The Board of Regents discussed a range of topics in their Dec. 18 meeting, including allegations of sexual assault, the deletion and prioritization of certain academic programs, the university budget, the COVID-19 vaccine and the process of adapting to technological challenges.

The Southeast Board of Regents approved the recommendation for deletion of 27 majors and 27 minors from the university curriculum at their Dec. 18 meeting.

Associate Professor of Communications Paul Madlock touched the lives of many in his four years teaching at Southeast and created a legacy that will live on for years to come.

Beginning in Fall 2021, students can take advantage of the new partnership between Southeast Missouri State University and The University of Missouri’s law school through the new 3+3 Juris Doctor program.

Student parking tickets were forgiven for donating non-perishable items to parking services to stock the Redhawk Food Pantry. The event was held from Nov. 16-20.

Kathy Harper became Southeast’s new director of University Communications after the retirement of Ann Hayes. She leads all of the communications for the university which includes media relations, internal communication pieces and helping with all of the president communications.

In an email to the campus community on Nov. 19, Southeast President Carlos Vargas announced he came in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

SELink was a subject of debate during the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting Monday, Nov. 11.

Black Student Union (BSU) was reinstated for the Fall 2020 semester with a new executive board after being disbanded last semester due to several vacancies on the board after the onset of COVID-19.

Fans of the show Jeopardy! are heartbroken over the death of host Alex Trebek. The long-time host of the trivia-based game show died Nov. 8 after battling pancreatic cancer for the last two years. He announced his cancer diagnosis to viewers in March 2019.

Student Financial Services (SFS) and Chartwells were points of interest at a Student Government Association (SGA) meeting Monday, Nov. 9.

Southeast began their International Film Series as part of Carpe Diem and International Education Week on Thursday, Nov. 5. The week aims to “showcase the people and cultures of the countries represented at Southeast and to give us all a better, more sophisticated understanding of the world around us,” according to the Carpe Diem website.

Tuesday night, incumbent Democrat Ilhan Omar was reelected to the US House in the 5th Congressional District in Minnesota. Omar, who was first elected to office in 2018, was one of the first Muslim-American women in Congress.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been elected as the 46th President of the United States after winning Pennsylvania at 10:30 Eastern Standard Time on Nov. 7.

The 2020 Presidential Election is officially over and Joe Biden has come out on top. But, as of 5 p.m, sitting President Donald Trump has not conceded, has been filing lawsuits, calling for recounts and the final winner of the election to be chosen by the Supreme Court.

The Southeast community gathered at the Crisp Museum Saturday, Oct. 31, to celebrate Halloween together, participating in a scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving and making paper decorations.

After a controversial battle, 51% of Missouri voters decided to say yes to Amendment 3.

The staff of the Arrow along with the media management class taught by Instructor of Mass Media Michael Simmons worked together to provide election night coverage on Nov. 3. The teams covered elections on the local, state and national levels.

Change has come to the House of Representatives with the election of Democratic candidate Cori Bush. She defeated Representative William “Lacy” Clay, who held the seat since 2001.

Democratic candidate Sarah McBride has been elected as the state senator for District 1 in Delaware, making her the first openly transgender person to be elected to a state senate seat.

For some people, the Presidential Election is more than just another election. For Southeast professor Brooke Clubbs, it’s comparable to the Super Bowl.

Cape Girardeau County recorded unofficial cumulative election results from 36 precincts around 9:15 pm on election night. The county cited 40,517 counted ballots and Cape County is overwhelmingly red.

Dem. candidate for Kentucky’s Senate seat in Congress Amy McGrath sunk more than $73 million into campaigns, but ultimately lost out to the incumbent and Senate majority leader Rep. Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to National Public Radio’s website.

A group of Georgia Tech college students drove 24 hours to get their determined 22-year-old friend to her hometown in Pennsylvania, a swing state, to cast her ballot in person. After the quick visit, they turned back around to drive more than 1,500 miles back to Atlanta.

According to The New Yorker, voter turnout for the 2020 election is record-breaking. “By the time that early voting ended on Monday, more than a hundred million votes had been cast across the country; by the time that polls close on Tuesday evening, the expectation is that more than a hundred and fifty million votes will have been cast, easily surpassing 2016’s total of a hundred and thirty-seven million,” the report read...