Hundreds of students with open minds and mouths enjoyed the “concentrate” of over 20 cultures at the Multicultural Festival held on Thursday, November 19 at the Marple Campus.

In its second decade, this year’s festival offered Delaware County Community College (DCCC) students an academic experience for all of the senses. Each of the 15 booths assigned to a particular country, city, or culture offered a unique culinary delight.

Warm, crisped vegetable dim-sum in a sweet and spicy sauce could be found in China while next door in Algeria, one could savor hot vegetable chili ...

Delaware County Community College hosted its third religious dialogue on Nov. 24th at 11:15 a.m., welcoming Islamic, Jewish, and Christian scholars to speak in the large auditorium on the roots of religious extremism in their respective faiths.

The event was presented by the college’s Institutional Diversity Committee, Campus Life, and the Black and Women’s History Committee. The event was open to anyone who wished to hear the discussion.

Dr. Francesco Bellini, an assistant professor of comparative  religions at DCCC, presented the speakers to the audience, and explained the theme of the discussion, which was the matter of religious extremism within the Islamic, Jewish, and Christian faiths ...

18 million college students.

That’s the estimated number of college students that are dealing with mental health issues according to statistics gathered in a new study by American University and Maharishi University of Management that’s slated to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension this month.

The information gathered from colleges across the nation shows there has been a 50 percent rise of diagnosed depression, and more than twice as many students are receiving psychiatric medications than in recent years ...

As early as 8 a.m., sleepy and hung-over students all over campus can hear and depend on one loud, friendly and familiar voice, while walking through the halls of Delaware County Community College.

DCCC’s café opens at 10 a.m. daily, but the bitterly cold early mornings and “manic Mondays” don’t keep café worker and cashier Yvonne Pinder, 53, from smiling and cracking jokes with the students.

“I just try to come to work everyday with a positive mind set,” Pinder said. “I walk out of my door, leave all my problems at home and put a smile on my face.”

Pinder is a part of DCCC’s café management.  She works for Canteen Food Service, which is in its second year of their contract with the college ...

Aspiring writers and artists have an outlet at Delaware County Community College to showcase their work. The Pegasus literary magazine will be coming out with a new issue, and there is ample time for those interested in art and writing to submit and share their finished products.

Pegasus Literary Magazine was started in 1969 by Professor D. Petrella. It began as a student run publication and was published twice a year. The magazine featured the same content as it does now: creative writing, poetry and artwork.

Associate Professor of English Gina Gennari is in charge of the magazine. “I have been with the magazine for six years now,” Gennari said. “I had previously expressed an interest in managing Pegasus and was happy to be able to work with it.”

Ryan Rose, 22, a liberal arts major, is the new editor of Pegasus. “The magazine caught my eye,” Rose said. “I picked up a copy and was very interested in learning more about it.” ...

When Vincent De Sanctis, 19, an automotive technician major, attends class at Delaware County Community College, he doesn’t just sit in a boring classroom doing book work all day. He puts on goggles and uses cutting-edge technology to enhance his learning and to get a “hands-on” experience to better his education. He does this in a building some students don’t even know exists on campus.

Walking up the pathway to DCCC, one can’t miss the newest and largest addition to the college’s main campus. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics building, often referred to as the STEM, is getting all the recognition and attention around campus this year.

Everyone has admired the STEM’s size and “green” technology, but some have yet to see the Advanced Technology Building (ATC) located just behind the main buildings.

The two-story, 32,000-square foot, state-of-the-art ATC is part of a $59 million complex which also includes the STEM. The new technology building was just built and has opened its doors just in time for the fall 2009 semester ...

In the film, “Anchorman,” legendary television broadcaster, Ron Burgundy claims diversity is “an old, old, wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.” Michael Scott, manager of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch from the television show, “The Office,” says it’s “a cornerstone of progress.”

Many pop culture myths and misconceptions exist about diversity, but Brian C. Johnson hopes to share the “reel” definition.

Johnson presented “Reel Diversity” Oct. 5 at the Marple Campus in the large auditorium. The presentation is designed to help viewers better understand diversity, social justice and how Hollywood affects the public attitude toward these topics ...

The flu season is here and in addition to the regular seasonal influenza that is circulating, a new strand commonly called the swine flu is also highly contagious.

The medical term for this new virus, detected in April, is Novel 2009 Influenza A/ H1N1.

De Vitale R.N., the DCCC college nurse and member of the Pandemic Planning Comittee - made up of DCCC administrators, faculty, and staff, — says the name swine flu is misleading because people are afraid to eat pork products, though pork is perfectly safe to eat ...

Individuals and corporations spent $265.1 billion on income tax preparation before paying a single dime of tax in 2005, according to the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan tax research group based in Washington, D.C.

This yearly “compliance cost” is projected to rise to $482.7 billion by 2015, and the money is spent dodging obstacles and finding loopholes in a tax code containing 5.6 million words – seven times the length of the Bible.

The stimulus package devotes $288 billion to tax relief in a section that adds another 577 pages to the federal tome.

When the federal government first collected income tax in 1913, the tax code was eight pages long and was limited to the wealthiest one percent...

Kangaroos made of rubber and wire, ethereal scenes, and oil paintings with disguised meanings greet those attending Delaware County Community College's new exhibit.

The exhibit features the work of 24 members of the National Association of Women Artists, and celebrates 120 years of advancing female artists.

The entrance to the gallery just has its name in plain white letters, with the art showing itself as soon as you turn a corner.

Each piece has a significant space to itself which allows you to take in what unique aspects it has to offer...