Students at Hillsdale College no longer have access to using the telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, after the National Science Foundation’s astronomy division divested from the project this year. The physics department has taken two trips to the Tucson, Arizona, observatory this year, after the foundation approved proposals that Assistant Professor of Physics Tim...
When I first listened to Taylor Swift’s new album, I didn’t recognize the sound. This was a new Taylor Swift. “Reputation,” Swift’s sixth studio album, is dark, despite its pop genre. Swift is moody, angsty, and sensual from beginning to end in an album that feels like one complete masterpiece. While she sings of her...
Another tragic shooting, this time in California, has left five people dead and is reigniting the debate over U.S. gun policy just in time for America to sit around the Thanksgiving table. Thanksgiving, however, is not about the turkey, the parades, the football, or even the pilgrims. It must not be overshadowed by the sales...
Jonathan Gregg, lecturer in math, gave the Tower Players’ cast of “Proof” each a sheet of paper with a rectangle and a triangle in the center of it about a month before the play’s opening night, next Wednesday in Markle Auditorium. “Do math,” Gregg told the group. It turned out about as well as you...
A crane lifted an L-shaped cornerstone and placed it into the southwest corner of the under-construction Christ Chapel on Tuesday to a round of applause. The stone proclaims in Greek and Latin: “For God and country.” Rev. Adam Rick, Hillsdale College chaplain, blessed the cornerstone during a dedication ceremony, immediately following Convocation. Provost David...