This past weekend, I and a group of fellow classicists voyaged to Ann Arbor for a research trip and chose a local Indian restaurant for lunch. After the meal, it took us more than a little concentration to gather our long-unused math skills and evenly divide the check, give money to the right person, and...
Author: Teddy Sawyer
Falling in love with the spotlight, from off stage
Anne Peterson fell in love with the spotlight, but not in the usual way. Senior Anne Peterson grew up in Minneapolis, Minn., enveloped in one of the artistic centers of the country, attending and enjoying the theatrical opportunities enough to be “the unofficial photographer” for her high school theater. Theater was always an interest, but...
An annual theatre pilgimage
Lovers of theater, professors and students alike, look forward to the annual theatre department pilgrimage to Stratford, Ontario, for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in an amazing opportunity to bond with fellow thespians and watch phenomenal professional performances. This year, 14 students and five chaperones drove up on Oct. 5 and attended five plays: William Shakespeare’s...
A Room with a View
Each night before bed and each morning upon waking, sophomore Marilyn Schoenle looks out her west-facing Mauck Residence window upon the sun setting over a lake, despite having four white walls and a single south-facing window. For the first time in recent memory and with permission from the dean’s office, Schoenle painted a mural on...
College choirs perform final concert of the year
The final Hillsdale College concert choir of the year will feature a collaborative performance of “Lux Aeterna” by Morten Lauridsen, which incorporates aspects of the requiem text. The concert will additionally recognize the graduating seniors in their final concert. They will perform on April 21 at 3 p.m. at College Baptist Church, performing a selection...