By Ruthie Cordia, Staff Writer September 28th, 2021 the Saint Louis Cardinals faced the Milwaukee Brewers. According to ESPN four home runs were hit. The first in the top of the 4th was hit by Urias from the Brewers going 388 feet to left field. The second by Carlson on the Cardinals in the bottom … Continue reading Life at the Ballpark After Covid
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By Tyler Melvin, Staff Writer The women’s softball team at East Central is coming off a successful 2021 campaign and heading into ’22 with a refreshed roster. The team placed second in the DII regional tournament to close out their previous season with a 23-15-1 record. With a ratio of eleven Freshmen to two Sophomores, … Continue reading ECC Softball Spotlight: Emma Weston
By Tyler Melvin, Staff Writer One of the great intricacies of Major League Baseball is the wildly different style of each park. While the MLB has standards in place for the infield dimensions all the way down to the size of the pitching rubber, the outfield walls have always been left to the team’s discretion. … Continue reading Will the Cardinals Move the Outfield Walls In?
By Ruthie Cordia, Staff Writer Have you heard of Harry Potter? Rather you have heard of it or not I guarantee you will enjoy Puffs. As told by the Director Grace Austin, “Puffs is about the 7 years that a famous boy wizard spent at a famous school of magic...but it’s really the story of … Continue reading ‘Puffs’ Coming to the ECC Stage This Spring
By Dora Bell, Staff Writer The Student Government Association members are excited for the previous and upcoming events that they have planned for the student body to participate in! Falcon Fest (a “fall festival” themed event, which was held in the East Central College’s Glen on September 23rd, 2021) was a huge success and enjoyed … Continue reading ECC Student Government Offers Events and Opportunities
By Tyler Melvin, Staff Writer For 20 years, the baseball diamond laying in the Southeast corner of East Central College had been decommissioned. The last team to man the field included the likes of Omir Santos, one of ECC’s most notable alumni. The same year as budget cuts forced the school to shut down baseball … Continue reading Baseball Returns to East Central College: A Look at the Program’s Past, Present and Future
By Dora Bell, Staff Writer East Central College’s Theatre Department was ecstatic to host their first indoor production with a socially-distanced, mask-wearing audience! In the past year and a half, the theatrical performances have been either postponed or outside and socially-distanced. Due to updated Coronavirus protocol updates, the cast members of Classic Mystery Game were … Continue reading It Was Bess Moynihan, In the Theatre, With the Production of ‘Classic Mystery Game’!
By Lucille Vanek The Kerner Commision was a committee formed by President Lyndon B. Johnson for the purpose of finding the origin of the 1967 riots that killed 43 in Detroit and 26 in Newark. The report immediately claimed, “the city at this time was saturated with fear. The National Guardsmen were afraid, the citizens … Continue reading Reoccurring Racism
East Central College Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) student Shirley Luecke just earned Aerospace Quality Technician credentials that she hopes will take her career to new heights. Luecke is an AEL English Language Acquisition (English as a Second Language) student who attends classes at the ECC campus in Union. In June, Luecke received her certification … Continue reading AEL Student Hopes to Fly High with New Credential
By Lucille Vanek Learning new things is both interesting and sorrowful. I was very saddened to learn the origins of sweetness cane sugar. Sugar has had its lasting impact on the African American community from vast enslavement around the time of 1720 to current sugar-cane farming discrimination and large increases in diabetes. Sugar cane harvesting consisted … Continue reading The Unsweet Origins of Sugar: New York Times 1619 Project
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