This weekend, audiences of the Opera Workshop performance will be dazzled by enchanted instruments, daring princes, and magical sorcerers. This year’s performance will include an abridged version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” as well as five famous scenes from other well-known operas. The performances, which are free to the public, will be held Friday, Nov....
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November 6, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Art department competition continues for a ninth year
Artists are as unique as the very work they create. That’s why this coming spring, Hillsdale College art department looks to give the students a chance to showcase and present their work in the ninth annual Art Thematic Competition. This year’s department picked theme will be “Stages of Life.” With this title as a guideline,...
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November 6, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
‘Death with dignity’ is undignified
Almost everyone knows someone who has fought cancer. Many people even know someone who has lost the battle to cancer, but not many know someone who gave up to cancer. I certainly don’t, but Brittany Maynard’s family does. Last week at the age of 29, Brittany, a terminal brain cancer patient from California, chose to...
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November 6, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Campaign ads mask truth
Everyone with a television or radio knows when campaign season is in full swing. Commercial breaks contain smiling politicians, promises they can’t keep, and — of course — mudslinging. Yet the well-trained mind must endeavor to transcend these persuasive images and clichés to elect the best leaders — not the ones that sound best on...
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November 6, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
“Alexander”: A very bad day in review
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst is the classic children’s story chronicling a most unfortunate series of events one day in Alexander’s life. Now a major motion picture, Disney has made Viorst’s beloved story into a family film, casting stars such as Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner to...