Memories of the day Megan Bascom decided she wanted to be a dancer flashed back in an instant. She was wearing a forest green leotard and black jazz pants. She stood in a wide-leg hamstring stretch. Soft ’90s electronic music played in the background, and it was in that moment Bascom knew that she would...
Bieber’s song ‘Holy’-er than mainstream Christian music
A song at the top of the Billboard that promotes a Christian view of marriage is not something I had slated for 2020. The song was Justin Bieber’s new single “Holy,” which was released on Sept. 18 and features Chance the Rapper. When my roommate blasted it in our apartment, I was taken in by...
Art exhibit displays the Bible uncensored
Unlike the colorful picture books of biblical stories from childhood, Hillsdale College’s “Revealed” art display is not family friendly. Created in lithograph, woodcut, monoprint, and linocut, “Revealed: A Storybook Bible for Grownups,” is a collection of full-size prints that depict biblical stories. The exhibit is on display in the Fine Arts Building from...
Theatre student wins national award for paper
When senior Sarah Nolting submitted a paper in her theatre class last fall, she didn’t expect to receive a prestigious award for it months later. Her professor, Chairman and Professor of Theatre James Brandon, entered the piece into the competition for the Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Award, a national award through the Kennedy Center in Washington,...
Percussion professor records album, starts business over quarantine
Stacey Jones-Garrison called her quarantine this summer an “extended sabbatical.” Considering the fact that she used it to start her own jewelry company and record an album, the term seems fitting. “It’s a producer’s dream,” said Jones-Garrison, college artist and music teacher. “ ‘You have to stay inside.’ Well OK!” After coronavirus shutdowns sent Hillsdale...