Article and Photography by Jessica Conway | Owl Staff Students cross a path lined with Victorian lamp posts through the HCC campus. On one side is a fishpond for the science department and on the other is a small valley of reeds. As they venture through the campus on this picturesque byway, these students may … Continue reading Green Initiatives Blossom at HCC
Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Article by Sydney Gaeth | Photography by John Morin | Owl Staff Randy, a 250-lb white Saanen goat, contentedly chomps through a pile of weeds in an overgrown field. There are many others like him who spend their days eating to their hearts’ content and clearing field after field of dense brush. This lovable, eating … Continue reading Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Article by Daniel Mele | Photography by Ahmed Hamayun & Matt Tennyson | Owl Staff The sun shines on a beautiful day in late May. The birds fill the skies with songs and a buzz is heard in the field as beekeeping veteran of 30 years, Steve Rouse of Rousedale farms (former host of Rouse … Continue reading Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
Article by Luis Figueroa | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff As you stand on an elevator after putting your luggage on the floor, you hear the bell ding and the elevator begins to move. This elevator, however, does not go to a town or a city. It doesn’t go anywhere on land, … Continue reading Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
The Gold Rush in Space
Article by John Parks | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff What would you do if you were so rich that you could literally buy or do anything you desired? If you’re James Cameron, Ross Perot, Jr., or Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, then the answer is simple: start an asteroid mining company. In … Continue reading The Gold Rush in Space
The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home
Article & Photography by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff Like any other day, thousands of people could be seen around the National Mall in Washington D.C., but today was different; these people did not stare at the monuments around them. They kept looking skyward, searching. Then out of the northwest, it appeared on the horizon, … Continue reading The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home
Screw Success
Article by Shawn Gill and Nadia Kaczkowski | Owl Staff At what point does one realize the dream of attaining extraordinary wealth and having more twitter followers than Lady GaGa is probably not going to happen? While most will come to this realization and, presumably, still live happy lives, the pressure to achieve “success”– defined … Continue reading Screw Success
Off The Grid: How Disconnecting Could Save Your Brain
Article and Photography by John Morin | Owl Staff On November 16, 2010, Bill Nye the "Science Guy" was giving a lecture at the University of Southern California when he collapsed on stage. Although some accounts state he was only down for about 10 seconds, students were quicker to tweet this occurrence than to rush … Continue reading Off The Grid: How Disconnecting Could Save Your Brain
Tribute to a Technology Pioneer
Article by Adam Bellamy | Owl Staff Fans at an Apple store in Toronto take in well wishes left as a tribute to the late Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs' achievements are a prime example of how one person's ideas can change the world. He left a wide-ranging legacy, from devices like the iPhone to standards … Continue reading Tribute to a Technology Pioneer
Too Young for Technology?
Article by Natalie Corcoran | Photography by Kayla Jubb | Owl Staff The beginning of 2012 brings handheld personal assistants, cars that drive themselves, and "books" that are digitally read. 20 years ago, you went to someone's house to see what they were doing and to catch up with them. Now, you don't even need … Continue reading Too Young for Technology?