To American ears, the words “Taliban” and “terrorism” are often synonymous. So naturally, people were astounded to find out that the Trump administration began negotiating with Taliban almost a year ago, desperate to end the conflict in Afghanistan that has been going on since 2001. After planes crashed into the World Trade Center 18 years...
If you know one song by The Eagles, it’s probably “Take It Easy.” The moody 1970s California rock band enjoyed enormous career success with that song from the get-go, success that continues into our own age. Despite a change of band members and a generation and a half of newer musicians on the market,...
When Maxwell Berger took the first hit of a Juul e-cigarette at the age of 18, he didn’t know it would lead to a vaping addiction, resulting in permanent left-side paralysis, speech impairment, and a 50% loss of vision in both eyes less than four years later. Berger suffered from a massive hemorrhagic stroke in...
This year, the Hillsdale College faculty woodwind quintet is trying something new. Their fall concert, which will be held at the Conrad Recital Hall on Sept. 22, will feature music written by female composers. The woodwind quintet is composed of five adjunct instructors of music and includes Jaimie Wagner, playing the flute; Liz Spector...
Amid Russian doll sales, internationally-renowned song-and-dance performances, authentic Russian blini pancakes, and a showing of the Borzoi dog breed, Michigan locals immersed themselves in Eastern European culture at the sixth annual Russian Festival in Ann Arbor on Saturday. A group of parishioners from St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church, Ann Arbor’s local Eastern Orthodox Church, hosted...