I do not often have cause to react with abject horror at Hillsdale. One of few occasions I can recall was a random weekend last semester, when I discovered that AJ’s Cafe was out of ice cream. So much for my Sunday dessert. There was not a scoop in sight — instead, the absence had...
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Roller coasters make us better
Courtesy | Unsplash Legoland, California — home to Project X, the world’s scariest roller coaster, with a drop the height of a skyscraper and turns sharper than my #2 pencil on exam days. At least, that’s what I thought when I was 7. Little Brennan watched the car zoom down the drop over the queue...
Put first aid kits in campus gyms
Courtesy | Unsplash Campus gyms need first aid kits. Just this week, I was lifting weights in Founders Gym when another student came over with a bleeding cut. We searched for a Band-Aid to no avail. This week was the second time in just a few months I’ve needed a simple first aid kit in...
Don’t shut down over the shutdown
“The U.S. government shutdown has begun,” a news notification told me at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning. The follow-up came seven hours later: “What the government shutdown means for you.” What does the shutdown mean for you? In reality, not much. Despite the hysteria from news outlets and Democratic lawmakers, students attended classes as usual. Hillsdale...
Cancel culture comes for Kimmel: ABC’s late night host controversy is a matter of free speech
In his first episode back after a five-day suspension, late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel tearfully declared he never meant to place the blame for the murder of Charlie Kirk on any specific political group. The “joke” that got him suspended, however, tells a different story. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the...




