I’m not going to lie. I started watching the Oscars Sunday night ready to pile on the hate. I am not a fan of “Family Guy” or Seth MacFarlane’s raunchy comedy in general, and I expected he, as host, was a lame ploy to liven up the ceremony. Writing the snarky review of it was...
Month: February 2013
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Book Review: ‘A Constitutional Conversation’
Following the hot summer of 1787, the American people had a difficult decision before them: would they ratify a new and stronger federal Constitution or retain a central government with so little power that it had no ability to pay the debts incurred by the War for Independence? Debate followed—in churchyards, sitting rooms, and likely...
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Poetry, painting, and sculpture appear in “Art of the Journey”
Don Tocco says the shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. And he would know. The donor and mastermind behind the annual competition titled “The Tocco Challenge,” Tocco recently released his first collection of personal artwork. Tocco published “Art of the Journey” in 2011. The book contains a variety of poetry, sculpture, photographs, and...
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Aliens and fingerless gloves: confessions of a process knitter
Sophomore Sonja Cook describes herself as a process knitter, someone who knits just to knit and doesn’t necessarily finish projects. She said she has multiple sweaters she’s started but may never finish. If Cook is stressed, she starts a new knitting project. In light note-taking classes, knitting helps her pay attention, and most professors don’t...
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‘More than shelving books’: Students study library science at Hillsdale
A prudish old woman with her hair piled atop her head in a graying bun, glasses set on the tip of her nose, compulsively hushing students and shelving books. Is this what you imagine when you hear the word, “librarian?” Brenna Henry, technical service librarian at Mossey Library, said that the stereotype is old-fashioned. “That’s...