A Michigan winter plus Hillsdale’s hilly terrain equals opportunities for students to hit the slopes — sledding slopes, that is. I did what many students have done, taking advantage of the several weeks’ worth of snow and went sledding on a variety of hills in the vicinity of campus. Here’s what I found: Biermann Center...
Professors’ Picks: Joshua Fincher, assistant professor of Classics
“Peace in the Valley,” by Dawes (2009) I tend to be very meticulous with music. I usually like only a few songs by a musician, rather than their entire body of work. I also find music to be very emotionally engaging, so I avoid listening to music unless I budget time to focus on it...
Obama produces eerie Netflix movie: What’s Hollywood trying to tell us?
“Haven’t you been paying attention to what’s going on out there… We’ve all been deserted.” This is one of the final lines in “Leave the World Behind,” a disaster genre film which Netflix released for streaming Dec. 28. Based on Rumaan Alam’s 2020 novel, director Sam Esmail and executive producers Barack and Michelle Obama present...
Music, Monogamy, and Murder: Grippando releases newest legal thriller “Goodbye Girl”
Imani Nichols is a Grammy-winning pop star. She’s also the most underpaid artist in the world. As a teenager with no guidance, Imani entered a shady record deal with her now ex-husband who became rich off Imani’s royalties. Seasoned legal thriller writer James Grippando released “Goodbye Girl” Jan. 9, a novel inspired by the 2019...
‘Reacher’ proves TV still wants real masculinity
When he’s not shooting down bad guys, Jack Reacher is busy breaking their legs or gouging their eyes out. He’s the kind of gritty television hero we can’t seem to shake: all-American, a man’s man, making the world he inhabits more delightful for it. The second season of the crime thriller series “Reacher,” based on...




