Disney’s strategy to remake animated classics into live-action films has definitely resulted in a mixed bag. “Cinderella” was great. “Maleficent” was OK. “101 Dalmatians” was awful. “Alice in Wonderland” was a little weird, but the author of the book was high on opium when he wrote the story, so that’s to be expected. Overall, the...
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will perform its final concert of the year at 8 p.m. on May 12 and 13 in Markel Auditorium. The first performance will be open with ticket reservations to the general public, while the second will be open to guests of graduation, donors, and families of orchestra members by...
Many times, when someone in college can play an instrument, they’ve been playing it for a number of years before they even set foot on campus. But that’s not my story — I just began piano lessons as a second-semester junior. It’s not like I haven’t wanted to try an instrument in the past, I...
Senior Forester McClatchey will deliver a public reading from his original poetry at 7 p.m. tonight in the Heritage Room of Mossey Library. The reading, open to all campus, is sponsored by the English Department in honor of both McClatchey’s accomplishments as a poet during his four years at Hillsdale and for his recent acceptance...
A sputtering flame casts shadows over the scholar’s face as he pores over the Scriptures, his bent body forming the perfect image of a studious disciple. It’s late, and the words blur on the page. Saint Augustine snuffs out the candle and falls into his concubine’s arms. In “The Confessions of X,” Suzanne M. Wolfe...