The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.
On this edition of the show, we get an update on the latest happenings at the University Police Department with Chief of Police Dr. Rich Flotron; Dr. Steven Hoffman stops by with information about SEMO's Historic Preservation Program and we meet Mardi Fievet and Claire Ward, two members of the Redhawks Equestrian Team.
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Now in its second year, the initiative turns every Redhawk blocked shot into meals for neighbors facing hunger. For each block made during the 2025–26 basketball season, Drury Southwest, First State Community Bank, and the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo will donate $10 to the food bank.
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In this episode of 'Exposition', we speak to Music Education Major and Junior transfer from East Central College, Molly Bauer. Molly previews the upcoming Wind Symphony Concert: Carmina Burana, and shares her experience within the various ensembles she's part of on campus, including the SEMO Marching Band and University Orchestra. The Wind Symphony Concert is Nov. 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the Bedell Performance Hall on the SEMO River Campus.
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