Chaos reigned in Olds Residence this month as roommates betrayed each other, RAs paired off against residents, and one freshman racked up eight kills in the dorm’s inaugural “spoon assassin” tournament. “At one point, multiple roommate pairs had each other,” sophomore resident assistant Kate Mureen said. “There were lots of skirmishes that went down, especially...
Professor’s Picks: Christopher Robertson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Book: “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders (2017) Saunders drops readers into the hallucinatory, heartbreaking, and creepily beautiful “bardo” occupied by Willie Lincoln, the recently deceased 11-year-old son of a grief-stricken president. Bardo is the Tibetan Buddhist concept of an interstitial space where souls in limbo wait for whatever comes next. It’s an emotionally...
Alumnus’ poetry is an overflow of life
The book cover for “Killing Orpheus” by Forester McClatchey. Courtesy | The University of Chicago Press Dog carcasses, bad paintings, and hiccups: Everything is game for poetry to Hillsdale alumnus Forester McClatchey ’16. After years of teaching poetry in the classroom and publishing his own in journals, McClatchey released his first volume of poetry, “Killing...
Professor’s new album reflects the sound of the ‘North West’
Daniel Palmer started playing guitar when he was 13 years old. Since then, he’s dreamed of performing on the big stage. Today, he’s planning on releasing his first 11-song debut album “NorthWest,” fulfilling a piece of that childhood dream. “When I first started playing, I used to stand in front of the mirror and pretend...
Don’t go solo to ‘Solo Mio’
Despite the film’s title, “Solo Mio,” Matt Taylor (Kevin James) manages to stay solo for about ten minutes. Sidelined at the altar in Rome, the upheaval of his life at nearly 60 years old leaves Matt confused and clutching at straws to try to restore his severed love life. By means of unsolicited help from...




