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Photo Illustration by Trevor Stark Truman State is now a smoke-free campus. The University offers counseling and other services to help smokers quit.

Mindy Aucutt Human, Resources Assistant Director, leads the smoking cessation program, and faculty also participate.

Smoking ban in effect

By Clayton Berry Staff Reporter

Truman State implemented a tobacco-free campus policy July 1 that banned all use of tobaccorelated products on campus.

The Board of Governors passed the policy during a spring 2014 meeting, making Truman one of many tobaccofree higher learning institutions in Missouri. To help current students and faculty adjust to this change, Truman began a smoking cessation program to give free smoking cessation products and one-on-one coaching sessions for students, faculty and staff, which started March 2015.

Mindy Aucutt, Human Resources Assistant Director, said she already has seen some progress with the cessation program this summer. Aucutt said while overseeing the faculty and staff portion of this cessation program, a handful of faculty approached her asking to be part of the program and help resolve their addictions. She said two participants who completed the program are completely addiction free.

Aucutt said she thinks there are many positive ef-

fects the program can have for the University.

“Medical insurance is a big topic in our office and having healthy people all around is our top goal,” Aucutt said. “And for me, having the older generations of faculty and staff being a good example for the students

“having the older generations of faculty and staff being a good example for the students coming here is another one of my goals.”

— Mindy Aucutt, Human Resources Assistant Director coming here is another one of my goals.”

Aucutt said she thinks the cessation program makes it easier for participants to quit smoking because they receive free cessation products which normally are very expensive at a store. She said because of

this program, participants also will be saving a lot of money with lower health insurance premiums, as well as living healthier lives physically and psychologically. She said this might be difficult for some program participants because not everyone has the same level of addiction, tolerance, environment, reasons for starting, and emotional and behavioral challenges to face throughout the quitting process. However, she said there are plenty of free resources and staff to support and encourage them when making the decision.

“In the coaching process, we get to know the person and find out why they are doing it,” Aucutt said. “You’re listening to them about why it can be comforting to have the cigarette.”

Michelle Horvath, Director of Office of Citizenship and Community Standards, said she thinks the tobacco ban policy will be more efficient and enforceable than previous rules regarding smoking on campus. Horvath said the Office of Student Affairs now has oversight regarding tobacco-related offenses, and some faculty members are required to report when someone is not

following the policy. She said the tobacco ban policy will be enforced by the Student Affairs Office with consequences outlined in the Student Code of Conduct. She said first time offences usually will result in a warning, but multiple offences by the same individual might result in educational sanctions.

She also said anyone witnessing students using tobacco on campus are encouraged to contact Student Affairs..

“Our goal is just to make sure that students are informed of the many resources and options they have before making the decision on whether or not to smoke on campus,” Horvath said.

Horvath said the ban helps students face a decision that can be rewarding or full of risk, and with proper knowledge of the smoking policy on campus, they can weigh that decision more easily.

Michelle Blakely, Student Education and Support Coordinator, said she is Truman’s liaison for Missouri Partners In Prevention. MOPIP sponsored the cessation program for several universities, including Truman, using state See Ban, page 3

A Truman State student facing charges of rape in the first degree, felonious restraint and tampering with a victim was indicted on all charges during his first appearance before Second Circuit Judge Russell Steele May 4, where he was arraigned and entered in a plea of not guilty. A three-day jury trial currently is scheduled for March 23, 2016.

The student originally was supposed to face a preliminary hearing during March to determine if there was probable cause for the case. Instead, the student was indicted on the charges following an appearance before a grand jury May 4.

Adair County prosecutor Matt Wilson said appearing before a grand jury generally provides an opportunity for victims to testify in front of a jury in a more controlled environment.

“Victims are often required to express what happened about five or six times on average by the time they get to a jury trial,” Wilson said.

Wilson said presenting a case to a grand jury allows the prosecution to see what questions a jury might have about a case. He also said a grand jury can help the prosecution figure out what strengths or weaknesses their case might have while giving the victim a chance to become accustomed to talking to twelve people about what happened to them.

Wilson said if the student is found guilty, he could face up to life in prison for the rape charge and up to seven years in prison each for the charges of felonious restraint and tampering with a victim.

The student is represented by attorney Mark Williams of the Benson Law Firm. Williams said between now and the scheduled trial the case is in the discovery period when attorneys work to obtain depositions, statements, and audio tapes to prepare for trial.

Paino’s contract renewed to 2019

By Clayton Berry Truman State’s Board of Governors unanimously voted in favor of renewing University President Troy Paino’s contract through June 30, 2019, during its June 1 meeting.

The contract term lasts four years, but it might be renewed earlier based on a decision by the Board at will. Paino’s contract originally was set to be up for renewal during spring 2017.

Jim O’Donnell, Board of Governors chair, said the Board decided to review Paino’s contract early so it could evaluate what direction Paino is taking Truman and to allow a more manageable time frame to complete his and the Board’s work. O’Donnell said he and the Board were impressed with Paino’s performance during the past few years and said they all were on the same page to renew his contract.

“I think there was just a consensus amongst our board of just really being impressed and behind the leadership that President Paino has been able to offer,” O’Donnell said. “Just the respect and relationship he has with students and faculty alike are very impressive to me.”

O’Donnell said the Presidential Review Committee, composed of three Board members appointed by the chair, reviews the University president’s performance each academic year. He said the committee members begin gathering information and opinions from faculty, staff, students and Paino himself during the fall semester. Then, he said the committee starts to put together most of its information for review during the spring semester meetings, which then is presented to the entire Board to discuss and vote on during its June meeting. O’Donnell said this timetable usually is used for the annual review, but a contract renewal can take its place if needed. He said he thinks this is a very effective renewal process to use.

“I think the open door policy at Truman with students and faculty alike to offer input is always welcomed,” O’Donnell said.

“The communication is a real strength of the University’s community.”

University Counsel Warren Wells said he participated in the Board’s discussions and said he also thinks extending the contract was the right thing to do.

Wells said the big takeaway of the meeting was that the Board is very supportive of and happy with Paino.

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Residents demonstrate community pride with citywide cleanup

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Above: Sophomore Rachel Flynn (left), junior Binita Adhikari (center) and sophomore Mosaic Shrestha (right) explore campus during international student move-in day. Right: Chinese international students WenJia Xiong (left), Yuchen Zhang (center), and Hong Chen (right) get to know one another in the library. Below: Sisters Bipana Dhakal (left) and Sapana Dhakal (right), nursing majors from Nepal, sit and talk. Orientation familiarized students with available resources and helped them understand the responsibilities and requirements of their immigration status.

The City of Kirksville asked community members and business owners to participate in a citywide Make Kirksville Shine beautification event to prepare for the start of the academic year.

The Aug. 1-9 event encouraged people to show community pride by cleaning their respective properties. Businesses and residents mowed lawns, pulled weeds and picked up trash on the street as part of the beautification effort.

Additionally, local clubs and organizations that participate in the Adopt-AStreet program were asked to clean up any streets they might have adopted. The city asked any organizations not participating in the program to consider adopting a street.

Truman State asked faculty and staff on campus to participate during the event and help the grounds crews, who oversee more than 180 acres. Participants helped out by pulling weeds or picking up any trash they saw.

Ameren provided volunteers with gloves and trash bags to assist the cleanup effort, though volunteers were required to supply any tools they needed.

Construction begins on Halliburton Street repairs and improvements

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Mihalevich Concrete Construction Co. began construction on the scheduled Halliburton Street repairs Aug. 6.

Improvements will be made on the section of Halliburton Street spanning from LaHarpe Street to Franklin Street. The improvements are expected to take approximately 8-12 weeks, depending on the weather.

New curbs, gutters, concrete street approaches and concrete driveway entrances will be installed. As part of the construction, the street also will have storm drainage improvements and asphalt street surface improvements.

Traffic control will be implemented during the time it takes to complete the improvements and repairs. Halliburton Street might be reduced to one lane traffic or closed to accommodate construction.

There will be no parking along the street for the duration of the repairs. Drivers are urged to use caution and slow down when driving through the area.

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8/9 Domestic disturbance reported at the 100 block of Valley Forge Dr.

8/5 Suspect arrested for vandalism at the 800 block of N. Osteopathy St.

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8/11 Fraud and theft reported at the 200 block of N. Franklin St.

8/8 Suspect arrested for marijuana possession at the 300 block of Osteopathy St.

8/11 Attempted fraudulent use of a credit device reported at the 1300 block of S. Baltimore St.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Truman Week Ceremony Aug. 15-19 Truman Week 2015 will begin with freshman move-in day Aug. 15. Truman Week will feature many programs and social events, including an ice cream social, the College Cup challenge, a lip sync competition, a showing of the movie Pitch Perfect 2 and departments will host Major Day activities Aug. 18.

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The Student Activities Board will host its Back to School Bash Aug. 21. The event commemorates the start of fall classes with a variety of free events and food. Contact SAB at commdirector.sab@gmail.com for more information about the event.

Come watch Pumptown Band with Dr. Amy Hynek perform for the second installment of the Summer on the Square concert series. The Iowa band plays a blend of drum-infused country. The concert will take place on the south side of the Courthouse lawn.

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offers smoking cessation assistance

Continued from page 1 grant funds to help finance the supplies and training required for coaches in the program. Blakely said the cessation program originated from evidence-based studies performed by a doctor and nurse at the University of Missouri.

Blakely said Mizzou then partnered with MOPIP to receive the state grant.

She said since Mizzou already had a good relationship with Truman through other MOPIP projects, Mizzou faculty visited Truman during spring 2015 to help train the faculty volunteers to be coaches and implement the program at Truman.

“We were glad to train with the Mizzou faculty because it seemed great to us to further enhance and develop our relationship with them while helping our pre-

vention efforts on campus,” Blakely said.

Blakely said other higher learning institutions aligned with MOPIP implemented the same program with varying rates of success, though most have been moderately to highly successful.

She said no students had approached her about the program or its cessation resources this spring or summer, but she said she thinks more students will get involved after returning to campus, especially now that the tobacco ban is in effect.

Blakely said there will be trained coaches from departments all across the University who can meet with students, talk with them, and help them receive the resources and counseling necessary to complete the program.

Blakely said her minimum goal for the cessation program is at least to have full awareness of the tobacco ban as well as cessation products and provided resources.

Truman State’s Recommended Self-Guided Programs [from wellness.truman.edu]

Smokefree.gov is a free online program through the CDC and offers texting with a counselor and an app feature Become an Ex is offered by the Natinonal Alliance for Tobacco Cessation, and has an individually tailored program.

Freedom From Smoking Online is a fee-based program throgh the American Lung Association that has lessons that reinforce participants commitment to quit.

“Students can visit our website at wellness.truman.edu for resources and contact informa-

tion,” Blakely said. “They are not at all required to be a part of the program if they choose

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Troy Paino said he is committed to making progress on projects around campus during his years in office

Continued from page 1 “[Paino] has some important initiatives that he’s working on in order to make changes to the University that are needed in order to move us ahead and unite,” Wells said. “I think everyone will be supportive of that.”

Paino said he is very appreciative of the Board’s decision to renew his contract.

He said he thinks the vote acknowledged the direction he is taking while sending a message to the campus that the Board is committed to completing the changes the University plans to make.

Paino said he gave an address during January 2015 about the transformative experiences he and the administration are planning. He said he has six action teams gathering information and ideas to implement his plans. The teams will report their work to the University this month. He said these teams will help reform curriculum and co-curriculum on campus, prepare short-term fiscal plans and improve the quality of learning for the students.

Paino said he also is looking forward to the progress the University will make with its $40 million comprehensive capital campaign, which is provided by donors to fund student scholarships, physical infrastructure, athletics and many other projects on campus. He said the University has raised more than $24 million since its start during July 2013, and will go public this October until July2018. Paino said he hopes to reach $40 million by the time his contract is up for renewal again. Paino said he is looking forward to these projects, but said the most important thing to him is to ensure these projects will help students achieve success.

“I love this place, and when people ask me what I love most about it is always the students,” Paino said. “To make a difference to the people that will do amazing things for the world — people with great hopes, dreams and aspirations, and to be a part of that gives me a lot of energy.”

Paino said he is very privileged to have this job and hopes to continue being University president beyond 2019.

However, he said 2019 still is a long time from now and he will support whatever the Board feels is in the best interest of the University, regardless of his status as Universty president. He said this is an important time not only for Truman but for higher learning education institutions as a whole to decide how to invest in education, and he said the important thing for young people to know now is the future of Truman’s campus is changing quickly and young people all are a part of that change.

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Candid commentary on TSA safety regulations Welcome from editorial staff Megan Archer

Bethany Boyle Editor-in-Chief On behalf of the Index Editorial Staff and our Truman Media Network colleagues, welcome.

As we begin this yearly journey together, many of you for the first time, I want to take a moment and introduce you to the people behind student media.

We are your fellow students and Kirksville residents. We are the girl sitting next to you in the dining hall wearing a purple Index hoodie. We are the young man on the neighboring treadmill at the Student Recreation Center with the TMN bro-tank.

We are the photographers at each football game and the videographers capturing footage in the Student Union Building. More often than not, we are the weary travelers you see on the road to Barnett Hall.

I encourage you to say hello when you see us. Don’t be afraid to ask about the story we are covering, why it is important or even why we do what we do.

I think there is a misconception in our society that the media is an otherworldly entity with an agenda far removed from the concerns of the public. I recognize the media industry has evolved beyond a comfortable scope of reach and influence.

However, I would like to put in perspective who we are as TMN and why we are here in Kirksville, Missouri, and on Truman State’s campus. I think you’ll find in the end, we’re not so different.

First of all, we are here to learn. This student organization was designed and intended to be a training ground for journalists, photographers, columnists, videographers and other media professionals. In Truman’s media center, students learn how to write using the inverted pyramid format, how to use AP Style, how to format pages with InDesign, create graphics, update the TMN website, edit videos and so much more.

I still remember the first time I walked into the media center to interview for a job as a news reporter. The editor at the time told me she thought I had what it takes to be a journalist. That day started me on the path that would lead me to ride my bike across town to report on a fire, wake up at 4 a.m. to call the U.S. Embassy in Spain and venture to the middle of nowhere in search of sustainably produced pizza.

In that same room I began developing and honing the skills that one day will become my livelihood. As I and my fellow editors, reporters, colleagues and staffers continue this process today, I find myself enjoying every fast-paced, challenging minute of it.

And we are committed to doing it right — checking the facts before printing, obtaining the proper permissions for publication and seeking to connect to our readership. In everything we do, our organization aims for excellence, and we expect to be held to that standard.

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Ah, the joys of summer travel. During my summer of traveling across the U.S. I got to visit exciting places, find new experiences, meet new people and catch up with old friends. I also was forced to throw away several tubes of toothpaste.

I’m talking, of course, about airport security.

TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, helps us get to our fun summer destinations in one piece, but we all have to jump through the TSA’s hoops before we can get off the ground.

However, these measures are more based on paranoia than proven effectiveness — they mostly are for show.

There’s a lot to hate about the seemingly nonsensical security measures that keep us from our flights, but there are a select few that seem to set people off.

1. Taking off your shoes Although I find it amusing seeing otherwise dignified businessmen hopping around trying to tug their shoes off, it seems odd. Why do we have to take our shoes off?

December 22, 2001, a man named Richard Reid attempted to set off a bomb in his shoe during a flight to Miami, according to a December 2001 New York Times article. However, he failed to do so, and all the passengers and crew landed safely, according to the same article.

This single incident has led to the shoe removal rule at American airports, despite the lack of shoe bomb attempts since then, according to a September 2011 Washington Post article. This raises the question – is it really worth it to slow everybody down because of one incident 14 years ago?

Slowing people down isn’t even the biggest problem – a floor that is walked on barefoot by a large number of people also carries health risks.

According to podiatrist Marybeth Crane, airport floors have the potential to spread cutaneous herpes, plantar warts, foot and toenail fungus and staph, according to a December 2010 My San Antonio article.

2. Liquid laws At the time of this article’s writing, the current TSA rule in place regarding carrying liquids

and gels onto planes limits each passenger to one quart-sized bag of containers for liquids, gels, aerosols, creams and pastes, which must be 3.4 ounces or less, according to TSA.gov.

Like the shoe removal rule, this rule came to exist because of a single failed bomb attempt.

This one took place during 2006 — terrorists were planning to mix together a liquid and a gel-like substance in order to create bombs, according to an August 2006 CNN article. The plot was discovered and stopped by British police before it could be enacted, but it was close to being operational, according to the same article.

This rule doesn’t have the risks of shoe removal, but it is much more inconvenient. As a cheapskate who hates to pay for any checked bags, I admit that I mostly hate how difficult this rule has made it for those of us who try to stuff everything in our carry-on bags. Nothing makes you realize how many liquids and gels you rely on like airport security.

Removing our shoes, restricting liquid size and other such rules are ridiculous. They are very specific measures taken because of singular outdated incidents. Even though occasionally they lead to the prevention of terror, they seem more like a grand plot by the government to make you miss your flight. It might seem like nothing more than a charade.

In fact, that’s exactly what it is — to some degree. Catching people isn’t even the real point behind these measures. The more important purpose is to create the illusion of security with what security expert Bruce Schneier calls “security theater,” according to a December 2009 CNN article. A security theater is made up of rituals that don’t provide any immediate practical purpose, but try to make travelers feel more secure, according to the same article.

There are measures that do prevent terrorism, as proven in the 2006 liquid plot. That wasn’t prevented with heightened security, it was resolved by the police doing their job. However, people have a tendency only to really believe in what they see, and by definition it’s tough to see the undercover investigating that actually does prevent terrorism. The job of the security theater is to show the public something tangible that will make them feel safe, even if it is pointless, according to the same CNN article.

I complain about the inconvenience, but I can appreciate how important it is to make people feel safe. So go ahead and search me, TSA. I just wish I didn’t have to sacrifice any more tubes of toothpaste to the cause.

Megan Archer is a senior computer science major from Morrison, Colo.

Bethany is a senior journalism major from St. Louis, Mo.

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Don’t stress about college expectations

Holly Fisher Entering college as a new student is like entering a new world. Life becomes vastly different from what it was during high school and because of this, it is natural to develop a series of expectations for what this new reality might look like. Having something to expect gives us something we can prepare ourselves for, which can be extremely comforting. However, these expectations are not all they’re cracked up to be.

A quick Google search will tell you partying, for instance, always makes the list of most common college expectations, and to be fair, the college party scene is legendary. Hollywood has dressed up the magnificent haze of pounding music, flashing strobe lights and an endless river of red Solo cups in more ways than can be counted to represent the average college experience.

Then comes a very large shock to all of us — Hollywood has lied.

Real college parties are not nearly as extravagant or endless, and Truman State in particular is not known for its party scene. However, during Truman Week, the parties can seem like the only part of college that matters. Greek Life uses the week to do a good chunk of its recruiting, with a pretty solid lineup of parties every night. The Hollywood dream of non-stop partying starts to seem like reality, but fair warning — unless the 24/7 party train lets off in a quaint little spot known as the classroom, you will not make it to sophomore year.

College, of course, is more than just partying, and many of our high school teachers took it upon themselves to set those expectations for us. Every time they assigned us something ridiculously overthe-top, it was only because they were “preparing us for college.” They tried to convince us they were the nice ones, and we would dream of having it so good during the times to come.

In a way, they were right. You might have 20-30 page papers and group projects that take the better part of a

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semester to complete, but many of these assignments are not as distressing as they sound. With a few exceptions, Truman professors often are much more lenient than high school teachers throughout the country would have us believe. They actually care about their students, and sometimes if an assignment is too stressful in addition to the rest of your course load, they will work with you on an assignment that still meets their standards and is more manageable. If there is one suggestion I wish I had paid more attention to during my early college years, it would have been to go visit my professors. They are not ruthless monsters, but helpful and compassionate people.

These points aside, one major change spawns butterflies in the stomach of every college freshman — you have become a legitimate, bona fide adult. You’re living without your parents, you have to worry about buying items such as food and toilet paper, and the words “taxes” and “bills” are no longer supposed to be abstract concepts. You are leaving the immature world of high school behind and entering the tough, responsibilitydriven world of college life.

I have a small secret for you, though. The two months of summer between high school and college do not make one an adult.

We all had expectations of entering the real world when we entered college. Instead, we found blanket forts and nap times. Becoming a certifiable adult in this day and age can take some time, and luckily, you still have a few years to get it down. Sadly though, this expectation goes both ways, meaning the petty, immature drama you excitedly expected to leave behind in high school still will plague your college campus.

When facing a change as big as shipping off to college, expectations can be good to have. They give us higher standards to live up to or they prepare us for rotten situations, but they will not always line up with reality. By recognizing this and allowing your expectations to be different from the world, you can avoid the soul-crushing disappointment or simmering panic when your wall of expectations starts tumbling down. Try to live in the moment, to take life one step at a time, and I promise you will get the most out of your freshman year of college or any other situation.

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Holly Fisher is a senior English and linguistics major from Elizabethtown, Ky.

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Making Kirksville feel like home is easy

Sarah Muir There’s nothing like the bittersweet return to school.

Whether it’s your first year here or your last, being in Kirksville can elicit a lot of conflicting emotions.

Living in Kirksville can be either one of the best times of your life, or it can be miserable. It’s cliche, but true — the years you spend here are what you make them. That’s vague advice, so I’m going to give some tips on how to make Kirksville great, regardless of how many years you have left.

If this is your first year in Kirksville, welcome.

It’s a pretty friendly place even if it’s not what comes to mind when you think of a college town.

If it’s your last year here, now is the time to enjoy it because, believe it or not, most people who leave tell me they miss it.

The first key to enjoying Kirksville is to stop thinking about everything it’s not. There’s no Chipotle, Target or fancy shopping malls. It’s best just to accept this and move on.

One of the benefits of the relative lack of chain stores and businesses is the cool local places that thrive here. La Pachanga has the best Mexican food. It will ruin your love for places back home.

Pro tip — they deliver. El Vaquero and La Fuente also are great options. You can’t go wrong with Mexican food in Kirksville, Chipotle or not.

Other great restaurants to check out are a Mongolian place called Nurhachi — be sure to drive around back and check out the great mural — Rosie’s Northtown Cafe, Greek Corner Gyros, Pagliai’s Pizza, Sweet Espressions Coffee House, DuKum Inn Grille — get the cheeseburger, seriously — and the To Die For bakery.

Of course, a great college town is more than just good food options. There’s also cool places to explore or hang out at. There’s a bowling alley and skating rink, a movie theater with cheap student

tickets, a great state park to enjoy nature in and the train bridge. Don’t overlook the things Kirksville does have just because it’s small.

You could never leave campus and still have a great college experience at Truman State. Try everything, and I mean everything, that you have even a small interest in. It is the easiest, least awkward way to meet people and enjoy your time here.

Most people won’t look back on college and regret stepping outside of their comfort zone. Some of the best times I’ve had here have been doing absolutely nothing with great people.

Last tip — don’t dread going to the classes you take to fulfill requirements outside of your major.

Those classes are such a great opportunity to discover something new you really like doing. Taking a class just for fun helped me realize what I wanted to do after graduation.

With the right attitude and a sense of adventure, you can make your time here the best it possibly can be.

Sarah Muir is a senior political science major from Lee’s Summit, Mo.

What are you most looking forward to this year? Why? I am looking forward to meeting new students and teaching my JINS class. I love the energy students bring to campus each year, so I can’t wait until they are all back.

I’m looking forward to class discussion, especially in my Urban Violence class.

This is also my first year as a full-time professor and I will be advising students again.

I’m excited to move into the dorms. I’m from Kirksville so I know a lot about Truman and I’m excited to be in a new environment.

I’m excited to actually get to take the classes I worked so hard on getting into and seeing my friends again.

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Emily Wichmer/Index Members of the Turner Brigade cheer as they prepare to advance on the field at Rotary Park. The association of Civil War reenactors came to recreate the Battle of Kirksville August 8. The original Battle of Kirksville took place on The Square August 6, 1862, between Confederate recruits and trained Union soldiers.

Musket fire at Rotary Park

By Emily WichmEr and Johanna Burns News Editor and Assistant News Editor index.newseditor@gmail.com

The city of Kirksville commemorated the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Kirksville with a Civil War reenactment August 8-9.

The Turner Brigade reenactors camped at Rotary Park and performed a Saturday and Sunday battle reenactment. This gave observers the chance to see what a battle during the Civil War would have been like, including some of the artillery unit maneuvers and weapons that might have been implemented during a fight.

The events included a living histories display, a veterans memorial service, a Civil War ball and a cannon salute, according to visitkirksville.com, Kirksville’s tourism website.

Dennis Daniels, a 2nd Missouri Infantry reenactor, narrated a short history of the Battle of Kirksville for the crowd before the start of each battle. Daniels said the importance of the Battle of Kirksville was that it ended Confederate recruiting efforts in Northern Missouri.

“It’s important to know something about the Battle of Kirksville because it is a part of our history here,” Daniels said. “It’s important to know, especially if you live here, because it gives us a sense of belonging and a sense of time.”

Daniels said the original Battle of Kirksville occurred August 6, 1862, on The Square. He said Confederate Col. Joseph Porter assembled about 2,000 Confederate sympathizers to fight the Union army that had chased them to Kirksville. Daniels said the Confederate loss was a turning point of the war, because after the battle, fewer northern Missourians sided with the Confederate cause.

Daniels said the performers did not reenact the actual events of the Battle of Kirksville last Saturday and Sunday, but rather performed an improvised portrayal of what any battle might have looked like. He said it was not possible to shoot the cannons near The Square, where the actual battle took place, for safety reasons.

He said the Union soldiers won the Saturday reenactment and the Confederate soldiers won Sunday.

Daniels said the Civil War was a turning point in history because it led to changes in military tactics.

“The Civil War was the last of the old wars and the first of the modern warfare,” Daniels said.

He said there were many new warfare techniques introduced during the Civil War, such as trench warfare.

Bill Schoup of the 3rd Iowa Artillery Unit said most of the reenactors portray actual regiments or units that fought during the war, although the reenactors might travel to reenactments in areas where their unit never actually fought.

Schoup said the reenactors try to give the crowd a sense of what military tactics and maneuvers were used during the Civil War. He said the infantry units perform maneuvers called obliquing that allow their lines to move in different positions and concentrate their fire.

Schoup said many people who watch the reenactment are surprised by the time it takes to reload the guns, but that it is authentic to the period.

Jim Voelker of the 10th Missouri Artillery Unit said reenactors will travel to different reenactments throughout the summer and up until January. He said many reenactors also teach students about the Civil War at schools or other events.

Voelker said the group goes to rural areas like Adrian, Missouri, to instruct middle schoolers and home-schoolers about the Civil War.

Emily Wichmer/ Index Above: Civil War reenactors set up camp at Rotary Park August 8-9.

Left: reenactors portraying a brigade of Union soldiers take aim during a recreation of a Civil War battle.

Below: members of the Turner Brigade prepare to fire a cannon August 9. The Civil War reenactment group known as the Turner Brigade use historically accurate weapons and clothing to illustrate battles across the United States during the summer and fall months.

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Submitted photos Top: A Nepali woman sits outside her damaged home. Citizens of Nepal lived in sheds or chicken coops after earthquakes and aftershocks made their houses unstable.

Above: A Nepali man walks through the rubble of his neighbors’ homes, past one of the buildings still standing in his village. Many towns and villages near the earthquake’s epicenter were demolished completely.

Left: Nepali citizens carry tin sheeting provided to build temporary homes.

Thirsty Ground International provided enough tin to aid 773 families.

Nepal not shaken after earthquakes

BY COURTNEY KAUFFMAN

Assistant Features Editor index.featureseditor@gmail.com

Rubble still litters the ground in Nepal from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake last spring, but the Nepali people are rebuilding.

A Truman State alumnus and current student each experienced first-hand the efforts going into renovations.

Junior AnJani Baral, a Nepali citizen, said she returned to Nepal for the summer to visit her family and aid the community in rebuilding.

Baral said she was involved with Room to Read, an organization that provided aid to her community in multiple ways.

“I helped [Room to Read] with [its] two projects,” Baral said. “One was packing foods and sending it to different affected destinations, and the other one was packing and sending storybooks for kids to distract them from the stress.”

Baral said her family was fortunate — they did not lose anyone or anything because of the earthquakes, since her region was not majorly affected, unlike the area 30 minutes away from her where entire towns were demolished.

Baral said there were two major earthquakes during the span of a month and though she was not there at the time, she has experienced quite a few aftershocks.

The earthquake killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000. Aftershocks continued throughout Nepal at 15–20 minute intervals at varying magnitudes.

These aftershocks were enough to cause a second earthquake measured at 7.3M, making it the worst natural disaster to strike the Himalayan nation since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, according to a May 12 New York Times Article.

Aftershocks were felt up to 100 miles away from the epicenter of the 7.8M earthquake and up to 50 miles away from the 7.3M earthquake, according to the same New York Times article.

Since the aftershocks were unpredictable, Baral said she and her family spent many nights in their car for fear of their concrete house collapsing on them during the night, and created meeting plans for emergencies. “‘Aayo aayo’ was the most common word anyone could hear during the whole month of June,” Baral said. “‘Aayo’ means ‘came’ in Nepali. A rule was set in the family — if one would VOLUME 107

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mention this word, then everyone would have to leave the work right away and run towards the meeting point.”

Baral said there have been silver linings to the tragedy. Since her family would gather to wait out aftershocks, they got to spend a lot of time together and learned to enjoy that time, she said. Baral said there were even some pranks among her family members after a while.

During her time back home, Baral said she has become more grateful for everything she has. The earthquake taught a great lesson about life and time, she said, but it also cost nearly 10,000 lives.

“After everything that has happened, people are slowly healing,” Baral said. “Moreover, they have realized the importance of their life — everyone I have met has been telling me, ‘The life I am living right now is a bonus life.’”

Truman State alumnus Daniel Sem spent a week in Nepal this summer leading a team of volunteers with Thirsty Ground International, his nonprofit organization.

Sem said TGI was established during fall 2013 in response to super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. He said it is staffed by a group of 12-15 volunteers.

“We went over [to Nepal] and sought to do immediate stabilization in the wake of the disaster, including providing water filters and delivering rice, tin sheeting, tarps and tools,” Sem said.

Sem said TGI distributed more than 22 tons of rice, 200 water filters, enough tin sheeting to aid 773 families and enough tarps to help 520 families build temporary shelters.

Sem said most houses in the areas they visited were demolished because of the quake. Many families moved into chicken coops and sheds, Sem said.

The families needed a stable structure to live in for at least six months to get through the monsoon season, he said. The tin and tarps his team provided helped citizens to build the shelters, Sem said.

Sem said his team got caught in one of the larger aftershocks while en route to deliver rice to a village.

“The moment it sunk in would’ve been when the second major earthquake happened and we were in the middle of it,” Sem said. “We started to hear buildings coming down around us — it was a really unusual experience.”

Sem said his team had a relief distribution planned for the following day near the epicenter of the second earthquake. He said they drove through aftershocks to get to the site.

The citizens of the Nepali village had no idea help was coming, Sem said. He said a church collapsed and the town was leveled by the latest quake, but the residents were praying the night before and expressed their gratitude when his team arrived with rice and supplies.

Sem said the Nepali are incredibly resilient. They started picking up the pieces right away, he said.

“I’m not concerned for the long term of their country,” Sem said. ‘There was really a sense that they were going to come back from this. I think it’s an attitude that we could learn from.”

Sem said TGI plans to send another team to Nepal after the monsoon season to assist in long-term efforts to rebuild.

For more information about Thirsty Ground International and their other plans for future missions and aid, visit thirstyground.org.

The Truman State University Foundation established a fund to provide financial support for students impacted by the earthquake. To make a donation to the Nepal Emergency Relief Fund, visit nepalfund.truman.edu or contact the Truman Office of Advancement at 660-785-4133.

“Everyone I have met has been telling me, ‘The life I am living right now is a bonus life.’”

-Junior AnJani Baral

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Submitted photos While on a crew stop, Jordan Gresham makes sure the cyclists are in good health and the bikes are functioning properly. Typically, there were five vans separated about 10 miles apart from each other to aid the cyclists along the road.

Students get involved country-wide

BY EMILY PLOCH Staff Writer

Instead of basking in the hot Midwestern sun or blasting the air conditioning to escape it, some Truman State students used their summer time to find opportunities that helped them grow and make a difference.

Seniors Jordan Gresham, Taylor Thompson and Jonathan Burken used their interests and ambitions to choose experiences that would make for an amazing summer.

Gresham said he participated in the Journey of Hope, a summer event for cyclists who travel from the West Coast to Washington D.C. for the three month span of summer, beginning June 12 and finishing August 8.

Gresham said working as a crew member for the Journey of Hope helped him make a difference while giving him valuable lessons both personally and professionally.

While traveling, Gresham said his team stopped in various cities and worked with different organizations that support people with disabilities and put on events, called friendship visits, which allowed cyclists to make connections with those with disabilities.

Gresham said the event was created by The Ability Experience, a Pi Kappa Phi national philanthropy group. As a member of the social fraternity, Gresham said he joined the project during March after one of his chapter brothers shared about their experience.

Gresham said he not only was responsible for assisting the cyclists on the road, but he also was in control of the social media on the route, making this experience count for his fraternity’s philanthropy, as well as an internship opportunity as a business student.

“Being on the road and working has been so inspiring to see everything that I’ve learned so far being put to work,” Gresham said. “Being a marketing student, we’ve talked about social media and at first I was like ‘I’m never going to use this’ but I think this really helped me see the perspective of my classes and how they’re based in real life.”

Although in the beginning the cyclists experienced some extreme heat in Nevada and Arizona, Gresham said. He said when they were in Arizona temperatures reached 107 degrees.

Gresham said the experience was an amazing way to spend his summer. He said not only did he have the chance to travel the country but he also contributed to a good cause.

Thompson said he worked as a digital intern for the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C..

As a digital intern, Thompson said he was responsible for drafting the DNC social media content and the content that goes out on their other channels. He said the experience reinforced his desire to get involved in the political process. He also said his success at the DNC was a matter of using the passion he developed at Truman and taking it to an organization that closely aligned with his personal values.

Thompson said working for the DNC has been a lifelong dream. When he applied for the summer position, Thompson said he didn’t look at any other internships because he had a clear focus of what he wanted.

“I’ve never had a day where I don’t want to come to this internship,” Thompson said. “Every day is a

On Saturday, August 8, Gresham and Truman members of Pi Kappa Phi finish the Journey of Hope in Washington, D.C. Although each group of cyclists started on one of three different 4,000 mile long routes on the West Coast, they all finished their routes in D.C. completely different day and a new opportunity to learn something.”

Thompson said contributing to a good cause means improving the lives of Americans through successful policies and candidates that advocate those policies.

Although Thompson said he has enjoyed his experience this summer, he said during the future he would like to get involved with a campaign at either the national or state level which travels around the country rather than working in one stationary location.

Although Thompson always was certain he would find himself involved with politics, he said Truman encouraged him to continue and develop important critical thinking skills that will make him a more competitive and compelling graduate.

Burken said if it wasn’t for Truman, he wouldn’t have spent his summer as a counselor at Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton, S.C. He said he found out about the job opportunity through his academic advisor who knew he was looking for an internship to fulfill graduation requirements as an exercise science student.

Because of the vast size of the site, Burken said, Camp Bob Cooper consists of several different camps.

Burken said this includes the 4H camp — Camp Wildlife — designed for about 40 kids; and a rental group, reserved for various organizations with room for about 250 people between staff and campers.

Burken said the activities at the camp include canoeing, rock climbing, tubing, team’s courses, swim-

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ming, paintball, a high ropes courses and general field games.

Although Burken’s official position was a 4H counselor, he said initially he spent more time working with the rental group. Burken said the first week of rental camp was used for a group called Camp Reach, a camp for disabled and special needs adults. He was responsible for caring for 12 special needs adults, he said, including making beds and other basic tasks. He said the work he did during this week was the most interesting and rewarding part of camp.

Burken said as a 4H counselor he was responsible for a group of kids for the week they were at camp.

“In the future I would like to be a high school athletic director,” Burken said. “So gaining experience working with all sorts of kids is quite valuable.”

Burken said his education prepared him for his job by giving him knowledge on first aid and injury care, which he said are invaluable tools. He said he probably pulled out more than 100 splinters, cleaned and bandaged numerous cuts and, unfortunately, performed one head-neck splint on a 60-year-old woman.

“Even though everyone knows how to put on a band aid, having confidence going into unusual situations is handy,” Burken said.

Burken said the experience of working with such a wide range of children is invaluable. *Editor’s Note — the Jonathan Burken interview was conducted by email.

Local ice cream store Tru Yo now can be seen driving through the streets of Kirksville. Owner Jim Ressler recently turned a school bus into a pink and green ice cream truck. Ressler said the truck is out selling ice cream four to five days a week from 6-9 p.m.

He said they try to reach as many surrounding neighborhoods as possible. The truck will appear at some Truman Week activities.

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n e h c t i K Kate's

by Anna “Kate” Grace

When I was young and looking forward to college, I thought being able to go grocery shopping by myself would be the coolest thing. I’ve found a few cooler activities since then, but I still enjoy cooking for myself and others. Kate’s Kitchen will bring you sometimes healthy, usually easy and always delicious recipes that easily can be made by any cook, regardless of skill level!

Mixing good food with good tips

Unbelievably Simple and Delicious Pasta Guidelines

This week isn’t about a specific recipe, it’s about my favorite quick and infinitely changeable main dish: pasta with stuff in it. There are four main

BY ANNA GRACE are, however, some dorm-friendly parts to a good pasta dish: the pasta, the sauce, the extra stuff Kitchen Columnist ways to make it healthier. and the seasonings.

The easiest way is to add frozen It’s been a few years since I expeveggies, which are more closely rerienced my Truman Week. However, lated to actual vegetables than the during my vacation in the mountains dehydrated chunks typically found this week, the confusion brought on in ramen. Keep them in your freezer, by altitude reminded me of some tips then dump them in with the hot waI can share in this week’s edition of ter. If you’re looking for more protein, Kate’s Kitchen. grocery stores offer pre-cooked and Ramen is delicious and cheap, -cut chicken that can be popped in. but not a very healthy food source.

Hiking all day burns a lot of caloIt’s great when camping or dorming ries. You know what doesn’t? Sitting because all it requires is hot water. and studying for Biology 101. Many It’s not exactly revolutionary to tell “bars,” such as Clif Bars, LUNA bars college students to eat ramen, such and about a million others might seem I prefer shorthealthy, and chunky advice probably is even sent with Trubut types makethat sure you look at better mix with other chunky add-ins. man State welcome packets. There their nutrition facts. These bars often

Pasta:

are intended for outdoor activities that burn a lot of calories. They often have as many or more calories than a candy bar.

If you really want to track calories, many Sodexo options already are loaded in apps such as MyFitnessPal. “Be bear aware,” read many signs I drove past during my vacation. You, Truman freshman, need to be roommate aware. Sharing space can mean sharing food, willingly or not.

New Bulldogs, welcome to Truman!

You’re going to love it here, especially when you experience chicken bowl day. Check in with Kate’s Kitchen next week for a tasty new recipe by a notable 8-year-old chef.

The Extra Stuff: This is where you can get

Here are some bear safety tips that double as roommatecreative. tips. Cheeses, vegetables and meats are

Sauces:

Tomato, pesto and just plain old olive oil the bears.

They will are my favorites.

all game. If you want a healthier meal, throw sautéed spinach and zucchini with fresh become dependent on in tomatoes. If you’re a meat lover, ground meat or sliced sausage both work, as does nearly cheese. human food, but who knows, thisany is Tru-

Don’t feed human food.

Hopefully your roommate already eats man. Anyway, it’s okay to feed your roommate, but it sets a precedent. Establish Salt and pepper, garlic, basil, red food rules so you don’t wake up with your roommate tearing apart your fridge for pepper flakes, fresh herbs and a sprinkle of love honey — or more realistically, covered in frosting from stress eating the cookies finish off the dish. your mom sent.

Seasonings: Directions:

My favorite combinations

Cook pasta according to the directions it comes with. Combine the sauce with {pasta, olive oil, tomatoes, Parmesan,properly. mozzarella, olives, basil} Dispose of food the extra stuff and seasonings, then add to the {pasta, pesto, sautéed zucchinifood and spinach, Whether you share or not,mozzarella} throw out the sour milk and lunch meatpasta. left from Enjoy — and brag about how you didn’t even have {pasta, olive oil, salt, pepper, basil, red pepper fl akes} before break. Otherwise, it will get disgusting and maybe even make someone sick. to use a recipe.

I hope this is obvious.

Keep your food in bear-proof containers.

Your roommate probably doesn’t have the less-dexterous hands of a bear, so there likely isn’t a container they can’t open, but you can hide your food. Also, if my roommate is reading, you need to hide your candy better — I ate it all.

EKKLESIA CAMPUS MINISTRY RUN THE RACE. STAY THE COURSE.

“Ekklesia” is the Greek word for “church” and describes our non-denominational campus fellowship serving students at Truman, MACC, and A.T. Still. Perhaps you recognize a form of the word in the Old Testament book Ecclesiastes or “the preacher.” The preacher speaks to the church!

Ekklesia is a ministry of the Kirksville Church of Christ. Many events are also scheduled at 110 Pfeiffer Ave. For rides, call Dan Green 1-800-548-7074 or the church office 660-627-4003.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Fri. Aug. 21, 7 PM - Francis Schaeffer Video Study: “How Shall We Then Live?”

Home of Dan & Gaylene Green 80 Manor Crest Dr. Wed. Aug. 26, 2 to 5 PM - Activities Fair @ the SUB Get your free Post-it Note pad in the shape of a runner’s foot & learn more about Coach Jim White’s upcoming visit. His story was told in Disney’s Mc Farland USA. Register to win a movie DVD. Sat. Aug. 29, 7 PM - Singing and Devotional, Location TBA Sun. Sept. 13, Noon - Welcome to Kirksville Fellowship Meal at Church 5-7 PM - Chamber Welcome on the Square Wed. Sept. 16, 7 PM - Coach Jim White of McFarland USA shares his story Baldwin Auditorium, NO Wed. Service at Church of Christ Thurs. Sept. 17, Noon - Lunch with Coach White and wife Cheryl

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Get graduate student Jamie McBurnett and sophomore Marissa McBurnett’s style!

Be summer savvy with a cool pair of shades and some cute, comfortable sandals Don’t weigh yourself down - grab a small satchel for essentials as a nice accent to any outfit

Toy Story in the Park

Tennis Sundays

8-10 p.m. August 15 Ray Klinginsmith Amphitheatre in Rotary Park Kirksville Parks and Recreation will show this family favorite at dusk, so bring a blanket and some snacks to enjoy the show.

3-5 p.m. August 16 Patryla Park Tennis Courts

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Don’t be afraid to be fun and bright - pair colorful print shorts with a solid shirt for a nice pop of color

Play in a pick-up match against opponents ages 14 and older. No pre-registration is required and the event is free, so grab a racket and come out to play.

Summer Entertainment You’ve Probably Already Heard About

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Why haven’t you watched the “Deadpool” trailer yet? Why haven’t you watched it 87 times?

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“Mad Max: Fury Road” not only was the best action film in decades, primarily due to director George Miller’s limited use of CGI, but the film also made a group of strong female characters the focus of the story.

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Even though the movie had its problems, “Jurassic World” showed us John Hammond’s vision of a theme park with dinosaurs come to life.

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Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” and Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” probably were stuck in your head all summer, considering they could be heard on every radio station that ever existed.

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Ultramarathoner Scott Jurek broke the Appalachian Trail record by 3 hours, completing the 2,189 mile trail from Georgia to Maine in 46 days, 8 hours, and 7 minutes.

reboot falls short of being “fantastic”

BY KATEY STOETZEL Features Editor index.featureseditor@gmail.com I’ll be honest — I only saw the new “Fantastic Four” so I could see the “Deadpool” trailer on the big screen.

Side note — still cool, still awesome. Get ready for “Deadpool” Gush Fest 2016. End side note. I mention this because I want to let you know where my thoughts were as I entered the theater before I say the new “Fantastic Four” film really is not that great at all.

Or should I say “fantastic?” You know what? It doesn’t matter. This movie isn’t even worth witty puns.

The film stars Miles Teller as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Kate Mara as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing. These super smart and attractive outsiders get weird powers from a fourth dimension or possibly another planet — whatever it is, it’s another boring CGI landscape I don’t care about. Where’s George Miller when you need him? These new powers help them stop friend-turned-enemy Dr. Doom from destroying the planet.

The major problem — and probably where the movie first went wrong — was the decision to give a kitschy superhero team a dark and gritty superhero movie. Ever since Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy, writers

and directors seem to want to ground their superhero universes in reality. There’s no need for this! It worked in Batman because Batman is a relatively grounded superhero to begin with, whereas in the world of the “Fantastic Four” franchise, we’ve got characters that turn invisible and can stretch their limbs to impossible lengths. And a giant rock guy.

Teller, Jordan, Mara and Bell all are talented actors, but no one looks like they’re having any fun. Aside from a few one-liners from Teller, the movie has little to no genuinely humorous moments — a bummer for someone who decides to see the movie at 10 p.m. after a long work day.

I don’t know if it’s a byproduct of the dark and gritty attempt, but there’s nothing but superficial characteristics for our main cast. Reed is the genius, Ben the loner even before he turns into a rock, Johnny the hot-headed — okay, maybe one pun — funny guy and Sue — well, that one’s weird. Her main interesting feature apparently is she likes to listen to music when she works. Unless I’m more of a trend-setter than I think I am, this is a thing a lot of people do. This shouldn’tqualify as a character trait.

The structure of the film is a problem as well. If you’ve been to an English class or have, I don’t know, read a book or watched a movie or TV show, you know every story should have a beginning, a middle and an end. “Fantastic Four” has a beginning and an end.

The middle is relegated to a “One Year Later” black screen with white text.

Why is this a problem? Setting aside the fact that it matters for simple storytelling logistics, the middle of this particular movie would have and should have included the scenes during which our main heroes come to terms with and learn their new powers — maybe argue with each other over who has the better power and so on. But no. They don’t get their powers until almost halfway into the movie, followed by a three minute freak-out and the aforementioned black screen and white text. The exclusion of the middle leads to an unsatisfying ending, because with no set-up, we get no emotional resolution.

Remember that awesome moment during “The Avengers” when New York City was pretty trashed, but then Bruce Banner showed up on a motorcycle, hulked out, punched a space whale, the music swelled and all our heroes stood in a circle, finally assembling as one? I love that scene. It gives me chills no matter how many times I watch it. There’s nothing that even remotely comes close to that in “Fantastic Four,” a film that needs an Avengers Assemble! moment desperately, if only to make the audience feel like the world is in good hands. With “Fantastic Four,” the world hardly was in any danger at all. Grade — D

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By Rachel Steinhoff Staff Reporter

Trevor Stark/ Index Football players stretch in the background during the first practice of the fall season Aug. 12. The Bulldogs will return to action on the road against Midwestern State University Sept. 5.

Returning ‘Dogs to step up this season

BY HENRY JANSEN Staff Reporter

Truman State football graduated several key players last May, and in their absence, returning players are looking to build on the team’s tie for second place in the GLVC for the second year in a row.

The Bulldogs opened fall camp Aug. 12, and many prominent players on both sides of the ball have returned to Kirksville, hoping to jump in and negate the several key losses Truman saw last year.

The Bulldogs graduated running back Garrett White, who rushed for 1166 yard and 13 touchdowns during last season’s 6-4 overall finish and 5-3 in GLVC games. White finished his career with 2,829 career rushing yards — the fifth-best in Truman history.

The Bulldogs also will look to fill the spot left by graduated tight end Chico Orlando, who had a team-high 37 receptions and 334 receiving yards last year.

“Chico Orlando at tight end in this day and age — finding a kid who can block, along with being a mismatch against linebackers and strong safeties in their main coverage is difficult,” head coach Gregg Nesbitt said.

“He was the whole package, one of the better players in the league. We will not replace him. We’ll start the season with a lot of four receiver sets.”

While the Bulldogs have graduated two starters at the linebacker position, Connor Nagel and Matthew Bell, Nesbitt said he is confident in the heart of the defensive players that will take the field each Saturday.

Nesbitt said Nagel and Bell were great players that played a lot of snaps and were available and dependable, which is hard to do in college football.

“It’s difficult to stay injury-free and play week-in-week-out,” Nesbitt said. “We also feel very good about [junior linebacker] Matt Guignon who started when Nagel was out two or three games last year and did admirably. We’ve got a couple other kids waiting in the wings in [freshmen] Kade Young and Justin Mikeworth, so we feel pretty good about our top four [linebackers].”

Nesbitt said on the offensive side, six returning offensive linemen started at least six games last year. Junior wide receiver Joey Schenck started at the receiver position and junior quarterback Devonte Black started eight of 10 games during the 2014 campaign.

Junior running back A.J. Hartfield said he thinks the Bulldogs have more than enough firepower to overcome the loss of White, last season’s workhorse in the backfield.

“We’re going to have a lot more weapons than we had last year, mostly because of our receivers,” Hartfield said. “We’re extremely explosive. We’ll be able to run just fine, and because

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of that, the receivers will be able to become open. In the past, if we set up for a run, we run. If we set up for a pass, we pass. We haven’t utilized a lot of play fakes.”

Truman retained its entire starting offensive line from last year, including junior center Brad Wellman, a preseason first-team All-American from Quincy, Illinois.

“With the whole offensive line returning from last year, the whole starting cast, having Devonte back is huge,” Wellman said.

Wellman said Black is a quarterback who will make big plays happen.

He said he hopes this year the offense will have better luck with Black staying healthy, and better protection from the offensive line up front is where it all starts.

Black missed two starts last season and considerable time otherwise with a recurring leg injury.

On the opposite side of the ball, Nesbitt said the Bulldog defense will return seven starters from a 2014 defense that only allowed an average of 17.8 points per game and held opponents to 65 percent scoring inside the red zone.

Junior defensive back Austin Zoda, a USA College Football second-team preseason All-American who led last year’s team with 75 tackles, said he thinks in terms of style the Bulldogs remain unchanged, but a dedicated summer gives the team a leg up as Sept. 5 approaches.

“Defensively, we’re going to have a lot of the same principles and concepts since this coaching staff has been here,” Zoda said. “We’re going to be pretty aggressive again this season and going to try and force turnovers. Defense is really our strong suit because of our aggressive play and I don’t expect anything to change as far as that.”

Zoda said he attributes the team’s preparation to the number of players who stayed in Kirksville to work out, even though the coaching staff did not require them to stay. He said the players were able to organize drills amongst themselves, which put them ahead going into fall camp.

Zoda said the defensive line will be led by senior defensive tackle Nick Reichert, a USA College Football second-team preseason All-American, and senior defensive end Devin Gillespie. Reichert was the 2014 team captain and garnered 10 tackles for loss, and Gillespie led the team with 5.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss last season as a junior.

Although the Bulldogs outscored their opponents 225-178 during 2014, the team was outscored 78-34 during fourth quarters in the 2014 season, including giving up two 14-point fourth quarter leads during consecutive weeks against William Jewell College and University of Indianapolis at

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Stokes Stadium. Nesbitt said finishing has been a point of emphasis for the team since the season ended last November.

“Correcting it has been a focus for us ongoing all offseason, even as we finished spring ball and continued our workouts as class was still ongoing,” Nesbitt said. “Hopefully that will carry over, our players — with a sour taste in their mouth — understand the importance of playing 60 minutes, finishing all the drills, everything from the time you start camp to executing in the fourth quarter of competition.”

Zoda said Nesbitt’s focus going into fall camp is to finish during the fourth quarter.

“We had a much more committed summer than last summer, and it shows,” Zoda said. “That’s one thing we’ve shown, and we’re going to win a couple more ballgames this year than last year.”

The Bulldogs will open their season with a pair of road games. After a week one trip to Wichita Falls, Texas, followed by a week two trip to Detroit, Michigan, the ‘Dogs will return home for Family Night and host the Missouri University of Science and Technology 7 p.m. Sept.

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Trevor Stark/ Index A player reaches to make a catch at the first football practice of the new season. Head coach Gregg Nesbitt said though the program has graduated a few key players, there are some returning players he feels will be able to perform.

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The 2015 men’s and women’s cross country teams will have their season debut at the Lindenwood University Dual Meet Sept. 3, but preparation has been taking place all summer. In fact, the build-up for this season has been taking place for years.

Since 2013, which was the first cross country season under the direction of head coach Tim Schwegler, the Bulldogs have been looking at a bright future. During the 2014 season only four of the 25 runners were upperclassmen.

This means the majority of the runners in Truman uniforms were disadvantaged due to little experience. However, these runners have matured and statistics once seen as a problem could soon become the strength of Bulldog cross country.

The younger Truman athletes gained race experience many others have not yet acquired, and this could pay off in the long run.

Although the teams are developing, Truman cross country still yields a young roster, with each team led by just one senior. For the men, senior Tyler Gardner will return for his final season. The women’s team, on the other hand, will be anchored by one of its top runners, senior Emma Trenhaile.

In addition to Trenhaile, the women’s team will return another runner, junior Laura Tarantino. Tarantino consistently was the first Truman racer to cross the finish line during the 2014 season, and was the first racer overall to cross at the Haskell Indian Nations meet last October. She finished 16th at the 2014 GLVC conference championship, putting her just 1 second out of All-Conference recognition as a sophomore. Her counterpart, Trenhaile, had the second-best Bulldog time at the conference meet, finishing 26th as the runners raced in, trailing Tarantino by just 16 seconds.

Rounding out the scoring at the conference meet for the Bulldogs were three freshmen — Victoria Soncasie, Jesse Dinkins and Michaela Hylen, the future of Bulldog cross country.

Collectively, the women had a solid 6th place finish at the 2014 conference meet and improved upon their 7th place finish during 2013. This year, Truman’s third year in the GLVC, the women have a great chance of improving their conference standings yet again. With an entire roster of returners from the 2014 season, it seems there is a lot of promise not only this season, but for several seasons to come.

The Bulldog men seem to be in a similar situation. The men graduated two runners but will return capable runners as sophomores and juniors. The biggest blow to the men’s team this year will be the absence of alumnus Brad Hart, who was the Bulldogs’ top runner in five of six races during the 2014 season. Hart finished the 2014 season with several 1st place finishes and a 6th place finish at the conference meet, making him the only Truman cross country athlete to receive All-Conference honors. His personal success was a huge help to the men’s team as a whole, and it will be difficult work to replace the points Hart consistently earned for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Jordan Wheeler consistently was the next Truman runner to finish behind Hart last season, but making up for the loss of Hart and making strides this season will take a complete team effort.

Last year’s team effort substantially boosted the men in their GLVC conference standings, improving from an 11th place finish during 2013 to a 7th place finish last season. This season, the men will return with two juniors and two sophomores who recorded points at the GLVC Championship meet.

All in all, it’s looking like Bulldog cross country will be off to a fast start this season. As the teams continue to grow in experience, we look forward to seeing more success. But there’s a lot of work to be done before the season kicks off, so the next time you see athletes running around campus, let them know you’re proud and excited to be represented by such talented and hardworking runners this season. @trumanindex

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Trevor Stark/Index Senior hitter Emilee Walters blocks an attempt from a Quincy University attacker during the 2014 season. Senior hitter Abby Heise and junior hitter Kayla Bastian prepare themselves for Walters’ deflection. The three combined for a total of 771 kills during 2014 and will all return for the Bulldogs this season.

Volleyball embraces new identity Truman volleyball is searching to fill positions left by a strong graduating class by focusing on being servant leaders for one another

BY SARAH HICKS Staff Reporter

After claiming the 2014 GLVC Championship, the Truman State volleyball team is hungry for continued success during the 2015 season.

The team wants to win another conference championship, sweep the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament and take the NCAA National Championship.

While the team’s goals are steep, head coach Ben Briney said he thinks they are attainable.

This summer, players finetuned individual weak points by following a workout plan. Briney said these workouts will help the team start the season strong.

Each new player completed the same workouts as the returning players, and refined skills on their own time so they can adjust to the fast-paced dynamic of college volleyball. “[Success] doesn’t happen overnight, but if we keep working hard and hold each other to a high standard, we will make improvements and be able to be in a position to achieve our goals,” Briney said.

With personal goals and team goals in mind, Briney said each player must carry a servant leader mentality going into the 2015 season. Briney said he defines a servant leader as an individual who looks to play for the betterment of the team rather than individual success. He said each player has a job, and that is to make the team better.

Briney said the team graduated three four-year starters who were involved in almost every play last season. In their absence, many of the remaining players will

be placed in new roles and will be challenged to get settled in early during the season, he said.

“We will have a new group passing next to each other,” Briney said. ”It just takes some time to get comfortable passing next to someone [new]. There is a trust that forms, as well as understanding how they are going to react to different serves.”

Senior hitters Sadie Pafford, Abby Heise, All-American Ali Patterson, Kassi Schroeder and team captain Emilee Walters are returning to the team. Briney said he thinks the five seniors will be the team’s glue during the upcoming season as most of them have played together for three seasons. Briney believes the seniors’ leadership and skill will be vital in creating team chemistry that could bring the Bulldogs an NCAA National Championship. He said senior players also will be needed to welcome their new teammates and help them adjust to the game.

Some new faces on the roster include freshmen defensive specialist Elle Renault, setter Matti Mason, and hitters Bailey Mason, Natalie Brimeyer and Ambria Whitlock. Briney said it is too early to predict how each of them will contribute to the team, but he thinks they are very talented players.

“You watch them play and you have an idea of what they can do based on how they are playing against players their age,” Briney said. ”All that changes when you get to this level. You never know how long it is going to take them to adjust to the speed of the college game.”

Walters said her individual goals align with the team’s goals since she

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has put the team’s success in front of her own success. She said she wants to give everything she can to the team for her senior season.

“I understand my team comes before myself, and with that I hope to motivate my teammates,” Walters said.

With each player looking after the team, Walters said she believes an NCAA National Championship is attainable. She said she is confident keeping this mindset will not be a challenge the team will face this season.

Junior hitter Kayla Bastian said the servant leader philosophy is not a new concept to the team.

Bastian said this mindset is crucial for success during the upcoming season, and the team is eager to advance further than the conference championship. After finishing 29-4 during the 2014 season and taking the GLVC Championship title, Bastian said the team hopes to make it to the Elite Eight in Tampa Bay, Florida. There, Bastian said the Bulldogs want to bring home a NCAA National Championship for the first time in the program’s history.

Patterson said the team has the power needed to become national champions. Patterson said some of her personal goals include receiving All-American honors for the third time, and having her best season statistically and emotionally.

Patterson said she is relying 100 percent on her teammates because they are right beside her every game.

“I can’t reach my personal goals without the help of every single person on this team,” Patterson said.

Patterson said everyone must be a servant leader on the team

Trevor Stark/ Index Junior hitter Kayla Bastian prepares for a serve during a game against Quincy University during the 2014 season. Bastian started in every match for the Bulldogs and tallied a team high 358 kills. for the Bulldogs to reach their full potential this season.

“We work for the other 16 girls beside us and expect that each one of those 16 girls have our back,” Patterson said. “That’s what makes a great team.”

Schroeder said the team will be challenged to fill spots left by graduated four-year starters Al-

lie Brak, Meghan Zimmerman and Abby Moser. Schroeder said building a new team identity will be the biggest challenge for the Bulldogs this season.

The Bulldogs will begin working toward their next GLVC title Sept. 4 against University of Mary at the UCM Peggy Martin Challenge in Warrensburg, Missouri.

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Men’s soccer welcomes newcomers

Elle Fitzgibbons/Index Senior midfielder Corey Nolte sprints toward the ball during a scrimmage game With a crop of new players, including six freshmen and four new transfer students, the men’s soccer team is excited to return to the last season. Nolte, who is the Bulldogs’ team captain, said this year’s side will have more experienced players than last season. pitch for the fall season.

BY SAM STEWART Staff Reporter

Truman men’s soccer team is looking for a comeback year after a tough outing last season.

The Bulldogs finished with a 5-111 record for the 2014 season and are eager to get more tallies in the win column this year. The squad had a home record of 3-4-1 and completed GLVC play with a tough road record of 2-7.

In the GLVC, the Bulldogs went 4-101 and ended the season on a six-game skid, losing to No. 6 ranked Quincy University to end the season.

The ‘Dogs graduated nine seniors but are bringing in newcomers this upcoming season. Head coach Duke Cochran has brought in 10 new faces. Some of the new recruits include four transfer students — redshirt freshman defender Brian Kane, sophomore defender Nicholas Klemm, junior midfielder David McCoy, and sophomore goalkeeper Zac Suazo. Cochran said these additions will add experience to the roster. The ‘Dogs have six new freshmen

including midfielders Danny Alter, Sean “Team first,” Cochran said. “Do everyAppelbaum, Tristyn Hasmer, and Austin thing for the team.”

Morgan, forward Trevor Kauffman and This season Cochran said he wants his goalkeeper Drew Orf. Along with the 10 players to focus on scoring more points, newcomers, the squad has six redshirt which he said is accomplished through asfreshmen, who sat out during 2014 to im- sisting and scoring goals. He said he wants prove while maintaining a full four years to prepare the team for success. Cochran of eligibility. said while some of his “This team is players lack experience, young and ready to “This team is young they make up for it with prove themselves.” their aggressiveness and ready to prove Cochran said. “This and competitiveness. themselves. This team team wants to come Senior midfielder out and compete, Corey Nolte, who wants to come out and on the field serves as the Bulldogs’ and compete and on they’ll fight regardteam captain, will rethe field they’ll fight less of who they are turn this year after a playing against.” regardless of who they team-high 10-point This year is Coyear with four goals are playing against.” chran’s 11th season and two assists. Nolte as Truman’s head said he thinks this -Head coach Duke Cochran coach, and he has a year’s team will be 93-70-16 overall restronger with more cord. He said he is aiming for a more im- experience. Nolte said transfer students pressive 2015 season. Cochran said the Kane, from Georgetown University, and team’s mindset this season is putting the Klemm, from Mercer University, will team above the individual. help the team right away.

“The fact that we have brought in players like [Kane and Klemm] coupled with our core guys means we are a serious GLVC contender,” Nolte said.

“Every season is an opportunity to improve and everyone is itching to play — we can’t wait to represent Truman with pride.”

After finishing below .500 last season, the team is pushing itself to have a better 2015. Sophomore forward Jeremy Rehagen said the players weren’t happy with the results of last season, and they are using that anger and aggression to motivate one another.

To make the GLVC Tournament at the end of the season, the ‘Dogs have to finish at least 8th in the conference.

Truman is looking for its first appearance in the GLVC Tournament and the team hasn’t participated in postseason play since 2012.

The team kicks off its first official preseason practices Aug. 15. Truman will take the field in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in its first match of the season Sept. 4 against Northeastern State University.

Women’s soccer team sets sights on 2015 NCAA berth

BY COURTNEY STRAIT

Assistant Sports Editor index.sportseditor@gmail.com

The Truman State women’s soccer team has its sights set on a 2015 NCAA tournament berth. With a strong returning class, depth at every position and talented newcomers, the Bulldogs think they have all the pieces they need to make a statement in the GLVC. Head coach Mike Cannon said the team’s goals are the same as they always have been.

“We want to qualify for the conference tournament and win the championship,” Cannon said. “Then we’ll qualify for the national tournament and see how far we can get.”

Cannon said another goal is to be one of the hosts of the GLVC Conference Tournament. In order to host, the Bulldogs must be one of the top four teams in the conference at the end of the regular season.

Cannon also has individual goals for his players. He said although this year’s team does not have as many freshmen as past seasons, he hopes his older players will provide leadership, and his newcomers will come in and adapt to the college game.

“We aren’t quite as young as we have been the past two seasons,” Cannon said. “I hope that our older players lead and our new kids come in and fall in line.”

Cannon said the newcomers have a lot of talent and potential. He said he hopes to see the freshmen compete for playing time this season.

Although the squad has a strong returning class, All-Region senior midfielder Alexis Heffernan said she

thinks there is a possibility for freshmen to step up and help the team right away. She said if the newcomers come in confident and are willing to work hard, there is a possibility for playing time.

“We have a big team this year, and everyone is talented,” Heffernan said.

“If the freshmen come in timid, it will be hard for them to start.”

The Bulldogs graduated Tori Owens, Sara Bommarito, Lauren Seawright and Melanie Hunt last season.

Since the team only lost four players, Heffernan said the Bulldogs’ style of play will not change.

“Since we do have a good group coming back, I don’t think we will change our style of play,” Heffernan said. “Unless [our] coach changes it, I think we will stay pretty consistent.”

Heffernan said the team uses ball possession to its advantage during games and will continue to do so this season.

Heffernan said she wanted to use her summer improvements to help her better lead the team. She said during the summer she worked on her overall fitness and keeping a ball at her feet as much as possible to improve her touch. “[During the summer] I really wanted to improve my attacking ability, and taking players one-on-one,” Heffernan said.

Senior defender Jess Hanson said her teammates have bonded and improved throughout the summer to prepare for the upcoming season. She said since the majority of the team comes from the St. Louis area, many of the players were able to compete together in summer leagues.

“Playing together in the summer will definitely help us this season,”

Hanson said. “It helps us learn how each other plays before we get into our regular season.”

Along with summer leagues, the Bulldogs have prepared for GLVC action off the field. Hanson said each player was given a workout packet before they left for summer break. These workouts included a track program,

long distance runs and a lifting program. Hanson said working out during the offseason is crucial to having a strong team and will help coaches decide which players will be starters.

The Bulldogs start practice Aug. 15 and will take the pitch for their first game Sept. 4 against the Ferris State University Bulldogs.

Elle Fitzgibbons/Index Sophomore forward Allie McDonell dribbles past an opposing player during a match last season. Head coach Mike Cannon said the women’s team wants to qualify for the conference tournament and win the championship this season.

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Meet the Editorial Staff

Trevor Stark/ Index Above: From left to right, Noah Dayson, Katey Stoetzel, Courtney Strait, Courtney Kauffman, Austin Hornbostel, Bethany Boyle, Rose vonHatten, Umme Arif, Megan Robison, Emily Wichmer, Trevor Stark and Johanna Burns. Not pictured: Devin Gillespie.

The Index ... Then and Now

Submitted photo/ Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections Ingrid Roettgen/ TMN Above left: The Index staff from years ago shared snacks, Diet Pepsi and writer’s block while crowded around the copy desk. Above right: Recreating the previous scenario, current editors share pizza, Coca-Cola and reminisce about issues gone by. It turns out not much has changed here through the years, much less office shenanigans.

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The Sunken Garden

Gaber Solar Clock Garden

This was originally the site of the old Baldwin Hall, which burned down during 1924. Legend has it that if a couple shares a kiss in the garden at midnight they eventually will get married

Located outside Magruder Hall, the student-constructed garden is home to many pollinator plants and a solar clock.

When the weather is nice, some professors hold class outside amongst the flowers.

Campus Planetarium

The Fountain

The Del and Norma Robison Planetarium schedules shows regularly and is the only planetarium in 90 miles. Check out planetarium.truman.edu for more information.

On special occasions and sunny days, the University turns on the fountain on The Mall. Grab a bench, drink some coffee and enjoy the water and sunshine

SUB Down Under The lower level of the Student Union Building is a great place to hang out with friends.

With a stage, arcade games, couches and the campus event box office, the SUB Down Under has something for everyone.

Original Kirk Building Cupola To see a part of Truman State history, check out the cupola that originally sat atop the Kirk Building. It’s a great place to take some artsy freshman — and senior — photos!