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‘Facebook Phone’ Hits the Market

The new Facebook phone hits the market. Photo courtesy of TechCrunch.com.

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 »

Color Run Adds Excitement to Autism Awareness Month

Autism affects more than  2 million people in the United States. Photo courtesy of autismspeaks.org.

“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 Presents Poet Dana Levin

Dana Levin at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Photo courtesy of santafeuniversity.edu.

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 »

First Racially Integrated Prom for Georgia Students

All students that attend Wilcox County High School are welcome to attend the first integrated prom this county has seen. Photo courtesy of the Integrate Prom Facebook page.

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 »

Mother Insinuates Princeton is for Husband Hunting

Princeton is only for elite husband hunting... right? Photo courtesy of Princeton's Facebook.

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 Receives Record Submissions

Alicia Trebus, co editor of Magnolia, holds a copy of last year's edition. Photo courtesy of Whitney Dutton.

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 »

Words, Riddles and Rhymes: Maryville Welcomes Poet Melissa Range

Maryville welcomes Melissa Range for poets' series.

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 »

St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day Celebration Breakdown

Soon Busch Stadium will be filling with Cardinals' fans again.  Photo courtesy of Lauralee Gilkey.

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 »

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women and Leadership

Julia A. Pierson, the first women to be appointed as the head of the United States Secret Service. Photo courtesy of nytimes.com

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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