Corbin Bolies, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Gabriel Negron, one of many Puerto Rican students.

Puerto Rican Students Displaced By Hurricane Maria Find Solace At MDC

January 26, 2018 Corbin Bolies Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria

Three months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico and left his Trujillo Alto neighborhood with no power, Gabriel Negrón Feliciano decided it was time to move on. On Dec. 19, the 21-year-old moved to Miami. Today, Negrón Feliciano is a freshman at Kendall Campus, working toward his associate… Read the rest at our website.

News North Campus Kendall Campus Wolfson Campus

School For Advanced Studies Students Win Prestigious QuestBridge Scholarship

January 12, 2018 Corbin Bolies SAS, Scholarship

School for Advanced Studies students Dianelis Lopez, Luis Velasco and Luis Camargo-Carlos have been selected as recipients of the QuestBridge National College Match scholarship. Each student will receive full tuition at a partner college. Founded in 1994, QuestBridge is a program that strives to connect low-income and first-generation students… Read the rest at our website.

Promotional image for All The Money In The World.

A&E

All The Money In The World Can’t Save A Hollow Film

January 12, 2018 Corbin Bolies Movie Review, Movies, Film

Well, Ridley Scott did it. After a tumultuous two months that led All The Money in the World’s original star, Kevin Spacey, to be edited out and recast with Christopher Plummer, Scott has managed to deliver a film that is coherent, which is an achievement under the circumstances. Whether… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of student Fedelene Camille, one many Haitians facing the possibility of returning to Haiti.

News

Trump Administration Terminates Temporary Protected Status For Haitians

December 8, 2017 Corbin Bolies Trump, Haiti, TPS

It was 4:30 p.m. on a Tuesday and Fedelene Camille wanted to climb onto the roof of her house. A common practice in Haiti, the then-12-year-old went to the rooftop to relax after a long day in seventh grade. After climbing up the side of the house, she reached… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Hollywood Sees Fall of Role-Models

December 8, 2017 Corbin Bolies Hollywood, sexual harassment

I spent my entire birthday, Oct. 5, on a Greyhound bus. While scrolling through my Twitter feed to pass the time, a New York Times article broke—“Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” And thus began the fall of my supposed role models. The Harvey Weinstein story,… Read the rest at our website.

Book fair visitors looking through a crate of comic books.

Wolfson Campus News

Authors, Drag Queens And A Former Vice President: Welcome To The Book Fair

November 24, 2017 Corbin Bolies MBF, Wolfson Campus, Books, Miami Book Fair

The 34th annual Miami Book Fair, which ran from Nov. 12 to Nov. 19., brought thousands of people to Wolfson Campus to enjoy writers, artists and presenters from around the world. Colorful tents lined the streets of downtown Miami while attendees explored events like Lights On at The Porch,… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Blockbusters Make A Case For Best Picture

November 24, 2017 Corbin Bolies Film, Movies, Academy Awards, oscars

In a year of unprecedented change, the 2017 Oscar race might be next on the list. While the Academy Awards have traditionally been dominated by art films produced and distributed by smaller studios, 2017 has given room to a number of blockbusters to launch competitive Oscar campaigns including Dunkirk,… Read the rest at our website.

Homayounvash speaking at a board meeting.

Homestead Campus News

Lecture Series Aims To Break Stereotypes About Islam

November 10, 2017 Corbin Bolies Homestead Campus

Miami Dade College welcomes its first lecture series on Islamic studies, aiming to break widespread stereotypes. The project is a collaboration with the Coalition for South Florida Muslim Organizations and the Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Foundation. It will be anchored by Mohamad Homayounvash and is scheduled to start in… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Ragnarok Finds Humor Among The Action

November 10, 2017 Corbin Bolies Movie, Movie Review, Marvel

Thor: Ragnarok is more of a comedy film than a superhero one. Director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) raises the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett to their comedic peaks, providing for a mostly charming, subversive addition to the… Read the rest at our website.

Suze Guillaume sitting in her mobile pop-up book shop.

News North Campus

She Couldn’t Read Until She Was 9, So Now She’s Bringing Kids A Pop-Up Book Shop

October 27, 2017 Corbin Bolies North Campus, Suze Guillaume

When Suze Guillaume was nine years old, she couldn’t read. It’s a fact that frustrated her for many years. “I didn’t have access to books,” Guillaume said, as she recalled her childhood in Little Haiti. “I didn’t know how to read or put words together. I’ve read so much… Read the rest at our website.

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