“We have loved the stars too deeply to be afraid of the night.” Richard Hundley set these striking lyrics to his 1959 composition, “The Astronomers,” and offers us a profoundly optimistic image for the seeker of light in what seem to be dark times. My series, “Life and Light,” aims to briefly but honestly explore...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Hillsdale and Politics
I discovered Hillsdale College through a Google search. The specificity of the search – “the top ten conservative schools in the United States” – fell to my love of superlatives, and it was directly followed by “what are the top ten liberal schools in the United States?” I was directed to the Young America’s Foundation...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Kurtz to compete at nationals: Charger swimmer ranked 7th in 50-yard freestyle
Last year, junior swimmer Rachel Kurtz missed going to nationals by a mere one-hundredth of a second. This year, however, things are different. At the GLIAC championships a couple of weeks ago, Kurtz earned a B-cut in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. On Feb. 26, those B-cuts became a ticket to nationals for Kurtz....
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
New screens distract
Students who hate pulling out their phone or logging in to a computer for campus announcements, fret no more: we’re bringing the onslaught to you. Earlier this week, flat panel displays went up in Lane, Kendall, and Mossey Library. Presumably, they’ll to be used as scrolling billboards like those in the Dow Center or Grewcock...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Baseball preview: Give everything, expect nothing
After a semester and a half of drills, weights, running, scrimmages, drills, “chalk talks,” game-planning, roster-tweaking, and more drills, Charger baseball begins their season this weekend. First-year head coach Eric Theisen leads the squad as they try to improve on last season’s record (20-25), which was the team’s best in a decade. Theisen said their...