Essayist and journalist John Jeremiah Sullivan will visit campus on Feb. 11 and 12 as part of Hillsdale’s Visiting Writers Series. On Monday, he will read an excerpt from his work. On Tuesday, he will deliver a lecture titled “The Essay and the ‘Mag Piece’: A Double Helix.” Associate professor of English John Somerville said...
Month: February 2013
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Indecipherable scribbles: windows into the human soul
My mother keeps everything. From pig trinkets my brother and I gave to her as children to family heirlooms that friends or family gave to her since her childhood, she still has it all. Most of all, she treasures the handiwork of her two sons. Over the summer, while cleaning out my brother’s room for...
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Professional actor to perform one-man show
In addition to the piles of real snow accumulating around the Hillsdale campus, an “avalanche of E.E. Cummings” will hit the area on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Anthony Zerbe, a professional actor best known for performances in the Matrix movies, the 1989 film “License to Kill,” and 1973’s “The Omega Man,” will perform a one-man show...
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Piano duo brings romance, poetry
The music rang out, pouring from the two Steinway Grands, nestled side-by-side, and sweeping across Markel Auditorium. And even before the last notes of Rachmaninov melted into the silence, laughter rang out as well. There’s always a good deal of laughter when Artist-Teacher of Music Debbi Wyse and fellow mucisian Kristi Gautsche rehearse –– ever...
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Missed rebounds prove crippling in Charger loss
The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team lost 76-70 to the University of Findlay on Saturday, but not without putting up a hard fight. Despite having a young team and several injuries, the Chargers held the Oilers, who stand at 12-3 in the GLIAC, at bay for most of the first half. They led the Oilers...