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You’re standing in an aisle in Walgreens when you spy a lone figure a few feet away. You get the feeling that something isn’t quite right. Perhaps the young person down the aisle is abused, going through some rough times, or feels like they have no one to talk to. But whatever the cause, they [...]
Nov
23
2010
Panera Cares gives back to community
St. Louis Bread Company Cares proves to be a success story as it continues to thrive with most of its consumers respecting the nonprofit’s principle of ‘take what you need, pay your fair share.’
CHS was completely different for Carl Rogge, a CHS alumnus from the Class of 1928, who recently celebrated his 100 birthday.
With the school year barely begun, CHS students this year found themselves presented with something they’d never seen before: an honor contract. This year, a new integrity policy has been enacted in an attempt to raise student awareness about the consequences of plagiarism and other forms of cheating. After reading the policy, which featured an [...]
I was not nervous. The walk down the impossibly long corridor wasn’t a detriment to my resolve. I was not perturbed by the curious—yet wary—faces of rivals and their parents. My gut wasn’t doing somersaults as the order in which I was to play certain pieces was explained. My carefully constructed armor didn’t shatter to [...]
St. Louis is soon to experience a novel type of change: the rebirth of its historic trolley system. The Loop Trolley Project was selected to receive $25 million in federal funding in July.
May
22
2010
‘Panera cares’ brings out the humanity in you
How far can human goodness go? That’s the question that the new “Panera Cares” café seeks to explore. A formerly run-of-the-mills Panera, it is now the first pilot restaurant in the franchise to try a novel idea: pay what you want. But it’s not just offering negotiable—or even negligible, if you prefer—prices. It is completely [...]
May
14
2010
InDepth: On a Mission
In the span of two years, one child’s life has been changed for the better—forever. Yorlene Reyes, of Uracco, Honduras, recently underwent a 10-hour surgery that corrected her deformed spine due to severe scoliosis and kyphosis. Surgeons at St. Louis Children’s Hospital removed five vertebrae and inserted steel rods to hold her up. “When doctors [...]
Apr
16
2010
School budgets hit hard
Though taxes are classically the bane of a citizen’s existence, Clayton residents will be thankful enough for them in the coming few years for one important reason: they make up the majority of Clayton schools’ budget. In the face of shrinking state educational funds, this could be a good thing. “It’s going to be scary,” [...]
The military may, sometime in the near future, be welcoming openly gay men and women into its ranks. Though the ‘when’ is unclear, the ‘what’ is readily anticipated by gay-rights groups all over the country. President Obama had promised to put an end to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military gay policy—from as early as [...]
