Senior Holly Frankfurt traced her scribbled drawing of an aortic aneurysm with her index finger, pointing out the different parts of an unexpected obstruction she found in a cadaver last fall. In a soft, patient voice, she explained what she had seen in simple terms: “The aorta comes down from the heart, but there was...
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Campus Chic: Jonathan Anderson
How would you describe your style? Victorian, as exemplified by the first outfit. Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim. Another one that’s pretty obvious — living with ACL tears. Has your fashion evolved recently? I definitely would say that my bruising has evolved, but other than that I would say my fashion has been pretty stagnant. Where...
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A survivor’s story of silence: living through the Holocaust
For the Hillsdale students who visited the Holy Land over Christmas break, the experiences were largely separated into two categories: those which touched the treasury of Israel’s past, and those which wrestled with the realities of Israel’s present. But past and present converged on Jan. 11 with a trip to Yad Vashem, Israel’s central Holocaust...
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Only ten seconds to live: Life in the Kfar Aza Kibbutz
When a group of Hillsdale students visited the Kfar Aza Kibbutz less than one mile from the Gaza Strip on Jan. 4, residents of the kibbutz had not experienced an incoming Qassam rocket in four days. Chen Abrams, who has lived at Kfar Aza nearly all her life, remarked to the group that it had...
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Genuine Draft and the beauty of genuine jazz
When performing jazz, musicians never quite know where the music will take them until they’re in the middle of it. The flutist nears the end of the song and decides she’s explored every aspect of the solo she wanted to that night. She begins to play quieter as she finishes out the bar, signaling the...