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New Promising Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Arises
Focused Deep Brain Stimulation of Parkinson’s Disease Patients can improve motor symptoms Parkinson’s Disease (PD), characterized by the resting tremors, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability caused by the loss of dopamine cells, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder due to aging and the most common movement disorder (Mhyre et al., 2012). Around 60,000 Americans…
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Student Documentary Filmmakers on Visual Storytelling, Activism, and Worlding
Seemingly endless applause graced student filmmakers Daniil Kim and Sara Christensen when the projection screen turned black. Their documentary, presented in a class showcase, brought to light the reality of international student employment on St. Lawrence University campus. Using artistic elements and creative camera angles, the duo gave voice to a campus issue that, before…
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Tiny Love Stories
Maroon-Colored Helmet My uncle drove me to school without fail for five years of elementary school. Our routine wassimple: he would show up at 6:30 sharp, I would grab the maroon-colored helmet, put it on, andsit in the back of his scooter. The helmet was made for adults, so I had to hold onto it…
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Poetry: [What if I pass by the gate to Heaven and Hell]
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What if I pass by the gate to Heaven and Hell?Would the marble-smooth core tie me with invisible strings, push and pull my pulses? What if my flock leaves me behind?Would my life end there? Or will a new eternal one come blinking by? What if I am a static creature silently breathing in and…
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Hippocampus: A Narrative Bridge between Distant, Separate Events
Synopsis: A functional brain imaging study by Cohn-Sheehy and colleagues from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis looked at people’s ability to learn and recall fictional stories with either a coherent narrative or overlapping yet unrelated narrative. Results showed that the hippocampus preferentially supports the integration of distant, separate events into…
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“My Buddha is Punk” Film Screening: A Collaborative Fight for Justice
On Monday, February 21, “My Buddha is Punk,” an Andreas Hartmann production, will be shown at 6 pm in Carnegie 010 at St. Lawrence University. The film highlights the journey of a young Burmese punk and his peers in their incredible quest to create a peaceful and just system in Myanmar. The film screening and…
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Chronicle of an International Student celebrating Lunar New Year away from Home
Though I am currently in the States, I live with two time zones: one of Eastern Standard Time, and one of Greenwich Mean Time +7. Exactly twelve hours apart the two worlds, and I caught in the state of living half in the future, half in the past. The perplexity intensifies greatly during the Lunar…
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Did I hear you say Bobcats?
“And look at what I saw! A bobcat!” my St. Lawrence University professor said, excitedly showing a blurry photo of a bobcat camouflaged in heavy white snow as I turned my Zoom camera on for our discussion. Hmm a bobcat, I thought, a little perplexed. What is a bobcat? It should then come as no surprise…
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First Person: A Recipe for Cultural Exchange
My story begins when the white St. Lawrence University van I was riding in came to a stop outside of Madrid-Waddington Central School (MWCS), home of the Yellow Jackets, 20 minutes from campus. Inside the van, 15 St. Lawrence students waited to begin the first-ever cultural exchange mission organized by Common Ground Connections (CGC), a…
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Poetry: In Water In Air
One autumn noon, the Dragon King and his wife the descendant of the Holy Fay gathered their one hundred children to a mountain roof. There, with the wind carrying their scent into the sweetgreen moss, they began Children, on this fertile land we live, not a day passes by that I don’t think of the…
Thao Nguyen 