Student Government Association (SGA) senators debated the support of a campus smoking ban at their regularly scheduled general assembly meeting last Thursday. The ban was proposed by the staff advisory council, a group organized last year to facilitate communication among staff and university administration.
Drury University's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team finished third overall at today's National Exposition in Dallas, Texas. La Sierra University of Riverside, Calif. and the University of Arizona, took first and second places, respectively. Heritage University also competed in the final four, finishing just past Drury.
The Board of Trustees is set to consider a new domestic partner benefits policy at their semi-annual meeting on May 10 and 11. If the policy is passed by the Board of Trustees, same-sex couples will receive the same benefits package from the university that married couples currently receive.
by Kent Otto kotto@drurymirror.com It's official. The leaping panther is no more. Despite numerous attempts to alter the Drury Athletics logo to satisfy a trademark challenge by Puma, university officials have started to phase out the leaping panther logo.
By Komal Rastogi The Mirror Drury is awarding two honorary doctorates to commencement speakers Bob Barker, a Springfield native and host of the T.V. gameshow "The Price is Right", and Dr. John Stoessinger, a successful author who survived the Holocaust.
First it was an egg, then a sack of flour, then a doll with a microchip, but today the "baby" that is used to teach students about the process of parenting has gone virtual. This semester, students in Kathy Coy's Lifespan Development class used a new product called the Virtual Child.