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FEATURES | RAIL offers American Sign Language classes in Kirksville

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SPORTS | No excuses for thrower Renault who aims for personal records Page 14

Ryle Council creates 50-year time capsule

BY ELISABETH SHIRK Staff Writer

Ryle Hall Council is working on a time capsule filled with mementos from various Truman State University organizations to be revealed at next school year’s convocation and opened in the 2067-2068 school year.

Junior Allison Phillips, Ryle Hall Council president, said all Truman organizations approved by the Center for Student Involvement were sent an email in February about contributing something to the capsule. She

Report on Greitens released

BY NICOLAS TELEP News Text Editor

The Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight released its report on the blackmail allegations against Gov. Eric Greitens Wednesday, April 11.

The bipartisan committee, established in February, heard testimony from four witnesses.

One of the witnesses, identified as Witness 1 in the report, is the alleged victim and has not been publicly identified. Greitens admitted to having an extramarital affair with Witness 1 in January, but he has denied committing any crimes.

said currently, 42 organizations are adding items to the time capsule.

Phillips said organizations could put a scrapbook page, physical item or digital item, like a PowerPoint presentation saved on a flash drive, into the capsule. She said they could contribute one, two or all three of those options.

Phillips said she came up with the idea to do a time capsule for Truman last semester when she was vice president of Ryle Hall Council.

To fund the project, Ryle Hall Council requested grants from three different sources — Residence

Hall Association, the office of Residence Life and Student Government. Phillips said Residence Hall Association and Residence Life approved the requested grants, and they are waiting to hear from Student Government.

Syrus Duffy, Ryle Hall Council historian, said he was involved in gathering information and writing the Residence Life grant application and met with many people, including University President Sue Thomas, regarding the logistics of the project.

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Greek Week sets fundraising record

Submitted Photo Students from Truman State University Greek Life sit with children from the Kirksville community at an event during Greek Week 2018. The philanthropy for the week was Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and the organizations raised more than $24,000 during the week.

Submitted Photo Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is accused of blackmail after admitting to an extramarital affair in January.

State Rep. Nate Walker, a Republican from Kirksville representing District 3, called for the governor’s resignation in January after the allegations surfaced. He released a statement after the report was released April 11 reiterating this call.

“After reviewing the report, I renew my call for the Governor to take responsibility and resign,” Walker wrote in a public statement. “The time has come for the governor to make a decision or the legislature will be forced to make one in the best interest of the state and its citizens.”

State Sen. Brian Munzlinger declined to comment on the story. State Rep. Craig Redmon did not respond to a request for comment.

As of press time, Greitens’ criminal trial is set for May 14.

BY TRAVIS MAIDEN Staff Writer Greek Week 2018 set a record in fundraising for philanthropy and the money will go toward a community program in Northeast Missouri.

The Greek community will fully fund Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for two years with their donation of $24,500, the largest amount of money a Greek Week fundraiser has ever raised.

“Our jaws just dropped,” said senior Lindsey Schlichting, philanthropy committee chair. “We almost had a heart attack yesterday just getting in the totals, so it’s been incredible.”

Schlichting said the original goal was to reach $20,000 to help 800 children in Adair County. Now, the $24,500 they raised will allow 980 children per year to participate in the program.

Dolly Parton started this program in 1995 in Tennessee to help children from birth to 5 years old begin reading no matter their so-

cioeconomic status. The program enables families to receive one book per month through the mail for their child to have the chance to read.

The Kiwanis Club of Kirksville opened the Adair County chapter for the program in October. One of Greek Week’s philanthropy chairs, senior Matthew Barkofske, said the committee chose to support this program during Greek Week because of

the benefit it could have for the local community.

“With all the philanthropies we looked at, we saw a lot of positives and everything, but we came to set on this one because it was right here in the community,” Barkofske said. “It was a very real impact we could make on the Kirksville community and Adair County at large.

We love that every dollar raised for this organization goes to the local

organization, and none of it goes back to the national infrastructure. It all goes to serving kids in this community.”

Barkofske said the organization’s fundraising could allow the program to expand to locations they might have hesitated on extending to before because of lack of funding. Barkofske said this can allow the program to help more families.

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Submitted Photo Junior Sayeed Sharieff speaks at a Greek Week event in the Student Union Building during Greek Week 2018. Each year, the Greek community chooses a philanthropy to raise money for during Greek Week.

This year, the philanthropy committee decided to raise money for a program that would benefit the local community.

Kirksville defendant in lawsuit

BY RYAN PIVONEY AND NICOLAS TELEP Staff Writer and News Text Editor

Centrex Technical Sales, a Virginia-based manufacturing equipment supplier, filed a lawsuit alleging a breach of contract against the Kraft Heinz Company and the City of Kirksville Monday, April 2.

Centrex alleges DS Stainless Process Piping Inc., a subcontractor on the project, failed to pay $191,575.50 for materials manufactured and delivered by Centrex for the project.

Centrex claims the subcontractor was working under the supervision of Kraft Heinz and the City of Kirksville. Centrex is asking for the full amount plus interest and attorney’s fees in the lawsuit.

Dean Snyder Construction, which was the general contractor on the expansion project, is the other named defendant, according to the lawsuit. The five individual members of the Kirksville City Council — Phillip Biston, Richard Detweiler, Chuck Long, Jerry Mills and Rick Steele — are also named in the suit.

The lawsuit was submitted to the Circuit Court of Adair County.

The law firm of McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer L.C., based in Town and Country, Missouri, represents Centrex in the lawsuit. The City of Kirksville will be represented by Kansas City law firm Ensz & Jester P.C. Kirksville Mayor Pro Tem Phillip Biston and Assistant City Manager Ashley Young responded to requests for comment but declined to be interviewed on the topic.

“This is a legal matter and unfortunately the City and City Council were named in the suit,” Biston wrote in an email to The Index. “We are hopeful this matter will be resolved amicably.”

Representatives of Centrex also declined to be interviewed.

Spring 2018 Student Government elections ended this morning.

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DRAM, Fetty Wap play SAB concert

Photos by Daniel Degenhardt/TMN

Top: Audience members wait in Pershing Arena before the start of the Student Activities Board Big Concert on April 14. The event was the first SAB concert to feature predominantly hip-hop artists since B.o.B performed in 2016.

Middle Left: Rapper and singer DRAM performs onstage at Pershing Arena. The German-born artist is known for his hit song “Broccoli.”

Middle Right: The second headlining act was New Jersey-based artist Fetty Wap. He performed his songs “Trap Queen” and “679” at the concert.

Bottom: The concert was open to students and community members. During the past two years, Andy Grammer, Ben Rector and Bowling For Soup have performed in the venue.

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Daymond John of “Shark Tank” speaks at Truman

Above: Entrepreneur Daymond John speaks April 13 in Baldwin Auditorium. John’s appearance was part of the Holman Family Distinguished Speaker Series.

Right: John is the founder of the FUBU apparel company. He is also known for his appearances on the ABC TV show “Shark Tank.”

NEWS IN BRIEF Small Business Week

SHSE Dean

FLATS planning meeting

Kirksville Regional Economic Development Inc. will celebrate Small Business Week April 29 to May 5. Small Business Week is a national program promoted by the U.S. Small Business Administration. KREDI will host events Monday-Friday during that week, highlighting the Square 1 small business incubator Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Jeanne Harding will continue serving as interim dean of the School of Health Sciences and Education for the 2018-19 school year. Harding assumed the position in fall 2017 when the previous dean, Janet Gooch, became executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. A nineperson search committee conducted a search during the 2017-18 school year for a dean to fill the position, but the search was unsuccessful and the committee did not hire anyone to fill the position. The search process will continue while Harding remains interim dean.

Forest Lake Area Trail System, a community volunteer organization working to build a multi-use trail connecting Kirksville and Thousand Hills State Park, will host an open house for planning Wednesday, April 25. FLATS is sharing information on the project and seeking input on the proposed .7-mile section of trail running next to Missouri Street west of Osteopathy Street. The organization will host the event at 5 p.m. at the Adair County Annex Building.

Plaza and fountain to be renovated Truman State University will expand The Mall’s recent renovation by refurbishing the plaza between the Student Union Building and Pickler Memorial Library.

The renovation of the plaza will include the fountain. Students, alumni and community members are able to purchase personalized bricks and pavers for the plaza to help fund the project. Donors can also name items and spaces around the plaza to raise additional money.

Photo by Nicolas Telep/TMN The fountain and plaza outside the Student Union Building will soon be renovated. Personalized bricks and pavers are available for purchase to help fund the project.

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Mental wellness is not a money problem

BY NICOLAS TELEP News Text Editor

By the time you read this column, this year’s student elections are either almost over or already decided. The question of whether to raise the student health fee to increase access to mental health care on campus will be settled. However, if betting were legal on campus, I would put my money on this being settled long before it was even on the ballot.

“Mental health” has become what rhetoricians call a “god term” at Truman State University. It’s powerful and people are moved by it, but nobody really knows what it means. Mental health issues are complicated and — above all — individual. A “mental health problem on campus” is hard to define and even harder to solve, no matter how many answers people say they have.

This is not to say we shouldn’t care about mental wellness on campus. Truman has lost more students to suicide than any community deserves. More students than we would like to admit are miserable. Some are good at hiding it, some are not. Most students would

agree that Truman is a tough school.

But this isn’t something we should make into a competition, and students should remember that. In a community where stories about being an overworked, overtired “Typical Truman Student” have become punchlines, there’s obviously something to be done about the mindset of the campus.

Student Government proposed raising the student health fee by $10 to increase access to psychological or psychiatric care through University Counseling Services, according to the ballot resolution. This seems to be a step in the right direction, but I’m skeptical of how much the increased fee can do.

Dave Rector, vice president for administration, finance and planning, said in an interview for The Index last semester the goal of the University is to keep enrollment around 6,200 students. At roughly these levels, the fee would raise $62,000 for mental health care on Truman’s campus, give or take a few thousand dollars.

Truman could certainly use assistance, but that $62,000 will run out very quickly. Student Government has explored other potential funding sources, such as a

partnership with A.T. Still University, but raising student fees should wait until a solid plan is in place. I know it’s only $10, but if it’s important enough for me to vote on, it’s important enough for me to know exactly where it’s going. Additionally, Student Government seems to be an unnecessary middle-man in this situation.

If the money is eventually going to end up with UCS, I’d like to know why I’m not paying UCS directly. I’m sure there’s a perfectly good explanation, but I’d like to hear that explanation before I vote.

Seriously, if you have an explanation, let me know or write a letter to the editor. I’d like to hear it.

As Truman students, we tend to think more or less as a unit, and that means that mental health issues end up affecting everyone on our campus. Many people have stepped up and asked, “What can we do?” in the face of crisis and suicides.

One particularly good effort I applaud is the Positive Peers support group founded

by Enactus members focusing on mental wellness. This is a constructive act by some committed members of the community to do their part for as many people as they can. This won’t solve every problem

or be the right fit for every individual, but we should not be afraid to seek solutions that acknowledge the differences in our struggles instead of looking for the “magic bullet” solution, where we can pat ourselves on the back and say well done.

It’s easy to get disheartened when the state government has cut our funding to a bare minimum, and the natural reaction might be to call for extra money for those one-size-fits-all solutions. But keep in mind each one of them has their own individual story and their own trials and tribulations you might never understand, but let’s not have stress competitions or try to outdo one another. Let’s work toward the healthy environment we want and deserve.

In case you’ve gotten all the way through this thinking I’m a Truman hater, know that I wouldn’t leave this school except through expulsion or graduation.

I care deeply about this community and all the people here. I want the best for me, for you and for every individual who twists their ankle on our lovely brick sidewalks until Baldwin Hall turns to dust.

Go Bulldogs!

Don’t be surprised Facebook knows you so well

BY ALLYSON LOTZ Webmaster

Last week I took part in the latest fad taking the internet by storm — downloading a folder of all the data Facebook has on me. I’d read several reports of jaw-dropping file sizes with spine-chilling precision of detail, especially from people who thought they’d limited their social media use and protected their data. I, by contrast, am a Facebook addict and make no effort to protect my information beyond a strong password, so I braced myself for the worst.

It took my laptop about 20 minutes to download a 3.4 GB folder of all my data, the largest I’d heard about by a long shot. Most of that 3.4 GB folder consisted of eight years worth of Facebook posts, photos, videos and messages, but that’s not the juicy content I wanted to see. I wanted to pore over the measly 16 KB file titled “ads,” and I wanted to know which companies were stalking me and what they knew about me.

It turns out they know a lot about me, but it’s nothing you couldn’t figure out from reading my Facebook profile. Believe it or not, I talk about the things I like and follow pages and people that also talk about those things. Similarly, many of the companies with my contact information were groups I either currently or pre-

viously liked on Facebook. It makes getting to know me easy for a massive hunk of code like Facebook.

I know I offer myself like a sacrificial lamb to the data gods at Facebook, but I think the average Facebook user is more like me than meets the eye. My feed is full of friends sharing memes, puppies, recipes, politics and much more, all tucked away under “Friends only” privacy settings, as if it’ll protect them from the evil advertisement companies harvesting their data. Nowadays, these friends also post on Facebook how much they value protecting their data, which, ironically, Facebook is keeping in their records and selling to those same companies.

Part of me wants to sympathize with the typical Facebook user. Maybe it’s not fair to judge people for taking a “Friends only” privacy setting at its word or not reading Facebook’s terms and conditions before clicking “I agree.” At the same time, I think it’s incredibly shortsighted for Facebook users to share their lives on the internet and then act surprised when Facebook takes everything they’ve posted and analyzes it. Based on my file, it’s not as if Facebook stores any information outside of their website and operations. It’s not like Facebook is a stalker.

If you’re going to share your life’s story with Facebook, don’t be surprised when Facebook knows you so well. You’re its main source.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Truman is prepared for an active shooter An active shooter incident can happen anywhere at any time. Recent events, such as the Parkland School shooting, remind us of this. In September of 2015, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) produced a short 6 minute video that could save your life. This short video gives you the options you have in responding to an active shooter situation on campus.

Get out. Lock out. Take out. This video can be viewed on the Truman DPS website by clicking on the red “Emergency Procedures” tab at the top left hand side of the page.

Along with this video, all emergency procedure posters on campus reflect the same information on how to respond. Emergency posters are up in all classrooms on campus. Anyone at any time can request an Active Shooter presentation from the Department of Public Safety. On average, we currently present between 10-15 presentations a year on active shooter preparedness to various groups of individuals on campus, including all freshmen and new Faculty & Staff.

Most recently, DPS has also been working in conjunction with Dr.

Janet Gooch in the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Office during the 2017-18 school year on safety information, faculty can provide to students at the beginning of each of their classes on emergency preparedness.

Finally, officers at the DPS train annually on how to respond to active shooter events. I am confident that we are fully prepared to respond quickly to protect the faculty, staff and students at Truman State University in an active shooter event. Your safety is our #1 priority.

As your Director of Public Safety, I want everyone to be mentally prepared for an event like this. Mentally rehearsing what to do can help you react quickly when every second counts.

If anyone would like to request a presentation or has any questions in regard to active shooter preparedness, please contact the DPS at 660-785-4176 or by email at sholzmeier@truman.edu.

BY SARA HOLZMEIER Director of Public Safety

[Our View] We commend Greek Life

Truman State University’s social fraternities and sororities came together this week to raise money for their Greek Week philanthropy. But this year, Greek Life did something a little different and turned its focus toward the community with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program, which sends books through the mail to children from birth to 5 years old. During Greek Week, students raised a record total of $24,500 which will fund the Adair County chapter for two years.

This was the first year Greek Week members hosted a philanthropy event geared specifically toward the community and involved an interactive event to connect with Kirksville youth. Greek Life members have expressed interest in planning future events similar to the ones that occured this year. Unity is a primary function of Greek Week, and we think it is nice to see organizations united for a worthy cause that gives back to the community.

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nity. Because of its status as a collection of social organizations, people tend to assume members just want to party and don’t care about much. Most members of Greek Life are involved in numerous organizations and have personal scholarship and philanthropic goals besides their chapters’.

We, The Index Editorial Board, think Truman’s Greek Life community deserves gratitude and respect following the success of Greek Week 2018. Truman students and Kirksville residents should celebrate bringing increased access to books Kirksville children will have for the next two years.

Those unfair stereotypes and jokes about Greek Life might continue to live in public memory, but Greek Week 2018 has proven mainstream media’s picture of Greek Life members is not wholly representative of Truman’s Greek Life community. Let’s keep in mind there are people everywhere who want to help people in need and make their community a better place. @TrumanMediaNet

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Truman speech and debate at national tournament

BY DANA BARTCH Staff Writer The debate and forensics teams left Tuesday to compete at the 2018 National Championship Tournament in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The national tournament begins today and will wrap up Monday. Forensics Director Chris Outzen said in the past, the debate team has competed well at nationals, but this school year has been strong for the speech team as well. Outzen said he hopes the teams will place in the top 5 again this year.

“I think it’s safe to say I feel good about what we are putting out this year on all of our stuff,” Outzen said. “There’s nothing that I see as a weak point at this moment.”

Since August, the debate and forensics teams have been putting in an average of 4-10 hours per week preparing for tournaments, Outzen said. The teams traveled to 10 tournaments, won three tournaments and the debate team received the title of Missouri Debate Champions for the second year in a row.

Outzen said since he arrived in 2014, the speech team has had greater success, and this year alone the award count is up by 40 percent.

Submitted Photo Members of the Truman Forensic Union pose after the conclusion of the Missouri Association of Forensic Activities tournament in February at Truman State University. The team travels to Wisconsin this week to compete at a collegiate national tournament.

TIME CAPSULE | Ryle Hall Council gathering items GREEK | Record year for for time capsule to be opened in half-century philanthropy fundraising Continued from page 1

Photo by Nicolas Telep/TMN Students on the Ryle Hall Council are putting together items for a time capsule, which will be opened during the 2067-68 school year. The enclosed items will be revealed at the convocation ceremony during the first week of the fall 2018 semester.

Continued from page 1 “They ask us a bunch of questions to gauge exactly what we’re asking money for and how it will benefit the campus,” Duffy said. “So Res Life wanted to know how it drove communities together, how it would be inclusive and diverse, and how many students would be impacted by this.”

Ryle Hall Director Laina Porter said if the council runs out of options for funding, they might meet with Thomas again to look at more options. “[Thomas] was very supportive of the project and told us if we ran into any hiccups to reach out to her,” Porter said.

Porter said the project will cost about $800, with the Amish Handcrafted maple trunk being the most expensive part at about $700.

Phillips said the council told Truman organizations involved in the project they might need to send in $5 to help with expenses, but so far that money has not been collected.

“That was just a precautionary measure for if we didn’t get all of our grants,” Phillips said.

Porter also said other expenses will include plaques for the organizations that contributed, the scrapbook

— which will include a page for each organization with photos, quotes or mission statements they feel best represents their group — and a special lock for the trunk.

Porter said the plan is for the time capsule keys to be put in a picture frame and hung in the President’s office or in the reception area of the President’s office.

She said they are still in the process of negotiating a place to keep the trunk until it is opened in the future.

“It looks like, at least for a period of time, it is going to be in the library, so that way students can look at it,” Porter said.

Porter said the library has special rules about what can be placed there and for how long.

“Our hope is that once it’s opened, the contents of it will be displayed in the visitor’s center, but that’s kind of a hard thing to negotiate when most of us are not going to be here in Kirksville in 50 years,” Porter said.

Porter said she maintains an advisory role in the project while allowing the students to take the lead.

Duffy said Ryle Hall Council thought it was important to do the time capsule now because it is Truman’s 150th anniversary.

“We really want to showcase what this school year looks like and what it means to us,” Duffy said.

Barkofske said this year’s Greek Week paid special attention to the relationship between Truman State University and Kirksville through its events.

“I definitely saw the connection on the event that we had Monday which was a spring festival,” Barkofske said. “We invited elementary school kids to campus to come and play games, have food, hang out and have games with college kids versus Kirksville kids.

It was a blast, I mean, it was a great event that went better than any of us could have ever imagined it.”

Schlichting said this program was important because it had many studies showing just having more books in the home increased children’s literacy levels all the way until eighth grade. She said it gives the caregiver and child more interaction and strengthens the bonds between them.

With this being Schlichting’s final Greek Week before graduation, she said she hoped this year’s Greek Week would be used as a model for future events.

Schlichting said the spring festival was the first interactive philanthropy event between the University and the Kirksville community, and Greek Life is hoping to continue doing events like it because of how successful it was.

Senior Stephanie Best, Greek Week public relations chair, said Greek Week is meant to uphold four pillars — integrity, scholarship, leadership and commitment.

Best said Greek Life members encompass these qualities the whole week and beyond in their everyday life.

“That’s one of the things I like about Greek Week,” Best said. “Not only does it bring this camaraderie of all the Greeks together, but it shows the outside community that raising money and philanthropy and service is such an important part of what we do, even though we are social sororities and fraternities — that [for] a lot of us, that philanthropy and service is one of the big elements that we choose to join.”

Best said Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library changed the focus of this year’s Greek Week because it was a local philanthropy as opposed to a national or international one. She said the community will be able to see the actual impact of their efforts.

“From my own experiences, I’ve seen that Adair County, especially with the kids, there’s a lot of need for support to help them grow their education,” Best said. “So I think just having the ability to gain access to books just once a month right to their door is just a great opportunity for them.”

calendar Gluten Free Vegetarian Prep “American Promise” screening April 19 April 19 1-5 p.m.

6 p.m.

SUB Georgian Rooms SUB Activities Room

Drag Queen Performance April 19 7 p.m.

Baldwin Auditorium

Truman State University’s Student Activities Board will host an event for students to prepare one of four different meals to store in a jar and take home to cook later. All meal options will be gluten free and vegetarian.

Students can decorate their jars before taking them home.

Truman State University’s Department of Education and the Association of Black Collegians will host a screening of the film “American Promise.” The event is part of the Master of Arts in Education Film Series. A discussion will follow the film. Refreshments will be available, and there will be door prizes for attendees.

Truman State University’s Student Activities Board will host a performance by drag queens Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Alyssa Edwards. Both have been featured on the television show RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for the event are available for free until 3:30 p.m. today at the SAB office in the Student Union Building.

Illusionist Mike Bliss April 20 9 p.m.

SUB Hub

Rotaract Dance-a-thon April 21 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

SUB Down Under

Remembrance Gathering April 24 3 p.m.

SUB Alumni Room

The Center for Student Involvement will host a performance by Mike Bliss, an illusionist, comedian, magician and juggler from Branson, Missouri. Bliss will perform mind reading and a rope escape during the performance. Bliss has been featured on the TV shows “America’s Got Talent” and “30 Seconds to Fame.” The performance is free for everyone.

Rotaract’s 12-hour dance-a-thon will feature music from different generations and genres. Rotaract is an international youth affiliate of Rotary International. Admission is $5 for dancers and $2 for general admission.

Proceeds will benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Snacks will be provided throughout the event.

A group of Truman State University students will host an event honoring students who died during the 2017-18 school year.

The event will focus on the lives of Rachel Morris and Maya Warr. Residence Life will sponsor the event.

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Former presidents return for 150th

Photos submitted by Timothy Barcus

Top Left: Truman State University President Sue Thomas speaks at the Sesquicentennial Presidential Celebration Saturday, April 13 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. Thomas and five former University presidents were in attendance, and representatives of the other 11 former presidents joined them onstage.

Above: Troy Paino, former Truman State University President and current University of Mary WashingtonPresident, takes a selfie with his newly-unveiled Presidential portrait. The portrait is displayed along with portraits of all other past presidents in Pickler Memorial Library.

Bottom Left: Paino speaks to the audience at the portrait unveiling in the Student Union Building. The Presidential Celebration and the unveilling of the portrait were part of a series of events throughout the academic year celebrating the University’s 150th anniversary.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered RAIL offers American Sign Language class to Kirksville community

BY JUSTIN NEWTON Staff Writer It is a natural instinct to want to know the unknown. Close your eyes and attempt to understand the world of a blind person. In a similar way, we put on noise canceling headphones just to get a glimpse of the world of a deaf person. We struggle to imagine a world where the only way to hear what someone is saying is to visually experience their thoughts, however, sign language does just that for someone who has experienced hearing loss or is completely deaf.

For the last several weeks, Rural Advocates for Independent Living has been hosting a class on sign language.

RAIL is an organization that assists people with disabilities live independently in their own homes. The class is taught by Waneta Tilinski, who has taught sign language to various groups in Kirksville for many years. Tilinski looked rather petite sitting in the big leather chair in the RAIL meeting room, but

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her enthusiasm for sign language is anything but small. Whether teaching to children in Kirksville High School, homeschoolers or the assortment of people who attend the class at RAIL, Tilinski brings her passion for sign language to every classroom.

Tilinski graduated from Truman State University. While she was here, she studied Special Education. She said she took what Truman offered in sign language, but it was only two courses. Tilinski said two of her cousins inspired her to learn sign language. Both are deaf, and their experience was formative for Tilinski. She said one grew up with parents who discouraged her from learning sign language, fearing it could prevent her from learning to interact with people who did not know it. As a result, Ti-

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linksi said, that cousin had trouble keeping up in class.

Although sign language is often thought of with deafness, it has other uses. Tillinkski said it can be useful for communication within the deaf and hard of hearing communities as well as with people who have difficulties speaking, like those with cerebral palsy.

“I think it’s more than just another language, more than just something fun,” Tillinski said.

In addition to managing the RAIL office, Adam Keim, office manager for RAIL in Kirksville, is taking the sign language class himself.

He said RAIL has used fliers to announce the class in the past, but chose a different avenue this time. He contacted United States Department of Agriculture and Kirksville Chamber of Commerce representatives, who sent out mass emails to the Kirksville community.

“We had kind of an overwhelming response compared to previous years,” Keim said. “...

I had talked to the instructor, and she didn’t want to take any more than 15 on and, at that time that we spoke, I’d already had 17 sign up ...”

Keim said there is a full waitlist for the fall, meaning any additional students might have to wait until next spring.

Keim said his experience with the class was a tad overwhelming.

He said it is a hard language to learn, but he could practice it more in the evenings.

“Waneta starts right at 5:30 [p.m.] no matter what, and she does a chapter about every 30 minutes, so that gives us two chapters to go over within the hour,” Keim said.

He added if a student wants to take their workbook home throughout the course of the class they can.

Like Tilinski, Keim was inspired to learn sign language by members of his family.

“I have a sister-inlaw that is fluent in [sign language], and she has twins that she uses it with constantly, and I want to be able to eventually teach my nieces and nephews sign language myself or use it with them,” Keim said. “I think it’s a good skill to have in this day and age.”

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Daughters receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education

BY AURA MARTIN Staff Writer

“I think students recognize the energy he puts into the classes,” anthropology professor Amber Johnson said.

“They also appreciate the investment he puts into the students individually and the opportunities he presents for them to learn some things they may not learn somewhere else.”

Anton Daughters, assistant professor of anthropology, received Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education by the Student Senate at Truman State University. This award is a statewide recognition of a faculty member who has been recognized by his or her own institution. It was students who decided Daughters deserved this award, making it more meaningful for the faculty and departments involved.

Growing up in Chile and the United States made Daughters interested in examining cultural differences, which was what drew him to anthropology.

Johnson said Daughters has been innovative in the classroom. When he teaches comparative cultures, he invites international students at Truman to come and talk about their home countries, and students respond with essays comparing and contrasting the cultures.

He also likes to incorporate games in the classroom, especially for exams, such as the slap board game. In this game, students are divided into two groups, and they have to run up to the board that has the names of people that will appear on the exam, and they have to be the first to hit it. It is a great way for students to get engaged and really think about what they are learning in class, Johnson said.

Daughters has also set up a system

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Anton Daughters (far right), assistant professor of anthropology, receives the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education from University President Sue Thomas and Elizabeth Clark, Dean of the School of Social and Cultural Studies. The award was given to Daughters at the Governor’s Award Luncheon 2018. of fun.”

Daughters currently has two research tracks, one about the Hopi Native American tribe during Spanish colonization and another about island communities in Southern Chile. The first project is translating Spanish co-

His research includes field work and spending time with people there. He also brings several students every other year for a study abroad program in Chile.

Senior Alex Vietor has taken several classes with Daughters and has known him since her freshman year.

She remembered that his lectures were engaging and easy to follow along. Currently, she serves as his

works hard at balancing teaching and his own research projects, Vietor said.

“There is an ease of communication with his students, making it so that you want to learn the information and retain that information,” Vietor said.

Vietor also said Daughters is a great professor because he likes to see people learn and hopefully look at the world in ways they haven’t before. He

feels proactive because every “dayTeaching I’m engaging people under different contexts because of the varying coursework. It’s very rewarding work and it’s a lot of fun.

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Truman State University senior Jonas Chang chops wood with an axe on the December 2016 trip to Chile. Daughters grew up in both Chile and the United States and likes comparing the two cultures in his research. where students can earn tokens and buy trinkets from his anthropological travels.

Daughters additionally serves on the Undergraduate Council, Honor Scholar Program and Folklore Committee for the folklore minor, and he helped start the Latin American studies minor.

Daughters said he enjoys teaching because he has constant interaction and engagement with people who are smart and usually interested in the material.

“Teaching feels proactive because every day I’m engaging people under different contexts because of the varying coursework,” Daughters said.

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lonial documents from the 1600s and 1700s that talk about the Hopi. He and several colleagues are translating those primary sources into English and putting them together into two volumes. The project also includes interviews with Hopi elders about their oral history and collective memory.

The first volume is “Moquis and Kastiilam: Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History, Volume I, 1540-1679,” and the second volume is underway.

The second research track is looking at rural communities on the islands of Southern Chile called the Archipelago of Chiloé. His work is trying to understand how these communities are navigating the big economic changes of the last 40 years.

teaching assistant.

Vietor thinks Daughters deserved the award because he is an outstanding professor. She said he makes an effort to engage students by asking questions in class that make them really think about the topics discussed.

He makes sure he’s available during office hours for students to talk about projects, assignments or anything they might need. He shows an interest in the work students are doing, and he

Students gaze out at the coast on a trip to Archipelago of Chiloé in Southern Chile. Daughters frequently takes students with him on trips to Chile to do research.

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No. 5: Don’t sit directly in front of someone

There’s few things worse than someone deciding to plonk down right in front of you in an empty movie theater. Don’t obscure the view. Don’t be impolite.

Find somewhere else to sit if possible.

No. 4: Don’t chew with your mouth open

People go to the movie theater to be whisked away to another time and place not to listen to an uncaring moviegoer disgustingly chomp pieces of popcorn or candy. Noisily slurping drinks is also frowned upon.

No. 3: Don’t talk to people during the movie This isn’t a football game. Nobody needs your commentary. The movie has plenty of that already. Also, whatever is needed can surely wait an hour.

strives to have students further their understanding and appreciation of different cultures through exposure to new concepts and ways of thinking about them.

“He helps students recognize that they can use these different perspectives in their daily lives,” Vietor said.

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No. 2: Don’t leave behind a heap of trash in your aisle Please, please, please try to clean up after yourself, at least a little. During a busy day at the theater, employees often scramble to pick up trash in a timely manner. When each auditorium looks like a garbage dump, it creates stress for employees and annoyance for the next batch of viewers.

No. 1: Don’t be rude to employees

Employees don’t set the prices. They’re working as fast as they can. It’s pointless to take your anger and frustration out on people who are simply trying to make money. Employees lead interesting lives and, honestly, don’t appreciate insults much at all.

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“A Quiet Place” is a fear-incuding thrill ride

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This movie gets 4.5/5 dining hall mint wrappers

BY GORDON MCPHERSON Staff Writer John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” will make viewers grip their armrests with fear like no other film released in 2018 so far.

Set in rural, post-apocalyptic New York in the year 2020, most of Earth’s population has been killed by fearsome monsters that hunt entirely through sound. Any verbal speech, heavy footstep or sudden clang will send them sprinting, full speed, toward the sound’s location, spelling death for the unfortunate souls they meet upon arrival. Lee Abbott, played by Krasinski, his wife Evelyn, played by Emily Blunt, and their three kids try their best to survive, given their life-and-death circumstances. They’ve established certain techniques to ensure their survival, including communicating through sign language and laying down sand paths to minimize the sounds of their footsteps. However, it’s impossible to live in complete silence. These creatures are crafty and bloodthirsty, stalking their prey with menace before exploding in brutal flurries of animalistic carnage.

Despite a ridiculous premise, “A Quiet Place” features some of the most frighteningly tense scenes put to the silver screen in quite some time. The film targets a universal sense of fear and suspense that will leave audience members glued to their seats, wholly enveloped in the onscreen intensity.

The movie’s effective nature is largely from the well-developed characters and Krasinski’s impressive filmmaking.

Krasinski’s determined, empathetic Lee will do anything to ensure his family’s survival. Every risk he takes is to help his family live to see another day. Krasinski gives a powerhouse performance, speaking volumes with meaningful facial expressions without relying on dialogue. His chemistry with Blunt’s character feels authentic, as they are an actual couple offscreen.

It’s impossible for viewers not to sympathize with Blunt’s character. Evelyn does whatever she can to let her children live a normal, ordinary life. It’s touching and heartbreaking to see a character trying to make the best of a horribly dangerous situation.

The children are entirely convincing and easy to empathize with. The film

perfectly conveys horror and desolation through these characters’ young, innocent eyes. Millicent Simmonds, who portrays the deaf Regan Abbott is also deaf in real life. This lends her performance an extra layer of authenticity.

Krasinski often ingeniously shows the world through her perspective, ratcheting up suspense by eliminating sound.

Contrary to other contemporary horror films, “A Quiet Place” is principally about one family trying to survive. The film stresses the importance of family and love over everything else. The most emotional moments of the film feature the characters interacting with each other as a family unit, sometimes around a dinner table or embracing. These peaceful, heartfelt moments build viewers’ attachment to this family, making it all the more distressing when they’re in mortal danger.

Sound plays a monumental role in “A Quiet Place,” becoming a character in itself. The film’s sound design is impeccable, creating a juxtaposition between silence and noise different than most others in the genre. Everything viewers need to know is shown through characters’ expressions and actions. It’s wonderful to see a film respect the audience in this way. Every scene and every second serves a purpose in developing characters and building suspense.

The only notable flaws in “A Quiet Place” have to do with a few unnecessary jump scares too similar to other horror films. There’re only so many times I can see a hand lurch from a shadow before I get annoyed.

Without spoiling anything, I would have also appreciated a stronger resolution with one more scene. As it stands, the ending feels somewhat abrupt.

Unfortunately, as is too often the case in modern movie theaters, some people find the need to add their own, personal soundtrack and commentary to the film they’re watching. As much of “A Quiet Place” is without spoken dialogue, the rustle of a candy wrapper, an obnoxious snicker or dropped iPhone will break viewers’ immersion in the film, creating potential hostility in the theater. As a result, whether or not viewers have a fulfilling experience watching “A Quiet Place” will largely be determined by the manners of other audience members.

If watching with a crowd who respects artfully crafted cinema, the film offers a fully transportive, stunningly realized work of white-knuckled terror and entertainment that shouldn’t be missed.

Alumnus returns to discuss writing inspirations

BY AURA MARTIN Staff Writer

Growing up in Columbia, Missouri, Philip Schaefer spent his summers in Current River where he camped, swam and hung out with his friends.

He said he now realizes the way he grew up plays a role in where he lives today, which is one of the writing topics Schaefer pursues.

He studied at Truman State University and then took off to Nashville, then spent several years in Chicago where he worked nights at bars and restaurants and wrote in the mornings. He attempted several types of writing, but poetry became his go-to.

“It felt less like a choice and more like a muse pulling my hair and saying, ‘You’re coming this way,’” Schaefer said.

He said it was really formative, and that is why he started to appreci-

until his junior year that he decided to pursue creative writing.

He took a poetry course with Joe Benevento, professor of English, who introduced Schaefer to a lot of classical and contemporary poets. The creative writing classes that really got under his skin were with English professor Jamie D’Agostino.

“I really just latched on to [D’Agostino’s] voice, his style of teaching, his poetic engagement and use of language that just seemed natural to him, like he didn’t have to think about what he was saying,” Schaefer said. “It was just really a part of his presence, and I was just completely enthralled with it.”

D’Agostino also introduced him to tons of poets, including Mary Ruefle, Tony Hoagland, Mark Yakich, Robert Bly and Robert Hass. Ruefle was the first person who used language in a way Schaefer didn’t understand, but

found inspiration everywhere. From my days “inIMissouri to Chicago to out here in Montana to the nine corners of my imagination. ” - Philip Schaefer

ate and invest himself in nature. He said living in Montana has given him time and distance to reflect on Missouri life and how it has shaped who he is and where he is now.

When he was a Truman student, he majored in philosophy and religion with an English minor. It wasn’t

Philip Schaefer published his first book of poetry, “Bad Summon,” in August 2017. Schaefer says he is currently working on writing his next book of poetry, “Salvation Party.”

he fell in love with it because it was so alluring. Schaefer said she had the ability to captivate him through association and strong image without giving an explanation. That connection continues through his work.

“I find that the senses are the most basic sort of primordial way of understanding our existence, and I hone in on the visual, the tactile, the things you can smell and taste, all of that, in a way that I take pleasure in,” Schaefer said. “I think it’s a way we can relate to each other without necessarily having to extract some particular meaning or some sort of acute interpretation of the text.”

Those ideas followed Schaefer after he graduated Truman in 2008. He took time away from academics when he moved to Nashville for a year, before moving to Chicago. He had been in Chicago for four years when he decided to apply to graduate schools for writing. He was accepted into the University of Montana in Missoula, where he still lives. He is a bartender and works at a distillery and a restaurant in town. He hopes to one day open up his own restaurant.

Schaefer found his writing voice by reading, listening, workshopping and viewing other people’s work. He juggled writing poetry and working full-time. Schaefer also leads several community poetry workshops that

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Alumnus Philip Schaefer is coming to Truman State University next week to read his poetry and give writing advice. Schaefer draws from his many experiences in the many places he has lived to craft his writing. focus on generating material, editing and staying as weird as possible. He said, in that way, one can remain a few feet outside of one’s own headspace. That was what he strove for when he wrote his own poetry, and those poems eventually led to his first published book of poetry, “Bad Summon,” which was released Aug. 1, 2017.

“I found inspiration everywhere,” Schaefer said. “From my days in Missouri to Chicago to out here in Montana to the nine corners of my imagination.”

Schaefer is currently shopping around his second manuscript, “Salvation Party,” which takes places in Montana and Missouri. He said poetry doesn’t take place — it takes over places, it is the place and it wears the geographical face.

Schaefer suggests reading a lot, even if the books are difficult and

confusing at first. He recommends finding trustworthy readers to provide feedback and not be afraid to remove things that don’t work. He also said writers should learn to accept rejection because it is part of the writing world.

“I say that you have to be persistent and you have to wear those rejections and failures like badges and keep going forward,” Schaefer said. “But, ultimately, trust yourself, be confident, but also know that it’s hard and long, and it’s a sacred thing that is meant for you and to keep that close by.”

Schaefer will read selected poems from “Bad Summon” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26 in the Student Union Building Activities Room.

“Truth to Music: We Owe Reality Nothing,” a craft talk, will take place at 12:30 p.m. the following day in the SUB Activities Room.

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Questions on The Quad Do you prefer dogs or cats?

Fetty Wap and DRAM came to Truman last weekend. What musical artist would you like to see Truman bring in the future?

“I prefer cats because, I don’t know, I like having to earn affection whereas I think a dog just automatically loves you.”

“My friends have told me that I make everyone listen to my terrible folk music, so I probably wouldn’t want to subject everyone else to that. My favorite artist is Ben Howard, but he lives in England, so I have no suggestions.”

“I’m an English major, so yeah, I like to read. I’m kind of on a Stephen King kick right now.”

“Dogs because dogs really love you. They’re a lot nicer than cats.”

“It’d be cool if Twenty One Pilots came here just because it’d bring a lot of people, and I’d like to see them … I don’t think they’d come to Truman. They might go to like Columbia, though, maybe.”

“I haven’t read in a really long time.

I would say I don’t really know if I like to read because I never do it. When I was younger I was definitely against reading — I never read a book in my English class in high school, and I just didn’t want to do it, but I’ve definitely read a few books that I love like, I love Harry Potter, so I guess it just has to be the storyline … ”

“Definitely dogs because I think cats are pretty unfriendly most of the time. It depends on what dog, but I think cats shed more, and I think dogs are more friendly and fun, and I feel like they always have a smile on their face.”

Do you like to read? If so, what kinds of things do you like to read and what platforms do you read them on?

“I like physical books and audio books. I hate Kindles. My favorite genre is horror. I like to keep myself on my toes.”

Maria Mense, freshman

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Emily LaMarche, senior

“I do like to read. I like to read more fictional, drama stuff, so like things that’d I’d watch on TV.”

“I prefer dogs. I’ve always liked dogs more than cats. They’re just more friendly, and you can play with them outside, and you can’t really do that as much with a cat.”

“If budget was not an issue, Ellie Goulding would be cool, or Lana Del Rey, but she would never come here.”

“I like country music, so any country singer, I’m not picky. Well, Carrie Underwood, but I feel like that’d be very hard.”

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Barmettler’s enduring passion

BY KENNEDY MARTIN Staff Writer

Senior Nicolle Barmettler’s love for golf has not always been present. It took a lot of time and practice to get to where she is now.

Consistent is the word golf head coach Clint Fitzpatrick used to describe Barmettler’s game. Last weekend, she proved that when she took home first-place honors for the third time in her career and second time this season.

Barmettler finished with a score of 146, which was two strokes better than second place. On day one, she tied her personal-low single round score of 72 and came within one stroke of her previousbest tournament score. These numbers came during University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Triton Invitational where Truman State University placed fourth out of 14 teams with a two-day score of 649.

It was during her four years of high school golf when her love for the game and her skill drastically took off. Encouraged by her father to play golf, Barmettler began playing as a little girl in her hometown of Park City, Utah. It was not until she and her family moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and Barmettler began high school that she became serious about the game. Her team placed second at the state tournament during program’s first year and Barmettler, a freshman at the time, fell in love.

After that, golf became addicting for Barmettler because of the constant internal motivation to improve. It was her sophomore year of high school, though, when she realized she couldn’t stop playing the game. However, Barmettler had to take this second year off to recover from back surgery to correct scoliosis.

“Golf was pretty much all I thought about while recovering from surgery,” Barmettler said. “And I am so grateful that I was still able to play after that. My team won the state championship that year, and as I was watching and unable to play, I realized how passionate I was about golf and that I never wanted to stop playing.”

Even though her love for golf is strong, she admits it can be hard at times, but that’s why she calls the game her magnet.

“Golf can be so frustrating because I can’t always control what happens during a round,” Barmettler said. “I can make great ball contact the whole round

Submitted Photos Senior Nicolle Barmettler poses after winning University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Triton Invitational. The Utah native started playing golf in high school and became addicted to it, resulting in her joining and leading the Bulldogs. and still not score well. No matter what, there is always room for improvement.

No matter how well I play, I can almost always think of a few putts that I could have made or a bad drive that led to a bogie. That’s what always keeps me coming back for more.”

This magnetic force drove her to Truman, where her sister was attending school and playing for the golf team.

Since she already knew the coach and a lot of the women on the team, she knew it was a program of great people that she would want to be a part of.

Now Barmettler has three first place finishes under her belt as a Bulldog.

Going out with a bang for her senior year, she has placed top 5 in all tournaments but two, and in those two she took sixth place.

Fitzpatrick attributes Barmettler’s and the team’s success to senior leadership.

“Nicolle and the seniors … they set the tone,” Fitzpatrick said. “They know how to work hard, and they get along well together. They always root for each other.”

Fellow senior Amanda Ressel, who came in 64th with a two-day score of 195, attested to this statement with her excitement for teammate Barmettler for taking first at the invitational. Ressel had nothing but kind words to say about her teammate and the leadership role Barmettler has grown into.

Ressel said Barmettler’s attitude and example make a tremendous impact on the team. She said she is always the person who stays positive even when uncontrollable things like the weather are not in their favor. She said it’s not just with golf though, it’s in all aspects of her life, from golf to school to extracurriculars.

“She’s the type of person who when you get to know her, you know she’s go-

ing to make a difference in this world with her work ethic, compassion and integrity,” Ressel said.

Barmettler said she is excited to finish her senior year with conference play around the corner. She said she has faith in her team’s ability to do well at the conference tournament and make the regional tournament.

She said though there is a lot of pressure to perform well, she and her team can only continue to work hard and stay focused.

“I am definitely going to miss golf,” Barmettler said. “The past four years went by so fast, and they have been a rollercoaster of emotions, but I would not change anything. I am so grateful for the lifelong friendships I’ve made on this team, and I have learned so much about myself as an athlete and a person.”

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so she said the goal is to iron out those details in the next few weeks in preparation for conference.

Though Stewart has made improvements in shot put since last indoor season, Hardesty said he will still have to refine the timing of his release in the ring.

Hardesty said despite the bad weather and a few throwing event cancellations this spring, Stewart has been having a great outdoor season thus far.

“He has been throwing pretty consistently this season,” Hardesty said.

“We’ve had three meets so far, and he’s had PR’s in the shot put at two of them. He’s only been able to throw hammer twice, but has started off right where he left off last year, so that’s a positive.

Stewart said setting personal bests has been great, especially because he has been developing technique this season. He said he still has big goals in mind for the conference meet.

“Some goals are to maybe take top three in conference in hammer and maybe top five in shot put,” Stewart said. “I think that would be great and get some good points for the team.”

The Bulldogs compete today in Lawrence, Kansas, at the Kansas Relays.

Stewart and the team will then have two more meets next week to improve their personal bests before the GLVC Championships in May.

Stewart named outdoor athlete of week

Senior Sam Stewart releases the shot put during a throw. He has big conference goals in mind despite setting numerous personal records already.

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Last week, Truman State University senior thrower Sam Stewart picked up his first GLVC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week honor after winning the hammer throw and shot put events at the Central Methodist Invitational.

Stewart became the first Bulldog athlete to win this title since alumnus Dominic Kacich two years ago. He won the hammer throw by 1 inch at 162-2, but he had more breathing room during the shot put event at 49-3 3/4, winning by more than three feet. He was responsible for two of three Bulldog throwing victories, contributing to the men’s firstplace finish.

Stewart currently sits at seventh in the GLVC rankings for shot put at 49-3 3/4 and sixth in the hammer throw at 167 feet with his mark at the Central College Dutch Invitational.

Stewart said the field athlete of the week award came as bit of a shock because he was unaware he was nominated.

He said it’s an honor to even be considered, and winning has given him motivation moving forward in the season.

Leslie Hardesty, assistant track and field coach and throwing coach, said Stewart has been working on a new wind up in the hammer throw to generate more speed going into the first turn,

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RENAULT | After overcoming injuries in her first two seasons, Renault hits her groove and sets sights on new personal records each meet

Submitted Photo Junior Elle Renault takes her approach in a javelin throw. Renault achieved personal best throws in both of Truman State University’s first meets.

BASKETBALL | Men search for new hire

Continued from page 14 Truman Athletics Director Jerry Wollmering said the athletic department opened the position the day before Foster publicly announced his resignation.

Wollmering said word got out, and news of the open position spread quickly. Wollmering said his office was bombarded with inquiries by more than 100 interested coaches, although, not all officially applied.

“Obviously, people see the success, and it sparks their interest,” Wollmering said.

“There was still a lot of interest when we hired Matt Woodley and Chris Foster, but still, from coast to coast, people are inquiring about the position. There’s a lot of respect for Truman as a university.

Plus, five straight 20-win seasons and two straight NCAA appearances is obviously attractive to coaches … It speaks well of Truman State that a lot of people would like to come here and be our head coach.”

Wollmering said the athletic department is currently narrowing the field, but the application process will not officially close until someone is hired.

Because many of the applicants have coaching positions elsewhere, Wollmering said Truman Athletics is keeping candidate information private.

Wollmering said they hope to select and announce a new head coach before the end of the spring semester.

The Bulldogs graduated only two

“It speaks well of Truman State that a lot of people would like to come here and be our head coach.”

-Truman Athletics Director Jerry Wollmering seniors and one member of the starting lineup from the 2017-18 roster, and eight upperclassmen will lead the team next season.

“All of the seniors for next year just want to keep everyone positive and continue to work towards the goals we know we can reach,” Green said. “I feel like all the experience we have coming back will really help us in the long run. We have a culture in this program that was established before we even got here. We just need to continue with that moving forward.”

Continued from page 14 Renault said she will continue to improve as long as she maintains good form and keeps a clear mind when she throws.

She said she is excited every time she approaches the foul line and has to calm herself down with a prayer. The same method helps her to remain focused in volleyball, even after a mistake.

Renault’s throwing teammates also have a calming effect on her because she said they act like a family, yet they are constantly pushing on another to be better.

“I throw like 127.7 [feet], and I was like, ‘Nope, it’s not,’” Renault said. “‘It’s not 130 [feet]. It’s not 140 [feet]. Nope, it’s not good enough.’ I always want to keep that mindset.”

Leslie Hardesty, assistant track and field and throwing coach, said she has seen a difference in Renault’s approach to this season. Because of last season’s obstacles, Hardesty said Renault seemed to have more anxiety but now has more confidence with everything in the past.

Hardesty said the two early personal bests show there is no longer any hesitation in Renault’s throws, and Renault said she firmly thinks she can reach goals and expectations.

“We try to go for a big peak at conference, or as close to the conference meet as we can,” Hardesty said. “So, right now, she’s on target.”

Hardesty said reaching that peak in the javelin is no small feat. Of all the throwing events, she said the javelin is the most brutal on the body as the throwing motion taxes the body, especially the joints. For this reason, Hardesty said the javelin throwers have a completely different weekly program from other throwers that includes more cardio and less throwing.

At the surface, Hardesty said the arm mechanics of a javelin thrower can resemble those of a baseball pitcher, but she said the overall process is different. After a javelin thrower runs up to the foul line, Hardesty said athletes have to bring the implement completely behind their head and twist their body sideways before they can actually plant their foot to make the throw.

She said it takes many repetitions to build muscle memory and become accustomed to it.

TENNIS | Seniors reflect on career after final home match Continued from page 14 As for her other family, Schlichting said she was so excited to play, but undoubtedly, she and her doubles partner, junior Maura Dunn, were a bit emotional and had to make sure to keep it lighthearted during the match.

“When the last point was played, I was very sad,” Schlichting said.

“Hugs from all of my teammates, coaches and parents did not make it any easier.”

“Memories of fun practices, unforgettable bus rides, restaurants and matches seemed to play like a movie reel inside my head. When it was time to play, I didn’t realize how much of a feeling of home those courts brought to me.”

-Senior Brian LaValle Schlichting said she is proud of the way the seniors changed the mentality of their teams this year.

In the past, she said the team was discouraged by their underdog status against top-ranked teams.

Schlichting said she enjoyed playing with this year’s team as it had more confidence because of all of its newcomers.

Schlichting said all three seniors hope the intensity level will remain that way for years to come.

She said she is proud of the legacy she will leave behind on the court and the impact she made in her teammates’ lives.

“I want them to remember that I did my best to lead by example and always had those high expectations for myself and the rest of them,” Schlichting said. “I also want them to be haunted by my voice yelling at them whenever they try to skip out on sprints at next year’s practices.”

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Submitted Photo Senior Paul Province tosses up a serve. Province is one of two seniors on the Truman State University’s men’s team While Schlichting’s teammates made Senior Day such a special day for her, she couldn’t help being sad because she doesn’t want to be done yet. Schlichting said she was fighting back tears while battling tough opponents. She said she will cherish her Senior Day memories because of all the support shown by friends, family and teammates.

LaValle said he hopes his legacy centers on dedication and work ethic that inspired his teammates to be the best players and people they can be. He said there are so many unforgettable memories, but one of his most memorable was while competing in a two-day tournament in Quincy, Illinois.

“It was my first tournament in college, and I got to compete as a freshman alongside Paul Province,” LaValle said. “At the time,

I hadn’t realized that Paul would grow to be one of my very best friends. As for the tournament, we would start extremely far behind in every match, but manage to pull out a win at the end. I remember feeling the joy as we played out the very last point, winning the tournament and receiving our Flight 3 victory awards.”

LaValle said his feelings during Senior Day were hard to describe.

“As I ran my very last team warm up, I began to relive every memory I had on the courts,” LaValle said.

“I couldn’t believe how fast my four years on the team have flown by. Memories of fun practices, unforgettable bus rides, restaurants and matches seemed to play like a movie reel inside my head. When it was time to play, I didn’t realize how much of a feeling of home those courts brought to me.”

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

The Index

Bats bust out in losses

BY PAUL PROVINCE Staff Writer

Spring sports are in full swing, including Truman State University’s baseball team. The Bulldogs faced off against Quincy University last weekend, with doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs took one of the four games against their third consecutive top-3 team in their conference division.

The Bulldogs took the first game on Friday with a score of 10-4. The Bulldogs’ flurry of strong at-bats, including redshirt freshman infielder Dan Ampleman’s third-inning home run and junior first baseman Charlie Kreh’s four-RBI outing, supported senior pitcher Kent Frantz’s fourth win of the season and third conference win. The Bulldogs did not fare as well in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader. Game two was tied 1-1 in the second inning, only for Quincy to claim a 6-1 lead by the sixth inning, eventually winning 8-2.

“Quincy is a really good team, and we knew that going into the weekend,” freshman pitcher Ben Fugitt said. “Our two games on Friday were really close, and we came out with the win in game one. Kent Frantz pitched great, and Charlie

Redshirt freshman infielder Dan Ampleman homered to begin the scoring.

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19 thursday Track and Field TBA in Lawrence, Kan. at Kansas Relays

Softball 2 p.m. in Springfield, Ill. vs. University of Illinois -Springfield — Doubleheader

21 saturday Softball Noon in Kirksville, Mo. vs. Lewis University — Doubleheader Baseball Noon in Kirksville, Mo. vs. University of Missouri-St. Louis — Doubleheader Photos by Kara Mackenzie/TMN Senior pitcher Kent Frantz throws a pitch in game one. Frantz recorded his fifth consecutive start with about seven innings and three earned runs.

Kreh performed well at the plate for us, too.”

Unlike the previous two top-3 division opponents — Drury University and Maryville University — Quincy went into the series with a top-2 pitching staff in the conference. In fact, the Hawks were one of two conference staffs with team ERAs under 4.00.

On Saturday, the ’Dogs faced the Quincy Hawks once more. Truman’s offense showed up again in game one, building up a 5-0 lead after its first trip through the lineup. The Hawks answered with two multiple-run innings, winning 9-7.

The second game was not as close as the first, as Quincy took a 7-3 lead by the fourth inning and extended it to 13-3 in the fifth, including six runs on six hits. The Hawks batted .467 on the day during both games.

“Even though we only won one of four, I thought it was a well-played

series for us,” sophomore pitcher Bryan Clark said. “Guys were having good at-bats and taking a good approach. We continued to battle in all the games.”

The Bulldog offense had its most productive series since early March.

In the four games against Quincy, Truman scored 23 runs, seven runs short of its previous record of 30 runs against Trevecca Nazarene University.

Truman will play its next series against University of Missouri-St. Louis for two days of doubleheaders at home on Saturday and Sunday. This is one of three series the Bulldogs have until the conference tournament begins.

“After playing a tough opponent such as Quincy, we have to bring energy to practice and find a way to get better,” Clark said. “Having a good week of practice will be a key to our success.”

22 sunday Softball Noon in Kirksville, Mo. vs. University of Wisconsin-Parkside — Doubleheader Baseball Noon in Kirksville, Mo. vs. University of Missouri-St. Louis

26 thursday Track and Field TBA in Des Moines, Iowa at Drake Relays TBA in Kirksville, Mo. at Truman Twilight Quadrangular

SOFTBALL | Bulldogs begin road trip, losing three of four GLVC games

Photos by Kara Mackenzie/TMN Top Left: Junior pitcher Lauren Dale tosses a pitch during her start. The Bulldogs began last weekend with a doubleheader against University of Indianapolis, their third matchup against a top-25 opponent. Dale allowed six runs in game one.

Top Right: Junior outfielder Christa Reisinger runs to make a catch. Reisinger made an impact with her bat against Indianapolis, hitting her 21st and 22nd career home runs, but the Bulldogs were still swept by the Greyhounds.

Bottom: Sophomore infielder Alyssa Rivera makes a tag at third base.

After Rivera’s three hits against Indianapolis, she and Reisinger were moved down to No. 3 and 4 in the order against Bellarmine University, resulting in a comeback win in game one and walkoff loss in game two.

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Basketball hunts for head coach

BY RACHEL STEINHOFF Sports Text Editor After four seasons with the Truman State University Bulldogs, leading them to an 83-40 record, men’s basketball head coach Chris Foster announced his resignation on March 29. Foster ranks No. 1 in all-time winning percentage at Truman and helped the program capture two of its six NCAA Div. II Men’s Basketball Tournament appearances. All four of Foster’s Truman teams earned 20-win seasons, and this year, his team won a program-high 13 conference wins and secured its highest ever seed in the GLVC tournament with a second seed.

Next year, Foster will carry his coaching career into the familiar territory of the GLVC as he moves into his accepted head coach position at McKendree University.

When redshirt junior guard Jack Green arrived at Truman nearly four years ago, he said that then-head coach Matt Woodley, the one who recruited him, was leaving. Woodley’s assistant coach at the time, Foster, was appointed to the job, and three and a half years later, Green said the team finds itself in a similar situation with the mindset of moving forward and returning even better next year under new supervision.

“I feel like we responded well to the news,” Green said.

“Obviously it’s not easy to hear that your coach is leaving for another school in your conference. At the same time, we’re happy for coach Foster, and we wish him the best.”

See BASKETBALL, page 12

No Excuses Submitted Photo Junior thrower Elle Renault takes her approach with the javelin. Renault opened outdoor track and field season with back-to-back personal best throws, good enough to win both meets.

Renault sets injuries aside to reinvent personal bests

BY JEREMY JACOB Sports Multimedia Editor No more worries. No more excuses. All junior Elle Renault wants to do now is throw. The Oregon native has found early success in Truman State University’s outdoor track and field season, achieving personal-best javelin throws in her first two meets.

Renault has recovered from many injuries in her

career as a volleyball player and javelin thrower, including a torn ACL and a broken nose. While Renault has not always physically been at 100 percent, her mentality has been positive, and she has regularly assumed leadership of the Bulldog throwers.

“I am over any excuses like, ‘Oh, you’re injured,’ or something like that,” Renault said. “No, I’m fine.

Let me do my thing and

hopefully just keep [setting personal records] every meet.”

Renault had been involved in athletics long before she came to Truman as she started playing volleyball in fifth grade and throwing javelin in seventh grade.

When she was in high school, Renault said she started to love javelin as much as volleyball. She said she began throwing javelin

because it fit her better than distance running events or heavier throwing events.

To consistently make good throws, Renault said she has to make sure every small aspect of her technique is just right.

“If one thing in your technique goes away, it all goes away as far as, like, you will not throw what you should’ve gotten that throw,” Renault said.

See RENAULT, page 12

Tennis seniors celebrate career finale

BY ASHLEY MURPHY Staff Writer

Submitted Photo Junior Griffin Turnage backhands a shot at a previous home meet. The Bulldog men and women played their final home match on Monday against Maryville University.

The Truman State University tennis teams finished their seasons Monday, and another group of seniors played their final matches as Bulldogs. Three players, Brian LaValle, Paul Province and Lindsey Schlichting, will graduate this May. Head coach Dan Blodgett said the two men, LaValle and Province, and woman, Schlichting, have become more mature than when they started their collegiate careers.

Blodgett said the seniors have played tough opponents every match and, across the board, gave it their all regardless of the opponent. Despite losing final matches, he said Schlichting would always find a way to stay in the match, and LaValle’s win at No. 6 was a great way to finish up his career. He said the best part about coaching this se-

nior class has been getting to know them personally.

Their love of the game was never questioned by Blodgett, but he said the seniors stayed focused on their futures off the court, as well. He said they showed strong leadership, and the underclassmen really looked up to them, which reflects a lot on them.

“They really will leave behind the legacy of determination and optimism,” Blodgett said. “There’s never any sign of doubt or quit in them, and I think that will rub off on other players to keep pushing themselves as they move further along in their careers.”

Schlichting said she had plenty of support during the festivities as her parents took a break from work and drove 5.5 hours to see her play. She said it would not have felt like the end if they weren’t there to cheer her on.

See TENNIS, page 12

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Junior first baseman Charlie Kreh went 8-15 and had six RBIs in the baseball team’s four-game series against Quincy University. Kreh extended his hitting streak to 11 games, even though the Bulldogs lost three of the four. He had 14 RBIs in the 11 games, which is half of his RBI season total.

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