The Student Center in room 153 has a new name…The Lion’s Den!
These students pictured below found plenty to do recently while hanging out in the Den, so check it out for yourselves and see what’s in it for you (keep walking past the bookstore and it will be on your right).
(Photos by Sandy Arsenault)
Have you ever been worried about a writing assignment, mystified by a math problem, or baffled by a biology concept?
If so, help is right around the corner. The Academic Support Center, located in Room 116, provides free tutoring in all subjects for MWCC students. The Academic Support Center is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are writing tutors on staff that can help with all steps of the writing process, from brainstorming ideas to compiling a bibliography. Math tutors are also available during these hours to assist with all levels of math. These services are provided on a drop-in basis – no appointment is necessary.
Dale Wasserman’s 60’s classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest comes to life on the Theatre at the Mount stage for 5 performances beginning October 5.
Set in a mental ward in America in the 1950s, the drama features half a dozen patients suffering various degrees of mental illness, from the lobotomized near-vegetable Ruckly, played by March Schrader, to the hyper-active Cheswick, played by Chuck Grigaitis. Other residents include Martini (played by Anthony Santucci), an eager, bright-eyed Italian suffering from hallucinations; well-educated but nervous and effete Harding, played by Vic Kruczynski; stuttering Billy Bibbitt (played by Tim Culkeen), still psychologically under his mother’s control; Scanlon (played by Tony Minichiello), who is obsessed with constructing bombs; and, Chief Bromden (played by Joe DeStadio), a large, bull muscled, deaf/mute Indian with schizophrenia.
By Claire Higginson
Observer Contributor
William Coleman is in his second semester of classes. He’s a dual major in Film and Allied Health. He’s taking four classes this semester: Government, Film Studies, Self-Promotion, and HCOP. He doesn’t have a good environment at home so it’s not ideal for him to be there all the time, so he’s staying at his friend’s house in order to get the work done. He said that his homework hasn’t been hard, and the online format is easy to understand. He misses going to school though to see his other friends and attend his classes.
“[I’m] taking 4 classes this semester. Online classes are so boring; I really miss the 1-on-1 interactions with teachers and students. I don’t think I have any worries regarding my grades; my teachers are doing a fine job shifting everything online.”
Vera Terrance, Environmental Studies Major
By Claire Higginson
Observer Contributor
George Brown is in his last semester and is part of the graduating class of 2020. He is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies and is taking four classes: Guitar, Computer Information Systems, Social and Political Philosophy, and Pre-Calculus.
He said that working from home is fine, as most of his work was already submitting online assignments. However, he is very disappointed in the cancellation of the graduation ceremony. He believes that the ceremony did not have to be cancelled but rather postponed because it means a lot to students and families. He also said he misses getting lunch on campus the most.
By Claire Higginson
Observer Contributor
Juan Pedraza is finishing his first year of college. He’s in his second semester as a Biology major and he is taking three classes: Biology II, Chemistry II, and aHealth Career Opportunity Program (HCOP) seminar. He’s having to take the lab portions of these classes online as well, which proves to be difficult as he enjoys the hands-on learning aspect of labs. Instead, his teachers give him question to answer as a lab report to take the place of the required in-person lab. Pedraza has never done online classes before, so initially the change was weird for him. However, he said he has gotten accustomed to the format and is still doing very well in his classes and at home.
Professor Daniel Soucy, working from home.
Shelley Nicholson, Director of the Brewer Center, works from her Elvis room, or “Graceland North,” with her feline co-workers Ragnar and Gwenny.
By Abbi Rameau
Observer Contributor
Magdalen Bresee is a Legal Studies major in her fourth and final semester at the Mount. She is taking 3 classes this semester, and has set up her workspace on her bed at home. Bresee says that she is currently struggling with the transition from in person lectures to online instruction, particularly in her math classes. She said that she generally needs thorough visual walkthroughs to succeed in math.
On the other hand, Bresee enjoys the freedom to do work early in the morning and have the rest of the day to herself, rather than waiting until midday for class time. She feels that she is much more productive when she is able to pace herself. Additionally, most of her classes for her major are only offered online, so she is already used to the online format for her legal studies courses.