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Our DMACC Bears held their own against Highland. DMACC came out with an solid effort in the first half starting off with a 4 point lead at half. DMACC’s savvy defense held a good shooting Highland team to a 36% shooting percentage from the field in the first half; While shooting DMACC shot 52% from […]

  Every year DMACC has a play in the spring and the fall, but many people neglect to attend. If you would like to expand your cultural horizons, I recommend you go. I sat down with the woman in charge, Kay Mueller. She had some vital information to share with us regarding the play. What […]

Softball Pre-Season Questions:   Interviewing Kerigan Torres: Question #1 Me: What are you guys doing as a team to prepare for this upcoming season? Kerigan: We are doing a lot of physical training for the most part to keep our bodies in shape. Every now and then we go into the gym and work on […]

Health & Fitness or Strength & Conditioning By: Yi’Nessa Millbrooks Fitness – the condition of being physically fit and healthy; the quality of being suitable to fulfill a particular role or task; an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. Health – the state of being free from illness or injury; a […]

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) sophomore Moriah Johnson of Ankeny to the 2016 NJCAA Division II Volleyball Second All-American Team. Johnson is the 16th DMACC volleyball player to earn All-American honors during Patty Harrison’s 13-year tenure as the head coach. Johnson led DMACC to a […]

Black Hawk-College-Moline (BHCM) outscored the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) men’s basketball team 49-30 in the second half to come away with a 74-59 decision over the Bears December 3 inside the DMACC gymnasium. Freshman Malcolm Ruff of Chicago, Ill., led DMACC with 16 points and sophomore Nibra White of Evanston, Ill., and freshman […]

Pictures, left to right: Heather Riley, adviser and chemistry professor; Mary Rowan, student; Frenchie, student; Krystal Cox, adviser and English professor; and Victoria Giesken, student. Members of the Boone United Group answered questions from the audience during an event in the Courter Center last fall. Question: What does the Q mean? Answer: Queer or Questioning […]

Rules 1. Every DMACC student is eligible. 2. Type and title each entry. 3. Submit up to 3 pieces (poems, short stories or personal narratives). Each entry should be 6,000 words or less 4. Double space prose entries 5. Author’s name should not appear on draft. 6. Instead, submit work with a cover letter that […]

In the movies, childbirth always looks the same: medical and frantic. Whether it’s “Knocked Up” or “Nine Months”, the mother-to-be is in a hospital, on her back, hooked up to IVs, and screaming her head off. What if birth doesn’t have to be the way Hollywood portrays it? If you knew of other options, would […]

Learning, Engineering, Analysis and Design (LEAD) contest Feb. 18 at DMACC Boone Campus             Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and Parametric Studio are teaming up to host the first Learning, Engineering, Analysis and Design (LEAD) competition at the DMACC Boone Campus, February 18, 2017.             Parametric Studio is an education technology company that develops STEM […]