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GRAPHIC: MOLLY DETTLINGER ’27/THE HAWK

The perception of time

Ifza Imran ’27, Columnist April 29, 2026

Back in high school, I was assigned to write about the history of a topic of my choosing, based on a book I had recently finished in English class: “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” by Tom Standage....

GRAPHIC: MOLLY DETTLINGER ’27/THE HAWK

What languages say about culture

Jared Nachimson ’27, Hawk Columnist April 29, 2026

When I first arrived in Vienna, Austria, to study abroad, I began to immerse myself in the experiences the city had to offer. The one thing that became immediately striking was the dizzying yet extraordinary...

Hannah Pajtis ’26 reports a story on the People's March in Washington D.C. during inauguration weekend, Jan. 2025. PHOTO: LUKE SANELLI ’26/THE HAWK

Behind the editor’s desk

Hannah Pajtis, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2026

Next week, my nights will no longer consist of copyediting stories or quoting audio transcripts. I’ll turn in my key to the newsroom, tuck away my last print issue in my portfolio book and clean off...

GRAPHIC: BLADIMIR LEMUS ’26/THE HAWK

Salt in, salt out

Olivia Lutz ’26, Columnist April 29, 2026

As droughts deepen and aquifers collapse, desalination has become the water solution everyone wants to believe in. The global desalination technologies market is projected to reach $59.34 billion by 2034,...

GRAPHIC: MOLLY DETTLINGER ’27/THE HAWK

The case for a God, continued

Sahr Karimu ’26, Hawk Columnist April 29, 2026

I believe there is sufficient evidence to posit the existence of a creator of the universe. A popular argument is one for intelligent design, which argues if all we see around us that is complex is made...

GRAPHIC: CARMEN KNOPF ’27/THE HAWK

Trump and the war in Iran: Just … why?

Adi Lynch ’28, Guest Columnist April 29, 2026

The war in Iran has been gaining a lot of attention these days, whether it is because you are someone who likes to keep yourself informed of political conflicts around the world or you learned about it...

GRAPHIC: HANNAH PAJTIS ’26/THE HAWK

John Brown was, and still is, right

Preston Thomas ’28, Hawk Columnist April 22, 2026

On Nov. 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was on trial for murder and treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia and an attempt to incite a slave insurrection. When asked if there was any reason the sentence...

GRAPHIC: TAYLA J. EVANS ’27/THE HAWK

A broken housing market

Bianca Talarico ’27, Hawk Columnist April 22, 2026

For many college students today, buying a home isn’t a goal — it’s a fantasy. The modern housing market is structurally unfair, pushing homeownership further out of reach for young people through...

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