Six-foot-tall redhead Hannah Blazek is hard to miss. She radiates confidence. “I think some people are a little bit intimidated by me,” Blazek, the sophomore transfer student, said. Considering Blazek’s background, that may be understandable. Her confidence and poise has helped her become a beauty pageant champion, professional model, and reality television star. The story...
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October 10, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Classical music will die only if we let it
The government wasn’t the only thing shutting down last week. On Tuesday, the New York City Opera announced its intention to file for bankruptcy. And on the same day, the Minnesota Orchestra, already locked out for more than a year by management, lost both its conductor and the head of its Composer Institute. The day...
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October 10, 2013July 12, 2022Features
Student aces LSAT and looks to fight injustice abroad
What was the first thing Swiss-born Josiah Kollmeyer wanted to do after acing the Law School Admissions Test? “Relax and eat some clam chowder and do nothing for a while.” In the past academic year, only 34 people in the world received a perfect score of 180 on the LSAT. That is 34 people in...
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October 10, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Sowell for Hillsdale commencement speaker
He educated himself out of poverty, served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, and converted from radical Marxism to become a free market apologist. Milton Friedman even mentored him. Thomas Sowell, the well-known economist, deserves to be Hillsdale College’s next graduation speaker. As a prominent and decorated conservative writer, he would fit flawlessly...
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October 10, 2013July 12, 2022Culture
Johnson’s music from then to now
After a long walk on the beach with his guitar, singing soft melodies about love and girls and…well…girls, Jack Johnson, in his new album “From Here to Now to You,” goes in a more introspective direction. This new depth in Johnson’s music encourages respect, especially considering Johnson’s previous reputation for flirty lyrics earned by songs...