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Senior playwright Hatch produces original work
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Senior playwright Hatch produces original work

Friday and Saturday evening, the Hillsdale College Theatre Department will host a staged reading of senior Kiley Hatch’s play, “Questions for My Mother,” in Markel Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.  The play reimagines Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a one-act comedy in modern English from the point of view of Miranda, the daughter of Prospero. According to...

Let’s make art for art’s sake, not propaganda’s
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Let’s make art for art’s sake, not propaganda’s

Enough with the propaganda: I want art.  I’m not here to complain about the quality media being produced by artists or directors that happen to vote a different way than I do. What I take issue with is media that pretends to be some form of art — literature, film, painting, music — while pushing...

Campus Rec revives tradition with Naval Battle
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Campus Rec revives tradition with Naval Battle

The men of Hillsdale College proved their naval prowess on the waters of Baw Beese Lake last weekend. Dozens of student participants and spectators gathered at the local lake on Sept. 30 for the first Naval Battle, a version of capture the flag on water, since 2016.  Sophomore Sophia Schlegel helped organize the event. She...

Hardly a space to kneel in prayer
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Hardly a space to kneel in prayer

When no floor space remains, students kneel on couches to pray. Every Thursday evening, students gather at the Grotto, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church’s student outreach house, for Convivium. After enjoying a home-cooked meal, they join in an opening prayer before the week’s speaker takes the stage. Students pack onto couches or vie for...

Model students: Garden Party doubles as a runway
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Model students: Garden Party doubles as a runway

Scarlet silk, tropical ties, and Hollywood flair characterized the best looks of Garden Party 2023. Students celebrated some of the last summer weather with dancing and live music in the Slayton Arboretum on Sept. 16. This year’s Garden Party theme was “La La Land,” a 2016 musical film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. The...