Scottish folk-singer and song-writer Jim Malcolm dazzled students and faculty alike at a concert in Markel Auditorium on Sunday, Sept. 16. Later that evening, Malcolm entertained a dedicated group of about 20 for two hours during an interactive workshop on the poetry of Robert Burns in Conrad Recital Hall. “[Robert Burns] is just a monster,”...
Auditions are finished, the cast is decided, and the Hillsdale College theater department has released its final list of upcoming performances, including “The Trojan Women” and “Medea.” Both plays were written by the Greek playwright Euripides. With only four weeks until the premiere, preparations have already begun for “The Trojan Women,” with both new and...
It’s a disgusting, excellent work. Seldom do those two adjectives belong next to each other in a sentence, but it’s the best way to describe Nathan Harden’s new book “Sex and God at Yale.” It’s a curious combination — a memoir mixed with a devastatingly thorough exposé of the ongoing moral decay at Yale. In...
After twelve competitors braved their way through a night of auditions on Sept. 6., sophomore Carrie Blanton and freshman Dani Shillingstad were announced the newest vocalists in Hillsdale College’s Jazz Band. “Those two singers just gave me goosebumps,” Director of Jazz Studies and Trumpet Instructor Chris McCourry said. McCourry asked auditioners to sing “My Funny...
Up until a few weeks ago, someone would mention the words “teen singer” and immediately my mind would fill with Taylor Swift’s thin voice singing “Love Story,” or, worse, the grating strains of Rebecca Black’s Friday. But thanks to Jasmine “Birdy” Van den Bogaerde, a fifteen-year-old indie artist, my hope for talented youth is renewed....