Year: 2014
Students to pay more for rides
St. Louis residents will pay more to ride Metro buses and MetroLink trains starting July 1. The increase will affect transportation passes offered through colleges. Forest Park students will pay $175 instead of $150 for semester passes. “I don’t have a problem with it,” said hospitality major T.L. Rogers, 63. “It’s just like driving a car. Prices go up. You have to do what you have to do to survive.” […]
College will share parking lot on July 3
Forest Park students who have class on Thursday, July 3, might want to arrive early. Renovations on the Gateway Arch grounds have led officials to move Fair St. Louis to Forest Park over Fourth of July weekend. St. Louis Community College at Forest Park will help by allowing the public to use its parking lots. […]
Deteriorated pipes keep campus fountain dry
Forest Park’s award-winning architecture includes a giant sunken fountain in the center of campus. But it’s been years since it sprayed any water. “I didn’t know the fountain existed,” said David Aktol, 25, a network engineering major. “If it was working, I would’ve known there was a fountain at Forest Park.” […]
Chess is making a move at Forest Park
The Forest Park Chess Club is returning to campus this fall after a hiatus of several years. The organizers are Music Program Coordinator Tom Zirkle and Copy Technician Tom Rogers. They play pick-up games at 1:30 p.m. most Tuesdays in the cafeteria. On some days, more than a dozen students and staff members stop by to watch. […]
Exhibit takes flight with feathers
Some people walk past feathers on the ground and pay no attention. Forest Park student Don Wilson sees art. “They’re neat,” he said. “They’re different.”
Wilson particularly likes their tactile feel. “If you take a ruffled feather and smooth it, it is soothing,” he said. “And if you ruffle somebody’s feathers, you outta smooth (them).” […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Think outside the box when picking major
Like many students, I had a hardtime choosing a college major. I enrolled at Forest Park after high school without a clue about what I wanted to do, but no one seemed to think it was a problem. “You’ll eventually figure it out,” my parents said. Then after three semesters, that became “Have you figured it out, yet?” I considered several majors, including sociology, philosophy and English literature. It would have been hard to accuse me of being a pragmatist. When I started writing for The Scene a few semesters back, I became convinced that journalism was for me. […]