On the stage appears a sparsely-furnished house, and in and around the house there are frozen figures. Beside the house in a spot of light, a smiling man speaks in a richly inviting Irish lilt. A memory begins. The Tower Players’ production of the late Irish dramatist Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” opened yesterday evening,...
Professors shared books with young students Oct. 18 through 24 as part of the Hillsdale Community Library’s Teen Read Week activities. Four professors read at the invitation of Laura Negus, Children and Teen Service Librarian and wife of Visiting Professor of History Samuel Negus. Negus, Lecturer in History Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of English Kelly...
As the semester flies by, seniors who are just not satisfied with four years of college are frantically finishing up applications for more. Juniors of like mind should begin reflecting on the prospect of further study and planning ahead. Here is a rough outline of the graduate school application process, and advice for juniors looking...
External Affairs | Courtesy June Roche loved people — to help and to care for them. The first wife of former Hillsdale President George Roche III died Oct. 16. She was 79. Those who knew her remember the passion and energy with which she sought to bless even strangers she encountered. One of her...
Put the American Moses on the $10 bill. Harriet Tubman led her people out of bondage. She was a slave, a fugitive, an abolitionist, a spy, a suffragette, and one of America’s greatest women. Currency is a means for countries to celebrate their heroes and educate their citizens. America must remember Harriet Tubman better, and...