Grace Kassebaum Articles

Book a flight!

Is the commercialization of space travel worth the costs?   On July 20, 1969, over 600 million people were glued to their television sets as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. With their enormously popular lunar...

Are sustainable cars truly sustainable?

The complicated effects of electric cars on the environment Tesla's high-powered, lithium battery cells are seemingly a feat of engineering. In a compact 46 by 80 mm cylinder, electrons propel the increasingly popular vehicles up to 300 miles with a single charge-all...

News of the weird

From flying turtles to lego burglary, crazy news from around the world Unprecedented- the unforeseen buzzword of 2020 and 2021- properly characterizes the majority of this past year. However, the pandemic isn't the only thing that could be seen as unprecedented-recent...

Patriotism: what does it mean to “love one’s country”?

Debating 'patriotism' in a changing America Across the country hundreds of thousands of students marched in the 1960s, taking the streets to protest various figures: the draft, President Johnson, President Nixon, and the Pentagon. Nevertheless, they were all standing...