Community Features

Nature Center offers exhibits, hiking, and more

Aug 21st, 2009 | By Zach | Category: Community Features, Features

For hikers and lovers of the outdoors, the Springfield Conservation and Nature Center can provide a welcome respite from the busy collegiate lifestyle.



Groups seek student volunteers

Mar 4th, 2009 | By Zach | Category: Campus News, Community Features

Abby Jo Moore
Contributor
Last Wednesday’s volunteer fair in the Plaster Student Union hosted over 50 different organizations, all looking for motivated college students just wanting to help out.
With opportunities ranging in focus from dog-lovers to multi-lingual tutoring and bikers for a cause, students with a variety of interests can find a position unique to [...]



GLO Center provides support services

Mar 4th, 2009 | By Zach | Category: Community Features

Jackie McGarry
Contributor
For over a decade, the GLO Center (Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks) has been working to provide support services and a sense of community for the homosexual population of Springfield.
Located on the corner of Washington Avenue and Commercial Street, the GLO Center is hard to miss, with a large [...]