Everyone should learn at least a little art history. The president will say I’m wrong. Unless he won’t because his public relations people won’t let him. In an address to General Electric workers on skilled manufacturing jobs and their economic viability to “make a really good living,” Obama remarked that they would probably make more...
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February 13, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Claire Zeigler: pursuing a life of music
Her mother heard her singing nonsense songs through the monitor when she was a baby. She’s played piano since age seven. By age 10, she could hum practically all of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” having attended the Joffrey Ballet’s annual performance with her mother since kindergarten. Junior Claire Ziegler, classically trained in singing since age 11, has...
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February 13, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Tennis opens spring season Sunday
Charger tennis will open their spring season at Western Michigan University on Sunday at 4 p.m., where they will face their first Division I opponent since the team’s reincarnation in 2011. After finishing their regular season in sixth place at the GLIAC championship in October, the team looks forward to getting back into match play....
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February 13, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Women’s basketball avenges ODU loss: Megan Fogt earns fifth South Division award this season
After three away games, the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team came home and defeated Ohio Dominican University 81-66. In January, Hillsdale suffered a tough loss to the Ohio Dominican Panthers. On Saturday, however, the Chargers played a solid game from start to finish. “The defense took out two of their players who hurt us the...
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February 11, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Searching for life and light
“This great evil — where’s it come from? How did it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who’s doing this? Who’s killing us? Robbing us of life and light. Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known.” So asks the protagonist, Private Witt, of Terrence Malick’s...