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University Budget Director Dave Rector said another reason DPS might be having trouble hiring is be-cause the starting salary for the po-sition is not as competitive as some police officer positions available in other areas.

Johnson said he is hopeful DPS will be able to fill the positions soon.

Johnson said DPS has had issues filling positions during the past, but this is the longest amount of time DPS has been unable to find someone.

“It takes time,” Johnson said. “Usually we can find somebody in a decent amount of time. For some reason, this streak has been longer. We’re doing what we can to get us back to full staff, and hopefully we’ll ac-complish that before too long.”

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have a clean background check

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preferably have police academy training

Calli Lowry/IndexThe Department of Public Safety has been trying to hire two new officers after one officer left the department and another retired. DPS is looking to hire officers who have police academy training.

DPS l The Department of Public Safety is trying to hire two new officersSAB l The Student Activities Board announces Lee Brice as the Spring Concert musical artist

Continued from Page 1faculty and students. Rector said there are plans to help the science department by replacing anything old or outdated. He said the money will improve technology, spe-cifically classroom technology. He said the money will also be used to improve cam-pus Internet. Paino said the final decisions will be made within the next few weeks.

Continued from Page 1merit-based funding formula because it currently is a promi-nent topic.

Overfelt said Student Senate usually does not coordinate with other groups to go during the same day. She said the trip oc-curs once during the school year and always is planned for the spring semester.

Overfelt said some other uni-versities have lobbying groups and because Truman does not, it is important to meet and talk to lawmakers.

“It’s important to go down there to have those intelligent conversations with our repre-sentatives to show them that at Truman, we are about [legisla-tive issues],” Overfelt said. “It’s great for representatives to see that we as students are thinking about these issues because they

do impact us and matter to us.” By being present at the Capi-

tol, Missouri District 3 State Representative Nate Walker said students can showcase not only academic programs, but also athletic and cultural programs. Students also can remind legislators of Truman’s mission, Walker said.

“Sometimes, legislators don’t know or think about where their young constituents attend school,” Walker said. “This day is a good reminder for legislators about what is important for stu-dents and how to best take care of their students. There is a lot of activity to promote northeast Missouri at the Capitol. Every day is Kirksville Day at the Capitol.”

To sign up for Truman at the Capitol or for additional informa-tion, visit Student Senate’s page at senate.truman.edu.

NIXON l Truman State receives $400,000 from state withholdings

SENATE l Truman State students will be traveling to the state capital to meet with legislators

Continued from Page 1“Right now we’re in the best position

we’ve ever been in,” said Larry Byars, Vice President of the KREDI Board of Directors. He said KREDI is experiencing many posi-tive changes with respect to its image, such as restructuring the membership program and redesigning KREDI’s website.

Kirksville Mayor Richard Detweiler — one of two KREDI board members who are also on the Kirksville City Council — said Kirksville is attracting businesses with

the poor economy. He said Kirksville’s strengths and location play a large role in that success.

“We’ve tried very much to advertise our strengths,” Detweiler said. “We have a very strong workforce that can offer a wide va-riety of skills, education and experience.”

Detweiler said Kirksville’s location as the hub of northern Missouri with a four-lane highway running south to Columbia, Mo. and I-70 make its location ideal.

Detweiler said the City provides a large

amount of financial support to KREDI, as they are the economic development arm of the city.

“KREDI is extremely important to Kirks-ville,” Detweiler said. “They’re the people that get it done for the City. They follow up all the leads, they talk to the people, they help them through whatever obstacles they have to get through and they’re the ones that get the jobs for us.”

For more information on KREDI, visit their website at http://www.k-redi.com.

ECONOMIC l A Kirksville economic development group held a membership recruitment drive

Continued from Page 1Korte said though SAB concerts

have not reached Pershing Arena’s maximum capacity during recent concert events, students should still pick up their rain vouchers from the SAB office if they are worried about getting into the show.

The money collected from tickets from rapper B.o.B.’s performance last fall is helping to pay for this con-cert, Korte said.

Before releasing his debut single during 2007, Brice wrote songs for Jason Aldean and Garth Brooks, ac-cording to the SAB press release. He has had songs appear on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart including “Love Like Crazy,” which is the longest charting country single throughout Billboard history, ac-cording to the press release. Brice is known for his other popular songs including “A Woman Like You,” “Hard

to Love” and “You Drive My Truck,” according to the press release.

Event chair junior Nicholas Sutherland said they have heard nothing but good things about Brice. Sutherland said he hopes the concert can take place at its planned venue, but weather has moved several out-door concerts during the past to rain sites.

“We’ve been trying to [have a concert outside] for the last several years,” Sutherland said. “We have Red Barn … and for a country artist, performing with a big red barn in the background is perfect.”

The concert will take place at Red Barn Park. The concert is free and will begin at 8:15 p.m. The rain site is Pershing Arena, and rain site vouchers will be available for stu-dents starting March 27. Faculty and general admission rain site vouchers will be available April 3.

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