Features
#TBT: Ophelia Parrish, the junior high school
In 1973, Ophelia Parrish wasn’t even planned for University use. Instead, it was on loan to the City of Kirksville for use as local Kirksville Junior High School. […]
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Administration
Faculty passes Liberal Studies Program revision
The proposal passed with 117 voting to change Truman State University’s LSP to the Dialogues and 83 dissenting. […]
Opinions
Our View: Truman must take action on budget
We, The Index Editorial Board, want to know what plans are actually in the works because, at this point in time, we have yet to see anything, and it’s time. […]
Campus
Truman adds online grad programs
The new programs — Master of Arts in Counseling: Mental Health Counseling and Master of Arts in Counseling: School Counseling — will be set up in six eight-week blocks built around the academic year. […]
Campus
Student Government hopes to renovate campus pit
In years past, the pit was used as a gathering place for students on campus, but was only recently closed off because of drainage. […]
Campus
Truman, SLU discuss joint law degree
Janet Gooch, vice president for academic affairs and provost, said the universities are discussing a three-plus-three program, meaning students would attend their first three years for an undergraduate degree at Truman, then transfer to SLU where their first year of law school would count as the final year of undergraduate studies. […]
Basketball
Men’s basketball co-GLVC West champs
The ’Dogs went on a 6-1 tear for the last seven games of the season to reach a 13-5 conference record and become co-champions of the GLVC West with Drury University. […]
Basketball
Women’s basketball takes No. 6 seed in GLVC Champs
All but two members of the Truman team got time on the court for their final game of the season, and all six seniors — a third of the 18-player team — played for Senior Day. […]
Features
“Black Panther” adds refreshing social critiques to Marvel
“Being the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ‘Black Panther’ needs to stand out from previous films to be worth the price of admission,” writes Gordon McPherson, movie reviewer for The Index. […]
Features
Beneath the Ashes: Lent holds significance to Christians
“God already loves us, but how do we let that love and His grace work in us?” says Chris Korte, Catholic Newman Center director of campus ministry. “. . . But it’s more than giving up candy. It’s giving up selfishness — that’s the real thing.” […]
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: What’s your plan, Rep. Graves?
“Show us and fight to pass a plan that works to save 20,000 lives a year, and I will be a liberal Democrat out there urging voters to support you at every campaign rally from Palmyra to Platte City,” writes Missouri Hall Director Zac Burden in a Letter to the Editor. […]
Football
Football selects 2018 class
Truman State University football achieved an 85 percent commitment rate for the 2018 recruiting class after 29 out of 34 players committed. […]