By Alex Payne. DMACC settled a lawsuit with a student for almost $14,000 last May, in a case that drew attention from national sites like Fox news. Former DMACC student Jake Dagel, 21 of Sheldon, filed a lawsuit against DMACC for infringing on students’ Freedom of Speech. “Thousands of [American]Read More

By Martina Gutierrez. Many people have asked me, “What made you come to Iowa?” My answer has always been, “My husband, who is a red-headed Mexican-American from South Texas.” We met in Topeka, Kan. on a Greyhound bus about 12 years ago. We have had our ups and downs beforeRead More

By Megan Miras. There are six quizzes due online, a paper to be submitted via Blackboard, three articles to be researched and written, and an online test. I have no Internet. My typical day consists of getting up around 6:15 a.m. to get ready for school and work, wake myRead More

By: Ann Voight. One commonly heard complaint from the recent high-school graduates just starting at DMACC is that they are not getting “The College Experience;” that expectation that college consists of crazy and fun times with newer friends, and parties galore—from themed parties, a personal favorite has been an AroundRead More

By: Anna Duran. The indie music scene was delivered a sonorous gift this month in the form of Neko Case’s anticipated release of “The Worse It Gets, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.” The new album is genre-hopping with music suitable for mostRead More

The Building 1 remodel that has scattered student services around campus is on schedule and will be completed this December. March of this year Building 1, which houses most of student services and the human resource department, was overhauled in a big way. Offices have been temporarily relocated throughout campus.Read More

Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin,’ ring ting tinglin,’ too. Come on it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you! I will be the first to say that I love Christmas and I go all out when it comes to Christmas time. It pains me to take downRead More

By Avis Allen. One might think that having a Culinary Institute with a Bistro restaurant on their college campus would be an easy task to run every day.  In the beginning of the culinary program, I thought that the Chef would control the whole kitchen and dictate to the studentsRead More