With the start of 2022, many people made New Year’s Resolutions. Whether they resolved to be healthier, get off of TikTok, or spend more time with loved ones, lots of people set new goals for themselves. All of these, and countless other resolutions of self-improvement, are valid promises that individuals made to better themselves. Many…
More than any movie this year, “Dune” gave me hope that big movies with big ideas on big screens have a future. Legendary director Martin Scorcese calls the modern Hollywood blockbuster an amusement park, to which the rankings of sci-fi and comic book films are amongst the highest-grossing bolster. Rightfully, one could look at “Dune”…
In the cluttered attic of Tech Hall lies a secret painting kept hidden for years due to its controversial subject matter. Manifested from the hand and mind of Norway’s romantic landscape artist, Dag Hol, lives a monster of a painting in the attic of Tech Hall depicting General Sherman standing before Atlanta, GA, devoured in…
From left to right: Larissa Saarel, Mitchell Gorton, Cooper Mann, Alicia Schettler, Rocky Mountain College in Vancouver, Washington for the 30th annual Murdock College Science Research Conference. Of the many opportunities that Rocky Mountain College (RMC) presents to its students, undergraduate scientific research is among the most rewarding and unique opportunities. This November, four…
Many students are wondering what happened to a favorite math teacher at Rocky Mountain College. Robyn Cummings is a beloved math professor here at Rocky She began as a part-time professor as well as working in the Services for Academic Success (SAS) program on campus in 1994. For Robyn, teaching wasn’t always the dream. She’s…
The sale of recreational marijuana will be legal in Yellowstone County when Rocky Mountain College students return for the spring 2022 semester. In 2020, voters in Montana voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana and to amend the Montana Constitution to make 21 the legal age of usage. Therefore, in the 2021 legislative sessions, lawmakers refined the details…
To preface this column, I am not the pinnacle of academia. If anything, I would be found in the median of the pool of college students. I’m not seeking to victimize myself as I detail my grievances, simply allowing for a space in which I can vent the burden and fatigue felt by myself and…
Sophomore William Patrick joined the Marines at 18 years old in 2011. Growing up in Ohio, he always wanted to serve in the military, specifically the Marines. He had grown up around service members his whole life. His father was in the Air Force, his uncle was in the Navy, and much of his family…
In 1990, Congress and George H. W. Bush signed a joint resolution that designated the month of November the National American Indian Heritage Month. To celebrate the month of November, RMC’s Native American Outreach, alongside Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council and Pretty Sheild Foundation put together a display of tipis from Nov 4-7 with a…
