Entertainment
Dress Shopping with Melissa
My feet hurt. Words like blush and violet and chartreuse and sapphire were swirling around in my brain. We had been shopping for three hours. Melissa and I had been best friends since the 10th […]
Entertainment
Entertainment
Samara Weaving saves “Ready or Not”
TMN film critic Gordon McPherson gives “Ready or Not” 3 and a half out of 5 axes. Rest in pieces David Koch. He would not have enjoyed the anti-greed, female-empowered “Ready or Not,” but I […]
Entertainment
Playing Chess with Miss Smite
“But John… The rumors. They’re growing vicious.” My voice carried in the open air like a wind chime. The rickety gazebo in which John insisted we held these late-night meetings was barely large enough to […]
Entertainment
Noelani’s story: what’s in a name
This is the first of TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Our village was small and its traditions ran deep. The small community only saw a few babies born each year […]
Arts & Entertainment
Truman State University Film Festival gives awards to student filmmakers
For those who couldn’t make it to the first annual Truman State University Film Festival last Saturday, you missed out. The event was a tremendous success, and the Baldwin Little Theater was packed to the […]
Arts & Entertainment
“Avengers: Endgame” is an emotional finale
TMN film critique gives “Avengers: Endgame” four and a half out of five tacos. “Avengers: Endgame” is an impressive cinematic achievement, resonating both with die-hard Marvel fans and casual viewers. The $1.2 billion raked in […]
Entertainment
100 feet above Kirksville: SAB organizes hot-air balloon rides
Taking the chance to finally conquer my ridiculous fear of the sky, I took the time to wait for a spot to open and nabbed it the second I could. Driving to the corner of […]
Art
The Curse of Briar Michaels: Part VII
This is the sixth installment in TMN staff writer Allison Maschhoff’s serialized fiction series, The Curse of Briar Michaels. You can read part six here. Death did not show its face that first day. Well, correction. […]
Entertainment
Buddy packs funded by faculty laughs
“When he isn’t working, he can be seen getting road rage — please welcome Jared Young!” The master of ceremonies exited stage right, and in his stead, a redheaded man with a goatee strolled into […]
Campus
Jenna Fischer returns, recounts her Truman years
After nearly 20 years, Emmy-nominated actress Jenna Fischer returned to her alma mater to speak in this year’s Holman Family Distinguished Speaker Series. Fischer graduated from Northeast Missouri State University in 1995, the year before […]
Entertainment
The Curse of Briar Michaels: Part V
This is the fifth installment in TMN staff writer Allison Maschhoff’s serialized fiction series, The Curse of Briar Michaels. You can read part four here. When Aislinn left Chicago, she expected Briar to try to […]
Entertainment
Professor describes translating Holocaust letters
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 […]