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Introducing Mamava Lactation Suites

Introducing Mamava Lactation Suites

Kinsey Gibb, Staff Writer November 14, 2018

Beginning this fall, breastfeeding mothers will have access to safe and sanitary lactation stations on every campus at Montgomery College. The newly added Mamava lactation suites are provided for first-year...

Ben Jealous and Bernie Sanders Rally Up Blue Voters

Ben Jealous and Bernie Sanders Rally Up Blue Voters

Kinsey Gibb, Staff Writer November 13, 2018

Just a week before the midterms elections Ben Jealous gathered a huge crowd at a Blue Wave Rally in Maryland. The Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club was filled with over 1,000 people on October 30 including...

#SpookySzn: Montgomery College hosts 3rd Annual Fall Festival to welcome Fall 2018

#SpookySzn: Montgomery College hosts 3rd Annual Fall Festival to welcome Fall 2018

Masongo Ogora, Staff Writer November 8, 2018

With the candy-scented thrills of Halloween in the air, fall is officially in season at Montgomery College. Kicking off the entrance into the new season was the Campus Board of Activities’ third annual...

In Pokémon Go, pokémon trainers can accrue eggs as gifts from friends or from spinning Pokéstops. Using an incubator, an in-game item, trainers walk a required amount of kilometers, tracked by their portable devices gps, to hatch them. This little pokémon is a Togepi.

The Pokémon Generation

Amanda Sparshott, Staff Writer November 2, 2018

Pokémon has captured the hearts of many across a plethora of media platforms.  While the video games have many fans, this particular app has the accessibility and passive applications that have helped...

Pedestrian struck on Hungerford Drive, just south of MC campus

Pedestrian struck on Hungerford Drive, just south of MC campus

Rachel Taylor, Associate Editor October 18, 2018

A driver of a silver Lexus ES300 sedan struck a pedestrian this morning on Hungerford Drive just south of the Montgomery College campus. According to Montgomery County Police Detective Sergeant John...

Students Party to the Polls this October

Students “Party to the Polls” this October

Kinsey Gibb, Staff Writer October 9, 2018

Montgomery College students are gearing up for this year’s upcoming midterm election in style. On Friday, October 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., party buses will be provided on all three campuses, encouraging...

Literature department teachers handed out some of these formerly banned books as a rewards during the Montgomery College, Rockville Campus Banned Books Scavenger Hunt Sept. 26.

English & Reading Dept. Host Banned Book Scavenger Hunt

Amanda Sparshott, Staff Writer October 3, 2018

 Books give readers safe haven, fantasy worlds, intrigue and horrors otherwise unobtainable in their daily lives. Stories bring to life creatures of dreams and nightmares and paint scenes of lands...

A Look Behind Optimistas: A Survey of Cuban Life

A Look Behind “Optimistas: A Survey of Cuban Life”

Risa Yasir, Staff Writer October 2, 2018

Lauren Bulbin, a renowned photographer, hosted her very own gallery walk of her photographic series, "Optimistas: A Survey of Cuban Life," in Montgomery College's Media Arts Gallery on Sept. 19. She called...

Left to right: Sasha Laredo, a pre-nursing freshman, discusses training opportunities with members of the Wheaton Volunteer Squad during the Student Life Give & Get Help Fair at Montgomery College Rockville Campus Sept. 19. The Wheaton Volunteer Squad offers free training to EMT and fire fighter volunteers.

Student Life Host Give & Get Help Fair

Amanda Sparshott, Staff Writer September 28, 2018

 The Montgomery College Rockville campus hosted an annual volunteer fair with a new twist on Wednesday Sept. 19. Named the Give & Get Help Fair, MC students and employees were introduced to volunteer...

Scott Poese, Javier Marius, and Yendrey play Kemet.

Club Feature: MC Board Hoarders

Anna Sohn, Staff Writer September 26, 2018

I arrive at the Board Hoarders' meeting spot early, before the actual meeting has begun. Eduardo Chaves Serrano, the club president, is sitting in the Science Center hallway with John Yendrey, who describes...

Student Computers Upgraded Over The Summer

Student Computers Upgraded Over The Summer

Anna Sohn, Staff Writer September 19, 2018

Computers in the Science Center classrooms, Macklin Tower library, and more have been replaced over the summer. These routine upgrades are just part of the Office of Information Technology's efforts...

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Rockville campus prepares for Hurricane Florence

Isabel Rockwood, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. According to The Washington Post, over 400,000 in NC are already without power and a foot of rainfall has already swathed the area with another 2...

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