The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra is making preparations for their final concert on May 7th in Markel Auditorium, featuring solos by senior Hannah Taylor and sophomore Stevan Lukich and an accompaniment of well-known and hidden classical treasures. Conductor and Music Department Chair James Holleman, has created a set list consisting of classical favorites such as...
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April 23, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
‘Stages of Life’ in art: Winners of $1,000 prize to be announced Tuesday
“It gives such divine materials to men, and accepts such leavings from them at last.” This ending line of Walt Whitman’s “This Compost” was the inspiration for sophomore Cecily Parell’s entry in this year’s thematic art competition. Parell’s work, a wet-clay sculpture of a cow skull, represents death, which she called “the great provider of...
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April 23, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Action, romance, and humor: ‘Cymbeline’ has it all
Secret marriages, contemplating suicide, and crossdressing are the stuff of many of William Shakespeare’s plays. They are all found in Shakespeare in the Arb’s production of “Cymbeline.” Running Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 at 1 p.m., the three hour show will be performed outdoors unless inclement weather moves it to Mauck’s Solarium. Student...
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April 23, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Proposal 1 faces ‘uphill battle’
On May 5, Michigan voters will choose whether or not to raise state taxes by $2 billion to fix crumbling roads and infrastructure. Although Proposal 1 would increase the amount of state money Hillsdale County receives for road work by 70 percent in 2018, many residents say the bill is too complicated for them to...
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April 23, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale men died in history’s deadliest maritime disaster
The reverberating boom and yellow flash of flame pierced the quiet darkness of the early morning hours on April 27, 1865. The blast launched hundreds of former Union prisoners of war into the cool waters of the Mississippi River, where they desperately grabbed onto each other and drowned in groups. It was the deadliest maritime...