Updated Jan. 25, 2013: Final numbers showed that 3,943 students enrolled at MCCC winter semester, down 4 percent from last winter. Here is the final enrollment:                                 2012           2013           % change  Headcount             4,151           3,943             – 4%              Credit Hours        34,865         33,310             – 4.5% Contact Hours     39,571         37,991             – 5% —————————————————————————————— […]

Reggie Allen- Photographer Tim Green- Graphic Designer/ Reporter Melanie Jacobs-Davis-Reporter  mjacobs176@my.monroeccc.edu Katie Mullin– Reporter  kmullin@my.monroeccc.edu Matt Mullins – Reporter  William Miko– Reporter Lauren Robinson- Photographer Darryl White- Graphic Designer/Reporter  

MCCC graduate Julia Niswender, 23, was found dead in her Ypsilanti apartment Tuesday night. Police are investigating the death as a homicide. Friends of the Niswender family have started The Julia Niswender Fund to help the family pay for related expenses. Donations can be made at any branch of Monroe Bank […]

Detroit Tigers’ slugger, Miguel Cabrera , now has the Most Valuable Player award to go along with his Triple Crown this season.   Cabrera won MVP over the Los Angeles Angels’ phenom rookie Mike Trout. Cabrera got 22 first place votes to Trout’s 6 and a total of 362 points […]

Flu season is here and with it, runny noses and nausea. Every year a new flu vaccine is made to battle the influenza virus that could be silently attacking our bodies. Each year the flu bugs evolve, requiring a new vaccination to prevent people from getting the potentially deadly virus. […]

The International Studies Club hosted a special screening of the movie “Crossing Borders” in honor of International Education Week.   “Crossing Borders” is a documentary that follows four Moroccan and four American students during a trip through Morocco.   They discussed the stereotypes that each group is educated to believe […]

MCCC’s library will close an hour earlier next semester instead of all night Thursdays. Barbara MacNamee, director of Learning Resources, announced the change following a campuswide survey. The survey revealed that students and faculty preferred shorter daily cuts in hours instead of closing Thursday evenings, which the library began this […]

A book that sold an estimated 3.7 million copies its first day hit the big screen last week. Starting at 10 p.m. Thursday, crowds ranging from eager teenagers to romanticizing middle-aged women lined up to buy their tickets for Breaking Dawn, Part II. Phoenix Theatres in the Mall of Monroe […]

After the Roman Empire had fallen and Europe was beginning to awaken, something very different was happening in what is now Temperance, Mich.   The year was around 1200 A.D. and several Native American families had staked their camp in a field not far from the Whitman Center – land that […]

The first installment in the Halo series by 343 Industries is a raving success.   Halo 4’s campaign is very good. The storyline is engaging, although somewhat predictable, and the level design is mostly an improvement over earlier games in the series. The storyline is short, however, and a full […]