At the beginning of his newest book of poems, “The Fiddler of Driskill Hill,” poet David Middleton tells his readers that he and his companions “give ourselves to what we had possessed / Too rudely in the day.” This line contains two of the major themes or atmospheres in Middleton’s new work: the darkness of...
Year: 2013
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Q&A: Kim Strassel
Kimberley Strassel is a member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial board, and has written the Potomac Watch Column there since 2007. She’s a graduate from Princeton University, and started her work at the Wall Street Journal in 1999. How did you shift into journalism? When I was at Princeton, I got an after-school job...
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Dow Journalism Program Hosts columnist Kimberley Strassel
The Hillsdale College Dow Journalism Program is hosting Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel, who will be lecturing on “The Second Obama Term” on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in Dow A&B. Strassel, a graduate of Princeton University, joined the WSJ editorial page in 1999 after spending four years writing for the WSJ Europe. She...
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Veterans Hall of Fame ceremony next week
The 13th annual Veterans Hall of Fame and Awards Ceremony is on Nov. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church on Beck Road in Jonesville. The Veterans Hall of Fame was established in 2001 by Roger Yoder, a Hillsdale College employee, and many inductees have connections with the college. “The college has...
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KKG Swamp Stomp on Saturday
The annual Kappa Kappa Gamma Swamp Stomp is set to take place at 11 on Saturday morning at Hayden Park. The theme for this year’s race is “Stomp out Hunger”. All of the proceeds from the race will be donated to King’s Kupboard, a local food pantry to help local people in need. The race,...