At first glance, it would seem unlikely that rap, a genre typically associated with racial and urban struggle, would find a significant following at a conservative college like Hillsdale. Nevertheless, students and faculty alike have professed a liking for the genre. “You find a lot of freshness in rap music that’s not present in...
Due to fluctuations in the stock market, Hillsdale College is looking to cut 5.5 percent from its operating costs. Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy Hillsdale College will cut its operating budget by 5.5 percent this upcoming year, due to a potential decrease in revenue resulting from the struggling stock market. Student tuition, gifts, and the endowment,...
Beer — whether a hoppy straw-colored India Pale Ale or a barrel-aged, almost-black stout that tastes like a liquefied loaf of bread — is more than just a drink. For the plethora of professors and growing number of students on campus who brew, beer brings people together, encourages crazy experiments, and cultivates virtue as both brewers...
Literary critics don’t agree on much about Wallace Stevens, but the poet’s latest biography proves at least this much: Stevens’ spirit animal was an elephant. The image, crafted by critic Randall Jerrell, is appropriate for Stevens. The big, blond, bumbling poet and businessman’s quiet life and obscure poetry have remained enigmatic even as his reputation...