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NewsNovember 14
Exploring and expanding the definition of athlete: It’s more than just D1From the packed stadium of home football games to the hype surrounding March Madness, college athletics are an important aspect of life for many people at SEMO. Despite the popularity of attending athletic events, less than 4% of SEMO’s student population plays Div...
NewsOctober 14
SEMO Hosts First-Annual Homecoming Kick-Off Block PartyOn Oct. 13, SEMO’s first-annual homecoming kick-off block party was held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the Kent Library Quad and in front of Academic Hall and featured entertainment for alumni and students, including games and activities, booths from local businesses, a b...
NewsSeptember 26
Making the most of fall at SEMOPumpkin-flavored coffee isn’t the only way to get into the fall spirit. Southeast Missouri State University holds a number of fall events to make students feel festive. There are many upcoming on- and off-campus events to celebrate the fall season. Here’s a can’t-m...
NewsApril 24
What’s in a name? Meet the new Allied Health, Kinesiology and Sport Sciences department at SEMOIn the 2023-24 school year, the department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Recreation is changing its name to the department of Allied Health, Kinesiology and Sport Sciences. While a department name might not initially seem like a big deal, the change will affect man...
NewsApril 17
Event honors Emmett Till’s legacy at SEMOSEMO recently hosted the “Emmett Till Project,” a series that featured speaker Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s best friend and cousin. On Aug. 28, 1955, two white men brutally beat and lynched 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American, for allegedly f...NewsApril 10
Professional email workshop to be held Wednesday, April 12The Public Relations Student Society of America-Southeast will hold a professional email workshop in Grauel Room 12 on Wednesday, April 12 at noon. The workshop is free and open to all SEMO students, and will teach participants how to write emails to bosses, interv...NewsApril 10
SEMO college of STEM rings in First Friday with Easter craftsAt the Catapult Creative House, the SEMO college of STEM helped community members make plastic easter eggs full of creatively-colored slime on April 7. The event was a part of First Friday with the Arts, a monthly event held in downtown Cape Girardeau which spotlig...
EntertainmentMarch 6
SEMO psychology students’ research works to create better world than one they grew up inFor senior psychology majors Steph Conway and Caleb Hitt, the prospect of being able to support others and give them relationship-building tools they never had when they were younger is enough motivation to help them persevere through the process of doing research,...
NewsMarch 6
The Ohio train derailment is a cautionary tale for Cape GirardeauEmergencies and disasters are inevitable, and emergency preparation teams across Cape County used a recent disaster in Ohio as a point of reflection and lesson on emergency preparation. On Feb. 3, a train containing dangerous chemicals crashed in East Palestine, Oh...SportsFebruary 25
SEMO Women’s Tennis defeats University of Illinois-Springfield 7-0The SEMO Redhawks women’s tennis team defeated the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars 7-0, according to a Twitter post by SEMOTennis. The game was held at 11 a.m. on Feb. 25 at the University of Illinois-Springfield, and the two-match sweep brought th...NewsFebruary 25
Record-breaking snow storm on this day in historyOn Feb. 25, in 1979, Cape Girardeau and Jackson, MO recorded 24” of snow, the highest snowfall ever recorded on this date, according to weather.org. The Southern Illinoisian declared the snow an emergency, and the extreme weather was reported to close highways and ...NewsFebruary 25
First ever Afrobeats dance class to be held on Feb. 26The African Student Organization is holding their first ever Afrobeats dance class on Sunday, Feb. 26. The class will be held in the Multimedia room in the Student Recreation Center, and has a $5 door charge, according to a post in the Facebook group Living at Sout...
OpinionFebruary 9
Overthinking: Cleaning out the spiders in the sculptureI love spider webs. I think it’s gorgeous and complex and significant how spiders can craft a home from scratch and muscle memory, perfectly designed for them and their lifestyle. My favorite spider web, located in a nook of a decoration on my friends’ porch, had a...
EntertainmentFebruary 7
Rolling into community and connection with Cape Girardeau Roller Derby“Girls just wanna play contact sports on roller skates” might be the new “girls just wanna have fun.” Cape Girardeau Roller Derby (CGRD) hosted an unofficial recruitment event at the A. C. Brase Arena Building Feb. 1, where potential new members had the chance to l...NewsFebruary 2
Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival returns to SEMO for the first time in 3 yearsSEMO is presenting the 23rd Annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival on Feb. 3-4, 2023. Jazz studies director Joseph Jefferson chose the theme of the festival, Women in Jazz, to allow musicians to see themselves represented in a way they might not have before....NewsJanuary 26
SEMO adjunct professor passes away at 51Jeffery “Jeff” Hansen, a former adjunct professor of management and marketing, died at Southeast Hospital Jan. 14, 2023, according to the Southeast Missourian. Marketing chair Willie Redmond, who taught Hansen as Masters of Business Administration student before Ha...
OpinionDecember 9
Overthinking: How to trick yourself into being happy — or maybe, how to be happy for realFor my last column of the semester, I’d like to pay a special tribute to the name of my column, Overthinking. If there is one thread that runs through every column I’ve ever written, it’s overthinking. I literally cannot stop my brain from constantly thinking, whic...
NewsDecember 9
Grad School: Is the risk worth the reward?To go to graduate school, or to not go to graduate school? For many undergraduates at SEMO, this question is an important one, and one that requires much thought and planning. Grad school offers many benefits and is even required for some disciplines, but the inve...
NewsDecember 9
How to land your dream internship, (And why you need one)Jeffery Bullard, senior TV and film major, found an unexpected passion by completeing an internship at the KFVS radio station. “Whenever I got hired on as an intern, I had never ever really thought about working in the news before. Whenever I was little, I thought ...
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