Editorial It’s tiring driving to school every day and seeing willful disinformation stamped on bright red plastic signs right across from campus. “MCCC allows MEN in girls bathrooms.” The Agora stands with the students and community members affected by these signs. We support equality and diversity, and stand against those […]
Opinion
Signs around county create harmful narrative
Paranormal investigators haunt Monroe museum
The Michigan Museum of Horror is haunted, and I have proof. In October 2023, I started working with Andrew Mcgowan, a paranormal investigator who explores and films haunted locations, which he posts on his YouTube channel “Andrew’s Paranormal Experience.” At 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, Andrew and I prepared […]
Ballad of a teenage editor
Becoming a newspaper editor had been a dream of mine since age 15. I had no understanding of journalism, but I had my sights set on writing for a paper and eventually becoming the boss. Now, as a 17-year-old senior in high school, I’m nearing the end of my first […]
Newsroom rights violated in careless act of ‘concern’
Our editor sits, crying alone, hidden in the privacy of the newsroom on an almost empty Friday morning. It was Friday, March 22. Maggie Sandefur had a particularly harsh morning and was hoping for some peace and quiet away from the world. The door to the newsroom opens and she’s […]
Transphobia on campus cannot be ignored any longer
Bigotry at MCCC is blatantly disregarded
I assumed there would be another batch of protesters at this Board of Trustees meeting. I expected a new round of foolishness and asinine arguments. I genuinely expected to sit back and listen to protester after protester cry about their self-victimization and supposed threatened safety caused by a trans person […]
Making people scream creates scary sense of satisfaction
Haunt actor shares wickedly scary experiences from spooky season
Months before the spooky season begins, haunt actors like me are training and preparing for some wicked weekends. In just a few months, I’ll be back in costume preparing to scare for a halfway to haunt event happening in May. October 2023 marked my first year as a haunt actor. […]
Bathroom access protest bleeds ignorance
I had no high hopes or great expectations for this Board of Trustees meeting. All I knew was that I was going to have to sit through argument after argument based on nothing but irrationality and prejudice from protesters. The larger-than-usual crowd that gathered for the meeting on Jan. 22 […]
Night of laughter at MCCC
Kevin Nealon headlines MCCC comedy show
The Meyer Theater foyer was a buzz on Oct. 21, with people of all ages waiting in anticipation for the theater doors to open for the show. Headliner Kevin Nealon has established himself as a great stand-up comedian, actor, writer and artist. The excitement of seeing Nealon in the element […]
Clowning around: Haunt actor shares step-by-step makeup tips
Friday, Oct. 13 is going to be wicked! It will be the debut of Malo the Clown, my own interpretation of a ludicrous circus performer at Spooky’s Fun House. The haunted attraction takes place from 6-10 p.m. at the Monroe FOP, 1051 Strasburg Rd. This will be my first time […]
The fall of financial aid
When a student fears their financial aid is not going to come through, it can cause a person to want to give up. This was how I felt waiting for my financial aid package to come through. Financial aid is not an afterthought when it comes to college. It is […]