Professor Judith Vogel of the DMACC speech communications department is retiring this year after 30+ years in teaching.  The family history of teaching was strong within her family with her mom teaching in a one room school house in Illinois. “I always wanted to be a teacher for two reasons,Read More

Story by Mia Wang Cell phones are everywhere and have undeniably become an integral part of everyday life. And, of course, schools question the benefits of having a cell phone in class, particularly when they can be a distraction from instruction. Should cell phones be allowed at school? Can theyRead More

Earth Day is a national event where many embrace the world’s natural resources by planting trees, recycling, cleaning up litter and becoming more aware of conservation methods that people can do everyday. Earth Week has been a DMACC tradition for many years and each year the Student Activities Center (SAC)Read More

To my friends attending Iowa State University, University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, and any other accredited university: I hope you wake up for class today. I hope your failed alarm clock doesn’t cost your parents an extra ten grand in dropped classes by the end of the semester.Read More

Ada Limon, a poet and freelance writer, began writing as a child when she would write songs and sing them to her giant Labrador. She always loved poetry and began to seriously study it in her junior year of undergraduate college. She received her M.F.A. from New York University in 2001. LimonRead More

On Monday April 4, winners of the district-wide creative writing contest were invited to Beaverdale Books to perform a public reading of their writing. In addition to reading their work for the packed bookstore, each winning student was awarded a scholarship or cash prize. They also all had the opportunityRead More

As spring appears the desire to go outside increases, and I find myself wanting to explore Ankeny.  One of the best ways to get to know a city is through its food. You can tell a lot about a place by the selection, variety, and offerings of restaurants in anRead More

Four nationally-acclaimed authors arrived in Iowa last week to take part in DMACC’s 2016 Celebration of the Literary Arts Festival. The three-day festival, which started Monday, April 4 and finished Wednesday April 6, allowed students to meet and speak with professional published authors. The festival was organized by Marc Dickinson,Read More