Arts & Entertainment

Dean Magraw performs in the Helland Center »

Helland Center’s multi purpose room and stage was an open canvas for Dean Magraw’s music, stories and teachings. People walking by couldn’t help but pause and listen to the musician’s…

May 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream »

Magic love potions, fairies, roaring from a lion and a never-ending stabbing filled the stage, as did the laughter and applause when MCTC’s all-student cast performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream.…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Timothy Blighton, Sydney Hopen, and Luis Lopez conducting the WANDA reading, focused on relationships. Photograph by Cassiopaea Tambolini.

WANDA explores relationships »

WANDA, MCTC’s student-lead writing club, held a prose and poetry reading on Feb. 14 near Josephine’s Cafe, with a broad theme of “relationships,” in honor of Valentine’s Day. Students submitted…

Feb 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Breaking Day battles Rawkzilla »

   Metal rock band Breaking Day performed their way to the Rawkzilla Battle of the Bands finals at the Doghouse Bar and Grill in Maplewood on Sept. 21. The band…

Oct 6 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Campus

Senate presidential race mired in conflict »

The Student Senate presidential race kicked off amid a flurry of controversy on April 25, with accusations flying of racism,…

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MCTC Faculty advocate for change from college president »

Members of the MCTC faculty prepared to place a vote of no confidence in President Phil Davis at a union…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Textbook Committee »

Student Senate enforced a committee of faculty and staff last spring to look into the high cost of textbooks. “The…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

BREAKING! Controversy: Finalists named for MCTC food service contract »

Officials at MCTC will name four finalists for food service contracts on Monday amid criticism over a secretive evaluation process,…

Apr 27 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »

Student Senate in brief »

Voting controversy divides Senate Controversy broke out in Student Senate over the election of Donald Allen to the senate at…

Apr 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

STEM Fair takes students out of this world »

Life-like trips to space, levitating trains, remote controlled helicopters, and mini explosions took place at the STEM fair on the…

Apr 5 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Features

Tackling more than the books: USA national rugby team player and MCTC student »

Katie Johnson is not unlike most students in this campus: she is taking classes while trying to balance a very demanding extracurricular schedule. The only difference is that her occupation is being a world-class athlete playing for the Women’s Eagles: USA women’s rugby team. When…

May 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Dean Magraw performs in the Helland Center »

Helland Center’s multi purpose room and stage was an open canvas for Dean Magraw’s music, stories and teachings. People walking by couldn’t help but pause and listen to the musician’s guitar concert at MCTC on Thursday, April 19 in part of the MCTC fine arts…

May 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Exquisite Corpse- Shannon Smith »

Survival   The first man forced my legs open As I tried to feign sleep Undeterred, he used more force I made up a disease The immaculate contraction of AIDS (I was a virgin) Yet even that could not discourage him   The next two…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Spoken word takes center stage at the Helland Center »

Tish Jones lead the finale of Don’t Cuff the Mic, an open mic spoken word event, on April 12 in the multi-purpose area of the Helland Center, as part of the Helland Center Grand Opening. Performers from all walks of life took the stage, invited…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
News in Brief

Wild Turkey spotted in campus tree »

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The Loring Park squirrels now have a friend: a wild turkey. The turkey was spotted in a tree next to the T.Building on Spruce Place…

Apr 2 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »

MSCSA plans tuition consultation at capitol »

In an effort to increase legislative awareness, the Minnesota State College Student Association has planned an Advocacy Day at the Minnesota State Capitol on Feb.…

Feb 1 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Opinion

Dear CCN: Love Advice

Is chivalry a good thing? Where does it cross the line?   K: Chivalry was exercised in the middle ages as a way for knights to court women. Little acts of what is considered modern chivalry…

May 2 2012 / Read More »
Crime

Student on trial for second degree murder; claims self-defense, hate crime

Friends and LGBTQ supporters gathered at the Hennepin County Government Center on April 27 for the final hearing of Chrishaun “Cece” McDonald for being charged two counts of second degree murder of Dean Shmitz, whom she…

May 2 2012 / Read More »
Sports

Intramural basketball roundup for March 4

March 4 Results Tigers 49, Playaz 48. Flying Wombats 61, Mighty Stars 36. Minnesota Heat 59, Get it Boyz 44. Mighty Stars 51, Midway Monsters 36. Y Ballaz 67, Qaxotti 35. Rough Riders 2, Takeover Ballers…

Mar 7 2011 / Read More »
Columns

Dear CCN: Love Advice

Is chivalry a good thing? Where does it cross the line?   K: Chivalry was exercised in the middle ages as a way for knights to court women. Little acts of what is considered modern chivalry…

May 2 2012 / Read More »
Letters to the Editor

MCTC’s Student Life: Being Colorblind won’t help the majority

Minneapolis Community and Technical College is nested near the heart of downtown. Minneapolis’ cool skyway system, library and a host of fine dining and entertainment venues that make downtown Minneapolis what it is today: a diverse, hip,…

Feb 2 2012 / Read More »
Editorials

Tainted Conversations

Tensions at MCTC have been mounting throughout the semester. Faculty vs. administration, black vs. white, students vs. everybody. As this tension has grown, the conversation across dividing lines has grown angrier, and more like shouting. Within…

May 2 2012 / Read More »
Local & State Occupy Minneapolis protesters march down Hennepin Ave. Oct. 14. (photograph by: Aaron DuBois)

Occupy Minneapolis protesters take to the streets

Several hundred Occupy Minneapolis protesters marched through the streets of downtown and staged a sleep-in to protest a new regulation that prohibited them from displaying signs and staying the night at the Government Plaza, on Nov.…

Nov 17 2011 / Read More »
Nation & World

Pell Grant cuts to be enacted fall 2012

Students are feeling the squeeze from Capital Hill once again, with Congress voting in December to tighten Pell Grant restrictions, which will go into effect July 1, 2012. After a narrow miss from significant cuts during…

Feb 2 2012 / Read More »

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