Recently, the name Mollie Tibbetts has circled through news outlets nationwide as the subject of news reports and editorials. Tibbetts, 20, a rising sophomore at University of Iowa, was reported missing...
A moment of silence to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, led some of us to reflect on the current situation in Syria.Tuesday night, President Obama asked the nation to support his plan to attack...
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon visited the Missouri Southern campus to defend his veto of HB 253. The bill would implement cuts to a variety taxes including the community development district tax, sales and uses...
New has often been considered synonymous with better. If this stands to reason, Missouri Southern should have a banner year.Big changes have taken place since last spring semester; bring some new face...
As you open this issue of The Chart you will find an eight-page special section entitled Life After Service, discussing many issues affecting veterans. In addition to these issues, veterans also suffer...
As part of Diversity Week, committees placed chalkboard cutout people around campus so students could write or illustrate how they view themselves as diverse. A cup of colored chalk sat at the foot of...
It’s been a hectic spring so far.Check The Chart’s masthead, and you’ll see a few staff changes took place over our spring break hiatus.Jordan Larimore has landed his first job in the professional...
Next week, Student Senate will come to a decision on whether or not it will spend $4,000 to paint the inside of the tunnel that connects the campus to the residence halls. Or it’s supposed to, at least....
Tuesday marked the third snow day of the semester at Missouri Southern following last Thursday and Friday. There was less than three inches of snow on the ground and the snow plows had hit the main roads...
Wednesday’s senior assessment tests were the biggest waste of time since Missouri’s 2012 presidential election primary.Actually, that’s not native to this semester’s tests alone. This whole system...
At Wednesday’s administrative council meeting, University President Bruce Speck’s views of shared governance were a hot topic.Recently, faculty members have expressed disagreement with Speck’s views.Before...
For anyone who doesn’t know, earlier this week, Missouri Southern and the city of Joplin announced that a federal grant has been approved for the purpose of building a walking trail from MSSU to the...
