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 [...]
In July 2010, British astronomers announced the measurement of the most massive star yet found, weighing in at about 265 times the mass of the Sun. How such massive stars form is a puzzle, since they develop extremely strong winds that quickly carry away a lot of the star’s mass. The new record holder, R136a1 [...]
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” This Chinese proverb, reminded me, once more, of the unrepeatable importance of education. My dear fellow students, welcome to MCTC! This is the place where we learn, the [...]
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 — that we are complete lost causes. In a careful analysis of where we stand, and where we’ve come from, many would take it upon themselves to forfeit, many would throw in the towel and continue on watching television, and unfortunately, this seems to be the general response in all corners of America.
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 the reduction of operationally deployed nuclear devices by 30 percent on both sides as well as new limits on launchers and updates to verification systems to certify that these limits are being met.
