On a gray Saturday afternoon in February, the Proctors’ home was just messy enough to be perfectly comfortable. It was warm, the windows fogging up against the chill winter air. Carie Proctor, wearing a baseball cap and sweatshirt, from under which peeked a large, bedazzled belt buckle, moved deftly about the small kitchen, chopping, sprinkling,...
On Mar. 29, “Unplanned” a powerful movie based on the true, heart-wrenching story of Abby Johnson, an ambitious young woman who becomes the youngest abortion clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood will be released in theaters. I had the privilege to view an early showing of the Pure Flix film while at the...
Netflix’s new docu-series “Losers,” released in March 2019, offers a different take on success and seeks to combat a culture obsessed with winning by telling the stories of famous – and less famous — athletes who failed, and the lessons they learned by that failure. “Losers” develops this premise across a surprising variety of sports,...
Fewer rising juniors were given permission to live off campus in the 2019-20 academic year, due to a smaller freshman female class and the planned re-opening of Galloway men’s residence. When deciding which students receive off campus permission, the deans consider a student’s high school graduation date — in order to account for students who...
Last Saturday, I sat beside my husband in a pew at the Hillsdale Free Methodist Church listening to a series of eulogies for Professor of Philosophy Donald A. Turner, who passed away Nov. 21, 2018. Few of our current students will remember Turner, who retired in early 2015, but from a colleague’s perspective, Don’s retirement...