By Taylor Greife Staff Writer I can’t help but think about the High School Musical number, Stick to the Status Quo when talking about prejudices against minority groups. It’s an overly simplified way of explaining that we are separated into groups and don’t tend to venture outside of those groups. Growing up we are immediately … Continue reading Climbing the Mountain of Equality Through Media Representation
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By Dillon McDuffie Staff Writer In 1986, a movie came out that changed my life. It was 19 years before I was even born and yet this film has had a bigger impact on my life than most anything I can think of. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is a cinematic masterpiece. I say this, for … Continue reading Live Like Ferris
By Taylor James Staff Writer “ Heretic” from A24 is a psychological thriller about questioning beliefs. The movie was released to theaters on Nov. 8 nationwide and has received mixed reviews. Rotten tomatoes, which ranks movie films, has given the film a 92 percent rating, but the audience rates the movie only a 3.6/5. The … Continue reading Heretic Movie Review
By Taylor James Staff Writer Gottfried Duden helped settle German immigrants in Missouri during the 19th century along the Missouri river. The first ever German settlement in Missouri was Dutzow in 1832. Dorris Keeven Franke, a public historian and head of the Missouri Germans Consortium, is in awe of Gottfried Duden because of how he’s … Continue reading The German Heritage of East Central Missouri
By Taylor Greife Staff Writer I didn’t think it would be that hard to remember my birthday, I told you four times, I only had to tell him once, and He remembered. My favorite color has been purple my entire life, And you never knew that. I told him my favorite candle scent, and He … Continue reading He Remembered
By Chase Godfrey Staff Writer Internationals Day is an event that East Central hosts every fall, it is one of the many events that falls under Interational's Education Week (IEW). ECC is one of the lucky colleges that gets to formally participate in these events, as it sheds light on our international students that attend … Continue reading Internationals Day Festival
By Chase Godfrey Staff Writer The art of henna dates back almost five thousand years ago, in ancient times along the near east of Egypt. The earliest forms of henna used in Egypt, were henna paste where it was used to stain mummy wrappings and mummies. But this talented artist has mastered the art of … Continue reading The Hand Behind the Henna
By Katie Oreskovic Staff Writer The unincorporated town of Moselle, Mo., is deemed a ghost town by many, which is reflected by streets lined with hollow homes, whose crooked shutters and fragmented possessions embody a time when the town once bustled with community and life. Abandoned spaces are museums of past experiences and memories … Continue reading Moselle, Missouri: A Hollow Corner of the Midwest
By Taylor Greife I hand my heart away like charity, Free to anyone who smiles at me. It’s neatly tied together with a pink ribbon, and it’s broken to sharp pieces so there’s enough to be given. Shared to all who shed the tiniest bit of light, Leaving little left for me and my continuous … Continue reading Free Heart
By Dillon McDuffie Staff Writer Perspective is directed and I’m lost in introspective of a world within my head of these thoughts that are collected. Am I subjective or objective? Am I respected or defective? Am I anything besides retrospective? I am, I was, I could be many things.
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