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FLIP SIDE: Religion can be a matrix of choices

March 25, 2017

When I was little, I asked my dad, “Do you believe in God?” He said, “No, we are atheists.” Coming from communist states Russia and Poland, atheism is all he knew. Nevertheless, when I started kindergarten at a public school in Ohio, my parents sent me to an orthodox Jewish synagogue for Sunday school […]

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Women fall short in 2nd round of nationals

March 25, 2017

The St. Louis Community College women’s basketball team was short on depth but long on tenacity, and the team steeled itself for a successful season in part by practicing against men.  After a 21-8 regular season, coach Shelly Ethridge’s team showed its grit by winning the Region 16 tournament […]

College to eliminate P.E. requirement

March 25, 2017

Most future students at St. Louis Community College won’t have to take the two credits of physical education that are required of current students.  The STLCC Board of Trustees recently voted 4-3 to make the change, based on a proposal from the College Academic Council and a task force that included faculty members. […]

Faculty exhibit runs through March 30

March 25, 2017

Decompositional Maelstrom # 27” is one of the most striking pieces of artwork in the annual Forest Park Faculty Exhibition. The sculpture is a three-dimensional collage of ceramic pieces, everything from a salt shaker to a light bulb, a coffee mug to tiny human figures. […]

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College commemorates 1917 race riots

March 25, 2017

Photography major Kathy Carr had no idea that East St. Louis was the site of bloody race riots in 1917.  “It was horrific, tragic and unthinkable that innocent people were killed for no reason,” she said. Carr, 46, was one of about 200 people who attended a Jan. 23 program that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the riots. […]

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Graphic communications returning to Forest Park

March 25, 2017

Students and faculty are thrilled that the full graphic communications program is returning to Forest Park after a four-year hiatus. Many students have been forced to travel to the Meramec and Florissant Valley campuses of St. Louis Community College to take advanced classes since Forest Park phased out the program in the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013. […]