The JournalStories from the current online edition of The Journal.As year ends, memories pile up- May 1, 2008 As the school year ends, The Journal's editorial staff has decided to run an obligatory retrospective of this year's hardest-hitting news stories. Here it is. After the shooting at Kirkwood City Hall, which claimed the lives of six people, Journal reporters attended victims' funerals and interviewed gunman Cookie Thornton's family in an effort to provide readers with in-depth coverage.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinioneditorial/As.Year.Ends.Memories.Pile.Up-... Graduating seniors plan for future- May 1, 2008 Even though the basketball season ended in March, students still see Brad Robinson in the gym playing pick-up ball with his teammates from this season. At the same time, others are watching baseball pitcher Wes Hilliard striking out several batters for SLIAC conference rival teams with three games left in the season.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/Graduating.Seniors.Plan.For.Future-33600... Light shed upon buried conflict- May 1, 2008 Journalism plays an important role in modern democracies. As the Founding Fathers envisioned it, reporters are the watchdogs of government, keeping citizens informed and, to use the cliché, shining the light on what would otherwise be kept from general knowledge.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinioneditorial/Light.Shed.Upon.Buried.Conflic... Season ends with modest SLIAC finish- May 1, 2008 It is a sad day at Webster University, as tennis season is now over for the Gorloks. The St. Louis Intercollegiate Atheltic Conference Tournament was held April 25-26 at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park. The women finished in third place and the men finished in fifth.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Sports/Season.Ends.With.Modest.Sliac.Finish-336... Student writers take heed for future- May 1, 2008 Well, I'm done. As is customary in the long, esteemed tradition of The Journal, I find myself writing my final thoughts as I give up my editor position and ready myself for graduation. There are several things I could use this space for, several topics that I have found myself consistently writing about - race relations, the Webbies or how much I hate St.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinioneditorial/Student.Writers.Take.Heed.For.... Trivia Night- May 1, 2008 Questions flew fast and furious at the third annual trivia night hosted by the Webster University forensics and debate team, despite low attendance. The April 26 event drew three tables of competitors and included categories such as geography, television theme songs, candy bar identifications and school days- a category modeled after the television show "Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader" Alaina Gonzalez-White, a senior music major and president of the debate team, was one of the event's..http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/News/Trivia.Night-3360095.shtml Rep Theatre flirts with relocation- May 1, 2008 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is exploring the idea of moving from the Loretto-Hilton Center to the Grand Center in Midtown St. Louis. Specifically, there are ongoing conversations between The Rep and Grand Center Inc. discussing the possibility of a new Rep facility in a Parking Lot next to Powell Symphony Hall.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/News/Rep-Theatre.Flirts.With.Relocation-3359732... Director revisits roots in Conservatory's 'Oklahoma'- May 1, 2008 In the years since its 1943 Broadway premier, "Oklahoma" has become a favorite all-American musical, reincarnating itself in multiple Broadway revivals and showing on thousands of community stages nationwide. On April 23, the musical found its way to Webster University's Browning Mainstage, where Conservatory students presented their own interpretations of the classical characters.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Lifestyle/Director.Revisits.Roots.In.Conservato... Iraqi Student Project brings refugee to WU- May 1, 2008 More than four million Iraqis have been displaced due to violence in their home country - the majority of them having left Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Most of these refugees have sought asylum in the neighboring countries of Syria and Jordan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and one of them hopes to find a new home at Webster University in the fall.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/News/Iraqi.Student.Project.Brings.Refugee.To.Wu... Violent video game causes heads, eyes to roll- May 1, 2008 Dear Jack Thompson, Rockstar Games would like to fuel the fire that carries your career. "Grand Theft Auto IV" came out April 29 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, available for all the young, impressionable minds in America to quench their thirst for violence and sex.http://www.webujournal.com/news/2008/05/01/Opinioneditorial/Violent.Video.Game.Causes.Head... |