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On Wednesday, February 13th, the Social Justice Club and the Student Activities Council are hosting and sponsoring an Open Mic presentation between 12:15 and 12:45 pm! This Open Mic event features a competition in which the most romantic and the most cynical presentations will each win a $20 gift card! A sign up sheet will […]

From all across the state, 26 companies came to Boone DMACC to meet DMACC’s CET students on Wednesday, February 6th, for the DMACC Civil Engineering Technician department’s first ever CET career fair. The four-hour event let interested students meet the companies for possible internships or even full-time employment. While CET companies have come to campus […]

February is National Black History Month, and DMACC is holding several events to celebrate.  This week there are two speakers, Micah Byars and Margo Foreman.  Micah Byars will be speaking from 12:15-12:45pm Monday, February 11th, in the auditorium.  Byars is in his eighth season on the ISU men’s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball […]

Recently I was given the assignment of giving up all forms of technology and taking in the experience that came with that. Long story short it was as boring as it sounds, but I did learn and do quite a bit during that time. Why has technology become so interwoven into our lives that we […]

Grant Thompson, 14, of Catalina, Arizona has become one of the latest in a group to be promised payment for finding a major bug in Apple’s products. The bug in question is a major privacy concern that showed up in FaceTime, allowing Thompson to listen in on his friends through the app regardless of whether […]

This last weekend at the Boone DMACC Campus the Journalism and History departments hosted a Forum. Senator Jerry Behn and Representative Phil Thompson came to campus to answer questions presented to them by the community. They met Saturday morning. There were comments about the forum going smoothly. Everyone got their questions answered. Topics that were […]

The men’s basketball team for Des Moines Area Community College won their game against the Little Priest Tribal team Thursday with a 26 point lead. The overall scores were 92-75. They will be play against the Mount Mercy College junior varsity team today at 6pm in the DMACC gym. The DMACC women’s basketball team won […]

College is a great experience that comes with a price. Most new students are learning what it’s like to be an adult―having to pay for tuition and books, get their own food, live on their own and pay rent, amongst other adult things. Being a college student can be rough, but colleges have resources, from […]

This Friday is National Wear Red Day, which is to bring awareness to a problem area in women’s health, cardiovascular disease.  Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women according to the American Heart Association, which promotes Wear Red Day.  The idea of Wear Red Day is to raise awareness for this problem, […]

By DMACC Banner staff Ainsley Schuler and Micki Anderson On the DMACC Boone Campus students, faculty and staff often share the same concerns. One is how to save money, and people on campus had a variety of suggestions. One common response was to live at home as long as possible. “Stay at home more,” suggested […]