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MCCC Robotics team headed to world championships
MCCC’s Vex-U Team Virus, right, defeats The University of Toledo during the winter qualifier tournament Jan. 13 at MCCC Vex Team 3547: Virus, the college’s robotics team, is headed to the world championships. On Jan. 13, Team Virus defeated eight university teams at the winter qualifier tournament to secure a […]
Celebrity waiters raise money for One Book One Community
Professor Edmund La Clair reads off the winning numbers for the raffle prizes at Public House Mon. evening It’s not often the mayor of Monroe takes your dinner order and refills your drink, but for those who came out to Public House on Monday night, there was a chance of […]
Foundation makes impact on MCCC
For 20 years, the Foundation at MCCC has been enriching the lives of students and faculty. Founded on April 27, 1998, by the Board of Trustees, the Foundation is integral to the college, according to President Kojo Quartey. “It’s important to realize that the Foundation is part and parcel of […]
Committee Formed for Community Sports Discussion
Community members gathered Wednesday night for a second meeting discussing the possibility of starting a collegiate sports program at MCCC. A total of 14 members from the community attended the meeting. Coaches, athletic directors, and officials were also represented at the meeting. The first meeting that took place on December 6 showed great promise […]
Super Bowl 52 Recap
Tight End Zach Ertz dives into the end-zone with 2:21 left in the 4th quarter in Super Bowl 52 The Philadelphia Eagles, led by Nick Foles, dethroned league MVP Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52. The conclusion to the 2017-18 NFL season ended […]
Olympics or Allstar Game?
Seven-time Allstar Sidney Crosby lines up for a faceoff. The NHL Allstar Game has become a laughing stock of pro sports. It has been for years but the NHL reached a new level of embarrassment with the 2018 Allstar Game. During the summer, it was unclear whether or not the NHL would […]
Gender and Sexuality Alliance raises intersex awareness
MCCC students watch "Orchids" in the La-Z-Boy Center. It’s tempting to slot people into a male-female binary, but it’s not always accurate. Intersex people are not often spoken about; and when they are, it’s often in less-than-glowing terms or they’re confused with transgender people. There are over 70 varieties of […]
The stomach flu is not the flu!
Whether it’s referred to as arguing with the worms, calling the dinosaurs, or just plain throwing up, society can set aside their differences and come to full agreement on this topic: we all hate it. In fact, we hate it so much that whenever we hear a friend or family […]
Black History Month still important, vital to us all
The first Black Culture Center at Kent State University is where many of the first Black History Month celebrations took place in 1970. The month was officially proclaimed by President Gerald Ford in 1976. There was a time a few years ago when I began to let the thought creep […]