Christian Portilla, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Student Overcomes Addiction At Miami Rescue Clinic

December 8, 2011 Christian Portilla drug addiction, miami rescue mission

Eight years ago, Anthony Blackman says, he overdosed on crack cocaine. Today, Blackman, a 36-year-old student at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center, says he is a changed man. “That night I saw a piece of paper on the floor with the [Miami Rescue] Mission’s number, so I… Read the rest at our website.

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College-Wide Toy Drive For Non-Profit

December 5, 2011 Christian Portilla

Miami Dade College Student Life is hosting a college-wide toy drive sponsored by Amigos for Kids until Dec. 2. Students can bring brand new unwrapped toys for babies, boys, girls and teens to the Student Life office at their campus. Educational toys, gift cards, electronics, and sports equipment are… Read the rest at our website.

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Piscataway Tribe Dance Show at Homestead Campus

November 8, 2011 Christian Portilla

November is Native American Heritage Month. In celebration, Miami Dade College Homestead Campus has invited the Piscataway tribe to perform on Nov.17 in the café patio from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The Piscataway Indian Nation Singers and Dancers plan to educate students about their history as well as contemporary… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

A Hallucinogenic Look At Youth

October 20, 2011 Christian Portilla

That youth is wasted on the young is the theme in the film, Twelve. The movie takes viewers through the emotional and dramatic high school life of rich kids in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Mike White (Chace Crawford) is a young man who, after suffering through the… Read the rest at our website.

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October 4, 2011 Christian Portilla

Information Technology, the network services department at North Campus, will be hosting an event in October as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The IT Department will be hosting a presentation in Room 4208 at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Ave., on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. The… Read the rest at our website.

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Indie Romance Wrought With Raw Emotion

September 21, 2011 Christian Portilla

As a new feature in The Reporter we bring you the Netflix Resurrection where we recommend and review an independent film from the past that you may have missed. Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, is about the ups and downs of an intense and raw romance,… Read the rest at our website.

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Prometeo Theatre Dedicated To Professor Rojas

September 21, 2011 Christian Portilla

Miami Dade College paid tribute to former theatre professor and founder of Prometeo, Teresa Maria Rojas, at a dedication event at the Prometeo Theatre at Wolfson Campus on Sept. 2. A plaque has been dedicated to Rojas and hung at the Prometeo Theatre. Rojas, who retired in 2006, dedicated… Read the rest at our website.

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