Friday, April 26, 2024
Tristen Wilhelm is apposed to a minimum wage increase, she thinks it will cause inflation. Michigan’s minimum wage increased this week to $8.15, and eventually will rise to $9.25, but not everyone is thrilled. Tristen Wilhelm, who is a freshman at the college, thinks the increase could lead to inflation. […]
CMCCC graduate, Jenna Olson, at her internship at the University of Georgia Athens.aption Monroe County Community College may seem like a small stepping stone to students, but it makes available valuable opportunities for them. No one knows more about these opportunities than Jenna Olson. Olson is a 2014 grad of […]
Student Dan Bryant shows off appetizers at a Parma Ham factory outside the city of Parma in northern Italy. Imagine walking through one of Italy’s vineyards and tasting its finest wines. This is one of the many memories Kim Cousino had when she went on a 10-day "Taste of Italy" […]
Biology professor Tracy Rayl, tends to the plants in the campus Greenhouse which will host experiments for her Environmental Science class. Fall 2014 will be the first semester where the Environmental Science course will have a lab. The class has been offered without a lab for the last 15 years […]
MCCC students apparently are more accepting of gays and lesbians being able to marry than the State of Michigan. A federal judge on March 21, 2014 struck down the ban on lesbians and gays being allowed to marry in the state of Michigan, and samesex couples ran to the courts […]
Caption From a "lefties" perspective, left-handed people are the only ones in their right minds. The opposite has proven true throughout history. A medical doctor reported in the New York Times that many left-handed people in ancient times were once synonymous with criminals, and even associated with the devil. Today, […]
Monday mornings at MCCC bring on another week and murky water. Some students and staff are greeted with an unpleasant sight when they turn on the faucet or use the toilet: Spigots spurt rusty-colored H20 and toilet bowls are tinged with yellow. "I'm not scared of the water; it just […]
The memories of a former MCCC student continue to live in the hearts of those who knew her. Julia Niswender lit up the room every time she went somewhere. She made her presence known, best friend Jacob McLaughlin said. “She was such a bubbly, fun person. She had a laugh you couldn’t forget,” Julia’s twin sister, Jennifer […]
The Whitman Center is starting fall semester without a director. Sandy Kosmyna, director of the Whitman Center for seven years, resigned over the summer to take a position with the University of Toledo. Grace Yackee, MCCC’s vice president of Instruction, announced Kosmyna’s resignation in an e-mail to MCCC faculty and […]
With the world of social media growing, there are new methods and concerns that come along with it. When it comes to relationships between students and their professors, social media sites, such as Facebook, can be a controversial issue. Social media sites allow people to communicate with and get […]
