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NEW Video: UCC Pool Repair
The UCC pool, which has been in a state of disrepair for several years, is soon going to get a badly-needed overhaul and should be up and running by the spring term. Mainstream Senior Reporter Don Gilman interviews Jess Miller and Cheryl Yoder. Watch Video
Important FAFSA Dates
FAFSA and scholarship deadlines are right around the corner. The application becomes avaliable January 1st, and the Oregon Opportunity Grant is awarded on a first come, first served basis. Read More
OSAC Scholarships Applications are now Open
Get a head start on filling out your OSAC scholarship applications this holiday season at www.oregonstudentaid.gov.
International Student Fund
The International Student Fund helps offset the $4,000 deposit required of international students before they can attend UCC under a special tuition waiver program. Read More
Faculty open forums this winter
Two faculty open forums are scheduled for winter term: Thursday, Jan. 23 from 1 to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, March 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. The forums are only open to faculty.

Columns

Opinion with Alex Ivey

Opinion

with Alex Ivey

Dec. 11, 2013 | Women take prize for greater enrollment in higher education

The Mainstream Staff

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Alicia Graves
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The Mainstream is a designated student forum written to promote the activities, events, and interests of UCC. Its primary focus is on hard news relating to campus events or personnel, especially as students are affected, but features, art work and poetry may be accepted. Any opinions or art presented in The Mainstream do not represent the viewpoint of this newspaper or UCC.

Campus News

Video: UCC Pool

The UCC pool, which has been in a state of disrepair for several years, is soon going to get a badly-needed overhaul and should be up and running by the spring term. Mainstream Senior Reporter Don Gilman interviews Jess Miller and Cheryl Yoder. Watch Video

 

Professor hopes literature class will encourage study of female writers

Male authors dominate literature courses’ reading lists. Literature instructor Jill Michell hopes to change that imbalance with her Introduction to Women’s Literature class, to be offered winter term. Full Story

 

Lewis, Carroll finish their first term

If you were new to campus this fall, you are not the only one. While you were swimming through financial aid forms, working to make your term schedule fit together and finding your way through the bookstore for books, a host of new faculty also had to work through their own first-time on-campus challenges. Full Story

 

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Lifestyle

What are you hoping for under your tree?

Since the year’s grand finale is just around the corner, many people are putting the final touches on their Christmas lists or hastily throwing them together. Full Story

 

Students Making Coffee

Working at a coffee stand can be a convenient source of employment for college students because it fits so well with a college student’s schedule. It is important to provide the best product one can while in class and the same thing goes for being a barista, a coffee preparer and server. Full Story

 

Comparing Local Coffee Stops

Many people can tell you the name their favorite coffee, but how do these assumptions hold up to a blind taste test? With the help of a group of very willing volunteers, we put the coffee from the six closest coffee stops through a blind taste test. Full Story

 

Opinion with Alex Ivey: Women take the prize for greater enrollment in higher education

In the study of gender in higher education, one face is very clear — and it is female. Research continues to support the fact that men attend college less and fail to thrive as well as women. Full Story

 

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