The Discovery of the Structure of DNA
by Mechelle Lavelle
"The discovery of DNA structure also poignantly illustrates and re-affirms the ideals of classic scientific experimental research put forth by some of the giants in the field of science, Louis Pasteur and Thomas Edison." Read More

Hoarse Raven, Dizzy Cat
by Jack Belli
"As my noisy sidekick and I walked through the garden, I thought about what could be done to make this house more popular. When we rapped at the chamber door a ranger, the only other person in the house, answered." Read More

Morales, Meet Barry Bonds
by Ron Bishop
"This, then, is the tragedy of Barry Bonds. We feel nothing, but argue incessantly about nearly everything. We deliberate about the process, but miss the significance – of everything. We enthusiastically consume the mediated hero, but rarely check credentials. We should be angered, livid, incensed, outraged, pissed off, but we aren't. I barely am." Read More

Drop by Drop
by Ian Micir
"Why, we're just a few blocks and a couple hundred years away from the site where some rebels in wigs signed a paper and claimed an identity for us. This was once the beating heart of a nation, and thank our lucky stars, we've got a pulse once more: The Debate at Drexel." Read More

A Review of Gunnar's Daughter
by Charlotte Lenox
"Critics have said that Vigdis’ response to the rape—her withdrawal from the people around her, her change in personality, and the inability to forgive—is one of the most realistic depictions of such a trauma in all literature. Such a claim is, in my opinion, not far off." Read More

Sacco & Vanzetti Illuminated
by Albert DiBartolomeo
Every Italian goes through a Sacco and Vanzetti period. Ok, maybe not every Italian—first, you have to learn about the men, and many people don’t, even though their case created an international sensation. Read More

It's All in My Head
by Rachel Messina
"Slowly, as the professor begins to peel back the meninges of an intact brain … a wave of heat creeps up my body. At the same time, a cold sweat washes down. When black clouds start to permeate my vision, I know I’m in trouble." Read More

Mediagate
by Stacey E. Ake
"Of course, we are cautioned that we shouldn’t get our social and political opinions from media celebrities. But if we don’t get them from media celebrities like Ted Koppel and Jon Stewart and Tom Brokaw and Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, from whom should we get them?" Read More

Reflections on Academic Ethics
by M.G. Piety
"When I was a little girl I was, like so many little girls, horse crazy. I didn’t have a horse, so outside of the two weeks I spent at camp every summer, I had almost no practical experience with horses. I read every book on horses and horseback riding I could get from our small local library though. I read them not once, but over and over again. I read them until I had virtually memorized them." Read More