In front of Michelle Wollet’s real estate business in downtown Hillsdale is a small Christmas tree her husband Joe built — a simple wooden frame covered with chicken wire and Christmas lights. Gloves and mittens hang from clothespins, covering the tree like ornaments. A handwritten sign reads, The Giving Tree Have One, Leave One Need...
Michael Chambers is a vsiting assistant professor of English. This interview has been edited for length, clarity, and style. What is one of the coolest things you have ever done? I’ve gotten to stay twice now overnight in a French chateau that is owned by a friend of a friend. He’s a count but doesn’t...
Elizabeth Fredericks is an assistant professor of English at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length, style, and clarity. What is one of your favorite memories from your time in college? We had a poetry professor on campus who encouraged this activity that he called the poetry blitz, where the goal was to...
The three most controversial things in this world are politics, religion, and the Oxford comma. The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, appears before the last item in a series of three or more words or phrases. Some may not understand the significance of one of the littlest punctuation marks. Writers, editors, English...
In the 1970s, it was virtually unheard of for a person with a disability to be hired and hold a job, according to Georgia Mason, Key Opportunities Program Manager. A local group of parents wanted to change that and give their children with disabilities a chance to reap the rewards of hard work. So, they...