The people most likely to give a creative review of Hillsdale College are not renowned architects or art connoisseurs. They’re kids. I turned to eight kids aged 4 to 7, each one a child of a Hillsdale College professor, to discover what Hillsdale College looks like through young eyes. What do college professors do all...
“What is the point or purpose of human sexuality? How are we supposed to think about it? This has been a question for philosophers. Tell me one movie you’ve seen in which love interest isn’t somehow central to it.” The litany of romance-obsessed movies proves Professor of Philosophy and Religion Nathan Schlueter’s point: from classics...
What is one trend from your teenage years you wish would come back? There’s a lot I wish wouldn’t come back. I’m glad we don’t have paisleys and bellbottoms and flower people. I wasn’t very trendy in those days. Skiing was a lot cheaper; I enjoyed that. What is one book you think is underrated?...
“A band is a great way to destroy a friendship.” -Julian Casablancas There are many bands that prove this claim (Oasis, The Pixies, My Chemical Romance, One Direction?). Hillsdale College’s student bands, however, might echo their predicament. The college is ripe with bands and students who love playing music — particularly music with their friends....
It’s a rare kind of instrument that requires naughty Catholic school children to produce sound. But this is exactly what the church organ requires. Most organs have a pedal at the organist’s feet that blows wind through its reeds to make it sing. But the church organ’s pedal protrudes directly out of its side —...