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April 24, 2025 Vol 121

Houghton STAR

The student newspaper of Houghton University since 1909.

Houghton College Offers Drone Pilot Training

By Seth Hodgkins Houghton College and Aquiline Drones have started a five-year partnership to offer an online drone pilot training…

Women’s Soccer Team Welcomes New Head Coach

By Sarah Burton In February of 2022, Houghton College announced that Esther Webb was to become Houghton’s sixth Women’s Head…

Houghton’s Lyric Theater Prepares for “Pirates of Penzance”

By Jacqueline Johnson Members of Lyric Theater are excitedly preparing for this spring’s production of Arthur Sullivan and Willam Gilbert’s…

Armageddon (1998)

By Caleb Tiedemann Armageddon is a movie that I randomly remember renting from the library because I was looking for…

Mending Love

By Elise Swanson With Valentine’s Day a few weeks behind us, I have been thinking a lot about love.  Not…

Men’s Tennis Ready For New Season

By Isaac Little The Houghton Men’s Tennis team completed their 2021 spring campaign by claiming the Empire 8 Championship title…

Ornithology Mayterm Returns to Houghton

By Julia Wilmont After a brief recess due to the pandemic, the birdwatching Mayterm is back! Houghton’s resident Ornithologist, Eli…

Inauguration Day of Service

by Anna Catherman The celebration of President Wayne D. Lewis Jr.’s inauguration as the sixth president of Houghton College will…

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Sampling

By Anna Zimmerman The Center for Sustainability hosted a chocolate sampling event in the campus center on Valentine’s Day. There…

Disability and Accessibility

By Mary Chichester Lately, my For You Page on TikTok has shown me a very specific niche of content. This…