MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER WWW.MVCCGLACIER.COM FEBRUARY 3, 2012 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 11
Moraine begins plans for new health center Connor Reynolds News Editor Since 1986 Moraine Valley has included an improved fitness and wellness center in its Master Facilities Plan and the school took steps towards realizing this 26 year goal. The latest Facilities Master Plan, which provides a 10 year outlines of the college’s goals in campus improvement, included a brand new health and wellness center to be located on the southwest side of campus by the campus police station and the baseball field. The need for a new health and wellness center at Moraine stems from the small space that the school currently uses. The G building serves as the college’s fitness and wellness center but at 40,768 the gym is small than many middle schools’ gyms and is smaller than every other high school gym in Moraine’s HEALTH | page 3 The Facilities Master Plan shows the proposed health and wellnes center’s location in blue in the southwest corner. [Rick Hoppenrath]
Chemical spill clears the C building By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief A toxic chemical spill occurred on Wednesday, February 1 at approximately 8:30am in The Dr. Vernon O. Crawley Science Hall, C building. Students were ordered to evacuate Wednesday morning due to a minor chemical (pyrrolidine) spill. The spill happened in a preparation lab area next to the organic chemistry lab on the second floor. Fire personnel were called to investigate. Pyrrolidine can cause eye and skin irritation. Watering, redness and itching characterizes inflammation of the eye. Skin irritation includes itching, scaling, reddening and even occasional blistering. The substance is also toxic to development. It can cause dam- Firefighters from the North Palos fire station investigate the chemical spill in the C building on age to kidneys, the nervous February 1. [Michael Frerderiksen] system and liver. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance to death. building within a short time. Students can produce target organs damage. InMany students were told to leave and faculty members ended up waithalation of the substance is also haz- their belongings in class because in- ing until about 10 a.m. before being let ardous. Severe overexposure can lead structors believed to be back in the SPILL | page 2
SWEC receives platinum LEED cer t if ic at ion By Amel Saleh Editor-in-Chief “We can talk and teach sustainability; however, we must live it and learn how to make it happen,“ says Meghan Danaher, Moraine Valley’s Southwest Education Center Coordinator. Southwest Education Center (SWEC) received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification. This is the highest level of certification a green building can obtain. The Southwest Education Center met all the LEED prerequisites and met the performance goals within each Environmental category including: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality in order to score the appropriate points to achieve Platinum status/ certification. The purpose of LEED is to offer building owners and operators a definite structure for finding and SWEC | page 3
IN THIS ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Steve Trash rocks magic with a message. Social page 1
FEATURES Dr. Wolf moves on from Moraine Valley. Social page 1
SPORTS Return of starters sparks men’s winning streak. page 12