Ralph Tur, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Who says only superheroes and sitcoms have theme music? I have my own music almost every day when I pump iron. And although a lot of us feel our lives are sitcoms, you truly feel like a superhero when you’re under a 300+ pound mass of iron with nothing… Read the rest at our website.

News Meek Center

Library Renovations At Meek Center Bring A More Conducive Study Space

October 8, 2014 Ralph Tur

The library at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center (6300 N.W. Seventh Avenue) has been renovated and relocated from the first to the second floor in Room 1201. Head librarian Theo Karantsalis described the renovations as maximizing the use of space. The area includes five more computer stations… Read the rest at our website.

Forum

Forget Skinny, Get BIG At MDC

October 8, 2014 Ralph Tur

Of the many amenities offered at Miami Dade College my favorites are the gyms or “wellness centers” at the North, Kendall and Wolfson campuses. Nothing warms my heart like seeing other college students partaking in the savage lifting of heavy iron objects in a series of repetitive patterns. I… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

Tower Theatre To Host David Bowie Documentary

September 19, 2014 Ralph Tur

Miami Dade College’s Tower Theatre will present David Bowie Is, a documentary featuring the rocker’s life and work. The film, directed by Hamish Hamilton, will screen on September 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Tower Theatre in Little Havana, 1508 S.W. 8th St. It is a… Read the rest at our website.

Forum

How Employers Treat Their Employees

September 19, 2014 Ralph Tur

Donald Trump once told me, “I can’t wait to have the pleasure to work with you, and I know it’ll be a pleasure for you to work with me.” I wish I could say he shook my hand, but he wasn’t actually in front of me, and I wasn’t… Read the rest at our website.

News

Create A Legacy Campaign Relaunches Fundraising Through Engraved Brick Program At North Campus

August 25, 2014 Ralph Tur North Campus

Organizers of the ‘create a legacy’ campaign at North Campus are reaching out to students and alumni with the hopes of getting more donations for the Miami Dade College foundation to help out students with scholarships. The campaign has been laying custom engraved bricks at North Campus since March… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Hits A Touchy Subject

March 5, 2013 Ralph Tur

The Gatekeepers is an Oscar-nominated documentary detailing the rise of terrorism from the angle of Shin Bet, an intelligence agency in Israel with the badass motto “defender that shall not be seen.”. After the Six-Day war in 1967, Israel enlarged its borders and tens of thousands of Palestinians were… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Kids Fight For The Ultimate Prize In Battle Royale

March 5, 2013 Ralph Tur

Battle Royale is the Japanese counterpart to last year’s The Hunger Games—a movie that soccer moms and columnists were raving was too extreme for children and pre-teens. The movie, which was released 13 years ago, features about 40 ninth graders forcibly volunteered to a three-day kill fest for the… Read the rest at our website.

Forum

We Need Something Better Than Just A Complaint Box

February 19, 2013 Ralph Tur

We’ve all been there. You’re sitting at Flanigan’s with your friends eating some loaded nachos, and a manager with an earpiece swoops in and asks, “Is everything all right here, guys?” With bean dip and sauce on your face, you grunt, “Yes,” and he nods back scoots off to… Read the rest at our website.

Scene from the movie Tuck & Dale vs. Evil.

A&E

Mistaken Identity Leads To Sublime Slaughter In Tucker & Dale

February 19, 2013 Ralph Tur

You’ve got everything you need for a quick horror flick in Tucker & Dale vs Evil: an especially idiotic bunch of teenagers on their way to the woods for a camping trip and a couple of crackpot, backwater rednecks with no people skills and a bunch of sharp objects… Read the rest at our website.

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Author: Ralph Tur

Top Ten Testosterone Filled Songs To Pump You Up At The Gym

Library Renovations At Meek Center Bring A More Conducive Study Space

Forget Skinny, Get BIG At MDC

Tower Theatre To Host David Bowie Documentary

How Employers Treat Their Employees

Create A Legacy Campaign Relaunches Fundraising Through Engraved Brick Program At North Campus

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Hits A Touchy Subject

Kids Fight For The Ultimate Prize In Battle Royale

We Need Something Better Than Just A Complaint Box

Mistaken Identity Leads To Sublime Slaughter In Tucker & Dale

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