By Alex Payne. If you were to ask me a week or even four days before going to print this issue what I was going to do for my column I would have told you something totally different. Over the last week things for the staff here at the ChronicleRead More

By Anna Duran I’ll qualify myself as a Yankee. I’ve lived in Iowa my entire life, but my whole paternal family resides south of the Mason Dixon. I know as much about Southern hospitality as I do Midwestern modesty. My culture is represented often in symbolism. Symbols in culture areRead More

By Anna Duran The recipient of this year’s World Food Prize spoke in a presentation on Ankeny campus Oct. 16. Dr. Charity Kawira Mutegi, 38, spoke to more than 300 people crowded into the auditorium in Building 6. The size of the crowd was entirely unexpected. “We’ve violated fire codes,”Read More

By Alexandria Roth. In the middle of all the government shut down drama, another issue has arisen. Last week Michael Ashmore of Hooks, Texas, waved a Confederate flag in front of the White House at a demonstration. He was rebelling against Obamacare. The Confederate flag that we’re familiar with todayRead More

By Olivia Herr. Professor David Purdy is the new head of the photography program at Ankeny DMACC. He was hired in August after Curt Stahr retired after more than 20 years as program chair. Purdy is originally from Ankeny and now lives in Beaverdale with his wife and two sons.Read More

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By Ann Voight The issue of media violence and its impact on people has been hotly debated in recent years, with each side having compelling arguments defending their case. One argument is that the more one regularly sees and engages with the violent images, the more likely one is toRead More