Maggie Dugan, Columnist
April 13, 2017
Filed under Science
When Form Meets Function, We Master Finesse
“I cannot do push-ups, are you crazy?!”
More often than not, I meet this reaction from clients whenever I mention push-ups in a workout. Although the push-up represents the peak of ...
Matthew Steinberg, Contributing Writer
April 13, 2017
Filed under Science
At Allegheny College, students can take part in the Allegheny College Bike Share program for practical transportation purposes or for sport as the weather warms and outdoor activities become more feasible.
The Bike Share fl...
Steven Heine, Staff Writer
April 13, 2017
Filed under Science
Retired Chemist Ron Greinke delivered a talk on concerns with adding fluoride to local water systems on Saturday, April 8, at the Vernon Township Municipal Building.
Greinke’s talk, sponsored by the activist group Clean Water Meadville, exam...
Maggie Dugan, Columnist
March 9, 2017
Filed under Science
Faith, trust and protein powder: those are the ingredients required to slim down, gain muscle and look swole — or so they say. To the average consumer, protein powder comes across as a mysterious, magical powder that, through re...
Ellis Giacomelli, Staff Writer
March 9, 2017
Filed under Science
Allegheny College Environmental Science/Studies Department hosted Amanda DelVecchia, a postdoctoral scholar working at Allegheny through a National Science Foundation grant, on Friday, March 3 as the third installment of the En...
Sydney Fernandez, Science/International Editor
March 9, 2017
Filed under Science
Landon Hanna, ’17, is a double major in economics and environmental science. For his senior comprehensive project, he is invested in researching the economic impacts of the conservation of French Creek.
Hanna said that he ofte...
Rachel Belson, Staff Writer
February 23, 2017
Filed under Science
Levi Lundell, ’17, won the People’s Choice Award for PPFF’s Stewardship Video Contest on Jan. 30. The project was due Jan. 17.
The film, titled “Leaving the Right Mark,” can now be found on YouTube.
“It is a very sh...
Maggie Dugan, Columnist
February 23, 2017
Filed under Science, Uncategorized
Running is discomfort.
We runners might make the process look easy by confidently slipping on our shoes and hitting the road at a stride that makes us appear to be gazelles gracefully prancing across the Sub-Saharan plains, ...
Maureen Hossler and Sydney Fernandez, Science and International Editor
February 23, 2017
Filed under Science, Uncategorized
“My adviser [Joshua Searle-White] and I, we weren’t expecting results like this,” Nadiya Wahl, ’17, said.
The results of Wahl’s senior comprehensive project, “Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: An Empirical Look into...
Maggie Dugan, Columnist
February 9, 2017
Filed under Science
I went to the pool a few days ago and found some of the varsity swimmers, doing a workout with what seemed like no effort at all. A runner myself, I felt out of my element, and I could not help but notice the weight of the poss...
Rachel Belson, Staff Writer
February 9, 2017
Filed under Science
Allegheny College received the E2 Energy to Educate grant in 2016. The grant awarded the college $37,500 to build a greenhouse for the Carr Garden—often called the “Carrden”—this upcoming summer. The greenhouse has been a...
January 26, 2017
