Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

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Ugonna Victor Emeka-Inegbu spent part of his summer helping a Wisconsin manufacturer build a better welder thanks to a journey that started with a trip through a registered student organization.

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Kelly Reichardt, who is an institution in the American independent landscape, has a new film out called The Mastermind.