“They Shall Not Grow Old” opens with black and white reels of young, British soldiers heading off to war, overlain with upbeat whistling and audio interviews of World War I veterans. Slowly, unbelievably, the footage expands and transforms into an immersive world of colorized film. The audience is transported into the daily life of a...
Only three years old, Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM is already winning national recognition. Seniors Ryan Kelly Murphy and Jenna Suchyta both placed in the annual College Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production Awards. Murphy took third place for Best Audio Newscast, and Suchyta took fourth in Best Audio Documentary for her production “A Problem of...
“Ballet is not one thing; it’s many things,” said Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs. This is important to remember as audiences attend the next performance of Hillsdale College’s Professional Artist Series. The Grand Rapids Ballet, Michigan’s only professional ballet company, will be performing their 2018-2019 season opener at the Fine Arts Building on...
When I knocked on a door in Fargo, North Dakota, the elderly man who answered told me he was a one-issue voter. That issue turned out to be abortion. As it happened, several voters told me they were one-issue voters that day, and I confidently guessed that issue to be abortion. Usually, I was right....
Hillsdale College will soon introduce a new Senior Capstone course to its core curriculum, with the Class of 2020 becoming the first to take it during its senior year. The course will be from one to three credits and last either one semester or a full year, according to Professor of History and Dean of...