Bang! Smash! Pow! While Adam West’s Batman put the comic in comic book, reinforcing their mental equation with Saturday morning cartoons and nerdy teenagers who refuse to “grow up,” there is nothing funny about the artistic and storytelling value of graphic novels. All should read them or remain deprived of a medium of expression both...
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October 3, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Remembering Africa’s forgotten wars
This summer, I bought a cup of Dormans coffee from Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. And now, the coffee shop is littered with shrapnel, bullet casings, and abandoned shopping carts. The mall is located minutes from the nonprofit I worked at this summer and the house I lived in when I was 15. To get to the...
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October 3, 2013July 12, 2022Culture
The heroic scoundrel: “Devil’s Disciple” showing this week
A fireplace, shuttered windows, and stark, puritanical furniture all adorn the set of the Hillsdale theatre department’s newest show: “The Devil’s Disciple.” The show, by George Bernard Shaw, is set during the time of the Revolutionary War, and the home pictured on stage is that of Mrs. Dudgeon, a stubborn Presbyterian woman entangled in the...
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October 3, 2013July 12, 2022Opinions
Homecoming, friendship, and gray hairs
The leaves were reluctant to change this year. I suppose I shouldn’t complain since my house chore is to rake them, and I haven’t had to worry about that much as of yet. But there’s something crisp and clean and academic about the reds and oranges that light up campus this time of year. It...
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October 3, 2013July 12, 2022Sports
Charger Chatter: Todd Frickey
Claiming spots on the rosters of both the football and the track teams, Todd Frickey strives to use his God-given talents to benefit both of the Charger teams he represents. Frickey comments on the demands of being a two-sport athlete at the college level. What is college life like being a two-sport athlete? Very, very...