Year: 2014

Shakespeare is not a wardrobe’s worth of ruffs and farthingales bundled together by antiquated content and lit by tallow candles. Good productions of his plays highlight this, helping modern audiences transcend the language and cultural barriers that can make his writing difficult to appreciate. But how far is too far? The Abridgement? The Adaptation? The...

Inexplicably, the queen has become a feminist icon. Last year, “British Vogue” gave her cover space as a “modern-day feminist.” Just two weeks ago, the hip-hop singer  wrote an essay called “Gender Equality is a Myth” for Maria Shriver’s latest installment of The Shriver Report, a women-focused media initiative. But nothing about Beyoncé’s music promotes...

While college basketball fans devote hours to creating the perfect March Madness bracket, others in America create “Bachelor Brackets.” These brackets, a feminine version of Fantasy Football, allow fans of ABC’s “The Bachelor” to predict and track winners of the reality show. An enormous following has made the series one of the most successful reality...

egins, Hillsdale students across the country start to long for snowy grey Michigan, with slush on the sidewalks, and friends huddled around the heater in an off-campus house. As our hearts turn toward the alma mater, we begin to realize something unexpected: Christmas Break is too long. “What?” you may ask. “Why would I want...

With the Rennaissance done, and a semester of enlightenment ahead of us, The Collegian offers campus 10 ideas –– rediscovered from antiquity –– for future CCA topics. 1.Why Obama is wrong It’s what we all, most of all the “Friends of the College,” really want. In all seriousness, Obama just had a terrible year with...