Vendors work to improve reliability of machines
It’s never hard to find a snack at Forest Park, but some students complain about high prices and periodic malfunctions with vending machines. […]
Year: 2018
Culinary arts student returns to college after four decades
Gloria Williams earned a bachelor’s degree, worked in health care, raised three sons and self-published four books before enrolling in the culinary arts program at Forest Park last spring. […]
New-look Archers fall short in nationals
Another trip to the national community college soccer tournament for the St. Louis Community College men’s team looked disappointingly similar to the one last year. […]
UNCENSORED: Decision fatigue is cramping my style
There is one week of classes left before finals, and many deadlines are approaching, yet I have no inspiration or motivation to complete my assignments. The problem? Decision fatigue. It’s a condition that is caused when a person has had so many choices and made so many decisions over a period of time, they’re too tired to continue. […]
Navigating campus isn’t easy for students with disabilities
Forest Park was built in 1967, more than 20 years before the American with Disabilities Act began requiring public places to be accessible to people with disabilities. […]
New SGA is small but motivated
Members of the new Forest Park Student Government Association want to do what they can to make life easier for students. All of the SGA’s six members have issues that interest or concern them. Newcomer Soroda Nasiri thinks the campus needs a better space for students to “hang out” between classes. “The Highlander Lounge, a lot of times, that room is booked,” she said. […]
Artist makes sculptures that ‘deceive the eye’
Kristen Morgin’s clay sculptures must be handled with care. Otherwise, they might fall apart. That’s because the Los Angeles-based artist doesn’t fire her sculptures. She lets them dry on their own. […]