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By: Lucas Shannon, Staff Writer If one was to poll the American public to ask what are the biggest problems facing our country today, the answers would most likely be familiar to all of us. Global warming, the economic recovery, the Affordable Care Act, and the Federal deficit, would be just a few of theContinue reading “Automation revolution”

By: Heather Berg Students at Saint Martin’s University received an email toward the end of the summer announcing the 2014/2015 Course Catalog with two distinct changes in general education requirements. For first year students entering Saint Martin’s in Fall 2014, a physical education credit is no longer required and students need a minimum of 120Continue reading “Minimizing the minimum credit requirement”

  By: Erica Wetterlind, Staff Writer June 18 to July 24, 2014, six brave and admirable students led by Service Immersion Coordinator Susan Leyster, embarked on the trip of a lifetime. These six students traveled 20 hours by plane and 19 hours by car to Saint Agnes Convent, School and Orphanage in Chipole, Tanzania in EastContinue reading “Jetlag: Not for the faint of heart”

By Bobby Prater Humanity has searched for power since we first began to build a better life for ourselves. Whether we sought it through power over people, over land, over resource or over nature itself, we have been on a long conquest to fuel our imagination and reach for the stars. Recently there has beenContinue reading “To power a better future”

By Kristopher Choe With quite the entrance, Dr. David Price delivered a phenomenal last lecture as a shackled up jailbird. The topic of choice was on the concept of Resisting Complacency: Luck, Choices and Fate. The annual question for the last lecture prompt was ‘if this was the last lecture you would ever give toContinue reading “Going against the grain”

By Andy Nicoletta The first difficulty I encountered upon arrival in Ireland was the slang. In an orientation panel, the speaker asked the American visiting students whether or not we knew what the “craic” was. He quickly reassured us all that it wasn’t what we thought it was. “Craic” is a slang term for “fun”Continue reading “What’s the “craic”? Studying abroad in Ireland”

By Cassidy Choi With a 128 to 136 credit range to graduate, many students may feel overwhelmed and overloaded while trying to stay on track for graduation.  When students are spread too thin and are required to take classes that may not be of interest to them, there is the ultimate question of how muchContinue reading “Credit reform at SMU”

By Lee Kaplan-Unsoeld Costa Rica is a small country that could, acre for acre, fit inside of Washington State over three times with ease. With just under 5,000,000 people, it is also smaller in population than Washington State. Yet what it lacks in area and human inhabitance is made up for by the ultra-dense biodiversityContinue reading “Monteverde, Costa Rica”

By Clarissa Strayer While enjoying the quickly approaching spring break, make sure to account for the fact that tuition is indeed increasing once again. Students should prepare for the dreaded email that will come out explaining the successes of the university this year, with a short little paragraph towards the end explaining a significant tuitionContinue reading “Financial mystery: Are the persistent tuition increases just?”