Efforts to get MCCC students bowling have taken a new turn. At the beginning of the semester, the college proposed a student bowling league at Nortel Lanes in Monroe. Tom Ryder, the Campus Community Events/Student Activities coordinator for MCCC, is an avid bowler. In the spring of 2014, he and […]
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B-ball Fridays are back
The MCCC intramural basketball league began this past Friday, Sept. 26, with a school-yard draft. MCCC students gathered in the Fitness Center gym to pick teams for the upcoming basketball league. The league takes place every Friday morning through the next seven weeks. Karen Turner, the fitness activities coordinator for […]
Fantasy Football: money, time, bragging rights
Fantasy football has grown exponentially in The United States since the start of the 21st century. Though the first Fantasy leagues began as early as the 1960s, the growth in popularity did not begin to boom until the late 1990s. Fantasy football spread as more people began using the internet […]
High school students enjoy a college opportunity
Professor Margie Bacarella teaches a Political Science 151 course at Monroe High School The college’s experiment offering classes at Monroe High School has officially begun. The classes started on the second day of school, meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. “The students love being treated maturely and independently,” said Valerie […]
Voter Registration
Efforts are being made to increase the overall amount of voters by encouraging students to register to vote. There has been a table set up in the A Building throughout the last few weeks, encouraging students to register. These efforts are being made to increase voter turnout for November 4th, […]
iCloud breach releases pics, scares users
The recent release of uncensored celebrity selfies has left iCloud users wondering how to better protect themselves online. On Sept. 1, the media erupted with the surfacing of nude celebrity photos. Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Ariana Grande were among the celebrities who were targeted. Although this may seem like […]
Awaited video game delights and disappoints
Destiny is finally here and though the game is not for everyone, if you have patience and a dedicated group of friends it can become a challenging and rewarding adventure. Destiny provides players with mechanically perfected gunplay, fascinating environments to play through, and brilliantly designed enemies. Destiny’s gameplay is a […]
Crime Report for Fall
Crime report for winter An accident occurred on October 22, in the parking lot behind the C building. According to a witness, at 10:45 am an older model, dark green, Intrepid was seen backing out of a parking space and into an older, blue Focus behind it. The driver […]
Students, faculty react to kicked-out gay youth
Growing up, we’re taught to never judge a book by its cover, or to never be afraid to express ourselves, to be whom we really are. That plan backfired when a Georgia teen was kicked out of his home for being gay. When 20-year-old Daniel Pierce told his parents he […]
Michigan-born journalist chosen for One Book read
The One Book One Community Committee has decided to go in a different direction for the 2015 event. The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields, and the Dinner Table, by Tracie McMillan, will be the topic of discussion for the three-week event running March 23 through […]
