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....
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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
“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
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...
For bathrooms, unisex is not a flex
Courtesy | Unsplash Women deserve their own bathrooms. Since library construction began, the two previously single-sex, single-occupancy bathrooms on the top floor of the library have been unisex. We women used to have our own bathroom, and we want it back. But now — how shall I say this? We often find the toilet seats...




