SAB hosts first-ever faculty review talent show

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SAB hosts first-ever faculty review talent show
Greg McLogan recorded his time at Hillsdale in 1986, before it was cool. Courtesy | Isabella Redjai

Professors will have the chance to share their talents with the student body at the Student Activities Board’s first-ever Faculty Revue at 7 p.m. on March 5 in Plaster Auditorium. 

Zane Mabry, directory of student activities, said the event will include many different acts to keep the student body entertained. 

“This is a pretty new event for us. I am excited for the event as a whole,” Mabry said. “I think it will be really fun and we will have some good characters up on the stage throughout the evening.” 

Mabry said this event will be a fun experience, as well as quite comical. 

“There will be a handful of different acts of various talents and performances that the professors are doing,” Mabry said. “We do not want to give away all the acts but we have advertised the Schleuters singing a few songs and Dr. Miles Smith will make an appearance doing something fun.” 

Kenneth Calvert, professor of history, said he is looking forward to the event. He said he is thankful to Mabry and senior SAB member John Biscaro for helping make this event happen. 

“They asked me to be the emcee because back in the day forty years ago when I was in my twenties I used to be a stand up comedian and do a lot of emcee kind of work,” Calvert said. “So they asked me if I would step in and do that.” 

Calvert said he is looking forward to his act, as well as those of many of the other professors performing. He said this will be a time where students can see hidden talents professors would not otherwise reveal. 

Calvert said he is most looking forward to hearing Nathan Schlueter, professor of philosophy, and his wife sing. He said there will be some actual talent to look forward to at this event. 

“I am excited to hear Dr. Church tell some stories,” Calvert said. “Apparently he is a really good storyteller.” 

Schlueter said he is looking forward to spending an evening singing a three-song set of folk and bluegrass favorites with his wife. 

“If there is unity to the set, it is the kind of love that rescues a lost romantic, celebrates the joy of desire, and mourns the loss of a friend, in this case a mule, and maybe something more,” Schlueter said. 

Riley Arlinghaus, student activities programs assistant, said she has loved getting to work with many professors and discovering different skills they use. 

“I think we forget in class to see professors as humans. This event should be very humanizing for them,” Arlinghaus said. “To get to know them outside of the classroom setting will be super fun.”