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The Commonwealth Honors Program Welcomes Massasoit Community College!

Brockton, Ma. After years of being an independent Honors Program, (since 2000), on June 19,2012, Massasoit Community College earned the esteemed honor of becoming a member of The Commonwealth Honors Program. According to Professor Susan Martelli, “This is a very exciting time for MCC and its students.” Martelli is co-coordinator […]

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The Sustainable Landscape Gardens

Last semester, I was astounded while touring the Sustainable Landscape Gardens at Massasoit Community College on the Brockton campus. The volunteer Science students, in order to beautify the campus and to provide other students the knowledge about indigenous plants, have realized the importance of this project. The plants and flowers […]

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Movie Review: J. Edgar

In American history few figures have ever been as controversial as the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover. The man served as director of that organization for forty eight years, longer than any director in American history. The man is both revered and controversial, and […]

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A Cause Worth Fighting for

Twenty-year-old Jessica Murray is not your typical student. Jessica has her own program, “Teach to Reach”,which focuses primarily on how men and women are portrayed in our popular media outlets. It all started when Jessica went through the “Mentors in Violence Prevention” program for two years. In high school, as […]

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Board of Trustees Vote in Favor of Fee Hike

The Massasoit Community College Board of Trustees approved a proposal for raising fees to help offset a potential budget shortfall. Even with the increases, Massasoit will remain in the bottom third for cost of attendance among Massachusetts Community Colleges. Under the plan approved Wednesday, March 28, the general fee per […]

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Kony who?

About a month ago, the name Joseph Kony surfaced on every social networking site before any major broadcast station or newspaper publication could present the story to the rest of the world. Twitter went viral with hash tags such as #StopKony #Kony2012 #MakeKonyFamous; while Facebook on the other hand had […]

Opinion

One Step Up and Two Steps Back

Last month I wrote about the fears I have for society; I told you I think violence is senseless and stupid. I hate to sound like a broken record, but this editorial is full of those same sentiments. I am truly sad that I have to write about another incident […]

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Stopping The R-Word!!

Recently, while I was at home watching the television with my children, a commercial came on. An African-American man appeared, and stated, “It is not acceptable to call me a ‘n—–r’”, followed by a Latina woman, an Asian woman, a gay man, and a Jewish man, all using the derogatory, […]

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Album Review – Bad Books II Review

From the start of the album, listeners can immediately tell they’re having fun with this side project. It kicks off with “The After Party”, which sports a catchy guitar riff at the beginning, until Andy Hull starts the lyrics a couple bars in. The mock build up to the chorus […]

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Episode Review: Parks and Recreation – 5×4

Can we all just take a minute to thank the writers for ending the Ann and Tom plotline, because both characters are significantly funnier in Season Five’s 4th episode, “Sex Education”. Both Ann and Tom play significant roles in the two plots that coexist within the latest episode. The writers […]