May 4 - Truman State University

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Culinary Lovin’
Athlete of the Year
Truman State University
Columnist John Priest
suggests food as the
way to woman’s heart
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Soccer player Marty
Clayes wins after leading
team to 17-3-2 mark
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The University’s student-produced newspaper
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Kirksville,
Mo.63501
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Faculty considers
Reading Day plan
Kyle Bybee
Junior Angela Crawford, Student Senate president, said Gerhart
has been getting feedback from the
Student Senate is one step clos- deans of each division. She said
er to enacting the Reading Day the general consensus is that all the
resolution.
deans think it is a good policy.
Next Friday, Faculty Senate will
“We tried to make a policy that
consider a resolution brought by was as student-friendly as possible,
members of Student Senate. The and it allows students to use Readresolution, which Student Sen- ing Day the way it was intended to
ate passed in March, endorses the be used,” Crawford said.
wording of a Reading Day policy.
Crawford said she thinks Reading
“Right now it’s
Day is a day for students to take a
kind of a spoken
break from the stresses
agreement between
of finals week.
professors and the
“It’s not supposed
various divisions,”
to be a day where
“It’s not
said senior Tim Geryou have more resupposed to
hart, senator at large.
quirements
piled
“When you have a be a day where onto you,” Crawford
spoken agreement,
you have more said. “It’s supposed
disagreements
can
to be a flexible day, a
requirements
occur or misunderfree day for students
standings can occur piled onto you.” to use in whatever
on what exactly is
way best suits their
required of professors
needs.”
Angela Crawford
on Reading Day, and Junior Student Senate
She said that if proif you have a written
fessors require their
President
rule, everyone knows
students to take finals
what is expected of
on Reading Day, they
them.”
are limiting students’
Gerhart said he was
flexibility.
able to draft the Reading Day pol“Because [Reading Day] was
icy with the help of Marty Eisen- always [a spoken agreement],
berg, associate vice president for professors can get away with
academic affairs, and Linda Se- a lot,” Crawford said. “I don’t
idel, professor of English.
know why a written policy was
“We thought it was necessary never created.”
to have a written policy, so in
Crawford said she thinks peocase there is violation of Reading ple on campus sometimes don’t
Day policy, students would know like to write things down bewhere to go to point out that, ‘Hey, cause they think it creates limithis is a violation of University tations.
policy, and I think this is wrong,’”
“They think it creates more red
Gerhart said.
tape, which is possibly true,” CrawGerhart said he thinks Faculty ford said. “But at the same time, if
Senate will create a committee to it’s going to help students, then I
look at enacting some provisions think it needs to be written down.”
of the Reading Day resolution. He
She said faculty members who
said that how fast the committee schedule events on Reading Day
works will determine when the are limiting students’ time to rest,
policy will be enacted.
study and do whatever they need
It is possible the policy could be to do.
enacted as early as next fall, he said.
See READING DAY, Page 7
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Jennifer Jackson, director of the Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center, sifts through maternity clothes the Center loans out Friday.
Parents juggle jobs
with academic life
Eric Frazier
for the Index
Senior Nicol Arrington begins
a typical day by waking up, taking
her daughter Nia to day care and
then coming to campus to fulfill
her work-study job.
Arrington became pregnant at
age 20 during her third year at Truman. Although she was a full-time
student, it was an easy decision to
go through with the pregnancy, she
said. Based on her religious beliefs,
she said she felt compelled to have
the child, but she does not judge
couples who consider abortion.
“I don’t think I can judge somebody else’s reasoning,” Arrington
said. “Some people do what they
have to do because they don’t
think they could be a good parent,
or they might be in a bad situation.
So I can’t speak for anybody else.
I can only speak for [myself].”
Money can be scarce for many
undergraduate students, many of
whom probably could not imagine
having to fully support a child.
Because a lot of jobs available
to students in the area provide low
wages, many people might wonder
if they could raise a child on such
a limited income. One solution is
getting help from local welfare programs and charitable organizations.
Some of these programs offer financial assistance while others offer
counseling and emotional support.
Arrington said between going to
school and being a mother, she really
does not have the time to work.
“I did before I had Nia, but
having her and being a [full-time
student], the time is really not
there,” she said. “Because if I did
work, ... I’d have to think about
child care expenses for while
Students
discuss
parental
notifying
Special Report
you’re at work, and if you’re only
working to make minimum wage,
you can’t pay for day care.”
Arrington said she receives
child support from Nia’s father
on a monthly basis, but she often
must call upon those close to her
when money is tight.
See PARENTS, Page 7
Gas customers yearn for options
Lindsay McReynolds
for the Index
Salma Ahmed
Staff Reporter
When caught with alcohol or
another campus violation, students
also must call their parents as part of
the procedure after a drug or alcohol
offense, according to the parental
notification policy at Truman.
A parental notification open forum organized by junior Josh Kappel took place Tuesday night in
the Centennial Hall main lounge
in response to the overwhelming
number of students who thought
the parental notification policy at
Truman needed to change.
In the recent Student Senate
elections, 77 percent of students
responded “no” when asked if
the Truman administration should
have the right to contact the parents of students who violate alcohol and drug regulations when
they are not repeat offenders and
do not pose as “an imminent
threat” to themselves or others.
Kappel said he thinks that if
students need parental support,
they should contact their parents
on their own and should not be
forced, in his opinion, to do so by
the Truman administration.
“If the student feels that it may
damage their relationship with the
parent, they shouldn’t have to [call
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Freshman Meghan Utterback participates in a forum about
the parental notification policy Tuesday in Centennial Hall.
them],” Kappel said. “Say if some- campus or simply is in the presone did have a problem. By forcing ence of any substance on campus
the parent to get involved, that might but has no signs of the substance
actually make the problem worse in his or her system, the parents
because then [the student] may not do not need to be and should not
have the support of their family.”
be contacted. The group went into
At the open forum,
greater depth and
Kappel said he hoped
settled on a rule of
to get other students’
Although
“By forcing the instances.
input on what to in“instance” is not
parent to get
clude in a completely
clearly defined, the
new draft of the pagroup decided two
involved, that
rental
notification
of the same
might actually instances
policy. Nearly 15
offense within a year
make the
students came to the
should result in paforum, and the group problem worse.” rental contact.
decided on some isFreshman Laine
sues they wanted to
Nickl was one of the
Josh Kappell
include in the policy.
students who attendJunior
The group concluded
ed the open forum.
that the University
“We are trying to
should contact the
compromise with the
parents if hospitalizaUniversity,” Nickl
tion, a felony, or a student under said. “There are some times when
the age of 18 is involved.
the parents should be contacted
However, if the student is a but not every time.”
first-time offender, is caught off
See NOTIFICATION, Page 7
Junior Chris Martin said it
costs him about $40 each time he
fills up his Mazda 6 to go home to
St. Louis.
Gas prices have soared 25
cents in the past year to $2.60 a
gallon and are expected to rise
even higher this summer.
Many consumers are worried
that the cost of gas could rise to
more than $3 per gallon this year.
According to the U.S. Department
of Energy, gas is projected to remain at roughly $2.62 per gallon
this summer.
According to a recent report
distributed by the U.S. Department of Energy, personal vehicles
alone guzzle 65 billion gallons of
gasoline and diesel fuel each year.
The report stated that Americans
drive more than 2.5 trillion miles
each year, the equivalent of 14,000
round trips to the sun.
In an address April 25 to the
Renewable Fuels Association,
President Bush said he is delaying this summer’s deposits to the
reserve because of the outrage that
has arisen because of the hike in
gas prices.
According to CNN.com, Bush
said, “So by deferring deposits until
the fall, we’ll leave a little more oil
on the market. Every little bit helps.”
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,
blamed Bush for not addressing
the real issue at hand, according to
CNN.com.
“The president [on April 25]
spoke about high gas prices,”
Schumer said. “And to listen to
the president, you’d think that
it’s the local gas station that’s the
problem. We all know it’s the big
oil companies who are causing
these massive price increases that
go way beyond what supply and
demand would merit.”
While Americans are pinching pennies to fill their vehicles at
the pump, large corporations are
bringing in record-breaking profits, such as the $36.1 billion Exxon Mobil made in 2005, according
to CNN.com.
Kirksville resident Amy Adams, a sales associate at the Ice
House on Baltimore Avenue, said
she has heard people talking about
cutting down on travel.
“My dad said something about
how maybe one day a week, everyone shouldn’t buy gas,” Adams
said. “Maybe that would help.”
Adams said she doesn’t know
what else people can do because
gas is essential to travel and get
to work.
Sophomore Brad Smith said he
drives a Buick Skylark and gets
decent gas mileage.
“I try to minimize my driving,
and Truman has a good campus
for that,” Smith said.
Smith said he realizes his options are limited.
“It’s disappointing and frustrating,” Smith said. “But there’s not
a whole lot I can do about it, so I
try not to get upset about it.”
However, according to the
Federal Trade Commission, the
average consumer can do many
things to waste less gas. Speeding,
accelerating quickly and braking
constantly lowers gas mileage by
33 percent on the highway and by
5 percent around town. Another
tip is to follow the speed limit
because gas mileage tends to de-
Where gas
money goes
Taxes
20%
Distribution 11%
Refining 10%
Crude Oil
59%
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy
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crease at speeds greater than 60
mph. Using cruise control while
driving on the highway also helps
to conserve gas. People who own
compact cars can increase their
vehicle’s mile per gallon ratio
by removing extra weight. Every
hundred pounds extra that the car
carries reduces gas mileage efficiency by up to 2 percent.
By making sure that cars are in
good shape and have regular tuneups, consumers can help to ensure
that their cars run more efficiently.
Barbie Danielson, sales manager at the Kum & Go on Normal Street, said she has seen
someone fill up their tank with
$70 worth of gas.
“Sometimes people come in
and pay with whatever they have in
change,” Danielson said. “The best
thing people could do is just walk.”
See GAS, Page 7
INSIDE this issue
Worldy Woes
Corn Fuel
Fashion For Less
Columnist Joel Andersen
explains his thoughts about
living in the “Real World.”
Local billboard correlates
different cultures and
ethanol production.
Loretta Palmer suggests
ideas for inexpensive and
stylish summer wear.
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INSIDE FRONT
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Ethanol ads
fuel dispute
Phil Jarrett
Index Staff
A new message is being thrown out
to snag travelers’ eyes among more than
1,300 billboards, counted by the Missouri Department of Transportation.
The billboards, put up by the Missouri Corn Growers Association, encourage support of a bill mandating
ethanol-blended fuel at every pump. But
critics are blasting the ads for spinning
an economic issue with xenophobia.
The controversy: The late King
Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who died in August 2005, is on the billboard across
from a Missouri farmer asking, “Who
would you rather buy your gas from?”
Beneath are the words, “Support the
Statewide Ethanol Standard.”
Hena Ahmad, associate professor
of English, said the advertisers clearly
were playing off of the widespread fear
of Middle Easterners in the United States.
“They should have shown every
other part of the world if they had to
because we don’t just buy oil from
Saudi Arabia,” Ahmad said. “This is
very clearly drawing on fears from
9/11 and perhaps not even the most
profitable way to go about doing it.”
Ahmad made the analogy of
American car companies not showing Japanese or German men in traditional dress to promote American
cars. She said this is a sign that rac-
NEWS In Brief
Italian professor wins Educator of the Year
ism more likely is at hand.
But not everyone feels the same.
Seann O’Rouke, a frequent customer at
MFA Oil in Macon, Mo., said he thinks
the ads are relevant and appropriate.
“I think that sends a strong message,”
O’Rouke said. “Everyone around here
is definitely going to support their farmers. If farmers can actually profit from it
and make a living, I’m all for it.”
The Statewide Ethanol Standard
on the billboard refers to House Bill
1270. Rep. Bob Behnen, R-Kirksville, This billboard is just off of Hwy 63
who sponsored the bill, said it pro- in the United States to do better for the
motes economic development and in- environment, to do better for ourselves
dependence from foreign fuels.
and to be more energy efficient.”
“What we’re trying to do with
House Bill 1270 only requires reHouse Bill 1270 is support our fledg- sellers to buy ethanol fuel when market
ling ethanol industry here in Missouri,” prices are less than regular gasoline.
Behnen said. “Obviously, the nation as The bill already has passed its prelimia whole wants to move towards more nary round in the Missouri House, and
self-dependence than dependence on Behnen said he thinks the it will pass
foreign sources for our energy.”
the Senate and be sent to the governor.
As of January 2006, ethanol plants
“Bottom line, we are trying to turn
in Missouri towns brought Missouri’s to a renewable fuel from our farmers
ethanol production capacity to 156 mil- here in the heartland,” Behnen said.
lion gallons per year, according to data
Advocates of ethanol argue for its
provided by the Missouri Corn Growers relevance in today’s fuel-conscious
Association. Behnen said that in culmi- environment, not only for its potennation with the increase in ethanol pro- tial to remove need for foreign fuel,
duction in Missouri, the billboards only but also for creating byproducts that
are supporting the House Bill 1270.
can be used for feeding livestock, the
“I don’t know if [the billboard] is a non-toxic effects of an ethanol leak,
negative message towards anyone,” he a cleaner burn than gasoline and the
said. “It’s a message of being progres- fuel’s renewability. But for Behnen,
sive and trying to do what we can here the primary motivation is the activity
Marie Orton, associate professor of Italian, was announced as Truman’s Educator of the Year on Tuesday at
the Educator of the Year banquet. She was chosen from a
group of six finalists.
The finalists included Adam Davis, professor of English and interim director of interdisciplinary studies; Pam
Gardner, assistant professor of nursing; John Ishiyama,
professor of political science; Orton; Eric Patterson, associate professor of chemistry; and Karon Speckman, associate professor of communication.
Police arrest suspects in graffiti incidents
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between Kirksville and Macon.
in the Middle East.
“We have a lot of men and women who are in harm’s way today
making sure that region of the world
stays stable,” Behnen said. “If our
interests are here in our own backyard, then it is a lot easier to get the
supply to the people and rely upon
that. It is just less volatile.”
Still, opponents to the ad campaign, such as Ahmad, said the success of ethanol initiatives and American profit in general should not come
at the expense of stereotyping and
fearing people from the Middle East.
“I think it is tapping into people’s
fears,” Ahmad said. “I think many
people are unhappy about the gas
price increase, so it is so easy to blame
it on them, on the Arabs.”
A representative from the Missouri
Corn Growers Association was not
available for comment.
Council votes to place lodging tax on ballot
Chris Waller
Index Staff
Travelers visiting Kirksville next year might pay
more than they would expect for a hotel room.
The Kirksville Chamber of Commerce proposed a
3.6 percent lodging tax at a special session of the City
Council on April 26. The council voted to place the
lodging tax, which will apply to both hotels and bed
and breakfast establishments, on the August ballot.
City Manager Mari Macomber said the tax will
bring income from outside sources and will be
used to promote tourism into the area.
“The purpose of the tax is to generate additional revenue,” Macomber said. “It’s a plan to bring
more people to the community for events that we
already have and will have in order to bring more
money into the city. It’s to bring new money into
the community so we don’t have the same dollar
floating around from person to person.”
She said 3.6 percent is not high enough for hotel owners to lose business, but it is enough to earn
the city a notable amount of money.
“The most the chamber could ask for is 5 [percent],” Macomber said. “It’s not going to change. The
council asked the question, ‘Was this number sufficient?’ and the chamber said, ‘Yes.’”
Macomber said she is optimistic that voters
will support the tax.
“I would like to think [the voters] would support
it,” she said. “This is a use tax for those individuals
who would be renting a room, and most of those
would be people visiting the community.”
Alisa Kigar, executive director of the Chamber of
Commerce, proposed the tax at the meeting on behalf
of the Chamber. Kigar said proposing a lodging tax is
not uncommon for a city the size of Kirksville.
“Warrensburg, which is a college town similar
to ours, has been doing this for years,” Kigar said.
“If you look at the rates of other cities, 3.6 percent
is right in the middle.”
Kigar said the revenue generated by the tax would
be used to bring new people into the community.
“It’s not a tax that you or I pay,” she said. “It’s a new
dollar that is brought into the community that we can
use to promote events that will bring more people in.”
She said the council has talked with several owners
of hotels in the community, and they support the idea.
“The owners are all very optimistic and comfortable with this,” Kigar said. “I think they realize that this tax really helps them in the long run.
The bottom line is that it brings new customers to
them and a new dollar into the community.”
Tiffany Platte, owner of the Brashear House Bed &
Breakfast, said she and other hotel owners in the city
support the tax, but they still have concerns about it.
“I am cautious about this,” Platte said. “I think
it’s important for us to let the people know that
this is not something that they have to pay, but it
will help them. They talked about taxing restaurants and gas stations, but we all said no because
we don’t want to tax our own people on this.”
Platte said taxes such as this have been proposed
before, but because of a change in ownership in many
hotels in the area, there is a new view on the tax.
“We tried to get this passed back in the mid’90s, and it didn’t pass because a few hotels then
were in opposition to it,” Platte said. “Now we
have new owners, and I think it has a chance.”
Kirksville police have taken into custody two suspects
in recent spray-painting vandalisms. Robert Cherry and
Scottwell Calloway, both 18 and from Kirksville, were
placed on a 24-hour hold pending their charges of 1st degree property damage. The latest acts of vandalism occurred
Sunday night in the business complex housing Patterson’s.
Student Senate In Brief
Senior senator junior David Bonner, senator
junior Ryan Huber and senator senior Linda
Schulte were absent from the meeting. Bonner
and Schulte are involved with studies outside the
Kirksville area.
Lou Ann Gilchrist, dean of student affairs, discussed
proposed changes to the student code of conduct and
took suggestions from senators.
President junior Angela Crawford named to organizational representative positions junior Brandt Bell from
Student Activities Board, sophomore Audrey Kerr from
Alpha Sigma Gamma and senior Greg Wisa from Prism.
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Treasurer pro tem junior Cory Kessler moved to
spend $50 for a cordless phone but withdrew the
motion after senator sophomore Lindsay Riess offered to donate one of her phones.
Senate approved a $500 money motion to fund summer and Truman Week expenditures.
Senate approved a $500 money motion to pay for
senators helping with Truman Week to live on-campus and fund on-campus meals for senators living
off campus during Truman Week.
Senate adopted a resolution expressing its disapproval of state legislation that funds education at
private colleges and universities with public funds
by an 11-0-1 vote.
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Report of property damage/vandalism.
4/30 Report of theft from McClain Hall.
4/28 Report of stolen property.
4/28 Report of theft from Student Union Building.
4/26 Report of bicycle theft from McClain Hall.
4/26 Report of theft from parking lot west of
Centennial Hall.
4/25 Report of property damage.
4/24 Report of bicycle theft from Blanton Hall.
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Students side with United!
John Priest
Staff Reporter
Students at Truman now are provisional members of a union.
Truman joined University of MissouriKansas City and Missouri Western State
University in the nation’s first statewide
student union when students approved the
measure to become provisional members.
“There’s no real political spectrum giving
students a voice,” said junior United! organizer Josh Kappel. “[This vote] shows students have a voice and want it to be heard.”
He said apathy is the result of students
not seeing the collective power they have to
actually make a difference. United! organizer
senior Sarah Saheb agrees.
“No one really knows or cares what’s going on, but we’re being raped left and right
by the state,” Saheb said. “It’s just not fair.”
Now that students are members, they
have a vote in the United! congress.
“We’re going bottom up, not top
down,” Saheb said. “It can’t be up to the
organizers. You voted for it – come out
here and help us out.”
Although organizers will not finalize plans until later this summer, the first
congressional session will be this fall at
one of the participating universities. Kappel and Saheb said students will have the
opportunity to decide United!’s future.
The agenda for the congress includes ratifying United!’s bylaws and constitution and
determining the focus of the organization.
“We can take on anything we want to,”
Kappel said.
Workshops discussing the history of
student movements, writing press releases and organizing techniques will carry
through the theme of political activism.
“We have to change the apathy among
us,” Saheb said. “Truman has really great
students, and they really want to get involved. There’s just not a vehicle for them
to do it. You give them that vehicle, and
they’re going to run with it.”
Kappel said he wants students to have
the opportunity to be more involved.
“We want to give students the tools to
organize on their campuses,” Kappel said.
One of the main components of the
agenda will include plans for outreach. Ten
of Missouri’s public universities still are
not members of United!, but the student
union has a difficult reputation to fight.
When Missouri students organized the
Student Association of Missouri, its initial
passion fizzled to a bureaucratic breakdown.
Kappel said SAM didn’t have to be
accountable. Members of Student Senate
served as representatives of the Truman student body, and students didn’t have a vote.
“We’re different because we’re a participatory democracy,” Kappel said. “We
are legislatively and economically accountable to our members, and our members are the students.”
He said he hopes prospective schools will
see those differences.
Nevertheless, such worries have encouraged Student Senate to designate a
task force to investigate United! before
students vote on becoming full members
this fall.
Junior Angela Crawford, Student Senate president, said the application deadline for the task force is Friday, and any
full-time student who can attend the congress in the fall is welcome to apply.
“I’m hoping to get supporters, opponents
and neutral students to get a good balance of
all perspectives of United!” Crawford said.
She said United!’s campaign overwhelmed the opposition – students only
saw United! in a positive light.
Still, senator at learge senior Robert
Kelchen said he opposes United! because
the organizers lack a financial structure to
accommodate the student fees.
“There’s no guarantee that this money
will be used to benefit the students,” he said.
Kappel said organizers are trying to
work with the opposition.
“We want them to tell us what they
want,” he said. “We want them to come
to the congress and voice their opinions.
Their vote is the same as mine.”
Students can expect to see many changes this fall to the Student Health Center and
University Counseling Services.
Based on the feedback from the Student
Health Fee Advisory Committee, the health
center will provide an online scheduling
system, extended hours and more provider
hours, while counseling services will hire
another counselor, get new software and
work to increase privacy.
Last fall a $25 per semester student health
fee was implemented to maintain and improve health services on Truman’s campus.
“The health fee idea came from the fact
that when you look at state appropriations
over the last few years, they’re going down
while our costs are going up,” said Lou
Ann Gilchrist, dean of student affairs.
The health fee generated about
$250,000 to $270,000 this year. Gilchrist
said one-third of this money will go to
make improvements for student health services. The other two-thirds will go to help
offset the health and counseling centers’
expenses so the educational and general
budget could be freed up a bit, she said.
Subsequently student affairs and Student
Senate, established an advisory committee to
determine how the money would be spent.
“We were charged to assess student
opinion on campus about the health center and counseling center,” said senior
Amber Stratman, co-chair of the Student
Health Fee Advisory Committee.
The committee administered an online
survey and had an open forum where students could voice opinions.
“Students overwhelmingly wanted to
see more appointment times and extended
hours,” Stratman said.
Stratman and the advisory committee listened to students said needed and made recommendations accordingly, Gilchrist said.
The University reviewed the recommendations and now is implementing
changes. One of the biggest changes will
be appointment scheduling at the health
center. During the summer, a new software system will be installed that allows
students to access their health center appointments from their home computers.
Stratman said this would alleviate concerns about privacy and benefit students
who need to get into the health center.
“If someone cancels an appointment
for that day, then it immediately opens up
that slot for someone else,” she said.
Brenda Higgins, director of the health
center, said the new software program
also would allow students to check-in
when they arrive at one of the three new
kiosk areas so they no longer have to tell
the front desk why they are there.
Other changes include extended hours,
daily walk-in hours and more staff hours.
“We hope to be open on Wednesdays
until about seven in the evening,” Higgins
said. “We’ll continue offering walk-in
hours on Mondays and Friday morning,
but we also anticipate adding a couple
walk-in hours Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, so that every day there would
be some walk-in hours available.”
The part-time nurse practitioner’s availability will double to 32 hours per week,
she said. This will allow the health center
to see at least 48 more patients each week.
Also, the physician will be on hand four
hours every week, instead of alternating four
hours and two hours per week, Higgins said.
“What we’re trying to do with [the physician] is work out a regular schedule every week, so that students know that she’s
always here at a certain time,” she said.
“And it will be more hours available to
make referrals to her for complicated cases
and more hours for birth control pick up.”
Another change students will notice is
the new look of the health center.
“They felt that part of the problem ... is
that the health center presents a poor image
because of the old carpet and furniture,”
Higgins said. “It presents less than a professional image when you don’t have an inviting professional looking atmosphere.”
University counseling services will be
getting new furniture. They also hope to
soundproof the office to promote client
privacy, said Brian Krylowicz, director of
counseling services.
Other things coming to the counseling
center include hiring another full-time
counselor and a new software package
that will allow counseling services to
keep electronic notes, Krylowicz said. It
will cut back on paper and better ensure
confidentiality, he said.
Counseling services will use a new program called Question, Persuade, Refer.
“It will train people to be more aware
of and able to assist [with] issues regarding suicide,” he said.
Gilchrist said she will continue to
seek student input on how health fees
are spent.
“Everything we’re doing is a direct
result of the Student Health Fee Advisory Committee’s recommendations,”
Higgins said.
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“Danger” must be defined
in notification policy
When an individual celebrates his or her believes the student is in danger.
18th birthday, a period of change comThis term, “danger” is open to interpremences. One will embark on a journey like
tation. What exactly constitutes a student
none other – leaving the comforts of adoles- being in danger? Obviously, if the student
cence and arriving in the wonderful world
is rushed via ambulance to the hospital
of adulthood.
to have his or her stomach pumped, then
Part of being an adult is accepting respon- yes, he or she is in danger. Or, if a student
sibility for one’s own actions. Although colsmoked so much marijuana that he or she
lege students aren’t exactly living life in the
thinks climbing up the bell tower on the
real world, we still have responsibilities that
Mall would be the “extreme thrill,” then
shove us to the front-edge
yes, he or she is in
of adulthood. Students
danger.
in college run their own
But where
Couldn’t one
clubs, balance their own
do we draw the
make
the
argument
money, contact their own
line? Couldn’t one
that just one sip of
professors and of course,
make the argument
the most radical change,
that being in the
beer could lead to a
do their own laundry.
premise of mas‘dangerous’ life of
As far as disciplinary
sive quantities of
alcoholism?
actions are concerned,
alcoholic beverages
however, Truman treats
could lead to excesstudents as if they are still in high school.
sive drinking for the night, thus engulfing
Senior Josh Kappel’s forum Tuesday
the student in “danger”? Or better yet,
night acknowledged this issue and proposed couldn’t one make the argument that just
solutions to the parental notification policy,
one sip of a beer could lead to a “dangersuch as instances for when and when not to
ous” life of alcoholism?
contact the individual’s parents when the
Unless the administration decides on a
student commits an illegal drug or alcoholclear definition for the situation of danger,
related offense.
it can easily turn any scenario into an arguLou Ann Gilchrist, Dean of Stument for a student being in danger. As a
dent Affairs, said Kappel’s resolution
result, the University has absolute control
basically reinforces the office’s current
whether or not to contact the parents, no
policy. However, the department and
matter how insubstantial and miniscule the
Kappel’s policy differ in at least one
incident is.
major way.
It’s good that the University deals out
The forum decided there are three
punishments for participating in illegal acinstances that a student’s parents should
tivities. It is trying to mold us into outstandnot be notified: if the student is caught off
ing citizens of this planet, to try and tell us
campus, merely is in the presence of the
that it’s not OK to break the law.
substance but haven’t consumed or if it is
Part of the molding, however, should
the first offense.
involve letting us handle the mistakes we
Gilchrist, however, said that even for a
might make on occasion and hopefully
first offense, the student’s parents will be
learn from them, without the “help” of our
notified if the University administration
parents.
“
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May 2 Results
Index
as of midnight Tuesday
Web poll
21% (35)
Should the University
do away with its
requirement that
incoming students must
take the ACT?
Yes, the ACT is insufficient to
gauge aptitude
79% (133)
No, the University’s standards would
be lowered.
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
vote online at
www.trumanindex.com
Are you annoyed at the overabundance of surveys in
the past three weeks?
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Editorial board fails to look at ACT
removal debate in a fair light
The Our View section in the April 27
issue of the Index was very one-sided. I
have several problems with the column,
which was written in opposition to dropping the ACT as a prerequisite for admission. First, standardized tests are one
measure among many that are used to
judge applicant ability. Class rank, GPA,
extracurricular activity and letters of
recommendation are all factors, and each
of these can all be used to determine the
ability of a potential student. Some of
these factors provide much more information than a set of digits.
Second, to dismiss the idea that standardized tests are unfair to certain groups
with such a brazen lack of analysis is
foolish. Research on the subject has
shown there is troubling evidence that
individuals of certain minority groups
of equal cognitive abilities score below
whites on the SAT/ACT. At a school like
Truman where minorities are underrepresented, is this not something we should
be thinking about?
Third, the column is self-righteous
to the point of being insulting. Yes, we
all know that Truman is not Central
Missouri State. But does that mean we
cannot be open to new ideas, including (gasp!) ones that might come from
other, “lesser” schools? Imagine, for
a second, that “lesser” schools may
have something to contribute to the
academic world at large! Fourth,
I know many students who were
prodigious on account of ACT score
and are either doing poorly academically or have flunked out of college
entirely, at Truman and elsewhere.
This is just a preliminary discussion.
For the editorial board to be so blatant
in their opposition to such a policy this
early in the game is a farce. I am still
undecided on the issue, and I feel that
dismissing the counter arguments in such
a half-hearted manner is not befitting of
a journalistic operation. It may certainly
be possible for Truman to keep a high
academic standard without relying on
standardized testing.
Phil Wire
Junior
Alumnus expresses appreciation
for possible ACT removal
I was glad to hear that the faculty of
Truman is considering eliminating, or
making optional, the ACT as a requirement for admission (April 27 issue of
the Index). The ACT and SAT scores
show us very little about the capabilities of prospective Truman students. If
anything, the scores only show us how
well an applicant has prepared for that
particular test, or how well they do on
standardized tests in general. Very few
professions rely on standardized tests
to show aptitude or to advance in a
certain field. I know certain jobs in the
federal and state governments still rely
on standardized tests, and quite frankly,
look where that’s gotten us. The stress
for consideration of admission should be
placed on what is important at Truman
and in the real world: academic history,
leadership skills, oral and written proficiency, critical thinking, extra-curricular
participation, fellowship and a portfolio
that highlights all of the above.
I was troubled to read that the ACT
requirement might be nixed for the
wrong reason – to increase enrollment. If
you need funds that badly, place some-
one in Jefferson City who can actually get you the funds! Someone who
can illustrate that Truman provides
excellent life preparation – all in the
middle of a corn field. Remember that
Truman still is a liberal arts institution,
even though it’s a little less liberal
than when I was there. The last time I
checked, standardized tests were not
one of the foundations of a liberal arts
education.
Brad Foshee
Alumnus
Columnist fails to identify the
main concern about cults
This letter is in response to Josh
Fenton’s column in the April 27 issue
in which he discusses so-called “cult
bashing.” I think what Mr. Fenton misses
about “cult bashing” is that it is not
necessarily criticism of the viewpoint of
a group of people. After all, most would
agree that freedom of thought and expression is sacrosanct, as long as it does
not infringe on others.
Rather, the main concern about cults
is their manner of operation. As Louis
Jolyon West, a well-known scholar
interested in cults writes, “A cult is a
group or movement exhibiting a great
or excessive devotion or dedication to
some person, idea or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques
of persuasion and control (e.g. isolation from former friends and family,
debilitation, use of special methods
to heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures,
information management, suspension
of individuality or critical judgement,
promotion of total dependency on the
group and fear of [consequences of]
leaving it, etc) designed to advance the
goals of the group’s leaders to the actual
or possible detriment of members, their
families or the community.”
This is the main concern about cults
– that they do significant personal harm.
It can be argued that some branches of
mainstream religions do the same, but
the key difference is that one can generally declare oneself to be an adherent to a
specific religion without losing the time,
money or personal connections that come
with membership in generally unscrupulous cults, especially given the different
branches in mainstream religions.
For those readers that are interested
in finding out more about the dangerous
practices of Scientology in particular, I
recommend the Web site www.clambake.org, whose documents have been
proven authentic by virtue of the Church
of Scientology’s filing a lawsuit on the
basis of copyright protection.
David Bayless
Freshman
Columnist’s opinions on “Flight 93”
fail to represent true journalism
Upon reading Andrew Gant’s article
[about Flight 93] in the last issue of the
Index, it is safe to say that I was a little
upset that an article of such an unequivocally presumptuous nature was given a
place in a newspaper, which is supposed
to be a reliable source of information for
Truman students and members of this
community. Only a day after this article
was printed, USA Today, as if by serendipity, printed an article on this same
topic. The difference between the two
articles? One was based on real journal-
ism and one on a few “hours of internet
research.”
Far be it for me to imply that not
everything on the hallowed Internet is
infallible, but it generally takes me more
than a few hours of surfing the net before
I come to the conclusion that the government is out to get me. Alas, I, the gentle
reader, am far too naïve for believing the
evidence rather than the Internet. Yes,
it is easier to live in a world where the
government isn’t out to kill me. It’s also
easier to live in a world of conspiracy
theories and cynicism rather than facing
up to the facts.
Let me clarify. I’m not a supporter
of putting blind faith in the government. But I’m also not a supporter of
writing a jaded, one-sided diatribe and
calling it journalism. I, as a reader,
require more from Index reporters and,
as a Truman student, expect more from
a senior. Careless statements such as
“many of us already are tired of hearing [about flight 93]” are not only offensive to me as an American, grateful
to the service of those who died on that
flight, but are also potentially damaging to people who knew someone who
was lost on that horrible day.
Ashley Rodrick
Freshman
Student Activities Board needs to
improve upon running of events
First of all, I would like to thank the
SAB for bringing the MythBusters to our
campus. As a fan of the show, I was thrilled
to see the headliners live and in person.
That said, I was disappointed with
the execution of the program. We had
an opportunity to learn about the inner
workings of the show and how a couple
of people who did not have a “traditional” education found success doing what
they love. The MythBusters prove that a
job and a passion need not be mutually
exclusive – a valuable lesson for those
of us who will soon be entering the real
world. Rather than more fully address
matters such as these, the SAB asked
them inane questions like, “Name eight
things you could do with a light bulb,”
and, “What don’t you like about each
other?” It was unfair to put them on the
spot with such silly questions. Frankly, it
sounded like something written by a high
schooler.
In addition, I think the SAB should
have taken some steps to pre-screen what
questions were asked by the audience.
Queries extending invitations to parties,
or requests for personal phone numbers
had no place in the night’s proceedings,
and only served to waste time that could
have been better used to view more video
clips, or have a meet and greet.Additionally, based on the numerous difficulties
with the lights and sound system, it
seemed obvious to me that either SAB
lacked familiarity with the equipment
or did not have the proper personnel on
standby. Either way, it suggested a lack
of preparation.
The point is, most of these guest
speakers come only once. It is vitally
important that they leave with the best
impression of Truman State University
and its population. Based on what happened last Thursday, we could have done
much better. Hopefully, the SAB will do
so in the future.
Brian Rose
Senior
Index corrections
l The two people in the photo for the “Swordplay clashes on Quad” (Issue 27, Page 13) are not members of the Historical Swordsmanship Club. They are part of the Society for Creative Anachronism-College of Bellewode, a non-for-profit historical society that recreates
various aspects of the middle ages. The SCA fighting style, the weapons used, and the armor worn are different than the club in the article.
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Other Voices
Life after graduation
fails to faze senior
With graduation perilously close, I’ve
been hearing a lot of chatter about the
“real world.” Some people are excited
and others are dreading it, but one thing
is certain: The real world is like nothing
we’ve experienced.
Insatiably curious, I took it upon
myself to find out what the real world
actually was, and from what I gather,
the “real world” is a far-off place, filled
with responsibility, prostate exams and
midlife crises.
I just can’t wait.
Unlike the world we live in, the real
world has a strict prohibition on fun. You
see, the real world is a very dangerous
and frightening land, and you must be
constantly vigilant lest one is slain by the
mighty beast of mortgage or ambushed
by the sinister wedding serpent. As college neophytes, we’re much too stupid to
understand or even cope with these types
of things until we’ve left college and
boarded that magical platinum ship that
takes us to this so-called real world.
Pardon my insolence, but I’m not
buying it.
I’m tired of being told by both my
peers and elders that the real world is
just around the corner. To paint life after
graduation as some type of transcendent
step into another space and time seems
a little shortsighted. I don’t know what
kind of mystical fairy world people think
we’ve been living in for the past 22
years, but Middle Earth it is not.
Perhaps I’m the only one who feels
as though I’ve been experiencing the real
world all my life. In which case, I really
don’t envy the people who are just getting ready to start their life now, because
they are in for a shock.
However, upon grasping your di-
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Joel Andersen
ploma at graduation (or getting it in the
mail several years from now, as custom
dictates), don’t be alarmed if you’re still
standing on the graduation platform in
Stokes Stadium, wishing desperately
that your father would stop whistling
and shouting to everyone within a 2-mile
radius that his son is up there. You might
wish you were taken to some other
world at that point, but it’s not likely.
The idea that the time leading up to
graduation merely has been preparation for a more serious life annoys me.
It implies that everything I’ve done
and experienced has been a sham or
merely practice at the best. No part of
life should be a dress rehearsal. It’s all
opening night, whether you know your
lines or not.
While I’ll acknowledge that life will
be different after graduation, it’s still
going to be the same old planet Earth
that we’ve spent the rest of our lives on.
There still will be bills to pay, groceries to buy, people to fall in love with,
knowledge to learn and, most importantly, life to live.
If the idea of the real world scares
you, you’re not alone. Millions of
people, both young and old, refuse to
No part of life
should be a
dress rehearsal.
It’s all
opening night,
whether you know
your lines
or not.
”
accept that they are members of the “real
world” conspiracy. For them, the “real
world” always is going to be just around
the corner: after graduation, after marriage, after retirement, after, after, after.
But never now.
Our entrance into the real world
began at birth, and I’ll be very surprised
if after graduation, Elijah comes down
from the heavens in his fiery chariot and
says, “Joel, you’ve made it out of college. Let’s go to the real world. And on
our way, let’s get ice cream too, because
this chariot is really hot.”
As fun as that would be, I’m not
holding my breath. In any case, I’ll be
back at the Index next fall as a grad
student to entertain and irk a whole new
crop of students. I’m inclined to believe
that it will be more of the latter than the
former, but that’s because I’m something
of a realist.
Living in the real world will do that
to a person.
Joel Andersen is a senior
English and linguistics major
from Blue Springs, Mo.
5
Around the Quad
This week’s question:
“Would you attend the Missouri Students
United! inaugural congress in August?”
“No. I don’t think it would be a good
use of my time. I don’t think it’s going
anywhere.”
Drew Clark
sophomore
“Probably not, just because I’m not
really interested.”
Adam Vogt
freshman
“Yeah, I would attend to support and have
my voice heard.”
Lakaria Jones
freshman
International student reflects
on lessons learned at Truman
This is my last Index column, and I
apologize if it’s light and fluffy and full
of myself and reads like a Xanga entry.
Three years as a communication major at the University and I
feel like I am ready to face the real
world. It’s funny how I refer to the
job world as real world when just
years ago I referred to coming to the
U.S as a real-world experience. (I
realize now that real world always
will be a step away and is just a silly
concept people invent, but that’s
beside the point.)
After filling out innumerable surveys
about what Truman has taught me and
submitting to the whims of a miserably
useless portfolio requirement, I have
emerged a wiser human being.
College is an interesting thing. We
are worried about grades and pissed off
about not graduating cum laude and we,
oh stupid us, conveniently ignore the
actual life lessons it teaches us.
These life lessons come in so many
forms.
I come from a state in India that
has the highest per-capita income in
the country. Irrespective of how poor
the rest of the country is, this state has
people who are individually wealthy and
have money to throw away. The result:
a state full of laid-back people who are
happy and satisfied with their lives just
the way they are.
Coming from this sheltered atmosphere to a school in the middle of rural
Missouri has been the biggest eye-open-
“
Prajwal Sharma
ing experience of my life, especially
because I previously went to a school in
which it was looked down on to so much
as socialize with kids from other schools
in the state because they were thought of
as inferior human beings.
And I learned so many things that no
test or presentation could ever teach me.
I also have learned not to laugh at the
person who gushes about Jesus Christ’s
cuteness in an orgasmic passion to me.
I just have learned to say politely I am
not interested. Sure, the evangelist on
the Quad always will annoy me, but Truman has taught me to accept everyone
and not judge someone else’s culture
because, well, it’s not mine.
Like I said, I come from this gutter
where anyone who was different was
ridiculed. Today, I feel I have learned to
be accepting.
I also came across different people
who helped me grow in more ways than
one. I lived with Shaun Moynihan, a
crazy guy who is addicted to sex and is
Sure, the evangelist
on the Quad always will
annoy me, but Truman
has taught me to accept
everyone and not judge
someone else’s culture
because, well,
it’s not mine.
”
so proud of it that he willingly allows
me to write about it. Molly Krans, easily
the most value-based person I have ever
come across, taught me to be true to
myself. I still think Kim Zamastil and
Andrew Gant are the best columnists the
Index has ever seen, Jessica Rasmussen the best writer Truman has ever had
(she will win a Pulitzer, mark my words)
and Whitney McFerron the best editor
the Index has ever had. Ahem, let’s not
talk about them right now because this
column is supposed to be about me.
Even so, I can’t help quipping in a little
bit about people who changed my life
for the better or continue to impress me
with their outstanding abilities.
OK, this pointless column has gone
on a bit too far, but it’s my last Index
column, so bear with it.
Thanks for reading, everyone.
Prajwal Sharma is a senior
communication major
from Gangtok, Sikkim
Radical energy saving requests
display downside of liberals
Watching MTV the other day, I was
confused by the frequent interrupting of
“Next” to give me tips on how to save
energy by covering my hot tub when
I suddenly remembered that April is
“Earth Month” or whatever. Although
one cannot take a stance against Earth
Month without looking like some kind of
Stalin, I am going to try because liberals
are increasingly irritating me with their
love and embrace of what I see as largely
fringe issues.
Don’t misunderstand me, I think
global warming is real and serious, but
I don’t need an essay in Vanity Fair by
Al Gore to remind me that we had some
pretty severe weather last year.
There was an op-ed column titled “The
Greenest Generation” by Thomas Friedman in The New York Times on April 21
detailing how Williams College is encouraging their students to “do it in the dark”
and attempt to make their campus more
energy efficient. The editorial described
how Williams College was encouraging
their students to study during the daylight
so they wouldn’t use lights at night and
to “use precision task lighting” if they did
need to study at night. You can’t be serious. The reason I don’t study during the
day is because I have a little thing called
class, and if by task lighting they mean use
a book light, then for once in the last four
years I am glad I am at Truman, where
they don’t make these kinds of requests
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Rachael Spavone
on me, at least when it comes to being
energy efficient. The author of the article
went on to encourage students everywhere
to “storm their university’s administration building, to sit-in on the university
president and to protest at the Board of
Trustees,” alluding to 1960s protests. This
guy is certifiable. If I am going to take
illegal, militant action at my university, it
will probably be to lower tuition.
This is the problem with liberals.
They are so concerned with issues that
rank somewhere below helping crayfish
migrate or whatever, that all of them are
looking pretty irrelevant come November. Another Times editorial called
the Democratic Party “a collection of
aggrieved out-groups,” meaning that the
Democratic Party has so concerned itself
with minority issues that it has lost focus
on one inclusive platform. Democrats
for the last six years have spent all their
[Liberals] are so
concerned with issues
that rank somewhere
below helping crayfish
migrate or whatever, that
all of them are looking
pretty irrelevant come
November.
”
time bowing to Republicans, letting
losers be the spokespeople for the Party,
fawning over Hillary and trying so hard
to please everyone that they have ended
up pleasing no one.
Can liberals please get serious? I
will care about not littering when I
know that every American has health
insurance. If you want to have cute,
themed months, how about “No More
Illegal Torture of Enemy Combatants
in Third World Countries Month”? Or
“For God’s Sake Stop the Genocide in
Darfur Month”? Not quite as marketable as Cameron Diaz driving her
Prius to whatever premiere but much
more worthwhile.
Rachael Spavone is a senior
political science major
from Springfield, Ill.
“Probably not. I’m not very interested
in politics. I try to distance myself from
that.”
Torin Brenner
sophomore
Shirt triggers gray
area of censorship
Ever find political correctness utterly
offensive?
After reading a decision a couple
weeks ago by the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals, your answer is sure to be
“yes.” In this case, Harper v. Poway
Unified School District, two of the
three judges on the panel ruled in favor
of a “right to learn” over the right to
freedom of speech. On its theoretical
face, there might be some instances
where the right to an education overrides the right to freedom of speech,
but these judges used the “right to
learn” as a façade to enforce something
else – political correctness.
Harper was a San Diego-area student
who wore a shirt to a public high school
with the phrases “Be ashamed, our school
embraced what God has condemned” on
the front and “Homosexuality is shameful” on the back. A teacher disagreed with
the phrases and sent the student to the
principal’s office where he was told he
could not wear the shirt on campus.
Long story short, the case made its
way to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a group popularly known for its
“liberal activism,” a phrase that has as
many meanings as Kirksville has seasons. Unfortunately, the panel in this case
took a respectable definition of activism
and turned it directly on its head.
Clearly, the court thought it was
more important to promote a societal respect of homosexuality than
to promote political and religious
expression. Why is this so clear?
There was absolutely no evidence of
harm caused by the phrases on the
shirt. No homosexual students were
physically or emotionally harassed,
and the shirt’s phrases certainly do not
promote any kind of harassment.
When it comes to censorship,
denying someone’s right to freely
express themselves, the courts must
prove some legitimate government
interest for the infringement on
the First Amendment. Usually, this
is shown by illegal harm done to
others as a result of the speech. Not
in this case. This is a crystal-clear
example of enforcing a notion of
civic responsibility at the expense of
a precious right.
Remember, one judge did not agree
with the other two. Judge Alex Kozinski,
in his dissent, summarized the indiscretion of the majority. “One man’s civic
responsibility,” he wrote, “is another
man’s thought control.”
One can only wonder how the ruling
would have been different if the phrases
on the shirts were espousing homosexual
pride or supporting the homosexual civil
rights movement. Would those shirts
have not equally infringed on disagree-
“
Chris Matthews
In a democratic
society, you must have
as many political voices
as possible available for
debate, so hopefully
the majority can
choose the
best option.
”
ing students’ right to be in a comfortable
learning environment? Who knows.
But, what’s so great about an overly
sensitive, cozy classroom anyway? That is
not the way society functions, and it is not
the way society should function. Looking
back at the meaning of the First Amendment’s guarantee that freedom of speech
shall not be abridged, the intention is clear.
In a democratic society, you must have as
many political voices as possible available
for debate, so hopefully the majority can
choose the best option. Censoring political
speech does not promote a healthy society
or a healthy classroom.
This is especially true given the amount
of political apathy present in this country.
Would it not be better for our society to
allow and even encourage varying points
of view to be discussed and debated? Absolutely, and there’s no better place to start
than in school. After all, what better lesson
is there to learn?
Unfortunately, in the Harper case, the
Ninth Circuit based its argument on shaky
legal grounds to infringe on the freedom of
expression in favor of promoting a tolerant
learning environment. We’ll have to wait
and see if the case makes it to the Supreme
Court, which I have a feeling will overrule
the decision.
As misguided and silly as the sentiment on the T-shirt might have been, it is
an important piece in the mosaic of public
opinions foreseen by the guarantees of the
First Amendment. For that reason alone, we
all should appreciate the expression of the
political message. That’s true tolerance.
Chris Matthews is a senior
communication major
from St. Joseph, Mo.
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University will e-mail
financial aid notices
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Demand for fuel forces students to adopt carpooling, mass transit options
Continued from Page 1
Some students take advantage of carpools when going home for the weekend,
and many try to find someone else going
to the same location so the cost of gas
is split. Bulletin boards for posting ride
information are located in the residence
halls and in the Student Union Building.
Junior David Failing said he usually
takes the train when traveling home to
Chicago because not only is it cheaper,
but it also takes less time.
“With the student discount, a train
ticket is usually $65,” Failing said.
Failing said he and his girlfriend drove
home last weekend, and it cost them about
$70 in gas.
“It is obviously cheaper when there are
two or more people to ride with, but when
you’re by yourself, it makes more sense
to take the train,” Failing said.
Failing said he was thinking about buying
a car of his own because he might need one
while working in Kansas City this summer.
“With gas prices now, it’s just not
PARENTS I
worth it,” Failing said. “I’ve heard in
some places, gas is supposed to get up to
$4 a gallon this summer.”
Dan Hagan, a sales representative at
Lovegreen Ford in Kirksville, said the dealership has seen a slight decrease in people
interested in buying sport utility vehicles.
“People are looking more at the Escapes because they get better gas mileage,” Hagan said.
Hagan said that lately, more customers
have been looking at compact cars.
“There’s a lot of interest in people
wanting to check how much it costs to
trade for something that gets better gas
mileage,” Hagan said.
The interactive Web site www.fueleconomy.gov. offers mileage estimates
and information on cars made between
1985 and 2006.
A recent CNN poll reported that 23
percent of the people surveyed said rising
gasoline prices have caused “severe hardship” in their family, and 46 percent said
it was causing a “moderate hardship.”
Senior Corey Owens, a customer service representative at the BP on Baltimore
Avenue, said the station has a customer
that spends $115 every week filling up his
box truck that he uses for work.
Owens said Hy-Vee, BP and the Ice
House are locally priced.
“A lot of the other stations have corporate pricing, but we all price based
on each other’s pricing,” Owens said.
“If you are really hell-bent on getting
the extra penny, between one of the
three of us, somebody’s usually behind
the other two.”
To stay in business, local gas stations
have to add on a few cents to each gallon to turn a profit.
Some stations mark the price up a
couple of cents while others sometimes
add a dime or more.
To find the best prices on gas in the
area, visit www.twincitiesgasprices.com.
The Web site shows where the lowest and
highest prices of gas have been found in
the last 36 hours in local areas.
Pregnancy presents challenges for student mothers, fathers alike
“The little money that you do have, I have
to budget it a lot wiser,” Arrington said. “A
lot of the time I depend upon financial assistance from family every once in a while.”
Arrington, a mother of two and a half
years, said she is familiar with many of the
aid programs available and they remove
some of the burdens of being a single parent.
“It helps a lot,” Arrington said. “It’s
one of those things where a person never
would want to receive that kind of aid because you just think that you never want
to be in a position where you need that
and you always want to be able to support
yourself, but it [comes] in handy.”
Male Perspective
While Arrington’s undergraduate life as
a parent approaches graduation, freshman
Dwayne Riley’s is just beginning. The difference between the two is that hundreds of
miles separate Riley from his five-monthold daughter. He said it is difficult being so
far away from his daughter and thinks he is
somewhat leading two lives: one as a father
and the other as a young college student.
“I want to be there, at home for my
daughter, but I know I need to be here doing this,” Riley said.
Riley said the last time he saw his daughter was during spring break, and if he were
given the opportunity, he would go back to
take better steps in preventing the pregnancy. He said the pregnancy would have been
aborted but an intervention occurred.
“That was actually the plan for a
while,” Riley said. “But while I was
working extra hours to save up for it,
[the mother’s parents] decided not to go
through with it anymore.”
Riley said the pregnancy has made a
big impact on his college life. In fact, he
said he might have gone to a school farther away had he not become a father.
“The way I look at things, the way I
perceive things now [have changed],”
Riley said. “I’ve had to do a lot of growing up in a short amount of time. It’s just
changed the way I see things.”
Riley worries about supporting his child.
“Sometimes I get the feeling that I’m not
doing enough for the simple fact that I’m not
there,” Riley said. “But I’m doing all that
I can right now. As soon as I’m able to do
more, I’ll be more than willing to do more.”
Local Assistance
Many local programs provide assistance
for needy families. Arrington said she has
received the most support from the Early
Head Start program, which continuously
provides her with free child care. She also
has used the services of the Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center, which provides
the community with free and confidential
pregnancy tests, peer counseling and support, abstinence education and many other
services, according to its Web site.
Jennifer Jackson, director of the
LPRC, said her job is rewarding and has
become a top priority in her life. She said
she gives thanks to individual and corporate sponsors like Truman and local physicians for their financial contributions.
Jackson said her task in keeping the
center open is difficult because there is no
government support.
“You can apply for government assistance, but there is a lot of red tape involved,” Jackson said. “You have to follow a lot of very specific guidelines, and,
of course, there’s an application process,
so there’s no guarantee.”
Jackson said at one time, the center did
receive a government grant, but she faces
other problems in keeping the LPRC open.
“Financial is probably the biggest,”
Jackson said. “Also, publicity, advertising
and just getting the word out that we exist. We’ve been around for nine years, and
people still don’t know we’re here.”
Finding consistent, dedicated volunteers also has become a big challenge for
the center, Jackson said. The primary qualification for all volunteers of the LPRC is
that they must be Christian, she said.
Jackson said the purpose of the LPRC
is to help its clients make the best decisions concerning pregnancy.
“Our main objective is to help educate
women about the sanctity of human life,
prenatal development, [and] we do abortion education,” Jackson said. “So if they
are pregnant and they don’t know what they
want to do about it, they can be informed
and make an informed choice about it.”
Aid, Not Welfare
Arrington and Riley said they have both
taken advantage of Women, Infants and Children, better known as the WIC program.
Mary Bohon, of Adair County WIC,
said the program provides food and nutritional education for families with young
children, or families expecting children.
“We are a supplemental nutrition
program,” Bohon said. “ ... Some of the
things we provide families with are milk,
cheese, eggs ... and juice.”
Bohon said participants in the program
are given vouchers to grocery stores for certain foods recommended as part of a healthy
diet. She also said WIC provides referrals to
healthcare providers and gives assessments
for the services its participants need.
Bohon said families must demonstrate financial need to participate in the program.
“Families that are in the Food Stamps
program or Medicaid are automatically
accepted into the program,” Bohon said.
She thinks society places a stigma
upon people in need of assistance.
“We promote WIC as something other
than welfare,” Bohon said. “ ... But people still wonder how they’ll be perceived,
even if they need it.”
Riley has his own thoughts about receiving aid.
“It’s nothing embarrassing,” he said.
“It’s just something you need to do.”
Students who receive federal financial
aid will need to keep a close eye on their
e-mail accounts this summer.
More than half the Truman student
body will be affected by recent changes
in the financial aid notification process.
To simplify the financial aid process and
cut down on postal costs, the Office of
Financial Aid has stopped mailing paper
copies of financial aid notices to students’
homes and now will send e-mail notices
via students’ TruView e-mail accounts for
the 2006-07 academic year, said Melinda
Wood, director of financial aid.
“Part of the reason we are doing this is
budgetary, but almost everything else is
going electronic,” Wood said. “It was a
very easy process to switch to e-mail. We
can also fit a lot more information into an
e-mail for the students.”
The e-mail notices also will contain
links to forms students need to fill out in
addition to information on the financial
aid package that they received.
The new process will cut down on the
time it takes students to receive their notices and will save an estimated $10,000
in postal costs, Wood said.
“Before we had to stuff envelopes, send
the packages to the mail room and then
the packages were sent to students’ homes
where, a lot of times, the notices sat on
their tables and waited for students to come
home,” Wood said. “This way they will
have access to the information right away.”
Students who applied for financial aid
in January and February will have a longer wait to receive their aid notices. The
University started sending out the January and February notices around March
1, and they are processed on a rolling basis. Students who submitted applications
after these dates should expect to receive
financial aid notices three to four weeks
after they turn in their application.
Freshman Jessica Andersen said she is
concerned about the new notification pro-
READING DAY I
Faculty Senate faces issue
“That’s not fair [to the students],” she
said.
Garry Gordon, vice president for academic affairs, said the original purpose
of Reading Day was to provide students
an opportunity to prepare for exams and
the end of the semester.
“We’ve always told faculty that
Reading Day was not a class day,”
Gordon said. “There should be nothing
scheduled.”
Gordon said he has only personally
dealt with the issue once in the past
five years. However, Gordon said he
isn’t saying a problem doesn’t exist,
but students never come to him about
this issue.
He said he understands the policy and
NOTIFICATION I
cess and whether or not she will receive her
financial aid package during the summer.
“I’m lucky if I check my e-mail account every three weeks, and I get a lot
of junk mail,” Andersen said. “I wouldn’t
even know when to start looking or expect the e-mail to come.”
The financial aid office also has considered this problem but is relying on students
to take the initiative to check their e-mail
accounts during the summer, Wood said.
“We’re emphasizing to the student
that it is their responsibility to check their
e-mail account, even from home, periodically or have it forwarded to an e-mail account that they check,” Wood said.
Senior Rob Moore, an ITS employee,
said he is worried about whether or not all
students will receive these e-mails notices.
“Not everyone involved has Internet
access at home,” said Moore. “Also, since
these e-mails are being sent out en masse,
there’s a chance that they will begin being caught as spam. If the e-mail is being
forwarded to an outside e-mail account,
there is no control over whether or not it
will be caught in a spam filter.”
Since the March 1 implementation of
the new program, the financial aid office
has received very few complaints about
the e-mail notifications.
“The first group that we did went really well,” Wood said. “We haven’t had
too many students calling and saying that
they haven’t received their notices.”
The e-mail notifications only are being
sent to upperclassmen who have existing TruView accounts. All new students,
as well as students who have applied for
summer financial aid, will receive their aid
notices through the U.S. Postal Services.
Any student who has applied for federal financial aid and has not received
notification about his or her aid package within three to four weeks of application should contact the financial
aid office at 660-785-4130 or via e-mail
at finaid@truman.edu. The office will
be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday during the summer.
supports it, and he thinks anything that
makes it clearer to faculty and students
is beneficial.
Students do have a course of action if
they are having problem with Reading
Day, Gordon said.
“If students are currently having issues with Reading Day, they should contact the dean in the division where they
have the class,” Gordon said. “If people
are having problems, we don’t have to
wait for this [policy] to go through.”
Gordon said issues can be dealt with
now even though there is no written
policy regarding Reading Day.
“You shouldn’t be afraid to come to
the vice president for academic affairs
if you have an issue,” Gordon said.
“That’s why we’re here.”
Campus policy under scrutiny
However, Lou Ann Gilchrist, dean of
student affairs, said the University only contacted parents in extreme cases anyway. Gilchrist said in situations that are not threatening to a person’s health or safety, the parents
are not contacted at all. She said she thought
the question on the Student Senate ballot
was reinforcing what the Student Affairs
Office already does instead of opposing it.
“I think it’s a reflection of some misunderstandings or, you know, someone’s getting some political mileage from it,” Gilchrist said. “ ... Basically, the Student Senate
resolution supports our policy.”
However, Gilchrist also said the procedure for drug and alcohol offenses involves
notifying parents if the University administration believes the student is in danger, even
if it’s the first offense.
The group at the open forum did not discuss in detail the consequences depending
on whether the offense involves illegal drugs
or alcohol. Gilchrist said the policy regards
illegal drug offenses in a harsher light than
those related to alcohol use on campus.
“If a student has been using cocaine,
methamphetamines, [or] marijuana, that’s
not dealing with a school regulation – that’s
illegal for all of us,” Gilchrist said. “Until
laws are changed, cases dealing with illegal
drugs are taken more seriously.”
The students at the open forum still believe that a student has a right to a level of
privacy, and contacting parents if they have
committed a first offense is an unnecessary
addition to the parental notification policy.
Kappel said he plans on talking more
with administration and e-mailing a draft
of the new policy to students for more input
before presenting it to Gilchrist for consideration as a new University policy most likely
sometime next week, he said.
“Since people are 18, they are adults, and
they need to be treated like adults,” Nickl
said. “Most students financially support
themselves, so they can tell their parents, but
kids can deal with it on their own.”
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Football players face trial after alleged assault
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Former mayor Debbie Masten and former councilmen Richard Scott and Ron Stewart vote.
City Council realigns
Two football players will face trial this
summer for an alleged December assault.
Junior Joshua D. Kilcrease, 21, and junior Darnell B. Williams, 21, are accused of
striking Wooden Nickel employee Theodore
Tarrant with Kilcrease’s car and assaulting
both Tarrant and Wooden Nickel owner Dan
Vogt Dec. 10.
Both players pleaded not guilty Jan. 23
and received a change of venue March 6 to
Lewis County. Judge Russell Steele of the
Adair County Circuit Court will preside
over the trial.
Misti Hollenbeck is the associate defense
attorney at Campbell Law Firm, which represents the athletes, and said the defendants
requested a change of venue because of the
attention the case has attracted.
“This is just a small community, and
it’s been in the news quite a bit,” Hollenbeck said.
Both players are participating in spring
football practice and games. Head Coach
Shannon Currier, who previously said action might be taken against the players if the
incident had happened during the season,
supports allowing the players to participate.
“There was no debate,” he said. “We
do what we thought was best for our program. The players are still innocent until
proven guilty.”
Athletic Director Jerry Wollmering
agreed that no action was the best action.
“We have taken the appropriate action
based on the information that we have,”
he said.
Joshua Kilcrease
Darnell Williams
It has been a rough year for the City Council, but after all of the unrest, a full five-member
council has been elected and is ready to serve the
Kirksville community.
The new council was elected April 4, and it consists of Mayor Martha Rowe, mayor pro tem Jeff
Newton and councilmembers Tim Crist, Jill Wimp
McCord and Dale Blesz.
The City Council wasn’t always full, however,
and it started with the resignation of former mayor
Debbie Masten.
Masten resigned last August only to be followed by Richard Scott in October and Ron Stewart in November.
Rowe was appointed mayor in late October
along with both Newton and former councilmember
Ralph Cupelli.
Although the council’s situation was rocky for
about four months, no resignations have occurred in
the five months since Stewart’s.
Crash injures 13
during CCF trip
A head-on collision on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma
City sent 13 members of Campus Christian Fellowship to the hospital on the morning of March 18, but
the result could have been a lot worse.
“The fire crew reconstructed [the crash] and said
everyone should have died,” senior victim Chriscilla
Chard said.
Jeanetta Fountain, 38, was going south on the
north side of the four-lane highway and struck the
third of the seven-van CCF caravan head-on at
5:19 a.m., causing the van to ramp off and land on
the driver’s side, said victim junior Rachel Holper.
The fifth van then hit the third van and pushed it
30 feet.
In the meantime, the other 60 members of the
caravan could do nothing but watch.
“Everyone that saw the van was just amazed,”
Holper said. “We were really lucky that everyone
came out alive.”
Chard said CCF isn’t bitter about the crash. Victim senior Mark Hoger said he is hoping that everyone can move on.
“I don’t know why it happened, and it’s sometimes hard to accept for some people that something
bad like this could happen to a group, whether it be a
religious group or not,” he said. “ ... But I’m thankful
... that this experience brought us all so much closer
together than we had been previously,” he said.
The Index looks back at the
most prominent stories from the past school year.
Dixon outlines plan
for new 16:1 ratio
Faculty attrition was put into action this year in an
attempt to increase the student-to-faculty ratio.
Together with the division deans, Garry Gordon,
vice president for academic affairs, outlined a plan
during the fall to return the student-to-faculty ratio to
16:1. The plan relied on natural attrition to reduce the
number of overall faculty.
The theater department was shaken up by this news
in February when word came that Lee Orchard, convener of the department, would not be replaced when
he left Truman at the end of the school year. That will
leave the department with four faculty members for
86 theater majors and 79 theater minors.
Associate professor of theater Becky Becker also
announced in March her plans to leave the University.
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Children play at the Child Development Center in February. The CDC soon will close as announced by President Barbara Dixon in December.
CDC closure looms
Grace Mattie
Staff Reporter
With the closing of the Child Development Center
just weeks ahead, people express their feelings one
last time.
“It’s very bittersweet,” said Mary Shapiro, associate professor of linguistics. “It’s been such a wonderful program, ... and to see it shut down is very
heartbreaking.”
Shapiro said the CDC will close its doors for the
last time May 25, and she does not feel positively
about Truman’s efforts with it.
“Truman State is not doing squat,” she said.
Regardless, children will graduate from the CDC
on May 9 and will be granted a ceremony at 6:30
p.m. in Violette Hall 1000.
President Barbara Dixon listed the CDC in DecemDixon has appointed several committees to investiber as one of the programs to be cut for the next school gate possible solutions to the budget problem.
year, but months later a list of all other
Jeff Gall, associate professor of hisprograms still has not been completed.
tory and social science education, led
Dixon said further consideration
the athletic committee, which is working
of prospective programs to be cut will “Truman State is on a strategic plan for athletics, Athletic
continue after commencement May not doing squat.” Director Jerry Wollmering said. How13 because the legislature will subever, a final decision will not be made
mit the budget the day before, which
by the end of the school year, WollmerMary Shapiro
Dixon said might be about $815,000,
ing said. Gall declined to comment.
Associate Professor of
a 2 percent increase.
One decision that has been made,
Linguistics
The budget must be finalized by
however, is the decision not to transfer
the June retreat so the Board of GovTruman athletics to the Div. III level,
ernors can approve it for the next fisWollmering said. He said the only Div.
cal year, which begins July 1, Dixon said.
III schools in Missouri are those that are private and
“Between now and then, we will be spending have significantly fewer enrollments than Truman,
money looking at all of the initiatives, and that is the such as Washington University and any schools in
point in which we finalize the budget,” Dixon said.
the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Students help after Katrina
Roger Meissen/Index
Friends of Richard Mayson rush onto the court.
Mayson made a $500 half-court shot in February.
Fans net rewards
at basketball game
A combination of luck and skill meant big money for two lucky fans at a Bulldog basketball game
in February.
Pershing Arena jumped to its feet and senior Richard Mayson’s friends rushed the court after he sank a
half-court shot to pocket $500.
Mayson decided to go for the all-or-nothing $500
shot after initially draining a three-point shot for $100.
Sophomore Erin Palmer’s name was drawn to receive the M. Vincent O’Donnell award, worth $2,200
at the time. Palmer who had never attended a Bulldog
basketball game in her Truman career, was in attendance when her name was called on the PA. The basketball team draws a random Truman student’s name
at each home game, and if the student is present, he
or she wins an escalating amount of money.
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Junior Thomas Lecaque transferred to Truman
after Hurricane Katrina hit the Tulane campus.
Faculty and students felt the shockwaves of Hur- ing effort to raise money, canned goods and clothing
ricane Katrina hundreds of miles away last fall after for victims of Katrina. Sodexho also allowed students
the storm tore through New Orleans.
to donate some of their meal blocks to help with the
After Katrina caused colleges in the area to be relief effort.
shut down, Truman became an unexTruman raised a total of $13,000 afpected home to six students. Two of the
ter Hurricane Katrina. The money went
six students will remain at Truman for
to the Red Cross as well as a student afthe upcoming academic year.
fected by Katrina.
“I miss
Junior Thomas Lecaque said he everything about
More than 100 students volunteered
loves the city of New Orleans, but
their time during spring break, traveling
it desperately, to New Orleans with Campus Crusade
that he will finish his college career
at Truman.
but everything I for Christ to assist with the continuing
“I miss everything about New Or- miss about it is relief effort.
leans,” Lecaque said. “I love that city.
Sophomore Chelsea Brown said the
gone.”
I miss everything about it desperately,
city was still in bad condition.
but everything I miss about it is gone.
“A lot of the places looked as if the
It’s kind of rough to miss a place that
hurricane happened the day before,”
Thomas Lecaque
doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, these
Brown said. “It wasn’t flooded anymore,
Junior
things happen.”
which is great, but especially the lower
Some students and faculty memparts by the levy, it was completely
bers also had friends and family in the New Or- demolished. We got out of the car and just looked
leans area that felt the effects of the hurricane around. Everyone was so quiet because they were
firsthand.
just astonished.”
In response to these personal ties to the storm, sevStudents worked on gutting buildings to be reeral Truman students banded together in a fundrais- built later.
Summer
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spontaneity and not
the desinations.
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It’s that time of year
– the time when we finally
can pack everything we’ve accumulated during the year into
our cars and head home.
It’s summer at last.
Pulling out onto that open road without any school worries is a great sensation.
With that carefree feeling as our inspiration, the Index presents SummerLife. This section is dedicated to covering those things we look
forward to when even the Kirksville weather turns
hot for good.
From fashion to road tripping to landing the perfect
summer job, this issue is for everyone with an eye to
take advantage of the summer.
This also is the last issue that this particular features
staff will bring you. With that in mind, reporters Lauren
Miller and Loretta Palmer and assistant features editor Alicia
Collins have a few words about their own summer favorites,
and they also have some valuable stories for you to read
inside.
As for me, I encourage you to flip to Page 10
and find out how to get great deals on foreign travel. You’ll be surprised at how
easily you can “do Europe.”
If travel isn’t your cup of tea,
take a look around and find
something that is. And
remember one thing:
Live it up, and
have a great
summer.
Erin C
lar k
Loretta Palmer
INSIDE
TRAVEL
Mini-vacations are made
easy with area city guides
See Page 10
ROAD TRIPPING
Learn about the details to
a great road trip from experts
See Page 11
DO-IT-YOURSELF
SUMMER PROJECTS
Designer strives for
student-friendly prices
See Page 12 and 13
FASHION
Dive into summer with
a new swimsuit, flip-flops
See Page 14
Summer, a time of relaxation and fun in the sun ... oh, how I wish.
For me, summer always has been the opportune time to cushion my depleted bank account.
After months of meager paychecks, I go back to the summer jobs that always seem to fulfill
my need for three months before I’m ready to put my leave of absence in once again. If you
are wondering how to snag yourself a job and make some money this summer, whether you
are in Kirksville, St. Louis or California, check out Page 16.
Certainly, I always keep a little money back to buy some new flip-flops. No summer
would be complete without several visits to my personal favorite summer shop, Old Navy.
Check out Page 15 if you are wondering where you should spend that extra dinero this
summer.
Lauren Miller
Summer for me is all about my backyard patio. The lawn chair, the hot concrete,
the oversized umbrella and the shade of the trees remind me of any lazy summer
day. After so many months of stuffy classrooms, piles of homework and the constant hustle and bustle of college life, summer rocks my socks off. Forget internships and summer jobs, I’d rather be poor and sip iced tea and tan all day. But let’s
be honest, to afford the summer fashions that I love so much (check out summer
fashion, Page 15), a job is a necessary evil (check out summer jobs, Page 16).
But once I am out of the office, you can find me on my patio just chilling.
Chances are a good book will be involved and probably some devastatingly
adorable summer espadrilles. My summer life encaptures all I love, so stop on
by the back patio and feel free to share it with me.
Ali
Alicia Collins
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I am beyond ready to sell my books, pack my stuff, bid a tearful goodbye to my friends and
hit the road. Goodbye stress, hello hammock. Granted, summer jobs are a must-have to ensure survival for the next
school year. There is always downtime, and there is always time to relax. Day trips to cities within reasonable driving distance (check out city guides, Page 10) make for the perfect getaway. Whether you are escaping the big city
or you are in search of civilization, mini-vacations add a little spice to summer life.
There is so much more to summer than swimming, tanning and relaxing. Go outside and do something. Be active, have fun, be wild and above all else, forget about that calculus test you failed or that inconspicuous C on your final grade. Summer is about us, not Truman. Who cares if you’re not a kid
anymore. I won’t tell if you won’t.
SPORTS
Hit a home run with fun sports
suggestions for summer
See Page 15
SUMMER JOBS
Kirksville businesses
offer employment
See Page 16
Please contact Prajwal Sharma at (660) 349 - 0896 for more information.
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Midwest cities sizzle during summer
thousands every year show up to ride in it.
Principal Park, located downtown, hosts
the Iowa Cubs baseball team. It is always a
great time to go enjoy games with family or
Sara James
friends, and they always have a great Fourth of
Staff Reporter
July show.
Those who aren’t such fans of the great outdoors
Loretta Palmer
Believe it or not, Des Moines, Iowa, knows how also have many options.
to appreciate summer.
Staff Reporter
Prairie Meadows horse racing and casino always
Des Moines might be surrounded by cornfields, offers plenty of entertanment for those who are old
but it has plenty to do for those willing to try new enough to participate.
The City of Fountains, better known as
things.
Kansas City, offers abundant cultural opThe new Science Center, located downtown, has
Alicia Collins
The farmer’s market takes place downtown every great exhibits for all ages and an IMAX theater.
portunities and fun-filled days, ranging from
Assistant Features Editor
Sunday morning. It’s always jam-packed and a favorjazz to famous barbecue.
Jordan Creek is a new mall in West Des Moines
ite social place.
One could decide to view the exquisite
and is the largest in Iowa. It offers a variety of shops, a
Chicago is so much more than tall buildings, bright
The Art Festival is June 23 to 25, located down- massive theater and plenty of places to eat.
fountains while strolling on Country Club
lights and bustling crowds.
town. Artists everywhere come to sell artwork and
Plaza. A variety of restaurants surely will acAll of these ideas are just a few of the many things
Although downtown Chicago is the tourist hot-spot,
exhibit their own.
commodate anyone’s preferences. Places of
to do in Des Moines, but the final event that every
it is well worth the time it takes to find the city’s diamonds
Nitefall on the River goes from June 1 to August 3 self-respecting Iowan attends is the Iowa State
interest include Buca di Beppo, The Cheesecake
in the rough.
at the Simon Estes Amphitheatre. The music includes Fair, August 10 to 20. It draws nearly
Factory and the George Brett Restaurant, owned
Gwen de Veer, a theater major at the University of Utah,
jazz, folk, blues and more.
by the famous and arguably the most well-known
one million people every year and is
said many people do not realize how many theatrical venues
The river walk stretches from Gray’s Lake into quite a shock for the first-time visitor.
Kansas City Royals player. After dinner, wonderChicago hosts.
downtown.
Gray’s Lake has opportunities to swim There are events, concerts, presentaful carriage rides are available through a variety of
“When most people think about Chicago theater, they think
at the beach, take out a boat, have a picnic, roller- tions, contests, animals, food galore,
companies.
about the Goodman, Steppenwolf and Second City [because a lot of
blade, bike, run or walk around the trail.
Aside from the Plaza, Pam Whiting, Kansas City
rides and games for all ages. For more
Saturday Night Live actors started there], but there are a million little
Ragbrai, a bike ride across Iowa, is from July events and information, visit seedesChamber of Commerce’s vice president of communitheatres,” she said.
23 to 29. Ragbrai is known nationwide, and moines.com.
cations, said the city has a boatload of art and cultural
Some of those smaller venues include Comedy Sportz, an improv
experiences.
show that is set up like an athletic competition with audience interaction,
“There is the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and
and the Breadline, which has plays from young and unknown playwrights,
the Kemper Museum, and that is free for contemporary
de Veer said.
art, which is a quick walk from Nelson, which is a quick
Aside from theater, Chicago also is well-known for its music variety. The Elbo
walk from the Plaza,” she said.
Room is a good place to get a drink and listen to indie rock music. The Metro, the
A must-do on anyone’s list is a visit to the historic 18th
Riviera and the Aragon Ballroom all are sure to quench any music lover’s thirst
and Vine District. You can visit the premier jazz museum in
for a good time.
Lauren Miller
the United States, the American Jazz Museum. While there,
As far as concerts go, Chicago will host the Pitchfork Music Festival on
Staff Reporter
make sure to stop by the jazz club The Blue Room, which
July 16 and 17, and Lollapalooza will be August 4 to 6.
showcases some of the best local jazz talent, Whiting said.
Other obvious yet entertaining places to visit include the Art InWith more than 33 percent of enrolled students hailOther places of interest include Union Station, Powell Gardens
stitute, the Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium (the
ing from the St. Louis area, it only figures that on one hot,
and the Kansas City Zoo.
largest indoor aquarium in the world) and the Field Museum of
boring, July day, an impromptu trip to visit St. Louis friends
“The zoo is going through some transitions, but it is a very good
Natural History.
will be necessary.
place to go,” Whiting said.
After such a day of exploring, any traveler is bound to
Crashing at someone’s house makes life easy. Joining in on
The Kansas City Royals have several Buck Nights throughout the
be ravenous, and with all Chicago’s restaurants, even the
family dinners makes life easier. The only question left is, “What to
summer when hot dogs, small Pepsis and peanuts are just $1 each. Top on
pickiest of eaters will end the night with a full stomach.
do now in the St. Louis humidity?”
the list for any visit to Kansas City should include a visit to Starlight Theatre.
Magiano’s is a little Italian restaurant in downtown
No matter where a person is in the St. Louis area, a trip to Forest Park
This year’s Broadway shows include Riverdance, Dr. Dolittle, Grease, Rent
Chicago with more-than-generously sized portions
is a must. As the largest city park in the United States (yes, it is bigger than
and Hairspray.
for about $10. Seafood lovers can go to Hey Sushi or
Central Park), it houses both the St. Louis Zoo and the St. Louis Art Museum.
“We have a thriving theater community, so there is lots of live theater and
a more upscale restaurant such as Shaw’s Crab House.
Both attractions are free, except for special exhibits. However, it’s important to
lots of music in Westport and around town whether your tastes are rock, jazz
As Chicago is famous for its pizza, Gino’s East and
note that special exhibits at the Art Museum are free Fridays.
or country,” Whiting said.
Giordano’s are great places to get a slice. Café BabaAfter either burning at the zoo or feeling cultured at the museum, popping a
A summer in Kansas City would not be complete without a taste of KC’s
reeba and A la Turka also are great places for ethnic
couple blocks over will land sightseers in the Delmar Loop. Fondly known as
famous barbecue. Check out either Gates Bar.B.Q or KC Masterpiece Barbefood, de Veer said.
just the Loop, it contains some of the most unique shops and restaurants in St.
cue and Grill. If you are looking to step it up a notch, two fancier but certainly
Chicago also has the Taste of Chicago festiLouis. Blueberry Hill has live music and some great burgers. If cheaper, faster
affordable places include the Italian restaurant Cascone’s and Golden Ox, a
val every summer along the lakefront in Grant
food is a must, St. Louis Bread Co. (no, it’s not Panera) is right up the street.
delicious steak restaurant located in the West Bottoms of Kansas City.
Park every summer.
For seekers of some real live music, the Pageant brings in a number of smallAll in all, Kansas City can offer an exciting but affordable day.
So plan a day trip to Chicago. Shop,
er concerts to St. Louis. The Fray will be playing there June 17.
“For one thing we are a large city, and we have a small town field, and
listen to music, go to a play, eat deliWhat do the STL natives suggest to tourists?
getting around the city is not as difficult as in [larger] cities, it is also less excious food and then call it a day.
“I always say the Zoo,” St. Louis native senior Julie Mangrum said. “I’ve
pensive,” Whiting said.
been to several zoos in the country, and St. Louis is just by far the best for the
best price.”
Des Moines
Kansas City
Chicago
St Louis
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Research makes dreams of foreign travel less of a far reach
Erin Clark
Features Editor
Travel is expensive, especially when
crossing the Atlantic.
Luckily, people on a budget don’t have
to give up their dreams of a European
summer just yet. Foreign travel is possible
even with limited finances.
Two of the greatest travel expenses
are lodging and transportation. However,
a few easy tips can help minimize these
costs.
“My family came to visit [in Seville],
and I found a bed and breakfast that was
close to me that was cheaper than any hostel or hotel they could find,” senior Laura
Trieschmann said. “That’s nice because
it’s personal and also less expensive.”
She also said some Web sites offer
membership cards that allow students to
receive discounts on hostel stays.
When it comes to transportation, the
Eurorail is a commonly known moneysaver, but Trieschmann said to take that
popular advice with a grain of salt.
“Eurorail is not as great as people think
it is,” she said, explaining that Eurorail
passes must be purchased in advance and
come in segmented chunks of time.
“I did a train from Madrid to Paris and
my friend had a Eurorail pass, and it was a
discount of maybe 20 euro. ... It wasn’t the
discount she was expecting. So I would in“Contiki is superior in budget tours,”
vestigate that before getting really excited Evacko said. “ ... Contiki is highly recomabout it.”
mended.”
Trieschmann also said Ryan InternaEvacko said Contiki has a special
tional Airlines offers better rates than oth- method for keeping traveling budgeters. She said the catch is that flights often friendly, and this method is difficult to
have multiple stoputilize without using a
overs, and a strict limit
travel agency.
is placed on baggage.
“They use an air
Still, Ryan Inter- “When you take the back consolidator to obnational is the ideal
tain a better [airplane
roads, you see shops
ticket for those who’d
ticket] rate,” Evacko
and restaurants that are said.
like the experience of
backpacking through true to the city instead of
But the long and
Europe.
short
of the deal is that
just the touristy things.”
If backpacking isn’t
students have options
the plan, other options
to travel cheaply and
Bethany Lueckenhoff
are available. Some
safely.
Senior
companies even speThe tours availcialize in budget travel
able on Contiki’s Web
for students, said Robsite hit a lot of major
ert Evacko, a consultant at the Suzi Davis European cities. Here are some favorite
Travel Company.
European options of Truman students:
“Contiki Travel specializes in ages 18
Seville, Spain
to 35,” he said. “They do students who are
Seville is a cultural center of Spain, and
traveling on a budget and even backpack- it also is sometimes home to study abroad
ers. For first-timers to Europe, it’s a really students.
good service.”
Trieschmann, who lived in Seville for
For example, Contiki is offering a spe- a semester, offered some highlights for
cial 21-day tour of Europe for $1,919, ac- visitors.
cording to contiki.com. Contiki primarily
“There is a park near where most of
offers European and Australian travel op- the students live called the Parque de Mations, Evacko said.
ria Luisa, and that’s really gorgeous,” she
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said. “It’s kind of a sprawling park. It used
to be a royal area.”
The Plaza de Espana was another of her
favorites.
“It has symmetrical buildings, kind of
in a U-shape,” she said. “It’s a kind of a
meeting point. There are benches there,
and they have tiles to celebrate the different regions of Spain and the particular
cities.”
Trieschmann also said Seville’s shopping district is impressive.
“The shopping area is near the cathedral, and the cathedral area is gorgeous,”
she said. “There are the gardens of the Alcazar, and that was nice because it’s one of
the tourist areas that’s free to get into with
your university ID.”
In fact, she said, most of the attractions
in Seville are free – making it the ideal
place for a traveler on a budget to take in
a little culture.
Florence, Italy
Senior Bethany Lueckenhoff said she
had a hard time picking her favorite places
in Florence because there are so many.
One definite favorite, however, is the
Piazza de Republica, she said.
“It’s a big open area in the middle of
the city, and at night they always have live
music going on, and people will be dancing in the middle of the square,” she said.
“It’s a really cool place to people watch or
to walk around and listen to the music.”
Florence is mainly a pedestrian city,
Lueckenhoff said.
“You can walk just about anywhere, and
that’s the best way to find things,” she said.
“You can get lost – and not be completely
lost – and just do whatever comes to you.
That’s when the best things happen.”
Lueckenhoff said she walked through
the San Lorenzo market every day, and
eventually the shopkeepers came to know
her. Then they talked to her instead of trying to sell her their wares.
“After [you’ve been there] a while,
you can watch the tourists go through and
laugh a little inside,” she said, laughing.
The market was just one example of
what Florence can offer – especially once
visitors get away from the tourist centers.
Lueckenhoff said one of her favorite things
to do when she visits a tourist attraction is
to wander a few blocks away to see places
the average tourist doesn’t see.
“When you take the back roads, you
see shops and restaurants that are true to
the city instead of just the touristy things,”
she said. “A lot of times the prices are better, and the food tastes better.”
“In the tourist areas they try to market
what they think people want, but in the
side streets you get what’s real, authentic,
a little more of the city instead of just the
tourist parts,” she said.
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Lack of plan leads to ideal road trips
John Priest
Staff Reporter
Mark Sedenquist and his wife
Megan Edwards hit the road to find
a new home when they lost their
house to a wildfire in 1993.
Six months later and still traveling, they were living off the road.
They would not settle down until
six years later.
“We never stayed in one place
for more than one week at a time,”
he said.
He said they earned money in a
variety of ways but never planted
their roots in any one place. That
free-spirited existence led them
across more than 1 million miles of
American highways, but Sedenquist said he has seen less than 30
percent of what this country has to
offer.
To help others with a similar
passion for all things travel, he and
his wife founded www.roadtripamerica.com in 1996, while still on
the road.
Their Web site features resources for travelers interested in the
quirkiest of American locales, but
Sedenquist said you don’t have to
know everything before you leave.
“The fun of a road trip is you
just go wherever you want to go,”
he said. “Let the road take you
where it will.”
For about 80 months, he and
his wife followed American roads,
crisscrossing the United States a
dozen times.
“The best part is when things
don’t go right,” he said. “It’s an
organic experience.”
So spontaneous are his road
trip methods that he often chooses
which direction to drive with the
flip of a coin. He said he would
encourage others to follow his lead.
But spontaneity doesn’t mean
ignorance.
“Any time I’m going to an area,
I make sure I have a good paper
map so I have a sense of where I’m
headed,” he said.
Just don’t expect him to let a
computer tell him where to go.
“They’re not smarter than the
average human,” he said.
Sedenquist said he navigates
roads all across the United States on
his road trips. He said each road has
its pros and cons.
universities for free, he said.
“The prevailing thought is that
“Fraternities and organizations
you can’t see rural America unless
often house their traveling memyou’re on a two-lane blacktop,” he
bers,” he said. “You can save a lot
said. “I disagree. ... Interstates have
of money not having to worry about
their own things to offer.”
hotel or camping reservations.”
But unless you can pay for a
Junior Paige Aberasturi spent
road trip, it’s all a
her 2005 midterm
moot point. Sponbreak road tripping the
taneous or planned,
“You just have southern East Coast
short or long, road
with seven of her Phi
to shift your
trips cost money.
Sigma Pi brothers.
perspective, and Unbeknownst to them,
Sedenquist said
opportunities are
they followed nearly all
then any trip
available to work
of Sedenquist’s advice.
could be a
on the road, but jobs
She said one of her
road trip.”
on the road often
friends wanted to visit
require long, hard
his sister in Savannah,
days. He said he and
Ga., so they started
Mark Sedenquist
his wife were lucky
investigating how to
Founder of
because they were
get there on a budget.
roadtripamerica.com
busy being profes“We asked other
sional road trippers.
chapters to house us,”
“Take as long of
she said.
a trip as you can on
And it worked.
the money you have,” he said.
They spent nine nights on the
He said college students have
floors, couches and beds of fellow
unique opportunities for inexPSP members – all for free.
pensive road trips thanks to what
However, she said free lodging
he calls reciprocal relationships.
did come at a cost.
Students often can stay at other
“One night I was sleeping on
a couch in South Carolina,” she
said. “I fell off, and pulled one of
the cushions with me. There was
a banana-flavored condom hiding
down there.”
But Aberasturi said the joy of
road trips is in the unexpected.
“We met some crazies,” she
said. “I slept on a condom, we used
pretzel twists as butter knives, and
we heard wacky noises coming
from rest area bathrooms. It’s all
good times.”
No matter how they cut costs,
though, road trippers have to tank
up on gas before they hit the road,
and filling up those gas tanks might
hurt more this summer than in the
past with prices creeping close to
the $3-per-gallon mark.
But Chris Kelich, a press officer
for the Department of Energy, said
drivers have the power to increase
their fuel efficiencies
“Slow down,” she said. “It
doesn’t take a ticket to make speeding costly.”
She said highway drivers use
about 23 percent more gas when
they speed.
In addition to watching their
speedometers, Kelich said drivers
should remove extra weight, avoid
excessive idling, use cruise control
and avoid road rage.
“Aggressive driving wastes
gas,” she said. “Alternately slamming the accelerator and the break
will cost you up to 33 percent more
by the end of your trip.”
However, until cars run on air,
road trips are going to require gas,
and gas requires money.
Fortunately, Sedenquist said
roadtrippers don’t have to drive
very far on a road trip because his
road trip philosophy deals more
with the process of road tripping
than the destination.
“In our minds, our final stop has
very little to do with a road trip,” he
said. “Road trips aren’t about getting from point A to point B.”
Using that mentality, he said
running to the grocery store could
be a road trip.
“You just have to shift your
perspective, and then any trip could
be a road trip,” he said. “Even little
trips will recharge your batteries.
They’re just as important as a threemonth adventure.”
Treasures far from the beaten path
are sometimes the best part of the trip.
Austin, Minn.
Manchester, Tenn.
Claim to fame: SPAM
Museum – It’s a good thing
you don’t have to eat it to
learn about it.
Claim to fame: Bonnaroo
Music Festival – Listen to the
best music on the market.
Sandusky, Ohio
Claim to fame: Amish
Interpretive Center – Live and
eat like the Amish for a day.
Claim to fame: Cedar Point
Amusment Park – Toss your
cookies on some of the
world’s best roller coasters.
Minden, Neb.
Claim to fame: Harold Warp
Pioneer Village – Take a
relaxing trip into yesterday.
Mitchell, S.D.
Claim to fame: The Corn Palace – Eco-friendly living at
its best.
Arcola, Ill.
Santa Claus, Ind.
Claim to fame: Santa Claus
Land – It’s where the Postal
Service really sends letters to
Mr. Claus.
Lucas, Kan.
Claim to Fame: Garden of
Eden – Take your picture with a
concrete Adam and Eve.
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Student entreprenuer offers creative products
Loretta Palmer
Staff Reporter
It’s three days before a friend’s
birthday party and no gift seems
good enough. Instead of running
to the nearest Wal-Mart, this summer try the creative side and design the gift.
Junior Katie Poland has designed gifts many times, and said
being able to make things for
other people gives her a sense of
accomplishment.
“[I enjoy] having something to
show that I made that’s different
than anything else anybody could
ever get.”
Poland said her creative projects have stemmed from her eagerness to make something unique,
and have ranged from sewing pillow cases to formal dresses.
“I started sewing in middle
school probably,” she said. “I
taught myself how to do it, and
each project came at a different
stage.”
Poland’s creativity has traveled by word of mouth. She said
she sells some of her items at
Bizzy Beads, a store located in
Chesterfield, Mo.
Poland, who makes the beads
by a technique called lampworking, said making creative projects
at school is difficult, because her
sewing machine is at home, and
Kirksville doesn’t have any good
fabric stores.
“The beads are made by using
a blow torch, and you can’t exactly keep one of those in a dorm,”
she said. “And I haven’t really
found any friends with a garage
or a basement where I could do
that.”
Poland has been able to expand her love for creativity to
many different areas, including
painting, sewing and beadwork.
“I’ve always needed a creative
outlet, so what that is has shifted
as I’ve grown up,” she said. “I
photo by Phil Jarrett/Index
Junior Katie Poland shows off her creations, which she makes with a beadwork technique called lampworking.
don’t do as much sewing now as I
did in high school, but I’ve moved
on to glass or painting.”
United by their common passion for creativity, junior Rachel
Holper said she met Poland in the
fall of 2005.
“[Poland] does every sort of
crafty thing or artsy thing you
could ever do, so that’s pretty
cool,” Holper said.
Together Holper and Poland
have made jewelry, cards and
done some photography.
“We kept finding out things
that we both do,” Holper said.
“Then we found out we were both
going to live on campus next year
and we were like, ‘Oh, we can be
roommates.’”
One could only imagine what
Holper and Poland’s room will
look like. Holper said many of
Poland’s paintings and pictures
probably will be on display in
the residence hall room.
“I’m guessing we would have
an area for craft supplies or something if it fits,” she said.
Holper said she started having
craft nights this year with some of
her friends to help them be creative and make things that can be
used for gifts, she said.
“It’s not just buying something,
and it’s something original and
it’s something you spent time on
so it’s special,” she said. “I really
like making things for people.”
Holper said everyone might
not be creative, but people can do
things if they have someone helping them.
“I think people are just afraid
to try things, and that’s why people don’t make things, but I think
everyone can,” she said.
Bizzy Beads owner Lynn
Huthsing and her staff help people
unleash their creativity. Huthsing
said the store helps people design
jewelry and sells a wide assortment of beads, stringing materials, tools and books. Bizzy Beads
also offers various classes, and
hosts parties.
Poland started working at
Bizzy Beads early last year,
Huthsing said.
“I was interested in [employing] her because she already expressed an interest in beading,
and she showed a passion for
being artistic and taking up that
craft,” she said.
In addition to being creative,
Huthsing said Poland is very confident and has a very creative approach to things.
“She is accurate and thorough, and she is very, very efficient,” Huthsing said. “She is
a very fast learner.”
Additionally, Huthsing said
Poland is excellent with children,
which often comes in handy.
“I put [the store’s] summer
camp in her hands, and she did
a great job being in charge,” she
said. “She worked very well with
kids, and she kept things structured and organized.”
One of Poland’s items that
Huthsing said was a cute idea and
very creative was a slumber party
kit. The kit consists of candy inside a pillowcase, which Poland
sewed herself.
“[Poland] is a real self-starter,
she is amazing that way,” she said.
“I could give her anything and she
would just take it and she would
go beyond what my expectations
would be.”
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Appetite, libido tie together in summer recipes
sex’ville “
By this point
she should be
imagining you
naked – unless
you’ve talked
too much.
and
with guest columnist
John Priest
Food might be the way to a man’s
heart, but it’s also the way to a
woman’s libido.
Cook her a meal, and if you’re
lucky, she’ll understand you’re saying,
“I love you,” and end up telling you,
“I want you.”
A recent Zogby International poll
found women agree two-to-one that
fixing a meal is sexier than fixing
a car.
But don’t go read back issues of
“Martha Stewart Living” to find out
how to impress your girlfriend this
summer. Keep your culinary persuasions simple because burnt food says
‘idiocy,’ not ‘sexy.’
I knew my mother was doing me
a favor when she taught me how to
cook. I can slice, dice, bake, grate,
sauté, grill and peel with the best of
them, and I’ve found women like that I
know my way around the kitchen.
To those men who weren’t so lucky
and can’t tell a stockpot from a wok or
a shallot from a nectarine, summertime
is their biggest ally. Light up the grill,
and get cooking.
Nothing says masculinity like fire,
and when entertaining on a budget,
flame-grilled passion is only a few sizzling chunks of charcoal away.
Take your briquettes, douse them
in lighter fluid and light them on fire.
Before you put the food on, make sure
”
the chemicals have burned off.
Garlic breath might be bad, but I’m
sure lighter fluid breath is worse.
You can grill anything. Show her
you have class by grilling vegetables
and a meat that hasn’t been ground to
oblivion. Steak is a good option, but
you should stick with chicken. Unless
she’s a fan of salmonella, she won’t be
ordering it medium rare.
Keep in mind that a hunk of cow
muscle lodged between one of your
teeth might kill the mood, preventing
any fun your man muscle could have.
Be sure to bring toothpicks and
dental floss just in case.
The rest of the menu should involve
a little more thought. Although no one
has ever proved that eating certain
foods increases sex drives, cultures
across the world still believe that some
foods are the flavors of love.
Chilies might help heat up the
sheets, too. They get their heat from
capsaicin, a chemical that raises the
heart rate and releases endorphins,
giving you a natural high. Plus, spicy
foods get the blood flowing.
So sprinkle your meat with a little
cayenne or red pepper flakes, and
watch as the chemistry boils.
Whatever you choose to serve,
finish by dipping strawberries in
chocolate. According to Discovery.
com, research suggests the stimulant
phenylethylamine, found in chocolate,
ignites an excitement that is conducive
to lovemaking.
By this point she should be imagining you naked – unless you’ve talked
too much.
Do yourself a favor and maintain
the theme once you’ve won her over.
A little chocolate syrup and
whipped cream go a long way to making an evening of sexual exploration
even more tasty.
My mother might have passed down
her cooking skills, but I’ve had to
write my own recipe for loving.
Yourself
photo illustration by Phil Jarrett/Index
DVDs to be
replaced this summer
It’s bad enough that DVDs
are being upgraded.
But as this is happening,
consumers will have to buy
their favorite movies again in
a new format. What makes
this upgrade even worse is that
they have to choose between
two different formats, neither
of which is compatible with
the other.
On April 18, the first
Toshiba HD-DVD players and
movies were released, and the
other format, Sony’s Blu-ray,
Eddie Grimmer
will be released within the
next few weeks, according to
www.ign.com.
Having two similar formats is nothing new for the home movie
industry.
In the 1980s, both Betamax and VHS were introduced. Betamax
tapes were smaller and had better picture quality than VHS, but were
also more expensive. During the “format wars,” consumers latched
onto the cheaper VHS, making Betamax obsolete only a few years
later. Today’s new formats could lead to a similar situation.
DVDs have been around less than 10 years and have been the
dominant form of home movies for about four years, so why an upgrade so soon? DVDs have one major flaw: They can’t output highdefinition video. Only recently have high-definition television sales
taken off, so the lack of DVDs in HD was not a problem until now.
Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will correct this problem by increasing the resolution from 480x720 to 1080x1920 when connected to
a HDTV. Instead of the TV being divided into 480 vertical lines, it’s
divided into 1,080. The more scan lines, the more pixels, and the
more pixels, the better the image. With more than four times as many
pixels being put out, the change in clarity is remarkable.
Another slight problem is that both formats will correct DVD
storage space. A DVD can store 4.7 GB on a single layer and 8.5 GB
on a dual layer. HD-DVDs will provide 30 GB on a standard dual
layered disk. HD-DVD offers a big jump over DVDs, but Blu-ray
will one up it by providing even more storage space – a dual layered
disk can store 50 GB. Sony even is developing a quad-layered disk,
which might be able to store as much as 100 GB.
Although both formats accomplish the same thing, they are done
different ways, leading to the different forms. Because of this, a player can’t play the other format’s disks. In a perfect world, you could
just choose one format and that would be that, but each movie studio
except for Paramount and Warner Brothers has chosen to support
only one format. What this means is that, without buying both players, you might not be able to watch some of your favorite movies
in true HD. Luckily, both formats will play original DVDs and will
even convert them from 480x720 to 1080x1920. But because the
disks are not mastered in 1080x1920, they won’t look as good as the
movies made specifically for that format.
As with all new technology, the high price tag is not always inviting. Toshiba shipped two HD-DVD players, one retailing for $499
and the other for $799. Although this might sound like a lot, the first
DVD players hit the market at $599 and $899. Blu-ray technology
is more expensive than its competitor. The cheapest player available
at launch will go for $999. The top one will retail for $1,799,
with several other models in between. Movies for both
formats are expected to be around $29.
This higher price might deter many potential Blu-ray customers, but Sony
has a secret weapon up its sleeve:
PlayStation 3. When the PS3
launches this November, it
will come equipped with
a Blu-ray player. Sony is
hoping the popularity of
its PlayStation consoles
will help get Blu-ray
players into homes
everywhere. The only
problem with this
strategy is that it could
significantly increase
the cost of the PS3. No
official price has been
announced yet, but analysts estimate a price anywhere from $500 to $1,000.
However, the console will still
be either less than or as much as
the stand-alone players, so Sony is
confident its strategy will work.
Microsoft is doing something similar
with HD-DVDs. Although no drive is shipping bundled with the Xbox 360, a separate
attachment will be released in the near future, allowing owners to watch HD-DVD’s using their Xbox
360s.
Early adopters probably will rush out and pick up one or
both of the new technologies. Eventually, one format will win, both
formats will combine into one, or manufacturers will start making
drives that can play both formats.
For the general consumer, it might be best to wait it out. By the
time one of the above options happen, prices for the players will
have dropped, and you won’t be wasting money on a format that
could become obsolete.
Design by L
indsay Kosk
i/Index
Index
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the fashion runways this season. Believe
it or not, one-piece swimsuits can be just
as sexy and revealing as bikini-style suits.
One-piece suits also come with the added
attraction of comfort and the knowledge
that if you dive into a pool or are splashing around at the beach, a large wave will
not carry your suit away.
Many of the hottest swimsuit catalogs
are showing off the hottest new trend in
swimsuit fashion: the bra-style top. This
Waleg.com. It also is reported that this
year, supportive and bust-shaping tops are
summer‘s suit styles are a flashback
quite popular because they flatter busts
to the 1950s and the days of Marilyn
of all sizes. When picking out a bra-style
Monroe – so get ready for suits with low suit, pick out a top similar to your favorite
necklines and high waists.
and most comfortable bra.
White is a hot color for suits this
Last summer, suits were introduced
summer. Unfortunately, before getting
with all sorts of belts and ties to add more
wet in a white suit, check and make sure detail. This year, designers have gone a
before buying it that it will not be seestep further and have created tops as well
through. When buying a light-colored
as bottoms with a wide array of buckles,
suit, you should make sure that it has a
ties and gathers.
solid, double-layer lining according to
A personal favorite tip is to make good
dotcomwomen.com Web Site. Before
use of the suits that you have. To avoid
wearing the suit in public, try it on in
alternating between the same two or three
the mirror and check if you can see your bikinis, have fun mixing and matching
skin through the fabric. If you can, then
different tops and bottoms together to
you will be exposing way more than you create several different and exciting new
probably intended when the material
looks.
gets wet.
Whether you’re lying out on a yacht or
Junior Bernadette Nunn said she
simply catching some rays on the drivefeels like she isn’t
way, designers intend
very knowledgeable
to make you sparkle
when it comes to
while lying in the sun,
Believe it or
keeping up with the
literally. Suits with
latest swimsuit trends.
sparkling jewels are
not, one-piece
“My roommate
the latest craze and can
swimsuits
can
said that I was too
be found in all major
be just as sexy
outdated and conserdepartment stores and
vative with my swimswimsuit catalogs.
and revealing as
suit,” Nunn said.
Remember to pick
bikini-style suits.
Nunn said she
out fun and bright colowns a pink one-piece
ors for the summertime.
swimsuit that compliWith a great tan from
ments her bronze skin
playing outdoors this
tone. Although she feels most comfortsummer, light pastels and vibrant blues,
able in a one-piece, Nunn said she does
greens and pinks add to further compliown a bikini.
ment your skin tone.
Nunn is not as outdated in her
From jeweled suits to vibrant colors
swimwear as her roommate might think. it is important to take care of your suit
According to moreswimsuits.com,
to keep it looking great all summer long.
one-piece suits have been dominating
After swimming in the pool or ocean,
Swimmer shares
underwater style
Lindsay McReynolds
Many students look forward to summertime and long days of laying out at
the pool or hanging out at the beach,
but before summer begins, it is time to
consider perhaps the most essential accessory of summer: the swimsuit.
Freshman Jordie Forkosh said she
has seven different swimsuits. Each
year, she said she looks forward to
buying one or two new suits to wear
when going to the lake or hanging with
friends by the pool. A fan of halter style
swimsuits and bright colors, Forkosh is
counting down the days until summer.
There are three important steps to
looking great this summer. Choosing
a swimsuit that you are comfortable
wearing and splashing around in is vital.
Secondly, finding the particular style
that flatters your body type and hides
problem areas is essential. Lastly, it
is important to take good care of your
swimsuit to keep it looking brand-new
all summer long.
The hottest colors for this summer are black and white, according to
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Choose the best swimsuit
for your body
*Tummies: Fool the eye with fabric or styling that pulls
the eye away from the tummy.
*Small Bust: Emphasizing contours will visually enhance
the bust-line. Bold prints or colors will flatter this
body type.
*Large Bust: Pay attention to support, comfort coverage
and details that will deflect the eye from the bust-line.
*Large Hips: Draw attention away from the hips to the
top half of your body. Choose styles with bust details,
vertical stripes or dark colors.
Design by Erin Clark/Index
make sure to rinse your suit with regular
water to remove the salt and chlorine,
according to moreswimsuits.com.
Nunn said she likes to wash her bathing suit after wearing it a couple times.
“I usually wash it in the washing
machine with the rest of my clothes,”
Nunn said.
However, swimsuits were not made
to be put in the washing machine. It
is better to let them soak in the sink in
Woolite and cold water. When your suit
has soaked for long enough, hang it up
to dry – do not stick it in the dryer.
Also, try to avoid leaving your swimsuit in a bag or rolled up in a towel for
an extended period of time because this
sometimes can cause discoloration.
Swimsuit selection, although mostly
something women get excited about,
also is a great opportunity for men to
express themselves with fun prints and
colors.
From board shorts to preppy plaid
swimwear, men have a variety of styles
to choose from as well. Guys simply
cannot go wrong when picking out a
swim suit, except it is strongly urged
to stay away from tiny Speedos and
thongs.
Sophomore Heath Green said he
prefers to wear board shorts when he
goes out to Thousand Hills to hang out
with friends in the summertime.
“They are usually longer, like a regular pair of shorts,” Green said.
Green said he likes to stay with
darker more laid-back colors because he
is not very outspoken.
“I stay with greens and blues, but I
wear tropical flower patterns,” Green
said.
Remember that when ordering
swimsuits online or trying them on in
the store, it is a good idea to see if there
is a size chart for that particular line of
swimwear to make sure the suit is the
right size.
With only nine days left until school
gets out, it is a good idea to order your
suit now to make sure it gets here in
time for summer.
Fashionable buys available in any location for “thrifters”
Loretta Palmer
After nine solid months of being
cooped up in Kirksville, I certainly
am ready to hit the town for a shopping extravaganza. However, if you
know me, I am not the most fashiontrendy person you’ll ever meet, but I
know how to find the deals.
After my three-month stay in Atlanta, Ga., last spring, I learned from
my friend and co-worker the benefits
of not only looking like you didn’t
just crawl out of bed but also how to
shop on a budget. If you’re anything
like me – and don’t expect to win
the lottery anytime soon – check out
these trendy but affordable stores,
whether you’re in Kansas City, St.
Louis or the mecca of style, New
York.
With more than 800 stores worldwide and those catchy but sometimes
annoying commercials, Old Navy is
the one-stop shop for summer fun.
“Summer has always been one
of our favorite seasons because it
means heading outdoors and having
more fun in the sun,” said Jonathan Finn, senior director of public
relations for Old Navy in the article
“Soak up the Sun in Old Navy’s
Great Summer Styles.”
Old Navy offers a wide range
of essentials for everyone. For the
women, Old Navy has an assortment of capris as well as rib-knit and
Amy Deis/Index
Senior Carolyn Sidles looks through a rack of discounted clothes outside The ’Ville on Tuesday afternoon.
V-neck camis and tanks, which can be
layered for a multi-colored look. The
striped Old Navy polos always are a
good find for the men at an inexpensive
$16.50.
No matter your age or gender, be
sure to check out the famous Old Navy
flip-flops. They come in every color to
match every outfit, and more often than
not, they are on sale. Old Navy’s megasales are a definite must at some point
during the summer.
Another great place for not only
clothing but anything you will need
this summer is my favorite place in
the world – Target. This store provides
you with everything you will need this
summer, ranging from lawn furniture to
camping necessities. If you are graduating and venturing out on your own this
summer, away from the roommates and
parents for the first time, check out the
patio and household furniture. The first
time you see something you just love,
wait two to three weeks and it will most
likely go on clearance, saving you a ton
of money. Do not wait too long, though,
and check back periodically to make
sure the item is still for sale.
Also, do not count out the discount
stores, such as TJ Maxx or Marshalls.
Columnists Monica Ruzicka and Vanessa Kitchen said in their article “TJ
Maxx and Target hit the spot” that
these stores are the best way to save
cash but stay stylish. For instance,
I once snagged two pairs of stylish
black dress pants for a whopping $10
each, down from the regular price
of $30 each. If you can look past the
somewhat chaotic look of the store
(I liken it to a very large, semi-organized garage sale), you can find
some great deals.
If you are venturing out to an
internship or a new job, you are
going to want to look professional.
However, the purpose of your shopping spree for “grown-up” clothing
should not require you to take out
a loan – you already have enough
of those from school. That is where
stores such as TJ Maxx and Marshalls come in handy. You will pay
up to 50 percent less than department and specialty store prices. Both
of these stores offer clothing for
men and women, shoes and home
supplies.
Lastly is the sport (yes, I would
say it is a sport) of “thrifting.” It’s
funny to see people race up and
down the aisles, exclaiming that they
just found the best deal in the world.
I have never been big on thrifting,
but it works for some people and you
can indeed find some amazing items.
If you do not know where a thrift
store is in your area, ask one of your
friends or check out the directory at
missouri.uscity.net/Thrift_Stores.
Even if you don’t buy anything
at thrift stores, you certainly can
get a good laugh out of some of the
things people did actually wear at
some point in their lives. If you do
buy something, more than likely it’ll
become your favorite shirt, not only
because its comfortable, but also because it’s probably the most inexpensive piece of clothing you have ever
bought. That is a win-win situation.
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Now Leasing for 2006-2007 School Year
One-, Two-, and Three- Bedroom Apartments
Houses Available: Three to Six Bedrooms
Close to campus
Reasonable rent!
Most utilities included
Furnished or unfurnished
We have a few openings for Jan. 2006
For information or showing,
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Great outdoors
calls to athletes
and nature lovers
Sara James
The UV Rays are calling.
It is the time of year when
people are stuck doing one of
two things: working or playing.
Now that the sun is in full force
but it’s not swelteringly hot yet,
it’s a great time to embark on
those outdoor activities. Whether
they are simple sports games
with friends or big elaborate
whitewater rafting trips, there is
plenty to do.
Sporting events usually are a
large attraction during the summer, to watch or play. If you are
athletic and the main streamline
sports teams are all full, there are
other sports available. Many cities have ultimate Frisbee, rugby
and lacrosse during the summer.
Just ask around or google it.
Teams always are looking for
people who want to stay active
and learn about the game.
If you don’t feel like playing,
find out where these events take
place, buy something to drink
and go watch. From what I have
experienced, sports like these
have a great social atmosphere,
and you will be welcomed into
the group even if you’re just
cheering from the sidelines.
Naturally, there is always
swimming in the summer. If you
live in a larger city, I encourage
you to go visit and try out other
swimming areas. Whether or
not it is a beach or even public
pool, visiting other locations is
a great way to prevent boredom
and meet new people. By changing up the scene, you won’t get
bored with swimming. Don’t get
stuck going to the same place every day because you’ll get bored
and so will your friends.
Most cities do a great job of
hosting outdoor concerts and
events. You have no idea what
actually goes on until you go, so
go on an adventure. There are
art festivals, carnivals, drive-inmovies, concerts, drum corps
(DCI) performances, farmer’s
markets and of course fairs.
College-age individuals do not
take enough advantage of events
like these. Plus, these are always
great places to go on dates (pay
attention guys) or even with a
group of friends.
If you work all day, like most
students will be doing this summer, but are going out at night,
pick a restaurant or bar that has
a patio. I have found that they
evoke a much more fun atmosphere, and if you’re cooped up
inside all day, get out while you
can.
On the other hand, if you are
not involved with a heavy work
schedule, you should do things
like plan a trip or counsel at a
camp.
Going on trips takes planning.
They can be as simple as going
half an hour away to a campsite
or flying 12 hours to Europe. I
recommend a simple trip like
going camping because it’s much
cheaper than a plane ticket.
Camping also involves a lot
more than just beer, bugs and
barbecue. You have time to bike,
kayak, fish, boat, swim and
my favorite – relax. There are
numerous outdoor events that
campsites host, but the best part
is being able to just lie down and
take a nap whenever you would
like.
Being a camp counselor is
a great way to spend a week
or an entire summer. It’s great
volunteer work, and most camps
Kelsey Vaughn/Index
Senior Chris Gore sends a Frisbee flying across the Quad on Monday afternoon.
need all the help they can get. Unfortunately,
you can’t lie down and take a nap whenever
you would like, but you will have a great
learning experience and create unforgettable
memories.
If you’re bored during the summer, don’t
complain to me.
I will be working indoors all night and
all day, except for Wednesday night ultimate
Frisbee of course.
Take some of these ideas, and try new
things. After all, it won’t be long until we no
longer get to look forward to summer vacation but instead toward our pasty ‘corporate
tans.’
Summer sports take the stage
Conor Nicholl
Two years ago, I watched the College World Series.
At the Ballwin Athletic Association.
In St. Louis.
No, it wasn’t the real CWS – a twoweek event where the best eight Div. I
college baseball teams in the country
play in Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha,
Neb., but for me, it was close enough.
My College World Series happened
at the American Legion District 10
baseball tournament, a 12-team compilation of some of the best high school
prospects in the state.
The double elimination drama is
one of the most exciting and cheapest
summer sports events in the St. Louis
area. Seemingly every game is decided
on the last pitch, and $10 can pay for
14 hours of baseball and food.
One day I saw four games that included one team coming from behind
to tie a game from eight runs down
and eventually lose a four-and-a-half
hour marathon 18-16, another game
that went into extra innings and was
decided on the final pitch and still
another contest that included players
who now suit up for college baseball
teams in Missouri, including nationally ranked University of MissouriColumbia.
If high school baseball isn’t as
fun to watch, then the local college
baseball league – the Metro Collegiate
Wood Bat – still can suit anyone’s
fancy. The league is similar to the famous Cape Cod League that is played
on the coastline every year.
Wood bats, every game is free,
players playing for the love of the
game and the possible chance a scout
will see them play at their top potential are hallmarks of the Wood Bat
League.
The end of the season tournament
still is the bread and butter for the
league, and last year’s championship
game featured a 1-0, 10-inning contest
that kept the couple hundred fans in
attendance on the edge of their seats.
It’s difficult to see that kind of
excitement and that many hours of
high-quality baseball for such a low
price at Busch Stadium or other places
throughout the state.
Still, if one prefers professional
baseball, look no further than the
hometown Cardinals, one of the top
teams in the Majors. Tickets at the
new Busch Stadium are not cheap
– they run more than $30 dollars for
even a bleacher seat – but the view
of the Gateway Arch as the backdrop
of the new stadium is well worth the
price.
The Cardinals certainly are a sight
to behold, too. With first baseman Albert Pujols as the centerpiece, the Redbirds are a threat to win the division
and reach the playoffs every year. Just
watching Pujols is worth payment.
When No. 5 steps to the plate, everyone stops. No one goes to the bathroom, gets a beer or talks. Everyone
knows the next pitch could be a laser
into center field or a moonshot over
the fence. Pujols changes the game.
He is the best player in baseball
right now and arguably the best hitter (without the help of performance
enhancers à la a certain San Francisco
Giants outfielder) since Ted Williams
in the 1940s and ’50s.
The Cardinals pitching staff is a
sight for every young pitcher and fans
of all ages. The 40,000-plus in attendance can marvel at Chris Carpenter, the reigning National League Cy
Young Award winner and his electric
repertoire of pitches, Mark Mulder’s
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Still, if one prefers
kept and manicured to an outstanding
professional baseball,
degree. None of the holes are especiallook no further than
ly long or difficult. There is no water,
and only one par-4 is over 380 yards
the hometown
– but the course demands solid iron
Cardinals.
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for the single handicap or for a day
with the family.
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For the deeper-pocketed types, ForMarquis’ sinking and diving two-seam est Park recently renovated their old
fastball or Jeff Suppan’s seamless,
course, creating a 27-hole extravagangraceful starts.
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In the field, shortstop and sparkbest time to play is in late daytime, as
plug David Eckstien is one of my
the prices drop considerably, the play
favorites. He’ll get dirty every game
speeds up, and the sunset is clearly
and will play the game hard. Plus,
visible.
he’s only 5 feet 7 inches – his grit and
The course is a sight to look at
desire might be unmatched in all of
with plenty of streams and creeks
baseball.
that weave their way throughout the
For other sports, check on Rams
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most of the trips are free or open to
And for runners, the Race for the
the public at a low cost.
Cure is a perfect way to help supBasketball yields plenty of AAU
port the fight against breast cancer
events, especially the famous 3-on-3
and enjoy a run along the St. Louis
basketball tournament at the Gatewaterfront. It’s the largest 5-kilometer
way Mall in downtown this weekend.
event in the United States, and runners
Check out www.stlhoops.com for more can walk at a leisurely stroll or race
information.
for a medal.
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Lifeguards save lives all summer long
Emily Black
for the Index
Contrary to popular belief, a job
as a lifeguard requires more responsibility than just remembering to
apply sunscreen liberally.
On a day that started like any
other summer day, two lifeguards
performed CPR on a collapsed
man who had suffered a heart attack while playing basketball at the
community center near their pool in
Bridgeton, Mo.
For sophomore Lexi Baisden, it
was all in a day’s work.
Baisden, who witnessed the
event, is a lifeguard entering her fifth
summer at the Bridgeton Aquatic
Park. She said people do not realize
the skills and responsibilities that
come with the title of lifeguard.
“A lot of people say that all we
do is sit out and get tan, and I’m
like, ‘No! That’s not true!’” Baisden said.
She said that as a lifeguard, she
must be trained in CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, rescue breathing and
first aid, as well as the use of oxygen tanks and an automatic external
defibrillator.
“There are 10 different cards I
have in my wallet that say what I
am certified for,” Baisden said.
Aside from her initial training,
she said she is required to attend
weekly training sessions to keep lifeguard]. You just have to make
her skills refreshed. Because it is sure no one dies.”
unlikely that CPR is a skill she will
He said he feels confident
use every day, being able to do it at in his abilities and those of his
a moment’s notice is a matter of life co-workers to prevent serious
and death.
problems at Aquaport in Maryland
Because of the severity of pos- Heights, Mo.
sible situations, such as drowning,
“I don’t think it is that stressspinal injuries, heat stroke and ful because our pool is pretty good
more, it is important to understand about keeping everyone in line so
the seriousness and
you usually won’t
responsibilities of the
have to deal with an
job before signing on,
emergency situation,”
she said.
“You just have Arndt said. “Other
“It’s not for everybumped heads
to make sure no than
body, obviously, beand a few scrapes and
one dies.”
cause if people get rescratches, nothing seally nervous or really
rious happens.”
scared about having
He said his bigthat much responsibiligest gripe about the
Ian Arndt
ty, or they really just do
job is dealing with the
Freshman/Lifeguard
it for the fun of it, then
parents.
maybe they shouldn’t
“You will have a
be a lifeguard,” Baiskid on one side sitting
den said.
down and the parent
After trying out
right next to you yelljobs at McDonalds and Finish Line, ing in your ear about why you sat
freshman Ian Arndt found out last their kid out,” Arndt said. “The parsummer that lifeguarding was his ents honestly break the rules more
best option.
than their kids do.”
“Both of those were just very
Sophomore Erica Carr, a lifeboring inside jobs where you just guard at the Kirksville Aquatic
have to sit there and flip burgers or Center, also said parents are her pet
appease the customer and try and peeve.
sell an extra shoe or insole or some“I personally get really irritated
thing,” Arndt said. “ ... You don’t with some of the people that come
really have to deal with that [as a to the pool, especially parents that
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Freshman Brittany Davenport watches the pool at the Kirksville Aquatic Center on Tuesday.
She works part time during the academic year.
aren’t responsible for their kids,”
Carr said, “They don’t teach them
how to swim and then they throw
them into deep water.”
Carr said the decision to become
a lifeguard was an easy one for her.
“When you are a little kid, I
think you have a tendency to look
up to lifeguards and you always
just want to be one,” she said. “I
did swim team when I was growing
up, and it just kind of seemed like a
natural easy job for me to do, and
my parents are in health care, so it
just kind of fit, and I love it.”
Carr said anyone interested
in a summer job as a lifeguard in
Kirksville can apply at the Kirksville
Aquatic Center. The Aquatic Center
also offers jobs for lifeguards during the winter at their indoor pool.
Kirksville economy promotes exciting job opportunities
Loretta Palmer
Staff Reporter
The Kirksville economy is booming just
as loudly as students’ bank accounts are
screaming for money – and just in time for
summer.
With the May openings of Walgreens
and Ruby Tuesday, as well as the newly
renovated and renamed Traveler’s Square
Inn, there are many opportunities right here
in Kirksville to make a little extra money
this summer.
“I think it’s always a positive whenever
you have names that are recognized by people and you have more choices and a different variety of places,” said Polly Matteson,
career coordinator for the University Career
Center.
Although some people are concerned
the recent influx of bigger-named businesses will drive out smaller stores, she said
the new places will hopefully bring more
people into the area instead of taking away
from the existing businesses and will create
more jobs.
These new businesses give students the
“Even if the job doesn’t require [a résuopportunity to build their résumé and skill mé], it gives you a better experience interbase, she said.
viewing, because you’ve already worked on
“You’re building your skills and your what you have to offer,” she said. “You’ve
experience so that you
put it down on paper,
have more to offer when
therefore you are able to
you’re really in the job “Any of the jobs where talk about it more effecmarket after graduation,”
in an interview.”
students are working tively
Matteson said.
Matteson said compresently, that might
To capture that summunication skills are the
mer job, Matteson said be leaving, they’ll have No. 1 reason employers
the first thing people
hire people.
a position available
need to do is consider
“It doesn’t matter
which career field inter- for the summer at that whether you’re going to
ests them.
be an accountant or gopoint, too.”
“People need to make
ing into event planning,
contacts with people who
you still work with peoPolly Matteson
can let them either job
ple,” she said.
Career Center Coordinator
shadow or perhaps work
Kirksville jobs are
within a field they’re inlisted through the e-Reterested in so they gain experience within cruiting Web site, which can be accessed
that field,” she said.
through the Career Center’s Web site.
The Career Center offers several servic“Any of the jobs where students are
es to help prepare students, including help- working presently, that might be leaving,
ing them prepare their résumé and building they’ll have a position available for the
interviewing skills.
summer at that point too,” she said.
For some students, money is of the essence. Matteson said people will make the
most money waiting tables.
“You can make more money doing that
because often you can make $100 in tips in
one night,” she said.
However, Matteson said people should
think outside the box when choosing a job
because there are so many possibilities.
“Sometimes you need to be proactive,”
she said. “If there is some place in particular you want to work, you might need to let
them know that you can offer them something that they haven’t even thought of.”
One of those outside-the-box jobs available this summer is through Traveler’s
Square, which is hiring the usual bartenders, wait staff and cooks, but also performers such as jugglers, dancers, musicians and
magicians, said Michelle Steele, marketing
director of Traveler’s Square.
“[Owner Louie Keen] really wants to
entertain people and give them some unexpected things,” she said.
Steele said Traveler’s hopes the nightclub and restaurant will open in August or
September. She said some of the people
hired for performing will start training and
performing this summer at another club in
St. Robert, Mo.
“They will be trained and know what
they are doing to come back up here and fill
jobs here,” she said.
If someone is a juggler or singer, they
should submit a CD or a videotape with
their application, Steele said. She said they
are looking for people with hard work ethic
and reliability for all positions.
“Maybe they’ve never had the opportunity to perform professionally,” she said.
“If they’ve got that talent, we’d be happy to
talk to them.”
Although the jobs at Traveler’s Square
certainly would be exciting, remember this
advice that Randall Hansen gave in his article “How to Find a Summer or Part-Time
Job,” at quintcareers.com: No matter how
cool the job or company is, be prepared for
some days to not be as great as others. The
most important thing is the job should provide money, experience and good contacts
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No games scheduled
Award Winner
No games scheduled
Georgia Mueller
wins Index
Freshman of the
Year Award
Sports
Columnist
picks end of
year awards
The University has 21 varsity sports.
After a year that yielded multiple first
team All-Americans and one national
championship, here are my player and
coach of the year and 21 awards:
Best Player: Senior Marty Clayes,
Men’s Soccer. No one else impacted their
team like Clayes. A crowning moment
came earlier in
the season against
Newman. The
team had just
lost to Southern
Illinois University-Edwardsville
4-0 and stagnated
1-1 against NAIA
Newman.
Conor Nicholl
Clayes wasn’t
expected to play because of a foot injury,
but head coach Duke Cochran inserted
him midway through the second half.
Clayes delivers the winning assist a few
minutes later, and the Bulldogs lost one
game the rest of the year en route to a
17-3-2 mark.
Best Coach: With regards to Jason
Skoch (volleyball), Cochran (men’s
soccer), Mike Cannon (women’s soccer),
Pete Kendall (tennis), Mark Gole (swimming) and John Cochrane (cross country
and track), Jack Schrader gets my vote.
I believe men’s basketball’s season was
the greatest turnaround at the Div. I or II
level in men’s and women’s basketball.
Schrader’s Bulldogs also entered the
season picked as the worst team in the
MIAA. And they finished two games out
of first. All the other teams had higher
expectations and met their expectations.
1. Comeback Player of the Year:
Senior Randy Beilsmith, Baseball. Beilsmith, a transfer from St. Charles Community-College, collected a 14.73 ERA as
a reliever last year.
This season, he won the starting designated hitter slot, never saw the mound
and led the team in batting with a .358
average. Runner-up: Junior Jacquie Faust,
cross country and track.
2. Most Disappointing Team: Football. Entering the campaign, I predicted a
5-6 mark. Instead, there was no marked
improvement from Year 1 to Year 2 of the
Currier Era. Another 2-9 season and limited
offense will need to change for next fall.
3. Does-More-With-Less Award:
Freshman Eli Medina, Volleyball. One
of the smartest players to wear a Bulldog
uniform this past season, Medina consistently started and averaged 3.85 digs
per game, second-best on the team. She
also couldn’t reach above nine feet two
inches – a full seven to ten inches less
that some players she guarded – because
of a balky knee, but her vision and court
sense made her a key player.
4. Needs-to-Switch-Positions
Award: Sophomore Jonathan Duffy,
Quarterback. Duffy, heralded by many
– including me – as the future after a
See AWARDS, Page 23
Senior fondly
remembers
5 people
There’s more to sports than size,
speed and athleticism.
A lot of people who compete at a high
level are outstanding athletes. That’s
really nothing
special. Often, it is
character that separates the winners
from the losers.
The sports landscape is filled
with electrifying
personalities,
Josh Sisson
and it’s no different even at a
little place like Truman.
In this, my final column as an Index
sports writer, I want to acknowledge the
five most dynamic personalities among
the countless Truman sports figures I have
interviewed over the past three years.
Please keep in mind this was a difficult
list to compile. There are several people
I’d like to mention, but for my purposes
here, only five make the cut. If you feel as
though I have unfairly excluded you from
this list, please refrain from harassing me
with angry e-mails and phone calls. At
this point, however, I suppose it’s OK for
you to call up my superiors and demand
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Clayes’
foot leads
team
Joseph Barker
Late in the first half of the men’s soccer team’s firstround match against Rockhurst University (Mo.), the
score was tied 0-0.
Senior Lars Pottgiesser was taken down inside the
box, and the Bulldogs were given a free kick. Head coach
Duke Cochran tabbed senior midfielder, Martin Clayes,
to take the shot.
Clayes, a first team All-American midfielder, converted the shot for his ninth goal of the season and put the
’Dogs up 1-0 – the eventual winning score.
“He just stepped up and calmly finished the penalty
kick, we win that 1-0,” Cochran said. “ ... He brings
that to the team, that confidence – arrogance almost – of
‘We’re going to win, let me prove it. If it’s ever on the
line, let me have it.’”
Clayes, a native of Scotland, was the offensive leader
for the 17-3-2 Bulldogs. The left-footer’s nine goals tied
him for first with teammate and countrymen senior Sean
Birrell.
He stood alone at the top of the assists column, leading the way with 16. His career-high 34 points led the
team. His total assists tied for fourth in Div. II.
“Having him on the field almost guarantees that
you’re going to score a goal, somehow,” Cochran
said. “And in the game of soccer, one goal wins
games.”
Cochran said while his high assist total is impressive, his goals are his trademark.
“You expect a center-mid to assist and to
create for your team, but the fact that he is still
scoring eight to 10 goals a year, that’s pretty
impressive,” Cochran said. “To shut him down is
very difficult because if you don’t let him shoot,
he’ll make the deadly pass that scores anyway.
And if you take away the pass,
even 30 yards away, he’s going
to score.”
Clayes’ exploits on the Truman pitch did not go unnoticed.
He was a first team All-American
and first-team All-Great Lakes Region. He is just the eighth All-American and third first team member in men’s
soccer history. He also is the first center midfielder in
team history to be a first team member.
Other coaches in the region noticed Clayes, too. University of Missouri-Rolla head coach Vince Darnell said
Clayes was one of the players his team looked at when
game planning against Truman.
“He’s definitely a threatening player that takes advantage of any team that doesn’t anticipate what he is going
to do,” Darnell said. “He’s an incredible player on the
field, he has great vision on the field and he reads the
game very well. We know who he is, and we know he is
a threatening player.”
His teammates also were impressed by his ability. Junior goalkeeper Nate Gibson said having a player who
See CLAYES, Page 23
Chris Tharp/Index
Senior midfielder Marty Clayes won the Index Athlete of the Year Award after
leading the men’s soccer team and earning first team All-American status.
Index Picks for Athlete of the Year
Judge
1st
2nd
3rd
Conor Nicholl
Joseph Barker
John Scognamiglio
Tyler Madsen
John Weeks
Josh Sisson
Martin Clayes
Andy Calmes
Kelsey Wackerman
Martin Clayes
Martin Clayes
Gregg Nurrenbern
Sarah Shearman
Kelsey Wackerman
Chip Sodemann
Sarah Shearman
Sean Bergstedt
Bridgette Carpenter
Chip Sodemann
Loni Wedemeier
Whitney Wodstrchill
Andy Calmes
Whitney Wodstrchill
Blake Peterson
Points
(calculated 5-3-1)
Clayes
Wackerman
Calmes
Sherman
Nurrenbern
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Schrader earns Coach of the Year honors
Conor Nicholl
Sports Editor
After winning only eight games in 200405, head coach Jack Schrader believed the
program needed a change.
Off the court.
“On the floor, practices, game strategies, tactics, nothing significant changed,”
Schrader said while sitting in his office Monday afternoon. “Off the floor, I had a feeling
this group of guys didn’t feel valued outside
of their friends and family and sometimes
that can be a negative drag.”
Schrader created a golf tournament for
the current players and alumni, changed the
appearance of the locker room, put up banners signifying the best seasons in Bulldog
basketball history and changed Pershing
Arena on game days with curtains and halftime events.
“These things were lacking previously,”
he said. “Whether or not it made a tangible
difference, I don’t know, but it was definitely a conscious effort to let these guys know
their effort was appreciated.”
He also made practice more fun for the
players.
“He might have been a little more upbeat
“That group of guys hung toand seemed ready to work,” senior guard
Derek Lindsey said. “It seemed a lot more gether,” said Northwest Missouri
fun this year and coach just seemed in a bet- State University head coach Steve
Tappmeyer. “They withstood a lot
ter mood the core group of
of tough times
guys back.”
the last couple of
And, aided by a tremenyears and reaped
dous on-court performance,
“It seemed a lot
the benefits this
the men’s basketball team
more fun this year, season when they
became a weekly highlight,
won a lot of close
drawing more than 1,500
and coach just
games.”
fans to multiple games.
seemed in a
Two
years
Led by many players
better mood with
ago, the Bulldogs
who won a combined 21
finished
8-19
games combined the previthe core group of
overall and 4-14
ous three seasons, the team
guys back.”
in the conference,
captured many victories in
losing
seven
the final seconds en route to
Derek Lindsey
MIAA games by
a 20-9 record, its best mark
Senior Forward
six points or less.
in seven years.
This past winter,
Picked to finish last in
they finished 6-2
the MIAA preseason poll,
the Bulldogs finished two games out of first in close conference contests.
“We ran the same power ofplace and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, falling to Central Missouri State in the fense since freshman year,” Lindsey said. “This year something
first round.
Schrader won the MIAA Coach of the just clicked. I think it was just anYear Award and the South Central Regional other year of us playing together.
Coach of the Year Awards for the second This year with the game on the
See SCHRADER, Page 23
time in his Bulldog career.
Index Picks for Coach of the Year
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1st
2nd
3rd
Conor Nicholl
Joseph Barker
John Scognamiglio
Tyler Madsen
John Weeks
Josh Sisson
Jack Schrader
Jack Schrader
Jack Schrader
Jack Schrader
Jack Schrader
Mark Gole
Mark Gole
Mike Cannon
Mark Gole
Mark Gole
Duke Cochran
Dave Schutter
Jason Skoch
Mark Gole
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Mike Cannon
Mark Gole
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Head coach Jack Schrader talks to point guard
Chip Sodemann in a game earlier this year.
Jack Schrader
25
Mark Gole
17
Mike Cannon
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all three (Skoch, Cochran,
Schutter) tied with three points
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18
’Dogs look for improvement
John Weeks
Staff Reporter
As far as next year goes, head coach
Lawrence Scully said he’s not sure if he’ll
be back.
“When you lose 23 years in a row, you
can’t blame the players and the coaches forever,” Scully said. “I mean you got to take
a step back. You got to have ownership and
responsibility as an administration to say,
‘Look. The program’s set up in a way that’s
not right, and we need to make it right.’”
The season started off with so much
promise at 6-8, but a 20-game skid during
the season put the baseball team back in its
usual season recap – another losing record
with more than 30 losses for the fourth
straight year.
The Bulldogs’ record in games decided
by three runs or fewer is 5-13 this season, a
frustrating statistic for senior relief pitcher
Greg Mundy.
“I think the most difficult part was definitely trying to get through that 20-game
slide that we had, especially with the way
we lost so many of those games in such
close, winnable games,” Mundy said.
The struggles in conference play surely
continued this year for the ’Dogs. They lay
in the cellar of the MIAA standings at 424 with four games remaining and have an
overall record of 10-31.
Despite the team’s lowly record, five
’Dogs are batting higher than .300, and senior
Josh Rubin leads the team in hits with 45. All
four of his home runs and 18 of his 25 RBIs
have come in conference play. But the team
seemed to come up short in clutch situations.
“I thought we played poor in conference
play,” Scully said. “We really hurt ourselves
early in terms of defense. Hitting-wise, we
just did not execute the way we need to in
order to compete in conference.”
Senior designated hitter Randy Beilsmith has turned his year around with
much success on offense. Pitching was
not his cup of tea last year. He had a 14.73
ERA last year out of the bullpen. In his final year wearing purple and white, Beilsmith is second on the team in batting with
a .358 average.
Beilsmith said he liked playing on a
team that always gave its best effort, even
during the losing streak.
“I think we could have won a lot more
games but the team never quit playing,” he
said. “Its always been fun but we never put
it all together. ... I guess personally this last
year I’ve had a really good year. It’s really
nice to end on a good note. That would be
the highlight on this whole year.”
Freshman relief pitcher Peter McCall is
having the type of season Beilsmith had when
he pitched for the ’Dogs last year – poor.
McCall said pitching in college isn’t
quite what he imagined. His 10.50 ERA is
something he’d rather forget.
“So far for me, and I guess for a lot of
the freshmen pitchers, with the exception
of Quinten Fisher, it’s been kind of rough
for us,” McCall said. “Coming mostly
from high school, we’ve had some trouble
adjusting to the fact that these guys can hit
fastballs on either side of the plate, and
you need not just an off-speed pitch, but
a good off-speed pitch, otherwise they’ll
just rake you.”
McCall said he knows now to listen to
sophomore catcher Matt Over.
“I try not to think as much as possible
when pitching,” he said. “Thinking is not a
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Freshman shortstop Neil Bleish gets in position to field a grounder in a game
earlier this season. The basball team finishes its season this weekend.
good thing when you’re pitching, and I get
yelled at by Over for thinking too much. ...
Just throw whatever Over says.”
Scully said that although the season
has been really hard to stomach, he’s really enjoyed working with such a great
group of players every day. He thinks
sophomore Larry Hall has made tremendous steps forward to improve as an allaround player.
“[Larry Hall] is the most improved player,” Scully said. “He went home during the
summer, worked hard on his game and that
hard work is paying off. He’s hitting .310 in
conference.”
The ’Dogs begin their final series against
Missouri Southern this weekend in Joplin,
Mo. They last played and beat the Lions
on March 16, 4-3. Sophomore A.J. Barton
pitched six-plus innings and Mundy picked
up the win with more than two innings of
relief work. Senior catcher Mike Arway
doubled to right field with two outs in the
top of the ninth to drive in the winning run.
Scully said he’s not going to take this
last series lightly.
“We’re playing for eighth place basically,” Scully said. “ ... I told the guys
we’re going to prepare as if it’s a championship-type series.”
Two aces highlight men’s golf ’s eighth place finish
Andrew Gant
Index Staff
A hole in one capped sophomore Mike Spaulding’s best golf
game ever.
One day later, junior Tyler
Phillips followed suit.
Spaulding finished three under par in the opening round of
the NCAA Div. II Central Region
tournament Monday. The score
gave him second place on the first
day’s individual leaderboard.
Spaulding said he isn’t used to
shooting aces.
“It was awesome,” he said. “It
was my first [hole in one] ever, so
that made it even sweeter.”
Phillips marked the next day with
his own hole in one on the par-3 sixth
hole. He finished that round with a
career-best 73, one shot over par.
Co-head coach Kevin White
The ’Dogs finished in eighth
said he had never seen aces occur place with a score of 924 – 60
on two straight days.
strokes behind regional winner
“I’ve got to go
Winona State Uniback and do some
versity (Minn.).
research to see when
Finishing first
the last one for the “It was awesome. in the eight-team
It was my first
team was,” White
region would have
said. “But I know it [hole in one] ever, guaranteed Truman
hasn’t been in the last
a berth in the naso that made it
two or three years. ...
tional championship
There was nothing
tournament May 16
even sweeter.”
cheap about them
to 19. Instead, the
– they were legit.”
’Dogs’ season endMike Spaulding
Despite the speced this week.
Sophomore
tacular shots, TruOn the individuman couldn’t move
al board, Spaulding
up in the tournafinished the tournament’s team standings. The ’Dogs ment in 22nd place, 16 strokes beposted a score of 313 in the final hind Winona State’s Troy Merritt.
round – the team’s worst mark in
Junior Jesse Helms, who earned
the whole event – and dropped to his first all-conference award earthe bottom the standings.
lier this season, finished tied for
30th with a score of 232. Senior
Kyle Kahlemberg shot a 236 and
tied for 36th place.
Golfers battled shifting winds
throughout the tournament, which
was played at the Prairie Bluff
Golf Club in Lockport, Ill. Junior
Adam Clatterbuck, whose score
of 240 tied for 40th in the tournament, said the wind was an unpredictable opponent.
“It’s the course’s only defense,” Clatterbuck said. “We had
better conditions [Tuesday], but
the wind switched.”
White said the course design is
what makes the wind unpredictable.
“There are hardly any trees on
this course, and it’s relatively flat,
so there’s nothing in the way to
stop the wind,” White said.
Truman entered the tournament
without much momentum, finish-
ing behind Southwest Baptist
University in the MIAA Championship Tournament and earning
sixth place. But thanks to a strong
overall season, the NCAA selection committee chose Truman instead of Southwest Baptist for the
regional event.
Southwest Baptist still sent one
golfer to compete individually.
Although White said he was
disappointed with the team’s
performance in the MIAA tournament, he was more upbeat
after Spaulding and Phillips hit
their aces.
“[The team has] shown improvement each day, and they have
a good attitude about it,” he said.
“They realize this is special.”
Tyler Phillips tied for 38th
place with a score of 238, 22
shots over par.
SPORTS In Brief
Bergstedt named Track
Athlete of the Week
Sophomore Sean Bergstedt
continued his strong track season with another MIAA Track
Athlete of the Award last week
at the Drake Relays, one of the
most prestigious collegiate track
and field events in the country.
He enjoyed one of the best
showings ever by a Bulldog male
track and field athlete, running a
season-best 51.66 seconds in the
400 meter hurdles.
Bergstedt finished third overall, narrowly defeated by two
Div. I runners.
The University of Georgia’s
Justin Gayman won the race in
51.15 seconds, and Jerome Miller from Baylor University finished second in 51.62 seconds.
Bergstedt was the only Div. II
runner to finish in the top six. He
also improved his NCAA Div. II
automatic mark for the upcoming meet and broke the school
record that he recently set at the
Dewey Allgood Invite back at
April 22.
Faust and Kelly Hit
NCAA Track Marks
Sophomore Jacquie Faust and
freshman Danna Kelly each reached
provisional marks in their respective events at the Missouri-Kansas
City Invitational this past weekend.
Faust won the 5,000-meter
race in 17:45.50 and won the race
by nearly 22 seconds.
Kelly set her mark in 3,000meter steeplechase and won the
race in 11:22.69.
Nurrenbern wins again
Senior wrestler Gregg Nurrenbern has won again, this time
off the mat.
The NCAA announced the
winners of its postgraduate
scholarships for student athletes
who competed in winter sports,
and Nurrenbern was one of the
recipients of the award.
Nurrenbern finished his Bulldog career this year with his
best season. He compiled a 33-5
record and earned All-American
honors by finishing fifth at the
NCAA Championship.
Volleyball signs three
In an effort to boost its
chances to compete for the 2006
national championship, the volleyball team announced that it
has signed three more players,
Allison Barker, Allie Cherven
and Lauren Graybeal, to next
year’s roster.
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Mueller wins Freshman Award
Forward earns Index Freshman of the
Year Award, first freshman to lead
team in scoring since 1987-88
Joseph Barker
Prior to the season, alumna Felicia Sutton in 198788 was the last freshman to lead the women’s basketball team in scoring.
Prior to freshman forward Georiga Mueller’s debut
season, that is. After Mueller scored an average of 12.1
points per game, she is now the latest freshman to lead
the team in scoring.
Sophomore guard Katie Fowler said Mueller
was able to fill the basket because she played to her
strengths.
“She has the ability to finish with both her right and
left hands and she knows how to use her body to get to
the basket,” Fowler said. “She is kind of undersized for
a post player in our conference, but the way she uses
her body really helps her.”
In making the transition from high school to college, Muller just wanted to get some playing time.
She found her way onto the court because she offered
something the Bulldogs lacked – size.
Needing help in the low post, head coach John
Sloop called on the 5-foot-10 inch Mueller early and
often. She played in all 28 games, starting 24 of them.
“Pretty early, we knew we lost everything we had in
terms of size,” Sloop said. “ ... Just by her work ethic
in everything she did, she made it clear that she would
be challenging for playing time.”
While Mueller primarily offered the Bulldogs size,
she also offered an array of skills. She can score, rebound
– her 6.1 per game was second on the team, play defense
– she set a University freshman record for blocks in a
season with 35 and shoot the occasional three.
“We needed the low-post presence at both ends of
the floor,” Sloop said. She took the ball and ran with it.
She’s earned everything she got.”
Her size was her strength and biggest obstacle.
Night in and night out, she was in charge of guarding
the biggest player on the other team, something Mueller said she didn’t do in high school.
“In high school, I rarely guarded someone bigger
than me,” she said. “Players in college are a lot bigger,
but it worked out for me because I have always liked
guarding bigger players.”
Despite facing matchup problems on a regular basis, Mueller shined. She not only led the team but finished in the top-15 in the MIAA in points, rebounds
and blocked shots.
Statistically, her best game was an early January
matchup against Upper Iowa University. Against the
Peacocks, Mueller scored a career-high 29 points and
pulled down 13 boards to help the ’Dogs win 88-76.
Mueller said she couldn’t pinpoint her best game,
saying that the games the team won were the best.
“I’m usually so focused out there that I don’t really
remember what happened,” she said. “After a long season, the games just kind of blur together.”
Despite all of Mueller’s accomplishments, she was
overlooked by the MIAA for Freshman of the Year.
Instead, the award went to Missouri Southern State
University’s Meghan Welch.
Welch, who came off the bench for the Lions, av-
Georgia
Mueller
Freshman Center
MIAA Ranks
Statistic
Number Rank
Pts/Game
12.1
Rebounds
6.1
Free Throw Pct. 74.2
13
12
6
Led team in points and
rebounds eight times
Bested Missouri Western’s
Meghan Welch, the MIAA
Freshman of the Year, in
points (2.1 more), rebounds
(3.8 more), field goal
percentage, assists, blocks
and steals
Design by Lindsay Koski/Index
eraged fewer points, rebounds and blocks than
Mueller.
“I didn’t really care that I didn’t win,” Mueller said. “It’s not like I went home and checked
statistics to see what this girl or that girl had
done. I just went out and played my game.”
Sloop was less diplomatic than Mueller.
“I was just shocked that she wasn’t the freshman of the year in the league,” Sloop said. “ ...
I don’t think anybody that objectively watched,
either looked at her stats or watched what she
did for our team, could say that she wasn’t the
freshman of the year.”
Despite the snub, Sloop was pleased with
Mueller’s performance and looks forward to
having her on his squad in the future.
“She’s got three more years and a lot more
basketball ahead of her, and she’s been ever better this spring,” Sloop said. “She’s someone we
are going to be relying on for leadership in the
next three years.”
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Sophomore Amanda Carron makes a backhanded pass to junior Christina Wirkus in a game at last weekend’s South Regional tournament against St. Louis University. The TSUnami team finished 4-2 before falling to the University of Texas. The team fi nished the tournament in third place, and the men finished in a tie for ninth.
Women’s Frisbee ﬁnishes third
Men’s squad finishes tied
for ninth, both teams miss
out on national tournament
Chris Tharp
Photo Editor
Index
The TSUnami women’s ultimate Frisbee team entered the South Regional tournament in Tulsa, Okla., hoping for a bid to
the national tournament.
A win against No.1-ranked University
of Texas, and it would improve its chances
of reaching nationals.
Texas’ defense proved to be too strong
when it counted. TSUnami looked good
coming into the semifinal game against
Texas, after wrapping up one of the biggest comebacks of the season against St.
Louis University in the previous match.
“We came out really strong in the beginning,” junior Kate Sanders said. “We had a lot
of adrenaline running through our veins.”
TSUnami started the game out strong,
holding even with Texas 4-4, before Texas
scored four of the next five points and won
8-5. TSUnami finished third overall.
“[Texas was] turning the disc over a
lot early in the game, but our zone broke
down,” head coach Eric Snyder said.
The second-year TSUnami club found
it a challenge to play against veteran ultimate Frisbee schools.
“It’s kind of hard to compete with a
school where people go there to play ultimate,” Sanders said.
TSUnami entered the tournament with
mixed expectations.
“Going into the tournament this
weekend, I expected our team to do
what our seed was, which was third,”
Sanders said. “A lot of people underestimated our ability.”
TSUnami, a second-year team, suffered from some inexperience entering the
tournament.
“We came out a little nervous because
it was our first regionals,” Snyder said.
TSUnami entered pool play in the tournament Saturday. They began the day with
a disappointing 12-8 loss to sixth-ranked
Washington University of St. Louis.
“We were still trying to wake up from
the ride down,” Snyder said.
The women’s team followed the loss
with an 8-6 victory against Arkansas.
Immediately after the Arkansas game,
the tournament was stopped for about an
hour because of lightning. When play resumed, the players had to fight through
torrential downpours, mud and 35 mph
winds.
TSUnami took advantage of the stormy
conditions and easily won their next match
9-2 against Missouri State University.
“We didn’t have as many turnovers as
one would expect with that kind of weath-
er,” Sanders said.
The women were not able to defeat
The women’s team concluded the day Texas in the next round, a win they needed
with their first match against Texas.
to advance to the championship game.
“The rain was making the disc very
JujiTSU, the men’s ultimate Frisbee
slick and hard to hold on to,” Snyder said. team, also made an appearance in the reTSUnami entered Sunday’s bracket gional tournament. It entered the tournaplay matched up against SLU. The women ment with slightly lower expectations.
had previously defeated SLU to win the
“We were seeded 12th out of 16, so
sectional tournament.
we were hoping to just win a game,”
“They were out for
senior Marc Harblood, they wanted to
man said.
beat us really badly,”
JujiTSU entered
“Going into the
Snyder said of SLU.
Saturday’s play with
tournament this
TSUnami
apa tough matchup
peared a little slugagainst fifth-ranked
weekend, I expected
gish again early Sunour team to do what our Louisiana State Uniday morning.
versity and lost the
seed was, which was
“We start off really
game 15-7.
slow, and the game
“We played hard,
third. A lot of people
goes really fast,” Snywe
made some misunderestimated our
der said. “Before we
takes,” Harman said.
ability.”
know what’s going on,
“We hoped to give
the score is 7-2 and the
them a better game.”
stop cap is on, which
The second tourKate Sanders
Junior
means we play to 9.”
nament game was
The team did just
against the 13th
that, shutting down
ranked Texas-B team.
SLU and outscoring them 7-0 to win the JujiTSU jumped out to an early lead, but
game.
Texas-B made a comeback and led 8-7
“The girls played with a lot of adrena- at half.
line and a lot of heart,” Snyder said. “We
In the second half, both squads tradreally played TSUnami ultimate. It was a ed points for the next several minutes.
comeback that we hadn’t seen in a long With the score tied at 11-11, senior Mark
time.”
Hoger suffered a knee injury and had to
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First team wins spring game 68-0
Currier said the personnel and coverage schemes will vary according to
what the opposing offense has in mind.
The secondary looked solid Saturday, snaring four interceptions. Sophomore Derek Rodriguez brought one of
them back for a touchdown.
The offense had plenty of its own
highlights Saturday, starting with the
first play from scrimmage.
Freshman quarterback Michael Long
connected with senior wide receiver
Ryan Bonner on a 79-yard touchdown
strike. Junior fullback Phil Kenney also
broke loose for a 75-yard touchdown
scamper.
Currier hopes to create mismatches
with the new look spread offense. The
plan is to get guys like Bonner isolated
on linebackers and safeties to create
more separation.
“That’s what we need to get more
of,” Currier said. “Those are momentum-changing plays. You get a couple
of those a game, and you just get the
offense rolling. That’s what we’ve been
missing the last couple years.”
The running game is still unclear. A
number of guys are in the mix, but with
the transfer of sophomore Mike Patnode
and the addition of new backs in the fall,
there is no real depth chart right now.
Sophomore quarterback Matt Ticich
said the new offense looks a lot like his
old one.
“My junior college ran a similar offense, so I’m pretty used to it,” he said.
The starting quarterback job is still
up for grabs, but Ticich said he feels
like he took care of his business this
semester.
“My spring goal was to learn the
whole offense and get a better grasp on
it,” Ticich said. “I was hoping to have
the whole offense down, and so far, I
think I do.”
Offense deploys the spread
attack under cloudy skies
and drizzling rain at Stokes
Josh Sisson
Staff Reporter
Don’t get the wrong impression from
Saturday’s spring football game.
The 68-0 score in favor of the black
team might lead some to believe that
the offense pummeled the defense all
afternoon. That’s true in a sense, but it
isn’t the whole story.
The offense piled up 449 total yards,
but this mostly came at the expense of
second team defenders.
Meanwhile, the black team’s defense, the first team, held a largely reserve offense to less than 100 yards and
no points.
Head football coach Shannon Currier didn’t see any point in pitting starters
against starters on the final day.
“We did so much ones versus ones
in our other practices and scrimmages,
that we thought this would be a good
opportunity to scrimmage against the
two’s a little bit,” Currier said.
Junior linebacker Larry Giglio liked
the fact the offense and defense battled
a lot during spring, but the guys on his
side of the ball had the upper hand most
of the time.
“It’s easier for the defense when you
play the same offense week in and week
out,” Giglio said. “It’s a good thing,
though. They adjusted, and we adjusted
to their adjustments, but we had the advantage for the spring as a whole.”
Currier thinks the linebacking core
is one of the strongest groups on the
field for Truman.
“We have a lot of good linebackers,” Currier said. “We’re a lot faster
and more athletic there. There’s a lot
of competition. We’re definitely a lot
better there than we have been the last
couple years.”
Giglio, the elder statesman of the
group, said he is impressed with the
quality and quantity at the position.
“They’re coming along great,” Giglio said. “Linebacker is a position
where it’s good to have numbers, so
you can keep everyone fresh. It also
improves special teams. Guys get on
it because it’s a chance to impress the
coaches.”
The success of the linebackers is always somewhat dependent on the play
of the defensive line.
The ’Dogs are counting on young
Chris Waller/Index
As junior tackle Pat Murray blocks in the foreground, sophomore quarterback Matt Ticich drops back to pass in the
Bulldog’s spring game last Saturday afternoon at Stokes Stadium.
players such as freshman Andy Swedenhjelm to build on their contributions
from a year ago.
Currier said a forgotten senior also is
poised for a big season.
“Josh Terrian hasn’t been in the spotlight so much recently, but he had a big
spring,” Currier said. “He’s as productive a defensive tackle as we have.”
The secondary also figures to be a
strength of the defense, but things aren’t
quite settled there. Truman has a hole to
fill at free safety. Two likely candidates
for the job are sophomore Chandler Ter-
ry and freshman Matt Burel.
If Terry winds up there, then junior
James Thabuteau will become a starter
at cornerback, along with senior Josh
Mayson. If someone other than Terry
takes over at free safety, then Terry will
start at corner opposite Mayson.
For more sports coverage,
check out commentary on
the spring game by sports
editor Conor Nicholl and
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Wide receiver James Walton declares for NFL Draft
Conor Nicholl
Sports Editor
James Walton hoped to receive the
same honor last weekend that only 11
other Bulldog players have enjoyed.
He wanted to hear his name called in
the NFL Draft.
Walton, a senior wide receiver, was
not one of the 255 players selected, but
he said he hopes to catch on with another professional team. The last Bulldog
player selected was Chris Hegg, the 280th
pick in the 1986 draft.
“I am sending tapes to different
leagues,” Walton said Monday afternoon,
taking a break from a 5-on-5 game with
the men’s basketball team. “The CFL
[Canadian Football League], AFL [Arena
Football League] – there is plenty of opportunity to play at the next level.”
Walton was listed as 6 feet 2 and a half
inches and weighing 207 pounds entering
the draft, according to ESPN.com.
The draft site also had him timed at
4.52 seconds in the 40, a key measure that
scouts use to determine vertical speed.
“I can run in 4.4s,” he said. “I ran on a day
that wasn’t 75 degrees and nice outside.”
His measurements were in line with
the 40 wide receivers that participated in
the NFL Combine in mid-February, an
event Walton did not attend.
The wideout averages was 6 feet 1
and one-eighth inches, 207 pounds and
ran 4.51 seconds in the 40, according to in his game that other players might not
NFL.com.
enjoy, including a height advantage that
Scouts Inc. graded Walton at 20 (out of allows him to out jump smaller defensive
possible 100). A 20 indicates the prospect backs.
needs monitoring during his final colle“I have the ability to go up and get the
giate season and his stock
ball,” he said. “ ... I also
could fluctuate depending
love the game and pick up
on his performance.
offenses very quickly. I’m
Because Walton didn’t
also looking to always
“I don’t care if
attend a Div. I school and
improve some type of my
I have to climb
didn’t have jaw-dropgame.”
the fence looking
ping numbers last seaCurrier coached Walson (34 catches and five
ton
the past two years
like a poor man
touchdowns), his stock
and sees some positives
and bring my own in his game.
dropped.
cleats and helmet
Head coach Shannon
“He has a lot of abilCurrier said Walton’s low
ity,” Currier said. “James
to a camp to get
reception total might hurt
is a real gifted young man
my name out.”
him in the signing process.
who is big and can run
“The No. 1 thing is that
outside.”
James Walton
he just doesn’t show up on
Walton has a few
Senior Wide Receiver
film enough for scouts,”
kinks. He is prone to inCurrier said. “He doesn’t
consistent play and needs
pop out on film and make
to work on his steps and
a lot of plays. The scouts
cuts in routes. Someneed to see he can do all
times he seemingly distypes of things, like catch a screen pass appeared from the offense altogether,
and pop it vertical. At the Div. II level, only pulling down one catch apiece in
players have to stand out and domi- four games last year.
nate.”
“He needs to understand spacing a
Walton was listed as the No. 116 wide little more and work on route running,”
receiver out of 157 that entered the draft, Currier said. “Those are things he has to
according to ESPN.com. Overall, 32 play- work on the most.”
ers were drafted as wide receivers.
Still, his athleticism might be unWalton, though, sees some strengths matched among this year’s crop of wide-
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outdoor long jump champion and also finished second at three other national meets.
“He went straight from playing football to long jumping without much training – and he had a lot of success jumping,” Currier said. “That speaks volumes
for his athleticism.”
Walton often displayed his jumping
ability on the gridiron, often making big
plays downfield.
Despite his low reception total, Walton ranked ninth in the conference in receiving yards per game (50.1) and tied
for third in yards per catch (17.8). He
also caught a 79-yard touchdown pass in
Week 10 against Southwest Baptist University, the Bulldogs’ longest play from
scrimmage in 2005.
Walton said he is willing to showcase
his talent and playmaking ability through
any means necessary.
“I don’t care if I have to climb the
fence looking like a poor man and bring
my own cleats and helmet to a camp to get
my name out,” he said. “I am just looking
at it as a stepladder. It’s all about being in
the right place at the right time.”
The last Bulldog player to sign a NFL
professional contract was 2002 graduate Alfonso Pugh. Pugh, a wide receiver,
signed a contract May 12, 2003, and attended training camp with the Houston
Texans. He played well but was one of
the last players cut.
James Walton
Wide Receiver
Career Statistics
Catches
Yards
131
1979
Yards
per catch
15.1
TD
12
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Key games await softball team
MIAA tournament will
decide the postseason
plans for the Bulldogs
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Staff Reporter
Senior pitcher Loni Wedemeier knows exactly what this weekend’s MIAA conference tournament means for the softball team.
“Pretty much we’re going to
have to win this tournament,” she
said. “As of now, I don’t believe
we’re ranked high enough to be
considered into the postseason, so
this weekend’s pretty much our do
or die.”
The 28-21 Bulldogs have lost
their past four games, and inclement weather forced the cancellation
of last weekend’s Minnesota State
University-Mankato Tournament.
That means the upcoming conference tournament represents the
’Dogs’ last chance to qualify for
a postseason berth and to fulfill
head coach Lacey Schanz’s goal of
reaching the College World Series.
“We’ve kind of dug ourselves
a hole because we have been
streaky with our hitting and with
our wins,” Wedemeier said. “We
should’ve won a lot more of the
games than we lost. But I think if
we keep playing hard and step it
up this weekend, I think there’s
still a chance for us to get into the
postseason.”
Although the pressure is on,
freshman shortstop Jesse Shelman
said she doesn’t think it will be
much of a factor because every
player has been in a similar situation before. She also said she
didn’t think the team’s youth
would affect its play.
“It’s nice to have a senior like
Loni that is always there to play and
always playing her game, but I don’t
think age really matters,” she said.
Plus, the Bulldogs know what
they have to do to win: have ev- said. “Once a few of us start really
eryone perform at top ability.
hitting like we know we can, then
“I think in order for us to get everybody’s going to. ... Once we
through this weekend, everyone start hitting again, it’s going to be
has to step up,” Wedemeier said. tough to beat us.”
“Every person on our team has to
Wedemeier said the team recstep up and play like they are that ognizes a pattern in its offensive
key player.”
inconsistency.
And they also know they can
“It just seems like when we’re
do it. Shelman said no one player having fun on the field, we’re hitwill determine the team’s success. ting,” she said. “So I think we’re
“All of us have the ability to just going to concentrate on going
step up, and I think that we all out and having some fun and playknow we can,” Shelman said. ing hard and pushing some runs
“It’s just who’s goacross the board.”
ing to. You can’t reNo matter the
ally count on the one
results,
though,
person. There’s nine
“We’ve kind of Wedemeier said she
players out there.”
expects the team to
dug ourselves
Assistant
coach
be satisfied with its
a hole because efforts.
Elizabeth Economon
said this year’s players
“As a team, I
we have been
are some of the most
think we’re going
streaky with our to play hard, and
gifted athletes she’s
hitting and with I don’t think we’ll
seen in six years.
“Up and down the
have anything to
our wins.”
lineup, we have pure
regret necessarily,
athleticism, so it’s
even if we don’t
Loni Wedemeier
gonna be a matter of
end up making it,”
Senior Pitcher
getting it together and
Wedemeier said.
working together,” she
“I know that we’re
said. “ ... We’re better
going to play our
than anyone we’ll face,
hardest, and it’s
player for player. We’re our only true not like we’re just going to give
opponent.”
up.”
Economon said the greatest
The team will be ranked sixth
challenge the ’Dogs will face is and will face Northwest Missouri
having the mental strength to exe- State University. From Econocute. Otherwise, she said, the team mon’s experience, a lower ranking
just has to tweak its hitting, which can benefit a team, she said.
has caused the ’Dogs to lose some
“I think we have to be the
close games.
world’s toughest sixth seed to
“We’re not going to make any ever go into the tournament, so
huge changes because we’ve had I guess maybe we’re catching a
spurts of great offense and great break there,” she said. “We’re not
defense, and our pitching’s been expected to do anything, so we
consistent,” she said. “So we’re could go under the radar for the
not going to up and change our ap- first round or two, and then before
proach at the end when it matters.” we know it, we’ll be right there in
Despite this season’s streaky contention.”
hitting, Shelman said she has conAll games in the tournament
fidence in the offense’s ability.
begin at noon Friday in Shaw“Hitting is contagious,” she nee, Kan.
Chris Tharp/Index
Sophomore right fielder Christen Belcher corrals a fly ball in an early season game. The ’Dogs
will play in the MIAA tournament May 5 and 6.
Tennis teams face difficult
road en route to title game
Women open against
Northwest, men take
on St. Cloud State
John Scognamiglio
Staff Reporter
Chris Tharp/Index
Freshman Mark Marifan returns a serve during a match earlier this season. Marifan and his
teammates take on St. Cloud State in the first round of the NCAAs.
The journey to Kansas City,
Mo., begins this weekend for
the tennis teams with both teams
heading into the NCAA championships.
The men travel this weekend
to Kearney, Neb., for the regional
matchup against St. Cloud State
University (Minn.). The Bulldogs
received their third consecutive invite to the tournament and on Saturday will face the 19-4 Huskies,
who received their sixth straight
bid. St. Cloud State earned an automatic invite after winning the
North Central Conference championship.
Freshman Devin Williams said
the men’s team is having normal
practices to tune up for the big
weekend.
“We just need to play and play
to get points,” he said.
If the ’Dogs advance past St.
Cloud State, they will face Mesa
State College (Colo.) or the University of Nebraska-Kearney for
the right to get to Kansas City
and the round of 16. The Bulldogs will be the third MIAA team
the Huskies have faced this season, defeating Northwest Missouri State University and losing
to Washburn University in the
regular season.
Williams said facing St. Cloud
State will be tough.
“I know a lot of the guys have
looked up their roster,” he said.
“They are tough at the top flights,
and I don’t know how tough they
are at the four, five and six flights.
If we put up a good fight against
St. Cloud State and win some
matches where we need to, we
can definitely come out and play
against either Mesa State or Nebraska-Kearney.”
The women’s team will face
a familiar foe as they travel to
Maryville, Mo., for their regional action. The squad will open
up against the MIAA champion
Bearcats of Northwest Missouri
State today. The 15-7 Bulldogs
will have to face the Bearcats for
the second time this season. Earlier, the squad posted a 6-0 loss to
the Bearcats in the first dual match
after midterm break.
Sophomore Whitney Hamilton said the team received the
toughest draw for Thursday’s
matches.
“We were really excited when
we found out we get to go to nationals,” she said. “But, as it turns
out, we were the eighth-place
team in the region, which means
we have to play the No. 1 team in
the region.”
Head coach Pete Kendall said
one of the key areas the ’Dogs
need to succeed in is the doubles
teams play.
“They are our No. 1 concern lately,” he said. “The last
week or so, the doubles just
didn’t play as well as they have
been.”
Hamilton said the play of the
doubles in the Northwest match
probably will decide the outcome.
“We’ve all had good doubles
wins so far this season,” she said.
“To beat Northwest, we are probably going to have to win all three
doubles matches.”
Going up against the Bearcats
means going up against MIAA
Most Valuable Player Gena Lindsey and three other first-team allMIAA tennis players.
The ’Dogs have their own firstteamer in freshman Lindsy Blair,
not to mention two other honorable mention all-MIAA players
in sophomores Whitney Hamilton
and Jennifer Salmon.
Kendall said Northwest is one
of the more talented teams the
’Dogs have faced this year.
“They are very good team,”
he said. “They are the No. 1
team in the region and have
only lost a couple of matches
all season. Obviously, we have
our work cut out.”
If the Bulldogs upset the
Bearcats, they will face Emporia
State University or Washburn in
the second round. The ’Dogs lost
to both teams at the MIAA championships and beat Washburn in
the regular season.
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CLAYES l Midfielder top scorer for squad
controlled the field like Clayes
made his job easier.
“It takes the pressure off me a
lot more,” Gibson said. “The fact
that we have so many opportunities on the opposing goalkeeper
– chances are that we are going
to be getting more goals for us.
It keeps me from having to make
every save.”
Clayes said part of the reason
for his success was his consistency.
Unlike his junior year, when he was
shifted around the field to cover up
for injuries, Clayes played every
game at the center midfield spot.
“It gives you a better focus,
not knowing where you are going
to play or playing forward, which
is not really my position,” he
said. “It’s not the same. Whereas
when you know you’re playing
the same position every week it
gets easier.”
While the team was more injury-free, Clayes wasn’t so lucky.
He injured his left foot early in the
2005 campaign and missed two
games to recover.
“It was harder to practice than
to play,” he said.
One game when he was supposed to sit out and rest his sore
foot turned out to be his only nonstarting appearance of the season.
With the score tied 1-1 against
Newman University (Kan.),
Clayes came in to give the team
a spark.
“The game seemed a little
dead, and coach decided I could
play through this,” he said.
Clayes provided the spark on a
corner kick that junior midfielder
Ryan Cravens put in for the winning goal.
Clayes said his most memorable game was against the same
Rockhurst team that he scored the
penalty kick. Instead of the playoff game, it was an early season
matchup between the two squads.
In the late October match, the
score was knotted at zeros with 15
minutes left on the clock. Clayes
had the ball and saw Birrell breaking
for the net. He threaded a pass to his
teammate, who scored from 10 feet
out for the eventual game winner.
“At that time we weren’t assured of going to the postseason
– we are kind of on the bubble,”
Clayes said. “They are a really
good team, and we had to battle
hard. To come away with a win
was really good for the team.”
Being a senior had an impact
on Clayes’ mindset before games,
he said.
“Before every game, you know,
it was the last time you’re going to
play Rockhurst, it’s the last time
your going to play Rolla,” he said.
“It made you think, and play a
little harder.”
Clayes college career ended
with a loss in the second round
of the NCAA tournament against
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsvile on penalty kicks. Cochran said the team will miss him
on the pitch.
“He will be very hard to replace,” Cochran said. “He gave
up close to 25 goals, either by
the assist or scoring it. That’s
hard to replace.”
Chris Tharp/Index
Senior center midfielder Martin Clayes carries the ball past two defenders in a match this past fall. Clayes was tied for fourth in
the Div. II with 16 assists on the season. Clayes scored 34 points on the season, a team high.
DYNAMICl Columnist picks his top five personalities after covering multiple sports, including football and rugby, for the Index through the years
that I be fired.
No. 5: Merrick Meyer
It’s ironic that this guy should come
in at No. 5, considering he didn’t place
fifth in a lot of wrestling tournaments.
Fifth place requires two losses, and Merrick Meyer didn’t have many of those.
I felt honored just to get to talk with
this guy. Having wrestled for eight years
myself before coming to college, it was
a thrill to talk wrestling with a four-time
national qualifier, two-time finalist. And
2004 national champion.
The first thing to jump out at me
whenever I interviewed Meyer was the
confidence. It practically dripped off him.
Head wrestling coach Dave Schutter
knows Meyer’s unquestioned belief in
his own strength was a huge part of what
made him a Truman wrestling great.
“Without a doubt, you can’t be a successful athlete without being confident in
your abilities, knowing you’re as confident
as anyone you’re facing,” Schutter said.
The other thing I enjoyed about my
talks with Meyer was his candor. As a
reporter and as a fan, it is easy to get sick
of constantly being fed the company line.
Tired old phrases like “one game at a
time” and “we need to stay within ourselves.” That’s not what I got from Meyer,
though. If he thought he was going to beat
the living hell out of his next opponent, he
told me so, and I appreciated that.
No. 4: Bill Sexton
Bill Sexton might be the best coach at
Truman, and he’s not even employed by
the University.
“I get a funny feeling that if I was getting paid, it wouldn’t be as much fun,”
Sexton said.
His passion for rugby and the young
men who dedicate themselves to the sport, is
more than enough compensation, though.
With rugby being a club sport, Sexton
doesn’t have scholarships to give out.
There’s not even any guarantee that his
athletes will have rugby experience entering the Truman program. In spite of all
that, his teams always are well organized
and technically sound, regularly beating
athletically superior sides.
Sexton doesn’t quit expecting great-
completely different world. Back then, a
ness from his players once they leave
strong bond existed between the school’s
the program, either. He gave me his best
athletic teams and the Kirksville communiimpression of James Earl Jones from “Field
ty. I guess it’s easier for a town to
of Dreams” to describe his
embrace a football team that only
favorite aspect of coaching.
loses once in four years, like the
“A cardinal truth about
“Anybody that’s one Dr. Maddox played for.
Truman rugby is that the
93 and doing
Head football coach Shanguys who graduate go on
non
Currier said Dr. Maddox
to be something special,”
the things he’s
still contributes, 70 years after
Sexton said. “The one
doing, that
leaving the playing field.
constant in all of their
“Anybody that’s 93 and dolives is rugby.”
amazing.”
ing the things he’s doing, that’s
“Field of Dreams” is
amazing,” Currier said. “He’s a
my favorite sports movie,
Shannon Currier
big supporter. He shows up to all
so Sexton gets bonus
Football Coach in
the functions. He bleeds purple.”
points for that reference
reference to Dr. Delbert
No. 2: Hank Janssen
– not that he needs them.
Maddox
Hank Janssen is not a TruNo. 3: Dr. Delbert
Maddox
man athlete or coach, but he is
Dr. Maddox is an
Mr. Bulldog. He is the longtime
incredible man. Now in his 90s, he earned
analyst on Truman football and basketball
10 letters in three different sports – football,
broadcasts. I think he’s the best color
basketball and baseball at Truman from
commentator I’ve ever heard, and I’m not
1932-36.
even kidding.
I only interviewed him once, but it was
I wish my interview with him could’ve
unforgettable. It was like breaking open a
been under better circumstances, but I
time capsule and catching a glimpse of a
had to speak with him regarding the death
of former football coach John Ware,
Janssen’s longtime friend. I’m not sure if I
have ever heard a wider range of emotion
in a man’s voice during a single conversation, but one thing is certain: When it was
over, I walked away no longer feeling
shocked and saddened by the loss but
rather appreciative for what Ware gave.
And now, the moment you’ve all been
waiting for. Drumroll, please ... or at least
the print equivalent.
No. 1: Paul Darby
Truman football fans might not know
who Paul Darby is yet, but by the end of
next season they will, I promise.
Not only is he a linebacker with 4.4
speed, but he’s a quote machine, too. I’m
sorry, but anyone who says Truman’s got
“all the ingredients to mix up a nice championship cake” immediately skyrockets to
the top of the list.
Darby’s a straight-up football player,
and I predict a long career of flying sideline to sideline, terrorizing quarterbacks
all over the MIAA.
As he said on my KTRM sports show
just this past Sunday, “I hate quarterbacks.”
AWARDSl 21 sports equal 21 awards for varsity and club sports in year in review
Chris Waller/Index
Senior guard Chip Sodemann takes the ball up the court during the ’Dogs
loss to Central Missouri State University.
solid Week 1 performance in a 21-16 upset
against Winona State, had lost the job by
midseason. He doesn’t throw well and holds
onto the ball for too long. But he can run
and should help the team in other aspects.
5. Trying-to-Go-Pro Award: Senior
James Walton, Football. The wideout declared for the NFL Draft and looks to catch
on with a professional team.
6. This-Makes-Less-Sense-Than-TheBCS Award: Roller Hockey. Through
some glitch in the computer systems, roller
hockey didn’t make the 16-team national
tournament despite seemingly being a lock
entering the selection process.
7. I-Can’t-Believe-I’m-Seeing-This:
Central Missouri State vs. Truman, First
Round Men’s NCAA Tournament. Bulldogs hold a 21-point lead at one point ...
then CMSU goes to the line ... and goes
to the line ... and goes to the line ... and
hits a 30-footer with seven seconds left
to tie the game ... and wins in overtime.
Free throw disparity in the second half
and overtime: CMSU 32, Truman 9.
8. Does-More-Than-the-BoxscoreIndicates Award: Senior Ali Long,
Women’s Basketball. She doesn’t score
or rebound much, but the lone senior
plays smothering defense, takes charges
and helped lead the team to their best
mark since 2001-02.
9. Streaking: Sophomore Candace McGee, Women’s Basketball. The sophomore
attempted a lot of three-pointers (202),
sinking a respectable 37.1 treys and aver-
aging 11.1 points. But she could be hit or
miss: in her four best games, she sunk 63.6
percent (21-for-33) of her shots. In her four
worst: 17 percent (7-for-41).
10. Most Underrated Coach: Cannon
lost nearly 100 percent of his scoring after
2004 but managed to still win a conference
title. He gets the most of out his players
and consistently wins.
11. Biggest Upset: Truman against No.
16 Winona, Football, Week 1. Did anyone
see this coming?
12. Looks-to-Step-Into-the-UpperEchelon-Next-Year Award: Women’s golf,
Women’s Ultimate Frisbee. Both sports
return every (or nearly) every key player
next season. Ultimate nearly made the
national tournament in its second year
of existence and golf’s top four players
this year were three sophomores and a
freshman.
13. Best-Player-No-One-has-HeardOf: Freshman Blake Peterson, Wrestling. He didn’t lose a match for nearly
three months. In the club sports: Senior
Sean Foley, Rugby: Junior Christina
Wirkus, Ultimate Frisbee.
14. Toughest Sports Moments: The
death of John Ware, the entire volleyball
team’s emotions after the loss to Kearney
and senior Chip Sodemann after the loss to
CMSU. Off-the-field: The assault charges
against football players junior Darnell Williams and sophomore Josh Kilcrease.
15. Most Enjoyable Player to Watch:
Sodemann. He did it all for the Bulldogs
and was the heart and soul of the team.
Also, he was the best clutch player in any
sport.
16. Worst-Player-in-a-Leading-Role
Award: Men’s Tennis. Somehow the team
went 6-12 at the No. 1 court. The team still
reached the NCAA Tournament.
17. I Compete-and-Beat-Div. I-Athletes
Award: Sophomore Sean Bergstedt, Drake
Relays, 400 meter-hurdles. Facing elite
Div. I runners, Bergstedt re-breaks his own
school record and finishes third. He is one
of the top athletes for next year.
18. Coaches Who Stuck By Their
Plans: Jack Schrader, Men’s Basketball:
Mark Gole, Swimming. Schrader didn’t
change a system that won only 21 games
the last three seasons. Gole’s hard regimen
yielded a midseason loss to rival Drury
and concerned questions, but his women’s
swim team peaked when it mattered: at the
national tournament.
19. Worst Grades: Men’s golf managed
to get a 2.53 GPA this past fall. Football
was second-worst at 2.79. All other sports
were above a 2.80.
20. Most Dominating Performance:
Volleyball defeats Central Missouri State
Univ. 3-0 in the MIAA Tournament semifinals and absolutely smoked the rival
Mules in the third set, winning 30-12.
This match helped set the tone for the run
to the Elite Eight.
21. Best Game: Truman defeats
Emporia State University. Junior Andy
Calmes’ tip-in with 1.1 seconds to
go was the signature moment of the
athletic year.
SCHRADERl Coach wins MIAA and South Central Regional Coach of the Year Awards, leads 20-9 team
line, we had more confidence
and more maturity.”
Schrader said some of
the smaller on-court changes
echoed decisions made the last
couple years.
Three years ago, he sat thenfreshman starting point guard Chip
Sodemann and starting forward
Matt Beran in the second half of a
game. They were two key players
for the squad, but Schrader solidified an important lesson he incorporated into this season’s squad.
“Whether it was right or wrong,
it definitely established the fact that
we were a team and we did things
a certain way,” he said.
This past season, Schrader
echoed his move from three years
ago, moving sophomore guard
Nick Certa to the inside.
“Certa had never played inside
before,” Schrader said. “He was
effective and epitomized team
play because he ever played that
position in high school. He was
willing to sacrifice his comfort
zone for the good of the team.”
That was Schrader’s way
– the team meant more than the
individual. He also based his system on developing high school
players (instead of transferring in
junior college players) and also
incorporating them into an eightor nine-man rotation for his system, a system based on pressure
defense and motion offense.
The result was balanced scoring and a defense that played
hard for 40 minutes.
“The big thing was that he
had different players elevate their
games at different times and make
big plays,” Missouri Southern State
head coach Robert Corn said.
On the court, the team continually made second-half comebacks, including erasing four
deficits of eight points or more
in MIAA games.
Those wins were a result of
offseason conditioning helping a
defense that led the conference in
opponents’ three-point shooting
(30.7) and was second in opponents field goal shooting (41.6)
and scoring defense (66.5).
“There is not a lot of penetration against their defense,” Corn
said. “You have to be prepared to
play the full 35 seconds. They’ll
try to force you off the block.
They rebound well and don’t
give up easy baskets. When you
only get one shot a possession, it
gets to be a mental game.”
And Truman did wear down
teams. In the first half of games,
the Bulldogs outscored opponents
by an average of two points. In
the second half, it was four – a
wide margin considering over a
third of the team’s games were
decided by six points or less.
In conference play – which
is a more accurate barometer of
team defense because of stiffer
competition – the Bulldogs al-
lowed a first half field goal percentage of 44.7. In the second
half and overtime, the number
fell to 43.0, a benefit to their experience and skill.
“Not only did they have great
team chemistry, but they also had
really talented players,” Tappmeyer said. “Calmes would pull
down double figure rebounds
a night, Sodemann made better decisions that anyone in the
league and on down the line.”
They also averaged about three
more possessions per game, allowing them to run the floor at a
faster pace and score more points.
“A year ago, we had our guards
take the ball out of bounds because
of our lack of depth,” Schrader
said. “This year, our big guys took
it out as fast as we could and we
pushed it as quickly as possible.
We just tried to set the tone that
we were coming out faster.”
They also were a lot more
efficient in their possessions,
equating a higher scoring average and more wins. This also led
to a conference-best (and one of
the top marks in Div. II) 1.5 assist/turnover ratio, a ratio helped
by another subtle change in the
system from last year.
“We had our guards handling the ball a lot more,”
Sodemann said.
Schrader agreed.
“We allowed any time there was
pressure on someone to dribble at
the pressure and use the dribble instead of making a dangerous pass,”
he said. “That was probably the
best thing we did offensively.”
And the best thing Schrader
did for his players – both on the
off the court – was forge friendships, memories and lessons.
“I formed lifelong friendships
with all the guys,” said Sodemann,
a four-year starter. “I always remember those games and that everyday coach taught us to take a
sense of pride in what we did.”
Chris Tharp/Index
Head coach Jack Schrader diagrams
a play during a timeout this season.
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