Autism: Could It Really Be? a Zinc Deficiency?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that autism is present in 1 in 68 children and is almost four times more prevalent in males than ...
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Everyday I’m BREWing
Coming out of high school we all know how tough it is to decide what you want to do with your life or where you want to go. Being from Mesa, Arizona I only kne...
Am I Smarter for Going to a Fancy Pants School, or Did I Blow a Bunch of Money for Nothing?
Waiting till the last moment to reflect on my college education, in true Gus McCarthy fashion, I think my time spent at Concordia was worth the extra buck. &nbs...
Click This! Click This! Click This! and Learn About Addiction
Drug addiction is a hot topic of late, both with regards to scientific understanding and social action. The United States has been ramping up border protection ...
Recapping the Capstone
Neurochemistry sounds kind of scary, doesn’t it? Well let me tell you that it was a great class. The structure and organization of the class created a great env...
It Is Time to Think Differently
What do you think when you hear the word “addiction”? Do you think that it’s a choice? Do you stigmatize people who are claimed to suffer from the word “addicti...
Pathways of Schizophrenia
I am a uniquely situated person. I am a biochemistry major with a sociology minor. At this point in time it puts me in both an introductory sociology class and ...
Reflections on My Experience at Concordia College
Liberal arts education provides a wide-breadth of knowledge for students to deal with the ever changing and complex problems facing our world today. This is the...
The Cracked Stone
I know Concordia is trying really, really hard to meet its “Five Goals of Liberal Learning”. Before I begin talking about these goals, it might be important to ...
Autism Is More Than Genes
Diseases like type 1 diabetes and sickle-cell anemia happen through a defect in a single gene. Sometimes all it takes is one wrong letter in the genetic code t...