Noted labor economist, author and political commentator Julianne Malveaux speaks Jan. 21 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her lecture was part of the university’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance. More than 800 guests attended the program, which included musical performances by The Dickson String Quartet, Normandy High School Jazz Band and Trinity Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Mass Choir. The theme for the event was “Celebrating 50 Years of Fulfilling the Dream.” (Photo by Jack Crosby)
Junior Justice Beard chasing first national title at NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Beard, a biology major from Paducah, Kentucky, enters this year’s national meet with the fastest times in the country this season in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle races.













