Scrolling through Twitter in the middle of January, Joseph Garnjobst, professor of classics, encountered blackout poetry — a form of poetry composed by selecting words on a page from a book or printed article and blacking out all the extra words, creating a poem. The next day, he picked up an old newspaper sitting...
Year: 2018
Student Fed awards funds for Poetry Out Loud, Numana meal packing
Student Federation approved $180 for a poetry night hosted by Hillsdale College Creative Writing Club and $600 for the GOAL Program meal packing event. The Creative Writing Club will host a “Poetry Out Loud!” night at A.J.’s Café on April 19 from 7-10 p.m. Students are encouraged to read their own poetry or their favorite...
After Hillsdale, some find a home in the City of Light
PARIS — Giulia Caulfield is reclining at Charlemagne’s feet. She sits at the base of the statue facing Notre-Dame Cathedral, her ears covered by headphones and her neck shielded with a scarf. It’s a chilly March day in Paris, and although she’s done some shopping in the city, she’s still sporting what she wore back...
Softball splits with Walsh, sweeps D&E
Although the softball team took two games from Davis & Elkins College (8-14, 3-5-1 G-MAC) Friday, a cold Michigan spring cancelled Tuesday’s conference doubleheader against Lake Erie College and postponed two more games against Alderson Broaddus University. As it stands, Hillsdale is 7-5 in the G-MAC and 13-11 overall. “We needed that sweep,” senior third...
Physics department brings back cosmology, meteorology classes
The physics department is bringing back two space-related classes in the fall. Cosmology, taught by Assistant Professor of Physics Ryan Lang, will cover the history of the universe. Associate Professor of Physics Paul Hosmer will teach Meteorology, the study of weather. Neither course has been taught for several years. The department is bringing back...




