“What can a white guy teach me about African American literature?” Josh Andrew ’14 faced this challenge when he walked into a class of fifteen African American high school seniors at Colby High School in Detroit. The seniors laughed when they saw that their teacher was a white man. Since September 2014, Andrew has taught...
Month: February 2015
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A Penny for perfection
When Penny Proctor discovered she would graduate from Hillsdale College with a perfect GPA, campus erupted. Until 1977, only men had graduated with a 4.0 GPA, a barrier Proctor broke as a double major. Proctor heard the news from several faculty members as a student and was “shocked.” While not certain of the reason it...
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The lessons of war in film
“‘Racism and violence comprise the majority of ‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit,’ declared Andy Reuss last week (“‘American Sniper’ and killing the other,” Jan. 29). This is a painfully shallow assessment,” wrote Michael Aavang, in last week’s response to my film critique. I couldn’t agree more. Which is exactly why I wrote the 764...
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Dawn doused in community support: Hillsdale’s historic Dawn Theater survives threat of closing its doors
An outpouring of support for local, live-music venue the Historic Dawn Theater saved it from closing on New Year’s Eve. Since then, an “uptick in business” assures its doors will remain open for now. Co-owners Jeff and Marcy Horton decided to keep the theater open on a temporary basis after a Dec. 31 closing announcement...
