After hours of driving through a snowstorm, passing time with conversations in Latin and listening to Latin audiobooks, members of the Mensa Latina club of Hillsdale arrived in New York City, ready to participate in a spoken Latin conference. The Paideia Institute at Fordham University hosted the conference, titled “Living Latin in New York City”...
Author: Colman Rowan (Colman Rowan)
‘Same old Lions’ no longer: new hope for Detroit
Though the Lions did not get the chance to take on the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, fans can find some solace in knowing they were good. There is finally hope for the future. Before this season, Lions fans were some of the saddest people out there. I can sympathize somewhat, being a fan of...
‘Mean Girls’ tries to justify the American experiment to audience
The 2024 musical remake of “Mean Girls”4 uses the setting of the modern American highschool to toy with the same ideas as America’s Founding Fathers. As far as the plot goes, if you liked “Mean Girls” (2004), then “Mean Girls” (2024) is for you. It’s basically the same movie but as a musical, with a...
Fraternity and equality: local Freemason lodge builds community
Despite what the National Treasure movies say, the Freemasons do not control the government — at least not any more. Hillsdale’s Freemason lodge, chartered in January of 1852, was among the first lodges established in Michigan and still operates today. The Masons have two main focuses in their work,community and morality, said Senior Warden...
Professors’ Picks: Dwight Lindley, associate professor of English
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys – 1966 “Here, The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson presents not just a feel-good, puppy-love pop song, but an expression of the most elemental human desire. The whole composition, marvelously complex in its orchestration, and yet strikingly short and simple, begs for a love that is endless,...




