Journalist Sam Quinones has freelanced for National Geographic, Pacific Standard Magazine, The New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and more. He spent 10 years reporting in Mexico and is the author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Addiction.” In attempting to discover how and why heroin became so prevalent in states such...
For the first time, students attending “Living and Working in Chicago” visited Google. Though privacy reasons prevented the students from seeing all of the floors of the building, they did get to see the casual, jeans-friendly uniform and the cafeteria — free, in order to encourage employees to be efficient during lunch breaks. “What’s great...
Daniel Tacke has been told he began playing piano at age 3, but he doesn’t remember his first lesson. “This goes back further than my memory does,” Tacke said. Tacke, a native of Seattle, joined the Hillsdale music staff this year as a Visiting Associate Professor of Music, focusing on teaching basic and complex theory...
The Dawn Theater in downtown Hillsdale has housed many Hillsdale events—from Derby Days, to Mock Rock, to Battle of the Bands, and more. It may now be developed into a different type of facility following its purchase by the City of Hillsdale’s tax increment finance authority (TIFA). TIFA bought both the Dawn Theater and the...
As homecoming celebrated its 100th year and the alumni association celebrated its 150th year, the alumni board held its annual alumni awards banquet last Friday to honor three distinguished alumni and one honorary alumnus. The recipients, David Hough, Kevin Shinkle ’87, Beth Deer Walker ’87, and Hans Zeiger ’07, are thriving in their respective fields...