Month: October 2014

Last week the Tower Player’s production of the 2004 play “Almost, Maine” shocked some of the more conservative elements of Hillsdale College. Professor of theatre Michael Beyer asked students to come in with an open mind and perhaps leave with the door slightly ajar. Instead, some audience members left visibly offended. Yes, theatre often does...

On Oct. 10, 2014, I mercifully deactivated the poor, neglected entity that was once my Facebook account. I terminated a long-abandoned Twitter profile, and even made a new, disposable email account for a fresh Spotify profile that is unlinked to any of my previous media profiles. While most of the modern world is becoming further...

There’s a new buzzword to add to the list of things not to shout in an airport: Ebola. Ebola has taken not only the nation but the world by storm since it began in West Africa, with what researchers believe was a single person who contracted the virus from fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family....

In modern America, appearance is everything, especially how one views him or herself. When a group of people feels subjugated by their environmental conditions, they view themselves critically, and someone must stand against the victimization and injustice. A defining characteristic of a girl’s appearance is her locks: The tresses are curled or flattened, blow-dried and...

George Washington once wrote: “The American people must feel before they act.” This is human nature; we tend not to care about something until we feel its impact on ourselves. Ebola has impacted West Africa since March, yet only recently has it become a topic of conversation in the U.S. because it appeared in America...