rent charter: the discussion on the number of elected City Council members and the City Council be-ing prohibited to regulate the media of adult businesses in town.

“It has been a buzz-around,” Rowe said of the former issue.

Councilmember Ralph Cupelli said the Hazel Creek Concerned Citizens Committee has expressed a need for more councilmembers.

“Right now you only need three peo-ple to make things happen,” Cupelli said. “It’d be harder to get four people to be infl uenced as out-siders on a topic than three people.”

Kirksville has fi ve councilmembers, but it can have seven by implementing a ward system, ac-cording to Macomber’s letter. Un-der state statute, this is the only way a third-class city can increase the number of members on its council.

A ward system would divide the city into certain areas and have rep-

resentatives from each area. Cupelli said a fault of the system is that each area only is concerned about its self-interest.

Cupelli said he thinks towns should have the right to regulate its businesses. Rowe said that without regulating adult print, Kirksville might not look the same.

“It doesn’t make the town look as family-friendly,” she said.

A charter would benefi t Kirksville because it would al-low the community to show its individu-ality, and cities with charters seem to address their needs, improve effi ciency and eliminate red tape, according to Macomber’s letter.

“That just means that having to go through the legislature slows down the process,” Rowe said.

The city reviewed several char-ters with governments similar to Kirksville. The city also reviewed the informational document “Mod-

el Charter for Missouri Cities” that the Missouri Municipal League commissioned.

Some provisions governing adoption of a home rule charter are in the state constitution. The city must have more than 5,000 inhabitants, 10 percent of the qualifi ed voters of the city must sign a petition, the 13 candidates receiving the most votes consti-tute the commission if election is affi rmative by a simple major-ity and the city must pay for all expenses of the commission, ac-cording to Macomber’s letter.

A charter commission also needs to make an outline of de-cisions, and it must include in-formation such as the powers of the city, the Council and the city manager, as well as fi nancial procedures and nomination and election materials, according to Macomber’s letter.

Cupelli said the earliest a commission can be made is No-vember, but the Council must choose to go forward with the charter before anything else can happen.

Kyle Hill Staff Reporter

A lawsuit and alternate plan have complicated the sale of student loan assets to the point where some are comparing it to a disaster.

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon fi led a lawsuit against the directors of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority on Tues-day, alleging violations of the state’s Sunshine Law. The lawsuit, fi led in St. Louis County, where MOHELA is based, asks that the court null and void the transaction approved at a MOHELA board meeting Jan. 31.

Nixon’s press secretary John Fougere said this gave the public no time to discuss the proposal.

“There were a number of one-on-one conversations, and then they had a four-minute meeting,” Fougere said. “This proposal was developed with no public forum.”

Nathan BeckerAssistant News Editor

The Bulldogs weren’t the only winners on the court Saturday.

In addition to the men’s and women’s basketball teams posting wins at Pershing Arena, three stu-dents padded their bank accounts during intermission contests, ac-cumulating $2,800.

The ShotRichard Mayson wasn’t al-

lowed to shoot three-pointers on his high school bas-ketball team. Judg-ing from his per-formance Saturday, maybe he should have been.

Mayson, a senior who played basket-ball during all four years of high school and plays football for Truman, made a three-point shot for $100, and then he followed it up by draining an all-or-nothing half-court shot that netted him $500.

“In high school, I wasn’t really allowed to shoot them,” Mayson said. “I was pretty much on the inside. ... Since then, I’ve just been working other parts of [my game].”

Mayson said he didn’t have

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All in the Family

Family to remodel former Willard School into adult and child care center.

To Teach a Teacher

MAE graduates take University education to schools across state.

Gorillas Caged

Men’s basketball defeats Pittsburg State in overtime

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City Council ponders new charter

Plan sets 16:1 goal

Julia GarrettStaff Reporter

The business and accountancy division has hired a dean after near-ly a year of searching.

The Dean of Business and Ac-countancy Search Committee se-lected Renée M. Wachter because of her career experience and posi-tivity, said Sandra Fleak, chair-woman of the committee.

Five applicants appeared be-fore the committee for evaluation. Fleak said the committee recom-mended Wachter to President Bar-bara Dixon and Garry Gordon, vice president for academic affairs, who appointed Wachter to the position of dean.

“We had many qualifi ed appli-cants,” Fleak said. “ ... Looking at Dr. Wachter’s personal qualifi ca-tions, enthusiasm and vision for Truman, she was the clear choice of students, faculty and staff.”

Wachter could not be reached for comment. She will move to Kirksville and begin her Truman career July 1, Fleak said.

Wachter is the associate dean of academic affairs at the College of

Chris Waller/IndexUniversity President Barbara Dixon speaks with Councilmembers Ralph Cupelli and Jeff Newton during a meeting with the City Council on Monday afternoon. After speaking with Dixon, the Council had its regular meeting where it discussed creating a home rule charter.

Grace MattieStaff Reporter

City Manager Mari Macomber asked the City Council to determine whether it has any interest in pursu-ing a home rule charter Monday.

A city charter is a basic legal document for a city government that allows the city to make chang-es without going through the state legislature, according to a letter Macomber wrote to the City Coun-cil. It includes details necessary for day-to-day operation of the city but provides a framework of procedures and functions developed by elected representatives.

The city would need to have a senator or state representative to enter a bill, and cities of similar size dodge this step with a charter, Mayor Martha Rowe said. However, Rowe said the council only has considered one side of the proposition.

“At this point we’ve only looked at the positives,” Rowe said. “We haven’t even begun to look at the negatives.”

Two recent issues have been af-fected by the limitations of the cur-

MOHELA draws lawsuit

Attending game nets winnings for lucky fans

What is happening:Attorney General Jay Nixon is preparing his case that MOHELA’s director’s violated the Sunshine Law.

What has happened:House Republicans introduced a plan to spend proceeds from the sale of MOHELA’s assets.

What will happen:No trial date has been set.

INDEX Update

Sara DeGoniaNews Editor

It is a mixed-up game of num-bers and fi gures, but the bottom line is that $4 to $5 million of Uni-versity money must be reallocated by 2009.

To achieve that goal, Presi-dent Barbara Dixon assigned Garry Gordon, vice president for academic affairs, and the division deans to create a plan to return the student-faculty ratio to 16:1, Gordon said. Although altering the student-faculty ratio is not the only method planned to reallocate funds, Gordon said it might be the avenue for creating the highest dollar amount.

“Since most of the money that we have is in ... salary and ben-efi ts, we thought that moving back to ... 16:1 might be a way to gain back a signifi cant portion of that money,” he said.

Gordon said he sent an e-mail to the faculty Feb. 1, announcing

the creation of the 16:1 plan and providing a complete breakdown of projected full-time equivalent faculty per division and discipline by 2009. He said he worked with the division deans to determine the division projections.

The plan is based on enroll-ment numbers from fi scal year 2004, and if enrollment does not change drastically, about 33 full-time equivalent faculty positions need to be eliminated by 2009.

“The president actually gave me a year to come up with the plan, that’s this year, and then three years to pull off the changes that need to be made – with the idea that whenever possible we would do so through naturally incurring resignations or retire-ment,” Gordon said. “We will also examine temporary positions, and I feel confi dent that we’ll have to eliminate some temporary posi-tions.”

Gordon said the money See RATIO, Page 7

“I didn’t want to see us risk having a technical foul in a close game because of the excitement of a promotion,” Pumroy said.

The excitement of the shot put the already-intense crowd on their feet in a game the Bulldogs ended up winning 81-76 in overtime.

“The thing that really makes me happy about it is the fact that the crowd got really ex-cited and it was a crucial part of the game,” Mayson said. “I think the crowd really got into the game after that. ... We were on our feet pretty much the rest of the game, all through over-

time and everything. ... Hope-fully, that helped the team pull the game out.”

Another man made a three-point shot for $100, men’s basketball head coach Jack Schrader said.

The DrawingErin Palmer, on the other hand,

had never been to a Truman bas-ketball game in her life. During the game Saturday, her name was drawn and she won $2,200.

At every men’s basket-ball game, a name of a ran-dom Truman student is drawn.

See MONEY, Page 7

Roger Meissen/IndexFriends of Richard Mayson rush the court on Saturday.

Business brings in new dean

“At this point we’ve only looked at the positives. We haven’t even begun to look at the negatives.”

Martha RoweMayor

“I’ve made some half-court shots before, but none as big as that

one, I guess you could say.”

Richard MaysonSenior

Business at Montana State Uni-versity, said Truman division secretary Lana Dowell. Some of Wachter’s duties include leadership in curriculum de-sign, faculty recruitment, bud-get planning and fundraising.

Alan Davis, associate profes-sor of accounting, said he is con-fi dent the year-long search for a dean will be worth the wait.

“She made a positive im-pression in her forum,” Davis said. “... She was able to relate well to the students.”

Dixon said Wachter’s ex-perience as a faculty member and an associate dean will help her work alongside the faculty in making decisions for the department.

“She has great interperson-al skills, which will help her work well with potential do-nors and getting to know local businesses,” Dixon said.

Renée M. Wachter

any choice but to go for the all-or-nothing shot.

“Me and my teammates, we kind of made an agreement that if we ever got to shoot, and we made the three-pointer, that we would go for the half-court shot,” May-son said. “We fi gure, you know, we come in with nothing – why not try to get 500?”

This is Mayson’s second time in the three-point contest in the past two years. He said last year he didn’t do so well.

“Actually last year, I got to shoot. I got up there and I was kind of nervous, and I airballed.” Mayson said. “This year, they said my name, but I’ve been playing a lot more lately, so I wasn’t as nervous about it.”

After Mayson made the shot, some of his football team-mates ran onto the court to celebrate.

They were escorted off, and assis-tant athletic director BJ Pumroy spoke to them immediately after.

Pumroy said he told the students the basketball team could be charged with a technical foul after the men had stormed the court, something that could happen after the fi rst horn blows during a timeout.

Fougere said MOHELA’s board did not adequatelu answer questions at a Feb. 9 forum.

He said the lawsuit is not See MOHELA, Page 7

INSIDE FRONT Thursday, February 16, 20062

NEWS In Brief

The Kirksville Police Department has requested the assistance of the public in locating vehicles and drivers involved in two recent hit-and-run vehicle accidents.

Sometime before 4:15 a.m. Feb. 9, a parked motor ve-hicle was struck on its left rear corner at the 300 block of S. Franklin Street. The vehicle suspected of driving away is believed to be a forest green Ford Explorer-type vehicle with major left-front corner damage.

In addition, sometime before 9 a.m. Sunday, a vehi-cle left the roadway on Airport Trail and went through a chain-link fence. The vehicle then went back through the fence to get back on the roadway. The vehicle is be-lieved to be a white or partially white 1992 to 1997 Ford Ranger-type vehicle with minor body damage but heav-ily scratched paint.

Anyone with information concerning the drivers or locations of the vehicles is asked to please contact the Kirksville Police Department at 785-6945.

Police looking for hit and run information

DPS ReportsReport of vandalism to a vehicle in Parking Lot 10.

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Report of vandalism to a vehicle in Parking Lot 14.

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Thousand Hills catches fi re, acres burn

Student Senate In Brief

l Senate passed a motion to allocate an extra $463.45 to publish 400 copies of Senate’s vision document.

l Senate passed a motion to spend $100 on a plaque for the 2006 Educator of the Year.

l Senate passed a motion to spend $150 on advertis-ing and awards for Educator of the Year semifi nalists.

l Senate passed a motion to spend $110 on posters for election petitions.

l Sophomore Dane Guempel resigned from Senate.

l Senate passed a motion requiring senators to attend one session at the University Conference and one of four vision document presentations.

l Senate rejected a motion requiring senators to attend the vision outreach dinner.

l Senate passed a motion to repeal Article III, Sec-tion 3, Clause 1 of Senate’s standing rules, which penalizes senators who are late to, or leave early from, a meeting.

l President junior Mark Kirtland and senator freshman Mike Pieper were absent from Sunday’s meeting.

First Steps program undergoes changes

Online GRE lacks space

Kelsey Vaughn/IndexUniversity computer testing facilities might not allow students to take the GRE because of space constraints.

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A ground fire Tuesday evening burned several acres at Thousand Hills State Park, about three miles west of Kirksville.

Thousand Hills Park Ranger Roger Moore said the fi re occurred in the lower picnic loop area and lasted about 40 minutes. Moore said witnesses at the Thousand Hills Dining Lodge reported the fi re at about 6:20 p.m.

Moore said the cause of the fi re still is undetermined.

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Students wanting to take the GRE might have problems fi nding a testing site on cam-pus starting in fall 2007.

Truman’s computer testing facilities might limit the num-ber of students who will be able to take the GRE on cam-pus because the test is being changed to an online format.

Nancy Asher, coordina-tor for testing and reporting at Truman, said she is concerned about the University’s ability to meet demand to take the test.

“We can only offer it on predetermined dates and times [after the changes],” Asher said. “[Educational Testing Service] set it up to be deliv-ered 30 times a year. We have six testing stations, which means we can test 180 students per year. We currently test over 600 students per year.”

ETS announced Feb. 8 that the GRE would receive some major changes in fall 2007. The changes seek to improve the test’s validity, improve se-curity and make the test more available to students in other countries, according to the

and then retiring those ques-tions after the examination. He said he thinks this will make it pointless for a student to cheat by posting his or her answers on the Internet or useless to share them with friends.

Students take the GRE to supplement undergradu-ate records for students ap-plying to graduate school. It is a test of ability to reason verbally and quantitatively

and write analytically.ETS has been conducting

pilot studies to determine how many questions to ask and what to ask, Payne said.

“Students have been very pleased with the questions asked in the pilot studies [of the new test],” Payne said.

Payne said an advisory board of graduate deans from around the country has reacted positively to the changes.

Alan ReiningerAssistant News Editor

Despite several changes, includ-ing the loss of the Kirksville offi ce this month, the First Steps program still will help families in northeast Missouri.

Jim Morris, spokesman for the Mis-souri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said families now will pay a fee based on family income.

“For needy families, the services will remain at no cost,” Morris said.

He said the other major change was that those families with private insur-ance would contribute support for some of the services through their insurance company. He said, however, that fami-lies would not be denied service because of a lack of insurance.

Morris said the funding for fi scal 2005 is at about $26 million, and the

ETS Web site.Asher said members of

the Vice President’s Advisory Committee on Assessment learned about the change in the number of students the Uni-versity could accommodate at their February meeting. She said she thinks the University might be able to provide more space to administer the test, but she was not sure.

ETS originally announced the changes would take place in October 2006, but on Wednesday the organization pushed the changes back a year to ensure there would be no problems with the test, said David Payne, executive direc-tor of the GRE program.

Payne said ETS changed the revision date to allow time to ensure adequate facilities in the testing network for the ad-ministration of the exam.

Included in the changes will be new scoring scales for the verbal-reasoning and quantita-tive-reasoning sections, rang-ing from 110 to 150, according to the ETS Web site. The scale will not be fi nalized until three administrations of the revised GRE have been graded and analyzed. The scale for the

analytical-writing section will remain the same.

ETS has been working on revising the test for three years, Payne said. The changes were made to give questions that better show a test-taker’s skill and to improve the security of test questions.

The test has been changed to focus on skills needed to succeed in graduate school, ac-cording to the ETS Web site. The test also will abandon its adaptive style, which asks stu-dents questions based on their responses to previous questions and does not allow students to go back to previous questions. It also will adopt a linear style, which would ask all students the same questions on a single version of the test.

Asher said the changes should accomplish what the company wants.

“I think [the changes] will help improve security,” Asher said. “If they allow students to go back and review their an-swers, I think it will be fi ne.”

Payne said ETS will ad-dress security issues with the test by having all students an-swer the same questions when taking the test at the same time

governor recommended a small in-crease for the next fi scal year for a total of $28 million.

Ronda Admire, administrative as-sistant for First Steps and former intake coordinator, said that before the reorga-nization of the First Steps program, no cost existed for the family.

“Cost participation is the biggest change we feel will probably affect the families the most,” she said.

Families are not, however, charged based on the amount of services, and the high end of the scale is $100 per month, Admire said.

“Families are charged a fl at fee on a sliding scale,” Admire said.

The main offi ce for the northeast re-gion is in Mexico, Mo. Admire said the reorganization added one more county to the northeast region. The region now consists of 22 counties and extends as

far south as Lincoln and Warren coun-ties in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Admire said the closure of the phys-ical offi ce in Kirksville on Feb. 1 hasn’t caused major changes for the parents involved in the First Steps program.

“Even prior to the redesign, we go to the family’s house directly,” Admire said. “They never ... came to the offi ce.”

When a parent makes the call to the First Steps program, the information is given directly to the area’s intake coor-dinator, she said. The intake coordinator would contact the family and then visit the family in their home, Admire said.

Despite the loss of the physical of-fi ce in Kirksville, the Kirksville area has gained another intake coordinator in addition to the one who worked in town before, Admire said.

“With the redesign, they gave us more accurate numbers of how many

children we should be servicing in that area, and it was deemed necessary to have an additional person in that area,” she said.

Admire said that prior to Gov. Matt Blunt’s redesign, every area had to have a physical offi ce building, but now they all are consolidated into one or two main offi ces for each region. Prior to the reorganization, the northeast region had about 25 area offi ces.

The state is separated into nine re-gions. The northeast region still covers the same area as before, Admire said.

Jessica Robinson, press secretary for Blunt, said the First Steps program was regionalized to make access eas-ier for the families who required the services. She said the switch to a slid-ing pay scale was put in place to en-sure the families that needed the pro-gram most would have access to it.

TRUTH about

3IndexThursday, February 16, 2006

Andrew GantIndex Staff

It took a helicopter to pull Dana Dela-

ware away from work.Emergency choppers airlifted Dela-

ware, professor of chemistry and associ-ate dean of science, to Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo., after he suf-fered a heart attack Feb. 2.

Delaware said he had been attending classes despite some discomfort.

“It was a week-long thing,” Delaware said. “I had indigestion for several days.”

Delaware had visited his doctor Jan. 31 because of the pain and was scheduled to receive further treatment Feb. 3. He told his classes he would have to miss one lecture to visit his doctor.

But he had a heart attack one day be-fore his scheduled appointment.

Delaware said that when he experi-enced painful symptoms in the morning, he went straight to the emergency room. The helicopter rushed him to Columbia.

At the hospital, doctors discovered one of his major arteries was 90 per-cent blocked.

“They treated it with a stint,” Dela-

Shannan AndersonIndex Staff

By the end of the day, Rae Lewis-Thornton will have ingested 26 pills.

Yet, standing before about 150 stu-dents in Magruder Hall on Feb. 9, Thorn-ton said that although she appears healthy, she has AIDS.

Thornton, who is from Chicago, re-ceived an Emmy Award for the ongoing series of fi rst-person stories, “Living with AIDS,” and was licensed as a Baptist minister in July 2000. Thornton also is a member of Delta Sigma Theta, the spon-sor of the event.

“I know I wear a mask,” Thornton said. “But living with AIDS is hard. It takes prisoners.”

In Adair County, 424 people have been diagnosed with AIDS in the last 10 years, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

However, this number does not include cases of HIV, nor does it begin to represent the people affected by the disease who re-main undiagnosed.

“There is a lot of shame attached to the stigma of HIV,” Thornton said. “You need to be able to disclose the disease in order to be able to take care of it.”

The problem, however, goes beyond shame because HIV has the ability to in-fect anybody, Thornton said. Dealing with the disease is about taking responsibility and recognizing the presence of choice, she said.

“If I could have, would have, should have does not mean anything in the real world,” Thornton said. “No one made me do anything I did not want to do.”

AIDS prevention starts with the decision to communicate openly and deal responsibly with the choices one makes, Thornton said. Yet true preven-tion goes beyond awareness by encour-aging people to take action and precau-tion, she said.

Senior Krystal Fox, member of Delta Sigma Theta, attended the speech.

“One of the most important things that [Thornton] discussed is the need to be careful,” Fox said. “The most important thing is to be safe.”

Thornton said she advises students to take precautions but reminds them that just remembering her words is not enough.

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Walk the Line Senior Ben Tylka practices slackline walking between two trees on the Quad on Tuesday afternoon. The unseasonal weather provided opportunity for outdoor activities not typically associated with February.

Professor takes flight for his life

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ware said. “In the process, I did have some damage to my heart.”

Doctors told Delaware he would have to take a week off before returning to the classroom.

Some of Delaware’s students said they were surprised to hear their professor had such a serious attack. Senior Steven Bour-land said he admired Delaware’s ability to show up and teach despite the pain.

“The fi rst time we heard about his con-dition was [Feb. 1],” Bourland said. “He actually showed up, even with his bad condition, just to tell us what would go on from there.”

With Delaware recovering, his bio-chemistry students sat in with other sections. Bourland, who also took two courses in organic chemistry with Dela-ware, said he was looking forward to the professor’s return because his class al-lowed him to prepare for senior tests and graduation.

Soon after beginning recovery, Dela-ware said he anticipated a quick return to the classroom. The University grant-ed him permission to resume lectures as early as the beginning of this week.

Brenda Moore, instructor in biology,

said that although she wasn’t sure of Del-aware’s family history, his heart attack re-minded colleagues to take precautions.

“I think it does create an awareness when it starts happening to people you wouldn’t necessarily expect,” Moore said. “Especially when they’re your age.”

Once an episode occurs, it’s important to get to the hospital quickly, Delaware said. He said his family has been pre-pared for airlift emergencies ever since his daughter suffered a stroke last year.

“When she was helicoptered out of here, it turned out insurance only covered part of it,” he said. “The local air evac sells memberships for about $60, so we bought one.”

Delaware said he didn’t think his fam-ily would use the membership again so soon, but it at least would be a worthwhile investment. He said the plan is a service provided by Adair County.

Delaware said he plans to avoid future helicopter rides by improving his eating habits, intensifying his exercise routine and taking his medicine regularly.

“I’m very fortunate to be here right now,” he said. “Let’s hope I’m around for another 25-plus years.”

“What the hell do I care if you like me?” Thornton said. “I don’t care if you thought I was good. None of that matters to me. That is not why I do this. I would rather be at home right now. I do this be-cause I would prefer that you never expe-rience my pain, never walk in my shoes.”

Thornton said she wants students to act on her advice.

“You take something that I have said tonight and use it as a catalyst to save yourself,” she said.”

Thornton said she encourages every-one to be tested every six months.

“The earlier you know, the longer you can live,” Thornton said. “That’s why you’ve got to get tested.”

Free HIV testing is available from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in the SUB Activities Room. Tri-Rivers Planned Parenthood also offers HIV testing throughout the year with costs varying based on income.

Marijke Breuning, associate profes-sor of political science, traveled to Ethi-opia in December 2005 to discuss AIDS prevention education opportunities with some of Ethiopia’s educators and to in-troduce them to basic hygiene.

“A lot of people choose not to get tested because of [the stigma],” Breun-ing said. “If they get tested, they will never admit that that is what they have because they do not want to admit that they have, essentially, been given a death sentence. People are survivors – they want to continue, and they want to have hope.”

Breuning said she thinks a key compo-nent of AIDS education is compassion.

“The [Stay Alive AIDS Prevention program] has proven results,” she said. “It helps students understand not just about HIV, but it also helps them understand about hygiene and about how disease is transmitted. It teaches them something about respectful relationships between human beings.”

Sixteen years ago, doctors told Thornton she had three years to live.

“The worst thing I did was prepare for death,” Thornton said.

Living with AIDS is discovering how to maintain one’s dignity in the midst of great odds, she said.

“This is the only life you got,” Thorn-ton said. “I don’t think there’s a sexual experience worth your life.”

Upon the formal announcement of a plan to raise the University’s student/faculty ratio to 16:1 (see story, Page 1), it’s clear this administration has its priorities completely out of order.

Last week, we highlighted the departure of Lee Orchard, convener of the theater department, and its subsequent effect on the theater department and its four remain-ing faculty. This week, we wish to draw attention to the plan cre-ated under a mandate by University President Bar-bara Dixon to return the University’s student-fac-ulty ratio to 16:1, in order to reallocate between $4 to $5 million. By 2009, Garry Gordon, vice presi-dent of academic affairs, expects to eliminate 33 faculty positions in pursuit of this goal.

Dixon and Gordon both have stressed that faculty are underpaid, and we agree. This plan blatantly ignores the forest for the trees, however.

A simple plan formulated in less than fi ve minutes by the Index editorial board would raise more than enough money dur-ing the next four years to solve the problems Dixon and Gordon have articulated. A $200 per student tuition increase per academic year, multiplied by the approximate number of 6,000 students, would raise $4.8 million in extra funding by the 2009-10 academic year. Most importantly, the University wouldn’t have to slash faculty.

The most recent Index Web poll shows 84 percent of students surveyed would support a tuition increase in order to retain outgoing faculty. It is not clear that the administration had any interest in creating some sort of task force to examine the ef-fects of the 16:1 plan.

The priority here must be the mainte-nance of the University’s top-notch learning environment. Truman simply is not another state-funded institution – the University prides itself on its rigorous academic pro-grams and the close, personal attention it is able to provide to its students.

Gordon claimed two key problems would be resolved with the implementation of the 16:1 plan. First, faculty and staff sal-

ary increases would be accounted for. Adequate compen-sation is crucial, but at no institution should such a goal come at the cost of damaging the school’s academic advantage.

Second, Gordon said the plan would “allow us to keep on the cutting edge” of education technology. His rationale here clearly is fl awed – the ad-ministration wishes to cut faculty positions but somehow expects to enhance the overall classroom experience. Is the administration willing to tell students that modest advances in the classroom are more important than adequate faculty support?

The 16:1 plan has been considered during the course of most of the academic year, based in part on an expectation of a 10 to 12 percent cut in state funding. Instead, Gov. Matt Blunt proposed a 2 per-cent increase, creating an extra $800,000 in revenue for the University. We understand that amount gets eaten up quickly by health care, capital improvements, energy costs and the like, but it doesn’t appear that Dixon’s priorities have shifted at all since that announcement.

No one – student or faculty – should buy what the administration is selling.

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Cartoon debate is larger than discussions about press freedom

Mr. Matthews’ editorial defending the Danish paper’s publication of the cartoon so many Muslims have found offensive is juvenile in its reasoning [Feb. 9 issue of the Index]. As someone who was on the editorial board of a high school newspaper for three years, I am well acquainted with our wonder-ful First Amendment protections – and, more importantly, responsibilities. I learned that members of the press do not have absolute freedom to print whatever they choose.

Yes, we are guaranteed “freedom of the press.” However, never has this been considered an absolute freedom, and never has this privilege not been paired with responsibility.

Mr. Matthews writes that editorial pages are intended to “provide insightful, provocative commentary.” What about those cartoons was insightful? Several of the editors of European newspapers who carried the cartoon now claim the message was supposed to be about religious fanaticism having no place in today’s society – could this message not have been relayed without insulting the prophet of the world’s largest-growing religion? A more creative, thoughtful cartoonist would have fi gured out a better way to convey this message – one that perhaps might still have offended some readers but not been interpreted as blasphemy. I fi nd it diffi cult to believe that the cartoonist couldn’t have made his or her point by limiting his mocking to religious fanatics of any faith.

I do not condone the violent reactions in some Muslim countries, but I also do not condone the publication of such an infl ammatory cartoon.

Regardless of this writer’s stated lack of respect for religion, would the Index ever consider running an article or cartoon that heavily mocked the Judeo-Christian God? I think not. Likewise, the Danish paper that fi rst carried the infamous cartoons turned down sev-eral cartoons that the editors felt would deeply offend Christians. At best, that’s hypocritical. At worst, the ed. board is as “pathetically narrow-minded” as Mr. Matthews claims protesters are.

Mr. Matthews is also incorrect about the lack of apologies: Several of the edi-tors in question have expressed regret to the Muslim community. Perhaps he should conduct more thorough research in the future. He is also juvenile in his claim that these newspapers should not apologize. They need not surrender their right to freedom of the press, but they do need to admit to abusing a great privilege and for not thinking carefully before printing the offensive cartoons.

The writer also makes a weak paral-lel between the cartoons in question and an American political cartoon. There are worlds of difference between mocking Donald Rumsfeld and mock-ing Muhammad.

No, the press should not shy away from printing submissions that are in some way infl ammatory. But hiding behind the cry of “freedom of the press!” is cowardly and childish. There must be a medium sought between absolute freedom and a respect for one’s audi-ence. Religion is a personal and highly emotional subject for most, and mock-ing someone’s most important beliefs is offensive. Whether the writer in question

has respect for religion or not, s/he must respect his/her audience – because if you continually offend that audience, there won’t be one anymore.

Laura TrieschmannJunior

Joel Andersen’s commentary never fails to hit the mark

This young man is truly a cool dude. His humor is dry, mature and mostly tasteless! I love it! Keep up the good work, Joel. Maybe you’ll get a date out of the whole deal! And by the way, your journalism teacher in high school must have been the best – great writing, young man. You deserve more money for your efforts.

Pay the guy!

Mark BubaloBlue Springs, Mo.

Spavone’s column ignored Kennedy’s electoral success

As an independent who mostly sides with the Democratic Party, I agree with much of what Rachael Spavone had to say about the “bumbling Democrats” [Feb. 9 issue of the Index]. However, I must take issue with her characteriza-tion of Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-Mass.] as a “big-time loser.” If I’m not mistaken, the last time Ted Kennedy lost an election was 1980, when he ran for president. In spite of increasing conservatism in his state and the nation, he has been repeatedly re-elected to the Senate, where he has been a champion of the best of American values like civil rights and economic opportunity.

Chappaquiddick was a horrible and shameful event in the Senator’s past, but it took place 36 years ago. Surely his four-plus decades of service – dur-ing which he has worked ceaselessly to create a government that represents ALL the people, not just privileged ones like himself – count for something.

I am a former resident of Massachu-setts, and I often long to be back in Ted Kennedy’s jurisdiction rather than in a state whose senators are busy helping George W. turn my country into a place I hardly recognize as America.

Cheryl GraceyKirksville Resident

Journal Building’s smoke-free policy should be emulated by others

My husband and I recently spent a very enjoyable night out at the Wooden Nickel’s Journal Printing Building, and I’d like to applaud the owners, Dan and Judy Vogt, for more than just a great meal and won-derful music – I’d like to thank them for providing a smoke-free environment to me and my husband. It was so nice to spend the night out with food, folks and great en-tertainment without having to come home and have to take a shower and fi ll my body with medicine to counteract the effects of secondhand smoke. I can honestly say it is the fi rst time ever that I have not had to do this in Kirksville. I hope there are many more to come.

Secondhand smoke not only hurts those who smoke but everyone around them. The Vogts respect their employ-ees’ and patrons’ health by protecting us from the 4,000 (over 50 known to cause cancer) chemicals that are in secondhand smoke. People with upper respiratory

problems or allergies can be very limited on where they can go. For some people the smallest amount of smoke can trigger a health issue that can last for days and even necessitate hospitalization.

For the smokers who complied with the no-smoking request, I want to thank you also for doing so. You not only al-lowed me but many others a chance to get out and have fun without any undo harm. For the non-compliant smokers, we hope that this letter helps inform you of the hazards of secondhand smoke and hope-fully you’ll think twice the next time.

Joyce LaraKirksville Resident

Homosexuality is an unnatural, reversible mental process

I have a dog named Buffy, and she is a girl dog. She goes out, and she fi nds a boy dog, and they fall in love and she has puppies. She knows she’s a girl dog, and he knows he’s a boy dog. All anyone has to do is look down their pants to fi nd out what God made them to be. If they can’t fi gure that out, they have less sense than my dog Buffy!

Is homosexuality natural? Is it normal? Then it must be unnatural and abnormal. The problem isn’t between their legs – it is between their ears. It is a mental choice that can be reversed so as to return to the normal and natural human being that God created them to be in the fi rst place. What ever happened to common sense?

Thank you for your fair and balanced regard for my opinion.

Rick Mathes

Chesterfi eld, Mo.

Group plans petition drive to put Medicare on November ballot

It’s tough to be poor in this rich country. Too often, the mass media ignore you, the prosperous blame you for your plight and the politicians cut the social programs on which you depend. In the state of Missouri, signifi cant cuts to Medicaid have removed the safety net from under many poor children and their parents, the disabled, and the elderly.

In response, an activist group named GRO (GrassRoots Organizing) from Mexico, Mo., has organized a petition initiative to get Medicaid reform on the Missouri state ballot in November. If the initiative succeeds, Missouri voters will be asked the following question:

Shall Missouri statutes be amended to:– reinstate state Medicaid health

care programs and services for eligible low income Missouri families, children, elderly and disabled;

– modify the income eligibility limit for Missourians who receive permanent and total disability benefi ts or aid to the blind benefi ts;

– include health care coverage for custodial parents of children who are eligible to receive Medicaid benefi ts; and

– continue the state Medicaid pro-gram beyond the current deadline of June 30, 2008?

Thousands of signatures are still needed. If you would like to sign this petition, or your group would be willing to gather signatures, please e-mail me at lseidel@truman.edu.

Keep the faith!

Linda SeidelProfessor of English

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IndexFeb. 14 Results

as of midnight Tuesday

Web pollEven if it means an increase in tuition, should the University replace all outgoing faculty?

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: vote online atwww.trumanindex.com

Do you agree with the University’s goal of raising the student/faculty ratio?

Yes. The maintenance of Truman’s top-notch learning environment requires adequate faculty support.

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The priority here must be

the maintenance of the University’s top-notch learning

environment.

84% (74)

No. The University has other priorities, one of which is the current goal of raising the student/faculty ratio.

16% (14)

l Columnist Jessie Gasch was misidentifi ed on Page 5 of the Feb. 9 issue of the Index. Gasch is a junior French and English major.l Will Shaffner was misidentifi ed as vice president of client relations at the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. Shaffner is the associate director of business development at MOHELA.

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5Other VoicesThursday, February 16, 2006

Around the Quad

Jarrett Andersonsophomore

This week’s question:“Should newspapers publish

the controversial Danish cartoons of Muhammad?”

Jonathan Schultzfreshman

Katie Mayfreshman

Nelson Assickjunior

“I think they should have the right, but they should exercise reason.”

“I don’t think that’s appropriate because that’s attacking a religion. I consider every religion important. I don’t see why they should attack religion.”

“Yeah, because people deserve to know what all the trouble’s about. I’ve never seen them.”

“Without a doubt, yes. Freedom of speech. People deserve to see them and make a judgment for themselves. They’re just cartoons.”

Fear-mongering still penetrates network

Chris Matthews

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The cold, hard fact that even journalists

have a hard time coping with is that news is

simply business. The bottom line matters,

oftentimes more than anything else.

Democrats must look beyond Hillary in 2008

I saw something very disturbing on Fox News Channel on Sunday.

During a news brief, the channel showed a live picture of New York City, which has had a record amount of snowfall in the past week. The information graphic on the lower quarter of the screen described the scene of a snowy, desolate New York and provided the information about the amount of snowfall in the city. At 3:55 p.m. Central Standard Time, the phrase “Terror Plot?” appeared for about two seconds across the informa-tion graphic in diagonally-oriented bold white letters.

The anchor, providing the voice-over report, did not acknowledge the appearance of this graphic phrase. There is little chance this graphic was a mistake or a legitimate graphic cued at the wrong time as it was diagonally placed, covering the whole of the information graphic. From what I can make of the situation, it appears the quick posting and disappearance of the phrase was a failed attempt at a subliminal scare tactic.

It might seem as if I’m jumping to conclusions, but what else is one to make of this? It is no secret that Fox News Channel consistently is in line with conservative political thought. Perhaps the decision-makers at Fox News Channel attempted to relate the image of a gray, catastrophic-appear-ing New York City to the events of September 11, 2001. This course of action plays well into the hands of the Bush administration, which recently has continued its political ploy of stressing that the country is still under a threat of terrorism. It is not far-fetched to think Fox News Channel would help promote the Bush agenda.

What surprises me about this event, however, is the means by which the news outlet apparently attempted to get this message across. A major complaint about news media, specifi cally 24-hour cable news chan-nels, is their focus on stories meant to frighten the viewer. The all-too-typi-cal routine generally exclaims, “What you don’t know might kill you,” and is implicitly followed by, “So, you better watch our newscast.”

But, isn’t it a little crazy to think a news organization would stoop so low to further a political agenda and main-tain an audience? No. The cold, hard fact that even journalists have a hard time coping with is that news is sim-ply business. The bottom line matters, oftentimes more than anything else. This is the reason for the increasing prevalence of entertainment passing for current events, split-and-shout

Unfortunately, many graduating seniors realize too late that their degree carries about as much weight as the paper it’s printed on. Who is to

blame for this grievous indiscretion?

Life after college often sneaks up on graduates too quickly

Truman State University is the Har-vard of the Midwest.

We have all heard this a thousand times and probably even have pro-claimed our school’s lofty reputation to others with pride at one time or another.

As fi rst-year students, we enter this small rural town with the hopes and expectations that after four (well, maybe fi ve) years of toiling away at tests and papers, our hard-earned and well-re-spected degree will land us any job we want, anywhere we want. After all, Tru-man is the golden child of the heartland, and the prestige of a diploma from this premier liberal arts and sciences univer-sity should be enough to take us places.

Unfortunately, many graduating seniors realize too late that their degree carries about as much weight as the paper it’s printed on. Who is to blame for this grievous indiscretion? The fi nger gets pointed at many sources, but the truth is that each of us is responsible for planning out our own paths accordingly.

We were smart enough to get here, so we should be smart enough to solidify a bright future for ourselves that extends beyond Truman. However, many of us fail to realize that planning for the next step should start the fi rst day of freshman year, and we wake up one day mid-se-nior year only to discover that count-less options are closed off to us simply because we didn’t bother to plan ahead.

If you have a major that inherently carries a plethora of job opportunities upon graduation (i.e. accounting, nursing or anything pre-MAE) or have nepotistic

job security (i.e. you’re taking over the family business or have sweet connec-tions), you probably will not have a lot of trouble fi guring out what comes next. For everyone else, here is a no-frills plan to prime you for success:

First, pick a major early that directly relates to what you want to do, and stick with it. Of course it goes without saying you should try to maintain as high a GPA as possible, but make sure that you main-tain at least a 3.0. Also, join some clubs, preferably freshman and sophomore year, and take on leadership positions.

Take the time to really study for a competency test if you need to take one – they are much harder than the ACT and SAT, and they’re too expensive to take multiple times – besides, many grad schools and employers will consider only your fi rst score.

Most importantly, develop a good rapport with your teachers because they will be the ones who write letters of recommendation and, if you’re lucky, become mentors, providing you with

crucial advice and tips. Finally, get an internship with a

company you could see yourself working for after graduation. Not only will this get your foot in the door with that particular company, but an internship is a priceless asset to your résumé. Moreover, good interns refl ect well on the University’s reputation and might encourage companies to give preference to future Truman interns or even attend Truman career fairs.

Don’t let your Bulldog pride blind you to the fact that a degree alone is often not enough to land a great job.

As graduate schools and job markets become more competitive, employers constantly are searching for those things that make an applicant stand out. How much a person makes of their four years of college says a lot about them.

What do you think yours will say about you?

Kelly Reed is a senior psychology major

from Kansas City, Mo.

Manliness should be thought of in larger terms than drinking shows passing for political discourse and

mouthpiece models passing for journal-ists. Even with these deplorable attempts for ratings, all at the expense of journal-istic integrity by the way, nothing is a profi table as fear-mongering.

Governments throughout history, including the present U.S. government, have capitalized on this fact, promot-ing agendas that are seen as destructive and inappropriate in hindsight but, at the time, were supported by a public manipulated by fear. Organized religion has persisted throughout history, despite its inherent dishonesty and the numerous despicable acts carried out in its name with its support, through the use of fear and intimidation. It is typical for parents in our society to scare their children into following rules. I suppose this method is easier than explaining why a child should act a certain way. Now, news media have jumped on the fright-before-reason bandwagon.

As much as I despise deceitful and manipulative tactics that use fear to recruit people, all the blame does not rest on those producing these tactics. These ploys only are used and have persisted only because society has allowed itself to succumb to them. So the great irrational masses share some of this blame and will continue to be guilty until they fi nally stop allowing themselves to be manipu-lated. If rationality is the key, I have a bad feeling most people will forever be shackled by terror. And that’s something we all should fear.

Chris Matthews is a seniorcommunication major

from St. Joseph, Mo.

”Kelly Reed

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Whenever I hear the name Hillary Clinton, I inwardly cringe.

This I have kept a secret for a while now because to most Democrats, she is a dream come true. She has an im-pressive résumé, a huge war chest all stocked for the campaign, the ability to fundraise like no other member of the party and perhaps the most important of all, her last name is Clinton.

I don’t think anyone can argue that she is one tough woman and that she has been through a lot, but I can’t help but think the overwhelming reason the Democrats are so gung-ho for Hillary is simple Bill nostalgia.

We all have to remember that no matter how much we might miss Bill, Hillary is a very, very poor imitation of the original. In 1992, Bill gave away campaign buttons that said “Buy One, Get One Free,” implying that he and Hillary would be equal partners in his administration. Somehow, this has turned into “Buy One, Get One Half Off,” and the Hillary mania is just beginning.

Hillary running for President in 2008 would tear the party apart and unleash the Republican attack dogs the likes of which we have never seen. Kenneth Starr is going to look like Cupid once the Republicans are fi nished with Hill-ary if she runs in 2008.

There is something intensely unset-tling to me about Hillary Clinton that I can’t quite put my fi nger on. Maybe it is because she reminds me of Lady MacBeth. There is a distinct Ma-

chiavellian tint to a woman who would remain behind the scenes, inserting her-self into policy discussions and being an active member of the Clinton admin-istration and then, after 12 years in the background, run for offi ce herself.

When I look at Hillary Clinton, I practically can see the wheels turning, and naked, desperate ambition always has turned me off a little bit. Recently, Clinton has begun a quiet and deliber-ate move to the center that culminated in a Clinton and Newt Gingrich press conference. Apparently, these old rivals have found some common ground – on health care of all issues.

To me, that Hillary would choose to work with a man who relentlessly attacked her husband to illustrate her own moderate-ness is just a glimpse into the calculating mind of a woman who would love nothing more than to fi nish what her husband started.

The Republicans, obviously view-ing Hillary as a threat in 2008, already have started to attack Clinton: This

week the head of the Republican Na-tional Committee called her an “angry” person, which was seemingly off the mark but still conjures the right image of an irrational woman out of control.

I would direct the head of the RNC to pollingreport.com, where, although Hillary is out polling every other Democrat, she would lose in a head-to-head race with either John McCain or Rudy Giuliani. Is this kind of pre-emp-tive insulting really necessary two full years before the election?

And come on, Democrats, Hillary is not her husband – she is nowhere close (see the Coretta Scott King funeral – side-by-side, Bill kills).

As a party we need to move beyond the usual suspects and think outside the box for 2008.

Rachael Spavone is a senior

political science major from Springfi eld, Ill.

Rachael Spavone

When I look at Hillary Clinton,

I practically can see the wheels turning,

and naked, desperate ambition always has

turned me off a little bit.”

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Josh Fenton

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Talking about how much you just drank?

Boring. Climbing through a window to spray

your sleeping roommate with a fi re extinguisher?

Exciting. Just don’t make it habitual.

Drinking beer is cool – everybody knows that. And it’s a time-honored, time-tested American philosophy that “if some is good, more is better.” Ergo, the more beer you drink, the cooler you are. And what’s the best way to drink lots of beer? Buy the cheap stuff, the nine-dollars-for-twenty-four kind.

I like drinking. But I turn 21 in March, so I’m going to keep this legal. Any time I say “beer” I’m abbreviating for “root beer,” especially when I say things like, “I love to drink beer.” Because I do. I enjoy the camaraderie fostered through late nights and bellies full of ale. Although it seems not everyone has adopted the easy-going, laid-back attitude I have, I am fully aware of my inability to outconsume the vast majority of campus, and I am aware of the futility of such efforts.

Yet a small but vocal minority of drinkers drink to change their person-alities, to absolve themselves of any blame and to drink everyone else under the table. I readily admit that I’m no St. Ignatius, but again, I’m no barfl y. At the appropriate time and in the appropriate places, I’ve been known to drink inap-propriate amounts. Nonetheless, weekend after weekend, I fi nd myself hearing some Tri-Sig ranting about the eight shots she pre-gamed (although it must be admitted that “eight shots” never means “eight” shots because anything past three is considered “eight”), likewise, Mr. I-just-pounded-a-12-pack-of-Natty-and-I-ain’t-even-buzzed.

Two things: Nobody should brag about drinking Natural Light. Take any Ger-

man, Australian or Englishman (globally acknowledged as professional drinkers), give them a sixer of Milwaukee’s Best or Pabst Blue Ribbon, and they’ll puke it all up. Trust me. Secondly: It’s not what you drink, it’s how you drink it. Talking about how much you just drank? Boring. Climbing through a window to spray your sleeping roommate in the face with a fi re extinguisher? Exciting. Just don’t make it habitual.

There’s a series of thresholds between bring a prude, being a lightweight, hold-ing your alcohol better than some and being an idiot. The middle two are admi-rable, the outside two are pitiful.

It’s well understood that masculinity does not walk hand-in-hand with logic. But George Washington, James Dean, Clint Eastwood and Tyler Durden – the man’s man, all of them – are considered more macho than macho, and it’s got jack to do with three-minute keg stands. They challenged the status quo, they looked good doing it, and they didn’t take any crap from anyone.

Take the Lizard King of party animals, Jim Morrison. Mr. Mojo Risin’ wrote the book on partying like a rock star. On Tuesday nights he’d drink half his weight in whiskey and jump off a roof. But there’s a hair’s breadth between mythic drunks and everyday ones. Everyday drunks are about as manly as spousal abuse is, no matter what anybody tells you. Getting completely blitzed is fi ne. In the right circumstances, it’s even com-mendable. But doing it so often that it takes a half-gallon of absinthe is just sad.

Manliness is pushing the limits and quietly pressing on after everyone else quits. Manliness is saying exactly what you feel, damn the consequences. Manli-ness isn’t puking up your stomach liner every other weekend. Besides, if you drink everybody else under the table, then you’re left with nobody to drink with it. And how much fun is that?

Josh Fenton is a senior communication major

from Troutdale, Ore.

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Historic school burns down, kindles memories

Local residents plan toremodel schoolhouse into child, adult center

Julie WilliamsStaff Reporter

Thanks to a local family, an abandoned school building is about to see new life.

With the help of her husband and parents, Kirksville resident Taira Byrn has decided to take the old Willard School building, lo-cated at 707 N. Centennial St., and turn it into a new intergenerational day-care center. Byrn will be the owner and director of the center.

The center will have two parts, one for children and one for adults, Byrn said. She said she will be the director of the child care section while her father, Jerry McMain, will direct the adult day-care center. The two age groups will have the chance to interact if they choose, however.

“They’ll have certain times where they can come together and do special activities like music, art, reading, games and puzzles,” Byrn said.

Byrn said Kirksville has a lack of child care centers.

“We have a need for child care and senior care in this town,” Byrn said. “We have good centers already here, but we need more.”

Byrn said the center would

John Priestfor the Index

Kirksville lost a piece of its inter-national fame when the Porter School burned Jan. 30.

Larry Logston, chief deputy of the Adair County Sheriff’s Department, said authorities are investigating the fi re be-cause it was questionable.

Logston said because of the building’s age, it didn’t have any utilities that could have started the fi re.

“We know it was arson,” he said. “We do have a suspect we’ve been interviewing.”

Logston said the owner’s family told authorities to let the building burn, and fi re fi ghters merely contained the fi re. Gail No-vinger owned the building, which was lo-cated outside of Kirksville.

After the fi re, the Porter School’s lega-

benefi t the community, includ-ing how it would be a good thing for parents whose children had been at the Child Development Center at Truman.

“Since that’s going out, it’s good to let them know that there are more opportunities out there for their kids,” Byrn said.

Byrn said the child care center will be geared toward infants, tod-dlers and children up to 5 years of age. An after-school program for children up to 12 years of age also will be available. She said she is calling the child care section a “learning center” be-cause it resembles a preschool or child development center rather than just a day-care center.

Byrn said the adult center will be a place for older adults to go during the day to give their caregivers a break. She said some adults might just come for recreation and socialization.

At this point, Byrn said they are getting state licenses for 50 to 60 children and for about 50 adults. She said they haven’t even touched the upstairs portion of the building, however, so they have a lot of room to grow.

Byrn said she also is interested in working with the community.

She said it would be nice if Tru-man students could come to the center for hands-on experience, although she hasn’t talked to any-one about this yet.

The Willard School is in good condition and will need few repairs, Byrn said. She said the building al-ways has been used for education, and it holds a lot of good memories for the community.

“I think it’s nice to be able to keep the buildings, keep the mem-ories,” Byrn said.

The Planning and Zoning Com-mission unanimously approved

the Byrns’ request last Wednesday.

Randy Hagerty, chairman of the Planning and Zon-ing Commission and professor of po-litical science, said the Willard School area previously was zoned R-3, multi-family residential.

“In other words, they could have con-verted the school

into an apartment complex with-out any oversight by the city,” Hagerty said.

He said the Byrns requested to re-zone the area to C-1P, light commercial planned, so they could set up the day-care center. The re-zoning also would allow the Byrns to set up a small store

cy is left to memory.Former students and teachers of the Por-

ter School are mourning its loss, but many realize the community should have memo-rialized the Porter School long ago.

“The real tragedy was 40 years ago when no one cared about Kirksville’s heri-tage,” said Marlene Winslow, a teacher at the school from 1957-66.

Part of this heritage comes from former schoolmistress Marie Turner Harvey, whose radical ideas earned the Porter School a reputation as one of the best schools in the world in the early 20th century.

Emil Green, who attended Porter School from 1923-25, said he credits the success of the school to Harvey.

“She was more than a teacher,” Green said. “I think they would call her a rural sociologist.”

Green said Harvey used her background

in progressive education to provide her stu-dents with a holistic educational experience. He said Harvey believed a school should be the center of its community. Green said Harvey not only taught them subjects such as reading and math but also gardening and table manners. He said they also learned music and theater.

Students at the Porter School never re-ceived grades. Green said Harvey did not believe in grades.

“[Harvey] was so dynamic, so far ahead of herself,” Green said. “She thought we should experience our education, and there was no measure for that experience.”

The Porter School was a school of fi rsts. Porter had the fi rst school bus in the state, a horse-drawn wagon, and the fi rst running water, according to the Adair County Li-brary Web site.

Winslow said that when the school

closed because of the district consolidation, she petitioned to Northeast Missouri State College, now Truman State University, to buy the school and preserve it. It refused.

The school remained in disrepair for decades, stuffed with old shutters and con-struction supplies, said Jason Haxton, direc-tor of the Still National Osteopathic Muse-um. The building last belonged to Novinger, who used it as a storage building.

“It’s unfortunate that better care wasn’t taken,” Haxton said.

He said Novinger offered to donate the building and move it into Kirksville where the community could preserve it as a record of Kirksville’s place in educational history. Unfortunately, it burned before Haxton could help bring it to its former glory.

Green said people from countries across the world traveled to Kirksville to see the glory of the Porter School.

“The effects of what happened from those countries coming and then building better schools [in their countries] can may-be still be felt today,” Haxton said.

The school also caught the attention of Evelyn Dewey Smith, who wrote the book “New Schools for Old,” a history of the Porter School.

The Porter School remained innovative until it closed. Harvey moved on, giving lectures across the United States about her progressive philosophies, but others like Winslow fi lled her absence.

Winslow said she learned the value of small schools at Porter School, and she hopes others will see their value, too.

“Education is like a pendulum on a clock,” she said. “It swings all the way to the right, and then it gradually comes back, and I think eventually they will come back to the smaller classes.”

inside the center and occasion-ally rent out the gymnasium in the building, Hagerty said.

“They didn’t want to make it residential — they wanted to make it commercial,” Hagerty said. “That required giving it a commer-cial designation, a re-zoning.”

He said one of the factors the commission considered was that as an abandoned building, the Willard School could become di-lapidated and an eyesore. If the Byrns are using the building, it will be maintained, he said.

Hagerty said he thinks the day-care center not only would be an appropriate use of the area but also would be productive for the com-munity. He said it will meet a need of the Kirksville area by providing care for both children and adults. The center also would provide an anticipated 25 new jobs once it is up and running, Hagerty said.

At a special open session of City Council on Monday night, the council unanimously passed a bill for the re-zoning of the Wil-lard School area.

No city money would be spent on the project, according to a re-port issued by City Manager Mari Macomber.

“I think [their plan is] innova-tive,” Mayor Martha Rowe said.

She said now that the Byrns have received approval from the City Council, the project is in their hands.

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MOHELA I Attorney General brings lawsuit against loan agency’s directorsContinued from Page 1intended to stop the sale of more than $1 bil-lion of student loans to private investors, but to ensure not violating the Sunshine Law.

Will Shaffner, associate director of business development at MOHELA, de-clined to comment about the case.

Despite the lawsuit, Missouri House Republicans are developing their own plan, Access Missouri, with the esti-mated $450 million the state hopes to receive from the sale. This plan will put more money into scholarships instead of capital improvements.

While Gov. Matt Blunt’s plan, the Lew-is and Clark Discovery Initiative, calls for $100 million in endowed scholarships and $300 million for capital improvements, Access Missouri recommends $190 mil-lion for scholarships and $165 million for capital improvements.

“[The caucus members] think scholar-

ships are a much better investment,” said Todd Abrajano, communications director for House Speaker Rod Jetton.

Abrajano said the House has not deter-mined possible changes in Blunt’s list of improvement projects, including $21.8 mil-lion for renovations to Pershing Building.

Blunt’s communications director Spence Jackson said Blunt’s offi ce is con-fi dent their plan will prevail.

Omitted from the House’s proposal is $20 million for endowed professorships and $30 million for the Missouri Discov-ery Alliance, which seeks to attract life sciences companies to Missouri.

Jackson said the governor’s plan will pro-vide a larger return in life and plant sciences.

“[It] puts more of an emphasis on eco-nomic development, which will benefi t our state for many years to come,” Jackson said.

Financial aid director Melinda Wood said several members of the legislature

believe that money from the sale should stay with education.

“The Commissioner of Higher Education warned that there are penalties for paying off bond indebtedness early,” Wood said.

Both Jackson and Abrajano said they will pursue their plans in spite of the lawsuit.

“It’s the House Majority Caucus’ deci-sion that MOHELA was within their right to liquidate their assets,” Abrajano said. “The House is going forward with their plan until any court says it’s not OK to do so.”

Jackson said he anticipates that Blunt’s proposals will prevail.

“At the end of the day, you’ll see a plan that more closely resembles the governor’s Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative,” Jackson said.

The House’s plan also calls for $18 mil-lion of the proceeds for improvements to community colleges and $75 million to re-duce the state’s general debt.

Continued from Page 1potentially saved by implementing the 16:1 plan is needed for two key issues.

“One would be to get faculty and staff salaries commensurate with the kind of institution that we are ...” said Gordon. “And I would tell you that for example with faculty, on the average ... we’re probably $5,000 to $6,000 below where we need to be.”

Gordon said that last year, 26 offers to potential hires were refused because of the salary.

The other part would be what I would call a kind of reinvestment back into the institution,” Gordon said. “The consider-ation of new programmatic offers those kinds of things that will richen the institu-tion and allow us to keep on the cutting edge in higher education.”

Gordon said he has received some fac-ulty feedback, but the upcoming changes are a lot to take in.

“I think right now, people are re-ally trying to digest what this means for them,” Gordon said. “And then especially in those good cases, they’re trying to fi g-ure out, ... ‘What does it mean for us, and how do we do this in a way that we can still serve student needs and have the best working environment that we can?’”

Doug Davenport, interim dean of social science, said the sociology/anthropology discipline is experiencing a similar effect as the theater department. Robert Graber,

professor of anthropology, will retire at the end of the semester, and the discipline will be down to four faculty members.

“The faculty in that area are working diligently to determine how they can meet the needs of the students in spite of that loss,” Davenport said. “They have staged no protest, but they have attempted to deal with it in ways that are constructive.”

Dean of science Scott Ellis said the 16:1 plan has created reachable, but not desirable, goals for science faculty.

“I think that most of us around here hope that student numbers will increase enough that we won’t have to lose faculty the way we were asked to come up with the plan,” Ellis said.

He said the 16:1 plan is only one com-ponent of the change being looked at. The possible restructuring of divisions will have an impact on these ratios, Ellis said.

Gordon said the $800,000 Gov. Matt Blunt recommended for the University in fi scal year 2006 will not help because it is quickly used up in increases in health care costs, retirement costs, utility costs and other things that automatically will increase whether we want them to or not.

“So in the end, if we want to, for ex-ample, give raises to the faculty and staff, we’ll have to do that through internal re-allocation,” Gordon said. “In other words, the good news is we don’t have to reallo-cate to come up with those costs, but we don’t get anything more.”

Continued from Page 1If they are at the game and report to the scorer’s table within one minute of the drawing, they receive an amount of money known as the M. Vincent O’Donnell Stu-dent Appreciation Award. If no one reports, the amount is raised $100 for the drawing next game. No one had won the award in the previous 21 home games, Schrader said.

Palmer said that at fi rst she didn’t real-

ize what was going on. “All I heard was ‘Erin Palmer’ and ‘scor-

er’s table,’ so I kind of connected the two and was like ‘Uh, I won something. This never happens, but OK,’” Palmer said.

Palmer, a student adviser in Brewer Hall, said she was only at the game because a friend contacted her via instant messen-ger and asked if she would go. She said she was lucky to fi nish playing football with

friends from Residence Life earlier or else she wouldn’t have attended the game.

Palmer said she didn’t yet have anything specifi c on which to spend the money.

“I fi gure [I will] just put it in my ac-count and use it for whatever I need to,” she said. “No major expenditures, I sup-pose. ... I fi gure I should probably be more practical with it. I mean, this doesn’t hap-pen that often.”

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