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Vol. 85, Issue 25
april 3, 2019
STUDENT LIFE
The Senior Teanna Bass leaves mark on MU Briefing: through hard work, innovation MU Pride Bass was also recognized as of this year’s Mizzou ‘39 Month kicks one award recipients. off HANNAH NORTON
There are 19 events throughout the month. EMILY WOLF
University News Editor The first floor of the MU Student Center became noticeably more colorful Monday, as students gathered to ice cupcakes, learn about Pride Month at MU and grab free sexual, romantic and gender identity stickers. MU officially began its 2019 Pride Month celebration Monday with the Pride Month Kickoff. While Pride Month is traditionally celebrated in June, the MU festivities take place in April so that students can attend the events during the spring semester. “Pride Month at Mizzou, for me, is [MU] recognizing there are communities on campus that need to be represented and it gives them a way to express themselves without having backlash that may come from being a
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Reporter
At the first annual Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator pitch competition on March 19, Teanna Bass, Sweet Tea Cosmetics owner and CEO, received a $10,000 check for her business. Bass placed second after sharing her business plan and current ventures for Sweet Tea Cosmetics. She presented alongside nine other MU students to close out the eight-week program. Less than a month before, Bass and 38 other seniors won the Mizzou ‘39 honor, as a part of the annual Mizzou 18 and ‘39 Reveals, which were held on Feb. 26 at Traditions Plaza. The Mizzou ‘39 Reveal honors 39 outstanding seniors each year, after selecting them through a rigorous application and interview process. Bass, a textile and apparel management major, also made the 2017-2018 dean’s list and was awarded the Missouri Student Unions and U.S. Bank Entrepreneurial Scholarships and Grants. Bass founded Sweet Tea Cosmetics, located in the MU Student Center, during her sophomore year. Bass lived in an off-campus apartment and was working multiple jobs to make ends meet. She had been doing makeup on the side for years and said she realized that if she wanted to continue, she had
Teanna Bass is a Textile & Apparel Management major and is CEO/owner of Sweet Tea Cosmetics. | COURTESY OF TWITTER VIA @MIZZOU
to take it to the next level. Bass used the last $200 she had, which would previously have gone to
her next rent payment, to buy storage
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COLUMBIA SCHOOLS
Worley Street Roundtable dedicated to supporting students harmed by biases in Columbia Public School District Columbia activist group helps students and parents by raising support systems around families and the community through dinners and local outreach. CLAIRE WILKINS
Staff Writer
Adrian Clifton noticed something
different when her son started attending kindergarten. Back-to-back trips to the principal’s office and buddy room became a common occurrence. Clifton, as a mother of a black son, became concerned this treatment was racially motivated, regardless of unconscious or conscious biases. In response to this, Clifton talked to her mother, a community activist, about ways to improve relationships between her son and his teachers. After these talks, Clifton founded
Worley Street Roundtable. WSRT is a support organization for students harmed by biases in school. They were founded in 2015 by a group of concerned parents, teachers and community members to give a voice to minority families and build a support system for parents who are struggling to advocate for their children. “I’m a mother and a teacher,” Clifton said. “I saw the issues that I was facing and instead of continuing to go to my mom and complaining
about them, we’re taking action to support families like mine and teachers like the one I am.” WSRT builds many initiatives and has many goals for the Columbia community. They work with community members to create action plans with teachers and parents by going to parent-teacher conferences and holding monthly community dinners. Working with teachers and school
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