Students practiced traditional European dances, drank punch, and snacked on Victorian-era sweets at the Cravats and Bluestockings Regency Ball last Saturday. The dance was themed around the children’s show “Over the Garden Wall,” which combined nostalgia with autumnal themes, according to Cravats and Bluestockings president, junior Madeleine Choe. Attendees participated in English country dances...
Author: Blake Schaper (Blake Schaper)
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Mr. President, build that ballroom
Courtesy | Unsplash Critics of the president’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing need a history lesson. Public and media criticism have taken issue with the necessity, price tag, and ethics of the demolition and renovation. But these criticisms fail to account for the circumstances of the addition and the historical precedent of prior...
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Hillsdale hosts inaugural AI society meeting
Hillsdale College’s artificial intelligence club had its inaugural meeting in Lane Hall, featuring Associate Professor of Economics Charles Steele, an advocate for more AI involvement at the college. According to president and senior Olivia Leathers, the club seeks to enlighten the student body on the applications of AI and to act as a forum on...
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Trump should subsidize adoption over IVF
Courtesy | Unsplash President Donald Trump announced the successes of some of his efforts to make in-vitro fertilization more accessible to the average American to solve the infertility crisis. However, the president should push to lower the costs of adoption and address the root causes of America’s infertility crisis. As of Oct. 16, Trump has...
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Gavin ‘Gamer’ Newsom flops
If you’re going to use video games as a medium to connect with young male voters, don’t sell. Streamer and gaming YouTuber ConnorEatsPants invited a very special guest to his Fortnite livestream Oct. 3 — California Gov. Gavin Newsom. For about an hour, the famous statesman played on his children’s Nintendo Switch with Connor. During...