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Woke art has something to teach you
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Woke art has something to teach you

Courtesy | Unsplash Ben Shapiro has it wrong. You should watch woke movies.  Over Christmas break, one of my best friends showed me the flashy mish-mash of absurdism that is the 2022 movie “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”   For two hours and 19 minutes, I was subjected to hot dog fingers and googly eyes galore,...

‘I play for the United States of America’
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‘I play for the United States of America’

Courtesy | Unsplash The Winter Olympics have been filled with ice. Figure skaters have landed the quadruple axel on the ice, luge racers have travelled speeds north of 90 mph, lying on their backs on boogie boards with blades on the ice, and curlers have demonstrated strategy and finesse in chess matches on the ice....

How to beat the winter blues
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How to beat the winter blues

Courtesy | Unsplash These past miserable, cold, and dreary Michigan days may have you feeling down in the dumps. Thankfully for the stressed Hillsdale student, there are straightforward ways to treat seasonal depression — or what is commonly coined “winter blues.”   Seasonal depressive symptoms stem from a lack of sunlight, according to The University of...

Aeneas deserves a statue
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Aeneas deserves a statue

“Aeneas and Helen,” by Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1878. Courtesy | Unsplash As of now, the Liberty Walk features only political and historical giants. But in the spirit of the liberal arts tradition, we should embrace the myth. Aeneas should be the next statue on the Liberty Walk. Sent by the gods to conquer the Italian peninsula,...

Build sidewalks where students make shortcuts
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Build sidewalks where students make shortcuts

Courtesy | Unsplash The snow has melted away, but it has left behind a valuable lesson.  We saw the trails students created across the snow, and learned the shortcuts they want to take around campus. The college should build new sidewalks on the most popular pathways. These include a path that cuts diagonally across the...