The art of raising bees is a chance to reminisce, to find peace, or to use your hands, and, in the best cases, to make some money. Like humans, bees have communities, rituals, roles and routines — ones that endear them to those who own them. “I don’t think you could ever really stop learning...
A sock and his story: Alum authors children’s book
Meet Melvin, a mid-rise white sock with a proclivity towards the existential. Tired of the dirt and the stink and the spin cycle, the monotony of his mid-rise life, and, especially, his bland, mid-rise partner, Melvin abandons everything in favor of a swashbuckling quest for fame and purpose. “As you can tell, this is a...
‘Thank God for coronavirus’: Tying the knot in quarantine
Few are thought to be more stressed than a bride planning her wedding, but Hillsdale College Social Media Manager Gianna Green ’17 said typical brides have nothing on those who managed to plan their wedding during quarantine. Although all couples face uncertainty regarding their wedding day, such as the chance of rain or the bride...
Shark tooth sheds light on ancient species
Just across from Donna the triceratops in Hillsdale’s Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History lies a tiny tooth about three millimeters in length. It is a tooth that represents the glory days of Michigan’s history, when it was a shallow tropical sea poised mere miles from the equator and filled with an assortment of...
Being a senior in the era of the coronavirus
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom and of foolishness, the epoch of belief and incredulity, of darkness and of light, of hope and of despair.” Dickens’ words certainly applied to that confusing semester. As spring break of 2020 began, several friends and I...