The Trump administration’s proposed education budget for 2021 slashes federal funding for charter schools. Though controversial, this move could actually benefit students by loosening national control of education and giving states more flexibility to address students’ needs. Although the budget cuts seem to be a complete reversal of the administration’s professed support for school choice,...
Markel Auditorium was a blur of color, sound, and obscure facts this weekend. Debbi Wyse and Kristi Gautsche’s 35th annual piano concert, “The Allure of the Obscure”, featured music from little-known artists, trivia about their lives, and customized lighting that reflected the mood of each piece. Gautsche said that she and Wyse, an Artist-Teacher at...
On Feb. 7-8, Hillsdale’s Duo Pianists, Kristi Gautsche and Debbi Wyse, will perform “The Allure of the Obscure” in Markel Auditorium at 8 pm. Wyse teaches music and piano at Hillsdale, and she has performed with her good friend Gautsche for more than 30 years. For this performance, they chose unique, lesser-known pieces written for...
Corporate interests are taking over the University of Tulsa with the goal of turning its students into meek, interchangeable cogs to serve the new knowledge economy, said Jacob A. Howland, professor of philosophy at the University of Tulsa. He gave his lecture “The Crisis of Liberal Education in America: Does it Have a Future?” on...
Anyone who remembers the mainstream media’s frenzied predictions of violence at showings of “The Joker” last year will find its coverage of the peaceful gun-rights rally in Richmond, VA on Jan. 20 strikingly similar. Media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC agitated fears of violence ahead of the rally and anticipated a repeat of the...