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Five hair products for African American hair

By Tyler Hatten Growing up, there were only a few good hair products for women of color. With more knowledge of coarse and curly hair, there are now tons of products which focus on growing and maintaining healthy hair. Dealing with our hair doesn’t have to be a hassle. Using

Movie Review: “Barbershop: The Next Cut”

by Lyle Foster Barbershop :The Next Cut Well, you can talk about me later…….the part of this film that I liked the best was actually at the end when there were some shots about the hope for the city of Chicago and some clips were shared of several youth groups

Smith takes Christian school in exciting direction

by Bon Tindle New Growth Ministries Christian School has taken education in an exciting direction. While focusing on a college preparatory curriculum, the school also teaches students about other aspects of life that they will encounter once they graduate. “We are very excited, we have a lot of good things

MSU Multicultural Resource Annex named after Mary Walls

By Cortlynn Stark, MSU The Standard News In 1950, Mary Jean Price Walls was denied admission to Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, because she was African American. On Friday, the new Multicultural Resource Annex was named after her. Mary Walls applied for admission at SMS after graduating

Take care of your mental health

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Springfield, MO— Spring is a time of development and cleansing. No, that doesn’t mean cleaning out your closet and developing a new wardrobe. The most important storage space you must clean is the mind. Anxiety and Depression Association of America states about 40 million

Batman v. Superman

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Occassionally I admit that the throes of time are moving on by.  Why I remember when Batman and Robin and Superman was doing good and flying around the sky.  As I said I remember but some of you do too and super heroes were

American Girl: Melody Ellison

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Growing up, I played with dolls from sunrise to sunset. I would braid their hair and cut up their clothes to create new ones.  As a child you never really recognize your passion until you’re older and still doing the same things, but for

MIB recognizes four at 6th Annual Heritage Award Ceremony

By Bon Tindle,  Unite Contributing Writer Springfield, MO— The 6th annual Minority In Business Heritage Award Ceremony was held March 15th at the Doubletree Hotel. Attendance was in even greater numbers than last year, and several new faces filled the room. A formal dinner was served, and gentle jazz music

Springfield Branch NAACP seeking nominations for 2016 Community Service award

Springfield, MO— The Springfield, MO NAACP is now accepting nominations for their 2016 Community Service award.  This award is given annually to a person in the community in recognition of outstanding contributions and their gift of time to the Springfield community.  An achievement of a singular outstanding event or the

Movie Review: “Race”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Race……. I don’t want to sound nostalgic but sometimes we bemoan the state of things in our country today and I am one of the first to say there is a lot of improvement needed but there is a perspective to be gained from

Five hair products for African American hair

By Tyler Hatten Growing up, there were only a few good hair products for women of color. With more knowledge of coarse and curly hair, there are now tons of products which focus on growing and maintaining healthy hair. Dealing with our hair doesn’t have to be a hassle. Using

Movie Review: “Barbershop: The Next Cut”

by Lyle Foster Barbershop :The Next Cut Well, you can talk about me later…….the part of this film that I liked the best was actually at the end when there were some shots about the hope for the city of Chicago and some clips were shared of several youth groups

Smith takes Christian school in exciting direction

by Bon Tindle New Growth Ministries Christian School has taken education in an exciting direction. While focusing on a college preparatory curriculum, the school also teaches students about other aspects of life that they will encounter once they graduate. “We are very excited, we have a lot of good things

MSU Multicultural Resource Annex named after Mary Walls

By Cortlynn Stark, MSU The Standard News In 1950, Mary Jean Price Walls was denied admission to Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, because she was African American. On Friday, the new Multicultural Resource Annex was named after her. Mary Walls applied for admission at SMS after graduating

Take care of your mental health

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Springfield, MO— Spring is a time of development and cleansing. No, that doesn’t mean cleaning out your closet and developing a new wardrobe. The most important storage space you must clean is the mind. Anxiety and Depression Association of America states about 40 million

Batman v. Superman

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Occassionally I admit that the throes of time are moving on by.  Why I remember when Batman and Robin and Superman was doing good and flying around the sky.  As I said I remember but some of you do too and super heroes were

American Girl: Melody Ellison

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Growing up, I played with dolls from sunrise to sunset. I would braid their hair and cut up their clothes to create new ones.  As a child you never really recognize your passion until you’re older and still doing the same things, but for

MIB recognizes four at 6th Annual Heritage Award Ceremony

By Bon Tindle,  Unite Contributing Writer Springfield, MO— The 6th annual Minority In Business Heritage Award Ceremony was held March 15th at the Doubletree Hotel. Attendance was in even greater numbers than last year, and several new faces filled the room. A formal dinner was served, and gentle jazz music

Springfield Branch NAACP seeking nominations for 2016 Community Service award

Springfield, MO— The Springfield, MO NAACP is now accepting nominations for their 2016 Community Service award.  This award is given annually to a person in the community in recognition of outstanding contributions and their gift of time to the Springfield community.  An achievement of a singular outstanding event or the

Movie Review: “Race”

By Lyle Foster Unite Contributing Writer Race……. I don’t want to sound nostalgic but sometimes we bemoan the state of things in our country today and I am one of the first to say there is a lot of improvement needed but there is a perspective to be gained from