September 15 2016

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Art department discussing photo concentration Though only in the beginning stages, Truman State’s art department and School of Arts and Letters are working to bring photography from a minor to a major concentration. Students could see the change come to fruition if the department is able to pull together a proposal sometime soon.

By Emily Merkle Staff Writer

Photo by Alice Liu/ TMN Executive Director John Dungan announces how much money United Way raised the night of its fall fundraising Kickoff Celebration. United Way raised $10,215 on the first day.

United Way offers volunteer opportunities

By Clayton Berry

Staff Writer

United Way of Adair County/ Northeast Missouri, an organization that sponsors 13 service- and community-focused agencies in Northeast Missouri, raised more than $10,215 on the first day of its annual fall fundraising campaign with its Kickoff Celebration.

John Dungan, United Way executive director, said this year’s goal is to make $205,000, which he said is slightly higher than its usual $200,000 goal. He said last year the organization raised about $175,000 of its $200,000 goal, but he said he is very optimistic it will reach this year’s goal based on the high amount of support received leading up to the Kickoff event. He said it raised about $20,600 in pledges before the start of the fundraiser, and thus has raised more than $30,000 so far.

Dungan said he appreciated the support of local businesses and organizations for providing the food and other resources for the event, as well as the live performance by the Kirksville band Deadwood. He said he is also looking forward to the role Truman State University will play in this year’s fundraiser. He said most of the funds comes from an annual fundraising campaign by the Truman faculty and staff, and another $8,000-$12,000 comes from students who donate their unused Sodexo meals during Sodexo’s annual Food Fast fundraiser, which he said

usually takes place later in the year.

He said he encourages more Truman faculty, staff, students and student organizations to contribute or volunteer at fundraiser events to help reach United Way’s goal.

The Kickoff Celebration was first used four years ago to mark the start of United Way’s annual fall fundraiser, which lasts from midSeptember to the end of the year.

The Kickoff was Sept. 9th at the Jackson Stables near Thousand Hills State Park.

“It’s always a pleasure to work with the generous people of Kirksville and with Truman students,” Dungan said. “We love the enthusiasm, the creativity, and the energy that [Truman] students and staff can bring to our community.”

Patricia Selby, Heartland Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) program director, said her agency receives a lot of funding from United Way. Selby said Heartland RSVP is the Adair County branch of the national RSVP, which she said is a non-profit agency that helps people aged 55 and older to find and receive training for various volunteer programs that benefit their local communities. She said Heartland RSVP applied several years ago to be a partner agency and receive grants from United Way, while in turn she said it supports United Way’s annual fundraiser with proceeds from their own bake sales, as well as volunteering with door-to-door, neighborhood canvassing for United Way.

“At the time we applied, we had to spend about one-third of our time and effort every year into our own fundraising,” Selby said. “This helps us focus less on that and more on the needs of our volunteers and the work that they do.”

Selby said RSVP has other matching grants and funding from places such as Americorp, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Corporation for Community and National Service. She said she is glad they partnered with United Way so people know they are part of a common purpose.

Senior Elizabeth Roe, Community Engagement Intern of Truman’s SERVE Center, said United Way is one of the SERVE Center’s 100 or more Community Partners operating in the area. Roe said the SERVE Center acts as a liaison between Truman students and the Kirksville community, by helping students find local volunteer opportunities with partners such as United Way. She said Truman faculty and students can create a profile on truservice. truman.edu and browse volunteer opportunities in their specific areas of interest. She said there are several United Way positions available, including marketing and social media interns, on the TruService site.

She said she encourages students to get involved in any kind of volunteer opportunity.

“Our biggest resource to students is their Truman service accounts,” Roe said. “And so it’s one of our biggest resources to the community.”

Truman State University’s art department might add photography as an option under the studio art major.

Currently, photography is offered as a minor, but these changes would allow students to get a studio art major concentration.

Art department Chair Aaron Fine said the idea is still in the brainstorming stage and little actual progress has been made at this time. Fine said the idea to make photography available as a concentration has been around for a while. He said the photography minor has drawn interest and been successful. Fine said photography professor Priya Kambli is on sabbatical for the 2016-17 academic year and will spend some of that time working on the proposed major concentration change.

Fine said photography will not be a new major, but an additional specialization within the studio art major.

Fine said currently, studio art concentrations include ceramics, fibers, painting, printmaking, sculpture, three-dimensional studio and design.

Fine said after Kambli works on a proposal, studio art faculty will then work together on the proposition. He said the proposal will then go through the entire art faculty before moving to the Undergraduate Council and Faculty Senate for approval. Fine said the earliest the specialization might be available is fall 2018. “[Photography]’s a really exciting area in contemporary art we hope to be able to offer,” Fine said.

James O’Donnell, dean of the School of Arts and Letters, said he thinks the major, if added, could provide students with great opportunities to expand their knowledge and skills in photography. “[The new concentration] would be an excellent opportunity should it come to pass,” O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell said one potential challenge to adding the concentration would be offering an increased number of photography classes with the existing faculty.

GREEK ORGANIZATIONS AT TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2016 BOTH REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY According to a press release from Truman Greek Life

Alpha Sigma Alpha Recognized at its national convention for the improvement of its overall chapter grade point average.

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Received many awards at its General Convention, including the Virginia Tech Award for obtaining first in grades for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters, and its 11th Francis H. Sisson Award, Beta Theta Pi’s highest honor for chapter excellence.

Sigma Sigma Sigma Received recognition at its national convention for their chapter’s Centennial.

Sigma Kappa

Received the 2016 Excelsior Cup in Risk Management at its National Carlson Leadership conference.

Named on the honor roll for the Lorna Wilson Bridgen Award at its 49th International Convention.

Beta Theta Pi

Junior Tyler Murphy was elected to be the Middle Western Province Junior Vice Polemarch (President) at its national convention, which is the highest-ranking position in the Midwest and recognized nationally within the fraternity.

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Delta Chi Received many awards at its national convention in July, which include excellence in manpower, member education, involvement, housing, financial management, and alumni relations.

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Received Sigma Kappa’s most prestigious award, the Two Star Standards of Excellence-Second Level of Excellence, presented to chapters that meet all of the Sigma Kappa minimum standards, such as high performance in areas of membership, campus involvment and philanthropy.

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Study Abroad Office presents about scholarship program

CORRECTION In last week’s issue of the Index, there was an error in “Guilty plea for ongoing sexual assault finished” on pages 1 and 4. The article cited court information about the sexual assault case from Casenet.com when the information actually came from case.net.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Truman spends 20th year as top public school in Midwest U.S. World and News Report has Truman State University listed as the No. 1 public university in the Midwest. This is the 20th year Truman has received that rank in the list. Truman ranked as the No. 8 university in the Midwest region overall, and was the only Missouri university in the Midwest region’s top 10.

US Bank donates $2,000 to “Pursue the Future” campaign Photos by Damian Soane/ TMN Top: Senior Luke Bishop provides information about the critical language scholarship program. The critical language scholarship program is able to offer scholarships worth up to $8,000.

Left: The Critical Language scholarship presentation had flyers advertising when the next study abroad fair will take place. At the study abroad fair students will be seated at tables in the Student Union Building Georgian rooms to provide information on studying abroad in different parts of the world.

Bottom: Senior Shannon Marshall talks about what the Gilman scholarship is. Marshall spent a semester studying abroad in Japan.

US Bank made a $2,000 donation to Truman State University’s “Pursue the Future” campaign. The campaign’s main goal is to make Truman become one of the nation’s top liberal arts schools. The campaign will help provide for scholarships, academic programs, athletics and other areas. The fundraisng goal was set at $40,000, and this donation has helped the campaign reach its 75 percent goal mark. This is not the only donation US Bank has made to Truman in the past. Including the $2000 to the “Pursue the Future” campaign, US Bank has donated more than $50,000 to the University.

STUDENT SENATE IN BRIEF

Senior JJ Dorrell, president of the student association, reported that members of the Senate met with University President Sue Thomas to discuss resolutions about medical amnesty, the translation of Spanish materials, an LGBTQ resource center and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the University calendar.

Student Government elections started Sept. 7 and will continue until Sept. 21.

Truman students can pick up packets in the Student Government office located on the first floor of the Student Union Building. Students can vote online at vote.truman.edu.

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9/6 Theft reported at campus parking 9/8 Traffic stop reported at campus lot 31. parking lot nine.

9/6 Theft reported at the 1000 block of Mulanix St.

Mark your calendar University Swingers Aerials Workshop 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sept. 17 Pershing Building Small Gym

The University Swingers are offering lessons about how to do tosses and flips in the air.

Experience is not needed to participate. Be sure to wear comfortable clothing. There will be a break 12-2 p.m. for lunch.

SAB Color Zumba 6 p.m.

Sept. 19 Red Barn Park

The Student Activities Board will host an outdoor Zumba class, where students are welcome to come and dance to the latest dance music and get sprayed with colored powder. Plain white t-shirts will be provided for the first 50 participants. The colored powder might stain clothes or trigger corn or rice allergies.

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Natural History Club to host natural history events series

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This semester the Kirksville Natural History Club will sponsor and construct various presentations and events regarding different aspects of natural history and biology.

The first of the presentations was given by Lisa Hooper, Truman State University biology professor and Natural History Club member, Sept. 13 in Magruder Hall. Hooper said she feels passionate about the topic because she teaches Local Flora and Plant Taxonomy at Truman State.

Hooper kicked off the first of the club’s presentations by talking about plants, specifically fall wildflowers. Hooper said she had to pick a topic that people with varying levels of knowledge about plants, as well as people who are familiar or unfamiliar with the Kirksville area could relate to. Hooper said during the transition between late summer and early fall, the most noticeable plants this time of year are the members of the sunflower family. Hooper said Kirksville citizens probably have spotted lots of flowers with pretty yellow, white and purple hues and maybe don’t realize that just because the plants are different colors and might not look similar, it doesn’t mean the flowers are not part of the same plant family. In fact, Hooper said there are tens of thousands of species of sunflower alone, and she hoped she gave a sense of the variety of flowers out there.

Hooper said she wanted to keep the presentation informal and wanted to provide background information about local plants that people might see on the side of the road by bringing in actual plants to pick apart.

Hooper said this presentation was trial and error for the Natural History Club to gauge its Kirksville audience and see what the citizens want to see it do with the club and its resources. Hooper also said the club might include wildflower and bird-spotting walks in the future.

Photo by Austin Dellamano/ TMN Top: Biology professor Lisa Hooper kicks off the Natural History Club presentation series. Hooper is a member of the Natural History Club.

Bottom: Hooper gives a presentation about fall wildflowers. The informal presentation is the first in a series hosted by the club.

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[ Our View ] Choosing the next president of Truman State University is an important decision for our community.

Whoever is chosen will have to handle our new sexual assault policies, growing concerns over mental health, systemic discrimination and a budget that receives less money from the state now than in 2001. While former University President Troy Paino made progress on all these issues, there is still a lot of work to do by students, faculty and our future leadership. However, much of the presidential search process has been conducted by top levels of the administration — without much input from students and faculty.

We, the Truman Media Network Editorial Board, understand the necessity of keeping some parts of this process private, but believe our community would benefit from having greater campus participation and transparency. The current search committee is using a private consultation firm, R. William Funk and Associates, to canvas the entire country for Paino’s replacement. Keeping the candidates anonymous increases the amount of people there are to choose from because many candidates will only express interest if their employers are unaware they are considering a new job. These benefits should not be undervalued, but we are skeptical of this method given Truman’s liberal arts mission and tight-knit, small-town nature. Other colleges focus on technical training, have a large population, or specialize in specific fields like STEM and might need the largest pool of candidates possible — small liberal arts colleges serve a different purpose. We are also concerned with how the candidates’ secrecy affects their home campuses when they leave, as we recently had to deal with the shock and surprise of Paino’s departure.

Part of what made Paino a popular president was his familiarity with the community before he became president. If the next president does not come from our own ranks, or has never even visited campus, their familiarity with Truman will have to develop after they assume presidency. Students in liberal arts colleges are intentionally exposed to a wide variety of subjects and methods of inquiry with the hope that we become well-rounded citizens.

Presidents’ willingness to submerge themselves in student life is more highly valued by our community than other universities for this reason. Students were able to interact with Paino in real life, from his scheduled open dining hall meals to his JINS class on higher education and democracy. Allowing input from students, faculty and staff is key to making these kinds of traits valued in the search process.

This would balance out other interests represented on the search committee that are concerned with running the University, like the Board of Governors and School of Business.

The search committee allowed some feedback from the Truman community several weeks ago during an open forum with R. William Funk and Associates. However, the only large-scale advertising for the event was an email sent out one week in advance. We, the Truman Media Network Editorial Board, do not believe this was enough of an effort on the part of the committee to get students aware and interested in the event. The forum was also hosted at an inconvenient time — 4:30 on a Tuesday, when many have classes — which further discouraged students from participating. Even students who showed up served only an advisory role, and their opinions are not binding to the final decision of the search committee and consultants.

We, the Truman Media Network Editorial Board, believe students, faculty and staff should have more knowledge about and influence in the selection of the next president. According to our University vision statement, Truman’s purpose is to “[develop] educated citizens needed to protect our democracy and offer creative solutions to local, state, national, and global problems.” Having binding input in the presidential selection process would improve the final decision, and give students real-world practice in making societal decisions. We are searching for a president — not a dictator or boss — and being in the loop during their selection is the best way to ensure the next administration starts off well.

Federal Reserve policy shows unstable capitalism

Will Chaney For the last seven years our central bank — the Federal Reserve — pursued a monetary policy called quantitative easing, which is its response to the ongoing economic crisis. While the Fed’s policy might seem distant and irrelevant to our daily lives, it is important for two reasons­— it determines the interest rates of almost all loans in the economy and is a good indicator of the economy’s health. The Fed’s leaders continually claim they will revert back to pre-crisis policies, but our poor economic conditions prevented them from doing so. This adds to the growing list of signs that capitalism in America is becoming even more unstable.

On a technical level, QE is when the Fed buys financial assets from its member banks. Financial assets include safe investments like Treasury bonds as well as “toxic” investments like asset-backed securities. The member banks take the new money from the Fed and loan it out to individuals and investors, with the hopes they will use it to buy things like houses or invest in new business projects. As more money is made available for loans, the interest rate banks charge falls, making it easier to get these loans. Ideally, the increase in investment will restore economic growth, create jobs and fix the crisis.

QE is an extreme policy compared to most of the Fed’s past actions, seen through two statistics. Before the crisis, the Fed held about $700-800 billion in financial assets, but when QE began it started increasing rapidly — today it has about $4.5 trillion on its balance sheets, according to the Jackson Hole Symposium hosted by the New York Fed on Aug. 26. Also, the Fed’s federal funds rate is usually between 2-8 percent, sometimes higher, but over the past seven years has fluctuated between 0 and .5 percent, according to the St. Louis Fed database. Loans have essentially been made free. Other countries are adopting similar policies, and sometimes the interest rates are set below zero in an effort to force money out of central banks and into investment.

There are several risks that come with pursuing QE for an extended period of time. One is that many of the Fed’s newly purchased financial assets are risky enough to be called “toxic” by economic experts. Many of these assets are loans made to people who are unable to pay them off, and when they default, the Fed is left with unrecoverable losses. Another is the risk of inflation, a general increase in prices. The economy does not have to respond to this new money by increasing production — businesses can also increase their prices and lower

the value of the dollar. Inflation has many complicated effects on the economy, but they are generally negative when it rises too much. Also, because QE lowers the price of borrowing money, investors are incentivized to put their money into unusually risky investments, called speculation. If too many investors speculate their money and these investments fall through, the economy will take further hits in the near future.

QE was implemented with the hopes that its money injections will lead to growth, and if this happens quickly, these longer-term problems will probably not surface. However, there have been few signs that the policy is working, especially at encouraging investment. In the first half of 2016, investment fell at an annual rate of 2.1 percent, according to the CNBC article “US preliminary Q2 gross domestic product at 1.2 percent vs 2.6 percent expected” on Aug. 1. Without investment, businesses hamper their chances of growing in the future and pulling the economy out of its stagnation.

Businesses aren’t investing because they don’t see opportunities that will make them the amount of money they are used to making. This is something QE, or any Fed policy, cannot really affect because it is a problem with the real economy. Despite the “recovery,” our mainstream news corporations tell us about every week, both incomes and the rate of profit have failed to return to pre-crisis levels. For example, the median income in the United States was $3,700 fewer in 2014 — the latest data available — than at its peak in 2007, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve. Economists like Emmanuel Saez, from the University of California, have documented the failure of most peoples’ incomes to recover after the crisis began, and our country’s widening inequality is certainly no secret.

Low income and wealth are an important part of the picture, but from my perspective, the underlying cause of our crisis is falling profitability. The rate of profit is what a business makes over how much it spends. There are many ways to measure the rate of profit, each of which count “costs” differently. Michael Roberts, a British economist, studied the rate of profit using Marxian formulas in his 2016 book “The Long Depression.” He found that profit rates in the United States were about 23 percent after World War II, fell to 13 percent by 1970, then hovered around 8-10 percent before the crisis began in 2007. Low profit rates mean investors are not rewarded for taking risks and often either hold their money or send it through wild speculative investments. He argues the only way to restore profitability is a mass “destruction of capital,” or making capital goods — factories, offices, software programs — worth less compared to the source of value, human labor.

QE is an attempt to get businesses to invest, but they are failing to do so because the economic conditions they face make new investments undesirable. Our current crisis is not a matter of higher or lower interest rates, but of fighting the cycles inherent to capitalism.

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Personal writings are valuable in the future Korbin Keller

The other day, I received a letter from a dead man — my father, Kraig Keller. It was addressed to my grandparents when he attended a little-known college called Northeast Missouri State. I hardly knew my father — he passed away when I was five years old — but my grandparents kept his letters for well over 20 years, before they graciously passed it along to me. What a wondrous surprise it was to experience the words on the page, typed by typewriter no less, and to peer into the soul of a father I had barely known. Although I might not remember him, I can still hear echoes of his words, see his reflection, and hold on to what he has left behind. It is a mystery for me to discover — his writings and recollections shed light on the man he was. They were clues that would have never existed had he simply decided penning letters were not worth his time.

It got me thinking. When I am gone, what physical evidence will I leave behind of who I am? We will all leave memories imprinted on lives we have touched, but as any historian will tell us, the concrete is more valuable than the abstract. What will it reveal to us — who we are? Many of us do give glimpses of our lives through our efforts so often shared by social media. But do we want the only physical testament to our existence to be an impersonal web page? Or should we make an effort to sit down and really put pen to paper and let the words flow from the fountainhead?

In an increasingly digital, frantic world, the importance of being able to sit down and pen a heartfelt and thoughtful note to loved ones cannot be overstated. Take the time to write meaningful things to people — write back and forth. A family member might be a call or text away, but in years to come having something to look back on in the form of a sincere letter will be worth it — for both you and your descendants. Even better, keep a journal or a diary to record your daily thoughts, activities and actions. Take time to write down your innermost thoughts. You can be your own historian, if only for yourself, and be able to look back and see how far you’ve made it. Not only this, but research conducted by the University of Rochester reveals that journaling and writing is an excellent way to relieve stress, manage anxiety and let emotions out in a safe and secure environment.

As our professors are known to say, “This is important, so write this down.” Our lives are the most important thing we have to give to other people, so be sure to take just a moment to write it down. As I learned, you never know when a message from the past can pave the way to a brighter future.

Korbin Keller is a junior political science major from St. Louis, Mo.

2016 Presidential Search Process June 17 Board of Governors announces Presidential Search Committee

June 28 Presidential Search Committee selected, including four members of the Board of Governors, four faculty members, four staff members, one student, and one representative from University Foundation

August 6 Presidential Search Committee meets for first time with consultants from Academic Search, decides to form Stakeholder Committee to interview candidates

August 22 Board of Governors changes consultants to the R. William Funk and Associates, consultants plan visit to campus on August 30-31

August 30-31 R. William Funk and Associates meets with the President’s Administrative Council, Deans and Associate Provosts, faculty government, Staff Council, local community leaders, Foundation and Alumni Board members, faculty/staff, and students.

Mid-September Recruitment Begins

January - March 2017 Three to five semifinalists interviewed by Stakeholder Committee and Board, announce new president

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QUAD What would you like the next University President to do differently from Paino?

Ben Barker Senior

I don’t think that the next president should necessarily strive to do anything differently than T-Pain. I think they can come up with their own ideas rather than trying to copy and recreate T-Pain.

Kelsey Breault Senior

Actually I’d like him to be very similar to T-Pain. I think the next president will definitely need to focus on being involved in the community and accessible to students.

Lynde Blakely Graduate student

I wouldn’t like him to do anything differently. I thought T-Pain was perfect.

Karl Schneider Staff

Nothing.

Sam Dougherty Senior

I think that the next president should continue to keep engaging with the students and get to know them personally.

Bigtyme Price Junior

They should better motivate students to help out in the local community through volunteering or beneficial projects.

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Sororities celebrate Bid Day

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Photo by Austin Hornbostel/TMN Top: Members of Delta Phi Epsilon welcome their newest sisters at the end of Greek recruitment at Stokes Stadium Sept. 12. Recruitment started Sept. 6 and officially came to a close Sept. 13.

Above: Students who went through the recruitment process line up in groups and prepare to run to the open arms of one of Truman State University’s six Panhellenic sororities lined up in the middle of the football field. New recruits got to know members of each of the sororities throughout recruitment.

Left: Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha cheer as they welcome the newest members of their sorority. Not only were sororities welcoming new members, they were also welcoming back members who disaffiliated during recruitment — called Gamma Chis — to guide new members through the recruitment process from an unbiased standpoint.

Bottom Left: A group of Gamma Chis take off layers of Gamma Chi apparel — passed down from former Gamma Chis — to reveal apparel for their own sororities, before running to join them like the new recruits before them.

Gamma Chis teach new recruits the ways of Greek Life at Truman State as a member of a sorority and help them through their final decisions.

Bottom Right: Members of Delta Phi Epsilon wave a flag and cheer for their new members. Truman’s sororities took over Stokes Stadium to celebrate Bid Day and welcome their new members after a busy recruitment.

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Kirksville Welcomes New Students

By Brently Snead

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For over a decade, the Kirksville Chamber of Commerce has been teaming up with businesses and Kirksville organizations to make the Downtown Student Welcome an event to greet Truman State University, A.T. Still University and Moberly Area Community College students and introduce them to the Kirksville community.

Every year, 400-600 students gather on the courthouse yard to meet businesses and organizations from Kirksville and surrounding areas.

Sandra Williams, executive director of the Kirksville Chamber of Commerce, said she has been at the Chamber since 2007 and has continued to do the event to welcome students.

“If [students] come down and meet and greet the people and go to each booth, there is an opportunity to find out about businesses they might use while here,” Williams said. “It’s great exposure for our businesses, and these are potential customers.

These are kids that will be moving into our commu-

nity and be here for two to four years as a part of the town, and so it’s a chance to show off our community to students.”

This year’s event included well-known businesses such as Glik’s and JCPenney, as well as soon-toopen businesses like Take Root Cafe and the Kirksville Pharmacy, both of which plan to open their doors later this fall. Many of the businesses were handing out free samples and merchandise to represent their companies Other groups at the event included churches, volunteer services and community organizations.

“Students also are able to see services they could use throughout their time, and sometimes there’s even volunteer opportunities where the students can get involved and find ways to give back during their time here,” Williams said.

Businesses and other groups offered raffles, free merchandise and prize drawings for students as an incentive to get involved.

United Way The United Way of Adair County is a local service organization that works with other groups to improve quality of life throughout Northeast Missouri, according to liveunitednemo.org.

Executive Director John Dungan was one of the volunteers who attended the event.

“We come out because we want to welcome students as well as show them what kind of community service opportunities are available to them,” Dungan said.

Dungan said he and other volunteers think they were successful for service opportunities because

of the amount of signatures they received within the first hour.

Dungan said beyond showing students where they can volunteer, he wants students to feel as though Kirksville is somewhere they can be comfortable for the next four years.

“I hope the overall event helps students feel welcome to Kirksville and more at home here, as well as encourages them to be a little more involved in the community whether that’s through churches, organizations, volunteering — just for them to get connected to the community,” Dungan said.

Kirksville Autoworks Kirksville Autoworks is a locally owned auto repair shop that has been operating for more than seven years. Tacey Reed, one of the people who attended the Downtown Student Welcome to represent Kirksville Autoworks said the company attends the event each year to make students aware of its services.

“We want to encourage students to take care of their cars throughout the year and have a base knowledge of what is available here,” Reed said.

“We gain a lot of business from this, and we see a lot of familiar faces come into the shop throughout the year.”

Take Root Cafe Take Root Cafe is a future Kirksville business planned to open during November 2016. The aim of Take Root Cafe is to lessen hunger and offer healthy food on a pay-what-you-can basis, according to takerootkirksville.org.

Becca Elder was one volunteer who attended the Downtown Student Welcome and handed out small samples of juice throughout the evening to get people interested in the new cafe. Elder said the goal

of attending was to spread more information about the upcoming grand opening and the business as a whole because new students would be coming in.

“This event mainly focuses on freshmen, and we want to get them excited about our opening, but also want to get the word out and let them know that we need more volunteers,” Elder said.

For more information, contact Jessica Parks at 660-221-5466.

Curtain Call Theatre Company Curtain Call Theatre Company is a community theater in its 18th year, providing opportunities for residents in and around Kirksville. The organization puts on multiple productions throughout the year and invites students to join the programs.

President Mark Willis and member Jennifer Rider attended the event to speak with students, as well as hand out candy and build up interest.

“We want to make people aware that there’s a community theater here for those who like to come

and watch shows, but also for those who want to participate,” Rider said. “We need all the help we can get and welcome it in all areas, whether they want to perform or work backstage.”

Rider said as a mother of a Truman student, she hopes the student welcome makes students feel like they are in a town that greets them and that they feel at home throughout the course of their education.

For more information, visit Curtain Call Theatre Company’s website curtaincalltheatre.org.

Photos by Brently Snead and Damian Soane/ TMN Top: DuKum Inn offered wings and lemonade to students. DuKum Inn is a local bar and restaurant located on Elson Street.

Middle: JCPenney uses Pikachu to attract students. They were one of the many businesses with a booth at the annual event.

Bottom: Many booths lined the courthouse yard to welcome new students from Truman State University, A.T. Still University and Moberly Area Community College to the community.

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Sound Opinions Local DJs support the local music scene and you should, too

BY CHRIS BURK

Contributing Writer

It was another busy week in Barnett Hall and Kirksville in general. Things were bustling in the KTRM offices, local business owners were leaving, some physical plant workers were sweeping up a pile of sticks at Red Barn — it was a wild week.

The local music calendar for the week shaped up to be a paradoxical lineup — a Thursday night Aquadome house show that featured soft, folky sounds, as well as a Friday night show that featured a couple of speaker stacks as tall as me.

Ryan Stier came down from Des Moines to join the Aquadome for another evening of echoey acoustic sounds with Extravision. This was his third visit to Kirksville in the past year or so. Extravision, a trio of musicians who came from as far away as Columbia, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa, led a quiet show for the evening. Even mid-state local Landon Wolf made the drive up MO-63 with his band Reagan Goes to Lunch to play some thoughtful, folky lo-fi — a type of sound recording that contains intentional technical flaws — and Aquadome President Josh Brumfield played his guitar throughout the evening.

Friday turned out to be as murky as Thursday. It stayed humid and overcast after a long bout of early morning showers.

The skies cleared and the sun shone briefly in the late afternoon, leaving hope for a pleasant evening, but it was not. A hard rock show was scheduled at the Aquadome, the complete opposite in sound as the show from the night before. The Skagbyrds were bringing their grungy rock sound back from St. Louis, as most of its members have since graduated from Truman State University, and heavy rock trio The Many Colored Death made another trip up from Columbia to pair with local regulars Conman Economy and American Basswood for a show that was billed as a “Battle Royale.”

I missed the Skagbyrds because of a conflict in time. It was a packed house, and I gave myself a charley horse trying to kneel below the stage to take pictures. Hardcore life. After I hustled back across The Square toward the ‘Dome, I had a chance to catch up with Elliot Asbed of the Skagbyrds, who is an old acquaintance from my first years in college. He passed me their last two EPs, with selected tracks making it into the rotation at KTRM this week. It was a surprise and a pleasure to see him, as

Photo by Chris Burk/ TMN

Preston Rodgers of The Many Colored Death rocks out during their set. The band made the trip from Columbia, Missouri, to participate in the “Battle Royale.”

Above: Bridger Creed of Conman Economy played drums for the audience.

Although it had been a rainy day, many still turned up to watch the show.

Right: Jon Gooch of Conman Economy sings during their set. Gooch also helped organize the event Friday, Sept. 9 at the Aquadome. he was not a part of the band the last time I saw them play.

Jon Gooch of Conman Economy was, again, the hand in putting the event together — he pulled The Many Colored Death back into town for the second time this year, and they were heavy like a freight train. Brent Moore on lead guitar and Shea Spence on drums are both fine musicians, but Preston Rodgers was a show within the show, playing what can only be described as “sick” bass lines.

I caught most of the Conman set before dipping out early on the evening’s events because of the weather, which had gone from humid and overcast to heavy and wet. The outside conditions, along with the inside atmosphere of a metal show, mixed with smoke machines finally caused the scientific phenomenon known as a “metalstorm,” and the heavy rain that came with it forced me to depart. American Basswood played an energetic set.

Photo by Chris Burk/ TMN

Photo by Chris Burk/ TMN

Local music keeps showing up at KTRM, lighting our boomboxes on fire from how loud we turn up the jams made in Kirksville. Fresh stuff as of late is varied in sound — we’ve added metal jams from Secular Era, lo-fi punk from American Basswood and undulating electronic sounds from Dennis Baker, as well as a handful of other tracks. The upcoming KTRM mixtapes will undoubtedly ruin many aux cords from fire damage, and if you have not already picked up a copy of the new Aquadome & Friends mix CD, go find a copy.

As always, lodge your complaints to me at burk992@gmail.com, and drag your day across the finish line by listening to “THE CHECKERED FLAG” on KTRM 88.7 the Edge, from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Stand-up comedy group hosts first performance Up-Chuckles Comedy, Truman State University’s first and only stand-up comedy group, held its Back-to-School Bash at DuKum Inn Sept. 9. Nine members performed standup routines, including students and faculty. For more information about the group, contact upchucklestsu@gmail.com.

Photo by Chris Burk/ TMN

Left: Senior William Townsend offers his best jokes to the audience.

The show took place at DuKum Inn. Above: Up-Chuckles adviser Jay Self performs last Friday.

The group is open to all who enjoy standup comedy.

Right: Senior Alex Ponche entertains listeners with his routine. Up-Chuckles Comedy plans to host more performances throughout the year.

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Photo by Chris Burk/ TMN

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Casa Guate continues aiding refugees

BY COURTNEY KAUFFMAN

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Last fall, Casa Guate, located on Jefferson Street, opened its doors to refugees in need of aid, and this semester, Casa Guate continues its mission while it looks toward future goals for the project.

The United States is the world’s top resettlement country for refugees, and during 2015, almost 70,000 refugees arrived in the United States as refugees, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

Casa Guate owner Lynn Carter, Order Franciscana Seglar, said Casa Guate hosted a Colombian family seeking asylum in the United States during the last year and a local family that needed temporary housing after their house burned down.

In November 2015, Carter said she got a call from one of her contacts in Texas about a woman and her children who needed a home. As soon as the family had walked over the border and declared they were seeking asylum, their father was taken from them and detained in Boston, Carter said, which the family didn’t know would happen.

The family lived at Casa Guate for three months while members of the Kirksville community worked to get the father out of detention in Boston, Carter said. After they secured his release, she said he came to Kirksville, and the family remained in the house for another three months until moving on to a larger city with more people from their country.

Carter said Casa Guate took a short break from housing families after the family left to raise funds.

Carter said Casa Guate just recently took on its next family. Thursday, Sept. 8 she got a call about a family who needed the house and three hours later she said she met the family at Casa Guate. They moved in the next morning, she said.

Carter said people help with things as small as cleaning the house to providing

Submitted Photos Above: Casa Guate is located on Jefferson St. The house has provided shelter to both refugee families and families from the Kirksville community.

Right: A sign welcomes people to the home. Casa Guate is open to any who needs it. donations to cover groceries for the family and utilities for the house.

“The best part is to see the about 75 people who are involved either locally or long distance really come together,” Carter said.

Carter said Casa Guate occasionally runs into funding issues and cultural or personal differences between families, but it manages to work through challenges as they arise.

Carter said Casa Guate was formed with Central American refugees in mind but is open to anyone who needs its services. Because Carter speaks Spanish, she said it helps when those needing asylum speak Spanish.

Carter said there is no set time limit for those staying in the house. Each family has different needs which can take different spans of time. She said she does ask families to be aware of the time they are fully supported by the community to keep them from becoming a burden on the community’s resources.

Carter said Casa Guate is currently working on achieving nonprofit status, which would allow larger donations to come to the house. She said Casa Guate is also working on drawing up a set of guidelines for the residents staying in the home to help work through some of the challenges that have arisen in the past.

The plan is to accomplish these goals by 2017, she said.

“I think the whole community should be proud of it,” Carter said.

Alumna Amy Swint said she graduated from Truman State University in 1997 and stayed in touch via Facebook with Carter. Swint said she saw Carter when she established Casa Guate and has followed its progress.

Swint said she lived near the Boston detention center where the father of the family who stayed at Casa Guate last fall was detained. She said Carter reached out to her, asking if Swint would pick up the father after his release and help in his return to Kirksville.

Swint said she bought him a bus ticket to Kirksville, a basic wardrobe and a new phone and offered him a place to stay for the night at her home because the bus did not leave until the next morning.

“He spent the evening at our house,” Swint said. “We had a great time trying to get to know each other just a little bit and hear his story.”

Swint said she admired Carter’s cause and was happy she was available to help escort the man back to his family. She said she would be willing to help in the future as well if the situation called for it.

Although Swint has only seen Casa Guate from a distance, she said the project inspires her.

“The reason I was happy to be involved was this has been inspiring,” Swint said.

“Just how the community has rallied together with [Carter] at the front of the effort with the idea and the step of faith.”

For more information about Casa Guate and ways to get involved, contact Carter at lynnbiberdorf@gmail.com.

Throwback Thursday: Blood drives over the years Blood drives are not a new tradition at Truman State University, or at any campus, but this week we wanted to see how students’ participation has varied throughout the years.

According to an article in the Nov. 13, 1980, issue of the Index, 968 donors gave blood during the four blood drives on campus during that fall, meaning 15.2 percent of students on campus at the time gave blood and 13.5 percent gave an entire pint of usable blood. The then-national average of blood donors from the general public was only 4 percent, demonstrating the commitment of Truman students that year. The students also managed to blast past their goal of 690 pints of blood to collect 854 pints.

An article in the Jan. 25, 1990, issue of the Index tells a different tale, though, as the three-day blood drive mentioned fell short of its goal for the first two days. The goal was to collect 150 pints of blood each day, yet they only collected 149 pints the first day and 133 pints the second day. The third day’s results were not published.

We hope students will be more like the students of 1980 today during the Blood Drive hosted by Cardinal Key and Blue Key ending today. Students can come to the Student Union Building Georgian Room from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and give blood or support those who are. For more information about future blood drives, visit www.redcrossblood.org for times, locations and forms.

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EVENTS

Open Mic Night 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15 Student Union Building Hub Open Mic Night is an opportunity to showcase Truman talent. Students can sign up to perform music through the Student Activities Board Facebook page to perform comedy, poetry and more. Come out to perform or support.

North Star BBQ Championship 5-10 p.m. Sept. 17 NEMO Fairgrounds

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Don’t feel like cooking this Saturday? Join the North Star Rotary Club for its annual BBQ Competition and tasting. Open to all.

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Did you know we have a pool on campus? If not, here it is!

The pool is open to students and staff all year for free. Pool hours can be found at natatorium.truman.edu.

Best Football Movies One of the all-time classic films, “Remember the Titans” depicts life in small-town Virginia while also battling racial tensions in the 1970s.

Who doesn’t love a rags to riches story? Though football is the main idea, “The Blind Side” is also a tale of what it means to be a family.

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A movie that inspired a TV show, “Friday Night Lights” follows a small-town football team as it comes together after the injury of its star player.

Clear eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t lose — and neither can this movie.

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Everyone loves an underdog story, and “Invincible” is definitely that. Telling the true story of Vince Papale, you can’t help but get sucked in to the heartfelt story.

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“The Waterboy” highlights Bobby Boucher Jr., the lowly waterboy for a football team. One can’t help but fall in love with the hilarious yet sweet Bobby.

BOLD lifestyles Meet Caleb Owen

BY BRENTLY SNEAD

Lifestyles Multimedia Editor index.featureseditor@gmail.com History professor Caleb Owen received his Ph.D. in history at Michigan State University after graduating with a B.A. from Oregon University. Though he completed some assistant teaching work as a graduate student at Michigan State University, this is Owen’s first year as a full time instructor.

What courses do you teach at Truman State University?

Early world history — HIST111 for the nonmajors, HIST211 for the major students.

In addition, I am teaching modern African history, since 1800, and next semester I am planning to offer the counterpart to that course, which looks at Africa prior to 1800, or prior to the start of colonial Africa.

What sparked your interest in history, particularly African history?

I got interested in history generally through interest in sources and looking at the sources and trying to play the role of detective and understand how it can inform me about understanding the past. I took the AP courses in high school, and the document interpretation side was the part of those courses that I got the most out of. However, when I started my undergraduate education at the university, I just decided

to be a little bit bold in that I had already taken U.S. history and European history, so I wanted to get to know a new side of the world that people have less knowledge about. I think that in taking these African history courses, I really moved towards just getting to learn about African societies and beginning to interact with both African written sources but as well as African people and their perspectives and kind of learning how Africans had a role in shaping their own histories — that they weren’t these helpless victims who suffered oppression, poverty and disease and all those things that we read about in popular newspapers and magazines. Rather, they have rich, dynamic cultures with very deep histories and have had a lot of impactful contributions to the world.

Did you study abroad to Africa?

My first year of undergraduate I had the opportunity to go to Mexico and continue Spanish, but that was another phase of my life. But, in terms of Africa, it really was cemented through having an opportunity to study in Kenya for a semester. We were on the coast of Kenya, and our program allowed us to do our own independent research project. I did mine on looking at a popular form of music and how it changed over time. It was the time of my life — interacting with various musicians, hanging out with musicians, attending concerts — also, just meeting people, experiencing the food and the culture and building these connections.

Tell me what drew you into coming to Kirksville to teach at Truman.

A couple of things stood out about the town. First of all, I was very impressed by the opportunities for faculty and student engagement and that the classes tended to have a lot of discussion, and that the faculty had a good rapport with the students, and that’s something that I kind of want to develop myself as a teacher, so that was a significant draw. I was also excited for the opportunity to help contribute to building interest and knowledge around

African studies in that Kirksville actually has a significant African population in the area, and so I think African studies is a much-needed field at any university, but I think it has particular possibilities for community connections here in Kirksville.

So far, what have you learned about Truman?

I think it’s adjusting and learning more about how a liberal arts college operates. I guess it’s not a really simple way to say this, but I came from a big research institution, and so it was a big emphasis on research and students were at the bottom end of the university totem pole in many respects. In this university, I think students have been really central as to how faculty think about and contextualize their research, so that has given me new possibilities to kind of think about my own position as a scholar and as a teacher.

After your first few months, what do you like about teaching at Truman?

I think one of the things is that the students here are curious and that’s something that has been very impressive to me about the courses. They ask really thoughtful questions about stuff they don’t understand or things that are new to them — they’re not afraid to ask questions. They’re also not afraid to jump in and to try to address or try to pull from what I think are possibly challenging readings and challenging materials in the sense that it’s not stuff that most people aren’t exposed to every day.

What do you want students and others in the community to know about you?

I think, generally, I’m happy to be in Kirksville and I think one of the things I’m looking forward to is building relationship and dialogue within the University and the outside community, particularly the African community here, as well as trying to look at how students can connect to this small town we’re all living in.

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Million dollar project EVENTS planned for Stokes UPCOMING

FOOTBALL 9/17: 7 p.m. vs. Missouri S&T Rolla, Missouri

TENNIS 9/17: TBA vs. Quincy University Quincy, Illinois

VOLLEYBALL 9/16: 7 p.m. vs. University of Illinois-Springfield Springfield, Illinois 9/17: 3 p.m. vs. McKendree University Lebanon, Illinois

MEN’S SOCCER 9/16: 3:30 p.m. vs. Bellarmine University Kirksville, Missouri 9/18: 2:30 p.m. vs. University of Southern Indiana Kirksville, Missouri

WOMEN’S SOCCER 9/16: 1 p.m. vs. Bellarmine University Kirksville, Missouri 9/18: Noon vs. University of Southern Indiana Kirksville, Missouri

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The design for the track and field after renovation, which widens the track to allow a soccer field to fit in the middle of the field.

The field events will be moved to the north side of the track.

BY SETH WOLFMEYER Sports Multimedia Editor tsusportseditor@gmail.com

Truman State University is planning a million-dollar project to renovate the Gardner Track and field at Stokes Stadium. The project aims to start toward the end of this semester and finish before fall 2017, reshaping and redesigning the field.

Stokes Stadium is home to Truman’s football and track and field team. It is also open to clubs that practice on the field, along with students and community members who want to run on the track. The stadium is one of the most recognizable symbols of Truman athletics, and the project will change it substantially.

Tim Schwegler, track and field head coach, said the plan is to change the shape of the track to make the field more functional. Schwegler said the current track has 100 meter straights and 100 meter curves, but it will change to a more European model with shorter straights and longer curves. Schwegler said this will not affect performance of runners but will widen it to make it possible for a soccer field to fit inside the track.

Schwegler said the field events such as long jump and pole vault will be moved to the practice field on the north side of the stadium. He said this will enable the football team to have a wider practice area and allow track and field to practice at the same time as football, which was a conflict in the past.

Schwegler said he and the rest of the athletic department were consulted throughout the project to make sure they had say in the project. Schwegler said he

was involved in the process more than he was with a similar situation at a previous university, which included updates from the architect during planning.

The construction will occur during track and field season, which will require Schwegler to find other places to practice. He said the high school is one option, but NCAA rules make using their facilities difficult.

Campus planner Mark Schultz said redoing the track and field could cost around $750,000 each, depending on what bids contractors make for the job.

Schultz said the track and field project is essentially guaranteed to happen, while an additional project to renovate the press box overlooking the stadium is not certain. Schultz estimates the cost for the press box to be around $1.5 million, which he said might be higher than the University is comfortable with spending.

If Truman can get a lower price on the press box, it is more likely to happen.

Schultz said the project is being planned now because of the need to resurface the track. He said Truman will host the GLVC track and field tournament in the 2019-20 season, and as of now, the track is not up to standards.

Schultz said the turf on the football field is not in immediate need of replacement but will need replacement soon, and the University would rather do both at once than risk damage by doing the projects at different times, which has happened before.

Schultz said when artificial turf was first put on the football field, Truman was waiting on additional equipment that never came during construction, forcing them to dig a ditch through the track to gain access to pipes running un-

derground. Schultz said Stokes Stadium is in a difficult location at the bottom of a slope from several directions, making the stadium a drainage area for rainwater. He said there are pipes running under the field to keep water from flooding the track and field, but work on the pipes damaged the track.

The project being planned will also require work to these pipes. Schultz said the plan is to change the piping to avoid the overflowing with the current system. He said occasionally the water pressure can become so high during a major rainstorm the manhole cover to the piping can blow.

Schultz said the press box is also being looked at for renovation because it does not have proper exiting or handrails, the restroom facilities are not up to code and there is no elevator. He said the plan is to update all of these and add a few additional rooms.

Schultz said the University hired an additional architect, Vance Rzepka, who specializes in athletic facilities to help design the track, field and press box for $250,000. He said Rzepka has helped greatly in creating a good design.

This will likely be the largest renovation to Truman’s athletic facilities for a while. Rector said the University will still do smaller projects, such as replacing score boards.

Dave Rector, vice president of administration and finance, said the funds for the project will come from money made by the student athletic fee. Each student pays $116 per academic year to the student athletic fund. Rector said some of the funding will come from savings built up by the athletic fee, while the rest will come from this year’s.

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fuels Truman swimming

BY RACHEL STEINHOFF Sports Text Editor

tsusportseditor@gmail.com Excitement and high expectations mount in the preseason calm of Pershing Natatorium. Truman State University men’s and women’s swimming return from a 2015-16 season that racked up many awards for the Bulldogs and even higher hopes for this season.

Three Bulldog swimmers, seniors Will Shanel, Evyn Spencer and junior Nikki Sisson, were named Division II Preseason All-Americans by collegeswimming.com last Tuesday.

Based on times of returning and incoming athletes, 121 athletes earned the honor.

Ed Pretre, head coach of the men’s and women’s teams, said he is excited about the national attention surrounding the trio. Pretre said the team is three weeks into preseason training, during which his athletes have been working mostly out of the pool. Pretre said his teams run and train with CrossFit techniques to prepare for the long season grind that

awaits them. He said he has been pleased with the fitness of his athletes, but more than anything, he loves the attitude his team has taken on in preseason preparations.

“It’s not even so much being in shape,” Pretre said. “I mean, yeah, that has a lot to do with it, but it’s the mentality. I think there is a certain confidence with this team right now that is just taking over from last year.”

Last season, the Truman men saw strong performances at the GLVC championships to finish fifth place as a team. The men consistently beat records last season and have returned to the pool this season with the GLVC Male Swimmer of the Year — Shanel.

The Truman women surprised the conference last season with a successful team effort on the final day of the GLVC championships. The women emerged with their first GLVC title and picked up two major individual awards — Spencer was named GLVC Female Swimmer of the Year, and Emma Barnett was recognized as the league’s Freshman of the Year.

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Katie Mattingly Junior goalkeeper Katie Mattingly earned recognition as the GLVC Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Mattingly posted back-to-back shutouts this weekend, the 20th and 21st of her career. Mattingly and Bulldog defense have not allowed a goal in 325:05.

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‘Dogs travel to Springfield Truman men’s tennis and men’s and women’s soccer and cross country traveled to Springfield, Illinois last weekend to compete at the University of Illinois-Springfield. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams came away with victories on Saturday, while women’s soccer picked up a win on Sunday.

Women’s soccer win two to improve record while men drop GLVC contest

BY CURT WICHMER Staff Writer

Following the postponing of its Friday match against McKendree University, Truman State University men’s soccer entered its game in Springfield with only two previous games under its belt.

With a record of 1-0-1, the purple and white looked to maintain their positive record.

In the first eight minutes of the game, the Bulldogs gave up an early goal and trailed 1-0. Following a penalty kick by redshirt senior Zach Hollstrom, the ‘Dogs evened the score near the 34th minute. Despite the comeback, however, the Prairie Stars scored two more goals before the end of the game, giving the ‘Dogs the 3-1 loss.

Truman Head Coach Duke Cochran said a lot of different factors contributed to the team’s loss. Cochran said the game was played on the Springfield practice field, and the team was not prepared to adapt to the playing surface. He said it was an even playing field — since both teams had to use it — but he said the Bulldogs would have had an easier time if they could have anticipated it. Cochran also said the team could work on improving their performance during the opening minutes of matches. “[We] sometimes start out slow and need to pick up the game faster,” Cochran said.

In light of this, though, he said the team does a great job of quickly tying the game if it happens to give up an early goal.

“I’d say we’re pretty good right now at quickly responding and catching up if we give up any early points,” Cochran said. “We need to work on not giving up any easy goals — our guys in the back are too experienced to be giving up some of the goals we’ve seen. Keep in mind though, it’s still early in the season, and we have a couple injured players. There’s still plenty of time in the season to get a good flow going.”

Following the loss to University of Illinois-Springfield, Truman’s record dropped to 1-1-1. The Bulldogs played again on Tuesday against the Southwest Baptist University Bearcats, and are scheduled to host Bellarmine University Friday.

Hollstrom, a defender for Truman, said the Bulldogs did a good job out-

possessing the other team, and creating chances to score. He said to improve, the team needs to capitalize on those chances more often. He also said the team could be a little cleaner across the backfield.

“The team fought hard and put in a good performance,” Hollstrom said.

“It was one of those games where we felt we did what we needed to win, but things just didn’t seem to be going our way. That happens sometimes, but it’s encouraging that we’ve been playing well through the start of the season.”

Though the men’s team fell a little short over the weekend, the women’s team won both its games against McKendree and the University of IllinoisSpringfield. The ‘Dogs won each game with a score of 1-0, with goals by redshirt sophomore Laura Ney and junior Delaney Kooken, respectively.

Over the weekend, Truman goalkeeper junior Katie Mattingly posted back-to-back shutouts, earning her third GLVC Defensive Player of the Week award. Mattingly said the team played very well against UIS, despite having played at McKendree the day before. She said though the team was tired, it did a great job outworking UIS and shutting them down defensively.

She said the ‘Dogs won nearly every ball up for grabs — a testament to the team’s good hustle.

In preparation for its next game, Mattingly said the players could use a little work on their performance in the final third. She said the team has done a great job possessing and winning the ball, but sometimes it has struggled on the last pass that would put the team in a scoring position. With these improvements in mind, Mattingly said the team is excited for its next game against Bellarmine.

“I think we are all very excited for this game,” Mattingly said. “Bellarmine beat us in two very close games last year, both on their home field. This time, we’re looking forward to having home field advantage and getting a chance to avenge our losses. They’re a very talented and physical team, so we will be preparing for an intense match.”

The Bulldogs will host the Bellarmine Knights 1 p.m. Friday at Bulldog Soccer Park where the ‘Dogs will look to continue its three-game tear.

Cross country leaves with sweep of UIS invitational

BY STEPHANIE HULETT Staff Writer Truman State University’s men’s and women’s cross country teams took home team titles and a collection of individual titles Sept. 9 at the University of Illinois-Springfield Second Annual 1st Meet Ever Invitational.

Both teams placed first at the meet with seniors Laura Tarantino and Brice Pavey winning the individual titles for the women’s and men’s teams. On the women’s side, Tarantino finished the 4K in 14:49:8, and junior Michaela Hylen

placed second, finishing 15:36:3. Junior Victoria Soncassie, redshirt freshman Courtney Bakken and freshman Emily Harl all finished in the top 10 at the meet.

On the men’s side, Pavey finished the 6K in 19:47:0, and freshman Will Rumpf was the next Truman runner to cross the line, placing fifth. Senior Andrew Gordon and sophomore Mike Grasing placed in the top 10 as well.

“The race showed that the team has improved since the last meet, but most of the hard work has yet to be done,” Pavey said. “Pack running was the main factor for the team’s success on Friday.”

Photos by Athena Geldbach/ TMN Above: Truman women’s soccer scrimmages during practice on Sept. 13. The women’s team won both games over the weekend in Springfield, Ill. to bring its record to 3-0-1 and 2-0 in conference play.

Head Coach Tim Schwegler said the weekend sweep can be attributed to more than just staying in together in a pack and running well as a unit. Schwegler said his teams did what was asked of them, and this is a good sign for the remainder of the season. He said he was impressed with the ability of his teams to execute race plans leading to what he considered a strong start in the back-to-back season opening meets.

Tarantino and Pavey were the first to cross the finish lines in both meets so far this season. Both have been leaders in their own ways this season, Schwegler said.

“They are both leaders for us,” Schwegler said. “Brice [Pavey] is more of a silent leader who definitely leads by his actions, and Laura [Tarantino] is a little more vocal, but she leads by her actions as well.”

Schwegler said the work in the offseason has helped the ‘Dogs pre-

pare for the meets. In the summer, it’s more long distance training for the Truman runners, but the teams have since been working on a concept called “faster now.”

Rumpf said this summer training has been paying off for him and the other runners.

“Our coach was very helpful over the summer,” Rumpf said. “He gave us lots of specific runs to do in a sequence that was manageable, yet challenging. Some days over the summer, we would run five to six miles, while on others we would run up to 13 miles, all at, or under, seven minuteper-mile pace.”

The Bulldogs travel to Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 24 to run in the Division II showcase. This course is new to Truman teams and will match them with schools they do not normally get the chance to race against.

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SWIMMING | Three members of the Truman swim team earned national recognition as Division II Preseason All-Americans. With experience all across the roster for both the men and women, the Bulldogs set big goals for the 2016-17 season.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Junior, Will Shanel 200 Butterfly 400 Individual Medley

Junior, Nikki Sisson 100 Freestyle

Senior, Evyn Spencer 100 Backstroke 100 Butterfly 200 Individual Medley

Continued from page 11 specific goals of what they want to do in and out of the Pretre said he believes his teams gained confidence pool, and they’re really doing that. I don’t think they’re from this success but are swimming with chips on their focusing on times. They’re focusing on the little things shoulders. He said he is coaching the best-ever men’s they need to do to achieve those times. They’re dialed team this season and expects nearly 96 percent of the in right now.� men’s records to fall this year. On the women’s side, PreSisson was honored for the 100 freestyle, Shanel tre said the team is not talking about repeating as con- for the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley, and ference champions, but they are also not backing down Spencer for the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and from the challenge.

200 individual medley. “We woke up a sleeping giant last year with multi-naSisson returns as a key component for the Bulldogs tional champion Drury [University],� Pretre said. “They with two seasons left to continue making her mark at could win the NCAA championships this year, but we feel Truman. She picked up five All-American honors at last like at a conference level, if we’re going on all four cyl- year’s NCAA Championships with her best finish being inders we have a shot at that number one team in the fourth in the 100 freestyle. nation. Our girls are not afraid of anybody.�

Sisson said last year’s success and this preseason’s rankPretre said both the men and women learned a lot ings are not given much thought because they don’t have last season about what it takes to be great and said anything to do with what she needs to get done this year. he thinks they are returning as veteran teams, driven “While it’s nice to have accomplished the things I did by the examples of positive leadership and a com- last year, doing so gets harder every year because time pletely unified work ethic. He said the team gradu- standards get faster, as well as the other swimmers,� Sisated a great class last year that set the tone as far as son said. “Making nationals is really hard, so instead of leadership is concerned. He said this year’s seniors focusing on that, I’m trying to just have fun and enjoy have embraced that same leadership and are doing it training with my teammates.� even better now.

For Shanel, last season’s run at the NCAA National Only three weeks in, Pretre said the team is off to its Championships was highlighted by a third place finbest start ever for a program with ish in the 400 individual medhistoric success. ley. Shanel said this accomplish“It’s all about the culture “A lot of teams say they’re ment was above and beyond change,� Pretre said. “It’s comwhat he had expected last seafamily, but we actually pletely different. I think that’s son, but he has his sights aimed why we’re attracting not just for the top podium spot this mean it and we do it. great athletes, but great student year, a goal he has held since -Head Coach Ed Pretre athletes. I had a lot of fun last his first NCAA qualification his year, but I’ve never had this much freshman season. Shanel said fun before. A lot of teams say that they’re family, but he also aims to keep his name as the top competitor we actually mean it and we do it. I think that’s why in the GLVC and break his own school records. people want to come in and swim for us.�

Even with success, Shanel said he stays motivated and This culture aids the recruiting process, and veterans focuses on setting a good example for his team. will not be the only impact-makers for the ‘Dogs this year. “As a captain, I try to hold myself as someone the team Pretre said his latest freshmen recruiting class contains looks up to when they’re unsure of which path to take,� special athletes who all have the ability to be contribu- Shanel said. “I try to keep my grades up, work hard in and tors. He said he expects them to be even more impactful out of the pool, stay involved on campus and be a means because they have upperclassmen to look up to who have of communication for coaches, parents and other admin been through the process. around campus. I also strive to be a friend to those around Included in this group of influential upperclass- me, as everyone needs one at some point or another.� men will undoubtedly be the All-American trio. PreShanel said these caring and well-rounded attitre said he has seen the three athletes mature and tudes are embraced by the entire team, making each learn to work smarter and more aggressively in the person a leader in their own right. He said Truman time he has spent coaching them. Pretre said the swimming is truly a family, and applauds his team recognition was nice for these three athletes, but he for always wanting what is best for one another. knows their minds are focused on much more than As preseason training comes to a close, Bulldog preseason rankings. swimming prepares for the first meet of the 2016-17 “They’re working hard where they want to improve season at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Bulldog on last year and be better,� Pretre said. “They all have Alumni Meet will take place in Pershing Natatorium.

Bazemore brings experience to Truman athletic department

BY BROOKE BAILEY Staff writer

Michael Bazemore, commonly known as Mike or Baze, is taking over as Truman State University’s new associate athletics director, a position formerly held by Linda Anderson. As associate athletic director, Bazemore serves as Truman’s athletic compliance director and head adviser for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Bazemore brings a new face to Truman, but he is certainly not new to the roles he holds in a collegiate athletic department.

Bazemore previously held the position of athletics compliance director and oversaw SAAC for over four years at his previous university, Montana State University Billings.

Bazemore earned his master’s degree in sports, recreation and fitness management at MSU-Billings. Earlier in his collegiate career he graduated from Michigan State University with two bachelor’s degrees, one in sociology and another in interdisciplinary studies in social science. During his time there, Bazemore acquired firsthand experience as a collegiate athlete as two-year starter on Michigan State’s defensive line.

Bazemore said his experience in a Division II athlete department has prepared him for his role. Bazemore said he brings new ideas from his previous university, including the new athletic honor fraternity, Chi Alpha Sigma, which will have its first initiation class this fall.

Having been both a successful student and athlete himself as an Academic All-Big Ten conference selection, Bazemore owns the experience needed

to understand, guide and connect with Truman student athletes.

Also new to the Truman athletic department is the Bulldogs’ newly hired Faculty Athletics Representative, Liz Jorn. Jorn represents the academic interests for student athletes and has already been working closely with Bazemore.

Jorn said her and Bazemore’s positions work with compliance training for all student athletes, waivers for classroom attendance issues and attending the spring GLVC meeting. Jorn also oversees SAAC. Jorn said the experience Bazemore has from Billings will be an excellent addition to the Truman athletics staff.

SAAC president J.J. Dorrell said Bazemore has already made great strides with SAAC and has added great input and ideas from his previous experience. SAAC’s recently made a major change to the constitution breaking responsibilities down into three committees — student life, public relations and fundraising — Bazemore and Dorrell said they plan to use these committees to reach their goals and make the organization more involved than ever before. “SAAC’s mission is to enhance the total student athletes’ experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student athlete welfare and fostering a positive student athlete image,� Dorrell said.

Dorrell said SAAC plans to get the community involved with a day called “Basics with Bulldogs� which kids from the Kirksville community can attend and choose what sport they want to learn about from Truman athletes. SAAC will also host a tailgate before the football game Homecoming weekend.

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Michael Bazemore joined the Truman State University Athletic Department this year as associate athletic director.

He serves as compliance director and SAAC director.

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‘Dogs get first win for home crowd After dropping the season opener to the 14th ranked team in the nation, Truman football bounced back with a 35-3 victory over Malone University in Stokes Stadium.

Passing #15 R. Fr. Jaden Barr 21 completions 5 touchdowns 245 yards

Rushing #5 So. Malique Robbins

#21 So. Andy Satulla

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