“To Pimp a Butterfly” is a contrived album. Let’s begin there. On his sophomore LP with a major label, Kendrick Lamar plunges his hands into the history of black music and pulls out heavy, ambitious themes of racial iniquity, cultural appropriation, Afrocentrism, and self-loathing in the African-American experience. As he stitches together fabric borrowed from...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Sports
Rachael Kurtz: Two-time All-American
Hillsdale senior swimmer Rachael Kurtz now stands alone as the only Charger swimmer to receive All-American honors twice in her collegiate career. With her finish of 16th in the 50 freestyle event at the 2015 NCAA Division II swimming and diving championships, Kurtz marked her place in Hillsdale history leaving the legacy of two All-American...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
I love you, Father John Misty
Hipsters have a high priest. His name is Father John Misty. Josh “J.” Tillman, known to the laity as Father John Misty, is an archetype of our generation: ironic, well-educated, idealistic, improper, and above all wary of dogmatic, unreflective zeal. Tillman released his sophomore album, “I Love You, Honeybear,” in February. In it, he transforms...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Opinion
Be wary of Michigan’s Proposal 1
If you’ve ever driven on a Michigan road, you’ve no doubt sworn under your breath at some point as your tires bounced across a pothole big enough to swallow the Titanic. Or two. Or five. On May 5, voters will decide on Proposal 1, a controversial bill that would raise Michigan’s taxes in order to...
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April 2, 2015July 12, 2022Opinion
Hillsdale needs computer science
The recent announcement of Computer Science Professor Rein Zeller’s retirement presents an awkward discussion to the Hillsdale College community. Few students could mention the fact that he is the resident Computer Science professor, or that the math department commemorated his retirement by dumping the CS program from its course selection. Hillsdale may not be the...