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The Forest Park theater department will present “Discipline 27 II,” a play about the influential jazz piano and synthesizer player Sun Ra. “It sings for his life, his philosophy and his music, said director Mary Hurley, a mass communications professor. “And there will be live musicians.” […]

Sweaty palms during a test are an obvious sign, but math anxiety can take many forms. “One way to identify math anxiety is to ask a set of questions,” said math Assistant Professor Michael Lueke. “A typical question might be, ‘Have you made academic plans based on your anxiety?’ For example, you want to be a doctor, but that requires math, so I will be an art major.” […]

The “N-word” wasn’t always used in a negative way. That’s according to Allen Jones and John Johnson, who gave a presentation called “Origin of the Word Nigger – Its Sacred Meaning” at Forest Park as part of Black History Month. […]

The Forest Park Fine Arts Club is returning to campus to promote the visual arts. “We want to cater to not only fine arts, but graphic design and any other artistic practice,” said Treasurer Darryl Reece, 19, a graphic communications major. He studies drawing and painting but is expanding into concept art. The club recently submitted a mission statement to Campus Life. […]

Many college students work part-time jobs, but Forest Park’s Julian Keaton is already running his own business. The business administration major owns and operates Stereo Assault, a music marketing and management company. […]

Sarah Muhsen is an artist, but she draws on people instead of canvas. She decorates the hands and arms of Forest Park students and faculty with henna tattoos, continuing an art form that has been around for thousands of years in the Middle East, India and Africa. […]

Lushomo Chambwa got plenty of help as a poor African immigrant going to college in St. Louis, and now he’s paying it forward. Last month, he and other members of his a cappella gospel group The Chosen Ones distributed supplies to the homeless in downtown St. Louis. “We do music, but we were like, ‘Can’t we just take this to a whole new level as far as giving back?’” said Chambwa, 26, a chemistry lab assistant […]

Forest Park has a new club with purpose and passion. The Disabilities Awareness Club has been formed to educate the public, help students with disabilities and make the campus more convenient and accessible. “There are a lot of college students with disabilities,” said Paige Karius, club president. “And I think we need to bring awareness to all students about that particular group of people.” […]

Leaders of the Forest Park Veterans Club returned from a Student Veterans of America leadership summit in Kansas City last month inspired to make a greater impact on campus. “We’re trying to get a resource center for veterans, a place where they can come and get tutoring and information they need about medical and education benefits,” Club President Edward Alexander said. […]

Chicago-based painter and photographer Laura Mackin is displaying her latest work in Forest Park’s Gallery of Contemporary Art through Dec. 11. The exhibit “Come Slowly, Eden” features collages of images found on the Internet and “reinterpreted” to make original statements. “It started as a collection of images of mirror reflections,” said Mackin, 33. […]