When vocal instructor Melissa Osmond selected opera scenes for this year’s Opera Workshop, she selected pieces that highlighted the vocal department’s students talents. “Don’t Make a Scene” is the 25th Opera Workshop, and almost 30 Hillsdale students displayed their talents in scenes from various operas, operettas, and operatic-style musicals. Along with adjunct instructors Emily Douglass,...
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Mock Trial team best yet after tournaments
With their success at recent tournaments, Hillsdale College Mock Trial has the highest win percentage of any mock trial team in the college’s history. Both teams 1126 and 1127 attended the Case Western Spartan Throwdown on Oct. 28 and 29, and 1126 competed at the Illinois State University Invitational this past weekend. Team 1126 placed...
Affectation, not affection: PDA is not okay
Public displays of affection are equivalent to dogs peeing on fire hydrants to mark their territory, according to a 2017 study from the Journal of Sex Research. Most men who participated in the study said that the satisfaction of PDA didn’t come from the interaction itself, but rather, from showing off their perceived superiority over...
Mock Trial beats Penn State, takes first at tournament
The Hillsdale College Mock Trial team swept their competitors with grace and class at their first tournament of the season. Two HCMT teams competed at Michigan State University’s Sixth Annual Red Cedar Invitational, facing giants like Pennsylvania State University and Case Western University. Team 1126, lead by Coach Jon Church ’17 and junior Captain Mason...
Local college fair encourages high school students to apply for college
Hillsdale County Community Foundation is doing all it can to encourage high school kids to go to college. The HCCF hosted over 70 colleges from Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio at their 12th annual college fair in Hillsdale College’s Searle Center. Over 300 students from across Hillsdale County attended, and the HCCF also had a booth...