The Glacier - Volume 44, Issue 15

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APRIL 13, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 15

IN THIS ISSUE

Invisible Children tours for KONY 2012

New Student Trustee Announced

By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief

Moraine Valley’s Action So-cial and Political club hosted the screening of the documen-tary Invisible Children for the third time on April 3 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the F building.

Previously when the club re-quested to show the screening of the film it was difficult to obtain the school’s biggest the-ater: the Dorothy Menker the-ater. This month they achieved their goal and the turnout for the event was larger than ever.

The turnout is a reflective of the rapid spread of Invisible Children’s recent campaign en-titled “Kony 2012” across social media sites. Their video of the same name went viral and in the wake of the publicity major news organizations have picked up the story. This has brough

added awareness of the issues as well as added scrutiny of the Invisible Children organization.

According to the Invisible Children or-ganization’s website, when Yoweri Museveni became the President of Uganda in 1986 a woman named Alice Lakwena, formed the Holy Spirit Movement (HSM) in opposition. The group recruited fol-lowers and forged alli-ances with rebel militias with the intent of en-tering Uganda’s capital city, Kampala, and free-ing the north from gov-ernment oppression. Al-ice Lakwena was exiled and there was no obvi-ous person to take over leadership of the Holy

By Kent Spencer Staff Writer

Monday morning, April 2, Taylor Geraghty received a

phone call while in class and was officially told that she was the newly elected Moraine Val-ley Student Trustee after vot-ing complications pushed back

the announcement.The Student Trustee plays

a vital role in the governing around campus, serving as the

Students attending the Invisible Children presentation in the Dorothy Menker Theater line up to sign the groups petition for awarenss. The group screened a film show the struggles people in Uganda face. [Mike Frederiksen]

Karamanski explores Civil War in ChicagoBy Connor Reynolds Staff Writer

Ted Karamanski, professor of history at Loyola Univer-sity, came to Moraine Valley on April 5 to give a lecture on the role of Chicago in the American Civil War.

The Moraine Valley History Department hosted the pre-sentation in the library lounge. Karamanski was selected to speak because of his expertise on Chicago’s role in the Civil War, an area of American his-tory not frequently explored. Karamanski is the author of “Rally ‘Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War,” and is the only author in the last 30 years to write a book focusing solely on Chicago’s role in the Civil War.

Chicago’s story during the Civil War has been most influ-enced because of the Chicago

Fire in 1871. In that fire the Chicago Historical Society’s “fireproof” vault with letters, photos and Civil War artifacts was destroyed. Because of the significant loss, historians have struggled to accurately and eas-ily research and write about how important the Civil War was in Chicago.

Karamanski put special em-phasis on just how important the Civil War was to the nation by putting the death toll in per-spectives with the death tolls of all the wars up until that point.

He also spoke to the preva-lence of Civil War memorial all over Chicago including sev-eral statues of Lincoln, as well as those of General Ulysses S. Grant and General Phillip Sher-idan.

Karamanski summed up the importance of the war by say-ing, “Everything that had ever

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SPORTSBaseball coach steps down for per-sonal reasons.page 12

ENTERTAINMENTThe fourth movie in the American Pie series is released.Social page 11

FEATURESMoraine Valley hosts a lecture on the flexitarian diet.Social page 3

Taylor Geraghty sits in her brand new office after being elected as the new Student Trustee for Moraine Valley. She beat out two other candidates in election on March 27-28. [Mike Frederiksen]

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STAFF

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Connor Reynolds, News Editor [email protected]

What a journey it’s been to finally make it to this point where I can be writing to all of you as your new Stu-dent Trustee.

First, as cliché as this may sound, I just want to thank everyone who par-ticipated in voting. I really am grate-ful for all of you, but whether or not you came out to vote. I would to tell you a little more about myself and enlighten all my peers about the part of me that I didn’t get to show in all of the interviews. I still can’t help thinking about how someone like me ended up being privi-leged enough to serve as your Student Trust-ee.

In the beginning of my campaign I was so nervous about having to step out of my comfort zone, but while conquering that small fear I ac-tually enjoyed the conversation I had with the student body. My whole life I’ve been rather shy and reserved. I still remember when my mom would make me call to order pizza and I would get to so nervous that I would rather not eat. I’ve come a long way since then and I owe a lot of my progression to this experience. It has really helped me build confidence and feel surer of myself. Campaigning went from be-ing stressful and tense to a fun oppor-

tunity for me to finally get to know everyone the way I always wanted to since I started attending MVCC. Now that I’m more comfortable I can begin to focus on ways to make our college even better.

I’ve been asked at least once ev-ery day what my plans and goals are as Student Trustee. My mind always

goes back to my young-er brother Josh. He is 14 years old, and he is autistic. He is unques-tionably the smartest and all-around best person I know. He will be graduating eighth grade this year, and I constantly worry about how he’ll do in high school; even in a college or a university setting I want to make sure that he is com-

fortable, and won’t struggle fitting in and making friends. Josh is consid-ered “special needs”, but like so many others in his situation, it shouldn’t dictate his social endeavors. I want to somehow bridge the gap here at school to ensure an optimal experi-ence for every single student.

I am going to try to be as available as possible. If anyone sees me on cam-pus, do not hesitate to say hello. I’m open to talking about anything. I hope to hear from many of you soon; surely you’ll be hearing from me!

STUDENT TRUSTEE CORNER | TAYLOR GERAGHTY

Taylor Geraghty

student voice among 7 others on the school’s Board of Trustees.

19-year-old Geraghty was a student at University of Missouri with a 3.9 GPA before she decided to come to Mo-raine Valley. She has been really happy with her decision to study at Moraine Valley because she feels it’s a great col-lege that has many different clubs that targets a wide range of individuals in its student body.

Born in Chicago Illinois, Geraghty has three younger siblings. She gathers

a lot of inspiration from her 14-year-old brother, Joshua Geraghty who suffers from Autism. Although this develop-mental disorder holds a lot of unfortu-nate people back from exercising their possible talents, Joshua didn’t let his disorder get the best of him. She praised him for his great swimming abilities and his high level of organization.

Geraghty hopes that as he progress-es, he will be handled properly regard-ing him being put in the best position to thrive, and not being in an uncom-fortable environment to limit these

chances.The Moraine Valley Student Trustee

election candidates that ran against Geraghty included Phillip Anthony Bi-anco, Stephen M. Cepek, and April Gal-lik.

Jeremiah Collins, a student at Mo-raine Valley was happy with the re-sultsd of the Student Trustee election. “I believe Taylor Geraghty will have a strong year taking on the role of being the voice for our student body. I didn’t get as much background information

about the candidates like I wanted to, but Geraghty seemed to be pretty well qualified. A lot of times, a student’s voice goes unheard when important decisions about them are being made. Hopefully, she will make a positive im-pact on the board,” said Collins.

Emmanuel Santoyo held the Student Trustee position for the 2011-2012 school year.

Kent Spencer can be contacted at [email protected].

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Ted Karamanski explains Henry Stanley’s Civil War connection to Chicago through his stay at Camp Douglas as a prisoner of war. Camp Douglas was a prisoner of war camp on Chicago’s South Side in which 4,500 Confederate soldiers died. [Josh Hoppenrath]

happened in America that had been im-portant happened on the East Coast.” The Civil War was the first chance for the Midwest to contribute to the history of America, and as such Chicago’s role is forgotten, but in absolutely no way in-significant.

One of the darker parts of Chicago’s connection was Camp Douglas which occupied a large area on the South Side, of which none of the original buildings survived. Camp Douglas served as a prisoner of war camp housing captured Confederate soldiers. Over the course of the war 4,500 Confederate soldiers died during their stay at Camp Doug-las, mostly due to the terrible sanitation and health factors that were an issue all over the country at the time.

Karamanski was a clearly passionate speaker with a wealth of knowledge that made his hour lecture easy to listen to as well as incredibly informative.

Karamanski is a Palos Park resident who got his start in a community col-lege. “It was really a great way for me to figure out what was the next step for me to take,” said Karamanski of his time at community college.

Connor Reynolds can be contacted at [email protected].

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By Tanya Avila Staff Writer

Hundreds of community members lined up outside of Moraine’s M build-ing on March 29 eager and hopeful to participate in the Job Internship Fair.

Companies ranging from elite en-gineering firms and insurance compa-nies to the U.S. Army hosted booths at the fair. The variety of job sources was meant to attract a range of crowds. Em-ployers from surrounding areas teamed up in their search for prospective em-ployees.

Prospects excitedly walked around the perimeter in anticipation of a new job and at the opportunity at network-ing. In an interview process candidates are up against the scrutiny of one com-pany, whereas the atmosphere of a job fair is slightly more relaxed.

Susana Guzman, HR director at Focal Point Lighting, a Chicago based family owned and operated architectural light-ing manufacturer, said, “We are looking to fill our engineering positions with people with passion that know what they want and that are focused.”

Tamima Farooqui, Job Resource Spe-cialist at the Palos Hills campus had some helpful suggestions. The resumes that really sell are those that are specifi-cally related to that job. They are neat, free of grammatical errors, and printed

on professional resume paper. It shows that you not only show special interest in applying for the position but that you take pride in your work. Most impor-tantly, the best resumes that stand out are the ones in which prospects care-fully market themselves through lead-ership, motivation, enthusiasm, and direction in their career goals.

When attending a job fair, first im-pressions are critical. After all, the 60+ businesses that attended were not only looking through applicants resumes, they were actually looking to meet the face behind the person being marketed. It is important to wear proper business attire, such as dress pants, a suit, a but-ton-up shirt, and a tie.

The next step is to prepare in your ability to talk about your skill sets. Not only is it crucial that candidates have good communication skills and the con-fidence to approach companies of in-terest, it is paramount that they know how to effectively respond well to the condensed encounters with representa-tives of companies of employment. It is important to prepare by doing research on prospective employers by knowing your skills and strengths and how they would contribute and build their com-pany.

Tanya Avila can be contacted at [email protected].

Moraine Valley hosts Job and Internship Fair

A Job and Internship Fair participant speaks with Army Staff Sergeant Bendana at the Army booth. [Thomas E. Adamo]

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The Glacier brings home multiple awards at ICCJA conference

Glaicer Graphics Editor Emalee Kay accepts her award for second place in computer graphics. She also won an award for advertising design. [Mike Frederiksen]

By Frank Florez Layout Editor

Glacier Website named best online publication at ICCJA for third straight year

At the Thirty-Seventh Annual Illinois Community College Journalism Associa-

tion (ICCJA) Spring Conference the Mo-raine Valley glacier made a big splash.

Held at Malcolm X College on March 29-30, the Glacier took home an array of awards, but the one that stood out was the Glacier’s award for first place in ‘Web Page;’ this makes it the third year in a row that the Glacier has taken the top

prize for online publication at ICCJA’s spring conference.

In addition to this award, the staff also took third place in ‘Layout.’ The Gla-cier also received plenty of recognition in most individual categories.

Editor-In-Chief Amel Saleh and Sports Editor Sean McDermott both took home awards for writing. McDer-mott took home first place for ‘Sports Opinion’ while Saleh earned herself an honorable mention in ‘News.’

The Glacier’s graphic team earned a slew of awards, highlighted by former Glacier Photo Editor Zandro Zafra tak-ing home first place for ‘Single Photo.’ Graphics Editor Emalee Kay took second place in ‘Computer Graphics.’ Kay also

was an honorable mention in ‘Advertis-ing Design;’ Zharmaine Zafra took sec-ond place. Former Graphics Editor Ryan Keifer got an honorable mention in ‘Computer Graphics.’ For ‘Freehand Car-toon’ Ingrid Doering took third place.

In photos, Zafra and Keifer shared third place honors for ‘Photo Spread.’ Former Entertainment Editor Anthony Cox earned an honorable mention in ‘Sports Photo.’

Next year the Glacier will visit Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois for ICCJA’s 38th Annual Spring Conference.

Frank Florez can be contacted at [email protected].

First Place Winners Second Place Winners

Glacier Staff - Web Page in Weeklies/Bi-weeklies

Sean McDermott - Sports Opinon in Weeklies/Bi-weeklies

Zandro Zafra - Single Photo in Week-lies/Bi-weeklies

Emalee Kay - Computer Graphics in Weeklies/Bi-weeklies

Zharmaine Zafra - Advertising Design in Weeklies/Bi-weeklies

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Addiction studies host Alcohol and Drug Fair

Attendees of the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Fair read through the information presented at the booth titled “The Effects of Substance Use During Pregnancy.” [Mike Frederiksen]

By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief

Moraine Valley hosted the fourth an-nual Alcohol and Drug Awareness Fair on April 12 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the U building.

The event was open to everyone in-cluding students, faculty and commu-nity members. Participants in the fair were members of Moraine’s addiction studies classes. This fair was informative and fun. Posters were set up across every table with bright signs and flyers for on-lookers to take home.

Quizzes were mounted for viewers to take and when scored accurately can-dy was given. Refreshments were also served.

Some of the posters on display were: “The Dangers of Synthetic Products,” “Children of Alcoholics,” “LGBT Sub-stance Abuse,” “Prescription Drugs,” “Can Caffeine Kill You?” “Does My Part-ner Have a Drinking Problem,” and sev-eral more.

Students and others monitored some of the displays by instructors. They all however had the same message: a

healthy lifestyle is es-sential.

For example, the world’s most commonly used drug, marijuana, is known to cause eupho-ria, red eyes, inappro-priate laughter, anxiety and a change in appe-tite but what’s often left unknown is how it can cause permanent mem-ory loss after prolonged use. Studies have also shown a link between marijuana and schizo-phrenia.

Students Ron Mroz and Jon Bachmann ac-companied the table that had the “Family of alco-holics” display. “There’s a strong indication that genetics plays a role in alcoholism. Families working in counseling learn that the dis-ease doesn’t just affect the alcoholic but the family as a whole,” Bachman states.

For more information on any of the

displays that were presented or if you have questions in general about the fair, addiction or when the next one will be around, contact Michael Fonda at fon-

[email protected].

Amel Saleh can be contacted at [email protected].


Spirit Movement.Joseph Kony claimed to be a distant

cousin of Alice Lakwena’s and led the Holy Spirit Movement. Soon after, he changed the name to the Lord’s Resis-tance Army (LRA).

Kony wasn’t able to maintain the group’s number or regional support, so he started stealing food and abducting children to fill the ranks of his army. Subsequently, he lost any remaining re-gional support. Kony’s tactics were bru-tal and inhumane. The intention of the militia group was to end oppression of the north; instead the oppression was taking over in the north itself.

Elise Duran, former President of the Action Social and Political club or-ganized screenings in the past and was excited for this semester’s screening considering now that more people were familiar with the incident since the “Kony 2012” YouTube video went viral.

“I was so thrilled to see so many stu-dents show up and get excited to get involved and take action,” expressed Duran.

Several other students were also thrilled. Lisa Campos, a Down to Dance member said, “This was an amazing event, it had such an impact and I was excited to be a part of it.”

Jessica Villalobos was also happy with the outcome, “I was a bit late but from what I saw it was a great turn-out and I am glad I didn’t miss out on all of it. I’m excited to be part of the ‘Cover the Night’ happening on April 20th.”

“Cover the Night” is a global awareness campaign organized by Invisible Children as part of their cam-paign “Kony 2012.”

The Invisible Chil-dren has received both positive and negative remarks but Action Social and Political Club member Elise Duran wants to urge everyone to “stop at nothing” when fight-ing for something you believe in.

Amel Saleh can be contacted at e d i t o r i n c h i e f @mvccglacier.com.

A Moraine Valley student attaches an Invisible Children sticker to his backpack. Invisible children sells merchandise at their events to help raise money for their programs in Uganda. [Mike Frederiksen]

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IN BRIEFJuan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Com-pany to perform

The Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company performs at MVCC on Sat-urday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. The show will be in the Dorothy Menker Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, on main campus. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for seniors and $15 for students.

Tickets can be purchased at morai-nevalley.edu/fpac, by calling (708) 974-5500, or at the Box Office located on the south end of the Fine and Perform-ing Arts Center.

The company also will offer a class to community members on April 14. The class is free and open to anyone who would like to learn the art of flamenco dancing. Details are available by calling the Box Office at (708) 974-5500.

Celtic singer Cathie Ryan to per-form at Moraine Valley

Irish-American Cathie Ryan will be peforming at MVCC on Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. Her concert will be in the Dorothy Menker Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, on main campus. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for seniors and $15 for students.

Tickets can be purchased at morai-nevalley.edu/fpac, by calling (708) 974-5500, or at the Box Office located on the south end of the Fine and Perform-ing Arts Center.

Sex Trafficking: “Local Faces, Glob-al Problem”

Global and Diversity Education and the Liberal Arts Department will be sponsoring a panel discussion on sex trafficking on Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Moraine Room 2 from 11:00-12:30pm. This panel will highlight local connections to the larger global prob-lem of sex trafficking. Panelists will include individuals and organizations working on this issue that impacts the lives of many women and girls, as well as men and boys. The following organi-zations will be represented: The Chica-go Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE); The Dreamcatcher Founda-tion; Salvation Army STOP-IT; and the Chicago Police Department.

For more information contact Kevin Navratil at (708) 974-5596 or at [email protected].

Notice of Special Meeting The Board of Trustees of Moraine

Valley will hold special meetings on

April 4, April 11, April 16, and April 25, at 6:45 p.m. in the Board Room, Build-ing D, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.

The tentative agenda of the meet-ings is as follows:

1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Motion to adjourn to closed ses-

sion pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act to interview the finalist for the position of college president. No final action will take place.

4. Return to open session.5. Adjournment

Teen Event Sports ExtravaganzaThe Recreation Programming class

is hosting a Sports Extravaganza for teens on Friday April 20th, 7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. in the G-building located in the middle of the MVCC campus. Test your skills along with MVCC student athletes, win prizes, and of course have fun!

The park district will provide trans-portation. Seating is limited, so reserve a seat quickly. Contact Laurie Nissen at [email protected], to reserve your seat.

For more information contact Don-na McCauley at (708) 974-5227.

Special Speaker from National Mu-seum of Mexican Art

Moraine Valley will welcome a speak-er from the National Museum of Mexi-can Art to discuss the art and culture of Mexico on Wednesday, April 18, from 1pm to 2pm in the Library Lounge.

For more information, stop by the library in Building L, or contact Troy Swanson at (708) 974-5439.

Human Rights in IranJoin Moraine Valley as we welcome

Elise Auerbach, Amnesty Internation-al’s Iran Specialist, to discuss the cur-rent state of human rights in Iran. This discussion will take place on Thursday, April 19th, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in the Library Lounge of the L Building.

For more information, stop by the library in Building L, or contact Troy Swanson at (708) 974-5439.

Spring Fest 2012Student Life will be hosting Spring

Fest on Wednesday, April 25th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the quad. Event will include games, music, prizes, informa-tion and more.

For more information contact De-metrius Robinson at (708) 974-5353.

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William Shaw, Views Editor

[email protected]

“No, because even I can change Wikipedia.”-Briana Wilson

“No, but it gives a good general idea.”-Elizabeth Garcia

“Yes, because it’s a great place to find where to go.”

-Terrell Thomas

“No, because anyone can edit it.”-Zach Sautier

Connor Reynolds is the News Editor and former Sports Editor for the Moraine Val-ley Glacier. He currently has not declared

a major and hopes to graduate in the summer semester of 2012.

Is Wikipedia a valid information source? “No, it has a bad reputation among schools for a reason.”

By Stephanie Oster Staff Writer

Everyone of us has heard the dread-ed words: “you can’t use Wikipedia as a source” from your professor.

Professors generally don’t want their students using Wikipedia for several good reasons.

While not being able to use Wikipe-dia can be a bit of a hassle, it’s proba-bly for your own good. While there are many good things about Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted fully.

Wikipedia gets such a bad rep be-cause of how unreliable it used to be; anyone could access it and actually change every entry it has.

This led to a lot of false information mixed truthful articles and left the website’s editors hunting for every single error.

Even if Wikipedia is actively mak-ing sure their databases are 100% ac-curate, anyone can still just go into Wikipedia and change or add informa-tion.

Personally, I think Wikipedia is okay to look up quick information about anything from trying to find out who the actress you saw, to basic info on a war you’re doing research on.

For anything more than basic in-formation however, Wikipedia will al-ways fall short. Wikipedia has bad rep-utation and I personally don’t want to associate something that I’ve written with the site.

Wikipedia is just unprofessional in allowing people without any expertise to edit and change nearly every single article. Wikipedia also has a tendency to oversimplify whatever it’s present-ing, so to use it as a source says a lot about your work.

When writing a paper, I know you probably want the easiest and quick-est solution. Your professor doesn’t want that and wants you to really put yourself into your writing.

A big step of writing a paper is the research involved; Wikipedia disgrac-es this process. Professors want you to do your own thorough research, not

to find an easy fix. Because Wikipedia oversimplifies everything, professors dismiss its use as a potential source.

The point of writing a paper is to get detailed information. Wikipedia isn’t specialized in all of the areas that it covers.

This generation relies on informa-tion that can be available in just a few clicks. So, Wikipedia is becoming more and more acceptable, which is telling.

If you’re a diehard Wikipedia fan there are a few things you can do to avoid using it as a source while still slightly using it. At the bottom of each article there is a section titled ‘Refer-ences,’ and it’s exactly that.

It provides you with links of where this information came from, so if you click them and go to those websites you can use that website as a source instead of Wikipedia. Overall, Wikipe-dia is a very weak source, if it can even be considered one.

Stephanie Oster can be contacted at [email protected].

Stephanie Oster is a journalism major. She loves photography, writing and hang-ing out with her friends. After MVCC she is currently undecided where she will go. Stephanie hopes someday to be a photo-journalist for a newspaper or website.

“Yes, Wikipedia is one of the greatest academic tools we have.”By Connor Reynolds News Editor

Anyone who has been in school since the rise of the Internet undoubtedly has been taught the one fact that all teacher’s seem to hold near and dear to their heart: Wikipedia is not a credible source.

This belief seems to stem from the idea that anyone can edit Wikipedia’s pages, leading to unqualified and unin-formed opinion all over the site. This is an easy opinion to hold if one doesn’t actually spend any time on the site and learn about its editing process. Wiki-pedia’s community of editors is a large and dedicated force that take pride in the accuracy of the website.

It’s true that if you look hard enough, you’ll find an error on one of the pages. Comics like Daniel Tosh and Stephen Colbert have encouraged fans to make inaccurate changes to their pages. Given an hour, the army of editors has

changed back their pages to their origi-nal state.

Society is divided fairly distinctly between those who haven’t adjusted to the advancement of technology and those who have been able to adapt.

This division is the reason Wikipedia has perceived credibility issues. Those who feel Wikipedia is unreliable don’t fully understand how wikis work.

Wikipedia however, is not an aca-demic source. Ultimately the future of the site may be as an academic source, but it is not there yet.

It provides helpful service in the pro-cess of academic research because much of the information is heavily sourced. These sources are very reliable and of-ten include books and academic jour-nals. Despite the fact it falls short as an academic source, Wikipedia cannot be described as unreliable or incredible.

That distinction needs to be made because too many people have grown up knowing Wikipedia as the punch

line to jokes about inaccuracy. When teachers just make blanket statements without fully explaining their reason-ing, kid’s develop an opinion and a be-lief that is vague and uninformed.

This has gotten better as the years have passed but teachers have con-tinued to very nonchalantly explain to students they can’t use Wikipedia while implying, “Come on you all know there’s no way I’ll accept that as a valid source.”

For kids to grow up unwilling to search out the answers to their ques-tions on Wikipedia is to rob them of one of the most advanced tools for re-search in the history of the world.

Wikipedia is one of the cornerstones to the accessibility of credible informa-tion across the planet, and it need not be dismissed because of a lack of under-standing.

Connor Reynolds can be contacted at [email protected].

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VIEW FROM THE HILL | BILL DROELBy Bill Droel MVCC Campus Minister

What is a liberal? What is a conser-vative? These terms are derived from the Enlightenment (or Age of Reason), which from the mid-1600s through the 1700s introduced new ideas with concepts like citizens and rights.

Specifically, the Enlightenment gave us classical Liberalism (always with the adjective classical and the capital L), a philosophy that prizes the freedom of an individual over bother-some constraints.

John Stuart Mill famously said that no authority is to impede any individ-ual, unless the individual is harming others.

The individual’s own protection is not sufficient reason for interfering with him or her. Classical Liberalism favors a hands-off posture, particu-larly from government.

The contrast to classical Liberal-ism’s notion that individual autonomy is the highest value is called conserva-tism. It believes that people are born into communities and that society comes first. Each individual is to re-spect authority to a degree, to exhibit sympathy and to be responsible.

Edmund Burke, who served in the British House of Commons, believed that individuals are not solitary enti-

ties, but exist in and through groups like their family and then perhaps their church, their clubs, and other or-ganizations.

Thus individuals by their nature have some obligation to those around them and in some way must honor what came before them and con-sider those who will come after.

A conser-vative in this sense is not opposed to change, as long as tradition and existing i n s t i t u t i o n s are respected. Change for a conservative is usually a gradual pro-cess, reforming policies and proce-dures from the inside of institutions.

Most so-called liberals and so-called conservatives today do not con-sistently adhere to the original phi-losophies.

For example, the two political par-ties in our country are not all that dif-ferent. Republicans are for maximum individual liberty on economic issues.

Democrats are for maximum individu-al liberty on cultural issues.

Neither party spends much energy balancing liberty with other public vir-tues like solidarity, amicability, or plu-ralism. In other words, neither party

(especially when rhetoric gives way to policies) seri-ously attends to middle ring insti-tutions and tradi-tions that connect people to one an-other.

Republicans are economic or polit-ical individualists. Democrats are cul-tural individual-ists. Wait! None of this should evoke frustration. This is not the time for a

dismissive “whatever.” Political orien-tation is important.

In fact, Jonathan Haidt of the Uni-versity of Virginia, says philosophy guides public behavior. This includes voting, more than one’s stake in pub-lic education, in health insurance, or in tax structure or other issues.

There are two narratives in our country today says Haidt. The first says that injustice, oppression and

discrimination were once common features around the world.

Back then, groups of people, in-cluding the founders of this country, struggled for equality, rights and pros-perity. They established democratic and capitalist institutions. Now the common mission is to extend these benefits to any forgotten group.

The second narrative says that our country was once a shining beacon. However, a federal bureaucracy has hampered the initiative of the free market. Some forces of democracy went too far, opposing God and the family, for example. Instead of hon-oring work, the system rewards irre-sponsible people. The common mis-sion is to restore order.

The first narrative can go overboard. Individualism becomes rootlessness. The second narrative often goes over-board and becomes reactionary re-sentment.Is there a way to foster civil-ity in our country? Can we articulate and act upon our differences without squandering the beautiful aspirations of the United Sates?

Send me your suggestions with a brief description of what you propose. This topic will reappear in a future col-umn.

Contact Bill Droel at [email protected].

Justice must be served for Trayvon Martin

By Ogechi Emechebe Staff Writer

Over the past few weeks Trayvon Martin’s name has been mentioned countless times in the news. His name is the center of a national outcry and a demand for justice.

On the night of February 26 2012, a 17 year old named Trayvon Martin was walking to the house belonging his fa-ther and his father’s fiancé in Sanford, Florida.

Neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman was on duty when he no-ticed something “suspicious” about Martin walking in the dark. No one knows exactly what happened, but when police arrived, Martin had been fatally shot by George Zimmerman.

Zimmerman claimed he shot Mar-tin in self-defense. However Martin was completely unarmed when he was walking to the house that night.

All he had was his iced tea, skittles and a cellphone. Absolutely no weapon or anything that could be used as one was found on him. Zimmerman howev-er was in his watch car and had a pistol on him.

When Martin began to run, Zimmer-man was advised by a 911 dispatcher to not pursue Martin because police were already on the way. But George Zim-merman ignored these orders and pro-

ceeded to follow Martin and shot him. It angers me that Zimmerman

walked away free from this and it’s ap-palling that he was able to it claim as self-defense. How can a grown man with a gun on him feel “threatened” by a teenager with nothing more than candy and a bottle of tea?

How can one who initiated the pur-suit of someone else claim self-defense when they had every option available to them before violence? If Martin did attack Zimmerman, that’s only because Martin was defending himself from a stranger who accusingly confronted him. Thankfully, on April 12 Zimmer-man was finally arrested.

The self-defense claim is a pathetic sob story. Martin was unarmed and there’s no justification for Zimmerman to actively pursure Martin.

Zimmerman was explicitly told not to pursue Martin but he did so anyway, and now a teenager’s life is gone due to such stubbornness. George Zimmer-man needs to be found guilty of second degree murder for his crimes.

Trayvon Martin and his family need justice. With Zimmerman standing tri-al for the crime he has committed, we can only hope justice is served. Hope-fully Trayvon can finally rest in peace.

Ogechi Emechebe can be contacted at [email protected].

Martial Arts versus MMA: Which is better?

By William Shaw Views Editor

“Traditional martial arts are in-efficient and impractical in a real fight,” says one group. “MMA is a perversion of traditional mar-tial arts,” says another. Come now children, can’t we all get along? With the rise of mixed-martial arts, also known as MMA, many have begun watching and training in it religiously.

Unfortunately, with this new trend came a belief amongst some MMA fol-lowers that traditional martial arts like Karate or Kung Fu, don’t hold a candle to their fighting style.

On the other hand, some tradition-al martial artists believe that MMA is a perversion of an important piece of culture, cherry-picking techniques from whatever martial art best suits its needs. Much like a child choosing only to eat candy for dinner.

For any of you extreme MMA fans who believe traditional martial arts “suck,” don’t be so close-minded. Re-member that the last two words in “MMA” are “martial arts.”

Without traditional martial arts, there would be no techniques for MMA to use. I guarantee you MMA fighters use more than just Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to win their matches.

Traditional martial artists that think

MMA is just watered down martial arts, look deeper. You have to realize that MMA is a sport with a strict rule-set. In a matter of speaking, it’s not so different in principle from sparring in the traditional arts you know and love.

Take Taekwondo and Judo, both arts are traditional from a cultural perspec-tive, but are both Olympic sports. Does being widely practiced as a sport take away the depth and true meaning be-hind either art? No, and it’s unfair to say that MMA would do the same to traditional arts.

Is it wrong to believe that one is better than the other? Not at all, but respect both. In my opinion, I person-ally believe traditional martial arts are better. You’re not just learning how to fight like a martial artist, but learning the responsibility that comes with be-ing one.

I still respect MMA and commend it for allowing people with vastly dif-ferent martial arts backgrounds come together and actually spar against each other on equal ground.

The rise of MMA has done some-thing great in giving people another av-enue to learn martial arts. Traditional martial arts aren’t for everyone and neither is MMA. Doesn’t mean we can’t respect both.

William Shaw can be contacted at views@


ATHLETES OF THE ISSUE

Brandon Collins First Baseman

Baseball

Samantha StaisiunasPitcher/Outfielder

Softball

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor

Brandon Collins is a first year first baseman for the Mo-raine Valley baseball team.

The Lincoln Way North alum is currently batting .372 with 20 runs, 16 ’s and two home runs. Collins leads all Cyclones in batting average, runs, home runs, doubles and triples.

One of Collins best series came against Illinois Valley Community College in a dou-bleheader on April 1.

In the two games Collins went 6-8 with five runs, one double, one triple and four RBI’s.

Samantha Staisiunas is a first year player on the Mo-raine Valley softball team.

The Andrew high school alum is currently batting an astounding .500 (28-56). Stai-siunas also has an equally im-pressive 23 rbi’s, 19 runs and a 1-2 record as a pitcher.

One of Staisiunas best games came on April 2 against Aurora University JV. Staisi-unas went 2-3 with two runs, one double, one triple and five RBI’s.

Staisiunas is ranked 29 in the NJCAA Softball division II in batting average. Staisiunas looks to continue her unreal stats throughout the rest of the season

Sean McDermott can be con-tacted at [email protected].

By Frank Gogola Staff Writer

The Moraine Valley wom-en’s softball season started off streaky in terms of their re-cord, as they started the year off 6-8.

The Cyclones opened up the season on March 25 at home versus Kishwaukee College. In their first two games of the season, the Cyclones were still getting used to playing togeth-er. Molly Hankes opened the season on the mound for the Cyclones, but her pitching per-formance was spoiled as the Cyclones lost a close game 5-3. In the second game of the dou-bleheader the Cyclones were hampered by defensive errors throughout the game and lost 11-3.

The Cyclones got their first pair of wins when they swept Joliet Junior College on March 26. Stephanie Ruvalcaba had a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Hankes struck out three Joliet batters and pitched a complete game shut-out as the Cyclones won 5-0. In game two the Cyclones were faced with a 10-9 deficit, but rallied for a big inning to take

Softball improves record to 8-10 the lead and eventually the win. Caitlyn Renik and Erika Veen each had four RBIs, The-resa Urchell had three RBIs and Emily Kurek had two RBIs. Kurek was also effective on the mound as she struck out four

batters and got her first win of the season. The Cyclones won 18-10 in comeback fashion.

Moraine upped their win-ning streak to four at the Kankakee Tournament. The Cyclones opened up the tour-nament with an 11-3 victory

against the Redbirds of Il-linois State University, and followed that impressive win with a 10-2 victory against South Suburban College. The Cyclones moved on to face the tournament host Kankakee

Community College in a dou-bleheader. Moraine Valley was shut down in a blow out loss 19-3. In the second game the Cyclones came out and played better, but their improved ef-fort was to no avail as they lost 4-2.

On April 2 the Cyclones lost 9-1 against Aurora University, and added another loss to their losing streak, which would sit at three. The Cyclones avenged their earlier loss with an 8-0 shutout in the nightcap game against Aurora University.

Moraine Valley opened up their conference schedule at Prairie State College by split-ting a doubleheader. The Cy-clones doubled up the Pioneers 10-5 in the first game. How-ever, Prairie State returned the favor in the second game as they defeated the Cyclones 10-2.

On April 4 the Cyclones were lit up against Kankakee Community College. Kankakee dominated Moraine 23-1 in the first game of the afternoon. The Cyclones had a chance to redeem themselves in game two, but Kankakee foiled their plans as they played even more dominantly on the way to a 24-4 win over Moraine Valley. In their four games against Kankakee Community College this season, the Cyclones have been outscored 70 to 10.

Frank Gogola can be contacted at [email protected].

Stephanie Ruvalcaba takes a cut at a tough pitch. The Argo alum is currently batting .295 with one home run, nine rbi’s and 11 runs.

[Mike Frederiksen]

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New skipper takes over for baseball squad

Men’s tennis dominates the competitionsecond consecutive 9-0 match score.

The Cyclones continued on their impressive tear as they played their last home games of the regular season on April 3 against Prairie State College and April 5 against Elgin Com-munity College.

Prairie State posed the big-gest test to date. Prairie State had finished second in the ISCC standings last season, right behind the Cyclones. Mo-raine faltered slightly in a few of their matches, but still took home an impressive 7-2 vic-tory.

Moraine Valley’s final home game of the regular season was against an improving Elgin Community College.

Despite improvements from just a year ago, Elgin was no match for the high-flying Cyclones as they stormed the courts and took home their third 9-0-shutout victory of the season.

The Cyclones played their first road game on April 9, but

the change of scenery did not faze them. They took on the lowly Lancers of Lake County and rolled past them with a 7-2 win to improve to 5-0 on the season.

“Nate Leininger and Josh Leininger are our best players and are playing very well,” said head coach Bill Finn. “Mike Giordano, Dale Van Witzen-berg and Josh Rodig are also undefeated in singles and dou-bles matches.”

The team has played great early on, but they have their three biggest challenges ahead of them. Illinois Valley Com-munity College, Oakton Com-munity College and McHenry Community College look to rain on the Cyclones parade.

Although the Cyclones are first in the conference, the next three games should be a challenge. “We will be able to see how good we actually are,” said coach Finn.

Frank Gogola can be contacted at [email protected].

By Frank Gogola Staff Writer

The Moraine Valley men’s tennis team started the year with a solid 5-0 record, with four of the victories coming in conference matches.

The Cyclones opened up the season with four consecutive home matches, facing some of the less intimidating teams on their schedule. The team felt good going into the season, and their play early on demon-strated their strengths.

The first two tennis match-ups of the season were a breeze for the Cyclones. The first vic-tim was the Chiefs of Waubon-see Community College.

Moraine Valley shut down their conference-rival by tak-ing all nine of their matches en route to a 9-0 victory. The Cyclones continued cruising right where they left off when they took down Sauk Valley Community College in impres-sive fashion, winning their sec-ond match of the season with a

Assistant coach Jon Drahos appointed interim head coach

Nate Leininger blasts the ball at his opponent. Moraine Valley looks to continue their hot streak and go undefeated this season.

[Mike Frederiksen]

The Cyclones hitting has been one of the highlights of the 2012 season. As of April 10, Moraine Valley has an exceptional team batting average of .320. [Josh Hoppenrath]

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor

After four years as head coach of the baseball team, Tom Radz has stepped down and will not return due to per-sonal reasons.

“He’s [Radz] got to take care of things at home,” said interim head coach Jon Dra-hos. Drahos was named inter-im head coach on April 9 and will finish the season as head coach.

At the end of the season Moraine Valley will go through a interview process and should name a new skipper by June. “The team and I wish him nothing but the best and we hope everything is fine,” said Drahos.

Radz compiled a 44-65-2 record as skipper for the Cy-clones over the course three seasons.

“It’s been a rough adjust-ment,” said clean up hitter Da-vid Loomis, who was recruited by Radz. Loomis continued, “Coach Drahos has stepped up well and he’s brought us all to-gether.”

The Cyclones have struggled since getting back to .500,

and went 3-10-1 the past two weeks, losing eight straight at one point.

“We’re hoping to get back on track,” said Drahos. “We’ve had it rough early on.” A pos-sible contributor to the losing streak can be blamed upon a bacterial infection that affect-ed five pitchers and hampered the Cyclones’ pitching staff.

On April 11, the Cyclones took on the Hawks of Harper

College. With an eight game losing streak on their backs the Cyclones needed a win to boost their confidence. From the get-go the Cyclones did what they do best; they got on base a lot and often.

“When we play well we get people on base,” said Drahos. “We like to work the count. We’ll take walks, hit by pitches, hits or errors to achieve bases and put pressure on the oppos-

ing pitcher and defense.”The Cyclones ended their

losing streak and beat Harper 8-6, giving coach Drahos his first victory as a head coach (1-3 this season).

“It’s good to get the oppor-tunity to be the head guy,” ex-claimed Drahos. Drahos has been around for a while as a collegiate coach.

He is in his first season at Moraine Valley and has

coached for College of DuPage, Chicago State University, Il-linois Valley Community Col-lege, Morton College and the University of Illinois at Chi-cago. “We played well today [April 9] and hopefully we get on a roll in the winning direc-tion,” said Drahos.

Sophomore outfielder Loo-mis had an exceptional game against the Hawks, going 3-4 with 2 runs, an RBI and a sto-len base.

“We definitely played a good game,” said Loomis. “Everyone stepped up and overcame the rough beginning we had earlier in the week.” The win brought the Cyclones record to 8-15-1.

With the second half of the season about to begin the Cy-clones and coach Drahos need to re-ignite their competitive flame and start winning ball games.

“I’m proud of our guys and I believe we’re moving in the right direction,” said Drahos. “I look forward to having an exceptional run in the second half of the season.”

Sean McDermott can be contacted at [email protected].

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Moraine offers options for a healthy lifestlye such as a one and a half mile walking/jogging track and a full Fitness Center that offers four months for $30.75. [Mike Frederiksen]

Get “Inside the Fence” with Lynn Richardson

Lynn Richardson typically uses her art to make a statement on social norms and real-world issues in order to send a message to her viewers. [Esther Morfoot]

By Fallon Sweeney Staff Writer

Lynn Richardson is hosting an exhibit in the Robert F. Di-caprio Art Gallery; the exhibit is called “Inside the Fence” and it

features different types of me-dia together.

Richardson is a Canadian born artist with Bachelors of Fine arts from University of Manitoba and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of

Texas. She creates architectural, scientific, and socially inspired artwork that involves light, color, movement, and modern “survival” fabric in an industrial manner that captures the eye and intrigues the mind. Her fo-

cus is on “end market” products and the message that is being put across. She creates art of all kinds and puts a great deal of emphasis on our actions’ im-pact on our planet’s future.

For the exhibit at Moraine

Valley, Richardson used differ-ent contemporary elements and imagery mixed with archi-tecture. Upon first sight, the ex-hibit is a little strange and takes

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By Mike Frederiksen Photo Editor

In this age of fast food, esca-lators, and video games, people appear to be doing less and less for their bodies than ever.

Students, faculty, and the community alike have access to the Moraine Valley health and fitness center. Located in the G building in the center of cam-pus, the health and fitness cen-ter offers credit and noncredit fitness classes, as well as gym memberships.

Those with memberships have full access to all the ex-ercise equipment the facility has to offer, as well as fitness evaluators and consultants. Although not operated by the fitness center itself, courses on physical fitness are offered by Moraine, which, in addition to utilizing the gym equipment, also offers use of the gymnasi-um courts. Students and com-munity members alike can take courses on almost anything physical, such as cardio, weight lifting, dance, or even kickbox-ing. Regardless of a person’s

physical state or lev-el of experience, the gym can be utilized and enjoyed, for a modest fee. Member-ship can be obtained in person, over the phone, or online.

In addition to the health and fitness center Mo-raine has to offer, a 1½-mile walking/jogging track circles the campus, free for anyone to use. If a person doesn’t want to pay for a gym membership, walk-ing is always free and a great way to stay fit, assuming the weather allows for outdoor exercise. Posted at certain points throughout the track are exercise stations, also free to use, which help walk-ers or joggers per-form various stretch-es and routines while working out. The stations also have

instructions for those that are new to the world of physical fit-

ness or simply want to learn a new stretch.

For those that are feeling

The road to fitness at Moraine Valley

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VOLUME 44, ISSUE 15

Anthony Rojas, Social Editor

[email protected]

By Nicole Bracken Editorial Assistant

Who would have known that time spent as a Moraine Valley Student Trust-ee was preparing Mark Weber for his position as a board member today?

Mark Weber was actively in-volved on cam-pus from Au-gust 2000 - May 2003, while tak-ing general edu-cation courses.

He was a member of Stu-dent Govern-ment Associa-tion, Phi Theta Kappa, Men’s Cross Country Team, Alliance of Latin Ameri-can Students, and was a Stu-dent Trustee.

Weber also contributed to the Glacier in the Trustee Corner. “I was grateful to have a public forum to share campus administrative news from a stu-dent perspective,” he said.

“The Glacier is a great institution. There is a lot of talent that has come through the Glacier since it first started many years ago. I still, to this day, grab a copy of the Glacier when I am on cam-pus just to keep up-to-date on the latest campus news.”

Graduating from Moraine with an as-sociate in science degree, Weber trans-ferred to University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign where he earned his BA degree in 2005. He was awarded a one-year competitive fellowship through the Illinois Governor’s Office working across a wide range of public policy and public finance areas.

At the conclusion of that fellowship,

Weber has been working at Accenture as a management consultant across several public and private sector organizations.

Weber’s interest in public higher edu-cation policy inspired him to return as a member of the Moraine Valley Board

of Trustees. He said “Serv-ing as a trustee (student or full member) pro-vides an oppor-tunity to gain a broader un-derstanding of the college and community as a whole.”

When asked how being a student trustee has affected his performance as a board mem-ber Weber replied, “My perspective as a student and student trustee provides a solid understanding

of the college operations. Many other trustees across higher education are not alumni of their respective boards, so they may not fully appreciate the day-to-day life that a student on the college experiences.”

Looking back at his days studying at Moraine, Weber comments, “I can hon-estly say that if I did not attend Moraine Valley I would be less successful in my adult life. I was able to grow as a person on every level through my academic and extracurricular activities supported by the college.”

Weber advises current Moraine stu-dents to “take risks, enroll in a new course and, most importantly, step out-side your comfort zone!”

Nicole Bracken can be contacted at [email protected].

Trustee member Mark Webber.[Mark Webber]

The trustee tale

Time to see your carbon footprintBy Shadia Judeh Staff Writer

Footprints are the mark we leave behind. We leave them in the sand, as prints in a baby book, as dirty prints on our mom’s clean kitchen floor, or even as a carbon footprint.

A carbon footprint is basically all the carbon dioxide we release into the world. It’s a print we leave on the earth.

One way we leave our footprint is by driving to work or taking any type of transportation. Every time

we drive or use public transportation the engine starts to burn fuel and by doing so it releases carbon dioxide. If too much carbon is released it starts to warm up the atmosphere releasing green house gases and is one of the factors creating global climate change.

Other ways we leave our print is by leaving on our computer on for more than 32 hours, using the heat in our homes, flying on a plane, turning on the lights in our homes, or even by eating meat during dinner.

Your personal footprint is based on almost everything you do. It can

be calculated by where you live, how many people you live with, the climate zone, energy sources you use, the kind of food you eat, and even how much water you use.

A water footprint is the amount of freshwater that is used by an individu-al. It is calculated by how much water we come in contact with like when we cook, clean, shower, brush our teeth, water the plants, wash our cars or do any number of things that use water.

To calculate the amount of water you use, go to www.watercalculator.fieldmuseum.org. According to the website, the average American uses 100-200 gallons of water a day. The website also shows that- in compari-son to other countries- Americans seem to be using the most water.

There are simple ways to reduce our carbon and water footprint. The easi-est ways are to carpool with someone or even walk to nearby destinations, turn off all lights, computers, and tele-visions when not in use.

You can reduce the amount of water you use by not letting the water run when you cook, brush your teeth, or do any other activity requiring a fau-

cet. Much waste is created when using a dishwasher, washer or dryer so it’s recommended you only wash when it’s a full load or even try drying your clothes outside on a line.

Another excessive factor in our car-bon footprint is meat consumption. To reduce this imprint, consumers could attempt to go meatless once a week. The meat industry puts out an abundance of strong amount of green-house gas emissions into our atmo-sphere.

By going meatless you can help re-duce the amount of gas released. Go-ing meatless not only makes the earth a better place to live in but it benefits your health.

According to the website www.meatlessmodays.com going meatless can reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, and even heart disease..

Anyway you look at it we could all benefit by going green and reducing our carbon footprints. It’s simple to do and its as easy as taking your first step.

Shadia Judeh can be contacted at [email protected].


How to make your diet more flexibleBy Christian Anderson Staff Writer

You might think the flexitarian diet is probably some crazy, complicated new fad. Well it’s not crazy, or compli-cated, but it is new and actually quite simple; or rather flexible, hence the term flexitarian.

On April 4th, there was a seminar presented by Nutrition and Wellness Coordinator Lisa Eaton Wright and Sustainability Coordinator Stephanie Presseller concerning this new diet. Ac-cording to the seminar, the flexitarian diet involves eating mainly vegetables but eating meat on occasion.

The seminar began by Wright and Presseller handing out the basic guide-lines of the diet, and the best part is there really are no guidelines; you make your own rules. As long as you cut back on meat a little bit, it can be beneficial.

According to the seminar, the flexi-tarian diet offers lower daily calories, lower fat calories, an increase in fiber, improved heart health, weight loss, lower cholesterol, lower risk of diabetes and cancer, and an overall longer life ex-pectancy.

Statistics presented at the seminar

showed an increase in life expectancy of three and a half years.

The environment is also affect-ed by the human intake of meat. Livestock,defined as anything farmed, is responsible for two-thirds of ammo-nia emissions and the largest source of water pollution from animal wastes and pesticides used for feed crops.

The statistics also showed that every two pounds of beef produced results in an amount of greenhouse gas emissions equal to a car driving 155 miles.

The Amazon rainforest also benefits from a flexitarian diet, they said, as 70% of previous rainforest land is occupied by livestock pastures and feed crops.

If you are worried at all about getting an insufficient amount of protein, don’t worry, they offer several alternatives. Some of which are beans, peas, lentils, veggie white meat (tofu and tempeh), veggie burgers, peanut butter (as well as other nuts/seeds), and eggs.

From there, you can slowly work your way up to two meatless meals a week, then three, and so on. However, you don’t have to keep working your way up until you’re a complete vegetar-ian, you can stop whenever you want. Remember, you make the rules.

“What’s great about this diet is that it’s do-able,” Wright added, “It’s a good tool to figure out what works for you without being you deprived.”

In order to help those willing to give it a shot, Moraine Valley has meatless Mondays in the cafe.

There is also a Face-book page called ‘Be a Flexitarian’ for those who want to share their experiences and ideas.

Finally, websites such as ‘Office of Di-etary Supplements’ and ‘Fruitsandveg-giesmatter.gov’ can help with recipes and other alternatives.

Chris Anderson can be contacted at chr ist [email protected].

Sustainability Coordinator Stephanie Presseller talked to students about a vegetarian diet that allows you to eat meat

called the flexitarian diet. [Josh Hoppenrath]

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By William Shaw Views Editor

No matter what your opinions of the war we’re currently fighting are, we can all agree that the soldiers are con-stantly putting their lives on the line to defend us.

That’s why we as civilians should do whatever we can to assist them. It might not seem like much, but Moraine Valley’s “Combat to College” program is currently hosting a DVD drive to send to disabled veterans.

Between now until April 20, stu-dents are being encouraged to drop off any DVD’s they have, whether it be movies or TV shows.

There are a few drop boxes for the drive scattered around the “S” and “U” buildings, but students who want to make sure their DVD’s are going to the right place would be better off actually contacting Bart Kirchner in U203, or Jeremy Kingery in the Academic Advis-ing offices in S201.

“These guys are hospitalized. Some for a few days or weeks” said Kingery.

“For some of the veterans, they’re stuck in the hospital for months with nothing more than basic cable. It’d

be nice for them to have something more to watch than just basic cable.”

Once the drive ends, Combat to College plans on bringing all of the DVD’s collected to Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.

“For a veteran who is bedridden in the hospital be-ing able to watch a movie or TV show he’s never seen be-fore will give him the ability to have a little bit of a better day” said Matthew Maxon, the secre-tary for Combat to College.

Whether the United States was right to invade the Middle East is a matter of debate even today, more than ten years after the de-cision was made.

No matter which side you take,

Combat to College is asking students to donate new and used DVDs to veterens bed-ridden in hospitals. Donation boxes will be scattered throughout the S and U buildings and U203 or S201. [Mike Frederiksen]

though, we should all come together to help the veterans of this war who’ve made it home.

We may not be able to take away all the pain or heartache they suffered

on our behalf, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do for them.

William Shaw can be contacted at [email protected].

Help serve those who have served


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more competitive, students may join a number of sports teams that compete throughout the year, assuming the re-quired skills are met.

Alongside gym training and outdoor jogging, participating in an organized sport is a wonderful way to stay fit, as being put in competition while being pushed to the limits one can take as a team can drive an athlete to go the ex-

ly paying $30.75 for a one-month mem-bership to the MVCC Health Fitness Center, $58.50 for a four-month mem-bership, or $122.00 for an entire year.

If you compare this to the much larger X-Sport fitness you see only a five-dollar difference for a one-month membership but almost $300 differ-ence for a one-year membership. This price difference, however, doesn’t ac-count for the wide-range of start-up incentives and features a gym such as X-Sport provides. Large facilities such as X-Sport have 24-hour facilities, pools and saunas all included in the cost and all of which Moraine lacks.

Widespread modern conveniences such as cars and the internet have led people to live more sedentary lives meaning more effort is necessary to stay in shape. This does not mean a per-son must put many hours a week into exercising; many small steps can in-stead be taken in order to stay healthy.

Moraine Valley offers much in the ways of physical health, but only to those who know where to look. From gym memberships to the walking/jog-ging path and fitness stations, any per-son in the community has the resources with which to work out.

Mike Frederiksen can be contacted at [email protected].

tra mile. Of course, even with the great deal of

positives in their fitness program, Mo-raine does have its small list of flaws. According to a Cafe Moraine employee at the cafeteria (who wished to remain anonymous), since the recent takeover of the Cafe by the food service giant So-dexo meals have lowered in quality.

“We used to feed kids healthy en-trees,” said one employee, “now, in their

place, we have hot dogs. We’re definite-ly starting to see a downgrade.”

At the moment, students are also suffering from the fitness center’s lim-ited space. As previously published by The Glacier in an article about the pro-posed Health and Wellness Center, ath-lete Alexandra Dovgin said, “we do not have enough equipment. In fact, we lit-erally only have six treadmills.”

Students (non-military) are current-

Moraine’s one and a half mile jogging path comes with a variety of exercise machines that are free for everyone. [Mike Frederiksen]

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STUDENT CLUBSCompiled by Nicole Bracken24 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 Call 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.

Combat to College Contact Jeremy Kingery at 608-4068.

Criminal Justice Club

Contact Michelle Furlow at 974-5723.

Culinary Arts & Hospitality Club Contact Michael O’Shea at 974-5597.

Cyber Security Club Contact Kathleen Hanratty in T520.

Cyclone Spinners

Contact Maura Vizza at 974-5742.

Drama Club Contact Craig Rosen at 974-5432.

Down To Dance Contact Cheryl Powers-Rojak in G200.

Filmmaker’s Club Contact Dan Pal at (630) 942-2800.

Forensics

Contact Mike Shannon at 608-4047.

Freethought Society Contact Tyler Hewitt at 974-5219.

Gay, Lesbian Or Whatever Contact Martha Mazeika, at 608-4320.

Glacier Contact Ted Powers 608-4177.

Green Club Contact Stephanie Presseller at 974-5412.

International Women’s Club Contact Anette D’Silva at 974-4023.

International Conversation Partners

Contact Elizabeth Boucek at 974-5427.

K-Fu Club Contact Courtney Reese at 974-4067.

Mastadon

Contact Ted Powers at 608-4177.

Meeting, Planning, and Travel Club Contact Mary Beth Walsh at 974-5569.

Music Club Contact Tammi Carlson at 974-5636.

Muslim Student Association Contact Demetrius Robinson at 974-5353.

Operation Snowball- Blizzard Edition Contact Mary Vicich at 974-5418.

Peers Educating Peers

Contact Klaudia Mallett at 974-5722.

Phi Theta Kappa/ Honors Organization Contact Demetrius Robinson at 974-5353.

Psychology Club Contact Mitch Baker at (708) 608-4058.

Recreation Interdisciplinary Strategy Club Contact Teresa Hannon at 608-4193.

Recreation Management/ Recreation Therapy Contact Donna McCauley at 974-5227.

Rock Solid Ministry Contact Michael Shannon at (708) 608-4047.

Science Club Contact Keith Nabb at 974-5592.

Student of Honors (S.H.A.R.P) Contact Ryan Nagle at 974-5679.

Ski Club Contact Michael Wade at 974-5594.

Student Ambassador Program Contact Alicea Toso at 974-5356.

Ultimate Frisbee Contact Jessica Crotty at 974-5281.

Women Empowerment Contact Dawn Fry at 974-5717.

Xclusive Contact Demetrius Robinson at (708) 974-5353.

By Anthony Rojas Social Editor

If you’re a student with a learning dis-ability there is a support system here at Moraine to help you.

Moraine has set up what they call the Learning Disability Support System to aid disabled students get their credit hours and receive their degrees. In or-der to qualify for the program, students

must provide proper documentation of their disability to the Center for Dis-ability Services (CDS). The due dates are: May 1 for fall, October 1 for spring and March 1 for summer.

Adjustments may include substitut-ing a required course for another course more suited to the student’s needs.

Once the student has been evaluated and disability services are deemed neces-sary, they will be eligible to certain mod-

ifications to their academic parameters so they are not discriminated against based on their disability.

Students with disabilities will not be discriminated against concerning stu-dent employment. The CDS also loans out adaptive equipment free of charge to students in need.

Anthony Rojas can be contacted at [email protected].

What to know about the CDS

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By Phillip A. Bianco Staff Writer

Four candidates competed for the role Student Trustee here at Moraine, but only one was elected. Her name is Taylor Geraghty.

Approximately two weeks ago, the students of Moraine were called upon to select their new student trustee. Through a democratic voting process, Taylor Geraghty has been elected as the new Student Trustee and will serve as the new voice of the student body.

When she realized last fall that she could save mountains of money by at-tending community college for a year or two, Geraghty transferred to Moraine from the University of Missouri.

The new trustee described herself as someone who, “just showed up and went home as soon as I could.” This mentality was forever changed when she received a letter inviting her to run for trustee at Moraine.

“When I first got the letter, I was like cool, my grades are good. I wasn’t plan-ning on running until my parents urged me to at least try. My Mom said I was an idiot if I didn’t take advantage of the op-portunity, so I did.”

Geraghty hopes to use her new po-

sition to reach out to students who are frustrated with their current academic situation.

“It’s okay to take your time before go-ing to a university. Make the best of it because who knows where it will take you.”

Geraghty is also intent on helping Moraine’s special needs community. Her

urge to help comes from her fourteen year old, autistic brother Josh.

Seeing his struggles, she says, some-times makes her wonder how he will fit into high school and college. She wants to help others like him assimilate into places like Moraine and into society in general. Taylor hopes to take a little time to learn and settle into her new position

before she begins to address the con-cerns of the student body. However, she says students can rest assured that she will always candidly and passionately represent them. “We’re all here together just making the best of it,” she said.

Philip A. Bianco can be contacted at [email protected].

Taylor Geraghty, Moraine’s new Student Trustee, aims to reach out to students frustrated with their academic situation and help those with special needs. [Mike Frederiksen]

The new voice for MVCC students

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Frank Florez, Layout Editor

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Brennan brings poetry to a new audience

By Nicole Bracken Editorial Assistant

“Poems are right under your nose! The best thing to do is just be obser-vant,” says Matthew Brennan, a poet and Professor at Indiana State Universi-ty who recently published his fifth book of poetry.

Students and staff listened thought-fully as Dr. Brennan read poems from his latest book, “The Light of Common Day,” and a few from his previous books,

in honor of National Poetry Month on April 11 in the Library lounge.

Among the poems he read were “The Sublime,” “Summer of Love,” “Derby Day,” “Nights Our House Comes Alive,” and “Regarding the Old Poets After the Reading.”

While majority of his poems hold personal meaning, a great amount of his work is influenced by depression era art-work. He said that he had often made it an assignment for his students to look at the artwork created by artists of the

U.S. Works Progress Administration that was hung around the school. One day he decided he should try it too, and it became a successful source of inspira-tion for him.

After the reading, Brennan opened up to a question and answer session and the students were overflowing with curi-osity. When asked what inspired him to write poetry, Brennan said, “Short sto-ries by James Joyce and also The Catch-er in the Rye, but novels take so long to write. I like being a sprinter rather than

a marathon runner!”Another audience member asked

Brennan how someone could continue to find inspiration over a long period of time. Brennan offered the idea of wait-ing to write until you’re in the mood for it, as well as keeping journal, so that you can look back through it and find inspi-ration for poems. He urged the audience to hike, listen to music, or anything that helps you relax the judgmental voice in your head. “And if you still don’t feel like writing,” he said, “just do something else for a while and come back to it.”

Some advice Brennan had to give to poetry writers who are just starting out was to do a lot of reading of other poets’ work. “I would tear them out of magazines or Xerox them out of books,” Brennan admitted, “You should also find other poetry writers like you. Get together and read each other’s work to help build confidence.”

Brennan’s visit to Moraine Valley seemed to be one that was enjoyed by everyone in the audience. Aspiring pro-fessional poets and those who write for fun could both take something from this.

Nicole Bracken can be contacted at [email protected].

Matthew Brennan introduced his work to a great deal of new people at his poetry reading on April 11. [Mike Frederiksen]

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Nicki Minaj is “Reloaded”By Amy Karlstedt Staff Writer

Nicki Minaj’s second studio album, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” has received many critics mixed reviews.

I gave it a chance and gave it my un-divided attention. Minaj had pushed back the release date on this album three different times and her fans were hoping to hear some mega hits simi-lar to “Super Bass.” After lis-tening to many of the songs, I realized that Nicki Minaj is a talented rap-per. However the issue with “Pink Friday: Roman Reload-ed” is that she is trying to disjointedly blend straight up pop and rap.

Nicki Minaj started in the rap un-derground world before being discov-ered by Lil’ Wayne. Her talent there-fore lies with rapping, though that’s not to say she is bad at pop. The prob-lem is when one tries to forcefully merge the two without any transi-tions or explanations, other than the fact that her alter-ego, “Roman,” is at

work. Some of the tracks were catchy, such

as “Beez in the Trap,” which is one of the more ‘rap-influenced’ songs. It feels like the throwback to her better days of “Your Love’” or when she was featureon Trey Songz’s “Bottoms Up.”

“Starships” is one of the popp-y tunes that actually suit her, but “Stu-pid Hoe” is one of the most miserable

song of the de-cade, some crit-ics say. The lyrics are extremely repetitive, not to mention very offensive and juvenile. “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” is not an entirely terrible album, though I believe that Nicki Minaj still has more

talent hidden than she is yet to show the music world.

I believe that her best work is when she’s featured with another artist and rapping. She doesn’t have to be a pop star, but a definite rap star is what Nicki Minaj needs to remind herself to be.

Amy Karlstedt can be contacted at [email protected].

[Rostrum Records]

Segel does it again in “Jeff”Segel plays the title character “Jeff “ in the comedy “Jeff Who Lives at

Home“ along with on-screen brother “Pat“ played by Ed Helms [Paramount]

Joel Serna Staff Writer

Jason Segel has been in his share of hit-comedies, his new movie “Jeff Who Lives At Home” is sure to make audiences laugh again.

Jeff, who is played by Segel, is an adult that still lives in his mother’s basement. Jeff’s daily routine basi-cally consists of sitting on the couch until one day he is forced to answer the phone and to his surprise, chang-es his life. When his mother calls he is forced to leave the house that sets off a series of hilarious events.

In the film Jeff’s brother Pat is played by Ed Helms. Pat is the typi-cal married everyman dealing with problems in his marriage. Pat has one dream and that’s to buy a sports car that he has always wanted. Pat sur-prises his wife when he comes home with a new car, to his surprise does not sit well with the misses and only further strains his relationship.

As Jeff is wandering the streets af-ter finally getting off the couch he no-

tices his brother’s wife is out with an-other man. He is shocked to see that and decides to tell his brother what he has seen. Now these two grown men are in a situation that leads them to follow Pat’s wife to figure out whether or not his wife is actually cheating on him.

The two brothers’ don’t have the best relationship, and it’s made clear early in the film, but their unpleas-ant situations help them reunite and are strengthened through the bond of brotherhood.

Seeing two men who are very well known for their roles on television, it’s great to see them share the big screen together.

“Jeff Who Lives at Home” is a funny movie. The film is simply the story of a normal American family and their un-spectacular life, but it’s done well. Knowing that this movie has two of the funniest men in comedy isn’t a bad reason to see it either.

Joel Serna can be contacted at [email protected].


Grab another slice of pie with “American Reunion”By Frank Florez Layout Editor

Nothing’s more American than warm apple pie, and on April 6 fans of the “American Pie” franchise helped themselves to a fourth slice of the se-ries.

Jim (Jason Biggs), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thom-as), Stifler (Sean William Scott) and all the old favorites are back. In “American Reunion,” fans can also look forward to seeing some familiar faces that haven’t been around in a while. Chris Klein re-prises his role as “Oz” while Mena Su-vari returns as Heather; neither was in 2003’s American Wedding. Tara Reid rejoins the franchise, playing the role of Kevin’s (Thomas Ian Nicholas) ex-girlfriend Vicky. Those are just the big names; there will also be about a dozen smaller-roles that will be reprised by the cast of the original American Pie.

Midway through the film one of the characters is described as “in some ways completely different, but in oth-ers exactly the same.” Maybe Director John Hurwitz was trying to be cleaver, but this is exactly how the movie felt, in a good way.

In the movie the gang returns to East Great Falls High School for their High School Reunion. Early on we see how the lives of each character has changed, setting up the lesson that comes up later on in the film.

Much of “Reunion” treads on the fact that change is inevitable and no matter how much you want things to stay the same, that will never be the case. No sequel will ever capture the magic that the original American Pie introduced in the nineties, but it’s fun to see the characters many people grew up loving.

“American Reunion,” while a big-name production, is truly a film for the fans. Don’t expect “Reunion” to shat-ter the mold of teen-comedies like it did in the nineties, but it does what it’s supposes to do and that’s to make you laugh. Fans saw the franchise change in “American Wedding,” and “Reunion”

only adds to the fact that this movie re-ally is something different. If you don’t like it, tough, change really is inevita-ble; so just relax, take it slow, and let the good times roll.

Frank Florez can be contacted at [email protected].

The Boys are back! Kevin, Jim, Stifler, Oz, and Finch all return to East Great Falls 13 years after High School [Universal]

Gandharva Raja sheds light on religion on more with “August 29”By Fallon Sweeney Staff Writer

“August 29,” written by Gandharva Raja, is a tale of a journey of faith, cour-age, and uni-versal spiri-tuality. The story follows Farooq, Yuri, Gora, Milli and Jain; four young Dehli students.

Raja not-ed that hgis c h a r a c t e r s are “created from build-ing blocks taken from varied char-acter traits, strengths and weaknesses, of various people I have come across in my life. Jain is the ‘perfect man’, the ‘dream-self ’ who brings out the best in us.” He went on to explain that creating the different characters was his favorite

part about writing “August 29.““Particularly creating Yuri, a blend

of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, I found great satisfaction,” he explained. “Several years ago a lady at a country fair in Maryland, did Tarot Card reading on me. She was the initial inspira-tion for Milli though she evolved into a liberated idio-syncratic role model,” said Raja.

T o g e t h e r they seek spiritual en-lightenment, k n o w l e d g e , and unbiased

understanding that transcends the confined concepts of organized reli-gion. Gora is a poet whose poetic verse weaves throughout the story. The story itself reads in near poetic undertones.

Milli is an independent, intelligent young woman who captures the hearts of many. They are brought together through the fate of friendship. During their studies they are introduced to a re-ligions professor named Jain. The story is written concisely and flows naturally, featuring hints of religious undertones. It is a fascinating story that allows read-ers a sense of universal spirituality in the face of organized religion.

Raja explained that the religious undertones found in his book were a product of his upbringing. “I attended a Jesuit school, grew up in religiously diverse India, and while growing up saw the ravages of religious riots. At some point it became apparent that religious wars would be most repugnant to God,” said Raja.

“The revival of ‘crusade’ in the war against ‘Jihad’ since 9/11 and the sec-ond Gulf War made me realize that the answer to religious intolerance–and world peace–lies in changes in Islam made from within the acceptance of ‘Ijtihad’ and total rejection of the con-cept of Jihad,” said Raja. This was the idea that inspired “August 29.”

Raja noted that it was difficult writ-ing a story with such a universal sense

of spirituality, but he drew inspiration from Norman Hampson’s “The Enlight-enment” and Strobe Talbot’s “The Great Experiment.” Raja said that these books gave him the “courage to rethink old concepts that I grew up with, in particu-lar that of organized religion’s infallibil-ity”

Describing the book in one sentance, Raja said that the story is meant “to promote tolerance and achieve peace–within oneself and in the world–we must all reexamine religious texts and be prepared to ‘fight peacefully’ for this cause. This will not solve all social con-flicts but will address one that afflicts the present world.”

August 29” isn’t a book that I would recommend to anyone; it is a story I would recommend to a select few. Read-ing this story takes a small amount of background in at least one of the main religions in the world today. It also re-quires a sense of maturity, a lack of ig-norance, and an open mind. The story defies those who attempt to confine spirituality into organized religion, into a single definition.

Fallon Sweeney can be contacted at [email protected]

August 29 touches on many subjects. [iUniverse]

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Mac Miller is backBy Mike Greco Staff Writer

“My thoughts get heavy, hit the ground, and crack the concrete”, Mac Miller explains during one of his first verses on Macadelic, the young rapper’s newest mixtape.

After one listen to his latest effort, comprised of 16 songs clocking in at one hour total, the Pittsburgh na-tive definitely does seem to be consider-ing more these days. Miller, who’s still only 20 years old, has seen a massive surge of success in the past year or so. Songs like “Donald Trump” and “Knock Knock” have gen-erated major internet buzz as his slew of releases and tours have gained both momentum and fans. Mac’s rise to fame was topped off earlier this year when his debut album Blue Slide Park became the first independently released album to hit number 1 on the Billboard 200 in over 16 years.

There’s no doubt that Macadelic re-flects the lifestyle that this popular-ity has allowed Mr. Miller to live. While money, women, and late nights have al-ways been themes present throughout his catalog, these tracks both address

that glamour and take a step beyond it into broader and more substantial sub-jects. “Loud” and “Ignorant” are exam-ples of the catchier, lighter cuts on the tape. While they stand their ground with decent hooks and poppy, layered beats,

they don’t make much progress or stray off path from any previous work Miller has done.

The stand-out songs, on the other hand, are clearly the ones in which Mac dives into darker questions of life, death, meaning, re-ligion, and purpose. “1 Threw 8” is an es-

pecially entrancing and emotional listen: “Dear people on Earth after I die, what’s the weather like? / And I ain’t perfect, but I try / I wonder if maybe I’ll get a second life / This time I’ma get it right”, he says, even acknowledging the depth of the topic with the question “Am I sup-posed to have some thoughts like this?”

Mac Miller seems to have his foot in the door that the likes of Eminem and others have opened for white rappers in the last two decades. Macadelic packs a progressive and hopeful punch that may foreshadow much more.

Mike Greco can be cotnacted at [email protected].

[Rostrum Records]

Brace for “Evolution”By Amel Saleh Editor-In-Chief

The Godfather of Trance, Paul Van Dyk, has released his sixth album, “Evo-lution,” on April 3, 2012. It seems as though his talent hasn’t run dry .

The first song on the album, “Symme-tries” is a 6 minute song of vibrant ar-peggios and clashing synths. The sound emanates a feel good vibe from the start. Although there aren’t any lyrics, “Symmetries” is a great song to work out to or blare while driving.

“The Ocean” is the second track on the album and the start is a winding synth that progresses into full volume. The build up of the song has a few skips in between notes and falls steadily into a short piano solo and finally a beautiful feminine voice breaks through to sing the words, “night time, take me.” The bass begins to pound through and the claps join in. This song definitely depicts the image of an underwater realm. The words ‘night time being constantly re-

peated also sets your mind up to think of all the night time endeavors. This song is all about losing yourself to another realm while having fun.

“We come together” is a different type of song that gives off a livelier vibe. The beats per minute certainly increase and if this album is what you’re working out to, then your heart rate will in-crease as well. “United we stand\divided we won’t fall and when we get the call\we’ll come together,” is a piece that’s sung in

this song. The meaning may include the strong union people feel when they feel secure. That no matter what happens, things will come together.

This album can make me go on forev-er. I selected the 3 songs that I thought were the best. Trance is something that I tend to forget about when I continu-ously play the same songs over and over. This album will definitely lift any spirit to want to dance.

Amel Saleh can be contacted at [email protected].

[Electronic Dance Music]


“Mirror Mirror” a whole new fantasy

By Laura Sparks Classifieds Manager

A love of fairy tales along with pre-views featuring Julia Roberts as the evil Queen led me to have high hopes for Mirror Mirror. It was a pleasant surprise.

Director Tarsem Singh’s poetic li-cense with the beloved Snow White tale offered a delightful, comical, and light-hearted approach to an old story. The grandeur of image in costume and

scenery provided a welcome escape from a long day.

New details of Snow White’s early childhood portrayed in opening scenes with digitized effect crafted an eerie and surreal fairy tale quality to the story.

Julia Roberts portrays a woman who is deeply insecure, selfish, and power-hungry. Her husband, the King (Snow White’s father), mysteriously vanished in the dark woods leaving her to rule the kingdom. Unhappy with her ag-

ing mirror image, the Queen becomes deeply jealous of Snow White’s beauty.

Snow, cloistered within the castle since her father’s disappearance, seeks to explore the world beyond the walls that have encased her world. In the surrounding woods, she meets the charming Prince Alcott (Armie Ham-mer), who is immediately enamored with her beauty.

When the shirtless and wealthy young Prince appears before the Queen, she decides to marry him. Jeal-ous and angry of Snow, she hatches a plan to have Snow White killed by her bumbling servant, Brighton (Nathan Lane).

Devastated to witness firsthand the effects of the Queen’s greed on her fa-ther’s beloved people, Snow seeks to ef-fect change. She comes across a group of bandits, the dwarfs, who provide comic relief and action while training Snow in the martial arts in support of her plight.

Swordplay, and other acts of vio-lence between the dwarfs, the royals and Snow White, may be a bit graphic for younger viewers. but the film is a unique revision of a beloved fairy tale. Stick around after the credits for a Bollywood-style song and dance video with Lily Collins singing “I Believe in Love.”

Laura Sparks can be contacted at [email protected].

Lily Collins (right) portrays Snow White in this twist on a classic fairy tale.

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consideration to derive its intended meaning. At first the exhibit seems minimalist with stretched fabric shapes of different colors accent with lights, but upon entering the gallery, the viewer realizes this is no ordinary art exhibit.

When she began her work on the display, Richardson was dealing with complications stemming from visa regulations before taking a trip to Beijing. “Over the year that this work was developed I also started to apply for me US green card (resident status) and as I continually hit obstacles my work started to ask questions about national identity,” said Richardson.

Richardson’s exhibit features large orange and white fabric shapes cas-cade down from the ceiling in de-scending rows, glowing slightly from the center of the room. As the viewer approaches the other side of the ex-hibit, flags of bright colors and differ-ent patterns come to life on the back wall as they are activated by motion detection. The flags are lifted and let down by mechanisms so they appear to wave to whomever is viewing the exhibit. At this point, it feels as if the person is truly immersed in the piece, which in a sense the viewer is. In the center of the exhibit stands one of Lynn’s signature pieces. Spiraling shapes and mechanical pulleys create a captivating centerpiece that cannot be rightly described in words. The ex-hibit may sound abstract, but the art says a great deal on a literal level.

“Subconsciously my attraction to artifacts in the Chinese landscape be-gan to shape the forms in this instal-lation. Taking the hard static barriers that had formed my original obstacles and creating them out of fabric gave a new lightweight feel to the instal-lation. There is a glow of seduction in the color, which is similar to the feeling I had after overcoming these obstacles. My work is intended to be playful, even humorous in order to soften the hard reality of the underly-ing message. I use fabric to engulf the viewer in my installation while simul-taneously using kinetic elements to engage the viewer,” said Richardson.

When it comes down to it, Richard-son hopes to send a message to view-ers with her work.

“Although my works usually have an environmental tone I hope the viewer starts to see and think about their role in our global/political de-sign. Although my work does not of-fer answers I hope that it raises ques-tions. How do we identify with a flag, a border, a boundary and what is the relevance of these objects today.

Lynn Richardson’s “Inside the Fence” will be on display until April 26.

Fallon Sweeney can be contacted at [email protected].

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VOLUME 44, ISSUE 15

Laura Sparks Classifieds Manager

[email protected]

By Laura Sparks Classifieds Manager A steaming cup of coffee. Red ink pen in hand. The Sun-day issue of the Chicago Tri-bune Job Guide spread over the kitchen table. An IBM Selectric with correction ribbon ready to type resumes, cover letters and envelopes. Tools of the job hunt? Not anymore. Skinny caramel macchiato lattes. Tablets with Wi-Fi capability. Job search engines. Online profiles. Twelve-page application online surveys. In order to compete in to-day’s job market, one must be computer literate and internet savvy. The Job Resource Center at Moraine Valley Community College of-fers assistance to those who need help navigating this brave new world. The other day, after working on my resume with Laura Kockler, a Job Resource Specialist, I was handed a hot job listing from College Central Network, Moraine’s job search engine. Excited for an opportunity to test run

my resume, I attempted to find the job listing online. The listing noted a web-site on which to apply for a position in my desired field. Seemed straightfor-ward enough. Not true. Finding the correct page on the employer’s website proved to be most challenging. After what seemed like a losing battle, I asked a co-worker for some help. No luck. Determined to

figure this out, I went back to the JRC. Once I finally reached the site to apply online, I was discouraged to find that in addition to my resume and cover letter, I was required to complete a lengthy online profile. Out of time and energy late on a Friday afternoon, By the time I got back to it, the post-ing was no longer accessible online. So I turned to College Central Network to

Today’s new job guide: the CCNsee what else is “out there.” For anyone who has used a job search engine, CCN is rather straightforward. Cre-ate a user profile, upload your resume and search thousands of job and internships. College Central Network services are available to stu-dents, alumni and community residents. Approved employ-ers post jobs and search résumés. Available services, including help guides, job search tools, and JRC an-nouncements can be accessed anytime.

CCN posts openings from employers specifically recruiting MVCC students and alumni as

well as jobs all over the country. I invite all of you to check out Col-lege Central Network. No newspaper clippings required. Time, patience and perseverance needed. Good luck!

Laura Sparks can be contacted at [email protected].

In today’s current job market, the local listings have been replaced by online search engines which have become more available and more accessible. [Laura Sparks]

15ClassifiedsTHE GLACIER APRIL 13, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 15

FOR SALE / RENT / SERVICESFOR SALE WANTED

Laura Sparks, Classifieds Manager [email protected]

Classified ads are accepted at the Glacier office (U207) at the rate of 10 cents per word for students and Moraine employees, 20 cents per word for everybody else. Ads are subject to editing and must be in by noon seven days prior to issue release. The Spring issues will be on the stands April 27, May 11 and June 22.

CineVerse Film Discussion GroupCineVerse, Oak Lawn’s weekly film dis-cussion group will examine “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Wednesday, April 18 from 7-10 p.m at Oak View Community Center located at 4625 W. 110 St. in Oak Lawn (check building sign for room num-ber). For more info, call (708) 529-9028 or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com.

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Job OpportunityNow hiring, part-time. Papa’s Fresh Foods at 12207 S. Harlem, Palos Heights. Con-tact Allan at (708) 932-2530.

Car for Sale2004 Convertible Ford Mustang, 53k, silver w/ black top, automatic, premium sound, reliable, new tires $6,500 . Call (708) 349-6612.

Car for Sale2002 Chevy Cavalier. 4 door. 113K $3,000 OBO. Call owner at (708) 668-5489.

Car for Sale2004 Chrysler Crossfire. 22,500 miles, white, automatic, premium sound, garage kept, completely loaded. Includes car cover. $14,000 or best offer. Call Len at (708) 974-2007.

Lion’s Annual 5k RunDistrict 1-A Lions/Helen Keller 5K Run and Walk, Sunday April 29, 9 a.m. at Richard’s High School. 10601 S. Central Avenue, Oak Lawn. Online registration at Lions1A-Us.org or call Chris Colemanat (708) 785-5726.

Garden ClubThe Orland Park Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month at the Robert Davidson Building at 14700 Park Lane. On April 23, Master Gardener, Greg Stack will discuss growing vines. Guest fees are $3.00. More info is available at borntoweed.com.

Condo for Rent2 bedroom, 1 bath condo for $899. Located at 9826 S. Sayre in Chicago Ridge. Updated kitchen and bath. On site laundry/storage unit. Rent includes heat, cooking gas, water, garbage and sewer. Call Prominent Property ManagementCall (847) 697-7764.

Apartment for RentSparcious 5 rooms, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, owner occupied 3-flat. No pets, no smok-ing. One month security deposit. Across from Moraine Valley Community College. Rent $950. Call Len at (708) 974-2007.

Motorcycle for SaleHit the open road in luxury! 1997 fully dressed Honda Valkyrie, touring model. Low miles, lots of chrome, excellent condi-tion. $5,000 OBO Call (708) 707-2103.

College Central NetworkThe Job Resource Center offers an Internet based listing service sponsored by 12 lo-cal community colleges. You may review jobs and post your resume for employers to view. Review career related resources, learn about upcoming events and stay connected with the Job Resource Center. For more information, stop by the JRC, Building S 202, call (708) 974-5737, col-legecentral.com/moraine valley.

Chemistry Tutor NeededSophmore in high school needs help with chemistry Flexible schedule. Call Mark to discuss details. (708) 297-1930.

Tired of Getting Ripped Off?I am in the automobile program at Moraine and will do tune-ups, oil changes, starters, alternators, brakes and all minor auto repairs. I will make you an offer that cannot resist. Andrew (708) 289-5046.

Basement Apartment for RentHuge bedroom, family room, eat in kitchen. Laundry priveledge, near Orland Square. Non-smoker. (708)707-2103.

Babysitter AvailableIf you need time to study, leave your kids with me. Call (708) 403-7332.

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VOLUME 44, ISSUE 15

Mike Frederiksen, Photo Editor

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Faces of

Moraine

Be it Behind a desk, in the student union, or on the streets, these are some of the many

people who make the college run.

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