By: Louise Kaster

     Garry Hayes, the epitome of a geologist, has taught at Modesto Junior College since 1988. His classroom, filled with case after case of rocks and gemstones, fault line maps, seismographs, charts and a multitude of geology parapher...

By: Paul Guerrero

 Former Modesto Junior College president Dr. Richard Rose died this morning at 9:35 a.m. Cause and location of death has yet to be revealed.      According to a mass email sent out to faculty Monday, March 8, Rose informed those...

By: Amber Noack

      Former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, was hired on Fox News as a “contributor”. Palin will not have her own program, but she will be appearing on the networks program on a regular basis giving political ...

By: Joe W. Grant, Jr.

     Modesto Irrigation District, (MID), Board members voted to increase electricity rates by 7 percent on January 26. Much lower than the proposed 11 percent increase that would be needed to raise revenue to a level the public util...

By: Paul Guerrero

     Modesto Junior College has been successful this semester in transferring 146 students in CSU and UCs this fall, but many challenges and obstacles are yet to come for them.  Students who are transferring next semester or plan ...

By: Christin Hutsell

Bette Belle Smith, a Modesto Junior College alumnus known by many as “Mrs. Modesto” for her extensive involvement in the Modesto community, died November 29, 2009 at age 88. Her memorial service was scheduled for Tuesday, December 8 at the Gal...

By: Paul Guerrero

     As of December 1, 2009, Dr. Richard Rose stepped down as the president of Modesto Junior College. Students and some faculty members describe ...

By: Paul Guerrero

Modesto Junior College’s newly remodeled student center has showed its debut in the middle of November and is expected to resume its normal functions and business hours December 1. Yet, the appearance inside the newly remodeled building remains the ...

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 In this time of economic disaster, schools everywhere are making slashes in their budget wherever possible. In regards to Modesto Junior College, this means the unfortunate purging of m...

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Modesto Junior College's chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honor society will host a 2009-10 Honors Seminar Series of DVD lectures entitled “The Paradox of Affluence:  Choices, Challenges and Consequences”  featuring nationally re...

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Thanksgiving; the last Thursday in November, when you and your family sit around and watch the Macy’s thanksgiving day parade that’s on two NBC and CBS,  while your cousin complains “The Packers are playing, turn it on FOX!” o...

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Pirates' Log staffers hated the early rise for their 6am carpool to San Jose this past Saturday, but winning five awards at the JACC NorCal Conference made it worth their while....

By: Kristopher Pierce

The Nov. 3rd election results are in and MJC alumnus Dave Geer has prevailed in the District 2 race. Geer was running up against another MJC alumnus, Al Nava. As of today, the count was 389 votes for Geer and 313 votes for Al Nava....

By: Dani Porter

     With H1N1, more commonly known as Swine flu, still a present concern to our health, many Modesto Junior College students are probably wondering when the vaccine will be available to them. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait ...

By: Jon Frye

A Modesto Junior College student, Daniel Natzke, 18, is a finalist in the California H1N1 video competition issued by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.      The competition had asked for students to create a 15, 30 or 60 second clip that p...

By: Kristopher Pierce

  The November 3 Modesto City Council race is heating up, and two Modesto Junior College alumni are vying for the District 2 seat. Dave Geer, an Army and National Guard veteran and federal security police officer at the Lawrence Livermore National ...

By: Lauren Rash

Tuesday, November third brings forth the election for Modesto City School Board of Education. Four seats on the board are up for grabs and five new applicants are challenging the four existing members who are running for re-election, nine candidates total...

By: Paul Guerrero