If Christian Wiman’s life story is a journey, then “Once in the West” is the road map, drawn in a riot of color that seems to take on a life of its own. The poems rush by like signposts on the roadside in a blast of blurring imagery and syntax: “icequiet,” “stabdazzling,” “flashlit,” “slaughterhospice,”...
“I am eight weeks in the womb and my life is forfeit.” It is this fragile and powerful sentence that caught the attention of jurors and earned Elizabeth Genovise a place in the 2016 O. Henry Short Story Prize Collection. Genovise ’06, Hillsdale alumna and professor of English at Roane State Community College in...
Hillsdale College’s bookstore is jumping from a $1-million business to a $2-million business. At least, that’s what Chief Administrative Officer Richard Péwé said he is planning. The bookstore reported about $1 million in sales for several years now. It made $140,000 last academic year, profits that go into the general fund, which helps keep tuition...
For the first time since 2013, Hillsdale College’s rank, according to U.S. News & World Report, dropped. The 2017 list for the best National Liberal Arts Colleges released this week shows Hillsdale at No. 83, 16 places lower than last year. Preliminary reviews of the ranking’s data and methodology indicate a lower graduation rate in...
For the second straight week, the Hillsdale College football team showed off its new run-pass option offense. Once again, an opposing defense was unable to stop it. The Chargers eased past the Walsh Cavaliers on Saturday night 28-10 behind a balanced attack on the ground and through the air. Sophomore tailback Joe Reverman tallied 128...