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Spring Break presents equal amount of fun, risks


SHANE STEELEY
Chief Reporter | @TheMissourian

Every year, thousands of students flock to faraway cities for


Spring Break. For many, it is a time
to drink and get into shenanigans
without the added pressure of
avoiding classes, but it is also a time
of possible danger and accidents.
According to dosomething.
org, a nonprofit social change organization, the average amount of

alcohol a college student drinks


per week is six drinks, compared to
the 10-drink-a-day average during
Spring Break. This can lead to many
consequences. Randy Smith, South
Padre Island Police Chief, and his
force have helped create many ways
to combat these consequences and
help keep students safe.
South Padre Island, Texas, is
one of the more popular Spring
Break destinations for Bearcats,
along with Panama City Beach in

Florida and Las Vegas.


Smith is optimistic about recent
reforms and changes, such as a bussing system, free water, educational
booths and vendor tents giving out
sun screen and other amenities to
stay safe and healthy. Such amenities create a much safer environment in Smiths eyes that should cut
down on high-risk behavior, such as
drunken driving and certain health
problems.
There is absolutely no reason

More than 200 students affected after private information leak


BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor | @brandonzenner

While the information leak last


week was not akin to that of Edward
Snowdens scandal, Northwest is taking steps to prevent further instances
similar to what froze 243 students
University accounts.
Around 5 p.m. March 3, a file
containing the name, address, 919
number, email and academic major
of 243 undecided students was accidently sent out by a student worker.
The file, which was supposed to be a
newsletter to freshmen parents, happened to be an Excel file that was not
password protected, enabling the
worker was able to send it.
The students CatPaws accounts were shut down to prevent
any breaches, and the emergency
response team, made up of several
Northwest officials, began to fix the

issue.
We immediately got ahold of the
file to find what was sent out and who
was affected, said Roger Von Holzen,
vice president of information technology. It actually wouldnt have had
much of an effect. If somebody got
into their CatPaws, all they could do is
add or drop a class and pay your bill.
We werent too worried about people
paying bills.
Northwest also blocked access to
the eCompanion sites of those affected and reset their passwords to both
accounts, which students were able
to change after logging in. They were
able to continue using their Bearcat
card until a new card and 919 number
was issued March 12.
The next day, we started working on the long process to generate
new 919 numbers and pins and security questions for those 243 students,
which they picked up on Wednesday,

Provost Doug Dunham said. We notified them along the way to let them
know that we were remedying the
case. (We were) trying to make sure
that we had protected students as best
as we could and mitigated any negative effects, but also make it as easy
for them as possible.
Dunham says employees go
through an annual training on the
system and sign data security forms
before they begin work. Some offices and workers began a retraining
course, and Dunham says that with
help protect student accounts from
further breaches..
This is an opportunity to remind
all students and employees to make
sure you pick a unique, hard to replicate PIN number because that helps
protect your information in the event
that something like this happens,
Dunham said.

The Pub reopens


more than 2 years
after collapse

injuries and 1,022 deaths. Of those


crashes, more than 57 percent involved drivers between the ages of
17-34. During Spring Break 2013,
Texas saw an increase of more than
23-percent 2012 in DUI deaths.
In case of accidents, a free
healthcare tent will be on the beach,
and there will be officers giving out
free water bottles in order to keep

Board of Regents to discuss


curriculum, fee, policy changes

The Northwest Missouri State


Board of Regents will hold a meeting
1 p.m. March 13 in the Board Room of
the J.W Jones Student Union. The Academic/Student Affairs/Governance
Committee, led by Northwest Provost Doug Dunham, will discuss curriculum proposals, the service animal
policy and faculty appointments.
The regents will vote to finalize or
reject the fees the Northwest Student
Senate passed, which includes an in-

AARON SCARBOROUGH| NW MISSOURIAN

A local favorite, The Pub, reopened Monday after the south wall of the building
collapsed Sept. 11, 2011. The Pub is located at 414 N. Main Street.

happens when half of a 100-year-old


building collapses, and you have to
rebuild it, Zeller said before opening.
Thats part of why everything took
so much longer. Theres a lot of little
stuff you dont think should take as

long as it does, or should, but it does.


On Sept. 11, 2011, the south wall
of The Pub was reduced to rubble
when it collapsed around 8 a.m. The

raise the bar-entry age beginning July


1, Maryville waits upon its governing
body to vote on two more ordinances
in the citys comprehensive alcohol
strategy.
The open container modification
states that it shall be unlawful for any
person to drink, expose or display any
alcoholic beverages in open containers in public.
Obviously, students will not be

able to drink from their house to the


bars, Student Liaison Dannen Merrill said. It will be more like a quick
break from drinking.
The nuisance provisions say that
enforcement is allowed to enter social
gatherings of 10 or more people on a
residential area. Enforcement is only
permitted if the gathering is violating one of 12 triggers that are already
enforced, such as fighting, littering,

SEE PUB | A5

creased technology fee and a new fitness center fee of $4.


The Finance Committee, led by
Stacy Carrick, Northwest finance
vice president, will discuss technology purchases, tuition and designated
fees as well as legal contracts.
The Board of Regents is the governing body for the University. This
group is composed of nine members,
including the non-voting student regent, Ashton Raffety.

Northwest organization
presents annual drag show
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SEE SPRING | A5

News Brief:

LAUREN MCCOY

LAUREN MCCOY

For Jimmy Buffet, its always 5


oclock somewhere, but for The Pub, 5
oclock was a long time coming.
After several obstacles and much
anticipation, bar owner Jeff Zeller finally reopened the doors to The Pub
earlier this week.
For several months, Maryville
community members heard rumors
of the popular late-night watering
hole reopening, but one thing after another seemed to pop up that
squashed those rumors.
Everything has taken a lot longer
than expected, but thats kind of what

anyone should drive drunk. Public transportation is easy, and you


could walk to most places, Smith
said, referring to a system similar
to Northwests Safe Rides Home
system. We also have a bus system
that flows continually, and you can
get on or off whenever you want for
free.
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, in 2013,
there were 25,158 DUI crashes in
Texas that resulted in 8,702 serious

Hold on to your mascara and


heels, ladies, because the queens are
coming.
Northwests gay-straight alliance
organization, Common Ground, will
host the 15th annual drag show this
Saturday, featuring both amateur and
professional drag performers.
Common Grounds community
liaison, Lance Louis, talked about the
importance of this event for the University and Maryville as a whole.
For the University to put it on, its
a good thing, Louis said. It shows
the diversity of our campus, and it
shows the diversity of our community. Its a small population in town,
but its got a very rich cultural history.
Part of Louiss participation
in this years show was promoting

this display of diversity and finding


queens to strut their stuff, including
one Bearcat queen.
One of our performers started
out at Northwest, and when they left
Northwest, they went to San Francisco, and they are back now in the
area, and theyre still performing in
the area, Louis said.
Louis believed the event benefits
Common Ground because it provides
an outlet for a different section of the
queer community.
Not everyone in the community
is in drag, so I know its a small section of the community, but it goes
back to our history, to our pre-Stonewall era, he said.
For the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transsexual community, the 1969
Stonewall riots of Greenwich Village

SEE DRAG | A5

Student representatives work to quell concerns over alcohol ordinances


MOLLY BRYAN

Chief Reporter | @TheMissourian

Recent changes to Maryville


law sent a wave of mixed emotions
throughout the community. Many
Northwest students have voiced a
expressions of disapproval, however
some student leaders feel the situation might not be as bad as feared.
With City Councils decision to

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property damage and indecent exposure.


The first time someone reads the
ordinance, it seems overbearing and
invasive, Merrill said. But if you really look at it, it is not as intrusive as it
comes off. The 10-person limit comes
into play if they see one of those triggers; then that allows the officer to tell
the party to disperse. It will be very
similar to the way parties are broken

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up now.
Student Senate President Cody
Uhing believes these new decrees are
not as dreadful as students have been
inclined to think.
Students need to be informed,
Uhing said. These ordinances are
not as terrible as the gut reaction is. I
think that these ordinances are in line

SEE ORDINANCE | A5

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