Well, this is goodbye. I’ve been working at The Index for almost two years, ever since transferring to Truman State University in 2017. I joined The Index to gain experience with journalism, though I am […]
Glow sticks are those neon lights often seen at concerts and parties. Glow sticks actually have a military origin and were developed as an application in the navy in case of power loss. That is […]
The marimba — which looks like a piano but instead consists of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce music — is quite the misunderstood instrument and often confused with a xylophone. […]
During 2017-2018 Timothy Farley, French professor at Truman State University, spent his sabbatical translating letters from the Holocaust. “It’s the liberal arts and science culture at Truman that allowed me to branch out into translation […]
One of the things Bridget Mendel Lee does as a beekeeper and teacher is help people get comfortable enough to work with honey bees without wearing protective gloves. She finds most people with intense phobias […]
For Janes Dreamweaver, posture is one of his favorite topics and is something he actively pays attention to as a yoga instructor. “My staff will tell you they are so tired of hearing me talk […]
TMN features writer Aura Martin visited the University Art Gallery and talked with artists about three exhibits on display. Retrospective Wynne Wilbur, Truman State University ceramics professor, first interacted with clay when she was in […]
Brendan O’Brien, visiting writer and Truman State University alumnus, could not write about people, landscapes or events by sitting down at his computer. For his novels, an important part of his research involved observing people, […]
Last month 2014 Truman State University graduate and writer, published his first book of poetry titled “What Loss Taught Me.”
Stephen Furlong chose to write poetry because he was blown away by the beauty and complexity of it. Furlong compared it to standing close to a painting and seeing the brushstrokes, and then by stepping away, one can see how ideas are woven together. That is one of the mystifying elements of writing, but he always thought that poetry was different. […]
Renee Eveland, lawyer and Truman State University alumna, decided that current events should be a key topic for the two presentations she will give as this semester’s English and Linguistics Senior Seminar keynote speaker. She said this fall has been such a historic moment for the United States with the Kavanaugh hearings and the midterms. She thought if she were a senior in college, she would want to discuss the cultural, social and political issues happening right now in the country. […]
For the first time ever, Truman State University will be hosting a film festival. This was made possible by the students in Truman Short Film Fest, a class created by Jocelyn Cullity, English professor and film studies minor committee chair.
Cullity created this class to teach students how to establish and run a film festival. With 20 students, they have spent the semester laying the groundwork, including event-planning, promotional work and crowdfunding. […]
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. […]
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