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Mars: One A One Way Ticket to Isolation
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Arts – English This weekend while breathing all by myself thanks to my functioning organs and this sweet thing called “oxygen” (which Mars has almost none of), I found myself reading an article published by Popular Science titled, “Why Thousands Of People Are Willing to Die On Mars.” The article talked… Read more
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The Science Watchroom
By Jason Glynn Political Science Major The Science Watchroom is back!! There have been numerous advancements and breakthroughs in science since we closed out the last semester. This addition will look at two possible life-changing breakthroughs: telomeres and antibiotics. As a former biological sciences major this stuff is close to my heart. Firstly, researchers at… Read more
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Dying to Play Dying Light
By Nick Miller Communications & New Media Major In an all-ditch effort to make a zombie game that stands out form the rest, Warner Brothers and partner Techland have worked together to create an all new experience exclusive for the next generation of gamers. The premise of Dying Light is pretty basic. You play as… Read more
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Good News, Bad News Coal Warriors & Rising Levels of Agreement to Combat Climate Change
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “Jobs” and “economy” are words that, despite their degree of truthfulness and merit, have essentially become thought-terminating clichés, and no one seems to use these words more than the League of Climate Change Doubters, also known as the GOP. Many of the doubters, including prominent Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell,… Read more
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The Keystone XL Pipeline: Why the Environment Should be our No. 1 Concern
By Ashley Berry “Because if you haven’t seen a raise in a decade; if your house is still twenty-five thousand, thirty thousand dollars under water; if you’re just happy that you’ve still got that factory job that is powered by cheap energy; if every time you go to fill up your old car because you… Read more
The SMCC Beacon 