Hillsdale College boasted in a tweet last year that there are more than 40 statues of eagles on campus, 27 of them lurking in the dim light of the Heritage Room. And it looks as if two more have come to roost in the Grewcock Student Union on the mantle above the fireplace. Two new...
Theology, intellectual rock, and the liberal arts — these are three main elements of the debut album by Birzer Bandana, a collaboration between progressive rock musician Dave Smith and Hillsdale College Professor of History Bradley Birzer. Birzer provided the concept and lyrics, and Smith wrote the music for the seven-song progressive rock album “Becoming One,”...
“As the students filed in, there was the din of voices—happy because of the renewal of friendships,” a reporter for the Collegian described the mirthful 1925 fall convocation at College Baptist Church. Yet on April 6, 2017 students will sparsely populate the balcony and the side pews of the very same church because they do...
The Pink Jalapeno Poppers, a deep-track Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band, snuck into the jazz studio in the Howard Music Building late one Sunday night to rehearse for the 2015 Battle of the Bands. I was the band’s singer. Inspired by the brash vulgarity of the Chili Peppers, we removed our shirts to rehearse...
It has been said that every American male is a failed baseball player. Mike Ilitch was no different. The son of Macedonian immigrants nearly realized the dream of every kid who grew up in the shadow of Detroit: playing for the Tigers. After serving in the Marine Corps for four years, he returned to Detroit....