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  • Want to get some exercise after a slow day of classes? Four students have come together to form a new club called Forest Park Intramural Sports. They’re inviting others to join. […]

  • Archers lose in nationals

    November 17, 2023

    No. 7-seeded St. Louis Community College’s hope of advancing to the Final Four of the NCJAA Division II men’s soccer tournament in Arizona came down to a penalty kick in overtime Nov. 14 against No. 2 seed Phoenix College. […]

  • The bench of the STLCC men’s basketball team in the Forest Park gym, where social-distance seating is practiced.

    The pandemic not only has affected Forest Park’s faculty, staff and the general student population but also several STLCC’s athletic teams in the 2020-21 season. […]

  • Members of the STLCC softball team celebrate the District P championship after defeating Lewis and Clark two games to none. The victory earned the Lady Archers a berth in the NJCAA national tournament. (Provided photo)

    A wildly successful softball season for the Lady Archers softball team ended abruptly at the NCJAA Division II national championships in May in Clinton, Miss. After compiling a 40-4 record and No. 6 ranking nationally, the team lost both its qualifying games. […]

  • STLCC’s Miranda Hudson eyes a pitch in the Region 16 championship game against Mineral Area College at Meramec. Chloe Johnson takes her batting stance while on deck. Coach Kristi Swiderski, at right in the dugout, observes the action. (Photo by Timothy Bold)

    The STLCC women’s softball team is on fire, winning its first Division II Region 16 tournament in dominant fashion against the Mineral Area College Cardinals while gearing up for a trip to the district tournament. […]

  • STLCC’s Sidney Litviak watches her opposite-field double that accounted for three runs in the first inning April 22 en route to the Archers’ 17-0 victory over the Central Methodist University JV team. (Photo by Fred Ortlip)

    The St. Louis Community College softball team is on a roll heading into the postseason. A doubleheader sweep on April 22-23 boosted the Archers’ overall record to 34-3 as they head into Region 16 play on May 3-4 at Meramec. The team moved up from No. 13 to No. 9 this week in the NJCAA Division II rankings. […]

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  • Police press conference

    September 25, 2024

    Major Janice Bockstuck, of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25, after police shot and killed a man in an office building on Oakland Avenue, half a block from the Forest Park campus. […]

Opinion

  • What is gender? Gender is a social construct based on the assigned norms created by a society. It is distinct from sex in that sex is based on certain characteristics like genitalia, chro­mosomes and hormone function. […]

  • As we prepare for the upcoming general election, I should clear the air. In April, I wrote a column reflecting on how the hardships I faced growing up shaped my core beliefs, especially those regarding modern politics and its many controversies. But there was one thing I failed to men­tion: My general distrust of politicians and law enforcement. […]

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