This November will mark the first opportunity for many Kirkwood Community College students to vote in a presidential election. The long lines and the anticipation of election night is a little over a month away. On Nov. 3, many felons in Iowa will be joining in at the [Continue Reading »]
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Collecting: Big risk big rewards Out of all the hobbies in the world collecting is perhaps the only one most every human alive has heard of and perhaps even tried. The reasons for this vary from its simplicity to its exclusivity. This has made it so collecting objects [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood students have been doing their best to properly quarantine themselves during this recent COVID-19 pandemic that has reached out to Iowa, with 1,849 confirmed cases at the time of writing. One student and his family have gone to great lengths to be as safe as possible. Sam [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]KCC Library Contributed Column “Information Search Strategies: Good and Quick” In an ideal world, we students and scholars would have infinite time to thoroughly research each topic of interest and carefully assess and evaluate every article, book, or video we find. However, in the rush of our daily [Continue Reading »]
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LEGO has been an important part of a lot of children’s lives. It has provided an outlet for many to express their creativity and have fun with their imagination. A unique part of LEGO are the minifigures, also known as the little people in Lego sets with C-shaped [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Members of Kirkwood Student Media, which includes the Communiqué and Kirkwood Student Productions, attended the annual Iowa College Media Association convention in Des Moines on Feb. 6 and 7. The organizations submitted their best work to be judged by professionals in the media industry. The Communiqué [Continue Reading »]
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After graduating from Kirkwood Community College, students go on to pursue their chosen career paths, some moving far away and others staying closer to home. Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague moved to Iowa at the age of 17, graduated from the Kirkwood nursing program, and later ran for [Continue Reading »]
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Creative Writing: Hi, my name is Cally. I’m a witch. Something important you need to know about me: I absolutely love to read. However, I’ve run into quite the problem I was hoping you could help me with. I can’t read English! I know, it’s truly an issue, [Continue Reading »]
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Over the 2019-2020 winter break students had the opportunity to travel to Nepal or Guatemala. This was Kirkwood’s first year offering a study abroad opportunity in Nepal. The 10 students and two faculty leaders who traveled to Nepal stayed in hotels and hostels, with host families, and camped [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]KCC Library Contributed Column Discovering reading material for research or pleasure is easy to do with a little practice. The catalog has always been the backbone of a library collection. Before there were electronic databases to locate items, there were drawers full of little cards; the precursor of [Continue Reading »]
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