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Aviation History: “The Plane that Smiled Back”

Emma RasmussenSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020

Image by Kerry Taylor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/31749609435 By Emma Rasmussen, Correspondent Few airlines in the twenty-first century can provide the same friendly allure that the airlines of decades past once exuded. One...

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Profile: Missed Opportunities

Ivana MartinezAugust 18, 2020September 9, 2020

By Ivana Martinez, Correspondent COVID has created an atmosphere where some couldn’t achieve their own goals for this past summer. Due to the ongoing pandemic, many were left with no...

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Short Story: The Last Dance

Kiara BeanMarch 23, 2020August 17, 2020

They were sitting in a park. The silence around them was deafening. And yet, the two of them seemed very content to just sit next to each other in complete...

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[Opinion] Capitalism and Coronavirus: Is Capitalism Gatekeeping Testing?

Ian ConteMarch 23, 2020August 17, 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the US without any signs of slowing down. Tests for COVID-19 are in short supply across the country, and many health care...

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Monte Carlo Simulations: For When Math Is Just Too Hard

Thorne WolfenbargerMarch 23, 2020August 17, 2020

“Monte Carlo simulations are used to model the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted due to the intervention of random variables.“ (Investopedia, 2019) For...

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Aviation History: A Message of Hope

Alyssa DonelsonMarch 23, 2020September 9, 2020

In early February, Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific furloughed approximately 27,000 of its employees and cut 30 percent of its capacity. Less than two weeks ago, Korean Air announced that...

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Aviation History: Tennessee Tornado Devastates Nashville-Tune

Alyssa DonelsonMarch 11, 2020August 17, 2020

Early the morning of March 3, a devastating EF-2 tornado ripped its way through Nashville, Tenn., killing nearly two dozen people. Right in the middle of its path was Nashville-Tune...

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Capitalism and Coronavirus

Ian ConteMarch 11, 2020August 17, 2020

How Inequality Leads to Global Pandemic As of 16:00 EST on Mar. 4, 2020 the US has confirmed 80 cases of the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus. There have been nine total...

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Short Story: Part I: The Portal

Kiara BeanFebruary 27, 2020August 17, 2020

Spencer drove into the school parking lot and parked his truck. Leaning his head back against the headrest, he thought about how happy he was that morning when he woke...

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Binary Search: A New Algorithms and Data Structures Website

Thorne WolfenbargerFebruary 27, 2020August 17, 2020

Recently released for beta, Binary Search [binarysearch.io] renovates the traditional online coding examination and practice environment. At its core, Binary Search is one of many websites that offers an online...