Calvin Stockdale, Aidan Sullivan, and Toby Washburn (left to right) pose with the organ’s instrumentation. Courtesy | Mary Wolfram A 100-year-old theater pipe organ — bells, whistles, and cymbals included — will return to its original home in Hillsdale’s Dawn Theater this fall. “It’s in original condition. It’s never been messed with,” said John Ourensma,...
Category: Features
From ‘fake’ newscasts to 9/11 coverage: Q&A with Radio-Hall-of-Famer Lee Harris
Harris on air. Courtesy | Radio Hall of Fame Lee Harris is a radio broadcaster inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2024. Harris first went on air at 13 to do school reports on WGBB-AM on Long Island. Harris spent 30 years working with station 1010 WINS, which at one point amassed the...
QUICK HITS with Patricia Craig Aeschliman
Aeschliman with her daughter, Antonia, hiking by the Potomac River this past summer. Courtesy | Patricia Craig Aeschliman In this Quick Hits, Assistant Professor of Classics Patricia Craig Aeschliman talks Renaissance polyphony, dictionaries, and her family’s new pet cat. What do you believe is underrated about your subject? Everything, to be honest. Classical Greek and...
Alumni to revive works of Anglican theologian
Hillsdale alumnus Ethan Greb ’19 designed the cover of “A Disputation of Holy Scripture.” Courtesy | Josiah Leinbach When Hillsdale alumnus Josiah Leinbach ’20 learned about a 16th-century book written by Anglican theologian William Whitaker, he invited fellow college alumni and affiliates to participate in a project to revive the widely overlooked text. Whitaker wrote...
Visiting professor spends summer in Israeli bomb shelters
Photo of the Monastery of the Cross, a 5th-century Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem. Courtesy | Michael Weingrad Piercing sirens broke the silence of a warm Israeli night as Iran fired missiles into the country. Michael Weingrad and his wife Tara Helfman joined local Israelis, volunteers, and tourists in rushing to bomb shelters every night....




