Courtesy | Unsplash “Looksmaxxing” is the name young men have given to their quest for physical perfection. Internet forums advise looksmaxxers to perfect their jawlines through “bone smashing” (exactly what it sounds like), take steroids or testosterone supplements, or undergo leg-lengthening surgeries. Some even use crystal meth to stay skinny. My 8th-grade friends and I...
Author: Caroline Kurt (Caroline Kurt)
Safdie’s Marty is not so supreme
The poster for Marty Supreme. Courtesy | Marty Supreme Instagram Marty Mauser can’t stop moving. It’s what makes him such a fantastic table tennis player and a terrible father-to-be. The fatherhood is alleged, at least in Marty’s eyes: The childhood friend he’s been having an affair with is pregnant, and she claims it’s his. But...
Is it too early to listen to Christmas music? The Collegian Weighs In
A dusting of Christmas music can’t hurt By Caroline Kurt Opinions Editor When I awoke to a world of white last week, I knew what I was playing on Spotify that day: Christmas oldies like “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”...
‘The best job in the world’: Lutheran alumni enter seminary
Harvey Peters ’22 serves at his field-work church, Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Courtesy | Harvey Peters What happens when God changes your post-grad plans? For some Lutheran Hillsdale alumni, that means seminary. Nine Hillsdale alumni are currently enrolled in the two Lutheran Church Missouri Synod seminaries in the U.S., following a four-year...
After Eden: Trust Tolstoy over Fuentes
According to Nick Fuentes, we have an epidemic of “Christian simps.” “I don’t feel like we have an abundance of affection from women,” the far-right influencer said. “Women are not providing too much. They expect so much from the men.” In his now-viral Oct. 27 interview with Tucker Carlson, Fuentes criticized men who respect their...




