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By Lily Vining || Investigative Layout Assistant The Coronavirus pandemic resulted in many interruptions to life over the past year, including the disruption of higher education across the globe. Colleges…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor On Friday, Mar. 26, the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) announced to the public a new nationwide Moderna study among college students, appropriately named “Prevent…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor The subject line, “URGENT- Please read” sent shockwaves through campus this Thursday, Mar. 25, as the Student Wellness Center revealed a disturbing wave of…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor On Saturday, February 27th, the Federal Food, and Drug Administration officially approved Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for immediate emergency use, with promises to…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Freezing temperatures hitting below 0℉ hit Texas this week as winter storm system Uri coated over 71% of the United States in snow. As…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor In a primetime interview preceding last week’s Super Bowl, President Biden restated his campaign promise of re-opening the majority of public schools by his…
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Early in the day on January 6th, shouts of “fight like hell!” echoed across the National Mall, as domestic terrorists staged an insurrection at…
By Erin Maxwell || Layout Assistant As an RNA virus, mutations leading to new variants of the coronavirus tend to appear once or twice a month, usually without a major…
By Samantha Milowitz || Op-Eds Editor Do you know that feeling when you’re sick? When you’re lying in bed, coughing, sneezing, whatever it is, and you feel absolutely useless? And…
By Lily Vining || Staff Writer Hi there. I spoke with your future self, and you let me in on a secret: You know that New Year’s Resolution to exercise…