RCTC Student Newspaper
By Lydia Hansen Managing Editor [email protected] Are you a high school or PSEO student planning to attend RCTC, or a current student who’ll return next fall? Are you worried about paying for tuition, books, and other school-related expenses? The RCTC Foundation offers numerous scholarships to incoming, returning and graduating students that make the path to … Read more
By Angelina Labonne Editor-in-Chief [email protected] “You should hope for courage and try for honor.” – Michael Lewis When facing a losing battle, there are many paths an individual can take. Paths of anger and resentment are options, or like this year’s recipients of the Beat The Odds scholarship, you can take the path of most … Read more
By Abigail Furutani Staff Photographer My parents have always believed that traveling is a big part of education. They want my brother and me to experience new and different things and to see how other people live. They also value history and art, and Europe has plenty of both. When my brother graduated from high … Read more
Echo staff report The RCTC Foundation invites you to attend the seventeenth annual Beat the Odds presentation on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Rochester International Event Center. The program honors high school seniors and first-year RCTC students who have overcome obstacles such as personal or family hardships, abuse, neglect, poverty, medical issues, disabilities, or language … Read more
Echo staff report RCTC will hold Student Success Day on Thursday, Jan. 19, for all enrolled students. More than 40 information sessions, including field trips and guest speakers, will be offered on campus throughout the day. In addition, there will be opportunities for students to meet one-on-one with faculty. The focus of Student Success Day … Read more
By Faith Boyum Staff Writer Holidays are approaching, and many people look forward to them with the overabundance of good food as well as the festivities. That is not the case in many parts of the world, which live in poverty. Many of these people may be wondering where their next meal is coming from. … Read more
By Lydia Smith Photo Editor [email protected] The RCTC Concert Band and Concert Choir, directed by Charles Blattner, performed their annual three-day Christmas Concert. The show consisted of three segments. The first bit, a quiet and thoughtful concert filled with songs such as “Peace, Peace,” “We Three Kings of Orient Are” and “Christmas Time is Here.” … Read more
By Blair Crouch Staff Writer [email protected] “The Diabolic” is a fantasy novel by S. J. Kincaid. The main character’s name is Nemesis Dan Imperion. She is a Diabolic, a genetically engineered human-like creature who is made to protect. Nemesis is bonded to Sidonia Von Imperion, a senator’s daughter, in the politically tense empire. When Sidonia … Read more
By Seth Boyum Graphics Editor The MacGuffin of “Star Wars: A New Hope” was the stolen Death Star plans. While the non-canon Star Wars tie-ins have offered various accounts of how Princess Leia got them, we’ve finally gotten the true story on the big screen with “Rogue One.” Twenty-two-year-old criminal Jyn Erso finds herself extracted … Read more
By Zachary Deppa Sports Editor [email protected] On Saturday, Dec. 3, RCTC’s men’s basketball team beat Itasca Community College 118-75 for head coach Brian LaPlante’s 400th career win. He is the first coach in RCTC’s history to achieve this milestone. He has been the head coach since 1996. “Coach LaPlante represents the best of athletic competition, … Read more