Month: March 2016

Home 2016 March
Post

CRISPR: more than a drawer in your refrigerator

The world’s worst diseases and ailments may finally have cures. The life sciences recently discovered the ability to alter the human genome, the very entity that encodes our humanity, in order to eliminate disease, mutations, and potentially engineer the perfect human. Originally identified in the immune systems of single-celled organisms, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats...

Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool
Post

Mechanical problem temporarily closes preschool

Mary Randall Preschool closed Tuesday afternoon after the air-conditioning unit caused the building to fill with smoke. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy No children were in Mary Randall Preschool when smoke wafted from the mechanical room about midday last Monday, prompting the school to cancel afternoon classes. “There was a malfunction with the mechanics of the...

Campus Rec holds Archery Tag for first time Saturday
Post

Campus Rec holds Archery Tag for first time Saturday

Hillsdale College’s Campus Rec will hold games of Archery Tag Saturday. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy For the first time, Hillsdale College’s Campus Rec is holding Archery Tag Saturday, March 12. Students will shoot non-lethal arrows at each other in the Biermann Athletics Center from 1-5 p.m. The games are free, and participants do not need...