Less than a week from today, the world will change. As the last ballots are counted late into the night and throughout the next morning, all will hold their breath for a result that will shake the foundations of what we know and hold dear. This is “the most important election of our lifetime.” The...
When TMZ published images of Liam Payne’s dead body Oct. 16, it denied his family the courtesy of being notified by the authorities of his death and violated their privacy — a line even the most invasive of fans wouldn’t cross. Readers should pressure TMZ to change by avoiding it. As a proud One Direction...
As October comes to a close, the American media apparatus begins its biennial harvest. The “October surprise” is an event wherein political actors and campaigns unleash last-ditch negative PR about their opponents, while the media collects and reports it. The goal is to make a party’s opponent look personally bad, because a voter’s final decision...
The air loom is a mind-control device capable of manipulating and influencing the thoughts of an individual from afar. James Tilly Matthews wrote of a network of these devices operated by gangs across London in his journal during the late 18th century. The victims targeted by the loom, including Matthews himself, could experience everything from...
Think you, an aspiring novelist, are too creative to write for The Collegian? Think again. I entered Hillsdale proud of my writing abilities. I could crank out an easy A on a high school essay and had whole journals full of original stories. Imagine my surprise when the first few Collegian articles I submitted got...