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CAMPUS PARKING Truman CAUSES FRUSTRATION working on new brand RYAN PIVONEY Editor-in-Chief

random day each year. In March of 2019, 75% of campus parking spots were occupied, with the majority being occupied by green decals (51%).

In a survey of 533 Truman students, 64.7% said they find it difficult to find parking close to campus. 60.1% of Truman students feel parking on campus is very important and 86.4% of students find parking to be an issue that should be addressed.

Truman State University administration expects to announce a new University brand within the next few weeks.

Tyana Lange, vice president for enrollment management and marketing, said the date of the brand launch will be announced soon, but University administration has some details to settle before the announcement. She said the new branding is on track to do a campus wide launch the week before spring break.

Truman began its rebranding campaign in early 2019 and hired SME Marketing to help lead the project. Since then, SME and Truman have conducted various focus groups and assessed what Truman wants to articulate in its message to current and prospective students, faculty, staff and stakeholders.

Focus groups and stakeholder meetings regarding the new brand were conducted as recently as early December, Lange said. SME was on Truman’s campus and at Kirksville High School, as well as Clayton High School in St. Louis, to learn more from prospective students about the University’s image.

According to the original timeline, the University president and vice presidents received a recommendation from SME about how to conduct its rebranding campaign in early January.

The rebranding campaign will be launched on campus prior to its external launch to the public.

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Where does parking income go?

$393,415

A car parked in the lot in front of Barnett Hall was ticketed

by DPS. In a recent survey, students expressed dissatisfaction with the parking system. Photo by Orielle Heilicher

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Faculty and academic buildings Residence halls Student Recreation Center Student Union Building

Students find parking to be inefficient, inconvenient ANNA MERCER, ERICA SCHAMEL, ORIELLE HEILICHER AND RITA HANCH Contributing Writers In a recent survey of over 500 Truman State University students, participants expressed frustration with parking near campus and 86.4% believed it is an issue that should be a priority to Truman administration.

A large number of vehicles ticketed combined with the cost of obtaining a parking pass has led students to be concerned with parking close to campus, according to the

survey. Chad Whittom, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety, said 2,307 parking passes were sold so far this year: 1,211 green resident passes, 1,043 blue commuter passes and 53 gold park and save passes. In comparison, 2,755 parking passes were sold in the 2018-19 academic year: 1,468 green resident passes, 1,149 blue commuter passes and 111 gold park and save passes.

In an attempt to understand what lots were being used the most, Whittom records how full each campus parking lot is on a

Rec Center offers Energy efficiency saves University money new fitness classes JOSIE WAGNER Staff Writer The Student Recreation Center will be offering a fitness-oriented Barre class this semester.

The class centers around using the barre to aid in balance, posture and leg position. It will include ballet

Senior Jordan Hauck exercises at the Student Recreation Center. The Rec Center has new additions this semester. Photo by Bidan Yang

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skills, though it is not a dance class and no dance experience is required.

Barre is a 50-minute class at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

Currently, the maximum number of people allowed per class is 25.

Barre, as well as all other classes offered at the Rec Center, is open to people of all levels of fitness, Janes Dreamweaver, director of fitness and wellness, said.

“The form is [going to] be the emphasis,” Dreamweaver said.

“Folks can expect a tough leg workout, core workout, and then, because I try to do everything pretty well-rounded, we’ll find a way to integrate some arms.”

Ballet is also being offered at the Rec Center this semester. It will be led by two instructors, one of which also leads the dance party classes.

According to the Rec Center website, ballet participants will do stretches and jumps and learn foot positions and basic steps. No previous dance experience is required.

Ballet will be offered from 5:306:20 p.m. on Wednesdays and 3:304:20 p.m. on Fridays.

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ELISABETH SHIRK Managing Editor

Violette Hall and the Student Union Building each received a new energy-efficient chiller during summer and fall 2019, which are estimated to save Truman State University about $49,000 a year.

The University spent a total of $850,000 on the project. The money came from The University Physical Plant fund, which consists of money set aside for campus building repairs.

The University hired Ameren, a power company out of St. Louis, Missouri,

to help with the project and received a $98,585.30 rebate which will go back into the fund.

“We had an opportunity with this project to basically upgrade the air conditioning for the campus so students could be comfortable during the warmer months,” University Comptroller Mike Garzanelli said.

Garzanelli said the chillers had been breaking down so frequently that it made sense to replace them entirely.

The previous chillers had been in use for over 20 years.

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University Comptroller Mike Garzanelli works with the computer on a new chiller.

The chillers will potentially save Truman $49,000 per year. Photo by Elisabeth Shirk

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Josh Peck visits to share insight and laughs

Above: Josh Peck, an actor and social media star, talked to communication professor James Cianciola during his Jan. 24 visit. Peck was invited to Truman State University by the Student Activities Board. Submitted photos Right: Peck talked about the various roles he has acted in throughout his career and his popularity on social media. Peck is well known for his role as Josh Nichols on the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh.”

The event featured a series of questions from Cianciola then a few preselected questions from the audience. One question involved Peck making a TikTok post with a student.

Crime Reports staff Serving the University community since 1909 Editor-in-Chief: Ryan Pivoney Managing Editor: Elisabeth Shirk News Editor: Rachel Becker Sports Editor: Chase Potter Features, Opinions Editor: Erica Lindsay Copy Chief: Cara Quinn Design Chief: Emmett Divendal Photographers: Caleb Bolin, Patrick Bynum, Bidan Yang Copy Editors: Sami Harris, Natalie Wilson, Autumn Dodd-Hinds, Jessica Robinson, Maddie Lee, Mattea Buerge, Kayla Lewis Staff Writers: Siobhan Neely, Gordon McPherson, Allison Maschhoff, Jack Willie, Josie Wagner, Kira Hintz Adviser: Don Krause

DPS & KPD 1/21 Minor in possession of intoxicant reported at the 400 block of East Washington St. 1/22 Dead body reported at the 700 block of North John St. 1/22 Abandoned vehicle reported on South Eugene St. 1/22 Sex offense reported at the 100 block of East McPherson St. 1/22 Harassment reported at the 700 block of West Martha St. 1/23 Theft reported at the 1200 block of South Baltimore St. 1/23 Bike theft reported at the 1300 block of South Florence St. 1/23 Burglary and property damage reported at the 900 block of East Wall St. 1/23 Fraud reported at the 2100 block of East Normal Ave. 1/23 Vandalism reported on Westbury Lane 1/23 Scam reported at the 600 block of West Link St. 1/23 Shoplifter reported at the 2200 block of North Baltimore St. 1/23 Sex offense reported at the 100 block of East McPherson St.

1/23 Theft reported at the 1200 block of South Ann St. 1/25 Theft reported at the 400 block of West Hildreth St. 1/25 Theft reported at the 2100 block of North Baltimore St. 1/25 Theft reported at the 100 block of East McPherson St. 1/27 Theft reported at the 800 block of East Scott St. 1/27 Theft reported at the 100 block of West Washington St. 1/27 Fraud reported at the 1200 block of Baird St. 1/27 Theft reported at the 200 block of West Cottonwood St. 1/27 Animal attack reported on State Highway 6 1/27 Theft reported at the 1700 block of South Baltimore St. 1/27 Theft reported at the 100 block of East McPherson St. 1/27 Shoplifter reported at the 2200 block of North Baltimore St. 1/27 Animal attack reported at the 500 block of North Elson St.

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calendar 2020 MISS BLACK & GOLD SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 7-9:30 P.M. OPHELIA PARRISH PERFORMANCE HALL The Miss Black & Gold Scholarship Competition is a national program from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The competition recognizes women for exemplifying scholarship, fellowship, good character and humanity.

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MOSAIC TILE MAKING PROJECT FEB. 3-7 9 A.M. TO NOON KIRKSVILLE ARTS GALLERY The Sue Ross Arts Center is hosting a second week of mosaic tile making for its mural. Similar to the original mosaic mural in the Kirksville Arts Center, which was destroyed in a fire, community members are invited to make tiles and contribute to the mural.

Participants looking to audition for “Proof” must have a prepared monologue of their choice. “Proof” is a Pulitzer Prize winning drama created by David Auburn in 2000. Anyone with questions or concerns should contact prooftsu@gmail.com.

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The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Truman State University with a 2019 Tree Campus USA recognition for the University’s conservation and forest management efforts. The Arbor Day Foundation’s goal is to champion the positive impacts trees have on humans and the natural world in general. The foundation invested more than $51 million on tree conservation efforts on college and university campuses throughout the country in 2019, furthering a goal to plant more than 100 million trees by 2022. This is the sixth year Truman has received the Tree Campus USA distinction.

Sustainability committee seeks project proposals

Truman State University’s Environmental Sustainability Fee Accountability Committee is looking for new project proposals to fund. The committee has previously funded solar power efforts for the University Farm and reusable water bottle filling stations across campus. Truman students and organizations who are interested must submit their proposals by Jan. 31.

ITS warns of email scam

Truman State University’s Information Technology Services released a statement warning Truman students and faculty about a scam email sent on Jan. 23. ITS reminds students and faculty that neither they nor Truman will ever ask for personal information via email. Those who clicked the link should change their Truview and email passwords as soon as possible.

The ITS Service Center is available at extension 4544 for assistance.

KPD warns of social security scams

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The DuKum Inn is hosting a Super Bowl watch party for the Kirksville community. The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers are playing in the championship game.

Sweet Nothings, one of Truman State University’s a cappella groups, will be performing to showcase its International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella routine. The group is about to go to Washington University for the Midwest Quarterfinals. Sweet Nothings is accepting any feedback on their performance.

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HIRING EVENT 9 A.M. TO NOON KIRKSVILLE DAYS INN Employees interested in working in the health and human services field are invited to this hiring event. Participants are encouraged to bring resumes and complete applications on site. The event will feature employers in the industry that are hiring.

SKYPE GUEST SPEAKER: HALEY MOSS 7-9 P.M. LOCATION TBD The Neurodivergent Student Network is hosting Haley Moss, Florida’s first openly autistic lawyer, via Skype. Moss has two books and will be speaking about her experience attending college and law school.

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The Kirksville Police Department received several reports from Kirksville citizens stating the Social Security Administration has sent letters requesting payment and/or threatening to end benefits. KPD sent an email explaining that while the SSA will occasionally contact individuals for business purposes, SSA will never demand immediate payment by any means or alert individuals about suspended social security numbers.

Groundbreaking rescheduled for new Kirksville Aquatic Center

The City of Kirksville rescheduled the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kirksville Aquatic Center to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4. A ceremony to officially commemorate the start of construction on the new facility will take place at the entrance to the current Aquatic Center in Rotary Park. The new aquatic center is scheduled to open Memorial Day 2021.

School of Arts and Letters dean selected

Stephen Parsons was selected to serve as the dean of the School of Arts and Letters. Parsons is currently the director of the School of Music at Illinois State University. Parsons has experience with strategic planning, curriculum revision and development, and establishing community partnerships. Parsons will begin July 13, 2020.

University lawsuit proceeds

The wrongful death lawsuit against Truman State University, the Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity and former student and AKL member Brandon Grossheim has moved forward with the plaintiffs filing a second amended petition.

This amended petition includes the local AKL chapter and Lou Ann Gilchrist, the former dean of students, in the lawsuit. Several of the defendants have filed new motions to dismiss and the hearing for those motions is scheduled for March 23.

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Local news report doesn’t give full story KTVO posted an article to its website and social media Jan. 24 with the headline “AR-15 giveaway held on Truman college campus.” The article prompted a lot of controversy, with many community members and students concerned about the possibility of a gun being on Truman State University’s campus.

We, The Index Editorial Board, believe the article does not reflect the truth of the situation. The article implies that the giveaway was organized by the local chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, even though it was actually an effort by the national organization. The local chapter was only a part of promoting the giveaway.

We, The Index Editorial Board, also believe this article is a representation of careless, unethical journalism.

While there was a lack of effort on KTVO’s part in regard to gathering multiple sources and conducting extensive research on the topic, the press release itself is also to blame for misrepresentation of the situation. The KTVO article appears to pull most of its information directly from the press release, which was worded in such a way to imply that the event was local.

The first sentence of the press release states that YAL plans to organize an “AR-15 giveaway,” followed by, “The group will set up a table in McClain Hall.”

By making a clear distinction between the national organization and Truman’s chapter, the press release could have created a much more accurate picture of the event.

That being said, we believe the ultimate responsibility of informing the public of news rests on the shoulders of journalists. By reporting a misrepresentation of the event, KTVO did not carry the weight of that responsibility. A press release is a great place to begin a story, but there should be additional effort to gather the most information possible and tell the full story.

As a news organization, we understand the desire to bring our community the latest news as promptly as possible, but promptness is not as important as the quality and accuracy of the reporting.

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Get ready to vote Hello student body. I am Emily Smith and am the current chair of the External Affairs Committee. With the Iowa caucus coming up in a few short weeks, primary season is upon us. This presidential primary, like all elections, is incredibly important. Student Government strongly encourages all students to be civically engaged. Voting during the primary will happen on March 10. To do this, however, you must be a registered voter in the state of Missouri. Missouri’s deadline for registering to vote in the presidential primary is Feb. 12.

To help our student body have their best shot at being civically engaged, the External Affairs Committee will be hosting a voter registration drive in the Student Union Building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 30-31. The table will have free food and the opportunity to enter into a giveaway for a Hydro Flask!

Even if you have already registered to vote in your hometown, we suggest you register here in Kirksville. Voting here on campus can seem easier to students and be less out of the way than many other precincts, however, many students prefer to stay registered in their hometown! If that is the case, you can vote by absentee ballot. Absentee ballot voting can happen between Jan. 28 and March 9. In order to do so, you must request an absentee ballot by Wednesday, Feb. 26 and have it in, completed by Tuesday, March 10. More information regarding casting absentee ballots will be available at our table, as well, so be sure to stop by. All of this leads up to the national general presidential election, which will take place on Nov. 2.

For more information on voter registration, poll places and the upcoming elections, visit the Secretary of State’s website at https://www. sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote or feel free to reach out to our chair, Emily Smith at ems7485@truman.edu. We’re excited to see you at our table and we hope you have a good weekend!

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Audit the SAB

Professors be like

by Samuel Sardis

It is time to bring accountability to the Student Activities Board and its $300,000 annual budget. This isn’t meant to be an attack on any particular member of SAB: many of them are friends, although those friendships might be tested somewhat by the conclusion of this article. After the Hunter Hayes fiasco, where a reportedly egregious amount of money was spent on an event that recorded the second lowest ticket sales in four years, there was a lot of discussion about what went wrong. A different voting system was suggested in light of the fact that only about 20% of students participated and 35% of those students selected Hunter Hayes.

SAB could have consulted with KTRM, the student media organization that specializes in radio and has booked a number of successful concerts, to gain a better understanding of what constitutes popular music.

At a minimum, SAB might’ve considered a different event structure prioritizing several smaller concerts with less expensive talent as opposed to a few big ones. It’s unclear if these pleas fell on deaf ears, but the event “An Evening of Conversation with Josh Peck” suggests that they might have — which begs the question: how do you get on SAB anyway? The barrier to entry is lower than you might expect, unlike with the Funds Allotment Council. There is no election, but rather one need only apply to be considered for one of 33-38 board positions. Becoming a member of the executive committee does require being elected, but only by the members of the Board. So we are presented with a situation where a handful of unelected bureaucrats elect a chief bureaucrat who then is in charge of a colossal budget funded by us, the students. Furthermore, the less-thantransparent process routinely produces results that are, with some regularity, underwhelming. SAB has done a lot of good, but it could be better.

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REC| New classes and equipment available for spring semester Continued from page 1 Dreamweaver said students can apply to teach classes at the Rec Center by attending a recruitment meeting this semester and giving a 20-minute audition. The class does not have to exist already in the schedule and no certification is required to audition.

In addition to the new classes taught this semester, the Rec Center also received new cardio equipment including four Life Fitness recumbent bicycles and two Precor elliptical trainers. Four power bars were replaced last semester and the rest will be replaced this semester, as well as the weight racks, Susan Limestall, director of campus recreation, wrote in an email statement. There will also be a new large screen television and whiteboards in the conference room.

The sand volleyball court lighting project, which will allow the sand volleyball courts to be utilized at night, is also set to be finished by the end of the semester.

The project was funded by the Athletic Fee Advisory Committee but coordinated by the Intramurals Office.

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Ballet inspired moves with elements of pilates, dance, yoga and strength training. Uses the ballet bar.

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Floor stretches, basic steps and jumps to create simple combination. A form of dance based on formalized positions and balance.

ENERGY| Truman expected to save money with new cooling system Continued from page 1 A chiller takes in water and cools it to a comfortable temperature before pumping the water through a continuous loop around the buildings, Garzanelli explained.

Dave Rector, vice president for administration, finance and planning, said the chillers do more than cool the buildings they are in. Replacing the chillers in the SUB and Violette Hall should improve the cooling systems all around campus.

“There’s a chilled water loop that runs among the buildings so these things kind of power each other and share water,” Rector said. “So it goes from Baldwin Hall to McClain Hall to [Pickler Memorial] Library to the [SUB] to Magruder Hall to Violette Hall and so when you lose one, all the other buildings have to work harder so then the other buildings heat up.”

Rector said the engineering firm the University

hired to design the project — Ross & Baruzzini, Inc. out of St. Louis — mentioned that Ameren had rebates for chillers.

Sam Guth, Physical Plant director and safety manager, has worked with Ameren multiple times and said this is the largest rebate he’s received on a project. He said Ameren offers incentives for buying and installing energy-efficient equipment with cash back through its BizSaver program.

In regard to the estimated yearly savings, Rector said they will depend on how much the chillers are utilized during the summer. He said there are currently no specific plans for how the money saved will be used in the future.

Rector said the original plan was to have the project finished over summer 2019, but the installation of the chillers continued into the fall. Last semester The Index reported that noise in Violette Hall dis-

rupted some classes in session and Rector said this was the reason.

“Because of shipping of pumps and parts and stuff, the Violette Hall part didn’t get finished and so they had some noise going on over there where they were banging around on pipes down in the basement,” Rector said.

Garzanelli said the University hopes to get at least 20 years of use out of the new chillers. He said the old units were both over 20 years old, represented old technology and were not energy-efficient.

The pumps on the new chillers are smart, Garzanelli said, meaning that they know when to pump the cold water and how much to pump based on the temperature and when the chilled air is needed.

“These pumps are put together in such a way to conserve energy and it’s really neat to see them work,” Garzanelli said.

BRANDING| Truman preparing to launch rebranding campaign

The Ruth W. Towne Museum & Visitors Center displays a wall of significant events in Truman’s past. The Admissions Office, located in the museum, provides prospective students with the transitional branding piece. Photo by Ryan Pivoney

Continued from page 1 Already, work on the new brand campaign is available. The University is utilizing a transitional marketing piece, which is an informational folder, for the 2019-20 school year at the suggestion and assistance of SME. The “Pursue” tagline is not at the forefront of the University’s transitional piece, which is provided to prospective students. Instead, “Exceptionally Unconventional” is in large block letters on the front of the viewbook.

“It’s a headline that supports this transition piece we use for recruiting this year because we didn’t have the new brand, but we didn’t want to necessarily use ‘Pursue’ on everything,” Lange said. “So we used some different headlines, but they were not necessarily the taglines that will be used in the future.”

Headlines are different from taglines, Lange explained, because they are smaller and generally fall under the overarching tagline. Headlines could be used to appeal to different audiences, but they would all refer back to the tagline.

The transition piece was produced in conjunction with SME, Truman’s marketing team, the Admissions Office and the Publications Office. Lange said because the University knew the “Pursue” tagline would be going away, they no longer wanted to use it.

“This transition piece was moving in the direction SME is taking us,” Lange said.

The piece went through the University’s standard process of review through the appropriate offices and most of the design was done by SME, Lange said.

Lange said Truman is working on capturing what it knows its look and feel will be in the future through the photos and videos it takes this year. The University’s tone and voice, which correlate to all of its media use, is included in SME’s identity guide recommendation.

Lange said Truman won’t republish the literature pieces currently in use, but anything new that is published after the launch would be updated materials.

“We’re trying to do it in a cost-effective way,” Lange said. “Understanding that this particular recruitment cycle will have some of both the old and the new, but everything will be ready and launched for the next recruitment cycle.”

She said some internal material, such as business cards, will be replaced once the old material are completely used.

Lange said among the items the University is looking to replace immediately are campus flags, signage, car magnets, admissions tablecloths and more. She said emphasis will be placed on items that directly impact recruitment first.

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PARKING| Students not satisfied with campus parking Continued from page 1 Many students expressed frustration with not being able to park close to campus. Additionally, 62% of the students that did not buy a pass chose to opt out because of its high price.

“When you restrict who can park where, then it’s going to make it harder to find spaces [to park],” senior Jared Bloustine said.

Senior Maddy Valencia has a red faculty pass because of her father’s professor status, and said parking is also an issue for her. Valencia said she thinks Truman’s claim that it does not have room to build new parking is unfair because they could replace existing parking lots with parking garages.

“I have been late to so many classes because of parking,” Valencia said. “You think you give yourself plenty of time, and then there’s no spots anywhere. You have to park really far away, and then you have to add another 10 minutes [to] walk.”

Due to limited student parking close to buildings, some students choose to park in lots that do not correspond with their parking pass and risk receiving a parking ticket. Two years ago, over 3,049 parking tickets were issued.

Last year, that number dropped by over 600.

Whittom said the Department of Public Safety tickets vehicles for a variety of things, such as failure to register a vehicle, improper display of a parking pass, parking on sidewalks and not parking within the lines of parking spaces.

Student Government, in accordance with DPS, offers an online ticketing appeal process. Here, students can attempt to either reduce the cost or fully appeal the payment of a parking violation.

Junior Adam Paris serves as the Parking Appeals Committee chair on Student Government’s Student Senate. Paris and his three person committee have complete control over the appeal process and decide which tickets are denied, reduced or appealed. Every week the committee meets at a different location to discuss anywhere from five to 30 appeals, depending on the week.

“We look over what they did wrong according to the ticket and their reasoning as to why it happened. We uphold the rules quite often,” Paris said.

According to DPS, 159 tickets were ruled on by the appeals committee last semester, as

of Nov. 18, 2019. Of these, 79 appeals were denied, 63 were modified or reduced in price and 17 were accepted.

Paris explained that in 2017, Student Government created a temporary ad hoc committee to address qualms with parking on campus. They found that Truman actually has a lot of available parking, just not where and when students want it.

“We tried to address it and we found that Truman doesn’t have enough money to make more parking and to do so they would have to buy out areas that have houses on it. Honestly, with reduced enrollment parking spots are less of an issue this year,” Paris said.

Due to limited options for convenient parking on campus, many students parallel park on side streets. This raises safety concerns and strain on side streets in the city of Kirksville.

Glenn Balliew, the city’s public works director, explained that many students are parking illegally on one-way side streets.

“Kirksville is an older town with many roads that were never built to have parking on the streets,” Balliew said.

DPS does not administer off-campus parking tickets. They do enforce all state and city vehicle codes, as well as traffic violations such as expired tags, Whittom said.

“We do try to notify people because we know that people’s tags expire and they don’t realize it and so we try to let them know,” Whittom said.

Once citations are written, the tickets are processed at DPS and then sent to the business office for billing. DPS only manages registration and enforcement of parking on campus, Whittom said.

The income amounted for July 2018 to June 2019 from parking tickets was $63,415.

Parking decals last year sold for $130, totaling over $330,000.

Dave Rector, vice president for administration, finance and planning, said Truman doesn’t make a profit off parking tickets but from the parking decals that are sold. The money from the decals is divided into two different budget funds: general education and auxiliary.

The general education budget is the academic budget which pays for faculty and academic buildings, Rector said. He said the

Tickets ruled on by the appeals committee in fall 2019

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Data on red decal sales was not available because of their two year duration. auxiliary budget covers residence halls, the This second appeal is something that TruStudent Union Building and the Student Rec- man’s system does not include. If students at reation Center, all of which are not registered Truman appeal a parking ticket and it is defor state funding. nied, they do not have the opportunity to adThe money that’s transferred into the vocate for themselves in front of the ticket apauxiliary pool each year is also used for peals committee. making repairs, such as parking lot repairs, Missouri State University in Springfield, Rector said.

Missouri, also takes a different approach to “The little parking lot between [McClain parking tickets. The Bear With Me program Hall] and the Student Union [Building] was was implemented in spring 2018 after a repaved this last summer,” Rector said. “That Student Government initiative was passed, was like $75,000 and all that was, was just a which allows students to work off one parktop coat of asphalt.” ing ticket per semester through community Truman doesn’t sell as many as blue passes service. The program uses GivePulse, an onas it used to, Rector said. He said he thinks this line volunteer opportunity database, to prois because of the abundance of rental housing vide students with options for their service. close to campus. The last time Truman raised Students must complete at least two hours the price of parking passes was two years ago, of service to erase one parking ticket. Cole Rector said.

Pruitt, manager of transportation at Missouri Other universities face similar com- State, said that all fines qualify for the proplaints from students about parking. North- gram, except tickets given for parking in an west Missouri State University in Maryville, accessible space.

Missouri, is comparable to Truman regard“It’s an additional resource for students,” ing the number of students and parking Pruitt said. “The challenge is finding the time spaces available. Northwest, however, to do community service. Our participation has over 1,000 designated “open” parking increased last year during the 2018-2019 acaspots, which allow residents, commuters demic year, with just over $4,000 in fines beor faculty to park. The only requirement to ing worked off.” park in an open lot is to have a valid parking Pruitt said the Bear With Me program oppass affixed to the vehicle. erates on an annual funding allotment, which Ticketing at Northwest operates similarly is currently set at $6,000. If $6,000 of fines are to ticketing at Truman, according to Clarence worked off, the program stops and resumes at Green, vice president of culture at North- the beginning of the next academic year. west. Green said Northwest has several stuWith the enrollment issues currently facdent workers that are charged with ticketing ing Truman, it could be time to try a new vehicles that are parked incorrectly or in the approach regarding parking. Given the sucwrong lot. cess of other college parking programs, Tru“All tickets can be appealed within a spe- man students might benefit from changes to cific amount of time,” Green said. “If the ap- the current ticket appeal process and parkpeal is not granted, a second appeal in person ing availability. with the committee can occur upon request.”

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TRUMAN STATE PERCUSSION ROCKS THE BEAT

Sophomore Alec Lamb performs at a Bulldogs football game this fall. Lamb is joined by several fellow percussionists in larger projects within the University as well as world-renouned drumming organizations. Photo by Siobhan Neely

Student musicians take their education further SIOBHAN NEELY Staff Writer From hosting a guest percussion trio to taking a trip to a global percussion convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Truman State University percussion department is having an eventful year thus far, however, the fun doesn’t stop there.

Several members of the department have been invited to take on projects or memberships with prestigious percussion organizations.

“These are great experiences for them,” Michael Bump, professor and director of Truman’s percussion studio, said. “On a national stage, they’re getting to do great music and interact with great colleagues and other teachers.”

One such member is sophomore Alec Lamb. Lamb has been participating in Drum Corps International for two years now. DCI is considered “marching music’s major league,” according to its website. Lamb has spent the past two summers with the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps, a world-class corps based in Casper, Wyoming, playing timpani

and vibraphone his first and second year, respectively. This year, however, he was invited to the Santa Clara Vanguard in California. SCV placed third in the 2019 DCI World Championship Finals and won in 2018, in addition to winning the Fred Sanford Caption Award five of the last six years.

“It was always a dream of mine to participate [in DCI],” Lamb said. “I originally auditioned at Troopers … because I had a bunch of friends who went through that program, but I’m ready for the competitiveness and higher-level intensity that was missing from years past.”

Another member pursuing big projects is sophomore Curtis Halbrook, who has been invited to participate in the Nief-Norf music festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to its website, Nief-Norf is “a two-week residency and musical think tank for composers, performers and music technologists.” Halbrook will have the opportunity to build on his expertise in the contemporary music genre, as well as network with artists who are experts at their craft.

The University Percussion Society poses with Troika Percussion after a percussion masterclass. Submitted photo “I’m looking forward to expanding my knowledge in the percussion world,” Halbrook said. “I’m very much looking forward to the people I’ll get to meet there and all the different things I’ll get to play while I’m there.”

Christian Kuhlman, senior and president of the University Percussion Society,

was in the shoes of Lamb and Halbrook last summer. He participated in the Sō Percussion Summer Institute, a two-week experience working with renowned percussion company Sō Percussion to create, rehearse and perform contemporary percussion.

“SōSI was probably the most defining musical moment, musical experience I’ve had in my life,” Kuhlman said.

“I got to play with incredible musicians and composers from around the country and the world even, and [Sō Percussion] are some of my heroes,” Kuhlman said. “I’ve been listening to them ever since I was nine or 10 years old, and to get to be around them ... and perform with all these great musicians … was just one of the coolest things I’ve ever been able to do. I think it’s really nice to see all [my younger colleagues] getting into these summer activities.”

Of course, in these programs, expectations run high.

Halbrook said, “I know it’s going to be very intense for a two-week camp, but I’m hoping to go in there and do my best, and show there was a reason I was accepted into the festival.”

For those interested in supporting the program, there are concerts throughout the semester, with pieces of every style, including traditional chamber, contemporary chamber and steel pan. In addition, five studio members will be performing recitals this semester: seniors Jack Kasper, Kuhlman and Tony Lucas, as well as graduate students Hannah Gallamore and Adam McCann. There will also be fundraisers throughout the semester, including Beach Bash and bake sales.

Bump said, “I look forward to continued expansion and growth, but I want to continue to express the great things we have already done.”

Sophomore Curtis Halbrook performs a contemporary piece called “Heart Full of Leaves” on vibraphone and toy piano. Photo

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You might still have a chip on your shoulder if your team missed its chance, but isn’t it more enjoyable to swallow your pride and eat it? With salsa, queso and the gold mine of condiment pairings above to choose from, you’ll be feeling like a 49er in no time.

Showcase Day welcomes prospective students

Left: Truman balloons await incoming students at the Student Union Building.

The area also had decorations and refreshments. Photos by Erica Lindsay

Above: Spike makes bulldogs with his hands as he greets families. Spike radiated energy at the SUB Hub on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Right: Blanton-Nason-Brewer Student Adviser Alyssa Jackson explains resident hall amenities. Jackson helped coordinate tour activities within the hall and across campus.

“6 Underground” is full throttle Bayhem This movie gets 2/5 bloody magnets.

GORDON MCPHERSON Staff Writer Legendary director Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” is an insightful, thought provoking meditation on violence and freedom from oppression.

Just kidding! It bludgeons viewers with explosive immaturity until they emerge tangibly less intelligent than they were beforehand.

Sure, perhaps watching a little brain-dead carnage is warranted during this dreary January snowpocalypse. The film is so relentlessly mindless, however, that I was left feeling drained by the time the end credits rolled.

“6 Underground” follows a vigilante group devoted to murdering the most malevolent people society has to offer. After faking their deaths, seven anonymous individuals are ready to make a difference. Led by Ryan Reynolds’creatively named character, One, the squad aims to better society through horrendous violence and destruction (but don’t worry, they only target “bad guys”). Also joining the fray are Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven — played by Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Adria Arjona, Dave Franco and Corey Hawkins — filling typical action movie archetypes with a couple twists.

After One witnesses a hospital bombing in the fictional country of Turgistan, he commits himself and the team to ousting Turgistan’s authoritarian leader, Rovach. The end goal is putting Rovach’s democracyloving brother in office. With enough guns and gadgets, it seems anything’s possible.

Sports cars, scantily clad women, annoying pop music, middle school humor, frantic editing, rotating low angle camera movements and huge explosions all take center stage in “6 Underground,” often simultaneously.

In other words, this is pure, unadulterated Bayhem from start to finish. Plot coherence, character motivations and social commentary are sidelined in favor of ridiculous action sequences and juvenile humor.

The more one thinks about “6 Underground,” the

more troubling the film becomes. Bay’s love for cinematic violence and political incorrectness is fully apparent, destroying his credibility as a filmmaker with something meaningful to say.

Fortunately, everyone involved recognizes that “6 Underground” isn’t trying to be high art. Rather, the film aims to entertain purely on a gut level and proves surprisingly enthralling in short bursts.

Indeed, Four’s parkour skills are equally impressive and hilarious to behold — especially when AWOLNATION’s “Run” starts playing on the soundtrack.

A climactic confrontation on a yacht is also quite memorable. Reynolds’ character just happens to specialize in weaponizing magnets, apparently. Bloody hilarity ensues.

Reynolds, Laurent and Garcia-Rulfo also do a great job with what they’re given, taking into account their frequently absurd dialogue.

Despite these undeniable charms, “6 Underground” ends up being a cruel sensory overload when all’s said and done. Some sequences — the opening twentyminute car chase, for example — are downright incomprehensible because of Bay’s editing and refusal to limit himself.

Perhaps the film appeals most to viewers who refuse to set higher standards for themselves and their precious time spent on planet Earth.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but this friendly neighborhood movie reviewer expects more from filmmakers and from humanity in general.

Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” incorporates multiple overwhelming elements. Movie reviewer Gordon McPherson dubs the overstimulation simply “Bayhem.” Photo by Netflix

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YAL promotes AR-15 raffle, giveaway Heumann said that while the group generally supports the freedom for all to bear arms, the contest abides by federal and state law with respect to participant limits. Heumann also described diversity among member opinions. For The Young Americans for Liberty at Truman State University hosted an instance, some might be in favor of background checks, but not abolishing the AR-15 giveaway last Thursday, with signs reading “Make Liberty Win” and Second Amendment entirely.

“YAL as an organization is nonpartisan, but we support “Come and Take It.” The raffle is part of a country-wide constitutional limited government,” sophomore Naomi event that was approved by the YAL national director to be Mathew, YAL’s Missouri state chair, said. “So in terms of conducted on college campuses. gun control, there isn’t any specific policy brief that is exThough the drawing takes place across the U.S., some conactly what YAL wants, but in general, we are always favorfusion was still apparent within event promotions and on site. ing more freedom for individuals rather than government “I didn’t make the advertisement, but I think it was a control.” little misleading,” Brett Heumann, sophomore and presiAmong the apprehensions expressed over social medent of Truman’s YAL chapter, said. “I know a few of my dia and otherwise, a recurring question was of its intent. fraternity brothers were confused, especially the ones who Mathew said the event aimed to raise awareness on imporwere not pro Second Amendment were a bit angry about it. tant issues as well as recruit for YAL’s Truman chapter.

They thought it was kind of dangerous.”

Heumann added that the event was supposed to show The AR-15 has garnered heightened attention over recent support for the Second Amendment, reflecting the Libertaryears in regard to its usage in mass shootings, most notably ian perspective on potential dangers when guns are accesthose of Aurora, Newtown, Orlando and San Bernardino. In sible to government but not citizens. conjunction with ongoing legislation proposing to ban fire“I just don’t engage in the comments,” Heumann said. arms as a response, many voiced their skepticism on social “I would hope that people would ask questions to us first media and news comment sections regarding student safety.

Uncertainties included why such a high-caliber weapon Brett Heumann, and maybe talk to us one-on-one before posting and getting was chosen, whether background checks would be imposed president of Truman’s YAL chapter all upset.”

The two leaders of Truman’s YAL chapter determined and age restrictions of entrants. that the event achieved its goals, citing overall coverage, “I don’t know the exact reason, but I would assume gun owners are not just gonna want to win a hand gun,” Heumann explained. high turnout and wide-range feedback.

“I think a lot of controversial events get a big response,” Heumann noted, “They’re catering toward people who love guns, so they’re gonna want to have “so more people hear about it and that gets our message out.” a beefier gun to give away.”

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“I think a lot of controversial events get a big response. So more people hear about it and that gets our message out.”

Storytime with

Allison

Clara’s chick flick, tears included ALLISON MASCHHOFF Staff Writer She rolled her eyes and turned to go, to leave him there standing alone in the woods like the brooding bad boy character from a chick flick. Except he wasn’t misunderstood and she wasn’t going to fall in love with him.

As they say, been there, done that.

It wasn’t gonna happen again. Her heart had put on its armor.

“Clara, stop,” he said. He reached out and grabbed her elbow, pulled her back toward him, made her face him.

But she wouldn’t look at him. She stared at the ground.

“Clara, please. Let me explain.”

“Explain what exactly? What about all of this do you think I don’t understand?”

“I didn’t mean —” “Yes, you did, Jeremy.” Clara’s eyes snapped up to his and her gaze broke straight through the piercing blue ice to his soul.

Her voice was stern, compelling.

“You mean that there’s more to the story. You mean there’s a way to redeem yourself. Well, there’s not more and there’s no hope. I don’t want to hear your delusions.”

They were standing in the woods behind her house, far enough to be out of earshot but close enough for Clara to know the lights were still on inside.

She wondered how far the evening’s potential for clichés was going to go.

Was her father sitting inside, waiting with a shotgun in his lap? She was pretty sure there was one packed away in the basement somewhere. Not that she believed for a second he knew how to shoot it.

Jeremy pursed his lips. “I’m not delusional.” He halved the distance between them and added, “And from what I remember, you like trying to redeem me.”

Clara faked a smile. “Do you know the difference between medicine and poison, Jeremy?”

His brow furrowed. “What are you talking about?”

She leaned in closer and whispered, “Dosage.”

Jeremy was unimpressed. “So, what, now I’m poisonous?”

Clara shrugged. She turned to go again and this time he moved to block her rather than pulling her back. To Clara’s surprise, there was actually a trace of pain on his face.

He sighed. “Clara, look. I know I screwed up. I screwed up bad, but please, give me a second chance.”

“Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, oh wait! You won’t get the chance.”

“Clara, I was drunk! I wasn’t behaving like myself!”

“Alcohol doesn’t give you a free pass, Jeremy.” Clara swallowed, no longer able to joke. “You got drunk, the training wheels came off and you decided to cheat on me. The bridge has

been crossed. There’s no going back.

I’m burning it.”

“You know I never meant to do this, that I wouldn’t have done it sober.”

“No!” Her eyes went ablaze and Jeremy took a step backward in shock.

“No, I don’t know that.”

Rubbing the back of his neck, Jeremy tried to blink away the tears gathering in his eyes. He wasn’t sure what hurt the worst: the fact she was in pain, the fact he had caused it or the fact that she was going to leave him.

It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

Out of all of those movies she’d made him watch over the last couple years, none of them had ended like this.

“It was my best friend, Jeremy,” Clara whispered.

His voice broke as he said, “I know.”

“I was only down the hall.”

“I know.” Gravity was steadily increasing its weight on his shoulders.

It was taking everything in him not to drop to his knees.

Tears streamed down Clara’s face and Jeremy didn’t know what to do.

He wanted to hold her, to cry with her, to apologize over and over again until his voice gave out. But he also wanted to run away, wanted to forget her pain, forget he’d caused it. He didn’t want to acknowledge this truth.

It was never supposed to end like this.

Timidly, half expecting her to brush his hand away, Jeremy reached out and

caressed the side of Clara’s face. Instinctively, her eyes closed, her body leaning into his touch. But his hand was cold and her skin didn’t come to life with the flames it once had. The intimacy couldn’t survive without the foundation of trust it had been built on.

“I love you so much,” Jeremy whispered.

“I loved you, I trusted you, with my whole heart,” Clara responded, voice shaky and high pitched. She allowed herself one last moment of his presence, one last time to feel his hand against her skin, one last moment knowing he loved her. And he did love her. She knew that. She knew he’d walk through fire to take back what he’d done.

The sad reality that the chick flicks never mention is that walking through fire doesn’t fix everything. And it wouldn’t fix this, even if he could do it.

So Clara straightened her spine, stepped out of his reach and cleared her throat. With a more confident voice, she told him, “Goodbye, Jeremy.”

Then she walked away and left him brooding and heartbroken in the woods. The perfectly understood, unwitting bad boy no doubt would one day be someone else’s Prince Charming. But not Clara’s.

It was sunny and the birds were singing and the woods didn’t appear in any way magical, because it was not a chick flick. If it had been, maybe it wouldn’t have ended this way.

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In Perspective Narratives from the campus community

What are your goals for this semester and why are they important to you?

Tyler Thomason, junior

Emma Kanerva, junior

“Honestly, my main goal for the semester is learning to prioritize my own time for myself.

I am very good at racking up a million responsibilities and kind of forcing myself to make them all work, and that’s not really conducive to a happy lifestyle. I’m kind of trying to work to achieve a better balance.”

“This semester I’m pretty busy. I’m a percussion major so I’m planning my senior recital for next year, and my senior recital is going to be all female composers. That’s important to me, because as a woman in a male-dominated instrument field, I feel like it’s important to bring awareness and the spotlight to those female composers and the women in music.”

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BASKETBALL

SWIMMING

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MEN’S, WOMEN’S

At GLVC Swimming and Diving Championships at Crawfordsville Aquatic Center Wednesday, Feb. 12 through Saturday, Feb. 15

Vs Rockhurst University at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 Vs William Jewell College at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 Vs Lindenwood University at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 Vs University of Missouri-St. Louis at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 At Bellarmine University at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13

TRACK AND FIELD MEN’S, WOMEN’S

WOMEN’S

At Northwest Missouri State University for the Bearcat Invitational Friday, Feb. 7 through Saturday, Feb. 8

Vs Rockhurst University at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 Vs William Jewell College at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 Vs Lindenwood University at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 Vs University of Missouri-St. Louis at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 At Bellarmine University at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13

BASEBALL

TENNIS

At Northwestern Oklahoma State University at noon Friday, Feb. 7 At Washburn University in Alva, Oklahoma, at noon Saturday, Feb. 8 At Rockhurst University in Alva, Oklahoma, at noon Sunday, Feb. 9

Track teams claim gold CHASE POTTER Sports Editor Over the weekend, the Truman State University track teams found success at the Snowbird Classic.

On Saturday, Jan. 25, the men’s and women’s track teams hit the road to compete in the Snowbird Classic in Jacksonville, Illinois, the home of Illinois College.

The men’s team relied on its usual standouts: thrower Bobby Campbell and jumper Brandon Hackamack. Campbell won another gold medal in the weight throw with a throw of 58’ 5”, which was 5’ 3” further than the next closest competitor. Hackamack took first in the triple jump with a season best jump of 45’ 8” and took second in the long jump with a leap of 21’. This was Hackamack’s third longest jump of his career as a Bulldog. Jumper Blake Laird also captured his first gold medal in the pole vault this season with a jump of 13’ 1”. His first jump tied him for the lead in the event and proved to be enough to hold onto the spot after Laird was unable to clear the next height.

The women’s team had one of its best outings of its young season, winning eight different events throughout the meet.

Among the women’s top performers was jumper Hannah Sells who took first in the pole vault. Sells beat her teammate, jumper Ashleigh Sharkey, who took second place

by over 2”. The women’s team owned the podium in a loaded 800-meter run. The Bulldogs took the top three spots in the event and four of the top five spots. Placing first was mid-distance runner Alayna Pipkin, followed just milliseconds later by mid-distance runner Shannon Jones and distance runner Carly Garnett. The women’s team also managed to claim gold in both the 4x200 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relay. In the 4x200 meter relay, sprinter Hally Blackwell, hurdler/jumper Grace Feeney, sprinter Brianna Barton and Pipkin topped the podium and in the 4x400 meter relay Blackwell, Feeney and Pipkin were joined

by Sofia Oxendale to round out their second gold medal winning relay of the day.

Blackwell said she believes this year’s team has started off the season just the way it wanted to. After winning the Dutch Athletic Classic and taking first in eight events over the weekend, Blackwell said that this team is focused on adding up points.

“Our team looks super strong this year,” Blackwell said. “I’m very excited about where we’re heading and how we are competing so far. We just all made sure we got in placing position so that we could get points and it added up pretty quickly.”

The women’s and men’s teams will continue their season at the Bearcat Invitational on Feb. 7, hosted by Northwest Missouri State University.

COLUMN| Truman basketball honors the legacy of Kobe Bryant Continued from page 14 On that Sunday morning, though the floor was still silent and the hearts of the players were sore with the news, the Bulldogs pressed on through the remainder of practice with the memory of a legend and a hero of the sport still on their minds. Many of the Bulldog players grew up idolizing Bryant as he poured his heart into the game he loved.

Many of them watched as he hobbled back to the free throw line in pain with only one Achilles tendon intact because he was unable to surrender without knowing he gave everything within him.

They saw Bryant, at age 37, take

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the floor for the final time and produce every single point that he was able to muster for a world and a sport that was not ready to see him leave.

And so, the Bulldogs did as Bryant taught them. They took the floor with sore bodies and busy minds because they had seen it done so many times before by a man wearing the numbers 8 and 24. And though the court in Pershing Arena and so many other courts around the world were still and silent that Sunday morning, the hearts of those who loved the court as Bryant had taught them to were at peace.

Vs Newman University at Missouri Western Invitational in St. Joseph, Missouri, at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 Vs Arkansas Tech University at Missouri Western Invitational in St. Joseph, Missouri, at TBD Saturday, Feb. 1 Vs Missouri Western State University at Stoney Creek Hotel Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri, at TBD Saturday, Feb. 1

SEASON STATS MEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL

CONFERENCE

12 - 6

8-2

HOME

AWAY

6-0 5-4

NEUTRAL

1-2

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OVERALL

CONFERENCE

13 - 4

9-1

HOME

AWAY

5-2 5-1

NEUTRAL

3-1

MEN’S SWIMMING OVERALL

4-7

SCORES 72,80,128,56,98,112,222,122,172, 68, 114

WOMEN’S SWIMMING OVERALL

7-3

SCORES 115, 179, 50, 146, 121, 109, 258, 237, 126, 94, 103

BALL|Men’s basketball looks to stay undefeated at home over the next week Continued from page 14 Truman’s record is now 12-6 on the year and with its 8-2 conference record, the Bulldogs currently sit in second place in the GLVC, tied with Bellarmine University and Rockhurst University.

This week Truman will try to avenge its early season loss to Rockhurst. Last time they played, the Hawks won a very close, low scoring game in Kansas City. Truman lost the turnover battle, giving the ball away 19 times compared to the Hawks’ 11 turnovers. Despite holding Rockhurst to 35.8% shooting from the field, the Hawks won 59-56.

“Last time we played them we were

struggling scoring the ball,” Strait said. “We weren’t making small easy plays that led us to get easy buckets. I still feel we are very good defensively like we were then when we held them to 56 points, but now we feel we are way more capable of scoring in a variety of different ways.”

Rockhurst is coming into the game on a four-game win streak, but the Bulldogs are still undefeated at home with a 6-0 record in Pershing Arena. Both teams have identical season records of 12-6, as well as conference records of 8-2. Truman will try to even up the season series in its annual black-out game on Jan. 30 in Pershing Arena.

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ATHLETE of the week

Senior guard Sloane Totta and the women’s basketball team finished last week with a 3-0 record. Totta led the team with 15.7 points per game over the three game stretch to go with 5.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds, all while shooting 42% from behind the three-point line. Totta and the Bulldogs won three straight road games for the first time this season and are now 9-1 in their last 10 games.

SWIM| Truman swim teams celebrate their senior classes Continued from page 14 “This year started very different,” Simek said.

“I give a lot of credit to the seniors for keeping everything on track. All of them have helped to make sure everything still flowed really well and made sure we stayed on track with what our goals were.”

One of those seniors is Olson. Olson was met with a surprise on the day of his final meet in Kirksville: his brother, a Truman swimming alumnus, came to watch him for the first time.

“The meet for me was a roller coaster of emotions,” Olson said. “My older brother came to watch me swim with my parents. He swam at Truman 11 years ago and hadn’t come down to watch me race yet, so it was really cool to have him watching me swim.

That mixed with the sadness of knowing this will be the last time I race in my home pool really drove home the feeling that this journey is coming to an end.”

Following senior day the men’s and women’s teams both had one final regular season duel before turning their attention to the postseason.

The teams traveled to Macomb, Illinois, to take on the Western Illinois University Leathernecks.

The men’s team was able to finish its season with a duel win over its second straight Div. I opponent. The team relied on strong finishes from Olson, Gieseke and King to bring the team its fourth duel victory of the season. The men will now head into the conference meet looking to qualify athletes for individual spots in the NCAA championships this March. None of the current team members have

competed at the national championships, but the teams 800 freestyle relay nearly qualified last season and returners freestyle/backstroke/intermediate medley swimmer Connor Niels and Franz qualified for the ‘B cut’ for last year’s NCAA championships.

The women’s team entered its final meet of the regular season with the chance to win its eighth duel of the season, the most this decade. In its second consecutive day of competition, the women’s team again competed neck-and-neck with a Div. I foe. The 200-meter medley relay team of Sisson, Hickey, Galluzzo and freestyle/butterfly stroke/backstroke/ intermediate medley swimmer Emma Brabham took first for the second straight day while Mensinger finished first in the 500-meter freestyle followed by two more Bulldogs: freestyle swimmer Brook Beahan and Sisson.

Despite a valiant effort from its seniors, the women’s team lost its third consecutive duel before conference. Sisson said she believes that the team is well prepared to compete in the GLVC conference meet in February, and believes the team should focus on claiming at least third in the conference and sending multiple athletes to the NCAA championships.

The GLVC Conference meet will begin Feb. 12 and will conclude Feb. 15 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Both teams will have one final opportunity to qualify for the national championships and continue the storied tradition of Bulldog swimming.

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Women’s basketball sweeps road series CHASE POTTER Sports Editor

The women’s basketball team is rolling and there is no end in sight. Over the past week the women’s team had two GLVC road matchups and emerged victorious in both.

First the Bulldogs traveled to Evansville, Indiana, to take on the Screaming Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana. Early in the game the Eagles had no answer for the fast-paced offense of the Bulldogs. Guard Hannah Belanger led the Bulldogs in the first half with 15 points and five assists. Center Katie Jaseckas, who finished the game with 21 points — 13 of which came in the first half — proved to be too much for the Eagles. The ’Dogs took advantage of the Eagles’ weak defense in the paint, outscoring Southern Indiana by ten points inside. After posting 89 points and a 30-point win against the Eagles, the team’s highest margin of victory this season, the Bulldog offense appears to have found its rhythm. Guard Nicole Dorn believes this rhythm comes from the team’s newfound confidence on the court.

“I’d say the biggest difference from the beginning of the season to now is our confidence in ourselves,” Dorn said. “In the beginning we all were unsure of how the season was going to go, but now we know our capabilities and what we can do and know we all have each others’ back.”

This confidence was on full display at the team’s next game against McKendree University.

After a back and forth game the Bulldogs entered the fourth quarter up by only four points, and needed their high octane offense to answer the call. As the quarter opened up, the Bulldogs looked to push the pace early, going on a quick 8-2 run to stretch their lead from four to nine. Following the run, the Bulldogs did not take their foot off the pedal. The ’Dogs scored 28 points in the quarter and ended up winning the game by 17 points.

The success of the women’s basketball team might come as a surprise to some, as the team has lost multiple impactful seniors and their head coach from a year ago, but Jaseckas says new head coach

Hannah Pinkston looks downcourt. Pinkston is one of the team’s four true freshmen. Photos by Kara Mackenzie Theo Dean has been the reason the sit at second in the GLVC behind team has performed so well under their ex-head coach and the Drury adverse conditions.

University Panthers. With about “I think he has done a fantastic job half of the conference schedule this season,” Jaseckas said. remaining, the Bulldogs have set “I give him a lot of credit for their sights on qualifying for the our recent success. He’s our big- GLVC tournament by placing in gest supporter which I think is the the top eight in conference play. biggest thing we, as a pretty young Dorn said Dean constantly reteam, need. We have all the keys minds them that the team must to be a great team and he has done continue to get better every day if an amazing job of putting them all they want to reach these goals. together and giving us the confi- “The team’s goal for the secdence we need to succeed.” ond half of the season is to keep The Bulldogs have now put improving,” Dorn said. “Coach themselves in a position to con- T always says that what got us to tinue this success deep into the where we’re at isn’t good enough postseason. With a conference anymore and we need to keep record of 9-1, the Bulldogs now growing.”

Ellie Weltha looks to attack the basket. Weltha is a transfer from Illinois State University.

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SWIM TEAMS PREPARE FOR THE POSTSEASON CHASE POTTER Sports Editor The men’s and women’s swim teams were in action last week at home for the final time this season. The Bulldogs welcomed Div. I opponent Saint Louis University to Pershing Arena for their annual senior day meet where the team honors the senior members in their last chance to compete in Kirksville. This year’s men’s and women’s teams both honored five athletes. The men’s seniors included freestyle swimmer Lliot Gieseke, backstroke/ individual medley swimmer Brenden Harris, freestyle/ butterfly stroke swimmer Justin King, intermediate medley/butterfly stroke/freestyle swimmer Austin Mayer and captain and freestyle swimmer Riley Olson. The women’s team celebrated butterfly stroke/freestyle swimmer Maggie Hickey, freestyle swimmer Mikayla Kempf, backstroke/butterfly stroke/intermediate medley swimmer Lauren Massot, freestyle swimmer Megan Mensinger and captain and freestyle/backstroke swimmer Kaylee Sisson.

The women’s team entered the meet ranked No. 20 in Div. II, and needed to win its final matchup at home to avenge its first duel loss of the season. The Bulldogs got off to a hot start, taking the top three spots in the 100-meter breaststroke. Breaststroke/intermediate medley/butterfly stroke swimmer Natalie Galluzzo took first with a time of 1:06.07, breaststroke/intermediate medley swimmer Ginny Schranck finished second with a time of 1:06.89 and intermediate medley/freestyle swimmer Allison Garrett rounded out the top three with a time of 1:07.65. The ’Dogs also claimed the top two spots in the 100-meter freestyle with freestyle swimmer Alexis Poe taking first with a time of 54.28 seconds and Garrett just a moment behind at 54.44 seconds. Despite starting the day off in the lead, the Bull-

dogs were unable to hold control late in the meet and eventually fell to the Billikens 111-94.

After the meet, Sisson reflected on her time as a Bulldog, and said the people make the program. The swim team is more like a family to Sisson, who has lived with her teammates for most of her career as a Bulldog.

“It’s just a happy ending,” Sisson said. “I’m not sad about my swimming career ending because everything has gone the way I wanted it to go. The happiest memories I can think of at Truman have to do with my swim team. It’s just so fun to have your friends around you all the time. That’s probably what I’ll miss is just hanging out and having people that make me a better person all around me.”

The men’s team was able to claim first in three different events against the Div. I Billikens, but were unable to score enough points overall to compete with the St. Louis team’s score.

The Bulldog’s sophomore class carried them in the individual events. In the 1000-meter freestyle, freestyle/backstroke/intermediate medley swimmer Connor Neils took first overall with a time of 10:02.81, and in the 200-meter freestyle, freestyle swimmer John Breen topped the podium with a time of 1:44.61. Later in the meet the upperclassmen accounted for the Bulldogs’ final victory of the day in the 200 medley relay consisting of butterfly stroke/backstroke swimmer Mike Franz, freestyle/breaststroke swimmer Mark Franz, Gieseke and Harris, who posted a time of 1:34.15. After the final race had been swam, the Billikens left Pershing Natatorium with a 136-68 victory.

Prior to the senior day festivities, head coach Jerod Simek shared his appreciation for a senior class that welcomed him in and took leadership roles without being asked to before the season had even begun.

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Men’s basketball splits road trip, defeats former coach JACK WILLIE Staff Writer The men’s basketball team went 1-1 on the road this week after facing off against two conference rivals and its former head coach.

The Bulldogs traveled to Evansville, Indiana, for their Thursday night contest against the 12-4 University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. Truman was only down four points at the half despite a slow shooting start. From behind the three point line, the Bulldogs only made one of their 13 attempts in the half. Overall, they were 12 of 31 from the field, posting a 38.7% field goal percent. The Eagles were led by junior forward Emmanuel Little, who eclipsed his season scoring average of 15.7 points per game by tallying 17 points in the first half, making seven of 12 attempts from the field.

Point guard Turner Scott finishes a layup over a Quincy University de Brodric Thomas led the comeback effort fender. Scott has started every game for the Bulldogs this season and by scoring 17 of his 20 points in the second half. Overall, the team greatly increased leads the team in minutes played. Photo by Kara Mackenzie its shooting percentage in the second half Both teams played an evenly matched contest in the with marks of 51.9% from the field and 53.8% from three point first half. With neither team able to gain a big advantage, range. Truman got into foul trouble in the second half, commit- the Bulldogs and Bearcats both made four of their three ting 19 personal fouls and sending the Eagles to the free throw point attempts. The ’Dogs pulled together a one point line 29 times, where they converted 25 of those attempts. Cade lead going into halftime after shooting 41.67% from the McKnight, the Bulldog’s second leading scorer on the year, field and allowing McKendree to shoot 50% on field goal was only able to play 21 minutes as a result of fouling out. Six attempts. Truman had a big second half, outscoring the other Bulldogs had at least three fouls, and three of them had Bearcats by 16 on its way to an 82-65 win. The ’Dogs four personal fouls called on them. Unfortunately, the ’Dogs dominated on the glass, grabbing 41 rebounds, 18 of comeback attempt came up short, as USI came away with the which came on the offensive end, while the Bearcats only 79-76 victory. The loss made Truman’s road win percentage had 23 total rebounds. Alex McQuinn and Thomas led the fall to .500 in their eight road games on the year. way with nine and eight rebounds respectively. Thomas The Bulldogs looked to bounce back as they finished the was a force offensively, racking up 22 points and dishing road trip in Lebanon, Illinois, against McKendree University. out eight assists. Three other Bulldogs scored in double The Bearcats’ head coach is the former Truman State University figures as well: McKnight, Scott and Hunter Strait. This head coach of four years, Chris Foster, who took over at McK- was Truman’s eighth win against a conference opponent endree last year. this year, while only suffering two losses. The Bulldogs “There’s definitely a little more motivation,” guard also pushed their record to 2-0 when facing off against Turner Scott said about facing his former coach. “It’s still a Foster while coaching at McKendree. little weird seeing him on the other side line, but it’s nice to see McKendree.”

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It’s Sunday morning and both Truman State University basketball teams are preparing to get back into the gym after winning their respective road games just the night before. Most days you can walk into the gym the day after a win and feel the warmth radiating from the coaches and players and hear the excitement on the court as they recall memories of yesterday’s victory and prepare for the next, but this Sunday the floor was quiet. Despite the taste of victory still fresh on their tongues, the only sound to be heard was the bouncing of a ball and the occasional squeal of a planting shoe.

Just minutes before the two teams were set to take the court and begin their long week of preparation, they received the news that former NBA superstar and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant lost their lives along with seven others in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles. As the Truman men’s director of basketball operations, I was among them that morning receiving the news.

“That’s what Bryant did.

He turned little kids into dreamers and dreamers into achievers.”

The first time I ever watched Bryant play basketball was in my mom’s classroom at the school she worked at when I was a child. It was late and she had paperwork to finish, so to help me pass the time she turned on game one of the 2010 NBA finals. As an eleven year old kid I had just begun to find my own love for basketball, but I had not yet become invested in the sport. As I continued to watch the game one player kept catching my eye: Kobe Bryant. The way he moved around the court and his defender so effortlessly made me believe that even an eleven year old kid from Iowa could play the game the way he did.

His hustle to every ball on the floor or every rebound proved to me, a kid who only knew a little bit about the game, that he was willing to do anything to win.

For four long quarters I watched Bryant give every ounce of effort in his body to a game that meant little to me at the time. By the end of the game my mom had nearly finished her paperwork, and turned to me to ask what I thought of the game. At the time I didn’t understand the context of what I was witnessing, all I knew was that I wanted to play the game just like Kobe Bryant did. I wanted to be so committed to one goal that I was willing to do anything to achieve it. That is what Bryant did. He turned little kids into dreamers, and dreamers into acievers.

Bryant, also known as the “Black Mamba”, was not just any basketball legend. Bryant entered the league straight out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Bryant’s dominance began in 2000 when he, alongside Shaquille O’Neal, captured his first career NBA Championship and began a run of three straight championships from 2000-02, the first such run since Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls just seven years before. This jumpstarted Bryant’s career as one of the best scorers in NBA history.

After winning two more championships back-to-back in 2009 and 2010, Bryant suffered an Achilles tendon injury that would sideline the Mamba for a year.

Bryant’s hard-fought return to the court resulted in his climb up to third on the list of the NBA’s all-time scoring leaders before delivering one last memory on the basketball court in the final game of his career. In one of the most watched games in the history of the NBA, Bryant scored an incredible 60 points at the age of 37 and became the oldest player in the history of the NBA to score 60 or more points.

Beyond the court Bryant was an Oscar winner for his short film titled “Dear Basketball” which told the story of Bryant’s career from his perspective and gave the world an understanding of his love for the sport he played. In the film, Bryant describes how he gave his heart to the sport of basketball, however those who followed Bryant after his retirement from the NBA saw another side of him. Bryant was known for his unmatched work ethic and his devotion to the game of basketball. This devotion brought out a passion on the court, garnering him the respect of all members of the NBA community. In his days after basketball, Bryants’s dedication to his family was what he fully invested in.

Bryant was known to take his daughter Gianna to watch basketball games all over the country as she shared the love for the game with her father. He was a committed supporter of women’s basketball, a sport in need of a voice to help it transcend to the level of the NBA and other major professional leagues. He often commented that his daughter Gianna was better than he was at her age and would someday help move the sport forward for women. Ultimately, what Bryant demonstrated was an unbreakable commitment to the things in life he loved the most. From basketball to his family, Bryant’s life centered around the things he held closest to his heart, and he would stop at nothing to ensure that.

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