Graphic by James Landgraf By Jackson Edwards, Photo Editor To get or not to get a college degree? That is the question for a growing number of young adults. As we step further from the pandemic, school systems and the workforce are continuously evolving, changing the way people see the value of a college education. During the pandemic, colleges saw a rapid decrease in student enrollment, and many colleges have…
Graphic by Emily Stephens Evon Walters, Michelé Smith, and Pamela Haney are the final three contenders for Moraine Valley’s next president. By Nick Stulga, Editor-in-Chief The search for Moraine’s next president has been narrowed down to the final three candidates: Evon Walters, Michelé Smith, and Pamela Haney. The candidates met with faculty, staff and community members last week during a series of open forums. During this time, the audiences were…
Photo by Aidan McGuire A participant is cheered on at the finish line of the Humanity 5K. By Aidan McGuire, News Editor In its first year, the Humanity 5K at Moraine raised $32,000 towards creating a refugee scholarship fund at Moraine and a dialysis clinic in Ramallah, Palestine. Early in the chilly morning of April 30, 273 community members, students, and faculty gathered outside the C building for the event,…
By Abby Hobbs, JRN-111 Student Today’s political polarization can lead to mistrusting each other. And mistrust can lead to isolation. And isolation can lead to loneliness. And loneliness leads to more mistrust, which leads to more polarization…and so on. All of this is creating a crisis in our democracy, according to four Moraine Valley professors who presented a panel discussion, “The Importance of Belonging for Democracy” in the library lounge…
