“By day three I caught myself thinking and daydreaming in Spanish, which I’ve never done before,” said Anna Kate Hicks, a sophomore and Spanish minor. Hicks is one of nine students that traveled to Costa Rica this past summer with Todd Mack, associate professor and department chair of Spanish. The one-week-long trip served as a...
College orchestra to open this weekend
The Hillsdale College Orchestra is welcoming parents to campus this weekend with its symphony orchestra performance in Christ Chapel. On Oct. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively, the orchestra will be performing a diverse repertoire encompassing classical and modern pieces, and even movie scores. The concert will also feature the Spring...
Tower Players open season with ‘Blithe Spirit’
Despite a rollercoaster of sickness and cast rearrangement, the Hillsdale Theatre Department was able to produce and perform its first play of the fall season on time. With a symphony of crashing vases and glasses, “Blithe Spirit,” a 1941 play by Noel Coward, comedically depicted a man’s deceased wife coming back from the dead and...
Harry Styles’ live performance gives audience ‘celebration of real kindness’
Sometimes the generation gap skips a generation. When I saw Harry Styles at the United Center in Chicago last month with my two teenage daughters, the audience and the performer reminded me of books from the 90s. Back then, writers were offering an alternative to irony, and their answer is the same one Harry Styles...
Students sell homemade goods at Maker’s Market
What was once the Quad temporarily became a market square full of booths, treats, and crafts for all to purchase last weekend. On Saturday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Student Activities Board hosted their third annual craft and goods fair, Maker’s Market. Nineteen vendors set up their stands on the Quad...



