Desiree Martinez is a 35- year- old Ankeny DMACC student who is currently minoring in photography with a major of fashion and design.  Martinez isn’t like most students; she is also married with six boys of her own to raise with her husband of six years. This is the lifeRead More

Today all you hear about is same-sex marriage, and how it will affect lives. Unless you live amongst the Westboro Baptist Church, most of the people whom the law affects are our friends, family, and neighbors. When was the last time these people ever did anything that you automatically assumedRead More

By Ndey Kumba Demba Ndey: I read from a background research that you joined KCCI’s production department while still in high school. Did you always know that journalism was a career you wanted? Kevin: I did know that and here is the reason why, both my mother and father wereRead More

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

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

Barrett J McGinn the current DMACC men’s basketball head coach, has coached nearly his entire life. Growing up in Cedar Falls, Iowa, he played high school basketball for Cedar Falls High School. McGinn graduated from Cedar Falls, then started his coaching career at the age of 18 becoming an assistantRead More

A pest has found its way into Iowa through the Ash trees. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an insect that is thought to be infecting trees throughout the state of Iowa through firewood. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Emerald Ash Borer is a small greenRead More

An Ankeny DMACC student is preparing to publish his first book this May. The book will be focused on the history of Altoona, which was founded in 1868. It was first surveyed in 1847, put it up for sale by the US government in 1848, and was not sold untilRead More