Greek and Roman influence on the liberal arts is the focus of next week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives “Classical Greece and Rome.” The event runs from Sunday, Feb. 5 through Wednesday, Feb. 8. According to the CCA website, the classics are an essential part of education nearly lost in modern schools. This decline in serious...
Michigan’s pride in being a “Great Lakes state” may provide fun summers, but Michigan’s winters lead to a host of difficulties for its residents in the form of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or “SAD.” “I feel trapped in Hillsdale under a permacloud in the winter,” said Hillsdale resident Jessica Franklin, wife of associate professor of English...
Each November, the Grewock Student Union fills with long, community tables covered in candy and pens. A welcoming blend of Christmas and pop music greets students picking through a collection of thank-you cards and taking a seat, hot chai tea steaming in hand. Thank-you messages fill the student-designed cards as students write to donors, professors,...
After over three months of concert preparation, Tower Dancers will perform Saturday, December 3rd at 8 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. “This is our first show all student choreographed so it’s very exciting,” said Holly Hobbes, Director of Dance and Tower Dancers. According to Sophia Rome, a sophomore dance minor and student in Hobbs’s choreography class,...
On Saturday, Nov. 5, students, faculty, and staff celebrated the grand opening of the Founders Gym on Union Street. Attendees received free T-shirts with the gym’s logo: an image of George Washington flexing. Freshman Grady Stevenson said he decided to attend the grand opening of Founders Gym because he saw posters around campus. “I like...