A visiting painting of a stark old woman, the mother of American-born painter James McNeill Whistler, is drawing Hillsdale College students to the Chicago Institute of Art on Saturday. The trip costs $45 and covers transportation, a ticket, and dinner. Professor of Art Barbara Bushey said everything on display at the institute is worth the...
To catch silver carp, Youtube will show you that all you need is a baseball mitt and a boat engine: the engine will startle them so they leap out of the water and into your glove (warning: flying silver carp smack fishers and knock kids into the water). It’s a homegrown solution, but...
Both doors of Lane 125 were open: students, faculty, and visiting parents filled every seat, leaned in the doorways, sat on the ground, slouched against the walls, drew up folding chairs. The panelists of the Lyceum’s March 3 “Liberal Arts Friday Forum,” on the limits of language, included Peter Blum, professor of philosophy and culture,...
After running into some roadblocks in app development, Enactus members said they plan to launch their ride-sharing service app, now named ChargerX, in mid-April. Senior Tucker Phillips, co-president of the entrepreneurship club, said finding an app developer fluent in English and charging reasonable prices delayed the group’s plans. American app developers were too expensive, and...
Hillsdale resident Penny Swan, who has only missed one city council meeting in the last three years, has plans to run for city council in Ward 4 this November. Swan said she wants citizens to feel good about local government and that, currently, residents do not feel they have a voice because the council is...