December 6, 2011
Ellis Cross
The Cross Reference Writer’s block When it happens to me, if I’m home, I get a glass of brandy and a cigar and say to myself “What would Hemingway do?” The answer is always the same, he would write about it. So here goes. Writer’s block happens to all students at one time or another. ...
December 5, 2011
Caleb Jones
Maybe I was born in the wrong generation. Maybe I just beamed down from Mars in my spaceship. Perhaps my line of thinking is not that of the majority of people my age. Am I doing something wrong? Do I dare question the way that my parents raised me? Should I be doing what other ...
December 5, 2011
Caleb Jones
For college football coaching icon Joe Paterno it all starts with one big lie. The media repeated the lie over and over again knowing full well they didn’t have evidence to back it up but did it for their own self-serving reasons or are simply too stupid to know there is no evidence to ...
November 17, 2011
Staff
Griffon Football hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2007, which resulted in a loss to Truman. This time, Missouri Western stands a good chance, but for other reasons not related to football. On-campus organizations are in full support of Griffon Football. Earlier this week, the Student Government Association bought 300 tickets for students to claim ...
November 15, 2011
Ellis Cross
Since I last wrote about the Occupy movement I have met with two of the people occupying city hall at 11 and Faraon. They gave me a copy of their own, “Declaration for the Occupation of St. Joseph.” The local occupy people are blaming corporations for a shopping list of 22 problems that, according to ...