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Fishy Business

One of my Chemistry teachers once insisted that if you drank a glass of mercury and waited, you could piss it out. Urban legend or amazing feat? You decide.

by Anthony Fletcher on March 31, 2004March 17, 2013

‘Different Tools for Enduring’: An interview with Tracy K. Smith

A Nass writer sits down with the United States Poet Laureate and Princeton Professor to discuss Blackness, the pandemic, and poetry.

by Sabrina Kim on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Movers and Shakers

Friday, March 11, Japan’s Pacific shore was hit by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake, which tilted the Earth’s axis and moved the entire island closer to North America. While most people may already be aware of these tragic events, many may not be aware of the fact that Japanese earthquake and its effects were also the comedy event of the year.

by Stephanie Velazquez on March 23, 2011March 17, 2013

The End of Moria?

Looking back on migration-crisis reporting in Greece as a college student.

by Harrison Blackman ‘17 on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

A Case Against Legalization

The drug policies of the United States are horrifically backwards. They promote the incarceration of people guilty of soft drug possession, people who likely pose no threat to themselves or others. They cost countless billions of dollars each year as … Read More

by Evan Larson on October 6, 2010March 17, 2013

Where Are the Mothers’ Voices?

Fact-checking pro-life arguments.

by Kat Kulke on November 13, 2016December 3, 2016

Music for the Internet Age

How a new generation of musicians is confronting the digital landscape.

by David Borts on November 24, 2019

Stay Tenacious

The report’s interpretation is not at odds with the Sotomayor speech, but doesn’t fully understand it, either.

by Ben Perelmuter on April 16, 2016April 24, 2016

Parched

Social responsibility and conditions of scarcity.

by Tamar Willis on October 9, 2016

Canada F.A.Q.

On Canada and Justin Trudeau.

by Lauren Johnston on April 2, 2017September 28, 2018

Talking the Talk(s)

_On January 26 of this year, Aaron Smargon of WPRB News sat down with Daniel C. Kurtzer, former Ambassador to Israel from 2000 to 2005, to discuss the stalled hopes for peace under President Obama and what shape it might … Read More

by Aaron Smargon on September 22, 2010March 17, 2013

Up a Creek Without a Paddle

When the Twin Towers fell, George Bush and his folks wasted very little time (give or take seven minutes reading a children’s book) in deciding that this act of seemingly unimaginable violence needed resolve and force, and that showing strength … Read More

by Justin Gerald on September 21, 2005March 17, 2013


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