In July 2017, one hundred and thirty one marines started the Infantry Officer course, with only eighty eight graduating on September 25. According to TIME, thirty two women in total enrolled in the program when the Marines opened the course to women between 2012 and 2015. In December of 2015, the Pentagon opened all combat roles to women, prompting four women to … Continue reading First Female Infantry Officer: A Breakthrough in Military Status

       Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria each broke records this year, which stunned even extreme weather scientists. Forty-five named storms have been recorded so far in 2017, with seven of them being hurricanes. Have storms been getting stronger, and is there a connection between these recent disasters and climate change?      To understand the connection between recent storms and climate change, defining … Continue reading Hurricanes and Climate Change: Is There Any Connection?

      On Sunday, October 1, Las Vegas witnessed the deadliest shooting in United States history, which resulted in fifty-eight deaths and over five hundred injuries. The gunman fired rounds into a crowd of over thirty thousand over a period of ten minutes. He stockpiled twenty-three weapons in his Mandalay Bay hotel room, as well as fifty pounds of explosives and over one thousand … Continue reading The Recovery of Tina Front: Finding Hope Among the Las Vegas Tragedy