The Beijing Consensus
At Westminster College’s sixth annual symposium on global technology, students and faculty of Westminster and Beijing union university discover important cultural differences.
October 2011
Leaders Create, Support and Manage Change
We live in a totally different age today. Significant changes appear to be happening not by the day but by the second. Technological changes, political changes, social changes, economic changes, and not all are seen as particularly good changes. Change happens so fast that no one person can keep up with it. Change can leave
Birth of Box Stores
The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America By Marc Levinson Published by Hill and Wang, September 2011 List price: $27.95 Pages: 384 ISBN-10: 0809095432 ISBN-13: 978-0809095438 For Columbia shoppers who prefer to buy goods from local owners, the seeming omnipresence of Walmart and other megastores owned by national chains presents a daily
COU, STL or MCI?
To fly, or not to fly, from Columbia Regional Airport — that is the question. Unlike the famous philosophical question posed in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this question explores more practical issues: expense, time and convenience. Is it really more expensive to fly out of Columbia Regional (COU)? At first glance, comparing Delta fares from COU to
House of Brokers Realty
30 Years House of Brokers Realty has been thriving in the ever-changing flow of real estate for the past three decades. This September, the real estate firm celebrated a milestone 30 years in business. With a pledge to provide personal service and exceptional value and to be worthy of customers’ trust, the company has helped
Bee Seen Signs
35 Years In 1976, Lawrence “Junior” and Judy Dietzel purchased G&H Electric/Sign Company in Jefferson City. The couple changed the company name to Bee Seen Signs because, Judy says, Junior “always liked the play on words.” “Also, most people cannot pronounce or spell ‘Dietzel,’ so the rest is history,” she says. Junior had worked with