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
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
“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...
Chargers battle, fall to No. 2 Grand Valley Lakers
There’s no shame in losing to the No. 2 team in the nation, but that doesn’t mean it’s not painful. The Hillsdale College football team came far closer to upsetting the Grand Valley Lakers on Saturday than the final score of 35-17 would suggest. Despite squandering three red-zone scoring chances in the first three quarters,...
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...