The armed-intruder drill that locked down the Forest Park campus on Oct. 22 was over in 20 minutes and was deemed a success by college officials. Students, faculty and staff were instructed to stay in their rooms, lock the doors, turn off the lights and get out of sight. Those caught outside were “rounded up” and told to stay put. […]
Forest Park police and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating an alleged rape on campus Sept. 22. An 18-year-old female student filed a complaint on Oct. 27, accusing another student of raping her in an elevator, according to Dan Kimack, public information and marketing director for St. Louis Community College. “Within an hour of the hearing the complaint, campus police had the accused in for questioning,” he said. […]
Interim Forest Park President Roderick Nunn heard an earful at a special Student Government Association meeting Oct. 22 about Metro’s decision to stop selling discounted semester bus passes to students 24 and older. […]
Students, faculty and staff on St. Louis Community College campuses have held several events to support the Ferguson protestors and promote peaceful activism, including listening circles, a clothing drive, a quilt and T-shirt exhibit and a day spent cleaning up after looters. […]
Don Dixon’s life has been a wild ride. He served in the Army, worked on the railroad, built houses in Florida, hung out with a biker gang and donated a kidney. “I bore easily, but I am content here in St. Louis,” said Dixon, 55, who stands out in a crowd with his white hair, bushy eyebrows and Fu Manchu mustache. […]
Franklin Taylor brings a world of experience to his new job as Forest Park’s vice president of student affairs. That includes a strong family upbringing in his native West Africa, three graduate degrees and nearly two decades of college administrative experience in the United States. […]
Electronic cigarettes will no longer be allowed on St. Louis Community College campuses following a decision Aug. 14 by the Board of Trustees to amend the districtwide tobacco ban to include the smoking devices. The change is already in effect. “This ban is not new, but e-cigarettes are a new portion of it,” said Forest Park Police Chief Richard Banahan said. The Trustees unanimously passed the revised version of Board Policy B.23 to include the words “illegal substances, and all forms of electronic smoking devices.” […]
Students must now log in with their Forest Park ID and password to use campus computers, a district-wide change implemented by St. Louis Community College earlier this month. […]
Forest Park clubs and organizations are participating in a St. Louis Community College quilt project to support the Ferguson community – and adding their own wrinkle. […]
The Forest Park fitness center is only open to students in physical-education classes, and other students wonder why. “Everyone should be allowed to use (the fitness center), as long as they are registered students of St. Louis Community College,” said computer science major Terry Lewis, 34. It’s not just a Forest Park issue. Students on all STLCC campuses must be enrolled in physical-education classes to use fitness centers. […]
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