RCTC Student Newspaper
By Zachary Deppa Sports Editor zachary.deppa Steve Hucke is the head coach for the woman’s basketball team. He has been coaching for RCTC for 15 years. This year he believes the woman’s basketball team will have a similar playing style to the last few years. “I feel we have a great chance to win the … Read more
By Zachary Deppa Sports Editor zachary.deppa This year’s RCTC football team participated in the Graphic Edge Bowl game. They played against Ellsworth Community College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the Uni-Dome. RCTC was beaten 55-32. The offensive highlights were quarterback Jamal Stovall who passed for 79 yards and three touchdowns. Greg Henry and Raymonte Maynard … Read more
By Kyle Parker Staff Writer [email protected] Relegated to the sad sideshow of the bars and restaurants and bowling allies, arcade cabinets have been on what could be considered life support for a very long time. With the ease of video games in the home and on the go it would not be all that unexpected … Read more
By Luke Buehler Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Editor’s Note: My first opinion article this academic year concerned textbook access codes. Clarification is needed; the professors are not solely to blame for this issue. They are simply the messengers in this case, but they are still partly to blame. The blame is actually spread across three groups: students, … Read more
By Luke Buehler Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Merry Christmas! Even if you personally don’t celebrate Christmas, it is a federally recognized holiday in the United States and many countries around the world that deserves to be realized and enjoyed as such regardless of if you are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or belong to the Church of the … Read more
By Lydia Hansen Staff Writer [email protected] For many students, work and college go hand in hand. Before they’ve finished a degree in anything, they’ve started working, gaining on-the-job experience in their career of choice or doing something they’re passionate about. Melody Edgar, an RCTC student of two years, is passionate about helping others. She started … Read more
Echo staff report Rochester Community and Technical College recently received a Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant award of $48,913 for the Kerry Bio-Science project. Kerry recently announced an $18.1 million expansion of the Rochester facility at 2402 Seventh St. NW as part of a larger expansion project at the manufacturing site. This expansion includes a … Read more
By Seth Boyum Graphics Manager Since 1961, the RCTC Foundation has worked to provide students with an array of scholarships. The qualifications for these range from obscure to basic, but many students have benefited. “There are a lot of different ones for lots of different majors, and there are some that it doesn’t matter what … Read more
By Angelina Labonne Managing Editor [email protected] One wet summer season, water broke through the decrepit halls of our beloved Rochester campus and brought about a plague of fungus that would infect every student, teacher, or innocent bystander who dared step foot in our East Hall. Mold crept into every inch of the floors, ceilings, and … Read more
By Faith Boyum Staff Writer The Basket Challenge is like and unlike a typical auction. The event, which is a fundraiser hosted at RCTC, is a silent auction for themed baskets that has an element of excitement and competition as people do their best to sneak in the last bid for their favorite basket. “It’s … Read more