I’m sure a familiar shudder ran through the bones of the student body upon receiving the most recent email from Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn: flashbacks to a panicked spring break, to choppy Zoom lectures from your bedroom at home, to isolation, over-snacking, and bad Wi-Fi. These are not the worst of evils, we are...
Author: Aaron Andrews (Aaron Andrews)
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De la Pena’s “Love” normalizes broken homes to young children
Overturned furniture clutters the room. Mom cries in the corner with her head in her hands as dad gesticulates wildly, halfway out of the door. He’s drunk. An empty whiskey glass sits on top of the piano in the middle of the room. A whimpering child huddles underneath with only his dog to comfort him....
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Suspect in custody after party store robbery
Police have a man in custody after two men allegedly robbed CJ’s Party store in Mosherville at 10:39 a.m. on Monday morning. Hillsdale Daily News reports the suspect is 27-year-old Peter Steve Adkins II of Jackson. The other suspect is still at large. Employee Jeannie Macey had just finished helping a lady at the...
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I spent two days without my phone
The average iPhone user looks at his phone about 80 times per day, according to Apple. That’s nearly 30,000 times a year. In the Wall Street Journal, novelist Nicholas Court wondered whether these devices “hijack our minds.” This got me thinking: How often do I look at my phone? Why do I look so constantly?...
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Palace Cafe closed on weekend nights until further notice
To the dismay of nighthawks, The Palace Cafe has locked its doors the past three weeks for the night shift on both Friday and Saturday nights. Dan and Kim Brunette have retired after five years working the night shift that has become so familiar to Hillsdale students. Without the Brunettes, Palace owner Leslie Meredith...