passes in a game – 4
(5 times)
Passing yards/game – 410
Total offense/game – 410
2nd team all-MIAA
Offensive Player-of- theWeek (4 times)
Jerris Evans (19982001) Davie, Florida Nova H.S.
Career numbers:
Receiving –194 receptions
for 2,850 yards and 26
TD’s
Single game records:
Punt return yards in a
game – 97
Single Season records:
Pass receptions – 65 in
Mary
Pickert
2000
2-year starter at wide
receiver and kick returner
2nd team all-MIAAwide
receiver as junior and honorable mention as a sophomore
2nd team all-Midwest
Region, selected by
NCAA Division II Sports
Information Director
Ryan Reed (19982001) Jefferson City,
Missouri - Jefferson
City H.S.
Career Numbers:
Has appeared in over 30
games while at Western
98 rushes for 335 yards
and two TD’s
28 receptions for 196
yards and three TD’s
2-year starter at Western
2-time MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
3-time MWSC StudentAthlete Honor Roll
Blum Desravins (19972001) Miami, Florida Norland H.S.
Career Numbers:
Appeared in over 21
games while at Western
44 catches – 414 yards
Josh Kay (1998-2001)
Cooper City, Florida Clay H.S.
Career Numbers:
Has appeared in over 30
games while at Western
Long snapper, tight end
26 catches – 228 yards
Lamaris Young (20002001) San Antonio,
Texas - Navarro JC
Career Numbers:
Katie
Schiesl
Played every game the
past two seasons (starting
every game this season)
67 career tackles
10 tackles for loss (-31
yards)
8 career sacks (-61 yards)
Mike Best (1998-2001)
Cameron, Missouri Cameron H.S.
Career Numbers:
Played in over 30 games
in his career
Recorded 175 tackles this
season (career high)
2nd on the team this year
with 92 stops (before
Truman)
14 tackles for loss (-42
yards)
3-time MWSC Student
Athlete Honor Roll
2-time MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
MIAA’s defensive Playerof –the- Week – 10/22/01
Matt Smith (19982001) Union Star,
Missouri - Union Star
H.S.
Career Numbers:
Appeared in 36 games
235 carries in his career
for 913 yards
Scored 8 career touchdowns
Chad Smith (19982001) Union Star,
Missouri – Union Star
H.S.
Career Numbers:
Appeared in 30 games
Recorded 136 career tackles, with a season high 55
stops in 1999
Airon
Scofield
Key special teams player
throughout his career
Tyreece White (19982001) Orlando, Florida
– Phillips H.S.
Career Numbers:
118 career tackles
10 career interceptions
Shares the single game
interception record at
Western (3 passes)
MIAA’s Defensive Playerof-the-Week for his performance vs. Pitt State,
1998
Mike Kugler (20002001) San Diego,
California – Mesa
College
Career Numbers:
Has appeared in 18 games
for Western in his two
year career
Recorded 22 tackles in
two years
2 sacks (-25 yards)
Katie Schiesl (19982001) Eden Prairie,
Minnesota
Career numbers:
Honorable mention allMIAA as a junior
Member of the MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
MWSC Student-Athlete
Honor Roll
MIAASetter-of-the-week,
Oct. 3, 2000
390 games played
192 kills, 104 aces, 921
digs
2,279 assists, ranking her
sixth all-time at Western
1,307 assist in 2000
ranked 5th all-time
Jenny Horkman
(1998-2001)
Concordia, Kansas
Career Numbers:
Appeared in 315 games
Recorded 275 kills
2-time MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
3-time MWSC StudentAthlete Honor Roll
Beth Grady (19982001) Lee’s Summit,
Missouri
Career numbers:
Appeared in 396 games
Recorded 784 kills, 796
digs and 74 aces
Had season highs of 299
digs and 271 kills in 2000
2-time MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
3-time MWSC StudentAthlete Honor Roll
Airon Scofield (19982001) Bellevue,
Nebraska
Career numbers:
1st team all-MIAA as a
junior
2nd team all-MIAA, 1999.
Appeared in 462 games at
Western
Has recorded 1074 digs in
four seasons (ranking her
4th all-time at MWSC)
Her 145 career aces ranks
her No. 6 all-time
Had a single season high
320 digs in 1999
2-time MIAA
Commissioner’s Academic
Honor Roll
3-time MWSC StudentAthlete Honor Roll
It’s hard to believe this is
my last column as sports editor of The Griffon News. It’s
hard to believe, considering
this paper, and Missouri
Western athletics have been
my life for the past year and
a half. That’s right kids, The
Book of Ruth has filled reader’s heads with insight,
sometimes simple and sometimes startling, for that long.
Due to a class conflict, I have
to move on and turn the
reigns over to a very capable
writer who I know will grow
to love this school and this
job just as much as I did.
This changing of the guard
might not be a big deal to
everyone reading, but this is
my last chance to say everything and thank everyone
who has helped me along the
way.
First off, when I began my
term as sports editor, I
lacked involvement within
the school and the motivation to do so. I thought going
to class and being a good student would make me a part
of the campus. I was missing
out. I found that out when I
was thrown into the fastpaced, high-intensity world
of Griffon athletics, where I
had no control. Gradually I
learned how to roll with the
punches, and over time
developed a sense of pride as
I attempted to show the students of Missouri Western
the lives of student-athletes,
the real instead of the fake.
In trying to teach others, I
taught myself and was
taught by others.
But even more than that, I
gained a whole new perspective, along with an entirely
new set of friends. They didn’t start out as friends; they
started out as coaches, staff
and athletes that I had to do
business with on a regular
basis in order to do my job
efficiently. Over the course of
time, I began to know them
rather well and understand
their drive and motivation.
That understanding grew to
respect, respect grew to
admiration. When it was all
said and done, I began to feel
what they were feeling—
ecstatic when they were
happy, and a little teary
when they were sad. In a
world where I’m supposed to
be impartial, those people
made it hard by befriending
me outside of interview situations. To me, my part in
their success is small, but I’m
glad I was included in it.
Whenever I hear a word of
thanks, all I can say is I owe
them the thanks. They
turned a class and a job into
one of the best experiences of
my life, and I’ll always
remember and be grateful for
that.
Now, for the Griffon News
staff. No one can understand
exactly what our lives are
like inside the newsroom. As
a newcomer I thought it
might be difficult to fit in,
but you wonderful people
made it so easy. For a year
and a half you have been my
family, the group of wonderful people who share the
same passions as I do, and
work just as hard to make
sure The Griffon News represents the students and faculty of Missouri Western adequately in one of the best
campus publications in the
state of Missouri. You’ve not
only been my friends and
family, but also my life lines,
sidekicks and soulmates that
have both inspired and
encouraged me to be a better
writer and a more capable
person. For all the generosity
you’ve shown, I thank you
and love you.
Most students will never
have the opportunity to experience the things I have as
sports editor, like being in
the office on Sunday mornings until the wee hours on
Monday morning in the
attempt of making The
Griffon News perfect, or the
absence of a social life during
the year due to traveling to
and from games and writing
stories. Although those are
things I shouldn’t miss, I
will.
To Brett King and Drew
Bourn, I couldn’t have done
my job without you. To Pete
Chapman, I’m glad I had
your support and your faith.
To all of the student-athletes
I’ve come into contact with—
thank you for representing
your school well; you made
my job both fun and easy. To
the portion of the student
body that reads my columns,
thank you for getting to
know me through my writing. To Ben Garrett, the guy
who will take my place next
semester-I will to you the
love of Western athletics and
all its perks and flaws.
Knowing you will do a great
job makes my leaving a
whole lot easier.
Ultimately, it comes down
to a simple question. Do I
regret the hundreds of hours
spent on something people
won’t necessarily read?
Absolutely not. There is no
other way I would have spent
that time. I’ve lived an era
full of many fulfilling events
during that time, and nothing I’ve ever done has made
me as proud as I am to be a
Griffon.
Scheduling proves a double-edged sword for coaches,teams
Ben Garrett
Sports Writer
Putting together team schedules can be a little bit like a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff — well, not exactly like a meeting of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, but coaches do employ
certain procedures during the scheduling
process.
In the case of the men’s basketball team,
there are 27 games on the schedule, 18 of
which are MIAA games. The conference schedule for the men and the women is always going
to be set — it’s just a matter of agreeing on the
date. Missouri Western plays two games, one
home and one away, against MIAA teams.
That leaves eight or nine games that need to
be found elsewhere.
Success on the court can often be a doubleedged sword. Not many prospective opponents
are eager to risk losing by playing strong
teams.
“We’ve been trying the last couple of years to
get some more home games in the first part of
the school year but that’s tough to do for a lot
of reasons,” Chapman said. “One is whenever
you have really good teams, it’s hard to get
other teams to come play you, especially at
your place.”
It is almost impossible to schedule games
versus non-conference opponents during the
busy conference season. Coaches would prefer held in Florida in mid-December, presents
not to interrupt the flow that playing confer- teams with something entirely different.
ence opponents brings.
Coaches are presented with the added bonus of
“Once you start playing in our conference, a recruiting trip in addition to playing strong
sometimes you play three times a week,” competition.
Chapman said. “You don’t want to get into too
Head women’s basketball coach Dave Slifer
much of that because of the physical stuff, and looks for games against quality competition,
it’s too much time
both home and on the
away from school.”
road.
The
MIAA
Missouri Western, as
Holiday
Festival
“When I try to find real tough
well as other Division
Classic is an opportuII schools, often have a competition, I like it out of region. nity
for
Missouri
difficult time schedulWestern to add two
If I’m in region, I need to win.
ing games against
more
Division
II
smaller Division I You have to win regional games schools to the schedule.
schools. Those teams
“Scheduling is not one
because it’s a criteria that the
are hesitant to risk a
of my favorite items,
NCAA uses to select teams.”
loss against a Division
it’s not a lot of fun,”
II team. That leaves
Slifer said. “What we
the larger Division I
look for is games that
Tom Smith will be competitive and
schools, but there you
- Head men’s basketball coach teams that are well
run into the fact that
everyone is trying to
coached. We try to get
get a game with them.
at least four home
Both the men’s and women’s teams partici- games in before the conference season.”
pate in tournaments during the season. The
Sometimes teams must make the concession
recently played Hillyard Tipoff Classic, held at to travel so that they can play a quality oppothe St. Joseph Civic Arena, gave Missouri nent. The men recently returned from a game
Western an opportunity to work with local against South Dakota. Head coach Tom Smith
businesses and for teams to play regional wanted to test his team against a tough oppogames. The MIAA Holiday Festival Classic, nent on the road.
“When I try to find real tough competition, I
like it out of region,” Smith said. “If I’m in
region, I need to win. You have to win regional
games because it’s a criteria that the NCAA
uses to select teams.”
It is not uncommon for teams to negotiate
the costs of travel, so that the home team pays
a percentage. South Dakota paid almost half of
the total cost of travel, so that their team could
play Missouri Western.
“It’s hard for us to get a lot of Division II
games because people don’t want to play us,”
Chapman said. “So we have to go a lot further
because we can’t get those games here.”
That can work the other way as well.
Missouri Western sometimes pays teams to
come play here, because in certain situations it
can be more economical than travelling.
“Alot of times it’s less expensive for us to pay
a guarantee than to go play some place,”
Chapman said. “That’s in terms of whether
we’re going to stay overnight, what it costs to
travel there, what it costs us to eat there, plus
what we make at the gate.”
Teams also make agreements with each
other. Next year, the women will travel to a
tournament at North Dakota State, one of the
top Division II teams in the country. Missouri
Western agreed to travel there if North Dakota
State would agree to come to St. Joseph.
C M Y K
Sports
Page 12 • Tuesday, November 27, 2001
T H E
G R I F F O N
N E W S
Griffons improve to 4-0 at Hillyard Classic
LaMont White
Sports Writer
The Missouri Western women’s
basketball team showed flashes of
greatness in a blowout win in the
first round of the Hillyard Classic on
Friday night, defeating Columbia
University by a final of 104-86.
The Griffons full-court pressure
suffocated Columbia University forcing 22 turnovers and held them to
just 33 percent shooting in the first
half.
The Griffons not only had defense,
but also had a very good offensive
outing as well, shooting nearly 52
percent in the first half to give them
a 60-38 lead.
In the second half the Griffons
struggled a little offensively, but the
defense continued to have success
with the fullcourt trap that
caused all kinds
of problems all
Western
night
for
104
C o l u m b i a
U n i v e s i t y.
Columbia C
o l u m b i a
86
University made
a little run to cut
the Griffon lead
to 17, but that was as close as they
would get.
The Griffons had great defensive
pressure but struggled in the halfcourt defensive set at times.
“The press was great but we had
poor half-court defense,” head coach
Dave Slifer said.
Missouri Western maintained a
great scoring balance having seven
players in double figures.
“It makes us harder to guard when
we have seven players in double figures,” Rebecca Patton said.
When Carly Lee was inserted into
the lineup the Griffons went on a
nice run led by Lee, who was making
tough shots and making the three
point shot as well for the Griffons.
“I didn’t do very well in Texas and
I knew that I had to calm down and
play,” Lee said.
Another turning point in this
game happened when the Columbia
University coach was ejected with
13:17 left in the first half. Patton
Game 1
walked up to the free-throw line and
sank four straight free throws to
give the Griffons an early 17-point
lead.
The Griffons rolled on after that
outscoring Columbia University the
rest of the half, 33-22.
“It was a big turning point when
their coach was ejected,” Lee said.
The Griffons played a very
unselfish basketball game, sometimes too unselfish, and that is why
they have such good balance.
“We’re just looking for the open
person,” Nicole Lindsey said.
“Nobody on this team is unselfish
and everybody can score.”
The Griffons won in blowout fashion but in their eyes, there is still
room for improvement.
“We need to play better defense,
better ball pressure and rotate better,” Patton said.
The Griffons have some new faces
this season that are very exciting to
watch, but they haven’t fully gelled
yet.
“We need to just learn to play a little better with each other,” Lindsey
said.
Lindsey, who had 21 points and six
assists, led the Griffons. Lakesha
Jones followed in with 19 points,
while Lee chipped in with 14 points
and a spark off the bench. Michelle
Parlett also chipped in with 12
points off the bench, while JoAnna
Stuelke, Krista Small and Patton all
had 11 points respectively for the
Griffons.
The Griffons improved their record
to 3-0 but haven’t
played their best
basketball yet.
need to
Western come “We
out and play
85
like we normally
do and play well,”
Minnesota Lee said.
Mankato
The Missouri
61
Western women’s
basketball team
provided another impressive win
over Minnesota-Mankato State on
Saturday night by a final of 85-61.
The Griffons played a very sloppy
basketball game as both teams
struggled to get any offense going.
Despite numerous turnovers and
Game 2
poor shooting, the Griffons never
stopped playing defense and that is
what gave them a 32-25 halftime
lead.
In the second half the Griffons
picked up the offense and continued
to play strong defense. Early in the
second half Mankato State cut into
Western’s lead, but Small ended any
chance of a comeback by draining
two consecutive three- pointers to up
the Griffon lead and force a Mankato
timeout.
At 42-31, Missouri Western went
on an 18-3 run, and quickly jumped
out in front of Mankato State by a
score of 60-34. While on this run,
the Griffons played stingy defense
that held Mankato State to just 35
percent shooting. The Griffons transition game was the difference in
this game, and little Carliss Holland
led it.
“We get up and down the floor, and
Holland rewards those people that
run the floor,” Slifer said.
Lee also led the fast break for the
Griffons and continues to make good
decisions with the basketball.
“Carly (Lee) is now finally learning how to handle herself,” Slifer
said. “I am very comfortable when
she goes in the game.”
Again the Griffons answered when
they were challenged, and clutch
shots by Small quickly put this game
out of reach.
“We were expecting the half-court
trap and everybody saw open people,” Small said. “People got me the
ball and I was hitting it.”
The Griffons played another great
game and finished it out with a
strong finish.
“I thought that we started off great
and we hit the boards hard really
well early,” Small said.
Mankato State also played
Lindsey very tough in the first half
as well.
“I had to work a lot harder to get
my position at first,” Lindsey said.
Mankato State overplayed Lindsey’s
left hand and forced her to adjust
her game, but she made the transition nicely.
“We started running and pushing
the ball, so I picked up my game on
defense, and Small was hitting the
Junior guard Michelle Parlett attempts a free throw during the first half of Friday’s game
against Columbia College. Parlett added 12 points off of the bench for the Griffons.
outside shot,” Lindsey said.
The Griffons again showed that
they have numerous people who can
beat you if you try to focus on just a
single player.
“Small’s three’s showed that you
are going to have to guard everybody
because everybody can shoot the
three,” Lindsey said.
It was also a great day for Slifer,
who got his 600th win and a cake
from the players after the win.
“Coming in I was so nervous, but
he’s just a great coach and I’m really
proud of him,” Small said. “He made
me a more versatile player, because
coming in I was just a three-point
shooter, and now I am a more complete basketball player.”
The Griffons remain perfect at 4-0,
and will be in action again on Dec. 8
at 7 p.m., as they host Rockhurst
University
Western men eclipse century mark twice, remain .500
I can’t take anything away from them, but
that’s our game also,” Turner said. “We just
came out there to play harder, and once we
started running with them and they underMissouri Western was not in a giving mood stood our game was the same as theirs, they
this Thanksgiving weekend as they easily dis- didn’t want to compete anymore.”
patched St. Mary’s 124-85 in the first game of
The Griffons out-rebounded the Spires 61-37
the Hillyard Tip-off Classic.
including 25 on the offensive end. Those
St. Mary’s was able to tie the score at 28 rebounds presented Missouri Western with
with 11 minutes remaining in the first half on second and third opportunities, allowing them
a Bryan Shelley three pointer, but that was as easy put-backs.
close as they would get.
“We rebounded really well, there’s no quesMissouri Western went on a tion we got after it,” head coach Tom Smith
16-0 run and never looked said. “I can’t recall any of my teams having 61
Western back. Senior Lamont Turner rebounds.”
keyed the Griffons with nine
St. Mary’s came out determined to shoot
124
points during the run and three pointers to keep pace with Missouri
St. Mary’s finished with a game high 34 Western. They launched 33 during the game,
points and 15 rebounds.
including 16 in the first half, but only connect85
“At the beginning of ed on 30 percent for the game. The Griffons
the game they started run- didn’t have much more success from long disning with us and they’re a good running team, tance, only hitting eight of 24 for the game.
They were able to create a large
free throw disparity with 39
attempts compared to only 13 for
the Spires.
“It was that kind of game,”
Smith said. “We were taking it to
the hole and putting the pressure
on them and we really did a good
job, especially in the second half,
of not fouling. It is very important
for us to not put the other team on
the line because that breaks the
flow of the game.”
“I think our athletic ability
started to take over,” Smith said.
“Our rebounding, our quickness,
our running the floor. We may
have worn them down a little bit.
They started missing a few shots
and the shots that were going
early weren’t going late. Once they
start missing shots, that gives us
the opportunity to run.”
The ability to run was something that St. Mary’s was not able
to combat. Once taken out of their
game, Missouri Western dictated
how the game was going to be
played.
It was hard for St. Mary’s
defenders to key on any one
Griffon — there were four players
who finished with double figures.
Junior Levar Grace quietly added
21 points on eight of 11 shooting.
Senior guard Ronnie Powell had
20 points and nine rebounds.
Senior Ronnie Powell explodes to the basket for a layup Friday night
“Today it seemed like everybody
against St. Mary’s. Powell scored 20 points on eight of 12 shooting. contributed — diving on the floor,
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Sports Writer
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everyone was playing their role,” senior center
Anthony Tyler said. “Everyone supported each
other, we were cheering on the bench keeping
everyone going.”
In the second half, Turner wowed everyone
with a spectacular, if not unorthodox move
around the basket. While posting up the Spire
defender, he dribbled behind his back, turned
and hit the shot.
“When I did it the first time the floor was
kind of dead, so I had to get a little lower,”
Turner said. “So I got a little lower and put a
little more into it and went against the grain
for a fade-away jumper.”
The win gave Missouri Western a 2-1 record
on the year, while dropping St. Mary’s to 4-2.
Senior guard Ty Moss felt that the Missouri
Western energy was dramatically different
than it was in a loss suffered at South Dakota.
“We felt pretty good at the beginning of the
game,” Moss said. “We didn’t have the intensity against South Dakota and it showed during
the game. Tonight was 100 percent different.”
The good news is that
Missouri Western scored
112 points against Lincoln
University — the bad news
Lincoln
is that Lincoln University
126
did them 14 better, putting
up a record 126 points
Western
against the Griffons.
112
Missouri
Western
dropped the final game of
the Hillyard Tip-off Classic,
and in doing so, fell to 2-2 on the year. Lincoln
improved to 3-1 with the win. This game
served as a preview as the two teams are set to
meet Dec. 1 in a rematch at Lincoln.
Lincoln was no pushover. They were coming
off of a 21-win season, and they returned four
starters from a year ago.
With just under five minutes remaining in
the first half, Damon Bailey pushed the score
to 58-44 with his layup and subsequent free
throw. Bailey, a junior forward, led all scorers
with 31 points and led Missouri Western with
eight rebounds.
The score was 61-49, Griffons, when Tigers
junior guard Cordell Maxwell hit a three to cut
the lead to single digits. Missouri Western
still led by as many as 11 with 1:22 remaining
in the half, when Bailey hit a jump shot from
the wing.
At that point, a Mario Davis three followed
by a Kenny Dye layup brought the Tigers to
within six. Settling for the final shot of the
half, Tedrell Jones found Cordell Maxwell
open on the corner for a three pointer as the
buzzer sounded. That shot trimmed the
Missouri Western lead to 70-67.
“I thought that in the first half, when we got
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a nice lead, that we could tuck it up and call it
a day,” Bailey said. “In basketball there are no
games won in the first half, you’ve got to finish
out the whole 40 (minutes). When we were up
we should have taken more time off of the
clock.”
The first half momentum carried over into
the second half for Lincoln. Dye and Teran
Tease had consecutive dunks within seconds of
each other to open the half. The Tigers opened
with a 15-4 run to give them an 82-74 lead.
Lincoln never looked back.
“I felt that for us to win, everybody would
just have to find somebody and put a body on
them,” Bailey said. “They are a big team and
they are athletic. We don’t really have the
height that they do, but we have good enough
athletes to go up and get the ball. We just did
a poor job of putting a body on them.”
Both teams finished the first half shooting
61 percent, but Lincoln improved on that in
the second half with 69 percent shooting.
Missouri Western couldn’t keep the hot hand
that they had shown from the first one and a
half games of the tournament — they shot 35
percent in the second half.
Missouri Western was out-rebounded 42-32.
Those rebounds often turned into quick strikes
for Lincoln. They were able to get back and
score points in transition.
“Their guard was cherry picking,” said
Turner, who finished with 30 points. “They had
like four big men flushing out and the guard
can do that, he can go. He was taking advantage of it. We needed all five of us on the
boards.”
Missouri Western guards Larry Taylor and
Grace each added 13 points. Powell scored 12
to give the Griffons five players with double
figures in scoring.
“Me, Damon (Bailey), Levar (Grace), none of
us can do it as a team,” Turner said. “We got
too comfortable. We felt like they hit a lot of
shots in the first half, so they weren’t going to
hit a lot in the second half. We just got too comfortable.”
The players have no doubt that their running system works. On most nights, their ability to create shots in transition will win them
a lot of games.
“I think it can be a good thing for us to work
on these things early,” Grace said. “When the
MIAA rolls around, we’ll know how to take it.”
“Tonight I just think we wore ourselves out,”
Smith said. “When we were fresh and running
and playing in the first half it showed. In the
second half I think we just ran out of gas.
Twenty minutes of this brand of basketball is
an eternity. Defensively we have to get better.
They started beating us at our own game.”
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