Facebook has become a part of our daily lives so the announcement of a phone created by the social networking powerhouse came as no surprise. Last week Facebook officially released its first cell phone, the HTC First, and a mobile application called Facebook Home for Android devices. Both the phone and the app will keep users closely tied to the ... Read More »
WOW. Where do I even begin… I had the amazing priviledge of being the red carpet correspondent for WIL 92.3 at this year’s 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this past Sunday. First and foremost, this was my first red carpet, so emotions and expectations were running rampant. I’ve watched countless red ... Read More »
“The happiest 5k on the planet” is returning to St. Louis this month! On April 27 thousands of people will gather downtown to take part in this magical race. The only requirements for the race are to: wear white, be plastered with color by the end and have fun. The excitement of being coated in vivid colors is what draws ... Read More »
The Medart Lecture Series of Maryville presents an evening with renowned poet Dana Levin Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Buder Family Commons. The event is free and open to the public. At the event, Levin will read her poems and take questions from the audience. She will also sign books after the discussion and her books will be ... Read More »
In the little town of Wilcox County, Ga. a group of high school students is trying to begin a new tradition that has spurred a storm of chatter in the media and on social media sites. These friends attend class together, play sports together, and have been close friends for as long as they can remember. A few of these ... Read More »
Oh boy, Ms. Susan Patton, you’ve got me fired up today. As I was scrolling down my Facebook news feed contemplating what I should write this week’s article about, I stumbled across a video posted by NBC News. A Princeton University alum by the name of Susan Patton contributed to their newspaper, the ‘Daily Princetonian’, with an article featuring her antiquated advice ... Read More »
Magnolia, Maryville’s art and literary magazine, has reached a record number of submissions this spring. The magazine usually sees around 80 to 90 submissions. After the March 12 deadline was extended to March 18 this year, there were 172. The increase in submissions is due to a push in advertisements and promotion of the magazine. Magnolia is created every year ... Read More »
Calling all writers, creative thinkers and poetry lovers—Magnolia, the Medart Lecture Series, Left Bank Books and the Maryville University Library will welcome poet Melissa Range April 8 for the Sister Hildegarde Helmuth Poets’ Series. Range will begin the day-long poetry event with a craft talk at 10:50 a.m. in Gander 132, followed by writing conferences at 1 p.m. in ABAC 3201; and ... Read More »
It’s that time of year again: baseball season! Here in St. Louis we take baseball very seriously and the Cardinals home-opener is no exception. No other MLB has fans quite like St. Louis Caridinals’ fans. Our unofficial holiday, Opening Day– this year on April 8– is when people skip work and school and put their lives on hold just to be apart of ... Read More »
The large number of women entering the workforce in the past two decades still hasn’t broken the glass ceiling that women face when seeking advancement into leadership positions. Women serving in leadership roles still make up less than 5 percent of officers and directors in many fields. Though there are still many areas in which women lack access to positions of ... Read More »
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