“The Fractured Prism” offers a complex account of a futuristic and dystopian, socialist America through the eyes of 21-year-old Ivan 181375. 2018 alumnus Brendan Noble’s recently self-published book is set 99 years after the Third American Civil War. In this fictional world, a third civil war destroyed an American monarchy and divided the People’s Democratic...
Linda Gregerson, born and raised in Elgin, Illinois, is a Renaissance scholar, classically trained actor, and science devotee, writes lyric poetry exploring the connections between science and art. She is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, where she teaches creative writing and directs the...
Walking into Theatre History 302, Eric Rygh had little idea that he would begin an intimate friendship with deceased playwright Richard Wagner—a 14 page friendship. Senior theatre minor Eric Rygh recently won the ACTF Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. “I saw the notification on my phone, and I...
“I envy the audience being able to hear it all for the first time,” freshman violinist Victoria Nunez said of Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. The audience will have that chance this Saturday and Sunday as the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will be performing it in the Markel Auditorium. Saturday’s performance will be at 8 p.m.,...
The first pea soup I ever ate was George Washington’s pea soup. I’ve never had much of a taste for anyone else’s. On one of multiple summer road trips to Virginia, my family toured Mount Vernon, the beautiful historic home of the first American president George Washington. Rather unsurprisingly, when perusing the gift shop, I...