Health and science clubs on campus
BY SABRINA EDWARDS ’20 AND CHEYENNE ELLIS ’21
Do you want to get more involved at Mount Holyoke? Are you looking for ways to use your passion for science in a meaningful way? If so, one of the numerous health and science organizations on campus may be right for you. Below is a sampling of some of the clubs and orgs available to join on campus.
I got my flu shot — now what?
BY SABRINA EDWARDS ’20
With a flu season this severe and risky, it is important for the Mount Holyoke community to prevent the flu from spreading and to treat any flu symptoms with caution. Besides getting vaccinated, there are other preventative measures the community can take to keep ourselves and our neighbors happy and healthy.
Flu continues to affect the U.S. and the Pioneer Valley
BY CHEYENNE ELLIS ’21
This year’s flu season has reached a new high, surpassing records of every season since the 2009 swine flu outbreak. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes the flu is on track to match the magnitude of the swine flu, which was estimated to infect over 34 million Americans, hospitalizing 710,000 and ultimately killing 56,000 people, according to The New York Times.
Never Fear: Pubic Hair
BY TEAGAN WEBB '19
The first time anyone was going to see me naked, I was paralyzed with this decision. I was new to both feminism and porn so I couldn’t decide where my allegiance lay, how much to shave or how to feel about any of it. Am I compromising my beliefs? Will it give me pornstar confidence? But most importantly at the time: is a drug store razor going to do the trick? I shaved it and got as close to an instantaneous yeast infection as a person can get.
Breaking Down the Top Scientific Discoveries of 2017
Sex ratio shifts among sea turtles as global temperatures increase
A new study published in Current Biology has found a major shift in the gender ratio of green sea turtles around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, according to VOA News. The results of this study indicate that 99 percent of sea turtles born in the northern part of the reef and 87 percent of adult sea turtles around the Great Barrier Reef are female, according to the New York Times. While this topic has been studied previously, the enormity of the situation, as well as the rapid progression, was unknown to researchers.
SPOTLIGHT ON SUMMER RESEARCH
BY ALEXANDRA SINGH ’18
I worked in Greenslade’s lab for about nine weeks full-time, using several different instruments such as differential mobility analyzer (DMA), condensation particle counter (CPC), cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRD) and BET methods to determine size distributions, surface areas and the effects of increased humidity on several different types of clay and mineral dusts.