It’s good no one is keeping count of the people I have killed in video games because I’d likely be institutionalized in some dark cell. You can shoot characters, stab them, strangle them, vaporize them, chuck grenades at them, kamikaze them with a jet, toss them off a 20-story building, poison them, burn them to...
Author: Marcus Hedenberg (Marcus Hedenberg)
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Roche renovation set for completion this fall
The first phase of the Roche Sports Complex renovation is set for completion this fall. Due to budget constraints, the project will be split into either two or three phases, depending on additional funding. Despite setbacks, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé said that the first phase is moving along well. “Renovations never go like clockwork,”...
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Naval battle postponed
No ships will sail across the Slayton Arboretum pond this fall. The yearly naval battle between Galloway and Simpson Residences in the arboretum has been cancelled because of construction. Cravats and Bluestockings, the campus group that originally invented the naval battle, reached out to the Biology department—which runs the arb—to request hosting the naval battle...
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ROGER EBERT: A REAL FILM CRITIC
In honor of Roger Ebert, I recently cycled through his reviews of films he particularly hated. One line stood out. “I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than ‘The Brown Bunny.’” When Roger Ebert didn’t like a movie, he made sure you knew it. He...
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A Hillsdale Valentine’s Day
Long ago, the Romans imprisoned and executed St. Valentinus for his faith. While in prison, he cured the jailer’s blind daughter and, just before his execution, sent the girl a note reading: “From Your Valentine.” “Medieval courtly love picked up on that and popularized sending love notes signed ‘from your Valentine,’ on Feb. 14 —...