by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2022, spectrum
By Lizzie, Fall 2022. Of the five major gyres (spiral vortexes in the ocean) on Earth, the North Pacific is the largest and most notorious. Nicknamed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” (GPGP), it’s “great” for a reason: this pile of plastic halfway between Hawaii and...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2022, spectrum
By Shannon, Fall 2022. On top of the many other bills they need to pay, patients in the US are worried sick over an often overlooked yet crucial problem in the industry– increasing drug prices. In 2017, the Altarum Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2022, spectrum
By Pierce Hoenigman, Fall 2022. Every two seconds, someone in the US needs a blood transfusion due to injury, cancer, or disease.[1] Acquiring, testing, and transporting all the blood necessary to fuel the nation’s hospitals is a monumental task and comes...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2022, spectrum
By Sarah, Fall 2022. Humankind has had its eyes on the microscopic world for centuries since Jonathan Swift illustrated the fantastically tiny world of the Lilliputians in his classic novel, Gulliver’s Travels. Yet, popular interest in the smaller-scale extends beyond...
