April 20, 2024, will mark the three-year anniversary of one of Hillsdale College’s most successful meme accounts. @hillsdank_college boasts 1,404 followers on Instagram, second only in followers to @barstooldale. For years, students have wondered who’s the mind — or minds — behind the posts that make them laugh so much. Now we know. Seniors...
Being a college senior is awful because, for the first time in my life, I feel both too young and too old. Freshmen vex me. Meanwhile, most of the friends I’ve made here have already left. I need to start paying a mortgage, but I don’t really know what one is yet. Worst of all,...
I didn’t apply for any of my three college internships, nor did I apply for my post-grad job. In fact, all four opportunities stemmed — at least in part — from one stupid quip I delivered as a sophomore in Plaster Auditorium. “Ya ever hire interns from a state with a few more lakes?” I...
I planned weddings with three different men before meeting my fiancé. No, I’m not a serial runaway bride. Or a polygamist. I’ve just fallen in love before. My wedding to my first boyfriend — which I planned at the ripe age of 15 — was going to be an intimate affair because of our shared...
Delete TikTok from your phone, not everyone else’s. Last month, a girl from Louisiana hand-knit a purple scarf with a big pencil on it and sold it to me for $48. She’s sold so few of these scarves that she’s had to cut the price twice, which means fewer and fewer dollars are going to...