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College plans for grand jury decision

November 17, 2014

St. Louisans don’t know what to expect after the Michael Brown grand jury decision is handed down, and Forest Park officials are no exception. But the St. Louis Community College district is preparing for possible reaction on its campuses. “I know the (grand jury decision) is going to elicit a lot of emotion throughout the region,” said Forest Park Interim President Roderick Nunn. “We can only hope the Forest Park community responds with respect, civility and calm.” […]

Officer Tracy Buford and response team members Ravneet Chhokar and Tracy Hall instruct students during the armed-intruder drill. (Photo by Brian Ruth)

Campus practices lockdown

November 3, 2014

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. […]

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Police investigate alleged rape in campus elevator

November 3, 2014

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. […]

Edward Alexander, president of the Forest Park Veterans Club, speaks to Interim President Roderick Nunn at the special SGA meeting. (Photo by Tina Alberico)

Nunn weighs in on Metro controversy

November 3, 2014

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. […]

Ferguson protester Britney Ferrell uses a megaphone to speak to Meramec students at the teach-in on Oct. 13. (Photo provided by Suzan Dague)

Meramec students stage walkout

November 3, 2014

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. […]

Columnist named “emerging scholar”

November 3, 2014

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. […]

New Vice President Franklin Taylor, center, visits with culinary art students, clockwise, Tamekia Robinson, 35, Anylynn Myers, 21, George Hanson, 49, and Stephen Hacker, 24, in the cafeteria. (Photo by Tina Alberico)

New vice president is well-traveled

October 20, 2014

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. […]

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District snuffs out E-cigs

October 20, 2014

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.” […]

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