Faculty gets thumbs up

Preliminary SACS report cites significant improvement

By Alisa Hill
Associate Editor

Last week, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Special Committee released a report accepting North Lake College’s “aggressive steps” to fix 10 of the 45 deficiencies identified by a visiting committee in March. North Lake’s President Linda Glasscock was pleased with the report, which was submitted following a September revisit. More...

Path fix nears

Repairs to be completed by Dec.

By Tjidzani Maphosa
Contributing Writer

You may have noticed that the area between the Technology building and the lake has been orange-taped for quite a while now. Physical Education students are having to jog through the building because of it. What is the mysterious problem? The News-Register asked John Watson, director of facilities, to bring us up to date. More...

With parking on campus at a premium, city, school and library officials are finding the honor system isn’t enough.On Oct. 20, a test program was begun to ensure thatparking spaces designated for library patrons are not occupied by students going to class. Police will block off or closely monitor all 65 spaces located on the north side of the library, three times a week. More...

Internship offers edge

Students get ‘real life’ peek at future careers

By Anna Urbanik
Staff Writer

Your next dash to the nearest bus stop won’t be paid for by North Lake College, but that might be just a few stops down the line. In the past, NLC students received discounts on passes for Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses and trains, but no more. Now if you want to hitch a ride on the bus line, you have to pay full price. That may change, but don't look for it any time soon. More...