Dear President Davis, The editors of City College News are deeply concerned with MCTC’s media policy pertaining to faculty and staff of the college. The policy restricts the freedom of both media organizations (including this newspaper) to report the news and of the faculty and staff of the college to speak their minds freely. Perhaps [...]
Irene Kovala’s departure as Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs leaves a huge hole in the top tier of MCTC’s administration. For this important position, MCTC’s students, staff and faculty deserve a national, public search to find Kovala’s replacement. Any other method of finding a replacement would short-change the MCTC community. With a position [...]
Dear President Davis: I am writing to you as a concerned student for the placement of the designated smoking area that is currently provided for the MCTC students. I know in the past years, there have been designated permitted smoking areas under shelters which look like “bus stops” next to the buildings. We are all [...]
Dear President Davis: A 2006 Surgeon General Report on secondhand smoke says “No amount of secondhand smoke is safe.” My name is Alley Rausch; I am a student at Minneapolis Technical and Community College, and recently I have become aware of the permanent signage positioned around the MCTC campus directing students as to where they [...]
Dear President Davis: I am writing you today out of concern surrounding the potential smoking ban on campus. As a former smoker I hope to offer some insight into this decision. Also, I am also interested in your motive for the ban. Is it just out of concern for the health and welfare of students [...]
In the student senate meeting on Sept. 22, ousted Vice President Tau Kotoni posed the question, “Is everyone clear? We’re going in circles.” Over the past year, as our senate has appeared to do just that, this newspaper has struggled to comprehend the events and actions coming from that body’s chambers. Petty personal squabbles and [...]
Welcome new and returning students! For those who don’t know, I am the former Student Senate President and as of last Spring, your elected Vice President of the Minnesota State College Students Association (MSCSA). I just wanted to give everyone at MCTC a big welcome and let them know what this year will have in [...]
CITY COLLEGE NEWS POLICY MANUAL
FOREWORD
The following policy is the product of the best thinking of the students on the City College News staff at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It has been revised many times. Each revision has been an effort to improve procedures that are the backbone of the newspaper.
