It is clearly a “Star Wars” film. There is the ever gruff and blasé Harrison Ford attempting to reprise a less arthritic version of himself. There is Carrie Fisher arising from the ether to recapitulate the mythos cemented in the days when Jabba kept her by his side in flimsy garments. There are lightsabers, blasters,...
Year: 2016
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Q&A: Reduced Shakespeare Company
Last night, The Reduced Shakespeare Company performed “The Complete History of America (abridged): Special Election Edition” for Hillsdale’s campus. The Collegian sat down with Reed Martin, performer, writer, and managing partner of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. The group, which also includes managing partner Austin Tichenor and performer Dominic Conti, has performed in the White House...
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Only ten seconds to live: Life in the Kfar Aza Kibbutz
When a group of Hillsdale students visited the Kfar Aza Kibbutz less than one mile from the Gaza Strip on Jan. 4, residents of the kibbutz had not experienced an incoming Qassam rocket in four days. Chen Abrams, who has lived at Kfar Aza nearly all her life, remarked to the group that it had...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas named 2016 commencement speaker
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will address this year’s senior class in Hillsdale’s 164th commencement ceremony. The past five classes have also considered Thomas, according to Senior Class Adviser John Quint ’09. Thomas was born near Savannah, Georgia, in 1948; received an applied baccalaureate degree from Holy Cross College in 1971; and earned...