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In focus: Remembering moments of Oscars passed

When I locked the front doors to the old Dawn Theatre in Hillsdale on March 29, 1982,  I hoped I had remembered to do all my usher responsibilities. I was in a rush. I wanted to watch on TV the end of the Academy Awards; I wanted to see if “Chariots of Fire,” my favorite...

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President Kennedy inspired my generation

The students who attended my elementary school loved Sam, the school’s custodian, and he loved us. He was a pleasant person, who frequently smiled and appeared happy. On one particular Friday afternoon, however, Sam looked like something bothered him. I was in the school library with my sixth-grade class. Sam walked over to my teacher...

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Frank Capra’s wonderful visit

Most of us know that Frank Capra directed “It’s a Wonderful Life,” arguably the favorite Christmas movie of our generation. But how many of us know that Capra, whose films are the subject of next week’s CCA, spent two days at Hillsdale College during the spring semester of 1974? Dr. James Juroe, former professor of...