RCTC Student Newspaper
Are you looking for a way to learn more about Rochester Community and Technical College’s Yellowjacket community and its diversity? Are you hoping to gain skills in interacting with people of different cultural, ethnic, and other identities/backgrounds? If so, then the Yellowjacket Diversity Series is the perfect opportunity for you. With four meetings occurring from … Read more
Lio, my dear dog, had a story that goes beyond the day he Left us in 2019, around 2:30 pm. It is a story filled with his Love for our neighborhood and the joy he brought to our lives. Lio was not just a pet, he was like the neighborhood superhero. Guarding our cozy streets, … Read more
On November 2, 2023 the police department of Victoria, Australia, posted a TikTok regarding road safety under a minecraft video. Although it seems odd to have these two different videos playing in the same frame, this style has become common. In this case, the dual video had a simple goal, to encourage more people to … Read more
Softly, over the din of the clay mixer and the shuffling of utensils that echo across the Art Department, Robert Banker explains, “Think deeply about what it is you’re making and why. And what do you have to say? All of you have something to say.” These are his first true words of encouragement for … Read more
Readers of The Echo, thank you for being here. This article is based around an interview I had with RCTC student and barrel-racing veteran, Grace Reed. Grace has been riding horses since she was 3, and began racing when she was just 11. In this interview, she schools me on some of the basics of … Read more
High school athletes who want to have a greater chance at competing in Division 1 (or any other division) of the NCAA seek out junior colleges like RCTC or Prep schools. When athletes come to a community college (also called “Juco”), they go to seek a new opportunity, to improve their GPA, or become better … Read more
Students were coming up to the Hive Supply and asking for, like, cans of tuna, like, “Oh, there’s like cat outside.” They said it was by four glass doors that lead outside to the RCTC forest. The janitor was getting upset that students were going outside and tracking mud back in. Somebody said, “There’s a … Read more
Deep in the darkness of the wizarding world, on the second floor of RCTC’s East Hall, room EA-241, a new mission was about to unfold. The fluorescent lights cast a steady glow over the round table, where adventurers had gathered for their weekly journey into the realms of Dungeons and Dragons. The Echo Newspaper staff … Read more
Our society has normalized drinking to the extent that we are often not given enough information to understand the consequences of overconsuming alcohol daily. In reality, we are influenced to consume it rather than be warned about the consequences. We see this in the number of times alcohol is put in front of you in … Read more
Recent RCTC alum Delanie Wanek knows what it’s like to start over. The current Des Moines Area Community College Mortuary Science student has also been a cosmetologist for the past decade. Wanek’s interest in mortuary science began when she was 17 after visiting a job fair. “I asked my mom…’Mom, am I a weird kid … Read more