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Microsoft Kinect vs. Sony Move

Motion-sensor gaming, buttons or body? At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), both Microsoft and Sony unveiled the latest in video game technology. Microsoft announced the upcoming Kinect for Xbox 360, which is a motion sensor that uses your body as the controller. All you have to do is simply […]

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The era of sequels and remakes

I’m beginning to think that all of Hollywood’s best and worst classic films, which we’ve loved to grin or cringe at, are being slowly replaced by Pods. For those who haven’t seen 1956’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” or its four remakes and two parodies, Pod People are the human […]

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MCCC students enjoy annual Welcome Back Barbeque

MCCC’s Student Government helped to celebrate the new school year with its annual Welcome Back Barbeque. The purpose of the barbeque was to welcome students and wish them a good semester, Tom Ryder said as he tossed miniature footballs to passersby. The grassy area east of the La-Z-Boy center was littered […]

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Monroe gets homegrown sitcom

Monroe Public Access Cable TV (MPACT) will be airing its first home-grown comedic sitcom on Tuesday Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. The cast and crew of this bi-monthly television show, appropriately named Public Access, are made up of some familiar faces to Monroe County Community College. One of MCCC’s own […]

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MCCC employee and former student dies

Kimberly Reaume, 27, an administrative assistant in the Financial Aid office, died unexpectedly Friday night after battling a long-term illness. Reaume was a former MCCC student, and, during her time at the college, worked part-time as a student assistant after class. “Helping students seek financial aid was her forte,” college […]

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MCCC reaches record enrollment

As a result of Michigan’s struggling economy, MCCC has reached a record enrollment of 4,723 students for the fall semester. “Michigan’s economy has crashed, and MCCC is one of the key first responders in our region and in the state,” MCCC president David Nixon said. “The students are coming to […]

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Woltmann extension denied, reinstated

Jack Woltmann was the only retiree from MCCC to receive a one year extension, but temporarily his extension was denied by the Michigan Office of Retirement Services because of late paperwork. Woltmann, the associate professor of Respiratory Therapy, said he originally intended to retire in two more years, but the […]

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Controversial mosque reveals prejudice

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a 7-year-old girl sitting cross-legged in front of my living room TV. I didn’t fully grasp what the World Trade Center really was, or what those fiery explosions would mean for America’s future. All I could really figure out, as the second plane hit, […]

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The Agora wants to hear from students

I never thought that my second year at Monroe County Community College would be so different from the first. Last year was my first at MCCC, and when I started school in the fall I had no clue what to expect or what I wanted to do with my time […]