Dear Editor, To live organically is to be free of a dark, dirty industry that runs our country. It could be argued that organic living is expensive, viciously difficult, or an intense lifestyle to learn. But, permanent change takes time—if we all adapt, we can beat a poisoned system that charges more for what’s natural [...]
On February 2nd, author Jaimy Gordon broke quickly from the gate and reined the crowd in with her excellent reading from her novel, Lord of Misrule (2010). The story, an interesting take on the behind-the-scenes details of horse training and of the entire racing industry, made all in attendance feel like they were home on [...]
By RILEY SPELLMAN Visiting Professor Chris Clarke’s modernized interpretation of Moliere’s The Misanthrope was a laugh a minute, while also leaving its audience thinking about society’s influence over our self-perception and social lives. Professor Clarke transported the show from its original French Restoration setting to the 1970s, a modernization that enticed audience members to relate [...]
By RILEY SPELLMAN The latest exhibit featured in the Brush Art Gallery is for the birds! Elemental Birds, is a work in progress exhibition that asks artists to create birds that express good will and happiness in order to combat the usual theme of the satirized “depressed artist.” This exhibit’s originators, Inga Hamilton and Andy [...]
By RILEY SPELLMAN Ellen Akins read her hilarious and inspired works, “A Rhythm Does Take Hold” and “A Modest Appetite,” on October 6th as a guest author of the SLU Writers Series. No one was more pleased about this than her old professor, SLU’s very own Dr. Peter Bailey. Akins was one of the first [...]
by: Riley Spellman “My voice is no longer a whisper.” This was the central theme of this year’s Take Back the Night event on campus. On Tuesday night (October 18th), the women’s Resource Center held its annual Take Back the Night event at Herring-Cole, and on the quad for the traditional, inspiring candlelight ceremony. [...]
