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Rate My Professor gains popularity with MCCC students

Students aren’t just discussing professors and their classes in the college’s halls anymore, they’re taking their opinions online. Rate My Professor, a website which al­lows students to rate professors at their college on a scale of 1 to 5, is becoming a popular resource for students. Students not only have […]

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The Grascals perform at MCCC

When you think of celebrities coming to Monroe, you often think of the big name tickets that float through during one of the summer events, like the Jazz Festival or the Monroe County Fair. But on Nov. 19, MCCC played host to The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music […]

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Men flock to children’s show

In June 2011, the television station Adult Swim began running one of their signature ‘bumps’ during commercial breaks, which read the following:      “New word we just learned that we wish we could unlearn      Brony [bro-nee] n. An adult male fan of the children’s cartoon My Little Pony […]

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Conservation exhibit fills Whitman lobby

The Whitman Center is digging deep to investigate conservation methods. A larger-than-life exhibit, “Soil: The Foundation of Life,” fills the lobby of the Whitman building. The enormous exhibit was provided at no cost by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to Sandy Kosmyna, director of the Whitman Center. “With all […]

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Socialist offers views on Occupy Wall Street movement

The Occupy Wall Street movement, since its inception in September, has come to a crossroads. Founded on issues of social and class inequality, the Occupy movement began as a response to corporate power and greed, becoming a significant voice in public media. Now the movement is searching for direction and […]

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MCCC Bowling Club competes in tournaments

The Monroe County Community College Huskies Bowling Club finished competing in its second and third conference tournaments of the season. Each tournament lasted for a day, occurring on Nov.  5-6. The bowlers representing the MCCC Huskies were Don Jones, Kyle Suttles, Jake Falzon, Chad LaFleur, and Jeffrey Kaminski. The first […]

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Chorale, band enchant crowd

The rumbling applause given to the Agora Chorale could be heard from the lobby of the La-Z-Boy Center, and it was all that guests needed to hear if they were a late-comer to Monday night’s first performance for both groups. The Meyer Theater holds 541 guests, and almost all seats […]

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Fans waited in rain for Modern Warfare 3

Sitting in the rain under the Gamestop sign Monday night were many Call of Duty fans waiting on the release of Modern Warfare 3. The line, which started at noon, snaked from the entrance of Gamestop on Telegraph around the corner to the side of the building. Fans weren’t expecting […]