Michael Lucchese (“True beauty isn’t ‘sexy,’” Mar. 3) argued that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is “indecent.” His conclusion is right, but his analysis is incomplete. Like too many critics of American sexual dysfunction, Lucchese focuses on the vices of men. It is “high school boys” and “desperate, middle-aged men” who “gawk” at women as...
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March 10, 2016July 12, 2022City News
Phone scammers plague Hillsdale County
Hillsdale County residents have been hit by a series of phone scams over the past several weeks, in which callers ask them to pay out sums of money to support a local sheriff campaign or to avoid penalties from the Hillsdale County court system or the IRS, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. “We...
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March 10, 2016July 12, 2022Features
An everyman’s guide to Student Federation
Student Federation is the organization that recognizes new clubs and funds various campus activities. For those not immediately involved in the federation, starting a club or being a treasurer in a pre-existing club can be a bit confusing. Here is the student’s guide to working with Student Fed. Elections: How to run for Student Fed...
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March 10, 2016July 12, 2022Opinions
When considering the masculine, don’t ignore the feminine
When a man loudly defends his manhood, regardless of what was said about his hands, “the lady doth protest too much, methinks.” No man emasculates himself as quickly as the one who puts forward his own masculinity. Separated from femininity, masculinity has no meaningful significance. If man, “homo,” may be actually divided into “vir,” male,...
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March 10, 2016July 12, 2022Features
Former professor enjoys music of birds and the math of music
Before his first years of formal education, Jack Reinoehl counted the pages of department store catalogs, displaying his natural curiosity for math and numbers. Around the same time, he was given a book on birds and developed a fascination with them. In fourth grade, he began playing trombone. An Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer...