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Tiny ways your vote matters

With another big voting season coming up next November—the midterm elections—voters may be wondering about questions such as: why do they need to vote?

The shocking (pun intended) science behind Frankenstein

The story of Frankenstein was truly a masterpiece of fiction for its time, which is especially impressive considering Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the first draft of her novel at only 18 years old.

The secret life of spiders

“I’m sure everyone knows that spiders make silk and have venom, but they also fly, play songs, walk on water, solve puzzles, and live everywhere, from underwater to the tallest mountain peaks on Earth,” said James O’Hanlon, author of Eight-Legged Wonders: The Surprising Lives of Spiders, which is a book about the remarkable lives of one of the most misunderstood and maligned creatures on the planet: the spider.

A snake could save your life

Mother Nature is one of the deadliest forces that people experience outside of the comfort of their homes. Whether it’s natural disasters or animals, it always seems like something is trying to kill something else.

Disappearing dead lantern flies

It was a damp, moonless night when the screams echoed from behind the Howe Center. Students passing by swore they saw the flicker of wings—thousands of them—spiraling in the glow of a lone streetlamp.

The art of being scared

Spooky season is officially here! This means that horror movies, haunted houses, and overall “spooky” things make a comeback. There is a theory that people love this time of year, primarily because they want to test how much they can handle before they are truly scared.

Haunting these halls

Being a student at Stevens is scary enough with the overwhelming Canvas notifications, mystery dining hall food, and horrific group projects — but campus has just gotten a lot scarier.

Who will survive?

Happy spooky season, ducks! As we reach the halfway point of the fall semester, it turns out that the true horror students stumble upon isn’t just midterms, but instead it’s group projects!

A controversial candy tier list

Candy, one of the greatest joys of Halloween. It’s especially exciting when you return home to pick out all of your favorite candy from your pile of spoils.