Friday, April 24, 2026

Latest:

Ted Higgs retires after years of service, both to his country and to Maryville
As Dr. Aaron Astor bids farewell, what does that mean for the MC History Department?
Brian Childs (’69): stories from his time as Echo editor
The rise, fall, and potential revival of the Chilhowean yearbook on MC campus
Maryville College Baseball team carrieson a legacy 150 years in the making

Perspectives

Ask Garrett for Oct. 2, 2013

Dear Garrett, The future is terrifying. I’m happy with my major and my career plans, but just the idea of

Living with my dad has been the equivalent of having a cable television set to play only four channels, and

In honor of Bisexuality Awareness Day, which was Sept. 23, I want to talk about something that merges two of

Nearly 4,000 miles across the Atlantic, there lies a land called England. This summer I embarked upon a two-month journey

I had my first girlfriend when I was a freshman in high school. I was very young, very naïve and

“What did you do over the summer?” I grin from ear to ear when I hear that question. “Oh, you

Look, none of us know a thing about anything. Welcome back to my column, by the way, for those returning

It is hard to believe that almost an entire academic year has passed by already. It seems like just last

First off, I’d like to congratulate the person that made the account on Instagram making fun of Maryville College students.

The time has come for this column to end. I have had that line blinking on my screen for over