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Rate My Professor gains popularity with MCCC students

Students aren't just discussing professors and their classes in the college's halls anymore, they're taking their opinions online. Rate My Professor, a website which allows students to rate professors at their college on a scale of 1 to 5, is becoming a popular resource for students Full story

Halloween Bash rocked MCCC's Cellar

DJ Zarza had the Cellar jumping all night long at MCCC's Halloween Bash. The Gay-Straight Alliance, Math and Science Society (MASS), and Student Government sponsored the event for students Friday, Oct 28th. All the festivities took place in the Cellar of the A building. Full story

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Campus road now closed

The road through the north end of campus has been closed due to construction. Full story

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Students study art, political science in trip to Europe

Vote on where the next Study Abroad trip should go

From heart-wrenching tours of Holocaust internment camps to fiery Czech soccer games, the 2011 MCCC Study Abroad trip was an eventful learning experience for all who attended. Full story

Campus News

Winter enrollment down 7 percent

Student enrollment for winter semester at MCCC is down 309 students, or about 7 percent from this same time last year.

Conservation exhibit fills Whitman lobby

The Whitman Center is digging deep to investigate conservation methods. A larger-than-life exhibit, "Soil: The Foundation of Life," fills the lobby of the Whitman building.

Board approves anti-bullying policy, reviews student profile

MCCC's Board of Trustees unanimously passed an anti-bullying policy at its Monday meeting.

A report on student profile data was presented to the Board by Steve Mapes, a counselor in Student Services.

Fall enrollment down 5 percent

Enrollment at MCCC for the 2011 Fall Semester is down 5 percent from last year. Preliminary numbers place enrollment at 4,439. Last fall semester, enrollment was at 4,698.

Arts and Entertainment

The Grascals perform at MCCC

When you think of celebrities coming to Monroe, you often think of the big name tickets that float through during one of the summer events, like the Jazz Festival or the Monroe County Fair. But on Nov. 19, MCCC played host to The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America's 2010 band of the year, The Grascals.

Fans waited in rain for Modern Warfare 3

Sitting in the rain under the Gamestop sign Monday night were many Call of Duty fans waiting on the release of Modern Warfare 3. The line was worth the wait - MW3 is magnificent.

9/11 Special: Bush did what had to be done

He was the most powerful man in the world on the day of the worst terrorist attack in American history. As I watched George W. Bush's exclusive interview with National Geographic, it became clear that the former president was just a person like you or I on Sept. 11, 2001.

Music Review: Adele's "21"

"Rolling in the Deep," a popular song that can be heard at least three times a day because it's been the number one single of 2011, is the most notorious track on Adele's new album, "21." While the album was released in February, it has been at the top of the album charts since, not only in the U.S., but in the United Kingdom as well. The album even helped to revive the sales of Adele's first CD, "19."

Book Review: "End the Fed"

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is not a fan of the Federal Reserve. The New York Times #1 bestseller, "End The Fed," expresses his feelings about the United States central bank. 1 comment

Opinion

NBA lockout good for NCAA

The NBA lockout saga is starting to turn into a joke. Millionaires are arguing with billionaires about how to split money that the majority do not need. Players aren't in serious danger of medical issues after their careers end, as NFL players are. Owners are asking for money that they have no need for.

What makes a college great?

At the Back to School BBQ this year, The Agora asked students to submit story ideas, and ideas poured in. One particular suggestion was to write a story about why there aren't many beautiful people on campus. As silly as this sounds, because true beauty lies on the inside of each of us, I was starting to wonder if this anonymous suggestion was hitting the nail on the head for what is wrong with our campus.

Join local Emergency Response Team

While walking through the Health building, students may have noticed a couple of flyers for something called C.E.R.T. C.E.R.T., or Community Emergency Response Team, is a Citizen Corps organization that trains average citizens in proper disaster preparedness.

Features

Socialist offers views on Occupy Wall Street movement

The Occupy Wall Street movement, since its inception in September, has come to a crossroads.

Andre Damon of the Word Socialist Web Site, in a public forum titled, "Occupy Wall Street and Beyond: Equality And The Fight For Socialism," spoke to a small crowd at MCCC about what socialism means and how it applies to the Occupy movement's goals.

Chorale, band enchant crowd

The rumbling applause given to the Agora Chorale could be heard from the lobby of the La-Z-Boy Center, and it was all that guests needed to hear if they were a late-comer to Monday night's first performance for both groups.

The Meyer Theater holds 541 guests, and almost all seats were filled at the event. In return for the thunderous applause, both the Chorale and band wowed their crowd.

Students react to tuition increase

Student reactions were mixed as discussions started to whirl around the campus about how MCCC increased the tuition for the 2011-2012 year.

Sudan survivor speaks

Sudan-native Abubakar was forced to lie in a pit of bodies – some dead, some alive. The extensive physical torture he had undergone left the innocent civilian as close to death as the bodies he lay beside. The idea of death no longer feared him but comforted him.

Parking problems

MCCC students frustrated by full parking lots

With MCCC's growth in the last decade, finding a parking spot has become a challenge.

Sports

Basketball League Starting Friday

The Intramural Basketball League at MCCC is having its opening meeting on Friday, Jan. 20th at 11:30 a.m. in the gymnasium. All students, alumni, and MCCC employees are invited to play.

Red Wings offer special price to MCCC

The Detroit Red Wings are offering MCCC students and faculty a special ticket price for games vs. Minnesota Tuesday, Nov. 1 and vs. Calvary Thursday, Nov. 3. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

Lions start strong, but what next?

5-2 start still has fans hoping

The Detroit Lions are off to their best start since 1956, when they also started 5-1. But two loses in a row, dropping the Lions to 5-2, have fans worried but still hopeful.

Tigers tease fans with title, flop in play-offs

The Detroit Tigers' season ended in a whimper with a 15-5 shellacking by the Texas Rangers in game 6 of the American League Championship Series

Indy racer dies in a tragic accident

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon was killed in a horrific 15-car accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 16. Wheldon was the first driver killed in an IndyCar crash since 2006, when Paul Dana was killed in an accident during practice.

Blogs

Lawrence Frank, a good hire for the Detroit Pistons

Instead of turning heads with their coaching hire, the Detroit Pistons are going against the grain. They plan on hiring Celtics assistant, Lawrence Frank as their next head coach. A Google search will show he has been highly sought-after. Many reports across the country tabbed him as a candidate in numerous coaching searches, from the Houston Rockets to the University of Tennessee.

A troubling year in sports

The last 12 months have been marked with the ugliest portion of sports: Breaking rules, greed, and life-long consequences of injuries. It all began with Cam Newton. Three sources associated with Mississippi State reported that his father, Cecil Newton accepted money to persuade his son to play for the Auburn Tigers. 6 comments