Month: February 2018

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On pilgrimage, Whalen travels Italy with juggling troupe
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On pilgrimage, Whalen travels Italy with juggling troupe

There are two ways to tour Rome: the normal way, and the slightly more extraordinary — where you bring juggling pins instead of cash, survive on bread, cheese, and olives, and make your parents fear you’ll never return. “We wanted to see Europe,” Professor of English Benedict Whalen said, “but there was also a component...

To mime as the spirit enabled them
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To mime as the spirit enabled them

Before they went down to the square, they smeared white paint on their faces and drew delicate black lines to accentuate their facial features. There was no crowd initially, just people milling about a public place in Guatemala. The students arrived with their director and smiled at the Guatemalans as they climbed the stairs of...

The two sides of the same podium
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The two sides of the same podium

Clifford Humphrey taught English in China for a year before enrolling in Hillsdale’s graduate program. Tom Tacoma attended Hillsdale and received his master’s degree before returning as a graduate student. Now, both have experience teaching undergraduate politics courses at the college. Teaching adjunctly is a common step toward becoming a full-time instructor, but Hillsdale College’s...

The man behind Pub & Grub
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The man behind Pub & Grub

  One day out of the entire year, Here’s to You Pub & Grub is closed—for the annual all-staff trip to a Tiger’s game. Owner Kevin Conant graduated from Hillsdale High School and went to college and received a degree in computer science, but said he only used his degree briefly in the practical world...