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Dress creatively for President’s Ball

New York’s Met Gala is the one night in the year in which the conventions of fashion are flipped on their head. On Saturday, the Met Gala will come to campus. What is craziest is in vogue, and students should take advantage of that.

At this year’s President’s Ball, students should ditch their evening gowns and suits for the craziest outfits they can muster. Halloween may have passed, but the opportunity for students to dress up has not.

The MET Gala is much more than a red carpet event. Looking nice is not enough; creativity is demanded. Absurdity and elegance fuse in a spectacular evening. By embracing the theme, students can transform Prez Ball into much more than just another annual event.

While students may not have a team of designers and stylists to make $20,000 dresses and perfectly tai-

Liberal media attacks are a good thing for Hillsdale

By Catherine Maxwell

Liberal media criticism about Hillsdale College only make the school stronger.

These hit pieces artfully take facts about the college and present them in a way that attempts to discredit the school and promote a leftist agenda.

“Hillsdale has mixed fast-moving streams of education, politics, culture, patriotism, and religion into a roaring rapids of what some might call militant, white, Christian nationalism,” the Detroit Metro Times declared in November.

In its lengthy article, The New York Times subtly suggests the college engages in multiple kinds of discrimination. “As a result, the college does not follow Title IX guidelines on sex discrimination and the handling of sexual assault cases and it has refused to engage in the otherwise required reporting on student race and ethnicity, let alone develop an affirmative action plan,” the Times said in 2018.

Articles like this appear to be bad publicity for the school, but they are actually beneficial in two key ways.

The first is advertising. Hillsdale is no stranger to advertising. One can find their ads on the biggest conservative talk shows and news stations, and their publications reach millions. But even here, in an area where Hillsdale has such a stronghold, a good (or bad) hit piece can make a difference.

Take the publications that have written about Hillsdale in the past few years. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic have written “unbiased” stories attacking the school. Michigan-based papers like Detroit Metro Times have also attempted to discredit Hillsdale. Combined, they reach millions of readers.

The impact is significant. The average reader of Impri- theNew York Times, Washington Post, and Atlantic into one group and assume they always believe what they read, one should not make that mistake. Many would read about Hillsdale’s mission statement and agree that it is the most racist thing they have ever seen. Others, however, would be curious, and that curiosity would them off so soon. Those people would do their own research and perhaps become the school’s newest supporters.

The second way hit pieces are beneficial is that they confirm that the school is heading in the correct direction.

To illustrate this point, one must look at the values the publications of these articles espouse. They promote almost if not total leftist ideology and condemn anything that dares contradict their beliefs. Anything widely concerned good or true must be seen as evil or false.

If a paper with those values attacks Hillsdale so viciously, Hillsdale must be doing something to draw their ire. Most recently that has been the charter school initiatives, which a Washington Post editorial accuses of “[spreading] the gospel of the right-wing” and “[rewriting] American history, particularly when it comes to civil rights.” lored tuxedos, the all-inclusive MET theme is perfect for a college budget.

Ever wanted to wear your comforter to a formal event? Now is your chance. Perhaps you want to make a political statement. I’m sure you can find an ill-fitting white sheet to scrawl some trite political slogan on. When in doubt just throw a lampshade on. Katy Perry did, so why not you?

The evening is restricted only by the scope of one’s imagination and resourcefulness.

Nothing is more upsetting than seeing celebrities fumble the MET’s extravagant themes, and nothing would be more upsetting than to see students not even try. Wear anything, literally, anything. But wear nothing boring.