I cannot stand football. I have never understood the game. People get injured, and there are many things I’d rather do with my time than watch it. Freshman year of college, I thought I would ignore homecoming since it all led up to a football game. Meanwhile, I had midterms the week after. But I...
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Hills and gaeles: Irish band changes campus’ music scene
The members of Hilsgaelic are bringing a new sound to Hillsdale’s campus. Erin Osborne | Collegian What do you do with a drunken sailor early in the morning? According to the new band Hillsgaelic, the answer is simple: sing about him. “There’s a distinct lack of Irish music on campus,” lead singer and sophomore Colin...
Forty days of fasting, remembrance, and prayer
It’s easy to tell that Lent has begun when students walk across campus with ashen crosses on their foreheads. The religious season of Lent involves a variety of devotions, including alms-giving, fasting, and penitence. Practices vary widely by Christian denomination and church, and some Christians don’t observe Lent at all. “Lent is one of the...
Playing your way through ‘the fog of war’: The new student-organized war games club focuses on operational games that recreate battles on land, sea, and in Midair
Students work to solve global issues at the Alexander Hamilton Society annual ‘War Games’. Courtesy | Collegian When his command of a Napoleonic French troop attacked an entire flank of the Prussian army, junior Liam Moffat found himself completely blind-sided. Moffat was playing Kriegsspiel, a war game that simulates the role of a commander in...
SAB hosts trip to Frankenmuth Snowfest
Students will enjoy traditional Bavarian food, ice skate, and watch ice sculpture competitions during the Student Activities Board’s trip to Frankenmuth’s Snowfest on Sat. Jan. 28. Students will leave campus at 8 a.m. and be back on campus around 6 p.m., according to Director of Student Activities Maddie Clark. “Students will be able to get...