Kappa’s white house: Social hub since 1923 By Vivian Hughbanks Eugene Kies was one of the earliest settlers of Moscow Township. A farmer by trade, he also bred racehorses. The Kies farm property was in Cambria Township, but Kies lived in the house that now houses the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority prior to the college’s...
Year: 2014
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Shakepeare in the Arb puts on ‘As You Like It’
Should the sun come out to stay, the Slayton Arboretum will be, like all the world, a stage, and students shall perform “As You Like It,” Shakespeare’s play. Junior Liz Whalen and sophomore Phoebe Kalthoff are directing Shakespeare in the Arb’s production this year, with performances finals weekend, May 3 and 4. They cast “As...
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The Gray Havens to come to Hillsdale
It was completely by chance that junior Tim Allen heard of the obscure, small band from a friend. It was completely by chance that while downloading their songs online he received a cover email from the band about a tour in the area. And it was completely by chance that the band’s tour was coming...
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A.A. Milne society puts on “The Ugly Duckling”
“He is a king of any country from any storybook, in whatever costume you please. But he should be wearing his crown.” So opens A.A. Milne’s play, “The Ugly Duckling,” and in this case, the King, Queen, and rest of the cast are from this country, from Hillsdale’s page in the storybook. A group of...
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Mariani visits to share his poetry, story
“Everyone has a story.” So says Paul Mariani –– poet, biographer, and Chair of Poetry at Boston College –– this semester’s visiting writer in the Wilmer Mills Visiting Writer program. His most recent collection of poems is titled “Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected, and Revised Poems,” and he has written the biographies of...