Welcome to this semester's first edition of the "Scottsdale Chronicle." A new academic year with a new look and feel, our student newspaper is a great place to start your day.
Now, I enjoy the virtual newsletters, blogs, and list-servers that come across my computer each day, but there is no substitute for the thrill of anticipating what headline will rest atop the fold, what ideas and issues student reporters will explore, what sentiments students and employees will express, and of course important for a large campus like ours, what events, celebrations, and achievements will be featured in photos, scores, and critiques.…
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The once postponed new Student Information System (SIS), more commonly understood by the student body as My.Maricopa, should have been held off even further considering the trouble it has caused.
The implementation of a system that has been described by the District Office as one that will make services more accessible and convenient to students is a statement that is as flawed as the system they helped create.…
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As the 2008 Presidential election begins to heat up, we have been introduced to the vice presidential nominees. On the right, we have Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin. On the left, we have Delaware Sen. Joe Biden.
Biden has been in office for almost 36 years. He is a leader in foreign policy in the Senate, as well as being influential in drug policies, homeland security and crime prevention.…
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The current drinking age is not effective according to a new petition called the Amethyst Initiative.
Drafted in July, former Middlebury College President John McCardell decided to reopen the debate on whether or not the drinking age should be lowered. College presidents and chancellors from over 100 different universities are joining together in agreement.…
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Have you wondered what those old people are doing in your evening classes? I don't mean the grandma and grandpa retired crowd, I'm talking about the ones your mom's age. The ones like me.
We're the ones with careers, sitting in class with teenagers and twenty-something Gen X'ers.…
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Last Friday night my husband Bill and I attended a memorial service for Michael Lee-Lewis Murray, who died tragically after a motorcycle accident the week before. Michael, a brand new student to SCC, at 22 years old, had just returned to American soil from serving four years as a Marine, including deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.…
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2008 Woodie Awards