Sarah Ball is a funky-haired Forest Park student who stands out on campus. “Everyone seems to like it, and even if they don’t remember my name, they know I’m the girl with the crazy colors in her hair,” she said. Ball, 26, is a psychology and education major. She wants to show that college students are not just small parts in a production line, but individuals with a right to self-expression. […]
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).” […]
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. […]
The art of storytelling is one that Jim Two Crows Wallen works to keep alive every day. The Cherokee-descendent spoke at Forest Park on April 8, part of an Intercultural Arts Festival presented by the Global Education Committee and the art, communication and music departments. […]
Garrett Weakley is ready to make an impact on the local music scene. In only his second year playing drums, the 19-year-old Forest Park communications student and his band, Discrepancies, have been promoting their single, “Get Hype,” on campus and around St. Louis. They’re also drumming up excitement for their upcoming EP and Eastern U.S. tour. […]
Early birds get their morning Joe and jumpstart their weekdays at Comet Coffee, a coffee house down the street from St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Some people continue the ritual on weekends, when an unusual muffin called “The Rebel Within” appears on the menu. Slice it open to find the golden, runny yolk of a soft-boiled egg in the middle. […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech, which became a cornerstone for political and social change in the 1960s. Forest Park sociology professor Rodney Wead remembers it well. “We thought, ‘Now we (will) be able to realize our dream of a more equitable society,’” he said. “I think it was timed perfectly.” […]
Forest Park art instructor Mario Carlos is sharing the gift that was given to him with his students. Each Friday at 9 a.m. design students ranging in age from 19 to 68 gather in F-409 to become inspired, while learning hands on. All eyes are on Carlos every week as he presents the details of class projects. Students add input to the informal gathering before setting off to complete their interpretation of the assignment. […]
Forest Park student Manar Al-Hussainy still is haunted by the memory of a girl at her Iraqi elementary school who mentioned that her parents had “talked bad” about President Sadaam Hussein. The wrong people overhead the girl’s indiscretion and informed Iraqi secret police, known as the “Mukhabarat.” Her parents were promptly killed. Al-Hussainy also has disturbing stories about the effects of war on her Iraqi homeland and family. […]
Three students made Forest Park proud at a competition at the Culinary Institute of St. Louis at Hickey College last month. Wauneen Rucker, 49, got a bronze medal in the cake-decorating division for a three-tiered event cake garnished with large butterfly-shaped confections. “(The judges) didn’t do a tasting,” Rucker said. “They didn’t care what was inside, as long as it wasn’t Styrofoam. It was all presentation and decorating technique.” […]
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