As the Charger women’s basketball team warm-up time wound down, they noticed a drastic decrease in volume — both in sound and number of people surrounding the court. Their friends and classmates left in throngs between layups and jump shots, as the stands emptied around a team that thrives on fan support. The men’s team...
Any onlooker courageous enough to brave the recent MTV Video Music Awards subjects himself to some of the most distasteful entertainment in our society, and Miley Cyrus’s appalling performance was no exception. After a few years of stardom, Miley has joined her fellow song artists in their typical debauchery, complete with onstage twerking, grinding, and...
We Hillsdale students tend to panic every time something goes down in D.C. During this embarrassing government shutdown, for example, students’ Facebook and Twitter accounts have been flooding our feeds with angry posts about the feds shuttering up the national zoo and monuments or the Obamacare website’s, er, difficulties. Yes, it’s frustrating that the panda...
Dear Editor, Casey Harper’s notion (“Redskins need a new name,” Oct.10) of a professional football team in our nation’s capital operating under a name other than “Redskins” is preposterous. One of the NFL’s most storied franchises, the Washington Redskins have honored Native Americans for eight decades and counting. Their timeless logo features a strong, stoic...
“I heard the killers call my name. I cowered in the corner of our tiny secret bathroom. My mind echoed with one thought: If they catch me, they will kill me.” Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, writes about her escape from racial slaughter in her autobiography, “Left to Tell.” Ilibagiza’s raw...