Song: “Wayfaring Stranger” (1858) It’s a song I play on guitar and sing. It’s very beautiful, and it is one of the most highly recorded old Appalachian folk songs. Book: “Rats, Lice and History: A Chronicle of Disease, Plagues and Pestilence” (1935) by Hans Zinsser It’s a picaresque account of how epidemics have shaped...
Hillsdale College student workers can be found in every corner of campus, from the admissions office to AJ’s. Some people, however, work more niche jobs on Hillsdale’s campus. Sophomore Johannes Loock cleans whiteboards and chalkboards in Strosacker. “When I signed up for this job, I expected to be entertained by the doodles of artistically inclined...
If you could time travel to one event, which would it be and why? Jason Gehrke, history: “Well that’s pretty easy. I would go to the Resurrection.” Jason Peters, English: “The Athenaeum Club. Anthony Trollope overhears two clueless clergymen complaining about Mrs. Proudie, a character in his serialized novel ‘The Last Chronicle of Barset.’ Trollope, unable to...
It can be difficult to accept something as fact, even if it logically makes sense, Abdu Murray told the Aletheia Apologetics club Friday. “You hold an opinion in an open hand,” Murray said. “But a conviction is held in a closed fist. You hold it tight to yourself to keep it safe.” A former Muslim...
More than 130 students from Hillsdale College braved snow storms to reach Washington, D.C., for the March for Life Jan. 19. “It was incredible to realize how many people came even though the weather was bad,” sophomore Anna Heldt said. “When we turned toward the Capitol Building you could look ahead and behind and see...