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 —...
What is the moment you are proudest of? The birth of my two kids. What is your favorite movie? “Life is Beautiful.” What is your favorite memory from Hillsdale? Middle of the night trips to Dutch Uncle. What is the one thing you try to impart on your students? Through the messiness and chaos and...
“The dog’s been too busy to chase cars—now he just takes their license plate numbers.” We stand and watch as Henry’s pup, a black and white border collie, runs across the dirt road and bounds through the soybeans. Rex lives a portentous life, I gather. When he’s not pestering steers or investigating tractors, he lies...