Spring Break
Keep a close eye on your laptop, or it may disappear along with more than 30 other laptops that have been stolen from MATC this year. The surge of laptop thefts at MATC dates back to January and it continues to be problematic for campus security. To this date there have been 37 laptops stolen from the campus. The replacement value of each laptop is $1,300, so one doesn't have to be a math major to figure out that the replacement value of the stolen laptops is estimated around a staggering $45,000. Nearly all of the stolen laptops were property of MATC. Students have only reported two cases of personal laptops being stolen this year. In all of 2008 there were eighteen computers stolen from MATC campuses. The perpetrators first struck in January, with the most recent theft happening only a couple of days ago. Read more...
So, there's a little over two weeks left of the semester. Worried yet? Don't be. You still have two weeks, to review those 15 chapters for a comprehensive test, write that 10-page term paper and finish putting the polishing touches on your portfolio! Oh, don't forget about finding a job, either after graduation or for the summer. There are many resources available to students, to help with the final freak-out. Need a quite place to study? There are always the MATC libraries. Read more...
Outstanding student leaders, learners, clubs and organizations of MATC were honored at the Celebration of Student Success held in Redsten Gymnasium, truax, on Wednesday, April 22. A total of 115 students, six advisors and 23 student groups were nominated for special honors at the banquet. One of the top awards given out was the Karen Roberts Student Life Leadership Award for Outstanding Students of the Year. Read more...
Most of us can complain about the rainy weather as of late, but none of us have more reason to be as upset as the MATC baseball team. Two of the rain-outs would have pitted them against nationally-ranked Oakton. Read more...
It's been a rough season for the MATC softball team. That's just putting it lightly. After winning their first game of the season 7-6 against Northland Community College on their Spring Training trip to Florida, they hit an eight-game skid which could have reached higher numbers had they not had 13 games rained out. Then coach Del Schneeberger left the program, making way for women's basketball coach Jessica Pelzel to take over on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. Read more...
A dedicated staff member, student athletes and inductees into the MATC Athletic Hall of Fame were honored during the 44th annual athletics banquet held on Thursday, April 23. The Doug Redsten Memorial Service Award was presented to MATC Disability Resource Service staff member Scott Ritter. According to the award nomination, Ritter has advised students for the past three years and helped "numerous student-athletes find their way through the rigors of college life and point them in the right direction." Read more...
Powwows were once an annual tradition at MATC, and are now making a come back. On April 25 in the Gymnasium of the Truax campus, MATC held their first powwow since 2004. The many people who attended the event were treated to the food, art, crafts, traditional dress, music, and dancing of the Native American culture. "Finances," is the reason Marty Richards, advisor to the Native American Student Association (NASA), gives for the five-year hiatus of MATC's powwow.This year the event was funded, in part, by MATC's Office of Diversity & Community Relations, which is why MATC, once again, has an annual powwow. Read more...
So, over winter break you may have missed The Spirit in the theaters, but it was released to DVD and Blue Ray on April 14. But it didn't get the buzz that it deserved while in theaters. Yes, The Spirit is another comic book movie. Yes, it is directed by Frank Miller, and while the cinematography was visually stunning, as we have come to expect from Miller, the story line was undecidedly unlike 300 or Sin City, which threw critics who were expecting blood filled scene. Read more...
When I made the decision to move to Madison about three years ago, I was warned about what I was getting myself into. I came from New England, where places like Madison don't exist, and if they do they are quite consciously ignored. I was even warned by a professor at the University of Maine who said, "Oh, Madison. You better be careful, it's easy to have too much fun. Madison is its own little world," and when I arrived, with my suitcase and fresh eastern accent, I was happy to find he was refreshingly correct. Read more...
This past April 15, demonstrators gathered at the Capitol Square and other various locations throughout the nation in an attempt to call attention to government spending and to protest America's current tax structure. Read more...
I've been following the case of accused Boston-area "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff with a fair amount of interest. Markoff, a student with Boston University's School of Medicine, seemed to have everything going for him: an impressive academic record, a clean-cut, all-American image, a wide circle of friends and a loving and attractive fiancée. However, under the surface, something darker apparently festered inside Markoff, which caused him to seek out women to attack, rob, and (as in the case of 26-year old Julissa Brisman) murder them. Family members, classmates and acquaintances of Markoff have come forward, some to testify to the impeccable quality of his character, claiming that the Phillip Markoff they know would be incapable of such crimes. Others remember Markoff as a condescending bully with a mean streak. Read more...
Jesse disses plumbers, praises IVY LEAGUE, Has he finally LOST IT? Read more...
An update of student life and viewpoints... Read more...
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