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Driving The Lane: Miami Dade College women's basketball player Kanisha Clark drives to the rim against students from Coach Susan Summons basketball class. The Lady Sharks open the regular season Nov. 1 against Daytona State College at Kendall Campus.

Executive order signed in aim of improving education for Hispanics in the United States; Padrón to take lead.

Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón has another ac-complishment to add to his re-sumé.

On Oct. 19, President Barack Obama signed an executive order making Padrón the chair of a new White House Initiative on Educa-tional Excellence for Hispanic-Americans.

The moment was seen live via web conference by students at all eight MDC campuses.

“I am very proud of and hon-ored by this appointment,” Pa-drón said via e-mail. “I have come a long way, but I have had great support all along the way

from a supportive and loving family, students and colleagues. They have inspired and motivat-ed me.”

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Obama Appoints Padrón To Lead Education Initiative

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Succeeding A LegendShoes To Fill: Sandra Martinez is the new North Campus Honors College director, replacing E. Carter Burrus, who held the position for nine years.

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tinuing educational opportuni-ties and improving educational outcomes for Hispanics and Lati-nos of all ages.

Its goal is to help more Hispan-ics receive an education that pre-pares them for college, and pro-ductive careers.

“This is an issue that truly takes an entire nation,” Padrón said. “There must be a profound change in the mindset of Ameri-cans, that college education is truly the only passport to the mainstream economy and a pros-perous life.”

Padrón’s focus is to unite His-panic students and their non-Hispanic peers. He said that by rebuilding the K-12 system so that students focus on college from the start, every student will have quality learning opportuni-ties.

educational issues related to His-panics. The commission will also address opportunities in the His-panic community while increas-ing educational involvement of Hispanic youth.

The executive order is aimed at strengthening the nation by con-

Man Of The Hour: Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón was tabbed by Barack Obama to lead a Hispanic education initiative.

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50Our Story: Miami Dade College celebrates its 50th anniversary this fall; explore the College's history.

Ricardo Ruiz, Homestead Campus SGA president, has tragic accident leading to a coma, from which he is recovering.

By Alexandra de [email protected]

Tragedy AtHomestead

HOMESTEAD CAMPUS SGA PRESIDENT

When Adriana Ruiz received a knock at her door at 5 a.m., she knew the news was not good.

She was right.Her brother Ri-

cardo Ruiz, Home-stead Campus stu-dent government association presi-dent, had been in a car accident.

Ruiz, she learned, was in a

coma; he had been airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Sept. 29.

“I walked into his room in the trauma center, and he had breathing tubes through his mouth and he was just laying there sleeping,” Adriana said. “All I could think about was that I might lose my big brother.”

Doctors say that Ruiz lost con-trol of his red 1999 Honda Accord after he suffered a brain aneu-rysm on the left side of his brain.

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In Sync With Sink: Miami Dade College’s North Campus was the site for an early voting rally featuring Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor on Oct. 21. Former President Bill Clinton attended the event, endorsing Sink. He spoke to the student body about the economy and education. Sink faces Republican nominee Rick Scott in the 2010 Florida election.

Speaker Series: Manny Garcia, the executive editor for El Nuevo Herald, will speak at Wolfson Campus on Nov. 4.

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Miami Dade College and the Internal Revenue Service will host an all-day tax practitioner semi-nar on Nov. 9 at West Campus, 3800 NW 115th Ave., Room 1101.

The seminar was created for tax and accounting specialists. It will fulfill the requirements for eight continuing professional educa-tion credit hours in the category of technical business, as well as eight CPE credit hours in taxation.

The seminar w il l take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with back-to-back classes and a lunch break.

The seminar is sponsored by the IRS and the Miami-Dade Chapter of The Enrolled Agents.

College To Host Seminar For Tax Practitioners

—Ralph Tur

Seminar Fee is $99 For more information, contact Maite DelgadoT (305) [email protected]

For more information about the exhibit, contact the School of Entertainment & Design TechnologyT (305) 237-1696

A photography display near the North Campus computer court-yard features the work of f irst semester students in the new as-sociate's degree program in pho-tographic technology.

The submissions include: Young American by Diana Llenes, which features a young boy wrapped in an American f lag; Tokyo Sunset by Albert Siegel, which features a busy cityscape with the sunset il-luminating the horizon; and FIG Neckware by Ellier Jimenez, which features the top halves of man-nequins dressed in ties and dress shirts.

The exhibit will be available to the public until February 2011.

Exhibit Near North Campus Computer Courtyard

—Mark Overton

For more information about theCollege Fair, contact Sherry Rix, at the North CampusT (305) 237-1760or Veronica Nicoleau, at the Kendall CampusT (305) 237-2137

Miami Dade College is hosting a college fair on, Nov. 2 at North Campus and Nov. 3 at Kendall Campus.

The college fair at North Campus will be held in building three from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Kendall Campus college fair will take place in building two from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

More than 50 colleges and uni-versities will be present to give in-formation, as well as applications to students who are interested in transferring.

There will also be an opportu-nity to network and interact with counselors from the schools rep-resented at the fair.

College Fair To Be Held At North, Kendall Campuses

—Ayoyemi Ajimatanrareje

The Florida Center for the Liter-ary Arts is offering volunteer op-portunities at the Miami Book Fair International.

The 27th annual MBFI will be taking place at Wolfson Campus from Saturday, Nov. 14 through Saturday, Nov. 21.

Some of the featured events at the MBFI are the Street Fair, the Children's Alley, the Festival of Authors, the Comix Galaxy and the International Pavilion celebrating Mexico with author presentations, art exhibits and traditional crafts.

About 1,500 volunteers are wel-comed to participate.

Opportunities offered are in marketing, ushering in the opera presentation and clerical work.

Volunteering Opportunities At The Book Fair


For more information about the book fair, and to sign up for volunteering, visit: WWW.MIAMIBOOKFAIR.COM

Culture Clash in AmeriCCa: Real People, Real Stories, the vaude-ville-style show about escapades of diverse real-life people in America, is coming to Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Room 1261 on Nov. 12 and 13.

Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza all create a show of memoir-st yle humor adapted from real-life interviews conducted across America.

Since 1984, Culture Clash’s sto-rytelling has developed an influ-ential and satirical traveling show which is an educational exposé of the people that populate America.

During the years, Montoya, Sa-linas and Siguenza’s sketch come-dies have been the subject of many pop culture events.

Vaudeville-Style Show To Visit Wolfson Campus

—Jennifer Fumero

General Admission is $20Students and Seniors pay $15

MyEdu.com is a website provid-ing information about courses, professors, degrees and college information about schools in the United States.

“It’s a very effective site for stu-dents, parents and advisers,” said Chris Chilek, co-founder. “It’s the Google of education.”

According to Chilek, students can use MyEdu during registra-tion to compare professor reviews from other students and records from past semesters.

Formerly known as Pick-A-Prof, MyEdu provides services to stu-dents for free. MyEdu has launched a new schedule planner that cre-ates schedules based on time of day, professors, average grade point average and rating.

Website Hailed As The "Google Of Education"

—Anna Carabeo

For more information, visit: WWW.MYEDU.COM

Journalism Speaker Series To Host Event At Wolfson

Pulitzer Prize-winning jour-nalist Manny Garcia, the execu-tive editor at El Nuevo Herald, will participate in Miami Dade Col-lege’s Journalism Speaker Series. The event will take place Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. in Room 7128 at Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave.

Garcia, who spent nearly 20 years at The Miami Herald, won a Goldsmith Prize, and an Investiga-tive Reporters and Editors Award.

—Bianca Vargas

For more information, contact Manolo Barco, adviser to The Reporter. T (305) [email protected]

He was the primary reporter on The Herald’s coverage of the Miami’s voter fraud scandal and the Elian Gonzalez raid, two entries that won Pulitzer Prizes.

The event is free, open to the public and will end with a 15 min-ute question and answer session.

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All Night Long: (From left) Jazzy Silva and Christopher Silva participate in the Phi Theta Kappa barbecue during Miami Dade College's All-Nighter For Haiti. About 1,500 students and community members gathered at Kendall Campus’ Fred Shaw Plaza on Oct. 15 to participate in the All-Nighter for Haiti, a 12-hour fundraiser directed toward sustainable food programs in rural areas in Haiti. More than $11,000 was raised for the cause that night; $13,000 more has been raised since then, according to Stuart Williams, a professor at Kendall Campus, who moderated the event. Last year, the event raised $23,000. The funds went toward a four-pond tilapia farm in the Artibonite region of Haiti.

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For more information about theMiami Dragon Boat Race, contact Luis Anibal MontesT (305) 237-8102

The Miami Dragon Boat Race will be take place on Nov. 13 at 8 a.m., at the Miami Marine Stadi-um, 3601 Rickenbacker Causeway.

The 250-meter race will consist of 24 individuals in a canoe that will be decorated like a dragon. In 2007, a team from Miami Dade College won first place in the race,

MDC Team To Participate In Dragon Boat Race

For more information about theJazz Festival, callT (305) 237-2321

Kendall Campus will host the fourth annual Latin Jazz Festival on Nov. 5 at the Fred Shaw Plaza at 7:30 p.m.

Performers will include Albita, Roberto Perera, Dave Valentine, Negroni’s Trio, Federico Britos and Ed Calle.

In addition, MDC students will have an opportunity to get hands-on experience working with indus-try professionals during the live performances. Among the duties, they will be charged with: audio engineering, backstage support with artist and equipment during the concert.

Approx imately 4,000 t ickets have been distributed for the Lat-in Jazz Festival, which is free and open to the public.

Latin Jazz Festival Comes To Kendall Campus

—Akeem Brunson


Miami Dade College was award-ed a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s “Strengthening Institutions—His-panic Serving Institutions” pro-gram in October.

The grant will support the Wolf-son Campus’ science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics first-year programs, also known as STEM.

The program gives Hispanic stu-dents, who are underrepresented in the science and technology fields, a chance to succeed. The grant will also be used to create a STEM Summer Bridge Program for first-time-in-college Hispanic students between the ages of 17 and 25.

$2.4 Million Grant Awarded To Wolfson STEM

—Tiffany Garcia

For more information contact, Guillermina Damas, natural science department chairperson at the Wolfson Campus T (305) 237-3927

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The event is open to all Miami Dade College students. The MDC team’s final practice is on Nov. 6 at noon.

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New Kid On Block: (From Left) E. Carter Burrus and Sandra Martinez stand in the Honors College lounge. Mar-tinez replaced Burrus as North Campus Honors College director on Nov. 1.

Survivor: Ricardo Ruiz, Homestead SGA president, suffered an aneurysm which led to a car crash. After the crash, Ruiz fell into a coma.

Sandra M. Martinez, 39, is a 1989 graduate of Hialeah Senior High; she attained an associate's degree in history from Miami Dade College in 1992, a Bachelor of Science in social studies edu-cation from Florida International University in 1994, a master’s degree in in educational leader-ship from Nova Southeastern University in 2000.

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A group of InterAmerican Campus students collaborate to promote "Viernes Culturales," a community event in Little Havana.

Sandra Martinez—former director of advisement and career services at North Campus—replaces E. Carter Burrus as North Campus Honors College director; Burrus is retired as of Oct. 29.

Why get on a plane to experience Latin culture?

Nine InterAmerican Campus students from the Student Lead-ership Academy created a plan to market street merchants and the overall feel of “Viernes Culturales,” a Latino community event that oc-curs the last Friday of every month.

The artistic and cultural fair, al-lows visitors to experience outside performances along “Calle Ocho,” various art exhibits, restaurants, stores and cultural centers.

Sandra M. Martinez will have a new office to decorate on Nov. 1.

Martinez, 39, is replacing E. Carter Burrus, who is retiring af-ter nine years as the director of the North Campus Honors College.

She was selected by a five-per-son committee, besting more than 30 applicants.

“I want the students to know I am here for them,” said Martinez, a North Campus alumnus. “I’ve walked these halls [like] they do.”

Martinez, a 1989 graduate of Hialeah Senior High School, has devoted her career to education.

In 1994, she served as a social studies teacher at Nautilus Middle School. In 1999, she was named the chairperson of the gifted pro-

The Miami Dade College stu-dents were assigned the task of enhancing “Viernes Culturales’ ” marketing department. The idea was born from the IAC Leadership Academy.

Barbara Rosenthal, a marketing professor from the Kendall Campus mentored the students.

“It was an incredible learning ex-perience for those nine students,” said Rosenthal. “They had the op-portunity to put into practice what they learned in the classroom.”

To understand the demograph-ics of Little Havana, the students researched the area. They spoke to

gram. Martinez left the Miami-Dade

County Public School system in August 2005, taking the post of executive assistant to the North Campus president. In October 2007, she was named the director of advisement at North Campus.

Martinez said it was a job that prepared her for her newest chal-lenge, because it included han-dling transfers to upper division institutions and advising students on future job opportunities.

“As the director, I was respon-sible for making sure students completed their program of stud-ies and that they carved out their educational pathways,” Martinez said.

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“I feel this will improve gradu-ation rates for all ethnic groups and help us move forward as a nation,” said Adolfo Jimenez, an 18-year-old business major at North Campus. “Immigrants who came from other countries are being represented, like me. I am very proud.”

During his speech, Obama said via teleconference that Padrón has been a leader in his admin-istration’s efforts to strengthen America’s community colleges and schools.

“In addition to running a col-lege, he’s agreed to serve as the chair of this initiative’s Presi-dential Advisory Commission. We are grateful to you,” Obama said. “This will be a group of 30 Latino leaders who are going to make sure that, when it comes to our children’s education, my ad-ministration hears the voices of the Latino community loud and clear.”

In 2009, Padrón was on TIME magazine’s list of “The 10 Best College Presidents.”

Florida Trend magazine named him “The 2010 Floridian of the Year.” During his career, he has been tapped by five American Presidents for national distinc-tion.

“Dr. Padrón embodies what every Latino male needs to strive for,” said Sandra Martinez, North Campus Honors College director. “To have a prominent Hispanic male in such a position is a prom-ising ray of sunshine.”

Padrón, who on numerous oc-casions has mentioned that MDC was the only school that give him a chance when he graduated from high school, said that community colleges are paramount to offer-ing opportunities to Hispanics.

“My story is repeated every day at this college and others like it across America,” Padrón said.

-----------------------Mark Overton contributed to this report.

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FROM HOMESTEAD, FRONT PAGE

Burrus left off. “I needed someone who could

jump right in and reassure the students that they are not going to be alienated or abandoned,” Hol-loway said.

Martinez hopes to become the same type of mentor that Burrus was.

Holloway sees a lot of simi-larities in Burrus and Martinez. They started their careers in the social sciences, have experience working with gifted students, and share a passion for their students.

“I just need to get to know my students,” Martinez said. “I want to know them on a deeper level.”

Burrus said that although he was not on the selection commit-tee, Martinez was his personal choice.

“She will take it to the next lev-el and go beyond what we have started here,” Burrus said.

Holloway is confident that with Martinez’s experience, she has all the resources she needs to hit the ground running.

“She won’t fill his shoes,” Hollo-way said. “I think she will be able to fill her own.”

merchants and conducted surveys, and compared events similar to “Viernes Culturales.”

“It was very challenging, because none of us were marketing majors,” said Carolina Raguasi, a sophomore at the IAC. “Dr. Rosenthal was an amazing mentor who guided us and allowed us to develop our lead-ership skills.”

This past spring semester, the students met each Friday for about three hours to discuss their prog-ress. They created a coupon book that offers discounts to the stores and various events along “Calle Ocho.”

“It was a way to convince and show the members of ‘Viernes Cul-turales,’ what was good about the event and where they were lacking,” Raguasi said. “We gained market-ing skills and they can now improve their event. Overall, it was a great experience I will not soon forget.”

The Jaws of Life were needed to remove him.

Despite the wreck, Ruiz didn’t suffer serious injuries as a result of the crash, only a few scratches to the right side of his face.

“God protected him,” Ricardo’s mother, Doris Ruiz said.

Adriana was holding his hand when Ruiz awoke from the coma on Sept. 30.

“He slowly squeezed my hand...and then moved his left foot,” Adriana said. “He squeezed his eyes and finally opened them.”

With tears in his eyes, Ruiz re-sponded to the doctor’s question: “What is your name?”

“Ricardo Ruiz,” were his first words.

According to Doris, Ricardo has to receive therapy to his right arm and leg, due to side effects from the aneurysm; he’s also get-ting voice therapy.

“I've never seen him like this,” Doris said. “I want him to be the same person he was, physically and emotionally.”

Adriana described her brother as energetic, a peace maker, sup-portive and a leader.

“People are drawn to him,” said Nicole Bryant, student life direc-tor at Homestead Campus. “It’s just natural for him. He is an in-fectious person. When he smiles, you smile. When he laughs, you laugh.”

Ricardo started as a student life assistant in 2008. He was elected SGA vice president in 2009, and president for the 2010-11 academ-ic year.

However, as a result of the acci-dent, Ruiz was forced to drop his classes.

Ruiz is struggling with every-day activities such as walking, speaking and writing. His sister Adriana expects his recovery to take six to nine months, Bryant said.

In the meantime, Homestead Campus SGA vice president Pierre Leveque has appointed treasurer Henrry Gomez as the interim president, Bryant said.

"I am not sure what's going to happen, because he [has] a brain tumor and I don't know what his doctors will say,” Bryant said. “Out of respect, I don't want to push an issue like this. I am let-ting everything happen organi-cally."

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Miami Dade College's student newspapers and literary magazines return from Annual FCCPA awards banquet with scores of honors.

MIAMI DADE COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS

MDC Students Win Dozens Of Awards At Annual Convention

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Melody Aleman Editorial Cartoon, Catalyst—————————————Miguel ChateloinAd Design, Catalyst—————————————Lazaro GamioDesign, Metropolis—————————————Lazaro GamioIllustration, Metropolis—————————————Andrea OrellanaHumor Writing, Metropolis—————————————Aaron PabonEditorial, Catalyst—————————————Russell QuinoaSports Column, Catalyst—————————————


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FIRST PLACE AWARD

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7First Place Awards

Falcon Times Staff Online Competition, The Falcon Times—————————————Michael Finch IIArts Review, The Falcon Times—————————————Lazaro GamioComic Strip, Metropolis—————————————Lazaro GamioNews Story, Metropolis—————————————Alejandro JuncoFeature Photo, Catalyst—————————————Akeem MayersEditorial Cartoon, The Falcon Times—————————————Akeem MayersIllustration, The Falcon Times—————————————Jeannie RodriguezFeature Story, The Falcon Times—————————————

8SecondPlace Awards

Sergio N. Candido In-Depth Reporting, The Falcon Times—————————————Sergio N. CandidoNews Story, The Falcon Times—————————————Marlon GalloNews Photo, Catalyst—————————————Marlon GalloPicture Story, Catalyst—————————————Akeem MayersComic Strip, The Falcon Times—————————————Andrea OrellanaGeneral Column, Metropolis—————————————Samantha PuentesComic Strip, Catalyst—————————————Thomas SilvaFeature Story, Metropolis—————————————Tii Kenya XynnFeature Photo, Metropolis—————————————

9ThirdPlace Awards

Cristina Cabrera Poetry, Café Cultura—————————————Andres Cabrera, Nerys TorralbasArt Works, Café Cultura—————————————Stephanie del PinoEditing, Café Cultura—————————————Jose Garcia, Michelle Orchid Rodriguez,Diana SantistebanPhotography, Café Cultura—————————————Jeannie HarrisonNon-Fiction, AXIS—————————————Jon Ing, Jennifer Loliner, Amanda Perez-VillarealPoetry, Miambiance—————————————Dexter Jones, Mario MartinezIllustration With Text, AXIS—————————————Justin L. ManganaFiction, AXIS—————————————Isuet Ribot, Victoria SaavedraEditing, Café Cultura—————————————Victoria SaavedraFiction, Café Cultura—————————————


MAGAZINES

Division B

FIRST PLACE AWARD

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10First Place Awards

Bryan AguilarPoetry, Miambiance—————————————Natalia AlmanzaPhoto, Miambiance—————————————Emily BinnieFiction, Metromorphosis—————————————Andres CabreraArt-Individual, Café Cultura—————————————Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg, Giselle Heraux, Dinkinish O’ConnorPoetry, AXIS—————————————Vicky D’Incecco, Kristian Rodriguez, Elaine RosnerPhotography, Miambiance—————————————Jessica Fadel, Natasha GlasfordDesign, Metromorphosis—————————————Monica Moser, Maria Violeta Gonzalez MontanerArt Works, Urbana—————————————John Muñiz, Sadiel RuizStaff Page, Café Cultura—————————————Dinkinish O’ConnorPoetry, AXIS—————————————Sean Pagoada, Suleidys Tellez, Karina VadoPoetry, Urbana—————————————Diana SantistebanPhotography, Café Cultura—————————————

12SecondPlace Awards

Andres Cabrera, Nerys TorralbasIllustration, Café Cultura—————————————Juan EliasPhotography, Urbana—————————————Dexter JonesContents Page, AXIS—————————————John Muñiz, Diana SantistebanCover, Café Cultura—————————————Michael TelloArt-Individual, AXIS—————————————Jessica ValdesDesign, Miambiance—————————————Jessica Valdes, Kyle ZimmermanStaff Page, Miambiance—————————————

7ThirdPlace Awards

Each year, Miami Dade College’s student publications participate in the Florida Community College Press Association’s Awards Banquet. Here are this year’s results.

Newspapers

Student journalists at Miami Dade College have plenty of new keepsakes to hang in their newsrooms.

The Florida Community College Press Association awarded The Falcon Times, the Catalyst and the Metropolis 24 awards on Oct. 22 during their an-nual awards banquet in Ocala Fla.

Lazaro Gamio, won the most awards, earning first place honors in design and best illustration. Gamio also won two second place awards for news story and comic strip.

“This was such an amazing night,” said Gamio the Wolfson Campus bu-reau chief for The Reporter, the recently merged student newspaper at MDC. “It was awesome to hear my colleagues cheer for me, it really made my night.”

In addition, Gamio, 20, received an Inner Circle Award for winning four awards. Akeem Mayers, an illustrator for the Falcon Times, who won three awards, also received an Inner Circle Award. Mayers has garnered six FCCPA awards in two years.

Magazines

Miami Dade College’s literary mag-azines had to pack a little extra on their way back from the Florida Com-munity College Press Association.

On Oct. 22, the FCCPA honored Kendall Campus’ Miambiance, Hia-leah Campus’ Café Cultura, Wolfson Campus’ Metromorphosis, North Campus’ AXIS and InterAmerican Campus’ Urbana with 28 awards.

Café Cultura, bested the competi-tion, winning top honors in Division A. In Divison B, Miambiance placed second followed by AXIS.

“We will continue what we’ve been doing,” Café Cultura’s co-adviser Vic-tor Calderin said. “Our staff works hard and we look forward to hiring new members.”

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"More metal please?" Or “turn that noise down!?”

Is that what many of you say when listening to today’s metal music?

For those of you who bask in the chaos of screaming vocals, heavy riffing and machine-gun-ning drums, then you should be familiar with the band, Bring Me the Horizon.

From their first album, This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was

them; It Never Ends; Fox and the Wolf and Visions. They are fast-paced and full of catchy verses—who doesn’t like a good line?

Every song on the album has something positive.

It’s nice to see a band that has been around for so long, still produce original, authentic, mu-sic.

Their ability and chemistry will keep the band in the game for a long time. These guys are keeping it metal and doing it well.

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Made For, released back in Oc-tober 2004, to Suicide Season re-leased in October 2008, Bring Me the Horizon has offered a broad demonstration of heavy metal music and has been a trendset-ter.

The group hopes to build on that foundation with their latest album, There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret, released in October.

The album prompts a different sound than the groups previous albums. After making a line-up change and picking up guitar-ist Jona Weinhofen—formerly of I Killed the Prom Queen—the BMTH sound has progressed into something of their own.

Vocalist Oli Sykes has a par-ticular vocal style with constant tempo changes—going from high to slow throughout. There

are many segments that you can’t help but shout along with him, making a majority of the songs appeasing in a sing-along type of way.

The overall tone is very “in your face” and the vocals piled with the assault of drums and guitar offers an endless amount of rage felt throughout. The oc-casional off timing of the vocals with the rest of the band brings everything together, making their sound monstrous and un-predictable—which is key if you’re making this kind of mu-sic. However, there were a few things I didn’t like.

The sporadic interludes with ambient-like noise and syn-thesized keyboards in between Sykes vocals and boisterous gui-tar riffs, simply felt foreign and completely random to their style of music.

Another minus to Bring Me the Horizon’s new album is the singing. Where did this come from? Suicide Season offered a softer side to Sykes’ vocals, but definitely wasn’t anything close to singing. I never would have expected it to be a part of their musical composition.

One thing you may also no-tice, is that some of the lyrics seem a bit recycled.

Granted, this album was a follow-up to Suicide Season, but it doesn’t mean some of their old verses needed to be repeat-ed.

Besides the random mess of noise peppering some of their tracks and the deviance in some of their vocals—and maybe becoming a bit more “poppy"—I give the album two thumbs up.

My top track picks are: An-

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Featuring a star-studded cast that includes Bruce Willis, Mor-gan Freeman, John Malkovich and Richard Dreyfuss, RED (ac-ronym for retired and extremely dangerous) is an action-packed movie filled with violence, com-edy and a hint of romance.

During the opening scene we find our protagonist, former CIA analyst Frank Moses (Bruce

Acting more like prequel than a sequel, Paranormal Activity 2 takes place about two months before the original, Paranormal Activity.

The plotline for this documen-tary-style film follows a fam-ily who brings home a new baby boy, and soon starts experienc-ing a series of unexplainable dis-turbances. Logically, they install cameras throughout the house in hopes of capturing an intrud-er – and that’s where the audi-ence comes into play. We watch the action unfold through the lens of concealed cameras and see things the family does not.

Paranormal Activity was shot using a small hand-held cam-era, causing a lot of movement and shaky screens. The camera is much steadier this time and does not cause headaches. But because it was filmed with tiny security cameras, I advise you

screen, the relationship between their characters felt natural from beginning to end.

The best part of the movie was the comedy delivered by Mal-kovich.

Whether he was hiding weap-ons inside his stuffed pig or bat-ting grenades, Malkovich will have you laughing from his first appearance until his last. Over-all, the movie was worth watch-ing. Although the first 10 min-utes were boring, the climax had a strong resolution.

to never take your eyes off the screen; you might miss a shad-ow, a movement or even a door creaking open.

There is no prior knowledge needed in order to understand what is going on. Actually, I would recommend that if you have not seen the first one, watch part two first.

The best part about a scary movie experience is the peo-ple you share it with. You will scream together, jump togeth-er and maybe even yell at the screen.

However, for anyone who thinks that what happened in Paranormal Activity 1-2 are based on real events, Paramount Pictures and I assure you that everything portrayed in the films is purely fictitious.

Although the first Paranormal Activity had more frightening moments, Paranormal Activity 2 delivers some good scares.

If you’re a fan of the first film, you will certainly enjoy the sec-ond installment.

RED—Starring Bruce Willis, Mor-gan Freeman, John Malkovich—1 hour 51 min—Rated PG-13

Paranormal Activity 2—Starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat—1 hour 31 min—Rated R

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Malkovich Leaves You Red In The Face RED MOVIE REVIEW

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Funny Man: John Malkovich provides comedic relief in RED, a Robert Schwentke film based on a three-issue limited-series comic book by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.

Getting The Shot: Akin to the original, Paranormal Activity 2 uses shots from security cameras, but lacks the headache-inducing quality of its predecessor, which used handheld cameras.

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Willis) adjusting to retirement. One night, Moses is attacked in his home by a SWAT team; af-ter turning the tables on them, he ventures off to find out who wants him dead.

It’s during Moses’ cross-coun-try road trip, where the audience is introduced to the other mem-bers of RED. Moses is deter-mined to keep his love interest Sarah Ross (Mary Louise Parker) safe from harm.

Robert Schwentke did a stun-ning job directing RED. The movie is filled with over-the-top stunts, such as Willis getting out of a moving car.

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Women's Basketball

11/1 Daytona State College

11/5, 11/6 Chipola ClassicVs. Chipola CollegeVs. Gulf Coast

11/7 @ Tallahassee Community College

11/11 @ Florida Stae College

11/12, 11/13 Daytona ClassicVs. Central Florida Community CollegeVs. Daytona State College

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11/3 IMG Academy

11/6 @ State College of Florida

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For the sixth year in a row, Mi-ami Dade College’s women’s vol-leyball team has won the South-ern Conference Tournament.

Despite not having three of their players available, the Lady Sharks defeated Palm Beach State College, Indian River State Col-lege, Brevard College and Bro-ward College in Titusville, Fla., on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24.

The Lady Sharks are 29-0 and finished 12-0 overall in confer-

Training camp usually has ath-letes dreading every minute of the hard-working practices that ac-company it.

The Miami Dade College wom-en’s basketball team, who open up the season Nov. 1 against Daytona State College, hopes it can result in winning.

“They are a great group of play-ers who are working hard and all they want to do is win a champi-onship,” Head Coach Susan Sum-mons said.

The Lady Sharks have been working on their defensive fun-damentals, boxing out and condi-tioning in preparation for the sea-son opener.

Last year, the team was a disap-pointing 11-15.

ence play.“It didn’t matter who played or

did not, a lot of the kids stepped up and did a good job,” said Head Coach Origenes “ Kiko” Benoit.

The team was without sopho-more outside hitter Yenifer Cal-cano, who rested with knee ten-dinitis, freshmen middle blocker Marifranchi Rodriguez, who was out with a flu, and freshmen setter Paige Mitchell, who is recovering from back problems.

“We didn’t lose one set, even though two of our best play-ers, Rodriguez and Calcano, did

With returning players, such as sophomore guard Camila Mejia, sophomore guard Melanie Du-cott and sophomore forward Ash-ley Wilkes, the team believes it is poised for a rebound season.

Mejia said the team’s practices have been intense this offseason.

“We start working out late [in the] afternoon with cardio and weight lifting, which later leads to actual practice,” Mejia said.

Expectations are high.“I see ourselves [in] the champi-

onship game, winning it all, that’s how much I believe in my team,” Mejia said.

So far, so good. The Lady Sharks won their first preseason game against Florida Memorial Univer-sity, 54-34.

“Overall, we played very well as a team, and I am very excited to get our season rolling,” Wilkes said. “This game helped us real-ize our strength and weaknesses early.”

LADY SHARKS VOLLEYBALLMDC MEN'S BASKETBALL

MDC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Lady Sharks Preparing For State Championship Poised For Return To

Prominence On CourtFeaturing a roster filled with newcomers, the MDC men's basketball team looks to rebound after having an off year.

After a 20-point win in the pre-season, the MDC women's basketball team hopes to carry that victorious vibe into the regular season, which starts Nov. 1.

Layup: Miami Dade College women's basketball player Camila Mejia attempts a layup on a student from Coach Susan Summons basket-ball class. The Lady Sharks open the regular season Nov. 1 against Daytona State College at Kendall Campus.

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Perfect :(Above) Miami Dade College middle blocker Marifanchi Rodri-guez spikes the ball as the Lady Sharks keep pace on a perfect season.

not play,” said sophomore setter Mima Hajdukovic, who had 66 as-sists in the final two games of the tournament.

During the tournament, the Lady Sharks defeated Palm Beach State College 25-13, 25-10, 25-17; Indian River State College 25-15, 25-16, 25-17; Brevard College 25-13, 25-9, 25-14 and Broward Col-lege 25-8, 25-17, 25-9.

The Lady Sharks ranked No. 1 in the National Junior College Ath-letic Association.

They will now move on to the State Championships at Polk Community College Nov. 4 through Nov. 6.

“If we play the way we know how to, I don’t think we’ll have any trouble,” Benoit said.

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After posting a 12-14 record last year, Miami Dade College men’s basketball coach Matt Eisele is confident his team is poised for a turnaround.

“We’ve got a great incoming pool of talent that is going to be very good,” Eisele said.

The Sharks will get a chance to prove how they’ve improved on Nov. 3, when they kick off their 2010 season against IMG Acad-emy at Kendall Campus.

During the season, the team will be counting on leadership from their only returning players, guard Zachary Lamb and center Julien Sargent.

But they will also lean heav-ily on the depth they accrued through recruiting.

It includes freshmen forward Maurice Kemp, a transfer from Alabama A&M, forward Antonio Hester, a transfer from Indian River State College, forward Ken-dal Jennings (Madison, Ala.) and center Jorge Charadon (Hialeah Senior High School).

“Our biggest strength is our depth,” Eisele said. “We knew we

had to add it; if we can score 100 points, we will.”

They also recruited several guards: Darwin Ellis (Lincoln High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.), Shondel Stewart (John F Kennedy, Paterson, N.J.), Devin Brooks (St. Raymond’s, N.Y.) and Xavier Mun-ford (St. Benedict’s Preparatory school in N.J.).

Sargent a 6-11 center is charged with clogging up the middle for the Sharks.

“I’ve been working on my post moves, getting stronger and con-ditioning,” said Sargent. “I wasn’t in shape last year, but now things have changed, we are in a great position because everybody is on the same page.”

Eisele is banking on that change.

“I think we can win state this year,” Eisele said.

----------------------- Juan Gonzalezcontributed to this report.

The MDC Men's Basketball Team plays their first game on Nov. 3, against IMG Academy. For more information, visit" WWW.MDC.EDU/ATHLETICS

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Patrick Renaud, 18, criminal justice major at North Campus.

"It depends on the professor. If they let you out early every time, I think they're just trying to get rid of you."

Marion Sanchez, 20, psychology major at Wolfson Campus.

"Sometimes if I feel we aren’t being productive, I’m relieved but other times when we’re not taking advantage of the time, I feel robbed. Robbed of time, money and knowledge."

Kasandra Lima, 21, psychology major at Kendall Campus.

“Excited. Because I'm one step closer to going home.”

Student Voices

What do you think when teachers let you out of class earlier than scheduled?

By: Alain Bichotte, Gregory Castillo, Carlos Fernandez, Vanessa Martinas, Andrea Perdomo, Kirsten Rincon

On any given day, getting dis-missed early from class is the fun plastic toy at the bottom of the ce-real box.

It’s not an entirely uncommon occurrence and even less likely is the possibility that you’ll catch someone complaining about it.

There are several good reasons for that.

Let’s look at the obvious one first: free time is always a pleasant surprise. This is Florida after all and I’d be willing to bet my future first-born child that whenever you get an unexpected day off because of an approaching tropical storm, you sigh a sigh of relief and think, “free time, how nice.”

The free time you acquire can be put to good use: by taking it to study independently and catching up on missed coursework or get-ting extra practice with a subject.

In the long term, getting out of class sooner than expected will actually put you ahead. What is college all about, if it’s not about making efficient use of your inde-pendent time?

You might be from the other school of thought, the one that agrees that paying for classes means paying for class time. But, when you graduate, does your di-ploma retell the precise amount of time you spent in class or does it document a fact less minute than that?

From a more emotive point-of-view: if your professor is so eager to dismiss you, is this really a pro-fessor whose time is worth fight-ing for?

Also, your typical college pro-fessor is paid for their knowledge. They will undoubtedly know more about productive class time than you, despite the twelve or so years of schooling we’ve gone through to get here.

So, trust in him or her when they let you out minutes, or even hours, before the figurative bell rings. Chances are, they know what they’re doing.

No one whines about being dismissed from class early, but students would definitely say something if they were let out of a two-hour class after only 30 min-utes.

Students aren’t nerds just be-cause they want class to continue. Students are right to complain if a professor dismisses class more than an hour early. It’s a waste of our time. Yes, some professors might be tired from another job or might just run out of material, but a student’s time is just as valuable.

Letting students out of class early is a flagrant waste of money. One two-hour, three-credit class costs around three to four hun-dred dollars. How many students would pay for two hours and re-ceive only 30 minutes?

Full-time professors at Miami Dade College are paid a salary, this means they get paid to teach for a block of time, whether they teach for the whole time or not. Is it ethical for MDC students to get cheated like this?

Another valid point is that stu-dents won’t learn as much if they are released early from class. Classes are scheduled for a cer-tain amount of time because that amount of time is needed to teach the coursework.

“Releasing students early doesn’t give any professor suffi-cient time to teach their [required] materials adequately,” said Jesus Santana, 25, a tutor at Kendall Campus Speech Center.

Teachers can “cover them-selves” by telling students to study from their textbooks or review their notes, but there is only so much that can be self-taught.

With that said, is it fair to stu-dents when professors let them out early from class?

In my opinion, and I’d venture to say many will agree with me, it’s definitely not.

Are professors hurting us by letting us out of class early?

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