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Do you want to move your educational journey from inside classrooms and into the real world?   DMACC currently offers three different study abroad options. London, Belize, and Italy are all opportunities for DMACC students to explore outside of Iowa.   The London program is [...]
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Written By: Reed Buck The Princess Bride, by Rob Reiner is a 1987 fantasy/adventure classic grossing over $30 million in America. Based on the novel by William Goldman, The Princess Bride blends romance, comedy, and kinda pokes fun at fairy tales. The settings feel classic and storybookish, with green fields, castles, and cliffs. The lighting […]
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Written By: Harper Woodin The movie Brazil was something that honestly did in fact capture the attention of people.Oftentimes, dystopian media is done very seriously and linearly when it comes to the themes andtone, but this movie is the complete opposite. The movie itself is set in an almost comedicversion of something like the novel […]
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Written By: Joseph Heinrich Black Panther is the 18th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is directed by RyanCoogler and stars Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther/ T’Challa. This movie came out in 2018during the high point of MCU popularity, and it was the film that came out right beforeAvengers: Infinity War. I first saw […]
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Written By: Lili Wang Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao, explores the lives of modernAmerican nomads who travel across the country in search of seasonalwork and a sense of purpose. The film won multiple major awards at the2021 Oscars, the Golden Globes, and the Venice Film Festival. Zhaobecame the first Chinese-born female director to win the […]
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Pictured Above: Top Row: Joslyn Messler, Taylor Westendorf, Natasha Johnson, Delaney Tripp. Bottom Row: Makenna Hall, Karmylia Snyder, Xiomara Hanson. Written By: Xiomara Hanson Starting a team from the ground up is never easy, but in their first year, the DMACC Dance Team has already created a long-lasting legacy. From day one, the team began […]
The Campus Chronicle
Names introduced in quotation marks are pseudonyms used to protect students’ identities. When DMACC student “Dylan Drake” had an assignment due at midnight in a couple of hours, he knew he wouldn’t have enough time to complete it since he had been procrastinating the whole week. In truth, he barely Read More
The Campus Chronicle
DMACC Theatre performed Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at the Ankeny Campus Black Box Theater; in all, there were seven showings beginning March 6, and returning March 26 after spring break. The play is more commonly called “The Scottish Play” by those in the theatre because of a supposed curse resulting from saying Read More
The Campus Chronicle
I have had a strong interest in writing about crimes since I was 15. I had always had an interest in writing, but during my sophomore year of high school, I went to the Washington Journalism and Media Conference to learn more about journalism. One of the speakers was Alexis Read More
The Campus Chronicle
I used to tell people all the time, “I don’t have time to ___.” Then I looked at my screen time average… yikes. It was an astonishing 10+ hours per day. I wasted time scrolling through TikTok and social media when I could have done my homework or studied, cleaned Read More
The Campus Chronicle
On March 23, DMACC announced the hiring of Lori Suddick, Ed.D. as DMACC’s next president. Her tenure will begin June 15, 2026. Suddick follows Rob Denson, who served for 22 years and retired at the end of 2025, and Liang Chee Wee, Ph.D., who has been the interim president since Read More
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DMACC celebrated Earth Day in 2026 by holding events to do with sustainable practice stations and a plant give away. On April 22, students were able to participate in T-Shirt recycling with Iowa Jobs with [...]
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Pictured above: Naomi Zannobi, Ashlesha Nepal, Taylor Leslie Written By: Taylor Leslie Most DMACC students think of the library as just a quiet place to study before a test, but that’s only a small part of what it actually offers. While it is a great place to get work done, the DMACC library is one […]
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Roseann Sdoia spoke at Urban Campus on April 9 about her experience during the Boston Marathon bombing as part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and DMACC’s War and the Human Experience speaker series. She [...]
The Campus Chronicle
In 2013, what seemed to be a normal day for Roseann Sdoia quickly changed to something much more. Sdoia spoke at the DMACC Ankeny campus on Wednesday, April 8, to share her account of what happened on the day of the Boston Marathon bombing as part of National Crime Victims’ Read More
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The West Des Moines Wombats are a rugby club that is committed to the next generation of rugby players. The club was founded in 2021 by Ryan Gray, Phil Vsetecka, Niko Felice, DeAndre Moore, Jeremy Newman, Marcus Benton, and Justin McKay. In the fall 2025 season, the Wombats went 
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It shouldn’t be this hard to watch a sport. Not that long ago, being a sports fan was simple. You turned on your TV, flipped to ESPN or your local channel, and watched your team [...]
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Spring break vacation not in the cards? Don’t fret, plan a staycation! Dunning Spring Park, which is just over a three hour drive northeast of Boone, offers some nice hiking trails. But that’s not all, it also offers some of Iowa’s very own waterfalls and ice caves. The Upper Ice Cave Hill Trail is a […]
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