When you have to sell the toes of saints for a living, you know something is rotten in the system. At first, “The Relic Master,” a comedy about the exploits of a Reformation-era businessman, doesn’t sniff of political commentary. But journalist Christopher Buckley’s new novel, published in December 2015, uses a relic collector’s run-in with...
Back-to-back-to-back champs
“I was pumped. I thought that it was a product of all the work we had put in during the fall and spring semester,” junior Ian Dupre said. “I think that it really showed our progress as a team because I felt like all the work we had put into training was validated in that...
Students find creative ways to stay organized in school’s chaos
On laundry day, senior Meg Prom dumps a load of clean laundry onto her well- made bed and puts on a podcast. She sorts through the items, starting with pants and sweatshirts and moving to shirts and delicates, and then folds them vertically — something she learned from Marie Kondo, a professional cleaning consultant and...
Tim Walberg shares coffee and conversation with constituents
U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) continued his three-month streak of participating in coffee hours when he met with locals at Jilly Beans Coffee House for an hour Tuesday morning, speaking about issues he’s working on in Congress and answering questions. According to his communications director Dan Kotman, Rep. Walberg has done 20 coffee hours over...
An Ode to the ‘Donnybrook’
“Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain For we may or might never all meet here again.” The opening verse of “Here’s a Health to the Company” began each folk song session ending Poetry Fridays...




