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 Johnson made the selection pool for the world cup rugby [...]
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 festival. Members of the audience tapped their feet, hands [...]
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 men poured liquor into my broken lips My lips that [...]
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 to sign up for impromptu performances, and touched on topics [...]
Booming with music, bright flags of countries worldwide and a variety of gourmet and cultural foods, the Helland Center lured passersby during the Festival of Nations, Wednesday, April 11. “Their vision came to life,” said Director of Student Life, Tara Martinez about the French club’s, French Bistro of Wednesday’s event of the Helland Center Grand [...]
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. MCTC’s Spring play, with classical Shakespearean music and semi-modern, 60’s wardrobe caught approval and cheers from the audience. The fairies flowed across the forestry stage [...]
I held onto the side of the open window and stuck my torso out as far as possible so the cigarette smoke wouldn’t get into Ashley’s bedroom. It was about 5 a.m., and everybody was still asleep. Except for me, of course. The dark circles under my eyes told me I had been awake for [...]
Nick and Eddie’s was rocking Friday night as the MCTC Graphic and Web Design program put together a benefit in order to raise money for the MCTC Design Portfolio Show that will be held on May 1-2. “It’s cool to see a lot of people come from different artistic backgrounds,” said Dylan Guerber who will [...]
When you see a MCTC email in your inbox, do you read it? The MCTC community has been working to solve the communication problem with this email issue. The campus community are solving problems students and faculty are facing with student success. Organizing emails and specifying them to appropriate students to avoid the spam effect [...]
When manufacturing company 3M needed creative assistance for an upcoming JEC Composites trade show taking place in Paris on March 27 – 29, they set their sights on MCTC’s art club. “It made us feel like we were way more than just a community college,” said art club member Ari Clark. What the Minnesota-based company [...]
