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‘Wicked’ movie fills the musical’s ruby red slippers
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‘Wicked’ movie fills the musical’s ruby red slippers

“Wicked” movie poster.  COURTESY | Amazon   After “Wicked” lost the Best Musical Tony Award in 2004, theater fans everywhere have waited for the wider recognition and acclaim that the musical truly deserves. “Wicked”— the fourth-longest-running Broadway musical — has one of the catchiest soundtracks on Broadway and an iconic original cast featuring Idina Menzel...

Trump reclaims the White House: faculty, students surprised by decisive Republican victories
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Trump reclaims the White House: faculty, students surprised by decisive Republican victories

Trump points to the crowd at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. Courtesy | Gage Skidmore, Flickr Former president Donald Trump won his second presidential election Tuesday with at least 295 electoral votes, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.  “I am glad of the result, more glad that...

Collegian reviews campus haunted houses
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Collegian reviews campus haunted houses

The Collegian sent a representative to all three haunted houses on Hillsdale’s campus. Unfortunately that representative was me — a woman whose fight or flight response is freeze, and who genuinely has trouble distinguishing between fact and fiction. It’s best not to read this as an expert testimonial, but rather, a set of personal experiences...

Ever considered mind control? Try Media Theory
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Ever considered mind control? Try Media Theory

The air loom is a mind-control device capable of manipulating and influencing the thoughts of an individual from afar. James Tilly Matthews wrote of a network of these devices operated by gangs across London in his journal during the late 18th century. The victims targeted by the loom, including Matthews himself, could experience everything from...