Chelsie Bartley is the Creative Editor and a staff journalist for MBU Timeline. She majors in journalism. Chelsie is a student worker for the Office of Alumni Relations and is a Community Leader on campus. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in a non-profit doing events, marketing and design work. Apart from writing, she enjoys eating new foods, exploring St. Louis and being outdoors.
Schools across America are changing their dress code policies when it comes to yoga pants and leggings, but after one North Dakota school even went as far as to ban skinny jeans, I’m speaking out against it.
Many years and musicians have passed since the ’70s. The era of classic rock will be remembered as a revolutionary time in music and one band stands out among the rest as one of my favorites.
Wading through the college dating pool can be tough, especially through the first semester when new love springs up as soon as school begins. Here are a few tips to make it through those tough days as a single college student.
There was a lot more to look at on Saturday than guys in uniforms running up and down a field. Here’s my account of MBU’s inaugural home football game, without actually talking about football.
Have you ever wondered what Gotham City was like before Batman was there to save the day? The gritty new series, “Gotham,” which airs each Monday at 7 p.m. on FOX, gives viewers a chance to get to know several of the secondary characters in the DC universe.
Here are some interesting facts about MBU Timeline, the student newsmagazine of Missouri Baptist University, in St. Louis:
*Our mission statement is: MBU Timeline is the student news network of Missouri Baptist University, a private Christian university that embraces the essential core value of “social change through service and leadership.”
*The Bible verse that drives our mission is 2 Timothy 2:15 (Worldwide English Version): “Tell the true message in the right way.”
*The WordPress website has been up since late-fall 2013. We average about 3,000 sessions and about 5,000 pageviews per month.
*Our stories and galleries get as few as 40 or 50 hits, or as many as 8,000 hits.
*We have readers in every state and more than 90 countries around the world. We have several readers in South America, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
*Most of our readers are in Missouri, followed by Illinois, California and Texas.
*We do not accept advertising as we are a not-for-profit online newsmagazine.
*We welcome contributors from all walks of MBU life, regardless of your major. Reach out to us on Twitter at: @mbutimeline.