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Too close to home

OUTLOOK | PG 7
NEWS | PG 5
McCASKILL SPEAKS ON MU ATHLETICS RANKS
MIDDLE EAST TURMOIL EIGHTH IN BIG 12 SPENDING
The U.S. senator spoke at a town hall
forum in Columbia on Wednesday.
Although the MU Athletics Department has the third-most
programs, it spends less than most Big 12 counterparts.
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BIG XII CONFERENCE
Gospel
Event shares
music roots
The event is part
of the Big XII
Conference on
Black Student
Government.
SALLY FRENCH
Staff Writer
NICK AGRO/PHOTO EDITOR
Columbia resident Haitham Alramahi wraps himself in a flag and and yells for Libyan dictator Moammar
Gadhafi to end his reign during a rally Wednesday afternoon at Speakers Circle. The event was organized by
the Muslim Students Organization and other Columbia residents.
Too close to home
Protesters with family
and friends in Libya showed
support for the uprising.
MADELINE O’LEARY AND GARRETT RICHIE
of The Maneater staff
Chants demanding Libyan freedom from Moammar
Gadhafi’s tyranny echoed from Speakers Circle early Wednesday
afternoon.
Although the conflict in Libya is playing out on the other
side of the globe, the violence strikes a personal chord for some
Columbia residents who once called Libya their home.
Protester Ahmed el-Walid said Libyans demand a democratic
society independent of Gadhafi’s iron fist.
“Gadhafi is attacking any protester that wants a democracy,”
Walid said. “He stated that if the protest against his regime doesn’t
end, he will cleanse Libya of protesters house by house and is currently bringing mercenaries in from other parts of Africa.”
Libyan unrest began Feb. 15 as a result of opposition to Libya’s
See RALLY, page 6
“I want to see some
sort of justice in the
lifetime of my parents.”
— Fatima Bendardaf,
protester
The Muslim Student
Organization held a
Qiyam, or night prayer
service, on Thursday.
Read more on page 5
Gospel music rang through
Jesse Hall as the opening event
of the 34th annual Big XII
Conference on Black Student
Government
commenced
Thursday night.
Thursday’s event was dubbed
the Gospel Extravaganza and
featured performers, including
dancers, singers and a mime,
from MU and the Columbia
area.
“This is a staple piece that we
do every year,” said Lisa White,
Big XII Conference Planning
Committee chairwoman and
Legion of Black Collegians president. “It’s to give a spiritual
taste of what’s going on.”
The Gospel Extravaganza
shared the evolution of gospel
music, beginning with music in
the folk tradition and progress-
See GOSPEL, page 6
INSIDE
MU'S OWN IRON CHEFS
The Residence Halls Association
hosted a week of festivities,
including an Iron Chef that paired
Campus Dining Services chefs
with students. PG. 3, NEWS
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
FUNDING IN DANGER
The U.S. House of Representatives
voted to cut the $75 million
in federal funding to Planned
Parenthood. PG. 9, OUTLOOK
SOFTBALL STRUGGLING
Veterans sue MU over tuition dispute
The Tiger softball team dropped
two of three games in San Diego
this week. PG. 12, SPORTS
The veterans claim Missouri
schools are violating the
Returning Heroes Act.
THEMANEATER.COM
KAITLYN GIBSON
Staff Writer
A lawsuit filed against MU and other Missouri
universities could change the application of the
Returning Heroes Act, a statute designed to reduce
tuition for combat veterans, on a statewide level.
MU and other state schools that receive federal funding are, under the Returning Heroes Act,
required to cap undergraduate tuition to $50 per
credit hour for veterans who served after Sept.
11, 2001, in a designated combat zone. In-state
undergraduate students typically pay $245.60 per
credit hour.
Controversy surrounding the statute has arose
due to the question of whether the federal aid
should be distributed before or after the addition of non-tuition fees, such as room and board
rates. MU does not include costs besides tuition
when applying the aid granted veterans from the
Returning Heroes Act.
“Our campuses use the methodology recommended by the Department of Higher Education,
which is to apply other financial aid first, then the
Returning Heroes,” UM System spokeswoman
Jennifer Hollingshead said in an e-mail.
Simon Law Firm in St. Louis will represent
a group of veterans comprised of MU students,
as well as students from other federally-funded
Missouri higher education institutions.
See VETS, page 6
Check out images from The Waka
Winter Classic at Mojo's for a look
at a true battle of the bands. Also
see our audio slideshow on
campus protests for Libya.
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Outlook.............................. 7
Forum.............................. 10
Sports............................... 12
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RHA Week boasts ‘Iron
Chefs,’ res hall parties
The Insane Chef Posse
won the RHA Iron
Chef competition.
ANA STOCK
Staff Writer
The Residence Halls Association’s
week of events concluded Thursday
with the opening of voting for the
group’s presidential election.
RHA began the week with
Monday’s congressional meeting.
The rest of the week’s events included
a meet and greet with the presidential
slates at The Shack on Tuesday, the
Iron Chef competition Wednesday in
the MU Student Center, and election
parties in 10 campus residence halls
Thursday.
Results for the election, which pits
Chris Rucker, a sophomore and the
RHA vice president, against Jared
Grafman, a junior and two-year
member of RHA. Results for the election will not be available until Friday
afternoon.
But RHA’s focus remained on
legislation, not upcoming events, at
Monday’s Congress.
“(In congress on Monday), we
passed a resolution in support of
the diversity intensive course that
faculty council is looking into and we
tabled a resolution to show support
of The Good Samaritan policy, both
of which MSA already passed,” RHA
President Lauren Thomas said. “We
are now looking at them to make
them joint resolutions.”
During Tuesday’s meet and greet
in the MU Student Center, the RHA
presidential slates said the turn out
was not as high as they would have
liked.
“There were lots of cabinet and
executive members, five or six senators and a couple of passers through,
but as a whole we didn’t really reach
out to too many constituents,”
RHA Vice Presidential Slate Caleb
Krenning said. “The questions asked
were very good and both slates really
exemplified what their goals are if
elected as well as for cabinet.”
Krenning said it was disappointing that only a few people showed
up because people did not get to hear
what the slates are all about.
Wednesday in the Student Center,
teams who had signed up previously competed in the RHA Iron Chef
competition.
Each member of the winning
team received a $50 gift card to the
Columbia restaurant of his or her
choice.
The winning team, The Insane
Chef Posse, consisted of Justin
Seabaugh, Alexis Lyle and Caroline
Merten. Their chef was Jeremy
Elmore, a cook from the Student
Center.
“I work at Mort’s, Caroline works
in the dish room and Justin works
in the Student Center kitchen,” Lyle
said. “(For our team) we tried to find
people that we knew enjoy cooking
and who like to cook and have knife
skills.”
The Insane Chef Posse’s first
course was a tofu cake with golden
raisins and chipotle apricot raisin
barbecue sauce, followed by a course
of raisin-cured duck on a bed of
spinach and orzo with raisin ratatouille on top. The third course was
cinnamon raisin ice cream on top of
a donut.
Thursday’s polling parties in various residence halls were not largely
attended, but each student received
the link to the polling site in an
e-mail last night.
“The event is a good way to
encourage residents to vote and it
was intended to be a reminder to
them to vote, in case they didn’t when
they received the e-mail last night at
midnight,” Thomas said.
Thomas said Krenning’s Events
and Planning committee planned the
polling parties, but Krenning himself
was not allowed to attend because he
is a slate.
RHA week will come to a close 5
p.m. Friday with the RHA Ball at The
Upper Crust Bakery downtown.
“The purpose of the Ball is to
announce the results of the presidential election and each year we do a
different spin on it, so that residents
can come out and just have fun,”
Programming Coordinator Natasha
Desai said.
MSA Senate elects Sloan
as new speaker
AMANDA CAPUA
Staff Writer
The Missouri Students Association Senate
elected Budget Committee Chairman Jacob
Sloan as the new senate speaker Wednesday
night. “I’m really excited that I got senate speaker,” Sloan said. “It’s a big deal, and I’m glad it
finally came through.”
The Senate had to participate in a run-off
vote after Sloan initially tied for votes with
Academic Affairs Committee Chairman
Everett Bruer.
During the first vote, the two were tied
14-14. One senator abstained and one voted for
current Senate Speaker Evan Wood as a writein candidate.
According to the bylaws, if a vote results in
a tie, a runoff between the top two nominees
should occur. As Wood’s name was submitted
during the vote, he unintentionally became a
third-party nominee. There was much confusion over the correct procedure for Senate
Speaker elections.
“I’m frustrated in retrospect because Evan
didn’t know if he had a vote, so he said he
would only vote if there was a tie,” Operations
Committee Chairman Justin Mohn said.
Wood said he never had any intention to
run for the position again but that he would
have under certain circumstances. “In the event
that no one was going to run, I would have
stepped in,” Woods said.
Sloan won after a second vote with a tally
of 16-14 in his favor. Thirty out of 57 senators were present for the vote. Mohn said this
outcome was foreseeable.
“I think the race would’ve been close either
way,” Mohn said.
Sloan said he officially decided to run for
senate speaker a few weeks ago.
“I thought about running for a while, and I
was on and off about it,” Sloan said.
To be eligible to run for senate speaker,
the candidate must have been a senator or an
officer of the senate for at least two semesters,
Wood said. They also needed to be current
senators. “You basically need two semesters of
experience,” Wood said.
Sloan has been a senator for nearly two
years, most of this time spent as a member of
the budget committee.
Sloan said his major goal as senate speaker was to follow Wood and previous MSA
President Tim Noce’s efforts in lobbying for a
voting student curator.
“The under-appreciation of the student
curator is an issue,” Sloan said.
Secretary of Auxiliaries Matt Sheppard
spoke on behalf of Sloan at the Senate meeting.
He said Sloan has executive experience and will
do an amazing job.
“I’ve learned a lot from working with faculty
members, and I want to create a system where
committees communicate more with the faculty,”
Sloan said.
Although his term as senate speaker has
ended, Wood said he still has a seat on the
Senate. He doesn’t know what to do with that
seat yet, he said. “I don’t want to encroach on
the new senate speaker,” Wood said. “I don’t
know what to I still have projects in progress,
and I still want to work on them through Senate
or some other means.”
Sloan said he is going to take his new role
seriously.
“I am going to be very passionate about the
position,” Sloan said.
PETER YANKOWSKY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore chef Caroline Merten prepares the appetizer for the
winning team, Insane Chef Posse, on Wednesday at the Residence
Halls Association Iron Chef Competition. The event is a competition
teaming up Campus Dining Services chefs with student chefs from
residence halls.
Thomas and the newly elected
president will also be making a
speech.
The event is open to everyone
who wants to come and tickets are $5
at the door.
Plans for ‘One Mizzou’ underway
JIMMY HIBSCH
Associate Editor
In response to the Hatch Hall racist graffiti incident, student leaders met Tuesday
to discuss the inception of the new “One
Mizzou” campaign.
“Bascially, the program is an initiative
to promote diversity and community on
campus,” Missouri Students Association
President Eric Woods said. “Different
groups on campus are coming together to
find some solutions — be it programming,
goals, events or ideas — that we can use to
promote that.”
At Tuesday’s meeting, the majority of
discussion revolved around the selection of
a logo. The logo will be dispersed throughout campus, notably on banners that will be
hung in the MU Student Center.
“It sounds kind of silly, but we’re trying to
brand this thing,” MSA Multicultural Issues
Committee member Sean Nahlik said. “We
wanted something iconic, simple and recognizable — that’s really the whole idea behind
One Mizzou.”
These banners will be unveiled at an
event in March. Woods said the campus will
see a “One Mizzou Day” sometime in midApril, but didn’t want to reveal the surprise
of the day just yet.
This year, student leaders chose to react
differently to the graffiti incident than they
did last year when students dispersed cotton balls outside the Gaines/Oldham Black
Culture Center.
“When issues like this have occurred
in the past, we generally focus on initial
responses,” Woods said. “We talk about how
upset and offended we are, but very rarely
do we take action to do something that will
have lasting impact.”
MSA Senate Speaker Evan Wood said
a pragmatic approach is what sets One
Mizzou apart from events such as last year’s
Town Hall meeting concerning the cotton
ball incident.
“Instead of just talking about how we’re
all appalled, we’re talking about how we
can move forward,” Wood said. “This isn’t
something that is going to set off a bang and
then go away. It’s going to be around for the
foreseeable future.”
This was one of several initiatives MU
will take to combat racism.
“Obviously, I don’t think this is going to
kill racism,” Nahlik said. “But it is a step in
the right direction.”
Racism is something almost impossible
to kill, Wood acknowledged.
“The thing that I’ve learned seeing this
happen two years in a row is that there are
always going to be people with extreme
views and occasionally, they’re going to act
on them,” Wood said. “But at the same time,
that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be doing
everything we can to foster a higher sense of
community and togetherness.”
Representatives from the Residence Halls
Association, Triangle Coalition, the Asian
American Association, Four Front and the
Graduate Professionals Council were also
present at Tuesday’s meeting. They will most
likely meet weekly, and hope to see members of the Legion of Black Collegians attend
in the future.
“We’ve got multiple students from diverse
groups on campus who are all interested in
seeing this succeed,” Woods said. “That’s
what I think is the best part of this – it’s not
just MSA or LBC trying to address the issue
of diversity. It’s everyone working together
to address these issues once and for all in
a way that will hopefully be on a big scale.”
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NEWS
POLICE
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Receiving stolen property
2. POLICE INVESTIGATE
IPAD THEF FROM DORM
ROOM
MU Police Department officers
responded to a report of a stolen
iPad in Jones Hall just before 7
p.m. Tuesday evening.
Broadway
2
Jones Hall
Larceny
4
Old 63 North
At about 3:30 p.m. Monday,
Mandi F. Billingsley, 17, was arrested after a fight involving using
a computer and drug accusations.
In an e-mail, Columbia Police
Department spokeswoman Jill
Wieneke said the assault occurred
at 1804 Heriford Road when the
suspect and the 15-year-old victim began arguing over using a
computer and accusations of drug
use. Billingsley was charged with
third-degree assault.
et
1
Third-degree assault
Physics Building
Second-degree trespassing,
violation of liquor laws
and possession of a
controlled substance
College Avenue
1. TEEN ARRESTED
AFTER ARGUING ABOUT
COMPUTER USE
Worley St
re
Providence Road
The following investigations are in
progress, and the following people
were arrested or issued summons,
according to police reports.
Fairview Road
the
BLOTTER
Stadium Blvd
DEPT.
Business Loop 70
3
Walmart
First-degree
burglary
ASHLEY LANE | GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
The black iPad with a blue cover
is valued at $600, MU Police Department Capt. Brian Weimer
said.
“The individual reported that
the device was stolen out of her
room on the sixth floor,” Weimer
said.
3. WOMAN ARRESTED
ON CHARGES OF
BURGLARIZING WALMART
Rhonda Matney was arrested
Wednesday at Walmart on 415
Conley Road. Wieneke said offers arrested Matney after she attempted to leave the store with
over $400 in merchandise she had
not paid for. After the arrest, offi-
cers learned Walmart issued Matney a trespassing warning from
Walmart on a previous occasion.
She was charged with first-degree
burglary.
4. SUSPECT FOUND
WANDERING CAMPUS
BUILDING AFTER HOURS
A Columbia man was arrested
on multiple charges after he was
found in the Physics Building early Wednesday morning.
Weimer said officers found
Nicolas Strus, 19, in the building
shortly after 5 a.m. with 20 milligrams of the prescription drug
Adderall in his possession.
“There was a campus security
guard on patrol and that’s how he
was discovered,” Weimer said.
Strus was arrested on suspicion
of second-degree trespassing, violation of liquor laws and possession of a controlled substance.
5. SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY
PAID SOMEONE TO STEAL
LICENSE PLATES
Around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Scott J. Bates was arrested on
charges of unlawfully receiving license plates.
Wieneke said police were called
about a theft at 1311 Cynthia
Drive. Officers were told that stolen plates were on a vehicle at that
address. Officers confirmed that
a Volkswagen there had stolen
plates. They also spoke with Bates,
the owner of the vehicle. He told
police that he had paid someone
to steal them. Bates was arrested
and charged with receiving stolen
property.
— Kelsey Maffett and Ally
McEntire,
of The Maneater staff
If you have information on these
crimes, you may contact Crime
Stoppers at 875-TIPS. All calls are
confidential.
If a court authority later proves innocence of a charge stated in the Blotter,
contact The Maneater to request an
updated entry.
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MU sports spend less than most in Big 12
JIMMY HIBSCH
Associate Editor
MU ranks third in the Big 12 for
its number of athletic programs,
but its ranking drops to eighth in
total expenses, with eight programs
spending the least of any Big 12
program in the same sport.
Despite its relatively low operating budget, the Athletics Department
is thriving, Athletics Department
spokesman Chad Moller said.
“It’s certainly been a challenge,”
Moller said. “But that’s just been our
philosophy under Mike Alden’s leadership – that our mentality here has
to be that we do more with less.
There are a lot of people out there
who believe that having more money
than anybody else guarantees winning and top-notch programs. We
don’t think that’s necessarily the case.”
With operating expenses at $53.2
million, MU managed to generate
$55.7 million in revenue between
July 2009 and June 2010, according
to the U.S. Department of Education.
The department is completely financially independent of MU, Moller
said. MU is one of few departments
in the nation that can boast this fact.
“The Athletics Department used
to receive money from the campus
to go toward debt retirement for our
facilities,” Moller said. “That was to
the tune of a couple million dollars
a year. We have, over the past three
years, worked that off of our books so
we no longer receive any money from
the university.”
This was set as a goal in response
to Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal to cut
state appropriations for the UM
ATHLETICS
FUNDING
MU runs on less money than most of
the other universities in the Big 12.
1. Texas
$114
million
$88.5
million
$69.2
million
$68.5
million
$60.2
million
$53.2
million
2.Oklahoma
3.Texas A&M
4.Nebraska
5. Oklahoma
State
8. Missouri
Source: U.S. Department of Education
ANNA KELLER | GRAPHIC DESIGNER
System by 7 percent, which would
amount to a $12.7 million drop in
funding for MU.
“It just makes sense for a lot of
reasons,” Moller said. “With the scrutiny that universities are under in this
day and age with the economic situation, there’s a lot of thought out there
of whether athletics is something that
a university should spend its limited
money on. I think the fact that we
MANEATER FILE PHOTO
The Tigers celebrate their eighth victory over Kansas since the creation of the Big 12 Conference during
the Border Showdown on Nov. 27 at Arrowhead Stadium. MU athletic teams operate on a smaller budget than most other Big 12 teams.
can show our level of success and be
sufficient makes everyone feel good.”
Still, donating these funds will
not affect MU’s 20 athletic programs,
Moller said. In fact, many teams have
seen some of their most successful
seasons in recent history, regardless
of their budgets.
The wrestling team, a nonrevenue
sport, has the lowest operating budget in the Big 12, but it still managed
to produce an individual national
champion and a top 10 finish for the
third time in the past four years.
“If your mindset lets it impede
you, it will,” wrestling coach Brian
Smith said. “Would it be easier if
I had more money? Heck yeah.
Anybody that answers that question
and says they would rather work
with less money would be lying. But
my mindset when I took this job was,
‘We can build this into a really great
program.’ You have to approach it
with a ‘glass half full’ approach.”
He said the team uses fundraisers and alumni donations to supplement its budget. The team’s budget is
something Smith said rarely comes to
his mind, and thus he does not worry
about it much.
“The situation is what it is and
you have what you have,” Moller said.
“You have to develop a plan to wisely
spend the money that you do have,
and we feel good that we’ve found the
right balance of taking what resources we have and creating an environment where you can have a successful
program. There are more ways to
support a program than just having
an unending checkbook.”
‘You in Mizzou’ asks, ‘Do racial MSO hosts Qiyam
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stereotypes still exist?’
KATE GRUMKE
Reporter
Students, staff, faculty and community members met in Memorial
Union on Tuesday to ask the question, “Do racial stereotypes still
exist today?”
This dialogue was part of
the monthly “You in Mizzou”
series, which is sponsored by the
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative.
The discussion topics for these
meetings are chosen from suggestions from last year’s participants.
“It’s a venue for people to come
together and discuss issues that
the students want to discuss,”
said Noor Azizan-Gardner, MU
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
director of diversity programming.
At the beginning of the meeting, after getting their free pizza
and drinks, the participants were
divided into groups led by facilitators to discuss the night’s topic.
Each participant was given an
index card and asked to write, “I’m
‘blank,’ does that make me ‘blank’?”
The cards describing racial stereotypes were then collected and
passed around the groups at random to start the discussion. Some
of the answers were “I’m a middle
aged black man, does that make
me dangerous?” and “I’m white,
does that make me entitled?”
“Race is kind of a sensitive topic
for a lot of people and the basic
purpose of this program is to create a safe space where people can
come in and feel free to talk about
diversity related issues,” student
coordinator Yuan Gao said. “It’s
difficult to open up a conversation
like this, but you’ve got to learn
something and express different
opinions.”
The small groups discussed
for about an hour and then came
together to review what they
learned.
“I really liked it,” freshman
Robert Green said. “I just wish
there was a little bit more time
because the discussions were
quite interesting. We learned a
lot of different perspectives and
viewpoints.”
The advertisements for the
event said participants would
explore their differences and discover their similarities during their
discussions.
“The point is to educate or to
hear other perspectives and to
learn to respect,” Gao said. “I don’t
expect people to really change
something fundamentally in the
way they go on with their life.”
Azizan-Gardner said dialogue
could lead to personal change and
then to action.
“We think that students are
amazing, and they are powerful and also very enlightened,”
Azizan-Gardner said. “They can
listen and think about an issue
and many of them can come up
with really creative, positive solutions to the problems we have at
Mizzou. Dialogue is powerful. We
YOU IN MIZZOU
SPRING SCHEDULE
There are two meetings left in the
spring 2011 You in Mizzou series.
Sexual Banter:
Flirting or Hurting?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
7–9 p.m. in S203 Memorial Union
Transgender: Navigating
the Gray Zone of Gender
Identity
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
7–9 p.m. in S203 Memorial Union
Source: Chancellor's Diversity Initiative
website
ASHLEY LANE | GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
can foster action.”
Gao said a goal is to raise
awareness.
Some solutions to racial stereotypes were offered at the
discussion.
“I think we need to have more
diversity programming, and people need to learn more about each
other’s cultures and just get to
know each other better,” Green
said.
“You in Mizzou” was started in
2006 and has met monthly since
then. It is held the first Wednesday
of every month at 7 p.m. This
discussion was rescheduled after it
was canceled because of the snow
days.
“This is, I think, an important
enough topic that students really wanted to discuss it,” AzizanGardner said about the reason the
event was rescheduled.
GARRETT RICHIE
Staff Writer
In a sharp dichotomy from the
loud chants of Wednesday’s rally at
Speakers Circle, the Muslim Student
Organization hosted a Qiyam Night
on Thursday to pray for the situation
in Libya and other uprisings in the
Middle East.
After Wednesday’s charged declarations of “Down, down Gadhafi”
and “Free, free Libya,” about 15 students and Columbia residents fought
their way through the unexpected
snowstorm to gather in the quiet
unfurnished prayer rooms at the
Islamic Center.
With Internet shutdowns across
Libya, Columbia residents who used
to call the nation their home have
limited communication with family overseas. MSO President Arwa
Mohammad said the Qiyam provided a way for people to participate
in the struggle.
“A few of the officers got together
and decided that this would be a
good way for college students to be
involved somehow to try and affect
the happenings halfway across the
world,” Mohammad said.
Mohammad said Qiyam, or
“night prayers,” are a tradition many
Muslims already observe year round,
and the events in the Middle East
provided an extra incentive to do so.
“It’s one way for us to choose
to do some extra worship during
this time, asking God to alleviate the
oppression of everybody around the
world, not just in Libya but in all the
different countries that are similarly
oppressed,” Mohammad said.
Qiyam, the most virtuous form
of non-obligatory prayer in Islam,
includes readings from the Quran and
supplications to God, in this case to
help those in the Middle East, junior
Taha Hameduddin said.
“It’s a special prayer we’re doing,
asking God to help those that are in
Libya because they’re going through
a very hard time,” Hameduddin said.
MSO spokesman Mahir Khan said
the prayers are a great way for Muslims
in America to have an impact on the
conflicts going on in the Middle East.
“We’re just trying to do whatever we can to help out, even if it’s
just prayer,” Khan said. “You know
the power of prayer; you can’t really
quantify it, so that’s why we organized that and why we’re trying to do
as much as we can.”
A second Qiyam Night might be
held Saturday in accordance with a
request from prominent American
Muslim scholars, Mohammad said.
“Some of the scholars in America
have called on Muslims everywhere
to try to do something, even if they’re
not directly involved in (the conflict),” she said.
With Libyans and other Middle
Eastern countries struggling to overthrow autocratic rulers in the region,
Khan said this is an opportunity for
Muslims to have a major impact.
“This is a time for Muslims to show,
especially Muslim youth, Muslims our
age in MSO, to show that they have a
voice and can make a difference in this
world,” he said.
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RALLY: Local residents partner with MSO
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autocratic ruler Gadhafi. What
originated as a series of protests has
since evolved into violence. Gadhafi
openly declared war on his people in
an attempt to maintain his 42-year
reign.
The rally was a collaborative effort between members of
Columbia’s Libyan community and
the Muslim Student Organization.
MSO spokesman Mahir Khan said a
few Columbia residents with family
ties to Libya contacted MSO to help
organize the event.
“It was something really simple
that we could do,” Khan said. “It’s
important because we wanted to
show the solidarity that we have,
even all the way over in Missouri,
for Muslims in Libya, Egypt, Bahrain
and all across the Middle East where
these revolutions are taking place.”
Columbia resident Haitham
Alramahi, wrapped in a Libyan
flag and hoarse from two hours of
screaming, occasionally interjected with chants like “Game Over,
Gadhafi” and “Too late to repent,
Gadhafi, go back to your tent.”
“Being the president is like a game
to him,” Alramahi said. “It’s like a
joke. He’s more like a ‘Scarface.’ He’s
sick. He’s psycho. He’s crazy. If anyone
tries to stop him, he will kill them.”
Despite the violence, protester
Fatima Bendardaf said Libyans will
fight until all lives are lost because
they’ve got nothing left to live for.
The time for revolution is now, she
said.
“We’d all go to Libya today to
fight,” Bendardaf said. “We’d die
today. We’d do that. There are photos on Facebook of coffins and of
Gadhafi’s regime opening fire at people’s funerals. The people of Libya
want him dead. They want the man
to suffer. I want him to be taken
to court like Osama, but the list of
crimes he’s committed is too long
for that.”
Bendardaf said communication
with her family in Benghazi has been
limited. Recent phone calls have
been frantic with audible gunfire and
shouting in the background, she said.
“I want to see some sort of justice in the lifetime of my parents,”
Bendardaf said, choking back tears.
“The only thing I’ve wanted for my
dad is (for him) to see this and be
able to go back to his country and see
his parents’ graves.”
Protesters donned black “Free
Libya” shirts, complete with the
country’s flag, waved small flags and
chanted along to cries of “Down,
down Gadhafi” and “Free, free
Libya.” Some protesters wrapped keffiyeh scarves around their necks to
signify support of solidarity in the
Middle East.
Walid said what’s happening in
Libya is an atrocity.
“How do you attack the people
you’ve been leading?” Walid said.
“The United States and the United
Nations are just standing and watching. The United States issued a statement three days after Ghadafi began
attacking his people and blamed the
delay on President’s Day.”
Columbia resident Ahmed elTayash who led the anti-Gadhafi
chants for the majority of the rally,
said the event was the best viable
option to voice opposition to
Gadhafi’s reign in Libya.
“We’re just here to show our support and show that we want Gadhafi
VIOLENCE
IN LIBYA
Moammar Gadhafi seized control of
Libya in a military coup in 1969, he has
been in control for about 42 years.
Feb. 15
Inspired by similar events in Egypt
and Tunisia, protests erupted in
Benghazi against Gadhafi's regime,
calling for democracy.
Feb. 17
Eight reported dead, "Day of Rage"
against Gadhafi's regime organized
on Facebook.
Feb. 19
At least 12 reported dead as the
army is ordered to fire into a crowd
of protesters in Benghazi.
Feb. 20
Violence spreads to Tripoli, the
capital and largest city. Government
buildings are set on fire by
protesters.
Feb. 21
Libya's Air Force is ordered to bomb
Benghazi, but two planes refuse by
landing their jets in neighboring
Malta instead.
Feb. 23
Reports vary on the death count,
but estimate 300-400 deaths so far.
A young supporter of the uprising in Libya holds a small Libyan
flag Wednesday during a rally at Speakers Circle.
out and call him out for what he is —
a tyrant, a murderer, a killer, a thief,”
el-Tayash said.
Bendardaf said Libyans have no
voice.
“Ghadafi has silenced them
by cutting off their phones and
Internet,” Bendardaf said. “There
is not one Libyan here who hasn’t
been affected. Not one Libyan here
doesn’t have a family member who
hasn’t been imprisoned, murdered,
tortured or forced in to political
exile.”
Feb. 24
The Los Angeles Times reports
Gadhafi has lost control of most of
the country including the second
and third largest cities.
Happening Now
Protesters have surrounded Tripoli,
where Gadhafi-loyal militia are
fighting them back. Al-jazeera
reports military aircraft are
bombing protesters in Tripoli.
Switzerland ordered Gadhafi's assets
be frozen.
Source: Al-Jazeera, LA Times, Twitter
ASHLEY LANE | GRAPHIC DESIGNER
GOSPEL: 40 universities represented
and boasts keynote speakers including CNN anchor Soledad O’Brian.
ing to rap genres. The night ended
The Big XII Conference on Black
with two performances of stepping, a Student Government will culminate
form of rhythmic dance with African with a Step Show and party on Sunday
roots.
night.
The purpose of the conference is to
“The Gospel Extravaganza sets the
teach students to become leaders, but tone for the entire weekend,” Planning
Thursday’s event had a spiritual side, Committee
member
Lakeisha
White said.
Williams said.
“It’s important
“As a black stubecause, for so
dent here, you are
This whole weekend is impormany years, the
facing issues that
Christian — the tant, because it's teaching us as other students
Baptist — reli- a race to not be complacent.
in your situation
gion has played
can’t relate to.”
such a big role in Lischen Reeves
Between perour community,” Workshop Committee member
formers, videos
White said. “We
depicted footage
looked on it to find our leaders, so it of African Americans throughout
makes sense that this is a leadership history.
conference.”
“This whole weekend is imporStudent representatives from tant, because it’s teaching us as a
40 universities around the coun- race to not be complacent,” Workshop
try attended the conference, which Committee member Lischen Reeves
includes workshops relating to topics said. “It’s important to show that we’re
like health, finance and leadership progressing.”
“
SALLY FRENCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Kheyra Halane performs at the
Gospel Extravaganza, the opening event
for the 34th annual Big XII Conference on
Black Student Government on Thursday. The
evening featured performers from MU and
Columbia.
Performers have been rehearsing for the event since the beginning of the semester, freshman singer
Symonne Sparks said.
“It was really awesome because
it wasn’t for me — it was for God,”
Sparks said. “It gives us a chance to
come together and enjoy each other’s
company.”
The Big XII Council on Black
Student Government was created in
1977, when African American students from each of the schools in the
Big Eight Conference came together
to address problems in their schools. MU students formally created the
Big Eight Council and Conference on
Black Student Government in 1978.
Since then, the conference has
expanded to include more schools
and takes place at a different school
every year.
“The gospel event is something
that you take not in mind, but in body
and soul,” White said. “It’s supposed
to uplift you in a way that nothing
else can.”
VETS: MU refuses to release comment on veterans' lawsuit
Attorney John Campbell said the
suit rests on the belief the federal aid
should cover not only tuition, which
comprises on 40 percent of most college costs, but the costs of attending
college as well.
“The primary problem is that
right now is that if someone receives
aid from the federal government the
schools are applying it all to tuition
even though that aid is also for room
and board, etc.,” Campbell said. “The
result is that the school is often paid
its full tuition, the same tuition you or
I or anyone who is not a combat veteran would pay. Often the aid is completely depleted paying the tuition
and the combat veterans’ federal aid
is gone.”
MU General Counsel Phillip
Hoskins and Vice Provost for
Admissions Ann Korschgen did not
comment on the situation, as MU’s
legal policy does not permit discus-
sion on pending litigation.
The veterans’ charge against
MU will focus on the clear intent
of the Returning Heroes Act to
reduce tuition for combat veterans,
Campbell said.
“In the say it’s being applied right,
we do not believe (the Returning
Heroes Act) is reducing tuition in
most cases and even the cases in
which tuition reduction occurs the
reduction is less than it should be
under the law,” Campbell said. “We
believe the statute requires that
the tuition for combat veterans be
reduced in a significant way.”
Campbell said the lawsuit became
necessary after conversations involving the law firm and the university
yielded no result. In addition, the law
firm hopes the decision, whether
made by a judge or a court of appeals,
will impact Missouri on a statewide
level, rather than just MU.
“Once a court of appeals speaks
with some authority or we reach
an agreement as to what the law
means and how it should be applied,
all schools should follow suit, and
we’ll see uniformity in application,”
Campbell said.
Campbell said he considers representing the veterans an honor to
himself and his law firm.
“I don’t know if it is necessarily an
advantage, but it is a privilege to represent combat veterans,” Campbell
said. “To an extent right now the statute helps them less than it should. "
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Regional and national news with student views
Reach Crime Editor Alicia Stice at [email protected] and City, State and Nation Editor Steven Dickherber at
[email protected]
ON CAMPUS,
AROUND THE NATION
A collection of top stories from
student newspapers across the nation
Ohio union workers protest Senate
Bill 5 at state capitol
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI — More than a
thousand demonstrators from around the state
bottlenecked at the doors of Ohio’s Statehouse
Tuesday in support of killing — or at least maiming — the controversial, allegedly union-busting
Ohio Senate Bill 5.
If passed, SB5 would abolish collective bargaining rights, the ability to negotiate on behalf
of a union.
Critics of the bill, however, say SB5 will essentially dismantle the foundation of a union and
eventually end up annihilating unions in Ohio
altogether.
State troopers controlled access to the building and patrolled the capitol’s hallways, watching
approximately 1,000 demonstrators let into the
building.
Troopers barred anyone else from entering,
leaving hundreds of protesters demanding entry.
By Eamon Queeney
The News Record
LGBT Resource Center looks into
gender-neutral bathrooms
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — The University of
Kansas LGBT Resource Center has established
a new gender-neutral bathroom task force this
semester.
The task force is conducting a survey on the
amount of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus
as well as single-stalled bathrooms that can be
converted into gender-neutral bathrooms. The
task force wants to create more campus bathrooms that serve the diversity of university students and their needs.
“There are restrooms that can be easily altered
with changing the sign on the door,” LGBT
Resource Center Coordinator Diane Genther
said.
Genther said more gender-neutral bathrooms
would help transgender students, disabled students with a different gendered attendant and
parents with different gendered children.
By Adam Strunk
The University Daily Kansan
Protests in Puerto Rico not reflective of U.S. democracy
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — Police
brutality, constitutional violations and government sponsored propaganda are rampant and
currently destroying civil liberties in Puerto
Rico.
Although nearly everyone is aware of the
recent uprisings in Egypt and throughout the
Middle East, the injustices being suffered by
Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. citizens, are hardly
mentioned in mainstream media.
Students and faculty at the University of
Puerto Rico have been holding “civil disobedience” strikes since Dec.14 in protest of a recently
imposed $800 fee.
Approximately 50 percent of the population
in Puerto Rico is living at or beneath the federally declared poverty level. The flat fee combined
with dissolution of fee waivers, previously available to honor, athlete and low-income students,
will prevent thousands of students from studying
this semester.
By Jacqueline Hall
The Daily Collegian
— Compiled by Lauren Bale,
Staff Writer
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., answers questions on topics ranging from the new national budget to the bank bailout during
her town hall meeting Wednesday at Columbia City Hall. McCaskill held town hall meetings across the state this week to
answer questions and listen to Missourians voice concerns.
McCaskill speaks out on Libya,
budget cuts at town hall forum
GREGORY ZAJAC AND
KARI PAUL
of The Maneater Staff
Sen. Claire McCaskill,
D-Mo., advocated reducing the deficit and defended
President Barack Obama’s
policy on Libya at a town
hall forum Wednesday in
Columbia City Hall.
She said increased contracting oversight and cuts
in military spending are necessary to balance the budget.
“Cuts have to happen,”
McCaskill said. “They have
to happen in the discretionary domestic budget, but
they also have to happen in
the discretionary defense
budget.”
Ahmed
El-Tayesh,
who attended the forum
and has family in Libya,
asked McCaskill what she
and the Obama-Biden
Administration were doing
to put pressure on Moammar
Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator
of 42 years who is engaging in violent crackdowns
against protestors in the
country.
“I’m not asking for
troops,” El-Tayash said.
“I’m just asking for America
to take a strong stand and
Obama to take a strong
stand against a dictator, a
tyrant, a killer, a murderer of
innocent people.”
McCaskill avoided specifics but said she was sure
the administration was taking action behind the scenes.
She explained she thinks the
Obama Administration is
doing its best to solve the
complicated problem of
Middle East conflict.
“The entire situation
Susie Thoma, a member of the Cooper County Tea Party
holds a basket of questions and listens to an attendee of
Sen. Claire McCaskill’s town hall meeting ask a question
Wednesday. To keep things fair, Thoma was put in charge of
picking the questions for the senator to answer because she
said she would never vote for McCaskill.
in the Middle East is very
tricky, because the United
States needs to monitor it,
the United States needs to
express its displeasure over
innocent people ever having
to suffer bloodshed because
they want to be free, but
at the same time we cannot be seen as meddling or
trying to dictate to all of
these nations what happens,”
McCaskill said.
She went on to say it is
important to help people
who want freedom, but the
U.S. government’s main
focus should be on its own
security.
“While we really want to
protect the people of Libya
and Egypt and Yemen and
all of these places that want
freedom, we also have to
stay focused on our number
one priority, and that’s our
national security,” McCaskill
said.
McCaskill said she thinks
such events are best handled
outside the public’s view.
“Sometimes,
exerting
political pressure is more
effectively done in the area
of foreign policy over the
phone and in rooms far away
and not on the front page
of the newspaper,” McCaskill
said.
She said she would rather see budget cuts to the
Defense Department than
tax cuts for the wealthy,
but said she recognizes the
deficit requires everyone to
make sacrifices.
“Over the next 10 years,
you should just assume that
if you’re receiving funding
from the federal government, it’s going to shrink,”
McCaskill said. “You should
assume that it’s going to
shrink significantly, and I
will be someone working to
help it shrink.”
McCaskill said we cannot
afford to do all we are doing
now and budget cuts need
to be made, but said she
disagreed with the House’s
recent budget cuts which are
on their way to the Senate.
“Everybody needs to
share the pain,” McCaskill
said. “I am not somebody
who believes that all has to
come at the expense of the
working poor and the middle class, which is essentially
what most of the cuts they
did were at the expense of.”
Jim Lambert expressed
concern to McCaskill about
the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act passed
last year with virtually no
Republican support.
“While I certainly agree
that health care needs to be
reformed, it just seems like
this bill has passed in a fast
moment of time within the
Senate without really debate
or discussion, and essentially got shoved down people’s
throats,” Lambert said.
McCaskill said the bill
was debated extensively
in the Senate and includes
many positive provisions
which people who have not
read the bill are not aware of.
She
said
House
Republicans were essentially
shoving their proposed budget cuts down American’s
throats by passing it without bipartisan support. She
said she thinks both parties
should work together to support the working class and
make decisions that help all
Americans.
“They voted on a partisan basis, not one
Democrat voted for what
the Republicans did in the
House of Representatives,”
McCaskill said.
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VOLUME 9, ISSUE 19
THE KEY TO YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
Cursive brings
back the bizarre
*
Cursive describes its newest song-writing as
more bizarre and intricate, drawing from the
vibe of their older work.
IN THIS ISSUE
TECH N9NE
+ Kansas
City rapper
Tech N9ne
shares how
he feeds off
of crowd
and fan
approval.
LATE-NIGHT
HAVEN
Rancho
+ Elstands
out from
the rest in
Midwestern
Mexican
fare.
HOLY BOOKS,
CANNING
THE
BATMAN!:
LAUGHTER
A new laugh
+ Sitcom
publisher
in
tracks
should
town looks
become
a
to publish
thing
of the
undiscovered
past.
Columbian
authors.
MOVE APPROVES
Out of the Box...Office
CHASE KOENEKE
movie columnist
'Unknown'
a bit overzealous
“Unknown” definitely gets an “A” for effort. It tries
so hard to be a psychological thriller, it sometimes
resembles an overenthusiastic puppy.
But like a puppy, it wastes a ton of energy chasing its
own tail by throwing in twist after twist, taking the plot
nowhere.
It begins harmlessly enough. Dr. Martin Harris (Liam
Neeson) and his wife Elizabeth (January Jones) are in
Berlin for a biotech conference. When they get to the
hotel, Harris finds that he left his briefcase at the airport
and takes a cab back to retrieve it. On the way back to the
airport, the cab gets into an accident that leaves Harris in
a coma for four days.
When Harris comes to and tries to find his wife, he
finds she’s with another man, a person claiming to be
— cue dramatic music — Dr. Martin Harris, with all the
documentation to prove it.
From there, Harris is on a mission to prove he’s not
crazy and ends up uncovering a
r e v i e w conspiracy.
It might seem as if I’ve given
UNKNOWN away the whole plot (I know
ME
JAU
DIRECTOR:
when I saw all of this in the
COLLET-SERRA
trailer, that’s what I thought too),
LIAM
:
FEATURING
but believe me, this is only the
NEESON, DIANE KRUGER,
beginning of a movie so full of
JANUARY JONES
twists it would take an army of
RATING: PG-13
chiropractors to straighten it out.
1
E:
RUNNING TIM
All these turns make the film
HOUR, 53 MINUTES
needlessly complicated, often
of 5
asking you to recall things that
happened five twists ago, despite
not really making much of a difference in the long run. Early on in the movie, there’s a
code written in a book of Harris’
that’s quite easy to figure out, though it stumps Harris
for a good hour of the movie.
And when he finally does figure it out, it does
nothing to help him, instead turning out to be pretty
inconsequential.
Even with the weak plot, the film isn’t all bad. The
performances are pretty solid.
Diane Kruger is outstanding and outshines everyone
(I’d take her over Natalie Portman any day), she just
needs to attach herself to a better movie. Neeson is
alright, but not spectacular and January Jones nails the
“pretty block of wood” role of Elizabeth Harris (which
is lucky, since that is the only acting Jones seems to be
capable of).
But the plot is just not up to par enough to warrant
seeing “Unknown.” It’s a movie that demands your full
attention, requiring you pick up on all the small details,
but then fails to reward you for all your meticulous
observation.
I’ll admit, I didn’t have high hopes for “Unknown”
going into it. I like Neeson, despite some of the disappointing roles he’s been taking recently (“Clash of the
Titans,” “The A-Team,” etc.), but frankly, “Unknown”
looked like a generic thriller flick taking advantage of
a weak movie market with the Oscars right around the
corner.
But “Unknown” isn’t generic. It really does attempt
some interesting things – and I applaud its spunk —
but unfortunately, its execution continually disappoints,
resulting in an ultimately forgettable movie.
+
2.5
move.themaneater.com
*forVisita movie
podcast about the Oscars.
MOVE HIGHLIGHTS
(EVENT)
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS SERIES
DATE: FRIDAY, FEB. 25 THROUGH
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
LOCATION: RAGTAG CINEMA, 10 HITT ST.
In celebration of the 83rd annual Golden
Globes, Ragtag Cinema will be showing a series
of Oscar nominated short films, from the
animated, live action and documentary genres.
Lasting through March 2, you can continue
to bask in the glow of the little gold guy, even
after the sappy acceptance speeches and risqué
wardrobe choices are over.
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Cursive fans should expect
old and new tracks in concert
After breaking up before the
release of its second album in 1998,
Cursive re-formed upon the return
of its lead singer, Tim Kasher, from
Portland.
“He came back, and we started
hanging out,” bassist Matt Maginn
said. “It was just like, ‘Well, people
moved back here. Maybe we should
do this again.’”
Cursive did do it again, releasing four more LPs and becoming a
Saddle Creek Records staple.
The band will be making a stop
in Columbia on the way to Miami to
start a tour with Bright Eyes.
“We wanted to book shows on
the way down, and we always have
a good time in Columbia, so we
wanted to stop there,” Maginn said.
Maginn said Columbia fans
should expect a mix of old and
new tracks.
“We’re going to play a good mix
of a lot of the stronger tunes on
the last two records,” Maginn said.
“And ideally we’re going to play one
or two new songs as well.”
Cursive is working on new songs
as part of its new record currently
in progress.
“I would describe it as a little
more back to some of our older
style of bizarre, intricate but uptempo and kind of anthemic, rock-
ing tunes,” Maginn said.
Since releasing the break-out
The Ugly Organ to universal approval, the band has built a following
with a sound described as emo and
post-hardcore by some, but dubbed
simply “rock and roll” by Maginn.
The band’s origin lies with Saddle
Creek Records and the Omaha
music scene.
“It was the guys in The Faint
and Bright Eyes and Cursive all sort
of working around each other at
the same time and encouraging each
other in a real positive, creative way,”
Maginn said. “We were all friends
and you always wanted to make
them happy or have them dig what
you were doing. I think, we all went
in different directions, but we’re
always trying to push ourselves to
do something unique.”
Multiple members of Cursive
have contributed to Bright Eyes
records. Maginn has played bass on
six Bright Eyes LPs.
“I like it because, for me, it’s
just different,” he said. “It’s a different style and type of music so
it gives me a chance to play just a
little differently.”
There is also the benefit of
getting to play without having to
deal with the normal obligations
of a band.
Courtesy of Danin Drahos
“I can just write my parts and
record it,” Maginn said. “You don’t
have to be quite as worried about all
the other day-to-day work that band
members that are part of the band
have to do.”
While Conor Oberst has hinted
that The People’s Key could be Bright
Eyes’ last album, the members of
Cursive have no concrete plans of
calling it quits any time soon.
“We talk about breaking up after
every record, I think,” Maginn said
with a laugh. “I think we’re just
going to keep doing it until it’s not
fun and we don’t feel like we’re getting any creative experience out of
it. I guess that’s about it. That’d be
the decider.”
Cursive will perform at 8 p.m.
Friday at Mojo’s, with Call Me
Lightning and Boreal Hills. Tickets
are $12 beforehand and $14 at the
door.
brandon foster | staff writer
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of the full interview with Cursive
PREVIEW
Tech N9ne returns to The Blue Note
Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne’s
left hand is scarred from the gripping fingernails of frenzied fans.
And he loves it.
“I like to feel their energy 100
percent,” Aaron Yates, AKA Tech
N9ne, said. “I love intimate shows,
up close and personal. In big venues, it’s hard to see faces, hard to
touch people.”
That’s one reason Tech N9ne
has performed at The Blue Note a
dozen times.
“There’s a really good fan base
there,” Strange Music label Publicity
Coordinator Korey Lloyd said. “We
have a great relationship with the
Blue Note, and it’s close to home.
College campuses are good spots
to be in, because there’s lots of fan
appreciation. We love their support,
and we love to show them that we
don’t overlook them.”
Tech lists other reasons to
return as “all the overwhelming
love that they give me,” the sold out
shows and the beautiful women. He
feels they might soon need a bigger
venue, because his shows at The
Blue Note are consistently sold out.
Tech’s visit to Columbia offers
him a break from his studio work.
He’s recording his next album All 6’s
and 7’s, set to drop in June.
“It means in a state of confusion, in a state of disarray,” Tech
said.
He explained that, like his
previous album Anghellic, the title
stemmed from a tattoo he planned
to get.
“It describes me,” Tech said. “I
embraced my confusion, my sadness.
I embraced my madness.”
Tech said he can’t confirm
rumors about tracks featuring
Eminem and Nicki Minaj on the
new album.
“I have songs for them,” he
said. “But we don’t know if they’ll
do it yet.”
Such kingpin collaborators
aren’t out of reach for Tech, who
recently released a mixtape produced by Dr. Dre, among others.
Tech said he would also like to work
on tracks with System of a Down,
Slipknot and Floetry.
Tech said he bases his songs off
the background tracks.
“Once I listen to the beat, life
will tell me what to do with it,” Tech
said, humming the beat to “Caribou
Lou.” “That beat’s telling me what
to do.”
These background tracks range
from the party-ready “Caribou
Lou,” which has 12 million Myspace
plays, to the eerie piano in “K.O.D.”
“It sounded so wicked that I had
to make it the theme of the album,”
Tech said of the piano track. “I
love the piano riff. It sounded like
Hannibal Lector eating somebody’s
liver.”
Tech is best known for his flow
and his speed-rapping abilities. His
stage name, Tech N9ne, was given
to him by rapper Black Walt because
of Tech’s ability to rap fast as a
TEC-9, a semi-automatic handgun.
To Tech, the name signifies the
complete technique of rap, because
nine is the number of completion
and “tech” is short for “technique.”
Tech usually wears face paint on
stage to get in performance mode.
“I feared clowns when I was
younger,” Tech said. “As I got older,
I became feared. When I’m on that
stage, the clown makes it possible
for me not to be shy. It’s like I’m
invincible. The clown protects me
from all.”
What fans might not expect
about the rapper is his love of The
Doors. Tech said Jim Morrison has
been his inspiration in music. Tech’s
label, Strange Music, was inspired
Courtesy of Strange Music
by “People are Strange,” a Doors’
song. When Tech performed in
Paris, he stopped and drank some
Jack Daniel’s with Jim Morrison at
his grave in Pére Lachaise Cemetery.
“It was a big thing for me,” Tech
said. “My music took me to a place
where a guy was born that inspired
me to do something great.”
Tech N9ne will be performing
March 2 at The Blue Note with
Stevie Stone and The Cold Cuts.
teresa klassen | staff writer
(EVENT)
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BROKEN LIZARD
TIME: 8 P.M. AND 10:15 P.M.
DATE: FRIDAY, FEB. 25 AND
SATURDAY, FEB. 26
LOCATION: DEJA VU COMEDY CLUB, 405 CHERRY ST.
COLUMBIA CIVIC ORCHESTRA: 21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS
TIME: 7 P.M.
DATE: SATURDAY, FEB. 26
LOCATION: MISSOURI CENTER FOR THE ARTS,
203 S. NINTH ST.
STENDEK, NIFTY 250
TIME: 7 P.M.
LOCATION: MOJO'S, 1013 PARK AVE.
TICKETS: $5
For fans of Officer Farva and Finkelstein,
Broken Lizard’s Kevin Heffernan and Steve
Lemme will be performing their stand-up routine
at Deja Vu. Two parts of the mastermind comedy troupe behind Super Troopers and Beerfest,
they’ve already won your laughs.
Celebrating
modern composition, the Columbia
Civic Orchestra will
perform pieces by
local composers
Hugo Vianello and
Tom McKenny, as
well as national and
international works
spanning the past
decade.
One-man band Phillip Reilly Stendek
records his songs in pieces. A mash-up of
mixed live recordings, his song pool draws
from a variety of genres. With a stage name
stemming from the mysterious 1947 airplane
crash, the Star Dust airliner, his work promises
to be nothing but original.
UP ALL NIGHT
Maitre de MOVE
El Rancho: diamond in the rough
The perfect menu landscape of Mexican cuisine
for a date night in * MOVE spends a night in a late-night Columbia staple.
KRISSY TRIPP
food columnist
Columbia might offer quite a few date night options,
but if you’re tired of movies and downtown, try staying
in and having some fun with food.
Yes, food.
Cooking can be fun for any couple, no matter where
you’re at in the relationship.
You’re creating something together and then enjoying
the fruits of your labor.
You might even learn something in the process.
Aren’t new experiences what keep those I’mcompletely-in-love-with-you-still endorphins going?
If you’re outdoorsy and the weather is nice, try grilling something.
Get out the charcoal and relax together while it heats
up. You don’t have to be an expert in cuts of meat to
make this work.
Hamburgers and hotdogs will do just fine for this laidback atmosphere.
But, if you’re looking for something a little healthier,
try veggie skewers or marinating vegetables and wrapping
them in tin foil on the grill.
This is perfect for group settings or simply relaxing
with your sweetie.
Looking for something more romantic? Try making
fondue.
Unless you have a real fondue pot, you’ll have the best
luck making this in a pot (be very careful not to burn
it), and then transferring the chocolate to a bowl, so it
doesn’t burn sitting on the stove.
There are few foods more euphoric or associated with
sensuality than chocolate fondue, so it’s a good choice
for any date, especially if you can have fun thinking of
things to dip in it.
A few suggestions: bananas, strawberries, apples, nuts
and marshmallows — the more things you sample, the
more fun you’ll have.
Quick note: cheese fondue is also a delicious choice,
but doesn’t carry the same je ne sais quoi chocolate does.
Decorative desserts are possibly the most fun you can
have in the kitchen.
Try baking cookies and then decorating them for one
other.
Angel food cake with whipped cream and fruit is
another fun alternative, especially if the fruit is in
season.
Hy-Vee is kind enough to stock mini cakes and
whipped cream in the fruit department, so you don’t have
to do much searching.
Think especially hard about trying whipped cream for
a topping — it can be fun after dessert.
If cooking outside or getting messy with sweet treats
isn’t your taste, it’s hard to go wrong with Greek or Italian
dinners.
The trick is keeping it light.
If you stuff your face with pasta, you’ll probably end
the night wishing you wore sweat pants and passing out
uncomfortably on the couch.
Instead, try grilled chicken salad — Greek or
Caesar salads work well for this, and go great with
wine.
Any Mediterranean recipe using fish will probably
have a more exotic flavor than most pasta, and it will
be much lighter, avoiding that disgusting overstuffed
feeling.
Date night food can be of any variety, the trick is having fun with the preparation and enjoying your creation
together.
Being from Texas, I have been spoiled by the
abundance of Latin flavor found around every
corner, and, inevitably, have been unimpressed
with what Mexican food my new Midwestern
home has to offer.
That is, until I made my first visit to El
Rancho this week.
This local favorite is an authentic and tasty
escape from the otherwise mediocre Mexican
cuisine our small college town has to offer. Open
as late as 3 a.m., it is an exciting alternative to
your typical boring array of late night munchies
options.
10:25 p.m.: culture clash
As I walked into El Rancho, I immediately
noticed the unique authenticity its atmosphere
offered. A combination of loud colors intertwined tributes to the cultures of both Mexico
and Columbia, creating its unique aesthetic identity. The bright blue and green walls featured
mariachi-playing children alongside paintings
of Memorial Union, the columns, downtown
and sombrero-wearing tigers. The window overlooking East Broadway is lined with twinkling
Christmas lights, and piñatas and streamers hang
from the bright blue ceiling.
A few of the tables were occupied with small
groups of college-aged friends quietly enjoying
steaming plates of fajitas and colorful beverages
in a laid-back, familiar atmosphere.
Heard over the upbeat tempo of Mexican
pop music were the sounds of Latin dialect coming from behind the counter as the cooks playfully teased a disgruntled female worker to cheer
her up. I sat down with my tacos and coke near
a young man and woman. Their slightly nervous
conversation and guarded body language indicated they were on a first or second date, but their
empty margarita cups and stacked plates made it
obvious they were enjoying each other’s company.
11:10 p.m.: late-night muchies
The sounds changed from Spanish banter
to loud English giggles and chatter as business
picked up and boisterous groups of people
filed in. An eclectic looking mix of middle-aged
locals joyously greeted two young men with long
dreadlocks sitting at a back table, and immediately
joined them to devour a plate of nachos, before
ordering more food.
The wide, content grins on each of their
faces, the focus and attention with which they
wolfed down their food and their hazy conversation marked by chronic snickering and random
bouts of riotous laughter made it clear just
how much they were enjoying their late-night
munchies.
12:40 a.m.: underground lake
When the counter wasn’t occupied by eager
patrons ordering their favorite Mexican dishes,
the young charming cooks engaged in friendly
Spanish conversation with me. An elderly man
with one arm, and not exactly in his right mind,
had been bumbling around the restaurant for
some time now, chatting up the workers and customers. He approached me and we had a slightly
uncomfortable conversation, which included his
detailed description of an underground lake.
1:00 a.m.: peaceful exit
I took one last look around as I got ready to
leave. A shaggy-haired teenage boy, maybe a high
school or MU student, wearing glasses and a tiedyed shirt sat at the counter, gazing through the
Breanne Bradley/ Staff Photographer
Roberto Lopez cooks and prepares food
Wednesday night at El Rancho. El Rancho’s
authentic Mexican food is popular among
MU students.
window into the street with his to-go box and a
pack of Camel Turkish Royals sitting in front of
him. The couple was still there, looking much
more enchanted and comfortable in each other’s
presence.
susan costa | reporter
TRENDS
A proposal to end the laugh track
* Leave the laughter to the viewers
I found something completely off-putting
when I watched CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory”
for the first time the other day. That something
was its laugh track. For those who are out-ofthe-loop there, laugh tracks are fake laughter that
sounds off in the background during the punch
line of jokes on many popular sitcoms. “Big
Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men” use
them. Sitcom heavy weights of yesteryear such
as “Friends” and “Seinfeld” also used them. But
laugh tracks are (and should be) a thing of the past.
With the new era of comedy, there is a demand for a
more mature, quieter background noise.
I understand the appeal of laugh tracks:
People like laughing with other people. If you
watch “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” with
a group of friends, you’ll probably laugh harder
than when you’re alone. But what is so unnerving
about the laugh track is how insincere it sounds.
After all, it is a television simulating human beings
laughing. And, to make matter worse, it seems like
the audience is laughing after every sentence in
“Big Bang Theory,” even on the lines that aren’t
funny at all.
The laugh track has a long history. Early talk
shows and radio shows often used live audiences
and incorporated their responses in the finished
television product. But when live audiences just
didn’t cut it, producers and directors added additional laughs to simulate hilarity. Think of it like
steroids for sitcoms.
But if you take a look at the best sitcoms on
television right now -- “30 Rock,” “Community”
and “Modern Family” among others – none of
them have the choreographed chuckles that were
onzzzzzce common in primetime television. The
trend of ditching the laugh track isn’t a new concept either. “M.A.S.H.” neglected the fad. “The
Office” could be credited for resurrecting the
silent audience.
Laugh tracks patronize the shows themselves
and the expected gratitude for each joke is a
bar set too high. What if I don’t want to laugh
when that nerdy guy on “Big Band Theory” says
something smart and that hot girl across the hall
doesn’t understand it? (Which, by the way, are 99
percent of the jokes on that show.) Audiences are
intelligent enough to know when and when not
to laugh.
Perhaps, more than anything, the silent audience is a mark of the future. Live audiences were
primarily made up of families (Think: “America’s
Funniest Home Videos”) But American audiences are bored with the platonic family sitting
around the house making family-friendly jokes.
It is no longer a reflection of our time period.
We want our sitcoms to be more like “South
Park,” not more like “Married With Children.”
The new breed of sitcom deals with issues of
the day, it’s older and challenges traditional values
more than ever before. We want to see Cam and
Mitchell kiss on “Modern Family,” we want to see
the gang on “It’s Always Sunny” pick up girls at
an anti-abortion rally, we even want to see David
Duchovny bed a nun on “Californication.” And
without a laugh track assaulting our eardrums,
every joke is honest and received. To all television
producers: let your audience laugh in peace.
pierce courchaine | associate editor
MOVE HIGHLIGHTS
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BANDS FINAL ROUND
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
LOCATION: THE BLUE NOTE
After weeks of preliminary rounds to determine the five best local and regional acts, all of
the Bandamonium battlers’ hard work is coming
to a head in the final round Saturday at The Blue
Note. One band will walk away with $2,000 and
the Bandamonium title.
(ALBUM RELEASE)
100 LOVERS
DEVOTCHKA
RELEASE DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Tangled in the
four-piece folk band’s
Eastern European
routes, "100 Lovers"
is Devotchka’s first
album in four years. Its
methodic piano work
and pop-friendly use
of a variety of instruments make the album
well worth the wait.
(ALBUM RELEASE)
GOINBG OUT IN STYLE
DROPKICK MURPHY'S
Irish-punk rockers
the Dropkick Murphy’s
promise their seventh
album Going Out in
Style will be their best
work yet. The story
of Cornelius, an Irish
Immigrant, flows
throughout the album,
which packs the same
high-energy punch fans
have come to expect from the Murphy’s.
(ALBUM RELEASE)
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER EBERT
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’
Alexander Ebert’s debut solo album, Alexander
promises a different, but equally deserving sound
as the Zeroes. The album’s singles “Truth” and
“Million Years” tease a tranquil, hypnotic sound,
drawing from a wide variety of genres.
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FRIDAY, FE BRUA RY 2 5 , 2 0 1 1 — T H E M AN E AT E R
OUTLOOK
9
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House votes to pull federal funding
from Planned Parenthood budget
KARI PAUL
Staff Writer
The United States House of
Representatives voted 240-185 on
Friday to strip Planned Parenthood
of its $75 million of annual federal
funding, a measure Republicans have
called a victory for taxpayers and
anti-abortion advocates.
The bill, if passed by the Senate,
will cut all government funding to
Title X programs. Title X was enacted as a provision of the Public Health
Service Act in 1970, which provides
funding for family planning clinics,
Planned Parenthood being the most
well known.
By law, Title X funds are forbidden to be used for abortion, but
instead are used for providing health
services such as STI screenings,
pregnancy diagnosis and counseling, breast and cervical cancer
screening, and contraceptive services for low-income families and
women.
Michelle Trupiano, a lobbyist
for Planned Parenthood Affiliates
in Missouri, said she is worried
Missourians will think Planned
Parenthood has shut down and it will
therefore lose business.
“It’s important for people to know
that the bill hasn’t been passed yet so
we haven’t lost any funding at this
time,” Trupiano said. “We are still
open for business.”
The bill was passed to prevent
government funding from going to
abortions, but Trupiano said it is
important to recognize the other services Planned Parenthood provides.
She said this bill would especially
hurt low-income women and cause
an increase in unwanted pregnancies.
KAYLA HUETT/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Planned Parenthood on Providence Road provides reproductive health services to residents of Columbia and around mid-Missouri. The House
passed a bill last week withdrawing funds to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide.
“Planned Parenthood doesn’t just
provide abortion services,” Trupiano
said. “This bill will hurt the over
80,000 patients, both women and
men, in Missouri that we provide
with important and vital services
for.”
According to spokesman Paul
Sloca, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer,
R-Mo., voted for the bill because he
CRIME ON CAMPUS
does not support the abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.
“Blaine does not believe that taxpayers should be funding abortion,”
Sloca said.
In a recent statement, Sen. Claire
McCaskill, D-Mo., said she believes
our nation’s deficit needs to be taken
care of and believes many sacrifices
need to be made, but said she thinks cut-
ting funding to Planned Parenthood is
ineffective.
McCaskill supports the Hyde
Amendment, which denies government funding for abortions unless in
the case of rape or incest, and said
she thinks abortion should be safe,
legal and rare.
“We all have to work at making cuts in the federal budget,
but as a Senator who believes
contraception services must be
available to all women, these cuts
make no sense,” she said. “These
cuts will cause more abortions,
not prevent them.”
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the full letter from Bill Watkins
CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
Rec Center sees
spike in thefts
City manager shoots down excessive
force complaint against CPD
Throughout three days
this week, five different students reported an item stolen
while at the Student Recreation
Complex.
The first theft was reported
just after noon on Monday when
a student found her black and
gold purse had gone missing
while she was in The Jungle
Gym. MU Police Department
Capt. Brian Weimer said the
purse contained multiple credit
cards, her driver’s license and
$50 in cash.
A second incident was reported just before 3 p.m. the same
day a student returned to the
men’s locker room to find his
wallet had been taken. Weimer
said the wallet, which was inside
the student’s backpack in the
locker, contained $30 in cash
and his student ID card.
“The combination lock was
on the door, but he said he
may have forgotten to lock it,”
Weimer said.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Monday
night, MUPD received two
more reports of theft from The
Jungle Gym in the recreation
center. Weimer said one student
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returned to his cubby in the
easternmost side of the room
to find a cell phone and wallet
containing cash and several gift
cards gone. Half an hour later,
another student reported a pair
of sweatpants missing from The
Jungle Gym.
“The moral of the story is to
not leave your stuff anywhere,”
Weimer said. “We have surveillance in the surrounding areas,
but we can’t station an officer
there all the time.”
Wednesday
afternoon,
MUPD officers responded to
the fifth report of theft at the
recreation center in three days.
Shortly before 5 p.m., a student
reported a North Face jacket
had been stolen from a Jungle
Gym cubby while working out.
“The best thing we can do is
to make sure the public is aware
that this is happening and that
the people at the recreation center know it’s going on,” Weimer
said.
No arrests have been made in
any of the five cases.
—Kelsey Maffett,
staff writer
KELSEY MAFFETT
The complainant in the Citizens
Police Review Board’s first excessive
force case exhausted his final appeal
Monday.
In November, the review board
sided with complainant Derek
Billups, who said Columbia Police
Department officer Nathan Turner
used excessive force when restraining him outside a local nightclub in
December 2009.
Decisions by the review board are
not binding; after every decision the
board sends the police chief a letter
outlining its reasoning.
“Chief Burton stuck with his original decision in this case, so at that
point the complainant has the option
of taking it to the city manager for a
final appeal,” CPD spokeswoman Jill
Wieneke said.
City Manager Bill Watkins issued
a letter upon his review of the case
stating he disagreed with the board’s
decision.
“It is my finding that Officer
Turner acted properly, acting reasonably to avoid escalating the situation
based on what he knew at the time,”
the letter stated.
Citizens Police Review Board
Chairwoman Ellen Locurto-Martinez line with our best practices.”
said she was disappointed with
Locurto-Martinez said she thinks
Watkins’ decision, but not surprised.
the city manager should sit in on
“I think this puts him in a dif- the witness testimony in the future.
ficult situation,” she said. “He has to She also said that, going forward,
be concerned with whether to sup- the board should look at the appeals
port the board, which was created structure and who is making the
based on community concern, or to final decision, whether it should be
support an employee who reports the city manager or an independent
directly to him. That’s difficult.“
third party.
In a Dec. 1 letter, Burton rejected
“I think most people recognize
the board’s rulthat
the
ing and said
review board
he stood by his
has a function
We’re doing what we’ve and so does
original view
that Turner acted been charged to do by the city the police
ordinances. We’ll continue to department,”
appropriately.
try and do right by it and do it Wieneke said.
In the letter,
honestly.
Watkins request“ Wo r k i n g
Ellen Locurto-Martinez
ed Burton look CPRB Spokeswoman
together is
over the CPD
still relatively
policy regardnew to us, so
ing handcuffing procedures and we’re still trying to work out the
mechanics of arrest to see if it could kinks.”
be revised. Locurto-Martinez said
Despite the negative feedback
reviewing the two policies is a step from Watkins, Burton and the
in the right direction and she hopes Columbia Police Officers Association
Burton will look into making some on the board’s decision in the Billups
definite changes.
case, Locurto-Martinez said the
“Not every policy change is a board’s future will not be affected.
popularity issue, but the chief will see
“We’re doing what we’ve been
how the community feels and take charged to do by the city ordinances,”
it into consideration,” Wieneke said. she said. “We’ll continue to try and
“He wants to review the policies in do right by it and do it honestly.”
“
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Review board should provide
real check on police power
The wheels of bureaucracy have been a-turnin’ within the
Columbia Police Department and the Citizens Police Review Board,
and, as usual, nothing seems to be moving.
In the review board’s latest case, the board ruled in favor of Derek
Billups and his claim that excessive force was used against him by a
police officer. The case was brought to CPRB after being addressed by
CPD (who ruled in favor of the officer), and again we get to see how
ineffective the system is.
The process goes like this: a complaint is filed to CPD, who conducts an internal investigation. If the complainant is not satisfied with
CPD’s ruling, they can take their case to the review board. If the board
rules in favor of the complainant, they send a letter back to CPD, who
promptly ignores it. If the complainant is still not satisfied (which
they probably aren’t), they can appeal their case to the City Manager
— Bill Watkins, presently — who then is forced to make an awkward
decision between siding with a prominent city employee or a review
board composed of citizens.
Anybody with a basic sense of logic will notice that there’s something wrong with the process designed to give the citizens the power
to monitor the police department. Clearly, the police department
essentially gets to veto any decision against them made by the review
board. What’s the point of having an organization to check the power
if they have no power themselves?
Every time review board tries to do something, they get shot
down. It’s almost like the system is designed to make the citizen run
around for their voice to be heard, when in the end it doesn’t even
matter. Without real power, the review board just becomes a group
of people bitching about the police under the façade of a legitimate
organization. The only thing that has changed since before the review
board’s formation is the creation of its name.
Angry letters going back and forth between the police and the
review board get nothing done. If the city wants to have a legitimate
check on CPD, which there should be, then the review board needs
to have legitimate powers, because all its decisions continue to fall on
deaf ears.
If anything, the police department and review board could at
least start a legitimate discussion on police matters in Columbia.
That would be better than the ineffectiveness that the current system
continues to radiate. But in the long run, the review board needs real
power to have a real check on the Columbia Police Department.
Stand up, stay informed
A crowd of protesters shouting in both English and Arabic dominated the scene at Speakers Circle on Wednesday, showing support for
the uprising underway in Libya. The protest, facilitated by the Muslim
Student Organization and local Libyan Americans, was a wake up call
to many students who weren’t well-informed on the crisis in the North
African nation.
In a nutshell, having been inspired by the overthrow of the Tunisian
and Egyptian dictators over the past few weeks, the people of Libya
have risen up against Moammar Gadhafi, their “president” of 42 years.
Gadhafi reacted by attacking his own people, killing thousands of protestors in just days using guns, tanks and even fighter jets. Similar protests
have erupted across the Middle East in countries including Morrocco,
Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran and Iraq — and that’s just the short list.
But ties between these conflicts and life in mid-Missouri seemed
like an unlikely option. Turns out, the violence in Libya strikes a deeply
personal chord with some of our neighbors and fellow students. And on
Wednesday, they let everyone know.
Listening to the protesters, you might have heard that many of them
have family in Libya. One protester said the last time she talked on the
phone with her family, she could hear gunshots and yelling in the background and that she was lucky to have even been able to contact them.
Over the past weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about racism
and xenophobia at MU. The situation in the Middle East offers students
the opportunity to stand strong with people of another culture.
We would like to commend the Muslim Student Organization for
helping to keep the situation in Libya fresh in the minds of students.
The best support we, as a student body, can offer the people of Libya is
by showing support for their families here in Columbia. We can pressure
our politicians to do more to help end the gross human rights violations.
We should also simply remain informed of the injustices across the globe.
And since The Maneater’s strength isn’t in international reporting, information is easily accessed through news organizations like CNN, BBC or
Al Jazeera, among others.
It’s time that we, as a student body, show our support for the Libyan
people. MSO and Libyans in Columbia have reached out to us, their
fellow students and citizens, to show solidarity in the face of evil. This
affects their lives more than the rest of us can imagine, and we should all
do our part to reach back.
ILLUSTRATION BY TYLER GRAEF
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
What is the
Board of
Curators?
It was once a rumor for months.
Murmurs of a tuition increase and
an increase of fees spread across
the media like wildfire.
“The University of Missouri
plans to raise tuition,” they said.
“Curators prepare for a hike in
tuition.”
However, what many Missouri
residents and students don’t realize
or know is how tuition increases
are decided and who decides them.
Who is this Board of Curators that
the media speaks of?
Before I begin to explore this
question, I’d like to first give a little
history.
As you may well already be
aware, the University of Missouri is
a system of four schools that began
as a single university in 1839 in
Columbia. Throughout its history,
it has added three campuses and
grew to become one of the largest
and most prestigious public research
universities in the United States with
more than 70,000 students enrolled.
Throughout all of this change
and expansion, one thing has
remained relatively constant — the
governing board.
The governing board of the
University of Missouri System is
known as the Board of Curators.
It is a nine voting member board
with a curator representing each
of the nine congressional districts
of Missouri.
These curators are appointed by
the governor of Missouri with the
advice and consent of the Missouri
Senate for a term of six years.
In addition to the nine
Curators, there is also a non-voting student representative to the
board who is selected for a two
year term which rotates among
the four campuses. The current
representative is a student from
Missouri S&T whose term expires
in January, when the Governor
will appoint a new student from
UMKC.
Although its composition and
size has changed over the years,
the mission and purpose of the
Board of Curators has not. Its purpose is to govern the University
“
students.
The next meeting of the Board
of Curators will be at the Missouri
S&T campus on March 21 and
March 22 in the Havener Center.
For more information regarding the Board of Curator meetings, you can visit the UM System
website.
So what does this all mean to
you?
What all students should
take away from this article is
the importance of the Board of
Curators.
Students should also realize
the impact that the curators have
As a student, you should know what the
curators are doing, why they are doing it,
and what it means for you and your future.
I encourage you to be proactive, make
your voice heard, make your presence
known, and fight for what you believe in
not only in regard to the University, but
everything else as well.
of Missouri System through such
activities such as setting and clarifying the mission and purpose
of the University, setting tuition
and fees, hiring staff and faculty,
and making financing decisions
regarding construction projects,
just to name a few.
They meet every few months
to discuss the main issues concerning the University and to
make decisions regarding these
issues.
The most recent meeting of the
Curators had centered on setting the
tuition rates for the next academic
year.
Board of Curators meetings
are open to the public and can
be attended by anyone including
upon the students and this great
university system.
As a student, you should know
what the curators are doing, why
they are doing it, and what it
means for you and your future.
I encourage you to be proactive, make your voice heard, make
your presence known, and fight
for what you believe in not only
in regard to the University, but
everything else as well.
— Andrew Meyer
Associated Students of the
University of Missouri Board
Chairman
[email protected]
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will pose a question to
readers on a certain issue.
The Maneater: How prevalent
is racism at MU?
“Is it not in the names of the
very buildings we go to class
in?”
— Scott Scheese
(ScottCheese) via Twitter
City Council discusses new
apartment complex, honors
officers.
“And if the TIF for the Regency so here comes Columbia’s next monolithic parking
monstrosity!”
— Charles E. Dudley Jr.
via Facebook
No. 21 Tigers trounce Baylor
at home, 77-59
“Sick shot James!”
— Peter Yankowsky
via Facebook
From themaneater.com
Column: Walker, hold your
ground in Wisconsin
I represent the cows: BREAKING: King Walker erects a wall
of cheddar around the Royal
Palace.
His Royal Highness disbands
senate, transfers legislative
power to cow.
No, in all seriousness: at this
point, refusing to compromise
is just a power trip for him.
Politics is all about negotiation, and his refusal to do so
is just as bad as the democrats
fleeing the state.
Cutting collective bargaining
rights is basically destroying
the unions.
How about cutting pay for city
and state officials who make
over 100k?
Why teachers, when Wisconsin’s starting salaries for teachers ranked 49th?
31% said racism is very
prevalent. Racism is a
major problem for MU.
43% said racism is
below the surface but is in
need of being addressed.
26% said racism is only
a problem in rare cases
and doesn’t need to be
addressed
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HUMOR
Getting old means getting FUNKy
Lindsey
Wehking
"Uglyness at its finest"
— Robert Partyka
(RobParty) via Twitter
Last week’s response to “How
prevalent is racism at MU?”
Total Votes: 75
11
"Wahooo," wailed an unidentifiable source from outside the
confines of my janky Honda
Civic. I was cruising down I-70
last month, in the midst of my
2Pac sing-along to "Brenda's Got
A Baby" when I was suddenly
interrupted by what sounded
like the moan of a dying farm
animal. Startled, I jerked the
wheel almost colliding with
what I was surprised to discover was not a mutilated cow
with a gimp leg that thwarted
its migration to greener pastures. Rather, puttering along
in the lane beside me was a Mr.
Six (the Six Flags dancing buffoon) doppelganger, but titillating dance moves wasn't the only
thing this old gent was lacking. Sporting only a neon pink
Speedo and aviator goggles, his
cheeks (I won't specify which
ones) flapped in the wind as
he zipped past me revving the
engine of his vintage moped.
Despite the sheer terror that
should have been flooding my
mind at the prospect of almost
running down an partially
exposed senior citizen, there
was only one thought that arose:
my god, I cannot wait to be old!
Anti-aging creams, Botox,
hair plugs, Joan Rivers: within
10 minutes of watching VHI
you can already see the negative
connotation aging has in our
society.
I will admit I find myself also
falling subject to these anxieties.
But seniority should be celebrated, not feared, so I want
to take some time to address
the pros of becoming a geezer. I
call this life philosophy F.U.N.K.
(FUN,
UNRESTRAINED,
NOMADIC, KINKY). Now
F.U.N.K. should only be implemented in the last stages of life,
advisably post child rearing and
retirement.
Fun:
Growing up blows, but once
you have reached a certain age
you get to jump back in the
ball pit, except this time with a
bottle of whisky and a smoking
hot stripper (or significant other
of varying attractiveness).
You are done fulfilling your
duties to society, or at least you
gave it a good shot - either way,
now it's time to pull out all the
stops.
Unrestrained:
Elderly people can get away
with anything; it is like they are
granted a universal get-out-ofjail-free card.
When I was a kid vacationing with my grandmother, I
remember her clearing out the
mini bars, stealing the window
foliage, and making off with
various other hotel commodities
at the places we stayed. When
management finally caught on
she simply used her old person
voodoo to go from heavy fines
to free extra stays.
Old people are like Yoda: They
have this commanding Force
that enables them to escape the
hassles of lines, parking, rules
and dealing with annoying people without physical or emotional abuse and wearing pants
in the locker room.
Nomadic:
Eventually the ties are cut,
kids move out and friends die
off.
While this sounds depressing, I prefer to see it as liberating. No more obligatory petsitting (or in my case pet-killing) for friends, attending children's events such as elementary
attempts at music that just leave
your ears bleeding, or abiding
to anyone's schedule but your
own. You can just leave! You
are globally nomadic. Jet off to
anywhere! Savings? Who needs
it anymore - go wherever your
heart, or loins, leads you.
Kinky:
Old people sex is the best.
All physical requirements go out
the window and pregnancy is no
longer a concern; go bareback.
You are not worried about what
your partner is going to think
about your naked physique,
nope — you are just glad to be
getting some!
Now as your birthday cake
slowly becomes more of a fire
hazard don't fret, aging you
should let, so funky you can get.
POLITICS
Free market deals with racists without
violating First Amendment rights
Nick
Calcaterra
Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said on
multiple occasions he disagrees
with points in the civil rights
act that affect private businesses. Naturally he has received a
considerable amount of criticism for his opinions, but I
agree with him. While recency
heuristics will embolden my
opposition, Paul's explanation
is lackluster and needs libertarian clarification.
I think it's fair to say the
fundamental role of government is to organize cooperation amongst individuals without victimizing any number of
those individuals.
I believe people should have
the right to do anything as long
as it doesn't impede on another's personal property, body,
possession or anyone whom
the person may care about.
Furthermore, any law denying
us this right is coercive and,
therefore, immoral.
I condemn racism and do
my best to not be a hypocrite.
However, I think freedom of
speech must be protected unless
someone is actually victimized
by bigotry.
Maligning graffiti on a
statue in a public university is
unavoidable and offends countless individuals of all races.
An individual who commits
this crime should be expelled
from the university for breaching contract, and pay for the
harm he has caused to his peers.
That being said, I don't consider many of the points in the
Civil Rights Act to be necessary.
Privately owned businesses
should be allowed to make or
deny contracts with whomever
they want.
After all, a business is owned
by people.
Forcing those people to
act against their will causes a
morality tradeoff I don't believe
we need to make, for economic
and social reasons.
Practicing prejudice rarely makes sense for private
industry.
Consider this situation:
A white guy and a black guy
are bidding on your car. If you
sell the car to the white guy,
although he has a lower offer,
you are worse off in the end.
Even more practically, why
would you ever bar a customer
from making a purchase, and,
effectively, lose money?
This is a slight simplification,
but only for the sake of brevity.
Denying purchase to select
groups also has another negative effect.
I think it's safe to say our
society's views on racism are
predominantly negative.
We mark anyone who commits racist acts with hate. South
Park has even suggested a wrong
answer on Wheel of Fortune will
brand you for life. Therefore
it's reasonable to conclude if a
business repudiates anyone, for
reasons beyond their personal
utility, they will see negative
backlash. Just look at what we
did to a certain graffiti artist.
The accomplishment of the
Civil Rights Act was taught as
making social progress as a
society, but how can it be called
progress if it is forced?
The millions of racists in
our country didn't change their
ways.
In fact, they became increasingly more polarized.
A bunch of white senators
congratulating each other for
not being racist isn't going to
change the consequences of the
Jim Crow laws.
Although we have moved a
long way as a society, we still
live in a world of racism.
Even if globalization reaches max entropy, someone will
still discriminate against others based on sexual orientation,
class or, in the future, their
home planet.
Discrimination
cannot
be fought by any amount of
democratic legislation due to
the inherent minority flaws of
democracy.
I'm not saying the libertarian
system is perfect, but I think it
would be an improvement on
what we have now.
The only way to punish those
who wrongly profile others is to
live in a world controlled by a
true free market.
12 SPORTS
SPORTS
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
On the Mike
Mike
Vorel
Eastbound and up
When the news came through the wire
Tuesday, no one in the NBA community was
quite sure how to react. There had been a
blockbuster trade, one that would undoubtedly
impact the league, the country and, perhaps,
the world.
I’m sure at this point you’ve heard, but
just so it sinks in I’ll repeat it again: Timofey
Mozgov is officially a Denver Nugget.
Ok, so maybe a small forward by the name
of Carmelo Anthony was a bigger name in the
deal. In total, nine players, numerous draft
picks and an undisclosed amount of money
were exchanged between Denver, New York
and Minnesota, who I’m told still hosts an
NBA franchise. In the end Anthony, one of
the league’s premier scorers, and Chauncey
Billups, a steady veteran guard with playoff
experience, landed in the Big Apple, where
they’ll team up with established star Amar’e
Stoudemire.
And then, before we even had time to take
a breath (and order our “Hello ‘Melo!” t-shirts
on nba.com), another of the league’s premier
players packed up and headed east. Deron
Williams was dealt Wednesday from Utah to
New Jersey for Derrick Favors, Devin Harris,
two first-round draft picks and cash considerations. Within 24 hours the power struggle in
the NBA had shifted.
Of course, this eastward migration didn’t
start on Tuesday. This past summer saw the
most epic and star-studded free agent market
in league history, and slowly but surely big
names decided either to move to or remain in
the Eastern Conference. Dwayne Wade stayed
in Miami. Lebron fled to South Beach, as did
Chris Bosh. Joe Johnson stayed with Atlanta,
and Ray Allen remained in Boston. Carlos
Boozer went to Chicago, and Stoudemire took
his defensive laziness to New York. At the end
of it all the Western Conference was left in the
dust. The Carmelo and Deron Williams trades
were just the next step in that process.
That’s not to say that the East is necessarily the superior conference. Since Michael
Jordan, Jud Buechler and the Chicago Bulls
repeated their three-peat in 1998, the Western
Conference has won nine of the last 12 NBA
titles.
The Lakers and Spurs dominated the
past decade, and in many ways the Eastern
Conference as a whole seemed to be a watereddown version of the West (like any of the
Baldwin brothers compared to Alec). In fact,
in the past 5 seasons the Eastern Conference
has had five sub-.500 teams make the playoffs,
as compared to zero in the West. What does
that tell you?
This past summer’s acquisitions as well as
recent trades have seemed to bring balance to
the basketball Universe. In previous seasons,
the Eastern Conference touted one or two
excellent teams that dominated the conference and served as the Western Conference’s
only real competition. Now, Boston, Miami,
Chicago, Orlando and New York are all legitimate contenders. And if New Jersey can build
around Williams and Brook Lopez, they’ll be
added to that mix. Sadly, the same can’t be said
for Cleveland, Washington or Toronto.
For me, these moves are just another reason
to be excited about the future of the NBA. The
league has more young stars than it ever has,
and there’s a buzz in Boston, Los Angeles, New
York and Chicago simultaneously for the first
time…ever.
The only thing that depresses me is the fact
that the playoffs are still a few months away.
On the bright side, while I have to wait months
for the playoffs, my “Hello ‘Melo!” shirt should
be arriving in a matter of days. Be jealous.
Tigers stay undefeated at home
Junior forward
Laurence Bowers
led all scorers with
20 points.
JOHN MONTESANTOS
Staff Writer
Baylor
senior
guard
LaceDarius Dunn leads the Big
12 in scoring this year. His 20.8
points per game made him the
only player in the conference
averaging over twenty points.
But that was before he played
inside Mizzou Arena.
The conference-scoring
leader was held scoreless for the
entire first half Wednesday as
the Missouri men’s basketball
team hosted Baylor. With the
Bears struggling on offense, the
Tigers coasted to a 77-59 victory.
“I think just finding him
wherever he was on the floor
and making him take tough
shots was key,” junior guard
Marcus Denmon said. “It was
something that I was looking
forward to just because he’s been
leading the Big 12 in scoring and
its just another challenge.”
Dunn would finish with 12
points, but that wasn’t enough
to bring Baylor back after falling
behind early. After a slow start,
Missouri took control 5 minutes
in and never looked back.
By halftime the lead was
33-20, and it would have been
even bigger if Baylor freshman guard Stargell Love didn’t
end the half with a half court
3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Bears cut it to eight in
the second half but the Tigers
quickly regained control and led
by as many as 21 points before
the final horn.
Junior forward Laurence
Bowers posted his best numbers of the season, posting two
FANTASTIC
FORWARDS
The Missouri Tigers used a
balanced attack to beat the Baylor
Bears Wednesday, with four players
scoring in double digits. Junior
forwards Ricardo Ratliffe and
Laurence Bowers led the way for
the victory:
Points
Rebounds
Blocks
FG%
20 11
9 13
2 2
season-highs with 20 points and
six steals to lead Missouri. The
lanky Tiger also nabbed seven
rebounds and two swats.
Joining Bowers in the blowout performance was junior
guard Kim English. The slumping English found his stroke in
this one, hitting four times from
deep on his way to 16 points.
As for the big men, junior forward Ricardo Ratliffe nearly had
a double-double by halftime and
finished with 11 points and 13
rebounds.
English said he loved the
work from the Tiger big men
in the win.
“They complement each
other very well,” English said.
“With Ratliffe being the inside
presence that he is and Lawrence
being that inside-outside guy, it
reminds me of Leo (Lyons) and
DeMarre (Carroll).”
Ratliffe said he knew he had
to control the paint against the
big forwards of Baylor.
“Coach has been challenging
all of the forwards to get doubledoubles, so we’ve tried to step
up our game on the boards and
it’s been paying off the last two
games,” Ratliffe said. “Some of
those guys are projected to go
to the NBA, so I tried to rise to
the occasion and step up to their
BEN WALTON/THE MANEATER
Junior guard Kim English drives past Baylor’s A.J. Walton on
Wednesday at Mizzou Arena. Fresh off topping the 1,000-point
mark against Iowa State, English finished with 16 points to help
the Tigers to a 77-59 victory over the Bears.
level.”
Baylor had five players reach
double figures in the losing
effort, three of whom scored 10
points. Junior forward Quincy
Acy led the Bears with 13 points
and nine rebounds. Dunn finished 4-of-14 from the field with
a game-high six turnovers.
Missouri improves to 22-6
on the season and 8-6 in the Big
12. Baylor falls to 17-10 and 6-7
in conference with the loss.
Missouri has now won four
straight and five of its last six.
The Tigers are also 17-0 inside
Mizzou Arena this year with just
one home game left in the regular season. They remain the only
Big 12 team with a perfect home
record.
That final home matchup will
be when Kansas comes to town
next Saturday. But before then
the Tigers will take road trips
to Kansas State and Nebraska.
Tipoff with Kansas State is set
for 11 a.m. Saturday.
SOFTBALL
Tigers drop two of three in San Diego Classic
PAT IVERSEN
Staff Writer
The Missouri softball team’s
normally high-powered offense
seemed to sputter with the rain,
and the Tigers finished their
opening weekend in stormy San
Diego having lost two out of
three games. Missouri begins
the University of South Florida
Tournament in Tampa, Florida
on Friday and will look to get
back on track against Illinois
State.
After run-ruling No. 22 San
Diego State in a 9-1 win Feb. 17,
the Tigers only managed three
more runs in losses to Fresno
State and California the following days. Senior infielder Abby
Vock, who led the offense in the
tournament with four hits and a
.500 batting average, attributed
the poor showing to opening
day jitters.
“I think this first weekend,
everybody is just trying a little too hard,” Vock said. “(The
key is) just to relax, and even if
they’re a great pitcher or even a
mediocre pitcher we just have to
have the same approach to both
types.”
Bad weather forced the
Tigers to play San Diego State
mere hours after deplaning, and
coach Ehren Earleywine said
the rush actually benefited the
team’s performance. But he also
said that once they got settled
and started thinking about the
upcoming games was when they
let the excitement get to them.
“These girls were so revved
up that they couldn’t play,”
Earleywine said. “They learned
a valuable lesson from it.”
California pitcher Jolene
Henderson
stymied
the
Missouri offense, only giving
up two hits while allowing no
runs. Vock said the Tigers were
kept off-guard by Henderson all
game.
“We were hitting the ball,
we were hitting right at them,”
Vock said. “The pitcher was
throwing pretty hard. She kind
of kept us off our rhythm,
trying to quick-pitch a lot of
players. We just couldn’t get
comfortable.”
Sophomore
Chelsea
Thomas made her long-awaited return to the mound against
California, her first start since
suffering a stress fracture early
last season. She went all seven
innings, allowing only one
unearned run on three hits
while striking out eleven batters. Earleywine said he was
impressed that she struck out
so many while limiting using
the rise-ball.
“We held her back, because
we don’t want to injure her,”
Earleywine said. “So sometime
near the end of the season,
when we say ‘Hey kid, you’re
healthy, your atrophy’s gone…
throw thirty rise balls.’ How
many strikeouts is she going
to have then? She’s going to be
filthy.”
Thomas said she didn’t feel
any soreness after the game, and
admitted she was worried about
how she well she would perform without her signature riseball. But she said a simplistic
approach helped her.
Coach Earleywine said the
Tigers “learned a lot” from the
MAKING
PROGRESS
Despite a poor overall showing by the
Missouri softball offense last weekend,
senior Abby Vock and junior Jenna
Marston had productive weekends at
the plate.
VOCK MARSTON
4 -8 4 -10
RUNS
2
3
SLG% .875 1.000
H-AB
rough opening weekend, and
Thomas said she believes the
team has what it takes to make
a quick rebound this weekend.
“I think we all need to stay
within ourselves and not try to
overdo everything,” Thomas
said. “If everyone can do what
they do best and not try to go
above and beyond that, we’re
going to be just fine. And I think
everyone is on the same page.”
SPORTS
FR IDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011
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MANEATER FILE PHOTO
Senior RaeShara Brown makes a drive toward the basket against
Kansas on Jan. 26 at Mizzou Arena. With a loss to Nebraska on
Tuesday, the Tigers drop to a record of 4-9 in the Big 12.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Huskers say goodbyes to
Tigers in blowout fashion
Tuesday marked the
Tiger's last game
against the Big
10-bound Huskers.
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In a sweep of vengeance, the
Nebraska women’s basketball
team said its Big-12-Conferencegoodbye to Missouri on Tuesday
night in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Avenging a previous loss in
Columbia, the Cornhuskers dealt
the Tigers their worst loss of the
conference season, 76-34. The
loss was the second straight for
the Tigers and brings their record
to 12-15 overall and 4-9 in the
Big 12.
Nebraska controlled all aspects
of the game from the moment it
started.
The Cornhuskers notched
the game’s first seven points and
dominated the rest of the first half
to take a 39-15 lead into halftime.
That margin widened continuously throughout the rest of the
game. Behind a mix of strong
shooting and defense, Nebraska
made use of all its resources
en route to a 42-point victory.
Nebraska put itself in a position
to win in style by shutting down
the heart of the Tigers. Senior
guard RaeShara Brown entered
the game averaging more than 17
points a contest but was held to
one of her lowest point totals of
the season. Brown led the Tigers
in scoring again, but this time
with just nine points on 3-of-13
shooting.
Sophomore guard Trenee
Thornton also scored nine points
and junior forward Christine
Flores chipped in with eight.
The low scoring outputs were
a reflection of one of the worst
shooting performances Missouri
has had all season. The Tigers
connected on just 10-of-55 shots
— just an 18 percent clip.
The opposite was the case
for Nebraska, who matched
Missouri’s shooting woes with a
fine shooting display of its own.
Whereas the Tigers scored just
10 baskets for the game, the
Cornhuskers scored 10 threepointers and shot just short of
50 percent from the field for the
game.
The 42-point margin of defeat
was a rarity for a rebuilding Tigers
squad as it was the first time in 10
games the Tigers had lost by 20
points or more. It was also the
first loss by 20 points or more to a
team that is in the bottom half of
the Big 12 standings.
Despite back-to-back losses,
Missouri coach Robin Pingeton
has to continue to like the fight
her young Tigers have given in
what was widely expected to be
a challenging year of rebuilding.
The Tigers have already doubled
last year’s conference total with
four conference victories and
have matched last year’s win total
of 12, despite playing one of the
more difficult schedules in the
country.
Although the regular season
has hit the home stretch, the challenging road is far from over for
the Tigers. The Tigers look to
avenge an earlier loss to Colorado
tomorrow but will finish the season at No. 3 Baylor on Mar. 2
and home against No. 24 Iowa
State on Mar. 5 before the Big 12
Tournament kicks off.
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