STEM Articles

The rise of STEM, the fall of humanities

Fewer than one in ten students graduate with a humanities degree   Madeline Ciccarelli bombed her math test. After staring at her grade for a few seconds in a state of deep contemplation, she shook it off, smiled, and promptly moved on with her day. “I’m not too...

Breaking Barriers

The art of being a woman in medicine "Medicine as a profession is relentless," said Dr. Angie Thompson, an obstetrician and gynecologist with OB Hospitalist Group and Mayo Clinic. "It is almost like a merry-go-round that's going very fast. Unless you take time to jump...

Slideshow: Spring events 2021

From sports to prom to signing yearbooks, students enjoyed a return to near-normalcy during the last days of the 2020-21 school year. Photos by M.A. journalism students. Slideshow by Evan Taylor.

A major task

The expectation of choosing a major at a young age "I think it's really, really important when you go into college, whether you're decided on a major or not, to be open to changing your mind," said counselor Kristin Overton. Choosing a singular field of study that may...
Full STEAM ahead

Full STEAM ahead

STEAM education works to place emphasis on the arts as well as science What is a new scientific discovery without a...