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Southwest Cancellations: External Weather or Internal Climate?
Since Oct. 10, Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,000 flights due to inclement weather issues and staffing. As a result, many travel...
Mount Up or Mount Down?
The Center for Student Diversity was created to be the powerhouse for minority involvement at the Mount. CSD is the head of several clubs...
Vaccination Mandate: President Biden or Dictator Biden?
On Sept. 16, President Joe Biden announced that he would enforce strict vaccine mandates upon millions of Americans, businesses and...
Holding Facebook Accountable for Outage
Global economic losses, disruption in communication, big tech failure and non-transparency are the results of the 2021 Facebook outage....
Missing Women and Racial Bias
Gabby Petito quickly became a widely-known name after her murder. Petito, a travel influencer and vlogger, worked as a pharmacist...
Academic Strain + COVID Pain = Mental Drain
Mental illness is one of the main contributors to student disengagement and plummeting grade percentages... not that numbers are...
Pills over Shots: A Needle-free Alternative Way
Merck & Co. created an alternative to the Pfizer and Moderna shot--a pill. I think a pill would be a better alternative to a shot,...
China’s Housing Crisis
Collateral damage, the borrowing of billions of dollars, an irrational GDP ratio and a potential negative, global economic domino effect...
Your Health is at Risk
When you go to McDonalds you do not think about the health risks of its food. All customers think about is getting a quick meal and that...
Mount Graduate Makes the Big Leagues
Some people dream of becoming professional athletes or sports commentators. When people have dreams that big, they can seem out of reach....
Career Fair is Back on Campus
On Sept. 29, Mount St. Mary’s University, along with nine other colleges and universities from around the region, hosted a virtual career...
Emmit’s Street Eats is Back with Treats
Mount’s very own food truck is back. The Emmit’s Street Eats food trailer is parked at its temporary home on Founders Plaza and began...
Science Professor Publishes Book Amid Pandemic
On May 9, the eBook “Engaging Students in Organic Chemistry” was published. Edited by Director of Health Professions Advising and Organic...
Refurbishments for the Mother of Our Mountain
The Blessed Virgin Mary’s tall statue overlooking Mount St. Mary’s University has been removed for refurbishment. The Blessed Mother has...