Category: Featured

Fifty Venezuelan immigrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in September unannounced. They did not have very many resources for their families, and residents of Martha’s Vineyard did not know where to house so many people. Cape Cod Community College stepped up to help. John Cox, the president of the college, released a statement explaining how the college is helping the immigrants.

October 4, 2022

The Family Pantry of Cape Cod at 4C’s is here to help make a difference for the students, faculty, and staff of the community. The pantry at 4C’s is the subsidiary of the Family Pantry of Cape Cod in Harwich, which provides all the food that is given to the students, faculty, and staff. Anyone who is actively a participant in the college can go and get one bag of nonperishable food per week.

October 4, 2022

Relationships are good things to cherish, and there are ways of strengthening them. To understand this subject, the Student Wellness Association teamed up with Independence House to create the “Healthy Boundaries in Relationships” workshop to teach about relationship boundaries and how they work. It was held Sept. 21st, in Frank Wilkens Room 105 from 3-3:45 P.M.

October 4, 2022

The 4C’s student newspaper, the MainSheet, is kicking off this semester with some exciting changes. They include new staff, online publication schedule, Facebook page and regularly scheduled podcasts.

September 21, 2022

Opioids are powerful drugs used to reduce, or “kill” pain. and are also commonly known as painkillers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some of the most common types of opioids include Vicodin, OxyContin, methadone and morphine. Most of these are produced and distributed illegally, include Fentanyl and Heroin. Thirty-six people die every day due to overdoses in the US.

September 21, 2022

I am a first-semester student here at 4C’s and wanted to make some friends around campus. Starting a conversation has been something that has come easy to me ever since I was younger. This skill always comes in handy when trying to make friends. Although I made friends during my first year at Syracuse University, I don’t have many that are still on Cape during the winter.

September 21, 2022

Matthew Malone was working as a painter in a refinery off the coast of Puget Sound when he heard about the tragic events of September 11, 2001. It was there, in Washington, that he heard about the plane hitting the towers by a coworker. At first, he was not sure what to think. There wasn’t a news story at the time and he assumed it was just a rumor. It was only when the refinery’s security guards frisked him and his coworkers, armed with cameras and mirrors, that he realized the gravity of the situation.

September 21, 2022

When Cape Cod Community College student Shanaz Petty woke up on June 8th, 2022 to two missed calls from Iran, she assumed that they must be spam calls. That was until she saw a Direct Message on her Twitter containing a photo that she had never seen. In it, there is a small baby sitting in a yellow swing, looking curiously at the camera. This picture was sent to Petty by a stranger, with the message “Is this picture you?” Petty’s first reaction was to reply “Who is this?” in capital letters, before waking up her husband. She was going to call the numbers back, she told him, and asked him to record the conversations. But when she did so, the language barrier stopped them from communicating. It wasn’t until Petty enlisted the help of her cousin, who then called a friend who could speak Persian, that they began to make any progress.

September 21, 2022

COVID-19 has put a dampener on living the true college life. Now that it is almost lifted, students have a chance to participate in events that weren’t available to them before. Club Day helped to promote the joys of college life. It took place on September 14 as part of the Fall 2022 welcome week lineup. Ashley Hamilton, the student engagement coordinator of 4C’s, organized Club Day. The event provided information on the variety of college clubs students can join.

September 21, 2022

As technology continues to become a salient tool in the higher education system, the need for equipment will also increase. For a student, managing finances is a burden that is already much to shoulder without even mentioning that cringe-worthy word: textbooks. Not only must students be expected to juggle the costs of courses, reading materials, and transportation fees, but a personal computer as well. Even the cheapest laptop on the market runs at over $200.

September 21, 2022