Articles by: Alex Payne

YMCA to be built on the Ankeny DMACC Campus

YMCA to be built on the Ankeny DMACC Campus

May 13, 2014 at 3:33 am 0 comments

Construction on a 75,000 square foot YMCA building on the Ankeny DMACC Campus is set to begin as early as this fall. On Monday, May 12, 2014 DMACC board members approved a lease with the YMCA of Greater Des Moines at the monthly college board meeting. The Y will investRead More

Payne’s Pain: Professors should create their own lessons

Payne’s Pain: Professors should create their own lessons

May 2, 2014 at 10:04 am 0 comments

How hard do the professors at DMACC work? That is a question I unfortunately find myself asking many days when I come to class. With the innovation of Blackboard and online quizzes, professors can now just put up assignments online and have them automatically graded. It amazes me even moreRead More

DMACC has been an experience I will never forget

DMACC has been an experience I will never forget

May 2, 2014 at 10:02 am 0 comments

It is time for me to go. I cannot believe that it has come to this point in my time at DMACC. It feels as if I just stepped on campus for the first time as a college student, but it has been two years and my time here hasRead More

Payne’s Pain: The testing center is not my favorite place

Payne’s Pain: The testing center is not my favorite place

April 16, 2014 at 10:40 am 0 comments

Students who need to make up a test, extended time on tests or have certain accommodations for testing go to the testing center in Building 6 everyday. It is a space that is supposed to help students take tests in a quiet area. Unfortunately, I have found it to beRead More

Response to reaction from my last “Pain”

Response to reaction from my last “Pain”

April 4, 2014 at 10:31 am 0 comments

I hit a nerve with some people with my last “Payne’s Pains” opinion piece. It was not that much of a shock. I knew that some would not like the one comment where I critiqued the lighting in the theater, but it was a point I used to show howRead More

Payne’s Pains: Quality theater is limited for a college our size

Payne’s Pains: Quality theater is limited for a college our size

March 17, 2014 at 10:38 am 0 comments

I will admit I love theater. I guess you could say Broadway is one of my guilty pleasures. Bridges of Madison County is on Broadway and I am dying to go see it. I am a season ticket holder at the Civic Center and I enjoy going to other musicalsRead More

Campus Talk 2014 Episode 3

Campus Talk 2014 Episode 3

February 12, 2014 at 11:30 am 0 comments

Alex, Jesse and Courtney join this week’s edition of the Campus Talk. They go over the latest issue of The Campus Chronicle on newsstands now. https://campuschroniclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Campus-Talk-episode-3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Campus Talk Episode 2

February 7, 2014 at 3:51 pm 0 comments

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