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Sophomores in College often find themselves under a lot of stress. Second-year students have more responsibilities than they’ve ever had, don’t enjoy the comfort of financial abundance, and some, like Ryan Golden, are further burdened by an intense passion for adrenaline, competition, and physical challenges. Golden is an education major who consistently ear
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Gallery • 37 Photos After dark, students are given neon lightsticks to dance with at the Neon Lights event on August 28th, 2025. (Photo by Hector Rodriguez)
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Domestic violence does not always begin with visible bruises. Sometimes, it begins with control, fear, and the slow realization that you are no longer safe in your own space. For many immigrant and minority women, that fear is intensified even more by something else: the threat of losing everything if they speak up. That is...
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Going into this editorial, I thought I had a decent understanding of AI water use. AI data centers consume large amounts of water, so using AI is harmful. Simple, right? Well, it turns out I had only a very superficial understanding of a very complex topic. After doing several hours of research, it felt like...
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Harper computer science major Troy Dwijanto expressed his concerns with a new tech called Flock cameras. Criticizing Harper’s choice in installing them around campus in a Feb. 26th, 2026, post on the HarperMobile app.   “Personally, I am disappointed that our campus has Flock cameras,” Dwijanto said in the post. “A private company can deduce...
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Back in middle school, the extent of my cinematic experience was largely limited to big sci-fi action blockbusters. Like many other thirteen-year-olds at the time, I thought that Marvel movies were cinema at its purest; Endgame was my Citizen Kane. Of course, these kinds of movies are best when shared with someone else, and I...
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  “A place for development. A place for 2nd chances. A place to call home. Who’s next?” That is how the Harper Hawks Baseball team described their program in a post on X from June 2nd of 2025. A program that hadn’t finished with a winning record since 2014 had suddenly transformed into a serious...
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One of Harper College’s main focuses is to bring accessibility to its students and communities. Harper has served me by helping bring one of my dreams to reality. With the help of the Study Abroad office, I was able to explore Ireland alongside 13 other Harper Students, 2 faculty members, and the Institution of Ireland...
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act provided the media with new evidence to cover the extent of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. However, coverage continues to center on the perpetrators, instead of the survivors and their experiences. One of these survivors was Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Giuffre bravely spoke out against Human trafficker Jef
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For Ian McNaughton, Harper College is not a two-year school. The 27-year-old Harper student has been studying on and off for eight years. An ADHD diagnosis has helped him learn why the journey has taken longer, but there were still other factors at play. In his early twenties, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, disrupting McNaughton’s college...
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