The visually stunning mediocre highlight reel of a great book. That is the “Ender’s Game” movie. Based on the novel by Orson Scott Card, the film will neither thrill fans of the book, nor will it cause them to swear to kill the director with a dull plastic spoon. Viewers unfamiliar with the story will...
Year: 2013
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Hillcats to perform faculty jazz recital
The HillCats –– the Hillsdale College Faculty Jazz Ensemble –– will be performing this Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium. No tickets are required, and the event is free to all who wish to attend. The ensemble will be playing the music of Billy Strayhorn, a famous jazz pianist and composer who...
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Operation Christmas Child
The women of Niedfeldt Residence will embrace the Christmas spirit early as they help prepare for Operation Christmas Child’s annual Pack-A-Box party at College Baptist Church. Hannah Wolff, sophomore resident assistant, organized the event. They decided to help with Operation Christmas Child last year as they brainstormed for dorm events, she said. “I grew up...
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Hillsdale from a veteran’s view
Heroes walk Hillsdale’s halls. They eat the same pizza at lunch, use the same classrooms, and see the same flag flying over campus day in and day out. They know better than anyone what “strength rejoices in the challenge” and “pursuing truth, defending liberty” mean. They have pursued it in sweat. They have defended it...
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Metaxas named commencement speaker
Eric Metaxas will deliver this spring’s commencement address, the Provost’s office announced on Tuesday. Metaxas is a well-known writer of many genres and mediums, including children’s literature and television, as well as popular theology and history. His biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer went on to be a New York Times best-seller in 2011. Senior class president...