“The Nun” was one of the more anticipated horror films of the pre-Halloween menu of movies this year. Previews depicted it as horrifically demonic and rooted in conflict between the earthly and the supernatural, the mundane and the sacred, between heaven and hell. What moviegoers will get instead is a film full of jump scares,...
“If Jackson read this account, I do not think he would challenge me to a duel—and once you read about him, you will realize that this might be the highest praise a biographer can earn.” On that note, Professor of History and Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies Bradley J. Birzer begins his sixth...
There’s an old Russian folktale that is often told with the help of Matryoshka nesting dolls. A man was trying to pull a turnip from the ground, but it was much too big. He called his wife to help him, but still the turnip wouldn’t budge. The wife called their granddaughter over. The three pulled,...
Observant students and faculty might have noticed the new Zingerman’s chocolate candies for sale alongside the other candy bars at A.J.’s Cafe, but Hillsdale has served Zingerman’s coffee to students for a few years. “This will be our fifth year partnering with Zingerman’s for coffee,” A.J.’s Lead Supervisor Lisa Beasley said. Just about 70...
Remember the cup scandal last year, when Bon Appétit tossed all the paper cups for plastic, and students kept swiping them from the cafeteria until there were only 25 left, and The Collegian ran a threat-piece about it, and Chief said “I pity the fool I find with a cup,” and we all laughed? Well,...