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 mid-afternoon Saturday, April 2, 2011. The bird appeared to be a full-grown turkey in good condition. It is not clear why the bird was in the tree, though public safety [...]
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. 16. According to student senate Director of Legislative Affairs Abby Rouster, MSCSA — which represents 2-year colleges across the state — is focusing on tuition consultation. At the Feb. 25 [...]
Police and campus security searched portions of campus Jan., 18, 2011, as they looked for a man who allegedly possessed a handgun.
Based on predictions of severe weather, MCTC will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. All classes and other activities are canceled. The National Weather Service predicts snow starting after 9 p.m. Friday.
A survey conducted last month at Minneapolis Community and Technical College found that nearly 10 percent — 103 out of the 1,061 students who answered the questionnaire — responded that they are homeless. 163 said they frequently could not afford a meal or groceries. The survey coincided with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Nov. [...]
A poster entitled “Three Stoogies” ridiculing public safety appeared around campus Monday. The poster suggests the officers’ incompetence, and ridicules them for not being real police officers. Curt Schmidt, director of public safety, said his officers received notice the posting appeared in the Helland Center on Monday at 8:14 a.m. Schmidt said he didn’t know [...]
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) will concede the Minnesota gubernatorial race to DFL candidate Mark Dayton Wednesday morning, KSTP-TV’s chief political reporter Tom Hauser announced on Twitter at 9:54 p.m. Tuesday night. The state Supreme Court’s 18-page ruling on Emmer’s argument that Minnesota counties did not all correctly follow reconciliation procedures from earlier Tuesday dismantled the [...]
In an effort to help high school athletes better market themselves to college coaches, former Minnesota Vikings safety turned business entrepreneur Dwight Smith has started a new website called ProfileAthlete.com. The site takes the features of already existing recruiting websites such as personalized video highlights, academic resumes, and up-to-date statistics, and combines them with a [...]
After concluding on Nov. 18 at the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, the show documenting homelessness by the MCTC photojournalism students will go double duty. One part of “Scratching the Surface — A Glimpse into Poverty and Homelessness” starts the same day at MCTC, while touring part of the show goes to Temple Israel, located [...]
A photograph taken by Marilyn Indahl, a Photography and Digital Imaging staff member, and Tom Dahlin, a member of the PHDI advisory was featured as cover photograph of Sports Illustrated magazine. The photo, featured in the Sept. 27, 2010, edition of the magazine, shows Minnesota Twins designated hitter Jim Thome hitting a home run at [...]
