Opinion – City College News

Apartments in Minneapolis are too expensive

Nathanial Opila

December 27, 2018

Filed under Opinion

As an out of state student at MCTC I was presented with the honor of deciding whether or not I would like to be homeless for my second semester, this of course translating to the joys of apartment hunting. Now, apartment hunting is...

CCN’s endorsements

Dylan Swisher

December 27, 2018

Filed under Opinion

I often hear people profess their conviction that voting is not worth it. Many people in this country feel powerless and pessimistic about their ability to have any impact on their government. In their view, voting would give th...

Minnesota never been nice “nice” to African Americans

April 16, 2018

Moment of Doubt

April 16, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Since I was about 18 I knew I wanted to be a journalist, and until recently I thought I had the stomach to cover any story that came my way. That would be put to the test one Friday afternoon in a fluke moment of happenstance. A ...

Some things to consider when talking about gun violence

April 9, 2018

Filed under Columns, Opinion

Gun control has been a topic that has been debated about for years, the topic is being highlighted again due to the recent Parkland shooting. For this article i will be focusing on mass shootings occurring in school. There ha...

Dear China

February 5, 2018

Filed under Columns

Dear China, My boyfriend has been taking me for granted. He doesn't care whether I'm there or not until he's going through something, or needs someone to comfort him. He will often ditch me to go hang with his friends and make a...

Why Eid should be an academic holiday: an open letter to the MCTC community

February 1, 2018

Filed under Opinion

As longtime faculty members in Philosophy, Global Studies and Arab Studies and co-advisers for the Muslim Student Association, we would like to begin a serious conversation about putting the annual Islamic holidays of Eid Al-Fi...