Category: Features

Posted on: May 4, 2020 Posted by: Glacier Staff Comments: 0

Faces of the vulnerable: What it’s like being immunocompromised during COVID-19

By Deana Elhit, JRN 111 Student The coronavirus has the whole world in a state of fear. Although we are all vulnerable to being contaminated, those who are immuno-compromised are at higher risk because their immune system is too weak to fight off viruses. According to CNN, about 3 percent of the population is immuno-compromised, which translates to about 7 million people.  One infected person can infect 59,000 people, according…

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Posted on: April 20, 2020 Posted by: Jan Kopischke Comments: 0

Student Life From a Distance

Jan Kopischke  Student Publications Advisor             Our campus, like so many other Illinois colleges and universities, has been shuttered for over a month now. Students have been adapting to online learning, instructors have been changing their teaching styles to incorporate distance, and employees continue to work from home in our new reality.             One of the benefits of applying to Moraine Valley for students was the wide variety of clubs…

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Posted on: April 16, 2020 Posted by: Lauren Hassen Comments: 0

Student Trustee: Lauren Hassen

Hello, to both students and staff at Moraine Valley Community College! My name is Lauren Hassen, and I am the Student Trustee for the 2020-2021 school year. This is a very exciting privilege, and I cannot wait to work with students and staff alike to make Moraine Valley an even better place! My initial goal for this upcoming school year was to make clubs and activities more convenient for students…

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

Who’s in charge? You or your phone?

Zachary BertramJRN-111 Student People are becoming so dependent on their phones that it raises the question: Do we really have control of the phone or does it have control of us?The addiction we all battle: our attachment to our cell phones was the topic of a well-attended presentation given by a collection of expert panelists in a recent talk at Moraine Valley’s library. Our addictions to our cell phones are actually…

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