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Bush’s memoir good read for Lefts or Rights

Love him or hate him, Republican or Democrat, voted for him or wanted him impeached, George W. Bush’s memoir “Decision Points” is a political and historical must-read. The former president uses a unique format to describe and explain the most important decisions of his presidency. The most major decisions of […]

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Music Review: Flogging Molly

Thundering bass, heart pounding drums, and a Smokey voice. This is Flogging Molly. For those not familiar with the Irish punk band, allow me to take you on a strange journey. In Los Angeles, California the first Flogging Molly album was born. The live album “Live behind the green door” […]

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Music Review: Lady GaGa’s “Born This Way”

Lady Gaga has become the latest icon for more than just unity and individualism, but also as “Mother Monster,” after the successful release of her latest album “Born This Way.” Upon its May 23 release it has seen a whopping one million plus copies sold. Billboard has projected that “Born […]

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Three new professors to join MCCC

MCCC will welcome three new professors to its full-time faculty this fall semester, in the subjects of history, biology and psychology. Edmund Laclair, a professor of history, has taught as an adjunct professor at MCCC on and off for two years and is now hoping to add courses to the […]

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Former aid to U.S. Rep starts new job at MCCC

His job is new, his office is new, he hasn’t even had time to hang his diploma from Michigan State University on the wall, but MCCC is not new to Josh Myers. “I have a long history with the college,” Myers said. Myers has been hired as the coordinator of […]

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U.S. should maintain support of Israel

Despite what her Arab neighbors claim, Israel’s existence in the Middle East has been the focus of their scorn since she was conceived as the world’s only Jewish-majority state. Israel’s 8,522 square miles make it smaller than the U.S. state of Massachusetts.  It has a population just under eight million, […]

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Prep course to be offered

MCCC students may come across a course in the Fall 2011 catalog that looks fairly new. That course, College Success Skills 145 (COLL 145), is designed to help students understand how to succeed in college. “The course has been offered in the past and was reactivated for the Fall 2011 […]

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MCCC students take part in archaeological dig

There’s one class at MCCC that isn’t afraid to get dirty. An archeheological field study course offered at MCCC over the spring semester has brought students out of the classroom and into the dirt of two archeological dig sites, where students have discov­ered hundreds of artifacts as well as the […]

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Wake up students: the Fed has too much power

Over the last few years, in light of all of the country’s financial troubles, there has been increasing interest and concern amongst Americans regarding the actions and policies of the United States’ central bank, the Federal Reserve. Oddly enough, many (if not most) people are not really sure what the […]

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X-Tech features look at Career Tech Center

MCCC’s new technology center is not scheduled to begin construction until July, but a bevy of people got their first glimpse of what the new technology center would look like, as well as what it would offer. “A lot of paperwork needs to be completed at the state […]