Hillsdale College’s Dow Journalism Program will host a screening of the documentary “Flannery” and a subsequent Q&A session with its filmmakers on Jan. 22. The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Dow A&B. Winning the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” has brought the intimate, personal details of author...
‘Bridgerton’ is an entertaining mess
Jane Austen. “Gossip Girl.” “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Put them together and you get “Bridgerton,” the Netflix and Shondaland sensation that’s so soapy and steamy it’s practically a bubble bath. The series follows the refined and close knit Bridgerton family, which consists of the Dowager Viscountess Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and her...
When it feels like Hillsdale, it feels like home: alumni find community at Valor Charter Schools
In just four years, eight Hillsdale graduates have relocated to Austin, Texas. The reason for relocating down south? Valor Public Charter Schools. It’s like Hillsdale away from home, said alumnus and fifth grade teacher Nolan Ryan ‘20. And, it’s newer than most schools. Started in 2017 by David Williams, who served as the executive director...
Exile and homeland from “Paradise Lost” to Taylor Swift
In every heart is rooted a desire to belong. There exists an elusive yet inexplicably magnetic desire to have a place of one’s own. “Home” has been defined in a myriad of ways and the stability and beauty of committed relationships is one avenue through which we experience a ‘homeland.’ The funny thing is, though...
Disney’s latest has “Soul”
I was hoping Pixar wouldn’t make me cry again, but I was wrong. I’ve always been the one who cries during cartoon films. Toy Story 3? Been there, done that. Inside Out? “I should be feeling sadness too.” I went through an entire tissue box that night. When “Soul” popped up on my Facebook...




