‘News’ Archives
Lyle Brizendine declared senior director of development for major gifts at UMSL
Lyle Brizendine, an individual in the St. Louis region’s peak institutional trust executives, has determined to depart from the banking world and pursue the cause of public higher education. Brizendine, most recently senior vice president and director of philanthropic management for Bank of [...]
A year after Joplin tornado, should nation expect more extreme weather?
It has been a year since a tornado struck St. Louis International Airport and neighboring communities and almost a year since another tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri. The airport just finished repairs and some work remains in nearby neighborhoods. In Joplin, the devastation was enormous. On [...]
The Political Corner – Delegate Primaries Revisited
Despite clear frontrunner, delegates continue to be selected and distributed for Republican Presidential nominee The Republican primary season seems over, opening the floor for the state party conventions to lead to the national ones, where the delegates selected in the past months will pledge [...]
Poetry: What is it about that wheelbarrow?
Poetry is a mystery to most people, and poems like this one don’t help matters: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. -William Carlos Williams Nothing happens in this poem. There are no people who might converse about or use [...]
Another Earth Day comes and goes, thanks to recycling habits
Avid environmentalist or not, you need the earth to live. Sunday was Earth Day around the globe, a day for everyone to take a step back to think about, appreciate and help raise awareness about the sanctity of the earth. Over the years, the human race has become more aware of how fragile our [...]