For senior Nyan Paing Tin, coming to Hillsdale College three-and-a-half years ago meant leaving his family in Yangon, Burma behind and stepping into a strange new world. Before then, Tin’s only experience of the United States came from Hollywood movies, so the rural city of Hillsdale didn’t quite fit his expectations. “I always thought America...
Month: February 2013
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Collin Barnes brings passion to Hillsdale
Professor of Psychology Collin Barnes may not be instantly recognizable as a self-described former “straight-laced high school kid with a deep appreciation for grunge rock and the counter culture.” But there are still traces of the young marching-band member to be found in the rock ‘n’ roll loving professor. The man who was close friends...
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Don’t underestimate musical theater
I was introduced to musical theater long before I knew that such a thing as “opera” existed. So when I first heard the “Queen of the Night” aria from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” I was naturally both entranced and appalled. Entranced, because there’s absolutely no way to listen to Diana Damrau sing her heart out...
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An imaginative approach to Christianity
Balaam son of Beor was riding his donkey down the road with a mission to curse Israel, when an angel from God suddenly stood in the path. The donkey saw the angel, and halted. Three times, the donkey balked and Balaam –– who could not see the angel –– beat his beast rather than turn...
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Tyler Blanski: releasing wonder from the moorings of pessimism
In Professor of Religion Michael Bauman’s course “Theology of Romantic Love,” Tyler Blanski ‘06 was one of two men in a class of 15. He was not chatty. But he wasn’t reluctant to talk either. The other male in the classroom was a silent guy. But that didn’t seem to bother Blanski. “He was the...