Delta College
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Like a lot of other students that attend Delta College or any other college around the country, I can’t afford to pay for my education; I depend on federal grants. I believe in this great country of ours, that with education, anything is possible and we are lucky to live […]
From generation to generation there have been extreme differences in how each generation was raised. My mother’s generation, for example, would be considered the generation that was more involved with spending their free time outdoors. Growing up in the early 90s, my childhood was a mix between playing outdoors, like […]
Last year, an open poll conducted by YouGov.com reported that 28%, over a fourth, of those polled did not read a single book in the last 12 months. This data does not come to much of a surprise when correlated with data collected by the National Assessment of Education Progress […]
Women’s History Month is very well intended, however, continuing to talk about it from a negative approach is allowing the issue to continue. Women have come a long way with their civil rights. Women’s history needs to be covered in schools, but it’s not covered well. To approach a topic […]
Are you male or female? This is a question people have to answer on a regular basis; whether on a government form, an application for college or to sign up for social media. In our culture there is a socially accepted gender binary, each with its own set of stereotyped […]
As a community college, Delta has a lot of diversity to offer. Students come from many different backgrounds, locations and experiences. Some students may live just a few minutes away while others make over a 30-minute commute to campus. Undergrads can be just out of high school or entering college […]
In his 1964 State of the Union address, Lyndon B. Johnson said that poverty is a national problem, which in 1960 forced 35 million people (or 20%) to live on “the outskirts of hope”, and declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” LBJ launched community action programs (CAPs) to […]
In June of 2013, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed The United States’ surveillance programs such as PRISM, as well as the interception of “metadata” (data about data). The PRISM program collects stored Internet communications based on demands made to Internet companies such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. […]
Seasonal affective disorder is a reoccurring mood disorder with a Seasonal pattern for recurrent major depressive disorder that occurs at a specific time of the year and the effects cease otherwise. The 2014 North American cold wave brought temperatures falling to unprecedented levels. Consequently, low temperature records were broken across […]
Throughout this winter, the Great Lakes Bay Region experienced harsh weather. On January 28th, it was so extreme that local weather centers broadcast a dangerous wind chill advisory for the area. Many nonprofit organizations, public transportation and public schools chose to close. Delta College, however, elected to stay open. Yes, […]