Month: April 2013

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GOAL programs team up in town
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GOAL programs team up in town

Hillsdale College GOAL programs A Few Good Men and Domestic Harmony are partnering together for a work day at the Domestic Harmony shelter for women in downtown Hillsdale, Saturday, April 6. The joint group of volunteers will provide manual labor for organizing, yard work, and small maintenance projects at the shelter. The Domestic Harmony shelter...

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DANCE ALL THE DANCES

A friend of mine here, when we were only just acquainted, referred to me as the “kid who dances all the time.” She was criticizing me for having danced more than talked at the party where we’d met. She may have had a valid point. I have no regrets about the dancing, however. Perhaps I...

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Senior art exhibit features graphic design and drawings

Seniors Alex Gage, Kelly Chisum, and Michelle Smith will open their senor art gallery this upcoming week in the Daughtery Art Gallery to exhibit a mixture of graphic design, paintings, and sketches. The grand opening is April 7 from 2-4 p.m., and will remain open from April 7 through April 12. “I think we’ll have...

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Book review: ‘Father, Son, and Constitution’

“Given their roots in Texas and their embrace of that state and much of its culture, Thomas Campbell Clark and his son William Ramsey Clark probably could have become oil men, ruthless and wealthy.” So begins Alexander Wohl’s biography of Tom and Ramsey Clark. While that statement is Wohl’s first opinion, it certainly will not...

Reedmaking: investing in the instrument
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Reedmaking: investing in the instrument

The oboe is, in general, a lesser-known woodwind, but, like any instrument, requires skill and dedication. Not only does the oboist have to master the instrument, but its tempermental double-reed as well. “It is an ongoing kind of nightmare for double-reed players to have a reed that is always working well,” said James Holleman, chairman...