The Student Newspaper of Moraine Valley Community College www.mvccglacier.com April 29, 2011 Volume 43, Issue 15
Students recognized at MVCC Board Meeting
Some of MVCC’s best and brightest students were honored on April 19. [Zandro Zafra] By Liz Richardson Editor-In-Chief The April 19 Board of Trustees meeting was a mix of business and fun, as student groups were honored and serious issues discussed. The former Student Trustee, Gennaro Paolella, was honored for his service in his few months in office. He received a plaque and respect from the entire Board. After a round of applause, newcomer Emmanuel Santoyo was sworn into office. He thanked his mother and father, who were in the audience and gave his first Student Trustee report. The April meeting is annually one of celebration, as student clubs return victorious from conferences and competitions in the spring. The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honors society was congratulated for winning an award at a national conference for their service to the campus. PTK is a nationally recognized organization that offers scholarship opportunities and connections for members. However, they also have to give back—that philanthropic spirit helped MVCC’s PTK chapter bring home the award. Moraine’s Forensics Team was honored for winning numerous awards, both at a state tournament and the Phi
Rho Pi National Tournament held in Greenwich, Connecticut. Their honors even included a treat for the meeting attendees: Angela Cesario performed a piece that won a Bronze Medal in the Program Oral Interpretation category and it was a huge hit. Other winners included Robert Senow, who won a Gold medal at nationals in Speech to Entertain, and the entire team took home first in state at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament at Northern University. The Glacier was honored for winning the Mike Foster Award for Overall Excellence, the highest award given statewide to a community college newspaper. The Glacier Online, at mvccglacier.com, also took first place in state. The graphics team of The Glacier brought home numerous awards for artistic originality. Moraine Valley hosted the Illinois Community College Journalism Association (ICCJA) conference, which welcomed newspapers from across the state, and the student newspaper was honored for this as well. The members of the board also paid tribute to the Cross Country teams, which produced three individual Academic All Americans. The All Board Meeting | Page 6
‘Water’ and ‘Stuff’ inspire action
Moraine Valley comments on the issue of sustainability
By Liz Richardson Editor-in-Chief
Moraine Valley’s Center for Sustainability spread knowledge through films in their effort to celebrate Earth Month and bring the campus to action. Solid facts and a few illustrations couldn’t be denied. “The Story of Bottled Water” detailed why bottled water is such a problem. The video showed that tap water is more regulated and 2,000 times cheaper than bottled water. So why is it so popular? The reason bottled water became such a fashionable attraction is “manufactured demand,” as the video explains. Bottled water companies “scare us,” by making tap water the enemy. They “seduce us” with claims of exotic water bottled in springs, but a third of bottled water comes from the tap. Finally, they mislead us by claiming bottles are environmentally friendly. Tap That provided statisitical evidence to explain just how rediculous the amount of bottled water we consume. According to a pamphlet provided by Tap That, “Americans are drinking
Water and Stuff | Page 4
Exploring the “Second Cities” By Connor Reynolds News Editor Chicago and Phoenix were the special focus of the Second Cities program on April 21 as 10 students presented on the patterns of consumption and sustainability. In all 24 students took part in the event in U 111. 10 students gave power point presentations to the crowd on top of displaying their posters. The 14
students not participating in the oral presentations designed, researched and made posters. These posters lined the walls of the narrow room as students shuffled beside them reading the information they contained. Chicago and Phoenix were used as the focus of the presentation for both being known as second cities. Chicago is widely known as “The Second City” and Phoenix is the second fastest Second Cities | Page 2
Second Cities uses Chicago and Phoenix as topical reference points. [Stacey Reichard]
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bottled water in record numbers-a whopping five billon gallons in 2001, according to the International Bottled Water Association.“ By far the most shocking point was where some bottles end up. The video’s narrator followed her water bottle from its supposed recycling in California all the way to India, where it was shipped to get destroyed. “The Story of Stuff” was another eye-opener. The video is full of shocking facts; for example, the world’s population used up a third of the Earth’s resources in the last decade. Those resources are gone, as well as 80% of Earth’s forests. “Stuff” also explained how the U.S. became a consumer country. America is unhappy and drowning sorrows at the mall. The video is something that simply needs to be seen; luckily, it can be found at the storyofstuff.com. The point of showing these videos was not to scare or confuse people. It was to bring them to action. This is Earth Month, and spreading the word about sustainability is what the Green Team is trying to do. “From a college standpoint, com-
Sports Men’s tennis brought home the conference championship. Page 12
Features Students enjoyed the Spring Fest activities despite poor weather. F&E Page 1