Nobody likes a fair-weather fan, especially when they come out by the dormful just for homecoming. This flaky fandom plagues the Hillsdale College athletic program every season. Blue-faced students garbed in Otter’s Army shirts pack the student section on two occasions only: the home opener and homecoming. This weekend will be no exception. Students should...
Very few people that don’t know me can pronounce my last name. It’s long and Lithuanian, a name that trips up professors and telemarketers alike. Despite these confusions, I plan on keeping my surname, if I marry. In the United States, retention of the maiden name has often been associated with 20th century feminism, but...
Two years ago, Matt O’Sullivan ’15 raved about the change from Saga to Bon Appetit. “It’s like the food gods have come to earth and are now incarnate in the kitchen,” O’Sullivan told The Collegian. Two years later, however, meal plan complaints have returned. From criticisms about the price of each meal (between $12 and...
“They definitely underestimated me. They did not believe that I could win.” A commanding conservative voice for the anti-feminist movement, Phyllis Schlafly, who died on September 5th at the age of 92 was, “one of the most polarizing figures in American public life,” according to the New York Times. Yet, she deserves to be remembered...
We’re nearing the end of the second full week of classes, and if you’re anything like the majority of the student body, you’re already exhausted. This might leave you feeling somewhat peeved and more than a little abashed: How is it that you’ve just started the semester and you’re already burned out? This year has...