Chronicle writer Riley Dickerson is a third-year journalism student at DMACC. Dickerson, 25, from Ankeny, spent four years on active duty in the Navy from 2018-2022. During that time, he was an undesignated fireman, and towards the end of his contract, he was an electrician.  He is currently serving inRead More

Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. You can find a podcast of this interview here. Former Campus Chronicle photographer Anthony Arroyo graduated from Drake with a Digital Media Production degree. Originally from Des Moines, he’s been a portrait photographer, commercial photographer for brands like Raygun, andRead More

On a rainy Friday before spring break, Professor Andrew Langager, Kennedy Ballinger, and I visited the Iowa Culinary Institute at DMACC’s Bistro. Our server was friendly and very informative. The servers are first-year students and wear blue shirts. First-year culinary students get experience in the “front of house” as serversRead More

1. Be assertive in the classroom. If there is something you don’t like, whether it’s your grade, how a professor treats you, or a concept, this is a perfect time to practice standing up for yourself professionally. It might be scary initially, but it teaches you how to navigate theRead More

Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Chronicle sat down with Karen Christiansen, a professor who teaches Gender, Media, and Sexuality at DMACC. In this interview, we discussed gender, equity, and feminist ideology. What is feminism to you? I reallyRead More

“Do the Right Thing,” directed and starring Spike Lee, was released in 1989. The film is about the complexities of being black in America. In 2023 at the Toronto International Film Festival while accepting the Ebert Director Award Spike Lee recalled the press discouraging people from seeing it. They believedRead More