If anything is enigmatic to late-stage capitalism, it’s probably a door-to-door sales company that sells books in the age of the internet. College-age interns who work there typically gross $10,000 a summer. This is Southwestern Advantage, “America’s oldest entrepreneurial program for university students.” Established in 1855, Southwestern markets itself as a company that gives students...
In the front cover of his notebook, Jerry Wayne, “JW,” Newson has a few lines scribbled. They’re reminders he learned from the book he reads daily: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale. It begins, “I believe I am divinely guided. I believe I will always take the right turn in the road,”...
Professor of Spanish Carmen Wyatt-Hayes recently stumbled onto a problem plaguing Hillsdale County. She was still in the process of transitioning her cat, Mici, from an outdoor to an indoor cat when he went missing. It wasn’t the first time that Mici hadn’t come home at night after being let out to roam during the...
When Kelly Franklin received his first fountain pen from his mother, he had no idea of the obsessive hobby it would spark. Franklin, assistant professor of English, said he has seen a notable rise in fountain pen use and sales over the last decade or so. At one point, many fountain pen and ink companies...
In their album “1955,” two students take listeners on a journey back nearly 70 years to an era of jazz bands, doo-wops, and plenty of nostalgia. Seniors Carson Waites and Jake Rummel wrote, recorded, produced, and released their second album, “1955,” in December: a story of romanticism and reality through 50s-style music. Published under Rourke...