“There are people cutting down trees in our front yard,” a woman said on the phone to her husband. “It’s alright. I told them they could,” he said. The tree cutters sought firewood to warm their houses during the propane shortage that has gripped Michigan since January, said Christopher Busch, professor of English and neighbor...
Author: Walker Mulley (Walker Mulley)
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Book club provides discussion
The discussion was heated, though friendly, between two factions who have debated the question for years: “What are Fanny Price’s merits in Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’?” Women around Hillsdale, many of them Hillsdale College professors’ or staff members’ wives, agree to read certain books, from “East of Eden” to “The Hunger Games.” In addition to...
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Unenforced marijuana ban undermines rule of law
Despite what headlines say, marijuana is still illegal in Colorado. Colorado is in the United States, where marijuana is illegal, according to the federal Controlled Substances Act. Yes, Amendment 64 was passed in Nov. 2012, lifting Colorado’s weed ban. But under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, federal law still trumps state law. As long...
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Cold
Heavy snow, in addition to high winds and frigid temperatures, has challenged the city of Hillsdale’s winter maintenance crew this season. “It’s by far the most intense winter since the `70s,” said Keith Richard, Hillsdale Department of Public Services director. DPS Working Foreman Roger Paynes said the crew’s work is never finished in weather like...
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As they like it: bringing the Bard to the arboretum
All the world’s a stage, and the players have been cast. More than 70 students auditioned for this spring’s Shakespeare in the Arb production of “As You Like It,” necessitating callbacks for the first time in two years, sophomore co-director Phoebe Kalthoff said. The Shakespeare in the Arb club stages a Shakespeare play in the...