Nicholson Baker’s mind captures the “fine suddenness” of every moment. His work fixates on the minutiae of the everyday experience while largely ignoring the notion of a plot. His dense, accurate prose tightens the reader’s grip on reality. Two of his more recent projects, however, develop a compelling and sophisticated narrative. His two most recent...
Walking into the Chicago branch of Google’s corporate headquarters is like walking into the Google homepage, but instead of a blank white screen, concrete walls and pillars frame a fluorescently-lit model of the iconic tetrachrome logo. As part of Living and Working in Chicago, 11 Hillsdale students found themselves on the other side. The visit...
On Nov. 1, writers all over the world stash away their Halloween costumes and pick up their pens, ready to participate in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Participants in NaNoWriMo write every day of November aiming to complete a first draft of a 50,000 word novel — about 1,667 words per day. “The goal...
On Oct. 26th, the United Nations’ Educational Science and Cultural Organization voted away more than 2,700 years of Jewish history. The 10-2 decision with eight abstaining made by the organization’s executive board, the World Heritage Committee, claimed that the State of Israel and Jewish people don’t have enough historical or cultural connection to the Temple...
While the two InterVarsity employees working with Hillsdale College’s chapter chose to stand this summer with the organization’s reaffirmed position on sexuality, including support of traditional marriage, employees nationwide who don’t affirm that belief are being “involuntarily terminated,” according to an InterVarsity press release. After a lengthy process of affirming its theological position on sexuality,...