Category: Opinions

Posted on: April 29, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

Take a journalism course: shine a light

By Nathaly Duenas JRN-111 & COM-151 Student Writing and shedding light on current events has always been my forte. If you can relate, you are in the right place.  As an aspiring journalist, I have learned many skills here at Moraine Valley. I was blessed to have enrolled in Journalism 101, Journalism 111, and COM 151-Student Publications, which are all taught by Professor Lisa Couch.  These courses have changed my life. They…

Posted on: April 7, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

Crisis brings ‘social’ to social media

By Carolyn A. Thill COM 151 Student Some people would say that social media is largely to blame for the lack of empathy we see today, disconnecting us while seeming to connect us. Commenting on the decline in empathy evidenced in her research, Sara Konrath of the University of Michigan told USA TODAY that “one reason may be that people are having fewer face-to-face interactions, communicating instead through social media…

Posted on: April 5, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

Journalism students write ‘first draft of history’

By Lisa Couch Journalism Instructor Stories are powerful. They connect us to each other. They create order out of chaos. They help us make sense of the world. Not much makes sense these days. For so many people, the story right now is about just trying to hang on. There is uncertainty. There is fear. By the time the world gets back to normal, everyone will know someone who got…

Posted on: March 25, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

I need toilet paper!

Brian HeuserCopy Editor “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it” Agent Kay (Men in Black [1997]) While I can’t pretend to know exactly how and why people behave the way they do, Tommy Lee Jones’ quote in Men in Black has been an odd comfort for me. It’s certainly not news that people are irrational in the face of danger—real or imagined—but this…

Posted on: March 4, 2020 Posted by: Zuzanna Fudala Comments: 0

Fantasy Island fails to fulfill

Zuzanna FudalaFeatures Editor One chance to have your deepest dream come true, to fix your greatest regret, or even fulfil a long overdue payback; what risks would you accept to fulfil your greatest fantasy? In Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island, we follow five characters as they fulfil their fantasies only to realize that the things that we want the most don’t always come with a happy ending.Fantasy Island is directed and co-written…

Posted on: January 22, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

Thoughts With Jake Finale

Jacob Williams Departing Opinions Editor Welcome my fellow readers to my final Thoughts with Jake here at Moraine Valley. For this edition, it will just be structured more like a thank you note to everyone who has helped make Thoughts with Jake a reality.  It’s a little crazy to think that this little series of my writing about just random things that I love all just started with a simple…

Posted on: January 22, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

The Captivating Art of Evil Women

Bridget McGann, Special Contributor “You think I’d let him destroy me and end up happier than ever? No way. He doesn’t get to win.” Three films that I’ve been delighted with recently: The two titled Maleficent and Gone Girl. Both stories are led by the hand of separate, but very similar woman. Manipulation and the presence of evil swarm through these tales like bees to honey, creating a pair of…

Posted on: January 22, 2020 Posted by: Zuzanna Fudala Comments: 0

Charlie’s Angels Review

Zuzanna FudalaFeatures Editor Once upon a time there were three little girls who now work for the anonymous “Charlie” fighting crime. These are no ordinary Angels. Another triple whammy, Charlie’s Angels is back in a new feature-length film, so if you haven’t seen it yet read at your own risk! Charlie’s Angels is an action comedy film written and directed by Elizabeth Banks with story by Evan Spiliotopoulos and David Auburn.…