Month: February 2020

hydro flask
Opinions

Hydro Flasks Are Just Overrated Water Bottles

All around our campus, students can be seen carrying a very popular water bottle with a familiar-looking logo in their hands. Those water bottles are made by a company called Hydro Flask, and these water bottles have been very popular lately, but what makes them so great? Even though the cost of Hydro Flasks range […]

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online learning
Opinions

Weighing the Benefits of Online vs Classroom Learning

For all four years of college, students will take many classes, either online or in person. When students take online classes, they do a lot of their work on their own. They can work on their class assignments and submit them online to Blackboard.  When students take traditional classes, they are required to show up […]

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Open Access Research
Higher Ed Highlights
News

New California Law Is Setting a Precedent for Open Access Research

With the expansion of the internet and access to resources, publishers continue to develop methods to make their publications more accessible to students and researchers. The publishers’ endeavors have resulted in a fairly new model for obtaining research publications: open access.  Open access is an international idea to move data and research from the private […]

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Paris Climate Agreement
News

U.S. Will Officially Withdrawal From Paris Climate Agreement Day After Next Election

In November 2019, the Trump Administration started the formal withdrawal process from the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement was put into effect on Nov. 4, 2016, and “for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to […]

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Global Transcribe-a-thon
Campus Life

Lewis Participates in Global Transcribe-a-thon

On Valentine’s day, the First-Year Writing Program and the Writing Center hosted “Douglass Day 2020: Transcribe-A-Thon” in the D’Arcy Great Room. Because it was an event to honor and preserve black history, it was co-sponsored by WAC, the Office of Multicultural Student Services, the sociology department and the African studies department. A transcribe-a-thon is an […]

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Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Campus Life

PLT Presents Imaginative Take On Curious Incident

“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” made its debut at the Philip Lynch Theatre (PLT) for the weekend of Feb 14-16 and again the following weekend for a total of nine riveting performances.  “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” is a Tony award-winning play based on the book with a similar […]

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