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Fire alarm not a drill

By Rachel Fechter

Staff Reporter

Summer rains cause damage

by Emily Merkle Staff Reporter

Spring showers started during mid-April, but rather than bringing May flowers, the heavy rain kept coming until mid-August.

The constant rain adversely affected residents and the landscape of Kirksville. An overabundance of water caused lasting damage that not only affected the town during the storms, but will continue to affect the community during the months to come.

Between the summer months of May and August, Kirksville receives 19.92 inches of precipi-

tation on average, according to usclimatedata.com. During those months this summer, however, Kirksville had 34.87 inches, according to the website. The amount of precipitation led to Adair County being declared a disaster area by FEMA, according to a press release on the website.

Senior Ciera Utter said she moved into her apartment May 18 and said the storms started during the first week. Utter said she didn’t have much trouble with power outages or fallen tree limbs, but she noticed some flooding in her living room. Her landlords said the flooding was

from the air conditioner, but Utter said she saw mold growing in her bathroom, and on her clothes and shoes.

Utter said her landlords continued to argue the issue, claiming it was just mildew and cleaning the bathroom would solve the problem. Utter said she had her apartment tested for mold by a local company.

Utter said the test results came back revealing high spore counts.

She said the inspector told Utter that all contents needed to be cleaned and items with visible mold must be discarded.

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done in a medieval style by an artist known only as “the Grüninger Master” of Strasbourg, France.

“It’s the first illustrated edition of the works of Virgil,” Langendoerfer said.

Langendoerfer said the leaves include part of the “Liber Tredecimus,” or thirteenth book, of the “Aeneid.”

This book was not written

by Virgil, but Langendoerfer said it came from the Italian Renaissance humanist Maffeo Vegio as a continuation of Virgil’s epic.

Langendoerfer said each page features lines of poetry surrounded by commentary.

At least half of each page is dominated by woodcut artwork, though some leaves are almost entirely illustration, she said.

Langendoerfer said all students and faculty are welcome to view the pages.

“We encourage use of these leaves, as well as any of our other other rare books that we have in our department as well, and they’re here for student use, they’re here for

faculty use,” Langendoerfer said. “It’s got so many teaching points behind it that we really hope that the faculty will be interested in exposing the students to it. If you’re interested in a capstone project, these are a great way to start.”

Langendoerfer said art and classics faculty members have expressed interest in academic use of the leaves. Classics professor Clifton Kreps, who is teaching a class about the “Aeneid” this semester, and art professor Jim Jereb, who specializes in printmaking, have mentioned they are likely to take their classes to the Special Collections to view the leaves.

“The fact that [Langendoerfer] could get this whole bunch at once is really important because a lot of times these collections and such are dispersed, so you get like two or three images and someone else gets two or three images,” Jereb said. “But we’ve got a whole pile of them.”

Classics professor Bridget Thomas said she is excited for the educational opportunities presented by the leaves.

The sound of screeching alarms reverberated through Missouri Hall Aug. 29 at about 10 a.m.

A smoldering bowl of Easy Mac in the third-floor kitchen was to blame, alarming staff, student advisors and students alike.

Missouri Hall director Zac Burden said he was surprised because a fire drill was not scheduled for that Saturday morning.

Burden said a student on the third floor forgot to add water to Easy Mac, which produced enough smoke to cause the fire alarm systems to sound. No actual flames erupted, and no damage was done to the building, he said.

For residents who didn’t take the incident seriously, Burden said he suggested they read “After the Fire,” an article written by students at Boland Hall at Seton University in New Jersey, which he described as his “nightmare scenario.”

Boland Hall had more than 30 false fire alarms during the 1999-2000 school year, according to the article. When the alarm sounded yet again at about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 19, 2000, most students ignored the alarm and went back to sleep, according to the article. As a result, three students died, and more than 50 students and firefighters were burned severely, according to the article.

Burden said while all Truman’s third floor had was a bowl of burnt Easy Mac,

there could have been a deadly inferno.

“What we all got is an important lesson that we have to keep in mind everyone’s safety, even when we’re looking at the smallest tasks, like making sure to read directions properly for food preparation,” Burden said. “Small things can add up to big situations and I think this helps to open everyone’s eyes.”

Freshman Emily Kershner, a Missouri Hall resident, said she grabbed her phone, room key and jacket before leaving the building.

Kershner said she knew it was important to evacuate the building, gather by the bell wall and wait for further instructions.

“A lot of people don’t care,” Kershner said. “They think they’ll do fine when the emergency comes. But in this case no one knew if it was drill or if it was real life.

I think [fire alarms] should be taken seriously. Whether someone pulled it, it was real or just a drill, [students] needed to get out.”

Sophomore Annie Dalton, a Missouri Hall student advisor, said she immediately gathered other student advisors on the ground floor and took on her student advisor leadership role as a messenger, passing information to other student advisors watching the front door.

“I feel a responsibility to help people if I can and do my part,” Dalton said. “I want people to be safe and taken care of. It was good to get the experience under my belt for a fire. It was a learning experience.”

Special collections gains epic

By Joe Slama Staff Reporter

During the summer, Pickler Library’s Special Collections acquired 73 pages of works by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

Amanda Langendoerfer, Head of Special Collections and Archives, said she purchased the leaves from Fred Schreiber, a rare books dealer in New York City. She said she contacted him during May, hoping to find items that would be interesting to the classics faculty. She said she purchased the leaves with money from advancement funds donated to Truman State.

Langendoerfer said the acquired pages include six pages of the “Eclogues,” 21 leaves of the “Georgics,” seven from the “Appendix Vergiliana” — a collection of works sometimes attributed to Virgil — and 39 pages of the epic “Aeneid.” She said printer Johann Grüninger printed the leaves during 1502, and the woodcut illustrations were

Joe Slama/Index Pages like the one above can be viewed at the library by appointment. Special Collections acquired pages of Virgil’s work, the “Aeneid,” during the summer. “[The classics department will] do some kind of public event, maybe later this spring, to get multiple perspectives on why this is such a great thing,” Thomas said.

Students wishing to view any of the items in Special Collections can make an appointment. The special collections department can be reached at 660-785-4537.

SAB Big Announcement: Fall Entertainment Lineup Concert — Andy Grammer October 24

“We were excited to book with him because we knew he was up and coming.”

-Junior, Olivia Louderman, Fall Concert Event Chair

Comedian — CollegeHumor November 6

“College Humor was No. 1 on our list ... being able to bring who the students want is our main goal.”

-Sophomore, Rachel Imming, Fall Comedian Event Chair

Speaker — Todrick Hall November 18

“[We] thought that Todrick would be a great fit for what the students wanted, seeing as he is a TV star and a YouTube sensation.”

-Junior, Rebekah Sutherland, Fall Speaker Event Chair

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Flags flown at half-mast to honor state trooper killed in crash Gov. Jay Nixon ordered all U.S. and Missouri state flags flown at state government buildings to be lowered to half-mast Sept. 4. in honor of state trooper James M. Bava.

Bava was killed in a single vehicle car crash Aug. 28 while performing a traffic stop of a motorcycle. Brava was assigned to Troop F and had served as a trooper for two years.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has had a total of 31 line of duty deaths, eight of which were caused by motor vehicle accidents, according to the Officer Down Memorial website.

Kraft food layoffs delayed until spring 2016

Trevor Stark/ Index Right: Junior Bryan O’Leary and Senior Erica Nolan participate in The Ability Experience Tuesday. Above: A banner hangs outside Pickler Memorial Library promoting the fundraiser. The Ability Experience, partnered with fraternity Pi Kappa Phi, raises awareness for people with disabilities. The organization hosts fundraisers year-round, as well as races, marathons, bike challenges and other outdoor activities.

Kraft Foods announced the scheduled layoffs of 275 workers in Adair County has been postponed until spring 2016.

The layoffs, expected to eliminate 2,500 jobs nationally, were announced last fall following a decision to consolidate all bacon manufactoring to a production plant in Ohio.

The layoffs were scheduled to take place during 2015, but the timeline has been pushed back after Heinz purchased a majority interest in the company during March. No layoffs are expected to take place until at least the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Carolyn Chrisman, Kirksville Regional Economic Development director, said local officials continue to work with Kraft Foods as Kraft pursues the possibility of bringing in new production lines.

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STORMS | Summer storms cause problems with agriculture and flooding, residents now looking to repair and replenish the Kirksville area

Continued from page 1 “I did 18-plus loads of laundry,” Utter said. “I had to throw away my mattress and my box spring … and I had to throw away a couch because it had visible mold on it. I had to throw away shoes.”

Utter said the storms were sporadic and would come out of nowhere every week, but the only tornado touched down an hour away. Although the tornado was not in Kirksville, Utter said she was worried about an emergency plan.

“I was at a friend’s house, and we went into her bathroom because she didn’t have a basement,” Utter said. “It’s interesting because here in Kirksville, there’s a lot of places that don’t have basements.”

Utter said as a student off campus, she wouldn’t know where to go if a tornado hit. Utter said she wants a system of safe places for people without basements to go in the event of a tornado. She said she wants

residents to know safe places nearby with basements where they can go if they have time to make it there safely.

Utter said another problem brought on by the excessive rain was flooding.

“The intersection of Normal and Franklin [streets] would get flooded really quickly, and so would in front of [Centennial Hall],” Utter said.

Utter said she has friends who witnessed a truck get stuck on a flooded street. She said her friends watched the driver open the door, and the interior of the truck flooded immediately.

University Farm manager Bill Kuntz said people in town weren’t the only ones affected by the storms.

“It was a very challenging summer,” Kuntz said. “Here on the farm, we had our basements at the duplex flooded because it rained one night about five inches and the power went off.”

Kuntz said the total rainfall for the summer was much higher than past years and it really affected the crops.

Kuntz said just getting the crops

planted was difficult and many didn’t get planted. He said the ones that did get planted were flooded out because of the excessive rain and lack of sun.

Kuntz said one crop most people don’t think about is hay.

“It has to be dry in order to cut hay and bale it, so the hay didn’t dry and you couldn’t get in to cut it,” Kuntz said.

“It wasn’t a very good quality hay.”

Kuntz said the effect on crops is a problem that will continue, because a lack of quality hay will negatively affect the animals during the winter.

“With the constant rain and lack of sun, it also was a little bit depressing because you didn’t have good sunny days to liven you up,” Kuntz said.

While the storms made for a rough summer, Kuntz said the storms stopping hasn’t fixed everything.

Kirksville’s landscape and its residents are still dealing with the aftermath of a rainy season, and some of the effects on crops could resonate during the coming months, he said.

STUDENT SENATE IN BRIEF

The senate passed the 2015-2016 fiscal budget following a second read-through.

The senate discussed the possibility of amending the Student Government constitution. The senate reviewed changes including implementation of a 2/3 vote in regard to changes, and amendments to directing and inclusion of the subcommittee chair in the Health and Wellness committee while maintaining its specifically guaranteed budget.

The senate considered a proposal to create a stand-alone sexual assault prevention committe.

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9/4 Suspect arrested for domestic 9/6 Suspect arrested for underage violence and 2nd degree assault at the possession of alcohol at the 100 block of 1700 block of N. Centennial St. S. Elson St. 9/4 Suspect arrested for assault and 9/6 Careless driving reported at the 1100 felonious restraint at the 700 block of E. block of S. Baltimore St. Harrison St. 9/7 Suspect arrested for driving while 9/4 Child molestation in the 1st degree intoxicated at the 1300 block of E. Dear St. reported at the 1500 block of N. Franklin St. 9/7 Hit and run and leaving the scene of 9/4 Restraining order violation reported at a crime reported at the 700 block of W. the 1400 block of N. Walnut St. Smith St. 9/5 Runaway reported at 1100 W. Wall St. 9/7 Runaways reported at Michigan Street.

Mark your calendar YMCA Paint Party Run 9 a.m.

Sept. 12 Adair County YMCA

The YMCA will host its annual 5K fun run and walk paint party. The family event will cost $10, or $20 with the purchase of a Tshirt. There is a limited number of shirts available, so pre-registration is encouraged.

Registration forms are available at the Paint Party Run! Facebook page. Post-run beverages and snacks will be provided.

New Student Welcome 5-7 p.m.

Sept. 13 Courthouse Lawn

The Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the annual new student welcome. Area businesses will offer Truman State, A.T. Still University and Moberly Area Community College students coupons, information, promotional items and snacks.

Students who present a student ID. will receive a free hot dog, chips and a drink.

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How to handle Kraft layoffs find leaders silent overly talkative classmates Will Chaney

Sarah Muir We all know that student. The one in class who won’t stop talking no matter what. Participation and group discussion are great but sometimes one student monopolizes the time and keeps any learning from happening. It doesn’t matter what your major is or what classes you take — you will encounter this student. To survive this experience, you’ll need some tips.

Here is a common situation — the professor asks a question and only that student raises their hand.

Then they begin a five-minute off-topic rant. You have two options in this scenario. You can zone out and think about how much better life would be if you were taking a nap right now or you can raise your hand as soon as they say something you can disagree with.

The professor, who also probably wants this rant to end, will call on you to try to stop it. It doesn’t matter if you agree with this student or not, just pretend you don’t for the sake of the class.

The only airtight solution to this problem is to catch it before it starts. If you know someone is always going to try to give an answer that is unhelpful and too long, volunteer to answer more often. If you’re talking, you can keep the responses short and sweet, preventing the other person from taking over.

Here’s a trickier situation — it’s a group discussion day, and everyone needs to participate to get points. However, one student keeps taking up too much time. This is worse than the first problem because it’s no longer just your sanity at risk — it’s also your grade. It’s best to come to these classes prepared for battle.

Write down some things you want to say about the topic so when it comes time to discuss, you don’t waste any time thinking about the material. Timing is going to be key for this situation.

Try to be the first person to discuss or answer a certain question. That way, even when someone inevitably monopolizes time, at least you got your participation in. If that doesn’t happen, you might have to get a little aggressive.

Depending on the class and the discussion, it’s sometimes fine just to start talking without being called on first. If this is the case, you might have to do it as soon as there is a small gap in the discussion.

Hopefully you’ll be able to get a word in around the overly talkative student. I recommend employing the earlier tip of zoning out whenever the answers hit the five-minute mark during this scenario as well.

If you’re lucky, you’ll only have one class where one person consistently answers every question and is either just plain wrong or completely off-topic. If you’re unlucky and this happens to you a lot, I hope that these tips will make that next class a little more bearable.

Through no fault of its own, Kirksville will be losing 275 full-time jobs and 100 part-time jobs, according to a November 2014 KTVO article. This is the direct result of the Kraft-Heinz Corporation’s decision to move bacon production from Kirksville to Coshocton, Ohio, justified by increased company profits. Adair County, with a workforce of 12,219 people, has an unemployment rate of 6 percent according to the 2013 Kirksville Community Profile. After this round of layoffs, the county’s unemployment rate will jump to 8.3 percent, and the number of unemployed people — those who want to work but are not given the opportunity — will increase to more than 1,000. This is quite the burden for Missouri’s fifthpoorest county, and will present many challenges for our community during the years to come. How are Kirksville’s leaders responding? If this is the first time you’ve heard about the Kraft layoffs, the answer is obvious.

After sifting through the news coverage of Kraft’s planned layoffs, I could not find a single comment by any city council members, state representatives or other local leaders except Carolyn Chrisman of Kirksville Regional Economic Development Inc. Why would Kirksville’s leadership remain silent about such an important issue? Part of the answer has to do with how cities are treated by corporations in capitalism — they are played off against each other in a cruel economic game.

When a corporation decides to do something as substantial as moving production into a different state, the motivation is to increase profits. In the case of Kraft, this

strategy was pursued in the form of tax credits. Before Kraft decided to move to Coshocton, it made an agreement with the city’s leaders to receive a 10-year, 60 percent tax credit, which will translate into millions of dollars, according to the same KTVO article. Cities often are forced to compete against each other to lower taxes and raise benefits given to businesses to attract job creation.

As I am sure you can imagine, it is very unpopular for city representatives to publicly denounce this process, for fear of losing to other cities during the future. This game of haggling and hustling ends with higher profits and lower government revenue, which the rest of us have to make up through higher income, sales and other taxes.

Besides pitting democratic institutions against each other in an endless race to the bottom, capitalist decisionmaking is not in democratic in any way. When Kraft’s CEO and board of directors decided to move the plant, they did not ask for the workers’ or city’s opinion of the decision. In fact, Kraft seemed pretty proud of itself simply for announcing the layoffs to the affected workers ahead of time.

“We are committed to treating our employees with respect and we are telling you now to give you time to consider your options,” according to a Kraft memo to workers.

The “respect” to which they refer has nothing to do with consent, however, and instead is defined as going to the trouble of writing a legally required note to the hundreds of people who soon will be without a steady paycheck, telling them about their circumstances. The crazy part is, in our system, this is not considered any kind of crime or injustice. It’s just the way things are.

Thus far, the Kirksville community has let itself be silently stepped on by the iron boot of capitalism. I challenge any Adair County leader — whether they are a state representative, high school principal or Scoutmaster — to publicly call Kraft out for damaging our community.

Will Chaney is a sophomore economics major from Bridgeton, Mo.

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

Personal finance class should fulfill math requirement

If the tortured screams of Truman State students are anything to go by, I am not alone in hating math.

Okay, so maybe “tortured screams” is overstating it a bit, but if there’s one thing most students — at Truman or any other college across the nation — can agree on, it’s that math sucks. I am a communication major and English minor because I enjoy working with words, not numbers. In fact, I make it a point to tell any math or accounting majors I meet they are braver than I am, because I cannot fathom handling the work involved in their classes.

I understand I have chosen to go to a liberal arts school, and I also understand the reasoning behind requiring us to take classes in statistics, college algebra and trigonometry, and/or pre-calculus. Equations are all around us, and a fundamental understanding of

math likely will make students more employable, wellrounded individuals. But I think with a little tweaking, the math requirements at Truman could be more bearable, or at least seem to provide skills every student will need at some point during their lives.

I think one of the liberal studies program math requirements should be switched out for a personal finance class, such as BSAD 200 — Personal Finance. This class focuses on “management of household and personal finances,” including budget management, borrowing, investments, taxes, insurance and savings, according to the Truman course catalog description. The average student-loan debt for students who graduated last May is more than $35,000 — the highest ever, at least until next year, according to a May 8 Wall Street Journal article. To top it off, nearly 71 percent of bachelor’s students will graduate with student loans, according to the same article.

Colleges, therefore, need to be preparing students for the impending financial reality that they will enter the real world and need to quickly start paying off those loans. A personal finance class would go a long way toward helping students figure out how to handle that responsibility. If colleges are going to put students into debt, they should teach them how to get out of it.

The valuable information a personal finance class could provide doesn’t only become relevant after students graduate. I am one of the 58 percent of Truman students who live off-campus, according to an overview

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of Truman by U.S. News and World Report. I have been a part of that 58 percent since my sophomore year, because I realized it was much cheaper for me to live offcampus than stay in the residence halls. Budgeting my money, paying bills on time and more are things I have to know how to handle right now, and I suspect I’d be much better at those tasks if I’d taken a class that showed me how.

I’m not the only student who doesn’t always know what I’m doing when it comes to finances. The statistics are startling — 70 percent of undergrads and 96 percent of graduate students have credit cards, but fewer than 10 percent of those pay off the full balance every month, according to an April 2012 Time article.

“There is no way to describe these results as a success in education of financial literacy,” according to researchers quoted in the Time article.

Let’s take the time now to prevent some future financial pain and teach students valuable life skills. Sure, a personal finance class might be just as painful as trigonometry, but our future selves — and bank accounts — will thank us.

Rose vonHatten is a senior communication major from St. Louis, Mo.

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Art about art

the legacy of John Bohac

Emily Ploch/Index A visitor to the University Art Gallery looks at one of the many manipulated signs at the Retrospective exhibit. Bohac said he hopes the combinations in the manipulated signs make people think in a different way about the images around them.

BY EMILY PLOCH Staff Writer

Before art professor John Bohac went to college, he said he saw art in a very narrow way — he thought it was only about skill. He said it wasn’t until he came to Truman State more than 30 years ago that he started to understand art could address issues of content and meaning, and could be deeper than talent.

Bohac was a student at Northeast Missouri State University, now Truman, before he was hired as a professor here. The Retrospective exhibit in the University Art Gallery is a culmination of his artistic career.

Bohac said there’s an old saying that artists make us see old things in new ways. He said because of his education he was inspired to create art about art, using his knowledge of artists and themes to create new pieces that hopefully change the way people look at the world.

Bohac said because he will retire at the end of the semester, the Retrospective exhibit — which opened Sept.

1 in the University Art Gallery — acts as his final farewell to the school. He said in the art department, having an exhibit is somewhat customary.

Bohac said the exhibit also works as a stepping stone for his future plans. When the time comes for Bohac to do other work, he said he can use this exhibit to create a resume.

Pieces in the exhibit date back to 1970, during his high school years, Bohac said. He said other pieces include hobby work, undergraduate work, graduate work and the pieces he recently has created. He said the exhibit is not a complete collection but instead a representation due to space limitations and availability of his work.

“I spent most of my summer tracking down artwork, calling my dad, calling old friends, seeing what my wife still had,” Bohac said. “When I told them what it was for they were thrilled.”

When asked about his inspiration, Bohac said his education encouraged him to see things about art itself.

Bohac said he started to look at pieces and ask not only if the art was done well but what was it about. Several pieces illustrating the theme of “art about art” can be seen at the exhibit.

He said one of his favorite pieces is inspired by the classic René Magritte painting of a pipe that says “this is not a pipe” underneath it. Bohac said he found the concept

Emily Ploch/Index Truman students attend the opening of the Retrospective exhibit Sept. 1. The artwork pictured depicts Bohac’s theme of binary relationships by combining two different materials into one piece.

of the piece striking and intriguing. In his version, Bohac said he took an actual pipe, split it down the middle, and placed it in a frame with the caption “this is a pipe.”

Another theme in several pieces of his work is binary relationships, which Bohac said are two opposing ideas or materials working together to create a new meaning.

Bohac said this is apparent in his manipulated signs and the striped pieces that incorporate fiberglass with canvas.

Bohac said he had an eight-year gap between graduating high school and going to college, but he never stopped working and creating art.

Art professor Bob Jones said he remembered having Bohac as a student in his drawing class more than 30 years ago. Jones said Bohac absorbed as much as he could and was an inquisitive student. He said Bohac was highly intelligent and personable, a student most faculty members were proud of at the time.

“When he came here he didn’t have any preconceived notions about what art was or [was] supposed to be,” Jones said.

Now that they have been colleagues, Jones said Bohac has continued to grow as an artist who pushes himself to experiment with art and try new things the same way he would push his students. He said the exhibit really tracks Bohac’s growth as an artist. Jones said to most the exhibit is going to appear eclectic, but because he’s known Bohac for so long, he can see how Bohac has evolved as an artist.

Art professor Jim Jereb said he has known Bohac for the 25 years he has worked at Truman. Because they started working at the same time, Jereb said they became very close. He said Bohac is clever, creative and definitely knows how to think outside the box. Jereb said Bohac’s artwork has several tongue-in-cheek pieces with a contemporary slant, but he said his favorite works by Bohac are the non-objective pieces.

Jereb said the pieces in the exhibit are a good representation of Bohac and show his commitment throughout the years, especially the pieces from Bohac’s high school years. Jereb said having Bohac’s work in a retrospective exhibit should remind students to keep going despite all the things that could get in the way of creating art.

He said Bohac has proved himself as a truly dedicated artist throughout the years. Jereb said he was impressed

by Bohac’s ability not to let anything get in the way of making art, which he said is very easy to do.

Jereb said before Bohac had a job related to art, he still was taking the time to create art, which Jereb said is remarkable. He said he hopes Bohac’s dedication inspires others. Bohac’s gallery exhibition is open through Oct. 1.

International students adjust at Truman

BY PAIGE YUNGERMANN Staff Writer

With a record number of international students at Truman State, the Center for International Students has more responsibilities than ever to help these students adjust to life in America.

The CIS offers a variety of services to help the 419 international students at Truman adjust to life in the residence halls, academics, and their initial arrival in Kirksville and America in general.

CIS assistant director Melanee Crist said the number of international students at Truman has more than doubled during the past eight years.

“Everybody is going to have more of an opportunity to interact with international students and get to know them,” Crist said. “They’ll be in most classes and residence halls. I think it’s very important that people take advantage of this, and get to know international students and learn from them.

This is a great benefit to the University.”

Senior Ryo Matsuda of Japan said the CIS helped her adjust to life in America through social events the center planned.

Matsuda said these events helped her meet with other students and make friends.

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Truman alumna Thilini Weerawarnasuriya, who is from Sri Lanka, said she worked at the CIS for three years before graduating during May. She said adjusting to life in America was not as difficult for her as for some international students, because she grew up in the United Arab Emirates, a country with many immigrants, but there were still challenges.

Two challenges Weerawarnasuriya said she faced were learning American slang words and getting used to the fast-paced speed at which Americans talk.

“Now my ears are trained to it,” Weerawarnasuriya said. “I remember when I first got here, I was sitting in my business law class, and my professor was talking, and I couldn’t keep up. He would say one sentence, and I was still processing what he had said, and he was on to the fifth sentence already. I was about to cry.”

Weerawarnasuriya said while adjusting to these changes took time, making friends helped. She said she worked to make American friends, not just other international students, so she could learn more about U.S. culture.

Weerawarnasuriya said the CIS also helped her adjust to life in America. She said the staff is good at understanding the perspective of international students, even though the staffers are American.

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“They are really passionate about actually helping us as opposed to just being an office that’s there,” Weerawarnasuriya said.

Weerawarnasuriya said one of her favorite programs offered by the CIS is International Friends.

She said this program matches Kirksville families with Truman’s international students so the student has a “family” in town, and everyone involved can learn more about different cultures.

While each family and student’s situation is different, Weerawarnasuriya said she became close to the family she was matched with. She said these families can help students make memories they are not able to experience in their home countries.

“We don’t have fall in Sri Lanka or the U.A.E.,” Weerawarnasuriya said. “I know it seems stupid, but I always wanted to jump into a pile of leaves.

My first Thanksgiving, I got to do that.

Weerawarnasuriya said even after living in the U.S. for three years, she is not completely accustomed to American culture. She said it is hard for her to get used to the outspokenness of Americans because people in Sri Lanka are not as direct.

“No matter how long you’re here, you can never completely adjust,” Weerawarnasuriya said. “You still have your roots.” @trumanindex

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

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Submitted Photos Above: Sophomore Scott Halbert winds up for a spike against Baldwin-Wallace University during the Nationals tournament in Kansas City, Missouri last April. Right: Senior George Nelson sets up for an assist to a teammate.

The club volleyball team will begin competition Oct. 3 at Saint Louis University.

TSU club volleyball returns

BY SAM STEWART

Senior George Nelson, sophomore and team vice president Scott Halbert, and alumnus Mike Push coach Truman’s team. Push said he takes practices After a long summer break away from practice very seriously. He played club volleyball when he and tournaments, the Truman State men’s club was a student, and several players said they apprevolleyball team is back at it following tryouts last ciate having him coach them. week. With many returning players and some new Halbert said Push’s experience can lead to some freshmen, the club team is looking to have an even tough practices. He said the club is fortunate to more successful year than last season. have Push and play at such a competitive level.

The team is coming off a very successful year Players also talked about the team’s strong with wins against club teams group of returners. Sophofrom schools including the more Kyler Thompson said University of Nebraska, Kan- “We don’t play it like the team has eight people sas University, Creighton from last season who are it’s in the backyard — University, Villanova Uniplaying this year, and five versity and the University of new members. we sweat, and we get Missouri — which finished “The team this year is gobruised up all for the third nationally in Div. I. Truing to be better than last man’s team, which is in the thrill of the game and the year,” Thompson said. “We Midwest Plains Conference, gotten a couple of tall perseverance to become a have finished first in its conferfreshmen that know what great team.” ence last year and finished in they’re doing, along with the top 25 nationally with a graduate student Dan Con- Club President George Nelson team composed mostly of undra returning for another derclassmen. During competiyear, who is one of the best tion, teams are not split up by the division of their players in the conference. With two captains and school. Instead, matchups change on any given a head coach always willing to work with each day. An NCAA Div. III school could be matched player, it’s not hard to develop very competitive up against a Div. I school at any tournament it players.” competes in.

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out and compete against experienced players, but it is ultimately rewarding because it makes players or potential players better.

The men’s team typically competes at three or four tournaments each semester, including the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Tournament during the spring. The team normally competes in weekend-long tournaments at universities within the Midwest, including St. Louis University and the University of Missouri. To prepare for these tournaments, the team practices two times a week with a reserved third day in case players want extra time to improve their skills. The team practices about three hours at a time at the Student Recreation Center, with two squads running drills and practicing plays in preparation for the regular season.

Squad members have joined the team for a number of reasons. Nelson said the players have fun at every practice, but also push each other hard and try to improve one another.

“We don’t play it like it’s in the backyard — we sweat, and we get bruised up all for the thrill of the game and the perseverance to become a great team,” Nelson said.

This season, the club will travel to the University of Missouri, St. Louis University and Iowa State University for tournaments. Players also will head to the national tournament at the University of Louisville during early April. The team will have its first set of games at St. Louis University Oct. 3.

‘Dogs need a GLVC rival

By Courtney Strait Assistant Sports Editor Universities across the country all have that school. The school name no one says aloud, the team colors banned on campus, the one that is either preceded or followed in conversation by some sort of expletive.

Every college has that rival school.

Well, every college but Truman State.

Where’s that competitive spirit, Truman fans? Where’s the hate? Now I’m all for good sportsmanship and playing fair, but I think we need to step up our competitiveness and find our true rival in the GLVC. Coming from a city 30 minutes from the home of University of Iowa, Iowa City, I know a thing or two about big rivalries. In fact, the Iowa

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Hawkeyes will play their biggest rival, the Iowa State Cyclones, at a sold-out Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, this Saturday. State Week, or “Hate Week” as some Hawkeye fans call it, exists for one purpose — focusing on beating Iowa State.

Throughout the week, fans on both sides of the rivalry start building hype for kickoff, where Hawks and ‘Clones fans will jeer and yell at one another incessantly while cheering their team on to victory.

This rivalry doesn’t just happen during football season. No matter the sport, the players and fans of Iowa and Iowa State do not get along. While I understand the two schools are a lot bigger than Truman, I think we still have the fan base needed to create a big rivalry with a conference foe. With that in mind, I wanted to present a few options for our big rival, and my reason for nominating them.

Quincy University — Only an hour-and-a half-drive from Kirksville, Quincy has a lot of potential to be our big rival. This type of rivalry is similar to a “Duke University vs.

University of North Carolina” compe-

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tition. While Quincy and Truman are not seven miles apart from one another, I still think the schools’ close proximity could create a competitiveness we need around here.

University of Indianapolis — UIndy also has a great chance of being the Bulldogs’ school to beat.

For every team Truman athletics has on campus, the University of Indianapolis has one too. This means every sport here at Truman has the chance to compete against the UIndy Greyhounds. The more chances we have to play a school, the greater the rivalry will become. Not to mention, UIndy has defeated the Bulldog football team in route to two GLVC championships in a row, and also ended the women’s basketball team’s 2015 season.

William Jewell College — The Cardinals of William Jewell College are not the front-runners for top rivalry, but they could definitely gain momentum this upcoming season. Truman’s football team will look to avenge its loss to WJC last season that cost Truman its chance at the GLVC championship.

Both Bulldog basketball teams play the Cardinals twice this winter— a

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very important matchup for seeding going into the GLVC tournament. Truman baseball split its games against Jewell during the regular season.

These reasons could lead to a strong rivalry this season.

Drury University — This one’s personal. Drury defeated the women’s basketball team in overtime during the 2014 NCAA Regional Tournament, and ended up getting to the Elite Eight.

To this day, the women’s basketball team has never beaten the Drury Panthers but has one more chance to do so during the regular season this winter. This year, the ‘Dogs are looking to defeat DU and finally get a little revenge.

While Truman is still the newbie in the GLVC, it’s about time we start picking fights with members in our conference. Although I don’t want anyone to actually fight, Bulldog teams and fans need to get mad and pick a team to beat.

There always will be storied rivalries such as Michigan vs. Ohio State, Duke vs. North Carolina, and Army vs. Navy. I think it’s about time Truman fans have a rivalry of our own.

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Football preps for Detroit The Truman State University football team will be looking to bounce back this weekend as it heads to Detroit to take on Wayne State University. The Bulldogs and Warriors will be looking for their first win of the season after both teams faced opening week losses on the road. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m.

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Left: Assistant coach Jeramey Dockery chats with players during practice last Tuesday. Right: Assistant coaches Jed Paulsen, Jeramey Dockery and Kellen Nesbitt mingle with players during an early stage of practice. The ‘Dogs will travel to Wayne State University this weekend for their second game of the season before hosting their home opener Sept. 19.

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Football falls 31-3 in Lone Star State

BY HENRY JANSSEN

Staff Reporter

The Bulldogs fell 31-3 last Saturday during their season opener against Midwestern State University. The Midwestern State Mustangs are picked to finish third in the Lone Star Conference this season and received preseason votes in the NCAA Div. II national rankings, leaving them five spots out of the top 25.

During the non-conference matchup in Wichita Falls, Texas, the Bulldogs struggled to convert third downs, finishing the game 1-11 on third down situations. Midwestern State was 7-12 on third downs.

“When you get in those three-and-outs, it’s hard to get in the rhythm offensively,” junior offensive lineman Brad Wellman said. “It’s hard to take advantage of the game plan we had all week.”

Midwestern State succeeded in passing the ball, accounting for 196 yards of its offense completing 2028 attempts. On the other hand, Truman State passed for 51 yards on a 12-22 performance from junior quarterback Devonte Black. Sophomore wide receiver Kyle Spratt led the Bulldogs’ receivers with three receptions for 32 yards.

“Playing an opponent like Midwestern State during the first week definitely lets us know where we’re at and what we need to improve upon,” Wellman said.

“Teams like that are going to exploit the weaknesses that we had in that game, and they did. It gives us a good picture of where we’re at on a national level.”

The Mustangs scored 17 unanswered points during the first quarter before the Bulldog defense held the Mustangs scoreless during the next two quarters. Senior defensive lineman Dominic Greenlee said he was pleased with the resiliency of the Bulldogs’ defense

after several quick scoring drives by the Midwestern State offense.

“The positives on defense were our ability to bounce back after getting down two scores,” Greenlee said. “We had heart, we had fun out there, we forced a turnover and made them fumble a couple of other times, so I was really proud of our defense.”

The rushing figures for the two teams were comparable, with the Bulldogs rushing for 120 yards compared to the Mustangs’ 125 yards. Junior running back AJ Hartfield led the Truman ground attack with 63 yards on 16 attempts, and Black was close behind with 11 attempts totaling 53 yards. The Mustangs averaged 275 yards per game on the ground last year.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Kade Young and sophomore linebacker Ben Wellman filled the positions of two of last year’s graduated starters, linebackers Connor Nagel and Matthew Bell. Young and Ben Wellman notched 10 and eight tackles respectively, and Young recovered a fumble early during the second half. Junior defensive back Austin Zoda was the only Bulldog with more tackles, tallying 13.

Greenlee, who finished with 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss, said the team’s young linebackers were a crucial part of Truman’s success in halting a powerful Mustangs ground game.

“I think our linebackers played pretty well, I was proud of them, especially for being as young as they are,” Greenlee said. “It was a lot to deal with, with Midwestern State’s athleticism, their schemes, their hurry-up offense. It’s an offense that was rushing for close to 300 yards a game last year, and we held them to 125.”

Greenlee said he especially was proud of the team’s linebackers for the feat. He said the Bulldogs had some small victories Saturday, but they never really

found their rhythm.

“In all three facets, we didn’t perform to our full potential,” Greenlee said. “We had a lot of times where we just weren’t clicking. Simply put, it all comes down to capitalizing when you have the opportunity. It was all about momentum on Saturday. No specific moment defined the game, it’s just all about how we react to it. We beat ourselves.”

The Bulldogs will travel to Detroit to play Wayne State University Saturday. The Warriors, from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, finished 7-4 last season, and lost the national title to Pittsburgh State University during 2011. Greenlee said a victory during either of the first two weeks of the season would be a huge stride toward putting the Bulldogs in the national spotlight. “[Head coach Gregg] Nesbitt made a great point, and it’s been ringing in my ears ever since,” Greenlee said.

“Midwestern and Wayne State, they can’t break us, but they can make us. Basically, playing them in our first games, we have everything to gain and nothing to lose from a national standpoint.”

Senior defensive tackle Nick Reichert said the Bulldogs know what they need to improve to play the style of football they expect of themselves for the remainder of the season.

“Leaving Texas, I know our defense is going to play hard consistently, and we’re not going to give up,” Reichert said. “We need to work on communication and effort down the line, I thought fatigue set in toward the end of the game, and I thought that made us make a few mental errors. You can make any excuse you want — they have a great tradition, they’re a powerhouse — but we still need to win these games. We’re absolutely capable of winning these games.”

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Volleyball splits in Warrensburg

BY RACHEL STEINHOFF Staff Reporter

The Truman State volleyball team made its regular season debut last Friday during the Peggy Martin Challenge at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. The team opened its season with a win against the University of Mary, but later fell to the tournament hosts, the 13th-ranked Jennies of Central Missouri.

The day began with the Bulldogs dropping the first set to the University of Mary by a close score of 28-26. However, the ‘Dogs rebounded quickly and came back to win three straight sets in a 3-1 victory to open the season. Friday night’s game featured the Bulldogs competing against their long-time rivals, Central Missouri. Truman jumped to an early lead and was two points away from claiming the first set when Central Missouri scored five points to steal the set.

Senior hitter Abby Heise said she would have liked to see the team play with more confidence during that rough stretch.

“We kind of went into panic mode, or as our team would call it, ‘threat state,’” Heise said. “We had the lead, but as soon as they pushed back, we let them in. I would like to see us have the confidence that we can and will put teams away — no matter who they are.”

Heise said she believes hitting will be to hit,” Brown said. “I was also successful a major focus of improvement throughout because of our middles being a big threat. the season.

They kept their blocker with them and that “Offensively, I think we’re still adjusting would leave me with one blocker most of to each other,” Heise said. “We haven’t quite the time.” found our rhythm yet, but that comes from Brown said both of these things served as having new setters, new hitters and a new advantages for her but in the end, she knows tempo. Once we start to gel and gain more ex- the team is all that really matters. perience, our offense will come.”

Brown said gaining experience should be Sets two and a key factor for the three went to the ‘Dogs this season.

Jennies, giving “We don’t run from With fresh faces getthem a 3-0 win ting a lot of court challenges, we embrace it. time, Brown said over Truman. Central Missouri would We are successful because she hopes the team go on to win all of will continue to we are a united front and reach its potential. its matches during the weekend, “We are not like a family.” finishing the Peggy normal teams,” — Jasmine Brown, Sophomore Martin Challenge Brown said. “We with an undefeated don’t lose, we learn.

Hitter 5-0 record.

We don’t complain, On Truman’s side, the completion of we adapt. We don’t run from challenges, we day one would leave the Bulldogs at 1-1. embrace it. We are successful because we Offensively, opening day was led by sopho- are a united front and a family.” more hitter Jasmine Brown, who garnered A few of those fresh faces led the defen23 kills between the two matches. Brown sive effort for the ‘Dogs during day one of the said her success during the weekend tournament. Redshirt freshman libero Claire largely was because of her team.

Wandrey led Friday’s defensive line with 32 “Every time we had a time out or a digs. Redshirt freshman setter Matti Mason pause in the game, my teammates would recorded a double-double in assists and digs let me know what was open and where during her first two collegiate matches.

Saturday brought yet another split for the ‘Dogs as they captured a morning victory over Western University before falling to St. Cloud State University later that afternoon.

Although the team dropped the second set, the Bulldogs won the other three sets in their 3-1 victory against Western University. Senior hitter Ali Patterson led the defensive effort for the ‘Dogs and recorded seven blocks. Truman tallied 16 blocks and held their opponents to just a 0.145 kill percentage.

Wandrey said she noted how important this is for her to do her job in the back row.

“The front row did a really good job with blocking this weekend,” Wandrey said. “The blocking makes it easier for our defense to set up around them, which in turn, makes digging the opponent easier. Also, repeatedly blocking opponents often frustrates them, making it less likely for them to hit as hard the next time.”

Truman’s front row stayed consistent during the second match as the ‘Dogs tallied 16 blocks. This time, however, it would not be enough to give Truman the victory. After claiming the first set, Truman dropped three sets during a 3-1 loss to finish the tournament.

The ‘Dogs hit just 0.156 percent on the game.

Next for the ‘Dogs is the Vulcan Invitational Tournament in California, Pennsylvania.

Truman will face Fairmont State University 2 p.m. Friday.

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Who needs an excuse to look nice? any day is a good day for a cute and stylish patterned dress.

Look fancy simply by pairing solid colors for an effortless, sophisticated feel.

Kansas City Poets Reading

Movie in the Park

7:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 10 Del and Norma Robison Planetarium

7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 Ray Klinginsmith Amphitheatre in Rotary Park Grab a blanket and some snacks, and join Kirksville movie lovers for this free showing of “Maleficent.”

The English and linguistices department is sponsoring a joint reading by poets Maryfrances Wagner and Greg Field. The event is free and open to the public.

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FBI

New TV Series To Be on the Lookout For

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From the minds behind “American Horror Story” comes a new horror-comedy anthology series, “Scream Queens,” about revenge against a group of sorority girls, played by Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Lea Michele and Keke Palmer. The show premieres 9 p.m. Sept. 22 on FOX.

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“Quantico” follows a group of FBI recruits who are thrust into the chaos of a terrorist attack and must discover which one of them might be involved with the terrorists. “Quantico” premieres 9 p.m. Sept. 27 on ABC.

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FOX’s “Lookinglass,” formally known as “Frankenstein,” actually doesn’t premiere until 2016, but we’re just that excited for it. A 75-year-old is given a second chance at life and redemption after he dies and is resurrected as a younger version of himself.

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The devil resigns as the King of Hell out of boredom in FOX’s “Lucifer,” also premiering during 2016. Instead, Lucifer finds himself in Los Angeles and decides to get his kicks helping the LAPD solve crimes. The show is based off a character from Neil Gaiman’s comic book “The Sandman.”

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“Limitless,” based on the 2011 film of the same name, premieres Sept. 22 on CBS. Bradley Cooper briefly will reprise his role but the show will mainly focus on Brian Finch, who aquires the drug NZT-48 and eventually uses his new knowledge to solve crimes.

“Arrow” trailer misses the target

BY KATEY STOETZEL

Features Editor index.featureseditor@gmail.com

The third season of “Arrow” ended unusually — its title character last was seen driving off into the sunset with Felicity, seemingly retired from being the hero of a story we’ve been watching for the past three years. After spending the majority of season three struggling with his two personas — Oliver Queen during the day and the masked vigilante the Arrow during the night — Oliver’s decision seemed hurriedly executed and rather selfish.

But now, it’s time for season four. Last Friday, Stephen Amell, who plays Oliver Queen/Arrow, premiered the “Arrow” season four trailer on his Facebook page.

The trailer is about two minutes long and details what supposedly will cover at least the first half of the season.

While there are some things to be excited about in the footage, the trailer doesn’t have the usual excitement and energy of past pre-season trailers. Let’s break it down.

The good — Diggle has a costume. Internet rumors and subtle foreshadowing put Diggle in the Green Lantern role, and while the show creators have denied

going in that direction, there’s no denying who’s under that mask at about the 1:17 mark. Diggle not having a costume has been one of those weird aspects of the show no one really questions, but when you think about it, it doesn’t really make sense when practically every other character has a mask.

Felicity has an awesome moment at the end of the trailer that I won’t spoil for you here. Just know it’s Felicity finally being Felicity again.

Damien Darhk finally is in action during season four after being name-dropped a few times last season.

The bad — angst. One of the main problems I had with season three was how dramatic and angsty it had became, especially compared to “The Flash.” The lighthearted approach to a superhero origin story made me look forward to “The Flash” every week rather than the dark and gritty world of “Arrow.” This trailer looks to up the angst even more for season four, if that’s even possible. It also seems like the show is going to repeat its overall theme of what Oliver needs to decide is good for his city. Didn’t we just go through that during season three? And why is all the angst necessary? These are the questions that haunt me at night.

The weird — John Constantine. There’s a one-second glimpse of him at the 43-second mark. “Constantine” was a new television show last fall that lasted for 13 episodes and was then cancelled. Amell then posted on his Facebook page that he would like Matt Ryan, who played John Constantine in the short-lived show, to reprise his role as a guest star during “Arrow.” And now it’s happened.

Since “Arrow” seems to be moving in the direction of adding fantasy-like elements, such as the Lazarus Pit on “Arrow” and the meta-human powers on “The Flash” to its canon, Constantine’s job as a “Master of the Dark Arts,” which is how his business card describes him, means having him on the show isn’t that far of a stretch.

But I’m still a little concerned about mixing shows just for the sake of doing a crossover. Although, technically, “Constantine” is over, so it’s not much of a crossover. Even so, I’m interested to see how this plays out and how much “Arrow” uses this character.

Despite season three missteps and the less-than exciting aspects of the “Arrow” season four trailer, “Arrow” still is one of the better shows on The CW. There’s still a lot to look forward to. Grade — B-