were given a ticket that could beused anywhere in the residence hallsto save a single room. If studentsrenewed their contract after the 30spaces were allocated, they weregiven the option of signing up on awaiting list.

“Of the list of singles, very fewwere accommodated because wewere so full,” O’Brien said.

Sophomore Eric King was able toget a single room during the housingrenewal process this past spring.King had lived in a four-personroom during the first semester of hisfreshman year.

“That’s not my style,” he said.“I’m a quiet, reserved person.”

In the spring King was able toswitch to a vacant room, which hesaid he liked much better.

“It’s a quiet place to go, and I canget a lot of homework done withoutbeing distracted,” he said.

Sophomore Carla Giger said shewas put on a waiting list for a singleroom but could not get one.

She said she did not know shewould not have a single room untilthe second week in August.

“They sent me the name of myroommate, but she wasn’t my room-mate and then they sent me some-

thing else saying someone else wasmy roommate,” she said. “It wassome sort of computer error.”

Giger said she has not tried tofind out if it would be possible forher to get a single room.

“I figured my chances aren’t verygood,” she said.

O’Brien said another reason shethinks that more students signed upto stay in the residence halls is thechanges that have been made inrecent years to the halls.

“Dobson Hall has basically got-ten a total facelift in the last coupleof years,” she said. “The same thinghas happened in Missouri andCentennial. I think the living envi-ronments are much more comfort-able.”

Some students have noticed theincreased number of students oncampus when they’re in the parkinglot.

Sophomore Ashley Hanson saidparking has been a problem for her.

“It took me 25 minutes Mondaynight to find a parking spot,” shesaid. “I know it was a problem lastyear, but it seems to be more thisyear.”

Giger, who lives in CentennialHall, said she has also noticed the

same difficulty with parking.“I’ll look through the back lot

and then usually just park on thegravel,” she said. “You just give infaster.”

The Department of Public Safetydid not yet have numbers on howmany parking permits had beenissued this year

Dennis Markeson, director ofdining services, said that eventhough there are more students inthe residence halls, there are onlyabout 100 more students eating in

the dining halls.“When you’re serving 2,700 stu-

dents, 100 more doesn’t make anydifference,” he said. “All of the hallsare running about 25 students upfrom last year.”

Markeson said that during thefirst couple of weeks of school, thecafeterias always seem more crowd-ed until students set their schedules.

“Ryle serves about 800 students,”he said. “If 500 students show up fordinner at 5:30, you’re going to bebusy.”

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Women outnumber men in nationwide trendAdam Claypool

for the Index

Once again, females dominateTruman’s campus.

The male-to-female ratio atTruman is 39 to 61. This may seemlike a large gap, but this trend isactually common.

Kathy Rieck, dean of admissionand records, said this ratio is typicalfor universities in Missouri and thecountry.

“It is happening nationwide, andit has for the past five to 10 years,”Rieck said. “I’ve been reading arti-cles and attending conferences foryears now, and across the board,people have been talking about thisissue.”

The trend actually has been hap-pening for nearly two decades.According to a June 25 article inThe Washington Post, women beganoutnumbering men in higher educa-tion in the early 1980s.

Rieck pointed out many theoriesin the Post article about what causes

the gender gap.“There are some interesting

things being said, that perhaps malestudents are more of a disciplinaryproblem in those earlier grades, andunfortunately, they get channeledinto special education,” Rieck said.

The same Washington Post arti-cle reported that some researcherssaid they think women have learn-ing styles that are more conducive tothe college classroom. Otherresearchers said they think malesfeel more pressure to work while inschool.

Rieck also said there are jobsavailable for high school graduatesin the technology and automotivefields that may look attractive tomales. These jobs have salaries thatmay seem high to teenagers, butthey actually are relatively lowwhen compared to college gradu-ates’ salaries.

With the growing number offemale graduates, some wonder ifthis will change the professionallandscape. Stephanie Chipman,career coordinator for the University

Career Center, said she has notnoticed this trend.

“Women have been very success-ful at breaking into middle- manage-ment positions, but it’s really inter-esting, because if you look atFortune 500 companies and CEOs,it is still very male dominated ... andit’s not just supply and demand,there are all kinds of other issuesthat are more deeply embedded,”Chipman said.

For example, Chipman said somewomen, if offered a CEO position,might turn it down because of thetime constraints and commitments.She said this also is happening withmany men.

Many students around campusalso might notice that most of theirprofessors are men. Rieck said shethinks that more women will enterthe field of higher education in thefuture.

“When you look at the collegegraduation rates, and the graduateschool rates, that [trend] willchange,” Rieck said. “It has to.”

Some female students on campus

said they can understand the gendergap. Sophomore Alicia Schroeder is froma small town in Iowa, and she said inhigh school many of the top studentswere women.

“There were 15 people in myhigh school class, and of the 15, theonly ones who put forth any type ofeffort were all female,” Schroedersaid.

This issue has a national scope,and many school officials nation-wide have tried to tackle the prob-lem. According to the same article inThe Washington Post, theUniversity of Georgia started givingan edge to male applicants. The uni-versity soon halted the policybecause of a lawsuit.

Rieck said the Office ofAdmissions does not have anystrategies right now to reduce thegender gap. She said that when onelooks at the data, the trend is hap-pening naturally, and although theUniversity would like to encouragemale applicants, the situation isbeyond its control.

mine the vehicle make and model.The car turned out to be a white 1986Camaro towed by Buck’s Auto Bodyand Collision that same evening.

The vehicle had been abandonedlate Aug. 14 at the entrance to SugarCreek Forest Shooting Range.

The charges filed against Anthonystate the vehicle damage as tears,dents and paint transfer to siding, twodamaged hand railings, damage tothe cement wall and two damagedbushes.

Anthony’s attorney said that hisclient waived his right to a prelimi-nary hearing in the Associate CircuitCourt at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Thetrial will be set at a later date.

The car crash was not the onlydamage Ophelia Parrish sustainedthis week.

The bike rack crashed into thewindow of the ceramics studio of theOphelia Parrish building.

A student reported seeing threemales fleeing, all in white dressshirts. The Department of PublicSafety arrived at the scene immedi-ately after the incident, and PhysicalPlant workers boarded up the dam-aged window.

Jones was informed about thedamaged window on Sunday after-noon. “It was really kind of disheart-ening to get the call,” Jones said.

Jones said the bike rack is heavyand most likely took all three malesto lift. He said that it is possible thatthey were trying to stand it up ormove it, and the rack toppled into thewindow.

The frame was removed from thedamaged window, and two newpanes of glass will have to be putback in.

“I would assume that if this wasby Truman students, they would be atrisk for being expelled,” Jones said.

jobs and was taking classes whileshe student-taught.

On the days she wasn’t feelingwell after her diagnosis, she wouldalways make up for it by staying inthe classroom longer or coming inon another day.

To help the children learn aboutNative Americans, Sanders broughta costume including moccasins, ahead band and long skirt to class,Gipson said. She showed the chil-dren how to sand paint. They liked itso much that Sanders brought every-thing back three days later.

Bowers said Sanders started tofeel ill and was diagnosed withcolon cancer in 2001 shortly afterschool let out for the summer. Shehad surgery that summer and under-went chemotherapy that fall. Shereturned to the classroom in January2002. Bowers said Sanders told thestudents in her class about her can-cer through a book.

“One of the first activities MAEstudents have to complete is an ABCbook telling about themselves,”Bowers said. “Hers brought tears tomy eyes. Her letter ‘C’ was ‘cancer,’and she told the kids about it. Herletter ‘V’ was ‘victorious.’ She saidshe was going to be victorious in herfight over cancer. And at the timeshe was. She was feeling prettygood.”

Gipson said that when Sanderswas diagnosed with cancer, shebelieved that God would take care ofher.

“She tried the chemo, and shehad surgery,” Gipson said. “She hada third of her colon removed, andshe went through level-five chemo,

which is the most intense kind. Shelost her hair and just laid in bed andjust wasn’t the person she usuallyis.”

Sanders was then in remission forabout a month until CAT scansrevealed that the cancer had spreadto her lymph nodes.

“She decided, it was a personalchoice, and it was her faith just toleave it up to God,” Gipson said.“She decided that her last couplemonths were going to be not throw-ing up. Her faith was so strong.”

Gipson said that when Sandersgot off the chemotherapy, she wasmuch more happy and like herselfagain for another three months untilthe cancer took over her body.

When Gipson visited Sanders forthe last time three weeks ago, shesaid Sanders didn’t really recognizeanyone, but her eyes lit up when shesaw who Gibson had brought withher: Monroe the cat.

“She would leave messages forthe cat on our answering machine,”England said.

Gipson said Monroe got moremessages than she did.

“When we’d be away, [Sanders]would be like, ‘Monroe, I know noone’s home right now, but this isyour aunt.’”

Sanders’ funeral was at 1 p.m.Friday at the Memorial FuneralHome in Columbia, Mo.

Gipson said Sanders’ friends andthose who knew her will rememberher as a giver and a teacher whotouched many lives.

England remembers her faith. “Someone with faith like that

she’s fine now,” England said.

refund for the charge. Employees at Patty’s University

Bookstore noticed the error.Patty’s manager

Patty Bolz said she sentone of her employees tothe Truman Bookstoreto purchase a book for acustomer. The customerhad previously reservedher books at Patty’s, butone of the reservedbooks was missing.

Bolz said she sent anemployee with cash topurchase the book. Theemployee then rang upthe book through theregister at Patty’s andnoticed that the total onthe receipt was different than thereceipt from the Truman Bookstore.

“Our first thought was, ‘Oh no,our register is off,’” Bolz said. “Sowe tried another register, but the

totals were still differ-ent.”

Bolz said Patty’semployees then com-pared receipts andnoticed the TrumanBookstore was charg-ing a higher percent-age of sales tax.

She immediatelybrought it to the atten-tion of the TrumanBookstore manage-ment.

Nigh’s statementsaid the error in thetextbook rate was cor-

rected as of the start of businessSept. 4.

Kirksville’s Finance DirectorLaura Guy said the half-cent taxwas levied in 1998 to fund the con-struction of the Aquatic Center at801 E. Mill St.

Guy said the tax ran a 30-monthcourse that began Oct. 1, 1998, andended March 31, 2001.

The Truman Bookstore contin-ued charging the tax for an addi-tional 17 months. The tax survivedseveral semesters’ worth of bookbuying.

Schneider said she could notprovide the amount of tax collectedover the 17-month period beforepublication of this issue.

Schneider confirmed that everypenny collected from the tax wentto the city of Kirksville.

Freshman Carrie Flaherty saidshe purchases her books from the

Truman Bookstore because she hasan account there.

“The amount of money we spendon books adds up,” Flaherty said. “Ispent about $400, and without thehalf-cent, I would have saved acouple.”

Junior Garrett Crawford said healso usually purchases his booksfrom the Truman Bookstore.

“Had I known the bookstore wascharging students with the tax, Iwould have looked at other optionssuch as Patty’s or the Internet,”Crawford said.

Guy said the MissouriDepartment of Revenue sends a let-ter one month in advance to notify abusiness when a sales tax will beginor cease to be charged. Nigh didnot mention the cause of the error inthe Truman Bookstore’s statement.

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2002-03 2920 2881 98.66%Information provided by Andrea O’Brien, director of residential living

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John Rutter, assistant professor of biolo-gy, plays guitar, harmonica and singsTuesday afternoon at a peace rally onthe Mall. Student speakers encouragedothers to think critically about the UnitedStates’ role in the Middle East.

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Amy Monnig/IndexFreshman Jim Volmert is surrounded by women outside Dobson Hall on Tuesday while walking to class. With a girl-tto-gguy ratio of almost 3:1,this is becoming a common sight on campus. Women began outnumbering men in the early 1980s at most higher education institutions.

“Our first thoughtwas, ‘Oh no, ourregister is off.’

So we triedanother register,

but the totalswere still differ-

ent.”

Patty BolzPatty’s UniversityBookstore owner

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