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Photo Frenzy 10/23/17

Photo Frenzy 10/23/17

November 1, 2017

We stand on the shoulders of miniatures

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor January 31, 2017

The Foucault Pendulum's pegs are actually painted miniatures of influential scientists and thinkers. Here's a feature on just four of them: Derek Yen Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) was an influential...

Green Politics: Astronomy and NASA

November 18, 2016

Although Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his belief to the nonprofit science awareness organization ScienceDebate that “a strong space program will encourage our children...

Green Politics: Trust in established science and research

November 18, 2016

Clinton believes the United States should be investing more in scientific research and discovery. In response to a questionnaire by ScienceDebate, Clinton stated that “federal funding of basic research...

Green Politics: Public health

November 18, 2016

Trump has firmly asserted his disapproval of Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, a healthcare policy enacted by President Obama in March 2010. Citing “greater rationing of care, higher...

Green Politics: STEM Education

November 18, 2016

Clinton has vocalized her support of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs for K-12 schools and considers exposing young children to computer science and coding to be the most important...

Interviews with people at the polls

by Michael Sikand and Zachary Hoffman November 9, 2016

Zachary Hoffman Ayesha Mohammed, dentist and mother of three: "I would say try to learn as much as you can about the candidates, not all candidates will align perfectly with all of your views, but you...

The lesser of two evils isn’t enough

by Trisha Dwivedi, Managing Editor November 9, 2016

“Wrong...wrong...wrong.” Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s words echoed through my living room as news outlets replayed his response to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham...

Incivility-in-Chief

by Tara Parimi, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2016

During an election cycle of personal attacks, divisive rhetoric, and uninformed discourse, the remarks of presidential candidates have ignited public debate on responsible speech and the coexistence of...

International nations and leaders react to presidential election

by Nicole Chen and Katherine Zhang November 8, 2016

The candidate that succeeds President Barack Obama in the presidency will also succeed the authority to control America’s international relations with key nations the U.S. is involved with. Democratic...

Harker alumni campaigners speak out against third party protest voters

by Neil Bai, Anjay Saklecha, and Alex Wang November 8, 2016

Harker alumni campaigners speak out against third party protest voters .With many voters dissatisfied with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, some have turned to protest voting,...

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