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Students, faculty gather to protest non-discrimination policy

Chart, Missouri Southern State College, MO

4 days ago by Brennan Stebbins & Luke Taylor

Hearnes Hall and the area outside University President Bruce Speck's office was the site of another protest urging Southern to update it's non-discrimination policy today.

Around sixty people, including students and several faculty members, gathered at 12:15 this afternoon and demanded the University include sexual orientation in the policy.

MSSU could seek deal with different school

Chart, Missouri Southern State College, MO

4 days ago by Luke Taylor

Missouri Southern administrators are considering a partnership with another university to construct a medical school if the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences decides not to team up for the project, University President Bruce Speck announced in Monday's Faculty Senate meeting.

Goodbye and good luck

Chart, Missouri Southern State College, MO

5 days ago

Two weeks.

Apparently that's all it took for the good will toward Missouri Southern's international mission to wear off.

The Feb. 19 and 20 Board of Governors retreat was described by some Board members as the most positive meeting in recent memory. And the highlight, according to many in attendance, was an hour-long presentation on the international mission by Drs.

'I have a sense of control'

Collegio, Pittsburg State University, KS

4 days ago by Mandy Toepfer

Mae Eisenbarth's heart sank when she heard Tysha Potter had chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Her reaction was of shock, awe and disbelief.

Potter, herself, didn't have the same reaction when she got the diagnosis on Sept. 8.

"I was pretty chilled about it, actually," Potter, psychology department instructor, said.

Tardy teacher myths debunked

Collegio, Pittsburg State University, KS

4 days ago by Bartholomew Klick

Some students believe they have PSU's official blessing to leave class early if their teacher is running late. Hidden in the depths of a rulebook no one can find, it tells how long students must wait for their instructor based on scholarly rank.

In fact, a recent informal poll of 59 students found that almost 34 percent of PSU students believe such a rule exists, and almost 50 percent of students weren't sure whether it existed or not.

Distinguished poet wows audience with imagery

Collegio, Pittsburg State University, KS

4 days ago by Bartholomew Klick

A man in a powder-blue shirt recites poetry behind a podium in the Governors Room of the Overman Student Center. He is dark-skinned and bald, and his voice has two distinct tones. One is disarming and conversational, a tone he uses to offer explanations between poems.

Drury has increased appeal to Eagle Scouts

The Drury Mirror, Drury University, MO

6 days ago by Leigh Bishop

A 1979 Drury alum that wishes to remain anonymous made a donation that will make it possible for Drury to give Eagle Scout scholarships to incoming students.

"The Drury Eagle Scout Scholarship is a one-time (non-renewable) scholarship of $1,000, available to incoming Drury students," Assistant Director of Admission, Becky Ahrens, said.

Letter to the Editor

The Drury Mirror, Drury University, MO

6 days ago

The following is a conscious reworking of Peggy McIntosh's "The Invisible Knapsack." Though McIntosh's was intended to show the way that race is hidden in everyday interactions, this list has been created by the Drury Chapter of the American Association of University Women in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, 2010 with the intention of shedding light on instances of everyday, or common attitudes regarding gender.

The struggle to get to the Winter Olympics

The Drury Mirror, Drury University, MO

6 days ago by Brandon Landers, for the Mirror

As I watch the closing ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, I stop and ponder just how hard it is to get to the Olympics. Not just for Canada in its preparation for the almost month-long extravaganza and not just for the athletes who came from all over the world to participate and make their nations proud, or even the IOC and NBC who made it happen and provided it to us in real-time.