There are a few conversations that music junkies would kill to overhear, and here’s one of them: Dylan and Cohen on a California road trip, reminiscing about the golden days of ’60s rock ’n’ roll. Several weeks before his death in 2016, Leonard Cohen replayed his memory of the conversation for the New Yorker. In...
Every local news station in the United States featured exposés on a rising and seemingly dangerous subculture in 2013. “You probably sit with your kids sometimes when they watch cartoons,” reported WREG in Memphis Tennessee. “But we’re about to introduce you to a group of grown men and women who are obsessed with one particular...
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” A harsh message for 400 eager graduates—but maybe the one we need the most. It’s a line from The Princess Bride, a movie that my generation grew up watching and rewatching. It was my favorite movie as a child. Nothing else quite catches that...
We pass her every day as we amble into the boisterous cafeteria. She smiles and welcomes us while we swipe our ID’s and mutter under our breath about a test we just bombed or the payment we had to make or the cost of our meal plan. Whether providing moral support to a frowning student,...
Jeffrey VanZant Associate Professor of Biology “The Philadelphia Eagles will overcome playoff inexperience to beat the aging New England Patriots.” Eagles – 34 Patriots – 31 Keith Otterbein Hillsdale Head Football Coach “Patriots will win because of the QB – Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T. Also a factor – the Patriots have been there,...