With yet another school year wrapping up I have been thinking back on all of my great memories over the past two years at Truman. While some classes are hard, some weekends in Kirksville are a drag and Sodexo food is…well, Sodexo, I really do love TSU. Here are some things you really should do while you’re at Truman…Start your bucket list for next semester now.

• Go to Thousand Hills at night—this is something I didn’t discover until a few weeks before school got out. Bring some blankets and snacks and sit by the lake, see the reflection of the moon on the water and listen to the wildlife!
• Fireside Friday—this is awesome if you like local bands/ Truman student musicians and free food.
• The farmer’s market—the Kirksville farmer’s market is one of the best ones I have been to; they have tons of fresh fruit and veggies that are great if you like to cook. You have to try a fried pie—they are fruity, fried, frosting heaven.
• The plays—even though they do cost a few dollars, they are always worth it.
• Train Bridge. I feel like this one is kind of a given. Every time I have ever gone to train bridge it has been super sketchy, full of drunk high schoolers and honestly a little bit scary. But going to train bridge with people you don’t know that well is a great way to bond and make some friends. And if you go on a clear night the view of the stars is absolutely incredible.
• Try local restaurants! Even though Kirksville doesn’t have Panera or Chipotle, a lot of the local restaurants are pretty good—you gotta have La Pa and Pancake City at least once.
• Pretty much any event hosted by SAB. SAB does a really great job of hosting movie nights, craft events, game nights—they are always free and often times have free food.
• The student art gallery—this is so cool! And if you go to the opening there is free food.
• Go on a walk by the Forest Llewellyn Cemetery (behind AT Still)—this is another Kirksville treasure that I didn’t discover until driving on a rainy morning this semester and feeling like I had just driven into Ireland. This Cemetery is absolutely beautiful and feels like a foreign country.
• Wrongdaddy’s. My roommate and I embarked on what we thought would be a really fun trip to Wrongdaddy’s this semester, and being minors, and going probably too early, it ended up being one of the most awkward things I have experienced, being that pretty much everyone there was old. Even though it was really awkward, it was still pretty entertaining and good roommate bonding.
• Trumen concerts—enough said.
• Be creative in the dining center, let’s be honest, sometimes Sodexo food forces you to be creative, but mini cheese pizzas out of English muffins, the pizza sauce that is out with those breadsticks in MO Hall (which let’s be honest who eats those?!) and cheese from the salad bar in the microwave—yum!
• Go shopping—you might be thinking “um, where?” There are a lot of fun thrift stores in town—Hidden Treasures and The Crossing probably being the best and I have actually found some of my all-time favorite clothes and jewelry at Gliks!
• Take cute pictures with your friends! Truman's campus is really photogenic: the sunken gardens, Kirk Memorial and Red Barn Park are some really good places to take fun pictures.