Mold invades NW:
By Cassie Thomas/ Chief
Reporter
Residence Halls have
come with an extra feature in
the past that will no longer be
available. Mold. Residence
Halls, as well as academic
buildings on campus, have
had mold infestations,
foundational problems and
mortar deterioration that were
finally resolved this summer.
Hudson-Perrin Complex
received a lot of attention
this summer to clean up mold
resulting from leaking around
windows.
Paul McGraw, Director
of Environmental Services,
said that his team had been
looking into the problems
in Hudson-Perrin since he
arrived at Northwest one year
ago.
“Once we identified that
the problem was on-going,
we immediately began due
diligence and the approach
analysis,” McGraw said.
The flashing, which
deflects water from the
windows, was repaired
around many windows in
the complex. Rooms that
had previously displayed
problems for water damage
received extensive attention.
Mozingo: recieves grant Bearcats lose opener
By Trey Williams/ Asst. News
Editor
Mozingo Lake offers
fishing, hunting, hiking,
cabins, wildlife and a
beautiful landscape. And now
with a new federal grant,
people will be able to get
more out of the Mozingo
Lake experience.
The Mozingo Lake
Park and Recreational
Trail Project, just east of
Maryville, was granted
$99,000 by the Missouri
government, according to the
Associated Press.
City Manager Matt
LeCerf said the Recreational
Trails Program’s main
focus is to establish hiking
trails, primitive camping
sites and to help pay for the
construction of a washroom
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Bob Smith, of Environmental Services, removes mold from a room in the Hudson-Perrin Complex. Twenty-five rooms in Hudson-
Perrin were worked on, with some walls being replaced and repainted.
Twenty-five rooms in
Hudson-Perrin, specifically,
were worked on. Some rooms
had walls removed and dried
out. Once the problems were
cleaned up, the walls were
replaced and repainted. If
the mold had spread to the
carpeting, that was also
replaced in those rooms.
facility.
“It’s going to add an
element (to Mozingo),”
LeCerf said. “People are
going to get outdoors and
take advantage of the beauty
Mozingo has to offer.”
The $99,000 in grant
money, according to LeCerf,
will go toward purchasing
a skid load and building a
privy.
With the trail project,
Mozingo Lake will add
hiking trails on the west side
of the Lake to a few already
existing on the east side.
LeCerf is looking forward
to getting to work on the
trails and what the end result
will bring for the community
and the people living here.
“We have two years to get
the job done,” LeCerf said.
“So the clock is ticking.”
protest the September 11,
2001 attack on the United
States by al Qaeda, the
church is “weighing” its
intentions.
Terry Jones, pastor of
By Cassie Thomas
Public colleges and
universities in Missouri
may experience larger cuts
to next year’s budget than
anticipated.
Last fall, Gov. Jay Nixon
agreed to an arrangement
where colleges and
universities would hold
tuition flat for the next year
in exchange for no more than
$50 million of cuts.
If the new budget
Hudson-Perrin is not,
however, the only residence
hall on campus with mold
caused by water damage.
The High Rises, which were
built in the sixties, have also
had problems. The age of the
building can be credited with
some of those issues.
“We have buildings
The Director of Park
Development at Mozingo
David Middleton said he is
also looking forward to what
the new trails will bring.
Middleton hopes that
not only will the Maryville
community appreciate the
new trails, but that people
from surrounding areas visit
as well.
“People are always
looking for trails,” Middleton
said. “And with the new
camping site it will add
interest and bring more
people.”
Recreational Trails
Program grants are to
be used for motorized
or non-motorized trail
development or renovation
and preservation. Projects
require a minimum match
of 20 percent. All projects
Dove World Outreach Church
in Gainesville, Florida, who
was interviewed on CNN’s
“American Morning, said
the congregation is taking
seriously the warning from
cuts made by the Senate
Appropriations Committee
are approved
by the house,
the tuition
freeze deal
would be
scrapped,
and the cut
to the budget
for colleges
Governor Jay Nixon
and universities
would be $65
million.
“The governor and his
University works diligently to remove
mold before students arrive to campus
that are 40, 50, 60 years of
age and they’ve settled, the
windows have settled, the
bricks and masonry have
settled and at some point, age
catches up,” McGraw said.
This extra feature,
although free, cost junior
Ryan Beenken more than
he wanted to pay. Beenken
Coming off their 2009
National Championship,
the Bearcats of Northwest
Missouri were touted as
likely to repeat as National
Champions. The main
power of the Bearcats was
their prolific offense, and
Northwest Missouri had
many fans drooling over the
offensive production that
were to come.
The only problem is that
someone forgot to tell the
Javelinas from Texas A&M-
Kingsville.
TAMUK held the
Bearcats to a mind-boggling
189 yards in the No. 14
Javelinas’ 16-7 upset win over
No. 1 Northwest Missouri
State.
This marks the fourth
consecutive season-opening
loss for NWMSU.
TAMUK quarterback
Nate Poppell led the charge
going 26-of-38 passing for
258 yards. Leading 10-7
at halftime, the Javelinas
opened the second half with
a touchdown drive, which
was all they needed as they
refused to allow a single
Bearcat score after halftime.
staff are going to continue to
work with the legislature, as
the bill goes
to congress,
to try and
preserve
the state’s
funding for
universities
so the tuition
freeze will
remain in effect,”
Scott Holste,
Press Secretary of Nixon
said.
lived on the third floor of
West Tower Suites last year
when he and his roommate,
Joe Landrum, noticed a water
spot on the ceiling in their
suite soon after they returned
from winter break last year.
They both began to
experience respiratory cold-
like symptoms, including
Jake Soy hauls in a 10-yard touchdown reception in the first
quarter. The Bearcats went on to lose their home opener.
Northwest may have
exposed a weak spot in
their armor, as they ran their
ground attack by committee.
An All-American back like
LaRon Council isn’t easy
to replace, and the Bearcats
anemic numbers (15 rushes
for 63 yards) attest to that
Gov. Nixon is in support
of upholding the tuition
freeze to make college a more
attainable goal for Missouri
families, as he stated in his
State of the State Address in
January.
“I call on you to join
me - and lead the nation
by example - in supporting
another tuition freeze this
year,” Nixon said.
“That would mean
Missouri students and their
families won’t have to pay
coughs, which are common
when exposed to mold for
long periods of time.
“We both had respiratory
problems, cough and cold
symptoms, that lasted longer
than a common cold,”
Beenken said.
According to Scott
Shields, area coordinator
in the Office of Residential
Life, the first step to take if
mold is found in a residence
hall is to go to a Residential
Assistant. This is what
Beenken and Landrum did,
but they were then told that
there was no mold in their
room, according to Beenken.
This is a setback others
may also experience should
they encounter mold in their
rooms, as RAs were asked
to call the mold spots water
damage instead, because
mold is typically caused by
condensation from the air
ducts.
Eventually, through an
at home mold test, Beenken
and Landrum identified two
different types of mold in
their suite.  Beenken and
Landrum were then moved
to another room in South
Complex for the remainder of
the semester.
fact.
The Javelina defense also
harassed Bearcat quarterback
All-American Blake Bolles,
accumulating seven sacks.
Bolles was 17-of-29 for
140 yards. Bolles connected
See Bearcats, Page 2
a penny more in tuition and
fees two years in a row.”
In his State of the
University Address, President
John Jasinski said there is an
anticipated cut to Northwest’s
budget of $2.2 million in the
next fiscal year.
As of November,
appropriations to Northwest
from the state budget had
been cut by 5 percent which
would equal approximately
See Budget, Page 3