Spotify just lost another musical giant. Last week, Joni Mitchell followed Neil Young in removing her discography from Spotify. The boycott of the platform is centered around artists’ discontent with “The Joe Rogan Experience.” The podcast began in 2009 and has since grown to be Spotify’s most famous podcast. “The Joe Rogan Experience” amasses nearly...
The Sauk’s ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’ opens over weekend
The Sauk theater opened their 2022 season with a classic for the whole family, “Cheaper By The Dozen.” “It felt like the right story, themes, and cast composition for this moment in the world,” Executive Director Trinity Bird said. The themes of friction between children growing up and the importance of well-spent time seemed especially...
Desserts at the Dale: A Small Business Begins in the McIntyre Kitchen
If you find yourself walking through McIntyre Residence on a Saturday morning, you’re bound to be greeted first by the smell of fresh baked bread and, shortly afterward, Emily Hardy and Kate Vander Wall. Last week, these two freshmen started their own baking business, “Hillsdale St. Bakery. Although they haven’t been running the company...
Q&A: Alaura Gage dives into film and digital photography
Senior art major Alaura Gage has spent years honing her skills in an often forgotten medium: film photography. When did you start taking photos? Well if you don’t count whenever I had my first iPod, I started off doing a lot of film, like video, my freshman year of college. I went to Kenyon College...
Sliding into Sweetwater: AV visits musical retailer
Showrooms full of pianos, guitars, and violins, venues for live musical performances, remarkable customer service, and a slide—don’t forget the slide. Hillsdale College students took a trip to the Sweetwater Sound Inc. in Fort Wayne, IN on Feb. 5. “The best way to describe Sweetwater: It’s an IKEA for music,” junior Michael Thelen said. “You...




