SpaceX’s Goal of Commercializing Space Advances in Another Successful Mission By: Lucas Ho On September 15, Polaris Dawn, the first commercial spacewalk mission, concluded after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The mission, set off five days before on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience, continued the first private civilian spaceflight […]
Category: Food for Thought
Chinese Swim Team Doping Scandal
Historical wins in the Paris Olympics bring more attention to Team China’s past Olympic doping scandal. By: Lauren Kim The Paris Olympics has been nothing short of a success for Team China. With numerous historical records beaten along the way, China’s total gold medal wins were tied for first place at 40 medals. Of their […]
The Paralympics; A Wake-Up Call
The Paralympic games represent a need for social change By: Anha Jung Elena Congost had just finished her race, 26.2 miles of determination behind her. Congost’s hard work had led to the shiny bronze medal put around her neck, and the pride of being third best in the world out of all visually impaired athletes. […]
The Gender Pay Gap Exists
…just not in the way you think By: Sophia Stafford “Multivariate analysis of the pay gap indicates that it doesn’t exist,” declares Professor Jordan Peterson in a 2018 interview with Channel 4 News. Peterson is correct… technically. There are two ways to measure the gender pay gap: controlled and uncontrolled. Controlling for the factors of hours worked, […]
The Obscene Sentence of Sam Bankman-Fried
By: Weston Tregay Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crimes Do not Reflect His Sentence In 2019, Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX (Futures Exchange) Trading Ltd.— the third largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Yet, in a few months, the $32 billion exchange would be bankrupt and its founder in jail. Sam Bankman Fried has cheated thousands of investors out […]
Apple: Right or Wrong?
By: Andreu Beltran Apple: Right or Wrong? The Department of Justice Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Industry Monopoly is not just a board game. In an increasingly digital world, businesses find increasingly creative ways to manipulate consumers and jeopardize competing businesses in order to maximize their profit. Apple is one example of a larger problem. The Department […]
Iowa and New Hampshire
Early States Mean Nothing Anymore By: Bradford Kimball The Iowa Caucus saved Jimmy Carter’s campaign in 1976. The New Hampshire primary saved Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992. These small states, with respective populations of 3.1 million in Iowa and 1.389 million in New Hampshire, have allowed less well-known candidates to shine and gain momentum in the […]
Unintended Consequences
How AI Poses Challenges to Education By James Foote ’25 As artificial intelligence has planted itself into our everyday lives, the education system must grapple with the pros and cons, along with the effects that it has on generations of youth learning. With newly created AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s LaMDA, educators realize […]
Game of Thrones vs. OpenAI
A new frontier in human-machine collaboration By Tia Reddy ’26 The creation of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s generative language model, has sparked yet another controversy after the Authors Guild, including Game of Thrones’ George R.R Martin, filed a class-action lawsuit against Open AI. The writers, whose livelihood depends on creativity, claim that their works were subject to […]
Corruption in Football
FIFA’s selfishness causing unrest across the world By: Oliver Straight Nissen Football fans across the world have expressed disappointment with FIFA officials for their prioritization of money and self-gain over the game. After years of investigation led by the United States Department of Justice, an article exposed the shady dealings of many of FIFA’s top officials with […]