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Test banks encourage academic success
The fear of the unknown — it surrounds us, grasps us and chokes the light out of us. It is simply human nature to fear what we do not understand, and when it comes to […]
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
The Truman Community should be more involved in elections
Dear ED, I was not surprised to find far too overmuch of the usual high apathy around the TSU voters’ precinct yesterday election US day, as I leafleted “outside” for Democrat candidates. Neither the losing-in-the-nineteenth […]
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Don’t be afraid to say “no”
No — two letters, one vowel, one consonant. As far as words go, it is a simple one with a simple meaning. If no is such a simple word, why is it so hard for […]
Columns
How Donald Trump won the election
Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States of America. Many people reacted with excitement — the complete opposite of we were expecting. Clinton supporters and others stared in horror at the […]
Columns
Kirksville community reacts to the election
Steve Taylor, Maxwell’s owner Thank you to the Index for asking me for my thoughts. As a point of conscious decision I will not waste one word telling you why I did not want Hillary […]
Columns
Resist the Dakota Access Pipeline
Protests against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, have been underway for seven months now. The controversial 3.7 billion dollar, 1,200-mile project — which will link oil production sites in North Dakota and […]
Editorial
Around the Quad
Around the Quad — renaming Truman State
Our university is named after Harry S. Truman, who was President of the United States during a very trying time. Many, including the Truman community in 1996, believe Truman’s accomplishments to outweigh his mistakes, while others […]
Editorial
Letter to the editor — Index coverage
While I realize the INDEX cannot, inhumanly in plausible over-expectation by either we community taxpayers and you student captive fee-yielders, be reportorially or rovingly literally at every TSU weekly-held public debate in perforce limited funds, […]
Editorial
Editorial
Choose Halloween costumes that aren’t offensive
It’s official — fall is finally here. Fall is, by far, the best season for many reasons. The leaves are changing colors, bugs are returning to the hell where they belong, it is finally cold […]