Archive for April, 2014

Spring into delicious salads this Easter season

Spring into delicious salads this Easter season

April 16, 2014 at 10:56 am 0 comments

By Avis Allen. This week’s article has been a difficult one to come up with.  Usually I have many ideas I want to share, but not this time.  So I asked my family what I should do, well they were more boring than me.  Then as I was looking upRead More

Review: Grand Budapest Hotel

Review: Grand Budapest Hotel

April 16, 2014 at 10:52 am 0 comments

By Grace Hart. There’s something magical about sitting down in a theatre and watching a good flick. The “Grand Budapest Hotel” is definitely one of those films you should see at the Theatre. I say it was absolutely fantastic in every way possible. Already being a fan of the director,Read More

Ask Courtney

Ask Courtney

April 16, 2014 at 10:50 am 0 comments

      Dear Courtney, I have a little brother who keeps stealing my video games. It’s annoying and he keeps scratching them up then they don’t work anymore. What do I do? Sincerely; Video Games in Ames Dear Video Games, Thank you for the question.  First of all, areRead More

Wounded Warriors 5K has DMACC ties

April 16, 2014 at 10:48 am 0 comments

DMACC will help sponsor the first ever “In My Boots” 5K Run, Walk, Ruck. The run will be held at Boone’s McHose Park on Saturday April 19 at 9 a.m. The idea was brought up in a faculty meeting after Sean Taylor, a DMACC sociology and psychology professor, came upRead More

Five years of same-sex marriage in Iowa

Five years of same-sex marriage in Iowa

April 16, 2014 at 10:46 am 0 comments

It has been five years since the Iowa Senate has made same-sex marriage legal in the same Iowa. For some students and staff, the journey to this point has not been an easy one. Ridge Freeborn is  Ankeny DMACC liberal arts student who has undergone a rough past with beingRead More

Person on the street

Person on the street

April 16, 2014 at 10:46 am 0 comments
Payne’s Pain: The testing center is not my favorite place

Payne’s Pain: The testing center is not my favorite place

April 16, 2014 at 10:40 am 0 comments

Students who need to make up a test, extended time on tests or have certain accommodations for testing go to the testing center in Building 6 everyday. It is a space that is supposed to help students take tests in a quiet area. Unfortunately, I have found it to beRead More

The ‘Morels’ of mushroom hunting

The ‘Morels’ of mushroom hunting

April 4, 2014 at 10:53 am 0 comments

By Avis Allen. Morels are my favorite mushroom, more so than any other. It could be they’re popular simply because they taste so good but I think it is more the tradition and memories for me. Morels are so prized they sell for up to $20 a pound in groceryRead More