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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. […]

October to December is scholarship-application season, so students who need extra cash for fall semester may want to get going. Applications for some big scholarships – such as All-USA, Coca-Cola and Jack Kent Cooke scholarships – are due in early December. […]

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).” […]