More than 600 people crammed into McNamara Rehearsal Hall Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to watch Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance.” Never in my four years here have I seen so many attend Opera Workshop’s annual performance. I would know — I was always performing. The show attracted audiences in mass, because it’s a classic,...
The Chargers may have lost to Calvin College 148-86 and Grand Valley State University 165-61 at their Oct. 20 meet, but individual performances by junior Anika Ellingson and sophomore Victoria Addis and two strong relay swims made the competition a success. Head coach Kurt Kirner said he evaluates each meet by the times his swimmers...
Johann Sebastian Bach starts each of his hundreds of fugues the same way: The master composer beckons forth a simple strain of melody before he recapitulates the original tune. From there, he introduces a countermelody, piles on new textures and styles, and reverses the original order of the notes. It all culminates in glorious counterpoint...
Michigan public and charter schools could not hire even one graduate of Hillsdale College’s classical or early childhood education programs this past spring. That’s about to change. As Michigan education policy mandates, teachers must earn their certification from the state to work at any public or charter school. Hillsdale’s education programs do not facilitate students’...
As backpacks, shoulders, and eyelids start to sag during this season so fraught with midterms, only one thing sustains Hillsdale students and I’m sorry to tell you it’s not our love of the liberal arts. It’s fall break. The 96-hour vacation promises a retreat enjoyed alongside family or friends and with it, all the time...