Year: 2019
State now requires passage of civics test
Forest Park students who enrolled for the first time this fall, as well as future students seeking associate’s degrees, will have to pass a civics test in order to graduate. […]
Robison pleads guilty of stealing $7.5 million
A former St. Louis Community College employee has pleaded guilty to 15 federal charges related to the theft of $7.5 million from the college and state of Missouri. As part of a plea agreement in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Donald Robison, 57, of Ballwin, admitted to stealing the money over 20 years. “From August 1998 to November 2018, Robison stole millions of dollars allocated for New and Retained Job Training Programs established by the Missouri Department of Economic Department,” according to an Aug. 14 news release from Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsay McClure-Hartman. […]
CULTURE GEEK: Is Spider-Man caught in a tangled web?
The big movie news that’s been setting the internet on fire is the surprise announcement that Spider-Man will no longer be part of Marvel Cinematic Universe, or “MCU” for short. What does this mean? Tom Holland, who’s portrayed the beloved character in “Captain America: Civil War,” the last two “Avengers” movies and two of his own, will not be sharing the same “universe” with characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Doctor Strange and the Avengers anymore. […]
Business major hopes to blend smoothies into success
Jasmine Armstrong isn’t just a college student with a part-time job. She’s an entrepreneur with her own smoothie business, or as she puts it, an “infused-beverage company.” Armstrong founded the business, called “JiggaJuicedUp,” last September. “It started with my personal fashion style, Jigga,” said Armstrong, 24, a business major. “Then I wanted to embark on something else. I didn’t want to limit myself to one idea. […]