Year: <span>2014</span>

SPEAKING OUT: Reality TV stars aren’t good parents

July 1, 2014

I have a confession to make: I love reality TV. Each week, I carve time out of my hectic schedule of school, work and family to glue myself to the couch and absorb all the garbage being thrown at me from the television. And yes, I realize the shows are scripted. Do the producers really expect us to believe the Kardashians work out all their family problems by the end of each hour-long episode? Or what about the raunchy show “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta”? No way would Kirk have the audacity to play his wife like that on national television. […]

JUST SAYIN’: Dad teaches lesson on color blindness

July 1, 2014

Are you aware that hate is a learned behavior? Oh yes, my friends, learned. By everyone it seems – family, friends, peers, acquaintances. No one is safe. Hate can breed like a gaggle of KKK rabbits. It knows no boundaries in terms of race, ethnicity, sex, age, economics, social status or common sense. Let me tell you about one of my early lessons in racial understanding. On a Saturday evening in 1972, my father, a Shriner, took us to the Cincinnati convention center to see the Shrine circus. Lions, tigers, bears, oh my! On the way home, my father casually told my brother and I, “No work, no ball.” […]

Jerome Clark

July 1, 2014

Walker takes job in Nebraska

May 5, 2014

Thomas Walker has spun his last record at Forest Park. The vice president of student affairs has accepted a position as president of Central Community College’s Grand Island campus in Grand Island, Nebraska. “This is probably the toughest decision I had to make in my professional life,” said Walker, 53. “One of my personal goals was to be a college president, but it had to be in the right place. I think (Central) is a great fit.” […]

Tammy Shanklin works on a wax mold during her restoriative arts class as part of the Funeral Service Education program. (Photo by Dejuan Baskin)

Funeral program regains accreditation

May 5, 2014

Funeral Service Education is back on track at Forest Park. The American Board of Funeral Service Education granted candidacy status to the associate’s degree program earlier this month. The certificate in Funeral Directing, a non-accredited program, was not affected. […]

News in brief

May 5, 2014

Theodis Brown Sr. was sworn in as Subdistrict 1 representative on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees at the board’s April 24 meeting. Brown is also the chief of Castlepoint Fire Protection Association. He defeated Redditt Hudson, regional field organizer for Region IV of the NAACP. The election was held April 8, and the certified vote was 13,318 for Brown and 11,786 for Hudson. Brown will serve a six-year term. […]

Forest Park English professor Dan Yezbick speaks to students and teachers about his book “Perfect Nonsense.” (Provided photo)

Teacher draws on freedom for cartoon book

May 5, 2014

Books on top of books are stacked on shelves above a computer desk. Maps, inspirational sayings and posters of classical literature crowd the wall. At the desk sits Dan Yezbick, Forest Park English professor, fumbling through papers and diligently typing on the keyboard. […]

Harrison Center reaches out to North City community

May 5, 2014

St. Louis Community College is reaching out to help a struggling community restore its image by moving Forest Park’s Human Services Department to the William J. Harrison Education Center in north St. Louis, near Grand Boulevard and Cass Avenue. Students and staff pulled together on April 26 at the Harrison Center for the first annual “Inner City Change — Community Passport to Success,” showcasing the Human Services Department and other community service groups. […]

Katrin Hackenberg and Coordinator of International Programs Christopher Sulincevski celebrate her first-place photo. (Provided photo)

Sure-footed photographer wins contest

May 5, 2014

Forest Park student Katrin Hackenburg’s photo of the Gateway Arch took top honors in a Missouri photo contest. Hackenberg, 35, won first prize in the 2014 Study Missouri International Student Photo Contest, sponsored by the Study Missouri Consortium. […]

What makes you boil?

May 5, 2014