Photo provided by MVCC Marketing Department By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer Last week, Moraine Valley’s student body elected a new Student Trustee. Michelle Segovia will take on this role until next Spring; she will be sworn in at the April Board meeting on Thursday, April 16 at 6:00 p.m. She will be replacing last year’s Trustee, Garrett Weigel. Segovia won the election with 110 votes or 42.9% of the total…
Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic Design Intern By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer On March 25 in U111 Dean of Students and Compliance Officer Kent Marshall moderated a candidate forum for the four candidates campaigning to be the Student Trustee of Moraine for the 2026-27 term. They answered a series of questions from Marshall and audience members. The Glacier is providing a summary of their responses below to help students decide…
Photo provided by MVCC Marketing By Karolina Granda, Editor-in-Chief One of the biggest hurdles of higher education is the ballooning costs of achieving more than just a high school diploma. Millions of students and their parents take on huge debts in order to finance the cost of a college degree. Community colleges like Moraine Valley offer lower costs for local students, as well as a variety of certificate and non-degree…
Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic Design Intern By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer The Glacier is committed to providing information on candidates running in the Illinois Primary on March 17, 2026. Our fourth installment focuses on the Illinois General Assembly. We have focused on only the Senate and representative Districts closest to Moraine’s District to keep the length of the article manageable. Like the US Congress, there are two legislative houses…
Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic Design Intern By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer The series we started earlier this month continues with our third installmennt. This week we focus on the Illinois primary elections happening in March for the US Senate and House of Representatives. One-third of the Senate is elected every two years, the term is six years, and there are no term limits. Current Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is…
Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic Design Intern By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer Last week, The Glacier launched a series on the offices that have elections in 2026, and focused on the Governor’s race. This week, we turn to other statewide offices that work in tandem with the Governor’s office. What does AG do: The Attorney General (AG) of Illinois is the highest ranking legal officer and enforces state laws, represents…
Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic Design Intern By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer Prepare for the onslaught of political ads just beginning to ramp up as the Illinois primary is just seven weeks away. There are several offices that are up for election in 2026, and The Glacier is starting a series on election coverage to inform our readers of what is at stake this year. Graphic by Logan McQuaid, Graphic…
By Glacier Staff The MVCC Democracy Commitment will host a voter registration drive on Thursday, Jan. 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Any US Citizen who is at least 18 years old is eligible to vote in all elections, but you must be registered (see below for more details). Signing up to vote places individuals in a voting precinct and correlating district both for Illinois elected positions and national…
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