Gamers must have shuddered in their parents’ basement when news of China’s crackdown on video games hit headlines. Would their governments overstep their boundaries and exercise parental power? Governments should not restrict video-game use. That’s a job for the parents. Yet China has recently “barred online gamers under the age of 18 from playing on...
Category: Opinions
The vaccine won’t give you a “normal” life
“I want to feel free again.” This seemingly innocuous statement in a recent commercial from Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services represents the most significant casualty of the COVID-19 era: Reality. In the commercial, Michigan HHS asked a series of people why they chose to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. While most of the interviewees...
Help a prof and gain perspective: Babysit in College
When I was a child, most of my babysitters were college-aged women. I loved spending time with them and was even a flower girl in one of their weddings. Now as a college woman myself, I value the opportunity to return the favor for college families. Hillsdale students: Babysit during your college years. A lot...
Kat Timpf for Commencement Speaker
For months after her graduation from Hillsdale in 2010, Kat Timpf came home to a dingy apartment in California and fell asleep on a yoga mat. She worked long days in radio and full nights waitressing to pay the bills. “I never lost sight of what I wanted to do,” Timpf told The Collegian in...
Grab-and-Go goes for broke
I was an avid consumer of Grab-and-Go food last year. It was a quick, convenient way to get lunch, avoid long lines in the Knorr Dining Hall, and do some work between classes. This year, Grab-and-Go locations have taken a turn for the worse, with limited days of service, fewer locations, and reduced selection. Grab-and-Go...




