By Taylor James ECC's Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a meeting on Jan. 30, 2025 in the Diversity Student Equity Lounge (DSEC), aka DSSC 103. Clubs representatives from Engineering Club, Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), ECC Christian Club, and ECC Student Media met. PTK and SGA are continuing to work on the DSEC. The DSEC space … Continue reading SGA Meeting Jan. 30, 2025
By Taylor Greife Staff Writer Book banning has been a continuous issue for centuries. It involves removing or restricting books from schools, libraries, and other public places. The books that are banned are considered objectionable based on their content, themes, or language. There is a wide variety of books that are banned but the most … Continue reading My Take on Book Banning
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
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 Nicole A Pope Guest Writer The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel filled to the brim with razor-sharp prose, which makes it difficult to select a favorite quote, but I think there is one quote that perfectly encapsulates both the style and themes present in the novel: It is strange to remember how we used … Continue reading Expanding Limitations
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
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