This year’s Opera Workshop production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” or “The Town of Titipu,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic British operetta, ridicules nineteenth century Japanese stereotypes and satirizes the British political system. The boisterous storyline involves mistaken identity, doomed love, and absurd plot-twists. The opera will be performed in February or March of 2014....
Year: 2013
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An annual theatre pilgimage
Lovers of theater, professors and students alike, look forward to the annual theatre department pilgrimage to Stratford, Ontario, for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in an amazing opportunity to bond with fellow thespians and watch phenomenal professional performances. This year, 14 students and five chaperones drove up on Oct. 5 and attended five plays: William Shakespeare’s...
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Volleyball 2 for 3 at Findlay tourney
The Hillsdale volleyball team had a successful tournament this past weekend as they won two of their three matches. The Chargers came out strong in their first match on Friday when they swept Indiana-Pa. in three sets. On Saturday, Hillsdale narrowly defeated Rockhurst in five sets. The match came down to the last few serves...
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Q&A: James Matthew Wilson
Poet and essayist James Matthew Wilson is an assistant professor in the department of humanities and Augustinian traditions at Villanova University. During his career, Wilson’s compositions have appeared in journals and periodicals such as “The Dark Horse,” “Chronicles, Measure,” and “Front Porch Republic.” He is also the author of “Four Verse Letters,” a chapbook of...
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Registrar plans junior meetings
Starting this year, each Hillsdale junior will be encouraged to take a trip to Central Hall to talk with the registrar. The meetings will be “check up and planning sessions,” as Registrar Doug McArthur calls them, to make sure that students are on track to graduate in terms of credit count and requirements. “We recognize...