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St. JOSEPH, MO
New looters are poised to take over Gulf Coast
Facebook explodes on Western’s campus
M i s s o u ri W e s t e r n St a te U n i ve rs i t y
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Volume 86 Issue 5
Professor
dies at 79
Making History
Staff Report
Western soccer wins
back-to-back games
on goals by Heiser
Missouri Western professor and
long-time dance instructor Paul
Chambers, 79, was found dead in his
home Thursday, Sept. 29.
Chambers was teaching five classes this semester, including beginning social dance, beginning modern
dance and dance choreography. It is
not known whether or not his classes will be cancelled.
The instructor not only taught
dance at Western, but also the
YMCA in St. Joseph and various
other places around the country. He
founded the St. Joseph Modern
Dance Theater, which was later
called the Missouri Theater Dance
Company. He also co-founded the
modern dance division at the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City’s Conservatory of Music.
His death comes just weeks before
the annual Belles of the American
Royal charity ball in Kansas City,
Mo. He has instructed the ball since
1975 and taught a class there as
recently as Tuesday, Sept. 27, just
two days before his passing.
Chambers was born Sept. 3, 1926,
in St. Joseph. He studied modern
dance at Drake University in Des
Moines, Iowa, under Hanya Holm.
Marielle Scarborough
Sports Writer
Victory is definitely sweet.
The previously winless Missouri
Western women’s soccer team has
racked up two wins, a tie and a loss during last weeks matches.
In the first match against Washburn,
the Griffons pulled out 2-1 victory.
Junior Nikki Heiser scored the game
winning goal in the 78th minute.
Goalie Shaylynn Milbourne said the
team chemistry has really improved,
which has improved the team’s play.
“We just started playing as a team, not
just individuals,” she said. “We’ve definitely had to struggle, and that really
makes you want to win.”
And win they did.
The Griffons defeated their next opponent, Southwest Baptist on Sept. 29.
Southwest Baptist proved to be a tough
opponent. Western’s Nikki Heiser pulled
out the win, scoring on a penalty kick in
the first overtime.
These two victories has raised the
Griffons’record to 2-9-0, but after a tie to
Northwest Missouri State and a loss to
Missouri Southern, the No. 1 team in the
MIAA, the Griffons’record is now 2-10-1.
Missouri Western coach Chip Wiggins
feels that the team has been in every
match, but they haven’t been able to get
See Soccer History page 9
– The St. Joseph News-Press
contributed to this report
Annual Big
Event set
for Oct. 8
RACHEL EUCHNER/Photo Editor
Missouri Western’s Nikki Heiser (right) fights for the ball against Northwest Missouri State’s Sarah Hobson on
Saturday at Riverside Sports Complex. Heiser scored both game-winning goals in Western’s first two wins.
Here is a look at
some important
dates in Missouri
Western’s women’s
soccer history.
Dorothy Charles
News Writer
Committee on Homeland Security. He was
the author of President Bush’s Community
Solutions Act of 2001, and at one time was
the
chairman
of
the
Republican
Conference, the fourth-ranked leadership
position in the majority party.
After four consecutive terms, Watts did
not run for re-elections deciding, to spend
more time with his family. Secretary of the
Buchanan County Republican Party Matt
Gerstner said Watts is a great leader.
-J.C. Watts
The Center for Multicultural
Education is doing something big for
the community of St. Joseph.
The annual Big Event on Oct. 8
provides Western students, faculty,
staff and administrators to take on a
campus-wide learning opportunity,
while helping the community.
“Through service we learn how our
lives connect with others and the
importance of doing what you can to
make someone else’s life richer,”
CME Director Tay Triggs said.
CME intern Jenny Jones agreed.
“It helps students to learn and respect
others and know the importance of giving back to the community,” Jones said.
See Convocation Speaker page 7
2005 Convocation
Speaker
See Big Event page 5
Watts’ speech will focus on current issues
Nicole Wilson
Guest Writer
Former congressman and business
leader J.C. Watts will be the speaker at
the 12th annual Convocation at
Missouri Western Oct. 6 at M. O. Looney
Complex.
The topic of his speech will be “In-Depth
Political Analysis” in which he will speak
on current affairs such as fiscal discipline,
domestic policy issues, restoring national
values, maintaining our national defense
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and other key topics.
“When it’s all said and done, I’m hoping
(the students) will give some thought to
what they want out of (their) nation ...
when the USA grows up,” Watts said. “The
world won’t meet you halfway, so go make
it happen.”
Watts has held many important titles,
including: congressman, chairman of J.C.
Watts Company, ordained minister and
professional quarterback. As a congressman, Watts served on the House Armed
Services Committee and the House Select
Enrollment numbers increase from last year
“Our class sizes are a selling point,” Eulinger
said. “We also strongly encourage being connected here. Our students feel like they have a
Missouri Western State University – the connection with someone, whether it’s the
ink is barely dry on the decree that president of the university or a custodian.”
made it official, and already the word seems
Our campus is expanding, and while we aren’t
to have spread.
alone, the news from other Missouri
schools doesn’t necessarily spell
The enrollment numbers for the
statewide enrollment hikes.
fall of 2005 are in, and the results are
Across the state, matriculation figjust what most would have hoped for.
ures are in flux. Some universities
Judy Fields, research analyst in
are experiencing record growth,
academic and student affairs at
while others are left scratching their
MWSU confirmed that our numbers
heads, still trying to determine why
are indeed up.
drops in registration have occurred.
Our total enrollment count for this
Another newly renamed university,
fall is 5,271, up from 5,105 last year.
Missouri
Southern State University,
If parking feels a little more frustratis
experiencing
fortunate times, not
ing than usual or that front-row spot in
-Gene Eulinger
your morning lecture seems impossible
Registrar unlike those here at MWSU.
MSSU’s numbers are also up this
to retain, there’s a good reason for it.
year,
going
from 5,256 to 5,473, a difference of
The new and improved title and the lack of
a
little
more
than 4 percent.
tuition increase has made Western a very
According
to
Delores Honey in Assessment
marketable institution. And for some adminisServices,
the
cost
of attending MSSU has
trators, even that description doesn’t account
gone down this year, which may account for
for the boost in interested new students alone.
some of the added interest in their school.
Registrar Gene Eulinger feels that Western
The per-credit-hour rate is $125, slightly
has more to offer students than just a workable bottom line.
See Enrollment numbers page 6
Andie Schmitt
Asst. Editor-in-Chief
ENROLLMENT BY THE NUMBERS
Missouri Western
2005
5,271
2004
5,105
Benedictine
2005
2,440*
2004
2,148
Missouri Southern
2005
2004
5,473
5,256
Missouri State
2005
2004
* unofficial number
Bradley Redmond-Graphics Editor
Editorial
PAGE 2• Tuesday, October 4, 2005
The Griffon News
STAFF EDITORIAL
It’s the little things
Home sweet home — for everyone,
that means something different.
It’s not necessarily chez mom and
dad. It could be grandma’s house or a
weekend place in the Ozarks.
For a typically small number, it’s
their college campus, but those numbers could be on the rise.
Home is where you make it. Home
is where you feel most comfortable.
Obviously, someone else thought so
as well. On the MWSU campus, many
of the homier touches have been
added this fall.
First came the formal building title
upgrades, and then there were all the
new emblems, the new signs, but
finally the couches have arrived.
Once the pomp and circumstance of
university status subsided, it seems
the next step was to make the existing students feel like it’s okay to
adjust, kick back and put your feet
up.
Popping up fast enough to have students questioning whether or not
they’re actually breeding, small
lounge areas are virtually everywhere.
What’s best is there’s still no where
to sit. Mission accomplished. There
was no better way to back up the decision to add a little softness to “the
institution” than to see people nearly
waiting around for the chance to park
it on a leather sofa.
The lounges in the library have
completed its transformation into a
real coffee shop. The literary crowd
can now recline over a latte, and it’s
not uncommon to find them taking
full advantage. On a Monday morning, it can be standing-room-only.
Sunday mornings in Blum Union
students sit, huddled around flickering computer screens in the dark.
Just as they would in their dorm
rooms, they leave the lights off. Those
who read the paper, sit next to the
windows.
In the psychology department,
you’ll find more of a real living room
feel than just about any other spot at
Western. Students cluster to gossip,
eat lunch, cram for an exam or catch
a 15-minute power nap. Regardless of
why, it’s always full.
It would appear that this campus is
gravitating towards the idea of a
home away from home a little more
each day.
Marketability has been a hot topic
since the move to MWSU. More than
simply the piece of paper a graduate
walks away with, little, thoughtful
additions such as these speak to the
four, or five years in between, and it’s
appreciated.
Come guys, we
need a plan to
get out of this
third quarter
slump!
Maybe I
can help.
COMMENTARY
The new looters are poised to take over
Is chivalry alive at
MWSU or are we too
disconnected?
With fixed glares, the nation watched as
chaos unfolded in the streets of New Orleans.
Looters — some who took only necessities
and others who took niceties — ran the
streets of this sea-level city as it seemed to
sink into the Gulf.
It was the stuff of front pages and the 5
o’clock nightly news, and though the heading
“Looters in the Big Easy” still applies, it carries a new reference.
Profiteering as a result of this calamitous
hurricane is running rampant and not just in
the remains of the French Quarter.
Across the country, it seems Katrina is still
making landfall.
Third quarter totals are in and some losses
weren’t a surprise. Companies dotting the
Gulf Coast, oil companies in particular, are
obviously going to be included in that group.
There isn’t a commuter out there not feeling the pinch from this.
However, some companies looked a bit out
of place. Claiming losses this quarter as a
direct result of the storm were Estee Lauder
and Avon.
It’s not impossible to believe that storefronts were damaged and sales representatives were displaced, but somehow it feels
trite to claim a shortage in lip-gloss and
foundation sales when people are homeless.
And yet spokespeople for Estee Lauder are
andieschmitt
still releasing statements, heads held high,
with promises to come back from this.
Looking beyond that hypocrisy, other slaps
in the face to the true victims await.
The insurance industry, which had so
eagerly agreed to absorb the massive costs
incurred, possibly even as much as $60 billion, are now hiking rates in the Gulf Region
in preparation for future storm damage.
Reports of insurance gouging are coming in
as fast as those of gas-price gouging.
Policies, which would have first covered
damage totals, seem to have grown new
meaning and ambiguity since the storm,
leaving residents with a worthless piece of
paper and the debris of their former lives to
console them.
Lastly, there’s the debate over the no-bid
contracts allowing certain groups, who wellaligned politically, to make a fortune during
the considerable reconstruction.
The first of many contracts issued relating
to Hurricane Katrina were awarded without
competitive bidding and using provisions
that guarantee contractors a certain profit
regardless of how much they spend.
President Bush was criticized for his indecisiveness.
When it comes to the matter of reconstruction, he has been all too decisive. He allowed
FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to
extend no-bid contracts.
With this move, he also lined the pockets of
companies with close political ties. The most
noteworthy example: Haliburton’s shares
have risen by more than 10 percent to $65 a
share since Katrina.
He also suspended the federal Davis-Bacon
Act, a law that requires contractors with federal funds to pay local “prevailing wages.”
About 400,000 Americans will lose their
jobs, according to the Congressional Budget
Office, just the time to start cutting corners
with wage assignments.
So while Fortune 500 companies cry, “poor
me,” as their stocks dip a petty $.05 on the
S&P, add while insurance companies look the
other way, contradicting everything their ad
campaigns would have us believe, at least we
can all sleep a little easier knowing that
Halliburton is still going to come out ahead.
COMMENTARY
Steven Hickman
Junior
“A I think there’s been a
decrease in kindness and outward thinking. I was carrying a
big stack of boxes and the
person ahead of me opened
the door just wide enough for
their body to squeeze
through.”
Janna Cooper
Freshman
“I think people are kind to a
New Chief Justice’s role will define our daily lives
By now, you should all have discovered some
ings.
racheleuchner
important news: we have a new man in the
Many cases are in a limbo right now, waitSupreme Court.
ing for the court’s session to commence. In the
Newly appointed Chief Justice John Roberts
coming years, Roberts could decide on some landwill take over the late William Renquiust’s
mark cases involving gay marriages, abortion,
post, Oct. 3, the court’s opening day.
assisted suicide and campaign finance law, to
Roberts was originally slated to take over
name a few.
moderate Sandra Day O’Connor’s position in
During the Senate Judiciary Committee,
early July. However, with William H.
Roberts gave very limited answers to questions,
Renquist’s death in September, President Bush
and his views are still not entirely known. It’s an
quickly passed over favorite Justices Antonin
ominous situation: we really don’t know how he’s
Scalia and Clarence Thomas, nominating
going to rule.
young Roberts as Chief Justice.
As a concerned democrat, I’m worried for our generation of 20Whether you follow the news or not, the confirmation of Roberts is somethings that could see the effects of John Roberts first-hand. We
important to all of us, no matter our age or political affiliation. Being are in a time of very divided views, with some controversial issues
Supreme Court Justice of the United States is, to say the least, a ahead. In the midst of Republicans controlling all the branches of our
position of extraordinary power. Chief Justices can not only make government, we could see a right-wing nation for the next few
law, but overrule politicians and declare the president unconstitu- decades.
tional.
Are we ready to give up the liberties that the freethinking 1960s
The appointment is lifelong, and Roberts is only 50-years-old, the brought us? Are we prepared to enter an even more conservative periyoungest in 200 years. If the next appointee is a conservative as well, od of time, with two Bush appointees on the court?
our country could be facing a new, very long era of conservative rulAll I can say is that my bags are packed for Canada.
certain extent. They serve
their own purposes mostly.”
Nick Draper
Editor-in-Chief
Mallory Paines
Junior
“It seems to change every-
day here. Sometimes we’re
kind and sometimes we can’t
be bothered.”
Assistant Editor
Andie Schmitt
Assignment
Editor
Rikki Cason
News Editor
Lindsay Tremayne
Sports
Editor
Danny Stooksbury
Lifestyles Editor
Lauren Epps
Copy Editor
Kathy Crawford
Photo Editor
Rachel Euchner
Business
Manager
Brad Redmond
Faculty Adviser
Bob Bergland
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PAGE 3 • Tuesday, October 4, 2005
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Where do we go from here?
The Missouri Western community has finally realized
university status and, as I walk around campus, I actually feel different.
The campus feels like a university campus.
It is encouraging and a source of pride when I look
around and see all the university banners.
It feels good to finally be recognized as a university
because everyone at this institution already knew we
deserved the title.
But there is another feeling that strikes me when I
think about Missouri Western State University.
I feel like we are in a state of limbo. Even though our
university status has only been official since Aug. 28, I
feel like we aren’t moving towards anything.
Establishing Western as a university has been a rallying cry since I started school here in the fall 2002.
The Griffon News covered the progress, the setbacks
and the changes that would be made if Western became
a university. It always seemed to be a question in the
back of everyone’s mind: “When are we finally going to
become a university?”
I have another question though. Where do we go from here?
I don’t mean to rain on the university celebration
parade, but we, as an institution, should be thinking
about what we should push for next.
Both Student Governor Bob Hughs and President
James Scanlon said Western won’t get any master’s programs for a couple of years because the Coordinating
Board of Education will be evaluating what programs we
can have.
With those programs coming in the future, we should
focus on something besides the name change.
I think we should use our lobbying power to try and get
the Agenstine Hall renovations up and running. I have
seen the blueprints for the renovations in my 3-year
tenure at The Griffon News, and everyone in the office was
excited about the prospect of such an important building,
both as a recruitment tool and a place of learning.
We have a tremendous opportunity with State Sen.
Charlie Shields, being the majority floor leader, to introduce ideas that will help Western become an even better
institution.
He represents Buchanan County and was key in getting Senate Bill 98 passed. While I don’t think legislation
can make it happen by itself, at least pushing for the
project is a step in the right direction.
If our new master’s programs will feature nursing, biolife sciences and engineering, wouldn’t it be another
source of pride to have those students study and do
research projects in a new, state-of-the-art facility?
If we start lobbying now, it may be possible to get the
new building completed, or at least underway, by the
time students start arriving to get their master’s
degrees.
Student involvement, led by the Student Governor,
helped make Western a university. Maybe the next
Student Governor should make the same commitment to
Agenstine Hall.
I know budget concerns, both at the state level and
here at Western, may make this idea impossible, but at
least we’re moving towards something.
The bottom line is that we can’t sit and bask in the glory
of university status when there is so much else to be done.
If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.
I don’t think this institution has started moving backward by any means; we just need to use this momentum
we have gained to make Missouri Western State
University the best institution it can be.
COMMENTARY
Missouri Western, where’s the chivalry gone?
As I walk around our beautiful campus, I can’t help but notice
that we’re lacking something significant.
Where’s the chivalry and common courtesy?
I believe they are both at Heartland hooked up to respirators
and other life preserving machines.
I consulted Webster, and he said that chivalry is gallant or
distinguished gentlemen. It also means martial valor.
I don’t think I have seen a distinguished gentleman since…I
suppose my dad and grandfather are.
I have been on this campus a few years and feel that the common decency of the people is on the floor--having spasms.
Fellows, when you walk through a doorway and there is a
female behind you, whether you know her or not, go ahead and
let her go through first while you hold the door.
If for no other reason, you can use that time to check her out,
but she will appreciate the gesture.
Ladies, when you are walking through a doorway and you see
someone behind you, hold the door until they get there.
There is nothing worse that being a half-step short of catching a closing door with your hands full of brownies, coffee and
Reece’s.
People, be aware of the others around you, and just do something nice.
The computer labs are a good place to get beat up and hear
great conversation.
If you know your bag is stuffed full or bricks, books or a small
dead body, don’t turn around in circles close to sitting people
who are composing e-mails, papers and playing games.
I don’t know how many times I have been bashed in the head
with a bag and it felt like a Mack truck.
The worst thing was that I didn’t get an apology, and my hair
got messed up.
I pay attention to the people around me, so if something looks
suspicious, I’ll be gone.
laurenepps
I
rarely go into my own world around people. Bad things happen
to people that don’t pay attention.
I really enjoy overhearing a good cell phone conversation.
I mean, people talk really loudly on their phones, so what do
you expect me to do?
I overheard a lady making some plans for the weekend with
what I assumed to be the person she was having an affair with
because she said, “my husband won’t be home until Sunday
night, we will have plenty of time.”
I guess people get caught up in conversation and forget where
they are. I don’t like people to hear what I am saying to a person, so I am courteous to the other computer lab people and
take my conversation outside of the lab.
Not everyone fails at these examples of common courtesy and
trying to be distinguished gentlemen/women.
I have had the door opened for me on occasion.
One guy made a show out of it with the sweeping of the hand
and said “after you, my dear.”
There is nothing wrong with that, actually it was really nice.
However, the parking lots...wow, people, really, get a grip.
We all know the story. There are more registered cars than
parking spots. But if you put some effort into it and get here
early, you will get a spot.
Yes a 10-mile hike might occur from time to time, but it’s a
place to put the car.
The first week of classes is the worst. People are still getting
classes and financial aid straightened out, and there is a general air of confusion.
One incident really made me drop my jaw and get angry.
I was in my vehicle ready to leave and my friend rolls up and
says she wants my space, I said okay.
I had just thrown the car into reverse, and another chick rolls
up and puts a blinker on saying she wanted my space.
There was a stare-down between the two parking spot contenders.
Somehow, the second contender moved up and ended up
blocking me in.
They want the spot, but this contender wasn’t going to let me
out until everyone else cleared out.
There were teeth bared and some mean mugging going on.
I am in the vehicle confused and ready to leave.
Eventually, my friend left, and the other contender let me
back out and took my spot. This all took about five minutes, but
was it really necessary?
Ease up people.
That was really not necessary.
Let’s send some get-well cards to chivalry and common courtesy; bring them back.
There is no reason for us to not be nice to each other.
We all sacrificed and arm, leg and probably a good creditscore to be here.
COMMENTARY
Facebook is a terrible addiction and difficult to beat
My name is Rikki, and I’m a facebookaholic.
I am so addicted – full out completely addicted.
I tried to quit, but despite my attempts, I
can’t just log off.
I spend countless hours a night staring at
the screen waiting for something to happen.
Usually around 2 a.m., if I’m lucky, I have to
force myself to let go of the mouse and walk
away.
In going to bed this late, you would assume
that my homework would be completed, but I
wake up two hours early each morning so I can
complete the homework I didn’t do the night
before.
The funny thing is I spend at least 30 min-
utes of that time back on
facebook to see if anything
has happened in the fourhour period since I logged
off.
I’m sure to some this
seems ridiculous, but I
can say for a fact I’m not
the only one.
Everywhere you go
now, that’s all you hear.
People who never join
trends have crumbled to
the power of this site.
It has almost been hoisted up to godly standards.
You
would
think that joining would be a
big mistake, but I
d o n ’t think it’s all
bad.
It truly is a good tool
to talk to people
around you. You can
talk to people in your
classes and find out
about parties or activities that will be going
on.
I have also learned it served a wonderful
purpose other than just to talk to every-
rikkicason
one.
When Zach Prescher passed away last week,
his friends flooded the site to write messages
and share how much they loved and cared for
their friend.
In reading their sentiments, I wanted to cry.
Without facebook, many would not be able to
share their last thoughts and feelings with
him.
So yes, like many others, I’m addicted to
this site and I don’t see the end anywhere
n e a r.
I know you have been told all your life to
just say no, and don’t join the crowd.
H o w e v e r, in this instance, I think there
should be an exception.
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News
Notes
Rocky Horror
helps Second
Harvest
The cast of Richard O’Brien’s
The Rocky Horror Show will be
collecting food for the Second
Harvest Food Bank during dress
rehearsal on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. For
admission the audience is welcome to bring $2 or four cans of
food, which will be donated to
Second Harvest.
Performance nights are 8 p.m.
Oct. 6, 7, 8, and 11 p.m. Oct. 7 in
the Potter Hall main stage theater. Admission for performance
nights is $8 for adults and $4 for
students and senior citizens.
The Rocky Horror Show contains strong adult content, and
parental discretion is advised.
Western Theatre Department has
chosen to perform the original
stage version of the show, and
audience participation is strongly
discouraged. There will be multimedia components and a rock
concert feel. For more information
call the box office at 816-2714443.
Former Mission
to Mars woman
set to speak
Former
manager
of
N A S A’s Mission to Mars
Program is coming to speak
at Missouri Western Oct. 13
at
3:30
p.m.
in
the
Fulkerson
Center.
D r.
Donna Shirley will be
speaking on "Women in
Science and Engineering,"
which will focus on job
opportunities available to
women and the importance
of women in science and
engineering. Admission is
free and open to the public.
In addition to being the
manager
of
the
Mars
Exploration
program,
Shirley was also the original
leader of the team that built
the Sojourner Rover that
landed on Mars in 1997. In
1998 she became the manager
of
NASA’s
Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory,
before retiring the same
y e a r. She has since written
an
autobiography,
Managing Martians: The
Extraordinary Story of a
W o m a n ’s Lifelong Quest to
Get to Mars . She now
teaches a course, Managing
C r e a t i v i t y, and also serves
as a trainer and consultant
in
managing
creativity.
Shirley has been serving on
a volunteer advisory board
for the Western Institute
since April.
This event is hosted by
Missouri Western State
U n i v e r s i t y ’s
We s t e r n
Institute
Western jazz
ensemble to
perform
The First Thursday Noon
Concert Series will feature
the Missouri Western State
University Jazz Ensemble
Oct. 6 at 12:10 p.m. in the
sanctuary
of
First
Presbyterian Church, 7th
and Jules. Beverages will
be provided, and audience
members are encouraged to
bring lunch to eat during the
performance. The suggested donation is $3.
The
Western
Jazz
Ensemble
performs
a
diverse mix of literature
material such as Duke
Ellington, Count Basie and
new material from modern
authors. We s t e r n ’s ensemble is directed by B o b
L o n g, director of jazz studies and coordinator of
Woodwinds. For more information regarding this event
call Jerry Anderson, associate professor of music, at
816-271-4431 or e-mail at
[email protected].
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U.S. education rank decreases
American education system not
as good as other country’s systems
Elaine Wu
U-Wire
The United States is falling when it comes to international education rankings, as recent studies show
that other nations in the developed world have more
effective education systems.
In a 2003 study conducted by UNICEF that took the
averages from five different international education
studies, the researchers ranked the United States No.
18 out of 24 nations in terms of the relative effectiveness of its educational system.
Another prominent 2003 study, the Trends in
International Mathematics and Science Study, shows a
steady decline in the performance of American students
from grades 4 to 12 in comparison to their peers in other
countries.
In both studies, Finland, Australia, Belgium, Austria,
Hungary, Netherlands and the United Kingdom beat
the United States, while the Asian nations of South
Korea, Japan and Singapore ranked first through third,
respectively.
The TIMSS study is a comprehensive study done on
a four-year cycle that measures the progress of students
in math and science in 46 participating countries. It
evaluates fourth, eighth and 12th-graders through
questionnaires, tests and extensive videotaping of
classroom environments.
The TIMSS results reveal a lot about the weaknesses
of the U.S. education system, said David Marsh, a professor at the University of Southern California Rossier
School of Education.
“In fourth grade, American kids do above average
internationally. By eighth grade, they slip a bit, and by
12th-grade, they've slipped a lot,” Marsh said. “We're
the only country that slides down that much from
fourth to 12th grade.”
Although studies have attempted to illuminate the
reasons for this downward slide, no conclusive explana- ago. We're more open culturally, but that has caused more
tions have been drawn.
division rather than unity in the country. Parent involveThe UNICEF report finds that educational success or ment has also decreased, and there are also discipline facfailure is not directly linked to funding, and that there tors involved. Schools have lost a lot of control.”
is no clear link between student-to-teacher ratios and
But the United States is taking steps toward improving
test results.
education standards in the country.
By international standards, the
In 2002, the Bush administraUnited States spends a lot of money
tion signed the No Child Left
on education, and in terms of class
Behind Act, which places
sizes, a lot of countries that do well
accountability for progress upon
have larger class sizes than the
schools and doles out regular
United States, Marsh said.
standardized testing.
Marsh said that he attributes
The act is geared toward encourAmbition and the
U.S. rankings to a different set of
aging higher academic achievement
reasons -- namely, the way material
among students, particularly those
motivation to achieve
that come from poor minority backis being taught in classrooms.
“The United States focuses more
aren’t really inspired in grounds. But some students at USC
cannot see how the law is proving
on procedure, and we try to teach
our education system.
effective.
many topics fast. Other countries
“Because the only way we meastend to break topics up and go much
ure how well students do is through
more in-depth. They work on the
testing, teachers end up teaching
concept, not just the procedure,”
E
MILY GAMELSON how to take the test, and not necesMarsh said. “Countries that did
History Major at USC sarily the subject matter,” said
well in rankings focused on teachMegan Baaske, a sophomore majoring the ideas and taught a few toping in history and communication.
ics a year. Kids will learn what a
“Great, students can take a test, but
fraction really is, not just how to
they don't know anything.”
add or subtract them.”
“The U.S. caters to students'
For example, teachers in the
needs and wants,” said Matias
United States tend to teach in whole numbers, while
other countries use rulers so children are able to see Sueldo, a sophomore majoring in international relations
that there are numbers between whole numbers, who spent part of his education in Argentina. “Kids here
learn to pass a test, but they don't learn the concepts. In
Marsh said.
When kids are taught the procedure, and not the con- Argentina, you either know it or you don't.”
Emily Gamelson, a junior majoring in history, thinks
cept behind a subject, they tend to forget more quickly,
that
the low student achievement in U.S. schools has a lot
he said.
Peter Luevano, assistant principal at Jefferson High to do with the lack of competition.
“Ambition and the motivation to achieve aren’t really
School, cites different reasons for the decline in the U.S.
inspired in our education system,” Gamelson said. “Since
education system.
“There are environmental factors that are involved. I education is available to everyone, there's not a lot of comthink there's a shift in the mentality of both kids and par- petition in our schools. Other countries force kids to focus
ents,” he said. “Kids value different things these days, and at an earlier age, and there's more competition to deal
schools are more diverse than they were 15 or 20 years with.”
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New appointee’s ideals make many uneasy
Fred Love
U-Wire
As the U.S. Senate officially confirmed John
Roberts' appointment Thursday as chief justice of
the United States, both U.S. judges and ISU faculty
say it is too early to tell what direction Roberts will
lead the nation's highest court.
"I think his impact will be unknown for some time
to come," said U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Shields
of Iowa's southern district. "He's a younger man
with a lot of experience with the Supreme Court and
a lot of ideas."
Shields said despite Roberts' portrayal in the
media, it is too soon to jump to conclusions about his
ideology.
"Critics and pundits have been forecasting that
he'll be conservative," he said. "But that really still
remains to be seen."
Shields said history has seen more than one justice surprise the president with their political ideologies.
"Justice Byron White, for instance, was appointed by
John Kennedy but turned out to be quite conservative," he
said.
Although the subject of judicial activism sparked some
heated debate during Roberts' confirmation hearing,
Shields said he doesn't worry about the new chief justice
legislating from the bench.
"I believe that he has no agenda other than to be a
Supreme Court Justice and uphold the Constitution of the
United States," he said. "I think he's intellectually honest."
Dirk Deam, political science lecturer, said he disagreed.
Deam said he is worried Roberts' political views may affect
his decisions on the court.
"I'm concerned that his own judicial philosophy may
color the Supreme Court's rulings," Deam said. "We didn't
get enough information about him from his confirmation
hearings not to have concern."
He said he thought Roberts left too many questions
unanswered during his confirmation hearing.
"I think he could have been more forthcoming about his
judicial style and discuss some cases he's worked on in the
past," he said.
Supreme Court candidates are not supposed to discuss
specific issues that may come before the court in the near
Calendar of events
Tuesday, October 4
• Residence Council will
hold its weekly meeting at 7
p.m. in the Commons
Building.
• National Tutoring Week.
Tuesday, October 4
• Convocation on Critical
Issues at 9:30 a.m. in the
M.O. Looney Complex, featuring J.C. Watts, business
leader and former congressman.
Saturday, October 8
• Football vs. Missouri
Southern at Spratt Stadium,
2 p.m.
Monday, October 10
• Pass the Power Volunteer
Pre-Service
Orientation
from 9 a.m. to noon in the
Ruth Huston Learning
Center. Tutoring available
for adults 17 and older in
basic literacy skills.
Tuesday, October 11
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Fraternity presents the
Tournament of Champions
at 2 p.m. in Spratt Stadium.
Wednesday, October 12
• Missouri Court of Appeals-
future, Deam said, but he thought Roberts should have
talked more about general areas of the law.
"We ought to know a little more about him," he said.
Deam said he doesn't expect Roberts to make any drastic changes in the court in the near future.
"I'll be very surprised if something shocking occurs early
on," he said.
"That doesn't often happen. It takes awhile for anything
important to emerge, especially when we're talking about
a lifetime appointment like the Supreme Court."
Jill Bystydzienski, director of women's studies, said after
the confirmation hearing, she was left with more questions
than answers regarding issues relating to women and
minorities.
"It's a mystery," she said.
"I'm concerned about how he would rule on cases regarding abortion and affirmative action.
"On the one hand, it's encouraging to hear him say that
he respects precedent, but, on the other, he was very elusive when asked questions about some important
issues," she said.
She also expressed concern that Roberts' stances on
issues may influence the Supreme Court's future
decisions.
campus crime report
Western District. 9 a.m. to
noon in the Leah Spratt
Hall, Kemper Recital Hall.
2
Thursday, October 13
4
• Women in Science and
Engineering at 3:30 p.m. in
the
Fulkerson
Center.
Donna Shirly will discuss
the importance of women in
science and engineering.
Friday, October 14
1
3
5
• Mid-term break, no classes.
Saturday, October 15
• Football vs. Emporia State
at in Emporia, Kan., at 2
p.m.
Monday, October 17
• Brown Bag Series at noon
in the Nelle Blum Union,
room 219.
Water and
dessert provided.
Tuesday, October 18
• Donation Creation at 4
p.m. at the clock tower.
Support students as they
build original creations out
of item donated to charity.
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1.
Medical Assist
September 29, 2005 Murphy Hall
The officer responded to a medical assist involving a female student who collapsed complaining of dizziness.
The female student refused treatment.
2.
Information
September 28, 2005 James McCarthy Drive and Faraon
The officer received information from a female student regarding a vehicle that has been observed on several
occasions driving recklessly on James McCarthy Drive.
3.
Traffic Accident
September 28, 2005 South West College Drive
The officer responded to a traffic accident involving two vehicles. No injuries resulted, only minor property damage. The officer completed a Missouri Uniform Accident Report.
4.
Warrant
September 25, 2005 James McCarthy Drive and Faraon
The officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding. The officer learned that the female driver
had an outstanding warrant. The officer issued summonses for Expired Plates, Speeding, Failure to Exhibit
Proof of Insurance, and Driving while License Suspended. The officer placed the female under arrest and
transported her to St. Joseph Police Department for booking.
5.
Assault
September 22, 2005 Living Learning Center
The officer responded to a report of an intoxicated male student. The male stated he was trying to return to
his room when an unknown subject grabbed him, causing a scratch on his shoulder.
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Rapper Chuck D talks on race
Lisa Crawford
News Writer
Well-known rapper and lecturer Chuck D
addressed issues of race, rap and reality Sept.
27 in the Fulkerson Center.
The Campus Activities Board in conjunction
with the Center for Multicultural Education
invited Chuck D from the hip-hop rap group
Public Enemy to speak to Western students.
Chuck D has been speaking publicly to
schools across the country and at conventions
throughout the world for over 16 years to three
different generations. He addresses issues that
affect students including views on race, rap,
technology, politics, activism and life.
During his speech at Western, Chuck D compared paying the price of a Hummer and then
riding a rusty bike to paying for secondary
education and learning nothing. He believes if
you are going to pay to be taught, then it will
serve no purpose not to learn
“There needs to be balance in life to keep it
flowing forward,” Chuck D said.
Chuck D spoke on reality, saying that it is
culture that has a way to bring people together.
“He’s a really good speaker,” Director of the
Center for Multicultural Education Tay Triggs
said. “I think he sparks people’s interest and
makes you think about the things that you’re
doing everyday.”
He also addressed the recent comments
made by Kanye West towards President
George Bush and Pepsi Cola Company’s
response.
“He was real,” senior Frezsha Noldon said.
“He said things that people are scared to say.”
CME and CAB worked together to bring this
famous speaker to Western, splitting the cost
between the two organizations. CAB President
Becky Monnig believed Chuck D delivered a
good message.
“It’s good to hear someone speak not only as
famous, but also as a professional,” Monnig
said.
Chuck D believes that stereotypes are the
beginning to hate and problems, and they do
not mix with a college campus. He finished his
two-hour speech on that note.
“Bury the stereotypes,” he said.
After his speech, Noldon said she wishes to
see to more speakers that are based on college
students come to Western. CAB has already
planned to have Detroit comedian Mike Green
speak
on
alcohol
awareness during
Homecoming Week.
“CAB tries to promote and embrace culture
through fun,” Monnig said. CAB is working on
plans for more activities and speakers for the
rest of the academic year.
FAMILY DAY
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 • PAGE 5
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Big Event
Students will go to such sites as The Thrift
Store to hang clothes and straighten shelves,
the Citadel to play BINGO and do yard work,
and the National Military Heritage Museum to
take down and clean helicopters and parachutes.
Many sites are eager to see the college students come back and help out in whatever way
they can.
Jones said that she believes the sites really
look forward to participating in this event.
“As with most institutions, businesses and
organizations in our country, many of the
groups just don’t have the manpower to
accomplish many of the goals they have set,”
Triggs said. “They are important to our community’s existence, and the service they provide is priceless.”
Triggs said many sites
have expressed their gratitude for the participants’
willingness to work hard This event is
with good attitudes.
“We hope this can progetting to
vide them with a moment
of rest or even increase
the point
what they thought possinow where it
ble,” Triggs said.
The Big Event has been
will soon
growing and becoming
more popular every year.
outgrow our
“This event is getting to
the point now where it will
individual
soon outgrow our individual office,” CME intern
office.
Jocee Snelling said. “By
having our name on this
JOCEE SNELLING
particular project and
CME intern
knowing its level of success, it gives me as an
intern the feeling of great
pride and accomplishment.”
The event is not just important to the CME.
Triggs said that it has become one of the key
events for the university as well.
An estimated 200 students have already
shown interest in helping, and it is looking
like another successful semester for the Big
Event. This isn’t just a day for students to
help. Faculty and staff is encouraged volunteer, too.
“We would like to increase participation of
faculty and staff and hopefully add data collection components to the program,” Triggs said.
Students and faculty who want to volunteer
will need to meet at the Looney Complex Arena
on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. to sign up for a volunteer site. Other volunteer sites include
American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity
and the Open Door Food Kitchen.
Triggs suggests that students should carry
on community service way beyond the Big
Event.
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Many booths and activities were a part of Family Day. The band Raining Janes also played during the days festivities.
(Photo by Rachel Euchner --Photo Editor)
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The Griffon News
AGD teeter totters to raise money f or charity
Sorority hopes to
surpass mark set
from last year
Lisa Crawford
News Writer
Alpha Gamma Delta is hosting the
Teeter-Totter-A-Thon Oct. 6-7 as a
charity fundraiser for the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation.
The 8th annual Teeter-Totter-AThon will take place outside the
Blum Union and run 24 hours
straight from 10 a.m. to 10 a.m.
There will be two teeter-totters going
with at least one moving at all times.
Each sorority sister will take approximately six-hour shifts on the teetertotter.
Alpha Gamma Delta raises an
average of $1,000 a year from this
event. In 2002, they raised twice
that. Each sister has a personal goal
to raise at least $50 each. This year,
the sorority’s goal is to raise at least
$1,250.
Proceeds from the Teeter-Totter-AThon will be donated to the Alpha
Gamma Delta Foundation in support
of leadership and scholarship programs. In addition, the money will
contribute to philanthropic projects
such as Sisters Income Supplement.
This project supplies grants to AGD
sisters in need. Many affected by the
recent hurricanes will receive aid
from SIS.
The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
and American Diabetes Association
will receive the largest donations to
aid in research and help kids attend
summer camps.
“Support of our Teeter-Totter-AThon means helping us support the
development of innovative therapies
for diabetics and fund the research
that will culminate in a cure for diabetes,” Financial Advisor of AGD
Catherine Caldwell said.
The fundraiser began eight years
ago when AGD tried to think of
something unique. The sisters then
asked Wonda Berry-Howe, the former chapter and faculty advisor, to
help make the teeter-totters. They
have been holding the event since.
Along with teeter-totters, there
will be food available and a DJ setup
Thursday afternoon. Donations will
be taken, and there will also be raffles throughout the day.
“We encourage the whole campus
to come out…it’s nice to get some
support,” Philanthropy Coordinator
for AGD Erin Wilson said.
After the Teeter-Totter-A-Thon,
AGD will stay busy this semester
painting faces and carving pumpkins
at Pumpkinfest at the Pony Express
Museum,
trick-or-treating
for
canned goods during Halloween and
babysitting at Christ Episcopal
Church. They have also been planning for the Mr. MWSU in the
spring.
“This chapter has always been
willing to step up and help out, both
on campus and in the community,”
Caldwell said.
Last year the weather was very
cold but the sisters banded together
in support. Many of the same women
who participated in the TeeterTotter-A-Thon will return this year
in hopes of raising more for the causes benefiting. One returning member
is AGD’s Vice President of Member
Development Ashley Rockhold, who
has been part of the event for the
past two years.
“We (AGD) stick together through
the ups and downs…literally,”
Rockhold said.
FILE PHOTO
Members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority ride on teeter totters in this photo from 2002. The sorority hopes to raise $1, 250
this year. Most of the proceeds will go towards the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the American Diabetes Association.
The ABCs of diabetes can reduce complications
Kathy Crawford
Copy Editor
When health information technology student Alisha Potter and her husband rushed
their little girl to the emergency room, her
blood sugar level was 600 – a life-threatening condition. Kelsey was suffering from a
viral infection, and this had caused the
dangerous rise in her glucose. She was subsequently diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
That was more than seven years ago when
Kelsey was a year old.
“My husband and I stayed in the hospital
for seven days when she was first diagnosed,” Potter said. “We learned how to
inject Kelsey [with insulin] practicing on an
orange.”
Diabetes is the number five killer in the
U.S., according to the American Diabetes
Association. Juvenile diabetes, or type 1,
accounts for between 5 and 10 percent of all
diagnosed cases. With Type 1 diabetes, the
pancreas does not work properly, and the
body fails to produce insulin. This type of
diabetes, known as insulin-dependent diabetes, is most often found in children and
young adults.
“The thought of seeing my little girl take
several shots in a day makes me crazy,”
Potter said.
Kelsey injects herself with a pharmaceutical concoction that her mother mixes for her.
She’s been giving herself shots in the tummy
or leg since she was between 3- and 4-yearsold. However, if the doctors can get Kelsey’s
blood sugar regulated, then they will put her
on an insulin pump.
“ S h e ’s really excited about getting the
pump,” Potter said. “It will give her some
freedom so that she can have an occasional
sweet. The pump will monitor her glucose
and automatically release medication when
needed.”
While type 2 diabetes is not considered an
insulin-dependent disease, it is the more
prevalent of the two, according to the
National Diabetes Education Program. In
this type of diabetes the body’s cells do not
use insulin properly.
However, studies show that people at high
risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay
the onset of the disease by losing 5 to 7 percent of their body weight through diet and
exercise. Janis Brown, a certified diabetes
educator at the Diabetes Center for
Heartland Health in St. Joseph, said that
lifestyle changes are critical, considering
diabetes is a lifelong illness.
“Once you are diagnosed with the disease,
it is like high blood pressure – it’s chronic,”
Brown said. “Chronic means no cure.”
The onset of type 2 diabetes is not
overnight, however, according to the
Centers for Disease Control. Rather,
almost all individuals go through prediabetes first, a term that describes elevated
blood sugar levels not high enough to be
considered diabetes. At this stage, meal
planning and exercise may be enough to
lower the glucose back to normal levels.
According to the NDEP, preventive care
practices known as the ABCs of diabetes –
monitoring A1C (or blood sugar), blood pressure, and cholesterol – can reduce the occurrence of complications associated with diabetes.
The A1C test is important because it will
show how well a person has been controlling
their glucose levels over an extended period.
High glucose levels can harm your kidneys,
feet and eyes.
To meet the local need for A1C testing in
St. Joseph among patients who do not have
access to other programs, Jan Mehl of the
United Way of Greater St. Joseph said that
test strips are provided through its Health
Efforts for Local People, or HELP fund.
“Prior to this program, the patients were
only able to test themselves once a month,”
Mehl said. “Now they are able to test twice
daily.”
Missouri Western Assistant Professor
Stephanie Corder, R.N. ND, worked last year
with senior nursing students who collected
A1C data from local diabetes patients
involved in the program.
“The comparison A1C levels are impressive,” said Corder. “After several months of
testing, the outcomes were significantly
lower in the participants in the program.”
Lower sustained glucose levels translate
into better quality of life for the patients and
cost savings for the community, Mehl said.
Because an estimated 5.2 million
Americans suffer from diabetes that has not
been diagnosed, the CDC recommends testing for the condition in otherwise healthy
individuals for anyone aged 45 or older.
Testing at a younger age is necessary if the
individual is overweight because being
overweight can interfere with the body to
make or use insulin properly.
Early diagnosis is important for preventing complications and death.
“A majority of deaths caused by diabetes
are cardio-vascular in nature: a heart attack
or stroke,” Brown said.
Once diagnosed with diabetes, the patient
can do much to avoid the devastating complications of diabetes through control,
Brown said. She said that the elements of
control include meal planning, exercising,
monitoring blood sugar, blood lipids, blood
pressure and regular visits with a health
care provider.
“One element is not necessarily better
than the other,” Brown said. “Prevention is
a package.”
“We’re looking at nine or 10 percent growth,”
he said. “That’s tremendous.”
Their population hike comes even in the
wake of a small tuition increase.
Last year, an in-state, full-time, undergraduate would have paid $17,800 for the whole
package. Now a freshman of the same circumstances would be looking at a cost of
$18,200.
Looking at enrollment drops, it seems it’s the
larger schools that are taking the hits.
Enrollment at Missouri State University
(formerly SMSU) is down slightly from last
year’s totals.
There are 20,741 students enrolled at MSU
this fall, making it the second largest university in the state. Last year’s total was a record
20,846. They just trail University of Missouri-
Columbia (MU) who has 21,375 students
enrolled presently.
Enrollment at Central Missouri State
University (CMSU) is likely down again this
year. Their undergraduate total wasn’t yet
compiled.
Paul Orscheln, director of the Office of
Admissions, believes that the numbers are
going to be off just a little, but didn’t have the
totals as of press-time.
“Last year we were looking at a very
slight shortcoming, and I believe that will
be the case again this fall,” Orscheln said.
“ We’ve shown higher enrollment figures in
our spring semesters for the last two
years.”
At Truman State University the tally was
off from last year but the administration isn’t
worried.
Dave Rector, director of budgets and
research, admits that while the numbers are
slightly off, it’s not cause for any worry from
where he’s concerned.
“I don’t think it’s uncommon to expect
some level of variance. If we’re short this
fall, we’re bound to be cramped next fall,”
Rector said.
Truman’s fall totals are 5,799 undergraduates,
which is down about 1 percent from last fall’s
5,862.
Northwest Missouri State University had
not reported their enrollment totals as of
press-time. Bev Schenkel, dean of enrollment
management, was contacted but the official
numbers were not yet available from their
campus census.
Both types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2, have
numerous and some life-threatening complications
• Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of
blindness, resulting in 12 to 24 thousand new cases
annually and is responsible for 8 percent of legal
blindness in the United States.
• Over 60 percent of lower-limb amputations that
are not related to trauma occur in people with diabetes. About 82,000 of lower-limb amputations were
performed from 2000 to 2001.
• Among young adults with diabetes, the risk of
developing gum disease doubles. Almost one-third
of all people with diabetes develop periodontal disease.
• Kidney disease occurs in 10 to 21 percent of diabetes patients. This can lead to the need for dialysis
or a kidney transplant.
• Many people with diabetes are on prescription
medications to control high blood pressure. About
73 percent of people with diabetes have high blood
pressure.
• People with diabetes are also more susceptible to
other diseases, including influenza and pneumonia.
These adults are more likely to die from one of these
illnesses.
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down from last fall’s price of $127. She added
that the university has implemented a number
of new privately funded scholarships to compensate for a lack of A+ grants.
Honey thinks the steady rise over the last
two years isn’t simply money motivated.
“University status really made the difference for us,” Honey said. “It’s helped us in
the management department, and it shows
in our enrollment.”
Likewise, Benedictine University is announcing a successful fall recruitment.
The unofficial count for Benedictine is 2,440
undergraduates, which is up from last year’s
2,148.
Director of Institutional Research David
Sonnenberger says the numbers are encouraging.
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Sorority numbers down
Only 24 women
pledged during
formal recruitment
Lindsay Tremayne
News Editor
Sorority recruitment week experienced low numbers when only 24
girls pledged to one of four sororities: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Phi Mu, or Tri
Sigma.
Alpha Sigma Alpha member
Sarah Davis said that she thinks
that stereotypes had a part to play
in the low numbers.
“I think that Greek life has a
really big stereotype attached to
it,” Davis said. “They just have a
bad rap. I volunteered to sit at a
table at Griffon Edge and hand
out flyers. I got a lot of snotty
looks and comments from girls. I
was an athlete in high school, and
I came here with the same attitude that sororities were stupid,
and sorority girls were dumb and
got drunk and partied all the time.
“But one of my friends talked me
into [rushing]. I’m really glad that
I did it.”
Davis said that in 2001 her pledge
class had 20-25 members, compared
to seven or eight this year.
Panhellenic Vice President and
member of Alpha Gamma Delta
Erin Wilson said that numbers
have been on the decline at
Western and around the nation.
“It just ebbs and flows throughout
the years,” Wilson said. “Every few
years there’s a big push for it, and
then a couple of years later there’s a
decline. So we’ll get it back up.”
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Convocation Speaker
Wilson attributes the low num- with their sorority for six weeks.
bers to not only negative stereoA Rho Chi’s job is to help each
types, but also some scheduling rusher find out about all the sororproblems. She said that recruit- ities. In order to be unbias, a Rho
ment was held the forth week of Chi could not wear their letters or
class, which happened to coincide talk to any sorority members pubwith many freshmen testing, so licly for two weeks before school
some of the girls dropped out until bid day.
because of tests. Wilson said that
Davis, who volunteered to be a
next year’s recruitment week will Rho Chi for this year’s recruitbe moved up to the second week of ment, said that it was a very hard
class.
role.
Wilson also
“It was really
suggested that
hard [to be dismore P.R. about
affiliated]
recruitment
because all of
It just ebbs and flows
week
might
my best friends
have resulted
throughout the years.
are in my sororin a better turn
ity,” Davis said.
Every few years there’s a “It kind of
out.
Despite low
messed with my
numbers, Wilson big push for it, and a cou - head to have
was happy with
them
just
ple years later there’s a
the way the
ignore me when
week went.
I would see
decline.
“I think it
ERIN WILSON them. It was
went
pretty
Panhellenic Council V. P. and very hard. I
well,” Wilson
Alpha Gamma Delta member would do it
said. “It took a
again if I was
lot of organizahere for anothtion. I didn’t get
er recruitment.”
much sleep for
Geno agreed
the week. For
that it was hard
the most part, it went well.”
to be separated from sorority sisEach sorority was only allowed ters, and it made her realize how
to bid seven girls. One rusher important those relationships are.
declined an invitation and now
“[The sacrifice] was worth it,”
must wait one year before trying Geno said. “You get a reality check
to join another sorority.
as to how much your sisters mean
There are still opportunities for to you, how much you value their
girls to pledge a sorority through opinions and everything they do
continuous open bidding and for you.”
informal recruitment.
Davis and Geno said that being
A lot of time and sacrifice goes a Rho Chi provided them with a
into recruitment week for sorority special opportunity to get to know
members. Recruitment counselors the rushers better because they
(Rho Chi), in particular, had to sac- were encountering them personal rifice friendships and affiliation ly every day during recruitment.
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“J.C. Watts, as a congressman, was an
outstanding leader in fiscal responsibility. The people of Oklahoma, and the
nation, were fortunate to have his service as a congressman.”
Currently, he is the head of the J.C.
Watts Company. They are consultants for
companies such as Dillard’s Department
Stores, Burlington Northern Santa Fe,
NASCAR, John Deere and Wells Fargo.
Convocation was started in 1993 and
is sponsored by the Western Foundation.
“The Convocation program through
the years has delivered outstanding
speakers, and J.C. Watts will be a fine
addition to that list,” Gerstner said. “His
experiences will provide students with a
broader understanding of the nation in
which they live, and in the process, motivate students to become active members
in their communities.”
Director of Public Relations and
Marketing Kristy Hill said, “The
Convocation on Critical Issues is a series
designed to bring nationally known
speakers to the university to discuss significant issues affecting the nation.”
Many students, faculty and community members will be in attendance.
Classes at Missouri Western will be canceled so students will be able to attend
this important event.
David Steiniche, professor of government at Missouri Western said the event
is important for students to attend
because it gives them knowledge of the
current politics.
“Apart from hearing an interesting
and inspirational speech, students
should attend the J.C. Watts presentation as a significant event in the process
of becoming familiar with political and
public-policy issues.”
Ryan Bell said he is looking forward to
the Convocation because he likes to hear
people speak about politics.
“I usually enjoy the speakers,” senior
Ryan Bell said. “Plus, if politics is the
topic, I’m all about that.”
Kristy Hill, director of public
relations and marketing –
“J.C. Watts has a unique
prospective as an African
American business leader
and former Congressmen.
His perspective on political
situations, leadership and
citizenship, and ways to be
advocates for change are
important messages for our
students and our
community.”
David Steiniche, professor of
government –
“Congressman Watts is not
what you would expect. He
is black but politically
conservative (like National
Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice and U.S.
Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas). His
success with the Oklahoma
voters con be attributed as
much to his conservative
views as to his fame playing
football in Oklahoma.”
“I think students will be
impressed with the
importance of government,
the source of policies that
impact us in many ways.
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The Griffon News
Academic Honesty policy to change
Rex Martin
Lifestyles Writer
The concept is simple; do your own work and
turn in your own work. But, with thousands of
internet sites that allow you to buy term
papers on yet thousands more topics it isn’t so
simple anymore.
An academic honesty policy has become
standard for every university, and Missouri
Western is no different.
“Since honesty in the classroom or laboratory is required, cheating, plagiarism or knowingly furnishing false information to the
University constitutes a violation.” That is
how Western’s current academic honesty policy reads from Western’s policy guide.
Western’s current policy is sparse and vague
compared to the extensive policies that exist at
other institutions such as Central Missouri
and Northwest Missouri State Universities.
Now that Western has recently been put on
par with those institutions by being dubbed a
state university of Missouri, it is important for
all of our policies to be up to date. That is why
the Faculty Senate created and appointed the
seven person Committee on academic honesty
to review and revise the current policy and
submit their revision for approval by the university’s governing bodies.
“(The academic honesty policy) is really old
and out of date,” Anne Thorne, chairperson of
the committee on academic honesty said.
“Most (other Missouri Universities) have policies that are 10 pages long and are very specific about what is academic honesty, what is
plagiarism, so that it makes it very clear.”
The vagueness of Western’s policy seems to
be the main problem.
“It doesn’t list any guidelines; it doesn’t tell
you what you can and cant do,” Thorne said.
“So the committee is supposed to come up with
new guidelines that are much more specific
and take into account that we live in a computer savvy age where papers are on the
Internet.”
Modern technology is adding more ways of
being academically dishonest than were available in years past. In addition to being able to
buy papers online, you can also purchase computer programs online for computer programming courses.
The recent innovation of
text messaging also
offers a unique way
of being able to
cheat on tests
without having to whisper to the
person
sitting
next to
you.
In addition to students having more ways to
cheat, professors also have more ways to catch
cheaters.
“There are many ways a professor can catch
plagiarism,” Karen Fulton, English professor
said. “A professor can use a plagiarism search
engine or type a few lines of a paper into
Google and see if the writing comes up. I personally had two
instances
where two students turned
in the same
paper,
so
both were
guilty.”
Thorne
said
that
this change
hasn’t been
spurred
by
any incident. It
comes more from
faculty saying that
the policy needs to be more clear so the students understand exactly what is and isn’t
acceptable.
“I’m not too familiar with the academic honesty policy,” sophomore Mark Reineke said. “I
guess plagiarism would be taking someone
else’s work and not citing them.”
Many students might be surprised to find
out that academic dishonesty can be defined to
include falsifying the results of a laboratory
experiment or turning in the same paper in
two classes without telling and having it
approved by the professor.
“In any class, upper or lower division, that
involves writing. I discuss in depth what plagiarism is and isn’t,” Fulton said. “I also
design my assignments to make plagiarism
less likely. I change topics and texts frequently to make papers already in existence less
useful.”
There is already a working draft that the
committee on academic honesty is working
with right now. According to Thorne, the committee will ask for feedback on this draft from
various levels of Western to see what parts
people think will work and which parts need
to be revised or if anything needs to be added
that has been left out.
Thorne said the committee hopes to revise
the current draft and have it finalized by the
end of the year and propose the policy to the
faculty senate, at which point the new policy
has to be voted on and approved through the
hierarchy of Western.
The revised policy shouldn’t be finalized
before the fall semester of 2006 and may take
even longer than that.
Hopefully after this policy is in the books,
Western students won’t hear much more about
it. To avoid being confronted for academic
honesty Thorne suggests to just be careful.
Avoid just copying and pasting from the
internet into your paper, you can do this but
make sure you use quotes and cite your
source.
Also, you want to avoid having your paper be
too quote heavy and most of all, use your common sense. “If you think what you might be
doing is wrong, you should probably think
twice before trying it.”
Facebook hits Missouri W estern
Web site intended to con nect students across the globe
ends up an addiction
Rikki Cason
Assignment Editor
Almost everyone has heard the constant talk
in classes, in the halls and even at the bar. Or
they’ve been in the computer lab when every
computer screen was set to the same Web
site. No, it’s not a mind control device, or a plot
to take over the world. It’s Facebook.
This Web site, facebook.com, allows high
school and college students to connect to people at their own school and schools across the
country.
Four men, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin
Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum and Chris
Hughes, launched the Web site to the public
on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. It was created just
for fun. This overnight sensation has connected many campuses for the last 18 months.
Over the summer, students wrote e-mails to
Facebook asking for this to be added at Missouri
Western. Though the response was slow, now enjoy. Some of its main features are looking up
everywhere
you
look, people at your school or other schools and seea new person is signed up.
ing how people know each
“I think it’s a fun way for
other. You can also find peoeveryone on campus to
ple in your classes, social
interact with each other,”
groups and view who has
sophomore Cole Shrouf
Facebook from your high
said.
school.
If you haven’t joined this
One feature many stuIt’s addicting because dents
bandwagon or heard of this
enjoy is the groups
rising trend across campus,
you want to read profiles, they can either join or creit’s not too late. All you
ate. For example, have you
and then you’re like,
need is a Western e-mail
ever secretly wanted to
address and five minutes to
run someone over with
‘Wow, I wasted one hour your car on campus, or do
fill out the profile information. And the next couple
you have a desire to stop
of my life.’
hours of your life will be
our campus from being
spent waiting to be added
invaded by backpacks with
ERIN WILSON wheels? Maybe you just
or messaged by a person
Senior want to be connected with
you knew years ago.
“My high school friends
a fraternity or sorority.
have had it for a couple
These are just a few of
years,” senior Erin Wilson
the groups that have been
said. “It’s really cool to see
created so far.
all of them. A lot of them are
F i n a l l y, there is the
people who you want to know
“poke” feature that could
what’s happening in their lives, but you’re not have several meanings.
good enough friends to call them up.”
When visiting a person’s profile, you can
Facebook has many features for students to “poke” them and that user is then informed
“
”
that they have been “poked” and are allowed
to take action – to “poke” back. This could
result in a “poke” war.
The one downfall to this site is that it is
addictive for students. “Facebook-aholics”
spend countless hours a day glued to the
screen instead of writing that important paper
or studying for that big exam.
“It’s a good procrastinating tool,” Wilson
said. “It’s addicting because you want to read
profiles, and then you’re like, ‘Wow, I wasted
one hour of my life.’”
“I’m very addicted to it,” Shrouf said. “I get
on it about ten times a day and probably two
to three hours a night.”
Though many deal with this problem, some
students have beaten the need to check their
page ten times a day.
“I check it, but I don’t find it addicting,” senior Amanda Geno said. “But it’s cool because
you can talk to friends all over the place.”
Regardless, Facebook may soon become an
important part of college life. The Collegiate
Times has called it a “disease,” while The
Associated Press regards it an “Internet sensation.” Despite differing opinions on this trend,
it will be attracting students for a long time to
come, or unitl the once popular Xanga makes a
comeback.
British bands second to none
After taking my girlfriend to see
Coldplay Sept. 21 at Verizon
Wireless Amphitheater in Bonner
Springs, Kan., I can say, without a
doubt in my mind, that artists from
the U.K. are the best bands to listen to.
The Coldplay show was the best
concert I have ever been to. Granted,
I haven’t been to many concerts in my
time, but it was hands-down great.
The thing that impressed me the
most was the band’s sincerity to
the crowd and Chris Martin’s (the
lead singer) voice. He sounded perfect, exactly like the album.
I did not come to this realization
that night. I have liked British
bands for a long time, stemming
from the day that a friend from
high school introduced me to
Radiohead. I was blown away.
I have all their albums and would
pay a pretty penny to see them live.
I even made the comment to my
girlfriend during the Coldplay concert that it would be unbelievable if
Radiohead came out with them to
play a few songs.
“Don’t get your hopes up,” she said.
Of course, my love of British
nickdraper
artists comes from my mother’s
love of The Beatles. They were the
ones who started the first British
invasion in the United States and,
thankfully for me, introduced
America across the sea.
I am always in the mood for Abby
Road and cherish the fact that my
parents have The White Album on
vinyl. There is nothing like The
Beatles on vinyl.
But rock is not the only music I
like from the U.K. Mike Skinner,
the artist from The Streets, has a
couple of brilliant albums.
He is an artist who raps about
his life in the U.K. At first listen, I
didn’t think much of his music, but
after making myself listen, I heard
how great his stuff was.
One of the reasons why I like the
bands I have just described so much
is that you can sit down and listen
to an entire CD and feel like you
have just listened to a story. Pink
Floyd was the best at this, which is
why they are right there at the top
of my favorite groups as well.
Now don’t get me wrong, there is
a lot of great music coming from
the U.S. I am not denouncing
music from America because that
would be, well, un-American.
I like groups like The White
Stripes and the Black-Eyed Peas
and listen to a variety of stuff when
I listen to the radio.
Although, if you never had given
bands like Coldplay or Radiohead a
chance, then you should give them
a try. Be prepared to really listen to
the music, and I recommend listening to an entire CD at one sitting.
That is the best way to get the full
effect of the music.
But when I feel like listening to a
CD, whether in my car, at my house
or in The Griffon News office, you
can rest assured that whatever I
choose from my CD case would most
definitely be a group from Britain.
Sports
The Griffon News
Griffs roll at home
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 • PAGE 9
2005 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
Aug. 26-27 at Arkansas Tech Invitational, Russellville, Ark.
Aug. 26
vs. Fort Valley State
W 3-0
vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville
W 3-0
Aug. 27
vs. Montana State-Billings
L 3-2
vs. Arkansas Tech
W 3-0
Sept. 2-3 RAMADA INN INVITATIONAL, MWSU Fieldhouse
Sept. 2
Fort Hays State
W 3-2
Sept. 3
South Dakota
W 3-1
West Florida
L 3-0
Sept. 9-10
at Alabama-Huntsville Invitational Huntsville, Ala.
Sept. 9
vs. West Alabama
W 3-1
vs. Alabama-Huntsville
L 3-1
Sept. 10
vs. Harding
L 3-1
vs. Montevallo
W 3-1
Sept. 14
Washburn
MWSU Fieldhouse
L 3-0
Sept. 16
at Central Mo. State
Warrensburg, Mo.
W 3-2
Sept. 21
at Northwest Mo. State Maryville, Mo.
W 3-2
Sept. 23
at Truman
Kirksville, Mo.
L 3-1
Sept. 28
at Missouri Southern
Joplin, Mo.
W 3-1
Sept. 30
Pittsburg State
MWSU Fieldhouse
W 3-1
Oct. 1
Southwest Baptist
MWSU Fieldhouse
W 3-1
Today
Emporia State
MWSU Fieldhouse
7 p.m.
Oct. 7-8
at Henderson State Classic Arkadelphia, Ark.
Oct. 7
vs. Central Arkansas
11 p.m.
vs. Ouachita Baptist
6:30 p.m.
Oct. 8
vs. Henderson State
1:30 p.m.
vs. Christian Brothers
1:30 p.m.
Oct. 12
at Washburn
Topeka, Kan.
7 p.m.
Oct. 14
Central Missouri State MWSU Fieldhouse
7 p.m.
Oct. 19
Northwest Mo. State
MWSU Fieldhouse
7 p.m.
Oct. 21
Truman
MWSU Fieldhouse
7 p.m.
Oct. 26
Missouri Southern
MWSU Fieldhouse
7 p.m.
Oct. 28
at Pittsburg State
Pittsburg, Kan.
7 p.m.
Oct. 29
at Southwest Baptist
Bolivar, Mo.
7 p.m.
Nov. 2
at Emporia State
Emporia, Kan.
7 p.m.
2005 SOCCER SCHEDULE
BRAD REDMOND/Graphics Editor
Pittsburg State defenders try to stop an attack by Western outside hitter Ashley Blickenstaff while teammates look on at the Looney
Complex on Sept. 30. The Griffons won that match three games to one and went on to beat Southwest Baptist the following day.
Griffons have more
home success during
conference play
Marielle Scarborough
Sports Writer
The Missouri Western volleyball began
MIAA play Wednesday, Sept. 14 against
the Washburn University Lady Jays, who
were, at the time, ranked No.11 in the
nation.
Western entered the contest with a 7-4
overall record, but much like last year,
matches begin to get harder once you
enter MIAA play.
“The MIAA is definitely tough competition,” head coach Cindy Brauck
said. “But it’s not insurmountable for
us. We have an athletic volleyball
team that can compete with the best
teams.”
Washburn entered Wednesday’s game
undefeated and left the same way, as the
Griffons lost in three games (30-25, 3013, 30-16). Western’s record lowered to 75 (0-1 MIAA), while Washburn continued
its winning streak to improve to 12-0 (1- the challenge, defeating the Jennies in
0 MIAA).
the fifth game to win the match in draMelissa Malone was the leading matic fashion (20-30, 23-30, 30-26, 30Griffon in kills with
27, 15-12).
nine, while Marian
Freshman outside
Broderick was right
hitter
Hallie
behind her with eight
Dellagardelle led the
kills.
Griffons in kills with
Western
setter
We have an athletic vol - 20, while senior setter
Therese Hand was
Therese Hand had 54
honored before the leyball team that can com - assists.
game for reaching
The win moved
pete with the best teams. Western to 8-5 on the
3,000 assists for her
career.
season with a 1-1
CINDY BRAUCK record in MIAA play,
“Therese has been
one of the easiest
Western volleyball coach while Central fell to
players to coach,”
7-6 on the year with a
Brauck said. “We tell
0-2 record in the
her something once,
MIAA.
and she gets it done.
Western is currently
She allows us to focus
in sixth place in the
on players that need more instruction.”
conference and will play their next three
Two days later, the Griffons traveled to matches on the road before finally comtake on the Mules of Central Missouri ing back to St. Joseph to face Pittsburgh
State.
State on Sept. 30.
Western dropped the first two games
Western’s next match will be against
of the match, digging themselves into a Northwest Missouri State University on
0-2 hole. Western then came back to Wednesday. The Bearcats are currently
take the third and fourth games from the bottom-dwellers of the MIAA with a
the Mules to even the score. With one 6-8 record and a 0-3 record in conference
game left to play, the Griffons stood to play.
“
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Women’s golf waits for first team win
Lisa Cross’
individual awards
are a bright spot
Marielle Scarborough
Sports Writer
The Missouri Western women’s golf
team has had top finishes individually, but
hasn’t been able to clinch a team victory.
“Everyone’s had their moments,” said
coach Randy McGowan, “but we haven’t
had one round where everyone has
played their best.”
The Griffons played their first dual
match against the 8th ranked University
of Nebraska-Omaha on Sept. 10. The
team played tough, coming up short by
only eight strokes in their 363-355 loss to
the ranked UNO. Western’s own Lisa
Cross shot an 82, the low score of the
match.
The same week, the Griffons traveled
to the Rockhurst Tourney. At this tournament the Griffon’s had their best finish of
the season. They placed third out of nine
teams. Lisa Cross again had a great performance tying for second overall.
On Sept. 17 and 18, the Griffons traveled to Iowa, where they competed at the
Concordia Invitational. The
Griffon’s posted their lowest
team scores of the season 343354-348, but finished 10th out
of eleven teams.
“It’s rough when we’re shooting our lowest scores and hitting our team goals, but finishing worse in the actual tournament,” McGowan said.
There was an upside though. Kari
Harder of Missouri Western tied for sixth
overall at the Concordia Invitational. She
had the top score for the team with a 7581-78. Placing in the top 10 will help Kari
with her individual regional ranking.
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individual players make it to the post
season.
“Lisa has definitely had better overall
scores in the last two of three matches,
but Kari will receive a high ranking from
(her) performance,” McGowan said. “Kari
placed sixth out of 10 regional competitors.”
Only the top six teams from the
region will be invited to play in the
postseason. The league will also
invite the top three golfers who
are not on the six final teams
to play as well.
McGowan said that the
team has a shot at making to
post season.
“Mental focus is our main concern,” he said. “People have better concentration in practice than in matches.
We’ve done well at grinding it out, but
our mental focus will allow the win to
happen if we’re playing well.”
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Sept. 22
Sept. 23
Sept. 25
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 12
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 27
Oct. 30
Nov. 5
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
Central Missouri State
Riverside
L 4-0
Missouri Southern
Riverside
L 2-0
Wayne State (Neb.)
Riverside
L 3-2
Missouri-Rolla
Riverside
L 4-0
Upper Iowa
Riverside
L 2-0
Emporia State
Riverside
L 4-2
at Northwest Mo. State
Maryville, Mo.
L 1-0
at Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, S.D. canceled
at North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D.
L 8-1
Truman
Riverside
L 3-1
Washburn
Riverside
W 2-1
Southwest Baptist
Riverside
W 2-1
Northwest Mo. State
Riverside
T 1-1
at Missouri Southern
Joplin, Mo.
L 6-1
at Washburn
Topeka, Kan.
4 p.m.
at Central Mo. State
Warrensburg, Mo.
6 p.m.
Park University
Riverside.
2 p.m.
at Southwest Baptist
Bolivar, Mo.
3 p.m.
at Emporia State
Emporia, Kan.
1 p.m.
at Truman
Kirksville, Mo.
1 p.m.
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every match, but they haven’t been able to get over the
hump.
“We haven’t had any lucky brakes. We have had to fight
through tradition and make our own identity,” Wiggins
said.
Shaylynn Milbourn felt that it only took one victory to
turn their world upside down.
“After having our first win, to think of not winning just
isn’t possible,” Milbourn said.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Griffon’s took on school rival
Northwest Missouri State. This match finished with a 1-1
tie. There would be no game saving heroics, but there
wouldn’t be a loss either.
“The team is definitely starting to have more confidence,”
Wiggins said. “We knew that we could compete and get
results. Overall, we believe in each other.”
The Griffons have started playing as a team. That is evident in their winning performances last week.
This week, the Griffons will have a much needed
rest. They will play Washburn on the road Oct. 12.
“We are out to prove that we can play hard and with
heart,” said Milbourn. “We want to show that we don’t play
for anybody else; we play for the team.”
Sports
PAGE 10 • Tuesday, October 4, 2005
The Griffon News
JEREMIAH WHITE S YARDS THIS SEASON
C. OKLAHOMA
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In his first year in Division
II, Western s feature running back is burning up
the MIAA
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WESTERN S RUSHING IS
Brett Adkison
Sports Writer
It s doubtful any MIAA football coaches were worried about junior running-back Jeremiah White
entering the season.
Six weeks later, White has become one of the
most powerful forces in the conference. He ranks
second among all MIAA running backs with 931
yards, behind Germaine Race of Pittsburg State,
who sits at 936.
White has rushed for 130 or more yards in each
game of Western s six games.
Griffons junior linebacker Siraaj Mohaamad
knows the best way to describe White.
"He s half man, half amazing," Mohammad said.
"He is tremendously important to the team, and its
great to have him here."
Last year, he played for Mesa Community
College, in Mesa, Ariz. It wasn t until after he visited Missouri Western that he knew that this was the
place for him.
I took my Recruitment trip to Western and just
being on campus and eating with some of the players it made me feel real good about coming
here, White said.
White has certainly found a home in the Griffons
offensive unit. His ability to run through the defensive
line or bounce out into the open field has complimented the rest of the Griffons offense and has them running on all cylinders.
There has never been any question about White s
ability, but his domination of opposing defenses has
the rest of the MIAA shaking their heads in disbelief. Even Griffons head coach Jerry Partridge
admits he did not see it coming.
We knew he was good, Partridge said. But if I told
you I knew he was going to be this good this fast, I
would be lying to you. He is going to continue to get
better, and that is going to make us better.
White s fast overtaking of the MIAA is due in large
part to setting goals and striving to reach them.
I just came in here planning to do my best and to
do what I needed to do, White said.
Even more encouraging for Western fans is
White s age. This is only his junior year. With other
juniors such as Jarrett Brooks, Michael Burton,
Jamison Burns, and John Matthew Fisher, White
will be apart of an experienced Griffons team next
year that may prove to be a powerhouse in the
MIAA.
W ith White running like a man possessed and the
Griffons offensive and Defensive units playing as
well as they have in the past few years, the future
Jeremiah White
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Freshman kicks game winner
Brett Adkison
Sports Writer
Missouri Western pulled out a 13-10 comefrom-behind victory over Central Missouri
State at Spratt Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 1.
The Griffons (4-2, 2-2 MIAA) trailed the Mules
(3-2, 1-2 MIAA) at the beginning of the fourth
quarter 3-10. With a little over five minutes left
in the game, Jeremiah White gave the Griffons
a breath of life when he broke free for a 12-yard
touchdown run, evening the score at 10.
A little over four minutes later, the Griffons
faced fourth down at the Mules 20-yard line when
freshman kicker Robbie Walling trotted onto the
field. With 35 seconds left on the clock, Walling
nailed a 37-yard field goal to give the Griffons a
three-point lead and the win.
Although it was a pressure filled situation and
W alling is only in his first season with Western,
he held his nerves at bay.
My heart wasn t racing at all, Walling said. I
just had to remain focused. The snap was good,
the hold was good, so the kick was good.
W estern coach Jerry Partridge said the field
goal is going to help his kicker in the long run.
I m real happy for Robbie, Partridge said.
Hitting a game winner like that is a big confidence builder, especially for a freshman.
Saturday s game between Central Missouri
State and Missouri Western was nothing like
their last encounter. Last year the Griffons
defeated the Mules in an offensive shootout,
49-44. That game saw both teams record over
400 yards of total offense, while neither of
them were able to reach that mark this year.
Though the game seemed to be based more
on defense, White continued to run the ball well.
White carried the ball 31 times for a total of 201
yards, while scoring the Griffons only touchdown.
This game marks the seventh consecutive game
that White has rushed for over 100 yards.
W estern linebacker Siraaj Mohammad also
came up big for the Griffons, recovering a
Central Missouri fumble in the fourth quarter.
The fumble recovery led to Walling s winning
GRIFFONS
5-2,
2-2 in MIAA
Missouri Southern
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The Lions blew Missouri Southern out Lions
41-17 in Joplin, Mo. last weekend. Record
They ll bring the MIAA s top passing
3-3
offense (just under 300 yards per
2-2 MIAA
game) to Spratt on Saturday.
Emporia State
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A Central Missouri State defender catches Western running back Jamison Burns by the foot during
the Griffons 10-13 win on Saturday at Spratt Stadium.
13 - 10
field goal.
At first I was concentrated on making the
tackle, Mohammad said. When I noticed the
ball was coming out, I made sure that I fell on it
and held onto it.
Missouri Western went all game without committing a turnover and Partridge knows how
crucial it is to hold on to the ball.
The turnover margin is always a big thing
when we play CMSU, Partridge said. The last
five times we played the team that won the
turnover ratio won the game.
Up next for the Griffons will be Missouri
Southern at Spratt Stadium on Saturday, at 2
p.m., which is still in shock from the sudden
passing of their head coach John Ware.
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Emporia State was held scoreless at Hornets
home by Northwest Missouri State Record
last weekend in a 14-0 loss. They
2-3
travel to face Truman State on
Saturday.
1-2 MIAA
Southwest Baptist
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The Bearcats beat former MIAA
member Missouri-Rolla 40-38 last
weekend. They ll try to earn their first
conference win on the road against
Northwest on Saturday.
Bearcats
Record
2-4
0-3 MIAA