Until March 27, the Hillsdale College Bookstore is accepting submissions for their spring break photo contest. Before spring break, the bookstore encouraged students to pick up a plastic bag, take it with them wherever they were headed, and snap a picture with it. In order to enter the contest, students must submit the picture with...
Author: Natalie McKee (Natalie McKee)
‘Drowsy Chaperone’ sings down the house
In a pitch-black auditorium, from the far corner of the stage, a lone male voice says something no one expects to hear at the beginning of a musical: “I hate theater.” The voice belongs to an old man in a chair who, as the play progresses, relives fond memories of his favorite musical — Gable...
From Wheels to Spiels
Sitting in a Claremont beauty shop, three ladies got an unexpected treat when Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak handed them each a flower from a nearby florist. Just a bit earlier, President Larry Arnn and Sajak were eating lunch in a California restaurant when those ladies recognized a celebrity at the table. Arnn said...
Vaping in Hillsdale
Tucked into the strip mall across the street from McDonald’s lies Mr. Darcy’s Vapor Emporium, the new e-cigarette shop in Hillsdale. Barb Bollier, an Angola, Indiana resident, opened the store on Oct. 8, 2014. She owns another store in Angola called “Not Your Grandma’s Vapors.” She said she fell in love with Hillsdale while researching...
“Drowsy Chaperone” cast is wide awake
New York Magazine hailed it as “the perfect Broadway musical.” “The Drowsy Chaperone,” the fantastically popular 2006 play, is making its way to the Tower Players’ stage this semester. From Feb. 18 through 22, the Hillsdale Theatre Department will produce the “play within a play” which has won 5 TONY awards since its Broadway debut....