Moraine Valley Community CollegE Student Newspaper www.mvccglacier.com September 16, 2011 Volume 44, Issue 3
How well does Moraine remember 9/11? By Connor Reynolds News Writer It has been just over 10 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, with that time there are some facts concerning the events that stay fresh in people’s minds, yet others that have faded. The Glacier conducted a survey of the Moraine Valley student body through a nine-question Internet quiz on Thursday September 15. The question that students had the least trouble answering involved the circumstances of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed after the passengers overtook the would be hijackers. 24 out of 25 students correctly identified the crash site as being in Pennsylvania. 80% of students were able to identify the North Tower as the first to be attacked, but only 48% correctly answered that the South Tower was the first to collapse.
We asked our readers some trivia questions about September 11 on Facebook and Twitter to gauge how much people knew about the attacks. This (admittedly unscientific) survey revealed some interesting responses. Shown here are the detailed results of the questions that were responded the least correct. Before the attack on the World Trade Center, Osama Bin Laden was already wanted for the bombing of which US naval vessel? Bin Laden bombed the USS Cole in 2000. The Arizona was sunk at Pearl Harbor. The Monitor was the first ironclad ship used by the union during the Civil War. The USS Springfield has been the name of various US naval ships.
What was the operation name for the US invasion of Afghanistan? Operation Enduring Freedom was the operation’s name. Soaring Eagle has no importance other than sounding patriotic. Afghani Freedom is a false title similar to Iraqi Freedom. Desert Storm is the name of the US campaign against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.
Both flights that crashed into the Twin Towers departed from which city? The planes which crashed into the World Trade Center towers departed from Boston. Both Flights that crashed into the towers were expected to arrive in Los Angeles.
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Infographic by Ryan Kiefer.
Green focused roadshow hits Moraine
Medical Series takes on pelvic health By Connor Reynolds News Editor
Does the task of going green seem like someone else’s problem? Do you feel like there’s nothing you can do to contribute? The Green Economy Action Roadshow (GEAR) is here to tell you otherwise. GEAR is an organization created by The Delta Institute and Mindful Metropolis. Their goal is to bring the tools and information needed to go green to the entire Chicagoland area. This will be done through a series of conventions that are being held at various colleges and universities around the city. First on the list of schools to be visited was our very own Moraine Valley Community College. GEAR was on campus September 9-10 in an attempt to show businesses, homeowners and students that going green can be both beneficial for the environment and cost efficient. Friday was reserved for local businesses and consisted of a luncheon and workshops
Moraine Valley held their latest lecture in the Northwestern Moraine Valley Medical Series as they hosted Dr. John C. Hairston. Hairston is an associate professor of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His lecture entitled “Interdisciplinary Pelvis Health: The Urologist’s Role” covered the basics of what his role as a female urologist entails and the developments that have been made in the field. “It used to be very fragmented, the way we took care of these patients,” said Hairston in reference to the fact that there were doctors of two titles, urogynecologist and female urologist. What has changed in that regard is a kind of uniting of these two professions to become a joint accreditation. “It is one of the most unique things around; there’s nothing like it,” continued Hairston. Hairston’s specialty however lies in a new field called female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS), which is newly recognized as of March 2011. By specializing in FPMRS, he is limited to female patients, and treats
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Morgan Benavidez Staff Writer
John C. Hairston gave a lecture entitled “Interdisciplinary Pelvis Health: The Urologist’s Role.” Hairston is an associate professor at Northwester. [Rick Hoppenrath]
IN THIS ISSUE EnterTainment Gentiles Comedy takes on 9/11, as a musical comedy. Social Page 1
Sports Tennis sees a huge improvement from last season. Page 12
Features Four students award bookstore scholarships for $200. Social Page 4