The Opinion of the Collegian Editorial Staff Below is a letter to the editor The Collegian’s editorial board sent to Kalamazoo College’s student newspaper, the Index: The Index published a column on Jan. 29 taking issue with The Collegian’s claim as Michigan’s oldest college newspaper. Katie Schmitz, the column’s author, claims that the Index is,...
Year: 2014
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Learning violin ‘one little monkey’ at a time
Every Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 p.m., a young violinist descends the stairs to the basement of Howard Music Hall. For 15 minutes he stands in deep concentration between his mother and his teacher, carefully holding a violin about the size of his teacher’s hand. Robert Whalen is just three years old, but he has already...
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Hillsdale native among 19 to sign with Charger football last week
Last Wednesday, Feb. 5, high school senior and wide receiver Andrew Wilcox committed to attend the school he had grown up cheering on his whole life. “Ever since a young age I’ve always thought about playing at the next level at Hillsdale, whether in football or basketball,” Wilcox said. “I just think it’s pretty awesome...
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How Hillsdale can boost applications
As the plane engine began to whir, I laid my 700-page copy of “The Brothers Karamazov” on my lap and pressed my fingertips into the deep creases that always form on my forehead when I try to make sense of existential philosophy. The large, moon-faced man in the seat beside me took my action as...
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Finding bliss in acknowledging my faults
I debated in high school, and I was both incredibly annoying and blissfully unaware of that fact. The first tournament friend I made was skinny and loud, wore a suit that failed to cover both his wristwatch and his ankles, and didn’t care how annoying I was. I liked him instantly. To our joy, we...