Editorial

Our View: University should rethink Greenwood

November 6, 2018

Truman State University’s Board of Governors recently approved plans to hire engineers to assess replacing the Greenwood building’s windows. After the assessment, the University will move forward to spend half a million dollars from the state to replace half of the building’s windows. […]

Features

Textbook creator, educator to visit Truman

November 6, 2018

Back in 1975, Janet Burroway, a writer and teacher who will be visiting Truman State University, realized there was a problem in college classrooms across the country: no textbooks were available for creative writing students. Writing programs were appearing all over the country, but students were not provided with guidance from a text. Burroway said very few students even knew how to write, so she set out to write a book that would help students learn how to write short stories. […]

Cross Country

Cross country heads to GLVC Championships

November 5, 2018

Truman State University’s men’s cross country season is off to a rough start so far. The team had a close loss at its first meet with a total time of 1 minute and 47 seconds and a longer average time of 21.4 seconds.   […]

News

Upcoming elections include controversial issues

November 5, 2018

Medical marijuana Three ballot initiatives — Amendment 2, Amendment 3 and Proposition C — would legalize marijuana, or cannabis, for medical reasons statewide. All three proposals would require licensing of any person or institution producing […]

Campus

Student Call Center hosts Celebrity Night

November 4, 2018

The Call Center plans to host their first ever Celebrity Night where students, Truman State University President Sue Thomas and a few academic department heads will reach out to alumni, families and friends to raise funds for the University.

The Call Center operates out of McClain Hall 215 year round. In addition to being active during the academic year, the Call Center also hosts phonathons much like their Celebrity Night. […]