by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Carolyn Castroblanco, Fall 2020. On August 26, 2005, over 1 million people were forced to evacuate their homes across Mississippi and Louisiana in preparation for the now infamous Hurricane Katrina. This category five storm ravaged the Southeast coast of the United...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Annie Mitchell, Fall 2020. No one can read the future. That is, except for meteorologists. Thanks to these scientists of weather, the human race can predict what Mother Nature plans to offer the world with astounding accuracy. Current 10-day weather forecasts are...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Corinne Stonebraker, Fall 2020. Content Warning: This article discusses topics related to eating disorders and body image that may be triggering for some readers. The passage from high school to college is one of the most significant lifestyle changes that a young...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Annagh Devit, Fall 2020. The air pump experiment and the flowerpot technique are two innocuous sounding procedures that hide their horrors behind their names. In the air pump experiment, a small animal is placed inside a sealed glass container and the air is slowly...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Aman, Fall 2020. The ease with which the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation and killed hundreds of thousands of people has made many Americans question the effectiveness of their country’s institutions and systems of healthcare. As the American healthcare...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2020, spectrum
By Miles Kaufman, Fall 2020. When people think of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they most often think of the “shell shocked” veterans of World War I. While traumatic combat experiences do contribute to a number of PTSD diagnoses, other causes of this disorder...
