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Rock band Hawthorne Heights made a stop in Cape Girardeau for its “Stripped Down to the Bone” tour.

The band took the stage at 8 p.m. April 9 at Pitters Cafe and Lounge. Opening bands included Guy Morgan and The FT Crew, Tim Godlove, Sandlot Heroes and Mark Rose.

The band announced this tour on their website as an all—acoustic show and had it so it could visit smaller cities that don’t get a lot of the big—name bands to perform.

The night started out with Tim Godlove and ended with Guy Morgan and The FT Crew who played after Hawthorne Heights.

Nikki Larson, a sophomore at Southeast Missouri State University, thought it was a little different seeing Hawthorne Heights play an acoustic show when they are usually using electric instruments and do a lot of screaming in their songs.

“I kind of wanted to hear them full force with all the electronics, but it was kind of cool hearing them like that as well,” Larson said.

The band played an hour set with songs from each of its albums including hits such as “Ohio Is For Lovers” and “Niki FM.”

MusicHawthorne Heights puts on acoustic show

STUDENTS SUBMIT TATTOOS PG. 10 WHAT MAKES YOU GIVE A DAMN? PG. 4

FOOTBALL PRACTICE PG. 2

Acceptance of tattoos grows with popularityTattoo parlor owner says she has noticed a change in her customer demographic

Tina EatonManaging Editor

About 23 percent of Americans had at least one tattoo in 2010, according to the Pew Research Center. Nearly 40 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 had a tattoo, with almost 20 percent of those having six or more.

Body art has gained popularity in America in the last half-century. Renee Gordon, owner and tattoo artist at Flesh Hound Tattoo Studio in Cape Girardeau, said she has seen the most major changes in the industry during the past fi ve or six years.

“Really we’re just getting the average, normal everyday person and then also people in fi elds that you wouldn’t expect — political positions and doctors and lawyers and some ministers,” Gordon said. “So a lot of people that you wouldn’t stereotypically think would actually have a tattoo.”

Gordon said more than a general upswing in the popularity of tattoos, she is seeing different people coming in to get them.

Her tattoo studio has received a lot of fi rst-time clients lately. A lot of these clients are in their 50s and 60s.

“I’m sure that they thought people would frown upon them, and I’m assuming since they’re

so popular now that they’ve decided to go through with it,” Gordon said. “And a lot of them told me that their only regret is that they didn’t do it before.”

The type of tattoo that clients are asking for has been another change in the body art landscape.

“Whenever I started tattooing about 12 years ago, pretty much people would just go in and go straight to the wall, pick out a design and put it on them,” Gordon said. “It seems now it’s rare for that to happen. People come in with ideas and tattoos that have meaning. I would say probably 90 to 95 percent of our tattoos now are custom.”

Gordon credits reality television shows such as “Miami Ink” and “Ink Master” with helping garner social acceptance for tattoos by showing the general public the artistic skill and customization that goes into the process.

“There has been a huge fl ood of all of the television programs, and as people are watching it they’re opening their minds to the idea,” Gordon said. “They’re being exposed to tattoos that are out of the range of what they had originally conceived them as being.”

Dr. Kendra Skinner is the associate director of Residence Life at Southeast Missouri State University and a bearer of multiple tattoos. She has noticed a shift in people’s perception of tattoos since she got her fi rst one in 1999.

“I would defi nitely say now, though, it’s much more acceptable to see tattoos really almost anywhere, in addition to piercings,” Skinner said. “I think some older employers probably still have a stigma about what tattoos are and kind of represent, but younger employers look at them as someone’s opportunity to do some

expression, and so you see them in much more visible spaces.”

Skinner had a tattoo on the top of her foot when she was fi rst hired as a hall director. Since then she has added one to her wrist, back and other areas. She also hires people regardless of their body modifi cations.

“My perspective, too, is that if you’re unwilling to hire me because I have some tattoos or if I had piercings and that’s where you’re basing your decision, I don’t want to work with you,” Skinner said.

However acceptable tattoos are becoming, Skinner said there are still jobs where having visible tattoos is inappropriate.

She said she knows a lot of students choose to get tattoos in places that are easily covered by clothing and that she is always amazed when she fi nds out the number of tattoos that some students have.

“We had a staff member who

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actually got a tattoo on her wrist, but she had it done in white,” Skinner said. “Really not visible unless you really took a look. That was a choice that she made because she knew this is what she wanted to do and where she wanted to have it, but she also knew that ‘Hey, I’m a business major and I need to think about what this is going to represent later on and whether people are accepting of it or not.’”

Skinner said she feels people are becoming more accepting of tattoos as they realize that tattoos are a personal form of self-expression, not just a skull that represents prison time or a biker gang.

“I think that we’ve all become a bit more relaxed and think this isn’t so big of a deal,” Skinner said. “I would say just be smart about what you’re getting and where you’re getting it and who’s doing your tattoo is probably the other biggest thing.”

Hawthorne Heights plays at Pitters Cafe and Lounge.


Erin NeierArrow Staff Writer

After Matt Scheible’s record-breaking 2011 season, Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel is using spring practice to fi gure out who the three-year starter’s replacement will be for 2012.

Scheible was the fi rst quarterback in Ohio Valley Conference history to rush for more than 2,000 yards and pass for more than 4,000 yards. He fi nished his career with 2,595 rushing yards and 4,841 passing yards.

He fi nished his career as Southeast’s all—time leader in total offense with 7,436 yards, which also ranks as the fi fth highest in OVC history. He was also the fi rst Southeast Missouri State University quarterback to be awarded fi rst team all-OVC honors, which he received in 2010. He was named to the second team all—OVC in 2011.

Kyle Snyder, Tyler Peoples, Scott Lathrop and Zach Levy are all options to run the option offense for the Redhawks.

“Right now I would think Snyder is the guy that is out in front a little bit based on ability and skill level,” Samuel said. “Snyder is very athletic and he’s still learning the ropes. It looks like he’s picking it up every day.”

Snyder transferred from Ohio University where he was a backup quarterback. Snyder is eligible to play this year because NCAA regulations allow players that transfer from the Football Bowl Subdivision to the Football Championship Subdivision to play without sitting out a year. He completed fi ve of eight passes for 38 yards with the Bobcats.

“I watched a lot of fi lm on Matt Scheible,” Snyder said. “He did a lot.

He was really good. He ran the option really well. He did a lot for this program, and I’m kind of going off of him as a role model. He’s a really good guy. He’s a guy that I look up to.”

Snyder said that his ability to scramble and make plays outside of the pocket are some of his better qualities. He also said that he needs to become more comfortable while taking snaps from under center instead of taking them out of shotgun, which he did at Ohio.

“He’s a great quarterback,” Peoples said about Snyder. “It’s going to be a competition no matter what. He’s a nice kid. I like him, no problems with him. It should be fun. Whoever starts, we will have a great team. I’m pretty positive about that.”

Peoples, a sophomore, did not play last season and is recovering from a torn ACL. He said that he had surgery about four-and-a-half-months ago, and he plans to be ready for full practice in the fall.

Samuel said that he does not know what to expect from Peoples because he has not been able to do a lot in practice due to the injury.

Lathrop, a redshirt freshman, and Levy, a junior, have not had playing time for the Redhawks.

“Lathrop is a young kid that is making good progress,” Samuel said. “He’s a pretty intelligent football player and he’s quick, makes good decisions.

“Zach Levy seems a lot more focused than he’s been. His big thing is staying focused through the whole practice and meetings. He’s doing a lot better.”

Samuel said that Trey Lewis, a sophomore from Sikeston who played some at quarterback in 2011, will now play wide receiver. Lewis completed three of 10 passes for 39 yards at quarterback last year.

“We’re just getting started, but we’ve got about four that we are taking a look at,” Samuel said. “We may give him a couple of shots at quarterback, but right now we’re going to leave him at receiver.”

Sophomore Kyle Snyder throws to a receiver in a passing drill during the team’s practice on Monday. Snyder transferred to Southeast from Ohio University. - Photo by Nathan Hamilton

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SOUTHEAST DANCE TEAM COMPETED IN THE NCA/NDA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FLORIDA

Southeast BaseballParmley sets OVC hitting streak recordSoutheast baseball player Ken-ton Parmley broke the OVC hitting streak record on Saturday at Morehead State. His 43 consecu-tive games with a hit broke the previous record held by Austin Peay’s Chuck Abbott, who set the record in 1996. Parmley extended the streak to 44 games on Sunday.

Southeast SoftballRedhawks on fi ve-game winning streakThe Southeast softball team is on a fi ve-game winning streak after defeating Middle Tennessee State 8-2 and 10-3 on Wednesday and sweeping a three-game series against OVC-foe Austin Peay over the weekend. The Redhawks are 10-12 in the OVC and are one game behind Tennessee Tech for sixth place in the confer-ence, which is the fi nal qualifying spot for the OVC Tournament.

Southeast TennisSeason ends in defeatThe Southeast tennis team’s season ended with back-to-back losses over the weekend. The Redhawks lost to Eastern Illinois 5-2 on Saturday and to SIU Edwardsville 4-3 on Sunday. Sophomore Heather Robinson’s 13-4 singles record was the best on the team for the season.

BRIEFS Katie LevyArrow Reporter

The Southeast Missouri State University Sundancers fi n-ished ninth at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona, Fla., over the weekend.

“Hard work and dedication pays off,” Sundancer coach and Southeast alumna Tatiana Parham said. “It’s very rewarding.”

The Sundancers were able to make the trip to Florida after raising $16,000. They participated in the Dance Division I competition with 12 other teams in the preliminary round. The top eight teams advanced to the fi nal round and the Sudancers fi nished 0.6 points out of eighth place.

“We have a really young team and a lot of us have never been to a national competition,” senior Sundancer Stacy Rucker said. “So by just going this year and doing this well will only make the next time we go better and we will know what to expect.”

The team fundraised since 2010 and put on dance concerts and trivia nights. It also sold posters, had a candle-making event, washed cars and more.

The Sundancers took fi rst place in a summer camp at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., in 2011, which earned them a bid to attend nationals. The bid rewarded them a discount for the competition fees.

“Not everyone gets a bid from camp,” Parham said. “Other teams have to send in a video qualifi cation in order to get possibly accepted to go.”

Jessica Walz, a dance coach

The Southeast Sundancers perform at Southeast’s men’s basketball game on Dec. 3. - Photo by Nathan Hamilton

and choreographer from Hawaii, was hired to choreograph the Sundancers’ nationals routine. She has been in Cape Girardeau twice since last summer and has worked with the team members on perfecting the routine.

“We changed something to better suit our team,” senior Sundancer Melanie Marxkors said. “But it took us only two months to get [the routine] perfect.”

The team got 11th place out of 30 teams the national competition in 2009. A few Sundancers said they have worked hard to make an improvement since the last time they competed at Nationals.

“This time around, I want to do my part and really bring my

team up to a confi dence that we’ve never had before because I truly believe in this dance and this team,” senior Sundancer Melanie Nemerguth said before the competition over the weekend. “After four years, I have grown to have more and more passion for this team, and this time I’m giving it everything I have.”

The Sundancers put in 20 hours a week on average practicing and performing at games and special events.

“There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes,” senior Sundancer Danielle Albertina said.

The team will lose fi ve dancers in May due to graduation. Albertina said they look forward

to working with incoming freshmen. The Sundancers will hold auditions April 28 at the Student Recreation Center-North.

“Hard work and dedication pays o� .Tatiana Parham



DIRECTDOCUMENTING journey of a lifetime FILMMAKERS ASK “WHAT MAKES YOU GIVE A DAMN?”

Jacqueline IrigoyenOnline Editor

Three friends left St. Louis on July 6, 2009, and traveled across the U.S., Africa and Europe, living off of $1.25 a day and docu-menting what they saw and went through.

The documentary is called “Give A Damn?” It is about what makes a person give a damn, what breaks their heart and what makes them come alive.

There will be a showing of the documentary on April 26 at Southeast Missouri State University along with a Q-and-A session with the three fi lmmakers, Dan Parris, Rob Lehr and David Peterka.

Director and producer Parris came up with the idea when he took a trip to Kenya’s Kibera slum. He saw the natives’ living situations and noticed that the people there lived off of the equivalent of $1.25 a day. One specifi c part of the trip stuck with him.

“I was in a tent with a lady who was dying from HIV and she was bouncing her baby on her knee,” Parris said. “It was looking right at me and started foaming out of the mouth, and the translator that was with me notifi ed me that the baby most likely had HIV.”

Parris returned to the U.S. with an idea to make a documentary about the poverty he had seen. With the help of friends Lehr and Peterka he produced “Give a Damn?”

On Aug. 1, 2009, while each of the fi lmmakers were in Africa, there was a plane crash, causing the pilot and co-pilot to die and Parris and Lehr to end up in the hospital.

“We were in Africa and I was with Lehr shooting some footage when the pilot got too low and hit a power line causing the plane to come down and crash into a building,” Parris said.

Lehr and Parris were held for two weeks in a hospital in Africa before returning to the U.S. for further treatment.

Peterka continued to fi lm on his own until November 2009.

Throughout their travels, they experienced different living conditions.

“We dug out of dumpsters for food, lived in homeless shelters and slept in parks,” Parris said.

Even after going through the hardships Parris said he would do this again if he had a chance.

“It made a big difference in my life and it isn’t something that you could recreate in the U.S. because nobody would expect or be willing to drink dirty water or eat out of the trash,” Parris said.

“Give a Damn?” will be shown at 6 p.m. in Rose Theater. Jessica Buettner, chief executive offi cer of Ignite Campus Ministry at Southeast Missouri State University, is organizing the event with different on-campus organizations.

“I am working with Circle K, the Social Work Club, Ignite Campus Ministries, Free the Slaves and TOMS,” Buettner said. “I am excited for people to see this documentary and to see the awesome things that these three guys did.”

Film to be shown on campus

Andrew TyahlaArrow Reporter

Jay Wolz, Southeast alumnus and longtime Cape Girardeau resident, has been chosen as the director of alumni relations and annual giving at Southeast Missouri State University.

“I’ve lived in Cape since 1973,” Wolz said. “It’s a nice town.”

Wolz majored in marketing and communication. During his time as a student, he was editor-in-chief for “The Arrow” in 1975 and 1976. He served as co-news director for KRCU, the local NPR station located on campus. He was also a homecoming decades chair, and on the Alumni merit selection committee.

Wolz is a third-generation Southeast graduate. His grandparents and mother attended the university. He also met his wife at Southeast and his oldest daughter is a graduate as well. His youngest daughter is currently a sophomore at Southeast.

“My family has a long history at the university,” Wolz said. “And serving as director is my way of giving back.”

Wolz began working as director on April 9.As director, Wolz has many responsibilities

ahead of him. He plans to foster ongoing relationships between the university and its 75,000 alumni worldwide. He is in charge of organizing alumni events, both on- and off-campus, such as h omecoming events and monthly gatherings for the 20,000 alumni in the St. Louis area. He will also manage

the One-Minute Mentoring program between alumni and students, as well as lead the Student Alumni Association.

“It is important to engage alumni,” Wolz said. “When engaged, they are compelled to invest time and money in the university. That money is used for scholarships, which is important to keep tuition manageable.”

One of Wolz’s goals is to make graduating seniors aware that they have lifetime membership in the alumni association without dues.

“Many students believe that once they graduate they are no longer connected to the university,” Wolz said. “I want them to know otherwise.”

Wolz hopes to improve relations by putting a greater emphasis on the use of social networking to connect with alumni.

“Other than that, I do not anticipate any signifi cant changes,” Wolz said.

Wolz has served as supervisor of market management for Southeast Health, assistant director of marketing at Saint Francis Medical Center and a healthcare marketing consultant.

Wolz has experience in the media as a business writer, weekend editor, reporter and photographer for the “Southeast Missourian.” He has also been a reporter, videographer and bureau chief at KFVS12.

Wolz was one of 40 candidates in a nationwide search.

“All of the other candidates were very capable,” Wolz said.

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Chris RoseOwner of Different Drummer

How long did this take? “45 hours to create sleeve, every Wednesday for a few hours until it was fi nished.”

How much did this cost?$100 per hour

What colors did you use?“Used every color possible.”

How much experience is required to do a tattoo like this?“It just depends on your experience level because some guys come in here and do an apprenticeship and start putting out really cool stuff right off the get-go, and other guys struggle for years before they fi nally come to the understanding with it.”

Does the tattoo mean anything?“He actually came in and said

‘I want you to do whatever you want to do.’”

What do you like about this design?“[I liked] that I had that much room to work with, and he did let me do whatever I wanted to do, and it’s extremely bright. I like big color pieces like that.”

How did you come up with the design?“I got on Google and started doing some research, because I knew I kind of wanted to go that direction, and so I started pulling off a lot of different designs from there and piecing them together.”

Did you come up with the design all at once?“It was an add-on every week. It was neat because he would come in every week and he’d go ‘Okay boss, what are we going to do?’ and I’d be like ‘I don’t know.’ We’d just start messing with it from there.”

Renee GordonOwner of Flesh Hound

How long did this take?Drawing: 20 minutesTattoo: 3 hours 1 session

How much did this cost?$250

What colors did you use?“It’s so hard to say because we blend … every dip is a different color.”

How much experience is required to do a tattoo like this?“For me, I have been taking portrait painting classes for almost three years now, and that’s why I’m able to do the color portraits.”

How did you come up with the design?“He had a couple shamrocks on his arm and he told me I could just do whatever I wanted, so I wanted to do something original that he’s not going to run into anyone else with that tattoo. It’s got a lot of character, and it’s defi nitely got the “wow” factor. People are going to want to stop you and look at it, and that’s what I want in my tattoos.”

What do you like best about your work?“There are so many tattoos that are just generic, and we want ours to stand out and stand apart from the average.”

Andy EstesArtist at Flesh Hound

How long did this take? Drawing: 1 hourTattoo: 6 hours3 month period

How much did this cost?$400

How much experience is required to do a tattoo like this?“It depends on how good your apprenticeship was and what kind of an artist you are because, I mean, if you have no artistic background you can never do that, but if you have a good apprenticeship and a really strong artistic background then in two years you could be doing pretty cool stuff.”

What do you like about this design?“I just like goofy crap. I mean like the corn being on a bone, that’s funny, and then he’s got the mullet and what not.”

How did you come up with the design? “I just kind of sit and draw whatever craziness I think of at the moment.”


CREATEWEIRD and wild tattoos

SOMETIMES TATTOO ARTISTS ARE ASKED TO CREATE SOME CRAZY ART

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SYMBOLIZEPersonal experiences refl ected in body art

Kristina BenedictArrow Reporter

Southeast Missouri State University junior Alston Lee is the son of a Wesleyan minister. His family raised

him in the belief that he was not to desecrate his body. But when Lee was diagnosed with neurological Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, or TOS, his beliefs began to differ from his parents’. Lee now has two tattoos.

Lee was born in September 1990, a month premature and weighing 11 pounds. During birth, the doctors had to dislocate his left shoulder because he had Severe Shoulder Dystocia, a condition that occurs when a baby’s shoulders are too large to fi t through the birth canal. The incident at Lee’s birth caused permanent Erb’s Palsy, which caused the nerves around his shoulder to be damaged. This damage ultimately led to his TOS, since the blood vessels and nerves did not have enough space as they passed through the collarbone. Lee suffered weakness and pain in his arm, neck and shoulder because of this damage.

“Most of my life, I told myself I would never get a tattoo,” Lee said. “But my illness made me change my thinking.”

The worst of Lee’s TOS occurred during his senior year of high school and freshman year at Southeast. He was in chronic, almost unbearable, pain. Lee saw 15 doctors. The 16th fi nally diagnosed him with TOS. Then he found a doctor that would operate on him and give him full use of his arm without pain.

“The doctor said I could easily die or come out of the surgery paralyzed,” Lee said. “He said there was a good chance I could lose complete control of my arm. But I gave my hands to the doctor and to God.”

The doctor even told him that he felt he had divine help in performing Lee’s surgery. This surgery sparked Lee’s interest in getting his fi rst tattoo. He knew he had been extremely blessed and wanted to commemorate that blessing. In September 2010, he decided to get the Sacred Heart of Christ tattooed on his chest.

“I got it right below my surgery

scar to show that Christ is always in my heart and is always with me,” Lee said. “I wanted to remind myself of how blessed I was, and burn it on my heart.”

Lee decided in March to get a second tattoo. This time, he had Revelation 21:4 tattooed on the other side of his chest. This verse in the Bible states:

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Lee has lost loved ones. One close family member passed away from a rare form of brain cancer. Lee wants to be a neuro-oncologist — a doctor for brain cancer. Because of his career choice, Revelation 21:4 gave him even more insight.

“This verse talks about how all the death and sickness and bad things in life will be gone,” Lee said. “I see this verse as my motto for becoming a doctor. I look forward to the day where death is gone because of cancer. I look forward to the sadness and sorrow of death from

cancer being gone as well.”Lee has not ruled out getting

another tattoo. Though he is not sure where on his body he will get the next tattoo, he knows that he wants the caduceus, the modern symbol of medicine, after he graduates from medical school.

“I’m likely going to get it on my back or on my arm,” Lee said. “But I’m thinking my arm.”

Lee doesn’t believe that he will ever get a “recreational” or “just for the heck of it” tattoo. Because his beliefs about tattoos changed with his illness, he wants all of his tattoos to have symbolic meaning.

“I love the Patriots, but I would never get their logo tattooed on me,” Lee said.

He said that he would never get a tattoo that couldn’t be covered up with clothing. This is partly because he wants to stay professional for the medical fi eld. But mostly, it’s just a personal belief.

“The tattoos are between me and God, and some of my closest friends,” Lee said.

Brittany Lambert and her husband Brandon, from Crab Orchard, Ill., were raised in homes

where their parents were against tattoos because of their religions. The 23-year-old always had a fascination with them. Her mother was adamant about not desecrating the body, but her father had a wolf tattoo on his arm and she looked up to him for that. Lambert originally wanted tattoos as a teenager because of a rebellious phase. But as she grew up, she wanted them purely for self-expression.

“Before my husband and I got any of our tattoos we found a guy that was a Christian himself and was a tattoo artist,” Lambert said. “He had done a lot of research. We read his research and understood a little more about what the Bible says about marking your body.”

Lambert said this research helped ensure their feelings that their tattoos would mean something to them and were not random choices. She said that she is aware of many religious and professional people looking

down on people with tattoos, but that their tattoos are a way of self-expression and knowing that what they put on their body meant something special to them.

Lambert catches herself looking at other people’s tattoos because of her long-standing fascination with them. She said that her tattoos were in places that could be covered up if need be, but she could still enjoy them.

Lambert got her fi rst tattoo in December and her second tattoo this month. The fi rst tattoo, located on the top of her left foot, is a star and moon surrounded by butterfl ies. Lambert and her best friend have this same tattoo. The star and moon had to be part of the tattoo, and Lambert had the idea for the butterfl ies. Her best friend drew out the initial design of the tattoo.

“She was just playing around at a restaurant one night and sent me a picture of her drawing,” Lambert said. “I texted her back and said ‘I LOVE IT, that’s exactly what I want.’ I took the picture to the tattoo artist and had it drawn up.”

She said this tattoo had

two meanings. The star and moon represents her and her best friend’s friendship. The two butterfl ies, one pink and purple and the other blue and green, represent her and her husband, respectively. The second tattoo, her daughter’s footprints and birthdate, is a representation of family.

“I always said I would get my children’s footprints as tattoos,” Lambert said. “I got my daughter’s footprints on my left shoulder, which is over my heart, because she is my fi rst child. She’s holding my heart right now.”

Lambert said she hopes to have two more children and have their footprints in tattoos continue across her shoulders. She said that she plans on getting at least six more tattoos in the future.

“Tattoos are very, very addicting,” Lambert said. “Once you get one, you always want another.”

She is adamant that each tattoo will be planned out and have meaning behind them. She plans on getting two more fl ower designs, a love

symbol with her wedding date incorporated in it and more footprints across her shoulders when she has more children.

She also said that the pain of getting a tattoo is worth it. Lambert said that the pain is nagging and constant. The pain becomes worse when the needle goes directly over a bone, tendon or muscle, but she’s willing to endure the pain to be able to express herself.

“It’s very painful,” Lambert said. “But I went through child labor, and the pain of a tattoo is nothing like that. Once a tattoo has completely healed and you fi nally have your fi nished product, it’s a good feeling to see something that has meaning and that you like. But in my opinion, it’s worth it.”

Tell us why you got your tattoos. Submit your stories and photos to our Share page online at southeastArrow.com/share.

(Top and bottom left) Brittany Lambert’s tattoos remind her of her best friend, her husband and her child. - Submitted photo Alston Lee wants to be a doctor and got one of his tattoos in remembrance of his own medical problems. - Submitted photo

Lee’s tattoo of the Sacred Heart of Christ is a reminder of his surgery. - Submitted photo

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Andrea GilsArrow Reporter

Public relations and journalism major John Bingham, a 34-year-old Southeast Missouri

State University graduate, has been interested in tattoos since his adolescence, but he started working in the industry as a professional two years ago after fi nishing his apprenticeship program at A Different Drummer, a tattoo parlor off of Broadway and Pacifi c. An apprenticeship’s duration is variable, depending on one’s ability to learn and perform profi ciently. Bingham spent eight months training under Chris Rose’s supervision to obtain his certifi cation of apprenticeship granted by the State of Missouri Division of Professional Registration. In order to be certifi ed, the applicant must complete 300 hours with a minimum of 50 completed procedures during the program under the supervision of any licensed tattooist. Once the supervisor approves, the apprentice can apply for the certifi cation at the Offi ce of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding.

What is the craziest tattoo you have ever done?Bingham: Anything next to someone’s genitalia gets a little odd. We don’t do facial tats in the shop and inside the mouth either. And I personally don’t do on fi ngers either. The craziest tattoo I ever made was to a woman on her neck. It said “choke

me, spank me, pull my hair” all across her neck. It was a big one. She was not drunk. She had her mind set to it. She came in with the design and just went for it.

How do you deal with alcohol? Has anyone come in the shop intoxicated?Bingham: Oh yes, and we have turned them down. We don’t tattoo anyone who is impaired in any way. We take alcohol very seriously. If you show up with alcohol breath to work, you are fi red. You have to be willing to give up weekends and late nights.

What do you think about the addiction to tattoos? Is it a myth or is it true?Bingham: I don’t think it’s addictive. As much as it’s well done, it looks well, you may want more. There is no physical addiction; you don’t experience withdrawal if you don’t get a tattoo. It’s not like alcoholics or drug addicts. Endorphins play some role in it because to some people getting a tattoo gives them pleasure. Personally, I don’t enjoy the pain, but I think it’s worth the result.

Are you ever afraid to make mistakes?Bingham: At this point, with only two years of experience, I can draw better than I can tattoo. A little bit of fear is healthy though. I won’t start a tattoo without feeling confi dent. If I’m not sure I can pull it off, I don’t attempt it.

Do you have future goals, expectations in this business?Bingham: I don’t know. The only expectation I have is to keep learning and getting better without making a fool of myself.

Do you have general templates or do you create designs? What would you rather do?Bingham: We have templates but most of the time they come in with an image on hand. Sometimes we combine their designs with some of ours. And I’d rather come up with my own images.

Has anyone freaked out or cried while you were doing a tattoo on their body? How do you manage the situation?Bingham: Oh yes, all the time. Some cry, shout or even pass out. I exercise a lot of patience, calm them down and if after a while, they are still being hard to work on and moving, I tell them, ‘Ok, you need to stay still because I have to fi nish this.’ Sometimes you just have to get tough and that’s it.

Do you have any tattoos? Did you have someone do them on you or did you do them yourself? Do they have any special meanings?Bingham: I’m all covered in tattoos. I have [tattoos] on my arms, on my chest, behind my ears, on my leg, everywhere. Both, I had some done and some I did

them on myself. The one on my leg I did it myself. They don’t have any particular meaning, I just thought they were cool.

What’s the longest or hardest tattoo you have ever done?Bingham: Well, 14 hours and it’s still undone. It’s a chain, linked that goes across the whole back of the guy and they go down wrapping his arms. They are very thick and big. I’m still working on him.

What skills do you need to have to become a tattoo artist?Bingham: You have to know how to draw. You need hand and eye coordination. Patience is a big thing, too. It’s what I constantly work on. And a good sense of humor because there is so much absurdity going on. Some people come in and want weird stuff. People want something that can’t be done or is too diffi cult to do because it’s out of my skills and it surprises me that they don’t get it, even if you tell them you can’t do it, they don’t want to hear that and still want to have it done. So a good sense of humor helps so that those things don’t throw you down.

If you could give any advice to an aspiring tattoo artist, what would that be?Bingham: I’d say fi nd another job. There are many tattoo artists as it is. But if the person really wants to do it, I’d say develop a

rapport with a respectable tattoo artist with an established shop. They have to educate themselves into what the tattoo industry is. It’s far more diffi cult than what I expected. Shows like “Miami Ink” are scripted and unrealistic portraits of the industry. You can’t work with anyone arguing or going against each other in the shop. I’m fortunate to work with the best tattoo artist in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, even in the Mid west [Chris Rose].

Bingham tattooed this image of Doctor Who’s Tardis time machine from the British science fi ction television program. - Photo courtesy of John Bingham

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Why did you get your tattoo?Q:Kelso HopePhoto Editor

A: I have four tattoos that I have acquired throughout the last few years. My fi rst tattoo was on my 18th birthday and from that point on I’ve been addicted to tattooing. Before my fi rst tattoo I had heard that getting one would hook a person for life, but I really didn’t believe it. After my fi rst

one, I knew for me that statement was true. I have tried to fi gure out why this statement rings true with me, and I believe I’ve come to a conclusion. All of my tattoos symbolize stages in my life that have really affected who I am today. I believe that body art is a way for me personally to express what has happened in my life. One of my tattoos is located on my back; it is a partial heart with a treble clef and music notes inside. The other half of that tattoo is located on my mother’s back. During my youth my mother and I had some pretty rough times, and we got broken up for a while. Through a lot of work and forgiveness we came to a great relationship, and she is now one of my best friends. Music was and still is our biggest connection, and we got the tattoo as a symbol of the growth of our relationship. When I see the tattoo I’m reminded of the struggles we had and the love that is stronger because of those events. I believe for a lot of people that’s what body art really shows, life that they have experienced. We, as people, desire for people to know us and understand who we are, and I believe that tattooing is one way that people can bring others into their own world. I am a great supporter of body art, and any time I can delve into someone else’s reasoning I love it. It’s wonderful to see that body art has stepped from a taboo issue to a celebrated art form.

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A: Tattoos are an extremely personal form of self-expression, and just like all self-expression, they can be really cool, a little silly or totally absurd depending on how crazy you go with them. I have a single tattoo on my arm. For me, that is the perfect amount of ink. It’s simple, it means

something personal to me and it’s easy to cover up if I ever need to. My sister, who designed my tattoo, has so much ink in her skin you could probably use it to write 10 copies of the “Lord of the Rings.” But she uses them as expressions of her art and of herself. She likes people to ask about them, what they mean and how she came up with the design. If you ask me about my tattoo, I’ll give a halfhearted answer and change the subject. Not because I’m embarrassed about it or regret it, but because the only person I really want my tattoo to express itself to is me. It may seem rude and antisocial, but it goes to show that everyone’s tattoo s, and the meaning behind them, are different. Even if you simply walked into a tattoo parlor with no idea what you wanted, picked something random out of the book or the pictures of sample tattoos that hang on the walls, that tattoo would still have a special meaning to you, unless you’re just getting said ink to irritate your parents. If that’s the case you should probably rethink your decision. But that’s the really neat thing about tattoos. There are people who have their whole face covered in ink. It may seem a little absurd to me or your high school principal, but to them every inch of skin that tattoo covers means something to them and conveys a message to someone, or everyone. A tattoo speaks as much about the person who gets it as the design of the ink itself. Since it’s such a simple, easy form of self-expression, it’s easy to understand why so many people get a bunch of tattoos.

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