Month: October 2016

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‘Miss Peregrine’: spooky, but unsatisfying
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‘Miss Peregrine’: spooky, but unsatisfying

  Tim Burton’s newest film, based on Ransom Riggs’ graphic trilogy “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” delivers Halloween eye candy but fails to satisfy the audience with any thematic meat to chew on. Burton consolidates Riggs’ thriller trilogy into a single film, a fact which will cause more cringing from fans of the books...

Alpha Rho Tau hosts apartment art show
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Alpha Rho Tau hosts apartment art show

Art honorary Alpha Rho Tau is hosting its first annual art show this Friday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in an off-campus apartment. “This is going to be our first annual art show,” said junior Elsa Lagerquist, president of A.R.T.  “We’re super excited because we are requiring all of the artwork be done outside...

Keywords and context clues
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Keywords and context clues

  “Dictionary, n. A book which explains or translates, usually in alphabetical order, the words of a language or languages.” Thus speaks the Oxford English Dictionary. For the literarily inclined, the online OED is a treasure trove of etymology and usage, and today’s tech-savvy logophiles can thank John Simpson, the influential dictionary’s editor-in-chief for almost...

Fresh tunes from freshman folk singer
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Fresh tunes from freshman folk singer

As a musician, Luke Woltanski never fit into a category. His piano teacher once refused to teach him because he was too inventive during lessons. He admits playing “normal music” is difficult for him, but being unconventional has served him well so far. Woltanski, a freshman studying biology at Hillsdale College, independently recorded three albums...