The Tower Players took character development to a new level with nine different men and women playing the role of King Henry in the abridged and adapted version of “Henry V.” The show will be performed in the Markel Auditorium between Nov. 10 and Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and on Nov. 14 at 2...
Battle of the Bands returns, ‘Stella Anne and the Half Pints’ win
When I heard the floor crack at Elks Lodge freshman year, I thought it would be the last Battle of the Bands Phi Mu Alpha ever hosted. But for the first time since 2019, this student band extravaganza has returned — though this time on cement floors. Hillsdale students flooded into 55 Below last Saturday...
Class documentary follows lives of Hillsdale students in Civil War
“Hillsdale played such an important role in the Union and not one documentary has been made about it,” said senior Reagan Gensiejewski said. Gensiejewski and her classmates senior in a video storytelling class, Lily McHale, junior Gabrielle Beassette, and sophomore Carter McNish, are hoping to change that in a video storytelling class with their upcoming...
C.S. Lewis scholar Michael Ward speaks on new movie
C.S. Lewis scholar, Michael Ward, returned to Hillsdale last Wednesday, but this time on the big screen. In 2015, Ward was Hillsdale’s commencement speaker. The accomplished senior research fellow at Oxford University and professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University played the role of the parochial vicar in “The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘finest hour:’ new album ‘Equals’ stays true to style
When I first listened to Ed Sheeran’s “Visiting Hours,” a song from his newest album “Equals,” tears streamed down my face. I was transported to the genius of his masterpieces “The A Team,” “I See Fire,” and “Afterglow.” The gentle piano and guitar accompaniment highlights Sheeran’s soaring vocals in one of his most passionate and...




