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HALO to recruit new members

Budget causes pay concerns

By Jonah McKeown Staff Writer

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In light of University President Troy Paino’s departure, the American Association of University Professors is facing an uncertain future in terms of its desire to increase faculty pay.

The AAUP met with Paino during November to discuss faculty salaries at Truman State, which are some of the lowest in Missouri among comparable institutions. History professor David Robinson gave a presentation at the beginning of the forum which outlined the data behind the AAUP’s claims.

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The Hispanic-American Leadership Organization is reaching out to students in other communities as an attempt to increase the number of Latin American students on campus.

Junior Jasmine Kilpatrick, former HALO president, said when she joined HALO, an organization in which students can learn more about diversity on campus, it helped people connect with a community and make the club their home away from home. Kilpatrick said there were a lot of people in the organization during her freshman year. The club currently has eight members, Kilpatrick said, which is slightly lower than past years.

Kilpatrick said the club helped with her transition from high school to college.

Kilpatrick said it also is a way to mentor incoming and current students. Representation is very important to Kilpatrick and her vision for HALO, which is why members hope the organization will grow again, Kilpatrick said.

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Summit works to implement makerspace

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“For people who are already here, they may not identify or connect or have grown up in the culture.”

The Kirksville Area Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Alliance hosted its third annual STEAM Summit Monday at William Matthew Middle School.

- Junior Jasmine Kilpatrick, former HALO president

Kilpatrick said one reason she thinks the community is small is that within the Hispanic culture it is not common to move more than 30 miles away from your family.

“Us not really being in a predominately Hispanic area, we don’t have a lot of Hispanics because they don’t leave the nest,” Kilpatrick said. “That’s what they know growing up. For people who are already here, they may not identify or connect or have grown up in the culture.”

HALO president sophomore Kristin Flinn said the club’s purpose is to teach the campus more about Hispanic and Latino culture. HALO hosts events that let people know about various countries and their cultures, she said.

“To bring in people who are from those countries, who know the culture just brings us more info [sic], and just lets us be able to share more with the campus,” Flinn said.

Flinn said people can learn more about HALO by attending its 7 p.m. Thursday biweekly meetings in 1144 Violette Hall.

Flinn said as of now, the Hispanic and Latino communities make up less than 3 percent of Truman State’s community. She said this is because Kirksville diversity is already small with it being a predominately white town. Flinn said it might be harder for people to reach out to Hispanic communities because they don’t have the resources or the time.

Spanish professor Sergio Escobar, the club’s advisor, said HALO is trying to increase the amount of Latin Americans on campus. To do so, HALO has begun reaching out to different communities through email, Escobar said.

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Paino shirts raise money for charity

By Maddie Kamp Staff Writer

The women of Tau Lambda Sigma are selling “T-Pain is My Homeboy” shirts to raise money for Relay For Life, their main philanthropy event. This is the last time the shirts will be available to order, and all proceeds will go toward the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

The shirts are white with a black design and have a picture of University President Troy Paino riding a tricycle on the front.

TLS members juniors Kelly Mahaffy and Abby Tetzlaff designed the shirts.

Paino’s announcement that he is resigning and the sale of the shirts just happened to coincide. Sophomore Deanna Rush, Relay For Life chair, said TLS had decided to sell the shirts prior to Paino announcing his resignation.

“I was concerned with him leaving that people would really want [the shirts] or not want them at all,” Rush said.

Rush said the group has sold more than 180 shirts so far.

Paino said he was concerned TLS wouldn’t want to sell them after he announced he was leaving Truman.

“I feel honored that an image of me, and sort of a joke about me, would be something that would sell and help make money for a good cause,” Paino said.

Even after his time at Truman State, Paino said he still plans to wear his “T-Pain” shirt.

“It’s a great memory for me because the thing I’ve loved the most about my time at Truman is my relationship with the students,” Paino said.

There are three styles available — bro tank, T-shirt and long sleeve. All three are $15, and ordering closes March 4. People can order a shirt through TLS’s T-Pain is My Homeboy Facebook event. Contact Rush with any questions at dkr3457@ truman.edu.

Omicron Delta Kappa members also are selling shirts featuring Paino’s likeness. The shirts read “T-Pain for Prez, To Infinity and Beyond” and the organization will donate half the proceeds from the sale to Kirksville Victim Support Services, according to the group’s Facebook event page.

Visit the group’s ODK T-Pain for Prez Shirt Sale Facebook event page for more information.

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DPS and WRC host selfdefense seminar

NEWS IN BRIEF

Truman State ranks sixth highest producer of Fulbright recipients The Chronicle of Higher Education recognized Truman State as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars.

Truman ranked sixth in the nation with four Fulbright recipients.

The Fulbright Program is a U.S. international education exchange program that sends master’s students to different countries to study and teach.

All four of Truman’s current Fulbright students work as English teaching assistants.

Program seeks students to teach English or French in Spain

Lindsay St. John/Index Above: Chad Whittom (center left), Assistant Director of Truman’s Department of Public Safety, shows sophomore Phoebe Mellovitz (center right) proper hand placement in a self-defense technique to stop an assault. DPS and the Women’s Resource Center hosted a self-defense seminar to teach students how to escape an attacker. Below: Whittom (right) watches sophomore Alli Lawson practice blocking techniques.

Applications to teach English or French in Spain are now open.

The North American Language and Culture Assistants program is looking for American and Canadian students to teach English or French in Spain for a full academic year.

The program offers native speakers a chance to assist teachers in elementary, secondary or language schools in Spain.

Program participients will spend their time in Spain, from approximately October through May, teaching 12-16 class periods a week.

Students can request preferred Spanish region placement.

Some Spanish proficiency is required but specific majors are not.

Applications are due April 5. For more information or to fill out an application, visit mecd.gob.es.

STUDENT SENATE IN BRIEF

Junior Kyra Cooper, Academic Affairs chair, reported her committee is compiling the semi-finalist list for the 2016 Academic Accolades banquet.

Junior Chris Hornsey, Evironmental Affairs chair, reported the Senate is partnering with Earthly Network for Earth Week festivities.

Junior Christy Crouse, Diversity chair, reported her committee is working on the banner for Diversity Week.

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The Senate tabled a resolution thanking Linda Anderson, associate athletics director for compliance and eligibilty, for her commitment to serving Truman State.

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Mark your calendar Global Issues Colloquium March 3 7-9 p.m.

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Biology professor LaRoy Brandt will discuss the question, “The Nicaragua Gran Canal: Do We Really Need It?” at the Global Issues Colloquium.

Brandt, an expert on environmental conservation and marine biology, will discuss the ramifications of China building a canal across Nicaragua. The proposed canal would be larger than the Panama Canal.

Annual Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture Event March 15 7-8:30 p.m.

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Shawn Faulkner of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth will speak about the life of General John J. Pershing.

Pershing was a Truman State student who went on to become an American Forces commander during World War I. The event is free and open to the public.

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This week in Truman historY New service to aid critically ill From March 3, 1988 Northeast Regional Medical Center, formerly known as the Kirksville Osteopathic Medical Center displays a helicopter. During 1988, the hospital reached an agreement to share a helicopter with former Grim-Smith Hospital, another local hospital that has since been demolished. The helicopter was part of a trial run with Staff For Life Helicopter, a company that offered a chopper at rotating locations to provide quick and effective patient transportation.

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Upp under renovation

Archbishop alters Newman plans

Mark Hardy/Index (2008) From March 6, 2008 Krista Goodman/Index (2009) From March 5, 2009 DuKum Inn owner Craig Shorten discusses plans for the upstairs portion of the DuKum Inn. The renovations to the building started during spring 2008 and included adding a third bar area on the second floor of the establishment, which is now called “DuKum Upp.�

A post marks the site of the land for the Truman Catholic Newman Center. Bishop John Gaydos sent a letter with a list of suggested alterations to the blueprints for the building, which meant the current Tuman Catholic Newman Center was built 20 percent larger than originally planned.

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From the Desk of the Editor Last week, a group of my fellow Truman State students and I had the opportunity to go to Jefferson City, Missouri, for Truman’s lobbying day at the Capitol. While there, I met with many members of the Missouri General Assembly, some of whom were Truman alumni. Almost every senator and representative I spoke to told me they thought Truman was a fine university and commended the students for our work ethic and intelligence. In the end, I left Jefferson City and returned to Kirksville sure Truman would have a budget in line with Gov. Jay Nixon’s recommendation — a budget increase of 5.5 percent.

I was wrong.

Recently, the House Appropriations-Higher Education Committee reduced the budget increase from 5.5 percent to 2 percent, according to an email sent to Truman faculty and staff by University President Troy Paino. However, Truman might not even get that increase, according to the same email. Instead, the money would be placed into a reserve fund, to be accessed only if state revenue reached a certain amount, according to the email.

Here’s the thing — Truman might not find out whether the state revenue reached that target level until June, long after the University has finalized its budget. This means Truman’s budget for next year will be decided under the assumption the University will receive no increase in state support. For a public university trying to provide a quality education to an increasingly demanding student body, this is devastating.

When I came back from Jefferson City, I thought the Missouri General Assembly was finally on the side of higher education. Now, however, I realize even though the other students and I lobbying for Truman managed to speak to many legislators, we didn’t speak with enough. There were only about 30 of us who went to Jefferson City and spoke to legislators. To those legislators, we are the face of Truman.

But so are you.

During a recent Truman Media Network interview, Paino said he think students and their parents are the most powerful voices — a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with. Truman students, the members of the Missouri General Assembly were elected to serve you, but if they don’t know what you want, they can’t serve your best interests. Sure, a small group of us can go and speak to legislators, but most of the time, we’re not from their district, so we’re not the people they care about. But if you and your parents contact your representative and senator — the people you and your parents elected — and introduce yourself as a constituent and as a Truman student, you’re standing out from the crowd. You’re giving them a reason to care.

When it comes to raising awareness, actively contacting your legislator is of the utmost importance. As the General Assembly starts debating the state budget and the line-item that is Truman comes up, the legislators are going to remember you — the bright young student you are — and all the hopes you have for your future. They’re going to remember you asking them to appropriate some more money for higher education. They’re going to remember you talking about the budget cuts at Truman, about how sad you are the University can’t afford to fund the programs and events you want to see, and about all the professors you admire so much who are leaving because their salaries just don’t cut it.

This midterm break, while you’re away from campus and at home, talk to your parents about lobbying for Truman. Although you might be on vacation, the General Assembly is still in session. So don’t be afraid to contact your legislator — if you’re not sure who they are, go to house.mo.gov or senate.mo.gov to find out — and introduce yourself. Make this midterm break a time for civic engagement.

You don’t have to go to Jefferson City like I did just to talk to your legislator. A phone call and an email are just as effective. Just let them know you exist. Let them know you’re taking action.

Out-of-state students, this affects you too. You might not have a Missouri legislator, but instead of throwing your hands up in the air and pretending there’s nothing you can do, contact Speaker Todd Richardson or Sen. Ron Richard, the President Pro Tempore. Let them know you have an interest. You might not be a constituent of a district in Missouri, but there’s no doubt the decisions made by the 98th General Assembly affect you.

“I would certainly encourage all students and their families to let their local legislators know how critically important it is that they support higher education,” Paino said during the same recent interview.

Come on everyone. Do one last thing for T-Pain.

L E T T ER TO T H E E D I TO R

If you haven’t heard of the divestment movement that’s been sweeping the nation for the past few years, it’s time to type the word, followed by “from fossil fuels” or “sit-in” or “arrests” into your search bar. As you can probably infer with your critical thinking skills, “divestment” means taking money out of something. In this context, it means taking money out of corporations that are contributing to environmental upheaval.

Last year, inspired by the actions taken by students at other universities, two fellow activists and I wrote a letter to Truman’s Investment Committee requesting we start a conversation on the issue. The letter was nice, understanding, and sympathetic. We just wanted to talk and see what the possibilities were. But perhaps we were a bit naive, assuming that a government institution would have the morals to not invest in companies polluting the planet without pressure. When we met with the committee at their meeting last fall, we discovered that Truman is investing nearly half a million dollars in fossil fuel companies.

Our little team of environmental activists has been researching the companies we discovered Truman invests in (including Amerada Hess, Apache, British Petroleum, Conoco, and Total) since our fall meeting. What we’ve found isn’t pretty. So when we received a response letter from the Investment Committee recently, which stated that it is not their responsibility to make “qualitative judgements” or discriminate against certain companies, we were confused. Are we talking about the same corporations? The ones that cause giant oil spills and invest in extraction projects on indigenous peoples’ land?

They may have been expecting a submissive reply and a white flag in the air, but the letter I sent in return, which is backed by fellow environmental and social justice advocates on campus, was anything but. Do public institutions that preach about how knowledge can transform

individuals and society actually expect students educated on climate change and land rights to sit back and soak in the cognitive dissonance?

Secure investments are important, sure (so why are we investing in fossil fuel companies when so many are going bankrupt?). However, the university also has an obligation to protect future generations from the ever-increasing droughts, hurricanes, floods, typhoons, and heat waves disrupting the planet. And for that matter, we ought to not invest in private prisons, defense and armaments, or the occupation of Palestine through investment in Israel, and we’re looking into what investments Truman has in those realms as well.

We’re currently mobilizing the greater student body to demand Truman divest from companies causing the same problems that many liberal arts students are working hard to combat. We have no plans to back down, so be on the lookout for a petition, a campus-wide teach-in or forum, and an awareness campaign. We are not taking “no” for an answer.

Chloe Jackson Senior, Environmental Studies Major coj2768@truman.edu (816)813-8641

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College education should be free Corbin Kottmann The tempting proposal of a free college education is a hot topic that alerted many young voters to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign and still remains part of their argument to elect him into office. Other countries, ones with noticeably stable economies, have had similar systems in place for decades, yet many American voters continue to oppose the idea.

To be fair, if a person is finished with their education, the topic takes a back seat to other issues. However, promoting a more easily obtained college education has ramifications beyond getting under-privileged high school seniors off the handle of a McDonald’s deep fryer. If you claim higher education exists simply to provide an individual with the skills necessary to join the workforce at a higher level, then you are undervaluing the college experience.

A college education teaches you more than just how to behave at the office and how to work a spreadsheet. College teaches skills that can be applied outside of your professional life. The critical thinking that comes alongside earning a degree is applicable to all of life’s situations — professional, social and personal. The abilities to internally process information and frame judgment appropriately make an individual more valuable to society than someone who simply reacts. If this skill — and it is a skill — became more widespread, the world would be a very different place. Critical thinking isn’t a solution to all of the world’s, or even the country’s, problems, but it does lead the way to developing solutions.

Making college more affordable presents other possible improvements over time. When deciding which institute to attend or whether to attend one at all, prospective students often consider affordability, a fact many colleges exploit in their advertising and public relations campaigns. If this factor is taken out, however, then colleges are left to rely solely on their programs’ quality. By hopeful necessity, the natural competitiveness of the market would lead to a dramatic increase in the quality of these programs, making nearly any

choice a viable one for prospective students.

Some might argue the inevitable rise of college graduates each year would lead to an even more competitive job market. This is a valid point because more individuals will be applying for the same jobs. However, competitiveness is a breeding ground for new ideas, and an education provides ample support for encouraging those ideas to grow. Necessity is the mother of invention, so the country will evolve to accommodate those individuals. Right now the country has evolved in such a way to provide support programs for those who need them. If those funds and resources were applied with a greater mindset, people would be able to receive those tools and skills on a wider scale. And no, not everyone is going to receive a six-figure salary in the end. But as stated above, the goal isn’t just to obtain a high end job. The goal should be to become a citizen capable of thinking on a higher level, enacting further change and obtaining results.

Truthfully, free education is a lofty idea that would cost billions of dollars to implement. That amount alone is enough to make one stagger. Yet considering how widespread the program would be, the average tax payer’s increase would be negligible. And consider it is not simply a cost, but an investment that would pay dividends in the form of more individuals capable of positively impacting the country and creating the changes many current college students wish to see.

Obviously there’s more to the upcoming election, and Sanders’ campaign, than the possibility of free education. But if you consider that a more educated society is more capable of improving itself over time, then it really becomes the main issue all others fall under — the need for change.

Even if you are finished or almost done with your college education, or if you’ve decided higher education isn’t for you, the evolution of society affects everyone on every level, which makes it less of an educational reform and more of a societal reform. So think about how the actions of society affect you and your future, and how informed and educated you want the people acting to be.

There is an expression for people in this modern age — we call ourselves “media consumers.”

This idea that we watch things the same way we consume food has interesting implications — so what happens when we consume junk? Television shows and movies with undertones such as sexism and racism mentally affect us the same way junk food physically affects us — which in turn affects the world we live in.

One of the great qualities of Truman State is how socially conscious everyone is, and this has made me a much more socially conscious person during the four years I’ve been here. I’m starting to see issues such as sexism, racism and classism everywhere, but I see it the most when I turn on my TV. I’ll be watching a show, sometimes one of my favorite shows, and I hear myself muttering under my breath, “Well, that’s sexist,” or, “I’m pretty sure that’s racist” — yet I keep watching.

A little while back I started watching the 1982 show “Knight Rider,” and anyone who has ever seen a single episode knows exactly how sexist it is. I knew this, but I sat down, grimaced a little and binge watched the whole thing during a few weeks. I loved the action, I loved the premise and most of all, I loved the car. Even though I loved so much about the show, I hated myself for being personally offended during almost every episode and then immediately queuing up the next one after it ended.

I’m not a masochist, honestly. However, I’ve done this with so many other shows during the last few years, and sadly, some of them were created much more recently than “Knight Rider.”

For a while, I thought I could look past the blatant sexism, racism or classism in what I watched because they were older shows. Times were different back then and, even though most were pretty cheesy to begin with, the various undertones throughout the show didn’t really degrade the quality of it, right?

I realized just how wrong I was when the same trends started popping up in modern shows.

“Supergirl,” for example, I was pretty excited about before it first aired. A female superhero lead sounded revolutionary. Clearly, the media in-

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QUAD Has Truman made you more aware of issues in society and media?

Sammie Savala Freshman

I’d say it has just because in classes, it’s encouraged to talk about issues in society itself.

Nick Granton Senior

Yeah, I think so. I think most people here are pretty liberal thinkers and that kind of lends itself towards that way of thinking and an accepting environment.

So yeah, I think so. More so than other parts of the country that I’ve been.

Melissa Pittman Sophomore Corbin Kottmann is a senior English and communication major from Washington, Mo.

You are what you watch

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dustry was beginning to fight sexist ideology, but again, I was wrong. “Supergirl” ended up being so pro-feminist it actually was blatantly sexist. Most, if not all, of the female characters are caricatures, and they still look to the male characters in the show for direction and guidance. They even went so far as to beef up the wonderfully pathetic Jimmy Olsen so they could have some stronger male characters to balance out the women.

These same issues pop up in movies and video games too — African Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ individuals and anyone outside of the middle class largely are stereotyped and appear only in supporting roles. I truly would have thought we know a little better by now, but the only thing we’ve really improved is how subtle we are.

There’s a saying my mom used to be particularly fond of. She’d say, “Trash in, trash out.” I never really cared for it before, but this is the stance I’m trying to take in regards to my own media consumption. Continually watching sexist or racist shows only serves to cement the pre-existing stereotypes we should be breaking down. In fact, we actually spread these social issues further when we provide certain shows with a mass audience they don’t deserve.

There is so much media product floating around in the world that it would be impossible for any one person to consume it all, so why not be a little pickier with what we do consume? The line of production begins and ends with the consumers — us. For that reason, we shouldn’t watch things just for the sake of watching things, but really consider what we decide to give our attention to.

What’s more is the fact that my generation — the generation of Truman students — is moving from being consumers to being producers. We are reaching the point where we will begin to have control over what reaches the general public. This makes it all the more necessary for us to start focusing on what currently is out there and what we can do to fix the issues.

We are what we eat, and when we consume junk, that’s exactly what comes out. So take some time this week to really look at what you watch, and decide if those shows or movies are actually something you need in your life.

In general, I’d say yes, but it definitely depends on who I’m talking to about it and in what sort of forum it’s coming up.

Maryanne Tissier Freshman

I don’t really think so, because I feel like it’s not very prevalent on campus. I haven’t seen much of it and, I mean, I’m not one to experience it but I haven’t really seen it much with other people. So I think, if anything, it’s made me think society is better because it hasn’t happened. I haven’t seen it much on campus.

Jacqueline Jones Junior

I would say, overall, no because I already hear about it from other sources. Usually I read the news first and then Truman addresses it, so I don’t think I learn from it, but I do think that Truman does address issues that need to be addressed.

Ryan McCallum Freshman

I’m not really big on those things so I don’t really pay attention to it. I try to kind of ignore it, I guess. But from specific people, I’ve heard a lot about it and been made more aware about it.

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

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AAUP | Association considers budget in light of Gov. Nixon’s suggested reduction of appropriations

STEAM | Local education group seeks to build community makerspaces to encourage creativity

Continued from page 1 Lincoln University is the only comparable institution in Missouri with lower faculty salaries than Truman, according to public data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

During the November meeting, Paino presented a five-step plan that included an additional $1,000 increase for full professors with six years of service and higher starting salaries to attract new faculty. Now that Paino is leaving Truman, he said he hopes to lay the framework for full implementation of his proposal before he leaves. Paino said a faculty committee worked on the proposal last semester and submitted it to the provost.

“I think that there are questions that faculty continue to have and that we need to continue to talk about,” Paino said. “But my sense from Faculty Senate is that they were overall pleased with the attempts and the efforts, and wanted to see those efforts continue to move forward.”

Paino said the proposal he put forth during the November forum has not really changed, but the last stage in the five-step process — offering certain professors a pay raise — is the only stage yet to be realized. Paino said it is now a question of getting the plan in place and making sure the University has the resources to do it, and he hopes next year will be the time to implement the final step. He said the only thing that has changed is faculty wanting to take more immediate action to combat salary compression. One thing the administration has been considering is a plan that might help it address faculty salaries based on seniority, Paino said. He said any plan will require funding, and it remains uncertain what Truman’s budget will look like next year.

Continued from page 1 Attendees gathered to listen to speakers, learn about local projects and plan for the future of STEAM in Kirksville.

Alliance Committee Chair Danielle Madsen said one of the primary purposes of the summit was to discuss a community makerspace, an area where community members can use tools and access experts to create STEAM-related projects.

Madsen said a makerspace can be compared to a community gym membership.

“Instead of weights, you have equipment and tools with which to create,” Madsen said. “Instead of a personal trainer, you have a community of people willing to help you learn how to use the equipment.”

Alliance Committee member Susan Hazen said the summit served as a brainstorming meeting for the space and included presentations from representatives of makerspaces in other communities. She said small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs have used makerspaces to create new products, which could affect Kirksville’s small businesses.

Hazen said several STEAM programs already exist for Kirksville students. She said there is a Maker Club that meets weekly at the high school as well as a robotics club, where the students are able to use engineering and technology tools, including a 3-D printer. She said there is an emphasis on encouraging girls as well as boys to participate in STEAM fields. Hazen said through a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, she was able to start several female coding clubs in Northeast Missouri.

“I would love to see that expand because we don’t want the boys left out,” Hazen said. “It would be awesome to in-

Paino said a complicating factor in the efforts to raise faculty salaries is the announcement last week that Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposal of a 5.5 percent increase in state appropriations will be reduced to 2 percent and might not even be released unless the state reaches a certain revenue level during June. Paino said because the increase is much lower than expected, it will make finding solutions to the salary issue even more difficult.

“In order to do any of this, at least under the assumption of a zero percent increase, we’re going to have to make cuts somewhere in the budget,” Paino said. “And we have not yet identified where we would cut to find that money.”

“I think that there are questions that faculty continue to have and that we need to continue to talk about.”

— University President Troy Paino

Paino said he plans to put all of his ideas and information regarding faculty salaries in writing for the interim president. He said Truman will benefit from a stable administration when he leaves. He said the Vice President of Finance will still be here next year but he said he doesn’t want to tie the hands of the interim president.

“It’s not law, and all of these things are contingent upon funding, and if we get budget cuts from the state, or we have an enrollment dip, whatever the case may be, I think any administration is going to have to be flexible,” Paino said.

Marc Rice, president of Truman’s AAUP chapter, said talks for faculty raises next year are still in flux. Rice said he is in the process of reaching out to the state chapter of AAUP to try to make a statement collectively across many Missouri institutions.

Rice said AAUP is encouraging the president of the state chapter to create some way for AAUP members to make a statement about the state budget.

Rice said the Truman Board of Governors will determine what money they are going to have to work with next year.

Rice said officially it will be up to the Faculty Senate Budget Committee to talk with the administration about implementing plans for raising salaries.

One thing the AAUP potentially could do is form a collective bargaining group, which Rice said AAUP has not wanted to do in the past because it historically has had a good relationship with the administration.

Rice said he thinks Paino realized there was a crisis of morale in terms of salaries, and that Paino has done his best to say he would do what he could to rectify the issue.

“If we form a collective bargaining unit, people may get the fear that there is a less-than-congenial relationship,” Rice said.

Rice said the AAUP’s mission right now is to expand membership, and it is hoping for a large turnout at its March meeting.

“These two things have come as a real blow — the announcement about the budget and Paino’s announcement of [his] leaving,” Rice said. “And I’d just like people to not get discouraged, because discouragement can’t help solve the problems.

To be optimistic, to think that there are things that can be done, there are positive things that can still happen.”

clude the boys as well, but often the boys find it on their own. The girls often don’t join or pursue that on their own.”

Rich Chapman teaches a high school engineering class at the Kirksville Area Technical Center. Chapman said his goal is to see more gender diversity in the class and expand the class to a four-year program that would enable students to graduate high school with college credit in engineering courses.

Chapman said currently students are able to earn three hours of college credit through the University of Iowa by passing the class’ final exam, and he hopes to accredit the course through the Missouri University of Science & Technology.

“Instead of weights, you have equipment and tools with which to create.”

— Alliance Committee Chair Danielle Madsen

Alliance Committee member Joe Vincent said the community already has multiple groups creating STEAM-related projects. He said there are community members with the necessary knowledge that would be able to lead, and the makerspace would help streamline these groups and individuals.

One of the presentations at the conference was a three-layer maze built by three Faith Lutheran School students, which a robot could solve.

The students are in the process of completing the maze.

“We’re not done yet,” seventh grader Luciana Scuderi said. “We ran into a problem with the ramps, but we’re hoping to finish it soon.”

HALO | Truman’s Hispanic-American Leadership Organization looks to include more members Continued from page 1 For example, he said HALO reached out to students from Panama, who hope to be involved with HALO. Escobar said he thinks more members would be beneficial.

“If we have more people from different countries, we have a community that is more multicultural and inclusive, and that’s positive for a little, conservative town like this,” Escobar said. “It’s good to have that kind of flavor. There is something you cannot learn in school from books and from classes, and that’s culture. If you want to know a culture, meet its people.”

Escobar said to go to a university, people need money and resources. He

said people who are poor in the Hispanic community don’t have those resources.

Escobar said Hispanics who come to work in the U.S. and to provide for their families in their own countries cannot invest money and resources in themselves to go to Truman. Escobar said they don’t have time to go to school.

HALO also will host free salsa dancing lessons — dates and times to be announced. Until then, Escobar said the first Saturday of every month, HALO has a Latino night at Geno’s 70’s Club with a DJ from Venezuela, and anyone is welcome. Additionally, Escobar said he encourages everyone to participate in diversity week, which will take place during the third week of April.

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Submitted photo The Silver Stars perform with energy and excitement during the finals of a steel pan percussion competition. The group brought members from a variety of different countries, including France and Japan. Graduate Brett Morris and senior Marcus Rattler-Blevins were the only two performers from Missouri.

BY RACHEL FECHTER Staff Writer Graduate student Brett Morris and senior Marcus Rattler-Blevins took a fourweek journey to the heart and soul of steel pan music after a semester of music and percussion.

Morris and Rattler-Blevins took music professor Michael Bump’s “Steel Pan Music of Trinidad and Tobago” class to learn about a genre of music that stemmed from leftover oil drums from World War II, and have spent multiple years in the Truman Steel Pan Ensemble.

Bump said he took a sabbatical during 2011 that allowed him to go to Port of Spain in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for seven weeks. He said the trip inspired him to come back to Truman and start a steel pan percussion ensemble.

More recently, Bump said Liam Teague, a world-renowned steel pan drum percussionist and professor at Northern Illinois University, listened to the Truman steel drum ensemble play and was impressed by the talent he heard. Bump said Teague invited Truman steel drum percussionists to Trinidad to perform with The Silver Stars, one of the Trinidadian bands he was arranging music for and leading, an invitation which Morris and Rattler-Blevins accepted.

“When that invitation came about, I encouraged them to beg, borrow or steal but get on that plane and get down there because this is going to be one heck of an experience,” Bump said.

The students participated in drumming competitions with The Silver Stars, including the finals of an international competition, which were televised worldwide with an audience of about 75,000 people.

Bump said he was thrilled Morris and Rattler-Blevins got an opportunity to perform and study abroad in Trinidad. He said Morris and Rattler-Blevins took the initiative to get the funding for traveling expenses themselves.

Bump said he thought the opportunity for any steel pan percussionist to study abroad in Trinidad would be an amazing and educational experience. He said both students embraced the new opportunity.

“To step on native soil, be among the people and appreciate the art they’ve created out of their own blood, sweat and tears is the best experience for anybody at all who would be interested in steel pan music,” Bump said.

Bump said he encouraged Morris and Rattler-Blevins to go to Trinidad and play with The Silver Stars because it was such a rare opportunity. He said it was an amazing experience to have an international guest artist recognize Truman students and invite them to perform.

Morris said any student who has the chance to study abroad in a different country should take it.

Morris said one thing that stood out to him was the difference between how Trinidadians and Americans look at and play music. He said while classical American music is more logical because it focuses on rhythm and harmonics, Trinidadian music is more about feeling.

“They’re good at hitting the stuff you can’t really teach,” Morris said.

Rattler-Blevins said he learned a lot as a pan player and also learned a lot about Trinidadian culture and appreciated the kindness of the people. He said Trinidadians are loving and open-minded people.

“This was a great, amazing, educational opportunity,” Rattler-Blevins said.

“I know now the difference between going and not. [It was] well worth the money out of my pocket.”

Submitted photo Graduate student Brett Morris (left) and senior Marcus Rattler-Blevins (right) meet with Liam Teague, professor at Northern Illinois University and the musical arranger for The Silver Stars.

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Students learn hands- Kirksville High student creates on at jazz festival

recording studio

BY EMILY PLOCH

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Each year, the men of the Upsilon Phi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha plan a weekend centered around their passion for jazz music. The 48th annual Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival offered students a hands-on learning opportunity to improve the music abilities of themselves and others.

Music professor Tim AuBuchon, director of jazz studies and the jazz festival adviser, said the main goal of the festival is to help students learn more about their performances by setting up clinics. AuBuchon said for each of the clinics, a judge sat in on the group’s performance and gave feedback.

AuBuchon said 21 groups performed at the festival, but some visiting high schools and middle schools had more than one group. He said more people registered this year than last year. He said he thinks part of the reason participation increased was the decision to remove the competition aspect from the jazz festival. He said he decided to remove the competition aspect because he wanted to focus more on the clinics. AuBuchon said another reason the committee removed the competition aspect was because the event at Truman State is early during the festival season and students might benefit more from a festival that focuses on improving their music abilities.

AuBuchon said one of his responsibilities as an adviser for the jazz festival was booking the guest artist. This year, he said he was able to bring Ron Miles to Truman for the festival. Miles is an internationally known jazz musician, composer and songwriter from Denver.

“It’s just nice to get new information and a point of view from someone who is a professional jazz musician and does it all,” AuBuchon said. “They’re going to have a more in-depth knowledge of the field.”

BY ZACKARY IRVIN Staff Writer

Lindsay St. John/Index Senior Josh Baumgartner practices with Ron Miles at the 48th annual jazz festival Feb. 27. Ron Miles is an internationally known cornetist and trumpeter from Denver.

Alumnus Wes Scott, the band director at Orchard Farm High School in St. Charles, Missouri, said he was excited his students had the opportunity to learn from Miles. Scott said Miles is successful in the field now, and learning from a professional is an opportunity a lot of high school students won’t have.

“It’s just nice to get new information and a point of view from someone who is a professional jazz musician and does it all.”

-Music professor Tim AuBuchon

Scott said he is an alumnus of the Upsilon Phi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha. He said he has been coming to the jazz festival since before he was teaching. He said it has been an honor to bring his students to Truman for the festival.

Scott said his students benefitted from working with high quality judges and clinicians. He said the clinicians this year helped his students work on ensemble balance and paying attention to the whole group while

playing instead of their individual music parts.

Although his students work all year on music for the jazz festival, Scott said he thinks they benefited from shifting the focus away from the competition. He said when competition is involved, students don’t get to challenge themselves or learn how to perform better.

“There’s a fine line between ‘I want to do a good job’ and ‘I don’t want to make mistakes,’ and the competitiveness of those kinds of competitions speaks to ‘I don’t want to make any mistakes,’ and that’s not the way to go,” Scott said.

Because they traveled 200 miles to be at Truman’s jazz festival, Scott said it’s far enough to separate students from their usual routines and just focus on the music.

Senior Zachary Green, jazz festival officer, said the festival was a great opportunity for students to get out of the band room and perform in front of others. Green said band directors are the best musical resource for a lot of students, and students don’t usually get the chance to get critiqued from other places.

“When you go to that clinician you’re getting a fresh set of ears to tell you how you sound,” Green said.

Jon Self, a Kirksville High School senior, is creating a recording studio for students at the high school who have a passion for music.

Betsy Tornatore, teacher of Introduction to Engineering Design, proposed the recording studio project for Self ’s independent study at the school, which is part of the Project Lead The Way 2015 program and the Kirksville Area Technical Center at Kirksville High School.

Self said the project began during summer 2014 and is nearing completion.

Self said this project will be a great way to get students who share his passion for music involved and excited about learning.

Self said by the end of the semester, Kirksville students should look forward to the studio opening up and being available to them.

While Self continues to work on the studio, he said it has not been easy to get to the point he’s at. Self said he spent about a month planning what supplies and funding he would need.

Self said it took about two months to get the project posted on donarschoose. org, a website that helps schools receive money for projects like Self ’s from donors all over the world.

Self said once he posted the project on the website, it only took him a couple of weeks to raise the $2,400 needed for the project.

“It was really cool actually,” Self said. “We had about $400 left to meet our goal, and Tommy Lee, drummer from Mötley Crüe, actually donated the rest of the funds we needed for our project.”

Self said one of the biggest challenges with making this studio was the acoustic treatment of the

room. However, Self said the band director acquired acoustic panels when the Circle M Music and Recording Studio closed down. He said obtaining the acoustic panels and getting the project on the donarschoose.org website were two major milestones for the project. Self said he had to cut some things to get the project going.

If the project is successful over time and students show interest in the studio, then there will be incentives to add more to the studio, Self said. Although Self will graduate this year, he said he looks forward to seeing how the recording studio works out.

Self said one of his goals for the project is an enrichment of student learning. He said he hopes students can have a different perspective about not only the music industry but how the behind the scenes process works.

Self said Kirksville High School already has an amazing music program, and he hopes his project will add to it.

The KACT at KHS, focuses on creating careers for students by encouraging their passions. Tornatore said she works with Self and many other students to develop career paths. She said many students at the high school also expressed interest in the idea of having a recording studio.

“The goal was for [Self] to work on making his own contacts and learn how to make the project work,” Tornatore said.

Tornatore said she wanted to give Self support and motivation for his passion for music. She said she hopes to see Self ’s project become a full-fledged program at the school and to see students using the studio as much as possible.

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Truman alumni help Teach for America

BY PAIGE YUNGERMANN Staff Writer

While Truman State alumna Rachel Foster might have received a degree in communication, her job now is to teach first grade. Foster, like many other Truman alumni, decided she wanted to educate students in low-income rural and urban school districts.

Through programs such as Teach for America, Truman graduates are working as teachers across the country.

TFA is one of the most common programs recent college graduates turn to when considering teaching. TFA is an Americorps program that employs young people across the country to work as teachers in high need areas.

Foster, who graduated from Truman during May, said she currently is teaching first grade with TFA at the Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

Foster said she was interested in TFA because she was not sure what she wanted to do after graduating from Truman and knew TFA had many leadership opportunities. Foster said she wants to continue teaching even after her TFA program is finished.

Foster said she loves TFA and thinks it is a great program that provides a lot of support for its teachers.

“I really believe in the foundation of Teach for America,” Foster said. “They recognize that there is this need in our country for equal and accessible education for everybody regardless of financial background or anything like that. There are places of high poverty where children aren’t getting the education they deserve.”

Foster said though TFA is a challenging program that is not for everyone, she encourages anyone who is interested to apply.

Another Truman alumnus who currently is working for TFA is Justin Rottnek, who graduated from Truman during May. Rottnek teaches fifth grade at Brownsville Road Elementary School in Memphis, Tennesee.

Rottnek said he loves the TFA program. He said the program provides a lot of support for participants such as him who do not have education degrees.

“They take a lot of people who have a desire to help in these low income communities, and you don’t even have to be an education major,” Rottnek said. “You just have to have a passion.”

Other opportunities outside TFA also are available. Alumna Emily Randall, who graduated from Truman during December 2006, currently is teaching sixth grade reading at the Kauffman School, a charter school in Kansas City, Missouri. Randall said this is a great school for first-year teachers such as her because it offers a lot of support and instruction for teachers.

Randall said she was a communication major at Truman, and she pursued a career in journalism and the nonprofit sector after graduating, but she finally turned to teaching and was hired at the Kauffman School.

She said her mother is a teacher, and Randall said she has wanted to be a teacher since childhood, but she pursued other careers before going back to school to get her Missouri teaching certification.

Randall said one of her favorite parts of the job is working with the kids. She said students come into her classroom at least two grade levels behind in reading. Seeing the strides they make and their improved reading level scores after being in her class makes her proud, she said.

“These are kids from Kansas City’s urban core, and they deserve the best opportunities and the highest education we can provide them,” Randall said.

“I’m just proud to be a part of offering that to them. I know all our kids can go to college, then come back to Kansas City and have an impact on our city.”

Submitted photo Truman alumna Anna Selle teaches her students essential reading skills in the classroom. The Literacy Lab in Kansas City, Missouri, where Selle works helps students catch up to read at their grade level.

Randall said she would advise students who want to teach to consider the education gap between richer and poorer areas and what they can do to help fix this problem.

Another Truman alumna who is helping to close this gap is Anna Selle.

After graduating from Truman during May, Selle went to work for the Literacy Lab in Kansas City, Missouri.

Selle said the Literacy Lab is an AmeriCorps organization that works to help kids meet the reading level for their grade.

She said the Literacy Lab used these methods in the Minnesota Reading Corps for about 12 years, but this is the first year the program has been used in Missouri.

“The school district that I work in had few students reaching the literacy benchmarks that they need to,” Selle said. “At third grade, you stop learning to read and start reading to learn. If you’re behind in reading by the time you’re in third grade, then it catches up to you, and you’re significantly less likely to graduate high school.”

Selle said she works as a literacy tutor in a preschool classroom at the Ervin Early Learning Center. She provides reading support for the 18 students in the class and assists the primary classroom teacher.

Selle said while working at an early learning center can be stressful, she enjoys it.

“It’s 600 really tiny humans running around, and it can be really crazy and hectic sometimes, but we’re all just making it through the day together,” Selle said. “It’s a very cool place to work because it’s a very progressive program.”

Selle said she became interested in working at the Literacy Lab because she wanted to do something service oriented after graduating, and she was

Submitted photo Truman alumna Anna Selle plays guitar for her students at the Literacy Lab in Kansas City, Missouri. The Minnesota Reading Corps developed the teaching methods the Literacy Lab uses. attracted to this program because it is in her hometown.

“There are a lot of students in the world who are not able to achieve certain goals because they’re in a setting that‘s not functioning for them,” Selle said. “Knowing that was something that was effecting our city so heavily, it was something I was interested in working

toward. Regardless of whether or not I have an education background, I‘m still able to make a difference.”

While Selle double majored in communication and art history at Truman, she said teaching interested her because closing the education gap is a campaign that Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Sly James currently is advocating for.

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Oscar Wins We Agree With

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“Fury Road” had the most wins — six — at the Oscars Sunday night. The film dominated the technical catergories, winning for costume design, sound editing, sound mixing, production design, hair and makeup, and film editing.

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Leonardo DiCaprio finally received an Oscar win for his role as frontiersman Hugh Glass in “The Revenant.” DiCaprio got a standing ovation and used his acceptance speech to talk about environmental issues. RIP Leo Oscar jokes.

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“Ex Machina” was probably even more of an underdog than “Fury Road,” only receiving two nominations this year.

But the film won a well-deserved Best Visiual Effects award for its lifelike robot representations.

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It’s always fun to see first-time nominees win an award. Brie Larson won the Best Actress category for her role in “Room,” beating out Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Saoirse Ronan and Charlotte Rampling.

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Hungarian film “Son of Saul” won for Best Foreign Language film. The movie details the story of a Hungarian-Jewish prisoner who burns the dead inside prison camps, and one day comes across a body he thinks is his son.

music, myths and black phiLlip — “The Witch” is a true horror film

BY KATEY STOETZEL

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Based on folktales from 1600s New England, "The Witch," written and directed by Robert Eggers, has joined the canon of great horror films. The film follows a Puritan family as it deals with black magic, possession and witchcraft after a witch who lives in the woods behind the family's farm steals newborn Samuel.

The film is a "slow burn" horror story, and while some might interpret that as boring, the family’s beliefs, dynamics and culture of the time period are essential set-up to understand the events of the film.

Each scene contains subtle depth and meaning, allowing for a much more atmospheric and authentic result.

The actors, who are relatively unknown, deliver the colonial English dialogue perfectly and with such emotion it's impossible not to be drawn into this world and to sympathize with the family members struggle with their beliefs once confronted with the unnatural forces threatening their livelihood.

The use of natural light gives the film a very muted and organic feel, and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke sets up beautiful shots. What's more, the

score of the film, composed by Mark Korven, easily is one of the more haunting film scores of any horror film. If the odd and disturbing imagery of the film doesn't stick with you, the music surely will remain with you days after you've left the theater.

But what Eggers, in his directorial debut, manages to do quite expertly is blend mythology, reality and the supernatural. During interviews, Eggers, who grew up near New England, explained how the myths of witches and black magic really were construed as a possibility by people of the time, such as the family in "The Witch." The witch is introduced right away during the film, so there isn't any question black magic and witches exist, but rather the movie centers on how the questioning of them completely tears this Puritan family apart.

Such integration of reality and the supernatural makes the climax of the film all the more unnerving and rewarding. The pacing is fantastic too — each scene ends with something a little more to hold on to.

"The Witch" doesn't rely on cheap thrills and jump scares, and to be a great horror film, it doesn’t need to. As someone who easily gets scared during any horror film, I was thankful for that. But the horror of

"The Witch" lies somewhere rooted deep within all of us — sin and humanity's capacity for evil. Not Evil, capital E, but rather the mundane sort of evil we run into every day. At the beginning of the film, the family is excommunicated from a Puritan Christian plantation for "prideful conceit," and builds a new home on the edges of the forest where the witch lives. The family's inability to trust and forgive each other after Samuel's abduction ultimately leads to its downfall.

I've talked a little about the folktale nature of "The Witch," which is what drew me to the film in the first place. In an interview with Birth. Movies. Death. editor Devin Faraci, Eggers said the idea for the film came from his curiosity with witches, and he said he wanted to bring them back to form and away from the likes of "Sabrina" and "Bewitched." Other mythologies present in "The Witch" are "Hansel and Gretel" and the devil, who takes on a common form of the devil as the goat Black Phillip. Eggers' take on these mythologies is traditional, but together they work in a way that brings audiences something new.

Fans of the horror genre are difficult to please, it seems. But with "The Witch," we've got a truly great horror film that brings the horror genre back to form.

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Giants picked to win it all

By Andrew LaMartina Staff Writer

For the first time in 30 years, the Kansas City Royals are going into spring training as the defending World Series champions. But will the Royals be able to make it to their third straight World Series? I think they can win the weak American League Central Division, but they will not be able to make it back to the Promised Land.

In all sports, once a team wins a championship, the entire league instantly places a target on that team’s back. Add to that the Royals’ past two lengthy postseason runs, and they will not be able to muster the strength to make another championship run.

As a St. Louis Cardinals fan, it hurts to say we will not be hoisting the World Series trophy this year, either. Losing one of their best players, right fielder Jason Heyward, the Cardinals will have trouble filling his position. But you cannot count the Cardinals out, having made it to five straight postseasons. Having an ace pitching staff led by arguably the best catcher in the game, Yadier Molina, doesn’t hurt.

But with the young Chicago Cubs looming as a huge contender for the National League Central Division, and the steady Pittsburgh Pirates right behind them, it will be difficult for the Cardinals to repeat as division champs. St. Louis most certainly will get a wild card spot in the playoffs, and the team might be able to bring some magic back from the 2011 Cardinals team.

I think the two teams that will compete in the World Series this year will be the San Francisco Giants and the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox will be looking to turn things around after having the worst record in the American League East the last two years. Boston is known for winning consistently, and the Red Sox will come into this year with something to prove. The Red Sox added one of the best pitchers in professional baseball, David Price, to their roster. Price has won the Cy Young Award once and been nominated three other times. He might have struggled during past postseasons, but his regular season numbers are some of the best, which adds major depth to the Red Sox pitching lineup.

If Boston third baseman Pablo Sandoval gets back to his normal self after his injury, then the batting lineup will be exciting with second baseman Dustin Pedroia, and of course, designated hitter David Ortiz. Ortiz said this is his last year, so Boston should be even more motivated to send him out on a good note. The concern defensively for Boston is at first base, because the team is moving Hanley Ramirez from left field to first base, according to the Boston Globe. If all that works out, I think the Red Sox will have a great chance to make it to the World Series, but I don’t think they will win.

I truly believe the winner of 2016 World Series will be the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have won three of the last six World Series. The team missed the playoffs last year, which many people think is a concern for the Giants. But the last three of the franchise’s championships, the Giants missed the playoffs the year before they won the World Series.

Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto, who helped lead the Royals to victory last year, is a good addition for San Francisco, and so is pitcher Madison Bumgarner as the current ace who every team fears because of what he did to teams during the 2014 playoffs. I think the Giants will win because right fielder Hunter Pence will be back and healthy from an Achilles tendon injury. Having played only 52 of last season’s 162 games, his consistent presence in the upcoming lineup will be huge for the Giants. I think the Giants will be too good to beat, and their only competition for the National League West division is the Los Angeles Dodgers. So it would appear the trend will continue and the Giants once again will be crowned World Series champions.

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Women’s swim team tops GLVC

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After coming from behind to defeat the two-time GLVC champions, eight members of the Truman State women’s swim team are preparing to take the national stage next week in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Photo submitted by Ed Pretre Top: Members of the Truman State women’s swim team pose with the championship banner after winning the 2016 GLVC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Above: Sophomore Jamie Fitzpatrick competes in the finals of the 100 freestyle during the GLVC Championships in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Nine Bulldogs will be swimming at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships next week.

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Kelsea Dorsey Senior pitcher Kelsea Dorsey struck out eight and earned her fifth win of the season Sunday, shutting out Hillsdale College 4-0. A third-inning bunt with two outs left kept Dorsey from pitching a no-hitter, but the win capped the Bulldogs’ undefeated weekend, keeping all opponents scoreless.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

Tourney time for Men’s b-ball set women’s hoops for quarterfinal Earlier this week, the Truman State women’s basketball team had the opportunity to enter the GLVC Tournament with a three-game win streak and seize a bye during the first round. Following a 65-53 loss to Quincy University, however, the Bulldogs entered the tournament through a play-in game at Pershing Arena.

The Quincy Hawks jumped to an early lead during the first quarter and finished the half 30-18. The Bulldogs closed the gap during the third quarter but couldn’t finish the comeback during the last ten minutes of the game.

Because of injury, sophomore guard Rachel Steinhoff ’s return for Thursday was uncertain, but she got 22 minutes of court time and scored five points. Senior guard Courtney Strait led the team with 17 points and six rebounds during 35 minutes of play. Overall, the ‘Dogs made 20 of 62 field goals and connected on eight out of 23 shots from behind the arc.

Head Coach Amy Eagan said a lack of focus caused the Bulldog loss. Eagan said it is important to focus during practice the day before a game, and that mentality easily can carry over to the game. She said she thinks the team can use the game against Quincy as a lesson for future games about how important it is to focus at practice. Eagan said Quincy had a better night than her team and was able to execute its game plan better. She said in addition, the Bulldogs had trouble finding ways to score, and they put the Hawks on the free throw line for 20 attempts.

Despite the loss, Eagan said the game was nothing the team should get down about. Instead, she said she wanted players to focus on what was ahead — the GLVC Tournament and the game against University of Missouri-St. Louis during the first round.

“They will learn and move on,” Eagan said. “We cannot dwell on the loss and just need to keep looking forward. I’m sure this group knows they can win the tournament. They have worked too hard not to believe that, and they will not go down easily.”

The Bulldogs then played their GLVC tournament first-round game against the UMSL Sunday. Although the ‘Dogs and the

Tritons hung around throughout the first three quarters, Truman eventually pulled away during the fourth quarter, outscoring UMSL 18-12 during the final ten minutes to take the victory 58-51.

Junior center Cassidy Clark said the loss to Quincy played a part in the win against the Tritons, calling it a “wake-up call” to her teammates. Clark, who scored four points during 17 minutes against UMSL, said the team is prepared to move forward in the tournament and has a new focus on winning.

“We’re really motivated to keep winning,” Clark said. “We’re really doing this for the seniors — they’re going to finish this year, and we want to make sure they get to keep playing for as long as they can.”

With Sunday’s win, the team will move on to the second round of the tournament today, March 3, in St. Charles, Missouri, where Truman will face Quincy for the third time this season. Moving into the quarterfinals, Clark said the Bulldogs are looking to get even with the Hawks. Clark said the team has taken the recent loss personally. She said she thinks Quincy will overlook their game against Truman, but Clark said she has other plans. She said the ‘Dogs are going to take Quincy by surprise and beat them just like they did earlier this season.

Senior guard Tawny Tucci also is looking forward to the game against Quincy.

Tucci said she thinks the entire team has a chip on its shoulder and will be using that aggression to its advantage. Tucci said she thinks the key to winning this week will be directing that energy to the Bulldog offense while maintaining good communication and control, especially on defense.

“We have a whole new mentality coming into this game,” Tucci said. “We were a little stressed and anxious when we were playing for that bye round, and I think it may have psyched us out, but we’re coming into Thursday’s game with nothing to lose. I think we’re capable of exceeding everyone’s expectations ... even our own.”

The rematch between the Bulldogs and the Hawks will take place 6 p.m. today, March 3, at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. If the Bulldogs win, they will move on to the semifinals, which will start at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the same location. The GLVC Tournament will conclude March 6.

The Bullets participate in Div. II competition against teams across the country. Durovic said though the East and West coasts have better-developed rugby programs, rugby is becoming more popular throughout the Midwest. The Bullets compete against teams such as the University of Missouri, University of Arkansas and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Durovic said during the spring season, the team practices for two hours three times per week. She said players use this time to work on tackling, falling, defense and communication drills. Durovic said the newcomers already are very invested in the sport and committed to improving themselves during the coming weeks.

The spring season began Saturday when the Bullets competed against the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Although the team lost 81-5, Durovic said the players will use the game as a learning experience and an opportunity to work on different aspects of their game. Durovic said it was not the best start to the 2016 season, but it gave the coaches time to plan practices based on what needs to change.

Senior flank Alisa Rippee said the team needs to emphasize defense and communication during its upcoming practices. Rippee said it is difficult to practice these aspects indoor during the winter months, so players will focus on those components to prepare for their next tournament. Rippee said they will

have the opportunity to practice harder when they work on their skills outside.

Off the pitch, Rippee said the team — and the sport in general — has formed lifelong friendships for her and taught her life lessons.

Rippee, who played rugby during high school, said the sport teaches players to adapt a positive mindset during competitions, which creates an even better bond off the field.

Junior forward Megan Whitelock said the community aspect is an important facet of the game. Whitelock said during this season, the team is taking advantage of its veterans to teach the new players.

“Each returning player took a rookie under their wing to help them and teach them the rules of the game,” Whitelock said. “From watching rugby games to answering questions, [returning players] love talking about rugby and will do anything to help others understand the game.”

Whitelock said the combination of experienced players and strong newcomers has energized the team. She said the new faces have added many strengths to the Bullets squad.

Looking forward to the remainder of the spring season, Whitelock said she hopes to use the team’s experience and try new drills during practice. She said her teammates are willing to learn and are working hard every day.

The Bullets’ next competition will take place during the Ruggerfest matchup April 2 in St. Louis.

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The Truman State men’s basketball team defeated UMSL in pursuit of its second GLVC tournament quarterfinal appearance. The sixth-seeded Bulldogs will face the No. 3 seed University of Wisconsin-Parkside Friday for a chance to advance to the semifinal. by seth wolfmeyer Staff Writer

The Truman State men’s basketball team will advance into the GLVC Tournament quarterfinals after defeating the University of Missouri-St. Louis Sunday 90-84.

The Bulldogs concluded the regular season on a four-game winning streak, letting them play further into the GLVC tournament. Truman’s next tournament game will take place Friday against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

The ‘Dogs fought a close game against the Tritons, who led Truman for the majority of the first half. The Tritons built early momentum with accurate shooting but did not get more than a six-point lead. Head Coach Chris Foster said the team struggled to stop the Tritons during the first half because UMSL continued to make shots even when the Bulldogs switched up the defense.

“We just searched for a line-up or a defense we could play to get some stops,” Foster said.

Truman closed the gap late during the first period, going into half-time behind by one. The Tritons’ lead ended quickly during the second half when the Bulldogs went on a run to take the lead. The ‘Dogs led for most of the remainder of the game, only allowing the Tritons to tie the score once before regaining the lead. Junior guard Kyle Kanaskie, who scored seven points in a row at the start of the second period, said the team was a bit sluggish during the first half but came out during the second with more determination.

“We ended the first half on a little run,” Kanaskie said. “In the second half, we just really wanted to come out with a lot of intensity.”

Five Truman players finished with more than 10 points Sunday, with the

team hitting more than 60 percent of its shots. Kanaskie was among the Bulldog’s point leaders, scoring 16.

Senior guard Cole Myers led the team with 19 points, converting seven out of eight attempts. Redshirt junior guard Cory Myers earned the most rebounds for the team, bringing down eight of the team’s 32 rebounds. Redshirt junior guard Dwight Sistrunk Jr. scored 14 points and finished with a careerhigh eight assists and four steals.

Kanaskie said Sunday’s game is the last time the ‘Dogs will play at Pershing Arena for the season because the remainder of the tournament is at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. Kanaskie said getting one last home game to start the tournament was good for the team.

“We were telling each other and reminding each other just to stay the course,” Sistrunk said. “Some teams have flashes of brilliance, but it’s hard to maintain that for 40 minutes.”

Redshirt junior forward Connor Erickson also returned to the court from injury. Erickson only played five minutes on Sunday, but went two-for-two from the floor. Sistrunk said losing Erickson was a big loss for the team, and getting him back is a big boost. Sistrunk said returning to playing form takes a few games, and last night’s game was a big step toward getting Erickson back to playing at full strength.

Truman will compete against the No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers during the tournament quarterfinals. Sistrunk said the Bulldogs want revenge against the Rangers because the ‘Dogs lost 102-98 during overtime to the Rangers Feb. 11.

Sistrunk said this game is one he has been looking forward to for a while because the last game against the Rangers sticks out as one of the team’s most frustrating losses this season.

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Bullets ready for spring competition

Courtney Strait/ Index Above: Senior back Jenna Hail tackles junior forward Taylor Ordnung during a drill in practice called “Triangle Tackle.” The Bullets rugby team is 0-1 so far this spring. by courtney strait Assistant Sports Editor tsusportseditor@gmail.com

A positive mindset and strong team bond are crucial to the Truman State women’s rugby team’s success. With a large group of returning players, eager newcomers, and a strong coaching staff, team members said they are looking forward to growing the program and improving their skills before the heart of the spring season begins.

The team, which has 22 members, used its practice time during the fall semester

to teach new players the rules of the game and techniques performed on the pitch.

Senior back Breanne Durovic, who is also a coach, said the new recruits are going to set a strong foundation for the future of the program, and they have made a positive impact so far during the spring.

“Last year, we ended up having more rookies than returners,” Durovic said.

“This semester, we have three more rookies and they have been picking up the game so well. I’m proud of them, and they are going to be a super great addition to the team.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

Baseball finishes 2-1 over weekend by rachel steinhoff Staff Reporter

After finishing 1-2 during opening weekend, the Truman State baseball team continued its non-conference play with a road trip to the eastern side of the GLVC. Truman began and ended the roadtrip at the University of Southern Indiana and then a short trip to Saint Joseph’s College for a Saturday face-off.

The weekend in Indiana began with a meeting against the No. 23 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles.

The game featured a matchup between the previous two Midwest Region Champions, with Truman owning the 2015 title and Southern Indiana claiming the championship during 2014.

Head Coach Dan Davis said the team was aware of the talent it would be facing early during the year and said his players met the challenge with enthusiasm. Davis said his team strives to be one of the best in the country, so the players look forward to going up against some of the country’s top competition. He said he thinks a historic program such as USI was a great challenge for his team, and the high level of competition did not disappoint.

During the game, Truman faced a deficit of 7 runs against the Screaming Eagles. After establishing a 4-2 lead during the third, the tables turned with Truman falling behind 13-6 after four innings. The ‘Dogs scored three during the sixth inning, and two during the seventh and eighth innings to tie the game at 13 runs each.

The game, which took more than four hours, eventually required additional innings and the Screaming Eagles claimed a 14-13 victory during the bottom of the 11th.

The game featured 27 runs scored, 33 hits and 10 different pitchers. Although the ‘Dogs almost overcame the seven-run difference, the Bulldogs stranded baserunners and committed five errors on the field.

Davis said limiting errors and sharpening play on defense could be the difference for the Bulldogs during close games like the one against USI. Davis said not being able to get outside to practice has been hard on the defensive aspect of Truman’s game, but he said he thinks his team is getting more comfortable and showing a little more improvement every game.

Junior infielder Nick Agliolo led the Bulldogs Friday by posting four hits on the afternoon, while freshman outfielder Mason King added 2 hits, 2 RBIs and 3 runs. With King and Agliolo, who is a transfer, Davis said the team has been grateful to get production from new faces this season. Davis said he thinks they, along with the other newcomers, have done a great job adjusting to the team.

“Our biggest thing when we go out recruiting is that we look for guys who play the game the way we want them to and fit into the mold of what we think is a Bulldog baseball player,” Davis said. “It’s easy for them to blend right in with our program, and we’ve been really lucky to get the right guys who have been able to do that. It’s fun to watch.”

There was no time to dwell on Friday’s loss because Truman moved on to Rensselaer, Indiana, for a Saturday afternoon match against the Saint Joseph’s Pumas.

Another slow start put the Bulldogs behind, and the ‘Dogs spent most of the afternoon playing catch-up.

Truman trailed almost the entire game, falling behind 4-0 after the first inning and 6-4 after 3 innings. Truman didn’t score another run until the seventh inning.

The rally began with King’s base hit, followed by an RBI from Agliolo. Junior outfielder Dave Gambino then scored Agoliolo and led the way for the rest of the

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Bulldog lineup. Junior catcher Jason Priest, sophomore first baseman Brendan Trimble, and senior third baseman Chris Iliopoulos closed the inning with base hits and two more runs, which pulled the ‘Dogs within one, trailing 9-8 heading into the eighth. The Pumas did not score another run for the remainder of the game and the top of the Truman lineup notched three more runs.

Sophomore pitcher Alex Hoffmann closed the game, earning his first win of the year.

This marked the third straight game Truman has fallen behind by more than five runs, but caught back up.

Davis said so far this season, the team’s resilience has been one of the biggest positives.

“We’ve been able to take advantage of mistakes, and we’ve just seen a lot about the character of our team,” Davis said. “Our guys don’t give up and have shown a lot of fight. This is awesome to see because in baseball there is no time limit. If you have an out left, you have an opportunity to win.”

Davis said he was proud of how his team found a way to come back and tie or win those games, especially because they were down by so many runs.

Trimble paced this Bulldog comeback with three hits and three RBIs during his five at-bats. Senior catcher Joey Gardner added another three hits and one RBI. Agliolo tallied two hits and one RBI on the day as well. Overall, the top of the lineup featured the first six batters going 13-28 at the plate for an average of .464.

Davis said he was confident going into this year that his offense could be special, and he said he feels really lucky to have a deep and talented roster.

“We’ve got a great lineup,” Davis said. “I mean there’s even guys on the bench who should be playing but, with as good as our lineup is, it’s tough to break into it.”

Gardner said the comeback wins build confidence looking ahead. Gardner said his team wasn’t afraid of a deficit or pressure filled situation.

“Those come-back wins showed that we have a lot of fight until the very end of the game,” Gardner said. “We grew as a team, and it really opened our eyes to our capabilities if we never give up.”

Agliolo said he agreed the team’s offense will be tough this year and good enough to keep Truman in games like it did this weekend. He said he knew from the start of the season there wouldn’t be a struggle from an offensive standpoint. Agliolo said his team members know they are capable of scoring runs, and they showed it this weekend.

Agliolo said his success at the plate comes from focusing on the task at hand, whether that’s moving runners or simply getting on base to create momentum.

Agliolo said he was fortunate for his good weekend at the plate, but he said he was happier he was able to help the team get the job done.

After these at-bat performances at the start of the road trip, Sunday’s game was played at a different pace.

In a rematch of Friday’s events, Truman evened its season record with Southern Indiana, earning a 3-2 win in the road trip finale. Instead of production from the offense, the game featured a pitchers’ duel.

After four scoreless innings, USI took a 1-0 lead that stood until the seventh. With two outs during the inning, Trimble’s base hit eventually brought him in as the tying run after a throwing error by USI’s third baseman.

With an even score, the ‘Dogs carried their momentum into the eighth. A hit by Gardner, a sacrifice fly by King, and two USI errors put Truman on top 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth. The Bulldogs escaped the bottom half of the inning with bases loaded, but did not produce during the ninth, which left the Screaming Eagles within striking distance. With Bulldog sophomore pitcher Peter Young on the mound, USI narrowed the gap to one run. Young eventually struck out the cleanup hitter for his first save of the year with a runner on third. Sophomore pitcher Nate Lukas earned his first win of the year for Truman, having thrown a 1.29 ERA through seven innings.

“Our guys don’t give up and have shown a lot of fight. This is awesome to see because in baseball there is no time limit. If you have an out left, you have an opportunity to win.”

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GLVC champs prepare for nationals

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The Truman State women’s swim team has carried the title of 2016 GLVC champion for more than two weeks after a comeback Feb. 13 that put the ‘Dogs atop the GLVC podium for the first time in school history.

Entering the final day of competition down by 52.5 points, the Bulldogs rallied past Drury University, the nationally ranked two-time defending GLVC champions for a 946.5-910 finish. Four Bulldogs placed in the top five of the 100 freestyle and 200 backstroke, and six Bulldogs finished in the top 15 spots of the 1650 freestyle. These three events gave Truman a 32-point cushion going into the meet’s final event — the 4x100 freestyle relay — during which the ‘Dogs broke Drury’s existing GLVC record by .31 seconds.

The Bulldogs finished second in the GLVC Championships behind the Panthers a year ago, but senior captain Ashley Shanel said the team did not want to experience the same feeling again this year.

“Last year, I think everyone knew that we had the potential to at least put up a fight against Drury, which we kind of did, but we knew that there were things we needed to change going into this year,” Shanel said. “It was like everyone had a

chip on their shoulder, and so everyone was coming to practice and doing the work and putting in extra time.”

Shanel has been a team captain for three years. Although Shanel will not be competing in Indianapolis for nationals next week, Head Coach Ed Pretre said she has been one of the main swimmers who have kept the team together. Pretre said despite not swimming in the event for five years, Shanel was one of the Bulldogs’ six top finishers in the 1650 freestyle.

Pretre said he has never seen such a complete team effort to win out of all the championships he has attended. He said members of the team sacrificed their individual times to collectively take down the No. 2 Div. II team in the country.

“I think what makes this victory even sweeter for us is no one gave us a chance,” Pretre said. “No one expected us [to win].

Drury didn’t. But we were the only ones to believe in ourselves.”

Pretre, who was voted the 2016 GLVC Coach of the Year, said he credits the student athletes for their perseverance throughout the season. The swimmers sported their very own “Darth Dog” shirts that read “I find your lack of faith disturbing,” which Pretre said gave the team motivation.

Eight members of the women’s team will represent Truman State during the NCAA Div. II Swimming & Diving Cham-

pionships. Two Bulldogs will compete in four events — junior Hannah Nicks, who will swim the 100 and 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley, and sophomore Nikki Sisson, who is set to swim the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle.

Junior Alison Strickler will compete in three events — the 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke — and sophomore Jamie Fitzpatrick has earned an entry into the 50 and 100 freestyle. Freshman Emma Barnett and sophomore Jasmine Roghair will appear in the 4x400 freestyle relay, and junior Ally Neumann will compete in the medley relay events.

The women’s team will be making its 28th appearance at the national meet and have an opportunity to add the program’s eighth NCAA title to this season’s resumé.

Junior Evyn Spencer has been no stranger to the big stage throughout her career at Truman. A three-time All-American and the 2016 GLVC Swimmer of the Year, Spencer said she plans to focus on keeping her composure this time around.

“My main focus is to not let my nerves get the best of me,” Spencer said. “The past two years that I’ve gone, I’ve gotten there and let my nerves take over, and then my first race can decide my whole meet, and I am not going to do that this time.”

Spencer set a new GLVC record at the conference meet in the 200 individual

medley with a time of 2:00.95, in the 100 butterfly at 54.54 — which also is a school record — and is a member of the conference and Truman record-setting 4x200 freestyle relay group.

As a school and conference record holder with one season still remaining, Spencer said she wants to give the rest of her team and future Bulldogs a chance to go for something. She said the win over Drury was good for recruiting and was a way for Truman to separate themselves as an elite program.

“My number one thing is that this is the chance now for future teammates and swimmers to look at Truman as something more than just another swim team,” Spencer said. “It’s something that’s pretty proud to be a part of, and I’m helping younger people set goals.”

Sophomore Will Shanel will be the sole representative for the men’s team at the national meet. The GLVC Men’s Swimmer of the Year is returning to the national meet for the second year in a row with the country’s third-fastest time in the 400 individual medley at 3:48.56. Will Shanel also will appear in the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley.

The NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships will begin March 9 and end March 12 in Indianapolis. Live coverage of the meet can be found at NCAA.com.

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Submitted Photo Top: Junior Mackenzie Neeley pushes ahead at the GLVC swimming championships.

Neeley swam in four events during the meet, all of which were individual events.

Above: Arms flail during an event at the GLVC swimming championship at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Truman men’s swimming placed fifth at the meet.

Above right: Freshman Laney Klar gasps for breath during one of her six events.

Klar finished seventh in the 200 butterfly and the 400 individual medley events.

Right: Senior George Dowdy dives into the pool. Dowdy was the final leg of Truman’s 4x100 medley relay, which finished with a time of 3:21.86, set a new Truman State record. The medley finished fifth in the meet.

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