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Many students, faculty and staff at Forest Park want a candidate who can beat President Donald Trump, but they haven’t yet picked a Democrat to support. At least that’s the finding of a random survey conducted by The Scene on campus last week. Nursing major Raven Ginger, 19, didn’t watch the first round of televised Democratic debates last month. But she wants to see a Democrat in office, preferably a woman. “I think it’s time for a woman in office,” she said. “We need to get rid of this new abortion ban and start respecting women.” […]

Adjunct faculty members at St. Louis Community College have received two 3 percent raises since they voted to form a union in 2015, and now they’re asking for a third. The college has agreed to another raise, but it’s only offering 2 percent, and the union wants 5 percent, saying it needs to make up for all the years that salaries remained flat. “I have to teach at both St. Louis Community College and at (St. Louis University) in order to earn enough to make a living,” said Russell Tallant, an adjunct who has been teaching Spanish at Forest Park since 2013. “I’m working 65 hours a week just to make one salary.” […]

On April 11, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park held a community poverty simulation workshop as part of Social Justice Week. Participants were invited to “walk in the shoes of someone facing poverty” to emphasize the interconnected issues of poverty. […]

Many Forest Park students don’t realize that St. Louis Community College has a private foundation that provides scholarship money to help them pay for tuition, books and other supplies. The St. Louis Community College Foundation distributed more than $700,000 in scholarships in the last fiscal year. They’re all listed on the website, said Executive Director Jo-Ann Digman. “They’ve mostly been established by individuals, corporations, retirees and faculty members to support students in a variety of ways.” […]