While UFOs have been around for decades, recently they have started playing by different rules. Unidentified flying objects, also called unidentified aerial phenomena or flying saucers, have made a lasting impact on popular culture. Often, talk about them has connotations of extraterrestrial life. Strictly speaking, a UFO is just what the name says it is:...
Freedom of the press found in Substack
Print is dead. Over the last decade, news and media outlets have navigated a rising demand for online content and a plummeting print industry to stay financially afloat. Even this comes with more challenges for their writers, however, as they face censorship and growing cancel culture. It’s hard for them to freely express their ideas....
Vaccine passports pose tech challenge
Imagine that you are about to enter a restaurant. As you walk in, the host taps impatiently at an adjacent sign. You fumble with your pocket until you retrieve your phone and scan a barcode. The host moves aside. You make an audible sigh as you walk into the restaurant. You’re relieved. The highly encoded...
Students premiere football documentary
“This is the story of a football team who gave up their success on the field to preserve the dignity of their brothers off the field.” That’s how the documentary “A Better Kind of Glory” begins, and that’s the story the audience came to hear at the film’s premiere this week. In the basement of...
College launching Chapel Lecture Series Friday
A new lecture series in Christ Chapel will explore the relationship between faith and reason, starting with an inaugural talk by conservative civil rights leader Robert L. Woodson Sr. at 4 p.m. on April 23. Woodson said he will talk about “the challenge that we as a nation face with race and poverty.” “The college...