COURTESY | X The Eagles weren’t the only winners this Super Bowl Sunday. Though rapper and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar did declare a final victory in his public sparring with competitor Drake during the halftime show this year, reducing the entire show to a diss misses the larger point of his set. Uncle Samuel...
Author: Jillian Parks (Jillian Parks)
You should be tithing in college
The name “Craze” was a fitting title for the name of my church’s annual Vacation Bible School. With beach balls the size of a Kia Soul and extravagant giveaways at the end of each day, as a 12-year-old volunteer, I could not help but start to rethink my weekly tithe. If 10% of my chore...
Council approves $105K to repair airport hangars
Hillsdale Municipal Airport T-Hangars house 5 T-Hangars per building. Jillian Parks | Collegian The money will come from the airport’s improvement fund, not the city’s tax funds The city council approved a $105,000 repair to the Hillsdale Municipal Airport‘s T-hangars in an 7-1 vote on Jan. 21, with Councilman Matt Bentley opposing the measure. The...
Oratory competition to explore ‘Education and the Republic’
Applications for the 25th annual Edward Everett Oratory Competition are due Jan. 24 on the topic “Education and the Republic.” The preliminary competition will take place in mid-February, and the final competition will take place Tuesday, March 4. “Because of the incoming administration’s interest in changing the landscape of education, there were a couple of...
Keefer Hotel to finish in September after delays
The Keefer House Hotel, located downtown, is undergoing renovations. Jillian Parks | Collegian CL Real Estate told the city council on Dec. 16 that it needs until September to finish its renovations to Keefer Hotel, which was supposed to be completed in 2021 but has suffered from a series of delays. The company will now...




