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Hu­mans of Maryville: Cait­lynd Win­stead

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What made you want to join MU Bud­dies? “Two sum­mers ago (and I’m prob­a­bly go­ing to do it against next sum­mer) I was a camp coun­selor at [Won­der­land Camp] for twelve weeks. It’s in the Lake of the Ozarks. It’s a camp for any­one with cog­ni­tive or phys­i­cal dis­abi... More »

Closer by The Chainsmok­ers Feat. Maryville Park­ing

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A num­ber of perks ap­peal to hav­ing class later in the day, sleep­ing in be­ing a dri­ving fac­tor. How­ever, there is one ma­jor draw­back, es­pe­cially for com­muters: Park­ing. Spots fill up fast at Maryville and if peo­ple don’t plan for it, it’s a race with the clock ... More »

Some­body Catch That Snitch; Maryville’s Quid­ditch team

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 For those who don’t know, Quid­ditch is a sport fea­tured in the au­thor J.K. Rowl­ing’s best-sell­ing Harry Pot­ter se­ries. Since 1997, When Harry Pot­ter and the Sor­cer­er’s Stone was first pub­lished, many peo­ple dreamed of play­ing Quid­ditch. In 2005, this dream be... More »

Did You Miss the Mad­ness?

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Whether it be the smil­ing faces of stu­dents and fac­ulty on TV screens in the hall­ways, to the mo­ti­va­tional signs on cam­pus, school spirit is easy to come by as a Saint. One of the sta­ples for Maryville ath­let­ics is Moon­light Mad­ness, an event sim­i­lar to a pep ... More »


Job Search Un­der­way? These Places are Hir­ing…

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Col­lege stu­dents are busy peo­ple, try­ing to bal­ance school and a so­cial life. Of­ten, there’s an­other caveat thrown in that fur­ther com­pli­cates things: money. Whether you’re pay­ing for school on your own or just need to buy food and pay for ac­tiv­i­ties, most col... More »

Hu­mans of Maryville: Lu­cas Winkel­mann

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Why did you get started with pho­tog­ra­phy? I took a class in high school called me­dia. We learned about pho­tog­ra­phy then and it in­ter­ested me a lot. I never pur­sued it though, un­til I met Henry and Jake Wynd my fresh­man year at Maryville. We wanted to ex­plore t... More »


Sis­ter, Sis­ter: Sib­lings at Maryville

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Think back to com­ing to Maryville and be­ing filled with nerves. Those mem­o­ries seem like so long ago, but in the mo­ment the fear of not know­ing any­one was drain­ing. For some stu­dents, their tran­si­tion to Maryville was made eas­ier know­ing they had a life­long fr... More »

FALLin’ for love: Maryville’s Most El­i­gi­ble Bach­e­lors

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As the leaves change col­ors and the tem­per­a­tures drop, it is un­de­ni­able that fall is com­ing. With that comes the search for some­one to share pump­kin spice lattes with and keep warm with in this cool weather. To help you find a com­pat­i­ble Prince Charm­ing, here ... More »

Rent-a-Skele­ton: Maryville Hid­den Gems and Perks of Saint­hood

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As Maryville stu­dents ap­proach the month of Oc­to­ber, most are start­ing to get into the swing of things. By the swing of things, I mean liv­ing in the li­brary and tak­ing three naps a day. That still counts, right? Whether you’re a trans­fer stu­dent, fresh­man or y... More »