Stories from the current online edition of Tartan. en-us http://www.mcctartan.net Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:51:54 GMT 20 http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/Trail.Of.History-2438407.shtml 12 hours of rain and 4 thousand visitors into it, the event known as 'The Trail of History' in Glacial Park was canceled at midnight on Saturday after heavy showers turned the grassy encampment into a wet, muddy mess. Fortunately, the McHenry County Conservation District (MCCD) staff was prepared with back hoes and personnel. b8f40329-7388-4c35-a7f8-13b57b20005b Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT News 11/03/06 Gabriel Keith http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/ Campus News http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/Phi-Theta.Kappas.make.A.Difference.Day-2438445.shtml While many McHenry County College students enjoyed a day off from school on October 10th, a fairly large group of others offered a helping hand for Phi Theta Kappa's "Make-A-Difference" Day. Split into two groups, these students went to either Veteran's Acres or The Lake in the Hills Fen to help clean up and protect the ecosystems at either of these two places as part of Phi Theta Kappa's two-year international service program, "Operation Green," which focuses on improving the environment. 96cf2875-08d5-4a98-8207-0bb19adcebe7 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT News 11/03/06 Scott Waldyn http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper782/thumbs/t_ynpg14i8.jpg http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/ Campus News http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/Tartan.Club.Beat.The.Philm.Club-2438457.shtml Finally, this school's lack of a film club has finally been satiated. The Philm Club, lead and organized by Justine LaRoche, is a film club that discusses various movies with a focus on philosophy, hence the compound word, "Philm". It is one of the school's newest clubs and it was formed by student interest. 72dfe98e-33dc-4bf0-982a-6962c474dd3a Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT News 11/03/06 Christine Bauman http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper782/thumbs/t_8c7t70ye.jpg http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/News/ Campus News http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/the-Man.Who.Came.To.Dinner.Comes.To.The.Mcc.Black.Box.Theater-2438470.shtml McHenry County College's Fall play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" hits the ground running as it quickly yanks the audience into a period situational comedy of Astaire and Rogers proportions, complete with coincidences, mistaken identities, lovers, liars, and clowns. 05394fb5-e1e7-4803-92f8-b16aa0a98397 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 11/03/06 Amanda Thomas http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper782/thumbs/t_ham2e26o.jpg http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/Fitchs.Sophomore.Novel.Paints.A.Tragedy-2438474.shtml Most know Janet Fitch as the author of the 1999 success, "White Oleander." Now in 2006, she releases her second and somewhat less profound novel "Paint it Black." It may not hold up against the success of "White Oleander," but it still painfully displays Fitch's ability to create a young pitiful female protagonist that breaks your heart into a thousand pieces. f18873a7-1c14-4f40-b5f7-9625e062a675 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 11/03/06 Christine Bauman http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper782/thumbs/t_dha378vu.jpg http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/the-Departed.Ships.Off.To.Boston.As.One.To.Watch.For-2438478.shtml Back in the January issue of the TARTAN, movie critics James Tschirhart and Scott Waldyn had constructed their own Top 10 lists of what to look forward to in 2006. At the top of both of their lists was Martin Scorsese's cat-and-mouse crime movie "The Departed. 043cb56b-9e5c-428d-be91-aadb338bd47c Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 11/03/06 Amanda Thomas http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper782/thumbs/t_aesdfr14.jpg http://www.mcctartan.net/news/2006/11/03/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment