Left to right, DeMarco Burr, Matt Holley, Kirk Martin, Nikita Anthony and Brandon Haywood hold a Voices meeting in the Campus Life office. (Photo by Evan Sandel)

LGBT club makes a comeback

October 8, 2014

The club known as “Voices” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students is returning to the Forest Park campus after a four-year absence. “For me, the goal of the club is for (LGBT students) to know that they have advocates here on campus that support them,” said Nakita Anthony […]

Early childhood education major Jessica Powells Bey, 18, left, and graphic design major Diamond Barber, 18, study on the newly renovated patio. (Photo by Quyen Huynh)

Campus construction projects continue

October 8, 2014

Larger construction projects at Forest Park have been completed, and students can now walk across the main patio unimpeded by supplies and equipment. But smaller campus improvements and repairs will continue this fall. […]

Jean Leatherich, 36, baking and pastry arts major, sells a cake to Michelle Kyles, 29, accounting major, in the Hospitality Studies building on a recent Wednesday. (Photo by Quyen Huynh)

Cuisine Club is selling fresh desserts

October 8, 2014

Forest Park students may now buy freshly made, high-quality desserts and quiches from the Cuisine Club every Wednesday. The baked goods are being produced as part of the Baking and Pastry Arts capstone course, which is the final course of the 65-credit Baking and Pastry Arts program. […]

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EDITOR’S DESK: Physicist Feynman got it right

October 8, 2014

Every once in a while, I find myself fascinated with a famous person. This fascination was reserved for rock stars when I was younger, but it has extended to comedians, economists and authors as I have gotten older.Physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman is my latest person of interest. I’ve learned a little bit about a few brilliant physicists, but it was Feynman’s combination of humor, practicality and courage that attracted me to him. Feynman has changed how I think about balancing work and life. Here are some lessons I have picked up: […]

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JUST SAYIN’: 9-11 too close for comfort

October 8, 2014

Everyone over a certain age can remember where they were when they first heard about the 9-11 terrorist attacks. But if you’re a student in 2014, the events of 13 years ago may not be so clear. Where were you on September 11, 2001? Most Forest Park students were in kindergarten or elementary school. I was working on the railroad. My employer was the consulting firm Transystems Corporation, which inspected the installation of fiber-optic cable along CSX railroad right-of-way in Pennsylvania. […]

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