If you could time travel to one event, which would it be and why? Jason Gehrke, history: “Well that’s pretty easy. I would go to the Resurrection.” Jason Peters, English: “The Athenaeum Club. Anthony Trollope overhears two clueless clergymen complaining about Mrs. Proudie, a character in his serialized novel ‘The Last Chronicle of Barset.’ Trollope, unable to...
Iain McGilchrist spoke about the relationship between the sciences and the humanities. Courtesy | Hillsdale College We need to integrate the humanities with the sciences in order to have a holistic understanding of the human person, according to psychiatrist and neuroscience researcher Iain McGilchrist. The psychology department hosted McGilchrist for a lecture titled “The Divided...
Shopping in Jonesville is the perfect activity for a Saturday afternoon while walking off your ice cream from The Udder Side. The local shops welcome customers with warm greetings, displaying everything from trendy home essentials to Carhartt overalls. At Powers Clothing, several members of the Pope family will greet you. The Popes have kept the...
The national qualifiers on the women’s track and field team traveled to Pittsburgh, Kansas, over the first weekend of spring break to compete in the NCAA Division II championships. The qualifiers in attendance were seniors Shura Ermakov, Liz Wamsley, Katie Salyes, and Katie Weldy, and junior Averi Parker. Ermakov finished sixth in the 400m dash,...
In this Quick Hits, Public Services Librarian Brenna Wade talks squirrels, Wales, and movies. What book are you reading right now? “Tales from the Café” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, second book in the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series. How long have you wanted to be a librarian? Ever since junior year of high school, around...