More than 60 students competed in the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges‘ welding competition. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges teamed up with the American Welding Society to host the welding showcase and competition May 17, the first of its kind. Participating college and high school students competed in three categories: The winner of each category will received […]
Dr. Stephen J.C. Andes will give a lecture at the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University on Thursday, October 13 at 3 p.m. in Room 227 of Morrison Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.<br/><br/>The lecture “The Mark of Douglas Fairbanks: How Hollywood’s First Power Couple Took Zorro from the Pulp Pages to the Silver Screen,” is presented in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.<br/><br/>Andes is an associate professor of history at Louisiana State University. He is the author of three books of nonfiction, including his most recent, “Zorro’s Shadow: How a Mexican Legend Became America’s First Superhero.” It was named among the Best Non-Western and POC Fantasy Books of 2020 (Den of Geek) and included in The Chicago Tribune’s 12 Must-Reads of Fall 2020. He has just finished a manuscript called “Chasing Speedy: The Secret History of America’s Fastest Cartoon Mouse,” a study that describes how Mexican American