No. 17 Published by the Students of Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell & Pottstown, Pa. September 2009 Second Floor Ribbon-Cutting Completes North Hall at one time as a brewery, shoe pol - and computer graphics instruction. ish factory, mattress factory, whole - Since opening its doors 13 sale grocery store and a knitting years ago, the College has be - mill. The College moved into the come the hub of higher education first floor of the renovated facility in in Pottstown, bringing new and in - 2006. novative programs and learning Dr. Stout emphasized the need opportunities to the community, in - for the expansion. “Students are cluding: a state-of-the-art health flocking to community colleges, not careers suite; new degrees in Culi - just Montgomery County Commu - nary Arts, Fine Arts, Radiography nity College, but community col - and Surgical Technology; a new art leges across the country.” gallery to showcase local, regional With the opening of the second and national artists; new art stu - floor, the College has added dios to support the Collegeʼs new 50,000 square-feet of space to its Associate in Fine Arts (AFA) de - West Campus. The new space gree program; the University Cen - houses seven state-of-the-art ter, which expands access to smart classrooms, faculty offices, bachelorʼs and masterʼs degree Photo by Dennis Verbo, Photography Editor an expanded Learning Assistance programs in Pottstown through Laboratory for tutoring and supple - partnerships with Albright College, (from left) J. Edmund Mullin, Board of Cutting the ribbon at North Hall are mental instruction, an expanded art Gwynedd-Mercy College, and Trustees; Jared Clemons, President, West Campus SGA; James Vlahos, Board of Trustees; Gary Silvi, Building Developer; and Dr. Karen Stout, MCCC President. gallery, art studio space for paint - Temple University; and, most re - ing and drawing, and a digital labo - cently, new GED and Accelerated ratory for communications, music Learning programs. By Brian J. Nichols, Online Editor were in attendance for the dedica - tion. After more than a decade of “Iʼm very proud of the work record enrollment growth, Mont - thatʼs been done in this building,” gomery County Community Col - said Dr Karen A. Stout, president Former Montgazette Editor legeʼs West Campus in Pottstown of Montgomery County Community has expanded to the second floor College. “I have an opportunity Gets National Accolades of its High Street facility North Hall. today to celebrate the accomplish - Montgazette Staff Report A ribbon cutting ceremony was ments of many and the vision of held on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at many that make this building com - Jan Kargulewicz, who served as the 2008-2009 editor of The 12:30 p.m. Pottstown Borough offi - plete with the opening of this sec - Montgazette , was presented with a medallion during the Collegeʼs cials, community members, and ond floor.” Commencement ceremony in May for being named to the Coca-Cola MCCC faculty, staff and students J. Edmund Mullin, Member of All-State Community College Academic Team as a Silver Scholar. In the Board of Trustees, and Chair addition to the national award, he was also named to the Pennsylva - of the Collegeʼs Physical Plant nia Commission for Community Collegeʼs All-Pennsylvania Academic Committee, was excited to open Team along with fellow 2009 graduates Stephanie Groff, Samuel Lu - In this Issue the new floor the students and to cidi and Christina Pergolini. News...... pgs 1-7 the community surrounding West After providing the student Commencement address on behalf of Campus. the class of 2009, Jan graduated magna cum laude with an associ - Opinions / Editorials...pg 8 “I think when you see what ateʼs degree in Liberal Studies. He was accepted to Columbia Univer - weʼve done, everybody will be sity to continue his study of sociology, and he aspires to earn a Sports...... pg 9 proud, and we are happy to help doctorate and become professor of sociology or a research scholar at our host, the Pottstown Borough, a university. A & E...... pgs 10-11 in its revitalization efforts.” said In addition to The Montgazette , Jan also served as vice president Mullin. of the Writers Club, treasurer of the College Democrats, and as a Campus & Community Located at 16 High Street in member of the Honors Club and Phi Theta Kappa International Hon - ....pg 12 Pottstown, North Hall is a historic ors Society. He also volunteers with the Main Line Animal Rescue. site within the community, serving The Montgazette, Page 2 News From the Editor-in-Chief

Hello to all the loyal Montgazette readers Returning from last year will be Dennis No. 17 September 2009 out there. Allow me to introduce myself; my Verbo, the paperʼs amazing photography editor. name is Renee Bergandino. I am a nursing stu - With a new year and semester beginning, I look Editor-in-Chief: Renee Bergandino dent here at the college and will be the new Ed - back on the end of the wonderful partnership itor of the paper. between Jan and I, and have been truly Photography Editor: Dennis Verbo This is a bitter sweet moment for me. I was blessed with an amazing experience. I know lucky enough to be the managing editor of the for a fact that without Janʼs guidance I wouldnʼt Online Editor: Brian J. Nichols paper with a wonderful person named Jan Do - have taken the position of editor. Montgazette Staff: Brynn Bailey minik Kargulewicz, who was last yearʼs editor- Looking to the future and the start of the Tara Durkin and-chief. I describe the moment as being new semester I encourage you as the reader to Kerri Hughes bitter sweet since that I am more of a follower, become part of the success of The Nirmal Makadia and when Jan had approached me about being Montgazette . I look forward to working with my the editor, my initial response was no. staff and to making the paper just as amazing Comics: John Straw After weeks of consideration I was on the as it has been. I also look forward to meeting verge of saying yes, and after considering the new people--so I say to all of you writers out Contributors: Jared Clemons pros and cons, I decided that becoming editor there, come and take the challenge and be - Patricia OʼMalley was something that I needed to do for myself come part of The Montgazette family. Jon Rieker and for the school. Daniela Spevak Masthead Design: John Straw Faculty Editorial Advisors: Leslie Becker-Brown Student Government Welcome Harry Yanoshak Managing Advisor: Alana J. Mauger Welcome Back MCCC students! I hope you ening from a relaxing summer, I have a feeling all had a great summer break, but itʼs now time this is going to be a great year! to hit the books once again. I always encourage My name is Patricia OʼMalley and I am cur - The Montgazette is looking for writers, everyone to get involved in some of the school rently a Biological Sciences major entering my photographers, artists, clubs and associations if you can, and I believe last year at the college. I firmly stand by the be - sales representatives, proofreaders, itʼs a great way to get acquainted with some of lief that you do not get the full effect of Mont - graphic designers, and your colleagues and build leadership. As you gomery County Community College without circulation assistants. may have heard, the North Hall at the West getting involved in student activities. I am ex - No experience necessary. For information, Campus is opening its upper half this semester, cited to start my first term as your Student Gov - email [email protected]. and with it North Hall has 50,000 square feet ernment Association President at the Central added to the West Campus. This is great news Campus. especially for all you art majors! In the upper After a very successful past year, we're half of the North Hall will be the new location for gearing up for a busy fall semester. This sum - The Montgazette is published on the first Tuesday of our Learning Assistance Lab (LAL), so if you mer, the SGA officers and Student Leadership every month, September-December and need assistance do not hesitate. I wish you all and Involvement staff have worked on many February-May, by the students of the best of luck with your studies and a great different issues and planned new events for the Montgomery County Community College. future here at Montgomery County Community upcoming year. As a student, you can expect to Correspondence should be emailed to College! see many opportunities for student involvement [email protected]. with a few fun surprises. We will be on the look - Sincerely, out for any eager future student leaders who The deadline for the next issue is Sept. 21, 2009. Jared M. Clemons want to get involved with a great club. For advertising information, visit West Campus SGA President If you have any questions regarding SGA or http://montgazette.wordpress.com or email student life here at Montgomery County Com - [email protected]. On behalf of the Student Government Asso - munity College please do not hesitate to stop The Montgazette reserves the right to refuse ads ciation, I would like to welcome all the new stu - by the Student Leadership and Involvement of - based on content. dents to Montgomery County Community fice currently located on the first floor of College College. I would also like to welcome all of our Hall at the Central Campus. The Montgazette is printed by Montgomery returning students back to campus. It is amaz - Newspapers, Exton, Pa., ing how the dynamics of the college change Best Wishes, with the beginning of the fall semester. Amidst Patricia OʼMalley all the students returning and the college awak - Central Campus SGA President The Montgazette, Page 3 News New & Expanded Children’s Center in the Works By Kerri Hughes, Staff Writer Montgomery County Community College. In these tough times, Mont - The college has a strong early gomery County Community Col - childhood, elementary, and sec - lege seems to be able to pull ondary education academic pro - through and provide only the best gram. Not only will the new care and help. This includes help Children's Center benefit the chil - for students and faculty members dren, but also the students of our with children. college. The Children's Center will As part of Montgomery County enable students to use the center Community Collegeʼs master plan as a "learning laboratory" and ob - and the Central Campus renewal serve the children. initiative, the college will now begin The Children's center will have to expand the Children's Center. more classrooms providing serv - On Tuesday April 28th, 2009 a ices for toddlers up to Pre-K chil - groundbreaking ceremony for this dren. It will also have meeting expansion took place. The children rooms for faculty members, as well from the center patiently waited in as age-appropriate playground Photo courtesy of MCCC PR Office the sun while our college president, equipment. The Children's Center Kids from MCCC’s Children’s Center help President Stout, members of the Board Dr. Karen Stout addressed the is an exciting prospect for the fu - of Trustees and Architect George Marks break ground for the new facility. need for these facilities and how it ture of our campus. would benefit the greater good of The Montgazette, Page 4 News Students React to New MC3 Website By Tara Durkin The picture changes when According to Brittany for schools to take MCCC Major, but “as soon as I fig - Staff Writer you refresh the page. Delaware, 21-year-old The - more seriously. As for the ured out where to click it Most students inter - ater major, Rogers isnʼt the level of simplicity, Delaware was simple.” Perhaps most Montgomery County viewed are in agreement only person upset over the says itʼs a lot easier to navi - of the distaste people are Community Collegeʼs web that the new layout has a new layout. Brittany works gate than people think. “If feeling for the new layout is page has a new look, and nicer look, according to stu - in the student success cen - you just read the titles you because they had gotten not all its students are dent Jamie Walcroft, itʼs “a ter at MCCC, where she can figure it out” she says. used to the old and more thrilled. The makeover has little more glamorous and says one of her co-workers Rose Hartman, 22- people will come around as given the collegeʼs home more up to date.” However, “is always answering phone year-old Liberal Studies they learn to navigate it. page, www.mc3.edu, a sim - the unexpected change calls and saying how peo - major, says now she really “Weʼre familiar with the old” pler look with less text. The and the simplicity of the ple are complaining about likes it. “I just went on and it said Jamie Walcroft, but old layout had the page page is what threw some how they think itʼs confus - was all different” she says, “itʼs just like anything new, covered in links and menus students for a loop. “I canʼt ing.” Delaware, however, adding “at first I didnʼt really you get used to it,” he and special features, where find anything on it” says ac - says she likes the way it like it.” “It was new” says added. as this layout consists of counting major Bonnie looks now. She calls it “up Sandra Kilborn, a Biology one large picture of MCCC Rogers, who says she went to date and more modern,” students with a menu on to register for classes and says that it resembles above it, and section below one day and was surprised the web pages of major For up-to-the-minute news, visit it which highlights campus to see it was not the same universities. “A lot of stu - The Montgazette online at news giving you the option old page. Rogers says the dents think that two year to view “news,” “events” or new page is much more colleges arenʼt that cool” http://montgazette.wordpress.com “in the spotlight” instead of annoying, stating “now you says Delaware, who added or follow us on Twitter at displaying all the informa - have to search to find the that the new look might in - http://twitter.com/montgazette . tion in the space at once. student log on.” fluence people searching The Montgazette, Page 5 News MCCC, Dickinson College Join Transfer Agreement for Honors Program Students By Brian Nichols, Online Editor but with an academic scholarship arship and financial aid, to ensure dents will be attracted to Dickin - of up to $15,000— plus other that tuition is neither a deterrent sonʼs smaller classes, engaged As the costs of college contin - grants and financial aid—to meet nor obstacle. professors, and our commitment to ues to grow, Montgomery County fully their demonstrated need. “Montgomery County Commu - civic engagement, the environment Community College works dili - The benefits of The Community nity Collegeʼs partnership with and sustainability—characteristics gently to make higher education af - College Partnership Program go Dickinson College provides an ex - both institutions share,” said fordable for all students. The well beyond typical transfer agree - ceptional transfer opportunity for William G. Durden, president of College has signed an agreement ments between community and high-achieving students who have Dickinson College. “ Dickinson pro - with Dickinson College, known as, four-year colleges. This new model demonstrated a commitment to fessors challenge their students to The Community College Partner - takes an active, coordinated and learning and community engage - seize every learning opportunity— ship Program merging the structured approach, distinctive in ment through our highly-competi - not only in the classroom, but also strengths of the two different insti - two key areas. The first is inter - tive Honors Program,” said Karen through fieldwork and research tutions, a community college and a ested students are identified early, A. Stout, president of Montgomery both in Carlisle and abroad. This private, national liberal arts col - so Montgomery and Dickinson County Community College. “A international emphasis means lege, to create a new model of staff, working together, can ensure partnership with an elite liberal arts MCCC students will acquire a higher education—one that offers the selected students receive the institution like Dickinson is a testa - global understanding, a perspec - students a quality four-year educa - support, coaching and course work ment to the dedication and excel - tive that is vital in todayʼs world.” tion at a reasonable price. Stu - needed to transfer and be suc - lence of our faculty and academic dents will pay two years of cessful. The other is the financial achievement of our students.” community college tuition, and two incentives from Dickinson, in the “Montgomery County Commu - years at Dickinsonʼs higher tuition, form of a community college schol - nity College Honors Program stu - The Montgazette, Page 6 News West Campus Celebrated Annual Student Art Ex hibit By Daniela Spevak

“Believe it or not, I can actually draw.” --Jean Michel Basquiat

After weeks of hard work, the art students of the Mont - gomery County Community College were delighted to join the MCCCʼs Annual West Campus Student Art Exhibit last spring. The Fourth Annual Student Art Exhibit exclusively fea - tured the artwork of the art students of MCCC West Cam - pus. Recently retired Vice President of MCCC for the West Campus Dr. Dean Foster, welcomed all the guests as well Brittany Bell as the artists, and introduced the art gallery director, Holly Brynn Lancaster Cairns. Approximately 75 pieces of artwork were pre - sented, which puts this exhibit on the pedestal as the best art exhibit thus far. During the opening ceremony, Cairns awarded the winning artists. There were six awards of $25 gift cards to the art supply store. The art pieces marked with the purple rib - bon received awards. Those awarded are: Brittany Bell, “Window in the Distance,” charcoal drawing Cheryl Clark, “Behind the Wheel,” charcoal drawing Casey Gable, “Spring Dreams,” charcoal drawing James Hakun, “Crazy Guy,” digital design Brynn Lancaster, “Abstract Jester,” oil on canvas Jennifer Martin, “Soupʼs On,” James Hakun charcoal drawing. Casey Gable Cheryl Clark

Check out the first shows of the 2009-2010 Gallery season:

Robert Porter and Leslie Kaufman: “Frames and Forms” Sept. 2-Oct. 2 with artist meet and greet on Sept. 16, 5-7 p.m. Fine Arts Center Gallery, Central Campus

Scenes of the Schuylkill Sept. 2-Oct. 23 with special gallery hours Oct. 10 in conjunction with Schuylkill River Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. West Campus Gallery, North Hall Jennifer Martin

Photos courtesy of MCCC PR Office All exhibits and receptions are free and open to the community. For a full list of shows, visit www.mc3.edu/campusLife/artsCulture/gallery-wc.aspx. The Montgazette, Page 7 The Montgazette, Page 8 Opinions / Editorials Modern-Day Piracy By Jon Rieker the quality of copied material contin - business, but it is very rare for an right is no longer a viable law, in its ues to increase. Now companies are everyday citizen to get in trouble present state.” On average, “The Motion Picture releasing high-definition formats like over buying a bootlegged movie. Every consumer must make his Association of America estimates HD-DVD and Blu-ray. These formats Siva Vaidhyanathan, from “Copyright own decision with regards to his that the movie industry loses in ex - are harder to copy because of the Jungle,” Columbia Journalism Re - stance on movie piracy. Maybe this cess of $3 billion annually in poten - shear amount of information stored view , and reprinted in Taking Sides, article can help readers make an ed - tial worldwide revenue due to on the discs plus the high-def format Clashing Views in Mass Media and ucated, informed decision after piracy,” according to Nathan Lee of is preferable to many consumers Society , states, “that the responsibil - weighing the benefits and conse - The New York Times . At first glance, over the lower-quality DVD format or ity for policing copyrighted works is quences instead of making a quick, one might think, “So what. It doesnʼt very low-quality pirated materials. cumbersome, expensive, time con - irrational decision based solely on affect me at all, and they make Consumers who can afford this lux - suming, and ultimately unworkable; greed. plenty of money anyway.” But, in ury invest in high-def systems and therefore, she suggests that copy - fact, there are quite a few ways that movies and the level of technology the effects of movie piracy are felt by needed to use these systems in - everyday citizens. When movie creases. The question now is, How companies lose up to $3 billion, they long will it be until the movie pirates feel a certain obvious need to make answer back and find a cheap way up for it somehow. This is the part to illegally reproduce these formats that affects every consumer in Amer - and studios start losing money ica. A trip to the movie theater that again? used to cost about $5-10$ can cost Both the legal and illegal meth - the consumer about $10-$20 per ods of movie watching do have their person, depending on the time of pros and cons, though. In almost all day and the amount of snacks pur - cases, pirated movies have low- chased. A DVD which might cost as quality video, horrible audio, and a little as 25 cents to actually produce lot of times they have people walk - is jacked up to an outrageous ing by or at least coughing in the $22.99 to cover the loss caused by background. So why would anyone so many pirated copies being sold. spend their hard-earned money on So in fact it is the publicʼs money a product like that? One reason that is being taken by movie pirates. could be because they are usually Furthermore, for those individuals in available, depending on oneʼs loca - the field of communications who will tion, during a filmʼs opening week in be interested in finding a job having the theaters. In most consumersʼ to do with the movie industry upon minds itʼs a coin toss whether to go graduation, fewer jobs will be avail - to the movie theater and spend a able. As with any other company, fortune to see a high quality movie when business begins to suffer, gen - once, or spend half as much for a erally the first individuals to feel it low-quality copy of the same movie are the workers. With more layoffs that can viewed many times. On the combined with recent graduates in other hand, while watching a movie the field, competition is extremely in a theater or owning a high-def tough for decent, well paying jobs. system costs a lot more, most the - It occurs to this writer that the aters and home entertainment sys - primary cause of this whole problem tems have excellent sound systems is human greed. It is a matter of and picture quality, and it is pretty movie studios wanting to make more much guaranteed that the audience money vs. consumers trying to save gets to view the movie the way it more money. Studios raise prices was meant to be seen. and more consumers turn to movie The fact is that movie piracy is piracy to avoid spending all of their against the law, and merely buying hard-earned money. The studios a pirated copy of a movie is a fed - lose more money to piracy and raise eral offense punishable by fines their prices again, and even more and/or jail time. While the punish - consumers are affected by the high ments are quite severe for this form prices and turn to the cheaper alter - of copyright infringement, the actual native. Recent advances in technol - regulation of these crimes is almost ogy can even be attributed to this unheard of when it comes to com - need to make more money. The mon consumers. The FBI is always DVD format is extremely easy for on the lookout for what one might movie pirates to copy nowadays and call a big player in the movie piracy The Montgazette, Page 9 Sports Mustangs Soccer Teams Gear Up for Season

MCCC Athletics Report Mustangs Menʼs Soccer Outlook have experience playing club and Home Game Schedules high school soccer. After completing a mandatory Menʼs Head Coach Andy Kelly “These players seem to be Menʼs Soccer season of provisional play last fall, has an optimistic outlook for the more skillful and make better deci - Montgomery County Community season, due in large part to a sions with the ball due to their ex - Sept. 9, 4 p.m. vs. Bucks County College Mustangs Menʼs and strong freshmen class coupled with perience,” said Kelly. “If the players Community College Womenʼs Soccer teams are pre - several returning starters and learn to play together quickly, the pared to take to field for the first sophomores who participated in Mustangs will be in for an exciting Sept. 10, 4 p.m. vs. Valley Forge time since 1989 in intercollegiate club play last fall. Returning and winning season. It is the team Military College play. starters Bryan Hare, Joe Civarelli, goal to make the playoffs, and we Competing in the Eastern Penn - Eric Frakenfield, and Mena Aqual - will see what happens from there.” Sept. 24, 4 p.m. vs. Reading Area sylvania Collegiate Conference iby give the Mustangs an experi - Community College (EPCC), the menʼs team starts its enced nucleus, while sophomores Mustangs Womenʼs Soccer season on Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. with a Tom Dempsey, Brandon Essig, Outlook Oct. 3, 1 p.m. vs. Community home game against Bucks County Jerry Francois, Mickel Mikhai and College of Philadelphia Community College. Competing in Remon Samy add depth. Womenʼs Head Coach Tim Mc - Region 19 of the National Junior Freshmen Dave Griffith, Chris - Nally is optimistic about the teamʼs Oct. 7, 3 p.m. vs. Delaware County College Athletic Association tian Pastor and Mike Wambold prospects for the first year of com - Community College (NJCAA), the womenʼs soccer combine to provide the team with a petition. Region 19 has been one team has its first game on Sept. 15 potentially dangerous collection of of the strongest in the NJCAA at Oct. 10, 1 p.m. vs. Lehigh Carbon at 3:30 p.m. at home against forwards. Nick Cappa anchors the Division III for the past three sea - Community College Bergen Community College. midfield along with Ahmed Faik sons, producing the last three Na - All home games are free of and James Kane, and anchoring tional runners up. Looking to be Oct. 14, 3 p.m. vs. Northampton charge and are open to the public. the defense with Civarelli and competitive within the division and Community College Games are played on the Collegeʼs Dempsey are newcomers Patrick region, a major season challenge athletics fields, located behind the Rust and Ryan Nelson. Hare and for the team is completing a sched - Womenʼs Soccer Physical Education Center at the transfer Nick Hulayew will battle for ule of 17 games in 34 days. Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, the goalkeeping spot. Returning players from last Sept. 15, 3:30 p.m. vs. Bergen Blue Bell, with ample free parking Coach Kelly, who is assisted by yearʼs club team Stephanie Doran Community College available in the lot off of Cathcart coaches Matt Giordano and Don and Erica Smolcynski provide Road. For more information about Curran, believes that the strength strong leadership on and off the Sept. 23, 4 p.m. vs. Bucks County Mustangs Athletics, visit of the freshmen class is attributed field. Doran is coming off a season Community College www.mc3.edu/campuslife/athletics. to the number of key players who where she scored 26 points in 11 games, while Smolcynski joined Sept. 26, noon vs. Brookdale the team mid-season to solidify the Community College goalkeeping position. Former Mustangs’ Baseball Star Building on its success of play - Sept. 29, 4 p.m. vs. Delaware Tech Has Stellar Season at SU ing “attacking soccer” last season when the team averaged 3.5 goals Oct. 3, 11 a.m. vs. Reading Area per game, Coach McNally expects Community College MCCC Athletics Report the Mustangs to improve defen - sively. Assisted by coach Lauren Oct. 13, 4 p.m. vs. Gloucester Former Montgomery County Community College baseball Bohling, McNally expects to imple - County College standout Andrew Miller had a career game April 29 against Johns ment a system of core values that Hopkins. The former 2006-2007 Mustangsʼ MVP catcher went 4- will establish a strong foundation Oct. 15, 4 p.m. vs. Ocean County for-6, blasting three home runs, scoring five times, driving in five for the season and will build suc - College RBIs, and stealing two bases. Miller had a two-run home run in cess for the future. the second inning, a three-run blast in the seventh, and a solo Oct. 23, 4 p.m. vs. Essex County home run in the ninth. The two stolen bases during the Johns College Hopkins game gave Miller twenty-six stolen bases on the year. Miller has played in 38 games for the Sea Gulls this season, batting .343 with nine home runs, forty-four RBIs, and a perfect The Montgazette is looking for sports reporters and 26-for-26 in stolen bases. Alex is also ranked second on the team photographers. No experience necessary. in both OBP with a .539 average and fielding with a .988 average. Email [email protected] if interested. The Montgazette, Page 10 Arts & Entertainment Students to Debut Short Film at Ambler Theater By Brian Nichols, Online Editor eral admission or $4.75 for MCCC film stars Jeremy Beitler as The other short works from MCCC stu - students with valid ID. The event is Stranger, Sami Cojocariu as Elle, dents and alumni will be shown at Students from Montgomery open to the public. Frank Fierle as Christian, and the screening on Sept. 16. County Community Collegeʼs Short The 40-minute film revolves Steven Kane as The Mick. 2008 Five Day Film Festival Filmmaking course invite the com - around a “Man with No Name” who The class met under the direc - entry “neuRomance” is a five- munity to the world premiere of walks into town and tries to save a tion of Adjunct Communication In - minute horror film about a young “The Stranger,” an urban western working girl from her pimp. The plot structor Mike Wagner. The crew man looking for his lost girlfriend. set in Philadelphia. The premiere leads down a dark path involving consisted of Joyce as writer and di - The film won the Best Sound will take place on Wednesday, gang fights, shoot outs, betrayals rector; Harry Yanoshak as pro - Award in the festival, with MCCC Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at The Ambler and, ultimately, redemption. Written ducer/first assistant director; Leslie student Shawn Vela as sound de - Theater, 108 E. Butler Ave., Am - and directed by MCCC Communi - Kobzina as unit production man - signer. The striking visuals are pro - bler. The screening cost $5 gen - cations student Brendan Joyce, the ager; Yani Payne as director of vided Director of Photography Brett photography; Jerry Collom as pro - Williams, one of the most talented duction designer/colorist; Paul up-and-coming filmmakers in the Vidas as sound designer; Kyle region. Pasquino as editor/gaffer; Matthew MCCCʼs own music sensation McClanahan as composer/first as - Shawn Vela, aka Shawn V, will sistant camera: Michael Liberatore make his big-screen debut with the as composer/boom operator; Kerri showing of his fourth music video. Hughes as art director; and He teams up with Tres to give his Heather Massey as script supervi - fans something new, both visually sor/assistant video editor. and lyrically, with his new hit single The Short Filmmaking course “Invisible.” was a pilot project made possible Rounding out the evening, by a grant from the Montgomery Writer/Director Kyle Pasquino will County Community College Foun - debut the trailer for his upcoming dation. Deemed a success, the short film “Devotion to the Kill 2,” course will become part of the Col - which is due out this winter. The legeʼs regular course offerings be - film is a sequel to his hit short hor - ginning spring 2010. ror film from last spring, “Devotion In addition to “The Stranger,” to the Kill.”

CAPG Backstage Pass

By Kerri Hughes, Staff Writer Tech Service superstar, RC Cameron Hallʼs Completely Dam - The Communications students aged Footage. were up to their old tricks again Thanks to the screening, the with the 2009 Spring Semester mystery of stolen and missing Communicating Arts and Produc - equipment was solved (it was tion Groups final screening. At Bigfoot), and Slumpaul Millionaire the end of each semester, all the made his debut. The CAPG communications majors, whether Screening could not have hap - they are audio, video, gaming, pened without the help of all of etc. must attend the final screen - the CAPG members, professors, ing showcasing the work of them - advisors, and all of the Communi - selves and their peers. This cations majors. It was a lot of semesterʼs theme was “Back - work, but this semesters screen - stage Pass.” ing was a success. See you all at The bumper videos introduc - the fall 2009 CAPG Screening! ing the projects were in the form If you would like to see some of a “mockumentary” of how the of the CAPG videos, simply go to screening comes to be. Some youtube.com and search for highlights of the screening in - “MCCC Humanities.” Many of the cluded The Allan Song (with Mor - videos are up for your viewing gan), Youʼre So Funny Too, and pleasure. The Montgazette, Page 11 Arts & Entertainment Wanna Dance?

By Kerri Hughes, Staff Writer dance. Any student, whether the individual had dance experience or Montgomery County Commu - not, could participate in the project. nity College could possibly be - The dance certainly was not ex - come the latest institution for actly easy at times. Dr. Melinda cutting edge arts. Copel assured me that the prac - A recent example for this claim tices were exhausting at times, but is the "Chair Pillow Dance,” which the benefits were well worth all of took place last spring. The dance the practices. instructor for this piece, Dr. Together, Dr. Melinda Copel Melinda Copel, graciously allowed and Montgomery County Commu - me to interview her on this event. nity College acquired a $10,000 The Chair Pillow Dance was grant from the National Endow - created in 1969 by the avante- ment for the Arts American Master - Photo by Dennis Verbo, Photography Editor garde choreographer, Yvonne pieces program. Montgomery Students from Eisenhower Middle School participate in a movement workshop Rainer, along with the Judson County Community College is the surrounding Chair Pillow Dance. Dancers dance troupe. The dance only community college to receive was part of a bigger piece called the grant this year. shop created by MCCC Theatre revised by Valerie Williams Mock - the Continuous Project-Altered The first performance on in - students along with students from abee. The artistic coach for these Daily. The dance developed new cluded a pre-performance lecture, Eisenhower Middle School in Nor - performances was Pat Catterson. ways of dancing, and the message panel discussion, and question ristown. The performances were This project was a great way to it sought out to send was that any and answer forum with the per - free to attend and staged by Leslie prove that, even with little to no movement could be made into a formers. This project also included Rotman from the Labanotation dance training, anyone can dance. dance, and that anyone could “Happenings,” a movement work - score notated by Barbara Katz and

Album Review Thursday: ‘’

By Dennis Verbo like “Friends In The Armed Montco Radio Forces” or “War All The Time,” with underlining angst and In 2001, Thursday emerged screams of “ In Flames” out of the New Jersey hardcore from their 2001 release, “Full scene and has changed music Collapse.” As lyrics go, I believe ever since. SPIN magazine this is Thursdayʼs most mature named them “The Next Big album. There is something Thing” with the release of “Full eerily truthful when Geoff Rickly Collapse” eight years ago. Now sings, “Another folded flag to a Thursday is doing it again. They mourning mother. He was an have changed record labels army of one but theyʼll find an - twice since 2001, and most re - other one” from “Friends In cently they have joined Epitaph Armed Forces.” The band and to pursue a more organic Rickly have somehow managed sound. to raise the bar just a little bit “Common Existence” is a higher for every other band out harmonious explosion of ag - there today. All while discover - gressive guitar riffs and morose ing a new sound and not giving lyrics that bring me back for up on their convictions within more after every listen. Thurs - music. If there is one album to day has achieved something buy this year, “Common Exis - great with this album by com - tence” is it. bining the messages of songs Comic by John Straw, Staff Artist The Montgazette, Page 12 Campus & Community

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Pictured (from top, left to right): Criminal Justice Career Day was held on April 22 at the Central Campus; the International Club held a Cultural Day celebration in the spring at the Central Campus; Kuol Abraham speaks about the war in his village in Darfur at a panel discussion in the Science Center; Dr. Melinda Copel hosted a ballet master class with Christine Cox in the Physical Education Centerʼs Dance Studio; “Last Comic Standingʼs” Louis Ramey performed for students in the College Hall cafe - teria before finals; Full Service rocks out on the Advanced Technology Center patio; Dr. Hal Halbert presents the student English essay contest winners with their awards.

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