“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.” So claimed Astrid Lindgren, the prolific Swedish writer who authored the iconic Pippi Longstocking series. Lindgren grew up on a small farm in...
After the Hillsdale Symphony Orchestra plays Dvorak’s off-the-beaten-track 8th Symphony, it’ll sprinkle holiday cheer with Christmas music during its winter concert, which runs Saturday to Sunday. It’s rare, but the calendar presented an opportunity for Christmas pop music this year, according to Professor of Music James Holleman. Last year, the orchestra couldn’t follow through with...
A portrait of former Republican Sen. Arthur Vandenberg hangs in the U.S. Capitol’s Senate reception room — a rare honor bestowed upon only nine senators — in part due to his role in establishing the Marshall Plan, the United Nations, and NATO. Although he was also a writer of newspaper columns, speeches, and books, he...
A six-year-old chess player slides out of her chair after finishing a game. “I’m getting good at this!” she says. “Yes, you are,” agrees sophomore Jessica Chen, who has just finished explaining how to defend vulnerable pieces. “You’re excellent. You’ve improved a lot since this morning.” The pair has played two games on a flat,...
When Hillsdale College athletes leave hotels on road trips, they make sure not to leave any of the travel-sized toiletries in their rooms. This isn’t a budgeting technique created by college students to save a few bucks, it’s a part of one of the athletic department’s revived service initiatives. In conjunction with the NCAA Student-Athlete...