Orthwest Issourian: Northwest Selects Education Figure For Commencement

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With finals week just around the corner, preparation for exams can bring out the ultimate stress for students, especially freshmen who have never experienced a true finals week.
Professionals, upperclassmen offer their

advice to those new to the finals game
HALEY VICKERS
Chief Reporter | @Hay_dayy
The week that all students dread is rapidly approaching. Late

nights of studying, thousands of flash cards and many notes later...its test time. Finals week is just around the corner, and some
students are already preparing... some.
Prepping for finals is no easy chore, especially for freshmen
who are just learning how to study for college exams. Upperclassmen know the drill, but procrastination might win this battle.
Normally I start a couple weeks ahead, and I make flashcards for everything, senior Sarah Rasmussen said. I go through
all of my PowerPoints, and I do a lot of markup word stuff.

The B.D. Owens Library, the Talent Development Center, The
Writing Center and many other campus resources become very
busy during this time. Many students use these organizations to
catch up on school work and really get a head start on their studies for finals.
I see a lot of students in here (Owens Library), especially
late at night librarian Lori Mardis said. I think getting an early
start so you dont have to cram the night before would be helpful.
Students always hope to get a jump-start on studying, but
that can be challenging. Professors encourage students to start
as early as possible to be successful on final exams.
Hopefully, I will start earlier, Rasmussen said. Now would
be good compared to the week before. Im just going to review up
until finals.
Everyone on campus struggles with procrastination, espe-
Maryville bank robbed,

suspect currently at large
Authorities are looking for a man involved in a
Wednesday morning bank robbery in Maryville.
Maryville public safety officials say the robbery was
reported around 9:45 a.m. on Nov. 13 at the Bank Midwest at 1016 South Main Street in Maryville, Mo. The
suspect fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of
money and did not display a weapon.
The suspect was seen in a modern, white, four-door
sedan.
The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 40 years, 5; 10 to 6 tall, average build, with a
short dark beard and a moustache. The suspect was
wearing glasses, a long coat, a hat and was carrying a
messenger-style bag.
As of print time, there have been no updates from
Maryville Public Safety.
Anyone with information on the robbery is encouraged to call Maryville Public Safety at 660-562-3209.
BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor | @brandonzenner
As winter graduates prepare to receive their degrees

Dec. 13, they will get to experience the wise words of a
man who has been a key figure in higher education across
the country and who holds a
special bond with Northwest.
John N. Gardner, a longtime professor at the University of South Carolina, was
selected by President John
Jasinski to give this winters
commencement.
Gardner
founded the John. N Gardner
Institute for Excellence in
John N. Gardner
Higher Education in 2007.
In 2010, Northwest
brought in Gardner and his staff to go through one of
the institutes planning processes. However, Gardners
connection to the University has been around for much
longer.
Dr. John Gardner has had a huge connection with
(Northwest), Jasinski said. It dates back over 25 years
ago when he introduced freshman seminar.
Nearly 25 years ago, Jasinski attended a conference
in South Carolina in which Gardner was the leader.
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Prosecutor brings experience

to Coleman case investigation
News Brief:
Northwest selects
education figure
for commencement
cially this time of year. Many classes have major group projects,
term papers, and other important assignments on top of studying
for the upcoming finals.
I struggle with (procrastination) myself, Mardis said. That
is the one time my house gets clean; even when I was a student,
that was the only time my dishes got done because I would rather
do that than study and sit down and buckle down.
Even though naps and social time are all part of the college
life, students understand that it is time to focus and lay off the
video games, social time, TV and all the other distractions.
Dont wait until the last minute. Break it up when you can,
junior Katie McCloney said. I think it is important to test your
knowledge to see what you have learned in the class, but it can
be stressful.
BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor | @brandonzenner
CODY SIMMONS| NW MISSOURIAN
Hundreds of supporters and protesters showed up to the

Justice 4 Daisy rally Oct. 22 in Maryville.
As social media strays away

from criticism of Maryville, the case
regarding the alleged rape of Daisy
Coleman is in the hands of a woman
with much experience.
The case was handed over to
Jean Peters-Baker, Jackson County
prosecuting attorney, after Bob Rice,
Nodaway County prosecuting attorney, called for a special prosecutor
to investigate the case during a press
conference Oct. 15. This came after
the Internet community and activist
groups bombarded Rices office with
these requests.
National attention was brought
on to the case after the Kansas City
Star reported an investigative story
Oct. 13. Daisy Coleman said she was
raped by a classmate, Matthew Barnett, in January 2012. Sheriff Darren
White said the charges on Barnett and
another alleged suspect were dropped
because the Colemans refused to testify and invoked their Fifth Amend-
ment rights, a statement the Colemans claim is false.

According to her personal website, Peters-Baker has been part of
the Jackson County Prosecutors Office for nearly 15 years. She has been
involved in putting some of the areas
most sought-after criminals behind
bars. Peters-Baker has worked in
nearly every unit for Jackson County,
including sex crimes community justice domestic violence drug-related
crimes family support and as a chief
warrant officer and trial team leader.
Possibly the biggest case PetersBaker has worked on, according to
Mike Mansur, public information officer for the Jackson County Prosecutors Office, resulted in the first criminal charges against a Catholic bishop
in the history of the United States.
Bishop Robert Finn was charged
with failure to report child abuse.
This charge was levied after it was
established that Finn knew about,
but failed to report, hundreds of
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Jasinski represents Northwest in Japan for partner universitys anniversary

BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor| @brandonzenner
Instead of spending his afternoon stuck in meetings in

his office, Northwest President
John Jasinski spent time in Japan celebrating a historic milestone for a partner university.
Jasinski and Jeff Foot, director of international affairs,
represented Northwest Nov. 1 at
a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Niigata University of
International Information and
Studies in Hokkaido, Japan.
Since the Universitys partnership with Niigata in 2000,
Northwest has brought 194 students to campus.
Northwests
partnership
is part of an initiative to teach
English and American culture
to NUIS students through the
trimester-long English as a Second Language program.
Each fall, Northwest welcomes incoming Niigata students into campus organiza-
www.nwmissourinews.com
tions.
Our visit to Niigata solidifies our strong partnership with NUIS, Jasinski said
in a Nov. 12 press release. It
fosters increased interaction
and a continuation of NUIS
students arriving each fall to
experience all that is special
about Northwest, while adding a valuable presence to our
high-quality learning community.
Foot said this partnership
is very beneficial not only to
Northwest, but to the students of Niigata.
Our cooperation with
a partner university fosters
good will, drives innovation
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in our program delivery and
Director
of
international
affair
Jeff
Foot
and
president
John
Jasinski celon-campus services, Foot
said. We have these partner- ebrate Niigata Universitys 20th anniversary with alumni on Nov. 1.
ships so that our community
residence halls.
We will focus on increasis interconnected globally for
Foot plans to continue to ing the quality of educational,
the benefit, however unseen or
realized, of all students... their strengthen this partnership and recreational, culturla and soenergy drives several programs have a presence at NUIS as the cial programming rhey receive
not to mention diversifying the universitys remain partnered.
while here, Foot said.
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With the Playstation 4 release tomorrow

Thursday | November 14, 2013

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KAYLA MEPPELINK | NW MISSOURIAN

Professionals, upperclassmen offer their

The week that all students dread is rapidly approaching. Late

all of my PowerPoints, and I do a lot of markup word stuff.

Maryville bank robbed,

As winter graduates prepare to receive their degrees

SEE GRAD SPEAKER | A5

Prosecutor brings experience

News Editor | @brandonzenner

CODY SIMMONS| NW MISSOURIAN

Hundreds of supporters and protesters showed up to the

As social media strays away

ment rights, a statement the Colemans claim is false.

Jasinski represents Northwest in Japan for partner universitys anniversary

Instead of spending his afternoon stuck in meetings in

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