Forty years ago, as America waded through an ocean of evils - Vietnam, the Cuban Crisis, Watergate, the beginnings of the Cold War, its citizens struggled to forget the country's mistakes and to find new identities. Warren Hearnes, a young Representative from Southeast Missouri, joined the gubernatorial race as a democratic candidate.
Many know him by "Snacks" because he will eat you out of house and home but some know him as Daron Harris, senior mass communication major and a laid-back guy who became a radio personality, D.J., and host all in one night. People wonder how he can be a radio host and have such a relaxed personality.
When Southern asked for donations for the football stadium, it didn't expect a quarter of a million dollars for the nursing program.
It is always hard to jump from the comfort of your own culture to a completely different world. Senior foreign exchange student and international business major, Carolina Cabezas Madrid, is taking the change from Santiago, Chilé to Joplin, one day at a time.
The election year is just around the corner and one Missouri Southern student is working to get new law passed in Joplin. The man guiding the path of this bill is Kelly Maddy, a student at Southern. But Kelly Maddy can't say what year or major he is because he has neither. Maddy doesn't go to school for an education. He goes to school to start organizations.