The Joy of Playoff Hockey
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
May 1, 2019
Although I am a major fan of hockey and it is my favorite sport, before a month ago, I had never been to an NHL game. This was for a couple of reasons. One, I didn’t get into hockey until a couple of years ago, thanks to watching Uconn Hockey, and two, I follow the Pittsburg Penguins. I know that sounds...
Sustainability: Necessary and Feasible
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
April 27, 2019
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as its indigenous people call it, is enshrined in American memory as the location of nine-hundred moai (stone statues resembling human figures). In the anthropological and environmental science community, it is the story of a fierce debate over the downfall of a complex civilization...
Science and Politics: A Difficult Relationship
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
April 16, 2019
To an extent, science is the antithesis of politics. Politics, first and foremost, is based on morals and values - one's solidified views on human nature based on one's cultural upbringing, religion, and personal experiences. Science, on the other hand, is refreshingly impersonal; it cares little for...
The Ocean: Climate Change’s Big, Beautiful Frontier
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
March 28, 2019
In today's world subject to a constant deluge of negative news, few issues receive more coverage than climate change. While certainly necessary in increasing awareness of this life-altering issue, one consequence of the climate change that imperils the delicate balance of the biosphere has gone unnoticed....
Congressional Term Limits: The Logical Choice
By Eric Myskowski, Senior Reporter
March 11, 2019
“No person who has served 6 terms as a Representative shall be eligible for election to the House of Representatives. No person who has served 2 terms as a Senator shall be eligible for election or appointment to the Senate.” While instating congressional term limits would be difficult, it is not by any...
The Yemeni Civil War: How Many More Lives is Too Many?
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
March 1, 2019
Across the world, many noteworthy events go unreported. From a realistic perspective, this is expected; after all, most Americans (even college-educated ones) do not know fundamental facts about immigration, the global economy, and international organizations like NATO and the UN. Americans neither know...
Congressional Term Limits: An Idea as Irresponsible as it is Improbable
By Robert Mullins, Assistant Reporter
February 22, 2019
We are only in the very beginning of the 116th Congress, and already, freshmen legislators have hosted a new plague to haunt the halls of the Capitol: an epidemic of terrible ideas. These ideas range from unrealistically ambitious, to downright implausible. Obviously, the most talked-about example of this ...
Post-Truth Epidemic Grips Nation
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
February 13, 2019
According to researchers at the CDC, the apocalypse that thousands of doomsday activists have foretold has finally materialized. The Post-Truth Epidemic is finally here, distorting all notions of normalcy and destroying the thread of American society. The plague first manifested itself in its current...
Football’s Flaws
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
February 4, 2019
From an evolutionary perspective, humankind's obsession with violence is natural. Anthropologists have long suspected that a primal sense of aggression endures in humans, butting its unpleasant head in honor killings and nonstop warfare, because it increases humankind’s ability to reproduce in niche...
My Favorite Games of 2018
By Kevin Galasso, Editor
January 24, 2019
When I look back at 2018 in terms of video games, I see a year that was full of both ups and downs. While there were many great games that released in 2018, there was also a lot of subpar and disappointing games. Games like Fallout 76 and Metal Gear Survive left gamers in disgust over their poor qualit...
Rap Just Isn’t What it Used to Be
By Aidan Higgins, Assistant Reporter
January 17, 2019
"Like you seen him twirl, then he drop, n**** / And we keep them 9 millis on my block, n**** / And Monte keep it on him, he done dropped n***** / And Trigger he be wildin', he some hot n***** / Tones known to get busy with them Glocks, n**** / Try to run down and you can catch a shot, n****" The lyrics...
Addressing Climate Change: Changing a Culture
By Alexander Pralea, Editor
December 13, 2018
In 2006, Al Gore released a film that was years in the making: An Inconvenient Truth. Reporters heralded him as a hero and luminary who used his position of influence to increase public awareness of the pressing issue of climate change. He made few factual errors and was thus universally considered among sc...
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