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Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Students find careful balance in life, school, illnesses, identities

LAUREN MCCOY
Asst. News Editor | @McCoy014

If most of us noticed someone

with a gleaming bone protruding
from a disjointed elbow, wed likely
run for help or dial 911. Spewing
blood or the discovery of a baseball-sized tumor would garner the
same results.

But without seeing bones

sticking out of the skin or blooddrenched clothes, some would not
be so fast to call for help for illnesses that are just as serious.
In 2013, the American College Health Association reported
a combined 24.3 percent of college
students in the U.S. reported having chronic illnesses or conditions

Nixon gains support for proposed

increase in higher education funds
RYAN EDWARDS

Missourian Reporter | @RyanaldoEdwards

In January, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon submitted his new budget proposal
to the General Assembly, hoping to
bring big bucks to Missouri colleges
and universities.
By statute, the assembly must return its version of the proposed budget
for fiscal year 2015 to the governor by
May 9, one week before the end of the
legislation session. If the General Assembly passes the proposed budget, it
will take effect July 1.
Nothing will have a greater impact on the future of our economy and
our state than the commitment we
make now to education, Gov. Nixon
said during a December trip to Missouri State University.
According to the College Boards
2013 Trends in College Pricing report,
Missouris increase in tuition and fees
since 2008 has been the lowest in the
country.
Scott Holste, press secretary for
Gov. Nixon, said the two- and four-

year institutions will see a significant

increase in funding.
The exact dollar amount and
percentage change in funding will not
be known when Gov. Nixon signs the
proposal, Holste said. Money for the
public colleges and universities comes
from general revenue.
Because Missouri now assesses
higher education budgets on performance-based grades, Northwest and
other schools will need to meet all
five university-specific performance
standards to receive the full funding.
Northwest received 100 percent of
state-appropriated funds in the first
two years of the program.
Although successful to the states
performance standards, the recession
and budget cuts made the University
change how they use the funding.
Provost Doug Dunham says that
while it is difficult, the University is
looking to deal with the funding that
the state is allocating.
Were on the tail end of strategic
planning. We have been in this position in the last five years because of the

that ranged from ADHD, diabetes,

epilepsy, arthritis and autoimmune
disorders, to learning disabilities
or psychiatric conditions.
For Anthony Valles, Cameron
Moore and Lucy Anderson, these
invisible illnesses lurk under the
surface of normal appearances.
These students everyday struggles
are not as obvious as someone in a

School
MCC
School
Mo. West
Mo. South

NWMSU
Truman
SEMO
UCM
Mo. State
Mizzou

2-year

FUNDING (millions)
31.2

4-year

FUNDING (Millions)
21.6
23.2
30.3
40.5
44.4
53.9
81.0
407.5

recession and budget cuts, Dunham

said. The budget has really been driving strategy, but now we are moving to
strategy driving budget.
After gaining the support of the
Senate last week, the state may end up
dropping millions onto the desks of
universities next year.

Martin, Shipley sworn in to

council, Riedel named mayor
BRANDON ZENNER
News Editor | @brandonzenner

Monday night brought a new look and new faces to the

Maryville City Council desk. The dawning of a new era began with Rachael Martin, 27, and Tim Shipley, 36, taking
their oath of office.
The two replace Mayor Jim Fall and Councilman Ron
Moss, both in their 70s, after receiving their election in the
general elections April 8.
As he prepared to leave, Fall said it was an honor and
my privilege to serve on the council.
I will always be grateful for the trust you all placed in
me, Fall said. I want to extend my congrats to the new
council and wish you luck.
Councilwoman Renee Riedel also was named mayor by
her council peers without opposition.
Lets get moving and doing, Riedel said shortly after
her appointment of mayor.
In Maryville, the mayor and mayor pro tem are elected
by the City Council. Shipley will serve in Riedels absence as

wheelchair or an individual making trips to the hospital for chemotherapy on a regular basis, but this
does not lessen their troubles.
Freshman Anthony Valles said
his difficulties began as young as
two years old, when he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
I guess I was very hyperactive

as a child, so my family thought I

needed to get checked out, Valles
said. I went and they diagnosed
me with ADHD.
Valles was initially prescribed
the medication Adderall upon diagnosis, but said his mother did
not like how it affected him.

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Graves against Obamacare

full-time work definition
SHANE STEELEY

Chief Reporter | @TheMissourian

A provision in the Affordable Care

Act that reduces the number of hours
in a full-time work week has many up
in arms and confused.
One of the people who feels this
way is Rep. Sam Graves (R.-Mo.), who
thinks the amendment will be bad for
businesses and employees.
The provision changes the universal full-time worker, classified as
anyone who works 40 hours a week,
to anyone who works a 30-hour week.
This means more full-time employees
receive health insurance provided to
them from their employer.
Congressman Graves objective
is to protect jobs and workers takehome pay at a time when many north
Missourians are living paycheck to
paycheck and hours are being cut due
to Obamacare, a Graves spokesman
said. Because of the revised 30-hour
full-time work week, millions of people around the country are at risk of
reduced hours and many of them are
our most vulnerable.
According to Matt Baker,
Maryville Chamber of Commerce
Board member, there is a high probability that this provision will not
harm his business, Baker Chiropractic
and Rehabilitation, but he sees where
it could lead to issues for other small
businesses that hire several people.

Another problem he has seen is

how people are using insurance as a
way to measure health instead of trying to live healthy.
If I had, hypothetically, 52 people
working for me and the limit was 50
for having to supply insurance, I could
see myself getting rid of those two
people in order to save money, Baker
said. We should be doing what makes
us healthy.
According to the bill, the goal is to
make sure that workers are not short
changed when it comes to working full
time, and employers cannot simply
give workers 39 hours a week of work
and not give them insurance. While
noble, according to business professor
Terry Coalter, this goal may have some
consequences that will require looking
at health care a bit more in detail.
The intent was to get everybody
covered. Its going to cost them a fortune, and thats the concern, Coalter
said. But if you are working 40 hours
a week, you should be paid enough to
afford it. It will depend on the business. At restaurants it will be easy to
cut back and any retail job; the trouble
will be in manufacturing and any job
that requires advanced training.
At the moment, the situation is
based mostly on conjecture, and until data begins to pop up to see what
this provision does to business, it will
be hard to say what it will mean for
Maryville, Missouri and the country.

Low voter turnout in general elections usual

trend for Nodaway County, Maryville residents
BRANDON ZENNER | NW MISSOURIAN

Rachael Martin, left, and Tim Shipley, right, take their oath
of office into Maryville City Council April 14.

mayor pro tem.

Council business included passing land measures for
a new assisted living center near Icon Road and Country
Club Road. Curt Tobin was also granted permission to build
three duplexes at Eighth Street and Walnut Street as part of
his Campus Town Redevelopment Incentive Program. Construction on those has already started.

Look for the white buildings

with green roofs!

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Chief Reporter | @TheMissourian

Local elections tend to be notorious for small turnouts and a lack of

involvement from constituents; the recent Maryville City Council elections
were not much different.
According to Beth Walker, Nodaway County clerk, the low numbers
are actually quite normal for April
elections. The 21.6 percent turnout
was 1 percent higher than previous

elections, which are usually anywhere

between 15 and 20 percent.
This year two new City Council
members were elected, and a large
fund hike for the school district was
accepted, making the low turnout confusing to some.
The problem with the April
elections is the citizens are not as
involved, Walker said.

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