Abigail Gilbert ’14, formerly Abigail Wood, didn’t expect to end up on camera when she interviewed for a job at Channel 8 News in Lincoln, Nebraska. She’d studied English, journalism and philosophy at Hillsdale, but she’d only done print journalism. So she was surprised when the editor at the station said he hoped she didn’t...
On Wednesday, the Israeli Knesset passed a bill allowing Aramaic Christians to register for free as their own ethnicity in Israel. Previously, Aramaic Christians had to pay a cumbersome $400 to register in the Israeli state. But now, according to Shadi Khalloul, the founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association, this bill not only makes...
“Wakey wakey!” The first time Jeremy Collins used that phrase during the trip was on the three-hour bus ride from Mount Bental in the Golan Heights to Jerusalem. Though he’s a tour guide in Israel, Collins grew up in Liverpool, England, and many of his phrases are much more British than Israeli, including “swimming costume”...
“You guys look so cold!” A woman said to Disney princesses Cinderella, Elsa, and Anna as they stood outside of Wal-Mart, ringing the bell for Salvation Army. “It’s not a problem, the cold never bothered me anyway,” Elsa said. Later, when no longer in character, senior Rebekah Molloy admitted that even as Elsa, she was...
David Raney, professor of history, refuses to eat store-bought syrup. He’s grown accustomed to syrup that originated in his own backyard, boiled down from the sap of maple trees. “Whatever flavoring they use in store-bought syrup bears no resemblance. The flavor is off … It’s thicker, gooey, and inconsistent,” Raney said. Raney hasn’t collected sap...