Ismael Hussain '26

It has only been minutes since the 2024 Vice Presidential Debate between Senator JD Vance and Tim Walz ended, and to put it lightly, this was one of the most interesting debates. This article will go over some of the first impressions of the debate. The Good Compared to the 2020 Debates, and to the recent Trump V.S. Harris debates, the...

In the last article going over the evolution of cruise ships, their early history from 1891-1920 was explored, and how cruising began with voyages that would sometimes last for month and catered solely to a wealthy clientele of business executives and nobility. By 1920 however, with the end of World War I, the implementation of Prohibition in the USA,...

Project 2025, also known as the '2025 Presidential Transition Project', is a document published by the 'Heritage Foundation', a Washington D.C. based conservative think-tank. Essentially, Project 2025 is a list of recommendations for Donald J. Trump if he wins the 2024 election, providing a blueprint for his presidency. In the words of the project, authors express recommendations along "four...

April 10, 2024 marked Eid-Al-Fitr, one of the holiest holidays in Islam, when the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan is reached. During this day, over a billion Muslims spend time with their families, visiting mosques for Eid prayers, and they often feast, making up for the fasting during Ramadan. It is meant to be a time of...

On January 27, 2024, M.S. 'Icon of the Seas' departed Miami on her maiden cruise. At 248,663 tons, she is the largest cruise ship ever built, five times larger than the R.M.S. 'Titanic.' Beyond doubt, she is a marvel of modern engineering, and will lead the cruise industry into a new era. Yet, how did the cruise industry begin...

Today, many actors and actresses of the 20th century are well remembered, and have achieved a legendary status in popular culture, such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Louise Brooks. While these individuals tended to be famous in their time, there is one in particular who was once the most celebrated, most revered icon in the world, yet seemingly...

When learning about industrialization in World History class, I was most disappointed to see that one of the greatest engineering minds, and one of the most important people of the 20th century, had been rather casually glossed over, and not even mentioned once in any slides, or material. This person, was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a British engineer who lived...

On the coast of Greece, near the island of Kea, beneath the shimmering blue waters of the Mediterranean, there lies a wreck of a once graceful ship that has remained there since November 21st, 1916. Once meant to be the grandest ship ever to sail on the Atlantic, she never got to live the live the life that was...