Megan Spiegelberg

Professor Feature: Dr. James Wigglesworth 0
- April Fools' Edition
- March 31, 2026
There is someone on campus whom everyone has seen in passing, but with whom very few people have gotten the chance to speak. Dr. James Wigglesworth, professor of ornithology at Elizabethtown College, is a reclusive but well-meaning professor who lives and works on top of the High Library. Ornithology is the study of birds. In
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch declares statehood 0
- April Fools' Edition
- March 31, 2026
On March 25, the world welcomed the 194th member state into the United Nations, marking the first time since South Sudan’s admittance in 2011 that a country was admitted. This newest country is, quite literally, a garbage dump. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or GPGP, is an enormous mass of plastic in the Pacific Ocean
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Microsoft releases universal translator to the public 0
- April Fools' Edition
- March 31, 2026
Microsoft has done a surprise launch of a novel product: the universal translator, capable of translating any language, spoken or otherwise, into the user’s native tongue. According to the development team, this project had been secretly in the works for over a decade. As soon as everyone involved was confident in the translator’s accuracy in
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Global Perspective: Afghanistan ravaged by earthquake 0
- News
- September 18, 2025
On Sunday, Aug. 31, Afghanistan was rocked by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake, the most deadly that has been recorded in the country since 1998. The epicenter was near the city of Jalalabad in the far east of the country, and light tremors were felt as far west as Kabul and as far east as Islamabad in
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