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This Tuesday USG hosted a voter registration drive. Michigan Tech has been listed as one of Washington Monthly’s 2020 Best Colleges for Student Voting. Efforts such as this are why Michigan Tech’s voting rate went up 7.2% to 34.3% from 2012 to 2016 according to the campus report of the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). However, according to the same source, Michigan Tech...
On Sept. 22, 1692, the Salem witch trials came to an end as the last eight people were hanged. This brought the death toll to 25, five of which died in prison and one who was pressed to death. One of the people executed on this day was a woman named Martha Corey. Martha did not believe in witches and even encouraged people to dismiss the things that children were saying; in response, she got a...
In pursuit of climate-related goals in Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued a new executive order Wednesday. The order, known as the “MI Healthy Climate Plan,” promises to make the state fully carbon neutral and to generate jobs within renewable energy sectors, according to an official press release. In addition, the Governor published a tweet announcing the plan that features a video...
On Sept. 17, 1787, 38 delegates got together at Independence Hall and signed the U.S. Constitution. Even though it was signed by delegates of the states, it would not go into effect until nine states ratified it. New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify and it went into effect on Mar. 4, 1789 Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old lawyer, wrote the poem, “ The Star-Spangled Banner”...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death shocked the world this week when it was revealed that the longtime supreme court justice and champion for women’s rights passed away from pancreatic cancer after a long and courageous battle. As thoughts, prayers and words of remembrance came flowing out from around the world, local mourners came together to remember the great RBG. The Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, along with the League of Women Voters of Copper Country (LWVCC), organized a candlelight...
Picture this: Jazz music drifts softly through the air, and you’re having the time of your life as you’re spinning (or being spun) around the dance floor. Dressed in your evening best, you’ve made new friends, explored a new hobby (or increased your knowledge on an old one!) and you can’t stop from smiling. Does this sound like a good time? If you said yes, then fear not, as you have found the perfect organization to join: Swing Club! Swing dancing is a specific category of dances that...
The best beer in the world is a free cold one. It’s as simple as that, no question. Show me one beer-drinker who would say “no” to an afternoon frosty one tossed their way by a friend, regardless of the label. And if there exists a person out there reading this who might deny a free cold beer based solely on its label, I say this to you now: you don’t deserve that free cold beer. Go spend your own money feeding the delusion that you have a preference. Look, all cheap beer is the same....
We are living in challenging times. Who can lead us through? Consider the debate on how to deal with a virus that is impacting our health, economy, and way of life. How big of a role should governments have with public health? What measures become government overreach? What constitutes good leadership on this issue? High water in the Great Lakes is having destructive effects along our coastal infrastructure. Western fires have reached disaster scale due to dry climatic conditions and forest...
Lime, orange, lemon, razz-cranberry, berry, tangerine, coconut, pamplemousse, the list goes on. That crackling sizzle of carbonation you hear when the seal breaks, and the refreshing fizzle you feel when the seltzer hits your taste buds. Seltzer aficionados like myself savor these moments, and yet others are far more vocal about their distaste. Some have referred to it as the “tide pod” of beverages, while others have called into question the character of those who enjoy it, calling people who...
New probes using incredibly bright dyes could help detect COVID-19 earlier, leading to faster testing even when only trace amounts of SARS-CoV-2 RNA are present. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, scientists search for ways to catch positive cases earlier and run samples faster. Rapid testing is crucial to slow the spread of the virus. High-brightness dyes offer the promise of greatly improving COVID-19 testing methods. That’s why the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a new $256,000...
Attempting to combat COVID-19 outbreaks, many Michigan colleges and universities have made efforts to test their populations and to track this data on new data webpages. However, every university has a different strategy for both testing and reporting cases. While universities such as Grand Valley State University and the University of Michigan update their statistics daily, Western Michigan University updates twice a week. Many schools do not include positive tests of students or faculty that were...