Letter from the Editor: Spencer Tye
Welcome, You’ve found yourself reading the Northern Light, the nation’s first and only completely student-run undergraduate research journal at the community college level. We’re very proud of the collection of student research we’ve spent the last two semesters preparing.
Book Review | Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty
How much does America really know about the death penalty? What is the overall agreement in America . . . abolish it completely or use sparingly? These questions, and many others, have been the talk since the invention of the electric chair, “Old Sparky,” and now. Executions have been going on since at least the Roman Era. People were killed for crimes that today’s society would consider discrimination against their rights, specifically, their fourteenth and eighth amendment rights.
The Failure of Black Academic Achievement in Minneapolis Public Schools
Minnesota has one of the highest graduation and test score ratings in the country. Many school districts across the state enjoy a rich budget that promises students with a wholesome and enduring education (Bernardo). However, one school district is suffering from just the opposite, and that’s Minneapolis Schools. According to the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s study, black students have the lowest graduation and test score ratings compared to the rest of the state.
The Failure of Black Academic Achievement...
In Plain View: The Problem with Factory Farms
When I think of farming, I picture the farm I used to visit when I was a child. Every summer when I was younger, I would visit my friend’s grandparent’s farm. I remember looking out the window of the car driving up the long dirt driveway. I could see the little farm house, weathered barn, and the fence that went on so long I could not tell where it would end. Inside that fence is where they held cattle.
In Plain View: The Problem with Factory Farms
Endotracheal Intubation: Still the Gold Standard
Effective and aggressive emergency airway management for the prehospital healthcare provider has been endotracheal intubation for nearly thirty years. In the past 4 to 7 years many medical device companies have invented many new devices that all claim to be better than endotracheal intubation. Many magazines and books targeted towards ambulance personnel and emergency room personnel have debated this topic; one month they will be for endotracheal intubation and the next month be opposed.
Endotracheal Intubation: Still the Gold Standard
Music and Stereotypes
Music is a huge part of our society and our identities. Music is everywhere, and most of us are very particular about what kind we want to hear. Different genres produce diverse reactions. We identify parts of our personality by what we listen to, and we insinuate things about other people based on their music preferences. Everyone knows the basic stereotypes; people who listen to rap like to do drugs and are in gangs, country music fans like beer and aren’t well educated, and classical music listeners have high IQs and are boring at a dinner party.
NHCC’s Seniors on Campus Program
During the 1970s, North Hennepin Community College formed an education program designed specifically for the elderly, which had never been done before. I wanted to find out why this program was so important, how it changed North Hennepin Community College and the surrounding community. It had significant effects upon the school itself, ranging from bringing elderly students and young students together, to having the program featured in TIME magazine and recognized by the state and other institutions nationwide, to allowing elderly citizens expand their minds by supplying them with a vast and valuable knowledge on many different subjects.
NHCC’s Seniors on Campus Program
Women and the Video Gaming Community
I was first introduced to video games before I started kindergarten. My mother would play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and my sister and I would sit and watch her battle through dungeon after dungeon. As I got older, I began to play games on my own. I now play a variety of games, and I especially enjoy games that feature a female main character, as it’s easier for me to relate to. I have, however, found it difficult to locate games like these. I currently own only four video games in which the main character is a woman, compared to the hundreds of titles out there that feature a man on the cover art. This is a reality male and female gamers live in today.