Nikolas Martin
March 10, 2020
Timeline of the Astros Cheating Scandal If you’ve been following along with sports over the past few months, then chances are you’ve heard a lot about the Houston Astros and their sign stealing scandal. For anyone that doesn’t quite know what happened yet, I’ve put together à timeline to help sort some of it out: Nov. 12 - Former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers says the team used a center field camera to record and steal signs during their 2017 World Series championship season in an interview with The Athletic. Between 10 to 12 teams also reported their suspicions to the MLB prior to Fiers’ interview. Later that day, Twitter user "Jomboy" released a video that went viral that shows Houston players banging trash cans to alert hitters of incoming pitch types during a game against the White...
April 28, 2020
By Yasmine Cruz and Nikolas Martin Muscatine Community College staff and students are navigating the end of the 2019-20 school year from home, missing friends and family, coping with Zoom meetings, and...
Teams to look for during March Madness
March 10, 2020
To say that this year’s NCAA men’s basketball season has been crazy would be a significant understatement. Many teams that are usually pretty good are - well- not good, Memphis’ star player and projected...
MCC counselor leads the way for new model
March 10, 2020
Theresa Putnam-Genz’s journey to becoming one of the best school counselors in Iowa has definitely been an eventful one. Mrs. Putnam-Genz, who is a counselor for MCC, and Louisa-Muscatine and...
Nikolas Martin
March 10, 2020
Timeline of the Astros Cheating Scandal If you’ve been following along with sports over the past few months, then chances are you’ve heard a lot about the Houston Astros and their sign stealing scandal. For anyone that doesn’t quite know what happened yet, I’ve put together à timeline to help sort some of it out: Nov. 12 - Former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers says the team used a center field...
Gage Thompson
March 10, 2020
Gage Thompson: What are professional expectations for the prevalence of abuse following legalization? Dave Bernstrom: I would say about 80 - 90% of my clients currently use cannabis. It’s hard to think for me and my clients that we would see much increase in that. Cannabis is ubiquitous enough in our community right now for me to state that legalization will not really change access a whole lot. GT:...
Yasmine Cruz
March 10, 2020
We are almost halfway done with our spring semester at MCC. From here, some of us will go onto universities and continue our education while others will go straight to work. I will be going to work full-time as an assistant manager in the kitchen at my work. Before we can start our new journey, we need to finish the one we are currently on. Around midterms, most of us start to experience a temporary...
