Student enrollment for winter semester at MCCC is down 309 students, or about 7 percent from this same time last year. MCCC has faced declining enrollment numbers for the last four semesters. David Nixon, MCCC’s president and Mark Hall, MCCC’s Director of Admissions and Guidance Services, gave several reasons for the decline, including fewer […]
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Basketball League Starting Friday
The Intramural Basketball League at MCCC is having its opening meeting on Friday, Jan. 20 at 11:30 a.m. in the gymnasium. All students, alumni, and MCCC employees are invited to play. The league will be free of charge for all players. Games will be refereed by the players. Anybody interested in playing must […]
Can Sonic 1-up recent titles, or is it game over?
In honor of his 20th anniversary, Sonic Team releases “Sonic Generations,” the grand encompassment of their recent trend of recapturing Sonic’s glory days, in that it does so literally! When a mysterious plot device tears holes in time and space, modern day Sonic is brought face to face with […]
Rate My Professor gains popularity with MCCC students
Students aren’t just discussing professors and their classes in the college’s halls anymore, they’re taking their opinions online. Rate My Professor, a website which allows students to rate professors at their college on a scale of 1 to 5, is becoming a popular resource for students. Students not only have […]
The Grascals perform at MCCC
When you think of celebrities coming to Monroe, you often think of the big name tickets that float through during one of the summer events, like the Jazz Festival or the Monroe County Fair. But on Nov. 19, MCCC played host to The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music […]
Men flock to children’s show
In June 2011, the television station Adult Swim began running one of their signature ‘bumps’ during commercial breaks, which read the following: “New word we just learned that we wish we could unlearn Brony [bro-nee] n. An adult male fan of the children’s cartoon My Little Pony […]
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Conservation exhibit fills Whitman lobby
The Whitman Center is digging deep to investigate conservation methods. A larger-than-life exhibit, “Soil: The Foundation of Life,” fills the lobby of the Whitman building. The enormous exhibit was provided at no cost by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to Sandy Kosmyna, director of the Whitman Center. “With all […]
Socialist offers views on Occupy Wall Street movement
The Occupy Wall Street movement, since its inception in September, has come to a crossroads. Founded on issues of social and class inequality, the Occupy movement began as a response to corporate power and greed, becoming a significant voice in public media. Now the movement is searching for direction and […]
