It’s been a month since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., left 17 people dead and 14 wounded. It’s time to stop dancing around the idea of stricter gun control and actually do something. A recent Gallup poll found that 67 percent of Americans want stricter laws governing the sale of firearms, a record high since the survey began in 1993. […]
Feb. 16 is National Almond Day! The tasty nut originated in central and southwest Asia, becoming a staple food that helped sustain long journeys of nomadic tribes, according to the National Almond Day page of PartyExcuses.com. […]
At the Oct. 19 St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees meeting, a professor was tackled and removed from the public hearing. He was being sanctioned for having questioned the board’s banning of applause for […]
The residents of Puerto Rico are not “illegal aliens.” They’re U.S. citizens. It’s time we start treating them that way. In a Morning Consult poll, only 54 percent of Americans knew that Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens. […]
How about a little Art Appreciation 101? We’ve all probably walked by the wooden-looking statue outside A Tower and the library, possibly not taking much notice of this withered yet human-appearing form missing arms and legs like many famous old sculptures. […]
What is a tiger mom? It’s a parent who has some of these characteristics: pushing her child to excel, perhaps sending him or her to a Montessori school; enrolling the child in a gifted program, testing his or her IQ at an early age; trying out different private schools; even starting college preparatory testing by the fourth grade. […]
Dear “Doctor” Donald Trump: You’re trying to eliminate Obamacare and replace it with legislation that would cut coverage to millions. The existing law is the best thing to come along thus far, providing relatively affordable coverage to working people, a goal stated by another Republican president, Richard Nixon, in 1972. […]
When I was little, I asked my dad, “Do you believe in God?” He said, “No, we are atheists.” Coming from communist states Russia and Poland, atheism is all he knew. Nevertheless, when I started kindergarten at a public school in Ohio, my parents sent me to an orthodox Jewish synagogue for Sunday school […]
If you are a Forest Park student with a mental illness, be sure you know your rights. If you don’t know your rights, make an appointment with an Access Office counselor right away to discuss them. You may qualify for extra time on tests or extensions on assignments. You may be able to use a tape recorder in class and possibly get a note taker. […]
Have you ever faced the predicament of having so many goals that you didn’t know where to start? This is how I wake up every morning as the 33-year-old single mother of three and a sophomore at Forest Park. It wasn’t always like this. In 2003, I enrolled in college for the first time. I was very excited and optimistic about my future. […]
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