‘What Matters’ hits home

By Christopher Null, Staff Editor What breaks your heart and what makes you come alive? On Tuesday April 15, three local filmmakers visited SCC campus to ask its students these questions. In 2011, Dan Parris, Dave Peterka, and Rob Lehr decided to see what life was like living in poverty from their hometown of St.…

SCC Students binge on knowledge

By David Demarco, Staff Editor On Thursday, April 3, just over a dozen students alongside a few faculty members gathered in the SCC College Center Rotunda to attend ‘Binge Drinking: What’s the Fuss?’, presented by Shane Roach of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA). The short and direct presentation went over what…

New name, New Taste

By Christopher Null, Editor Do you hear that roar SCC? Is it coming from Scooter McCougar or your stomach? The deep grumble is probably coming from both after SCC’s food facilities have changed their name and menus. SCC has evolved their food service buildings to better fit the powerfully hungry student. What was once called…

The ‘Elephant Man’ Highlights Humanity

By Scott Theis, Managing Editor SCC Center Stage Theater produced  and performed “The Elephant Man.” The play stars Steve Sherfy as Dr Frederick Treves and Christian Lewis as John Merrick (The Elephant Man). The play ran for six shows starting on Wednesday March 5 and ran through Sunday March 9. The show is a sort…

Hazard on Abuse

By Scott Theis, Managing Editor Roughly 75 people, mostly students, were in the SSB Auditorium on Feb. 27 for ‘Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant Communities’, part of this year’s Global Days series. Roselyne Hazard, a Multilingual Adult and Children’s Therapist and representative of ALIVE (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments), was the event’s presenter. ALIVE…

Global Days series enlightens students

By Emily Ploch, Contributor SCC hosts Global Days, a series of campus wide events celebrating a diverse range of cultures. From the tropical paradise of faraway islands to the enchantments of the Middle East, each event intends to enlighten its participants on a specific aspect of the culture. Events were held between Feb. 26 and…

Woodrell’s Wise Words

Acclaimed Missouri author visits SCC campus. By Mike Dyer, Staff Writer On Thursday, February 20, over one hundred members of the SCC staff, students and members of the community converged in the SSB Auditorium to listen to guest speaker Daniel Woodrell.

Join the SCCougar Staff

By Tim Kaiser, Editor-in-Chief As we begin our second semester of this incarnation of the SCCougar, we are looking for new staff members. Turnover is an inevitable part of a college newspaper. We are looking for students interested in seeing their work published in both the print and online editions. To join, contact Faculty Adviser Lee…