Community members complained about the new parking restrictions on South Street during public comment at the Hillsdale City Council meeting Nov. 2. “It probably doesn’t mean anything to you people but it meant something to me,” said South Street homeowner Rose Miller about her home. “I loved it, you took all the parking away.” South...
Author: Monica Smies (Monica Smies)
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Joy Quartet delights at Halloween concert
The Joy String Quartet after their Halloween concert. The Collegian | Monica Smies The Joy String Quartet’s Halloween Concert featured musicians in ancient Egyptian style costumes who played for a crowd of children, teachers, parents, and college students Oct. 30. The audience filled Plaster Auditorium, which was decorated with spooky lights and friendly mechanical ghosts,...
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Horror movies are evil
Illustrated by Maggie O’Connor. Moviegoers fainted and threw up in theaters watching “The Exorcist” when it premiered in 1973 according to Parade. They couldn’t stand the disturbing visuals of a young girl’s demonic possession and the battle to restore her. Horror movies often cross the line between telling a good story with dreadful and supernatural...
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Q&A: Pulliam Fellow on writing, careers
Courtesy | Daniel McCarthy Daniel McCarthy is the Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Journalism this semester and gave a speech titled “The Crisis in Public History” Oct. 15. He is the editor-in-chief of Modern Age magazine, a columnist for the New York Post and Spectator World, and serves as the Distinguished Fellow in...
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McCarthy speaks on threat of historical revisionism
Courtesy | Dan McCarthy The fight over public history will determine whether America will be guided by the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, or become an entirely new nation, said Daniel McCarthy, editor-in-chief of the magazine Modern Age, in a lecture Oct. 15. A Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at the...