They’ve played at Lollapalooza. They’ve produced music for films. They’ve even opened for Kanye West. Now, the power-pop band Jukebox the Ghost is headlining SAB’s annual Centralhallapalooza. The band was set to perform at last year’s CHP but the show was canceled due to COVID-19. This is the band’s first in-person concert since December 2019...
Author: Sofia Krusmark (Sofia Krusmark)
To the culture of Hillsdale: Thank you
Some clothes we’ll wear for the rest of our lives. Graduation gowns and caps aren’t among them. As I walked home from campus last Thursday, clutching the clear plastic bag with the clothes I’ll wear for just a few hours at commencement on May 8, I felt the weight of this season. My time at...
The president, the ambassador, and the Ethiopian refugees
On Nov. 2, 1930, a young man snapped the last color photo of an Ethiopian prince being crowned emperor. Excitement rushed up his spine as he watched the ceremonies, he described in his memoir. He didn’t know Emperor Haile Selassie I would be killed years later by a communist coup, ending the 3,000-year monarchy. The...
Open chairs at open tables: An Easter in Hillsdale
Not a table was full in the Knorr Family Memorial Dining Hall on Easter morning. Most were empty. Few voices scattered throughout the hollow hall. The bright yellow chickadee, coconut covered cupcakes were the liveliest thing to be seen. (Well done, Bon Appetit.) Most Sundays at this time, lines snake through the overcrowded cafe, creating...
‘A life to praise and to prize’: Batman comes to Hillsdale
Stephen A. “Tony” Batman has made more money than most people his age, but his biggest piece of advice for Hillsdale students at a lecture last Thursday was not to overvalue money. “There’s nothing wrong with making money, but some people make money their entire life,” Batman said. “If you ask them what is most...