Why did you want to visit Hillsdale? In my professional life, I often find myself in a position where I am a representative of religious belief within secular audiences and, at other times, I find myself as a representative of secular culture speaking to religious audiences. I am politically fairly progressive, and I feel very...
Hillsdale junior Nathan Stanish is a social media celebrity. But not on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or YouTube. Stanish has 20,000 followers on Quora, where he has 87 million content views and holds the top most-viewed writer spot in multiple topics, ranging from Marvel to tennis. “I don’t exactly remember how I found out he was...
A terraced stage lit by warm pink, purple, and orange lighting, long canvases that frame a thrust-style stage, and long Regency era dresses will all bring the warm, romantic mood of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” to the Markel Auditorium from Oct. 4-8. Despite these scene builders and even the presence of Jane Austen’s recognizable...
Anton Chekhov never set a play in a Hillsdale frat house, but Michigan native and New York playwright Roman D’Ambrosio did last month in Manhattan when he staged a reading of “Hillsdale,” based on Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” The play, which takes place in the fictional house of a disbanded fraternity chapter, follows two former fraternity...
The Holy Trinity of orientation questions seems to be “What’s your major? Where are you from? How did you hear about Hillsdale?,” and every member of Hillsdale’s class of 2027 will have to answer them at least a couple times. But more than just the sum of its offered majors, expansive geographic pull, or its...