I don’t expect you to have heard of North Adams. The town is literally a crossroads with a blinking yellow light suspended in the center, and from what I can tell, this does not cause anyone to slow down or speed up.It does host a nudist colony (in the summers, though, in case you were...
Year: 2014
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‘Winter’s Tale’: the book revisited
I had a suspicion, about a month ago, that the cruel Michigan winter would not end until I finished Mark Helprin’s 1983 novel “Winter’s Tale” — as if the 700-page, epic, real-world fantasy is somehow capable of directly intertwining itself with the lives of its readers. And, in many ways, it absolutely is. Those of...
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Book club provides discussion
The discussion was heated, though friendly, between two factions who have debated the question for years: “What are Fanny Price’s merits in Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’?” Women around Hillsdale, many of them Hillsdale College professors’ or staff members’ wives, agree to read certain books, from “East of Eden” to “The Hunger Games.” In addition to...
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Good friends, good food, and the good book
Last semester, Hillsdale had a Bible study in every dorm, seven studies offcampus, and seven sports team studies. There were five Greekhouse studies. All of these studies were connected with InterVarsity, but more continued independently. Now, students continue the growth and community. Junior Hannah Ahern is leading a new study in the art department. It...
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Inside the Igloo
A group of Simpson men build a fire inside an igloo where they roast marshmallows, eat Swedish fish, and tell ghost stories. Freshman Alex Reuss downloads “The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace,” a fairy tale, onto his phone and begins to read aloud. Senior Garrett Holt, junior Evan Gensler, sophomore Colin Wilson, and freshman Ian Gensler pass around...