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entertainmentApril 16, 2019
Shipyard Music and Cultural Festival prepares for returnDowntown Cape is welcoming back Shipyard Music and Cultural Festival as a two-day event Sept. 27 and 28 in and around Ivers Square. The festival on Friday night and Saturday include national touring acts, visual arts and a wide variety of food and beverage. Local f...
entertainmentApril 2, 2019
Cape Girardeau to host first ever Pride festivalNew LGBTQ-advocacy group, Cape Pride, will host an inaugural pride festival from noon to 8 p.m. May 4 in Capaha Park. Cape Pride Inc. was founded in 2018 as a not-for-profit organization to celebrate the LGBTQ community of Southeast Missouri and the surrounding reg...
entertainmentJanuary 22, 2019
Southeast Student takes talent to St. Louis SymphonyIn the midst of her final semester at Southeast Alyssa Strauss earned a spot among 130 singers in the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. Strauss, a St. Louis native, is a vocal music education major who is student teaching by day and rehearsing by night. The Department of ...
newsNovember 20, 2018
Pi Kappa Alpha suspended for multiple violationsDean of students Sonia Rucker ruled Nov.1 that Southeast fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha, commonly known as PIKE, is under suspension from the university until Feb. 1, 2019. Suspension involves separation from the university for a specified period of time or until certai...
entertainmentNovember 7, 2018
Francesca Bucci: Tale of a “Controlled Hot Mess”Chicago native Francesca Bucci, a junior and double major in acting and public relations, never stops. She recently celebrated her 21st birthday on stage for the opening of “Our Town” as a leading role — the first of her career. Her first semester she was enrolled ...
newsNovember 7, 2018
Incumbent Smith holds on to Missouri’s 8th Congressional DistrictRepublican incumbent Jason Smith will continue to represent Missouri’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House. With 370 of 462 precincts reported, about 80 percent of all votes, Smith appears to have taken the race with 126,096 of the votes. Democrat Kathy El...newsNovember 6, 2018
Incumbent Kathy Swan returns as Missouri House of Representative District 147Republican incumbent Kathy Swan will remain as the Missouri state representative of District 147. Swan was opposed by Democratic candidate Renita Green in the Nov. 6 election. “We did a lot better than what Democrats have done in the past,” Green said. “Our numbers...
newsOctober 29, 2018
Southeast student collects extra meals for Redhawk Food PantryGabrione Kent, a junior majoring in entrepreneurship, developed One Meal a Week to collect extra meals for donations on campus. The program allows students on a meal plan to donate extra meals or guest meals that may eventually go to waste to the Redhawk Food Pantr...newsOctober 29, 2018
Voter PurgingGeorgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp incorrectly canceled some 340,000 voter registrations. Missouri participates in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck (Crosscheck) used by officials in 26 other states, including Georgia. Missouri first implemented it in...
newsOctober 25, 2018
Race to represent Missouri’s eighth Congressional District in the U.S. HouseDemocrat Kathy Ellis and Libertarian Jonathan Lee Shell are running against Republican incumbent Jason Smith in the race to represent Missouri’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House. The 8th District includes rural southeast and south-central Missouri as we...Advertisement
