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FEBRUARY 17, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 12

SPORTSBasketball teams close out seasons with spirit games.page 11

ENTERTAINMENTJim Witter brings “Piano Men” back to Moraine Valley.Social page 7

IN THIS ISSUEFEATURESSpeech finish first at McHenry County College tournament.Social page 2

Valentine’s Day dance a success

Three chosen as 2012 Moraine Valley master teacher winners

Election process begins for new student trusteeBy Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief

Moraine Valley is need of a new student trustee for the fall of 2012 and spring semester of 2013.

At the end of the current spring semester Emmanuel Santoyo’s term will come to an end. Applications for the posi-tions were released on Febru-ary 6 and the deadline to enter the election is March 2. To be elected as the voice of roughly 20,000 students, potential can-didates must be willing to com-mit a minimum of 15 hours a week to the position and be willing to travel off campus. The responsibilities include attend-ing Board of Trustee meetings, writing columns for the Glacier, and conducting surveys to gain insight on what the student’s want from Moraine Valley Community College. The stu-

By Connor Reynolds News Editor

The Gay Lesbian or What-ever (GLOW) club held their first dance on February 10 to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the U building.

Students of all demo-graphics attended the danced dressed in anything from jeans to formal wear. Deme-trius Robinson, Student Life coordinator, attended and was very excited to a part of GLOW’s first dance.

“Overall, it was a great night for students and chap-erones alike. The chaperones and GLOW leadership really got the party started,” said Robinson.

Weather affected turnout as snow hit the area on the day of the dance. 50 students plus chaperones attended the

event in all.“It was surprising

how many came out due to it snowing that day,” said GLOW coordina-tor Mark Montgomery. He continued, “My fa-vorite part of the dance was that people enjoyed themselves.”

The Hip hop group Xclusive gave a perfor-mance as part of the entertainment for the event. Other activi-ties included a booth for students to create their own personalized valentines. Free sand-wiches, chips and pop were also provided for all attendees.

Highlights from the night included an in-tense dance off between

Professors Chris Riola, Jenine Galka and Jason King (left to right) were honored as the 2012 master teachers for their work in the math program. The three implemented a Mastery Learning Program through

which students can take classes at a self-accelerating pace. [Michael Frederiksen]

By Connor Reynolds News Editor

Moraine Valley has official-ly recognized Jenine Galka, Jason King and Chris Riola as the school’s Master Teachers for the 2012 school year.

The Master Teacher award recognizes teachers who are risk-taking, innovated and have a desire to go beyond their job description in order to help students succeed.

Candidates for Master Teacher are nominated by their peers and then begin a process through which the Faculty Development Com-mittee determines a winner. Nominees give a brief pre-sentation to the committee as well as past winners, who then vote.

Students at the GLOW Valentine’s Day Dance on February 10, take part in an impromptu dance contest in the U building. Despite poor weather, 50 students took part in the dance. [Josh Hoppenrath]VALENTINE |� page 6

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dent trustee will not only gain leader-ship experience but also stipend for the cost of tuition.

The elections will be held on March 27 and March 28. As Santoyo wraps up his final days in office, he shared his thoughts on his term.

“It’s been an amazing experience to be behind the scenes seeing how a col-lege really works and seeing that the students really do have voice. If there’s one thing I would say to students con-sidering this, just do it. It’s a positive experience that changes you for the bet-

ter,” said Santoyo.Student Life coordinator, Demetrius

Robinson was pleased with Santoyo and all the work he dedicated to the college and to the many students who want their opinions heard. “He’s been a great trustee that accomplished many things and brought his own flair to the table. He is a very active individual, always working out, walking the trail and he definitely promoted a healthy lifestyle. He’s truly going to be missed,” said San-toyo.

Robinson hopes to find another trustee just like Santoyo, one that will

bring his or her own uniqueness. Applications are still being ac-cepted. For ques-tions you can speak to Robin-son or contact Student Life at (708) 974-5353.

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

The election process is underway to select the next student trustee. Elections will by held March 27-28. [Emalee Kaye]

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By Kent Spencer Staff Writer

Regarded as one of the top plastic surgeons in Chicago, assistant profes-sor of surgery at Northwestern, Dr. Robert D. Galiano gave an hour-long lecture in the Dorothy Menker Theater on the evening of February 8.

In front of a crowd of over 100 peo-ple, Galiano shared information about scarring and gave new insights of the breakthroughs in the field of plastic surgery.

Galiano also shared what was new in the field of plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery. Through his years as a doctor, his favorite procedure to perform is breast reduction, which relieves woman of back and neck strain. With this, he explained that there are over 25 tech-niques of breast reduction.

“Keloids have been a major branch-ing of the unwanted result of scarring,” explained Galiano. A keloid grows be-yond the boundary of scars and has many different treatments such as exci-sions, steroids, radiation, and the usage of chemotherapeutic agent’s 5-FU and Bleomyein. There are surprising factors

within who gets scars. Race and age are factors people often don’t know about. African Americans and Asians are at a higher risk among all races to get ke-loids. Ages between 10-30 are also at highest risk for developing keloids. Doctors have found that properly clos-ing incisions helps reduce this occur-rence.

Big or small, scars rank at the top of people’s personal list for undesirable features. People spend hundreds of dol-lars on creams and procedures to help remove childhood scars. Making sure the scar is moisturized is a major step in decreasing its visibility. Using moistur-izers such as baby oil can have a great effect. Galiano explained that silicon gel sheets are becoming popular in the plastic surgery world for reducing scars.

Galiano also highlighted some tips for skin care. He said to get sleep, to not smoke, and to not stay under the sun too much. He pointed out cosmetol-ogy is thriving with great treatments to help wrinkles using Botox and Dysport. Galiano included there are currently great options for looking younger. The deep plane facelift is becoming a very usable option to be a great feature for a

great natural facial look. Galiano did a great job explaining

what’s new in the medical field. Even with no plans of any of these proce-dures, it’s important to know what’s

available and progress of health im-provement.

Kent Spencer can be contacted at [email protected].

New techniques in plastic surgery explained

Dr. Robert D. Galiano gives his presentation on February 8 in the Dorothy Menker Theater on the advances in cosmetic surgery. [Thomas E. Adamo]

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When will this cold weather pass? I know that the ground hog has prom-ised us six more short weeks of winter but these weeks aren’t going by fast enough. I personally think that winter has just beginning but that’s just my opinion, let’s all hope that I am very wrong!

Today I want to talk about the importance of an individual’s voice. I feel that I can’t stress enough about the im-portance of speaking out. Just last night I was thinking about the many problems that occur every day in this world. I asked myself “why do such things happen?” I an-swered quickly and said to myself “well because there are “bad” people in the world” but I began to think deeper. I be-gan to think that there had to be more to this issue, this was when I knew that “good” people were part of the issue. For example if a third grader sees a sec-ond grader getting bullied and doesn’t say anything, is he then part of the problem? If I put myself in that position I would have to hold myself accountable as part of the problem for not speaking up in defense of the younger student.

I think the fear of getting hurt or also getting picked on would bother

many people, but I think if we couldn’t take action in a certain situation this fear grows and lingers with us as we continue down our road in life and we continually begin to accept things with-

out question or concern . Many of us can see it, not just in second or third grade, but at work or in college and beyond. From my per-sonal experience I have witnessed students who decided to avoid speaking out and ask-ing questions in class just because of the fear of getting hurt or be-ing picked on, but what good does that do to

anyone?I know of those students because I

was one of them and being silent does no good. So we must speak up and not only ask questions in school but outside of school as well. I am trying to say that our voices can stop people from being bullied, our voices can clarify things not just for an individual but for a crowd, our voices can change the future.

Our voices can do tremendous things if we only practice using them. If there is something that we don’t understand or agree with I ask that we all speak up and ask questions for clarification, Thank you and have a great day!

STUDENT TRUSTEE CORNER | EMMANUEL SANTOYO

Emmanuel Santoyo

Galka, King and Riola won the award for their work in implementing a Mas-tery Learning concept into several de-velopmental math sections. Mastery Learning is a method of self-accelerat-ing coursework that allows students to complete multiple courses in one semes-ter. The process also puts emphasis on making sure students have completely learned everything they need before moving to the next section of a particu-lar class. This is what allows the process to be self-accelerating; students are able to control the pace of their learning.

“In times past, the winners were al-ways phenomenal teachers. It’s an in-

credible honor to be associated with that caliber of teaching,” said King. He continued, “I definitely did not expect to win. I’ve been nominated before and haven’t won. We’ve got some great teachers here.”

Galka, King and Riola are all profes-sors who teach developmental math at Moraine. King recognized Riola as the driving force in the project. All three were part of creating and implementing the Mastery Learning pilot course, but King said, “Chris Riola was the visionary for the project.”

Connor Reynolds can be contacted at [email protected].

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groups of students, and a tribute dance to Don Cornelius. Cornelius is the founder of the television program

soul train, who passed away on Febru-ary 1.

GLOW’s next planned event will be a day of silence taking place in April.

The day will serve as a remembrance of the victims of prejudice and bully-ing in the LGBT community. On that day participants will remain silent all

day as a show of unity.

Connor Reynolds can be contacted at [email protected].

Students rock out to the music at the GLOW’s Valentines Day Dance. The dance was first put on by GLOW and was considered a success by its organizers. [Josh Hoppenrath]

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By Kent Spencer Staff Writer

Journalism guru’s gathered to par-ticipate in a panel discussion on the morning of February 7, in the Mo-raine Valley Community College Li-brary to discuss the present and fu-ture out look of journalism.

Panelists included Rob Hart, morn-ing host on 101.1 FM (formerly of WGN Radio); Dan Lambert, editor of the Palos Patch online newspaper; Jeremy Shermak, instructor of Com-munications at Moraine Valley, and moderating the discussion was Troy Swanson, learning and teaching li-brarian at Moraine Valley.

The discussion focused on the changes in the traditional ways of how news consumers receive their infor-mation. In the last decade, many of people have refrained from having the paper boy have target practice with their doors and windows. No longer do readers have to wait for Clark Kent to finish saving the day to receive breaking news: newspapers are be-coming extinct.

“News is not dying, but the models

of making news happen are withering away,” said Swanson. The internet has evolved to be the dominant source of receiving and giving out information, giving everyone who wishes to be a writer a chance to flex their skills as bloggers.

Trust in sources are what’s most important. Even mainstream news or-ganizations make mistakes too when trying to report the truth of a story. It’s important for the reader to keep track of that media groups’ credibility record.

Phones are allowing people to take the news whereever they go. Popu-lar cable television networks such as ESPN and CNN have had major im-pact with attracting news heads to their websites. ESPN offers up to daily sports coverage by a variety of writers covering many different sports teams and events. CNN has also evolved into having great online reporting cover-age for breaking news all around the world.

Phone applications are another trend that’s starting to pick up be-tween cell phone users. People can now get instant notifications when

breaking new happens with desired apps. More platforms are starting to break the barrier of sharing news. Some of the biggest breaking news ac-counts have been shared to the world through social networks like Twitter.

Hart men-tioned that the news of the death of Osama bin Lad-en was first bro-ken on Twitter.

“Before, you needed to work for a main media outlet or a legacy organization to have an audience, now anyone with a computer or in-ternet connection can now breed information. It’s dangerous in some ways, but I don’t see it as a major negative. It’s a democratization of information by allowing as many

people as possible to share views and information. In the long run, it’s an additional,” said Lambert.

Kent Spencer can be contacted at [email protected].

Panel discusses the future of journalism

Professor Jeremy Shermak takes part in the hyperlocal journal-ism panel in the library on Febraury 7. [Thomas E Adamo]

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IN BRIEFClub Fair

Tables will provide club information at the Southwest Education Center on Tuesday, February 21 from 11am-2pm. Best decorated table wins a prize.

For More information contact Sa-mantha Kinser at (708) 974-5469 or email [email protected].

Spring Mock Interview Day Job seekers can improve their inter-

viewing skills by attending Moraine Val-ley Community College’s spring Mock Interview Day on Wednesday, February 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. The free event will be in the Moraine Business and Confer-ence Center (Building M), on campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.

Community members, students and graduates are encouraged to participate in a formal, 30-minute mock interview with an actual employer who will pro-vide valuable tips to help them ace their next interview. Business attire and two resumes are required for entry.

Participants must pre-register, and space is limited. Call the Job Resource Center at (708) 974-5737 to schedule a mock interview or to participate as an employer. For more information, visit morainevalley.edu/jrc.

Non-Traditional Career PanelThe Job Resource Center will be

holding a Non-Traditional Career Panel in the U Building in Room U111 on Fri-day, February 24 at noon. Learn from working professionals how they began their career path to success and gain advice on how to take yours to the next level.

Contact the Job Resource Center at (708) 974-5737 or visit morainevalley.edu/jrc for more information.

Neither Landscape Nor Architec-ture

Alex Hibbitt’s mixed media room-scapes will be displayed in the The Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery from February 13 to March 8. Exhibits are available for viewing Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and during most Fine and Performing Arts Center per-formances.

For information, contact Jennifer Kiekeben, Art Gallery coordinator, at (708) 608-4231 or [email protected].

After AshleyAfter Ashley, by Gina Gionfriddo,

will be performed in the John and An-geline Oremus Theater on Friday, Feb-

ruary 24 through Sunday, March 4. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now. General public is $12, and $10 for seniors, stu-dents, and staff. Call the Box office at (708) 974-5500 for details.

2012 Election Registration DeadlineLast day to register to vote is Feb-

ruary 21, 2012. For more information visit the Illinois State Board of Elec-tions web site, http://www.elections.il.gov.

February 22, Meeting NoticeThe regular monthly meeting of the

Moraine Valley Community College Board of Trustees will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 22. The meeting will take place in the Board Room, Building D, Room 219, on cam-pus, 9000 West College Parkway, Palos Hills.

Moraine Valley offers supervisory classes

Moraine Valley Community College is offering a series of workshops for business employees who want to im-prove their supervisory skill set. Work-shops will be offered on Mondays, be-

ginning February 13, from 6 to 9 p.m., on the college’s main campus. Each workshop is $89.

These workshops are designed for people who have been newly promoted to a supervisory position, are position-ing themselves for a move to supervi-sion or are seeking to improve skills for marketability purposes. Attendees can enroll in one workshop or the entire set.

Topics covered are:Supervisory Best Practices Feb. 13•The Leader Within – Feb. 27•Effective Delegation – Mar. 5•Building Winning Teams – Mar. 19•Building Winning Teams II – Mar. 26•Performance Management – April 2•Employee Development – April 16Register for any of these noncredit

courses in person at the Registration Office, located in S125 or by calling (708) 974-2110 (TTY for the hearing impaired 708-974-9556). Participants also can register online at moraineval-ley.edu by selecting “Register for Non-credit Classes” under Hot Topics then “Search, register and pay for noncredit classes.”

For inquiries call Jessica Crotty, at (708) 974-5281, or e-mail her at [email protected].

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William Shaw Views Editor [email protected]

By Stephanie Oster Staff Writer

Obama’s new and improved section of his health care plan accommodates almost everyone, and he tries to make everyone satisfied with the bill.

Even Michael Galligan-Stierle, someone who criticized the original plan, thinks that this improvement is a ‘step in the right direction’. The way I see it, no matter what you do, someone will always have something negative to say about it. So, should re-ligious institutions intervene with is-sues regarding female contraceptives?

Honestly, I don’t see why people even argue about this. I am a firm be-liever in a solid separation of Church and State.

I think that whatever the govern-ment decides to do is up to the gov-ernment and the people of the coun-try, but not up to institutions like the church.

I do think that religions should be respected and valued by the country, but when it comes to personal choices, I feel that it is more up to that person. A female’s body, and choices, should be solely up to her. Matters that are so personal and significant in a woman’s life should not be decided by anyone but herself.

I understand that the government would have a say in these things, to an extent, but I feel that if a woman doesn’t fully believe in everything her religion has to offer then why should she have to abide by those rules?

This, of course, brought a lot of con-troversy. There were some mixed feel-ings about this updated compromise. In my opinion, I believe that females should have access to appropriate con-traceptives if they wish. I don’t think that their places of work should have control over something so personal.

I do respect religious traditions, and if some females agree with their reli-

gious establishments and feel that it is the best choice for them, then they simply don’t have to use contracep-tives. However, I think that the right should not be taken away to those who do want to use contraceptives.

In Obama’s updated section about female contraceptives allows women access to female contraceptives that would be provided not by their work, but their insurance company. I think that this way it still protects and re-spects the religious institution and it’s views, whatever that may be, while still respecting women’s rights.

With President Obama’s new plan regarding health care, Obama changed the part about contraceptives, so that religious institutions wouldn’t have to cover the cost of contraceptives, but however they would still be available to those who wanted them.

Stephanie Oster can be contacted at [email protected]

Can religious establishments deny employees contraception?“No, because no one has the right to decide what you want to do”

Stephanie Oster is a journalism major. She loves photography, writing, and of

course hanging out with her friends. After MVCC she is currently undeced

where she’ll go. Stephanie hopes someday to be a photojournalist for a newspaper or

website.

“Yes, because there is no such thing as “free” coverage.”

Amel Saleh is The Glacier’s editor-in-chief. She’s currently wrapping up classes towards her associates degree and plans

on transferring to Northern Illinois University in the fall of 2012, to major in

environmental science.

“Yes, because they have a right to maintain their religious image.”-Armando Guillen

“No, because birth control is an important part of health care.”

-Galen Cook

“No, because a person has the right to use contraception.”

-Kennis Wong

No, because as an employer cannot force its workers to conform to its beliefs.

-Rick Karnoski

By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief

“The chairman is promoting a con-spiracy theory that the federal gov-ernment is conducting a ‘war’ against religion,” said Republican Elijah Cum-mings of Maryland in regards to the ongoing contraception debate.

A common approach of attack when an issue is not in your favor. The sub-ject at hand is whether religious intu-itions, such as hospitals and universi-ties, should offer birth control in their health plans. This sparked a political storm of religious groups strongly pro-testing on one side and liberals oppos-ing the other.

My take on this is that it does violate the first amendment, which includes the freedom of religion. Looking close-ly, a group like Priests for Life, techni-cally not a church but an online organi-zation that makes efforts to enlighten religious views about abortion and eu-thanasia, or a Catholic school would be required to fund these “services” for

employees. Let’s put aside that some religious organizations view these as morally offensive, or – dare I use the word nowadays – sinful and think of other reasons this is a major concern.

To state the obvious, what reli-gious institutions want is something that will not violate their religious lib-erty, is there any harm in that? Many people would quickly speculate it’s about money, it isn’t. Some provide non-profits insurance for their employ-ees, such as Intermountain Healthcare, this will directly pay the costs regard-less of any compromise. Religious em-ployers with insurance still subsidize the costs against their integrity.

There is no such thing as “free” coverage – and an insurer’s expenses form the basis for upcoming costs to consumers. Since employers would be paying for it, it’s inadvertently taking more money away from businesses and therefore attempting to overthrow cap-italism.

If you’re employed under a reli-gious establishment, it should be well

known that religious guidelines are to be executed. I went to religious elemen-tary and middle school and there were teachers who clearly didn’t follow the religion, however they still abided by the rules and dress code.

If this ‘contraception rule’ was im-plemented back then to those teachers, then I would surely believe they would understand that the feelings of birth control and abortion is highly abhor-rent to the school and would respect that.

If they needed a plan that offers birth control then they should seek one outside of what the employers provide. Birth control comes in many forms and every form fluctuates in prices. I know girls who take the pill and pay roughly $20 a month.

However a person wishes to live their life is their concern. I feel as though the “separation of church and state” is something to be respected.

Amel Saleh can be contacted at [email protected].

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VIEW FROM THE HILL | BILL DROEL

By Bill Droel MVCC Campus Minister

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest known copies of sacred documents per-taining to Judaism, Islam and Christi-anity.

They were preserved for centuries on parchment in jars hidden in eleven caves. Their 1947 discovery was the most significant development in the hu-manities in recent years.

The documents are extremely fragile, but Google is putting a digital image in cyberspace at http://dss.collections.imj.org.il. About five of the scrolls are there now. Each comes with a translation and commentary.

These scrolls were originally a library. They were made during the years 200 B.C. to about 68 A.D. The librarians

feared that Romans would destroy their collection, and so they hid the scrolls in caves.

The scrolls contain much of what Christians and Muslims call the Jew-ish Old Testament or more properly the Tanakh. They also contain some song lyrics, codes of conduct and other writ-ings from that time period.

Contrary to some initial sensation-alism, the scrolls do not disprove any-thing. The opposite is true. First, the scrolls verify the a c c u r a c y of more recent copies of the Old Testa-ment. Second, the scrolls increase un-derstanding of Jewish and Christian writings from that period.

Comparisons and contrasts can be made between the lifestyle and beliefs of the scrolls’ librarians (a separatist Jewish group called Essenes) and the culture of mainstream Pharisee Jews and the early Christians.

Contrary to other sensational re-ports, the scrolls do not contain refer-ences to Jesus or to another prophet who does things like Jesus did. The Dead Sea Scrolls are not Christian writing!

On the other hand, Christianity and Islam emerged from or draw upon Ju-

daism. The scrolls thus illuminate some concepts found in or rejected by Christi-anity and Islam. For example, the scrolls help in understanding the notion of a Holy Spirit.

They also describe table fellowship, which Christians later used. They dis-cuss problems with conduct in the Jew-ish temple, an issue which Jesus also addressed.

In addition to the online version, there is a travel-ling ex-hibition for the s c r o l l s .

It is currently in Manhattan’s Times Square and in May it will go to Philadel-phia. Some time ago there was an exhib-it at Chicago’s Field Museum.

Another place to see the scrolls is in Moraine Valley’s library. There are three copies of the text and nine different commentaries there.

I recently saw another valuable, though a new book: “The St. John’s Bible.” It is the first hand-written Bible since the invention of movable type. Donald Jackson, a famous calligrapher in Wales, directed a team for over six years. The result is stunning in its lay-out, color, small margin drawings and more.

The book’s home is in Minnesota, but it is on a travelling schedule (as found on the website). I saw it at LUMA, a wonderful gallery on Chestnut St., just west of the Watertower Plaza, adjacent to the Hershey’s Chocolate display.

There are some paperbacks that ex-plain the book’s artwork. A full copy of the book is prohibitively expensive, even for Moraine Valley’s library. I pre-dict, however, that in a year or two the owner (Benedictine monks in Minneso-ta) will publish a popular edition.

Both of these treasures benefit from technology. The lesson for me however is the care of manuscripts and books that many people over many years exer-cise.

Every book that comports with the plan of God is a sacred book. Thus there are thousands of sacred texts on our campus. Textbooks, research books, novels, popular non-fiction, collec-tions—all these are valuable.

Our library, our bookstore in the D building, storage areas in C and CCT buildings—all are sacred places. Each student’s backpack contains holy items. It is a blessing to be on our campus in the company of so many books and among people who appreciate their value. Send comments to [email protected].

“Both of these treasures benefit from technology.”

By Anthony Rojas Social Editor

For anyone unaware of the creature known as the “Hipster”, Urban Dic-tionary defines them as people who “Use a great deal of sarcasm, claim to be ironic... listens to Indie Rock, rely on Pitchfork Media, know what’s cool.” Well, clearly that’s harmless al-beit slightly annoying, right? Who would be crazy enough to ac-cuse them of eradicating poor peo-ple? The man in my head would. The thing about hipsters is, they like cheap stuff and they don’t mind pay-ing a lot of money for cheap stuff. You can always find a number of hipsters hanging out at the local thrift store or some second-hand, free market joint. This is where it all begins. Once the hipster occupies a thrift store he starts telling his chums about it and they start going there. Then they look around the neighborhood and say “Man, this is the place to be, this is where it has to happen.” What “it” is, no one knows, but what’s important is that hipsters start looking around the neighborhood for homes. Imagine being a realtor dealing with a hipster? Hipsters don’t move to a run-down place because they need a place to sleep, they move in for the great “idea” behind that place. More hipsters move into the area and sud-denly the local economy starts to grow. Everyone’s happy at first. Busi-

nesses are happy because they’re making a profit and the hipsters are happy because they get to be a part of this cool scene. Who gets the bite? The local poor folks get the bite. Once the local economy gets to a certain point, high-income folks are gonna start moving in. Unlike hipsters, they won’t be moved by the awesome housing project that is an inspiration for their poems. These people work downtown. They need somewhere to live, thus condos have to be built. Unfortunately, there’s nowhere to put these condos because of poor peo-ple.

Soon, cops start sprouting up more, making life harder for the poor and the projects get worse and worse until the poor are left with no choice but to get pushed out.

It’s called “gentrification” and it re-ally happens. Remember how everyone loved Greenwich Village and Joan Baez? Poor folks loved it first, before hippies pushed them out. It’s happening now in Chicago to Pilsen and the North Side.

I’m not calling for a stop to this hip-ster nonsense because I’m skeptical it can be helped (especially because it’s such a funny argument). What I want is for all hipsters to know what their trendiness works for: displacing poor people.

Anthony Rojas can be contacted at [email protected].

How hipsters are going to kill the poorBy William Shaw Views Editor

If there’s one topic of conversation I always hear about it’s a lack of origi-nality in movies, or even TV shows. Usually it’s after someone feels disap-pointed after watching their usual show or watching one of the generic action/romance movies Hollywood loves shov-ing down our throats year after year. Time and again they deliver and we--like the guppies we are--eat it up. Don’t take me for the preachy type, I’ve got my own share of mov-ies and shows just to complain. It makes sense, we love what we find familiar and convenient. Even if we’re not happy in the end, it’s easy to watch, especially when it comes to a TV series we’ve put time into. I don’t care what anyone says, you can’t tell me that af-ter seven seasons that the show “House M.D.” does anything original anymore. Businesswise, it’s simple. If some-thing is profitable, you keep doing it until it stops being profitable. Unfortu-nately, it leaves us with generic action movie #125 that doesn’t bring anything new to the table. I may enjoy watching it, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t crave something more substantial storywise. For those willing to look, original stories can be found everywhere. Books have regained popularity through the rise of e-books. Where do you think Hollywood gets movie ideas from?

“Twilight”, “Harry Potter”, even “Ram-bo” started as books before Hollywood remade them for the silver screen. Call me a geek, but gaming is re-ceiving similar looks of interest from Hollywood. It also allow a different perspective no other medium can of-fer: that of a participant. It’s one thing to watch someone save the world, it’s an entirely different feel-ing when you’re the one saving it. There’s also the option of looking towards other countries, as it opens you to stories you won’t see otherwise. One of the most original works I’ve seen is the show “Sherlock.”

Another story about the great Sher-lock Holmes isn’t exactly original. Mod-ernizing it is and it’s one of the most brilliant stories I have lost myself in. Another option for those looking for originality, is your local film festivals. There’s so many up and coming film-makers that at times it feels like what Hollywood is missing.

They have passion and an undying love for the work that they’ve done. These are the people that are will-ing to take risks, and are not nearly as popular for it. Though, when has popularity ever equated to quality? Recently, I’ve come to a realization. There are so many great, original sto-ries out there. All we have to do is look.

William Shaw can be contacted at [email protected]

Where has all the world’s originiality gone?


ATHLETES OF THE ISSUE

Rebecca Theriault Forward

Women’s Basketball

Modestas MasiulionisGuard/ForwardMen’s Basketball

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor

Rebecca Theriault is a second year forward on the Moraine Valley wom-en’s basketball team.

Theriault was recently named to the College Sports Information Direc-tors of America Capital One Academic All-District women’s basketball team. Theriault was chosen based on her high GPA as well as her exceptional basket-ball statistics.

This season Theriault is averaging 5.4 points per game along with 2.2 re-bounds and 1.5 assists per game. Theri-ault and her teammates are looking to catch fire as they gear up for the Region IV playoffs.

Modestas Masiulionis is a second year player on the Moraine Valley men’s basketball team.

Masiulionis has been a key compo-nent to the Moraine Valley Cyclones offensive attack. Currently, Masiulio-nis is averaging 12.9 points per game with a 53.7% Field Goal percentage and is ranked second on the team with a Free Throw percenetage of 78.1%

Masiulionis best performance came in the first game of the year when he scored 18 points and collected four re-bounds.

Masiulionis and the Cyclones carry a 10 game win streak heading into the Region IV playoffs.

Sean McDermott can be contacted at [email protected].

Students and players enjoy spirit nightBy Christian Anderson Staff Writer

Moraine Valley hosted its annual spirit games on February 9 with both the women and men’s basketball teams paying homage to their sophomores before the match up against Waubon-see, in their last home game.

The woman started off the festivi-ties with a lot of energy right from the opening tip off. Players on the bench as well as the student section, dressed in all green were exchanging “DE-FENSE!” chants. The student turnout was great, as every student participated through-out the game by chanting, cheering, waving their hands or stomping their feet.

The lady Cyclones went back and forth, but came out of the first half with a 32-28 lead. They continued battling in the second half and at the 11-minute mark, there may have been a little too much energy in the atmo-sphere as forward Jessica Contant almost got into a scuffle with a Wau-bonsee player over a loose ball. This upped the intensity from both benches and the cyclone crowd, as there were “Let’s go Cyclones!” chants, combined with endless booing towards Waubon-see players at the free throw line. Stu-dent Ashley Cunningham could only use the words “crazy” and “exciting” to describe the high intensity throughout the game. The match up went down to

the last shot, but to no avail as the lady Cyclones fell short of the victory 65-64.

That bitter moment was brief, how-ever, as the men’s team came out and beat Waubonsee 69-55. Assistant coach Justin Domingo said that it meant a lot to come out with a victory for the players that aren’t returning. He added, “they showed great leadership, and did all the little things, like keeping possession and rebounding.”

There was no disap-pointed fans that walked out of the gym on Febru-ary 9. Both teams came into their games and bat-tled to the end. Sadly the women came up short as the men won their ninth straight game.

Amidst all the craziness and hoopla during the games, at timeouts there were cones, candy and even t-shirts being thrown out into the stands. At halftime, there was an en-tertaining performance by the 24-Karat dance team and they even invited ev-eryone in the crowd to come down and join them. Overall, the spirit games were a great experience

for all Cyclone fans, and if you weren’t there you missed out.

Christian Anderson can be contacted at [email protected].

A Cyclone fan dresses up as green man as he cheered on the men and women’s basketball teams. The fans were

treated to two fantasic games. [Mike Frederiksen]

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Sean McDermott, Sports Editor

[email protected]

Cyclones turn season around

By Frank Gogola Staff Writer

The Cyclones have captured their sixth consecutive 20-win season and currently sit at 20-8 (8-4 in conference) with an outside shot at a conference title.

Moraine took their talent on the road on January 31 to Morton College a .500 team. With the combination of a well balanced offensive attack and some new-found defensive en-ergy. Moraine Valley coasted to their third straight conference victory, 64-42. Raven Phil-lips posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 boards. Loretta Burton filled the stat sheet with 8 points, 6 boards, 5 dimes, and 2 blocks.

Moraine returned home on February 2 to take on McHen-ry County College. For the sec-ond game in a row the Cyclones came out firing on all cylin-ders, especially from behind

the arc. Moraine cruised to an easy 82-57 victory. Kelly Foley led the team with 22 points.Kim Young added 12 points and Natalina Cifaldi added 6 points and dished out a team high 8 assists. In the end, the Cyclones rained in 13 baskets from downtown.

On February 4 Moraine squared off against College of Lake County. The Cyclones played yet another amazing first half with a 35-19 lead. Moraine started the second half where they left off and cruised to a 65-34 win. Young led the team with 17 points.

The Cyclones charged into the hostile territory of Elgin Community College (9-1) on February 7. With a win against the Spartans, Moraine would take possession of first place in the ISCC. The Cyclones were up by as much as 13 in the second half, but with six minutes left to play the Spartans went on an extended run and Moraine

fell 64-61. Phillips had 14 points and 19 boards, which gave her yet another double-double with. The Cyclones loss can also be contributed by their 29-team fouls.

Moraine took on ISCC foe Waubonsee Community Col-lege. Despite having the home court advantage the Cyclones fell short in a close one, los-ing 65-64. With the loss the Cyclones dropped to fourth in the conference. On Febru-ary 11 Moraine finished their non-conference schedule with a win at Joliet Junior College. The Cyclones captured their coveted twentieth win of the season with 76-69 victory.

Throughout the rigorous season the Cyclones have held their opponents under 50 points 11 times, and have out-scored their opponents by at least 20 in 11 games.

Frank Gogola can be contacted at [email protected].

Second year guard Brittany Bixman pushes the ball up the court. Bixman was named to the Academic All-District team. Bixman is

averaging 4.2 points per game. [Josh Hoppenrath]

By Sean McDermott Sports Editor

As the season draws to an end the Moraine Valley men’s basketball team has bounced back into the NJCAA Divi-sion II spotlight by winning 10 straight games.

During a stretch of a little more than a month the Cy-clones season looked to be on a downward trend as the team went 3-4 after starting the year off 9-3. The reason the Cyclones have recuperated is due to the return of Lane Bar-low and Mike O’Donnell, both previously out due to school related issues.

The Cyclones were pitted against McHenry County Col-lege on February 2. Earlier in the season the Cyclones lost to the Scots in a game filled with mental errors. With revenge on their mind, the Cyclones came out and picked apart the Scots defense. The Cyclones led the entire game and crushed the Scots 72-40. Richaun Holmes had another dominating per-formance, scoring 34 points with nine rebounds and four blocks.

The Cyclones flawless play

hit a speed bump during the first half of their match against College of Lake County. Mo-raine Valley’s shooting abil-ity failed them, as their shots weren’t falling and they fell into an 18-point hole. The second half was a different story as Moraine outscored the Lancers 32-18 preventing an upset to walk away with a 68-55 win.

“It’s all about team defense,” said assistant coach Justin Domingo. “We’re not allow-ing teams to do what they want to do as far as shooting the ball and running their of-fense. We’re putting pressure on the ball and are crashing the boards.”

The Cyclones came into the Spartan Events Center look-ing for revenge from an earlier loss to Elgin Community Col-lege. The Cyclones for a second straight week struggled early on but were able to edge out the Spartans 68-61. Holmes continued his strong play grab-bing nine boards along with 26 points.

With first place in the Il-linois Skyway Collegiate Con-ference at stake the Chiefs of Waubonsee Community Col-

lege entered a hostile environ-ment at the Cyclone Center. On sophomore night the Cy-clones came out on top 69-55.Moraine led for a majority of the game.

“The guys have come back together,” said Domingo. “Watching these guys come out and dominate these teams every night is amazing.

Being the only team to be able to beat Waubonsee twice in our conference and to have a chance at a conference cham-pionship is truly outstanding.” The Cyclones won their tenth straight game when they beat Prairie State College 73-67 im-proving their chances at the ISCC title.

The Cyclones got on a hot streak at the right time as they head into the Region IV playoffs with a high seed. The playoffs begin March 1, at the IVCC Gymnasium in Oglesby, Illinois. The Cyclones look to continue their winning streak all the way to the national tournament, held at Danville Area Community College.

Sean McDermott can be contacted at [email protected].

Women search for their identity

10 game winning streak sparks new life for the Cyclones

Mike Jackson leaps up for a lay up on an Waubonsee player. Jackson scored 13 points in the 69-55 victory. [Josh Hoppenrath]

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By Zachary Siemsen Staff Writer

Ski and Boarding Club founder Mike Wade says he and his team “want to help people afford a trip to a beau-tiful place to do what they en-joy.”

With this in mind the Mo-raine Valley Community Col-lege Ski and Snowboarding Club recently took their long awaited annual trip to Crested Butte, Colorado.

Every year, the club is able to choose a location for the annual ski trip and this year they selected Crested Butte because it’s a beautiful resort that sits nestled at the base of Elk Mountain in the heart of the Rockies.

The club began their five-day trip to Colorado by tak-ing in the powder blanketed mountain and the beautiful Colorado weather.

“Every year we pick a new resort to go to, always giving us somewhere new to check out” Wade said. From left to right: Steve Knaperek, Scott Conrad, Bil Plucinski, Cassidy Ann and Sergio Torres pose for a picture in Crusted Butte,

Colorado during their annual trip. The Ski Club goes on a trip every semester to a location of their choice. [Andrew Plucinski]

Ski Club shreds Crested Butte

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By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief

Why did the three little pigs build houses? Was the wolf re-ally so mean?

The Three Little Pigs arrived at Moraine Valley on Thursday, February 16 at 10 a.m. in the Dorothy Menker Theater.

The story, which took a new spin on the classic tale, featured a Big Bad Wolf who wasn’t big and bad and want-ing to eat the pigs, but was simply too powerful to play with them.

Every character is portrayed in a jubilant manner. The wolf isn’t an enemy of the pigs but a

friend. Even the wolf ’s mother is a friend with the pig’s moth-er.

Instead of going straight into “these three pigs built these houses” the play took an interesting turn. In one scene, Mother Pig reads the piglets a bedtime story.

One piglet becomes overly

obsessed with the story and fantasizes about living in her own home at a mere 10 weeks old. She describes her dream home as “one with a white picket fence and a strong roof.” The other two piglets then become convinced they want their own homes, too. Each pig then describes the home of their desire, and you guessed it; one’s made out of straw, one sticks and the other bricks.

Introducing the reason why they chose the material for their homes and including a mother figure into the story presented an interesting take on the classic tale.

Mother pays a visit to the wolf on the day of his birthday, which seemed like a pretty de-pressing day as he sat alone in front of a cake with one candle. He no longer speaks to the pigs because of some altercation the audience is unaware of.

We find out the friendship was severed due to the wolf being too powerful to keep company. Mother pig teaches the wolf about being gentle and encourages him to patch things up.

When the wolf tries to visit the first pig, he can barely get his word across because the character is so worried about the wolf “breaking some-thing.” The wolf becomes sen-sitive to this and seems to pre-pare to cry by a series of huffs and puffs.

This blows down the pig’s house. I understand they didn’t want to promote vio-lence to an audience full of children but I felt a better idea could have been used for the huffing and puffing.

The pigs and the wolf be-came friends again, thanks to the efforts of Mother Pig’s ma-ternal nature. When there’s conflict, try to understand the other side rather than quickly shutting the person out of your life. It was a cute per-formance to put it in simple terms. A college student sur-rounded by second graders, I left with a valuable reminder of something that’s often for-gotten in society: never judge a book by its cover.

Amel Saleh can be contacted at [email protected].

The Three Little Pigs at the Dorothy Menker Theatre took a new spin on the classic tale. The story pres-ents a world in which the pigs and the wolf begin as friends. [Amel Saleh]

Three Little Pigs blow the house down

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Anthony Rojas, Social Editor

[email protected]

By Frank Florez Layout Editor

Last year, Moraine Valley’s foren-sics team capped off a fantastic year by stomping the competition in the Il-linois Intercollegiate Forensics Associ-ate State Tournament.

Could they top it this year? It looks like the team is well on their way to do-ing just that.

To start off the new semester, the speech team traveled to College of Du-Page on January 21 to compete in the first tournament of the year. 18 differ-ent colleges and universities took part in the competition. Illinois State Uni-versity came out on top, but Moraine Valley came in close behind, finishing second overall. This would prove to be a good omen for the tournament that

followed. On February 4, the team traveled

to McHenry County College to partici-pate in their second tournament in 15 days.

The MVCC speech team not only took home the first place trophy, but they beat second place by a whopping 120 points. College of Lake County, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Northwestern University and Harper College rounded out the top five.

Coached by communications pro-fessor John Nash, the forensics team has shown that they are very strong from top to bottom. In the category of Top Overall Speakers, Moraine Valley took all three spots. Michelle Moyer proved to be the best, winning the award for Top Overall Speaker. Veroni-ca Popp and Nick Lucio came in second

and third place respectively. Moyer, Popp and Lucio really took it

to the competition by winning or plac-ing in a number of events. In addition to winning Top Overall Speaker, Moy-er also came in first place for Prose interpretation, Program of Interpre-tation and Reader’s Theatre as part of a group with Popp and Brett Krivich. Moyer also earned sixth place in Com-munication Analysis and third place for Impromptu Speaking.

Popp did great all around the board in solo-competition, placing second in Prose Interpretation, third in Com-munication Analysis, fifth in Dramatic

Interpretation and second in DUO In-terpretation with Nick Lucio.

Lucio did great on his own as well. Lucio came in first for Communication Analysis, second in Poetry Interpreta-tion and fifth in Prose Interpretation.

The team has started the year out very strong, but they’ve still got a ways to go. After winning state last year, the team and their supporters are looking forward to April 9 where they will com-pete in the National Phi Rho Pi Speech Tournament in Schaumberg, Illinois.

Frank Florez can be contacted at [email protected].

Back: Robert Kurnat, Tom Lucio, Galen Cook, Bart Kirchner, Tom Murphy, Nicky Lucio, Mike Hernendez. Front: Malcom Thompson, Kyle Whitehead, Stephanie Martinez, Lau-

ren Smith, Michelle Moyer, Brett Krivich, Veronica Popp, Taylor Brooks. [John Nash]

Poetry Interpretation:1st Lauren Smith4th Brett Krivich

Program of Interpretation:5th Tom Murphy

Speech to Entertain:6th Brett Krivich7th Taylor Brooks

Duo Interpretation:4th Bart Kirchner/Mike Hernandez

Persuasive Speaking:1st Galen Cook4th Bart Kirchner

Dramatic Interpretation:6th Lauren Smith

Extemporaneous Speaking:7th Robert Kurnat

Informative Speaking:6th Robert Kurnat

McHenry County Tournament MVCC additional winners

Forensics Team burns the competition


By Nicole Bracken Editorial Assistant

“Glacier changed my life more pro-foundly than I give it credit. Being on the Glacier steered my life in a different direction through the experiences I had and the people I met,” said Sara Munoz.

Munoz began her journey at Moraine a few steps ahead of most students at the age of fifteen. She started taking night and summer classes and gradu-ated from high school a semester early in the winter of 2006. She began a full load at Moraine in the spring of 2007.

Munoz was a very actively involved student on campus, participating with Phi Theta Kappa, College Bowl, and the Great Books of the Western World Book Club.

At the Glacier she worked as a staff writer, a features editor, entertainment editor, photographer, and finally worked her way up to Copy Editor.

“My all time favorite memory of Mo-raine, hands down, is the trip to DC with the Glacier for a journalism conference,” said Munoz. “The great thing about DC is that the monuments are open 24/7, so we were able to attend lectures dur-ing the day and sight see by night.”

After Moraine Val-ley, Munoz went on to DePaul and earned a B.S. in Biology. Dur-ing that time she stud-ied shark anatomy and contemporary molecular evolution of fish, and worked at the Field Museum doing various jobs in zoology. Her research on ants and the evo-lutionary relationship they have with their gut bacteria earned her a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Munoz was just as involved on campus at DePaul as she was at Moraine. She was part of the women’s rugby team, Inter-cambio- which is a cultural exchange program- and she was a two-time De-Paul Scrabble Champion.

Her senior year was accompanied by the sound of wedding bells when she and her long time boyfriend Tony be-came Mr. and Mrs. Munoz, merging their “fur kids” (pets) and adopting one

more. “We are a big happy family that includes three cats and one dog. We would love to have more but now is not the right time,” Munoz said.

Munoz is currently working as tutor, both privately and for the Illinois Edu-cation Foundation (IEF), and as a social work assistant for an Early Intervention clinic. “I find all the work I do to be very rewarding,” she said.

Her advice to students is “Make the most out of your time there! Getting into a university as a transfer is compet-itive. Plan accordingly. Know what your potential schools are looking for, what will or won’t transfer, and whether or not they have the same credit system.”

Nicole Bracken can be contacted at [email protected].

Former Glacierite Sara Munoz attended Moraine Valley in 2007 advises students that “attending a university as a transfer student is competitive. [Tony Munoz]

Get involved, try new things

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By Naomi Washington Staff Writer

Who says an old dog can’t learn new tricks?

Pursing a degree has been, for myself and other older students, challenging yet extremely gratifying.

After returning to college after more than 25 years, many of us had to become reacquainted with proper study habits, critical thinking skill, as well as mathe-matical equations and so on. With much dedication, we are learning to master the concepts that assist in our academic pro-gression.

Although we are older than many of our classmates, and even some of our instructors, our enthusiasm and perse-verance is demonstrated through our diligence, motivating the traditional younger student to persist and continue their own education.

Here at MVCC there is a wealth of information that has helped us fit in. Programs such as the Coffee and Careers Program provide us with a sense of firm footing. The Coffee and Careers Program held throughout the semester offers valuable material to older students such as free scholarship information, online classes, academic advising, and tutoring services, etc.

Attaining a degree is a true self-es-teem builder and has the power to give us older students the confidence to seek careers that were seemingly impossible prior to our acceptance here at Moraine. MVCC is ranked near the top for adult students receiving scholarships accord-ing to Debbie Wills, the program direc-tor of Coffee and Careers Program.

Meetings for the Coffee and Careers Program are held at MVCC in the S build-ing on Wednesday night a 6p.m.

Many of us older students have been out of school for more than 25 years and we all have a different life story, a differ-ent background and we all come from different walks of life, yet we all have one goal in common: to attain a college degree from Moraine Valley Community College.

Naomi Washington can be contacted at [email protected].

MVCC reaches out to adults

Crested Butte offers many shops, restaurants, and bars not far from the resort located at the base of the mountain.

“Nothing can compare to the real mountain experience and carving real powdered snow. Local resorts cannot compare in size to a real mountain and most of the local resorts use ar-tificially made snow,” said Scott Con-rade, Vice President of the Ski and Boarding Club.

Last year for their journey the club traveled to Park City, Utah and en-joyed its vast mountainous scenery and temperant climate perfect for their adventures.

Mike Wade founded and currently runs the Ski and Boarding club so stu-dents can have an affordable opportu-nity to learn what life on the slopes is all about.

“The annual trip is a great way for friends and family to ski and snow-board together for a low cost,” Wade

said. The Ski and Boarding Club hopes

their services can offer more people the opportunity to travel and ski with friends and family for a very nominal fee.

Since the club travels as a group it receives group rates, which come out to be much cheaper than if a single person was to go alone.

Of course, not every college stu-dent may believe they can afford such a trip, but with accommodations, air-

SKI|� from page 1 fare, lift tickets, and travel all included you can get a pretty good deal with the Ski and Boarding Club.

It’s a great opportunity to get out to do what they like and all for a very low fee.

If you are interested or have any questions on the Ski and Boarding club please contact Mike Wade at [email protected].

Zachary Siemsen can be contacted at [email protected].


STUDENT CLUBSCompiled by Nicole Bracken

By David Alexander Staff Writer

Moraine Valley’s extensive book store consists of over 3000 titles, how do they get so many of them? Well from you of course!

Students of Mo-raine Valley Com-munity College who want some quick cash can re-sell any text book they want to at any point dur-ing the year without waiting for the semi ritualistic end of semester book buy-back season.

Kashif Shaf, the Director of Auxiliary Services (who also oversees the bookstore) said that the main factor affecting the resale val-ue of books is whether or not the books will be used in the following semester (including books used for both four and eight weeks classes).

Shah also said that for students tak-ing classes offered only once a year and looking to sell back their books, the best strategy is to hold on to them until shortly before the commencement of the semester that the class is offered

(in a year’s time). This of course is dependent on

whether or not the textbooks are the current editions the class requires.

“Textbook publishers are in the habit of revising their textbooks every two to three years,” said Shaf. So, what-ever you do, you still may have to face a gamble.

According to Shaf, the year-end books buy-back event is usually out-sourced. Previous contractors include the Missouri Book Company, the South

24 Karats For more information, contact Adrienne Stewart at (708) 974-5678.

Alliance of African American Students(A.A.A.S.) For more information, contact Alex Elvira at x5487.

ALAS: Alliance of Latin American Students For more information, contact Ronny Anderson at (708) 608-5487.

Akido Club For more information, contact Janet Kotash at (708) 974-5246.

Anime Club For more information, contact Amani Wazwaz at x4060.

Art Club For more information, contact Tyler Hewitt at x5219.

Arab Student Union For more information, contact Nina Shoman Dajani in the Multicultural Student Affairs office in the S building.

Action, Social & Political Empowerment (A.S.A.P.) For more information, contact Anette D’Silva x4023.

College Bowl For more information, contact Ted Powers (708) 608-4177.

Combat to College For infomation, contact Debbie Wills (708) 974-5759.

Creative Writing Club For information, contact Eric DeVillez (708) 608-4106

Culinary Arts & Hospitality Club For more information, contact Michael O’Shea x5597.

Cyber Security Club For more information, contact Kathleen Hanratty.

Drama Club For more information, contact Craig Rosen (708) 974-5432

Down 2 Dance For more information, contact Demetrius Robinson at (708) 974-5353.

Fashion for a Cause For more information, contact Maura Vizza x5742.

Filmmaker’s Club For more information, contact Dan Pal at (630) 942-2800.

Freethought Society For more information, contact Tyler Hewitt x5219.

GLOW: Gay, Lesbian Or Whatever For more information, contact Matt Cullen x4104.

Green Club For more information, contact Stephanie Presseller x5412.

Hip Hop Xclusive For more information contact Demetrius Robinson at (708) 974-5353.

International Women’s Club For more information, contact Anette D’Silva x4023.

International Conversation Partners For more information contact Elizabeth Boucek

x.5427.Kung Fu Club

For more information, contact Courtney Reese x4067.Mastadon MVCC’s literary magazine. For more information

contact, Ted Powers (708)-608-4177Meeting, Planning, and Travel Club

For more information, contact Mary Beth Walsh x5569.

Music Club For more information, contact Tammi Carlson (708) 974-5636.

P.E.P. For more information, contact Klaudia Mallett (708)

974-5722Psychology Club

For more information, contact Mitchell Baker at (708) 608-4058.

Recreation Therapy and Recreation Management

For more information, contact Donna McCauley x5227.

Rock Solid Ministry For more information, contact Michael Shannon (708) 608-4047.

Science Club For more information, contact Keith Nabb (708) 974-5592.

Ski Club For more information, contact Michael Wade at (708) 974-5594.

Speaking Life For more information, contact Terry Chambers x5647.

Stay Strong For more information, contact Teresa Hannan (708) 974-5722

Ultimate Frisbee For more information, contact Jessica Crotty x5281.

Web Technology For more information, contact Demetrius Robinson at (708) 974-5353.

Women Empowerment For more information, contact Dawn Fry at (708) 974-5717.

Eastern Book Company, and Follett. Shaf said that students who elect

to sell their books before the end of the semester will have to settle for less money-averagely between twenty five to thirty five percent of the actual cost of the text books-as opposed to the fif-ty percent or more students who wait till the end of the semester to sell their books can get.

David Alexander can be contacted at [email protected].

The Moraine Valley Bookstore is accepting year-round buy backs, but returning it before the end of the semester can mean settling for twenty-five to thirty-five percent less. [Patrick Vogwill]

In the know: Book buybacks

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By Joel Serna Staff Writer

Prom is not an economical event. For this reason, many girls can’t go to prom.

Moraine Valley wants to make the dream of high school studens a reality by hosting a drive for prom dresses through the Dream Come True Project.

The average cost of a dress ranges anywhere from $500 to $1,000. Instead of girls wasting hundreds of dollars on a dress they can come to Moraine Valley on Saturday, March 31, from 9 to 11 a.m. to choose a quality dress. All dresses will be free.

Dresses need to be in good con-dition. Dresses that are ripped or have stains will not be accepted. “In the past years the drive has re-ceived hundreds of dresses,” said Jes-sica Crotty who works as the College & Community Relations Coordinator at Moraine Valley. She also said that over the past few years many people have and many underprivileged girls have re-ceived quality dresses free of charge.

The project is aimed towards in-dis-trict high school girls. MVCC is open to dress donations throughout the year but, or course, it will always be better if

dresses are donated before this year’s prom so girls will have enough time to find the right dress.

If they don’t want to keep the dress, girls can always return it, according to Crotty. If anyone is willing enough to donate, please drop off all dresses in the

Multicultural Student Affairs office in Building S, room S201 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Dreams Come True Project’s ulti-mate goal is to collect as many dresses as possible so all girls can enjoy their prom night. The name of the project says it all:

it’s to make the dream of girls a reality. For more information on the Dreams

Come True Project contact Jessica Crot-ty at (708) 974-5281.

Joel Serna can be contacted at [email protected].

Well-cared for prom dresses will be given to underpriveleged girls on March 31. [(Salt of the Earth) at Flickr]

MVCC making prom dreams come true

7EntertainmentTHE GLACIER FEBRUARY 17, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 12

Frank Florez, Layout Editor

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Jim Witter rocked the keys for the second straight year at MVCC, perfoming classic Billy Joel and Elton John songs. [Thomas E. Adamo]

Jim Witter has a Moraine state of mindBy Stephanie Oster Staff Writer

Last year, Jim Witter graced the ears of Moraine Valley with the sounds of “The Piano Men.” On February 11, fans were able to enjoy the sequel to last year’s performance when Witter returned with “The Piano Men II.”

The show was made up of two parts: the first being about the 70’s and the second part about the 80’s. This per-formance was also notable for being the band’s first show of 2012.

Witter and his band opened the show with the score to Star Wars to pump up the crowd before perform-ing the classic works of Elton John & Billy Joel.

The first half of the show contained plenty of classics including “The Stranger,” “Say Goodbye to Holly-wood,” and “Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel as well as “Honky Cat,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Daniel,” “Crocodile Rock,” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John. During Witter’s perfor-mance of “Crocodile Rock,” audience members were able to volunteer to help sing backup.

During the first segment the band also performed a sketch where they took requests for popular TV show

theme songs. Some of the nostalgia-inducing performances included the themes to “Gilligan’s Island,” “Love Boat,” “All in the Family” and “Happy Days.”

After the intermission, Witter brought the crowd into the next de-

cade while the band performed plenty of 80’s hits, but not before performing a very special tribute. Earlier in the night the world learned of the death of Whitney Houston and after the break the band started things off with Joel’s “It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me” while a

slideshow that contained a picture of Houston was displayed.

The second half included more clas-sics including “I Guess That’s Why They Call it Rock & Roll,” “Sad Songs Say So

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McCartney brings back easy listeningBy Anthony Rojas Social Editor

Paul McCartney (or Sir Paul Mc-Cartney if you want to be that guy) has danced around through different genres for over fifty years.

He’s done the blues thing, the pop thing, and the rock thing and he’s dipped his fingers in the electric pool. Now, in 2012, he’s broke into a genre we always kind of expected him to get into eventually.

“Kisses on the Bot-tom” is an easy-listen-ing jazz/pop album full of pre-rock pop song covers and Paul’s whimsical vocals, which haven’t deterio-rated over the decades (not too much, anyway).

McCartney describes the album as something “you listen to when you come home from work.” The singer, himself, didn’t actually play any in-struments on the album (though Eric Clapton added some riffs). The album’s that kind of slow, jazzy upbeat music that exists permanently in the back-

“K.O.T.B.” is McCartney’s 16th Solo Album [Hear Music]

ground not hurting anyone or exciting anyone. Listening to it and thinking about McCartney; it’s easy to get the feeling that this is exactly where he should be. There’s no need for the pro-to-metal shredding of “Helter Skelter” at 69 years old and there’s no need for experimental compositions like “Un-cle Albert/Admiral Hadley” or “Band

on the Run.” Now is a time of seasoned com-positions that float easily around the room slowly pushing good feelings around the air.

Of course, I can’t see anybody calling this an important album in popular music, nor do I think it’s supposed to be. If you give it a fair chance and aren’t look-

ing for anything special from it there’s no reason you won’t enjoy it. It doesn’t rock your face off and it doesn’t change everything forever like a Beatles song but it gets your foot in a tap and your head in a soft nod in that casual way Paul McCartney has.

Anthony Rojas can be contacted at [email protected].


By Nicole Bracken Editorial Assistant

“Safe House” hit the big screen on Feb-ruary 10 with high-speed chases, bullets flying, conspiracy theories and talented leading actors Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds to draw in crowds.

Denzel plays the role of Tobin Frost who has been at the top of the CIA’s most wanted list for years, completely untraceable, when suddenly he is taken into custody and placed in a safe house. When the safe house is attacked and all other personnel wiped out, it is up to Ryan Reynold’s character, young agent Matt Weston, to figure out what to do with his guest.

With the realization that the safe house had been a secure location prior to attack, it becomes questionable whether one of the higher-level authorities has become corrupt. We discover that Frost has or knows something that someone doesn’t want coming to the surface, and they will do anything to cover it up. Weston gets tangled into the mess as he begins to wonder if what Frost is holding is true.

The top-notch actors seem to carry this film. Denzel and Reynold’s per-formance were fantastic, but the plot seemed to be a little on the predictable side nearing the end. The film was in-tense in action due to the man-on-the-run nature of it. There were plenty of fierce hand-to-hand combat scenes and a multitude of shoot-outs. A couple chase scenes even utilized the South African setting, running across rooftops and causing chaos at the soccer stadium.

The greatest downfall of this film was the frantically moving camera during the action scenes. It really took away from the action when you were spending so much of your energy trying to refocus your eyes and trying not to let it make your head spin.

As far as action films go, it is overall a good piece of entertainment, but there isn’t anything groundbreaking. Had they cleared up the issues with it’s action scenes the film would have been tremen-dously better and viewers would be more engaged.

Nicole Bracken can be contacted at [email protected].

A “Safe” Bet

Safe House stars Ryan Reynolds & Denzel Washington [Universal Pictures]

Much” and “Empty Garden” by John as well as “An Innocent Man” and “You May Be Right” by Joel. The band also gave the crowd a little treat in the form of one more TV theme song by performing the classic theme of “Cheers.”

At the end of the show Witter in-troduced the rest of the band includ-ing Ian Tanner on bass/vocals, Darryl

McWaters on drums and Tony Lind on guitar before sending the crowd off with Billy Joel’s quintessential hit “Pi-ano Man.” The band then walked off the stage but the crowd wouldn’t have it as they continued to cheer for more.

Witter kept them waiting, but the crowd erupted when the band return to the stage for a three-song encore that included Joel’s “Uptown Girl” as well as “Let It Be” and “Carry That Weight” by The Beatles.

Overall, if you want to watch an upbeat and fun show that leaves you with that warm fuzzy nostalgic feel-ing, check out Jim Witter’s shows. Looking around at the audience I could see their faces all lit up with excitement and happiness. The band was extremely talented and definitely knew how to work an audience.

Stephanie Oster can be contacted at [email protected].

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By William Shaw Views Editor

In the days leading up to its release, you couldn’t watch any TV for less than an hour without hearing about a new movie called “Chronicle” The story of Chronicle starts off by introducing Andrew Detmer (Dane

DeHaan), an extremely introverted high school senior who buys a camera to re-cord his tragic life between abuse from not only his drunken father, but also bullies at his school. Due to his shy na-ture, his only friend is his cousin, Matt. When the two go to a party, Matt and would be student president Steve find a cave. After venturing into it, the three

men soon gain the ability of telekinesis. For those of you expecting your aver-age superhero flick involving a man’s coming of age to use his powers for good, look far away. “Chronicle” averts the clichés instead by exploring what one would do with these powers. By doing so, it simultaneously explores mo-rality, friendship, and high school life. Even more unique is the way it’s filmed. Much like the most first-person shot films, everything’s done with the cameras during scenes. However, this doesn’t always mean one used by the cast, and makes for some very interest-ing scenes. Against all expectations, “Chronicle” brings forth a unique take on the su-perhero genre. Don’t watch this for the action, there isn’t a lot. Instead, watch it for its original story and unique depth.

William Shaw can be contacted at [email protected].

Andrew, one of the telekinetic teens, takes a dark turn. [20th Century Fox]

Chronicle shines against all expectations

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VOLUME 44, ISSUE 12

Laura Sparks Classifieds Manager

[email protected]

Be prepared for Mock Interview Day next week

Mock Interview Day will be held on February 22 from 2-5p.m. [Mike Frederiksen]

By Laura Sparks Classifieds Manager

Interviewing for a job need not be a nerve-wracking ordeal.

You may feel uncomfortable “selling” yourself or fielding unexpected ques-tions. Or maybe the prospect of meet-ing and wanting to impress new people is enough to trigger your anxiety. The good news is that interviewing is a skill you can learn. With the right tips and techniques—and plenty of practice—you can become a master of presenting yourself effectively with potential em-ployers.

Sharing your well thought out story is a powerful interviewing technique. The way your life has evolved; the things you’ve learned; your achievements, fail-ings, and dreams—these things are unique to you and much more interest-ing than you realize..

Learn to tell your story and tell it well, especially for interviewing and networking purposes.

Be ready the next time an interview-er says, “Tell me about yourself.” Don’t wait until the actual interview to tell it for the first time.

An exciting interviewing opportu-

nity is available right here at Moraine Valley Community College. The Job Resource Center is hosting a Mock In-terview Session next Wednesday, Feb-ruary 22 from 2-5 p.m., in Building M.

Job Specialist, Tamima Farooqui, states “Obtaining employment is not the primary focus of the event,” Howev-er, the interview “could become a great

networking opportunity.” Farooqui reports that students have secured em-ployment through introductions made at the mock interview.

Beyond networking, a mock inter-view is an opportunity to learn and practice communication skills. For one who has never interviewed, or hasn’t interviewed in many years, role-play-

ing with a true hiring professional may provide the confidence boost necessary to relax on an actual interview.

Farooqui continues, “Where else can you get 30 minutes of interrupted time from an employer?” Use that time wise-ly. Ask questions, listen carefully to the interviewer’s feedback and consider following their recommendations.

Be prepared for your mock inter-view. You are required to arrive in busi-ness attire with your resume.

Be ready to briefly describe your ex-perience, showing how it relates it the job. Feel confident in your skills, and communication style without boasting.

Be ready to answer broad questions, such as “Why should I hire you?” “Why do you want this job?” “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”

Practice, practice, practice until an-swering questions about yourself and your experience feels natural.

Schedule your 30-minute mock in-terview and pre-register at (708) 974-5737. While you may not land a job, you will learn much about the inter-view process and yourself.

Laura Sparks can be contacted at [email protected].

11ClassifiedsTHE GLACIER FEBRUARY 17, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 12

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 March 9, March 30, April 13, April 27, May 11 and June 22.

Apartment For Rent Spacious 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms with heat. Owner occupied 2 flat. No Pets. $900 per month, one month security deposit. 111th & Western, 20 minute drive. Call Chuck (773)-779-7077.

Car for Sale!2004 Ford Mustang, 53k, silver w/ black top, automatic, premium sound, reliable, garage kept. $6200 or best offer. Call Laura (708)-349-6612.

Garden ClubThe Orland Park Garden Club meets at 6:30p the third Monday of every month at the Robert Davidson Building at 4700 Park Lane. On February 20th, attendees will learn to garden in February. Guest fees $3.00. More info is available at borntoweed.com.

Sublet my apartment!Quiet building. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. W. 111th St. near Western Avenue. Near buslines, schools, grocery store, library, and restaurants. Off street parking, appli-ances included. Call (773)301-7801.

Condo for Rent2 bedroom 1 bath condo for $899. Located at 10425 S. Natoma in Chicago Ridge. Updated kitchen & bath.On-site laundry/storage unit.Central heat/AC. Rent includes water, garbage, & sewer.Call Prominent Property Management (847)-697-7764.

Customer Service (Staffing Specialist)Full-time positions Monday-Friday in Cus-tomer Service (8am to 5pm) in Alsip, Illi-nois. Previous contact with clients in an of-fice environment. Busy office and growing. Should possess strong organizational skills and have ability to multi-task. Starting wage $12.00 hour. Call Doreen (708) 239-5400 www.sedonacompass.com

Motorcycle for SaleDo you long for adventures on the open road? 1997 Honda Valkyrie, touring model. 70,000 miles, chrome everything, many extras, excellent condition. $5000 obo. Contact Bill at (708)-717-3223

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

Car for Sale!2002 Chevy Cavalier. 4 door. 113K $3,000 OBO. Call owner at (708)-668-5489.

CineVerseCineVerse, Oak Lawn’s weekly film discussion group, will examine “Sunshine Cleaning” on Wednesday, February 22, from 7-10 p.m. at Oak View Community Center, located at 4625 W. 110th St. in Oak Lawn (check building signage for room number). For more info, call 708-529-9028 or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com

Support The St. Patricks Day Parade!Jump start the St. Patrick's Daycelebrations on the South Side and show your support for the the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade by joining the Parade Committee for our Kick-Off Party and Fundraiser on February 18, 2012 6-10 p.m. at 115 Bourbon Street! With live music from the South Side's ownLarkin & Moran Brothers. * Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door. Pre-sale tick-ets will be available on our website and at local businesses. * Included: Drinks, delicious dinner buffet from 115 Bourbon Street. Entertainment from the Larkin & Moran Brothers.

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