Cornelius Burch is known for always carrying his basketball around Forest Park. “I never leave the house without it,” said the 20-year-old accounting major. So when campus police officers James Kenner and Dan Taylor saw Burch empty-handed recently, they asked him what happened. Turns out, his basketball had been stolen at a YMCA. […]
Provost Larry Johnson is leaving Forest Park to become president of Phoenix College in Arizona. His last day is June 30. Phoenix is considered the flagship of the Maricopa County Community College district, which has 10 campuses. Phoenix enrolls about 20,000 students. […]
Many Forest Park students, faculty and staff want stricter gun control in light of the recent Florida school shooting, according a random survey conducted by The Scene on campus. Education major Lynette Farmer, 35, doesn’t think people with mental illness should be allowed to own firearms.“I’m not saying guns don’t protect people,” she said. “But you’re getting guns in the hands of the wrong people who don’t have the mind frame to know what to do with it. I’m just sick of kids getting killed.” […]
The new St. Louis Community College Center for Nursing and Health Sciences got off to a wet start. Officials had to move the groundbreaking ceremony indoors because of rain on March 23. […]
Forest Park students can view an example of peaceful protest almost every day, courtesy of assistant biology professor Tommie Frison. It’s a simple affair. Tablet and speaker in hand, Frison walks from his office in D Tower to the flagpole next to the hairpin. […]
Adjunct faculty at St. Louis Community College voted 222-5 to approve their first employment contract as members of Service Employees International Union. It’s the culmination of a three-year process, starting with a union campaign and adjunct vote to organize in 2015 and continuing with on-and-off contract negotiations, campus rallies and contentious STLCC board meetings. […]
St. Louis Community College announced this month that personal information for 362 students was sent to other students in an email attachment. The information included names, email addresses, student-identification numbers and home addresses. “The disclosure was discovered when students contacted the college to inquire,” according to a districtwide email on March 1. […]
Michelle Parrinello-Cason is losing her job with St. Louis Community College because of budget cuts. The assistant professor of English at Forest Park found out Dec. 13 that she’s one of nearly 20 faculty members being laid off at the end of the semester. […]
Adjunct faculty members at St. Louis Community College voted on their first union contract last week, but as of press time, no one would confirm the results. The Scene could not get information from representatives of the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 800 adjuncts; the union bargaining committee; or the college bargaining committee. […]
Forest Park has closed the basement-level tunnel between the theater building and D Tower, eliminating a shortcut for students, faculty and staff. […]
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