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Shorelines editor Matt Porto preps for more submissions (David Hiestand/The Current).

by David Hiestand

“There is just something magical about seeing your work in print,” said Terri Lowry, faculty sponsor of Shorelines, Longview’s annual publication of student writing and artwork.

Shorelines pays students for exemplary work through its annual “Creativity Contest,” which features cash prizes for fiction, poetry and artwork.  The entry fee is $1 per submission, but Lowry says students do not have to enter the contest to benefit from publishing in Shorelines. [...]

Lee’s Summit’s GOT ART gallery is seeking artist submissions from MCC art students. Students can place entries by sending their artwork via CD portfolio or email.  The entry deadline for the February show is Feb. 8 at midnight, but the application must be turned in with a $10 fee by Feb. 3. Applications are available at www.gotartgallery.com. The GOT ART Gallery is located at 18 SW Third Street, Lee’s Summiti. A second show will be hung in October, and the deadline is Feb. 21 through March 5.

~Michael Scassellati

by Liz Harmon

‘Tis the season to be jolly, but for the college student, being strapped for cash can take the jolly right out of the holidays. The economy is tough and even tougher on the average college student when it comes to travel costs. But there is good news. Travel companies are making it easier to help students afford travel this holiday season. [...]

by Micah Chrisman

The Metropolitan Chorale of Kansas City held its yearly Christmas performance on Dec. 10.  “This year’s program will have a unique sound of Christmas music than anything we’ve done before in the past,” said Blue River’s Campus Life and Leadership administration assistant Luann Heacock. Heacock has been a member of the Metropolitan Chorale since 2007 and it has been a wonderful experience, she said.

“I had been in choir before, and I thought I would join the Chorale as a one-credit-hour course,” said Heacock. [...]