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Truman State University voted to change the liberal studies curriculum, adopting a more standardized core curriculum and allowing for easier transfer. Truman Days has also been eliminated in favor of a semester-long seminar and weekly lecture centered around preparing students for college courses and critical thinking. Photo by Daniel Degenhardt
The Dialogues will replace Truman’s current LSP in fall 2019 BY DANA BARTCH Digital Director Truman State University has undergone a curricular reform initiative and reformatted freshman week activities in an effort to update the curriculum, simplify the transferring process for currents students and ensure new students are welcomed. This fall, 200 students from Ryle Hall will be part of a pilot test for the series. The alterations made to the Liberal Studies Program and Truman Days will officially go into effect in fall 2019, and the title will be formally changed to The Dialogues. Statistics professor Scott Alberts said The Dialogues is composed of two parts called Disciplinary Perspectives and Interconnecting Perspectives. The Disciplinary Perspectives replace the Essential Skills and Modes of Inquiry element of the current LSP and consist of five core perspectives: humanities, social sciences and history, science and math, communication, and mission specific. The Interconnecting Perspectives will remain the same as they are in the current LSP but with a slight modifica-
tion to the health and wellness course approach. Alberts said faculty and staff are hoping to allow students to log their fitness hours instead of having to sign up for a traditional physical education course. These curriculum changes are designed to align more with the Missouri State Board of Education’s standards, specifically the Core Curriculum Transfer or CORE 42 curriculum. CORE 42 is intended to make transferring between schools easier for students by creating a 42-credit common course load to be adopted between universities and colleges across Missouri. Economics professor Justin Jarvis said Truman wants transferring, whether in or out, to be as smooth as possible for its students, so it is embracing the CORE 42 approach. Along with the changes to the current LSP, Truman is revamping its freshman experience to better welcome and include incoming Truman students. In the past, the University greeted new students with the mandatory one-credithour Truman Week course at the beginning of the semester, but in the future the freshman experience will be four credits and last the entire fall semester.
Three of the four credits of the new freshman experience will come from the Self and Society Seminar, a course designed to equip students with the skills necessary for a successful college career, such as time management, basic communication and class preparation. The last credit will be earned over the course of the fall semester through a weekly lecture series called the Truman Symposium. Professors from across campus will lead the hour-long lectures at 7 p.m. every Tuesday night. The lectures raise big picture questions, requiring the students to think critically and come in contact with a wide range of students and professors, said Alberts. “One of the ways I think [the Truman Symposium] might be useful is in increasing the sense of community and camaraderie among students,” said Chad Mohler, professor of philosophy and religion. “They are all going to be discussing the same sorts of questions, so I think it will help develop a spirit of unity among students coming in.”
During the spring semester, Truman State University officials were bracing for the worst-case scenario as another budget crisis loomed, but a shake-up in the governor’s office resulted in restoration of University funding to last year’s level. In January 2018, former Gov. Eric Greitens proposed cutting Truman’s core state funding by 7.7 percent — or about $3 million — for fiscal year 2019, which began July 1. However, after Greitens left office in June, the Missouri General Assembly and Gov. Mike Parson passed a budget restoring Truman’s appropriation to the same level of fiscal year 2018, about $39.5 million. A large portion of the restored funding will go toward raises for faculty and staff. Dave Rector, vice president for administration, finance and planning, said even though state funding was restored to last year’s levels, department cutbacks made in preparation for the large funding reduction will remain in effect. However, faculty and staff across the board will get a 3 percent raise after no University personnel were given raises last year. Rector said the rest of the extra state money will go toward key areas where it is needed most, including maintenance and repair, which took a large cut in fiscal year 2018. The University will keep some of the money in reserve in case the state unexpectedly withholds money throughout the year, but Rector said it’s hard to predict whether that will happen. Rector also said the University will raise starting salaries for office staff and custodians by about 20 cents per hour in an effort to attract more workers. He said the University is working toward paying all employees starting salaries of at least $10 per hour. “All of the office staff … they’re above that, but custodial is still lower,” Rector said. “But that’s the goal, which I hope we can hit next year.” Rector said despite the restoration in state funding, the Greenwood Autism Center project is still stalled because the governor withheld one-third of the budget for refurbishing the building. He said this funding might be restored when the General Assembly meets for its veto session in September, but until then the University is waiting to move forward with the project.
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City of Kirksville continues road construction projects BY ELISABETH SHIRK Staff Writer The City of Kirksville began work on two major transportation projects this summer: a reconstruction of Illinois Street and the implementation of a new box culvert water flow system — allowing water and drainage to flow under city streets — at the corner of North Cottage Grove Avenue and East Harrison Street. Kirksville is also filling potholes around the city as part of continual transportation maintenance and repair. Work on Illinois Street started in early May, and the box culvert project began in early July. The projects are funded by the City’s $1.2 million annual street rehabilitation and maintenance budget, and additional funding comes from a half-cent transportation sales tax renewed by Kirksville voters in 2014. Assistant city manager Ashley Young said starting next year, seventy-five percent of the revenue from that sales tax will go towards street and infrastructure repair. City engineer Len Kollars said the budget for the box culvert project was $180,000, but the actual construction will be about $162,000. He expects the box culvert project to be finished by Oct. 1. The City has organized a detour over to Manor Road for traffic, including city school buses, and one of the project objectives is to open the street by the middle of August. Kollars said the culvert, which is currently under construction, will be 8 feet wide, 5 feet tall and 35 feet long. He said it will be made out of concrete and reinforced with steel for added strength. The main purpose of the new box culvert is to help mitigate flooding in the area. Kollars said the reduced flooding should also improve home values and aesthetics in the neighborhood. Public Works Director Glenn Balliew said every few years the City does a big reconstruction project, and this year’s was Illinois Street. He said the reconstruction of Illinois Street is the largest project the City has ever tried to do in-house. “The engineering estimate was over $2.5 million for a contractor to do,” Balliew said.
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The City of Kirksville is building a box culvert along North Cottage Grove Avenue. Kirksville has also been working on the reconstruction of Illinois Street throughout the summer months. Photo by Elisabeth Shirk
“We’re doing it in-house for $800,000.” Balliew said the old Illinois Street was made from concrete that had been there for many years, and over time it had become rotten and weak. He said as long as the weather holds up, they are expecting the project to be completed before the end of this year. Balliew said next year the City will begin a paving project, focusing on roads with a lot of potholes. He said once those roads are paved, they should hold for 10-15 years or more. Balliew said the City uses a DuraPatcher to fill the potholes. “The key thing with potholes is to get the grade right and get the water off the roads,” Balliew said. Young said the City would like to encourage people to go to the City’s website and use the citizen service request tool if they see a pothole they feel isn’t being addressed.
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MO Hall renovations completed for 2018
Top left: The Missouri Hall kitchen also received updates in the dining hall renovation. The kitchen area now includes air conditioning. Top right: One of the goals for the Missouri Hall dining hall renovation was to increase seating in the dining area. The dining hall can now seat over 200 people. Left: Plans to renovate the dining hall were announced in 2017. Missouri Hall had the oldest dining hall on campus. Photos by Daniel Degenhardt
Summer News in Review STOSKOPF NOW SERVING AS INTERIM TITLE IX COORDINATOR
MAYOR JERRY MILLS RESIGNED
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTS
JORDAN LAMBAY INTERVENES IN AX ASSAULT
Janna Stoskopf, vice president for student affairs, is now serving as interim Title IX Coordinator after Jamie Ball stepped down from the position in June. Ball served as Truman State University’s Title IX Coordinator from 2015-2018 and is now serving as the director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Access and Title IX Coordination at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The University is conducting a search for a new Title IX Coordinator.
Kirksville Mayor Jerry Mills resigned on Aug. 6 because he no longer lives within city limits, a requirement to be mayor. Mills was re-elected to Kirksville City Council in 2017 and was serving his second non-consecutive term as mayor. The City Council will appoint someone to fill Mills’ seat. Chuck Long will take over the position of mayor for the rest of Mills’ term.
Truman State University’s campus has developed over the summer. Missouri Hall’s dining hall has been completely renovated to increase seating, install air conditioning in the kitchen and upgrade the infrastructure. Fair Apartments were also demolished over the summer to create a green space for students. Additionally, the installation of a new sprinkler system in Pickler Memorial Library has started and will continue throughout the school year.
Junior Jordan Lambay stopped a domestic dispute involving an ax June 29. Lambay intervened in the dispute between suspect Alidor Masingo, charged with firstdegree domestic assault, and his wife. Lambay and his roommate were neighbors of Masingo and stepped in after seeing the dispute outside. Lambay was able to disarm Masingo and restrain him until police arrived.
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Starting college is your opportunity to start fresh. It can be overwhelming coming to a place where you don’t know many people and you spend the first week with the same people throughout. But don’t let the stress keep you from getting out of your comfort zone and pursuing new things. We, The Index Editorial Board, encourage new students to get involved on campus and to go to the different events hosted at Truman State University or in the Kirksville community. Your college years are supposed to be some of the best of your life, so don’t be afraid to try something new and make new friends. Go to the Activities Fair from 2-6 p.m. Aug. 29 in the Student Union Building and sign up on the email lists of the clubs that interest you. We’re not advising you put your email down on all the lists, but if you think it could be something you enjoy, do it. By joining these contact lists, you can get a better idea of what the organization is and what they do. It’ll also provide a way for you to get in contact with people with similar interests and make some new friends, even if you don’t end up joining the organization. The worst that could come out of it is having to ask to be removed from the contact list down the road. On that note, Truman hosts a lot of events that encourage students to get out of their rooms and be part of the campus — GO! Go to that first football game decked out in purple with a few of your new friends. Go to the different events the Student Activities Board puts together. Not only do they work really hard to organize each event, but there’s also often free food or little gifts. The first big event will be the Back to School Bash from 4-6 p.m. Aug. 24 on The Quad, and even if you can’t stay the whole time, go for the time you can and enjoy the live music. This is the beginning of an exciting part of your lives, and we, The Index Editorial Board, not only want you to have a great year, but also to find your Truman identity, which might mean getting out of your comfort zone. This is a stressful time in everyone’s lives (yes, even us upperclassmen) so make the most of it and enjoy these years. They go by fast!
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can consist of learning from faculty, in any and every discipline, who embed the philosophy of a liberal-arts education This fall we are working on some into the very fabric of their course. changes to Truman State University’s Remind me what’s the big deal with core curriculum. The core is the portion the Liberal Arts? This is an important of the curriculum that all of the underquestion. The word “arts” here does not graduate students must complete and refer to a piece of artwork or a perforis a large part of what makes Truman mance art. “Art” comes from the Latin distinctive. It was once called the Libartes, meaning skills or knowledge eral Studies Program, but will now go areas. “Liberal” comes from the Latin by the name Dialogues. liberales, meaning a free or unconThe LSP was conceived nearly 20 strained mind or individual. In other years ago and has educated many thousands of students. The Dialogues aims to words, the liberal-arts education that Truman seeks to impart is one that will carry on that tradition in a way that will be more applicable to students now. The free the minds of our students! Picture the things that entangle planning began in Jan. 2015, and has inour minds — that destroy our mental volved the coordinated efforts of nearly freedom. Among others, these include half of the faculty members at Truman. a lack of information, willful ignorance, The changes aim to give students the opportunity to engage in broader discus- and emotions such as fear, prejudice, sions with the campus community, allow and doubt. By specializing in academic content, we hope to overcome the the students more flexibility in choosinformation entanglement. ing courses, make it easier to transfer Our Dialogues hopes to lead students into and out of Truman, open the core into skills and knowledge areas that will curriculum to all departments across free their minds from the entanglements campus, and prepare students for the mentioned — the entanglements that all complexities of our modern world. humans suffer from. The Dialogues will feature a freshThis is much more than just preparman seminar sequence, consisting of a ing students for jobs. For me, personone-credit-hour Truman Symposium that BRENTLY SNEAD ally, what I dream about at night is will expose our freshmen to 12 dynamic Editor-in-Chief not trying to imagine ways that will and relevant lectures. This common increase the expected, future income experience will hopefully increase comIt’s insane to think about this stream of my students. Because, let’s munity among new students and inspire being my last year here at Truman face it: Truman students are consisstimulating conversation outside of class. State University. Three years ago, tently at the top of their high school The second part of the sequence is a and post-Truman graduate classes, and discipline-specific Self & Society seminar I arrived eager to start classes and that will ask students to apply the themes at the top of the pay scales of the comget involved and make a trillion panies they inhabit. They don’t need they’ve discussed in the symposium in a new lifelong friends. my help in this regard. What I dream discipline-specific context, in order to see Okay, so maybe my expectations about at night is helping my students how each discipline responds to the “Big were a little high. But really, Trucreate beauty, relationships, love, reQuestions” that we all grapple with. man and the town of Kirksville have spect — a more wonderful world. An additional feature is the elimiserved me well these past few years. The changes to our core curriculum nation of the Liberal Arts and SciOn that same note, I’d like to have been carefully considered by facences course moniker. This was done think I’ve done the same for both the ulty at all levels, and we truly believe to convey the notion that a liberal-arts University and the town. As I settle that this change will offer tremendous education need not consist of taking into the office for this last year, I’m benefits to every part of the Truman courses only in a specific set of discireminded of my time not only at community. Here’s to the future! plines. Rather, a liberal-arts education EDITORIAL POLICY: The Index is published Thursdays during the academic year by students at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 63501. The production offices are located in Barnett Hall 1200. We can be reached by phone at 660-785-4449. 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DIALOGUES| TSU hopes to improve liberal -arts education
Clayton B. Ofstad leaves a legacy BY DANA BARTCH Digital Director Through the donations of an endowed chair, Truman State University Department of English and Linguistics receives roughly $75,000 annually and uses the funds to bring in specialized education for students each semester. The Clayton B. Ofstad Endowed Chair is a gift in honor of a former language and literature professor. After his death, his wife, Odessa Ofstad, chose to honor his legacy at the University with an endowment. The donation is divided between the English and literature, linguistics, and creative writing programs within the department. All receive a third of the $75,000 each year. The funds are earmarked for visiting scholars to travel to Truman and teach subject matter that Truman professors do not have the resources to teach themselves. Visiting professors can teach for seven weeks during the fall semester or one week in the spring. “Typically, an endowed chair, the way that it works is they say, ‘Okay, professor at Truman, we’re going to give you the semester or the year off and we’re going to pay your salary,’” linguistics professor Luke Amoroso said. “But that’s not what’s happening. We’re going to bring in people that don’t do what we do, and
it allows us, as teachers, to interact with people in our larger field. And it’s better for the students because it’s fresh blood.” Six visiting professors travel to Truman each year to teach within the Department of English and Linguistics through the Ofstad Chair. Amoroso, tasked with scouting potential scholars for the linguistics program, asks his students what they would be interested in learning about, and with their feedback, he searches to find professors from around the world to come share their expertise. Mary Shapiro, English and linguistics department chair, said experts in the past have come to teach about subjects such as endangered languages, language documentation, American women in literature, digital humanities and writing about taboo topics. For fall 2019, linguistics students can follow along in a seven-week course about African click languages and English students can enroll in a class about rhetorical perspectives on data and the knowledge economy. Senior Molly Thal took a visiting professor’s class on Mayan hieroglyphics in spring 2018. The professor and the linguistics students in the class met a few hours every night for one week, and he gave them an introduction to the language’s structure and symbols. “Truman has an awesome staff, but
there are limitations — budget, how many professors we can have in a certain department, that kind of thing,” said Thal. “Truman has great resources, but not constant access to them, so the fact that we could bring in an actual specialist to talk about something that we never would have even heard about was fantastic.” Royce Kallerud, former English and linguistics department chair, said the donations currently funding the Ofstad Chair initially went towards the creative writing program, but when the visiting professor experience was so well received by faculty and students, Odessa Ofstad donated additional funds, and the University was then able to reach students in the entire department. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Bachelor of Science in linguistics and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing are all eligible to enroll in the courses taught by specialists in their fields. “What we’re trying to do is get students a broader range of experience and the chance to work with faculty, scholars, writers that they wouldn’t otherwise encounter at Truman,” said Kallerud. “We’re really just trying to make an enriched experience for students and make it so that it can be available to every student in the department, regardless of their major.”
Continued from page 1 Mohler will begin the lecture series Aug. 21 by raising the question, “What is beauty?” This particular lecture will feature five professors from different departments on campus and is designed to introduce new students to what a Truman liberal arts education is really about. In addition to the new curriculum, there will be changes to Truman’s course philosophy. Jarvis said Truman is eliminating the Liberal Arts and Science designation for courses. In the past, by designating certain classes as LAS courses, Truman faculty and staff felt students were limited to only taking specific liberal arts courses. Now, any course can be counted as an LAS course. “You give the students the opportunity to take classes that were not previously considered [to be] liberal arts, like business classes or education classes,” said Jarvis. “It sends the message to everybody, kind of to remind us all that a liberal arts education isn’t just taking classes in a certain major. It’s us as faculty designing classes that open the minds of our students and then students taking those classes and engaging with the content.”
calendar Classes for the fall semester will begin on Monday, Aug. 20 Opening Convocation Aug. 17 3:30-4:50 p.m. Baldwin Auditorium Truman State University will hold the opening convocation for new members of the Truman community. The convocation is the formal ceremony welcoming new students as well as faculty and staff to Truman.
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If you’re looking for something new… PetSmart
PetSmart opened its doors Aug. 6 and is planning their ribbon cutting ceremony for Aug. 18. The store is located at 2309 North Baltimore St. in the Kirksville Commons. Store leader Robert Moots said PetSmart is fully staffed, but they are always taking applications for employment. Moots said PetSmart wants to help animals in shelters get adopted. “We love pets, so our main goal is to make sure pets are taken care of,” Moots said.
Arby’s Arby’s opened on June 18 and is located at 2607 North Baltimore St. Thanks to Arby’s popularity, traffic on North Baltimore was slowed down during the first week of opening because of people eager to try the new restaurant.
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Menards opened June 12 and is located at 3309 North Baltimore St. General manager Kirt Marshall said Menards is always looking for qualified people. He said starting wages are based on the individual and their experience. Marshall said the store’s size, about 225,000 square feet, along with its prices, inventory, cleanliness and organization, set the store apart from other home improvement stores. “I think we’re going to be here forever and be a large part of the community,” Marshall said.
Marshalls Marshalls hosted its grand opening Aug. 9. The store is located at 2319 North Baltimore St. in the Kirksville Commons. Customer Kelsey Platz said she was excited when she first found out Marshalls was opening a store in Kirksville. She said she enjoys the variety, the prices and the customer service. “They come up and greet you and ask, ‘Can I help you find anything?’” Platz said. Marshalls offers home decor, beauty products, shoes and more in addition to their selection of clothes.
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Caffiend Fix Coffee opened its doors July 1 and is located just off the square at 116 South Franklin St. Caffiend Fix Coffee is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Owner Rayne Wells Jr. said the comfortable atmosphere and great coffee are what make his coffee shop unique. Wells said he is planning on hosting an open mic night for stand up comedians Aug. 17 at Caffiend Fix.
Ladybug Thrift Ladybug Thrift opened Aug. 8 and is located at 103 West Washington St. on The Square. Owner Billee May said the store was originally opened in Macon in 2015 before she relocated it to Kirksville. May said she would like to see the store have a larger inventory and space in the future. “I’ve always wanted to open a thrift store, so this is my dream, and I made my dream come true,” May said. “I love hunting for treasures.”
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“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” best movie of 2018
BY GORDON MCPHERSON Staff Writer “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the new documentary about Fred Rogers — host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on PBS — is, without question, the best movie of 2018. You may ask, “How do you know another movie won’t top it? The year’s only a little over halfway over.” To that, I reply, not only does “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” paint an intimate picture of quite possibly the best television host of all time, but it also represents an essential call for kindness amid the tumultuous political hellscape that is America in 2018. And it’s a perfect film. Yes, that’s right, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is a perfect film, in my humble opinion. I have not one single problem with it, besides that it ends. Fred Rogers was a courageous, inspiring individual whose work on television enriched children’s lives. The program spread inclusive messages which resonate with original viewers of the program and new viewers alike. But, as one interviewee puts it, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” didn’t exactly have high production values. Sock puppets? Really? In fact, Rogers’ decision to use sock puppets in the program, as well as a methodical, meditative pace throughout, represented a stark contrast from the bombastic, morally demeaning shows that were dominating children’s television in the late 1960s. In the film, Rogers himself admits he was disgusted that his show was being used to communicate abhorrent ideals to youths, who he thought should be treated with as much respect, honesty and dignity as adults. Unbeknownst to me before watching “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Rogers actually confronted a lot of big, socially relevant topics in the original program. These included assassination, grief and divorce, topics that one wouldn’t expect to appear in a children’s program. You would never think such sensitive topics would be covered in a show that begins each episode with Rogers singing “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” hanging up his coat and changing his shoes. He was able to communicate these topics, in part, through sock puppets.
But covering those topics in a way a child could understand was only part of the beauty of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” In the documentary, viewers are able to see that Rogers cared deeply about trying to make the world a better place, where people treat both themselves and others with respect. The film’s director, Morgan Neville, paints Rogers as a complex individual, and a person who should be admired unquestionably. Rogers himself found he could communicate his ideas best through his art, in this case through his television show. This leads one to wonder if offscreen Rogers was actually similar to his onscreen persona. And, thank goodness, he was. Even so, the film investigates numerous aspects of Rogers many viewers might not have known. Principally among these are the doubts Rogers faced as the program progressed and national tragedies occurred, as well as whether or not he could keep the show going amid the huge workload required for each episode. The documentary also delves deeply into the relationships Rogers had with his coworkers on the program, especially the powerful connection Rogers had with François Clemmons, who played the African-American Officer Clemmons on the original program. The documentary also investigates some of the mixed or negative reactions to Rogers’ ideals, including parodies and backlash to Rogers’ message that “everyone is special,” with some news organizations calling Rogers misguided and dangerous. The depth of emotions expressed by the interviewees makes it easy to overlook the fact that Neville’s filmmaking techniques aren’t anything audiences haven’t seen before. He uses relatively standard techniques, such as talking heads, interview footage of Rogers, clips from the original program, etc., but really, Rogers should be the star and he most assuredly is. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has lifted my spirits in the wake of soulcrushing current events and reaffirmed my desire to make a positive difference in society and the world. Amid today’s age of hatred, it’s important for everyone to see this film. You won’t be disappointed, and you’ll have a profoundly emotional experience that won’t be equaled this year.
Top 5 Things to know No. 3 Get involved about Truman As told by Morgan Gervais, Opinions and Features Editor
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University Counseling Services
The adjustment back into the school year from summer can be challenging, and the adjustment from high school to college can be even harder. UCS is located in the McKinney Center. If self doubts and stress start to overwhelm you, counseling services is a great place to go to ease the worries of this new chapter in life. UCS offers group sessions along with one-on-one counseling.
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Whether it is joining a sorority or fraternity, a service organization, student government or a major-related club, get involved. Truman might be a small campus, but there is so much to do and so much to see, so what’s wrong with taking the back road?
The workload at Truman is definitely on the more difficult side, and professors have high standards, but you don’t have to stress about hard classes. The first floor of Kirk Building is a student’s gold mine of resources. There is tutoring offered in the lobby, that is held by students that have expertise in all majors that are willing to help their peers succeed. The Writing Center also has students who will edit, read and give feedback on papers. Similarly, the Communication Lab will listen to and give feedback on speeches and other presentations.
Student advisers might seem intimidating because they run the residence halls, but they are just your average Truman student. They are all super cool people with unique personalities — that is why they are given the responsibility of representing Residence Life. SAs are great people to talk to and grab lunch with. They are also great people to ask questions about homework or just ask advice on life.
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There is a world of different dining options available in the SUB. There are tacos, pizza, Chick-fil-A, sushi and a variety of other foods. The dining halls only accept meals from meal plans as payment, however, the SUB will take cash, card or dining dollars for all their food products. The SUB is the perfect place to go when each person in your group is craving a different food.
Adderall poses danger to college students BY TRAVIS MAIDEN Staff Writer
Every student knows that stressed out and anxious feeling that comes along with an intense deadline. Whether it’s a project you’ve waited too late to start or a paper you’ve been preparing for weeks, the stress can sometimes be overwhelming. With the stakes high and the pressures of university suffocating, some students turn to mental stimulants, like Adderall, to obtain perfection. Senior Leah Wright, vice president of the Student Public Health Association, said Adderall is a drug connected with college because of the pressure put on students. She said college is a challenging new road for many students, so some students might feel like the only way to get through college is by relying on a mental stimulant. “I think there’s a lot of pressure on students, especially at Truman State University,” Wright said. “I feel like students might feel like the only way they can do that is from taking Adderall for studying through the night.” Wright said she has friends with ADHD who take Adderall to stay focused. She said it is a helpful drug for
those who need it, but it is sad to see those who take advantage of it. Wright said people who are required to take Adderall might feel embarrassed to say they need it. Wright said there should be more education on Adderall use in college and the effects of it because so many people don’t understand it. Wright said college students might not see the long term effects of what they are doing when taking Adderall. She said students might think they are at university for a fun time and fail to recognize the danger. “I know my freshman year, someone overdosed on Adderall,” Wright said. “It’s dangerous and is not a drug to just take. People need to learn it has actual negative effects.” Joe Hamilton, assistant director of University Counseling Services, said when Adderall is misused, it is normally for performance enhancement and not as a high. Hamilton said it is typically used by students who wouldn’t misuse other drugs but are worried about a test or essay. Hamilton said the misuse of Adderall could potentially leave those who need it without a prescription.
“I definitely think that any kind of medication that can be abused in some way lends itself to physicians becoming skeptical about prescribing them and to be cautious,” Hamilton said. “At that point, I feel it could potentially limit someone’s ability to use it who needs it because of the tendency to be cautious.” Hamilton said the best thing to do to try and control the misuse of any drug is to become educated about it. He said people need to become aware that these drugs have consequences. Hamilton said a problem with the misuse of drugs like Adderall, or even pain pills, is overprescribing. He said some doctors will prescribe a person with a month’s supply when they really only need a week’s, which then leads to more medication lying around the house. “I think that just kind of lends itself to an environment where people are sharing medication without checking with their doctor,” Hamilton said. “Then it’s an easy way to share mentality with all your friends that you experience with your family.” Part of the prevention method used in Missouri and at Truman is Partners
in Prevention, a coalition which partners with colleges to keep students from abusing substances. Twelve percent of Missouri college students have reported using a prescription drug not prescribed to them, and 8.1 percent of students reported it being a stimulant, according to the Partners in Prevention. Senior Kevin Hammond said he has known friends who have felt pressured and tried Adderall. He said a reason some students try Adderall is the pressure that comes from college and peers. Hammond said he has not been pressured into taking Adderall and is not interested. He said students from Truman might feel a responsibility to be perfect because of the University’s reputation, but they have to think of the consequences of what they put into their bodies. “Adderall is something that you can get messed up on,” Hammond said. “Addicted to. Overdose on. People don’t take it and know they’re going to be fine. They’re just going to stay up, party, study or whatever, but you can very much pass away due to it.”
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Students get active in politics outside of Truman BY AURA MARTIN Staff Writer
In a day and age where electronics rule people’s lives, it’s interesting to see that face-to-face communication still dominates in the realm of politics, particularly when campaigning. Students affiliated with both the Democratic and Republican parties took action this summer and participated in various campaigns, all of which required students to do more than create politically charged posts on their social media channels. “People are more receptive to a face that looks like mine, that’s young and a person of color,” said sophomore Reece Ellis, vice president of College Democrats. “They want to hear what I have to say, and I feel like I have a bigger impact with faceto-face meetings.” Ellis said getting offline has helped him meet different groups of people including the women from Moms Demand Action, a group trying to bring gun sense in America. Senior Korbin Keller also found that meeting people face-to-face has been more productive than using social media. He said he wants to be understanding and to be understood, and it is easier if the
Sophomore Reece Ellis went out and met with individuals to discuss issues he’s passionate about. Ellis worked with Civitas, an education-based nonprofit and non-partisan organization, throughout the summer. Submitted photo
person is in front of him instead of typing behind a screen. Hiding behind a device can also lead to more hostile behavior, whereas meeting in the real world can be less dramatic, Keller said. “People can be more humble and gentle in person instead of trying to slug it out in the comment section,” Keller said. Ellis tried to appear at every major political event in the area to talk to current and potential voters, such as attending Missouri Rep. Bruce Franks Jr.’s march and Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign event with Sen. Cory Booker. This summer, Ellis worked for Civitas, an educational-based nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, where he traveled to Washington, D.C., to work on a campaign finance project. He interviewed the Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and Chuck Raasch, the Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He canvassed to oppose Proposition A and support McCaskill. Ellis also contributed to Occasional Planet, where he interviewed candidates running in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. Ellis found that some of the issues Democrats are concerned about include gun control and trade, specifically tariffs recently imposed by the President. Democrats are also concerned about healthcare since former Gov. Eric Greitens did not expand Medicaid, and Ellis said the lack of funding in Missouri has caused many independent emergency rooms and rural hospitals to close, leaving communities without access to healthcare. He also said Democrats expect healthcare premiums to rise 15-20 percent because President Donald Trump repealed the Individual Mandate. Democrats are mainly keeping an eye on the Missouri Senate race, as well as the governor’s race in Illinois. Junior Shane Loewenstein is a GOP regional field director, one of several that cover different regions in the state. He is responsible for the party’s activities in Northeast Missouri, which stretches from Kirksville to Hannibal, and he often travels back and forth.
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Throughout the summer, he worked on building a sustainable ground team to help elect Josh Hawley and other Republicans in November. Loewenstein’s job is to gather neighborhood teams made of volunteers and train them how to become political operatives. He Senior Korbin Keller poses with members of the Cindy said he is working O’Laughlin team. Keller was the campaign manager for to change the role O’Laughlin throughout the summer. O’Laughlin won the priof field director mary Aug. 7. Submitted photo from someone who Keller said he tries to talk to both barked down orders at volunteers to some- younger and older people about polione who actually trains volunteers and tics, but during the summer he mainly gives them various responsibilities. talked to older people because school “It’s chaotic at first, since there’s not re- was out of session. He said older Really any assigned roles, but we’re starting publicans were surprised to hear he to get into that zone where I assign a team was conservative like them. leader and core members that have specific “Most of them have an understandresponsibilities,” Loewenstein said. ing that college kids are liberal, proHe also said he is focusing on organiz- gressive or anti-Trump, so they find ing on the ground level, such as inviting it surprising to talk to someone my volunteers to learn how to knock on doors age who is involved in politics and is and survey effectively. conservative and usually agrees with “By teaching people how to be- them,” Keller said. come self-sufficient, they can help Keller said that Missouri Republiwith midterms and future elections,” cans are concerned about taxes, local Loewenstein said. schools having control over curriculum, Keller also worked with the Republican defending gun rights, anti-abortion Party this summer as the campaign man- laws and religious freedom. ager for Cindy O’Laughlin, the Republican Despite differences in policies and candidate for Missouri Senate District 18, views, Ellis said everyone’s voice in polwhich happens to be Truman’s district. itics is important, and students can be He accompanied O’Laughlin on cam- politically active by joining groups and paign trips, took notes of her meetings talking to people both in person and on with people, drafted campaign emails and social media. managed social media. Keller was also re“We can’t have a functioning democsponsible for writing fundraising letters, racy if people aren’t making their voices knocking on doors to tell people about heard, and you can make your voice O’Laughlin and putting up signs around heard not just by voting but by being the district, which was made up of 14 active,” Ellis said. “There are ways of counties. Keller’s efforts were successful as being active on campus no matter what O’Laughlin won the primary Aug. 7. political party you belong to.”
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Question 1: What is your favortie part of Truman State University? “I like that it is a small campus, and you get the opportunity to meet a lot of people and get to know them.”
“My favorite part about Truman is the small size in terms of class size, square mileage, etcetera because I am at the point now where anywhere I go on campus, I see former students, I see colleagues, I see people that I know. It doesn’t feel like a university where I have a job — it feels like a community that I am a part of.”
“It definitely has to be the opportunities. I feel like I have done more networking in my first year at Truman than pretty much my entire life.”
Question 2: What is something you realized was a myth about college? “That teachers were going to be really strict, when for the most part they are really relaxed and laid back.”
“I think one of the myths about college is that you are either meant to succeed or you don’t. You hear the phrase, ‘some folks are just meant for college.’ That’s not necessarily true, no matter what level of college you are at — it’s all about what you put into it.”
“That teachers went exactly by their syllabus — like if you veered off the syllabus, you would fail your classes — when really most of the time they will do the test whenever they want to give the test, and they will assign homework when they want to assign homework, and whether they collect it or not is also their own thing.”
Question 3: What are you going to miss the most about summer? “[I’ll miss] not having to do homework and just getting to relax. [I’ll also miss] getting to hang out with friends as often and not having so many responsibilities.”
“I’m going to miss my reading time. Summer is when I get to sit down and catch up on all the amazing books that have been sitting on my shelf for years, in some cases, and just try to work through all of them. And so I still get a little bit of time, but I really miss the days where I can sit and read for hours.”
“Lollapalooza, always Lollapalooza. I want to go back already.”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER | The team trained in Italy during the offseason and returned in early August to continue their training Continued from page 12 “We did well, we won and we scored a lot of goals, but we’re gonna see a lot tougher competition this year,” said Cannon. “They did well in Italy, but the competition there was a bit average at best… we need to make sure we keep securing more goals, but first thing to figure out is our depth chart — who goes where, if we’re gonna change formation — but I’m excited because we had a really great trip and had some great bonding on and off the field.” Cannon said in addition to playing soccer matches, the team got to check out a few Italian stadiums as well, particularly the home field for both of Milan’s soccer clubs — A.C. Milan and Inter Milan — turf, seats and all. Cannon said the trip was a good way to introduce new players to the team before the start of school and orientation. Cannon hopes it made them more comfortable with the group and able to play that much more to their potential. “Sometimes it takes into the preseason, even into the regular season before the kids feel more comfortable in the group, so hopefully this will accelerate that,” said Cannon. “On the field you don’t get to talk much, but when you’re walking around, shopping and getting lunch as a group, you get to know people better. It can be nerve-wracking being the new kid at college and away from home, so I think it was good for them to get out there together.”
Top: The women’s soccer team practices during the afternoon Aug. 13. The women’s soccer team returned from Italy at the beginning of August and resumed their practices at Truman State University. Bottom Left: Head coach Mike Cannon leads practice Aug. 13. Cannon said the team did well in Italy but still has areas to improve before the start of the season. Bottom Right: The women’s soccer team completes drills during their practice. The team’s first game will be Aug. 17 against Lindenwood University. Photos by Daniel Degenhardt.
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MIELKE| Swimmers come together after a former teammate was injured Continued from page 12 Rempe said she chose to open a GoFundMe because it would let people continually contribute towards Mielke’s medical expenses over the course of his recovery. So far the GoFundMe has raised nearly $40,000 out of a tentative $50,000 goal, but Rempe said there’s no knowing how much Mielke’s treatment will cost in the end. She said hospitals don’t tend to bill their patients until they leave the hospital’s care, and it’s unclear how much of the bill Mielke’s parents’ health insurance will cover. “That’s gonna all be used up instantly,” Rempe said about the GoFundMe. “In reality, that [$50,000 goal] needs to be a lot higher, but we’re just kind of taking it as we can.” Rempe emphasized how closeknit swimming communities are. She said several swimmers have visited Mielke during his recovery, including Simek, and a group of Mielke’s swimming friends pooled money together to get Mielke a St. Louis Blues jersey. Senior Emma Barnett, one of this year’s swimming captains, said some of Mielke’s friends are also selling wristbands and T-shirts to raise money for his recovery. These items are branded #MielkeStrong, a hashtag similar to #BulldogStrong, which the swimming teams use during times of struggle. Barnett said despite the team’s devastation, they’re doing everything they can to spread the word about Mielke and keep a positive attitude.
She said she thinks the Truman swimming teams will take this optimistic outlook and motivation into the swimming pool come September. “It’ll be one of those ‘let’s do this for Derek’ kind of things,” Barnett said. “I think it’ll lift us up more than [it’s] bringing us down because we kind of have someone to fight for.” Simek sees this experience pushing the team forward. Derek Mielke poses with fellow seniors at the Senior Day swim tournament spring 2018. Mielke’s life He said he changed when he had an accident at a man-made lake, leading to a spinal cord injury that paralyzed hopes this inhim from the neck down. Photo submitted by Truman Athletics. spires the team to perform at a Currently, Mielke is undergoing of Dentistry in the fall. Rempe said the higher level. “I think it’s brought our team even physical therapy in the Shirley Ryan UMKC School of Dentistry has postponed closer with all of this, and so having AbilityLab in Chicago, where they spe- Mielke’s admission for one year to give them know that they’ve always got cialize in treating people with spinal him time to recover his mobility. each other’s backs, no matter what cord injuries. He’s specifically working “If he gets full mobility back in his the situation is, I think that’s going in the Harris Family Foundation Arms hands and arms, then he could still pursue [dental school],” Rempe said. “It to add an extra element into hope- + Hands Lab. fully our team’s success this upcom- Mielke had been planning to attend the just depends what type of mobility he University of Missouri-Kansas City School gets back, if that’s still possible.” ing year,” Simek said.
HORNER| Men’s basketball welcomes new coaching staff in 2018 season Continued from page 12 “Coach Horner brings his experience from playing at a really high level for a long time,” said assistant coach Pat Sodemann. “With that comes the intensity and competitiveness that has allowed him to be as successful as he was as a player.” As a player, Horner posted a total of 1,506 career points and secured a spot in the Hawkeye records as the player with the most assists and 3-pointers made at the Big Ten school. Additionally, he was awarded third-team allBig Ten twice. After finishing his college career with a degree in communication studies and four starting seasons under his belt, he moved to the higher ranks, playing professionally in the United States and Europe with teams such as Bree, Belgium, Paris and Iowa Energy. Horner then made the transition to coaching in 2010 by joining the staff at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, as head coach for their varsity boys’ basketball program. He led the team to two state tournament appearances, where they landed a runner-up spot in 2014. In 2015, he made the move to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to work with the players of UND, where he was a program director for a year before being promoted to an assistant coaching position. During his time at UND, the team made program history in the 2016-17 season by making it to the NCAA tournament and winning the Big Sky Conference tournament.
Horner now joins the Bulldogs, and the team has already moved into action. Over the summer, the program took their skills on the road for the 2018 Bahamas Tour. They swept the competition with wins over the New Providence Basketball Association All-Stars, IBA Bahamas Elite, and Star Sports Basketball. The sweep only added to the team’s eagerness to see what this upcoming season holds. “Horner is definitely different from [former head coach Chris] Foster, but it’s an exciting change,” said redshirt senior guard Taurin Hughes. “The Bahamas tour helped us get a more established relationship with him and the new coaching staff, so I’m excited to see what this year has in store for us.” Hughes said the team looks forward to getting back on the court this upcoming season with Horner, with an aim to improve and make it even further than last season. The non-conference schedule has the Bulldogs facing some tough competition, including Northwest Missouri State University, NCAA champions from 2017. Despite the difficulty, the Bulldogs are willing to face the challenge. “We have an extremely challenging non-conference schedule against a lot of really good programs, some of those being on the road, which brings its own set of challenges,” said Sodemann. “It will force our guys to step up their level of play before conference play even begins. It will definitely prepare our guys for game in February and March.”
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August 30 BY CURT WICHMER Sports Editor How quickly we can accurately judge a foreign country’s national pastime depends largely on our own familiarity with it. For example, because of our familiarity with soccer, most Americans have quickly judged the sport and either love it or hate it. But when an event is so different from one’s frame of reference, making a judgment that’s both quick and accurate isn’t so easy, and because of these judgments, there’s hardly a foreign pastime more maligned than the Spanish bullfight. Many see the corrida de toros, or Spanish bull ring, as a barbaric callback to the days of ancient Rome, where man faced off against animals in a fight to the death, and in many ways, this is true. The bullfight traces its roots as far back as the 8th century, where nobles on horseback would fight bulls for sport. However, to say the fight itself is cruel would ignore both Spain’s history and the care and conditions used when raising the animals. Spanish bulls are raised for the bullring similarly to how racehorses are bred in the United States: born to be in peak physical condition and provided great care, ample space and a healthy diet. Essentially, bulls in Spain are raised in conditions far better than they would otherwise see in the United States. Because the bulls are raised in such pleasant conditions, the only problematic aspect of the bullfight is the fight itself. The bull is killed in every fight, without exception. Critics ask, “How could any decent, modern society so shamelessly glorify death?” The answer, of course, lies in Spanish culture. When I was studying abroad, I had
the experience of watching a bullfight in person, and I talked to a few spectators who were willing to help out an American college student who knew next to nothing of the Spanish language. From what I gathered, the bullfight is a metaphor for our own lives. However, rather than being represented by the matador, we are represented by the bull. One particular person I talked to, named Cesare, gave a vivid explanation of the fight’s symbolism: “the bull is like us because we have opportunity in life… We all eventually die, so are we going to do something… impactful before that happens, or are we going to do nothing and be forgotten? For the bull, it is an honor to fight for your life.” The crowd’s respect for the bull is evident in how they treat the event. Breeders who raise strong bulls are respected. Matadors are cheered when they kill the bull as cleanly and painlessly as possible, and they are conversely booed by their audience if they put the animal in prolonged, unnecessary pain. The audience isn’t looking for bloodshed for bloodshed’s sake; it’s clear that most people attend for the form, the tradition and the fight’s message. Though many circles of American culture look down on killing an animal for sport, we think that way because of how our culture was built. By the same token, much of Spain sees the bull’s death as an honor, rather than a tragedy, precisely because of how their own culture has formed. It’s easy to make a rash judgment about something we aren’t familiar with, but if we are going to criticize the bullfight, it is important to look at it through its own cultural context.
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Football prepares for home opener
Top Left: Sophomore quarterback Dan Zeigler tosses a pass during a summer scrimmage. Zeigler plays alongside junior Jaden Barr in the quarterback position. Top Right: Truman State University football scrimmaged Aug. 11 in preparation for the first game. Truman’s first game will be Aug. 30 against Michigan Tech. Bottom: The football team lines up for a play at an afternoon practice. The football team arrived at Truman and started practices Aug 6. Photos by Daniel Degenhardt
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BULLDOGS TRAVEL TO ITALY
The women’s soccer team poses for a team photo after a soccer match in La Spezia, Italy. The coastal town in Liguria was one of many cities visited by Truman State University’s women’s soccer team earlier this month. Photo submitted by Truman Athletics
Women’s soccer took practice to Italy in early August BY CURT WICHMER Sports Editor Truman State University Bulldogs soccer brought the term “summer vacation” to a new level when the team closed out its summer break with a trip to Italy. The women’s soccer team traveled to the major cities of Venice, Milan, Rome, Florence and Verona while also loosening up against some Italian soccer teams in preparation for the Purple and White’s 2018 season. Junior midfielder Isabel Kurzban said the Bulldogs had a unique experience playing against the Italian teams, who used a more indirect, less physical playstyle the team had rarely encountered before. In addition to getting some time on the field, Kurzban said the trip also helped with team unity, as the players got to catch up on the last few months apart and integrate new freshmen into the team dynamic. “We made a lot of great memories,” said Kurzban. “It was awesome to be in another country and experience a different culture… and play against girls from a different
culture and see what their gamedays are like. I’m really looking forward to hitting the ground running and getting this season started.” Junior midfielder Hanna Liljegren said Italy gave the entire team a preview of things to come, and she said she is excited to get this season started because of how well the team got along while abroad. Liljegren said the team won every game, and a lot of different players got the opportunity to score. “We still have a lot of work to do — everyone can always improve — but we are looking forward to the season and what we can do,” Liljegren said. “It helps that many of our new players, the freshmen, got all their nerves out in Italy and will be able to hit the ground running this preseason. If we continue how we played in Italy and build on that, we should have a very successful season.” Head coach Mike Cannon said the team did a good job of scoring while abroad, but high-scoring games can sometimes be distracting, and improvement is always important to keep in mind. See SOCCER page 9
Swimmers pull together after alumnus’ injury ALLYSON LOTZ Copy Chief
“I think what they will do is swim for him, in a way,” swimming head coach Jerod Simek said. “He was always a big part of the team and still is.” Despite graduating, former swim captain Derek Mielke is still pulling Truman State University’s men’s and women’s swimming teams together, albeit a little earlier than usual this school year. Mielke graduated from Truman in spring 2018 after four years with the men’s swimming team, culminating in a captainship his senior year. This summer, however, his Derek Mielke competes in a breaststroke race on Senior Day in the 2018 season. He regularly swam in these, along with the individual medleys life took a different turn. Mielke went swimming with throughout his college career. Photo submitted by Truman Athletics. some friends in a shallow lake with rocks on the bottom. When he took throughout their high school and col- surance,” Rempe said. “When I found out [about the accident], almost my ima dive, he lost consciousness and legiate careers. broke his neck on impact. Since Rempe is currently attending Saint mediate thought was, ‘oh my gosh, this then, Mielke has been paralyzed Louis University School of Law. She’s is going to be so expensive,’ just because pursuing a law degree with a concen- I know how ridiculously expensive from the neck down. Shannon Rempe said she wanted tration in health law as well as a mas- healthcare is for people and how you to help. Rempe is an alumna of Tru- ter’s in public health with a concentra- don’t necessarily know how stuff’s going man’s women’s swimming team from tion in health management and policy. to be covered, especially in Derek’s conthe class of 2016. She met Mielke Rempe said her education shaped how dition when you know he’s going to be inpatient in a hospital long-term.” when he joined the Parkway Swim she reacted to Mielke’s accident. “Within my education so far, I’ve been Club his freshman year of high school. See MIELKE page 10 They then swam alongside each other in a lot of classes that discuss health inVOLUME 110
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Men’s basketball under new leadership
KAYLA WHEELEHAN Staff Writer Fresh off of a season that led them to their second NCAA Div. II Men’s Basketball Championship tournament appearance in a row and a near-record 13 conference wins, Truman State University welcomes newly appointed head coach Jeff Horner to the men’s basketball program. Horner, a former star point guard for the Div. I University of Iowa from 2002-2006, has since dropped his sneakers for a tenure of coaching. His prior experience includes spending the past four seasons with the University of North Dakota, where he served both as an assistant coach and director of operations since he started in 2014. See HORNER page 10 @TrumanMediaNet
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