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Progress report ignites tension Unions Dec ide

Trustee Kennedy repeatedly asked Martinez how the bid for the swimming pool exponentially shot up from $30,000 in September 2012 to $200,000 by November 2012. Martinez explained that the mismatch in numbers was due to a salesman who supplied the building committee with the wrong numbers initially.

The building project supervisor explained that the new figure of $200,000 came up when the building committee actually talked to the company that would be doing the building of the pool, and got the new ramped up figure from the company.

A dinner for six featuring gumbo soup prepared by President Sylvia Jenkins will be the premier attraction at the Moraine Moraine Board of Trustees Vice Chairman, Patrick Kennedy at the March 20 meeting. [Mike Frederiksen] Valley Foundation Gala Night scheduled for Saturday, April 6.

By David Alexander event at the March Board of member and Rich Martinez, the According to a report at the Staff Writer Trustees meeting was the rather Project Manager of the Health March 20 Board of Trustees candid exchange between Pat- Education and Wellness Center meeting by Robert Coleman of Perhaps, the high-water-mark rick Kennedy, a Board of Trustee building project.

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College looks to sustainability charge up debt collection Moraine takes lead in

By Anne Parker Managing Editor As the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow throughout America, Moraine Valley has prepared for this “green” change by installing Blink charging stations at the main campus as part of a national program.

“We are providing a service and accessibility for our community. We are not benefiting from this other than being able to make our campus as accessible to as many different populations as necessary,” said Stephanie Presseller, sustainability manager at the College.

The chargers were installed in February and since then have already gained a significant amount of recognition. Side by side, these charging sta-

tions are located in the northeast parking lot of Building C. It is easy to use and available for anyone who has an electric vehicle. People can register through Blink and open an account where they can charge their cars for as little as $1 per hour at the campus. All of the stations feature connector holsters, intuitive docking connectors, and color touch screens to provide easier access.

The decision to install the chargers was not a hard one.

“The opportunity came up pretty quickly, which required us to work pretty quick, too.

Rick Brennan, director of campus operations, really led the charge,” said Presseller.

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CFO Bob Sterkowitz at a recent Board meeting. [Glacier archives]

By David Alexander Staff Writer The honeymoon is over for students who owe Moraine Valley Community College back fees as the College is joining forces with the state of Illinois to collect the debt.

Moraine Valley officially signed up for the program, known as the Illinois Lo-

cal Debt Recovery Program, (LDRP) in February 2013 to enable the college to recover the more than six million dollars in unpaid fees that the college is currently owed.

Moraine’s Chief Financial Officer, Bob Sterkowitz divulged this at the usual monthly College Board of Trustees meeting held on Wednesday, March 20 at the College’s main campus in Palos Hills.

Sterkowitz said that the decision to enroll the College in the state run debt collection program was to avert a worst case scenario that called for fees to “be raised more than is necessary, or needed” on current and future students of the college, or to reduce services because of a financial DEBT | page 2

By Phil A. Bianco News Editor

Four candidates have secured the support of the Moraine Valley Faculty and Support Staff Associations respectively in the race for Moraine’s Board of Trustees.

Four seats are up for grabs in the race that will conclude on April 9. Three of the seats will serve six-year terms, and one will serve a two-year term. The associations endorsed John Brosnan Donahue, Sandra S. Wagner, and current Board Chairman Joseph P. Murphy for the three six-year seats, and Andrea Ramirez-Justin for the two-year seat.

It should be noted that 7 candidates are competing for 3 six-year seats, while 3 different candidates are vying for the lone two-year seat that is up for grabs.

All of the candidates endorsed are currently Board members except Donahue. A post on the Cook County College Teachers Union-which the Faculty and Support Staff Associations belong too-website explained the endorsement, “These four candidates best represent the educational values embodied by Moraine Valley as we serve our students. These candidates will provide needed leadership for the future as community colleges in Illinois face reduced state support.”

Faculty Association President and associate professor of communications, Delwyn C. Jones, and Support Staff Association President, Helen Agresti signed the letter of endorsement.

Jones explained that they wanted to pick candidates who they would be able to work with given the tough fiscal times that lie ahead for the state of Illinois. “We wanted board members that UNIONS | page 6

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Governors State’s award winning partnership

Governors State University (GSU) recently won an award as part of the Dual Degree Program (DDP), which partners with Moraine Valley.

The DDP was selected to receive the Oustand Program/Project Award from the Commission for Admissions, Orientation and First Year Experience, a unit of the American College Personnel Association.

The reason that GSU received the award was “the unique and inventive ap-

proach the program takes to addressing the issues of degree completion, student retention and transferability,” said director of advising, Debby Blatzer.

The requirements for winning the award are that the program must address an area of concern within the higher education community and the student affairs profession. The program must seek to address these issues in a unique and creative way.

Moraine Valley has been a part of DDP since fall of 2010 when the official agreements were signed and GSU conducted

informational workshops on the Moraine Valley campus.

“In the spring of 2011, we began to enroll our first students. The partnership with Moraine Valley was created through the President’s office at GSU and positions were created to administer the program at GSU. Since the programs’ inception, GSU has communicated on a regular basis with Moraine Valley and invited the DDP liaisons from the participating colleges to DDP events, ceremonies and meetings,” said Blatzer.

Moraine Valley has benefited from being part of the DDP because of the help provided through transfer specialists like Agne Juskaite.

Blatzer explained, “Agne Juskaite is on campus at Moraine Valley two days a week to assist the students with the entire transfer process. There is mandatory advising with the Transfer Specialist so that the student will keep on track with their academic goals and transfer major requirements. Right from the beginning, Agne will talk to the students about GSU, have them fill out applications, create a study plan to finish their Associate’s degree at Moraine Valley and then connects them to their faculty advisors at GSU. She walks the students carefully through the process so there is little room for error.”

Students who are eligible and active in the DDP can apply for a GSU scholarship that can prevent the hindrances of college based on tuition, if they meet set re-

quirements like GPA. These include the GSU Promise Scholarship and the Dual Degree Program Honors Scholarship.

Moraine Valley students also benefit from peer mentoring within the DDP to assist students through the adjustment from community college to university life with experienced DDP students of other community colleges involved in the program.

DDP is a unique partnership between GSU and Chicago area community colleges, including Moraine Valley. The DDP provides full-time community college students with an excellent pathway to earn both an associate and bachelor’s degree, at a fraction of the cost. To qualify for the DDP, you must be a full time student who has completed 12 to 45 credit hours, and be in good academic standing at one of the other partnering community colleges.

Some benefits from being part of the DDP include waived application fees, guaranteed admission to GSU (except the Nursing program), locked in GSU tuition rate, effective the semester a student joins the DDP, access to two different full-tuition scholarships, and an assigned DDP Transfer Specialist will help students with a personalized education plan to complete their associate and bachelor’s degrees in the shortest possible time frame.

DEBT | from front page stenosis brought about by a combination of the debt and shrinking state funding.

According to information on the Illinois Comptroller’s official website, the Comptroller’s debt recovery program can only collect unpaid debts up to the past seven years, which in Moraine Valley Community College’s case totals $6 million. The program is also available only to corporate entities.

Sterkowitz explained the workings of the LDRP at the Board of Trustees meeting, stating that prior to

the State Comptroller issuing a state check for items such as a tax refund, lottery payout, commercial payment, or payroll check, the amount owed to the College, plus an administrative fee of $15 will be deducted from the debtors’ money.

Debtors are provided with a notice and given 60 days to protest the withholding of their money with the Comptroller’s office, if however no protest is lodged with the Illinois Comptroller Office within the 60-days grace period, the amount deducted from the debtor is transferred to the

College.

A protest by a debtor will affect only that single transaction. Other payments will continue to be deducted while protests are being adjudicated.

The Chief Financial Officer told the College’s Trustees that since Moraine Valley Community College joined the Local Debt Recovery Program; only two students had protested the state freezing their funds, one of the protesters had previously filed for bankruptcy and the other had withdrawn from a class. Both cases are exempt from the state debt collection regime.

Sterkowitz also told the Board that Moraine Valley will concurrently continue using its non-state debt collection agencies while participating in the state debt collection program The Illinois run Local Debt Recovery Program is structured to work within privacy protection and fair debt collection laws at both the federal and state levels, and restrictions and limitations governing involuntary withholdings apply.

Governors State University representatives frequently meet with students in S110 (pictured), the room for visiting university representatives. [Mike Frederiksen]

By Anne Parker Managing Editor

Anne Parker can be contacted at parkera3@ student.morainevalley.edu.

David Alexander can be contacted at alexanderd45@student.morainevalley.edu.

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Tutoring Center cuts operating hours

By Abbas Haleem Staff Writer Effective March 18, the Tutoring Center at Moraine Valley has new hours. The hours are now 9 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday.

Students can also go to the Tutoring Center on Fridays from 9 am to 2 pm, Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm, and Sundays from noon to 4 pm. Before Spring Break, the hours were longer, ranging from 8 am to 9 pm.

Kipp Cozad, Coordinator of Tutoring and Literacy, explained that the hours at the end “tend to be really slow times, and so often we’d have maybe one or two tutors active, and the rest would be sitting around. We’d give them tasks to do, but it wouldn’t be as productive.” The point of narrowing the times by the two hours was to concentrate the tutors’ focus.

“Students can be tutored in just about everything,” said Cozad.

There are tutors for all of the for-

are really good in the subject matter, along with the tutors, and they’re able to elevate their game. It has this secondary effect,” said Cozad.

The Tutoring Center is not meant to teach students, but instead to supplement the knowledge learned in class or explain it in more depth, which is an important distinction to make. It is suggested that students that want to set appointments avoid setting them during the peak hours, which are between 9 am to 10 am.

Some tutors are students, while others are tutors that have gotten an Associates, Bachelors or Masters degree.

Tutors are paid, not volunteers. Although the tutoring positions are Students and employees workhard in the Tutoring Center on March 27. [Mike Frederiksen] full at the moment, students can go to the tutoring center and talk to its eign languages taught at Moraine just across from the upstairs entrance members to apply.

Valley. The Center is also open to to the Library. Tutoring is free and For more information, go to the Tustudents trying to complete their open to be utilized by students. toring Center, or ask to speak with CoGED. “There’s a cadre of students that are zad in room B260.

The Tutoring Center is located in the in higher level science, like physics or L Building, downstairs in room L181 engineering. They have a whole group Abbas Haleem can be contacted at haland upstairs in room L200, which is that meets there, and a couple of them eema@student.morainevalley.edu.

PROGRESS | from front page the Moraine Valley Foundation, the goal of the gala night is to raise about $40,000 through the sale of tickets and the silent auction. The Moraine Valley Foundation is the body that disburses scholarships to students. Tickets are still available for $150 each.

The first prize in the raffle draw will

meeting, Student Trustee, Taylor Geraghty told the Board that $5,300 was raised during the St. Baldrick’s event hosted by the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She also revealed that due to the cash crunch in Illinois, 4,110 students of Moraine Valley were denied the state run Monetary Assistance Program (MAP) Grant, a situation that motivated the Student Life De-

Members of Moraine’s Cross Country team were honored at the March 20, 2013 Board meeting. [Mike Frederiksen] be two Southwest Airlines tickets with a consolation prize being a coveted Waterford crystal vase. About 30 items will be bid on at the silent auction.

The Gala Night events will kick off at 6 pm on April 6 with wine and appetizers, and a five-course meal prepared by Moraine Valley Community College’s own Culinary Arts students.

In other news from the Board of Trustees

partment and some faculty members to plan a trip to Springfield on April 10 to petition the slash in MAP funding.

Other highlights of the Board meeting include the honoring of the Academic All American Cross country running team, which ranked 18th nationwide.

David Alexander can be contacted at alexanderd45@student.morainevalley.edu.

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MAP Grant cutoff earliest in history heard—the Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grant has been suspended as of March 1.

This means that students will not be receiving this grant for the 20132014 school year if they failed to submit their FAFSA on or before Friday, March 1.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), which distributes the MAP Grants, stated on its website that the awards were suspended on March 1 due to, “limited funding and a high volume of eligible applicants.”

Moraine Valley’s Financial Aid Director, Laurie Anema, believes that the early cut off date can be attributed to a combination of people applying earlier and a larger number of Students will travel to Springfield to lobby people submitting applications. their Representatives for more funding for “There was a 5% reduction in the maximum award given out this year. the MAP Grant. [Mike Frederiksen] This allowed more people to receive

By Phil A. Bianco the MAP Grant,” said Anema.

News Editor This is the earliest suspension of the MAP in its history. Last year, Do you depend on Financial Aid? the cutoff date was March 13 and at Well then this might not be your the time, this was the earliest cutoff year because—in case you have not date.

According to a February 2011 evaluation of the program completed by ISAC; the program has been on a negative trend for a while. In 2002, the maximum MAP award covered 100% of the average public university tuition and fees. As of 2010, it covered only 47%.

State leaders have acknowledged the need to up funding of the program.

Governor Pat Quinn has even proposed adding $50 million to the MAP budget.

This would have covered an additional 35,000 students in 2011, but the coverage is likely to be less in 2013 since the cost of going to school has risen.

The Moraine Valley community has not been silent on this issue. The Student Life Department is participating in Community College Student Advocacy Day on April 17.

Students who sign-up will travel down to the state capitol, Springfield for a day of lobbying State Representatives and Senators to increase MAP funding.

Student Life Manager, Demetrius Robinson, talked about Advocacy Day,

“We have been going down to Springfield to lobby for a host of issues since before 2005 when I began working here. Overall, the more students who participate the better it will be. The more we bring attention to this issue, the more our representatives will listen.”

Current Student Trustee, Taylor Geraghty gave her support to Advocacy Day, “It’s scary to think that so many students won’t be getting MAP funding. Students need to come together to show the state how important this funding is to us.”

The MAP Grant supplies Illinois residents who demonstrate financial need with grants to help fund their education.

Students apply for this grant by filling out the FAFSA, which opens every year on Jan. 1.

Students are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA, as Federal Pell Grants and student loans are still available for students.

Phil A. Bianco can be contacted at news@ mvccglacier.com.

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IN BRIEF Veteran’s resource fair Military veterans of all ages are invited to a Wellness Resource Fair at Moraine Valley Community College on Saturday, April 20, from 10 am to 2 pm.

The free fair will be in the Moraine Business and Conference Center, Building M, on campus.

Highlights of the fair include a presentation of the colors by the Marine Color Guard and singing of the National Anthem at noon, and the Patriot Guard moving wall, a memorial to over 260 Illinois Fallen Heroes from Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Act Out Now Moraine Valley Community College is hosting Act Out 2013 next month, a mostly student-run service learning or volunteer fair on campus. The College is looking for not-for-profits to display their volunteer opportunities.

Last year this fair showcased the work students had done for class through local service and not-for-profit organizations such as the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Habitat for Humanity, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, The Little Red Schoolhouse Education Center, Sertoma Center, and Share Your Soles.

The event also allowed these organizations to inform the public of their services and offer opportunities for people to get involved. This year’s fair is on Tuesday, April 30, from 9:30 am to 2 pm and Wednesday, May 1 from 1 to 3 pm.

Events will take place both days in the campus Library, 9000 W. College Pkwy in Palos Hills.

It is free and open to the public. Any local nonprofits interested in having an information table at the fair should contact Ast Oot event coordinator and associate professor of Communications and Literature, Mike McGuire at mcguirem72@morainevalley.edu or (708) 974-5770. More information is also available at actoutnow.org/actout2013.

Moraine welcomes pianist Robin Spielberg Robin Spielberg’s “American Tapestry” trio will bring their Americana flavored original compositions and arrangements of beloved songs to Moraine Valley Community College on Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 pm. The concert will be in the Dorothy Menker Theater, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.

Tickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for seniors and students. Spielberg (piano, vocals), Kate MacLeod (fid-

dle, guitar, vocals) and Catherine Bent (cello) will perform Spielberg’s “Sea to Shining Sea” featuring fresh arrangements of the songs Americans have been singing for a long time including, “My Bonnie,” “Danny Boy,” “The Water is Wide,” “In the Good Old Summertime,” “The Band Played On,” and more.

From the Civil War to the Gold Rush to the great wave of immigration in the early 1900s, these songs chronicle journeys, hardships and love in music as a young nation discovers the beauty and the majesty of America.

Tickets to Robin Spielberg’s American Tapestry and other upcoming performances can be purchased at morainevalley.edu/fpac, by calling (708) 9745500, or at the Box Office located on the south end of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Special Board meeting Moraine Valley’s Board of Trustees held a closed-door meeting on March 23, 2013 at 8 am in D219 “to discuss matters related to collective bargaining.”

The closed session was in compliance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act, section 2(c)(2), which states that public bodies may hold closed meetings to discuss, “Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its em-

ployees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.”

Trustees contacted declined to provide more information than that. Union representatives also denied further divulgence of information other than that they are currently in contract negotiations with the college.

Medical presentation on foot and ankle trauma Moraine Valley is hosting its Medical Education Series presentation on “Trauma of the Foot and Ankle” from 7 to 8 pm. on Wednesday, April 3, in the Dorothy Menker Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.

The event is co-sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is free and open to the public. For more information call Mari Smith at (708) 6084039 or email her at smithm@morainevalley.edu.

Student trustee elections The election for Moraine Valley’s student trustee will take place on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4. Students can vote in the L, C or U Buildings from 9 am to 2 pm & 5 to 7 pm both days.

6 UNIONS | from front page ed board members that are genuinely interested in the success of Moraine Valley as opposed to candidates that may have political interest or other personal interest that don’t directly benefit our college. Knowing whom you are dealing with can be very important for all involved as we continue to provide the same opportunities to our students that we’ve provided for so very long,” said Jones.

Agresti added to Jones’ comments, “We feel that all four of these candidates represent the leadership and educational values needed to move the college into the future.”

“Current board members, Wagner, Murphy and Ramirez-Justin have worked in partnership with support staff and we feel they will continue to be an asset to the college,” added Agresti.

The president of the Support Staff Association talked about the reasoning for throwing support behind a challenger candidate. “We are endorsing a new candidate to the Board, John Brosnan Donahue, a former graduate of Moraine and current educator. He has the experience of a Moraine Valley student and the values shared by faculty and support staff members.”

All the candidates expressed gratitude

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The Moraine Valley Faculty and Support Staff Associations respectively endorsed three incumbents and one challenger for the Board of Trustees. They released their selections on March 14, 2013. [Top: mvccfa.com][Bottom: mvccssa.com} for the endorsement. Trustee Wagner of Palos Hills said, “I very much appreciate the endorsement and support of the Faculty and Support Staff Associations. One of the ‘perks’ of being a Board member has been getting to know many of the faculty and staff on an individual basis, and I am honored to have their endorsement.”

Board Chairman Murphy said, “I’m very appreciative of the support given to me and my fellow trustees by both

the Faculty and Support Staff Associations. I look forward to continuing our hard work to keep Moraine Valley a premier community college not only in Illinois, but in the nation.”

Donahue also expressed his appreciation for the support. “I met with both Associations and we saw eye to eye on a number of different issues. I graciously accept their support, and look forward to working with them to improve Moraine Valley for years to come.” Ramirez-

Justin also expressed her gratitude for the endorsement.

The Board of Trustees election will take place on April 9. Check out the County Clerk’s website to find your local polling place. Also, check out previous articles on mvccglacier.com for more information on all of the candidates.

Phil A. Bianco can be contacted at news@ mvccglacier.com.

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SUSTAINABILITY | from front page spot, the location of the college will appear on Blink’s website map, so that others may know that they can charge up at the campus. It will be a benefit, not only to students of Moraine Valley, but to those who might travel long distances, so they know that charging is accessible at the college. This results in the networking of chargers that Moraine Valley will help to expand as part of the EV Project, to help make a cleaner world.

Blink is an organization that assists in making it easier for electric vehicle owners to become sustainable and cost-effective through the expansion of Blink chargers. Moraine Valley recently partnered with Blink’s EV Project, working to establish thousands of chargers in 21 major cities and metropolitan areas in 9 states and the District of Columbia. The goal is to encourage the push toward cleaner transportation methods. These also include implementing faster chargers along expressways in Illinois.

“The offer was too good to refuse,” said Presseller. “We knew we had to participate since EVs are the wave of the future and Moraine Valley likes to plan ahead and be prepared.”

Besides some overhead costs, the EV

7 Project covered the majority of the installation process. ECOtality and Blink will be in charge of maintenance for the chargers as long as Moraine Valley remains partnered with the organizations.

Other institutions including Prairie State College, the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago have installed electric vehicle chargers on their campuses. In an effort to work with other community colleges in the area, Moraine Valley will work through the Illinois Green Econ- 2 EV chargers by Blink were installed in the C Building parking lot in February 2013. [Mike Frederiksen] omy Partnership (IGEN) to promote their sustainability efforts. horse) thus expanding the use of EVs,” west Education Center in Tinley Park “We’re now connected to a nation- said Presseller. already has electric vehicle charging wide system that EV drivers can access ECOtality, a prominent leader in the stations for public use. to identify where chargers are located. movement for advanced energy sysBetween collaboration and a determiSometimes you need to put the cart tems, used a grant they received from nation to be sustainable, Moraine Valbefore the horse— providing chargers the U.S. Department of Energy to ley is another stepping stone in the adbefore the demand for EVs is greater is spread the chargers in more convenient vancement of electric transportation. doing just that. We build out the net- areas for electric-savvy drivers, partwork of chargers (the cart) so that peo- nering with the EV Project. While they Anne Parker can be contacted at parple feel comfortable buying the car (the are not provided by Blink, the South- kera3@student.morainevalley.edu.

Views Should we take military action in North Korea?

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“A threat should be

“We should not invade

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with the consequence

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By Stephanie Oster Staff Writer

North Korea has made threats against South Korea, Japan, and U.S. military The US should be well prepared to counter any possible attacks North Korea bases located in the Pacific. The only logical approach is military pressure, if only might have in store for us, but we should not make the first move. to quell the advances that have been put forth.

North Korea’s threats appear to be empty and their military technology is In the last few months, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has made numer- still in the testing phase. The chaotic nation state is specifically angered that ous threats on United States encampments in South Korea and Japan, as well the United Nations stepped in while their nuclear testing was going on and now as various locations in the Pacific, in Guam and the UN is looking into human rights violations military bases in Hawaii. The threats listed should in North Korea. The UN interference is making be enough to cause an alarm, despite North Korea North Korea very uneasy which is one of the having a military that is dwarfed by the United sources of all of the threats coming our way.

States.

While there is plenty of animosity coming toThe threat that the United States is under ward us from North Korea, Matt Smith of CNN amounts to a minimal scale, however, a threat says that it may revolve around Kim Jong Un’s should be taken seriously under the consequence age and that he is trying to prove himself a worof American as well as South Korean casualties. thy leader in the eye of the public, where age is a The problem with accepting the threats from a very important factor of power. substantial military power like North Korea is not After the death of Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim taking them seriously enough and suffering blood Jong Il, there was a lot of skepticism as to whethshed of men that need not be harmed. No amount er or not Un, who was promoted to the rank of of life should be relinquished as a result of a faila 4-star military general by his father, would be ure to observe a potential danger. able to fill the shoes of his father’s leadership, The primary bullet point that needs to be taken or whether one of the more seasoned members into account is the ongoing nuclear tests being of North Korea’s communist party would take implemented by the North Korean government. over. With the amount of uncertainty in his takThe Nation-state is just rounding out their third ing over Un needed to make his leadership more nuclear test, with the results remaining confidenprominent. tial to their own govenment.

While North Korea is working on improving There’s no reason to neglect action with tests of its missile range, we should be preparing for any that magnitude being factored into the potential [Graphic by Michael Hartmann] possible attack. In some North Korean television of North Korea as a military power. propaganda, they show the White House and the If the United Nations neglects to acknowledge Capitol building being targeted. Whether or not and react after tests like that are taken into account the only blame can be pointed to take these threats seriously is the question. to ourselves for our lack of foresight into an obvious danger.

While this is very frightening for us it might just be a bluff, because they have While a more imminent quarrel in Iran still persists, threats against United been so confident with the last couple of missile tests they attempted, as they States as well as Japan and Guam should not be taken lightly especially in the resulted in success all around. North Korea and their threats are unpredictcontext of a potential Nuclear power. able and seemingly impulsive, and as a result it’s hard to decipher their threats.

The benefits of ending a conflict before it begins can reap untold benefits in Being prepared is the best possible option because we don’t want to invade a the form of human lives as well as potential resources under contractual obliga- country on a bluff. There’s no reason, aside from occasional propaganda on the tion from the retreating party, ideally those that could be used to combat more country’s respective television programs, to invade, at a cost of an addition to pertinent threats.

United States deficit and resulting in the massacre of thousands. It makes more History books are being written as we speak and we have the option to take sense to stay out until they develop more advanced technology that has the action against potential enemies before they can coast into warfare or give up a potential to facilitate more powerful striking capability as well as an increased resource that cannot be replaced in the form of human life and time spent looking target range of over 1,000 miles. Invading this early on could cause more ramiin hindsight. fications later on with North Korea. There’s no need for war just yet.

William Barker can be contacted at views@mvccglacier.com.

“We shouldn’t take action unless theres a serious threat against our people.” -Brittany Majka

“As long as there’s no military action we shouldn’t make a move. There’s nothing to gain otherwise.” -Mikey Roche

Stephanie Oster can be contacted at Osters5@student.morainevalley.edu.

“With our Aegis Missle Defense System in place we have nothing to fear in terms of casualties.” -Andrew Gorgon

“We have no reason to take action unless North Korea does. Our military can keep us safe.” -Siera Eddins

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VIEW FROM THE HILL | BILL DROEL | MVCC CAMPUS MINISTER The best-known extra-canonical text is Protoevangelium of James, which is source material in some Christian denominations.

For example, the Protoevangelium of James uniquely contains the names of Blessed Mary’s parents. It also corroborates incidents about Mary and the birth of Jesus. There is a reason why some books are in the Bible and other books are not. The Bible is the result of a careful process. Each book in the New Testament portion of the Bible had to meet four criteria.

One: The book must have a link to the authority of one or more of the original apostles of Jesus.

Two: The book must show an acquaintance with the other portion of the Bible, called the Old Testament. In the years after Jesus’ death some people wanted to totally reject Judaism and its holy books. Christian leaders, however, insisted that revelation comes through Judaism and that the Jewish tradition is not superseded.

Three: Each book in the New Testament had to be consistent with the selfunderstanding of the emerging Christian church. In particular, each book affirms Jesus’ Incarnation into our messy world. All so-called Gnostic writings that make the world inferior to a perfect (Platonic) world of pure spirits were rejected. This is an important decision that even today separates proper Christian spirituality from inward-looking or other-worldly spiritualties, including the New Age movement.

Four: Each book had to already be used in Christian liturgy or common prayer before it was included in the Bible.

By 382 A.D. St. Jerome and others had the definitive list of the 27 books in today’s New Testament. During the Reformation, Protestants removed a small number of books from the Old Testament, but the selection of 27 books in the New Testament has not changed.

Prevent flying off-balance

By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor In 2011, Canadian media group called Sun TV raised a lot of eyebrows in Canada for being an extension of their tabloid newspaper the Toronto Star, which is without question a right-wing news outlet in Canada.

Being right-wing or left-wing is not the issue. Constantly airing untrue or misleading information is the issue in this case. Canada’s Broadcasting Act of 1986 states a licensee shall not broadcast “false or misleading news.” In the U.S. the Fairness Doctrine required news outlets to be fair and balanced by showing both sides of an issue. That has since been overturned by the FCC, so people are able to weed out the news stations they feel are biased, provide false or misleading information.

Nevertheless, the Fairness Doctrine was viewed as an infringement of the media outlet’s First Amendment right, which Canada established that a newscaster does not hold the same rights as an individual or a print news source. Due to the invasiveness of a newscaster, the standard for truth is a lot higher.

In the United States we are granted our First Amendment rights, which include freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and press. We are willing to give up that freedom in certain situations. If an individual lies in court it’s called perjury. If someone calls 911 as a joke and a firefighter dies en route, it’s called murder. If a newscaster knowingly provides false information in spoken word it’s called slander and in text it’s called libel.

It’s commonly known that Fox is right-wing and MSNBC is left-wing—who’s in the middle? There are numerous articles documenting Canada’s Broadcasting Act of 1986 and the Fairness Doctrine, but none have provided a solution to the problem and an enforcing body. Quite simply, the FCC must adopt the type of system representative of the Canadian Parliament by enforcing a similar system of regulations. Fox and MSNBC should be required to provide the nation with wellresearched stories, balanced arguments, and investigative journalism.

After Woodward and Bernstein broke the Watergate story, journalism took on a whole new meaning, breathing life into the words they put on the page and taking down a sure-to-win-reelection, Nixon. Regardless of right-wing or left-wing, it takes both to get a bird off the ground.

Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at social@mvccglacier.com.

Now, back to The Gospel of Barnabas. Its origin is uncertain. The oldest copy is in Italy and dates from the 16th century. The original might be 200 years older than the oldest extant copy. The Gospel of Barnabas, which is longer than each Synoptic gospel (Mark, Matthew or Luke), repeats many familiar miracles and parables of Jesus. However, there are several unique verses in The Gospel of Barnabas.In this text Jesus says that he is not the Son of God; that he is a prophet.

Further, Jesus was not killed, but rather taken up to heaven. It says St. Paul was misinformed. It condemns the dogma of the Trinity. And, The Gospel of Barnabas says, “there is only one God and Muhammad [570 A.D.—632 A.D.] is God’s prophet.” (Unless The Gospel of Barnabas foretells the revelation to be later given to Muhammad--its reference to Muhammad dates it after 632 A.D.) All of these points agree with the Holy Qur’an and with Muslim tradition regarding Jesus and the Trinity. Thus, while unknown to nearly all Christians, some Muslims know about The Gospel of Barnabas. My copy of this gospel comes from an Islamic publisher in India. A Muslim might argue that early Christians suppressed “true teachings” about Jesus and instead promulgated ideas about Jesus’ nature that were imagined by St. Paul and several others. Only The Gospel of Barnabas and a few Gnostic writings, a Muslim might say, are correct because they mostly correspond to the revealed Holy Qur’an.

In any case, Islam does not regard The Gospel of Barnabas to be revealed. The Holy Qur’an stands on its own merits as a revelation from God to Prophet Muhammad. It does not need corroboration. Muslims are welcome to read The Gospel of Barnabas but it neither adds to nor detracts from the genuineness of the Qur’an. In the same way to use The Gospel of Barnabas to prove that Christian dogma is out-of-sync with the historical Jesus is perhaps interesting, but it does not relate to Christian faith. Christianity is, of course, based in history: the Roman Empire, developments in Judaism, settings in Nazareth and Jerusalem and more. But Christian faith has never been cemented in any one or any number of historical facts. It is a faith based on what some people who experienced Jesus “came to believe” about him and about themselves. The Gospel of Barnabas, no matter the date of its original composition, does not detract from Christianity.

Not so many years ago, hardly anyone in the United States was interested in Muslim-Christian dialogue. Now, things are different.

Bill Droel can be contacted at Droelb@morainevalley.edu.

Dyslexic relief in action

By Chantise Bennett Staff Writer Learning to read can be increasingly difficult for children with dyslexia. In a study found in “Current Biology,” researchers found that playing action video games may help children with the affliction.

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, dyslexia is a learning disability that can hinder a person’s ability to read, write, spell, and sometimes speak.

A result of this is that many children with dyslexia can develop low self-esteem.

There is no cure for dyslexia and because of that it can become increasingly expensive to help a child with dyslexia because of the high price of tutors. But, studies show there is a cheaper and fun way to help children with dyslexia.

The researches had one group of children play action games for twelve hours and another group play games that were not action. They theorized that by playing action games the children’s attention improved. As a result, the children had better reading abilities.

The studies showed that the children who played the action video games scored much higher on reading tests than the ones who played the non-action games.

They found that only playing action games, improved the children’s reading more than one year of traditional reading.

With the action games the children really had to focus and think fast. They were introduced to a number of distractions and were tasked with trying to concentrate and stay on task. The children that were playing the non-action video games did not have the same distractions. When researchers gave the record tests to chronicle their improvement, the children playing the action video games were able to focus more and ignore any distractions they encountered, therefore resulting in a much higher score.

Researchers comment “Our results showed that this attention improvement can directly translate into better reading abilities, providing a new, fast, fun remediation of dyslexia that has theoretical relevance in unveiling the causal role of attention in reading acquisition.” This new discovery could contain endless benefit for children or anyone with dyslexia.

Chantise Bennett can be contacted at bennettc636@student.morainevalley.edu.

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Spring break hangover; Cyclones go 1-7

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor The Moraine Valley baseball team is experiencing a terrible spring hangover, as they currently hold a dismal 1-7 record after their forgettable 2013 spring break trip.

Blame the record on the weather?

Well, it’s possible. The spring training trip was the first time rebuilding Cyclones stepped onto an outdoor diamond since fall.

Coach Cole Farmer is the first to tell you that he doesn’t believe in excuses, but there is a huge difference in practicing out on the field opposed to practicing in the gymnasium. The Cyclones were supposed to have a warm-up game before venturing into the south against Robert Morris JV on Mar. 8, but due to the melting snow, the game was cancelled.

An enthusiastic Cyclones teamplayed a double-header with the Western Technical College Cavaliers of Wisconsin and North Arkansas on Mar. 11.

Second-year pitcher Jeremy Vandergriff started on the bump for Farmer.

The Argo product had a day to forget as he surrendered nine runs (six of them earned) on 11 hits (with two of the hits being home runs) in four innings.

Power hitting lefty Mike Habas led

Scott Petrovich takes a cut at a pitch against Rock Valley College last season. Petrovich is considered to be one of the key players for the Cyclones in 2013. [Mike Fredriksen] the Cyclones offense, going 3-4 with a double, home run and two RBI’s. Thirdbaseman Marc Hein added two hits of his own for the Cyclones, but the early deficit doomed the Cyclones as they fell 9-7.

Later on in the evening, the Cyclones took on North Arkansas. Down 3-0 in the sixth inning the Cyclones rallied back in the sixth and seventh, scoring a total of eight runs to take an 8-3 lead.

Southpaw Michael Levigne pitched a solid six and a third innings before he left the game up to the bullpen. With a five run lead the Cyclones bullpen got

Men’s Tennis opens season with a loss

By Jordan Sisk Staff Writer The Moraine Valley men’s tennis team opened up the season on a sour note, as the Cyclones fell to Seward Community College 2-7 on Mar. 15.

“We did start the first game out and got beat by a top team, though, it’s not a team we normally play,” stated head coach Bill Finn.

Although it was Moraine’s first match of the season, Seward had fifteen matches under their belts prior to the match-up against Moraine Valley. This match does not necessarily mean the Cyclones will be unsuccessful this season. “I think that we will do well with the nine schools we compete with in the Illinois area,” said Finn.

With eight straight ISCC Coach of the Year awards and national final appearances, Finn comes into the 2013 season with two familiar faces as his assistant coaches. John Kumis and Nicole Selvaggio will be on board for the 2013 season; both coaches have very strong reputations for success.

Although most would consider a loss for the first match an indica-

tion for failure, Finn describes it as a wakeup call for the Cyclones. “I think it was a good eye-opener for the boys to lose the first match.”

The team comprised of seven strong players from local high schools.

David Smith, a first year player from Lincoln-Way East is considered the Cyclones’ top player, along with Juan De La Parra from Colombia.

“The players like being together,” said Finn. “They hang around together, so I think that’s one of our strengths. The one obvious weakness for us is that most of our players are new.”

Having new players does not stop Coach Finn from aiming high, however. “We want to qualify for the national tournament,” says Finn.

“It would be hard to match last years team. We lost six players and we only have two returning players. It’s going to be a different team, different makeup, but I still expect us to be good. I think we have enough talent to win.”

Jordan Sisk can be contacted at Siskj5. student.morainevalley.edu.

rocked by North Arkansas as the Cyclones gave up eight runs and lost 11-8.

The following day Moraine Valley picked up their lone win of the trip against the Cavaliers of Western Technical College. In what would be an offensive explosion for the Cyclones, Alex Krupa, Mario Hernandez and Scott Petrovich hit a combined .700 at the plate, as the Cyclones cruised to a 12-6 victory. The win also would be Farmer’s first win as a collegiate head

coach.

The Cyclones went through a rough patch to finish out the trip. The Cyclones were run out of the building in two losses to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College by a combined score of 20-4. In the final game, Moraine Valley travelled to Missouri to take on the always-tough Riders of Crowder College.

Led once again by Habas (2-for-4, three RBIs) the Cyclones tried to battle back from an early deficit only to lose 19-9. The trip would conclude with a second blowout in their rematch with the Riders.

Since coming back home, the Cyclones have had five cancelled games, as majority of the fields in Illinois are still unplayable.

The baseball program is in the early stages of rebuilding. “Who says we can’t win and be competitive during our rebuilding stage?” asked Farmer.

The competitive spirit is in the Cyclone clubhouse, but now the only question is how much longer will Mother Nature hold her icy grip on the State of Illinois?

Sean McDermott can be contacted at sports@mvccglacier.com.

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Softball poised to get the Region IV crown

By Frank Gogola Staff Writer Despite losing key players from last season’s team that made it to the Region IV Semi-Finals, the Moraine Valley Softball team is poised to put together another solid run in the region.

The Cyclones will be led by head coach Mike Veen, who is in his third year at the helm of the softball squad.

In his first two seasons, Veen has garnered a 41-40-1 overall record with a 17-9 record in conference play. Veen has led the Cyclones to two consecutive Region IV Semi-Finals. Joining Veen on the coaching staff will once again be assistant coach and former Cyclone athlete Natalie Wigginton.

Highlighting the returning players for the Cyclones are pitcher/outfielder Samantha Staisiunas, pitcher/second base Emily Kurek, and third baseman/ outfielder Danielle Stark. Staisiunas was named to the All-Region and AllConference teams while Kurek and Stark were named to the All-Conference team.

Also returning to the lineup are catcher/first base Kristin Renken and

Second-year pitcher/outfielder Samantha Staisiunas returns to the Cyclones after an impressive 2012 campaign. [Mike Frederiksen] outfielder/first base/catcher Courtney Wheaton.

“I expect the five returning girls to lead the way this season,” said Veen.

“The five sophomores have a lot of softball experience between them. They have been playing this game along time and I think that if all five play to their potential they will contribute a lot to

the teams success this season.”

The Cyclones will also be aided by six incoming freshmen that will add to the team’s versatility. Joining the five veterans are first basewoman Arianna “Ari” Bulthius (Mother McAuley), catcher/outfielder Melanie Gerhardt (Bremen), catcher/third baseJanay McGovern (Argo), shortstop/outfielder/

third base Amie Raynor (Sandburg), outfielder Jessica Rivera (Sandburg), and shortstop Jenny Vanek (Mother McAuley). “The six freshmen have a lot of talent also, what I expect from them is to give 110% all the time and play to the best of their ability and they will also have a big part in our success this season,” stated Veen.

The Cyclones boast a talented and well-rounded roster; however, the team’s likelihood for a successful season requires strong teamwork and hinges on their ability to stay healthy throughout the entire season.

“This season staying healthy is critical seeing as we only have 11 players on the roster,” explained Veen. “I think with all the off season conditioning the girls did this winter we should eliminate some of the small nagging injuries we have had in previous years.”

The team has put in much time and hard work during the offseason and is now ready to prove that teamwork and determination can lead them to great success this season.

Frank Gogola can be contacted at gogolaf@student.morainevalley.edu.

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Cyclones NJCAA Division II runner-ups

The Cyclones with head coach Dedrick Shannon (pictured in black jacket) put their hands in after a quick breather. The Cyclones finished the 2012-13 season as the runner-ups in the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. [Mike Frederiksen]

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor On the court and on the bench, the Moraine Valley Cyclones (31-6) looked exhausted and deflated. The engine seemed to run on fumes, as the Cyclones were manhandled for the majority of the National Championship game.

No. 4 Rend Lake College (30-3) opened up the NJCAA Division II National Championship game with a bang, as the Warriors sprinted out to an 11-1 run before a Moraine Valley’s head coach Dedrick Shannon called a timeout.

Unfortunately, the early timeout did more harm than good for the Cyclones, as the Warriors caught a breather before going on an 8-2 run capped by yet another Cyclones’ timeout.

Up 19-3 Rend Lake continued their relentless ball pressure, which led to an absurd amount of turnovers and at the end of the first half, the Warriors held a decisive 22-point lead (48-26).

Rend Lake’s defense also held the Cyclones to a helpless 24 field goal percentage.

The Cyclones full court defense

“94 feet of heat” was exposed in the first half as the Warriors stayed calm and didn’t give up many turnovers. The Warriors shot 58 percent from the field and hit six 3-pointers.

The Cyclones came out in the second half more driven, but the lead the Warriors had at the end of the first half was to deep for the Cyclones to dig themselves out.

Rend Lake would eventually be crowned the NJCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Champions and the Cyclones would be named the runner-up with the 87-69 loss.

“Rend Lake is a great team,” said Shannon. He continued, “I seen it in their eyes…the guys kept trying to battle back, but they just couldn’t get it done today. These guys have never been to a national championship game. This is a proud moment for them.”

Darryl Hervey and Karrington Ward led the Cyclones as they have all season long.

Hervey scored 17 points as Ward put-up yet another double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Both players had impressive 2012-13 seasons as the pair was named to the NJCAA Division II National Tour-

nament team.

In a stunning announcement at the beginning of the national championship game, Shannon said that this would be his last game as head coach of the Moraine Valley Cyclones. Shannon resigned so he can focus more on his sons’ basketball future 100 percent of the time.

“I’ve had a great run,” said Shannon. “I hope that Moraine Valley can continue the success that they already have.

I appreciate Moraine Valley so much for giving me this opportunity. I’ve never had any coaching experience prior to coming to Moraine. Bill Finn took a chance on me and I’m thankful for that.”

Even though Shannon didn’t ride off into the sunset carrying the shiny D-II National Championship, he as well as the Cyclones organization have a lot to be proud of in the nine years Shannon has been on campus.

Shannon leaves the Cyclones with a 182-116 record, three Skyway Conference Coach of the Year awards, two Skyway Male Coach of the Year awards, and two Region IV Coach of the Year awards.

Shannon also has two Region IV championships and one appearance in the NJCAA Division II National Championship Game.

Shannon is not the only one who will be leaving the Cyclones. Ward will move on from Moraine Valley and wear Green for another team, the NCAA D-I Eastern Michigan University out of the Mid-American Conference. This is the second straight season that a Cyclone forward received a D-I scholarship from a Mid-American Conference team. Last year, Richaun Holmes committed to Bowling Green University.

Guards Mike Schick, Marquell Pierce and Dave Williams leave the Cyclones, as their futures in basketball are still not known.

It’s going to be a tough transition for the Cyclones, as Moraine Valley’s Athletic Director Bill Finn will be in search for a new head coach. If the roster of first-year players stays intact for their second year of eligibility, the Cyclones will be a team to watch for in the 2013-14 season.

Sean McDermott can be contacted at sports@mvccglacier.com.

Cyclones’ season in review Season Record: 31-6 Conference Record: 12-2 *NJCAA Division II Runner-Ups *NJCAA Region IV Champions *ISCC Co-Champions

Individual Accolades All-Conference first team Karrington Ward Darryl Hervey Conference Player of the Year Karrington Ward Region IV Player of the Year Karrington Ward Region IV Coach of the Year Dedrick Shannon All-NJCAA Region IV first team Gerald Dorsey Karrington Ward All-NJCAA Division II Tournament Team Darryl Hervey Karrington Ward

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Kevin Coyne Features Editor social@mvccglacier.com

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‘Animal Inside Out’ first time in US

By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor For the first time in the United States, “Body Worlds” presents “Animal Inside Out,” its exhibition of animals after undergoing the plastination process, which was invented by “Body Worlds” founder, Dr. Gunther von Hagens.

“Animal Inside Out” shows with painstaking detail the interworking of large specimens such as a nearly 3,000 pound bull or the circulatory system of some of the world’s smallest mammals. In an effort to reintroduce animals to visitors by using a unique medium visitors compare the human anatomy to that of the animal specimen.

“To me we are just one of them and this exhibition makes it so obvious that our biology is so much the same and often it is that we have the same means to survive,” said Dr. Angelina Whalley, Body Worlds exhibition curator, creative and conceptual designer, and wife of Dr. Gunther von Hagens.

Located at the Museum of Science “Body Worlds” presents “Animal Inside Out” at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Plastination inventor, Dr. Gunther and Industry Chicago, “Animal Inside von Hagens’ wife, Dr. Angelina Whalley explains the importance of animal welfare and how it relates to “Animal Inside Out.” Dr. The Out” showcases several animal spe“Body Worlds” team is currently looking into publishing their findings after creating Animal Inside Out. [Michael Frederiksen] cies with a special emphasis on animal functions, unique anatomy, and metic- internal circuit of the nervous system, really moves your heart. We are in good displaying the animals will definitely ulous detailing of skeletal foundations, and organ systems of each specimen. hope and I think that our first exhibi- generate awareness for animal welfare,” muscles, tissues, tendons, ligaments, “If you see the authentic specimen it tions with the animals show also that ANIMAL | page 6

Classical opera wows FPAC ‘Again and Again’

By Dimka Atanassova Staff Writer For 15-years, Moraine Valley Music Department has performed, “Opera Again and Again,” which transforms ordinary music aficionados into avid followers of classic and contemporary opera.

Under the talented baton of music directors, Nicholas Thomas and Dorothy Menker, “Opera House” opened its curtains to an audience favorite, “A Cappella Overtures.” The medley is comprised of beloved tunes from Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus,” Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro” and Rossini’s “William Tell.”

“Opera Again and Again” was held at Moraine’s Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC) on March 9. Seventeen operatic works spanning from Handel to Mozart to Gershwin and Webber were presented by MV’s Chorale, Chamber Singers, and members of the faculty backed by a small orchestra and the outstanding piano accompanists, Beverly Holt and Angela Yang.

A Stanton, faculty member and superb baritone, portrayed the “Count Almaviva” from the comic opera, “The

The Moraine Valley Music Department filled the FPAC with outstanding classical opera music and with stunning percision. This is the 15th annual “Opera Again and Again at Moraine Valley Community College. [Michael Frederiksen] Marriage of Figaro.” Back by popular demand, the grandeur of Mozart’s ge-

nius was revealed in “Giovani Lieti” and “Amanti Costanti” lilting chorus-

es, both sung in the Italian language.

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Marianne Lee relects on time at Moraine

By Anne Parker Managing Editor Marianne Lee, a former editorial cartoonist for The Glacier and editor-inchief for The Mastodon, began her day as most individuals, simply by reading the newspaper.

“I probably picked it out of the hallway stacks and started reading it. On a bulletin board, I saw an ad recruiting members and ideas for resurrecting the Mastodon magazine, which I joined,” said Lee. After attending Moraine Valley, Lee studied at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois where she received a Bachelor’s in English.

For Lee, choosing to begin a college education at Moraine Valley was “a practical choice. The tuition is reasonable, the professors are excellent, the commute feasible, and the grounds pleasant,” said Lee. While Lee did not cover many stories for The Glacier, she did assist working on different periodicals.

“The photograph that stands out most in my mind is the verdict of the OJ Simpson trial. A Glacier photographer took a fantastic candid in the crowded student lounge, with all gazes (save one) on the TV at the moment of verdict –’Not Guilty.’ This moment in time, the instant and unanimous split of horror on the white students and

Marianne Lee, former cartoonist for The Glacier and editor-in-chief of The Mastodon reflects upon her time working on the student publications. [Provided] elation on the black students, was poignantly captured on film. And this was before digital film. Congratulations to whoever had that presence of mind; it’s a memorable photo,” said Lee. Lee’s participation with The Glacier helped prepare her for future opportu-

Relay for Life updates Ruba Ibrahim Editorial Assistant In light of poor weather conditions and the need to keep the Relay for Life event going, some changes were made to the schedule and location.

Relay For Life changed the scheduled event time to 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on April 19-20 and will be moved indoors if inclement weather is in the area.

Originally Relay for Life was scheduled to take place outdoors in the Quad between Buildings S and G. If the event is moved indoors various buildings will be utilized to host Relay for Life.

Relay For Life will be divided into different buildings prior to the event.

The D Building, for example, will host a movie night. A special celebration will be held for cancer survivors in Building M on April 18 at 6 p.m.

To maintain the Relay tradition, cancer survivors will walk the first lap of the 12-hour non-stop event. In addition to walking laps, those attending Relay for Life will partake in music, games, raffles, face paintings, refreshments, and there will be a dance with live music.

This year’s fundraising goal is $25,000. Many fundraising events are

already taking place at Moraine Valley in the U Building to help reach the oranization’s goal. Moraine Valley Student clubs are also involved in sponsoring and raising funds and awareness for cancer research.

The Culinary Club will donate cupcakes and will be selling baked goods to help contribute to Relay’s fundraising goal. Moraine’s Music Club along with 24 Karat Dance Team will perform at the event.

Moraine’s basketball team helped to enlist the help of new donors by fundraising at the team’s last regular season home game.

During the game friends and families had a chance to sign up for Relay for Life, win raffle prizes, the 24 Karat Dance Team performed at both halftime shows to support for Relay for Life.

The turnout for the team’s last home game boosted the number of students and community members who are planning to attend Relay for Life.

For more information contact Wally Fronczek at 708-974-5372 or Stefanie White at 708-633-7771.

Ruba Ibrahim can be contacted at editorialassistant@mvccglacier.com.

nities and great lessons that are imperative to being successful today.

“It helped develop my computer skills and organize my writing,” she said. “Befriend deadlines and new technology. There’s always something to proofread. Recruit generously. Critique

constructively. Edit ruthlessly.”

She also leaves The Glacier and The Mastodon but provided helpful tips for today’s staff when dealing with stressful times.

If you’re having writer’s block or brain fog, put down the caffeinated beverage and go outside to refresh your blood. Moraine has a nice new jogging track around its perimeter, and the weather is improving, advised Lee. “Follow what interests you; there’s a new article waiting to be written. Moraine Valley has a two year turnover on average, and many stories are seasonal,” she said. “People like hearing about fun events before they occur so that they can plan to attend.”

She also provides advice to be better prepared when entering the workforce.

“Keep a portfolio (online and hardcopy) of your work in chronological order. Document everything; use technology to your advantage and write as much as you can. Coherency, grammar, and integrity are not obsolete; plenty of people want something smart, memorable, entertaining, and thought-worthy to read. Give it to them,” said Lee. “Enjoy your time at Moraine. There’s a lot that goes on under the rocks, in the fields and under the stars. Be there for it.”

Anne Parker can be contacted at parkera3@student.morainevalley.edu.

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Women have a newfound place in tech field

By Joshua Johnson Staff Writer The Women in Technology Mentoring Program is designed to help a group that is underrepresented in various technology fields by providing, education, professional advice, and mentoring.

“We offer a corporate mentoring group, which allows students to learn more about career opportunities for

females,” said adjunct instructor of computer graphics, 3D animation, and director and mentor of Women in Technology Mentor Program, Angela Spyropoulos. “Corporate mentors offer real life experiences to help make the transition from college into the work world smoother and less intimidating. Corporate mentors share professional experiences with the students.”

On Friday, March 22 the Women in

Technology Mentoring Program held an introductory meeting. Over 30 students and educators discussed new job opportunities for women to get involved in the computer industry.

The Women in Technology Mentoring Program started 10-years-ago by Maria Vlamakis, whose hard work and dedication helped women break into the technology industry. Because of Maria’s efforts the program has been going

strong for the past 10-years, said Spyropoulos.

“It’s a terrific group and so few women are in the field,” said corporate mentor Kristen Edling. “It encourages woman to pursue a career in technology and it helps women by showing them other women who have been successful in the field.”

A panel fielded countless questions from students who attended the orientation from various colleges, universities, and high schools. Longstanding members of Women in Technology spoke about their experiences growing up and how they cracked into a male dominated field.

“I got involved in this program as a student back in 2002, when Maria Vlamakis approached me and said MVCC was starting a Women in Technology Mentoring Program,” said Spyropoulos.

“I said I would like to be involved, at the time, I was the only female student in my Animation class out of 16 men.”

The Women in Technology Mentoring Program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supports women who are seeking technology careers. Many women had interesting backgrounds and not all of them started with wanting to work in technology.

“This program can offer a variety of things including a supportive environment for female students to give them guidance, support and direction, role models that help students gain strength and confidence to go out there in the workforce and industry and women that offer real life experience,” Spyropoulos said.

Students are able to benefit from valuable networking and mentoring opportunities by being assigned a corporate mentor who is currently working in the industry.

“The mentoring program is very important for women,” said corporate mentor Jacqueline Napier. “It helps provide the support to ease them into the working world.”

In addition to providing networking opportunities, corporate mentors are assigned to students who have similar career goals and want to get a feel for the industry from a working professional.

“The Big Sister/Little Sister Peer Mentoring Group allows new students, entering technology programs to connect with experienced female students already at Moraine Valley who can provide guidance and answer questions,” said Spyropoulos.

The Women in Technology program is expected to help countless women find the best fit in the workforce and ensure women are able to enter the industry.

Joshua Johnson can be contacted at johnsonj758@student.morainevalley.com.

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All-USA Award winners Moraine police training

By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor Moraine students, April Gallik, nursing, and Justina Pauplyte, communication, won USA Today’s All-USA Competition for their academic excellence and involvement in the Moraine community.

Sponsored by USA Today, Coca-Cola,

April Gallik is a full-time nursing student and oversaw St. Baldrick’s Day at Moraine. [Provided] and the Coca-Cola Foundation, All-USA Competition winners are students who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher, engage the local community, and serve as a student leader. Both Moraine Students are members of Phi Theta Kappa, Moraine’s honor society.

Gallik, 33, a full-time nursing student at Moraine, coordinated the third annual St. Baldrick’s Day event at Moraine, created Student Nursing Organization (SNO), maintained above a 3.5 GPA, and will work as an RN at Loyola University Medical Center while earning her Master’s in Nursing next fall.

“For a nursing student to get nominated and to be selected for this award is amazing,” said Gallik. “The time needed to be a nursing student is unbelievable.

I am typically in class for four hours.

When I get home, I work on my coursework for about six hours, which is usually until midnight.”

Gallik simply smiled when she opened the letter announcing her acceptance to the elite group of scholars.

Paying homage to her fiancé, Jonathan Unander, 29, Governor’s State graduate, for encouraging her to go back to school, “his encouragement and support is why I am so involved at Moraine and why I went back to school,” she said.

I think Professor Murphy was even more excited than me, she was like a proud mama. She told everyone, she sent an email to every professor, and she took me to see the dean of nursing… no one gets to see the dean of nursing unless you’re in a lot of trouble, she said.

“I am very proud of you as a nurs-

ing student that you’ve accomplished this award,” said Professor of Nursing, Georgina Murphy. “Being able to balance your school work, extracurricular activities, and still earn this award is amazing.”

Justina Pauplyte serves as the president of the filmmaker’s club, holds a 4.0 GPA, dancer in 24 Karat and the club’s Inter Club Council representative, appeared in Moraine’s theatre production, and president of Student og Honors (SHARP).

“The filmmaker’s club is my main leadership position and that gave me the confidence to become more involved in other activities on campus,” said Pauplyte. “I am very involved on campus and I love to be a part of everything.”

Being involved in so many clubs and activities at Moraine takes a lot of work and Pauplyte is being recognized for holding a 4.0 GPA and remaining involved in the community. As the president of the filmmaker’s club, she is responsible to overseeing the production process of each film and coordinating the various production meetings.

“Winning this award is a bit of a shock since I’ve never really won anything like this,” she said. “I am very shocked and honored to be recognized for all of my hard work at Moraine.”

Becoming a national scholar is something of a dream for the future movie producer. Pauplyte will graduate from Moraine in the spring and attend DePaul University where she will major

Justina Pauplyte holds a 4.0 GPA and is the president of the filmmaker’s club.

[Provided] in communication, media, and cinema studies.

To have that moment on stage and to be proud of myself and my efforts is very exciting, she said. It’s a huge honor to be recognized as a national scholar and I am excited to attend the national conference as an award winner.

Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at social@mvccglacier.com.

By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor While students took a well-deserved break from classes, Moraine police officers trained for 12 hours in the C Building.

Officers worked on everything from working in teams of two officers to teams of four or more officers practiced lifesaving formations, entry tactics, and on scene decision-making protocol.

Moraine Police Department trained in C Building with live actors, which kept the group of officers vigilant and prepared to embrace sudden changes.

“If shots are being fired and the decision is that we are going in we need to communicate and execute our training,” said Lt. Wilkans. “We enter in an organized manner and ensure we utilize a dynamic entry.”

After studying police tactics and entry points, MVCC Police took to the classroom to engage two actors who played out hostage takeover skits. Actors did everything from running away from the scene of the crime, running directly towards the officers and posing as a victim, and portraying a potential murder-suicide scenario.

“There is no right or wrong as long as you don’t stop and you have a clear line of fire,” said MVCC police Lieutenant Mark Wilkans. “We work in teams and train our officers so you know every spot and every position in a formation.”

Members of the MVCC Police Department worked on formations, issuing commands to an active shooter, and securing hostages. Officers took to a four-man diamond formation to ensure the team’s safety as they approached a group of actors in a classroom.

“Our main priority is clearing the students and staff from the building and engaging the active shooter as quickly as possible,” said MVCC Police Chief, Patrick O’Connor.

Each officer is trained to deal with an active shooter in a swift and cohesive fashion. By working as a team the police force is able to get to any building on campus in less than a minute and clear a building to remove any possible threats.

The 2013 Crime Report showed crime rate is unchanged on the Moraine campus and is located in D Building.

Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at social@mvccglacier.com.

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Speech team rivals Hawks’ streak

STUDENT CLUBS

By Kevin M. Coyne Features Editor

24 Karat Dance Team Contact Adrienne Stewart at 974-5478.

Action, Social & Political Empowerment Contact Anette D’Silva at 974-4023.

Alliance of African American Students Contact Alex Elvira at 974-5487.

Alliance of Latin American Students Contact Alex Elvira at 974-5487.

Anime Club Contact at 974-5717.

Arab Student Union Contact Nina Shoman-Dajani at 608-4349.

Art Club Contact Tyler Hewitt at 974-5219.

Artistic Metal-Working Contact James Greer at 974-5423.

Asian Diversity Contact Wenney Tse at 974-5797.

Bass Fishing Contact Rhett Wheeler at 974-4262.

College Bowl Contact Ted Powers at 608-4177.

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Criminal Justice Club Contact Michelle Furlow at 974-5723.

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Xclusive Contact Demetrius Robinson at 974-5353.

Only one loss kept the MVCC speech team from a perfect season, yet again, the speech team won gold for overall sweepstakes, this time at the Phi Rho Pi Region IV Speech and Debate Tournament.

Students from seven states competed at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Ill. for the honor of being the top forensics team in the Midwest. The competition was held over two days, March 22 and 23.

“We brought 13 students to this tournament,” said MVCC speech team coach John Nash. “After two days of tough competition in 12 different speaking events, we managed to finish out the season on top.”

Moraine Valley won the overall tournament and MVCC speech team member, Sam Hilger won the Overall Top Speaker Award, a gold medal for dramatic interpretation, silver medals in program of oral interpretation, and speaking to entertain, and a bronze medal in duo interpretation with Onute Jurevicuite.

Students competed in multiple events and earned individual awards.

Gold medal winners also include Tom Murphy and Luke Langlois. Silver medal winners included, Onute Jurevicuite, and Liz Salim. Bronze medal winners

Besides Hilger, bronze medal winners also included, Onute Jurevicuite, Justina Pauplyte, Lauren Smith, and Brett Krivich. Non-advancing MVCC members who participated in the Regional IV Tournament include Ryan Hajyousif, Joy Lowery, Angelica Krizka,

Speech team wins all but one tournament this season and will send eight students to nationals in California. [Provided] Ann Cheng, and Kelly Bressanelli.

“I am so proud of how hard the team worked this year. With only three returning members, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year, however, the team really put forth a huge effort all year long and it paid off,” said Nash.

“This team is a great example of a group that was greater than the sum of their parts.”

Next for coaches Nash and Amanda Pettigrew is the National Phi Rho Pi National Speech Tournament, in Holly-

wood, Cali. April 14 to April 21.

“Once again, I do love to say ‘once again,’ our speech team and coaches have done use proud, congratulations,” said Margaret Lehner, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Assistant to the President, Dr. in a congratulatory email to Nash.

MVCC speech team coaches Nash and Pettigrew are credited for leading the team to an almost flawless season.

Both coaches spent months preparing their team for each tournament and worked with individual student-speakers on their specific competition.

“Moraine’s speech coaches are the best coaching staff in the nation and the best coaching staff in the history of Moraine Valley,” said Delwyn Jones, associated professor of communications and speech.

The speech team will face the top forensics programs in the nation in California and plan to take their speaking skills on the road for the upcoming Phi Rho National Speech Tournament.

Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at social@mvccglacier.com.

Compiled by Anne Parker Managing Editor

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Educating visitors of the animal anatomy and of animal welfare transforms “Animal Inside Out” into an educator’s dream. MSI’s floor staff is stationed throughout the exhibition to help visitors understand the unique

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features of each specimen from fun facts to detailed explanations the staff adds tremendous value to the exhibitions.

“We have a great floor staff who are enthusiastic,” said Museum of Science and Industry spokesperson, Beth Boston. “Having so many species and hu-

man comparisons gives you a unique view into the human body.”

German scientist and physician, von Hagens invented the plastination processes at Heidelberg University in 1977, which according to Body Worlds, is a process at the interface of the medial discipline of anatomy and modern polymer chemistry. Plastination makes it possible to preserve individual tissues and organs that have been removed from the body of the deceased as well as the whole body.

“It takes nearly 1,500 man hours for a human to undergo the plastination process,” said Whalley.

“What makes it difficult for us is we are trained in human anatomy and we had to realize that for quite a number of animals there is not detailed literature available to provide us with proper knowledge so we really need to find out for ourselves and this slows down the dissection process so that we do not cut away anything we don’t want to.”

I can tell you, for example with the giraffe the connective tissue was so dense it was a lot more than dense compared to human connec“To me, we are just one of them and this exhibition makes it so obvious that our biology is tive tissue, within a few minutes so much the same and often it is that we have the same means to survive,” said Dr. Angelina we had to change the blades, WhalWhalley. [Michael Frederiksen] ley said.

“Animal Inside Out” is a product of modern science and innovative thinkers who focus on educating the public and preserving exploratory information for generations to follow. Currently, “Body Worlds” is looking into providing detailed literature regarding the animal anatomy.

“Our capacity is also limited. I think that to come up with literature on the anatomy we need corporations with specialists in the field and I think that would really add to the value and this is what we are currently looking into,” said Whalley.

By offering detailed information regarding the animal anatomy, “Body Worlds” would be able to provide their findings to high school and college students around the world.

In addition to researching the animal anatomy, “Body Worlds” is dedicated to promoting animal welfare by showing the relationship between animals and humans.

“Animal Inside Out” will be at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago from March 23 to April 7 and May 25 to Sep. 2. For more information visit msichicago.org.

Kevin M. Coyne can be contacted at social@mvccglacier.com.

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Entertainment

Fallon Sweeney Entertainment Editor entertainment@mvccglacier.com

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Kenya Safari Acrobats amaze audiences

By Dimka Atanassova Staff Writer The Kenya Safari Acrobats’ show at Moraine Valley College was an much anticipated event for the whole family.

The journey to Kenya’s tribal customs, traditions, and acrobatics was a jawdropping, eye-popping thrill.

The acrobats exhibited exhilarating techniques of gravity-defying stunts, balancing, tumbling, launching, hurling through hoops, limbo dancing and various circus skills in Eastern African-style contortions.

As children growing up on the beaches of Kenya, this activity provided a means of breaking free from their impoverished country. Several cast members studied at the Tanzania School of Acrobatics. Now, the elite Kenyan athletes have become artistic ambassadors of their country to audiences of Japan, Mexico, and Tanzania.

They tour coast to coast throughout the United States and Canada.

They were invited to the White House, Walt Disney World, Six Flags, the Super Bowl, as well as Chicago Bulls, L.A. Lakers, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic games.

Never before seen in North America was the stunt, “Bed of Nails.” It is a tradition that every 13-year old boy must sleep and walk across nails be-

The thrill kept the audience holding its collective breath when an extraordinary female acrobat participated in such extremes.

The Kenya Safari Acrobats brought a unique performance to the Menker theater, showing thier prowess and suspenseful stunts earlier this semester. [Fallon Sweeney] fore getting his tribal markings. One act involved going under a limbo stick as low as the height of a Coke bottle.

The stick had sharp knives with their blades positioned down.

In the past, Moraine Valley’s patrons witnessed varied Chinese acrobatic companies such as Shangri-La (2001), Peking Acrobats (2005), and Golden Acrobats (2010); however,

never before had a female member dared to compete with the strength, endurance and stamina of male partners.

First, she bent real metal sticks with her hands, neck, waist and teeth (“Strong Man”) and, at the finale, to the total bewilderment of the audience standing on their feet, she held aloft three male partners in a “Human Pyramid.”

The five cast members entertained while articulating their art of deathdefying stunts One of the highlight numbers was the execution of stacking a tower consisting of four chairs.

Then, the daredevil sat cross-legged on top of the top chair without safety tools. He also astounded the patrons by executing a series of bent pretzellike contortions on a round table.

The “Tug of War” ritual was performed with audience participation.

One can be sure, The audience embarked on an enjoyable tour-guided ride to Kenya, experiencing the richness of authentic African culture and undying spirit.

Dimka Atanassova can be contacted at dimka68@yahoo.com.

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Staff authors present their life work

Michael A Black (left) and James Bilver (right) showcase their work in the magazines “Shaolin Cowboy,” and “WWII Quarterly” respectively. [Tiffany Coleman]

By Nada Omer Staff Writer Becoming a published author is far from an easy feat, yet members of Moraine Valley’s staff have succeeded in doing so while maintaining their careers

here on campus.

The annual Faculty and Staff Display and Reception, held in the library, honored members of administration, staff, and instructors who have become published authors within the past year.

Published works were presented in

different formats including books, articles, and even a couple of textbooks.

Subject matters were varied and there was a little bit of every topic. Works ranged from parenting, American History, math, science, poetry, full-length fiction books and much more.

A ceremony was held shortly after.

Coordinators presented the authors with a certificate in recognition of their work and a group photo was taken of the participants.

Many authors were seasoned writers, while a few new writers joined for the first time. Professor Spencer Farmans, who teaches poetry and American literature, has published his third book of poetry, “Is That What I Mean? A Dialogue of Poems and Pictures.” Farmans said, “This is about my fourth or fifth time submitting and it’s a very nice tribute that they do for the staff.”

A correspondent for the Sun-Times and instructor in the automotive department, Ira Siegel, has been writing for the Daily Southtown for twenty years. He writes a weekly column as well as reviews.

Moraine Valley librarian Troy Swan-

son, department chair of the library/ learning resources, published his first book, “Managing Social Media in Libraries.”

“This is actually a form of my dissertation for my PhD written in a way that anyone can pick it up and read. It was a lot of work, but even in today’s digital society there’s nothing like actually having a book,” said Swanson Keith Nabb, associate professor of Mathematics, had two articles on display. One was a collaboration piece with other professors, while the second was a solo article printed in “Mathematics Teacher,” a magazine focusing on teaching math from kindergarten through college levels.

“I’m actually a graduate student at IIT and writing my and the article I’ve submitted was a part of my work that I’m doing ” When asked about writing for a magazine, Nabb replied, “Some of these editors can be really picky and they’ll send it back repeatedly with revisions, so it can be stressful.”

Nada Omer can be contacted at omern3@ student.morainevalley.edu.

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Long wwait over for Barry takes ‘The Call’ Bowie’s next album

By Fallon Sweeney Entertainment Editor

David Bowie, is back with a rather repetitive attempt at bringing listeners back to “Planet Bowie.”

“The Next Day” was announced for release on the pop preacher’s sixty-sixth birthday. Bowie retains his ability to create music that is purely his own from the lyrics to the harmony and rhythm.

The first thing real Bowie fans will notice is the cover art of his new album.

Seasoned fans will notice that this cover was originally used for Bowie’s “Heroes.”

Much of the musical material on “The Next Day” weaves reminiscent of his “Heroes” album, that being said, “The Next Day” has a message all it’s own.

It’s apparent to the listener that Bowie is trying to bring back the edginess of his signature style, but one has to wonder if it’s just too late for Bowie to regain his popularity with a new demographic of listeners – the offspring of his original fans.

This is Bowie’s first release of original content after ten years of musical silence.

Many fans were under the impression

that Bowie had hung up his hat and called it a night concerning his musical career, but “The Next Day” proves differently.

While it isn’t clear if this is an indication of Bowie continuing his musical pursuits, die-hard fans will have this album to take them back.

Taking a closer look at the lyrics of many of the new tracks reveals an underlying focus on death.

Darkness aside, Bowie is able to provide that sultry, jazzy feel especially in tracks like “Boss of Me.” Fans of his more upbeat tunes, fear not, direct your ears towards the third track on the album, “The Stars Are Out Tonight.”

Few young fans know that Bowie was one of the first “developed” or “produced” artists of his kind, brought into the spotlight by record companies appealing to a certain demographic of fans. While this takes away from the edgy aspect of such an original sound, it does not take away the fan’s enjoyment of Bowie’s unique music and frankly never has.

Fallon Sweeney can be contacted at entertainment@mvccglacier.com.

Halle Barry plays Jordan Turner, in this supensful film. [Stage 6 Films]

By Chantise Bennett Staff Writer Director Brad Anderson (The Machinist) brings forth “The Call,” a fast paced thriller that will leave you hanging on the edge of your seat, for the first hour.

The film, distributed by WWE Studios, opens with Jordan Turner, portrayed by Halle Berry (X-Men), a 911 operator who receives a distress call from a teenage girl who says that a man is trying to break into her house. Jordan calmly instructs the girl to safety by hiding under the bed. When it seems

OPERA | from front page In those brilliant allegretto choruses, classical chords and singable waltzes from buffa style opera. Mozart’s solemn hymn of praise and exaltation, “Hail to Thee,” performed here since 2010, showcased the choristers’ corporate artistic rapport and vocal skills.

Voice instructor Erin Matonte, mezzo soprano, performed in both parts of the concert. She rendered the captivating “Habanera” aria (“Love is a rebellious bird” from Bizet’s “Carmen”) backed gently by the 60-member choir. Under piano accompaniment, she expressed Maid Laetitia’s love affection to Bob, The Wanderer from Carlo Mentoni’s “The Old Maid and The Thief.”

Again, Bizet was featured by his famous “The Toreador’s Song” where the male voice parts overwhelmingly highlighted the dynamic vocal contrast.

Another famous opera excerpt, “The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from Verdi’s Nabucco showcased choristers’ musical phrasing, nostalgic tunefulness of the theme of exiles, now an anthem for Italian patriots.

Verdi’s “Anvil” (Gypsy) chorus from Il Trovatore and Gluck’s heraldic hymn, “Sing Out This Triumphant Day” from “Armide” proved both choirs’ versatility in rendering different style operatic works.

Voice instructors and remarkable sopranos Annie Picard, Anna Siwiec-

as if the intruder is leaving the call gets disconnected and Jordan makes the mistake of redialing. The intruder hears the phone ring and things do not turn out well.

Months later, we see that Jordan no longer works as an operator but is instead teaching new recruits. During one of her lessons she overhears a call about a young girl named Casey, portrayed by Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), who was kidnapped while at the mall and is trapped inside the trunk of the kidnapper’s car.

The rest of the film centers on Jordan and her team trying to find Casey.

It becomes increasingly hard when Jordan realizes that the man responsible is from her past.

“The Call” is a very suspenseful and exciting film that will leave you entertained. While the first two acts are strong, the film “disconnects” with the last act.

The ending brings this film from something that could have been great to something that is cliché for most Hollywood films.

Chantise Bennett can be contacted at bennettc636@student.morainevalley. edu.

Sitkowska, and Jeanne Vaughn immediately received the audience’s rapt attention. They demonstrated stage presence, delved into the meanings of the lyrics, and meditated on the minds of their characters: Susannah Polk and Picard, an 18-year-old rural Tennessee town girl who dreams of visiting the world (“Susannah”); Poppaea / Sitkowska, the Roman Empress caught in the intrigues for the throne (“Agrippina”), and Adele/ Vaughn, laughingly auditioning from “Die Fledermaus.”

They all brought vocal merit to their performances.

The audience applauded Gershwin’s “I Got Plenty O’Nothing,” fisherman Jake’s song to his wife Clara, which became a Broadway hit, conquered Copenhagen Opera during the Nazi regime and had revisions as a musical.

The patrons gave a standing ovation for the performance of the angelic “Prayer” (from 1892 Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel”) which also became a staple in the choirs’ repertoire.

The curtains of the Dorothy Menker “Opera House” closed again with the compelling lyrical and dynamic selections of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.”

Dimka Atanassova can be contacted at atanassovad2@student.morainevalley. edu.

10 Sick and twisted blood novel two very different cases come forth.

The first is the shooting death of two young boys in a botched assassination attempt, while the second case leads to a twisted killer who calls himself “the man of flies.” The case seems stranger when bodies are found with “nothing is sacred” scrawled across their chests in blood and flies’ eggs are discovered on their eyes.

Jones’ life is shaken again with the sudden death of his brother and his family. It seems to have been a murder suicide, but matters turn worse when Jones’ himself is implicated in the crime. As his life crumbles around him, a name keeps popping up in connection with The Bank: a Mr. Bright.

Sarah Pinborough’s first installment In this futuristic novel, Jones is faced with a in the Forgotten Gods Trilogy can be grim reality. [The Berkley Publishing Group] classified in many different genres. The boundaries are blurred as Pinborough

By Nada Omer melds science fiction, mystery, and horStaff Writer ror into one book.

While I was reading the book I admit In a not-too-distant future, Britain I put it down a few times. It wasn’t unis rampant with crime and corruption til about half way through that things and the only hope is a detective plagued started to pick up, but the last few with his own demons, struggling to chapters are what really made the book bring justice to the dead. worthwhile. The characters are bleak The detective and protagonist Cass and the book isn’t one to make you gigJones is a dark character to say the gle, however it is enthralling if you stick least. He is haunted by mistakes from with it. his past, dwelling obsessively has led to his now failing marriage.

Nada Omer can be contacted at omern3@ His life is further complicated as student.morainevalley.edu.

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Franco adventures into the land of Oz

“Oz, The Great and the Powerful” takes a brilliant spin on the well loved film, and transports the audiences to the mythical land of Oz all over again. [Walt Disney Pictuers]

By Luke Langlois Staff Writer “Oz the Great and the Powerful,” takes a new spin on the classic tale of Dorothy in the land of Oz. The story, instead of another cheesy remake of “The Wizard of Oz,” is actually the story of the wizard and how he came to be the well-known wizard and savior.

What I found most interesting is that the director stuck with the original timeframe of the piece. The movie starts out in black and white. The vividness of color when Oz enters the enchanted land makes one feel like they are viewing the first movie.

Even the way to travel there is the

same: the crazy tornado ride.

Another thing that was very impressive concerning this film is the incorporation of characters from the original film, including; the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, Tin-Man and the Wicked Witch.

Three more “companions” were introduced in this film too; China-Girl, Knuck and Finley. This group of misfits follows Oz in the same way as the original three that followed Dorothy.

Overall the story was tremendously interesting and the picture was very vivid and magical.

Luke Langlois can be contacted at langloisl@student.morainevalley.edu.

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Career Corner

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JRC Spring Showcase shows the goods

By Jerry Rodgers Staff Writer If you’re having feelings of anxiety of where to go and finding answers to your questions pertaining to the corporate world, look no further than the Job Resource Center (JRC).

The JRC can’t tell you what to pursue or strive to be because that’s your personal decision; but the JRC team is here to help you take a thorough look at yourself to help you recognize your full potential.

First things first, don’t panic. Inhale and take a deep breath and focus on the assignments that lie ahead.

The JRC will help you explore all the available career options that apply to you specifically.

The JRC hosted an extraordinary Spring Showcase event displaying resources and opportunities that they have to offer for the student body of Moraine Valley.

The event was held in the student lounge in room U111 on Thursday, March 21.

Students who went had the opportunity to learn about the services and events provided by the JRC, along with

advice on how to dress professionally in the workplace.

The mission of the JRC is to actively captivate the attention of the students, alumni, faculty and employers alike in a synergetic career development process in order to distinguish values and reason as well as to promote achievement of the academic and professional goals of the students.

“Our number one goal is to promote the success and good fortune for our students and alumni by promoting their personal and professional development, by providing a helping hand in bringing out their own unique special gifts to the world with purpose and direction, confidence and gratification,” said Job Resource Specialist, Tamima Farooqui.

The JRC Spring Showcase is priceless for students to attend as long as they have an open mind for what’s being offered.

You have to know what your transferable abilities are and how they will be valuable in the future for a multitude of professional opportunities that await you.

“The Spring Showcase was a great opportunity for students to have all

of this information at their fingertips; internships that will help strengthen your skills, giving insight into the professional corporate world and providing excellent networking opportunities for future full-time employment,” said Farooqui.

A great service provided by the JRC is its use of workshops to provide information on singular topics.

These range in several categories, from interviewing strategies, job search techniques, non-traditional careers, how to write successful resumes and cover letters, social media and networking and how to pursue an internship.

Even if you think that you have your future in the work force all figured out, there’s bound to be something that could be improved on like updating a resume or how to be a better employee.

That’s why the JRC provides workshops so any of your questions can be answered and so you are fully prepared with the tools and confidence needed in today’s career world.

As you can see, there is much to be learned and gained from events such as these and from the JRC. Whether you’re going through a career transi-

tion or pursuing new and greater opportunities, the JRC is there to assist you.

The JRC will be hosting one of its biggest events, the annual Job and Internship Fair, on Thursday, March 28 from 2 to 5 pm in Building M. Nearly 60 employers from many different organizations are planning to attend.

Some of the employers include The Menta Group, Home City Ice, Kay Manufacturing, UPS, Corner Bakery, Kellogg Company, Meijer, Standard Bank and Trust, Home Depot and TCF Bank among several.

The event is open to all students, alumni and the community. Guests and participants must note that business attire and resumes are required for admission to the fair.

For a full list of employers and other information about the Job and Internship Fair, please visit morainevalley. edu/jrc/fair. For information on upcoming events and workshops sponsored by the JRC call (708) 974-5737 or visit Building S, Room S202.

Jerry Rodgers can be contacted at rodgersg3@student.morainevalley.edu.

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