Converting ordinary research tools into spooky thrills, the psychology honorary’s “Haunted Lab” event last week featured attractions from zombie run therapy, to augmented-reality arachnids, to Temple Run travails. About 50 students attended the Oct. 29 event, according to senior and Psi Chi Social Chair Taylor Bennett. The event was geared toward both psychology students and...
Chi Omega members shaved the heads of the fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi this past week in the Grewcock Student Union for a special cause. The activity was part of “Derby Days,” which is a week of events and competition among the sororities on campus to see who can raise the most money for cancer...
A common misconception about professors is that they only read books regarding their field of study. It makes sense because they teach it— at least it does to most. Revealing some truth into this shared misunderstanding, a few chemistry professors talked about their favorite genres and books, which might shock some students by how similar...
At 6:02 on Oct. 23, several Hillsdale students and members of the American Chemical Society (ACS) celebrated “Mole Day.” A mole is unit often used in chemistry that is 6.02 x 10^23—hence the specific date and time for the celebrations. ACS is a chemistry club on Hillsdale’s campus that is part of an international organization,...
There is a lot of curiosity about interstellar travel and planet colonization, but according to member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration Teviet Creighton, humans are better off in large-scale space colonies. Creighton, director of the facility Spacecraft Tracking and Astronomical Research into Gigahertz Astrophysical Transient Emission (STARGATE), is part of a team...