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Arab superstitions I totally believe in

Like every Asian household, shoes needed to be off when I entered the front door — sometimes, outside the door, if my mother had just vacuumed and mopped (ah, yes, certified clean freak).

An Open Letter to the SGA and The Stute

This week marked the rollout of SGA’s attempted rebranding of the Gianforte boycott. Already, we’ve seen massive alumni petitions pushing back against this, doubling down by promising to never donate to Stevens.

Look out for sales!

As we reach the midst of spring, there is a strong need to ditch the winter jackets and bring on the sunglasses.

What is a transmission?

Short answer: a car’s transmission connects the engine to the wheels. 

But there’s a lot more to it than that! Whether it’s a manual or an automatic transmission, there is a ton of incredible engineering that goes into getting the power from the engine to the wheels.

The High Line: the perfect blend of nature and city

The High Line is one of the most fantastic places on New York City’s skyline. It is a testament to human ingenuity and ambition that often overshadows the natural world amidst its concrete jungle.

Female health issues are terrifying

Did you know that your ovaries can just kill you? Like not even just cancer, there are multiple ways your reproductive system can self-destruct.

Where am I?

We’re in that awkward part of the semester where classes are having their final tests before actual finals, you’re being forced to speak to people you haven’t talked to all semester for a project, and your four overdue assignments are lingering over your head.

Famous people that you didn’t know went to Stevens

Over the course of many years, ever since its founding in 1870, Stevens has been the place where many famous people came to study and learn about technology, like Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henry Gantt, Mark Crispin, Frederick Reines (wow, two Fredericks!),

Beggars in Spain: Sci-fi gene editing from future’s past

Human genetics remains a largely unexplored frontier in which our dabbling becomes an ethical debate of playing God. Before CRISPR gene editing technology was mainstream, the 1993 sci-fi novel Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress is set between 2008 to the 2030s and offers social and ethical commentary on present-day genetic engineering.