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October 03, 2008

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Campus

Budget Crisis

Dimmitt; click for story



Last year a budget crisis struck MCC; this year the wounds have carried over. General Education class enrollment is down by 9.5% this year. Enrollment overall is down by 2-3% since last year.

Al Dimmitt, Dean of Instructional Services, explains why. "[There are] a lot of reasons," Dimmitt says. "One is a fluctuation in enrollment, expenses, rising costs, [and] initiatives that are very costly."



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Features

Renaissance Revelry


Ren Fest; Click for Story

There is still a chance to catch a long-standing Kansas City tradition. The Renaissance Festival is in full swing and there are only a few weeks left. You can attend the festival on weekends, with the last weekend ending on October 13th. Along with the customary festival shows, vendors and events, each weekend brings new themes and new adventures.

The town of Bonner Springs, KS becomes the town of Canterbury and hosts yearly themes in addition to the weekly themes. This year's theme is Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The town was full of fairies and half-human-half-animal characters. Shakespeare's story was retold on several festival stages, which is a must see for all festival attendees.



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Opinions

Editorial: Palin? Seriously?


Palin; click for story


Ask yourself this question. Do you really want to spend the next four to eight years with McCain as president knowing the man could croak on a sandwich at any time and our already shattered country would be run by the half-brained train wreck of a woman known as Palin? Seriously?

We know the U.S. of A. has become the laughingstock of many other countries, but are we really so defeated that it's gotten to the point where we will throw anyone in office? Have our spirits been broken to the point that we throw darts at a wall to decide who our next Vice President should be?


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