Whit Stillman is an American writer and director. He earned a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 1990 film “Metropolitan” and directed “Love and Friendship,” an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel “Lady Susan.” He spoke Wednesday night at the Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series “Jane Austen on Film.” Q:...
Two Hillsdale College shooting teams, Olympic-Style Rifle and Pistol, are now accepting applications from students looking to join the competitive team for its upcoming shooting season. Bart Spieth, rangemaster of the John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Center, who led the college’s shotgun team to its first national championship in 2012, said now is an advantageous...
John Adams asserted that the constitution “was made only for a moral and religious people” and is “wholly inadequate to the government of any other,” according to Professor of History Mark Kalthoff. This meant colleges had an important role to play in inculcating virtue in the American republic. The Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship...
The Hillsdale College Politics Department is hosting its first-ever essay competition, the Robert H. and Susan M. Rewoldt Essay Contest in Politics. Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to submit essays with a maximum word count of 1,500 words on the topic of “Socialism and the Challenge it Poses to Freedom.” The first-place winner...
Hillsdale County Emergency Management Department plans to commence construction of a new facility this spring. Led by Doug Sanford, the new facility will create storage for personal protective equipment, which there was a dire need for in the height of the pandemic, according to Sanford. “We quickly realized we didn’t have any place to store...