“It was more or less through a fun, happy accident that I am now slinging Turkish rugs in the United States.” The American Dream—or at least an iteration of it which Evan Gage ’14 describes as “objectively quirky.” Gage Goods is a “social slash business experiment” which, vitalized by the aforementioned rug-slinging, grew out of...
The scene is Monroe Street, Hillsdale, MI. Standing on the platform of the old depot, you wait and listen. When will it arrive? “That eerie sound of a train whistle blowing triggers memories of a distant time in the past when 40 or more trains per day ran through Hillsdale County, with 22 routed through...
On Feb. 10, the Center for Disease Control released new guidelines for masking. Based on a study conducted in January, the CDC now recommends fitting a cloth mask over a surgical mask to reduce COVID-19 transmission. According to the CDC, the study used “a pliable elastomeric headform . . . to simulate a person coughing...
With COVID-19 dominating the world, the fact that the virus mutates has brought fear to many. But this is a natural phenomenon. “All viruses experience evolutionary change as they move through populations of infected individuals,” said Silas Johnson, associate professor of biology. According to National Geographic, one COVID-19 mutation surfaces every 11 days. “The rate...
An instructor holding a foreboding plastic bag greets Wyoming Catholic College freshmen. “Put your phone in,” the instructor says, indicating the open Ziplock. After parting with their most-loved appendage, the students embark on a three week camping trip through the Wind River Range—or the more rugged Teton Mountains—,which they navigate using old-fashioned paper maps and...