Two organizations in Hillsdale County may have to restructure their budgets if the cuts President Donald Trump proposed to the National Endowment of the Arts in March go into effect. The Hillsdale Arts Chorale and the Sauk Theater receive funding from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Because the grants financing these...
When Hillsdale College became Collegium Hillsdalis
Graduating seniors who didn’t take a Latin class may have trouble reading their diplomas. To polish Hillsdale’s liberal-arts reputation, Hillsdale College began presenting its graduates with diplomas printed in Latin starting in 2015. Director of Academic Services Mark Maier said in the United States, diplomas serve a more decorative and ceremonial purpose rather than a...
SATIRE: College Posts Job Listing for ‘Chapel Hunchback’
In anticipation of the new Christ Chapel, Hillsdale College administrators said Thursday that they are looking for a dedicated student to serve as the full-time hunchback on the property. “This chapel is going to be big, and it’s going to be beautiful,” Hillsdale College President Parry Larnn said in campus-wide email. “But it’s truly incomplete...
Opera, English essays, and the arts: Music makes the life of the mind melodious
When I sang through a series of warmup exercises with Voice Professor Missy Osmond for the first time as a freshman, I had one goal in mind: I wanted to sing like the women on Broadway, the stars who dig deep into their chests for those lusty strains of melody familiar to anyone with an...
Hiding Behind the Crocheted Blanket: A Generation of Laziness Uncovered
“I can’t go out tonight. I am sorry… I know. I am such a grandma,” she says with a sigh. Setting down the phone, the 20-something puts the hot water on and then turns the volume on her laptop up a little louder. Female millennials have discovered that it’s trending to be a grandma....