For the past three years, I have cultivated the tradition of staying on campus for fall break, taking advantage of the quiet to catch up on reading and get ahead on papers. I love the way the school drains of students, and the places that usually bustle with hump-back-packed bodies assume a strange stillness. In...
I’m always down for a body-positivity movie. When Friday night rolls around, and I cozy up in socks and sweats to munch popcorn and chill, I don’t want an art film. I don’t want a movie to make me think too hard or feel obliged to appreciate the perfect combination of reality and pain. I...
Last night in Markel Auditorium, the Tower Players performed the first show of the season, Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s Spanish comedy “Life is a Dream.” When I sat down in the darkening auditorium to watch the dress rehearsal performance of “Life is a Dream,” a plummy purple glow lit up a zodiac pattern on...
Next week swords will flash and guns will fire in Markel auditorium when the Tower Players perform Pedro Calderón’s tragicomedy “Life is a Dream.” Shows will run Oct. 3 to 6 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 20th century Spanish play recalls the...
Hillsdale College welcomed new Assistant Professor of English Elizabeth Fredericks to the English department faculty this fall. Originally from southern California, Fredericks earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Hope College in Michigan. She continued her education in seminary at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fredericks earned her master’s degree in 20th century British...