On Feb. 10, professional stand-up comedian Warren Viegas ’15 had his first filmed half-hour comedy special in Goa, India. “We had a sold-out show with 1,000 people, so it was truly incredible,” Viegas said. “Better than I hoped for.” This may be his first filmed special, but Viegas is no stranger to comedy. He...
What do space opera, doughnuts, and Hillsdale have in common? E. E. Smith. Edward Elmer “Doc” Smith is often considered the founder of space opera, a subgenre of science fiction much like a soap opera set in space. Smith wrote the first space opera novel, “The Skylark of Space,” in 1920 while working as...
For junior Glynis Gilio, the stage is like home. Gilio started acting professionally at age 9 in a production of “Christmas Carol” at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. She has since starred in productions like “Violet: A Musical” with Bailiwick Chicago Theater, participated as an extra in “The Lake House,” and even appeared in re-enactments...
When the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December, it announced its plans to continue this trend as the economy improves, which means taking out private loans to pay for college just got trickier. Hillsdale students beware: because the college doesn’t accept federal loans, you can’t get a federal student loan with a permanently fixed...
A video of Ben Shapiro graced my Facebook feed in which he purportedly “destroys transgenderism” during a Q&A session with an audience member. I clicked to watch, noting the predictable routine that plagues many speaker-audience contentions — nervous question, witty one-line response, laughter, repeat until bored or screaming at each other. (To Shapiro’s credit, he’s...