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. Substack, created in 2017, is...
Science and Tech
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 barcode on your phone was...
Senior develops startup to help colleges weather pandemic
Last year’s lockdown presented many students with a choice: binge watch Netflix, or use the extra time to further their careers. Senior Reed Lawe chose the latter. Lawe, who is finishing up his undergraduate degree in financial management, started a company called HelloCampus over quarantine. HelloCampus is a software startup that allows colleges to host prospective students virtually, using an...
Pope’s Bioethics Advisor Speaks on Human Flourishing
A lack of compassion and a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature underlie American bioethics, according to Professor O. Carter Snead, who presented “What it Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics” on April 14 in Plaster Auditorium. Snead, who is the director of the de Nicola Center of Ethics and Culture, and a professor of...
The evil oils inside your food
Why are some health-conscious people rejecting canola and other genetically-modified oil? Is there real science behind the counter-canola craze, or is it just another dieting fad? According to Harvard expert Guy Crosby, soybean, canola, palm, and corn oil are the top four vegetable oils consumed in the United States. These oils are referred to as refined, bleached, deodorized oils (“RBD”),...
Study smell to study well
The summer after my freshman year in high school, my family had this potent, pineapple candle that was so strong it never had to be ignited to give off its scent. Whenever we’d clean our dining room or have guests over, my mom would take the lid off the candle and let the tropical smell fill the room. Over a...
College offers computer science courses for fall
Hillsdale College will be offering classes in computer science next fall thanks to a recent faculty hire. John Seiffertt, formerly an assistant professor of computer science at Providence College in Rhode Island, will teach courses for the newly resurrected computer science minor. Chairman and Professor of Mathematics, Thomas Treloar said the Mathematics Department chose Seiffertt because they wanted someone with...
Canceling Keystone XL Pipeline will increase energy costs, prof says
President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline will cause energy costs to increase, numerous critics say. The Keystone XL Pipeline was intended to transport oil from Canada’s oil sands to refineries in the gulf coast. It was approved by former President Trump in 2017, but revoked by President Biden in January. According to the Battle Creek Enquirer, it...
Bite-size Psych: To sleep or study?
(Bite-size Psych is a weekly psychology column by sophomore Quin Colhour). Just secondary to the good, true, and beautiful triad at Hillsdale College is the sleep, social life, and grades triad, the balance of which is never quite reached. Although experts recommend sleeping seven to eight hours a night and drinking almost four liters of water per day, even Sigma...