Few phrases stick like “a good man is hard to find.” Those words were probably uttered a thousand times before southern-gothic author Flannery O’Connor was born to Regina Cline and Edward Francis O’Connor in Savannah, Georgia in 1925 and wrote a short story by the same title 28 years later. They’ve probably been uttered at...
At first, it was just Anna Vincenzi, assistant professor of history, who made her home teaching at Hillsdale College. Now, she’s joined by her husband, Lorenzo Bonaiti. And they’re bringing Italy to Hillsdale. After moving to the United States six years ago, Anna and Lorenzo now teach in Hillsdale’s history and language departments respectively. Lorenzo...
Last Saturday, the Hillsdale College women’s swimming team traveled to Bethel University in Elkhart, Indiana to compete in their second in-person meet of the semester. The Chargers beat their three competitors with scores of 146-114 over Indian Wesleyan University, 176-79 over Bethel University, and 187-64 over Anderson University. In their first in-person away meet of...
There were 8,000 men on the RMS Queen Mary, and their lives were in danger. A South American Nazi spy ring was broadcasting the Allied Queen Mary’s location to as many German U-boats as it could reach as they patrolled the north Atlantic. If they caught the ship, they would torpedo and sink it. Listening...
I get hungry on Sundays. No breakfast and a long sermon demand a massive replenishment in the food department. There are grumbles. Jolts. Grunts. It’s time for a trip to the Knorr Family Dining Room for a hearty brunch. By the time I run over to Knorr, I am hungry enough to eat a real...