Courtesy | Unsplash I couldn’t have worked another summer on the cemetery mowing crew. I’d grown to know the headstones well but didn’t weep when I left them for Washington, D.C., last summer. During my first three years of college, I grew accustomed to a rigid schedule. Semesters were time at school; summers and breaks...
The crowded room at the special assessment district public hearing Feb. 16. Gemma Flores | Collegian When Hillsdale residents unanimously opposed special assessment districts for road repairs during the Feb. 16 city council meeting, they delivered a clear verdict. Yet last week’s Collegian article, “Residents reject road repair plan at public hearing,” reflected a City...
Courtesy | Unsplash I want to respond to the Feb. 12 article “Boomers v.s. The Bunny” by Moira Gleason. The piece was well-written and polite; however, I had a problem with it. What I found problematic in the article was the line, “It wasn’t art, but he did what he was hired to do. Nothing...
Courtesy | Unsplash Don’t kill me, Dr. Jackson: I can’t remember the last time I checked my grades. It’s not technological incompetence or fearful avoidance. Instead, it’s been my way of reaping the fruit of Hillsdale’s academic rigor and character-building. After four years, I’m happy to report that it’s worked. The median college GPA has...
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,...