WHY DON'T KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE ANYMORE? As a kid, I was always playing outside. I lived to be outside and be climbing a tree or playing a game of football or wiffleball. It wasn't just me though. The entire neighborhood of kids would be together in a vacant lot or field and be playing pickup games or tag. ...

A few weeks ago as I packed up my dorm to move home for the summer I became so excited. I was looking forward to riding the golf cart, Cardinals baseball, and swimming in my uncle's pool. So far, although I'm working a full time job, I've gotten to enjoy all three. ...

The St Louis Post Dispatch's article titled "Elk are reintroduced into Missouri" tells readers how the Missouri Department of Conservation released 34 elk at the Peck Ranch Conservation Area in May of 2011. It briefly goes into the area of conflict, whether these animals should have been brought to Missouri or not, when telling how "critics...have raised concern about crop damage, spreading disease to livestock and accidents with vehicles". ...

Imagine for a moment that you are a professional sports player, getting to play your favorite game for a living. That's pretty sweet, right? What a privilege to have a job where your main objective is to entertain adoring fans. You would think that most athletes would agree, but not so. ...

As a college freshman, I am a busy person. With this in mind and the fact that pets are not allowed in college dorms, you would think that pets are out of the question. Wrong, I have the perfect pet who lives with me in the dorm and is very low maintenance. ...

As a freshman college student at SEMO, I had some misperceptions about college that I found were simply not true after I began my first semester. These are some of those misperceptions. 1. "College classes are NOTHING like high school classes."- College, for me, has been a lot like high school. ...