Several ash trees have been cut down along Campus Drive near Macklind Avenue.Other trees in the background await the same fate. (Photo by Larry Cox)

Where have all the trees gone?

February 21, 2020

Forest Park is losing its forest. The college has cut down more than 30 trees on campus, leaving only stumps. Officials blame beetles called emerald ash borers, which have been slowly killing them. […]

Former college employee gets six years

February 21, 2020

A former St. Louis Community College employee who admitted to stealing more than $7.5 million from STLCC and the state of Missouri is headed to prison. Don Robison, 57, of Ballwin, has been in U.S. Marshals Service custody since Aug. 14, when he pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. […]

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5,000 affected by college data breach

February 21, 2020

More than 20 employees with St. Louis Community College fell victim to a phishing attack that caused a data breach for an additional 5,000 students, faculty and staff members. “Sensitive” information such as names, phone numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and college A numbers were leaked, according to a Feb. 4 email from Keith Hacke, STLCC chief information officer. Social Security numbers were involved in 71 of the cases. […]

Campus exhibit follows artists who travel

February 21, 2020

As you walk into the gallery, the first thing you see is Josh Rowen’s artwork on the far back wall. His five photographs of a dying glacier in Alaska are meant to call attention to a world suffering from climate change. […]

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CULTURE GEEK: Bad movies are killing the film industry

February 21, 2020

I’ve been an avid moviegoer my entire life, starting with “Shrek” in 2001, when I was a little boy, and continuing through last week, when I watched “Bad Boys 3.” So when I say that there’s been a sharp decline in film quality, I have 18 years of experience to use as evidence. Gone are the days when passionate filmmakers set out to tell stories that they loved and felt could make the world a better place. […]