Forum - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/category/forum/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:17:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Forum - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/category/forum/ 32 32 How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism https://mdcthereporter.com/how-an-injury-helped-me-blaze-a-path-into-sports-journalism/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:11:00 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39917 Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a ball in my hands or was bouncing one off my feet. 
As a kid, I wanted to be like my favorite American soccer player Clint Dempsey. I watched his every move. 
But at barely 5-feet-5-inches tall, my dream felt impossible.
Until… Read the rest at our website.

How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism

]]> The Gambling Epidemic Is Out Of Control https://mdcthereporter.com/the-gambling-epidemic-is-out-of-control/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:44:14 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39882 If you watch sports today, there’s no avoiding gambling. 
From pre-game shows where analysts and commentators select their favorite bets to hit, to odds being displayed on the bottom of the screen during a game, the message is clear: “WE WANT YOU TO GAMBLE!” 
I’ve seen the direct effects… Read the rest at our website.

The Gambling Epidemic Is Out Of Control

]]> You Are Not Alone: Mental Health Support for MDC Students https://mdcthereporter.com/you-are-not-alone-mental-health-support-for-mdc-students/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:09:03 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39828 Many students today carry the weight of a global mental health crisis.  
Anxiety, depression, loneliness, substance use and intrusive thoughts affect us all differently. 
What makes it worse is that many of us deal with it alone, keeping it bottled up and handling it in unhealthy ways.
If this… Read the rest at our website.

You Are Not Alone: Mental Health Support for MDC Students

]]> How An Undersized Football Player Continued His Sports Journey As A Journalist https://mdcthereporter.com/how-an-undersized-football-player-continued-his-sports-journey-as-a-journalist/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:39:15 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39814 I was too young to remember but I’ve been told the story so many times it feels like I recall every detail.
In May of 2006, I was an infant. But as the Florida Christian School softball team beat Westminster Academy in the 13th inning of a regional finals… Read the rest at our website.

How An Undersized Football Player Continued His Sports Journey As A Journalist

]]> Have We Lost Faith And Can The New Pope Restore It? https://mdcthereporter.com/have-we-lost-faith-and-can-the-new-pope-restore-it/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:39:54 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39751 Back in the day, religion served as a guiding light to understanding what humanity was incapable of explaining, from natural phenomena to our own existence.
Since then, that has evolved with the emergence of new technology and scientific discoveries that greatly affect our understanding of the world and the… Read the rest at our website.

Have We Lost Faith And Can The New Pope Restore It?

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