By Staff Writer Ben Pfeffer. The World Health Organization has rightfully declared that vaccine hesitancy is among the top 10 threats to global health in 2019, along with air pollution, superbugs, climate change, and the flu. WHO describes vaccine hesitancy as, “the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines,” and state that it “threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.” … Continue reading Anti-vax movement becoming a severe problem

By Staff Writer Ben Pfeffer I am sure everybody has noticed that there is a severe lack of stores on campus. Even the stores that we do have are subpar. For example, we have a b-tier Starbucks and we have a Wendy’s without a 4-for-4. The students of UMass Dartmouth can collectively agree that there needs to be more stores on campus.   There are a … Continue reading To Chancellor Johnson: My Christmas Wishlist of stores for campus

By Staff Writer Ben Pfeffer. Technology is incredible. Most people agree on that. However, microchips are a long-disputed issue whose effects have even been mentioned all the way back in the bible. Microchips are tiny wafers of semiconducting material which, in this case, are being discussed being implanted in humans.   Typically used in animals to identify them, microchips can do incredible things. They can get … Continue reading An Orwellian Nightmare is on the horizon

By Staff Writer Benjamin Pfeffer. On Tuesday November 6, America held its midterm elections. This was a very important election and had an impressive number of voters compared to the last midterm elections. Voters of the midterm elections helped to set quite a few records from the youngest ever woman elected to Congress, elected by a New York district, to the first openly homosexual governor … Continue reading The smartest state proves it deserves that title in elections

By Staff Writer Ben Pfeffer. I am sure everybody is aware of the new renovations that are going on, but in case there are a few people that don’t know, I will fill you individuals in first. UMass Dartmouth has received a grant to build a $134 million building in lots 7, 7A, and 8. The construction is going to take approximately two years to fully … Continue reading UMassD gets long-awaited and well-deserved upgrade

By Staff Writer Ben Pfeffer. The question has been asked recently whether or not the popular movie review website Rotten Tomatoes influences what viewers think about movies. Does seeing that a movie has gotten a poor rating on Rotten Tomatoes permanently scar what you will think of a movie? The Transformers movie series is a perfect example. The Transformers series had a few good movies … Continue reading Rotten Tomatoes Doesn’t Ruin the Sauce of Movies