VOLUME 25, ISSUE 3 WWW.BROWARD.EDU/OBSERVER SEPT. 20, 2010 Features Center spread Entertainment Back page Playstation Move Roots Club visits Haiti Resident Evil: Afterlife Fashion Night Out PlayStation brings the Wii Students share their tales of a A review of the heart The biggest fashion event of the competition in motion control mission to aid Haiti. racing thriller. year comes right to Miami. gaming. PAGE 6 PAGE 8-9 PAGE 11 PAGE 16 Renowned surgeon visits Broward College World-class neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, made a visit to Broward College on Sept. 15 to speak with students about perseverance in the medical field, overcoming obstacles and the importance of determination. The auditorium on South Campus was filled to capacity. Carson held a separate seminar for nursing students at the campus. Carson met with students and faculty to sign books and had a special luncheon with the faculty and administration. Make sure to read the full article on Carson’s appearance in The Observer’s Oct. 4 issue. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BROSSARD Healthy future ahead for new program at BC Over half a million dollars awarded to health information technology BY SKYLAR SIEGAL that take place in six-month periods. The CENTRAL BUREAU CHIEF students that earn the certificates will be able Health Information to work in five different paths of electronic Technology With the health and medical field being health records areas. one of the largest industries in America, BC’s grant is part of a $70 million • Amount of grant: training future health care professionals is funding initiative, which comes from the $612,494 essential to the growth of the field, which federal Department of Health and Human in turn, is the fundamental reason why Services. Expectations are to train over • Goal is to train 125 Broward College (BC) was recently awarded 20,000 students throughout the country students per year a $612,494 grant for health information over the next two years. technology training. “The hopes for this program are that this • Students will be able The objective of the program is to train becomes a sustainable program either as a to work in five areas of people who have backgrounds in health certificate program or health degree in health electronic health records care, as well as in information technology, to informatics,” said Charlene Bumgardner, learn both disciplines. The main goal of the head of Health Information Management • Classes offered on North grant is to educate students in transitioning programs at BC. Campus and online from patient files on paper and charts to new Some examples of the jobs emerging in electronic systems. this digital field that the program will prepare BC was chosen to be a part of a 13 state students for are privacy officers, clinical conglomerate grant to train people for documentation analysts, clinical database accessibility of the program by offering Health information technology is our future; careers in health information technology, specialists and compliance managers. many of the courses online. “A standardized it will decrease medical cost and save lives,” and will be given more than $612,000 over The new health information technology curriculum was developed this summer said Bumgardner. Improving the quality of the next two years. programs will be headed by Dean of Health as part of the national project and will be medical care by enhancing accurate data for The college currently offers an Associate Sciences Dr. Gregory Ferenchak and will distributed to the college,” he said. reimbursement record keeping and having of Science degree in Health Information be located on Broward’s North Campus in “This program is an opportunity the ability to quicken treatment resolution Management. This grant will greatly expand Coconut Creek. “Right now we’re bringing for students who have a health care or are the ultimate and very exciting goals of the program’s scope. on eight professors that will be teaching 20 information technology background to the program at BC. The aim is to train approximately 125 different courses online,” said Bumgardner. bridge the gap and create an entirely new For more information call Bumgardner at students per year in certificate programs Ferenchak hopes to increase the skill set that will carry them into the future. 954-201-2084. SEPT. 20, 2010 PAGE 3 Campus News Coffee House features live rock performance BY BRITTANI PHILBIN PHOTO EDITOR Life is anything but ordinary for a rolling stone. Playing more than 1,400 shows in over 40 states and 13 countries while being on the road over 250 days a year, the Lloyd Dobler Effect (LDE) is spreading their music to a continuously growing fan base. Broward College’s (BC) North Campus welcomed the Washington D.C. based band to its Coffee House. North Campus’ Student Life holds frequent events at the Coffee House including live performances and workshops. In the past years, the Coffee House has been home to events like Seahawk Idol, Last Band Standing and Monday Night Football. On Sept. 8, LDE made a stop at North Campus and left an upbeat impression on PHOTO BY BRITTANI PHILBIN students. Lead singer and guitarist, Phil Kominski. With college students constantly on the search for new music to intrigue their ears, LDE served as a great attribute to the music add in their own flavor to the classics. scene at BC. Just like with any goal or passion, LDE A mixture of the acoustic guitars, has learned that they must be prepared to mandolins, bongos, drums and tambourine face the hardships that follow. Financial created a dynamic harmony that impressed issues are their largest problem. Between many BC students. “LDE was something gas expenses, hotels, food and van repairs different than what I’m used to listening it hasn’t been such a smooth road. They to, but I enjoyed their music. They were recently spent more than $3,500 repairing very entertaining live and I enjoyed their van while on the road. watching them play their different types Aside from the struggles of touring, live of instruments,” said Jerry Chadavoine, a music has been on an overall downward marketing major at BC. spiral putting a strain on the band’s income. LDE was one of the first bands to play However, hardships won’t put limitations at the Coffee House this semester. Forming on LDE’s climb to success in the music eight years ago, LDE derived their name industry. Starting in small venues such as from the famous movie character, Lloyd bars, LDE worked their way up to headlining Dobler, played by John Cusack in the 1989 international Armed Forces Entertainment film “Say Anything.” The popular scene of tours of the Pacific and Middle East in 2004, Cusack holding a radio over his head and 2006 and 2007. The 2005 Washington Post singing to his girlfriend to prove his love Readers Poll voted LDE one of the top ten seemed to make an impression on the band. best live bands in the Nation’s capital making The band consisting of Phil Kominski, a worldwide reputation for them. Donnie Williams, Chris Bruno and Patrick “If you love it, continue to do it and Hughes, has played at the same gigs as artists find ways to do. It is so easy to give up like Eminem, Jane’s Addiction, The Roots, when things are tough, but the end result PHOTO BY BRITTANI PHILBIN Jack Johnson and The Goo Goo Dolls. is amazing. Sometimes people will see you Chris Bruno, the band’s vocalist, guitarist and mandolin player, plays the acoustic guitar at LDE gathers influences from older perform and won’t like you but oh well, North Campus’ Coffee House. bands such as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and [it’s] unfortunate. You want to keep going Pink Floyd while gathering from current and keep going. Get out and play,” said the musicians like Ryan Adams and David Gray. band’s guitarist Bruno. as many shows as they can for as long as Coffee House events at North Campus They tend to cover songs from artists such as LDE hopes to expand their fan base even possible. contact the Student Life office at North The Eagles and Train, but they make sure to more, continue to write music, and play For more information on upcoming Campus, (954) 201-2484. Broward College art show impresses students BY SKYLAR SIEGAL the exhibition than any other art exhibit in one of the many realistic creations the show CENTRAL BUREAU CHIEF the past five years,” said art curator Janet displayed. The South Florida artist paints Gold. What ties all the painters together is primarily with oil on canvas. Culture illuminated the walls of the their ability to create photorealism art. The “Having these wonderful pieces of art Broward College’s (BC) Willis Holcombe artwork all held a realistic, vivid and lifelike right in my school where I can view them at Center (WHC) when “Sight Specific: A presence in the room. any time is such a privilege. I often look to Painters Point of View” came to the twelfth “Four artists whose super realist work them for inspiration for my own work; they floor. The artworks were on display for is tedious, deliberate and skillful were are just amazing,” said BC art major Lourdes free at the WHC. all included in the Salgado. The collection‘Having these wonderful pieces exhibit,” said Gold. Many students took advantage of the included works of Each painter brought exhibition and found inspiration in the talented painters Pat of art right in my school where something differentpieces. “I had never been to the twelfth floor Rosenstein, David I can view them at any time is to the table that until the exhibition’s opening night, now I Maxwell, Thomassuch a privilege.’ complimented one visit as often as I can.