STRIVR app answers student requests anywhere, anytime
By Tom Stasiunas, Contributing Writer First, there was MySpace. Next, Facebook dominated the social media sphere for nearly half a decade. It was not long before various platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Vine were all introduced into the mix. All were designed with the idea that people would connect with one another. However, many would argue that these platforms fail in that regard, and instead promote interactions without...
Federal Loan Program Benefitting 200+ Gettysburg Students Expires
By Zach Warner, Staff Writer The Perkins Loan program initiated by Congress in 1958 expired on September 30, when Senate declined to pass the Higher Education Act extension bill from the House of Representatives. It was the oldest student aid program in the country. Perkins Loans are offered to undergraduate and graduate students from low-income families to help cover the cost of post-secondary education. Many of the students who...
The Business of Medicine: 5,000% Price Increase in AIDS Drug Daraprim Sparks Outrage
By Taylor Randell, Contributing Writer Over the past two months outrage and controversy have been associated with Martin Shkreli, as a pharmaceutical company he owns raised the cost of a life saving drug by 5,000% overnight. Turing Pharmaceuticals bought the exclusive rights to Daraprim (generically known as pyrimethamine), a drug used to treat patients with weakened immune systems, and raised its price from $13.50 per pill to an...
Automakers may have little control in future of car tech
By Tom Stasiunas, Contributing Writer A revolution in the auto industry is perhaps closer to reality than some might think. Experts are predicting that in just four years, self-driven cars will be widely used and accepted by the public, given Google’s extensive testing and advanced, automated functions. The software has been in development for over six years. In that time, Google’s test cars have driven over a million miles combined...
Winners announced for Nobel Prizes in chemistry
By Joe Chiarino, Contributing Writer Three chemists by the names of Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, and Aziz Sancar are the 2015 Nobel Prize winners in the field of chemistry for their “mechanistic studies of DNA repair,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences stated on Wednesday. The three laureates now understand how cells are capable of not only repairing DNA, but protecting it as well. This newfound information will result in a better...
Progress for Google’s self driving car is speeding up
By Eileen Gazzola, Contributing Writer If you have not yet heard, the self- driving car, that is known to inevitably take over the roads, is under construction for the future. This project is being conducted by Google and has been advancing and improving each month since 2009. This new technology has the capacity to alter the economy in profound ways. Insurance policies, ticket revenue, and parking all are affected by self- driving...
