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Fall Backward, Spring Forward: Will it End?
Article by Layney Keesee, Design by Chloe Schmitz Early spring, every year from 1908 to now. A curious phenomenon takes place while the majority of the world sleeps. In the wee hours of the morning, a select few individuals watch with awe, or…
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NC State’s Foreign Language Department
Article by Sophia Cederburg, Photo Contributed by Israel Mattocks In high school, many of us took several foreign language classes. However, once in college, most give up the years of experience they have acquired. For some, it’s because they never enjoyed learning languages…
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Eating Like an Astronaut
Article by Alannah Anderson, Graphic by Marlowe Henderson Being an astronaut is already an out of this world idea, but eating like one truly is in another solar system entirely. Sometimes, space trips and rocket ships seem so far-fetched yet in reality, most…
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Pollution Takes a Cosmic Turn
Article by Emma Pena, Graphic by Chloe Schmitz Humanity, in its quest to discover the great unknown, has managed to step foot on the moon, shoot defenseless animals into the stars in the name of science and perhaps the most human of them…
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Astrophobia
Graphic by Autumn Tate Article by Sophia Cederburg What is your biggest fear? The dark? Heights? Failure? Tiny holes? Those are some popular answers that might come to mind, but what about the fear of space? Astrophobia, or the fear of outer space,…
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A Trip to the Moon: A Ranking of Sci-fi Television Specials of the Space Race Era
Article by Ethan Mercer, Graphic by Marlowe Henderson The Emergence of Speculative and Science Fiction: For as long as humans have been painting, writing and performing, creative minds have demonstrated a remarkable predilection for the realms of speculative fiction. Uninhibited by the laws…
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How to Get a Stellar Education
Photo of Centaurus A galaxy taken using remote-operated Prompt telescope. Article by Alannah Anderson, Photo contributed by Lily McCabe Do you ever look up into the night sky and wish you knew what you were looking at? Wonder what makes the world go…
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Homesickness, Jaripeos and Hispanic Culture in the State
Article by Em Peña, Graphic by Lauren Hodgson I was born and raised in the sweltering summer heat of Miami, Florida, surrounded by fellow Hispanics and never more than a mile away from a panaderia. Since moving to North Carolina, I can’t say…
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