As someone who has bemoaned the lack of a music festival with nationally recognized acts in St. Louis for years, I was obviously excited when a local music festival by the name of LouFest was announced. Many...

Take I-70 west to Highway 79 north for about an hour and a half and you will find yourself in the small town of Elsberry, Missouri.  For some reason, my summer baseball team scheduled a tournament at...

It is the end of the school year, meaning students are scrambling to find old assignments to turn in, digging up old tests and quizzes, and most importantly, cramming night after night in preparation for...

If most students are like me, there are certain classes you dread going to each day. Some classes seem, whatever the subject matter, to drag on in a repetitive slump. Teachers and parents tend to dismiss...

A fellow passenger on a f;ight home from a college visit shares a personal experience and offers advice. “You interested in banging that girl across the aisle?” Keith asked. “What?”...

Summer break is for students to expand their education in ways the structure of school  does not allow By Dee Lou In today’s world of over-stimulation, prolonged relaxation is the equivalent...

“Why do I have to be prepared for college?” sophomore Adam Ferguson said. “I’m only a sophomore in high school.” Like Ferguson, many other sophomores believe that college...

Grouped with critical and apprehensive parents joined by their high achieving high school aged scholars on a college campus tour, a rumbling went through the crowd as our guide announced her major: Classical...

Life is a time line with birth and death endpoints and clear stages along the way that represent significant events. Sorry to be cynical, but the events are not distinctly separate bullet points. They’re...

I anticipate the winter Olympics when they come around every four years. The Olympics provide a wonderful opportunity to watch athletes at the top of their game compete to earn the world’s highest...

1. Turn in any late work, make up any quizzes, get your act together before winter break. As you probably know, the last few days of first semester are not good ones to miss. 2. Clean out your...

Jake Lee Cause of death: murdered by a person influenced from violent video games. Already this idea sounds exaggerated. However, it is possible according to article writer Grace Shin. How can video...