The annual spring BFA Senior Exhibition held by Missouri State’s art and design department was interrupted this year due to COVID-19. To replace it, the faculty and class of 2020 used an online platform to display their work. Read more

Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Event Safety Alliance, a non-profit trade association of live event industry professionals committed to eliminating unsafe behaviors and conditions, began creating guidelines for social distancing during concerts and released the finished guid… Read more

It’s Memorial Day weekend, a truly memorable time, as businesses and facilities attempt to regain normalcy. Some students are scrambling to the reopened parks and malls. Others are acting as though the stay-at-home orders were never lifted, patiently waiting for the calm after the storm.  Read more

Many jobs have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses are starting to find new ways to help their employees out during this time. Read more

Hair salons have been closed for weeks because of COVID-19, and the new normal is both busy and full of precautions to keep all guests safe. Read more

While the path back to normalcy seems unclear, many Americans are vowing to self isolate even if they are given government permission to travel. For those choosing to remain out of the public, here are some books to consider diving into while at home. Read more

Abigail McGrath crouches over a coffee table on her bedroom floor as she mixes different colors of polymer clay until she has a design exactly how she wants it. Carefully, she pieces together the clay on hypoallergenic stainless steel or studs. Read more

It’s no secret that committed romantic relationships take a lot of time and effort. Relationships are changing and need diligent care to evolve and naturally grow. Often, outside forces can play a large part in the evolution of a relationship. Read more

The ESPN 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance” was originally set to release this summer. However, amid the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN decided to release the documentary earlier to aid a sports world currently starving for content.  Read more

Every day at the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri presents new challenges as the shelter operates at a limited capacity with limited staff. The humane society falls into a middle-ground area of the essential/nonessential continuum, where some of their services are essential but others are not. Read more

Steven Gindler, a New Jersey-based portrait photographer, has worked with 10 models from five countries in the last few weeks. The pandemic has locked a lot of creatives indoors, but Gindler is making do. Read more

Carry-out clamshells. Disposable silverware. Single-use plastic bags. Senior fashion merchandising and product development major Alyssa Roth is always thinking about ways to reduce her carbon footprint. Read more

When Missouri State University transitioned to remote learning, Deidre Argyle, an MSU art and design assistant professor, said teaching her Sculpture I class became a challenge.  Read more

After a difficult move to Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Rick and Patti Huggins decided a week in Florida would be the necessary de-stressor after a year full of change and uncertainty.  Read more

For Megan Thornburgh, visiting Disney World each year is a family tradition. To her, it only made sense she would apply to the Disney College Program. However, she did not expect to have her time at “the most magical place on Earth” cut short. Read more

Many have turned to exploring music to get them through the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what the music experts of Springfield recommend listening to. Read more

Brian Bulger knew Tessa was the one. He loves her as a wife and he loved her as his fiance. But as a young man about to enter a lifelong commitment, he was afraid of his dreams slipping away at the spry, fresh age of 20 as they planned their marriage. In the back of his head, he questioned i… Read more