Hillsdale’s Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness organization is hosting its fifth annual Children’s Charity Ball at Hillsdale College’s Searle Center on Saturday, Feb. 15. For the past five years, CAPA has hosted a ball with a specific topic in mind to raise awareness and money for the organization. This year, the ball will focus on...
Each day, Americans make choices to trust the opinions of people they deem “experts.” But how should individuals determine what qualifies an expert? Roger Koppl’s Praxis talk, “Expert Failure, Faulty Forensics, and Fake News” last Thursday evening sought to answer that question. The purpose of Koppl’s talk was to shed light on the general public’s...
When the first episode of Netflix’s docuseries ‘Cheer’ ends, the 1988 Pretty Poison song “Catch Me I’m Falling” plays as the credits roll. It’s a direct reference to the dangers of competitive cheerleading and the importance of the team catching any member that flies dangerously high through the air. It is also, however, an...
Six years ago, my parents went on a trip, leaving me home alone during Valentine’s Day weekend. And the greatest tradition of my young life was born. On Feb. 14, I came home to an empty house on a cold, dark night. I was used to a loud house with a lot of people around,...
When Danielle Crosby studied abusive relationships in her classes at Trine University, she convinced herself that her life wasn’t like the girls she read about in books. Her boyfriend at the time gave her attention and wanted her affection and then he became her abuser. Crosby, a Michigan native from Hanover/Concord, said she ignored many...