Missouri Southern students now have a little longer to ditch the drop.Due to extensive power outages throughout the area the business office has agreed to extend the date for 100 percent of tuition to Jan. 4. Dates for payment plans will remain the same with the four-payment plan available until Dec. 31, and the three-payment plan available until Jan. 25. All payment methods will remain the same.”The only this that has changed is the dead line,” said Angela Thompson, cashier in the business office. Though tuition dates have changed, textbooks are still due Dec. 17 as originally scheduled. No plan has been established as to students who are unable to return books with in the designated time frame.