‘Features’ Archives
U-Radio celebrates five years of progress in campus entertainment
The U-Radio station celebrated its fifth anniversary in the Nosh of the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri-- St. Louis on Thursday, April 17. Together, disc jockeys from the old and new school came together to give voice to such an achievement. It was not until the first week [...]
UMSL student Joshua McNew raises ‘The Stakes’ with latest film project
The banshee-pitched scream of a metal wheel grinding a weaker sheet of metal to its will ripped through the cold winter air, spreading a shower of fire in a myriad of orange and red sparks. On January 7, bunkered in the Ford Asphalt Company building in Bridgeton, University of Missouri -- St. [...]
Comedian Kevin Hart visits St. Louis, promotes new film “Think Like A Man”
Comedian Kevin Hart visited St. Louis recently, for a comedy show at the Savvis Center and an in-person appearance to promote his new film "Think Like A Man" at the Esquire theater. The Current joined a press round table to interview him at a downtown hotel, on the same day as the Cardinals' home [...]
The complexity of program evaluation compared to fine wine
On Wednesday, March 14, Dr. Mark Tranel, director of the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, presented an applied research seminar titled “Picking Fine Wine and Program Evaluation: So What is the Difference?” The seminar was the third in a series of applied [...]
The end of socialism: James Otteson visits UMSL
Wednesday, March 14, in the McDonnell Conference Room, located in the Social Sciences Building on the University of Missouri - St. Louis campus, a small group attended a presentation by James R. Otteson, joint professor of philosophy and economics and chair of the philosophy department, Yeshiva [...]