I guess I am not that shocked that in this day and age people feel entitled to everything, including an elevator. Students here are not aware that people with handicaps should have priority in the use of elevators. I am over forty, back in school at MCTC. I have a heart condition and have been [...]
The day after Halloween, I went down to the local store for candy corn. It was now All Saints Day, but I still craved those sweet candy nuggets and knew I could get them on sale. Upon approaching the store, I saw no skeletons or ghouls in the window. What I saw in the sill [...]
Recently, there was discussion in student senate about a campus wide smoking ban. A survey was conducted, but I never caught the results. It seems obviously lopsided to survey people on a topic such as cigarette smoking. The people that smoke, will vote to keep it, and the people that don’t, will vote to ban [...]
I don’t know for a fact, but word on the street speaks of a computer churning out the recent scheduling of class times – instead of a level headed human being. Many students have commented on the bizarre scheduling of classes for the upcoming semesters, as well as this current semester. The positioning in the [...]
With all the noise being made about tuition hikes, it’s easy to forget that college, like any business, follows the economic law of supply and demand. And, as we learn, in intro to economics, when demand increases, price increases. This month students from around the state stormed the Capitol on Rally Day to protest rising [...]
January 25, 2011 — To be honest, when I heard that Minneapolis was enduring temperatures and wind chills in the far negative range, the Minnesotan in me was yearning to go back. Last semester, I was a liberal arts student at MCTC and editor in chief of City College News. This semester, I am a [...]
In a gaunt but clearly academic lobby at MCTC, the banner behind the reception reads, “We should acknowledge difference, we should greet difference, until difference makes no difference anymore.” The short-staffed administrative bureaucracy charged with helping students through their career plans, their academic programs and through their personal struggles has accomplished just that. Difference makes [...]
I wrote this to try to help represent the smokers of MCTC, to the campus body. I am displaced by this ban on smoking. Since when was smoking contrary to education? It is sad when we see a person smoking outside and consider it dangerous. People should be able to smoke outside what they buy [...]
On Thurs., Sept. 16, 2010, the Climate Action Plan (CAP) conference was held at MCTC for faculty, staff, outside affiliations and students. This gathering was to discuss carbon neutrality on campus and how we could improve campus life for our earth and for generations to come. MCTC President Phil Davis signed the American College and [...]
Being new faculty can be very tricky — like being the new kid at school. Where is my office? Where is this class? What am I supposed to do with these students? Luckily, MCTC has a great deal of resources to help. As a somewhat (my second year at MCTC and my sixth year of [...]
