April 2, 2015

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The Truman State community mourns loss of alumnus

Features Editor explores parallel worlds of fandom and stardom see page 7

Kirksville High School hosts donkey basketball fundraiser

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Above: four Grim Hall residents chat in one of the residence hall’s lounges. The University will close Grim Hall at the end of the spring semester. Below: junior Sarah Medina relaxes in a Grim Hall lounge. A group of current and former Grim Hall residents are working to prevent the residence hall from closing.

By HOlly FiSHER Copy Editor

As the semester draws to a close, Residence Life has announced plans to discontinue use of one of its old haunts on the Truman State campus — Grim Hall.

Shortly after on-campus housing registration began earlier this semester, students who signed up to live in Grim Hall next year received an email informing them that the arrangements elsewhere on campus.

John Gardner, Director of Residence Life, said Grim Hall has had problems with its foundation and, during the last year alone, approximately six rooms have been emptied of students because of leaks coming through the building’s masonry and roof. He said issues with the gutters have caused very icy conditions at the residence hall’s rear entrance.

Gardner said Grim Hall can house 66 students but only about 38 spaces are available now because of all the maintenance concerns.

With room for so few students, Gardner said the University does not need the extra residence space Grim Hall offers.

He said the University still is trying to determine what will happen to the building during the future. With the upcoming renovation of Baldwin Hall, Gardner said the faculty will

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not needed, Gardner said it probably will be torn down. He said if circumstances permit, he would like to restore Grim Hall to a residence hall in the future. was acquired by the University from the Grim-Smith Hospital during the summer of 1955. The building has become well-known for its tight-knit community and urban legends.

“It’s always very sad when one of our communities goes away, and for both Fair [Apartments] and Grim, we’ll miss having those communities because they certainly provided good service to our students over the years,” Gardner said.

“As with anything in life, sometimes you have to move on and this is, I think, the decision we needed to make for the best interest for the University and our students.” was announced earlier during the semester, and Gardner said the decision to close both buildings was driven by concerns for the facilities and because neither building offered the quality of living the University expected for students on campus.

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Bike Co-op offers spring tune up

NEWS IN BRIEF

Cyber security expert to present at Truman for speaker series

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Charlie Miller, Truman State alumnus and cyber security expert, will present “Privacy in the Internet Age” as part of the Holman Family Distinguished Speaker Series 8 p.m. April 11 in Baldwin Auditorium.

Miller is an ethical hacker that searches for software vulnerabilities so they can be patched before they are exploited. Miller works for Twitter’s application security team and makes sure hackers are unable to break into accounts to steal private messages or post fake tweets.

Tickets for the presentation are free and can be picked up at the Student Activities Board Office or the Student Union Building Information Desk. Tickets also are available at the Public Relations Office in McClain Hall 202 or at Edna Campbells Book Store. For more information, send an email to pr@truman.edu or call the PR Office at 660-785-4016.

Former Truman professor named speaker for Student Research Conference

Senior Carnahan Lovewell tunes the rear wheel of junior Dechen Sherpa’s bicycle on The Mall. The Kirksville Bike Coop will offer free repairs noon to 4 p.m. on The Mall this Friday.

Jeffrey Osborn, former Truman State faculty member, will return to Truman as speaker for the Student Research Conference April 14.

Osborn, currently a biology professor and dean of the School of Science at the College of New Jersey, will present “Pollen: More Than Something to Sneeze At.” During Osborn’s visit, he will offer a presentation and workshop about actively engaging faculty. This event will take place 3:30-5 p.m. April 13 in Violette Hall 1010.

For more information, contact biology professor Chad Montgomery at chadmont@truman.edu.

STUDENT SENATE IN BRIEF

The Senate heard a first read of the Funds Allotment Council’s slate for next semester.

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Left: Signs propped against the brick ledges of The Mall advertise the Kirksville Bike Co-op’s open shop. The organization fixed bicycles Monday through Wednesday.

Right: Senior Tommy Barylski takes a look at a student’s bicycle during the Kirksville Bike Co-op’s “Tune Up on The Mall.” The non-profit organization seeks to spread Robert Overmann/Index knowledge about how to fix bicycles.

The Senate read the athletic fee slate for next academic year.

The Senate discussed the athletic fee and some possible amendments it might choose to make to the fee during the future.

The Senate heard a first read of a resolution about the anniversary of the bulldog mascot at Truman.

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3/25 Assault reported at the 700 block of W. Elizabeth St.

3/29 Hit and run reported at the 600 3/24 Theft reported at the 2300 block of block of W. Hamilton St. S. Baltimore St. 3/29 Domestic disturbance reported at 3/23 Burglary reported at the 1400 block the 1100 block of N. Franklin St. of S. Florence St. 3/28 Suspect arrested for assault at the 1400 block of S. Downing St.

3/23 Domestic disturbance reported at the 500 block of Meadow Crest Dr.

3/27 Theft reported at the 600 block of S. Bradford St.

3/23 Shoplifting reported at the 2200 block of N. Baltimore St.

Mark your calendar Truman State University National Spirit Day April 3

The Truman Alumni Association celebrates Truman State University National Spirit Day during the first Friday of the months of April and October. Students can show their Bulldog spirit by wearing purple or Truman apparel.

Participants can email a photo showing their school spirit to alumniandfriends@truman.edu.

Lessons Learned From Robot Competitions

Cardinal Key/Blue Key Red Cross Spring Blood Drive

Susan Thomas, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, will present about the importance of robot competitions in increasing students’ interests about pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses and careers.

The Truman community now can sign up to donate blood at Cardinal Key and Blue Key’s spring blood drive. Students can save lives with every donation. Those interested in participating can sign up at tables located in Magruder Hall or the SUB.

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April 7 Baldwin Hall Little Theater

10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

April 8-9 SUB Georgian Rooms

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Starbucks slated to arrive on campus this summer

By RACHAEl PAlMER ANd AlySSA AUNSPAUGH Contributing Writers

A Starbucks Coffee franchise will replace Jazzman’s Café in Pickler Memorial Library June 1.

Sodexo will introduce a new “We Proudly Serve Starbucks” location to campus. This particular type of franchise uses Starbucks’ brand ingredients and preparation techniques for coffee and beverages. However, Sodexo will continue to hire employees and serve Sodexoproduced bakery items.

Lora Cunningham, Dining Services General Manager, said campus meal plans, aside from the new all-access meal plan, could be used to purchase Starbucks beverages.

“You can come here or go to some place in St. Louis, and it’s going to taste the same because that is very important — consistency,” Cunningham said.

Sodexo hired an architect to draw plans for the new “We Proudly Serve Starbucks” location. Proposed renovation plans include using double doors to the entrance of the café, constructing a seating area in the library lobby and redesigning the cafe workstation. Cunningham said she currently is working to meet certain

GRIM | Residence hall will close after this semester Continued from page 1 Senior student advisor Sophie Krautmann is part of the Grim Hall staff and said she hopes the building will reopen. Krautmann said Grim Hall is more than just a residence hall — it is a home.

She said the building’s design makes it comfortable, unlike the more sterile environments of other residence halls, and the lounges provide a cozy, inviting atmosphere for students.

Krautmann said Grim Hall’s community not only provided a space for students who might have felt overwhelmed by the larger residence halls, but also provided those students with a sense of family.

“The small community lends itself to the creation of very tight bonds of friendship,” Krautmann said. “Many of my most cherished Truman memories have come from things that happened in Grim. Many of those things, such as interactions with Charlotte [Grim Hall’s resident ghost], could not happen anywhere else on campus.”

Junior Stephanie Gruetze, a former Grim Hall resident, said she was one of the students who was forced to move because of leaks this year. Despite these issues, she said she still feels Grim Hall is a great place to live with a strong and accepting community.

After learning the University was closing down Grim Hall, Gruetze said she thought the building needs to be preserved. She said she currently is looking into the Kirksville Historic Preservation Commission, along with several other similar organizations and societies, to see if the building can be designated as a historic landmark

Top: a side view of Grim Hall shows the building’s covered semester. Above: a photo from the University’s former yearbook, the Echo, shows Grim Hall during earlier years.

The residence hall housed nurses for the Grim-Smith Hospital before housing students on Truman’s campus. because she thinks Grim Hall is a historical treasure.

“Not just because of the community, that’s a large part, but also because of [the history],” Gruetze said.

Gruetze said she is passionate about the building’s history, from when it was still a house for the Grim-Smith Hospital’s nursing program all the way to its more modern history as seen in the scrapbooks lounge area. She said she has heard about other students who wish to preserve Grim Hall, and she wants to form a group of students who plan to try and prevent the building’s possible demolition.

Gruetze said she plans to reach out to the campus community and alumni from Grim Hall.

“I’m gauging support on whether it can be something that can continue on, because if you don’t have support, you can still try to advocate for the cause, but you need a support system to back you up,” Gruetze said.

Gruetze said she isn’t rallying the campaign to preserve Grim Hall because she is upset with the University. Instead, she said her goal is to work with the University and -

machine location and logo placement. Based on current designs, students and faculty might expect to see more lighting, and interior design style and an atmosphere similar to that of a typical Starbucks location.

“I hope that the students really embrace it … and love it and then we’ll move on from there,” Cunningham said.

She said Sodexo will host a private presentation about three new dining concepts for a 2017 Student Union Building renovation. Cunningham said Starbucks franchises to campus.

Dave Rector, Vice President of Administration, Finance and Planning, said the University uses vices to reinvest in renovations.

“The concept is that if we’re making money off of you on food, we’re going to put it back into the food service venues,” Rector said.

Rector said Truman owns the dining production equipment and he hopes to reduce cost by maintaining these assets.

University President Troy Paino said the goal is to earn “We Proudly Serve Starbucks” location to pay for the transition and then raise funds for further food service improvements.

Paino said he expects the change to bring many positive outcomes. He said he hopes the familiarity of a large chain coffee shop on campus will attract the attention of current and prospective students.

Junior Houston Roberts, Student Government External Affairs Committee member, said he thinks the renovation will drive sales and encourage students to invest in meal plans.

“I’m looking forward to seeing the developments that we’re going to see on the food products at Truman,” Roberts said.

Renovations will happen May 8 – 26, according to the proposed plans presented by Cunningham. The release date is unannounced.

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Letter to the Editor City council member clarifies her policy platforms

April won’t make a fool of the Index As writers, communicators and journalists, we tend to think we’re pretty funny. If you were to walk into the Media Center during any given Monday or Tuesday night, you’d likely hear office banter, laughter and good cheer.

But as we’ve learned from the journalists that came before us, everyone has a different sense of humor. It’s challenging — if not impossible — to ensure humor translates properly from the page to the reader.

After plenty of deliberation, we’ve decided not to publish an April Fools’ issue — lest we make fools of ourselves, our readership or this University.

Trust us, it wasn’t an easy choice. We had glorious visions of publishing an Onion-esque edition with reports that Harry S. Truman had risen from his grave to walk the sidewalks of our campus.

Our design team yearned to Photoshop University President Troy Paino into all sorts of dastardly, embarrassing situations.

Although we thought a parody issue sounded hilarious, we understand why the Student Press Law Center cautions against these sorts of editions — the list of successful April Fools’ journalism is short and the list of publications that failed miserably at April Fools’ humor is very, very long.

For instance, the editor of Boston University’s student newspaper, BU Today, was forced to resign during April 2012 after publishing what she termed a “callous and ignorant” spoof issue that contained irreverent stories of Disney characters in lewd and graphic situations — including one story that implied the Seven Dwarves had drugged and raped Snow White, according to the Student Press Law Center.

That same year, Fordham University’s president denounced the student newspaper’s April Fools’ issue, calling it “offensive to every member of the University community,” according to the Student Press Law Center. The newspaper, called The Ram, had published an article titled “Jesuits Gone Jewish” that was filled with derogatory stereotypes of Jews.

Perhaps most infamously — and only 90 miles south of Truman — the University of Missouri’s The Maneater changed its masthead for its April 2012 issue to “The Carpeteater” — a derogatory slur toward lesbians. The issue also contained other profane and derogatory slurs toward women.

The editor issued an apology, claiming she did not know the term had a derogatory connotation, according to the Student Press Law Center.

While we think these newspapers had — and ought to have — the constitutionally protected freedom to publish any derogatory, insulting April Fools’ stories they wished, we don’t wish to repeat their errors. Just because disrespectful speech legally is protected doesn’t mean it is within the realm of human decency.

Although we certainly could have published a humorous article that wasn’t disrespectful, insulting or indecent, we didn’t want to test those boundaries. Student journalists — like all other individuals and organizations — must choose their battles carefully. If an attempt at humor in the newspaper were to fail miserably, we risk falling from the graces of those that support and assist us.

We’re learning along the way, and it certainly is not outside the realm of possibility that we might accidentally publish something in any given issue that requires others’ good humor to gloss over.

During the past, we’ve called upon our adviser Don Krause, University attorney Warren Wells and various professors to assist us in difficult situations.

Perhaps even more importantly, this newspaper’s news coverage depends on strong relationships with our sources — professors, community leaders and students alike. To publish an April Fools’ issue in poor taste might permanently damage our relationship with these sources.

If we are to remain a respected campus publication, we must be sensitive of the various backgrounds of our readership — the chance that we accidentally would insult or offend a subset of that readership is quite high.

In the end, we decided the risk of running an April Fools’ issue in poor taste vastly outweighed the laughs we might get from publishing a truly amusing spoof issue. Although it is with a marked regret that we publish a serious issue like adults rather than vying for chuckles among our largely college-aged readership, we think it is for the best.

You’re welcome Don, we know you were holding your breath — better luck getting fired for the Index’s shenanigans next year.

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I am grateful, along with the other candidates for city council, I am sure, to the News Editor Bethany Boyle, for her March 26, if back page report of our televised debate last Monday of writing.

I am, however, as the sole avowed, non-conservative or progressive candidate and as a university teacher interested in ideas, perturbed that you did not, as Channel 36 TV full debate viewers can see for themselves by the time this letter appears, really give the details of policy platforms.

The essence of my forwardlooking campaign consists of such proposals in line with my belief and that of my supporters in activist or what I call “friendly local government” with its huge multimillion budget which all of us in TSU live under. It matters, too, that readers know our program is not only

reasoned but costed as far as we can determine from the Finance department, after my election.

So when I talk about an expanded Tourism Department, rather than the two excellent existing officers, I do mean small business, expansively. I believe that the hiring of, say, high school diploma graduated students or temporarily unemployed Kraft workers to this department would be self-financing.

For example, such new staff could digitalize and coordinate all the U.S. Civil War papers and artifacts presently randomly dispersed in such semi-volunteer collections as Pickler Library, Adair Public Library, Adair County Historical Society and so on, so that we could all reap the online charged global access results of their work in the manner, for example, that enables The New York Times to charge worldwide researchers all over the world for such access.

Indeed, the same kind of digitalization and accessibility, modernization

techniques could be applied to the great potential for extensive agricultural tourism with our nearby farmers’ cooperation and participation and to researching study archives on famous forgotten Kirksvillians like ‘method’ actress Geneviève Page or British alleged spy and osteopath Dr. Stephen Ward.

Likewise, when I detail as we are doing on the doorsteps in real canvassing teams, our proposals for weekly blue recycling collection instead of every fortnight, many people tell us that this would be great. This is because it would not only be environmentally clean but actually bring in money in line with new initiatives such as the city’s belated idea of transmuting glass products that are wasteful into such profitable resources.

Thank you for the opportunity of a reply to your report.

Betty McLane-Iles French professor

Target moderates in debates

Conor Gearin During debates about hot-button science issues, perhaps we would be more effective at changing others’ opinions by focusing on people with moderate opinions rather than doing battle with ideological enemies.

Journalist Joel Achenbach asked why “many reasonable people doubt science” in a March 2015 National Geographic article. The cover of the magazine’s issue had an eye-catching headline — “The War on Science.”

Hard-wired cultural beliefs keep intelligent people from accepting scientific discoveries such as evolution, climate change or even moon landings, Achenbach wrote. We often trust a friend’s story rather than what a scientist found about a topic simply because we trust familiar people more than strangers, he wrote.

While I agree many cultural attitudes can lead people to doubt science, I think Achenbach blamed the audience too much. At least part of the problem lies with the strategies of science communicators and journalists who explain research findings to the general public in an accessible way. The strategy of such communicators often has focused too much on attacking ideological opponents like religious fundamentalists.

Presenting popular debates as happening only between two groups of staunchly opposed people has limited value. Bill Nye “The Science Guy” debated creationism and evolution with Christian author Ken Ham at the Creationist Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, according to a February 2014 NPR article. While this debate gave Nye the chance to demonstrate many problems with biblical creationism in a highly public way, I thought the structure of the debate was not ideal.

I certainly agree with Nye’s views. I interpret the creation stories in the Bible metaphorically, not literally. However, we should design debates to reflect the range of opinions in a population. While the United States certainly includes people with extreme opinions — including extreme scientific skepticism and extreme religious fundamentalism — I strongly suspect many more people exist somewhere in the troubled middle than we usually acknowledge.

Perhaps there are many people who accept scientific answers in some areas, but use religion to answer other

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questions. I can think of many such examples among my friends and family. And perhaps I and others who are interested in improving science communication should focus on persuading such moderate people of the value of the scientific answers to issues such as climate change.

I think this strategy could be more effective than carrying on endless debates with people who have decided to stop listening to their opponents. This kind of effort sometimes makes me feel like peoples’ opinions never change. But what can we learn from times when views shifted dramatically?

We can see the effects of focusing on moderates in another social issue where science played less of a role.

The U.S. population has gone through a rapid change in opinions about same-sex marriage, according to a September 2014 Pew Research Center report.

Notably, 57 percent of surveyed Americans said they opposed same-sex marriage during 2001, according to the survey data. But during 2014, 52 percent of Americans surveyed said they support same-sex marriage, according to the same source.

Digging into the report’s data, I found that shifts among moderate people played a significant role.

While liberals and conservatives began and ended the period from 2001-2014 with basically the same opinions on same-sex marriage, people who identified as politically moderate shifted from 41 percent supporting same-sex marriage to 62 percent supporting, according to the data.

In addition, while evangelical Protestants continue to oppose same-sex marriage by significant margins, mainline Protestants and Catholics shifted toward supporting same-sex marriage from 2001-2014, according to the report. More than 15 percent of those individuals changed their views during those years.

The conclusion I draw from this data is same-sex marriage activists successfully made their case to moderate people who did not have strong opinions about the issue. By convincing this part of the population, the movement to legalize same-sex marriage gained broad support and momentum, even while extremists on both sides of the spectrum remained where they started.

I want to have this mindset next time I try advocating for scientists’ findings on climate change. Perhaps I will focus less on making examples of fundamentalists who consistently ignore evidence and spend more time considering public figures whose opinions on other scientific topics, such as evolution, recently have changed.

But this is just a hypothesis — I need to test it to be sure.

Conor Gearin is a senior biology and English major from St. Louis, Mo.

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U.S. undergraduate students regularly participate in group projects Percentage of seniors who worked with other students on projects during class

Sometimes Never

12%

48%

Often

Very Often

28%

12%

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Be aware of your situation

*Based on results from 128,727 undergraduate seniors randomly sampled from 523 4-year bachelor of arts & science colleges in the U.S., according to the 2006 National Survey of Student Engagement. *Source: nsse.iub.edu/NSSE_2006_Annual_Report/docs/NSSE_2006_Annual_Report.pdf

Group projects are annoying but useful Trevor Hamblin Group projects have two sides — they can be beasts, but if they are handled with patience, cunning and teamwork, they can end up being very rewarding. The hows and whats of group projects often make them annoying and confusing — yet group projects can be surprisingly enlightening because they can teach students valuable life skills. Still, despite the many benefits to group projects, I don’t have to like doing them.

Recently, I’ve been working on three group projects back-to-back. Since I’ve started writing this article, I’ve finished one, started another and am in the planning stages of a third. It’s a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot during the past few days. Although I have made progress, it hasn’t been pleasant.

Reconciling schedules to find meeting times, divvying up work so no one carries too much of the burden and trying to intelligibly consolidate work all are challenges one must face while working on a group project. It’s difficult to find any part of this process fun. The group project grade determination adds to the stress — you aren’t just

working for your grade, everyone’s grade is on the line. Conversely, your grade is affected by the work of your groupmates.

One of the worst parts of a group project is being stuck with a topic, a part of the project or group members you don’t want. It makes an already unpleasant experience even worse.

All of that said, group projects are not without benefits. In fact, it’s difficult to think of any educational downsides to them. Perhaps most importantly, group projects provide practical experience with some important life skills, including working in groups, schedule reconciliation and organization.

Ellen Sarkisian, the Emerita Associate Director of the Derek Bok Center, lists quite a few benefits of group projects to students, according to an online document from harvard.edu. Among them are finding alternative solutions to problems, mutual student teaching and the ability to work on problems in a practical setting. She even gives suggestions to help with some of the more annoying parts of a group project, although many can be covered by the overarching idea that everyone should actively be included in the conversation at a moderate pace of work, according to the document.

While not my favorite thing, group projects are important educational tools. They provide life experience and allow students to work with the class’ topic in a real, collaborative way. It just doesn’t make them any more enjoyable.

Thomas Johnson When I was asked to write this column, I thought, “I could talk about the typical things you hear in relation to staying safe on campus.” You’ve heard them before — lock your doors, don’t leave your valuables lying around unattended, let others know where you are going, make sure you have your cell phone with you and charged — the list goes on and on. Instead, I thought I would take a different direction. The real way to stay safe on campus, or anywhere else for that matter, is to be aware of what is going on around you and to be engaged with others.

When it comes to staying safe, the more you are aware of what is happening around you, the better prepared you are to do what needs to be done. I’m not talking about always looking over your shoulder to see what is behind you. What I am talking about is being alert about what is ahead of you. I call it “situational awareness.” We like to think we are in a relatively safe place, and I don’t disagree.

Most of the time, we are not in any danger of being harmed. There are times, however, when we need to be aware of what is happening around us so we can avoid having bad things happen to us. I often tell people, “If something doesn’t feel right, then it isn’t.” That’s part of what I’m talking about.

The other part of the conversation is to take action. When you feel something is not quite right, you need to do something to decrease the chance of being hurt or having someone else get hurt. It might be as easy as saying something to somebody who can help — such as the police, a person in authority or a friend or person nearby. It might require you to move away from the danger or help someone else get away. Once again, be aware of what is going on around you.

Think about it. You already do these things.

Remember all those fire drills you had to do in high school? Be aware, stay safe.

Thomas Johnson is the Chief of Police at Truman State’s Department of Public Safety.

Trevor Hamblin is a freshman English and communication major from Moberly, Mo.

Research professors before registration

Bill Townsend Some professors really suck. I’d be lying to you if I wrote that I adored every teacher I’ve had at Truman. In college, just one bad professor can make your life a nightmare.

While we all know there are bad teachers out there, many students don’t think hard enough about the professors they pick during registration.

Many will say the key to success in college is a mixture of work ethic and natural intelligence. While this

statement has some truth to it, picking the right teacher also can be important. You can have all the brains in the world, but when a teacher demands hours upon hours of studying each night and has unrealistic expectations of their students — often forgetting students have other classes, work and extra-curriculars — it can drive one mad.

There are several ways you can gain foresight about what certain classes will be like. The most obvious one is by word of mouth. Asking friends in the same department as you for advice can be extremely helpful when determining which professors to take.

Another approach is to check ratemyprofessors.com. This website has comments about and ratings of just about every professor. With this website, you can check your classes to see which professors have better reviews and likely are better at teaching. While this site is not always

completely accurate about a teacher’s abilities, it at least can give you a clue about what you can expect.

Finally, when you are looking at the course search page within the Truman Student tab on the top left of TruView, you can click on “Browse Faculty Evaluation.” This will let you know what will be expected of you during a course and whether you’ll be completing more tests, essays or homework assignments.

Some classes are difficult no matter who teaches them. Courses such as organic chemistry, advanced calculus and econometrics simply are challenging courses.

However, there’s a difference between a class that is difficult by nature and those that are made unnecessarily difficult because of a poor professor. When a professor is highly disorganized or terrible at telling students how to go about tackling class work, that class can become utterly miserable. When

professors don’t properly prepare students for exams, they are making many lives difficult. Students — save your mental sanity and your academic career by avoiding these kinds of professors.

Remember — above all else — to keep your heads high and give an honest evaluation of your teachers at the end of every course. Future students will be thankful.

I’d like to end by giving a special shout out to a few professors. While I can’t write down every great professor I’ve ever had that truly affected my life in a positive way, communication professor James Cianciola, English professor Cole Woodcox and economics professor David Gillette all are brilliant in their professional fields and amazing people to sit down and talk with.

Bill Townsend is a senior economics and English major from Monett, Mo.

How do you decide which professors to take?

If I’ve had them before, I take that into account.

I look at the reviews online, and I try to ask friends what they’ve heard or experienced.

I usually use Rate My Professors.

Talking to anyone who’s taken that class previously.

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Emily Stobbe Freshman

Melanie Roberts Junior

Anastasia Steblina Sophomore

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

AGR honors memory of former brother, Truman alumnus

Alpha Gamma Rho Beta Theta Pi and team up to host April 6 Bellacino’s fundraiser event to benefit charitable organizations, pay expenses for deceased’s family

By Grace Bueckendorf Features Editor features.editor@gmail.com

Many student organizations banded together this week to honor the memory of Truman State alumnus Casey Davis, former member of social fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho. Davis passed away Sunday at his parents’ home in Blue Springs, Missouri.

AGR came together as a brotherhood this week to honor Davis, and support poured in Index Staff from the Truman community.

A Facebook event advertises a fundraiser to benefit Truman Sigma Alpha, the professional agricultural science sorority, State alumnus Casey Davis’ family. The Truman State chapters made dinner for members of of the Alpha Gamma Rho and Beta Theta Pi social fraternities AGR Monday evening and with teamed up to host a fundraiser event after Davis’ death. social fraternity Beta Theta Pi organized a philanthropy event to help Davis’ family financially.

AGR president junior Chase Wrisinger said many AGR members were at the AGR chapter house for a good portion of the day last Monday and SA members came to cook AGR members dinner. He said members from other organizations such as BTP, social fraternities Sigma Tau Gamma and Pi Kappa Phi and a few of the sororities also came to the house to share their condolences. University President Troy Paino came to the house as well to talk to AGR members and mourn the loss.

“We basically tried to get everybody together and spent the whole day at the house,” Submitted Photo Wrisinger said. “Anybody who was in Casey’s life of any sig- Truman State alumnus Casey Davis smiles for a photo. Davis, a nificance came over … to show former member of social fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho, passed their condolences.” away Sunday at his parents’ home in Blue Springs, Missouri.

BTP had an April 6 brotherhood and philanthropy event make [the Bellacino’s event] a I know they’ll appreciate it. I already scheduled at Bellac- little bigger than what it was know the family will appreciate ino’s and were for them.” it. It puts a face on where the planning to use F o l l o w - money is going instead of just the proceeds of ing the fun- to a charity organization.” the event to con- “Anybody who was draiser, 15 tribute to charitapercent of Editor’s note: Information about in Casey’s life of ble organizations, all proceeds Davis’ cause of death is unavailable any significance said junior Bryan from the as of the Index’s print deadline.

Moore, BTP brothcame over [to the event will erhood chair. to assist Alpha Gamma Rho go WANT TO ATTEND? After Davis’ Davis’ family death, however, fraternity house]... f i n a n c i a l l y Moore said he deand possiAlpha Gamma Rho to show their cided Davis’ fambly to other Beta Theta Pi Casey ily and AGR needcharitable condolences.” ed support and organizaDavis Fundraiser assistance.

He tions, Moore said he wanted to said. ­ — junior Chase 4 - 9 p.m., help AGR through Moore said Wrisinger, Alpha this hard time, esMonday, April 6 he created pecially the older a Facebook Bellacino’s Gamma Rho members who event for the president lost a best friend Bellacino’s 15 percent of and brother. fundraiser, in“I was friends with some vited his friends and the news overall sales will be of the AGRs and [knew] that spread from there. donated to Davis’ [AGR] was in need,” Moore “Essentially we just made family and charities. said. “It just seemed fitting that the event on a whim for their we changed where the money benefit,” Moore said. “It’s for is going and then also try and those guys that are in need —

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TSU admin: FERPA protects health records

By Johanna Burns Staff Reporter

Contrary to recent issues at the University of Oregon regarding university counseling files, Truman State’s policy clearly exempts such files from being accessed as educational records governed by FERPA. A lawsuit in Oregon is making waves in the counseling community after the University of Oregon accessed a student’s university counseling files as part of its defense. A University of Oregon student is suing the University for allegedly mishandling her rape case.

As part of its defense, the university accessed the rape victim’s on-campus university counseling files. The university argues its access to these files is governed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and not the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. State laws govern some standards for all public education institutions, but schools are given some leeway in deciding what files are defined as educational records.

Truman’s policy defines education records, in accordance with FERPA, as any record maintained by Truman or an agent of the University that directly is related to a student.

However, there are several exceptions to this definition. Records that do not fall under the definition of education records and therefore are not governed by FERPA, according to Truman’s policy, include records maintained by the Student Health Center if the records are used only for treatment of a student and made available only to those persons providing treatment.

This also includes records maintained by University Counseling Services if the records are used only for treatment of a student and made available only to those persons providing treatment, according to Truman’s policy.

There is, however, a caveat to the confidentiality of these files. Brenda Higgins, Director of the Student Health Center and the University Counseling and Disability Services Center, said a student voluntarily can release their health records to another University office at any time. Higgins said once a student gives a University department access to their records, those records will fall under the jurisdiction of FERPA because they no longer are being used for treatment purposes only.

“We still hold confidentiality and privacy at such a high level because we want students to always feel secure that they have that,” Higgins said. “That’s why we are so cautious in making sure students understand what they’re asking when they ask us to actually release their records.”

Higgins said it is uncommon for records ever to be released. She said once the records have been released, they are accesible at a needto-know basis according to FERPA and that’s why her office rarely releases files.

Lou Ann Gilchrist, Dean of Student Affairs, said files always are open to subpoenas, but the counseling center can take steps to contest the subpoena.

“It’s my understanding that because we make it an exception under FERPA that we couldn’t use FERPA as an excuse to disclose [the records],” Gilchrist said.

For a complete list of exempt records, visit registrar. truman.edu.

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The English and linguistics department’s “For Words” series brought Edward P. Comentale, English professor and Director of the College Arts and Humanities Institute at Indiana University, to talk about the of stigma of nerds, and how acting like an outcast and a nerd is becoming mainstream.

Specifically, Comentale looked at how celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Kanye West portray themselves as outcasts and nerds in the media. He said the nerdy image they project is not themselves, but a projection of their true selves that is easily digested by fans. Ironically, this propels nerds and nerdiness into the mainstream, confusing the distinction between the two. The Index talked to Truman State students about their various fandoms in order to see what they find relatable about the celebrities they admire and how the image of the nerd contributes to their obsessions.

Students talk about their fandoms and how the image their beloved celebrities project drive their obsessions.

Features Editor Grace Bueckendorf examines how the image Taylor Swift projects has contributed to her journey as a “Swiftie.”

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BY GRACE BUECKENDORF

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Nerds and fandoms and celebrities, oh my. Celebrities and fandoms can bring out anyone’s inner nerd and foster obsessions with things like boy bands, book series and pop stars.

Truman State students are not immune to the draw of pop culture icons and many claim to have obsessions with figures and fandoms they think reflect qualities of their own lives.

Sophomore Hester Breeuwsma is a self-proclaimed expert and superfan of One Direction.

She said while One Direction is normal, it is the way they show their goofy side that makes them more accessible to fans such as herself.

“They’re people I could see myself being friends with,” Breeuwsma said. “It’s not like a boyfriend obsession — I don’t think I want to be with them or anything — it’s more like they’re fun and I’d love to just hang out and chill and be friends.”

The ability of celebrities to adopt and maintain a nerdy persona that is relatable to fans might be because of the recent advances in technology and social media, Breeuwsma said.

“With social media these days, [celebrities] make [their lives] so visible and virtual that it almost feels like you know them when you don’t,” Breeuwsma said.

Sophomore Emily Bono said she shares Breeuwsma’s love for One Direction.

She said the similarity between herself and the band members — as well as their weird, carefree and funny personalities — contributes to her undying love for the irresistible boy band. She said One Direction’s offbeat persona allows her to feel like she knows them and could be friends VOLUME 106

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with them. She said she has come to care so much for the group that she was emotionally affected when member Zayn Malik recently decided to leave the band.

“When Zayn left [One Direction], we had to watch the One Direction movie,” Bono said. “It was very emotional. Their friendship reflects me and my friends’ relationship. When we were watching the movie, we were joking around like we knew them.”

One Direction is not the only celebrity presence that uses an off-beat persona to draw in a loyal fanbase.

Sophomore Katie Tauchert said she has been a die-hard Miley Cyrus fan since “day one, episode one.”

“Originally, I liked her because she’s so easily relatable,” Tauchert said. “She’s someone you can relate to easily because she’s catering her music and her acting and her show toward that audience, and that was my age at that time.”

Tauchert said although she has been hooked on Cyrus ever since ketchup became a moisturizer during the first episode of “Hannah Montana,” she has stuck by Cyrus’ side through her recent transformation.

“You can’t be a Disney star forever and I feel like that’s what most people do when they come to college — they change,” Tauchert said.

Tauchert said she can see a lot of herself and her journey of growing up in Cyrus’ life story. She said when she was younger, she was very softspoken but went through a transformation where she became loud and vivacious, much like Cyrus.

Tauchert said while Cyrus might be perceived as crazy and weird by some, she sees her life mirrored in Cyrus’. She said this makes Cyrus very accessible in the same way nerdiness made other pop culture icons, such as One Direction and Taylor Swift, are so likable to their fans. tmn.truman.edu

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“You weren’t even born in 1989,” Editor-in-Chief Bob Overmann reminded me once when I was gushing over Taylor Swift’s latest album, “1989.” And he’s right. Chronologically, I was born in 1994, but I still feel like I have grown up right alongside T-Swift because her songs, her weirdness and her lack of chill have related to my life in so many ways.

When Swift first became famous, I’ll be honest — I was skeptical. I made fun of my sister for buying Swift’s self-titled first album. That is, until I heard “Our Song” on the radio for the first time. And then I became obsessed with it, looked up who it was by and found out that I too loved Taylor Swift.

I’ve been a fangirl ever since.

I listened to her album “Fearless” almost every day during ninth grade while running. My best friend in high school and I weren’t even friends until we bonded over Swift’s album “Speak Now” in the car on the way to cross country practices.

I became so attached to her music because it sometimes feels like Swift’s songs are lifted right from my own life, recorded and put on an album. Her songs are so relatable.

“You Belong With Me” became my anthem during ninth grade when a guy I liked tragically didn’t like me back, and I felt exactly like the nerdy Taylor Swift in big glasses singing into her hairbrush because “she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts.”

The nerdy, just-like-you persona Swift has adopted is exactly what a teenage girl needs to look up to as she goes through the terrifying maze of growing up. The saying really is true — there’s a Taylor Swift song for every emotion.

I don’t know what I would have done without her song “Never Grow Up” when I was feeling lonely and homesick during my freshman year of college. Her peppier songs, such as “Love Story” and “Mine,” are great songs to play when you’re in the mood to jam out.

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Swift has been a part of my life for so long that she even has become a link between my friends, family and I. For almost every important person in my life, there is a T-Swift song that makes me think of them.

My brothers text me any time they hear “Shake it Off” on the radio or in a bar, and try to keep me updated on Taylor Swift news — as if I didn’t already know.

My oldest brother, as burly and masculine as he is, will listen to “I Knew You Were Trouble” on repeat when I’m in the car, his voice cracking on every “Oh!” in the chorus.

One of my best friends made me a T-Swift mixtape of songs that weren’t on any of her albums, like “Permanent Marker,” “I’d Lie” and “Two is Better Than One.” These were stuck in my head when I got my personal record in the 2-mile — and which I’m currently listening to as I write this column.

My little sister loves the song “You Are In Love,” and she always skips to it on my “1989” CD when she rides in the car with me.

I wrote my college entrance essay about the time my friend Amy and I got lost in the middle of Missouri driving home from the state track championships and the only CD I had in my car was “Speak Now.” We listened to that album for more than six hours that day and it always makes me think of her.

More importantly, I think the reason I have stuck with Swift as a superfan for so long is that she has grown up as I have — I felt as if as she was learning life lessons at the same time I was. I was able to relate to “Mean,” a song that hated on Swift’s haters, when she wrote it. But I love that she has grown as a person and been able to face things head on. Now she is able to make fun of herself rather than taking things to heart, which is a lesson everyone needs to learn — to just “shake it off,” so to speak.

Swift has taught me so many things, like it’s okay to have no chill, prioritize your friends and family over everything else, and that being weird or different is not only okay, but should be celebrated. @trumanindex

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

Students can’t “bear” Bear Creek’s level of disrepair

BY JULIANNA FOSTER

Kersten said. He said the project began last spring with Whether walking down the help from groups hill to Barnett or crossing the throughout campus. bridge to get to West Campus Woolbright said Suites, most Truman State stu- there was a lot of dents probably have crossed help from organizaBear Creek at least once during tions last year and their college careers. many individuals Bear Creek, the creek run- who came out to help ning behind Centennial Hall and as well.

West Campus Suites, ends at the Woolbright said North Fork Salt River in Shelby the Environmental County, Missouri. Its current Campus Organizastate of deterioration inspired tion was a big donor, seniors biology major August giving the project Kersten and environmental sci- $300-400 last year. ence major Michele Woolbright Kersten said he to take action and restore the was surprised by the creek’s ecosystem. amount of help the A reforestation project to re- project received. store Bear Creek will take place Kersten said the during April. business fraternity, The project involves plant- Sig Tau, Tri Beta, ing trees along the bank of the Blue Key Society and creek. Kersten and Woolbright many other groups said they hope to plant 10,000 and individuals came trees throughout 10 years. to help and he said The goal of the project is to he thought it was improve the quality of Truman great to see the diand Kirksville’s water, Wool- versity of volunteers. bright said. She said she has Kersten said he wasn’t the an interest in water quality, only one to try and get the city and said the conditions of Bear to approve this reforestation.

Creek and a neighboring tribu“There’s been a lot of people tary weren’t good. who put in a lot of work before Woolbright said the creeks us to make people aware that have low fish levels, the dissolved this is a problem and we’re reoxygen levels are poor and they ally thankful they did,” Kerhave high nutrient levels which sten said. aren’t cohesive to having tradiKersten said the Conservation tional habitats.

Committee of Kersten said Beta Beta Beta, extensive re- “There’s been the biology search suggests honors fraternia lot of people reforestation is ty, will continue the best option the project after who put in a lot to repair most his graduation. of work before creek habitats Clayton Dilin Missouri. lavou, a visiting us to make “Streams biology scholar naturally tend to at Truman, was people aware have a wooded helpful with the that this is a buffer around it, Bear Creek Rewhat we call a forestation Projproblem and riparian buffer,” ect, Kersten said. we’re thankful Kersten said.

Dillavou “What that does said he arthey did.” is it tends to ranged for Au-Senior August Kersten gust to speak slow down the water, the trees in front of the around it pick Wa t e r s h e d up some of the excess nutrients Committee, as well as the City and some of the pollutants. It also Council, to make it a easier for is really good at purifying air for work to happen on campus. the local community.”

Dillavou, who has a masters This isn’t the first time stu- degree in microbiology, said the dents have reforested the creek, tree roots will keep the banks Copy Editor

from eroding, and will keep the temperature of the creek low. Dillarou said the project is important to him because it will keep the creek clean and serve as a good laboratory for biology students.

“Right now the creek has a lot of annual weeds in it,” Dillavou said. “As the trees take over, they will control the growth of this, and because they’re annuals, it will eventually be trees and shrubs, and flowering plants.”

Dillavou said the addition of the new trees and flowers will help prevent the eroding of the creek bed and keep it flowing smoothly.

The Bear Creek Reforestation Project will occur 11 a.m. to 4 p.m April 18-19 and 25-26. Those interested in helping should meet in front of West Campus Suites at 11 a.m. Students also can join the project 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 to plant some native pollinator plants in the clock garden located on the south side of Magruder along Patterson.

For more information about the reforestation project for Bear Creek, contact junior Ellie Zempel at eez1513@truman.edu.

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Bear Creek is behind Centennial Hall and West Campus Suites, ending in the North Fork Salt River located south of Kirksville. The Bear Creek Reforestation project volunteers hope to restore the creek by planting trees. The goal of the reforestation project is to replace weeds with perennial plants such as trees.

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Tired of microwaveable pizzas and boxes of mac and cheese?

Do you wish you could make delicious and easy home-cooked meals but don’t know where to start? You’re in luck.

As a student, I understand how busy your schedule can be, and I’m here to serve as your guide to a better culinary experience. In Taste of Truman, I’ll provide you with simple and low cost recipes that will taste great and impress.

Chocolate caramel bird’s nest snack offers the best of sweet and salty worlds

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 seconds Cool Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: •

20 oz. of Rolos

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12 oz. festively colored M&M’s

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16 oz. pretzels

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Place pretzels on a microwave-safe plate.

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Place Rolos on the middle of each pretzel.

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Microwave for 20 seconds.

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Place M&Ms face-up on Rolos and press down lightly.

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Refrigerate treats for 15 minutes.

SAB shows controversial film “Dear White People”

BY COURTNEY KAUFFMAN Staff Reporter

Straying from the usual blockbuster films, the Student Activities Board showed “Dear White People,” a film that sparked controversy when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year.

“Dear White People” follows the story of four African-American students attending an unnamed Ivy League university where controversy breaks out about a “black-face” party thrown by the Caucasian community and shows the students struggle to stand up for their own opinions about the event.

Freshman Laura Woods said she heard about the film through SAB and was interested in the plot and its divisive nature.

“I did like [the film], but I didn’t like how it ended in a positive light, not that I wanted it to end in a depressing way,” Woods said. “I think that it made it seem like the problem just went away. It didn’t feel realistic [and] was way too fairytale for me.”

Woods said one moment in the film that stood out to her was when Sam, the female minority lead, stood up for herself, since it demonstrated how oppressed people can stand up to voice their thoughts and push forward.

Woods said she thought she belonged to Sam’s cause even though she is not affiliated with it in any way. She said it was interesting seeing the issue from a different perspective.

“I really liked how they portrayed different African-American characters in the movie and [how] they each wanted a different outcome for themselves,” Woods said. “They all are, in some sense, coming from the same place but they are completely taking it different ways.”

Woods said she thought the film’s humor helped convey its message. She said she realized the reason why she would laugh at a moment in the film might be completely different from that of another audience member, and it put things in perspective for her. She said the controversial nature of the film stood out to her during those moments as well.

Woods said she didn’t realize the film loosely was relevant to American society today, she said, which based on real events. The film showed photos from actual made it a great topic to start discussions. parties at other schools, she said, just like the party shown Selle said the turnout for the showings was lower during the film’s credits. Woods said seeing these photos than normal, but she expected that because “Dear made the film real to her.

White People” is a lesser-known film and the showListening to others as they left the showing, Woods ings were on a weekday. said she heard a lot of people saying they enjoyed it Selle said she saw faces she had not seen at past film and were happy a divisive, race-central film could be showings, and it was a good indicator that SAB is reaching shown at Truman State. parts of the student body it previously had not reached.

“We bring a film series every semester,” said senior Although Selle will relinquish the committee chair Anna Selle, SAB Comedians position to another SAB member and Film Committee Chair. next semester, she said she hopes “Traditionally, we’ve brought SAB continues to bring more lessa lot of blockbuster movies “It’s good for us as an er-known films to Truman when it organization to bring in the past — this year we’ve can. tried to mix it up and bring Junior Sarah Burns, SAB Film entertainment that doesn’t a few blockbusters and then Series Chair, said she always just entertain but also a few smaller, more indepenhad been a kind of movie buff, dent films.” and being involved with the film encourages a dialogue of Selle said she wasn’t conseries was a great way to share some nature.” cerned about the controversial her love of movies with other -Senior Anna Selle, SAB Comedians nature of the film. Students Truman students. would have expressed their Burns said she started researchand Film Committee Chair concerns beforehand if they ing different kinds of movies to bring had them, she said, since Truto Truman as soon as she was given man has an active student body that tends to freely share the position. She said she stumbled upon the Sundance feedback about campus events.

Film Festival and The Spirit Awards which led her to SAB previews all of its films and chooses its films with “Dear White People.” a consciousness of how they might impact the campus, Burns said she also heard students talking about the how people might interact with them and the different film. She said she knew it had not been shown in Kirksresponses people might have, Selle said. She said SAB ville and she said she thought that would make it signifiwouldn’t show a film it didn’t think would be received cant to show at Truman. moderately well or that it thought would upset or dis“I felt the way the movie portrayed [any controturb students. versial elements] was in a way that a lot of people “It’s good for us as an organization to bring enter- could accept it,” Burns said. “I feel like it addresstainment that doesn’t just entertain but also encour- es issues in a way that a lot of people can sit and ages a dialogue of some nature,” Selle said. “I thought listen to it and see both sides. Since it was a satire it was a good inclusion in our series to balance out it was supposed to be funny, but there are parts of some of the other pieces which were more entertain- it that you need to think about, that are real and ment. [This film allowed us] to serve the diverse needs make you realize this is happening.” and interests of the student body.”

Burns said she hopes everyone who saw the SAB previously has brought similar events to film enjoyed it and said SAB plans to continue Truman, which did facilitate student dialogue to show films that address controversial issues in about issues of race and discrimination, Selle said. the same way “Dear White People” tackled the isThis film in particular addresses issues which are sues of race and equality.

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Key & Peele’s “Substitute Teacher”

Deadpool “Deadpool” is happening. Ever since the character appeared in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” FOX and Ryan Reynolds, who played the character in “X-Men,” have been working hard to greenlight the project. The film officially was announced six months ago, but the marketing for the film has just started. Reynolds said on Twitter he wants the film to be R-rated and a picture of Reynolds in the Deadpool costume has surfaced on the Internet.

TV

Fear The Walking Dead

Welcome to the Picks of the Week, where we update you about anything ranging from special events, movies, music and entertainment taking place around campus and Kirksville.

events April 2

Michael Reagan: What Would Reagan Do? 7-9 p.m. in the SUB Georgian Rooms Michael Reagan, President Ronald Reagan’s son, will speak tonight about life in the First Family during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and current issues from a Reagan perspective.

April 2

Peace Corps Information Session 3-4:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building Peace Corps representatives will discuss opportunities for students to join the Peace Corps and changes in the application process.

That’s right — Key is returning as the hilarious enunciation-challenged substitute in a feature length film by Paramount based on the sketch — but this time with the addition of a rival teacher competing to be the class favorite, played by Peele. Rich Talarico and Alex Rubens, “Key & Peele” scriptwriters, will write the film, but a director has not yet been announced.

The award for dumbest TV title goes to “Fear The Walking Dead” — which is, if you can’t guess, the title for the new “The Walking Dead” spin-off show. Better suggested titles — “(Don’t) Fear The Walking Dead,” “The Sprinting Dead” or “The Walking Dead — L.A.”

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The Index has scoured the Internet and gone deep into the recesses of Netflix to find the things you have yet to discover. We lie in wait for new entertainment to hit the web or the shelves. We do the heavy lifting when it comes to all things entertainment, and for your sake, we deem them a hit or a miss.

“New Girl” has been renewed for a fifth season this week. Zooey Deschanel stars as a quirky school teacher who moves into a Los Angeles apartment with three male roommates.

Police procedurals sometimes are a...

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Police procedurals, a love/hate relationship

BY KATEY STOETZEL Assistant Features Editor

We all have guilty pleasures. Mine are police procedurals. I could write a dissertation length blog post about why formulaic crime shows are so popular when most of the time they’re subpar. The short answer is simple — people like structure.

Structure is a double-edged sword, though. If the show becomes too formulaic, it gets boring and eventually storylines become predictable. Because there are many police procedurals, the show also must be sure it doesn’t tell the same stories or cover cases in the same manner other shows might be.

A procedural is a show that tells weekly stories where we learn about a case during the cold open and by episode’s end, the case is solved and the bad guys are in jail. Often, there is a loose overarching plot during a season, but it’s secondary to the case of the week.

My fascination with police procedurals began with “24,” ironically enough, since the show is famous for its serialized storytelling. Jack Bauer’s almost superhuman ability to deal with terror plots for nine different days had me so entranced I eventually came to one conclusion — I wanted to be a spy.

Never mind that I lack the skill set to be one and what I was seeing on television was a romanticization of the real thing, one fact remained — Jack Bauer was cool. Once I was done with “24,” I went looking for more.

What I found wasn’t replicas of “24” but rather numerous police procedurals, some of them attempting serialization but not to the extent of “24.” “Alias” was the closest I got, but that was bogged down with MacGuffins and mysteries that were retconned at the beginning of each season.

I definitely haven’t seen every police procedural, but after giving up on “Alias,” I watched “Numb3rs,” “Psych,” “The Mentalist,” “Burn Notice,” “Chuck,” “Bones,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “The X-Files,” “Fringe” and “Supernatural.” Some of these TV shows deviate from what I call “realistic” crime TV — where the people who commit the crimes are human — unlike the supernatural perpetrators of “The X-Files,” “Fringe” and “Supernatural.” But with all of these shows, there are police, FBI or private detective characters investigating cases.

The shows all were good at separating themselves from the each other. Although “Burn Notice” had trouble with unnecessarily extending its “Who burned Michael?” overarching plot, its witty, tongue-in-cheek humor about spy film clichés differed from the seriousness of “24,” “Alias” or any of the “Bond” films. “The Mentalist” and “Psych” featured fake psychics employing their Sherlock Holmes-style deductive skills to solve cases. “Psych” took it a step further and made the show a comedy. “Num3bers” and “Bones” focused heavily on the mathematical and scientific aspect of crime fighting. Dean and Sam Winchester from “Supernatural” often posed as law enforcement to investigate their cases.

However, because I have seen a number of these types of shows, I noticed certain tropes after a while.

For example, corrupt family members who previously had been perceived as dead or missing often are revealed to be alive during the course of a later season.

“24” did this during season six and was notorious for an often overused plot device also seen in police procedurals — moles within a department. Recently, I began watching the updated version of “Hawaii Five-0” and every episode so far has featured stories and cases I’ve seen in other, better shows. But I’m still watching, and so are others. How else to explain “Bones” and “Supernatural” getting renewed for 11 seasons?

I think the answer lies with the characters. That might seem simple, but no matter how formulaic or repetetive a show gets, we get different types of characters in each instance that give us a variety of reactions to the same situations. Seeing how one character reacts to a situation or to another character is what I look forward to the most. It doesn’t change how frustrating it is to see the same things over again and again, though.

Sometimes I hate police procedurals for that. When it gets too formulaic, it starts feeling like hand-holding.

As in, the writers don’t appreciate the fact they have a smart audience who have seen a particular plot before.

When the show starts patronizing the audience, it might be time to call it quits.

Regardless, long live police procedurals because they’ll always be there, no matter how many iterations we see of them.

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Top: KHS student Emily Van Rie prepares to hop back on her donkey during competition.

Left: Kirksville resident Kevin Harrison pulls his donkey while retrieving the basketball. Far left: Kirksville resident Laurie Waddle rides her donkey towards the hoop during last Wednesday’s donkey basketball game.

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Hooves and hoops at KHS

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score, and games generally consist of eight-minute halves. The ball used is smaller than a regulation-sized

Although basketball seasons have come to an end for every team in the surrounding area, some commu-

chaotically, Lamp said.

Lamp said the committee was inspired to host the donkey basketball fundraiser because the sport has become popular in surrounding communities. Novinger, Atlanta, Palmyra, and Schuyler County, Missouri, all have annual donkey basketball fundraisers, she said.

“We included people from high school students, to faculty members and staff, to community members,” Lamp said. “We had coach [Amy] Eagan and Allie Norton, we had Matt Wilson, prosecuting attorney, we got a handful of professors and doctors from ATSU to play.”

Cathy Houston, co-head of the After-Prom Commit-

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the Truman State women’s basketball team — participated in a less conventional form of the sport at the Kirksville High School gym last Wednesday.

The Kirksville High After-Prom Committee hosted a donkey basketball fundraiser for After-Prom last week which raised more than $3,000, said Amy Lamp, cohead of the After-Prom Committee.

Donkey basketball is played like a regular game of basketball in terms of scoring, but the players ride donkeys. Players must be on their donkeys to pass or

Softball stays atop the GLVC

BY COURTNEY STRAIT Staff Reporter

The Bulldog softball team brought its brooms South, sweeping Missouri University of Science and Technology and Drury University earlier this week. Truman’s four wins put the team’s record at 21-5 and brought the ‘Dogs to first place in the GLVC standings. These wins will help Truman carry momentum into its upcoming matchup against conference foe University of Missouri-St. Louis, which is nipping at the ‘Dogs’ heels for the top spot in the GLVC. Dominant pitching, strong defense and consistent hitting all contributed to the Bulldogs’ victories last Sunday and Monday. The ‘Dogs were hot at the plate during the matchups, with six players having multi-hit outings against the S&T Miners. Sophomore catcher Lex Van Nostrand tallied nine hits against Missouri S&T and Drury.

Junior pitcher Kindra Henze said her teammates produced runs when the team needed them most.

“My teammates did a great job

of getting on base,” Henze said. “I can always rely on them to do their job.”

Along with a steady offense, Truman’s ability to adapt to different pitching styles also played a big role in the wins. Se-

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picked up three RBIs this week, said the team’s readjustment to Drury’s pitchers was crucial.

“We were able to adjust at the plate [against Drury],” McReynolds said.

“The first pitcher threw rise-balls, and the second one threw drop-balls, and we adapted well.”

This strategy worked for the Bulldogs as they outscored the Panthers and Miners 20-8 during the four games played.

Henze and junior pitcher Kelsea Dorsey had impressive outings during the Bulldogs’ victories this week.

Henze was a force on the mound, striking out 17 batters during her three appearances for the Bulldogs. Dorsey col-

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S&T have played close games with some of the top teams in the GLVC. “Record-wise, it’s easy to overlook [Drury and S&T]. But they are both better than their record shows,” Monroe said. “We really stressed that we have to come out strong every game.”

Henze said the team approaches every game with the same mindset.

“Each game is the most important game of the season,” Henze said.

McReynolds said it also is important for the team to keep focused on their strengths.

“Anything can happen in any given game,” McReynolds said. “We know that we are going to get every team’s best effort, so we have to come out with our best effort too.”

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lected her 10th and 11th wins on the season and struck out 10 batters.

“We have a good core [of pitchers],” interim head coach Cathy Monroe said. “We rely on our pitching to always be there.”

The Bulldog pitching staff gave S&T and Drury trouble because Truman’s two starters, Dorsey and Henze, have very different styles.

“Teams tend to struggle when we split games,” Henze said. “I pitch with power, and Kelsea brings something different because she adds more movement to her pitches.”

Although both opponents are at the bottom of the GLVC standings, Monroe said they could not take either team lightly. Both Drury and Missouri

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tee, said the donkeys were procured from a Wisconsin company that specializes in these sort of rentals. She said the event turned out to be a great success.

“It was just a great time to see the community and the school district come together for a night of fun,” Houston said. “All for a good cause so the students can have a safe evening the night of prom.”

Lamp said there initially was some hesitation about hosting the donkey basketball event. She said the school board and administration approved it somewhat begrudgingly. But said she thinks now that the event has taken place and was successful, it might become an annual staple of the After-Prom Committee’s fundraising campaign.

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Defending your ‘Dogs EMILY WICHMER

Assistant Sports Editor

Assistant sports editor encourages a sense of athletic pride I run a 13-minute mile. I can’t get a volleyball over the net. As soon as I set foot in a pool, I sink. I am not a skilled athlete ­— which is why supporting Truman State’s sports teams is so important to me.

Since high school, I have had a strong desire to be involved in school sports. I used to tell people that my high school football team was undefeated — granted, I was homeschooled, so this boast was less than impressive. With no school mascot and no sports teams, I was envious of my friends freshman year because they all had stories of tailgating for their high school football games.

Some of these friends compared Truman to their high school teams.

Some complained Truman didn’t have the same game coverage as larger universities. Others said school spirit wasn’t as important to students here as it was at their high school. To me, however, Truman athletics is perfect.

Our school often is praised for being extremely academic. We’re ranked in the top 10 regional universities in the United States in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges”.” For highly ranked academic schools like Truman, many sports fall by the wayside.

Bulldog fans, however, can be found everywhere. Truman students, professors, Kirksville residents and alumni from across the country come to support games.

Index announces TMN softball lineup

BY ANNA GRACE AND HENRY JANSSEN

People get decked out in purple shirts and face paint. Even WalMart has a special section for Truman spirit wear.

Truman athletics promote long-standing fans. My parents both attended Truman. My mom was in the color guard for football games. They ask me about how the teams are doing every time I go back home. And it’s not just me — alumni bring their children to Truman games, traveling all the way to Kirksville for homecoming weekend to support the ‘Dogs.

I get into heated arguments with my aunt about college basketball at family functions. Last season, she invited me to a game at her alma mater, Lindenwood University, against Truman. Watching the game, I complained about the referees’ calls, cheered for each and every Bulldog basket earned, and threw around some smack talk with my aunt. Although Truman didn’t win, even my aunt had to admit the ‘Dogs showed incredible sportsmanship as Lindenwood’s obvious fouls went uncalled. I especially was proud of my college team that day because of the gracious way the players handled themselves in the face of aggressive fouls and poor calls.

But the best part of being a fan is that Truman has some great athletes. The men’s basketball team went to the GLVC championship tournament this year. The volleyball team became the GLVC volleyball conference champions. The softball team currently is 21-5. Truman athletes play their hearts out for their sport, and balance lives of studying and socializing at the same time.

While I probably would eat turf playing football and constantly lose my grip on a golf club, Truman athletes come together each season to perform at their highest capabilities both on and off the field. They deserve our respect and support.

And with every game they play, those athletes return their support right back to the fans through their strong athletic performances.

Sitting on the bleachers at Stokes Stadium cheering on my team with a crowd of loyal fans, I have to say — I am proud to be a Bulldog.

Managing Editor and Staff Reporter

The second annual Truman Media Network Softball Tournament is speeding towards the plate April 26, and as the pressure of potential glory rises, the Index has announced its lineup for the games.

1 - Manager/1st baseman — Senior Bob Overmann Overmann is a perennial Index hero. The self-proclaimed finest batsman in the print division of the Truman Media Network league, Overmann has achieved high praise as a manager because of his team’s lack of regard for courtesy or official regulation.

2 - Pitcher — Junior Anna Grace Grace is one of the team’s many returning faces in the infield. Last season, Grace used her elegance and charm to disorient opposing batters while she threw pitches overhand, aiming for the kneecap. Grace’s pitching figures look really good when you enter her numbers into sabermetric equations then extrapolate the data.

3 - Shortstop — Senior Henry Janssen Janssen is a second-generation Index player and his knowledge of the sport shows in his play.

Best known for his love of ball and his skill at it across multiple forms of media, Janssen truly is an MVP in the hearts and minds of the Index team.

4 - 2nd baseman — Senior Devin Gillespie All-around sportsman Gillespie, breaking several NCAA rules to play in the World Series of Truman Media, is batting cleanup despite a debilitating injury which left his right hand in a cast. In spite of this, he is the Index’s best bet to hit for any sort of power.

5 - 3rd base/Secondary shortstop — Junior Courtney Strait Strait, relegated to the secondary shortstop position after a lowly sports columnist wrote her off as a starter, has refused to let that get in her way.

Using her unrivaled boxing-out skills, she and Janssen continue to battle for the shortstop spot.

6 - Designated runner — Junior Grace Bueckendorf Another athlete with experience that puts her far above the Index team’s nonexistent prerequisites is runner Bueckendorf. Formerly a 5K runner, the Index can only hope that skill translates to the 60 feet between the bases and will leave her with enough in the tank to shag balls batted out of play.

7 - Full-time outfielder and avoiding peanuts — Senior Joe Wright For the second consecutive season, Wright will be skipping the third line of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch.

Wright held his mortal enemy, peanuts, to a remarkable .000 last season. The Index club willingly will take the out every time Wright is due to appear at the plate so he’s not forced to approach the infield where peanut-eating humans likely will lurk.

8 - Centerfield/critic — Junior Katey Stoetzel Stoetzel is best known for her witty critiques of pop culture and luckily for the Index, this translates into a skill with pop flies. She also brings distracting laughs to the opposition with “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Parks and Recreation” references.

9 - Catcher — Senior Bethany Boyle Boyle is used to wild pitches as the Index News Editor, whether they’re terrible story ideas about famous local dogs or Grace’s sick curve ball. A strict diet of avocados keeps her in sporting shape.

10 - Switch hitter — Junior Emily Wichmer As Assistant Sports Editor, Wichmer took liberties with the rules of baseball to extend the lineup. Having spent time as a member of the editorial staff of nearly every section, she is used to switching up what sort of headline puns she makes and somehow translated that into an ability to bat left- and right-handed.

11 - DJ/food sponsorships/left field -— Sophomore Austin Hornbostel Hornbostel is known around the office for his ability to work while bumping some sick tunes and the relative calm of left field allows him time to play around on his phone for the listening benefit of all. He also owns the field in sponsorships due to his high volume of Taco Bell consumption.

Umpire — Senior Megan Archer Opinions Editor Archer has her fair share of opinions and, combined with an inner calm, that makes her the perfect umpire. Unfortunately, she occasionally misses a call because she’s simultaneously drawing hilarious cartoons of the batters.

No. 1 fans —Copy Desk As harsh as Copy Desk can be about AP style, cheering on this team every time, date and place it takes the field is their truest calling. They are also the most likely fan base to turn the sports experience into a well-written, directed and acted musical.

Bat boy/photographer/future MVP — Freshman Trevor Stark The up-and-comer Stark was a solid sign by the Index back at the start of the season when he was only hauling bats. When the team realized the bags he was carrying were camera bags, they put him to work as the team photographer and haven’t looked back since.

During preliminary scouting trips, we discovered KTRM struggled with not getting to narrate every play for the listening audience and had trouble releasing frustration after a strike out because of the limited cursing vocabulary they are allowed.

TMN TV never started practice, as they were taking turns faking epic plays for a highlight reel.

From the looks of the Index roster, KTRM and TMN TV better brace themselves for the power of print journalism.

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‘Dogs split during weekend

BY SAM STEWART Staff Reporter

The Truman State baseball team was in full swing last week with games against nationally ranked Washburn University Thursday and rival GLVC conference member William Jewell College with two sets of double headers Saturday and Sunday.

The ‘Dogs began Thursday against Washburn for a non-conference game. The team started strong with a a deep corner ball by Hahn, but Washburn took the lead with a three-run homer during the third inning and another three-run hit during the fourth.

The Bulldogs came charging back with four runs during the fourth inWood made a diving deep man Paul Trenhaile tacked on two more runs to make the score 10-6.

the game with the same score and a strong victory against the nationally ranked Washburn Ichabods. Freshman pitcher Nate Lukas earned his “It was a great win against Washburn,�

Hahn said. “They are still in the MIAA which is a very good conference, so it was good to see that we competed against them.�

Saturday and Sunday the team travelled to current GLVC West leader William Jewell for two days of double headers.

Saturday, the Bulldogs and the Cardinals split, with the Cardinals and the Bulldogs taking the next game. weekend started with seven scoreless innings led by junior pitcher Mark Roberts with RBI singles from Trenhaile and a sacnior third baseman Chris Iliopouloos.

The Bulldogs led 3-0 headed into the bottom of the ninth but a walk-

off home run stole the game from the ‘Dogs.

The Bulldogs came barking back during the next game as they claimed a victory 6-5, tying the lead during the tually taking it by the end of their at-bat. The but senior pitcher Cody Gardner earned his fourth win of the season and his fourth complete game of the year. “We believe in each other and the system that we have in place,�

Gardner said. “If we play up to our potential we could beat anybody.�

Sunday the two teams squared off with another split as the Bulldogs took game one and the Cardinals won the nightcap.

Hahn hit three home runs Sunday during the two games.

The ‘Dogs added to their scores thanks to bombs from Trenhaile man Dave Gambino.

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“There’s the normal type, you just kick them a little bit in the rib and they’ll go from end to end. There are some that are stubborn, and some that like to buck. I think those were the main three types, but you never know which one’s which.�

Instead of being lucky enough to get one of the normal-type donkeys, Eagan said she got stuck with a stubborn one.

Eagan said she enjoyed the new and peculiar experience, and it was good for the community to be exposed to. “I think it’s a great cause,� Eagan said. “It was a good event, a fun event.

It was great to see a lot of kids in the parents and kids don’t get to see every day. It’s something new and exciting.�

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During the second game, the Bulldogs took the lead 4-2 but

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The Bulldogs are set to face Rockhurst University Friday, April 1 at noon at the Bulldog Baseball Park.

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basketball last week to raise money for the school’s After-Prom Committee no idea what to expect,� Lamp said. “It was a lot funnier than I thought it might have been. I was afraid somebody might get hurt, but it was great.

The donkeys were surprisingly so different, each one of them, they would each do their own little thing.�

Amy Eagan, Truman women’s basketball head coach, said she participated in the festivities as one of four donkey jockeys on her team. Four total teams participated in the event, and a team composed of Kirksville High School students took the title in the single-elimination tournament.

Eagan said the different personalities of the donkeys made the game particularly interesting and humorous. “There’s different types,� Eagan said.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

Throwback Thursday

Top left: Gregg Williams, Northeast Missouri State alumnus and current defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, congratulates a teammate during a 1979 game.

Top right: Truman State football players take down a player during a 1999 game.

Bottom right: Amy Eagan, Truman alumna and current women’s head basketball coach, drives in for a layup during a 1998 game against University of St. Francis.

Bottom left: Eagan poses with a basketball after signing to play pro in Norway.

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