Welcome fellow students of Missouri State University. As an expert of living in residence halls – yes, residence hall (your home away from home isn’t a dorm) – I’m here to tell you a few secrets about your “res hall”. Missouri State University provides more comforts than you can possibly imagine, and has more rules [...]

Students organize a Beer Club at MSU.

Nathanael Edward Bassett Contributor Journalism is a field in transition, as many news outlets are moving toward media convergence – the combining of traditional print media, radio, and television, all delivered to audiences online. With this transition, many traditional print outlets are facing serious declines in advertising revenue. And the job prospects for potential print [...]

Nathanael Edward Bassett Contributor You probably have some questions about the newspaper in your hand (or the website you are reading from). Like, what is this? What’s the point? Why should I read it? Well, I’ll try and answer those as best I can if you just give me a few moments. First of all, [...]

Abby Jo Moore Contributor Being a part of the Missouri State University Pistol Team may involve a little more than simply aiming at targets and pulling a trigger. For Matthew Rottler, the club president and a senior in business management at Missouri State, shooting can be exhausting. “Shooting (is) the most challenging thing I’ve ever [...]

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 [...]

Abby Jo Moore Contributor It started out as a case of mistaken identity. It soon developed into a friendship. And after a magical date on a snowy day off from school, it blossomed into the love of a lifetime. Sierra Radford, a junior in health communications, first met Blake Keaster, a junior in cell and [...]

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 [...]

A former Missouri State student brings a pizza franchise to Springfield.