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Fall Issue 3
Oct. 19, 2018
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St. Louis Community College at Forest Park
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Police shuffling sends Buford to Meramec Flo Valley officer is taking her spot at Forest Park By Jason Ethridge The Scene staff
Photo by Daniel Shular
A well-known figure at Forest Park has bid farewell. Earlier this month, police Lt. Terri Buford was transferred to the Meramec campus of St. Louis Community College. She also will be protecting and serving students, faculty and staff on the Wildwood campus and at South County Educational Center. “I’m going to miss that closeness I feel with people at Forest Park,” Buford said, admitting that she’s a little “melancholy” about leaving the campus. “When you see someone every day or every other day, you can say, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’ with a smile.”
But Buford also is excited about the challenges that change will bring. “I’ve never been there before,” she said. “It will be new land to conquer.” Buford isn’t the only STLCC lieutenant to be moved to a different campus this month. She’s replacing Lt. Bill Ozmec, who took over for Lt. David Berryman at Florissant Valley. Berryman now is head of campus police at Forest Park, commanding a total of 12 officers. The idea is to keep the lieutenants “well-rounded,” Buford said. “We are one district. It is pertinent that the commanders know how each campus operates. We need to have a world view of everything, not just, ‘This is my little backyard.’” Berryman has been a police officer for 29 years. He served 18 years with University City Police Department before making his way to STLCC. Berryman learned about his new assign-
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Michelle Horwitz, 32, left, and Jen Habetler, 44, of Clayton Huddle, a St. Louis activist group, register Forest Park students on Oct. 10 to vote in the November midterm election.
Many students haven’t done election homework By Joshua Phelps The Scene staff Some people think the November midterm election is one of the most important elections in American history, but many Forest Park students aren’t engaged or informed, according to a random survey by The Scene. General studies student Jodi Chilcutt, 21, doesn’t even plan to vote. “I just don’t care about politics,” she said. General transfer student Kia Coffee, 20, plans to vote, but hasn’t looked too deep at the issues or candidates beWilliams cause her semester has been so busy. “I’d like to see who they are, what they’re campaigning for,” she said. “I think as long as you have human decency in your mind … There’s so many people who ignore that. Just be equal, that’s what I look for.” Communications major Reggie Austin, 21, plans to vote and to choose candidates who are Democrat because that’s the party his parents support. “My mom is really pressing me to vote,”
he said. “I have zero interest in politics. But my mom and dad, they really want me to start getting into it.” The election will be held on Nov. 6. American voters will be choosing all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 members of the U.S. Senate, in addition to state and local officials. Oct. 10 was the last day to register to vote in Missouri. Two volunteers from Clayton Huddle, a progressive grassroots organization, held a registration drive in the campus courtyard. “It’s the most importAlhambe ant election of our lifetime,” said volunteer Jen Habetler. “We need to put a check on power right now.” Habetler said she plans to vote for U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is running for re-election against Republican Josh Hawley, Missouri’s attorney general. “We want accountability at the federal level,” said fellow volunteer Michelle Horwitz. “And the best thing we can do right
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Police Lt. Terri Buford speaks Oct. 3 on National Coffee with a Cop Day in the Forest Park cafeteria.