Fantastical colors, adorable animals, relatable characters, and songs that will play in your head on repeat. Disney’s newest movie, Encanto, has all the staples of a classic animation film–with some added features that catapults it over the edge. Encanto revolves around the Madrigals–a seemingly perfect Columbian family who are each gifted their own magical power...
Author: Megan Williams (Megan Williams)
Hillsdale wants more sushi
Imagine biting into the layers of the delicious Japanese dish, you can taste the soft rice, the fresh cucumbers, the tangy seaweed, the creamy avocado, and the salty salmon. Your flavor journey was just sponsored by sushi. While Johnny T’s Bistro has a Wednesday night sushi bar and Grab-and-Go once offered sushi, it is a...
Hillsdale in D.C.
While most students journeyed back to Hillsdale during orientation week, I said goodbye to Hillsdale on a 7 a.m. flight. My plane rose with the sun, and I sat in the window seat on the small Delta plane, unable to sleep or distract myself from thinking about the next three months. As the captain announced...
‘Messiah’ performed in Christ Chapel for first time
The Hillsdale College orchestra, choir, and chamber choir joined together the weekend of April 9 to perform Handel’s “Messiah” in Christ Chapel for the first time. James Holleman, a professor and chairman of the music department and the director of choirs and orchestras at Hillsdale College, described how he helped to design Christ Chapel as...
Israeli embassy nominates alumnus for ‘The Hill’ conference on Mid-East relations
Hillsdale College alumnus Shavit Rootman ‘20 represented his home country of Israel in a discussion about COVID-19 and the Middle East on “The Hill,” an independent political news site on Dec. 7. “I was contacted, out of the blue, by a lady from the Israeli embassy who told me that she wanted to interview me....




