After 43 years at Hillsdale College, Mossey Library Director Dan Knoch will retire at the end of this semester. Knoch came to Hillsdale College in 1976, after graduating from Western Michigan University in 1975 through its American Library Association accredited program, and since then, he has progressed from librarian to director. As a director, he...
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Shakespeare in the Arb takes on ‘Measure for Measure’
Shakespeare in the Arb promises to be different this year with one of Shakespeare’s weirdest and darkest plays, according to junior and director Andrew Kennedy. The annual performance will be held at 2 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday. The play is being held in the Mauck Solarium instead of the Slayton Arboretum, due to weather...
Harry James Orchestra plays jazz ‘at a higher level’
As the audience laughed softly at the story just told onstage by conductor Fred Radke, Radke turned from the microphone to the Harry James Orchestra and counted off, “One, two, a one, two, three,” and the sounds of trumpet, trombone, and saxophone filled the Searle Center. Off to the side of the stage, couples and...
Former professor introduces Great Books program at University of Nebraska
Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and former Hillsdale College professor John Freeh is introducing the Great Books program to inspire the “pursuit of wisdom” at their center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus. The Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, according to its website, is an educational program in...
Science, math honoraries answer student questions
Hilldale’s Sigma Zeta math and science honorary, Tri Beta biology honorary, and the American Chemical Society came together for an event at Rough Draft on March 30 to answer students’ most-asked questions. In the week leading up to the event, the clubs asked students to submit questions on what they have always wanted to know,...