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Opinion

Hope for the hopeless »

It would seem: based on a serious look at the status of our generation — aptly named Generation X, or the Lost Generation, or Generation Me, depending on your sources…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk together at President Medvedev's dacha outside Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2009.

START: A “Fuller” perspective of the continuing Cold War »

Earlier last month in Europe the United States and Russia agreed upon the new and updated Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Along with other objectives the new treaty calls for…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Point: 263. Really? »

263. That's it MCTC? That's all you can do? You should be ashamed of yourself.…

Apr 8 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Counterpoint: Why 97% of us didn’t vote for student senate president »

I didn't vote in the student senate presidential election last month. Neither did over 97% of the student body. But before anybody complains about us not participating, they need to…

Apr 8 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Campus

Book burned in library, investigated by MPD arson unit »

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The MCTC Public Safety Department responded to a report of burned book in the Wheelock Whitney Library on Aug. 26.…

Aug 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Dittberner, Askew elected to MSCSA positions »

Members of the MCTC student senate in Washington, D.C. with Minn. congressman Keith Ellison (middle) last semester. Dittberner, the senate vice president is seen third from the left.

Two MCTC students were elected to positions within the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA), the lobby group for two-year…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

MCTC student Aaron Spiegel wins place on USA Today’s All-USA Community College Academic Team »

Minneapolis Community and Technical College student Aaron Spiegel is a member of USA Today's 2010 All-USA Community College Academic Team.…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Senate budget committee recommends increase in health fee »

The MCTC clinic could see additional services starting next school year, should college president Phil Davis accept the Student Life…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Muslim students share their perspective through poetry »

Poetry

As part of Islamic Awareness Week, MCTC's Muslim Student Association (MSA) commenced their first annual Islamic Poetry Slam on Friday,…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
News in Brief

News briefs »

The Olafeso brothers will be playing for the Concordia University-St. Paul next year.

Olafesos ink scholarships with Concordia-St. Paul. Sustainability fair aims to teach. International students go without free tax software.…

May 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
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Arts & Entertainment Pierce Brosnan in the Ghost writer.

Ghost Writer

Although Roman Polanski is being rightfully torn limb from limb in the media as of late, one might still feel an inkling to see his new film "Ghost Writer" for any number of reasons. Polanski himself…

May 4 2010 / Read More »
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Book burned in library, investigated by MPD arson unit

The MCTC Public Safety Department responded to a report of burned book in the Wheelock Whitney Library on Aug. 26.…

Aug 27 2010 / Read More »
Sports

Emotions Erupt at MCTC Basketball Town Hall Meeting

On Wednesday, February 17 an impassioned two-hour public discussion about the discontinued Men's and Women's Basketball Programs at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) dominated the Helland Center. Last spring, the Student Life Budget Committee (SLBC)…

Mar 2 2010 / Read More »
Features scaled

Counselor retires after 33 years of service

Dr. Joe Rine, a teacher and counselor whom students may recognize by the signs bearing quotations he wears daily, will retire this May after 33 years of service to students and the surrounding community. As head…

May 4 2010 / Read More »
Letters to the Editor

Help save Maverick basketball

My name is Steven MacDonald Froemming. I have been involved with the Minneapolis Community and Technical College men's basketball team for ten seasons. I want to give you my thoughts on the program closing down.…

Mar 2 2010 / Read More »
Local & State Members of the MCTC student senate in Washington, D.C. with Minn. congressman Keith Ellison (middle) last semester. Dittberner, the senate vice president is seen third from the left.

Dittberner, Askew elected to MSCSA positions

Two MCTC students were elected to positions within the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA), the lobby group for two-year and technical colleges in Minnesota, during its spring general assembly in Brainerd. While the positions that…

May 4 2010 / Read More »
Nation & World

MCTC Holds Discussion on Implications of 2010 Census for Communities

A diverse gathering of people were present at a panel discussion and public forum focused on issues pertinent to the 2010 U.S. Census on Tuesday, Feb. 16 in the Helland Center Student Lounge. The event, entitled…

Mar 2 2010 / Read More »
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