Paul Rahe’s newest book will be available Nov. 19. Gemma Flores | Collegian “I feel just like a real scholar now,” I thought, snuggling into seat 29D with a paperback advance copy of Professor of History Paul A. Rahe’s “Sparta’s Third Attic War.” “Dr. Rahe should write these things more often.” As the sixth...
Mark McClay is a professor of classics. Courtesy | Hillsdale The Greek gods Dionysus and Hera embody the roles of worshiper and worshiped in a theological framework, said Mark McClay, professor of classics, in a lecture Nov. 14. McClay’s research, drawing inspiration from the work of scholar Kimberly Patton, challenges the conventional divide between...
“Happiness” album cover. COURTESY | Instagram The rock band U2 unveiled a decent collection of three previously unreleased songs in a so-called “ghost album” titled “Happiness” on Oct. 24 — a sample of sorts for its upcoming full-length album on Nov. 29. The Irish rock quartet first garnered attention in 1980 with “Boy” and...
Berntson and Ritchie throw a line in for some fish. Thomas McKenna | COLLEGIAN “Hey you — yeah, you — come up here!” That’s senior Maria Ritchie shouting down to the dark sidewalk from the string light-wrapped porch of Graceland, an off-campus house on Manning Street. Who is she shouting at? She doesn’t know....
“National Treasure” poster. COURTESY | Amazon “The Declaration of Independence is not a bargaining chip, not to me,” Nicholas Cage says in the movie “National Treasure.” When Ben Gates, Cage’s character, says this, he means the literal document. He holds the historical parchment so sacred that he claims he would never use it as...