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Aria, concerto winners reflect on their journeys
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Aria, concerto winners reflect on their journeys

The winners of Hillsdale College’s 2024 Annual Student Aria and Concerto competitions described a year-long process of practice before their success on Jan. 28.  Sophomore Elena Bull, junior Paul Sri, and seniors Janae Israel, Marie-Therese Romanos, and Emiliya Smyk won the chance to perform their piece with the Hillsdale College orchestra. Sophomore Zachary Rinas earned...

Lessons from my mother on work and identity
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Lessons from my mother on work and identity

We wrestle with the fallout of feminism.  Think what you will about feminism’s tumultuous social and political history, but it’s hard to dispute the troubling findings on women’s mental health. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers from the University of Pennsylvania found women’s self-reported happiness has declined since the 1970s both overall and in comparison to...

Patricia Ransford holds a picture of her late husband. Courtesy | Patricia Ransford
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Fifty years on Union Street

  Patricia Ransford has lived in the same white wooden house on Union Street for 47 years. Inside, it has all the color and tidy charm of a dollhouse. Hymns float through the sunlit rooms and a candle burns in her kitchen. Her walls are lined with bookshelves; Ransford loves historical fiction most. “Every room...

Craft supply to host card making class Sunday
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Craft supply to host card making class Sunday

The interior of Hillsdale Craft Supply. Courtesy | Callie Shinkle Hillsdale Craft Supply will hold a Valentine’s Day card making class Jan. 28 at its 164 Lewis St. location. The class will be held in waves: participants can come any time between 1 and 6 p.m. At the event, customers will be able to purchase...