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By MARRISSA ALLEN STAFF WRITER Financial literacy is something that most liberal arts students are not as familiar with as they should be. Financial literacy encompasses the many ways an individual earns and manages their finances,…

Just four miles from campus is an old farmhouse with a small vegetable farm, chickens, rolling meadows, sugar maples, an adorable dog named Phoenix, and soon, pigs.  This wildly underused, hidden gem has essentially been turned into an…

BY JOSIAH HENDERSON GUEST WRITER Unbeknownst to many, there is a small house in the North Country known to pizza delivery drivers as 11 Maple Street. To others, it’s a house near the edge of campus full of mystery and the unknown. What…

Do you celebrate Chinese New Year? Do you know 2017 is the Year of the Rooster? Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, Lunar New Year, or ChunJie. The holiday lasts 15 days, and it’s the most important holiday in the lunar…

By ALLISON PILCHER '19 There is a growing population of people who are concerned about climate change, pollution, or other environmental issues and, especially in developed countries, want to minimize their personal impact by living a…

Photo via Migrationpolicy.org Migration is never an isolated phenomenon; it is always situated within a larger macro political-economic framework. Migration rates from Mexico to the US within the last 20 years must be examined within the…

Photo via Wikipedia I am probably one among many in the last generation of Kenyans kids who, by virtue of going to university and getting the chance to attain a degree, gave our parents immense pride. This is not going to be the case in…

Photos courtesy of Rutendo Chabikwa '17 On July 12th, pastor and social media phenomenon Evan Mawarire, who organized peaceful protests in Zimbabwe was arrested by Zimbabwean police and accused of inciting violence. The next day, he was…